good evening. i'm diane dwyer. the weather, well, it took center stage in london today. it was chilly and rainy on the second day of competition at the 2012 summer olympics. the games of course went on as planned. and nbc's phil rogers joins us now from london with a look at some california athletes who made history today. hello, phil. >> hi, diane. one of those was a u.s. olympian who blasted her way into the record books as mother nature demonstrated that she could be a tough olympic competitor, too. >> it's raining hard. >> reporter: female cyclists braved thunder, lightning, and a blinding rainstorm as they raced through the streets of london this morning. but the clouds parted just in time for u.s. shooter kimberly wode to take the gold medal in skeet shooting. she's the first american olympian to win medals in five olympics. >> i went out there and did the

best i could. >> reporter: indoors today the u.s. basketball men beat france 98-71. and french star tony parker wondered aloud if anyone was in their class. >> it's going to be tough. they're a great team. >> reporter: unresolved this evening, whether one of saudi arabia's first female olympians can compete in her head scarf. the judo federation says no. but olympic officials are trying to negotiate a compromise. >> the key stakeholds involved got together, and they're talking. >> this may be her only event. >> reporter: meanwhile, talk of retirement is premature for 29-year-old natalie coughlin. after winning her 12th olympic medal saturday, a bronze, in her only london event, the 400-meter freestyle relay, she's keeping the door open to 2016. >> i'll stay in shape regardless so i don't -- i just don't know what the future lies. but it'll be fun. ♪ >> reporter: olympic fun was something even today's rain couldn't diminish.

now, the oldest u.s. olympian competed today. is that was 54-year-old karen o'connor, who competes in the dressage competition. and we have her saddle here. we want to tell you that karen is currently ranked 29th as this competition proceeds. but diane, she also has one interesting competitor. the queen's granddaughter. she's ranked 24th. by the way, diane, we are going to return the saddle so she can continue in this competition. and we should mention the other athlete in this, the horse. his name is mr. mendecott, and i think he wants this back. >> i was going to ask you. that seems like an important piece of equipment. >> very important. >> i looked up prin es anne. she is 14th in line to the british throne. so she beats both of us out of that as well. all right. we talked about the rain. was it really a factor today in the competition, do you think? >> you know, it was to this

extent. they did have to suspend the equestrian competition for a little bit out at greenwich today. and in fact part of the judge's pavilion, the roof got peeled back, the storm was so severe. at wimbledon they suspended tennis for about three hours because of the rainstorm. >> really? okay. thanks a lot, phil, we'll catch up with you later. and speaking of natalie coughlin, phil was talking about her, our own raj mathai spent some time with the bay area native today in london. she talked about yesterday's controversial decision to keep her sidelined during the freestyle relay final. team usa won a bronze. and even though coughlin didn't compete in the final, she did swim in the qualifying race and as a result won her 12th olympic medal. she told raj winning it was bittersweet. >> it feels odd. it feels strange. i still haven't really had much time to process it. and earning my 12th medal the way that i did was a little different. you know, i was in the prelim relay. and i just wish that medal was a

little earlier in my career. but i'm still really proud of it, and i'm really happy for the four girls last night. >> in other words, she was very diplomatic. and coming up later in this newscast we'll have raj's full interview with coughlin, including why she says that decision was maipd that's coming up in just about 20 minutes. now, before you move on to this next story, we want to warn you that it does give away how cal graduate and swimmer dana vollmer performed today. her swimming will be televised tonight. so if you don't want to know, now is a very good time to mute your television for just about a minute or so. vollmer took the gold in today's 100-meter butterfly. not only that, she also set a world record in the process. perhaps most impressive, though, is she did it all without an important piece of gear. one of her swim caps. swimmers wear two caps, one over their hair and then another one over their goggle straps to make their heads more streamlined. so vollmer's outer cap popped off somewhere in the first 50

meters. she told nbc that it's never happened before during a race. but maybe it helped keep her mind off her burning muscles. her record time was 55.98 seconds. and a little bit of information. the cal grad is married to stanford swimmer andy grant. vollmer's gold medal helped bump up the united states to number two in the medal count. china is still first with six golds, four silver, and two bronze. but the u.s. is very close behind, with three golds, five silver, and three bronze. italy is third with a total of seven medals. the u.s. men's water polo team has four players from stanford, and today the team played its first match. it aired on nbc a little earlier today and it was not an easy win. with a final score of 8-7 over montenegro. of those eight goals stanford players made five of them. that's quite the showing. nbc bay area's arturo santiago is at stanford for the junior olympics with more on why

stanford has become a mecca for water polo. hello, arturo. >> reporter: hello, diane. we're at the avery aquatic center, where it is hosting the water polo matches for the junior olympics. and really there's no better place to be than the campus of stanford university for a young athlete who's pursuing a future in water polo. now, there are thousands of them competing this week in what's been known to be called the toughest sport in the world. northern california and specifically the bay area has become the place to be for the best water polo players in the world. five players who are on the olympic team are from the bay area. four of those as you mentioned are from stanford. now, we spoke to the head coach of stanford's men's water polo team. i tells me getting athletes to love the sport when they're young has played a key role in the bay area, becoming a mecca for water polo. >> we've had a lot of teams playi playing. a lot of kids playing at an early age. right now we're hosting junior olympics over these next ten

days and we're having 8,000 athletes playing at stanford and surrounding pool sites. so really fortunate to have a great water polo following up here in northern california. >> reporter: now, as for what the coach teaches players once they're at stanford, it's discipline, control, toughness, and intelligence. now, coach vargas does believe the olympic team has a good shot at gold. for one thing, out of 13, 10 players are returning from the silver medal team in beijing. live at stanford university, i'm arturo santiago, nbc bay area news. >> arturo, thank you. and table tennis is a wildly popular sport in many countries but not so much here in the united states. a 16-year-old girl from the south bay, though, is drawing some major attention. ariel hsing made it to the third round but was ultimately beaten today by the 3 seed, a woman from china. kimberly tere aat a milpitas

club where she practices. >> reporter: they -- a table tennis club. we have some video of the 16-year-old who has made a name for herself in the world of table tennis, becoming the youngest national champion in the sport's history and now an olympian. she has a lot of fans at the table tennis club where she trains in milpitas along with two other olympian. one coach we talked with says ariel should be thrilled with how far she made it and start looking forward to the 2016 games in rio. >> i think for ariel already achieved what we plan in advance before going to london. so she should be happy. we are proud of her. >> reporter: table tennis players say it's a game that is highly underrated. the coach says the difference between those who play this game for fun and those who play for sport is the use of the body.

he says if played correctly table tennis is fast-paced, complicated, and intense. it takes focus and the ability to stay one step ahead of your opponent. these players agree. we talked to a couple of them who say ariel has inspired them to start dreaming big. so we have some olympic hopefuls here already looking forward as well to the olympics in rio in 2016. live in milpitas, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> all right. thanks a lot, kimberly. and for more exclusive coverage of the 2012 london olympics you can always go to nbcbayarea.com. you can keep one bay area athletes there by just clicking on the olympics live blog icon in the upper right-hand corner. that will get you connected with the tweets, facebook posts, and photos from social immediamedia everywhere. just ahead we'll have more olympic coverage. but first some other news. imagine getting stuck 150 feet in the air on a roller coaster. it happened today at six flags in vallejo. we'll show you the dramatic

rescue. also -- she did not deserve the way that she died. >> is a certain type of treat making some dogs sick? an nbc bay area investigation, coming up . ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose.

it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] when your dog earns a trick, he earns a treat. but do you really know what's in that tasty reward? nbc bay area has the results of new tests done on a bay area dog

that died after eating chicken jerky treats. investigative reporter vicky nguyen has the details and more on the fda's investigation. >> reporter: fda scientists just completed this extensive seven-page necropsy hoping they could find something definitive between the death of this dog and the treats she ate. it's part of an ongoing mystery that started almost as soon as these treats came onto the market. since 2007 more than 1,800 people have filed complaints with the fda, saying their dogs got sick or died after eating chicken jerky treats. >> reporter: rachel chambers of morgan hill says three of her four dogs became sick after eating milo's kitchen chicken jerky treats, made by del monte. >> he was very, very sick. she was sick for just a couple days with diarrhea. >> reporter: but it was shepherd mix callie who couldn't be saved. >> it was violent, and she did not deserve the way that she

died. >> reporter: veterinarian jasper horik a-treated callie. he says he's seeing a trend. owners bringing in sick dogs after feeding them chicken jerky treats. >> even if they're causing vomiting and diarrhea, they're causing discomfort to the pet. >> reporter: the fda has issued three warnings since 2007, saying chicken jerky treats may ab sovieted wi be associated with illness in dogs. despite the fda warnings the treats are still on shelves. the fda says it has tested for bacteria, mold, and chemicals, plug plasticizers in nearly 300 treats sent in by consumers and that more tests are under way but nothing has surfaced to prompt a recall. >> by not giving me just a simple advisory that says this could cause illness or death, i would not have purchased that and my dog would still be here today. >> reporter: del monte tells us they have conducted extensive testing and inspections of their factories in china. they believe their products are safe.

the fda's tests on callie's body do not show a clear link between the treats and her death. tonight after the olympics we'll tell you which brands log the most complaints, which treats the fda has tested, and what scientists found. vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. an amber alert is in effect tonight for a teenager who has not been seen since two people were killed in her home last night. 16-year-old eunice serato is from near king city in monterey county. she lives in the same house where men in their 20s were found dead last night. detectives believe that serato's boyfriend and his father kidnapped her and are perhaps taking her to mexico. 39-year-old juan salazar and 19-year-old juan salazar jr. are also persons of interest in the killings. superman got stick in vallejo today. superman the ride, that is. 12 people were stuck for nearly two hours on the new superman roller coaster at six flags discovery kingdom. the ride, which is billed as the

tallest inversion coaster west of the mississippi river, opened on june 30th. a park spokesperson says that two cars stalled at 15 stories. that is the highest point of the ride. yikes. fortunately, as you see, the riders were stick in an upright position. firefighters used a crane to release the cars from the track. all 12 riders were returned safely to the ground. and still to come -- why was she benched? fresh off a bittersweet victory, bay area native natalie coughlin talks to our own raj mathai one on one about that specific issue. and a change in the forecast. meteorologists will fill new next.

did you get a chance to go outside today while watching the olympics? it was beautiful. let's check in with rob maeda. what's going on?

>> a lot nicer here than over in london for sure. we got ploenty of sunshine after lots of low clouds this morning. still 80s inland. keep in mind the temperatures we're seeing on the map, we're seeing 70s and 80s now. i think we're going to hit those numbers by noon tomorrow with 90s coming back in the forecast for our tri-valley locations for monday. still a sea breeze reaching into livermore and fairfield and tonight once again we'll see some patchy low clouds, a little drizzle on the coast, clearing quickly, and tomorrow will be day one of kind of a brief warm-up to get the work week started as the low clouds actually disappear from the coast during tomorrow afternoon. today we did get a little more sunshine on the coast. a beautiful day around santa cruz. you see the clearing there. as high pressure builds in for tomorrow, we'll see the marine layer get pushed down closer to maybe about 1,000 feet, which will allow our inland east bay valleys to warm up a few more degrees than we saw today. so for the coast look at this. by 1:00, that's some good news. if you're around half moon bay or pacifica you should see a little more clearing tomorrow. inland locations obviously nothing but sunshine. and temperatures will be climbing as we get toward

especially say noon through 3:00 tomorrow. should see lots of 90s out by fairfield and livermore. temperatures around the bay area. as you go through tomorrow you'll see 80s around san jose. you'll find 90s down around morgan hill over toward gilroy. 90s on the map around the tri-valley. low 70s, maybe by noon in san francisco. before that sea breeze turns on. and 80s across the north bay. so we're getting back into the work week with a warmer forecast. sea breeze briefly kicks in on tuesday. and then the 90s come rolling back in here wednesday and thursday. we'll see more summer-like weather for the bay area for the better part of the week. >> all right, thanks, rob. looks very nice. we'll be right back.

good afternoon. i'm dave feldman. no one likes to get swept, period. especially to a team you're battling with for first place in the division. especially, especially if it's against your arch-rival, the dreaded dodgers. but that was the scenario facing the giants today at at&t park. dodgers going for the sweep. ryan vogelsong, one earned run

in two wins versus l.a. this season. top four, dodgers up 1-0. luis cruz doubles to left. hanley ramirez comes in to score. 2-0 l.a. clayton kershaw going for the complete-game shutout. bottom nine, two outs, angel pagan grounds out to third. game over. dodgers win 4-0 and sweep the giants. 49ers head coach jim harbaugh would much rather you criticize him than take a shot at one of his players. and that's what he thinks the media's been doing with rookie wide receiver a.j. jenkins, who harbaugh defended today rather strongly. >> for those, you know, the scribes, pundits, so-called experts who have gone as far as to say that he's going to be a bust, you know, should just stop. i'm not going to tell you what to do. you want to keep saying what you're saying, it's motivation, it's fuel for all of us.

but i mean, i think you do it at your own peril of looking clueless. >> clueless the key word. a's lose to the orioles 5-1. i'm dave feldman. diane, good to see you. let's go back to you. >> nice to see you, dave. it's been a long time. buddies with your pally guy there, jim harbaugh. nice to see. >> yeah, thanks, diane. good to see you too. >> talk to you later. just ahead, we'll hear more from bay area's natalie coughlin.

our olympic coverage continues. here's a live look from london, where it's almost 3:00 in the morning there. as we reported earlier, raj mathai spoke at length with natalie coughlin and has her reaction to the controversial decision to keep her out of the pool. plus, what she has to say about her swimming future. it's a story you'll only see on nbc bay area. >> reporter: good evening from london. we're very happy to say we have the most decorated female american athlete in olympics history. and she's with us tonight. natalie coughlin is here. first of all, congratulations. >> thank you. it's really nice to be here,

raj. >> reporter: this is amazing. it's great to see you. we followed -- we've been around the world together, following your career. and now you're in a history-making position. actually, you've made history. how does it feel? >> it feels odd. it feels strange. i still haven't really had much time to process it. and earning my 12th medal the way that i did was a little different. you know, i was in the prelim relay. i just wish that medal was a little earlier in my career. but i'm still really proud of it. and i'm really happy for the four girls last night. >> reporter: i know it's bittersweet. you just said it was. and just a question so many people was. why was that made? you did so well in the prelims and then you were essentially put off the finals. how was that decision made? >> there are a lot of factors that go into it. i think we were swimming pretty evenly if you factor in our relay takeoffs and everything. our times are pretty even. and i think part of it is having coach.ad coach be your personal you don't want to cause any controversy and don't want

anyone to think that she's giving me any special favors. so i think we're erring on the other side, which i fully understand. and regardless, you have to, you know, stick with the decision and be supportive. >> reporter: you've been very up front and honest with us your entire career. disappointed with how it went down? >> it's hard to say. i'm just kind of disappointed in how this year has been for me. i think i was so excited about it being the olympic year that i got a little overzealous in training and never fully recovered. but you know, live and learn. >> reporter: okay. looking forward now, everyone's going to say, oh, my gosh, natalie, you might be retiring. i say forget it. let's do this again in rio. >> thank you. you're the only one. i still don't know if i'm going to go another four years or another year, whatever. but i love training and i love swimming and why everyone keeps pushing me out the door i don't know why. i'm only 29. but yeah, we'll see what the future lies. or what the future holds.

i'm looking forward to it. i'll still be in shape and still be training. >> reporter: more importantly, you said a few times to me that you want to start a family. you turn 30 next month. maybe this is a good time to do it? >> maybe. i don't know. i have my hands full with my two dogs and five chickens. we'll see. an actual human being is a lot harder. >> reporter: one last question. any comments to anyone back in the bay area? you have so many fans, so many people happy from concord to berkeley to vallejo and lafayette. what do you want to say to everyone back home? >> i have been overwhelmed by the support you guys have shown me. you know, your tweets, facebook, instagram, messages. like it's been incredible. and i'm sorry i can't get to everyone. but just know that it means so much to me. and i really, really appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: congratulations again. thanks, natalie. >> thank you. thanks. >> reporter: okay. we'll send it back to you. >> she's so likeable. you know? and what are we going to see weatherwise? >> it's london weather. they're used to it there. but here's the satellite view. you look at the mass of clouds

off to the west. that is a tuesday storm that's going to be bearing down and the flee-day forecast shows scattered showers tomorrow. tuesday looks like somewhere between 3/4 of the day dealing with some rain. not so good. you know, we had those five days of beautiful weather just leading up to the opening ceremonies. it seems to have gone away. the pattern becoming more active. today we actually had some thundershowers. if you saw the basketball game at halftime, you saw a lightning bolt behind some of the play-by-play folks too. some very active weather unfortunately off and on through london the next few days. >> thank you, rob. and thanks for choosing the bay area at 6:00. the olympics are up next featuring women's gymnastics and both women and is men's swimming finals. and after the olympics we have an interview with cal grad dana vollmer. good night.

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