tv Today in the Bay NBC July 24, 2011 7:00am-8:00am PDT
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good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay" while you were sleeping, same-sex couples started tying the knot in new york. we'll show you the first couple to get married and what those marriages mean here in california. plus in the wrong place at the wrong time. police make headway in the case of an 11-year-old girl who was an innocent victim during a shoot-out in san francisco. and after three decades, investigators turn up the heat on a bay area cold case. what it means for one murder victim. this is "today in the bay."
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good morning to you. taking a live look at san jose, one of the warmer spots around the bay area later today, but still not that hot for summer. thanks for joining us on this sunday, i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. this is a bit of a cool forecast. >> it is, yeah. especially given what's happening around the rest of the country. we've been enjoying a nice, mild start to the weekend. right now we've got low clouds around the santa clara valley, 58 degrees, oakland a cloudy start, also 58 degrees. san francisco golden gate bridge 59 with a sea breeze of 8 coming through the bay with drizzle and mist in some spots around the peninsula and coast. you can see the winds coming in from the southwest into fairfield. in fact low clouds into solano county. out to the altamont pass this morning, so the marine layer has thicken had up a little bit. lots of clouds to start. inland we'll be warming up, but pretty mild for this time of year. only 70s to low 80s for most places inland and another cool day of 60s around san francisco.
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the seven-day forecast here as we wrap up the last week of july is actually trending cooler as we head back to the workweek. we'll talk more about the changes ahead in the seven-day in a few minutes. >> i bet the oakland a's are really homesick, they're playing in new york. thank you very much, rob. as california's same-sex married couples dwell in legal limbo, same-sex couples are lining up to tie the knot in new york this morning. hundreds of weddings are planned for new york today, the first day that they are legal. dan levy introduces us to the first couple to say "i do." >> harold and albert of albany have been together for 15 years, but this is something they have waited a lifetime to hear. >> will you love, comfort, honor and keep him as a faithful spouse is bound to do. >> it's very exciting. it's a bit of a shock. i think neither of us really thought that this would happen or that we would have the
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opportunity to validate our civil rights. >> reporter: harold and al were part of six weddings at a mile tone when the clock struck 12 at city hall. they were the first to be married. it was 12:16 a.m. and the crowd erupted in celebration. next it was david and don who exchanged wedding vows. the couple has been together 17 years. >> we've been together for so many years that that piece of paper really doesn't make much of a difference. i still love him just as much as i did this morning when i woke up. >> tomorrow we'll wake up and know we've got rings, we're married and in the eyes of new york we're a couple. >> reporter: the series of events that brought them to the altar happened a month earlier. >> ayes 33, nays 29. >> reporter: and then governor cuomo signed it into law. >> reporter: the enthusiasm was bubbling over for this couple
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declared for 11 years and now declared married, but only after asking him at the last minute. >> it was awesome. he wasn't going to do it and he's like -- i say hey, will you come do ours? he was like if you want me to. please. it was awesome. >> reporter: the same-sex marriages have thrust new york into the forefront of the national gay rights debate. >> i think it's a big statement that it passed in new york and that it can be done and other states can follow. >> it's a matter of time and that's what we've been lobbying for years. we thought oh, man, during the last vote we were afraid to hope. when we realized, hey, this was for real, it was kind of amazing. >> while some bay area couples did head to new york to get married, those marriages won't be recognized when they get back home. proposition 8, the voter enacted ban on gay marriage, is still tied up in the federal appeals process. this morning richmond's gang task force is investigating an overnight shooting in which one man was killed an another seriously wounded. just before 10:00 last night
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police found the two men suffering from gunshot wounds near 24th street and exchange place. one 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at the seen. a 29-year-old man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. investigators have not released any information on suspects but this is richmond's ninth homicide this month alone. in oakley police are questioning a man they say may have killed one man and shot another. it happened in the area of o'hara avenue and laurel streets near highway 4. oakley police found a man shot dead inside a car. another man was also found shot nearby. he was taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek. police are questioning a possible suspect, but they say they are looking for more suspects as well. in san francisco, some relief for the family of an 11-year-old girl who was shot in a san francisco street battle. two men are now under arrest for that shooting. the 11-year-old girl is in critical condition at the hospital. as garvin thomas reports, she
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was enjoying a sleepover at her cousin's apartment when an argument outside sent bullets flying inside. >> actually about six, seven shots rang out. so i didn't know why they were shooting, but, you know, glass sprayed over my head from the gunshot. >> eric holt said it was just about 11:15 when the shooting began. when it was over, at least two bullets had entered his apartment, one hitting his 11-year-old niece, linda, in the chest. >> it's about waist high from indoors. so if she's a child, it reached the shoulder near the lung and went through her, exited her and went through the wall. >> reporter: holt immediately called 911 and huddled with the girl in a windowless hallway waiting for police to arrive, trying to keep the girl calm. >> she was -- she talked to me all the time while she was shot until the ambulance arrived. i told her to keep calm but stay awake. she didn't cry.
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she just said i'm shot. am i going to die? >> reporter: police took three people into custody right after the shooting and have since arrested two of them, an 18 and 19-year-old. no word yet on just what sparked the argument that led to the gunfire, but holt, who has lived in the neighborhood for nine years, says the crime has him ready to leave this public housing unit. he has tried before. >> i didn't know what to say. one minute is calms down and they say gang activity is at a minimal and later people start building up to violence. >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in the bay." we have more ahead for you. still to come, a struggle to survive. how the heat wave smotheringhe south is not only affecting people, but animals as well. plus, what brand do you have brewing for your morning cup of joe? we'll show you an east bay business that's potylari annd popularity ainnd giving the loc economy a jolt.
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good morning to you. take a look at how some folks are starting their day. this is the escape from alcatraz triathl triathlon. a lot of those folks have been working for a while to make sure they can complete it. the bay area is upbeat, high energy and caffeinated too. in the east bay you'll find a very blue oakland and a coffee company with a fervent following. today in the bay's scott budman takes a look at a unique coffee maker. >> reporter: you know, for a while it was one of the bay area's best-kept secret but it's not a secret anymore. and as its reputation grows, so does the company itself. we take you inside oakland's blue bottle coffee. as the roaster heats up the beans -- >> just a drip? >> reporter: the line is already growing at oakland's blue bottle coffee. a small company bringing a very hot product to a very loyal fan
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base that would never settle for starbucks. >> no, no, no, no. there's play coffee and there's real coffee. this is real coffee. >> that clarity and that lightness, a lot of dimensions. >> reporter: that's blue bottle founder and ceo james freeman who says oakland turned out to be the ideal place for his company. >> this kind of a chancy neighborhood, i didn't know who was going to come by but every month is busier than the month before. people have been super loyal and appreciative of what we have. >> $4.75, please. >> reporter: in fact you never know who's going to show up. we ran into the actor mark ruffalo. >> first of all, it's a beautiful cup of coffee. a gorgeous, gorgeous cup of coff coffee. now, this is the moment we've all been waiting for. >> he's been overacting all morning. >> once again. so they make this here? >> they do. >> it's delicious.
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>> reporter: we then toured blue bottles experimental coffee lab. this machine is a siphon coffee maker for the truly die hard java fan. >> we're really trying to bring out the sugars in the coffee. >> reporter: whatever your blend, blue bottle probably has it, fresh, organic and voted to its oakland home. >> there's some great, talented people that live here. there's a lot of opportunities. >> reporter: with a growing number of coffee drinkers just as devoted to their favorite brand. >> and the people that work behind the counter, they're fabulous. they know us by name. okay? who wouldn't come? >> reporter: it's a quickly growing business, giving the local economy a caffeinated jolt. scott budman, "today in the bay." >> i like good coffee, but this time of morning i'll drink any coffee. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, we'll head south where extreme temperatures are taking a toll not only on people
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looking live at sunol this morning. even a little bit of haze there. the a's are playing in new york, the giants are playing here at home. let's guess who's more comfortable, rob? >> the a's were roasting there in new york. at least they came home with a win yesterday. we saw the temperatures around new york, i think around game time and the last couple of evenings in the 90s. here nice and comfortable. we've got lots of low clouds in san jose, 59 degrees, southeast wind at 9 miles per hour. in oakland right now 58, mostly cloudy skies to start. over in san francisco another gray start to the morning, 59 degrees, southwest wind at 8 with some mist with those low
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clouds. the marine layer overnight has thickened up and moved further inland than yesterday at the same time. 60 in livermore where the low clouds have moved east of the altamont pass. a healthy sea breeze reaching fairfield, west wind in concord. as the winds come up from the south, that has helped pump in that extra low cloud cover inland across the north bay. game forecast with the early afternoon start, it will continue to be a cool day around san francisco, so a light jacket or sweatshirt will be just fine. likely in the 60s for most of the game and dropping into the upper 50s at the end of the game. in terms of high level clouds, we have a weather system that will pass us to the north. this will probably pump up the sea breeze and help deepen the marine layer, which means we should see temperatures cooling down a little bit more. now an update on dora, not the cartoon but the tropical storm. we're seeing temperatures -- ocean temperatures off of the
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south coast of southern california here cooling. this is the reason why this storm is weakening rapidly now. winds at 40 miles per hour. now, we have to watch what happens with the remnant moisture from these tropical systems. it looks like it will steer away from california and cause some showers east of san diego heading over to palm springs. now, speaking of your palm springs forecast, it still looks like summer, at least to the south. 73 san diego, 83 in los angeles. kind of hot around the kcentral valley. san luis obispo looking pretty good, temperatures in the mid-70s. sacramento near 90. 78 around lake tahoe where as you're about to see it is still ski season in parts of the sierra. 82 in san jose. once the low clouds break up, chances are today will be a little cooler than yesterday as the marine layer has deepened up a little bit, which will mean it will take a little extra time for the low clouds to break up inland today. and the trend between now and wednesday running cooler.
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then as high pressure comes back, we should warm up possibly getting back into the 90s as we head toward next weekend. very cool summer continues which does have benefits in terms of what's happening up in the sierra pretty late in the season. >> it might seem like the sierra snow season was never going to end but it finally did. they reopened for one last day yesterday for skiers and snowboarders. they opened one run and one terrain park. this was the scene thursday as the resort got ready for visitors. believe it or not this is not the latest for a resort to remain open. mammoth mountain was open on august 13th, 1995. can you believe that, rob? the heat wave gripping the south is dangerous for people and for animals as well. janet shamlian shows us the effort to help them. >> you've got yours. here's yours. >> reporter: these are the orphans of the drought. wild fawns abandoned by mothers too dehydrated to produce milk.
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for every animal taken in by volunteers at the texas wildlife center, dozens, if not hundreds will die of thirst in the wild. >> we've never had anything this severe, the drought and the heat and the lack of food. >> reporter: even for some of the rescued, it may be too late. >> it's survival of the fittest an we're really seeing that right now in all species. >> reporter: texas is at the epicenter of a savage drought that was already bad back in february. and in the months since has grown and worsened, now affecting some 15 states. burning crops worth millions of dollars. baking cities. >> she's emaciated. >> reporter: and taking a large toll on wildlife. dry river beds and cracked earth are sending hawks and other rural predators into neighborhoods in search of food. it's even more dire for livestock. sale barns are overwhelmed, was are therers rush to sell their starving cattle at auction, if they can get them there.
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with barren pastures, thousands are dying in the field. >> really it's a vicious cycle. the heat is terrible and it's making the drought worse. the worse the drought gets, the worse our heat wave is getting. >> reporter: even some reservoirs are drying up. along some stretches at lake travis here in austin, there is no lake. waterfront property is now high and dry, and boat docks like this one are landlocked. mike hutchins and dottie wagner can't believe it's the same body of water they sam in and body on last summer. this is lake travis then and now. >> i mean we knew that lake travis would go up and down, but we didn't know that it would be dry in front of our house. >> reporter: boat launches are closed and marinas sit atop rocks. just when drinking water and a relief of a cool dip in the lake are needed most. janet shamlian, nbc news, austin. we still have more ahead on "today in the bay." thousands of elevators and just a handful of inspectors. nbc bay area opens the doors on
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gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. when you get into an elevator, do you ever look at the inspection permit? every elevator must be inspected once a year and every permit must be posted. but when we took a closer look, we found quite a few elevators not rising to the occasion. vicky nguyen takes us in-depth with the results of our investigation. >> reporter: pemost people don' think twice about taking a ride in an elevator, andrew michael didn't either, until one step changed his life forever. >> so i assumed the elevator was there and walked into it and fell, because it wasn't there. >> reporter: andrew stepped into a black hole, falling down two stories. his wife, jackie, saw it all. >> i didn't know whether he was arrive or dead. i was calling to him and he wasn't answering because he was totally unconscious lying in the bottom of this elevator shaft.
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>> reporter: that was more than three years ago. while his broken bones have healed, andrew says it's likely he will suffer from his traumatic brain injury for the rest of his life. >> even today we're still somewhat struggling with the recovery of it. >> reporter: in a lawsuit which was eventually settled, the couple's attorney claimed safety hazards caused the accident. andrew michael's case did not involve an expired elevator permit. it did make us question just how often elevators in the bay area are inspected. our investigation found that hundreds are running right now with an expired permit. we found them in department stores and office buildings, permits that have been expired for several years. we even found an expired elevator permit in andrew and jackie's current apartment building. >> i try to take the stairs when i can. >> reporter: even at bart we found expired permits. our analysis found nearly two dozen expired permits in this
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state database. the problem is paperwork. >> it's difficult for us to be able to keep up with the paperwork that goes along with maintaining the elevators. our number one priority is safety, but in terms of keeping up with the paperwork that show you that they're safe, well, that can be an issue sometimes. >> reporter: so why isn't the system working? california's department of industrial relations is in charge of inspecting the elevators once a year and issuing the permits, but it's the building's owner's responsibility to maintain the elevator and schedule the inspections. >> if the owner doesn't call it, the elevator may experience a time lag before it gets a new permit due to our workload, due to our scheduling and on some occasions we do find elevators that don't get caught. >> reporter: and ooeven if a building owner schedules the inspection before the permit expires, it can still take months to get it done. here's why. >> right now we have 26
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inspectors in the bay area. that's not a lot. each inspector can do fouro five inspections a day. >> reporter: that's 26 inspectors for roughly 32,000 elevators across the bay area, and that's just unacceptable for jackie and andrew. >> i blame the owners. but, you know, where was the state? where are they in stepping up to the plate and really forcing -- enforcing the rules? where are they? >> reporter: vicky nguyen, "today in the bay." >> the california department of industrial relations says it is revamping its database and that the new system will give advance notifications are permits that are soon to expire. that database is expected to be working by the end of the year. still ahead on "today in the bay" the rush is on. new york became the largest state in the nation to sanction gay marriage overnight. and gone in an instant. a bay area ofou ff four killed on vacation while in canada. we'll talk with a family member. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.
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good morning to you. take a live look at some of the folks preparing to escape from alcatraz this morning. the triathletes are enjoying some mild weather to start the day. we'll see how the weather is when they finish that race. >> pretty comfortable. they're seeing at least not a lot of wind, which is helping, but we've got a lot of low clouds, some mist in a few spots, including oakland, 58 degrees, mostly gray start. wind out of the west at 8 miles per hour. san jose 59, low clouds up and down the santa clara valley this morning and east out to livermore. so it's moved pretty far inland. 59 degrees there in san francisco. as we go into the air quality forecast, a healthy sea breeze is good news for air quality today. great all around the bay area. clouds to start your morning. around lunchtime we'll see the clouds breaking up inland but
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you can see mild temperatures we're seeing with only low 80s well inland. 60s and 70s for most of the bay area today. the workweek is actually looking a little bit cooler. not living up to july-like standards around the bay area. we'll show you how the changes are starting to show up in your seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. it is an historic day in new york this morning. this morning same-sex couples are saying their wedding vows for the first time there. >> i now pronounce you legally married. [ cheers ] >> just after midnight the first same-sex couples said their "i dos" at niagara falls. several other couples are scheduled to marry in new york city today. the state senate approved gay marriage last month which was signed into law by governor andrew cuomo. new york becomes the sixth state and the largest state to allow same-sex marriage. some memorial services are going on all across norway today to remember the victims of the bombing and shooting spree there that have shaken that peaceful nation to its core.
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moments of shared silence at memorials for the victims in sharp contrast to the violence friday at norway's government headquarters and at an island youth camp. the death toll from the two tragedies now stands at 93. the man blamed in the attack said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in norwegian society. he is accused of going on a shooting rampage at the youth camp, then setting off a bomb outside the building where the prime minister's office is located. he admits he acted alone, but police say there is a possibility of a second gunman. a birthday party at a roller skating rink turned deadly at a dallas suburb. a man got into an argument, then pulled a gun and started shooting. before it it was over, the alleged gunman shot five people dead, wounded four others and then killed himself. the victims were teenagers and
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young adults. witnesses say people fled the rink, hid at a nearby bowling alley and were still wearing their skates. investigators in seattle are looking for a gunman who shot twelve people at a low rider car show at this shopping center. none of the injuries is life hef threatening. it happened saturday afternoon after an argument. witnesses saw the man firing shots in front of shopping center there. people around the world are still remembering british singer amy winehouse who was found dead in her home yesterday. the 27-year-old's musical talent was overshadowed by her problems with drug and alcohol abuse. her body was transported by private ambulance to a mortuary for an autopsy which could be completed today. right now it is unclear why she died. police said no arrests were made in connection with her death but all day fans and friends delivered flowers to her home in london. this morning relatives of a palo alto family of four cannot believe they died in a fiery
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crash in canada. of the father is being remembered as a brilliant engineer. the mother honored as vibrant and generous. kimberly tere talked with the family in mountain view. >> reporter: robert howard, anna maria diaz and their two daughters had just started a camping trip. >> they were looking forward to places that robert had been to growing up and i think they were looking forward to sharing that with the girls. >> reporter: canadian authorities say on friday the family was driving in a national park when a tractor-trailer driving in the opposite direction crossed the center line, slamming into them. the crash caused an explosion and fire, preventing anyone from going in to help and the family of four from palo alto was killed. >> it just seems impossible that a family that was so much -- so full of life could just be gone so quickly. >> reporter: loved ones say they're reeling from the devastating loss. the couple and their two daughters, 11-year-old samantha and 9-year-old veronica were
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very close to family who all live within a couple of miles from each other. >> whenever i ran into robert or ana maria or the two girls, it just brightened my whole day. they were always happy and enjoying life. that is something that we tell ourselves, they were doing what they loved and they were together as a family. >> reporter: the couple, who are described by many as generous and creative was also heavily involved in their children's schools and in the community. family says while the sudden loss is difficult to wrap their heads and hearts around, they're grateful for the time they had with them. >> i know there have been questions about the accident and how it happened and, you know, who's at fault. the driver of the other vehicle survived. i guess i would just say you can do everything right and have a bad outcome. and i think that that's what happened here. i think, you know, the road was slippery, the road was steep and sometimes these things happen and that rather the lesson is to
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hold your loved ones close and enjoy them when you're with them. >> reporter: kimberly tere, "today in the bay." >> the driver of the tractor-trailer was detained by investigators but later released. so far no charges have been filed against him. two men are under arrest after an 11-year-old girl was shot in san francisco's western addition. the girl, who's being identified as linda by her uncle, is in critical but stable condition at san francisco general hospital. police say a group of men were arguing when one of them pulled out a gun and started firing. two bullets hit a nearby apartment. one of them went through the wall, hit the girl in the chest. the victim's uncle says he heard six to seven shots. then his niece came out of that room and told him she had been shot. police are not releasing the suspect's names, but they are 18 and 19 years old. it is official, state senator leland yi wants to be mayor of san francisco. the san francisco democrat turned in a batch of voter signatures to city hall which put him over the 10,000
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necessary to run without paying a filing fee. he was looking forward to talking with voters about how to improve public schools, the environment and perhaps most importantly the economy. he has served in the state senate since 2006 and also served three terms in the assembly. one of his main competitors for the job hasn't actually said whether he's going to run. until recently ed lee said he wanted to return to his old job as city administrator. however, when asked on friday, lee simply said i have not made a decision. that led to speculation that he may be changing his mind and considering a run for full term as mayor. for weeks his supporters have campaigned and pushed for him to run. a 22-year-old san francisco man is off the hook on charges of battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, thanks to the penal code. a superior court judge says chris christopher is not guilty on five misdemeanor charges stemming from a verbal confrontation with police last year. christopher was sitting in a legally parked car with a friend
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in the bayview district when his mother pulled up and illegally double parked alongside his car. when an officer asked christopher and his mother for i.d., the 22-year-old responded with an expletive. the public defender said although it was disrespectful, it was within his first amendment rights. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, we'll take a look at the business week ahead, including the crucial countdown to that debt ceiling deadline. plus steve jobs, are you listening? storespp c srerospp p and they look like the real thing. [ male announcer ] introducing icy hot naturals with natural menthol. it's gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away fast. new icy hot naturals.
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we're just about 20 minutes away from the start of the swim of the escape from the rock. i've been calling it escape from alcatraz. we know it's escape from the rock, though. the swim gets under way in just about 20 minutes. football lovers are looking forward to monday. tomorrow leaders for the nfl
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players union will meet to study the latest proposal, which would end that four-month-long lockout. the owners approved a tentative agreement last thursday but players say it needs more information before it can vote on that patch work. the framework for the ten-year plan includes splitting of the $9 billion in annual league revenues, a new salary cap for each team, including one for rookies, and a free agency for most players after four seasons. just about a week to go before the deadline to raise the nation's debt ceiling and you can bet that will have an impact on business. michelle caruso-cabrera has a look at the upcoming week in the world of business. >> reporter: the clock is ticking. president obama and congressional leaders are still trying to hammer out a budget deficit reduction plan and raise the nation's debt ceiling before the august 2nd sadeadline now jt a little over a week away. how fast did the u.s. economy grow this spring? did it grow at all? we'll find out when they release
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the estimate for the second quarter gross dmechl product this week. corporate earnings have been pretty strong so far this season and with crude prices near $100 a barrel, look for a gush of profits when bp, exxonmobil, conoco phillips and chevron all report last quarter results. meantime, the u.s. coast guard releases the fult impact on the bfp oil spill. new york city's comptroller estimates that gay weddings alone will bring in more than $200 million in revenue to the empire state over the next three years. last season's world series champions, san francisco giants, take a break from playing ball to visit president obama at the white house. you can't put a price on that. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera, get all of your business news on cnbc. >> hopefully that won't distract them as they take on the brewers today at 1:00. you can get all of your business and tech news before the bell weekdays on "today in the bay" which starts at 4:30 in
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the morning. in china, some people are being fooled when they walk into stores that sell the iphone, ipads and other apple products. take a look. the thing is, it is not an apple store. it sure looks like one. it says apple merchandise, even has the apple logo, but it is not an official apple store. it's a fake and it's drawing attention to china's lackluster approach to internal property rights. an american who lives near it wrote about it on his blog. apple isn't complaining yet. they said customers can go to their website to find authorized outlets. china is one of the fastest-growing markets for the iphone but the number of official apple stores it seems just isn't keeping up there. much more ahead on "today in the bay." how much of your day is caught thecara? the stunning numofber cameras watching your every move.
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waking up in san jose, you'll probably see a little bit of gray sky overhead as you sip your cup of coffee. hope it's nice and hot for you this morning. as a society, we like to watch. just look at youtube. more than two billion videos are watched every single kay, but in most of those videos people knew they were being recorded. but what about all of the times people didn't know. garvin thomas went in depth and has the result of a "today in the bay" experiment. >> reporter: well, it's safe to say a lot. still, hard numbers are tough to come by and what estimates there are, vary widely. so we decided to do an unscientific study of how many times the average person in the bay area is caught on camera. and so for the purposes of this story, and this story only, we're calling tom average. the litigation paralegal commutes five days a week from concord to downtown san francisco. >> for six years now.
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>> reporter: that includes a drive of a little over a mile to the concord bart station. a ride to the embarcadero stop and then a few steps down market street to his job at 101 california. just counting cameras we could see with the naked eye on light poles and gas stations and apartment complexes, we found 22 along his driving route. another five at the bart station and four more with a chance to catch him on the train. that's more than 30, and he has been out of his home barely ten minutes. ask the idea bother him? not really. he says he's not doing anything wrong. >> i mean to me it's a plus. it's a good tool. to me it doesn't bother me at all. they're everywhere. that's what i have noticed. >> reporter: once in the city, it's another half dozen at least in the embarcadero station. then on the walk to work, plus another lunchtime stroll, there are 14 more on buildings, in
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driveways, in and around atms. that's 51 cameras. 102 if you double it for the trip home, and we weren't even able to count all the ones in his office building, not to mention if he adds a trip to the grocery store or shopping mall after work. conservatively we put the number of cameras capturing tom's image during the day at around 200. we took our findings to paul worthington, a journalist who spent years following imaging technology. what did he think of our experiment? >> futile. just can't be done. >> reporter: for starters, worthington says, we are only seeing the cameras businesses want us to see. >> it's not good for the purpose of surveillance to have the sur veiled note where every camera is. >> reporter: and even if you could count them all, worthington says, the industry is growing so fast, the number would be out of date the moment you finished. so, he says, it's a waste of time counting. worthington says our energies
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are better spent adjusting to a world where you are on camera all the time. >> very son in our society you, any time you leave your home, will be on lots of cameras, and someone, the question is who that someone is, will be able to say where is he right now. boom, they can see the last camera you were on, whether it's life or five minutes ago if you walked out of the camera range. there's 20 feeds of you on different spots. you didn't know you were on a camera, but you're on a camera everywhere. >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >> worthington says when you add all the photos and videos we upload to social networks, no one can escape. worthington says it doesn't have to be a bad thing. he said centuries ago people lived in small communities where people knew where you were at all times and what you were doing and that would keep people in line. now, it's bigger. is it better? we'll have to wait and see.
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$100 for putting your trash cans out too early or not getting them off the street in time that. could soon be a reality for some people in santa rosa. on tuesday the city council will talk about limiting the hours trash containers can be left out at the curb. 12 hours before scheduled pickup or 12 hours after. anything more and you may have to pay. offenders could be charged $100 for the first offense, $250 for the second and $500 for any time after that. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a royal tourist attraction. we'll show you the new exhibit giving guests an up-close look at what was once fashion's biggest-kept secret. and good sunday morning to you. a live look there at alcatraz off in the distance. we've got a cloudy start to the morning but a sunny finish, at .east in some partsth of e we'll have a look at that sunday forecast coming up when we come right back. ha
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welcome back. the time right now just before 7:52 this morning. you're looking live at the most diehard folks exercising this morning, moving away from alcatraz. you can see part of the swim from alcatraz, they're heading to shore right now. notice the water, though, it's not too choppy so the wind is okay but not exactly a toasty morning outside. we've got temperatures in the mid-50s, not too far off from the water temperatures. 59 degrees in san francisco and san jose. and low 50s inland. lots of low clouds punching well inland this morning, even out to the altamont pass out by livermore. the marine layer has deepened up to 2300 feet so really everybody waking up to the low cloud cover. southwest winds at 22 through fairfield. if you're heading out to the giants game, even with the early afternoon start it will be fairly cool. we'll hope for a few sunny breaks. i think the low clouds will break up somewhat as we head through mid-afternoon but temperatures around first pitch, low 60s dropping into the upper
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50s. we'll see if extra innings and things get chilly later on. our sea breeze will increase and bring in stronger ocean air conditioning early in the week, dropping our temperatures down just a bit. now let's take you off to the south as we watch what's left here of former hurricane dora, now tropical storm and give you a little tropical meteorology 101. three things to weaken a hurricane, increasing wind shear, cooler sea surface temperatures, interaction of land. in the case of this one is cooler sea surface temperatures as it continues to drift off to the north. sustained winds down to 40 miles per hour. it will continue to weaken during the day, likely just being an area of low pressure later on this afternoon. but you have to watch the moisture from these types of systems because if they can get drawn up out of the south, sometimes this can cause some lightning-sparked fires. i do not think this will be the case with this system as most of
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the moisture will go east of palm springs, heading out to arizona. obviously this morning we've got the low clouds. the main story for the bay area weather picture, backing off to the coastline for the afternoon, so at least our inland spots will get the sunshine today and low clouds come racing back in tomorrow morning. as the marine layer enthusiasticens enthusiastithic, we'll see more drizzle. it will start looking a little more like july by the end of the week. temperatures around the bay area 60s san francisco. we should see mainly 70s around the inner bay and low 80s mostly south of san jose for the afternoon. for the north bay highs in the 70s around healdsburg and petaluma. if you want to head up to ukiah, temperature close to 90. the first half of the week looks comfortably cool but then heating up, maybe some 90s heading toward next weekend but nothing, and i say nothing at all like they're seeing east of the mississippi with heat and humidity continuing up and down
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the eastern seaboard. >> yeah, a friend of ours was saying that his grandfather's house lost the air conditioning and so they were in the pool in new york from 9:00 until 4:00 in the afternoon. >> you just have your snoerkel and sit there all day. thank you very much, rob. another reason to be glad you live in california, smothering heat continues to batter the east coast. as we mentioned, mid-90s to the triple digits have hit most of the region from rhode island all the way down to georgia. beaches, of course, are very popular, overfilled with people just trying to stay cool. in some places, people are using city fountains to beat the heat. there could be some relief in sight. scattered showers are expected to hit the central plains and parts of the southeast today. hopefully it won't just make things more muggy. in england, princess kate's stunning wedding dress is now on display, only the queen of england got a sneak preview earlier this week,s skoer escor the princess herself. we get a sneak peek inside buckingham palace.
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>> reporter: the queen went to see the dress with the dutchess that made it famous, a private preview of an exhibition that's attracting attention like none other at buckingham palace. the dress has pride of place displayed ghost-like on a headless mannequin. kate said it was surreal to see it. but whatever the queen may think of the display, she knows that on show in her banquet room is the world's most celebrated dress. it made its first appearance in front of a global television odd ye -- audience estimated at two billion. >> we just knew we had no choice, we just had to keep it secret to make it special in the day. >> reporter: kate was able to show the queen her wedding shoes seen in public for the first time and the eight-tiered wedding cake. it's not all original.
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some was eaten and william and kate have kept the top two tiers for the christening of their first baby. and the queen showed kate her collection of faberge eggs. the dutchess said they were amazing. the queen's faberge eggs may be priceless, but even they cannot match the allure of the wedding dress. the queen was first to see it on display. hundreds of thousands of people will now pay for the privilege. >> very pretty. well, the historic running of the bulls in spain has been going on every year since the 13th century. in modern times it was made famous by earnest hemingway who featured it in one of his books. to honor him, a running of the bulls in the florida keys is also held annually. the author once lived there. as you can see none of the hemingway look-alikes is running. the bulls, they are made of wood. or is it a spoof of the real bull run in pamplona. it's part of the hemingway days
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