tv Today in the Bay NBC June 19, 2011 7:00am-8:00am PDT
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good morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay" an overnight stabbing near a popular grocery store in san francisco. and a big relief for a bay area community held by a man with a pipe bomb. plus some united passengers still trying to get where they're going after a computer glitch nearly ruined their weekend. they'll tell us what the most frustrating part of all really is. this is "today in the bay." good morning and happy fatheres day.
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a beautiful start to this sunday morning. some fog there in the distance but warm temperatures in the forecast as well. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. it looks like it's going to be a nice one for dad. >> should be. today is going to be interesting. we've got half the day dealing with the low clouds and by afternoon we'll see clearing skies. right now a little sun, san francisco 53 degrees. oakland, still have low clouds banked up against the east bay. as winds start to pick up out of the north, that's going to warm up and dry out the air. it's like turning on the hair drier instead of the ocean air conditioning so patchy low clouds for the morning. lunchtime, pretty nice to enjoy a barbecue. today is the no yard work day around the bay area. >> good luck with that. >> 80s inland today. look at fairfield, though, close to 90 today and we'll see more 90s showing up in the seven-day forecast. we'll have a full look at that coming up in just a few minutes. >> we saw somebody driving by with a big grill in the back seat of the car and i thought dad is going to have to put that together. thanks, rob. new this morning, police are searching for a gunman who shot
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and killed another man in oakland last night. the man was shot several times. police found him on 19th street just west -- near west street just after 10:00 last night. that victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. so far police have no suspects, but oakland police are also investigating the shooting death of a teenager who was found dead friday night near bank croft and seminary avenue. in san francisco a stabbing victim is suffering from life-threatening injuries. that victim was found at harrison and 4th streets around 2:00 this morning. he was found with several cuts to his throat and was taken to sf general hospital where he is in critical condition. reports show the suspect and the victim may have been arguing just before the stabbing. investigators say the suspect is an african-american male who ialso in his 20s and was last seen fleeing the area. this morning a fairfield man is in custody after allegedly detonating a bomb under a car. but before he was arrested, he kept the fbi and police at bay during a seven and a half hour
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stand-off. monte francis has this report. >> reporter: it was a long and tense evening here in fairfield that ended with a big sigh of relief from neighbors when the suspect finally surrendered. at 1:00 in the afternoon, police surrounded a home on astoria drive in fairfield on a tip that 29-year-old daniel garcia was inside. garcia was wanted in connection with the detonation of a homemade bomb under a car in fairfield on may 27th. no one was hurt in that incident, but police served a search warrant at his home and found a pipe bomb and other bomb-making materials, believed to belong to garcia. neighbors tell nbc bay area garcia is a troubled man. >> i haven't seen him for many years and all of a sudden now, you know, last week he had the bomb squad and atf and everybody over in this quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: at 7:30 garcia's roommate came out of the house and was taken into custody. >> he's a 42-year-old male, a
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friend of the suspect's. he us going to be looked in jail. >> reporter: finally after seven and a half hours of resisting, garcia came out of the house with his hands on his head slowly walking backwards and gave himself up to police. >> after deployment of tear gas in the house, our suspect surrendered and was taken into custody peacefully. >> and that was monte francis reporting. hundreds of volunteers are searching for missing nursing student michelle le who has not been seen in more than three weeks and who hayward police believe is no longer alive. family and advocates are organizing all of the searches now for the missing 26-year-old woman. they'll search part of the hayward foothills and niles canyon from 8:00 this morning until noon. it is the same area they searched over the last two days because police say le's phone was pinging on cell towers in that area after she disappeared. volunteers got instructions on
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what to look for and what not to do should they find anything suspicious. police are working this as a homicide investigation, but le's family refuses to give up hope that she is still alive. two hikers got more adventure than they bargained for in big sur. the pair was rescued from a mountain side last night. the two got stuck 300 feet above the river on their way back to their campsite from a swimming trip. deputies say they were not hurt. and united airlines is still playing catch-up this weekend after a computer glitch stranded thousands of passengers, many of whom still aren't where they want to be this morning. san francisco international is one of the airports where that glitch shut down united computers, delaying or cancelling more than 150 flights starting friday night. they control flight departures, airport processing and reservations as well. the sfo duty manager said quite a few people slept in the terminal friday night.
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passengers tell us they are frustrated to be grounded but even more annoyed with the lack of information from the airline. >> i haven't gotten a straight answer from anybody. they're not even willing to listen to your problems or answer your questions. it's like the passengers don't mean anything and it's every man for himself. >> united is not revealing what caused that computer problem in the first place except to say that it was caused by a network connectivity issues. the twitter feed says the problem has been resolved. a woman is in custody after protesting the installation of a smart meter in her neighborhood. she sat on the hood of a wellington energy truck and refused to move. reports say that she is the first person to be arrested over the installation of a smart meter. some believe smart meters emit low frequency radiation. pg&e offers an opt-out option for those who don't want to have it installed.
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that woman was arrested for disobeying orders of a police officer who asked her to move. children from across california were bussed to bay area prisons for father's day visits with their dads. 30 buses carried more than 1,000 kids to san quentin and salinas valley straight prison. it's a program meant to help fathers keep their family bonds and hopefully encourage them to change their behavior once they are released. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, should dads expect bigger, pricier give gifts this year? plus, we'll introduce you to a bay area man who says his daughter is cooking him up the best father's day gift of all. hi there, bob redell. a tour of san francisco that only a pingball can take pong b. the mastermind behind this amazing creation coming up. 3w4r57 .
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good morning to you. taking a live look at north beach in san francisco this morning. all quiet now, but things will really start cooking a little bit later on with the food festival that's happening, the 56th annual north beach festival, always fun. dads can look forward to getting some pretty good gifts today, that is if national retail spending figures are any indication. the federation says father's day spending is up 13% over last year and on average people are spending a little more than $100 on dad. 20% of people surveyed say they are buying dad electronics. home improvement items, sporting good items also high on the list. the average mother's day gift costs about $140. a san jose dad says that he is getting a father's day gift every day at work because he is training his daughter to take over their cherished family business. >> hi, i'm ron, the chef owner of new delhi restaurant. we are located in downtown san francisco. i'm a lucky dad to be working
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with my daughter, sarah. she's the second generation chef and training to be the owner one of these days. >> my father has been in this line since he was 14, and he's a very well-known chef. here i am coming into this giant shadow. >> so she is taking charge and kind of like learning some of the secrets of the trade. >> my dad is my teacher, my mentor, my landlord, my boss. every day is creating a memory. every day is a story with my dad. >> it's not always hunky dory as you know, fathers can be overbearing, but it is really a wonderful thing to be able to share that with your daughter, who you can completely trust to be on your team. >> i hope that i can take over the restaurant. that's what i'm here training for. but i am getting married and i do want to have a family, so i might have a long absence here, but i'll always have my hand in the restaurant and always be a
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part of the business. >> at the end of the day i have her back and she has my back so i am just loving it. i think this is one of the best father's day gifts a father could ever have. >> oh, mushy. >> mushy. >> i have one of those mushy dads. they're all right. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, a bay area man's lifelong dream comes true. a project that he started when he was a young boy finally finished. we'll tell you where you can see it. and here's a live look at san jose. you can still see some patchy low clouds outside for your sunday ing, but warming temperatures are going to get started today. we'll let you know how hot it's going to get in your seven-day forecast coming up. ♪
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will be nice and sunny. here's rob mayeda with a nice look at the forecast. >> right around midday we'll see everything change around. this morning obviously we've got the fog and low clouds in parts of the bay, but by the afternoon, clearing skies. right now kind of cool out there, mostly 50s. but notice santa rosa we're in the low 60s and we're starting to see the change happening here first. north winds picking up, which will start to set the stage for a warm-up and help to dry things out as we head toward the afternoon. giants and a's, an afternoon start, we'll see 70s, so a pretty comfortable day but patchy low clouds possibly lingering for the start of the game early afternoon. around the bay area in terms of the satellite and radar view, other than the low clouds, rain is way off to the east of the sierra and now we're talking about high pressure building in. so this morning we've got the marine layer there but it's getting squished down which is giving us some mist in a few spots around the golden gate bridge. then the pattern change will be
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the marine layer just continues to get flattened out, down to about 500 feet which will allow inland temperatures to hit a few more 80s. come monday, tuesday and wednesday we're talking 90s in the forecast as we get through the first half of the week. we saw this last week, we will again see rising rivers, creeks and streams out of the high country so use caution. if you're near those waterways around the sierra, down towards yosemite as well, but come tuesday as temperatures cool off we'll see those runoff levels backing off a bit as we pass wednesday. around the bay area today you'll notice despite the patchy low clouds of the morning we'll see breezy conditions of the afternoon. high temperatures in the low 80s around san jose. still cool for san francisco. this warm-up that we're talking about is mainly going to be for the inland valleys as we slowly move into this typical summer microclimate pattern. you've got 90s inland around the tri-valley and 80s around san jose. hottest days of the week tuesday
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and wednesday. summer officially starts on tuesday and it will feel like it. a lot of places getting into the mid-90s by the middle part of the week. >> no kidding summer starts on tuesday. that's a nice big number. thank you very much, rob. after breakfast or lunch today, dad might reach for a toothpick. make sure if he does he's not at san francisco's exploratory yum. bob redell shows us why. >> i actually dip one edge. >> reporter: give a man toothpicks, puddles upon puddles of elmer's glue. >> i put the glue where the second edge is going to go. >> reporter: all the time in the world. >> 35 years i've been working on it. >> reporter: to fulfill a childhood dream. >> the dream i had when i was a kid is finally happening. >> reporter: and chances are, you'll end up with something like this. holy cow! wow! have you ever seen a trash can like this? i mean this is really cool, the design. >> the this mind-boggling maze
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of toothpicks that seems to defy gravity. >> reporter: that's pretty light. >> that's pretty light, huh. >> reporter: has been scott weaver's passion since he was 9 years old. i wanted it to look like a sculpture and not noticeable that a ball rolls through it. >> reporter: this is what you call one man's twisted. >> they're coming down lombard street. >> reporter: mind bending. >> across the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: representation of his family's history. >> my grandfather had a gymnasium. >> reporter: in the hometown. >> into the palace of fine arts. >> reporter: he adores so much. >> has a heart i left in san francisco. >> it started when you were 9? >> yeah. >> what's the last toothpick? do you know where the last toothpick was? >> yeah, i jut put it in there. it's back there in the corner. >> reporter: the brown one. >> the brown one. see the brown one in there? people think that i made a sketch if the and planned everything. it's really free art.
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>> reporter: is there at&t park. >> it's right over here. through the coke bottle, around the mitt. these balls will start in each one of the driveways of the alamo square homes. >> reporter: how many toothpicks. >> 100,397. >> reporter: you have no idea. >> no. >> reporter: is it really finished? >> i feel that it's done. my wife wants it to be done. she's very happy it's here and not in the living room. she's threatened the great fire of 2010. >> reporter: she did? >> yeah. and then my wife said you are not wearing that in public, sir. >> reporter: good thing we're not rolling. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> of course we were rolling on that part. so all of those ping pong balls in scott's piece that he's -- that he calls rolling through the bay, if you want to see them for yourself, you can see them but not for long. it's only going to be on display through today. in other news, a homeless utah man's life is about to
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change because he just found out that he inherited quite a bit of money. this mug shot of max melitzer was taken in october for failing to appear in court on a jaywalking charge. he last had contact with his family in september and since then his brother died of cancer, leaving him a significant amount of money in his will. his family hired a private investigator to find him, which they did yesterday. some of his family members plan to meet with him next week. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still ahead, the progress to save some beached whales in florida. savings at capitalone.com.lus that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? buh-bye... call me.
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the oakland a's are going for a sweep in the bay bridge series against the san francisco giants. it was a didn't one to watch. yesterday was game two of the three-game series in oakland. with the score tied at 2 at the bottom of the 5th inning, hideki matsui singles to right scoring two runs to give the a's a 4-2 lead. then andrew bailey closes out
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the game by making pablo sandoval hit into a game-ending double play. a's win it 4-2. comcast sportsnet bay area's jamie sire has the report from the coliseum. >> reporter: jonathan sanchez has recorded just seven quality outings but this was the first time the giants' left-hander did not complete at least five innings. sanchez takes the loss as the giants drop game two of this bay bridge series. >> pretty much the case the last few days. we are just having a hard time driving in runs. they got some big hits, we didn't. >> reporter: the a's will go for the sweep on sunday. if they do pull it off, it will mean the home team will have won the last 12 games of this series between the two teams. reporting from the coliseum, i'm jamie sire for nbc bay area. today is the final game of the series. trevor cahill and matt cane will battle it out starting at 1:00
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this afternoon. beer, wine and music will fill the streets at washington square park in san francisco again today as part of the 56th annual north beach festival. this year's event kicked off yesterday, featuring more than 125 arts and crafts booths, 20 gourmet foot booths and three entertainment stages. people also enjoyed fate painting. looking live, we can see all of the merchants getting ready to start date and it will bow a busy day and beautiful weather for it. rob says the fog will be gone by around noon. well, it might be the strangest doughnut shop in the country, but they like it that way, strangely unique. now psycho doughnuts might have a hollywood flavor. would you believe that that shop might get its own reality tv show? george reports from campbell. >> reporter: with a know nut named serial killer, you know psycho doughnuts may be ready
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for reality tv. >> wow, that is awesome. >> if you're going to do it, why not go as far off as you can and be as unique as you possibly can. >> reporter: unique is right. two years ago the owner left his cushy tech job and decided to sell doughnuts, a crazy move, right? maybe borderline psychotic. now he wants to take his bizarre creations to reality tv. >> so i think it just naturally lends itself well to reality tv without having to build a whole lot of contrived scenarios, because any day you can walk in here and never know what's going to happen next. >> i want one of those, please. >> reporter: and this doughnut shop could be on your flat screen sometime soon. psycho doughnuts says the food network, tlc and the cooking channel are interested. the concept would revolve around the doughnut shop's ability to make over-the-top creations. >> these devise will come up with stuff nobody has ever done before. >> reporter: reality shows require drama, and jordan says
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there's plenty of that going on in his kitchen. >> this place can get very stressful. >> reporter: and if you're looking for personalities, how about the psycho nurses serving you the tasty more sells. employees dressed in nurse garb? remember, this is a doughnut shop. >> i serve crazy doughnuts to crazy people. >> hopefully and absolutely i would love to be ridiculous on reality tv. >> reporter: these psycho doughnut creators say they're ready to go. >> two years ago this was just a little concept and now all these things are taking place, so it's really exciting. but sometimes you almost have to pinch yourself to believe that these things are actually happening. >> psycho doughnuts says it will probably know within a couple of weeks whether or not they are headed to reality tv. until then, they say come on in, enjoy the doughnuts. an entire community in florida is helping out in trying to nurse back to health a number of beached whales there.
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volunteers at the key largo marine mammal center are treating the whales in a recovery pen. the three pilot whales are suffering from pneumonia and need a special device just to breathe. they were rescued last may when a large group beached themselves off the coast but only eight could be rescued. one resident who is a paraplegic helped safe five of them. he was able to free one whale by towing it out to sea with his boat. no word on when the remaining three will be released back out to sea. bay" anupda itethe bay" an update on the ornight shooting in oakland. the latest on that case. plus investigators need your help in a deadly hit-and-run crash. y"
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weather lovers. >> beginning this afternoon we'll see the skies clear out. you just saw san bruno mountain. you probably thought what happens when you speed that up? there's 20 minutes of it there on the time lapse. there's a shallow or a thinning marine layer. it's still going to keep san francisco and the coast cool, but inland as north winds, which we're starting to see in santa rosa, get closer to sea level, we'll see inland valleys starting to warm up. so right around 1:00, 80s popping up for our inland valleys, but san francisco kind of staying cool. in fact as we approach 6:00 this evening, it's going to be hot in fairfield, up to the low 90s. we'll see more 90s popping up in the forecast as we go through the next few days. first half of the week, appropriately enough, as summer gets started, it does look hot for parts of the bay area. we'll show you that in a few minutes. >> it is never a good sign when there's hot pink on your map. >> or purple. new this morning, police are searching for the gunman for shot and killed another man in oakland overnight. he was shot several times.
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police found him on 19 th street near west street. he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. so far police have no suspects, although police are investigating a different shooting death of a teenager found dead friday night. police continue to search for a gunman who they say randomly killed that 18-year-old man friday night. that shooting happened just before midnight near the intersection of seminary and ban kra bank croft avenues. nor there suspects and no apparent motives. police and crime stoppers are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. police are looking for the driver in a deadly hit and run crash. a man in his 40s or 50s was killed in the mission district yesterday morning as he was crossing the street. it happened near the intersection of mission and 18th street around 10:30.
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witnesses say the man responsible was driving a white minivan, possibly a chevy. the mission is busy that time of the morning so it is likely that someone saw something. if you did, police want to hear from you. 50 americans will soon head to gaza on what they are calling a humanitarian mission. they will be aboard the second freedom flotilla. kimberly tere shows us how they hope to help palestinians when they get to gaza. >> reporter: henry knorr knows this is going to be a risky trip but said something needs to be done to keep the world's attention on a region torn apart by violence. he is on a mission. >> in fact what it is is a political demonstration. >> reporter: this berkeley man is taking part in an international effort to break the israeli blockade of gaza. >> the point is that these people are being denied their rights. >> reporter: he will fly from oakland to new york and then on
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to greece, where he will board the audacity of hope with 49 other americans. it will be one of ten gaza-bound trips that make up the freedom flotilla 2. he went to gaza in 2002 to see how palestinians live and was moved to help. >> it was a life-changing experience. what we saw and stories we heard, the people we talked to, was so powerfully moving to me. what people said to us over and over again, what we want most from you is tell people what you've seen, tell people that's happening here. >> reporter: israeli officials are calling the flotilla a provocative act. saying while israel does not seek confrontation, it will use necessary means to enforce the blockade. last year's force to ended with killings. knorr says he does not want to be a martyr but the risk is worth the cause. >> somehow or the other you
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still have to stand up for what you think is right because -- you know, if you deter from that because they use violence, then you're saying the most violent people in the world can always get away with what they want. i'm not prepared to go there. >> reporter: if all goes as planned, the freedom flotilla 2 will set sail toward gaza this friday. in oakland, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. a movie about the life of a los gatos native and september 11th victim opened this weekend at the frameline film festival in san francisco. 31-year-old mark bingham was among those who fought back against the hijackers of flight 93 which crashed in pennsylvania on 9/11. bingham was gay and many say his actions divide common stereotypes about gay people. the movie is called "with you" and highlights the bond bingham shared with his mother, who is a former united airlines flight attendant. she has since become an outspoken advocate of gay rights as well as airline safety. and this morning one of the three hijackers -- american
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hijackers accused of spying in iran will be speaking at uc berkeley. sarah shourd will be joined by family members of the other two hijackers are still being held in iran. she will talk about their captivity and the efforts being made for their freedom. she was released on bail last september on humanitarian grounds. iran accuses the three hikers of spying after they strayed into the country while hiking along the iran-iraq border back in 2009. the speech is at uc berkeley's barrows hall this afternoon at 4:00. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, a new group that's giving kids access to free art and sports classes. w participate and also how to sign up. if you want less, you can always have less.
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the cure is keeping their spirits up and helping them feel normal. the solution is a new group based out of oakland called coach art. joining us this morning, dr. gordon and ashley fontaneta. obviously you're a doctor so sick kids, it seems natural, how hard is it to keep their spirits up when they are sick. >> well, you know, when we have dedicated volunteer that say come in and work with our kids, it makes it a little easier. kids are dealing with isolation in the hospitals. they're also dealing with their illness and the pain that is associated with illness. >> so why art and sports? you could choose any kind of alternative therapy on the side. >> yeah, arts and sports actually is just up lifting overall. you think of how music makes you feel. if you're having a bad day or just want to get something started, put on some good music and you just start dancing around a little bit. that's the same thing that sports does. you throw a ball, it kind of releases some of the energy and just really makes you feel good.
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>> now, ashley, kind of the cool thing that i like about this program is that it's not just for kids who are sick, it's helping them feel normal and reminding them of being at home because their siblings are invited to participate as well. how important is that? >> it's incredibly important and we're so proud to include siblings in the program because they lose out just as much on their normal childhood experiences as the patient. if you think about the amount of time that a chronically ill patient needs to spend in clinic waiting rooms, in the hospital, their siblings just as often have to be there for as much time waiting in the parents in the waiting room or because there's nowhere to take care of them at home, so it's incredibly important to involve them as well. >> i like that part and i also like the fact that it is about sports as well because arts maybe doesn't appeal to all kids and sports don't appeal to all kids. so what kind of things do you offer through the program? >> it's so exciting to be here in the bay area now. we started in the los angeles area, but ashley has been able
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to form some partnerships. we have a little partnership just recently with the oakland a's. and ashley can tell you a little bit about what we're doing with sports. >> it's been so exciting to start the program here in the oakland community because there's such a vast array of resources. the we've met with individuals who do glass blowing and bead making, dj workshops, dance, music, art. just across the board there's so many talented people in the community to donate their services as volunteers. >> we saw a little bit of sailing, we saw some violin playing. so you obviously have to modify a little bit but most kids are capable of doing some part, right? >> sure. and the goal for us is to give the children a chance to feel empowered. they tell us what things they are interested in. >> they keep you guessing, right? >> exactly. so obviously if you want to volunteer, you can volunteer
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your services even if you don't have a sick child. you were a kid sometime so you have something to offer. how can people get involved? >> we recommend everyone go to our website, learn about the types of programs that we offer, because there are different in-hospital as well as outside of the hospital programs that we provide. and find out what's the best fit for them. you'd be surprised. it doesn't take someone with necessarily a professional background in an activity to provide their services as a volunteer. if there's anything you like to do as a hobby, if it's yoga, cooking, tennis, we can definitely put your skills to use. >> we also have some events that we do that people can get involved in. in october we have our annual champions awards and that's where we raise the money and get people involved and have them come out and support us at a dinner event. in the summer we do an event during the espys and it's called a face-off. we'll have celebrities and athletes come out and play video games with the kids and ashley will be working with the blood
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drive coming up soon here in the the bay area. >> so lots of ways to get involved whether you want to contribute cash, time or get your kids involved if they are suffering and trying to feel a little bit normal. thank you both for coming in today, we really appreciate you having you in. nice to have company. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the pay." still to come, you want to get into film making? we'll talk to some award-winning student filmmakers about their inspiration and get their movie-making tips as well. navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever.
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here we are looking live at the north beach festival, all quiet now, but things are going to get started a little bit later this morning. rob says the weather will be just perfect, whether your dad likes cool and foggy or warm and sunny. a little bit of everything for everybody. we have some bay area students recently who earned some big awards in film making,
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stanford students. you guys are from stanford. >> correct. >> congratulations, first of all, on your awards. what can you tell us about the awards? >> well, we were basically had an entire week, bend to l.a., writers guild, producers guild, then it culminated last saturday night where we received our awards and had to make a speech in front of a thousand people. >> no pressure, right. so this should be easy for you at this point. so what can you tell us about your films. anthony, do you want to start? >> my film is a short documentary about actors with disabilities in hollywood. and it's also a critique of media representations of disability in hollywood. >> okay. and bernardo, yours? >> my film is a short film, animated in 3-d. i did id it with two co-directors. it's about a boy that plays a
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dragon and he's in love with a girl playing a princess but there's an evil knight to stop them. >> of course the drama. and your film? >> my film is about a bay area family that lived here about 20 years before immigration raided their house and eventually deported the parents back to guatemala and they left their two teenage children here. so it's about this family getting separated and then how they deal with the separation afterwards. >> so it's interesting. because we have a little entertainment, we have current events as well and then a social commentary. is that really what keeps you going, that you can send a message as well as enter tan? because film making is not easy. people think you just roll but you have to raise money and coordinate people. >> that's right. i think one of the great things about documentary film making that you get a chance to not only do something that's artistic but have your own voice as well as giving other people a chance to talk about their life stories. so it's really a privilege to be able to do that in artistic form
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but also have a social message attached to it. >> and we don't usually think film making when we think of stanford university, but obviously for you it must be a good match. >> yeah, it's a small program and it's just -- the production arm is just documentary but really amazing films come out of there every year. after having been graduated for a year and seeing our films live in the world an seeing teachers use them and advocates use them and seeing thousands of people watch them at one time, it's really pretty amazing. >> all right. bernardo, you went a different route, academy of arts. >> i did. >> so you have a bigger, i guess, source of support, i would think. >> yes. we have a great support from the school. we have great teachers. but like different, in animation, you're very like -- it's a process that you actually like indoors instead of going
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out there. instead of shooting live action people and real stories, what you do is we actually control every single aspect of our film. it's an animated film so anything you see on screen is there's a lot of process underneath, like a lot of studies and drawings and paintings and digital images. it's a lot of work that has been premade and thought of before we start producing that. >> we're looking at part of it, obviously not the 3-d part. we don't have little glasses here, but it's beautiful, it's beautiful. what do you want to say to kids who maybe think that they want to be filmmakers? it's so easy for them to just pick up a camera. they cann they can edit on their laptops. what do you want them to know about the life of a filmmaker, if they want to continue with it or when to know when to quit if you're not serious? it's a lot of work. >> i think a lot of people like to make films.
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really it all comes down to -- it doesn't come down to how fancy a camera you have or how many people in hollywood you know, it's really do you have a story to tell and are you really passionate about telling that story and getting that story out in the world. and if you are, then you can make really amazing things, no matter how old you are. if you're 10 years old, 20 years old, if you've been to art school, if you haven't. >> but it's a lot of work, right, and a lot of commit ent? >> it is a lot of work. >> and not all of it is the fun part, right? we don't want to discourage the kids for here sure. and we're looking at part of your film, anthony, right? >> that's right. >> and did your actors -- or the people who were in your film, they got to see it? >> they have all seen it and, fortunately, they all liked it. >> that's good. >> yeah. it was something that was really important to me, to make sure that they felt like it was an authentic portrayal of their lives and their stories. so, yeah, it's always beside yourself having your subjects critique your film is sometimes the toughest. >> yeah, sometimes i just don't
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let people see. and so if we want to see your films for ourselves, we want to experience them, where can we find them? >> i think for my film, it is currently going to be broadcast in the l.a. area in a couple of weeks. it's also online and then also i think both theo and i were submitting to film festivals so hopefully we'll have a bay area screening sometime here soon. >> and yours? >> we are sending to like the palo alto film festival, we're having some local california festivals that we are screening and you can see online at the website. >> very good. >> and for me, screening in a big documentary festival in washington, d.c., next week and then most likely will have a national pbs broadcast next year as well as you can check out a
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trailer and more info at sinpaisfilm.com. >> thank you all very much for coming in and congratulations. it is nice to be rewarded, even though i know you do it because you love it, but it's nice to get the reward and the recognition as well. thank you very much. we will be back with more in just two minutes. i'm mike know way and there's lots to do in the bay. happy father's day. if your dad is a big sports fan, he's probably intensely watching that u.s. open golf tournament. if he's more like me, athletic ventures are a little comical so head to the complete world of sports. there's a look at all of the world's sports through the history of man, some artistic licenses taken but they cover cave man games all the way through our own kids' soccer matches or as i like to call them cluster ball. maybe your dad is a tech guy, though. many of us in the bay area are
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we're taking you out and showing you how things look around the north beach area this morning. look at that sunshine, it looks pretty nice. we'll be watching some outdoor events like what's going on in north beach today and seeing a lot of sun and warming temperatures just in time for father's day. let's show you what's going on right now around the rest of the bay area. san francisco has got 56 degrees. into oakland 57 and san jose seeing 56 degrees, patchy low clouds. what we're really going to see is a transition to warmer and drier weather as we go through the afternoon. the we've got low clouds and mist on the coast. as north winds pick up, santa rosa, 62 degrees right now. north winds starting to show up in the north bay valleys and that's a wind pattern change which will dry out the air. it will act like a hair drier and lower the humidity levels. we're also keeping an eye on omaha, nebraska.
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our cal golden bears taking on the virginia team. ripe for an upset. this game gets started at 11:00 this morning our time so we'll have to watch that weather closely around the plains today. back to the bay area, clear skies. other than the low clouds that's the marine layer which is at the 2,000 feet this morning, it's going to get squished down. we'll get the warming, drying air that sinks down and that will allow inland spots to get into the 80s, but still comfortably cool around san francisco and the coast. this warm-up will be a warm-up for 80% of the bay area. the inland valleys will see temperatures start to climb the next couple of days. highs today low 80s san jose but still pretty cool around san francisco where you're going to see the hot weather today. out towards solano county or those north bay counties where those northerly winds will warm things up, especially come tomorrow, the last full day of spring. we have gotten through spring finally. there you see tuesday and wednesday mainly 90s inland but comfortable for the coast. so 60s and 70s on the coast.
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take your pick, you'll get all types of microclimates this week and trending cool for the weekend. >> i'm glad to have summer finally here. maybe it will be a normal summer and not like that wacky spring we had. >> it was a strange spring for sure. what was once thought to be junk is now turning out to be gold for one nonprofit organization. a tennessee man donated more than 12,000 comic books to a local good will store. many of them date back a number of decades and are in great shape. reports say the entire collection could be worth more than $42,000. good will wants to honor the donor by auctioning them online. >> he said he's been collecting these for more than 30 years. it's pretty special. and we want to honor him. and by doing so, we're going to be able to help people within the communities we serve and we're in 46 counties. so we're going to help a lot of folks, thanks to him. >> just like any super hero,
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that donor wants to remain anonymous. how nice is that. >> i had a few that are 30 cents and my wife made me get rid of them so she's probably double checking what's left in the attic. well, thanks for making us a part of your morning. we hope that you have a great father's day. thanks for all you do, dad. [ waves crashing ]
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