good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. saturday, first of october. thanks for being with us. i'm chris nguyen. off to a cool start across the bay area. hi, lisa. >> hey, chris. good morning. it is still very cool outside and a live look in san jose, couple of clouds, but it will be pretty nice afternoon. low temperatures still below average. 53 here, as well as oakland and san francisco, and look at the peninsula right now, at the airport, no fog to cause any delays for you. santa rosa, 46, 54 in concord, golden gate bridge, noontime, all in the 60s, breezy, and highs once again, cool. it will get cooler tomorrow. we're going to mix in clouds and showers to talk about.

chris. lisa, thank you. we have breaking news out of contra costa county, interstate 80 east in crockett, happened just after 1:00. the chp says the driver was speeding when the car plowed into a highway sign and went into a field. that's when the car went down into a ravine and turned over. one woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. officers say it is possible alcohol was involved. more breaking news. this time out of south bay, where another crash involving a pedestrian killed one person in san jose. 1:35 this morning, northbound 101, tully road on ramp. no word on what caused it. developing news out of east bay. investigating a shooting that happened during a high school football game. it happened around 9:30 last night near james logan high school. no one was hurt. officers found someone heightid and took them into custody. they say that person is not

associated with the school. unclear how many people were involved in the shooting. police are still looking for the weapon. last night's giants game was big for the orange and black getting into the second wildcard spot. in the middle of the game, angel pagan was not amused when two people ran onto the field. pagan body slammed that man over in left field, while security took down a woman in right field. an activist group, direction action everywhere, said the man was a protesters calling attention to animal abuse. san francisco police tell us the man has been cited. abc 7 sports director, larry beil, will have game highlights later on. this massive fire at an historic berkeley church has made the building too unstable. flames started pouring out of the church on channing way yesterday afternoon. investigators say it is too dangerous to get to where the fire may have started.

abc 7 news reporter, katie shows us the damage inside and the delays you should expect this weekend. >> reporter: from sky 7, you can see fire tearing through the first congressional church of berkeley. witnesses first sported flames around 12:30. >> it started right at the base of the chimney. >> reporter: a roof collapse led to a mayday call from one firefighter, who escaped from a window. >> it was pretty terrifying. yeah, he -- you never want to hear that. >> reporter: classrooms, offices and recreational space destroyed. firefighters saved the sanctuary. >> the firefighters did an excellent job containing it. i'm so grateful for their speedy action. >> reporter: more importantly -- >> we have a school on-site and everyone was evacuated. praise god. people are much more important than property. >> reporter: heavy smoke caused the evacuation of a u.c. berkeley dorm. the alameda county heat sensing

drone helped save them hours putting out hot spots. >> invaluable. we've never had that capability on a fire, and it proved itself very, very helpful. >> reporter: street closers will cause traffic delays for the homecoming football game at cal. there is no word on the fire cause yet. but roof work was underway to install new solar panels. in berkeley, katie yutis, abc 7 news. in nevada, firefighters are making sure a vegetation fire doesn't spread. it broke out just afternoon yesterday, marin valley, but they called off the shelter in place in mid-afternoon. it is 75% contained. the loma fire in the santa cruz fire are making progress. there will be a community meeting today to discuss the updates. it starts at 10:00. the fire has burned more than 4,300 acres and 56% contained.

a dozen homes have been destroyed. abc 7 katie marzullo has more on how flying embers could ignite a new fire. >> reporter: even without visible flames, it poses a serious danger. >> wind is a huge challenge for us. embers get hot and start flying. >> reporter: the wind is coming from a new direction. >> it is going to challenge a part of the fire containment line that hasn't seen a lot of wind and embers passing through it. >> reporter: to prepare, firefighters have been working to secure those lines as crews continue to go through it. >> finding hot spots, digging them up, putting water on them. i think we're getting the upper hand, but definitely a lot of mop-up. >> reporter: scattered throughout the mountains, homes untouched by fire and those that are destroyed, a dozen so far. >> you do your best effort to protect all homes. at the same time, it is not worth anybody's life.

>> reporter: there is marijuana being grown in the santa cruz mountain. some are legal, many are not. a source tells abc 7 news says eradication teams have been sent to the fire, and the sheriff's office confirming it has an operation going forward. abc 7 i-team has learned the fire was sparked at a marijuana farm and the owner has ties to a medical marijuana dis pen searry in santa cruz. >> reporter: owning the 88 acre farm where it began. he issued a statement to his attorney, only through the abc 7 i-team. >> nothing illegal was going on on the property. no butane, no meth lab, no illegal marijuana grow. >> mark gray would not tell me if the owner what he considered to be a legal marijuana farm, saying they all want answers

about what sparked the blaze. >> we are actively trying to find out, we're actively investigating and cooperating. >> reporter: new law enforcement and cal fire sources confirm what i reported wednesday. investigators are concentrating on that farm as the origin of the fire. last month, neighbors identified the farm as a marijuana grow to me, and more neighbors are speaking out. they don't want you to know their names or see their faces. >> the thing that bothers us is the rapid fires. >> reporter: you actually hear that? >> yeah, it gets crazy sometimes. >> reporter: law enforcement tells me they've had shootouts with mexican drug cartels. the neighbors showed me letters and e-mail that support that they've been complaining to public officials about the pot forms. the public safety and environmental issues and risk of wildfire. >> this is what we've been telling the county for a couple

of years now. this is what we're afraid of, this fire. >> they have been drawing water ut creek, they take their chemicals, run pvc pipe uple hill. we've seen barely anything going on to eradicate this situation. >> reporter: abc 7s katie marzullo asked about the neighbor complaints that he failed to take action. >> we've responded to the e-mails, we forwarded them onto the sheriff's office that is responsible for enforcement of illegal grows. >> reporter: the neighbors say wasserman and other public officials could have and should have done more. the big question, what will happen if the cannabis law passes. for the i-team, dan noyes, abc 7 news. >> you can get updates on the fire on the app. time is 8:08. bluegrass festival kicks off at

11:00 a.m. at golden gate park. ♪ >> 750,000 people are expected to attend the three day event, featuring more than 100 musical acts. cindy lauper and crihris isaac e two of the performers. >> people in spirit, and it's free. >> love the music, part of it is i used to live here too. i like to re-visit. >> there are lots of food trucks and vendors selling merchandise. the free music goes through tomorrow. fun and free events. >> exactly. how about sunshine for golden gate park. that's a treat. in september, we do see that. sutro tower, look at the golden

gate bridge. the sunnier and warmer day is here, and tomorrow, yeah, maybe some umbrella weather. we'll have the full forecast and a bit of a warmup coming up. >> lisa, thanks. also ahead, a protest against police. what happened in southern california, after police released video showing the seconds leading up to a deadly shooting. plus closer to home, police are trying to find out if armed

a live look outside, showing clear skies on this saturday morning. rain is on the way. we'll learn more from lisa coming up. intersection blocked in al cajon, showing the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. el cajon said they released it under public pressure, and 38 alfred elongo, showing he backed away from the police officer, taken from a security camera of a nearby fast food restaurant. the second shows another angle of the confrontation taken by a witness. police say he pointed a vape

smoking device at him before they tased and then shot the fatal officer shooting of keith scott, videos will be first viewed by scott's family next week. the 43-year-old scott was shot and killed by an officer on september 20th. police say he was armed with a handgun, but scott's family disputes that. police in the east bay, dangerous armed robberies in six different communities may be connected. >> reporter: one of the first violent incidents happened in this otherwise quiet neighborhood. a resident says it all started just after 10:00 p.m. tuesday night. >> i heard bang, five shots, real loud, bang, bang, bang. i knew it was a gun. and all of a sudden, then i heard some woman screaming bloody murder. >> as soon as i heard the shots, i went up on the edge of the bed, looked out in the street and saw a car escaping down the

street. >> reporter: the neighbor just arrived home and a kouscausted two men. they started shooting at her husband as he looked out to see what was happening. the woman suffered minor injuries, and her husband was uninjured. the detective on the case is trying to see if this attack is connected to a series of other similar crimes across the east bay. according to a crime beautiful ten published by the lafayette police department, a couple in orinda are similar to a violent carjacking in danville, antioch and pittsburgh. the most recent in brentwood, teenage victim was robbed as she arrived home thursday night. >> as she began to open her driver's side door, two males approached her wearing dark hooded sweatshirts and pants. they both pointed handguns at her and demanded her property.

>> reporter: police are hoping the public with any information. sergio quintana, abc 7 news. mexico, the volcano erupted yesterday. you can see the lava spewing out of the volcano, forcing evacuations in neighbarby communities. it has 40 eruptions since 1576. si a 1 in 100 chance earthquake by tuesday. the frightening prognosis after small quakes struck on friday. experts say it is important to understand the chance of the swarm triggering a large quake is small, but very real. happening today, thousands of runners will hit the pavement for the half marathon. the 5k and kid's run will be today. 17,000 people are expected to

run. super bowl champion roger craig will be there. runners will come from 44 states and 14 countries. it starts at 7:30 this morning. >> your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> good morning, nice and sunny out there. few patches of fog around half moon bay but we've called off overnight with the clear sky. temperatures locally if a moment. i want to direct your attention to the central craribbean where we have a very powerful hurricane. it isn't as organized as yesterday. 150 miles an hour, but category four, and this is the strongest hurricane since felix back in '07. this will continue to move through the caribbean and a hurricane watch is in effect for jamaica and haiti, and they could see 10 to 15 inches of rain. it will continue to weaken, churning to the northwest and be

caught up in the gulf stream into next week. very powerful hurricane, damaging winds, beach erosion and perhaps some flooding. back home, we are looking at very calm conditions here, over emeryville with low 50s for you in san jose, sunshine everywhere. san francisco, oakland, 54 in mountain view and half moon bay, getting brighter there and we'll look for temperatures similar to yesterday. 59, half moon bay. how about 69 at the livermore airport. we'll come up into the 70s. this is vollmer peak, santa rosa, 51 in livermore. so yes, the abrupt switch from summer to winter happened during the week and most of you enjoy it, i think, but well below average. 9 degrees cooler this morning. mount tam, upper elevation wind, keeping it pretty gust on mount tam. 20 to 30 mile hour wind gusts, and breezy tomorrow as well as a

cool parcel of air slides to the south. sunday, into monday and cooler than normal weather, but warming up by the middle of next week. we're bringing back the storm impact scale. tomorrow, a one. scattered showers, less than a 0.1 of an inch of rain, taking you hour by hour beginning tomorrow, 7:00, could see a shower across the bay. widely scattered. as we go through the afternoon, the system sinks to the system. into the east bay, the coast and down through the santa cruz mountains, a break, and then another system will allow for maybe some more showers late monday. how much will this continues to vary. a 0.1 of an inch of rain for sunday. winter weather advisory in the sierra nevada, sunny vail, north

bay, one of the warmer locations, 70, castro valley, with 73. concord and san ramon. forecast, we're looking at warmer today, cloudy, cooler, breezy tomorrow, monday, clouds and sun on tuesday, and if you download the news app, you'll really track the warming trend and the rain for tomorrow. >> for those seeking the relief, certainly delivering on that. >> yeah. >> lisa, thanks. just ahead, a man goes on a smashing ram pain

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if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, we've got you covered. here is reggie aqui with more. >> cur rated your weekend with cake, the band, not the dessert, chris isaac, katie, bluegrass this weekend, along with the girl who just wants to have fun. ♪ ♪ >> that's cindy lauper, and what does she have to do with the bluegrass festival. answering you by saying, a, she is cindy lauper, and b, she has a new country album, and three, the diversity of the festival. hardly strictly has 100 acts on seven stages. thanks to warren heldman, it is

all free. it will draw three times the crowd of outside lands. if live music isn't your thing, they have a daily silent disco, that's a dance party with headphones. you can also get your dance on at a street fair. not folsom street. no, this is the castro street fair. and by comparison, vendors and fun. this is their 43rd year and goes from 11:00 to 6:00. we're scratching the surface. to see it all, go to abc 7 news.com and we'll hook you up with hood line. >> thank you. antibullying lesson from someone who has experienced it first hand. giants fan brian stow. he was in a comey in 2011. >> bullies destroyed my life. bullies hurt my family. >> yesterday, abc 7 news watt at

west like elementary when he walked in without any help. he had to learn to talk and walk again, and will need caregivers the rest of his life. he asked the kids to take an antibullying stage, and not be a bystanders. temo myer has mono, he won't be able to play for four weeks. symptoms including swollen lymph nodes and can be spread through coughing. a disgruntled apple customer went on a destructive rampage. it happened in france. this video shows the man smashing iphones, mack book air. the man saw he was being recorded and spoke directly to the camera and said apple refused to give him his money back. the damage was estimated at

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coming out of the 40s in some spots. it has been chilly and a live look outside from the sutro camera, you can see, san francisco to oaklands, 54 in mountain view, 55 in gilroy and nice and sunny, but still, 46, santa rosa, napa, 54 in concord and from emeryville, a nice afternoon today, although continued below average, sunny skies, a few clouds around this afternoon, upper 50s, coast side, low 70s, well below average. cooler and cloudy, damn for sunday. we'll talk about it in just a minute. chris. sales tax increase goes into effect today. voters approved it back in june. the sales tax will be 9%, up from 8.75. san jose has experienced a fiscally tough last ten years and needs the money to restore services. campbell is the only other

county with a sales tax at 9%. starting today, more parts of sunnyvale are off-limits to smokers. people can no longer smoke in dining areas, farmer's market or public parks, shared balconies or patios and shared common areas. the city wants to limit second-hand smoke exposure. governor jerry brown has signed legislation mandating prison sentences who assault unconscious or intoxicated victims. the governor signed a bill allowing more forms of sexual assault to be categorized as rape. they were inspired by the brock turner case, the former stanford student athlete who was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. turning to the race for white house. donald trump tweeted earlier yesterday morning, quote, did crooked hillary help disgusting, check out sex tape and past,

alica m to become a u.s. citizen so she could use her in the debate. >> why did he go to late night tweet storm like that? why did he do that? >> that's trump refusing to answer questions about his late night tweets while campaigning in michigan yesterday. trump is scheduled to be in pennsylvania later today for a rally. hillary clinton does not have any scheduled events today. yesterday, though, she slammed trump about his tweets, while campaigning in florida, the democratic nominee said the twitter rant proves he is unfit to be president. >> really, why does he do things like that? i mean, as late as twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him. >> late ex clinton tweeted herself, saying, quote, a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not be any where near the nuclear codes. the vice-presidential nominees face off in their first and only debate on tuesday,

watch it right here on abc 7, beginning at 6:00 p.m. new this morning, president obama is talking about the importance of paid sick leave. millions of americans don't have access to a single day of paid sick leave. starting january 1st, federal contractors will be required to give seven paid sick leave each year. >> it isn't a side issue or woman's issue or something nice to have. it is a must have. we've worked with states, cities and businesses to try to get the job done. many have. pointing to research showing that paid leave actually helps their bottom line. president obama says we need a congress that will act on all these issues, so it can make a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of people. one of the final steps to merge american airlines and u.s. airways is happening this weekend they hope you don't notice a thing. they'll transition pilots an planes to a single flight operating system starting today.

scheduling, route planning and dispatching will be done with one software, instead of the current three. american has reduced flight schedules in anticipation, but believe it will be a smooth integration. a former sheriff's deputy in costra county was arraigned yesterday involving a sex scandal. the young female accuser said they've also filed legal action. abc 7 news reporter, vic lee has the latest. >> reporter: sheriff's deputy ricardo perez resigned early this summer, as details of the sex scandal unfolded. he reportedly had sex with jasmine abusman, a 19-year-old woman who went by celeste guap. we're revealing her, because she and her lawyers revealed they are self-publicly. he has been charged with criminal sex charges. perez pleaded not guilty and the judge released him on his own

recould r recognizant. >> he is being treated specia y specially. if he was a black man with a felony, would he have to post. >> reporter: perez is one of five officers being charged, they include oakland police officer and a livermore officer. oakland police officer, brian b bunton, was arrested a week ago on charges associated with the case. after court, the lawyers said they had filed claims against six bay areas cities and counties for failure to protect the young woman who was sexually exploited. the claim is for millions of dollars. >> i don't remember the exact amounts, but roughly breaks down to $6 million per officer. >> reporter: alameda prosecutors have yet to charge an oakland officer and another who resigned in the wake of the investigation. a third officer has been charged, but his case was continued. vic lee, abc 7 news.

residents in san francisco mission terrace is trying to stop a building being put up on this farm. the farm doesn't own the land. golden bridges bought it years ago with the intention of relocating their campus there. according to the plans, the school would only have a small structures. >> children spend their times indoors in front of screens, not moving and experiencing nature. we're getting them out. >> the owner are the farm has agreed to move on. the board of supervisors can overturn the decision. 8:35 is the time. sern e centuries old practice has a new home. abc 7 news was there as the ribbon was cut, opening the first west coast campus of the california institute of integral studies. the largest maker of chinese medicines, featuring her balae

remedies. the square park in san francisco has been extend aid few months. the park near the western edition for significant upgrade for the irrigation system, lawn and pathways. new trees will be planted. $4.3 million, a new viewing area to get a better vantage point, as well as the painted ladies. it should open in december. the rest of the park is scheduled to reopen in march. still ahead, creative minds unite. we'll show you the inspiration in san francisco. first, a live look outside from the abc 7 exploratory camera

thanks for choosing abc 7 news to start your day. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. there is rain in the forecast. lisa argen returns in a little bit to break it all down for us. italian police have recovered two vincent van gogh paintings in 2002. investigators found the ski scape as well as the congregation leaving the reform church. both of the paintings were hidden in a farmhouse near an organized crime ring known for cocaine trafficking. they were without frames. >> condition of the paintings is

overall rather good, i would say, but the seascape has damage part of the paint layer has been broken off. so about this big, it is a substantial damage. >> the damage is about five centimeters wide. the museum plants to inspect both paintings closer. not much confidence that we'll have a wet winter to help ease the drought. although last winter brought a highly anticipated el niño, this winter will be what forecasters call newt tro, in el niño or la anyo nina. >> we have a water deficit and we've had a snow pack deficit over the past five years. are we still in the drought? you bet you are. >> states officials marked

yesterday as the fifth straight year of california. a sixth year is looking likely. >> a lot of tweets and facebook posts. people enjoying the cool weather, looking forward to perhaps some rain. we have a little bit for two days of our seven day outlook. here is a live look outside. oakland and hayward as well as san jose. 40s in the north bay. enjoy the sunshine today. it could be wet tomorrow and monday. also ahead, a giant rally, including a big hit by

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new gogurt write-on tubes. this back to school, say it with gogurt. good morning, everyone. a live look outside from the roof camera. lisa argen returns in a little bit with the full forecast. in sports, bohl cal and san jose state are in action. kickoff is 1:00 p.m. number 18 utah takes on the

golden bears at memorial stadium. also this afternoon, the chase for the wildcard continues with the g men against the dodgers. kershaw faces ty block. the giants needed a win to stay ahead of the cardinals for the final wildcard spot. here is larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports report. >> good morning, everybody. the giants squared off with chair arch-rivals that will determine their playoff fate. bumgardn bumgardner, his least favorite, in the relay would not be in time to get corey seger at the plate. dodgers up 2-0. they were up 3-2 in the sixth. conn conn connor gillespie, 4-3, giants, ropes a double to left off of one time brandon, could not get an out. two more scores, 6-3, giants.

there is goes. brandon belt, but belt got hit on his wrist in his final at bat. hopefully he is okay, but the giants go on to win, 9-3, setting up ty block. the wildcard race looks like this. the giants victory keeps them one game up on the cardinals with only two left to play. the as playing out, two home run game of the year, and his 100th rbi, 4-0 mariners. continues to be a bright spot down the stretch, as ryan healey, his 13th year, and remember, this is a guy who was not called up until july. so promising for the future, 5-1 mariners the final. billed as a top ten showdown, stanford versus washington, instead, annihilation demolishing them. he may be sleepless because of seattle. jake browning out of folsom high school, 19 yard score, huskies

led 23-0 at the half. brownlee, 3 td passes. washington short punt, bounces off the cardinal blockers, huskies recover and take advantage with miles gasken, 30-0. christian mccouaffree, stopped d dropped by the ref. stanford suffers their first loss, 44-6. dodgers legend vin scully will ends his career in san francisco this. jon miller does a very good skull will he impersonation. >> we speak english. 1-1 pitch, curveball, 2 and 1. vin is much more he will gants, stylish. the 1-1 pitch on the way. curve low. ball 2. >> jon is fantastic.

don't forget, we've got college football here on abc 7, it is clemson and louisville here at 5:00. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> now your accuweather forecast, with lisa argen. >> good morning to you. the cool temperatures allowing us to settle into october, feeling like the season, although we are well below average. live doppler 7 picking up on some fog, but mostly sunny and school conditions. the golden gate bridge, no fog, the upper elevations have seen gusty winds, and later on today, we'll see the breeze kick up along the coast. 53, san francisco, san jose, gilroy, 55. half moon buy, a mild 57 and clear. we're looking at the exploratory camera, where today will be like yesterday in san francisco. low 60s, 54 in concord, 54 in livermore with 40s in napa. it has been cool in the inland east bay, nice break.

today, 70s will arrive. still well below average, and this morning, cooler than yesterday morning. much cooler in the north bay, 6 to 9 degrees, 2 to 4 degrees from san jose to hayward and livermore. the peninsula, nice and sunny. only scattered showers not only tomorrow, but into monday. two opportunities and looking at cooler than normal weather. right on through the beginning of next week. so we're going to take you to the hardly, strictly bluegrass festival, you can see the breezy winds. bring the jacket. look what happens tomorrow. the storm impact scale is back. it is a one on our storm impact scale. if you forgot, that means a weak, light system. we rate them from 1 to 5, we're looking at scattered showers, could a 0.1 of an inch of rain and instability, maybe a

scattered thunderstorm. take a look at the time lapse now. from 7:00 in the morning until noontime tomorrow, so about 24 hours away, we'll look for scattered showers. by noontime, this en by the afternoon, sunday, sunday night, we're clear and by monday, clouds increase. monday afternoon, we're looking at perhaps some showers as we head towards north bay. but look what happens for monday afternoon commute. 3:00, 5:00, showers into the east bay. by 7:00, widely scattered showers in the north bay. and then by 9:00, we still have a chance of rain. so that's your two-day chance of precip. as we go through 11:00, napa, san jose, mountain view, from hayward to livermore. a broad brush forecast with a slight chance here and there, but could get your head wet and with that, we're not only bringing out the precip, but the possibility of some snow, winter

weather advisory goes into effect tomorrow morning through 5:00 and could bring up to 3 inches, with slippery roads. at&t park, sunny and breezbreez. go giants. mostly sunny conditions. half moon bay 61. 68 in oakland and richmond. featuring the sun with breeze today, more so tomorrow, cooler, chance of showers throughout the day and another channels of showers monday afternoon through later on monday, and then we are sunny and warmer throughout the rest of the week. i like to look out kind of far and through the middle of october, showing some perhaps more wet weather. that's kind of exciting. >> that's good. as for this afternoon, bring a light jacket if you're heading to the giants game, even a snuggy. some people may need it. thousands at forth mason, a free public events, crafts and

crea creati creativity. folks who are creative for a living got to do something different from their day jobs. >> on the left side of the heart, just take the pencil -- >> reporter: of all the conferences in san francisco, there may be only one where you can learn to write with chalk. >> what does it say? >> learn. >> reporter: this articulate woman is a professional writer. >> once it becomes a thing, you have to make money, it becomes less fun. >> reporter: so trade anything the keyboard for a piece of chalk or paintbrush is an outlet. >> creative people, it is meditation. >> reporter: and inspiration. >> product designers, so we don't do water color in the daily job, but doing stuff like this gets us excited to try new things. >> reporter: brit more writtein >> it does make us happy. it helps us be in

>> we're creative men, too. >> reporter: 98% women, and that's on purpose. >> we did a survey in the and found 77% of women specifically didn't think they were creative, and that shocked me. i really wanted to change it. >> of course creativity is not just analog. alongside the paints and penc s pencils. >> designed this on paper, and watched as it was etched into wood. virtual reality gets artistic. >> you can start learning sculpture and ceramics. >> prizing productivity, sometimes the brain needs to recharge. >> playfulness is important for the creative field. >> reporter: just maybe, playing will open some doors. >> i've met people who used to be aerospace engineers running their own jewelry businesses. >> reporter: jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. new study says it is possible to lose weight with

mindful decision-making. so the therapy teaches how to turn down pleasure and rewarding yourself with something healthy. throwing away a brownie and eating an apple. no so easy. over a year, people who received the therapy lost more than 13% of their initial weight on average. current therapies help people drop 5 to 8% of their starting weight. it is published in the "journal

welcome back everyone. check out this sun set of rodeo beach. abc 7 now, you can see it online. happening today in valejo. muck fest, racing through mountains of mud, spin, swing and fling them all over the place. the course raises money to support the national multiple sclerosis society. $24 million has been raised. the race starts in about five minutes at the fair grounds. we wish all the participants the best of luck. >> that's right. temperatures will be comfortable. a little breezy this afternoon. 70 there. oakland, livermore, morgan hill,

75 to 71 in san jose, accuweather forecast, sunny but below average temperatures today. tomorrow, we bring in the storm impact scale, a one. slight chance of shower, scattered showers into monday as well, and warmer temperatures next week. >> lisa, thank you. thanks to you for joining us. as always, we love spending our saturday mornings with you. i'm chris nguyen, alongside lisa argen. a big day of college football. number 22 texas faces oklahoma state and still water. 12:30, number 8 wisconsin, fourth rate michigan. at 5:00, louisville and clemson. after that, catch us after the game. news continues online on twitter, facebook and instagram. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. until then, make it a great day, everybody.

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