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>> live from the kgo broadcast center. this is abc7 news. >> it good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm matt celebrating technology in for katie marzullo. we will start with a quick look at the accuweather forecast. here's your meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, matt. starting out with live doppler 7hd we have low clouds and fog around the bay, but it's not everywhere. main lay along the central coast. it's here up in napa, and temperatures range from the upper 50s in this panel half moon bay to 60 in oakland and san jose. the sun coming up after 6:00. and we see temperatures fairly seasonal today. low clouds and fog to start and notice they will burn back to the shoreline. and temperatures today not quite 90 degrees. you have to go out toward the valley. upper 80s for the warmest inland valleys. 80 in san jose. low 70s in oakland and more
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60s at the coast. we will talk about a little mist and drizzle visiting us for the second half of the weekend coming up. matt. >> thank you, lisa. a violent arrest in the east bay have some claiming police brutality. the story doesn't stop there. the real issue may be what happened after the cameras were turned off. the arrest was recorded but when police spotted the cameras, witnesses claim the police confronted them. we have the story from antioch. >> i don't think that'sness. >> this is youtube video of antioch police arresting a man on tuesday afternoon. >> i thought it was overkill. i thought it was -- i was disgusted by it. >> several witnesses say the man who appeared to be mentally disturbed was handcuffed while police used a taser on him and hit him with a baton. witnesses say an officer then released a police dog that began biting the man until he was bleeding and unrecognizable. >> not his legs, not his arm, his face and his head.
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that's doing too much. >> the man who shot this video said officers began confiscating cell phones from anyone who shot video of the incident. then this officer asked for his cell phone. >> give me your cell phone. >> huh? >> and he took my phone anyway because i didn't want no problems. >> and then what happened? >> he did it to his phone. >> but he was ordered to erase his video so he did. >> they are being controlling and demanding, erase your phone and trying to take people's phones away. >> the american civil liberties said police may not confiscate or demand to view your videos or take your videos without a warrant. but if a person is not willing to turn it over voluntarily, they said an officer can sometimes seize the device containing the video. the police would have to get a search warrant to retrieve the video from the device. antioch police would not comment on the details of the incident. in antioch, alan wang, abc7 news. >> the police are investigating
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a deadly accident last night near petaluma. one person was killed after a trail we're a pizza oven broke free from a van and crashed into a family car. the massive oven came loose at 7:30 last night. it went directly into oncoming traffic. the oven slammed into a car with a family of four inside. one parent was killed. the other parent and two children were rushed to the hospital with major injuries. golden gate park was packed with music fans on the first night of outside lands. but a lot of people didn't get in because they got taken. police confiscated a huge number of counter guilt tickets sold by scammers to unsuspecting concertgoers. we have the story, along with a key tip to avoid being ripped off. ♪ >> even before the music started' outside lands festival police had their hands full. there were numerous medical calls for alcohol and drugs
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that's against the rules a lot of rules got confiscated at the main gate. but minutes after we arrived, concertgoers approached us with the same story, they got scammed with fake tickets. >> i got denied entrance. it's nobody's mistake but my own. >> how much did you pay? >> $500 for two tickets. >> george bought his tickets on craig's list, so did alex and her brother. >> i'm turning it in, yeah. >> and? >> i got denied. void, void. >> had the right tinting and the blue tint when you hold it up. it passed all the tests, but not the bar code set. >> san francisco police tweeted this picture of stacks and stacks of fake tickets they confiscated friday, many sold by scalpers who did not want their picture taken when we got too close. this man tried to shove our camera and this man was suspected of selling focus tickets and questioned by police. >> they looked very real but the issue is they are very fake.
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>> the police sergeant confiscated all these tickets in less than an mauer from scalpers. >> it's unfortunate we live in a world now a days where it's buyer beware. a lot of time when something is too good to be strikes it's too good to be true. >> officers say use caution when buying online t could leave you enjoying the music from outside the gates. abc7 news. abc7 news has received multiple complaint about the loud music coming from the festival. some residents, even those living mile away, say they can hear the base. after two nights of complaints stemming from the concerts earlier this week. you can call if you have any problems related to outside lands. that's on our website. and we put together tips from surviving the festival, fringe staying warm to sag safe. go to our website.
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and a powerful storm is headed toward the hawaiian islands. it weakened yesterday when it hit the tall volcanoes. still caused destruction on the islands. up to a foot of rain fell in some areas. hundreds. people evacuated their homes and sought emergency shelters. a family from san ramon on vacation decided to come home yesterday. >> because of the tropical storm. and they were predicting land false and high winds and we didn't want to take a chance. we said it's better to go back home and be safe. >> hurricane julio remains a class 2 storm. a prayer vigil will be held in hollister for a woman believed be to be kidnapped by a man suspected in a fatal shooting. tonight's vigil for the 20-year-old gets underway at the park at 8:00. police say she may have been taken by 20-year-old jose braha.
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he's suspected in the shooting of another person. one of the caldecott tunnel's bores will be closed off and on this weekend. they shut down number 2. that bore will be closed until noon today and tonight it will be shut down again. the bore will also close sunday night from 8 to 7 monday morning. westbound traffic on highway 24 is not impacted by the closer. same thing could happen next week if work is not completed this weekend. workers of realigning the approach to bore number 2 to make the drive straighter. turning now to the wildfire burning in mendocino county. there's a lodge fire burning south of the community of leggett. their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. right now the fire has burned foreign 5400 acres, 35 structures of threatened. warnings are issued to in order bay residents they may see drifting smoke from the fire. a lot of people dealing with the
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smoke because a lot of fires are burning in california. >> that's right. the good news is we have more seasonal weather but the bad news is a chance of more thunderstorms throughout the northern coast throughout the weekend but not in the bay area. right now we are looking from the roof camera. in the mid-50s and plenty of clouds around. temperatures coming down in most areas today. and the fog, well, that's not going anywhere. we will talk more about where you are going to see the possibility of rain over the second half of the weekend when we return. >> thanks, lisa. also next, a volunteer effort that's so much more than just a playground project. abc7 helps make a dream come true for an eastbound neighborhood. and the greatest ruling in donald sterling's bid to block the sale of the clippers. why the
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>> good morning. here's a live look from our exploratorium camera. we is some low clouds and fog out there for some parts of the bay area this morning. but we can expect things to be what they should be on august 9th. temperatures are pretty mild today. san francisco police say they followed their nosed to find what they say was a dangerous marijuana distribution operation. the two men were arrested thursday. detectives say they could smell marijuana down the street from the suspects' home. they were growing and packaging pot, as well as making concentrated cannabis oil. detectives say that process can be explosive. they face multiple charges and distribution charges. james brady, the former press secretary to president reagan began, has been ruled a homicide. his death was caused by injuries
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he received after he was shot 33 years ago on a botched assassination attempt on president reagan began. brady survived but was partially paralyzed. the assassin was found guilty. he could change a murder charge as a result of yesterday's rooming. he is currently a patient in washington, d.c. and allowed to visit his mother's home in virginia. an appeals court has denied a petition from donald sterling to block the sale of the los angeles clippers, but it is not the end of the legal saga. sterling had asked the court to overturn a ruling issued last month that found his estranged wife acted appropriately when she agreed to sell the team for $2 billion. the judge prematurely finalized the sale so it can be continued without an appeal. the end result is that yesterday's event set the stage for the legal drama to likely be concluded next week. it's almost back to school
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time for bay area children. make sure low income children have what they mean. the public defenders magic program will distribute backpacks stuffed with school supplies. 5,000 students from kindergarten to 12th grade will benefit from the giveaway. today's giveaway gets underway at 10:00 at the l hill clutch community center. and happening today low income children will receive brand new backpacks full of school supplies. children will also have the opportunity to have fun during the salvation army's back to school carnival. rather than a simple handout, kids earn supplies through games and other activities. there will be food and music. today's carnival gets underway at 9:00 a.m. at the salvation army service center at stevenson street. >> and bikers on harleys will stand out supplies to kids in need. they will rumble into the parking lot of the san mateo parking lot to deliver backpacks
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and school supplies. more than 250 children from low-income families will benefit. all of us here has been working on a special project in oakland that we hope will provide joy for a lot of kids. here's a look from sky 7hd yesterday afternoon as we were building a new playground in oakland's concordia park with our partners, parent company disney, and the nonprofit group kaboom!. >> for people who work together every day, this was a new look and attitude. >> you are dressed differently. >> yes. >> crystal works at espn. and james huntington runs the assignment desk at abc7. >> got a tool. >> it is sweat equity time. roughly 200 people in oakland's concordia park in the millsmont neighborhood where a small merrick took place. >> it's not unlike one of those old-fashioned barn raisings but in this case a playground. in six hours? >> this is part of a partnership with our corporate parent, the walt disney company, who has worked with kaboom!,
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volunteers and disney employees, some of whom you may recognize, to build almost 50 of these playgrounds around the country. why this one here? >> there was an old playground that was falling apart. there wasn't funding available. our company got involved, and it will really make a difference. >> but getting this place built in a taking, not always easy. >> after we get to b we are going to -- >> each. us came with a different level of experience. >> you know, i installed an air conditioner by myself. >> now she can add a playground, with help, of course. if you take 200 people, multiply their efforts into 1200 hours of manpower, here is what you get for the sweat and the labor. a playground designed by the people who will use it. a great feeling among those who made it. amazing what can happen when a relative few come together on a project just because. from concordia park in oakland, wade freedman, abc7 news. >> we hope the kids can enjoy that. maybe today would be a good day
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to get out and play on the playground. >> later on today oakland will see highs in the low 70s. very seasonal out there. we are looking at changes for the second half of the weekend. live doppler hd shows we are looking at a quiet start around the bay. sunrise 6:20. it sets at 8:10 and that brings us 13 hours and 49 minutes of lay light. you have heard all about the two hurricanes that have their eyes on hawaii. we want to update you on what is going on. the remnants of gazelle bringing just leftover rain from and still rain for the outer islands. we are keeping all eyes here on julio, where winds of 100 miles an hour keep it at a category 2 right now. as we go through the next couple hours the next day or so, notice it moves north of the hawaiian islands and it will considerably weekend. no watches or warnings up yet
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for the hawaiian islands, but we will keep an eye on it. still rainy weather for there this morning. emeryville, cloudy skills, good morning san carlos, 59. it's 60 in san jose. gilroy 57. half moon bay upper 50s, as well. from the exploratorium camera it's a cloudy start. numbers in the 50s here with napa at 58 degrees. fairfield the 60 and temperatures around concord and livermore in the upper 50s. it has been a pretty nice day inland the last couple days. we've had the fog and low clouds at the coast. here's sfo. our highlights consist of the coastal fog throughout the overnight hours and the morning, over the weekend. and then we will see painly sunny afternoon. so closer to the coast it it wil be cool. we have some spotty drizzle. and the fogs will keep the temperatures cool just in the low 60s at the shoreline. if you are looking for any sun at our beaches, looks like you are going to have to go inland a
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little bit. we are looking at a couple of other systems that will affect us not only with more low clouds and fog and temperatures slightly below average, but this is a fire weather watch for the northern mountains, shasta, mendocino county. we have seen the subtropical moisture the past couple weeks. for the bay area we are calling for partly cloudy skies for sunday. but the spotty drizzle in the morning and then some of this moisture throughout parts of northern california and into the mountains, as well. the sierra nevada. as for the mountains today, 81 in tahoe. 91 yosemite. 66 monterey. and temperatures back home ranging from the mid-60s half moon bay. 74 san mateo. look for 76 in fremont. 80 in san jose. 88 down in morgan hill. one of the warmer locations. the accuweather seven-day forecast then temperatures very seasonal and they are going to stay steady with not much change. partly cloudy skies, though, tomorrow. into monday.
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then we will look at temperatures beginning to warm just slightly wednesday and thursday. mainly inland and around the bay. we will let you know how warm it will take my bicycle your community by keeping track of bay area weather on twitter at live doppler 7hd. yeah, we are into august and it feels like it. >> consistent, but not too hot. pretty mild. >> right. >> thank you. six months ago the governor declared a drought and called for everyone to do their part, cutting backwater consumption by 20%. but it looks like u.c. berkeley is not doing their part to conserve. laura anthony explains. [bell] >> eats part of what makes the u.c. berkeley so special, the acres and acres of lush green and park-like setting. but when brown is the new green, it seems the lawns here on campus are a tad too healthy. >> we cutback 50% on the irrigation on campus. >> the spokesperson, christine,
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says the grass is green despite significant cutbacks in campus water usage the past six months. for one thing they only water the grass here at night. >> water use overall on campus is down 5 water in the residents hauls is down 30% the last six years. >> and other institutions are being much more aggressive. for instance, irrigation of lawns around the state capitol in sacramento has been cutoff completely. there are even signs to explain to visitors why the grass here looks so bad. >> some are doing more than others certainly. >> heather is the director of the water program at the pacific institute in oakland. she said some water users are waking up to the seriousness of the situation a little slower than others. >> the governor asked for 20% but some of the state institutions haven't gone that far. >> well, we all needs -- we all
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need to be doing it, frankly. there is no excuse. this is a drought, a severe drought, and we need to step up. >> at u.c. berkeley there is a plan to reduce consumption even further, although there's no widespread use of recycled or reclaimed water, six of these lawns have been identified for removal. in berkeley, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> next, beware. this adorable
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♪here i am. rock you like a hurricane♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. >> after a portland man's bike was stolen, a six-year-old shamed the thieves. her dad was sad so she used her savings to make a sign. it reads "shame on you bike thieves. your mom would be so disappointed." the sign got a lot of attention in the local media, eventually leading to a citizen recovering the bike. the police recovered it all thanks to her giving the thieves a piece of her mind. and this will transform into a working robot. they were inspired by the transformer. as video is sped up 400 times so you see the process. cardboard like process folds into legs and the robot walks
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away. creepy. the students believe robots like this would be easy and easily transportable, especially in space travel. america's best known bear turns 70 today. it was on august 9, 1944 that smoky the bear was created to warn of the dangers of forest fires. here's the first ad. they thought it was need because most firefighters were fight overseas. it's become the longest running public service announcement campaign in u.s. history. and here's an amazing coincidence. the actor sampleiot, he's been smoky's voice since 2008, also turns 70 today >> an online petition calling for the end of touching of ads to hide i am perfections is getting a lot of attention. dove is famous for their decade long beauty campaign, they want
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them to portray models without photo shopping. he is calling on advertisers to sign their pledge and acknowledge whether they alter their ads and if they do, run them in place where's children can't see them. >> that's the point. the point is we don't know what's real anymore. >> today we are seeing brands are trying to be more real. we see in the marketing that's coming out. but there is still so much work to be done. >> dove has yet to sign on. they released a statement saying they are committed to not distorting their images to create an unrealistic view of beauty. much more to come on the abc7 saturday morning news. the ebola virus and the urgent new warning from the world health organization. and a biotech firm that's found a new way of cut the cost of
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>> good morning. we are starting this half-hour with a quick look at your weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. hi, lisa. >> hi there, matt. good morning to you. starting out with some low clouds and fog. we aren't looking at the marine layer everywhere. it's about 1500 feet deep. here's from the east bay where temperatures range from the mid-50s in san francisco. so a cool start for you. it's 670 -- 60 in oakland. san jose is 60 degrees. clear inland. the forecast this morning calls for the low clouds and fog to continue to pull back to the
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coast today. we will see slightly cooler weathered to inland. highs ranging from the mid-to low 80s to some upper 80s. and around the coast low in mid-60s look for partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon. and temperatures upper 670s to the upper 70s around the bay. another low pressure area visits us the second half of the weekend. i'll let you know about any showers coming up. matt. >> u.s. military operations are increasing in northern iraq. the military has performed a second round of humanitarian air drops to retch few geez hiding from isus. they are releasing these videos of the air strikes against the targets. yesterday the pentagon announced three separate attacks on isus fighters and their positions. the president explains why he authorized it. >> the united states should not intervene and could not
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intervene every time there's a crisis in the world. but when there is a situation like this on this mountain where thousands are facing a massacre and we have the ability to prevent it, the united states cannot look away. that's not who we are. we are americans, we act, we lead, and that's what we are going do on that mountain. >> in one. those air strikes the government said fighter jets dropped laser-guided bomb on an isus convoy. people in the bay area aren't happy about american air strikes in iraq. the group "the world can't wait" protested yesterday. they are afraid it will lead to a full round of american involvement in iraq. >> i think we should have limited our assistance to food drops and not to dropping a 500-pound explosive device, which could turn the situation into a very complicated situation very quickly. the whole idea was trying to withdraw troops and now you are inviting them back in. >> but others welcome the
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humanitarian drops and the air strikes. yesterday a group of the people rallied in washington d.c.. they want the u.s. it did do more to help the people isus has attacked. there's a new service to help international travelers get through customs faster. several global kiosks were introduced yesterday. the automated stations checked fingerprints and asked a series of questions and snapped a photo. takes less than a minute. it requires preapproval, including a background check. sfo and 350 others already use the kiosk. this weekend two runways at san francisco international airport will open a month after schedule. they say they will reopen tomorrow rather than mid-september. at the end of the runways the workers built buffer zones designed to stop a plane if it overshoots the runway. they finished safety upgrades on the other two runways last year. an urgent new warning from the world health organization. officials are declaring an
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international public health emergency. only the third time they have taken this step. more than 1,000 people have died. here all eyes or an two americans, a doctor and aid worker, fighting for their lives. we report. >> for the very first time we are hearing from one of the american missionaries sick had with ebola fighting for their lives at this atlanta hospital n a statement the dr. kent brantley said i'm writing this update from my isolation room where the doctors and nurses are providing the very best care possible. i am growing stronger every day and i thank god for his mercy as i wrestle with this terrible disease. he and his coworker had to be rescued. they were flown home to the u.s. he described the day he started feeling ill. i immediately escalation in ukraine lated myself. god was reminding me he will give me everything i need to be faithful to him. we heard too from nancy
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wrightbol's husband. >> i don't believe we say say she's in the clear. >> she received a third dose of the experiment at serum, but her family has to speak with her through a clear wall and intercom. >> i want to be near her and hold her and thank the lord together that she's still with us. >> one good sign, she's asked for starbucks, and her sons have delivered. her husband still in liberia, hoping to rush state side once it's clear he's not infected. >> the families of the missionaries hospitalized here say it's important to remember they chose to spoke in the ebola hot zone because of the the incredible need. abc news, atlanta. >> california's whopping cough epidemic continues to escalate and it could get worse as kids head back to school this month. the department of health said there's been more than 7,000 cases of pertussis this year. that's more than triple. and some counties are higher.
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the dark red indicates counties with the highest percentage of cases. there is have been more than 2,000 in the bay area this year. next week several bay area communities will be fogged in an effort to wipe out any mosquitoes carrying west nile virus. they will spray menlo park area monday night. comes after too pools of adult mosquitoes carrying west nile were detected this that area. and tuesday saratoga will be sprayed in some areas and thursday west san jose in the areas of thrush and wren drives. we are spending more and more money on our pets and it's becoming increasingly expensive to treat them when they are sick. some of trying to use human drugs on pets instead of pet drugs. we have the story. >> watching her play, you would never guess she's suffers from itchy skin. >> she doesn't have it as bad as
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some dogs where they lose their fur. >> they said traditional treatments didn't work so his vet suggested he take part in a clinical trial of a human drug being tested on dogs. the trial is part of an industry that is using people to supply treatment for pets. >> i volunteered my yeah to be a test dog. >> she's taking a version of a human allergy drug. it requires a study before any human drugs be used on pets. >> right now pets are often given human medication that's not been tested or approved in the appropriate dose. there's some approved doses but not many. >> she's co-founder of the burlington based kendrbio. >> it brings the best medicine to cats, dogs and horses. veterinary medicine is big business. they spent $3.5 billion on flea
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and tick medicationings along. developing new drugs is expensive and time-consuming. they are hoping to cut the cost by taking human costs already on the market and row formulating them in a dose just right for petition. >> for our tablets we are often able to buy the drug, the active ingredient, and formulated it in a way. for dog, beef favor chewable. >> they are currently enrolling animals in clinical trials for three different drugs approved for humans. one for allergies, one for osteoarthritis and a pain reliever. the company is hoping to get federal approvals by end of the year. this veterinarian said there's definitely a need for more pet specific drugs. >> so many diseases cross over from species to species, cancers, infectious diseases. >> she often turns to human drugs to treat animals. >> in the veterinary field we are often reaching for human drugs of that been studied or
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close to studied because there is a short of veterinary drugs. >> this doesn't mean people should turning to their medicine cabinet to treat your pets. you can poison your pets by giving them human medications. for pet owners willing to wait for veterinary approved uses, the payoff seems well worth it. >> she scratches a little bit, but she's doing pretty good. >> katie marzullo, abc7 news. still ahead on the abc7 saturday morning news, a high-tech twist to loft and found. 7 on your side's michael finney has steps you can take to keep your phone savor head into crowds like at the outside land. here's a live look from the golden gate bridge. we have fog in some spots. lisa argen will have your forecast in a few minutes. ♪watching everybody eating ♪what they want all day ♪oh this tasteless cardboard ♪brings me nothing but more shame ♪
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>> good morning. here's a live look at sfo. right now no delays. lisa argen does say there is some fog out there, some low fogs. we will keep an eye on sfo all morning long. tomorrow night people looking to the sky are in for a big treat. year's biggest and brightest full moon. it's called the upper moon. although we saw a full moon last month, there's technically only one super moon a year. what happens this weekend, it will be closest. because it's closer and a little bits larger in the sky, it's going to appear a little bit brighter. so it's just like holding a mirror a little closer to your face that more light is coming toward you, at you, than when it's further away. experts recommend going outside right at moon rise. that will be around 8:00 p.m.
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tomorrow. scientists say the moon will also look biggest when it's next to thing you are familiar with like trees and buildings. big question, will people actually be age to see the moon? >> certainly if you are in the east bay, yes, your chances are much better. especially in the valley. certainly closer to the coast we have fog. an area of low pressure will be enhancing our low clouds and fog tonight. we will talk about that and see if we can get any precipitation out of those clouds. and your entire weekend forecast is straight ahead. >> thanks, lisa. next the first preseason game for the 2014 raiders against the vikings, and they looked like the 2013 raiders. that's not a good thing. larry beil has the highlights
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>> nearly 200,000 festival goers are expected in the parks for outside lands. several hundreds of them will lose track. their mobile device. michael finney has some advice on how to keep that from happening to you. >> the stories of smartphone thefts are the stuff of legends here in san francisco. >> i witnessed a woman get her phone snatched from her hands right over there. >> this woman's daughter was ripped off in oakland. >> they just took her phone from her hand while she was texting. >> while city streets can be tough on smartphone users, festivals are wicked in their own ways. >> festivals are one of those places people tend to lose or misplace their phone. >> she is with the mobile security firm lookout. where in golden gate park, watching festival organizers get ready for the big weekend.
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we are also talking about preparations for festival goers. >> have a pass code on your device. if you have a pass code, no one can access your personal information on the phone. number two, when you are at a concert. the signals and connectivity can be shoddy and people's batteries start to die. make sure you go with fully-charged battery. >> power is especially important if you use an app that helps track down your phone if it is lost or stolen. lookout has one that snaps a picture and sends you an e-mail. >> you can see if you got it in your in box. the picture of the person that has your phone and the exact location of the missing device. >> the basic lookout app is free. a more robust one costs three dollars a month. last year when outside lands were over, wallets, keys, and lots of phones. that's what was left behind. it will be the same this year. but perhaps not for you.
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>> when i pick my cell phone up, i'm hovered over it like a bear. >> now at any big festival, especially going in and coming out, be on the lookout for pick pockets. your phone is just as valuable as your wallet. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> and maybe even more valuable with all those contacts in there. >> seriously. how is the weather going to be today for outside lands. >> a little cloudy. temperatures in the low 60s and a little cloudy. should be pretty typical. we will look for the weather around here, the bay area, inland, to be typical as well with numbers in the upper 80s. so a nice afternoon if you are in concord, livermore, closer to the bay it will be seasonal. we will wait on the sun. and at the coast we will have plenty of fog. but i want to get you caught up right now on what's going on in hawaii. here is the remnants of gazelle. you can see all the rainfall over the hawaiian islands. still flash flooding possible in
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maui, but looking at rain bands looking to bring in climate weather around o'ahu. but they dodged a bullet on the big islands as the hurricane weakened considerably when it hit the big island yesterday. now the next system, it's still a hurricane in the pacific. and it is julio. good news is, it is forecasted to move north of hawaii. winds right now still at 100 miles an hour. and here is the track over the next day and a half. you will notice it pushes north. and we will see it continue to weaken right through monday. so still watching it closely. things could change. but right now it looks like this will go north of the islands. back home we are looking at some cool temperatures in san francisco. oakland has the cloudy skies. and that's a look at emeryville right now with numbers ranging from 56 in san francisco, 57 gilroy, half moon bay 57. 59 in san carlos, and temperatures in the city are cool with a little bit of mist
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and drizzle at the coast. otherwise about four mile visibility half moon bay. we are clear in concord at 59. good morning livermore. 58 for you. napa looking at the cloudy skies and a cool 52 degrees in santa rosa. sfo no delays right now but plenty of cloud cover here. we will look for the clouds to clear not in the late morning hours. and by the afternoon it will be mainly sunny today. we will look for a few more clouds tomorrow and in the morning hours. looks like we are going to see perhaps some drizzle. but that fog should mix on out for partly cloudy skies the rest of the day. so we've seen this theme all weekend -- really all weekend, the past couple of weekends, and throughout the summer where we had the subtropical moisture interacting with an upper level low. here's the low. it's off the coast. and it will allow for the thicker fog in the days to come. and also for the cooler afternoon highs. but when it interacts with the subtropical moisture, then we are looking at the possibility of? rain. fire weather watches up for
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mount shasta and around the mendocino area, and also the sierra nevada could so a few showers sunday into monday. for us lot of peoplely we will start out with more low clouds and fog and then the fog will pull back to the coast. allowing for afternoon highs to be a little cooler today. and golden gate park, low 60s and maybe a few peaks of sun. about the same deal with afternoon highs ranging from about 64 half moon bay, 74 san mateo row. 85 concord and about 896 in lake port, 88 morgan hill. we will look for temperatures at the ballpark to be pretty comfortable in the 60s and sun setting at 8:10. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. really steady as she goes the next several days with the drizzle perhaps throughout the morning and partly cloudy tomorrow afternoon and monday. it's the middle of the week we will see slightly warmer temperatures. nothing too extreme and low clouds and fog keeping it pretty steady and cool at the coast. so really typical weather for
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august. >> not too bad. far off from the triple digits we saw a week ago. >> thank goodness. >> pretty nice. thank you, lisa. levi stadium in can't clara discovered another first yesterday. the new home opened for public tours. fans posed for pictures. tours are sold out for this weekend. it features visit. and behind the scenes scenes area like the locker room. the tours cost 25 floors adults and they last about 90 minutes. next sunday they play their first home preseason game football season is almost here. the raiders will play their first preseason game of a falling last night against the vikings in minnesota. abc sports director larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. the raiders open the preseason last night in minnesota. it wasn't pretty. on their very first offensive play, the raiders were called for a false start. and that pretty much set the tone for a mistake-filled
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evening. raider nation making the trip to minnesota. vikings went 730 yards in 10 plays on their opening series. matt a one-yard plunge. 7-0 vikes. 3 of 7, 21 yards. should have been caught. a lot of drops by the receivers in the game. and derek carr, that one too high. picked off of right into the arms of kurt coleman. and for 94 yards. the raiders score late. a minute and a half to go, matt mcgloin on a ten-yard scamper but the raiders would fall 10-6. round 2pga championship. roy mcilroy gunning for his fourth major title. he's 9-under leading by 1 after 36 holes. mickelson, just three back. tiger shot a 74, finished 6-over and missed the cut. this is the very last thing
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the giants need right now. ban done belt goes back on the disabled list because of concussion-related symptoms. so he's not laying at all this weekend in k.c.. hunter pence, michael morse getting ready for boot camp or something. 2-2 in the six little. the shot and mike morse the diving play but he and matt duffy both make diving airs are. everybody safe. next batter billy butler. base hit that shoots through into right field. kind of rolls through really. and that brings in the game-winning run. madison bumgarner went 8 innings, allowed 4 runs and took the loss. giants fall and remain three and a half back of many dodgers who also lost. a's and twins, some say world series. kurt suzuki, a rocket. the glove save and a beauty. starts an inning-ending double play. the fifth. bases loaded for coco crisp. he's the igniter, catalyst. finds the gap and that will bring everybody home. 3-0 on a crisp triple.
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a's were cruising 6-0 but scott kazmir gave up five runs in the seventh. farmly, that's a fireball down the line. chazmer would get the win and go 13-4. sean doolittle little gets shawn willingham, looking to end it. 6-5, the final. a's four on the angels who lost. and the quakes. look at wando. from the sharp angle. shoots and scores! the quakes and galaxy would play to a 2-2 tie. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next, jazzing up the south bay's annual summer jazz fest. how organizers are making this year's music
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nobody picked all six numbers. tuesday night's jackpot grows to $128 million. this is a big weekend for jazz connoisseurs here in the bay area. the san jose jazz summer fest kicked off. last night part of the grammy winning pacific mambo pacific orchestra. they will play on twelve stages around downtown san jose. this is the 25th anniversary of the festival. organizers say they put together their best yet. >> because we are getting ready for the new age. this festival is the most latin festival in the united states, with over 25 acts. but also another 75 playing all kinds of straight-ahead, big band blues and our jazz beyond stage where we are premiering a lot of young artists. >> the festival runs through tomorrow. next on the abc7 saturday morning news at six, a local arrest has some people claiming
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>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm matt kelly in for katie marzullo. let's start with a quick look at the accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist lisa argen. hi. >> hi, matt. low clouds and fog in oakland in morning and along the coast but we are clear inland. here's a look at emeryville with cloudy skies. it's cool, 59 in oakland. good morning, san jose. it's 59 for you and plenty of low clouds and fog further south along the central coast. it's going to take some time to see the sun today. but when we do, it will be railroad nice in the in lands valleys. but it will be a little cool at

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