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there, particularly in some of the inland cities. good morning. i'm garvin thomas in for kris sanchez and the bay area meteorologist, craig herrera, who has your hot forecast. especially as we go into sunday and monday, we seal more of those. the air quality goes down. it is going to be hot. we have 60s already this morning. a lot of kids out and about. this afternoon, play, maybe some soccer ku soccer tournaments going on. you are going to be pretty toasty out there. close to mid-90s. in the 70s today. mid and upper 70s today, 85, san francisco. 90s for napa, santa bay and into gilroy and san martine. we will have more on the seven-day forecast and the heat is going to be around for a couple of days. this morning, we are following developing news overseas. a plane heading to pakistan from

canada has been forced to make an emergency landing after reports of a bomb on board. this is video of passengers evacuating the plane in stockholm, sweden. canadian man is being questioned. the boeing 747 had taken off from toronto when a woman phoned police that a man on board was carrying explosives. all 273 passengers got off the plane. the man in question is not on an international no-fly list and cleared a security check in canada. so far, investigators have not found any explosives. new this morning, a first look at video of a 15-year-old boy handcuffed and berated for having sex with the officer's 14-year-old daughter. >> the person you had sex with is the cop's daughter. we can file charges.

growing up, being in high school, a cop's daughter is not someone you mess around with. >> the father secretly shot that video on his smart phone as the officer pretended to arrest the boy last month. the officer could now face criminal charges in connection with the fake arrest. the 15-year-old boy tells the mercury news he wants the officer to go to jail saying, quote, i thought he would be a good dad by just showing up and talking to my parents rather than just taking advantage of his position. the d.a. could file charges against the officer within a week. california is preparing next week to execute its first prisoner in almost five years. all that may be left to decide is just how it will be done. interestingly, that choice has been left up to the condemned. this is all the results of a federal judge lifting his moratorium on execution and putting the san quentin death

chamber back in business. >> reporter: federal judge, jeremy foegle has given albert greenwood brown a choice of how he wants to die, either by a single injection or a revised three-drug method. the aclu says the judge and the state should give brown another choice, life. >> we are asking that very question, why now? why the rush to execute now? the attorney general is really rushing this process and creating legal chaos. there is an enormous amount of uncertainties and serious questions that have not been answered. >> reporter: brown was sentenced to death in 1982 for raping and murdering 15-year-old susan jordan in southern kra krachlt he will be the first inmate executed in almost five years. judge fogle had halted all executions in 2006 to take a closer look at the three-drug lethal injection process and see if inmates were suffering extreme pain during execution. >> here, the stakes are too high and too many uncertainties for

this to continue. the courts need to stop the proceedings so that we can have a careful review of all the problems and the public concerns over lethal injections. >> reporter: brown will also be the first inmate to be executed in california's new lethal injection chamber, which has been changed to meet new requirements, those are better equipment, lighting, and space. those in favor of the death penalty are happy with the judge's decision to move forward with the execution. >> there has to be some measure of accountability and quite frankly, you take a life, you deserve to lose your life. >> reporter: from now until midnight wednesday, expect a flurry of appeals and requests. brown's attorney says he will challenge the new lethal injection policy and ask the marin county superior court to halt the execution. this morning, fire investigators are looking into what caused a victorian home in the south bay to go up in flames. six people were sound asleep as flames ripped through the two-story home at the

intersection of minnesota and newport avenues in the willow glen area of san jose. four of the six made it to safety on their own. they had to rescue two people who had gone back inside the house to get some of their things out. it looked like the fire started in a nearby shed and quickly spread to the house. >> the owner occupied, looked outside, shed on fire. it has spread into the house with a roof on two sides. 50 firefighters were on scene foto put the fire out. no one was injured. the search is on for storebusting bandits who terrified east bay shoppers and sent two employees to the hospital in a violent attack. police say 20 customers were inside home consignment center in danville when three men burst

through the doors sprayed works with pepper spray, they smashed the jewelry counter with sledge hammers. >> the loudest noise was the hatchets breaking open the glass counters. it was loud, booming noises. i didn't know if it was gunshots or breaking glass. that was terrifying. >> the men grabbed all they could and ran out to a waiting white cadillac sedan. police say they are reviewing the store's surveillance video to get a better look at the suspects. this morning, police in the south bay are looking for a group of people they say beat and stabbed a 14-year-old boy. gilroy police say several people called 911 to report the attack on stony court near the 101 freeway. witnesses tell the freeway a group of possible nor tan yo gang members chased them down the street. one suspect got out of the car and stabbed the boy multiple times while a second suspect hit him with a wooden stick or club. the boy is expected to recover from his injuries.

a new warning from police that will make you think twice about answering that knock at the door. they say a man selling carpet cleaning services may be behind a recent sexual assault in a walnut apartment building. the man entered the woman's home and attacked her. investigators say witnesses report seeing a man fitting the description selling carpet cleaning services door to door. this is the same apartment complex where three other sexual assaults took place this summer but police say those incidents are not related. right now, lemonade stands are sending a political message in san francisco. opponents of the city's measure are taking the sit, lie to the city. they represent one of the innocent activities that could be banned. the law is designed to keep people from blocking sidewalks

and har rasing passersby. reclining after reentry, why three astronauts are off their feet after six months up in orbit. this morning, a decorated military nurse has her job back. the latest legal setback from the don't ask, don't tell policy just ahead.

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space station on friday. astronaut tracy caldwell die son and the two russian cosmonauts were placed into reclining chairs to help them recover. they spent six months on a spacial station. a former air force major that was gay and discharged should be reinstated to her job as a flight nurse. the judge ruled the former mayor's home mo sex uality was never detrimental to the military. >> reporter: margaret witt was all smiles when she went into court to hear the decision she has waited for since 2004. federal court judge ronald layton ruled the military violated her rights when she was discharged for homosexual conduct under the military's don't ask don't tell policy. the judge ruled she should be reinstated at the earliest possible moment. what do you think of the decision? >> i'm absolutely thrilled.

all i have ever wanted to do is go back to my unit and do my job. for that chance, i'm excited. >> reporter: it could do more than just get her nursing job back. it already has. after she sued in 2006, the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled the military must prove that discharging someone for homosexual conduct can only be done if the individual does something to harm the military or morale. they said discharging her did more damage to the morale than her sexual orientation ever did. her case was sponsored by the aclu. her attorneys say today's ruling could someday overturn the don't ask, don't tell policy. that, legal experts say, won't happen soon. >> if i help one person, that's terrific. >> reporter: margaret witt fought to get her job back. she certainly won't mind if her action changes the policy. >> you can only hope. >> reporter: that was drew

mickelson reporting during six days of testimony, witnesses spoke in favor of margaret witt and her performance while in the air force. national statistics show american students are struggling when compared to other countries. government leaders, parents and st students are being brought together for a two-day summit called education nation. >> what we have already done is solicited our viewers to submit their questions via our website, todayshow.com. i will pause and take questions from people. we will have assembled in a meeting here at rockefeller center. we turned the plaza into an education plaza, a learning experience. we are going to be taking questions from average citizens. i think it is going to be

exciting for them to be able to question the president of the united states as well. >> if you have a question for president obama, head to our website, nbcbayarea.com. spl. >> five people have been killed after a freak storm slammed through the haitian capital of puerto prince. it was so strong that it devastated tent camps. three adults and two children were killed. meteorologists say the storm only appeared on weather satellites as a low pressure system. high winds and pounding rain was enough to rule pan iblg and chaos in a region still trying to recover from that january quake which killed 250,000 people. coming up on "today" in the bay, just around the corner. how a bay area transit agency is pulling out the stops for men and women in uniform. >> what a weekend. look at the sunshine all around

the bay area. we are going to have hot temperatures today, tomorrow and into next week. i'll have your seven-day forecast coming up.

welcome back to the broadcast, everyone. 7:18, saturday morning. you are looking at a live picture from arena in downtown san jose. folks are getting ready for a memory walk sponsored by the alzheimer's organization. that takes off this morning. we are going to have a talk back later this morning with some that are participating in that walk. right now, let's talk about the weather. craig is here to talk about hot weather. it keeps getting hotter and hotter. the first weekend of fall, we are jumping back to summer. this time of year, we get pretty warm around the bay area. that's going to be the case for this weekend. monday will be the hottest day

as we go forward. we will start with a live shot of san francisco, gorgeous. the golden gate bridge and the marin area. keep yourself hydrated. the golden gate bridge down at the surface there, a beautiful start to the morning, not much in the way of wind. either we won't have much wind today, if you are out riding your bike across the golden gate, no need to worry about the winds coming through you. from oakland looking back across the bay to the bay bridge and city skyline, nice start if you are visiting. what a great weekend for you. those of us who live here, with he know that sunshine, even at the beaches, we will have 70s there. as we look out over the south end of the bay, nice start to the day over san jose. the temperatures have been in the 60s for most locations. a couple of 50s in the north end of the bay. mid-50s if that. these numbers are going to quickly rebound and jump up.

we have a big ridge of high pressure settling over the bay area, most of the western half of the u.s., from washington down through san diego. there will be a little bit of cooling along. tomorrow's storm, the tail end of it, passes the bay area. all it is going to do is keep us right about where we are today. sunday, very similar to saturday. maybe we will drop into the 60s at the beaches. we will continue with more of the 90s in some of the warmer spots. monday, those 90s you see there will be closer to 100 degrees in some of the warmer spots. concord over to say livermore, you have got a good chance of reaching 100 degrees. we will get those at palm springs and in through the central san joaquin valley. look at san luis, sacramento and in the higher elevations, close to mid and upper 90s.

94, livermore. 85, san francisco. nice for sonoma and napa counties. once you get into morgan hill and gilroy, closer to the 90s. if you are outdoors, keep hydrated, keep the sunscreen on. today and tomorrow, you will feel the effects by monday. air quality will be going down. we are only cooling off a little bit. garvin, next week, monday, tuesday, and wednesday, still pretty toasty. >> air quality and keep your eye on fire danger as well. thank you very much. the bay area will host fleet week in a week and a half. part is getting a jump-start on the patriotic spirit. they will give free b.a.r.t. tickets to the 124 members of the 49th brigade for military personnel on duty can receive a pass worth $50 in ride. they will receive the passes at the ceremony at the hyatt

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the giants may seem to be having an identity crisis. the pitching is dominating. thursday, they set the record for consecutive games allowing three runs or less and last night, they just added to it thanks largely to tim lincecum, who is, once again, looking like the two-time cy young award winner that he is. it's the joints at the rockies. bottom of the third. both starters mowing them down. lincecum, perfect through four and then the bottom of the sixth

after the leadoff double, it allowed by lincecum, eric young jr. hits the single. it is 1-0, rockies. top of the seventh, buster for pat morrell, a big swing and it is gone to left field. the two-run gee-ahead blast makes it 2-0 giants. brian will is son goes on to get his 45th save. giants win, 2-1. the rockies are now 4 1/2 games back. the giants are now guaranteeing they will remain in first but by how much? this depends on the padres that hosted the reds at pepco park the bottom of the seventh, miguel tejada hits a big single to left to bring in two runs giving the padres the 4-3 league. they managed to hold on. the padres still a half game behind the giants. seven games back with a three-game series against the team they are chasing, the odds

are long for the as. the players aren't giving up just yet not with the rangers in town. i don't see any obese lady in sight yet, they say, and i can hear her singing. vlad guerra doing his best. a bases-clearing double bringing in three runs. the rangers go up 7-1. as eventually fall, 10-3. the rangers magic number is now two. the 49eers problem seems to be addressed. the offense seems to be finally clicking. one thing they are missing this season, a win tomorrow in kansas city, they get another chance. >> we've got to get a win. after that, we can build on that. that all starts this week. the with kansas city, that's what we are building on. you take the good things we did last week, you have to learn

from the other stuff and move on. >> it's very important for us to go there and do the very best job that we can to come out with a win. >> the ground game is about to get a little more versatile. tom cable says michael bush will play tomorrow four weeks after having surgery on the thumb he fractured in the preseason. he was the top rusher last season but will likely start out as darren mcfadden's backup. check this out, the film of the seventh game of the 1950s world series that they thought had been lost forever. where was it found? in the late bing crosby's wine seller in his long-time home. they found the complete nbc broadcast in 16 millimeter film canisters. five reels have been transferred to dvd and will be shown during the off-season on the mlb

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in the mid-70s today and tomorrow and into monday. right now, 60 degrees in san francisco. 57 through concord. look at the highs today. coming up about 5 to 7 degrees from where we were yesterday. you could feel the heat yesterday. it is going to be on today. sunset, 7:02. more heat tomorrow. garvin will have the seven-day forecast. the hottest day on monday. close to 100 degrees. i will have more in a bit. >> great. thank you very much. the nation's recession saw a rise in the mum of bay area residents without health insurance. substantial drops in household income. last year, 19.5% of its residents were uninsured for the last part of the year. that's up nearly 15% from 2007. by comparison, san mateo county's uninsured rate was just above 14%, a 3% from the same two-year period. last year, solano county had the

highest uninshired residents at 20%. the usair lines industry went through some turbulent times during the recession. air travel is taking off again. that is helping the industry to rebound. some areas are taking delivery of new planes. others are flying existing aircraft more hours. one airline, delta, is taking a few of the moth ball jets out of storage and puts them back in the skies. some investors and rival carriers are saying this could put the industry back into having too many industry seats which would translate into major losses. lindsay lohan is back home after being released from a los angeles county jail cell last night. she posted $300,000 bail and was driven away in a black suv just before midnight. a superior court judge says there is a condition for her release. before the end of the day, she must begin wearing an alcohol-monitoring bracelet until the next court appearance.

she was ordered to stay away from establishments that primarily sell alcohol. >> she wasn't here very long. she has been very cooperative, always has been. the first time and this time. let's hope this is the last time. >> the judge who send lohan to jail yesterday morning will next determine what her punishment will be for failing a drug test two weeks after being released from rehab. coming up on "today in the bay," fighting crime to fighting a debilitating disease, a former police chief's battle with alzheimer's. [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪

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but there's an even deadlier predator cigarettes, produced by big tobacco, which take a life every six point five seconds. don't be big tobacco's next victim. when you hear a person has alzheimer's, you probably think of someone in the final years of their life. that's not always the case. a former police chief busting bad guys not long ago, was recently diagnosed with the disease. joe rosato jr. has his story. >> this was a s.w.a.t. team picture from way back.

>> reporter: he can remember just about every detail of his nearly three decades in law enforcement. >> this is when i was the police chief of lafayette. >> reporter: every crime, every investigation. >> we had a big problem in the city. >> reporter: the little things that slip the mind of the former lafayette police chief. >> anything from appointments to just conversations or trying to remember people's names. >> reporter: shortly after retiring from police work four years ago, fisher was diagnosed with alzheimer's. >> he was misplacing things when he got home. >> reporter: since then, the 53-year-old resident and his wife have tried to make sense of the debit debilitating disease still in the early stages. >> i give him a chance to locate things and then i ask him if he wants help.

>> reporter: alzheimer's say it is important for people developing problems in their 40s and 50s to get checked. >> when people are seeing those things and they interfere with daily functioning and they are seeing they are getting worse over time, that's a good time to see the doctor. >> reporter: more than 5 million people suffer from alzheimer's. the numbers are on the rise. >> it is important to understand that because you have this diagnosis or somebody you love has the diagnosis, it is not the end of the world. it's the beginning of a different journey. >> susan fisher says it is tough to watch her husband go from running a police department o struggling with conversations and grocery lists. even now, the old mike is there. >> he is my rock, has always been the person i lean on. and i still do but it will evolve. >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. you heard joe say, right now, more than 5 million americans and their loved ones are affected by alzheimer's disease. in an effort to raise money for research, people will be hitting

the streets for san jose for a walk to end the disease. one of those taking part is the ceo of the organization, bill fisher. thanks for joining us. >> happy to be with you. >> could you hear joe's story that we just aired? >> i certainly did. i have met mike and it is a very compelling story. what a courageous guy. >> i imagine that's a story you hear a lot and not just focusing on the patient but on the family and for the wife in that situation, the struggle she knows is coming, might not be there yet but is coming. >> you are absolutely right. 5.3 americans with alzheimer's today. one of the things that has changed in my 20 some years working with the alzheimer's association, we see people like mike, diagnosing the disease early, there are approximately 300,000 of people in the 40s and

50s with alzheimer's, mike is that example, diagnosed early, still pretty lucid and functional. his life hasn't ended. it is a changing face of alzheimer's disease. >> people who have parents in the 40s and 50s, when do you stop ascribing something to normal memory loss and when do you become concerned about alzheimer's? >> a great question. most of us, as we age, don't remember quite as well as we did when we were young. that's the joke. if you want to learn a foreign language, do it before you are 12. we are talking about memory loss and deficits that get in the way of activities of daily living. one thing to go to the grocery store for ten items and come home with seven. it is another thing if you get lost on the way home from the grocery store. people with alzheimer's early on are going to have problems with higher order thinking and functioning, executive functioning. if you are working, that's one of the places where things may

show up, bill-paying. again, you are going to see decline. one of the hallmarks of alzheimer's is progressive and degenerative. it is going to get worse over time. >> billfisher ceo of the northern california alzheimer's association. good luck with the walk. the memory walk is 10:00 this morning arena green in san jose. still ahead on "today in the bay," forg get stealing bases at at&t park. opera is stealing the show.

in san francisco, they didn't play ball at the park. they played verity but it was really the great weather that stole the show. >> right now, it's hot.

>> oh, my gosh, it's so awesome. i am in love with this weather. >> beautiful weather. could not find a better san francisco night. >> we have a harvest moon, if you get a chance to look at it, bright orange, fantastic. >> instead of awesome strike, the crowd watched the opera aieda. a crowd of 30,000 people showed up to watch. she is right about that moon. that moon was gorgeous. really nice. i let the dogs out. so bright. so many great things to do around the entire bay area. the warm weather only makes it better. >> we are getting ready for that. plan on short sleeves. we have plenty of summer heat this first weekend of fall. we will start off with a live shot from san bruno, looking back across san francisco. next shot as we head out over and take a look at the bay area. we have plenty of san francisco looking out toward hoyte tower and alcatraz and angel island,

what a great place to be. oakland, plenty of sunshine here, closer to 90s as we go through the weekend for oakland and parts of the bay areas. downtown san jose, it is now close to 60 degrees. lots of 50s around the bay area. some close to the 60s. get ready for summer heat. storm track, well up into the north, well up into canada, subsunshine all tsu sunshine down the entire western u.s. 70s at the beaches. stronger on monday. a little bit of cooling will come through tomorrow close to the coast. that's all it will do. tomorrow, similar to today. more of the '90s. monday, closer to 100 degrees. 85 today in san francisco. some 90s for livermore up into the north end of the bay. it's going to be pretty toasty through u chi and up at lake

bear reet ta once you are closer to napa. san jose at 91. morgan hill, 95 degrees. all the little ones getting ready for soccer games. keep yourself hydrated. remember, apply sunscreen over and over again. monday, the hottest day, closer to 100 degrees on monday. as we go through tuesday and wednesday of next week, we are cooling off, slowly cooling off, some really warm temperatures. walk and wag for the humane society is next saturday. i'll be there. go to the website, hssv.org to sign up and raise money for the humane society in silicon valley. up next, on "today in the bay," we have top chef bay area

kitchens where you can go to taste the deserts just ahead.

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a local chef is making the bay area proud as a competitor on this season's bravo's top chef today in the bay, bob redell tested out his culinary skills in the san francisco kitchen. >> when bravo, our sister cable network decided to put out a new version of top chefs, just deserts, they searched the country for the top 12 pastry chefs and would you believe, probably not a surprise, that one is right here in san francisco. wow, he is standing right next to me. this guy right here, jim nugent, the executive pastry chef at the sir francis drake. congratulations for getting on the show. >> thank you. >> so it is 12 of you. you live together in a town like survivor and you are voted off. >> it's a reality show, yes. >> what was it like? did you enjoy it? >> it was fun, yeah.

it is it was a little more than i expected. i don't mind working. i can work 15 hours a day. i am like, we will get up, go to the kitchen, we will fight, we will compete and we will go to bed. well, that's not how it works. it is a call. if there is a delay or stall, you can be in the middle of the night with a challenge. that's the part i didn't get. i was like, oh, okay. >> wednesday was -- >> wednesday was my dfrmts d"d" where i have gotten good feedback where they didn't want me to go home. >> you had to come up with a recipe based on a cocktail. what was the recipe or is that why you got voted off or something else? >> i think that was it. i guess i didn't stand up for myself enough but i did make a cocktail called the plantation.

it was a basil custard with keifer lime. it is a great cocktail. apparently, they didn't like it is a dessert. >> you were telling me you try to make a lot of your deserts, i am looking at some right here. looking at this right here for example. >> i think my philosophy of rustic simple food, italian or french, is kind of my style. it's what's in season in california. it is, first of all, supporting local farms in california. when you've got something that's growing and it's in season, it is going to taste better. from an executive pastry chef, always cheaper when it is more abundant. >> if i want to try this, i am come to solid bees stro. >> you can come to solid bistro. we are adjacent to the drake

hotel. it is on the menu today and will be on for a while. >> tim nugent, nice to meet you. thank you very much. here in san francisco, bob redell, nbc bay area news. coming up next, our pet of the week is here, yardley needs a loving home. how you can help, just ahead. [ son ] my parents have always lived in the states. until two years ago, when my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly. found their local deli. a few shortcuts. and a neighborhood hangout. but there's one thing they miss.

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we only have a little bit of time left but want to do some good in the time we have. lisa simmons is here with pets in need, a little girl that needs a home. >> this is yardley, a little chihuahua terrier mix. she is definitely ready to go, spayed, microchiped, current on her vacation and waiting for her forever home. >> people want information, head to the website and find out what to do. >> they sure can. >> pets and me.org. >> thank you all very much for joining us this morning. hope to see you again at 5:00,

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