tv Today in the Bay NBC June 30, 2012 7:00am-8:00am PDT
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one thing to mention, with the fog and drizzle across the peninsula, and to the east bay, over the past 24 hours, look at this, we have drizzle totals. this is something we haven't been able to say really in quite some time. not an oppressive rainfall am but with the fog and onshore flow kicking in, noteworthy that even though we aren't seeing widespread rain, we are picking up a few hundredths of an inch every day with the fog in place. temperatures in the 50s now. 59 in san francisco. 58 in oakland. one of the milder spots, livermore, 60. sunnyvale 60. san jose at 63. waiting phone a cold front. that's going to aroifb rive thr the afternoon. it means a cooling wind. we're not going get as warm as yesterday. clouds pulling over. spe they will spill into san francisco and san jose. this morning waking up to low clouds and they've stretched
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into the east bay, expect skies to clear. very comfortable. 76 in san jose. later on today, milpitas 77. concord 79. dublin 78. one of our warmer spots, fairfield, pittsburg, antioch near 80. towards the water, hayward 69. only 68 in alameda. closer to the pacific, 59 today. san francisco, not bad headed to the giants game. 66 degrees. as we head towards afternoon hours onshore flow starts to kick in. winds start to gust. that manes more fog towards evening hours. we'll break down the weekend forecast coming up in a little while. back to you. >> thank you, anthony. police investigating a fatal stabbing in south bay. officers found the man stabbed nay parking lot in south win chester boulevard in san jose around 11:30 last night. despite the efforts of paramedics that man died at scene. investigators are still trying to figure out what led to the stabbing but right now they say
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they don't have any suspects. also new this morning, san francisco police are investigating an overnight shooting in the south of market district. one person was shot when gunfire erupted on 6th street near market. that man is expected to survive. so far no word on suspects or arrests. and now to the olympic trials and gymnastics in san jose. down to the final days. today we will see more strength and poise as the men wrap up their competition. yesterday before the main event, though, drama on the floor. bridget sloan, who won silver in beijing, had a career-ending slip during a practice run which shattered her olympic dreams. more on this heartbreaking fall. >> reporter: a painful fall. one with major consequences. >> it is a little hard to take. you work so hard and your body doesn't hold up. >> reporter: practicing on then
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even bars when she missed the high bar. she fell hard, injuring her left elbow. her olympic dream is over. >> i'm definitely a fighter. i do not like to go down without a fight. i mean, i've never been known for just giving up. >> reporter: a crushing blow for sloan attempting to make the london games after representing team usa in beijing four years ago. 5 of 6 women who competed if 2008 attempted to make a comeback. sloan joins shawn johnson's whose come back was cut short because of injuries but she refuses to give up. >> i will win. i plan on going down to school and taking names. >> reporter: a tearful good-bye for a gymnast who has battled through injuries the past few years. >> safety is one of the big things. you know, my body just -- myy's telling me one thing, my mind's telling me another. in the end your body kind of
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wins. >> reporter: sloan watched from the sidelines. jordan wieber. >> the main goal is to hit four stronger, i felt confident. there's also a few spots i can improve on through sunday. >> reporter: george kiriyama "today in the bay." right now, bridget sloan's injury appears to be a spray but she will undergo an mri to make sure it's something not more serious. men wrapping up today. women finish up tomorrow. tomorrow we will know who made the five-men, five-women u.s. gymnastics team. what does it take to make team usa? >> i am a fair judge. >> later in the newscast inside the mind of an olympic trial judge as she reveal was what it takes to catch her attention and the number one thing she looks for in a competitor. an olympic swimming note now, bay area native natalie cog
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coughl coughlin nearly kept her quest alive. she swam fast enough last night to advance to the finals of the 100 meter freestyle at the olympic trials. top six move on to london. firefighters are battling a sixth wildfire in utah. the rose crest fire started yesterday when someone parked a hot car in some tall, dry grass. by friday night, the flames destroyed three homes near harriman, which is 25 miles southwest of salt lake city. more than 350 acres are blackened which is just about a half square mile. nearly 1,000 homes are now under evac waegs. more grim news from the waldo canyon fire burning in colorado springs. the fire has now killed at least two people, several other people though are still missing. the flames have burned more than 17,000 acres and tried some 360 homes. the fire's only 25% contained,
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though crews battling the blaze are getting a break from the winds. president obama toured the devastation yesterday, officially declaring it a federal disaster zone. >> we have been putting everything we have into trying to deal with what's one of the worst fires that we've seen here in colorado. >> some of the 32,000 people evacuated are now allowed to go home, slowly. it could be a somber or nonexistent independence day for people in colorado. 30 cities in the state have canceled their fourth of july festivities. >> a mmagnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled people awake in a remote area of western china, it struck 5:00 a.m. local time. china's state news agency says about two dozen people were injured, at least one of them injured seriously. closing arguments are expected to begin monday in the trial of william lynch, who is
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the man charged with beating a south bay priest who he says abused him as a child. lynch took the stan yesterday, and admitted openly to assaulting the former priest. he described to jurors how he and his brother were molested by lindner as children 35 years ago on a catching trip in the santa cruz mountains. lynch says it was those memories that fueled his rage when he beat up father lindner at his retirement home two years ago. lynch told the jury he felt empowered after the attack and fantasized about hurting the former priest. lynch supporters say that assault is justified. >> will's a hero. we should be applauding his ability to stand up and his willingness to stand up and bring this to the forefront again and again and again. and for somebody hoping that somebody's going to do something. >> if convicted, lynch could face up to four years in prison. still ahead on "today in the bay" --
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shelves, meeting with carriers to talk about offering plans. >> come the fall of this year, 2013, we'll put out solicitation and say which plans want to play with us, blue cross, kaiser, blue shield, united, aetna, come on down. >> reporter: the benefit exchange will help 5 million uninsured californians get coverage. diana recently gave up her insurance. >> got to be too much. i had to let something go. that was the biggest expense. >> reporter: no one is sure how much plans will costen the exchange but lots will qualify for federal help. >> if you make less than $90,000, a family of four, you can get a credit to help you buy health insurance. if you make $70,000, we're going to cover half of the cost of the insurance. >> reporter: 2014, health problems won't prevent people getting insurance. >> enable people with preexisting conditions to, you know, be able to get health insurance. so that's what i'm hopeful for.
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>> reporter: the health benefit exchange will affect the insured, increasing the number of people who are covered should decrease the cost of health care. saving you money and offering a new freedom. >> a lot of people stay in their job, they're saying i can't leave my job, i'll lose my insurance. all of a sudden, first time ever, every insurance company has to give you insurance regardless of your health st statto stattous. >> reporter: 2014, health coverage will be a click away. >> what's it going to be called? market research to come up with a catchy name for that exchange website. once they do that, you'll be able to hear a lot more about how that effort will work to educate californians about new health care options which will be available in 2014. much more ahead on "today in the bay." including, are you having problems posting photos on instagram? we'll explain why about. no problems on twitter this
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looking live at a very pretty picture of the bay bridge this morning. from our camera right there along the embarcadero. a foggy, cool start to the day, which is good news for us as so many people across the country are suffering from this drastic heat. right, anthony? >> that's right. you said it perfectly, excessive heat across 20 states and the lower 48. so very uncomfortable day. uncomfortable week for many folks across the lower 48. here at home, paradise. we do have it easy here across the west coast. hang on, we are talking about a cooling wind.
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there's a cold front off the coast pushing in fog and increasing onshore flow. as i mentioned excessive heat warnings continue across the mississippi and lower ohio valley. these are excessive heat warnings and watches towards new jersey. where temperatures are expected to top out near 100 degrees. the bad part in all of this yesterday, a very strong area of storms developed. moved through chicago, and worked its way all through ohio, over toward virginia and knocked out power for over 2 million people in virginia alone. looks like up to 20 million people still without power across the ohio have virginia areas. so if you family in the area, give them a call because not only are they contending with heat, but now they don't have power. so definitely an uncomfortable situation there, if you have elderly folk there's. give them a call and check up on them. 58 in oaklanding 63 san jose. foggy conditions for the morning hours, foggy conditions for the
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morning hours tomorrow. but the good news in between we'll see sunshine and comfortable conditions. hang on, waiting for summer heat like they're seeing out east, we'll get our chance of it as we head towards the fourth of july. not this upcoming weekend, though. a cold front sliding in. that's offering rain to the pacific northwest and it's going to keep the drizzle in place through the afternoon hours for places like the coastal areas. in fact, it done look look you're going to clear out from bow daegu ga bay. san mateo, the fog's going to hang on tight until noon. once we hit afternoon hours, it will pass on through but we do it all over again towards the evening hours as that onshore float kicks on in. enjoy the afternoon hours. temperatures back to 79 in concord. 76 san jose. cooler, as i mentioned in san francisco, near 66. summer heat i was telling you about, by monday we warm nicely inland, close to 90 degrees. even at the coast, temperatures a few degrees warmer than today.
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up into the mid to upper 60s. not too bad. doesn't look like we'll have rain slated for us toward the upcoming week. the morning drizzle a couple hundredths of an inch. talking about the netflix and all of the things that happened with all of the social media yesterday, one thing, it hasn't been affected twitter. shout out to two followers. just to give people an idea of who i am, where i come from. >> i follow you. >> who is this new guy? a shot out to jonathan, thanks for watching. kris and i are there even when we're not here there we're hilarious. maybe not. thank you. if you're trying to attack a picture of your dessert last night and it just wouldn't upload, here's the reason why. anthony mentioned it digital hipsters out of luck because instagram was down. we checked a short time ago, it's out of service. looking at netflix video. why? because that was down as well.
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so was pinterest. the companies have since reso e resolved the issue. the three run out of amazon's cloud service. that database experienced a power outage last night. and a dmv glitch frustrating california drivers. the department's website has been down sporadically since monday, and that has thousands complaining they have missed car registration deadline and thus are facing penalties. the dmv has experienced more than a dozen computer-related problems so far this year. this time around they're not sure what went wrong. but they say that they will work with customers when were charged late fees because of the delays on a case by case basis. today san francisco will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its street arts program. it is a program that gives artists a chance to legally sell their home made crafts. "today in the bay" joe rosato jr. show house times have changed for the artists.
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>> reporter: it's one thing to make art, the whole other thing to make a living at it. and in the early '70s in san francisco, selling art on the street could even land you behind bars. >> there were massive arrests of artists in the union square area and down at fisherman's wharf. >> reporter: the street artists have a long history. 40 years ago they banded together to fight for the right to ply their wares on city streets. >> the artists wanted to get legitimacy through a permit from the police but the police were denying them peddlers permits. >> reporter: cries led to the city's art commission's first street artist licensing program a program that has been run by howard lazar for its entire 40 years. >> we have paintings, sculptures, i noticed a wood sculpture here today. >> reporter: the program sets aside some 350 spaces across the
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city where up to 200 artists toil on any given day. artist like this jewelrymaker who got his license in 1974. >> though it doesn't guarantee you a job, it gives you an outlet, a place to work. >> reporter: deborah king vividly remembers the first day she started selling her home made clothes in 1976. >> had no clue that i was going to be set up six feet from the human jukebox. with his ka zu and trumpet. >> an item created by you or significantly altered by you. >> reporter: the artists make everything from t-shirts to paintings to hand made shoes. to lazar who is occasionally called on to settle disputes between artists and patrol for rule breakers, the program comes down to the art of the opportunity. >> you know what the miracle of life is? i'll tell you what it is. it's one word. survival. everything else is just icing on
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in health matters this morning, they may be up all night saving lives but medical staff who work the night shift may be put their own lives at risk. researchers tests driving skills by using a driving sim u later once after a normal night's sleep and then after an overnight's shift. after the all-nighter, workers had more trouble controlling speed and driving straight. researchers say it's a good idea for workers to take a taxi home or even a short rest after that their shift before heading home. if you have kids, you want
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to check pjs they're wearing. this morning, about 12,000 polyester fleece pajamas from pajama gram are being recalled because they don't meet flamabilty standards. they run from 12 months to 14 in kids and come in one and two-piece sets. the ones recalled from september 2011 through march office this year. for more information logon to pajamagram.com and click on recalls at the bottom of the page. summertime goes hand in hand with eating outside which sometimes can be risky. there are some foods, of course that safety mistakes in which -- in which safety mistakes are common. liz crenshaw debunks summer food myths now. >> reporter: summertime spent outside can be a dangerous place for food, but some summertime food fears are unfounded. diane van with the u.s. department of agriculture helped us buff some food safety myths.
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the most common myth, mayonnaise-based salads left unrefrigerated can make you sick. >> mayonnaise is not the problem. they are acidified and pasteurized it's the food you put them on. >> reporter: treat salads like any food, refrigerate after two hours, one hour if it's hot weather and if you want more time put your picnic foods on ice. food safety myth number two, you should never cook directly on a public grill. >> that's not true. as long as you clean it before you use it, there's no reason why you can't use a public grill or your home grill if it's dirty. the best way is to heat the charcoal or the gas up, and make sure it gets to about 500 degrees and that will burn any dirt or soil off of the grill. then take a brush or you can take some foil and just clean your grill. >> reporter: another common myth you should wash meat and poultry before cooking. that's false. bacteria in raw meat and poultry
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juices can splash and spread to other utensils and surfaces if you rinse before cooking. next myth, grilled foods increase cancer risk. >> grilled foods are safe in moderation. and certainly you want to avoid charring on any of the meat, according to the national cancer institute. >> reporter: you can prevent charring by cutting fat off raw meat and poultry before grilling. use indirect heat when grilling. if the food does char, cut it off before eating. you can tell when your food is cooked by looking at it. >> now true. one in four hamburgers may look brown and done but it hasn't reached the safe internal temperature. only way to tell is use a food thermometer, make sure it reaches 160 degrees. >> reporter: myth, plastic or glass cutting boards don't hole bacteria like wooden. not true. the important thing is to make sure you wash them in hot, soapy
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water. >> reporter: occasionally clean them with a mild bleach solution. don't fall for the myth, the more bleach you use, the more bacteria you will kill. you should only use one tablespoon of bleach to a gallon of water to wash countertops or cutting boards. put away hot leftovers, the smith. you should never put hot food in a refrej rater. >> that's not true. it's more dangerous to leave it out for over two hours. >> reporter: keep the food safety facts in mind it will help keep you and your family safe. >> we still have more ahead for you in "today in the bay." an olympic dream end as bankruptly. why a 2009 world champion is out of the running at the u.s. gymnastics trials happening in the south bay. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette.
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picture of the bay bridge there from the bay. folks out getting exercise, enjoying cooler temperatures that a lot of our friends across the country are not enjoying. thank for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez. meteorologist anthony slaughter. >> good sleeping weather is right. you saw low clouds, they stretch over to oakland. even towards livermore and hayward. things are cloudy but hang on as we head towards afternoon hour. skies will turn over to mostly sunny look and turn out to be pretty nice. 59 in san francisco. 60 livermore. 63 san jose to start the day. notice rain towards northern california. that's not going to approach us. we are watching that cloud deck, though. you can see faintly approaching san francisco. eventually will mean winds kick up. it will be become breezy. after we clear, skies allow for temperatures to warm back to 76 in san jose. 76 los gatos, not the perfect
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ideal beach weather today. but towards the east bay, 69 in hayward later on. 78 dublin. 80 fairfield. 66 in san francisco will be the top temperature there. lie see if that had anything to do with that power outage from yesterday. >> i say if you're a clicker and you don't click, you get choked. don't tell the engineers. it is the men's turn on the gymnastic's board today as olympic trials condition in san jo jose. last night the women gave it all. jordan wieber leads after the first day of competition. but one gymnast has a career-ending slip during warm-ups. cameras rolling as bridget sloan, the 2009 world champion, missed the high bar on the uneven bars about she sprained her left elbow and is out of the runninger not olympics.
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>> i'm definitely a fighter. i do not like to go down without a fight. i mean, i've never been known for just giving up. >> poor thing. the men will wrap up their competition today. the women's finals start tomorrow. bay area native natalie cog lynn won last shot at making the olympic team. 11-time olympic medalist has one more race in order to qualify for the summer games. she swam fast enough to advance to the finals of the 100 meter freestyle at the olympic trials. that is happening tonight. then the top six will move on to london. now to the u.s. olympic track and field trials today in eugene, oregon. sprinter allyson felix qualified for today's 200 meter final. jackson qualified for the 400 meter hurdles. emma coburn proud of making the olympic team. she placed first in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
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new this morning, police are investigating a deadly stabbing in the south bay. officers found a man stabbed in the parking lot near south win chester boulevard and pain avenue in san jose around 11:30 last night. paramedics tried to save the man but he died at scene. investigators are trying to figure out what happened. right now they don't have any suspects. meanwhile, san francisco police are investigating an overnight shooting in the city's south of market district. one person was shot when gunfire erupted on 6th street near market. that man is expected to survive. no word yet on suspects or arrests. rodney king's public funeral today is in los angeles. reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. king was found dead in a swimming pool two weeks ago at age 47. his death is treated as an accidental drowning but authorities are waiting for autopsy results. king became famous after his beating by los angeles police in
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1991 captured on video and broadcast worldwide. a fine levellied against a bay area hospital for failing to protect its staff from a potentially deadly disease will have to cough up $85,000. the medical technician exposed to meningitis says the fines well and good but dozen nothing to resolve the problems in his own life. he was devastated by an illness he did not have to catch. cheryl hurd talked with the technician. >> an emergency situation. >> reporter: he thought about on december 3, 2009 was saving a life when he treated a patient at the hospital in oakland. >> we were told that he was found unconscious, so it wasn't really, you know, i wasn't aware of catching any diseases. >> reporter: a respiratory therapist at the hospital for
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over 20 years did catch meningitis. >> i got sick, like four, five days after. i treated the patient. >> reporter: the next day, he said he got weak and was unable to walk. he was rushed to the hospital. the california nurses association says, hospital officials received reports from lab tests, strongly suggesting the patient had meningitis but did not notify health officials until december 7th. he and a first responding oakland police officer claim they'd contracted meningitis and are unable to work after being exposed to the patient. cal osha fined the hospital over $84,000 for failure to protect staff and the police officer from the potentially deadly disease. and for failure to immediately report suspected and confirmed cases. >> the medical center needs to
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follow the regulations, needs to follow protocol and policies when the infectious diseases occur. there's certain steps that need to be taken. >> and that was cheryl hurd reporting. this is the statement from alta bathes medical center. the medical center immediately conducted a thorough investigation and ultimately completed performance, improvement plans in our processes to prevent an event like this one from happening again. the first of july done get as much attention as the fourth of july but it is the start of a new this in kel year for the state of california. a b.a.r.t. tack passed in 2008 means santa clara county's sales tax increase from 8.25% to 8.37%. a mandate that public schools
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create plans to deal with pulleyipulle pulleyipullebully complaints. tats too parlors have to meet standards. the first day of controversial fau grois ban. self-bay area restaurants are holding last-minute parties to give fans of the expense everybody dish one more chance to get it legally. riding a bus or parking in san francisco you might want to bring extra change. starting tomorrow muni fares increase by bone dollar. if you park illegally expect to pay $62 depending where your parked the agency which oversees muni and city metered parking raised fees to balance the city's budget. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come a strong earthquake jolts china. we have the latest details on damage and injuries. plus -- property values going up at least in one part of the bay area. we'll show you the new number.
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good morning. looking live at the clock tower. replaced the clock tower clock with our own time about 7:41. you can see the flag breezing in the distance. egypt has a new president, mohamed morsi swarn in this morning and he took the oath of office before the supreme constitutional court. the courthouse is built to resemble an ancient egyptian temple. morsi egypt's fifth head of state. he succeeds mubarak. world power gathering if geneva. hillary clinton arrived in headquarters after meeting russia's foreign minister yesterday. delegations from russia, china, turkey, and european nations along with representatives from the u.n. and the arab league are
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trying to figure out how to end the 16-month syrian conflict. at least 180 people were kill just this week during the most violent 24-hour period reported by activists so far. a magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled people awake in a remote area of western china. an earthquake struck around 5:00 in the morning local time, some homes collapsed in a village near the epicenter. the quake triggered landslides and cut off power to the area. china's state news agency said at least 34 people were injured. the republican party's getting another big boost from billionaire casino owner sheldon addleson, owner of the valecian. he has given mitt romney a boost, he and his wife donated
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$10 million to the campaign earlier this month. ed aleson tolds "forbes" magazine he's willing to donate as much as $100 million to president obama's opponent, no matter who it is. once again, the bay area is leading the country. new numbers on south bay property values show that property values are slowly moving up. assessment in th menment notice santa clara county. up from 3% to $308 million the first significant increase since 2008. property owners have a bigger tax bill. the county assessor says money will mean more money for santa claire re county public schools, community colleges and county services as well. still ahead on "today in the bay," the new promise for colorado's worst wildfire ever.
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bridge camera. you can't see the bridge because of the fog that's moved onshore. really it has been foggy in san francisco since last night. we are expecting to see improving conditions, but once we hit evening hours, again, you know the story onshore flow kicks in, more fog expected for tomorrow morning. we've had a little bit of drizzle in all of the activity. not enough to give us a good quenching rain. totals for the past 24 hours, half moon bay .02. san francisco managed to get .01. and towards oakland and hayward, same story there. the fog is in place. once we hit noon, i should expect for the fog to lift. it's not impressive on the satellite and radar. step out further to see what's happening. this is what's going to change things as we head towards the upcoming weekend. a cooler wind as that onshore push continues to move on in and another start of fog for tomorrow morning. that's where we're looking at right now. towards oakland, 58 degrees
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there. 60 in san mateo. notice where the sunshine is, they've gotten to the lower 60s from sunnyvale towards san jose. weather headlines here at home do keep things at least foggy until noon. once we hit afternoon hours skies clear out and basically talking about sunny sky today and tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow morning keep in mind as you head to early morning services drizzle. ahead, fourth of july, finally start to feel like summer here because temperatures will start to soar. in the short term of things, a cold front will move through, slide into southern california as we head through the day today. that will mean that onshore push will increase and fog will move back into the region by tonight. tomorrow morning a foggy and drizzly start with it onshore flow. 50s and 60s at the coast. concord, livermore, san jose, 70s and 80s there. towards the at&t park later this afternoon, look at this,
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beautiful conditions. 66 degrees in san francisco. and those winds won't be too bad during the game. they will start to gust as we head toward 4:00 and 5:00 out of the west-northwest. 76 later today in san jose. 80 morgan hill. 79 concord. peninsula and north bay, cooler numbers, 66 in san fran. 61 half moon. month the heat starts to blaze across the area. 88 inland. 89 by the fourth of july. so it will start to warm up and feel like summer and no rain in the short term of things. just drizzle. no storm watch here. no excessive heat. that's good news as well. it you have family in the ohio valley, mississippi valley, give them a call, check on them. >> also check on our friends and family in colorado but was news coming out of that waldo canyon fire burning in colorado springs is very grim. the fire killed at least two people, several others still
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missing. flames burned more than 17,000 acres and destroyed 360 homes. the fire is only 25% contained, though crews battling that blaze are now getting a break from the winds. president obama toured the devastation yesterday declaring it a federal disaster zone. >> we have been putting everything we have into trying to deal with what's one of the worst fires that we've seen here in colorado. >> some of the 32,000 people evacuated are now being slowly allowed back home but it could be a somber or nonexistent independence day for many in colorado. 30 cities in state have canceled fourth of july festivities. still ahead on "today in the bay" -- >> looks like it's a struggle. that's probably not a great attribute to have. >> a candid conversation, our exclusive olympic trial coverage continues. a gymnastics judge reveals what it takes to make the cut on the
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how about this for a start in the day? seems like a nice way to start the day. love to be out there this morning. nice and cool in san francisco. gymnasts vying for a spot on the u.s. olympic team in san jose are the most decorated in the history of sports which makes selecting a team of five a very difficult job. this morning, though, we get to go inside the mind of one of the judges charged with making that call as "today in the bay" monty francis shows us the judge is look for something you don't fine on a scorecard. >> reporter: every move counts it's the olympic trials if san jose. the final stop on the road to london. every olympic trial judge who sits in these seats watches and weighs each performance.
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former usa competitor liz crandell is one of them. >> i am a fair judge. >> reporter: by day a coach at airborne gymnastics in santa clara, working to develop young, olympic hopefuls. by night, this weekend, anyway, making decisions that could make or break gymists' olympic dreams. >> we, as a country are incredibly gifted and strong right now that we could probably put up three different olympic teams and they would all medal. >> reporter: it's a fact that makes crandell's job that much harder but she says she goes for honesty. she tries to use her knowledge to give athletes most accurate information possible. >> we feel like the more prepared they are the more deductions they're aware of in their routines they can go home to gyms, be the most prepared to be successful internationally. >> reporter: a deduction? say a wobble on the beam or shaky dismount from the parallel bars. but at the finals on sunday night, crandell says she won't
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only be looking at those fundamentals. >> we want athletes who look confident, they make their skills look easy, you know. the best athletes in the world make it look like they're not working that hard to get it done. >> reporter: what she never wants to see -- >> if it's a struggle, that's probably not a great attribute to have. >> reporter: but there is something else crandell keeps an eye out for, something difficult to put on a scorecard, something she says olympic star mary lou retton delivered in refer routine. >> i think that everybody, out of humanity want to see somebody whose personality plays into their sport and that lights up the stage when they perform. a true performance of athletics, not just the sport by itself. >> reporter: monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> crandell will judge the olympic finals tomorrow night. all of the big stories of the olympic trials are on n nbcbayarea.com including a recap of last night's revents and a look at best rivalries of the
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the iphone is a little older today. the landmark phone was first released in 2007. officially turned 5 yesterday. a very good five years, wouldn't you say? the first version of the phone took 74 days to hit 1 million sales. the latest version oichlt phone hit the sales goal in 24 hours. to date apple has sold more than 217 million iphones around the world. >> my iphone's like a month old. i just got it. >> jam packed full of apps.
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>> slow with the technology here. >> slow on the uptake. >> not slow with the weather. let's check in. talking about temperatures in the 50s and warming nicely into the 60s already. can tell where the fog is not. 60s where you have sunshine and 50s where we are looking at fog. eventually towards noon, everybody expecting to see sunshine. passing clouds across the bay. 66 in san francisco later today. 76 in san jose. one of the warm spots. gilroy at 80. as we head towards monday, kris, that's when things feel summer-like. close to 90 for the fourth of july. if you want to get to the beach, hang on monday through wednesday. a great time to do that. looks like hang on to jackets and just enjoy the nice weather. it could be much worse. we could be looking at triple digits like across the rest of the country. >> that is true. we want to thank you for making us part of your morning. local news at 5:00, 6:00, and
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