from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> looking live at the golden gate bridge, a little bit of fog there, but you can see the peaks of the bridge. 7:00, and thank you for joining us today. i'm vicky nguyen and we have a look at the forecast. good morning. >> yes, good morning. you can make out the bridge this morning, different than what it usually looks like, but we'll see the high, mid level clouds

today because of the remnants of marie. we'll see more of the filtered sunshi sunshine, not full on blue sky, however, though, as we head through monday, temperatures are going to surge, talking about the hottest locations like livermore close to 100 on monday. rem nanants spread today keepin the humidity in place. there may be sprinkle activity, down near the santa cruz mountains and the 101 corridor. overall, the filtered sun, semis not too bad, however, chilly in the north bay, 52 right now, hard to believe they'll be in the lower 90s this afternoon. 86 in the south bay, and east shore averaging in the mid-70s. we have the breeze, but monday, it's hot, and we'll talk about that in a bit. >> anthony, thank you. new this morning, the search for a missing elderly woman in the east bay. the search and rescue team is

looking for a missing resident, the 77-year-old, who walked from her home on if the head drive noon on wednesday. the family called for help after searching for her for several hours. she suffers from dementia and speaks limited english with a heavy russian accent. officials say she was last seen in a dark shirt and pants walking near marsh drive. she's described as 5'5" and 150 pounds, light brown hair and brown eyes. continuing coverage of the south napa earthquake. look at this video. it was taken by cameras at the yard that houses the the napa valley wine train. the cars shook violently on the track and transformers exploded in the background. the quake forced the destination to shut down last sunday and monday. it's been reopened after the tracks, train, bridges, and the

trusles all passed inspection. reopening is the word everyone wants to hear this morning. there was celebrating last night as businesses welcomed holiday travelers. they popped champaigne at the west westin hotel. some rooms are available for guests this weekend and they are making the most of it. the staff at the san francisco winery is organizing a bus load of volunteers to go to napa to help with cleanup. at the first united methodist church, there was a barbecue on the lawn as the church is leaning off kilter an lost part of the facade. commissioners know it's a long jurn noi to recovery. >> i just love the church so it was really disturbing to see what happened. i feel so much better now that i see everyone. it's -- it's hard. but, you know, we'll be fine. >> napa strong is a hashtag on

social media. many people will be needed financial and physical help in the weeks to come. the city of napa has information on its website to let people know where to find help and also how to help. more good news for people who live in napa. water service has been restored. sun's quake caused 120 waterline breaks and crews have been making repairs around the clock every since. crews fixed the time rupture yesterday. our coverage of the south napa earthquake continues online at n nbcbayarea.com. we'll post the latest updates and watch an interview with the family about the damage at local wineries as nbcbayarea.com. as students return to school, a new bill on governor brown's desk could change the definition of rape. the yes means yes legislation spiels out for school administrators and students

explains what sex means. ask her mission and give permission. it will help those sexually atacted and create an environment to come p forward, otherwise state funding could be withheld. uc berkley has been accused of poor response to the sexual assault complaints. they are teaching freshmen about informed concept and resources available. >> i look at it as a huge step forward, ensuring we put student safety first and makes a big impact on how we look at the policies. >> can't use the excuse of oh, we were drunk or, oh, he or she never said no, he or she never shook his or her head, but there's no explicit yes. there's no yes. >> the national coalition for men is opposed to the proposal saying it harms the view process rights of the accused. governor broup has a month to act on yes means yes.

a high school track coach accused of unlawful sex with a minor this morning. lopez look worked at san jose high school, facing three felony charges, a campus assistant as well as the track coach. they are asking for more potential victims to come forward. a walnut creek police officer on the wrong side of the law. thompson accused of attacking a woman with a baseball bat while off duty. police arrested him two weeks ago after receiving calls about a masked man. after the arrest, they found a badly beaten woman hiding in the bushes and found a ski mask and baseball bat inside thompson's car. >> we'd gone to bed, and started hearing something banging, and something similar to a car door slamming, but happening over and over again. it's been quiet over there. no real activity at all.

so bizarre for this neighborhood. >> so far, no charges filed, and police are not giving out any kind of motive for the attack. all they've said is that thompson's deceased relative was the owner of the home in the neighborhood that was recently vandalized. new details about new bay area police agencies with explaning to do after add admitting they cannoting the for their guns. according to a recent audit, the napa county sheriff's department does not know what happened to one of the m-16 rifles. meanwhile, missing two of the high powered weapons, and the guns were provided by the department of defense as part of a special program. that program provides military-style weapons and equipment to a variety of law enforcement agencies nationwide. the counties are now among nine california agencies that have been suspended from the program until they can account for the

missing government equipment. >> we are very concerned about that, and we try to get on that as quickly as possible to find out where it is and work with the agency to better their accountability. >> they need to get to the bottom of it. i'm sure with an investigation, they'll find out where the breach was. >> the audit did not just shine the light on these departments, but 200 across the nation have no records of where their weapons went. the 49erst without their star linebacker for the first nine games this season. smith suspend for violating personal conduct and substance abuse policies. this wraps up nearly two years of off field trouble that's plagued smith's career. niner fans we spoke with say they understand the nfl's decision. >> i think this nfl commissioner is definitely making a statement that, we mean business, you act like good citizens and you act like good people in and around

the county or else we'll come down on you hard. >> smith will be eligible to return to the 49 ers's roster on november 10th. before the punishment, they released a statement saying, quote, aldon has taken responsibility for the actions and continued to show growth, personally and professionally. we will continue to support him, but time to put the matter behind us and focus on the season ahead. coverage continues at nbcbayarea.com to watch a series of investigative area reports on smith's legal troubles. we broke the story. that's nbcbayarea.com and click the investigations tab. coming up -- >> i think it's absolutely deceiving, always deceiving. >> hiding in your favorite foods, even though the labels do not tell you. important warning for shoppers about misleading nutritional

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you're watching "today in the bay." time now, 7:12, look at that beautiful shot, san fransisco in a word from our sky camera network, sun and fog. when you shop, do you look for fat free products? the package says one thing, but thenside. here's today's in the bay. >> reporter: when you go to the store, looking for healthy options, transfat free looks like a good choice. >> absolutely deceiving. >> reporter: researchers at the new york city health department checked more than 4,000 food products, nearly 400 contained transfat, and most of those claimed to be transfat free. >> the fda allows.5 grams fat to

be 0. >> a professor of food science at san jose state says ingredients show if there's transfat in the food. >> the labels list transfats here. the consumer certainly has been fooled by just looking at the 0 transfat. >> reporter: she's concerned when people sit down and eat half a box of cookies even if they are fat free. >> to me, the problem is not the transfats in the cookies. it's all the calories. >> reporter: not surprisingly, she thinks people should eat fruit, vegetable, and whole grapes, but having a few desserts is okay. >> it's fine to have some processed foods. no one lives without cakes or cooki cookies. ten years ago, thousands of foods contained it so the industry has made great progress. >> reporter: though the best advice for the consumer?

be sure to read the labels and know what you are eating. 'ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> visitors caught without the proper permit. border patrol seized 20 giant afric african sent peeds. they had to take a closer look at the box from germany. the label said it was supposed to be a toy car. instead, agents found foot long bugs eating leaves. it's not illegal to ship exotic animals, but the box of bugs did not have the proper permit. still ahead, facebook's new experiment that makes you want to delete embarrassing posts. waking up to sun in the south bay this morning, see plenty of warm conditions this weekend, even for the labor day, it's going to be hot. we'll talk about that coming up after this break.

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the bay." looking looich at the golden gate bridge, fog lowered since we first showed you the picture 15 minutes ago. time now 7:16. dancing on tablings or odes to the exs. be careful what you post. online past may haunt you thanks to a new facebook feature. the social network is experimenting with a new search function letting facebook friends search for old updates with key words. the company is rolling it out on the mobile app. founder mark zuckerberg says that it's improving the site's search functions was a priority with more than a trillion status updates in the last decade. looking to change jobs without the leg work? one has the answer for lazy job searchers called post, and it launched this week, for employed people seeking new jobs on the down low. you just need a linkedin profile, input your salary and

benefits, and when a match is found, one tap allows you to accept a job interview. more than 70 companies are already on board. well, we are not going to let anyone steal our anthony, he's far too valuable here on "today in the bay." >> i have to get a linkedin profile first. >> let's get in the 21st century. >> of course. i'll catch up. we talked about the fog lowering in the city, and, you know, we'll see the fog this morning, but we have an added feature that we usually don't see, and it's the high and mid level clouds. it'll be humid today, and as humidity surges, plenty of high and mid level cloud cover because of hurricane marie. filtered sun today and through memorial day, temperatures are going to surge on monday. talking about one of the hottest locations like livermore, close to 1 00 degrees come monday. now, we have that area of low pressure that i was telling you about, the hurricane, former hurricane marie, and you see the

clouds spreading in from the center of the low, and they're going to continue to spread in for the rest of the week, and, in fact, today and tomorrow, expect filtered sun. here's the component to the forecast, each morning, today and tomorrow, there's potential for light shower activity, see that now detected in the santa cruz mountains, corridor of 101, morgan hills, and point reyes and san francisco. it's more of a sprinkle activity, i don't think it'll be a heavy shower activity. temperatures right now, really chilly in the north bay, 52 degrees, 63 in san francisco. blue sky in san jose and high clouds i was telling you about looking at them all day long. again, we comet to see the high and mid level clouds in the bay, see the humidity today like it was yesterday, but it'll feel tropical out there. south bay averaging 86, peninsula at 78, san francisco at 72. north bay and the trivalley,

this is where we see warmer temperatures, 91 in the tri-valley, napa, away from the water, you'll be hot today, even in the east shore, not too bad there, 75, that's really where you want to be. clouds will be out by tomorrow afternoon as humidity decreases. all because the remnants former hurricane marie moves out and skies clear, high pressure builds in so for monday temperatures soar. in fact, we're talking about napa close to 100 degrees by labor day. most comfortable weather it san francisco. 74 today in downtown. sunday, 73. cooler skies clear, and monday, fog in san francisco, but plenty of sun by the afternoon, and that's when the warmest day comes, 76 in san francisco. again, a quick recap of what we look at over the next couple days, temperatures hot today, cooler today, skies clear,

monday, that's when we send temperatures back up, close to 90 in san jose, mid-70s in san francisco. you'll notice tuesday and wednesday, i want to bring the attention to this, cooler weather, more clouds, and maybe the chance of showers. we'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour. for now, back to you, vicki. >> great weather for the long weeg weekend. thank you. what makes us happy? a unique uc berkley course on the science of happiness. one of the lead instructors is in studio live to talk about the course and how to join more than 80,000 students.

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the instructor from the greater good science center in studio with us this morning. hello, and thank you for being here. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you can tell us about this. it's not a traditional class. it's a massive open online course. 82,000 people signed up, and why is there a great interest? >> it's true, over 80,000 people signed up. people are interested in the science of happiness today because we live in a time when what we believe to be the sources of happiness are available to a lot of people, and so maybe it's the right spouse, the right number of children, the status that we get from the job that we always aspire to have, and we find that people who have jobs, either ourselves or the people we know, are not necessarily as happy as they thought they would be. we're looking, like, what is it? what else do we need to do or need to know to figure out how to be happy ourselves? >> interesting you say i think here in the silicon valley, especially, we have a little of the fear of missing out, and you

see those outer symbols of wealth or class that indicate happiness, but the science is not showing that. >> that's right. that's right. we are, unfortunately, organisms that habituate and adapt and situations do not keep us happy for long. they are fun, create enjoyment, but we are not happy for long. what we learned from science is what really, really matters is how good we are at connecting with people, how often we find occasions to be kind, and how well we interact with our meaningful and authentic community. >> in reading the course description online, one of the points you make is being happy is not just good for you physically and emotional, but part of the greater good that contributes to the well being of the people around us. >> that's right. >> we're also very social, and we are sensitive to the kinds of emotions and experiences and expressions of the people around us emit. if i'm, perhaps, a leader in the

organization, and i exude a joyful, optimistic attitude, that's the way the workplace feels, on the contrary, if i'm hostile and domineering, the workplace suffers from that. your happiness offers something to the entire community. >> you mentioned this, we are creatures of habit in the research it says 40% of happiness depends on hats and activities. you're going to teach students how to develop habits. tell us how. >> a big component of the course, we call haeptness practices, activities that have been shown by scientists to change levels of happiness so come of them might be, for instance, taking on a habit of being more graceful. trying to say thank you more often, reflect on how other people's actions really benefit you on a day-to-day basis. it's been show that gratitude or people who are grateful are healthier, are happier, and have more satisfaction in their social relationships. >> that's great.

some very practical skills, happy homework. >> that's right, happy homework. >> very good. it starts september 9th? >> september 9, first week of material available. >> still can sign up? >> please do. the more the merrier. >> greatergood.berkley.edu. join more than 80,000 people and thank you so much for joining us in studio this morning. thank you for the time. >> my pleasure, vicki, thank you. >> okay, well, coming up, we have more stories ahead heen o " "today in the bay," the recovery of tracy morgan. (gnome) instead of hanging out on the couch,

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francisco. talk about a beautiful view. time is 7:29, just about to turn to 7:30. good morning and thank you so much for joining us. i'm vicky nguyen alongside anthony slaughter with a look at the forecast. those are in full effect with the temperatures. >> 70s at the coast today, and 90s in the inland valleys. looking, though, starting off with a satellite perspective. the remnants of what used to be hurricane marie. it's riding across the bay area in the form of high and mid level cloud cover, so while we will still see sun, there's a little bit sprinkle activity this morning. that's in the santa cruz mountains down to 10 1 to morgan hill and off the coast of san francisco right now have. it's not a watch out of any kind. really more the high level cloud cover, may have a sprinkle here and there, but who doesn't like sprinkles with the cup cakes,

right? 90 in the north bay today and east shore, where we see room temperature as 75. and south bay, mid-80s there. 86 in sap jose. not a bad weekend. monday, labor day, and what it holds in store for us. coming up 3. >> looks good. it's going to be nice out there. >> it will be. enjoy it. >> thank you, anthony. a search for an elderly woman. search and rescue team is looking for a resident, the 77 -year-old who walked from her home on fountain head drive noon on wednesday. the family called the police for help after searching for several hours. police say she suffers from dementia and speaks limited english with a heavy russian accent. officials say she was last seen in dark shirt and dark pants walking on canyon road near marsh drive, 5'5" and 150 pounds, light brown hair and brown eyes.

to continuing coverage of the south napa earthquake, and new images from the morning. look at this video. it was taken by camera at the yard that houses the napa valley wine train. the cars are shaking violently on the track, and watch, transformers exploded in the background, caught on that surveillance camera. the quake forced the popular tourist train to shut down last sunday and monday, but now it's back open. the train's tracks and bridges all passed inspections. plans to celebrate the weekend are underway in napa and started with businesses welcoming holiday travellers. corks flew last night while some rooms have water damage, hotel guests make the most of the stay in san francisco. the staff is sending a bus load of volunteers to help clean up in napa, and over the first united methodist church, a congregation held a barbecue. the church lost brick from the facade and suffered structural

damage, but has not pept parishioners from celebrating. >> i love the church. it was really disturbing to see what happened. i feel so much better now that i see everyone. it's hard. but, you know, we'll be fine. >> an emotional time there in napa. people will be needing help physically and financially. a lot of information on its website that tells you how you can help. some good news for people who live in napa, water service has been restored. the earthquake caused 120 water line breaks and public works crews made repairs around the clock every since. crews fixed the time ruptures yesterday. coverage of the south napa earthquake continues online at nbcbayarea.com. we'll post latest updates throughout the weekend. you can watch an interview with the family about the damage at local wineries, that's

nbcbayarea.com. why did they let me? that's the question from serial stow away directed to government workers who let her slipped past security check points. in a jailhouse interview, she says she's not to blame. >> just respect for tsa, they are hard working, under a lot of stress, and the fear is almost, please don't go through my line, but i've been directed to a line where i could go through and make it through security. >> well, that's the insight how this happens. artman arrested three times this month for boarding planes or loitering in airports without a ticket. her most recent arrest was in phoenix on tuesday. she was arrested on august 6 at the san jose airport for by passing security and boarding a flight to lax without a ticket. an emergency landing in the east bay yesterday created an unusual traffic hazard.

the pilot of the single engine plane landed in a field next to highway 4 in discovery bay. it happened before 6:00 p.m. when the pilot reported end gin problems. fortunately, the plane landed safely, no one was hurt, and the plane is registered to a florida man on its way to the concord airport. officials are on the ground in africa searching for a way to stem the ebola outbreak ravaging the western part of the continue net the spread began last year and became an epidemic spreading to many countries. in a news conference yesterday, the virus has become a crisis in sierra-leone, but it is possible to fight the outbreak. >> there is time to avoid ka tas troe fe, but only if immediate

action is taken at every level. >> according to the world health organization, more than 1500 people have already died from the outbreak with hundreds of new cases being discover each week. an attorney for the actor and comedian tracy morgan sis the former "saturday night live" star is struggling to recover from an automobile accident in june. he relies on a wheelchair and may be months before he's able to walk again. he said that it will be a month before morgan is assessed cogniti cognitively. he was hit by a walmart truck on the new jersey turnpike breaking his nose, leg, and several ribs. morgan is suing walmart for negligence. more news ahead, the giants offense erupts as the a's may have lost more than just a ball game last night in anaheim.

you're watching "today in the bay." a live look outside now at the bay bridge. that is coming along nicely looking to be a perfect day in oakland to celebrate the long labor day weekend. they continue a battle for first place in the al west, but the green and gold have more to worry about than a division title. bottom of the fifth, one on base for the angels, when there's a shot to left center field, crisp leaps at the wall, goes down hard. nobody know where the ball is, but he lost the ball over the wall. he leaves the game with a neck strain, and no update on if the a's leadoff hitter and catalyst will be available for tonight's game. a's trail by three games in the west.

a trk at&t park, leading by the red hots, posey with a career high of five hits and has three runs driven in, giants beat milwaukee 13-2. keep it here. coming up on "today in the bay" it's been call an act r terror, but how was it handled? the law enforcement response after a pge substation was attacked. >> this morning, plenty of sun, at the coastline, a little of fog, but overall, a warm holiday weekend, and temperatures surging by monday. we'll be back to break it on down for you coming up after this. ♪

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welcome back, 7:429 time now, up to speed with the holiday weekend forecast. in fact, watching former hurricane marie spread across the area with high and mid level clouds, humid today, less humid tomorrow, but the filters sun

stays with us through the day for tomorrow, and then the skies clear out monday, and we're talking about femmes surmging. in fact, if you think it's hot today and tomorrowing wait until monday because temperatures in the inland valleys are close to 1 00 degrees for places like the tri-valley and north bay. mean while, we have cloud cover from the former hurricane marie, spreading clouds this way, but the thing about it is we won't have organized cloud cover, just high and mid level clouds, you see it right there from the center of low pressure in from central and northern california. closer to home, the radar, we have a little bit shower activity detected across the mountains this morning and down through the corridor of 10 11, morgan hill, and if you travel that way, there may drizzle activity and sprinkles, but that's all we'll get from the activity from the remnants of the former hurricane marie. we have high and mid level

clouds in the bay. because of that, 62 in the south bay, san francisco looking good. fog is clearing, and this is really indicative of what's headed our way today because we're already starting to clear out and see plenty of sun and strong onshore breeze today, and high and mid level clouds with us all day long. not a full-on blue sky, but comfortable. 86 in the south bay today, you'll be at 78 with the added humidity there, comfortable in san francisco with temperatures in the low 70s. tri-valley low 90s, and the hottest is the north bay, the napa wine country, drink water and loose fitting clothing to alleviate the heat trapped closer to the body. more events this weekend, oakland pride festival in downtown oakland tomorrow at 10: 30 with the parade kicking off, temperatures comfortable, fill tiltered sun, and topping out at 76. if you are looking for other things to do, cooler weather, want to get up into the

mountainings, the arts fair happens monday, and temperatures there in the low 70s. cooler in the mountains, but, again, comfortable. check out the fine arts there. let's show you what's happening on the futurecast. fast forward to monday morning, waking up to fok and drizzle at the coastline, skies are really going to clear out quickly by 10:00. and then we'll see plenty of sun. that's when the temperatures are the warmest this weekend napa close to 100 degrees. tuesday, the fog and marine layer is back in, good sign of the onshore wind returns, going to lead to cooler temperatures by middle part of next week, and maybe, just a maybe potential chance of drizzle at the coastline and light showers. at this point, it's not overly impressive, but the trend through the next couple days, cooler weather next week and drizzle by tuesday and wednesday. vicki, back to you. >> we need it. thank you. still ahead, we invest gait the

attack on a south bay power station, why some are criticizing the response. that story right after the break. stay with us. good morning, there's lots to do. today in the bay, looking for hot times saturday? here's options for you. literal, this structure there is the home of pilgrim soul forge. there's the name, there's the door to get in. fourth harvest fair where a black smith shows his worked created by forging and heetding metals. check out the art. check out other local craftsman, live music from the dog gone blues band and coffee from the beans truck. forging metal. literal hot. taste bud hot, we celebrate the sriracha, the cult following the weekend over here, san jose celebrates its first ever electronic fest in st. james park. 24 djs and musicians bring the best music for the dance party,

first 8,000 in attendance get a bottle of sriracha sauce from the factory. i'm not sure the connection between the two, hot sauce and hot music, maybe, makes sense. the sauce from the cooking made its way on the mainstream menu on countless dishes. the food movement brings savor phil pea know with cooking demonstrations and one by apple, the app from the black eyed peas. cooking tips, maybe i can get heritage from him too. some say the food is the next big thing, and if i get my hands on it, yours truly my be the next bigger fan. covering your commute on "today on the bay i'll be right back to you.

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the bay. a live look out there, beautiful skies, called the most significant attack on our nation's power grid. sometimes labeled an act of terrorism. this morning, controversy from inside the santa clara county sheriff's office surrounding decisions after an incident in san jose. here's the chief investigative reporter. >> this is a serious attack. this was a debacle. compromised from the start. >> reporter: two of the first responders on the attack last april. are you putting career at risk by talking to us? >> absolutely. >> reporter: they asked us to disguise identities and change the voices. they fear retaliation. >> reporter: why are you doing this? >> this is important. >> reporter: it started shortly before 2:00 a.m., a 911 call of shots fired.

the security camera video shows what happened. the flashes of light, bullets from a high powered rifle, exploding through 17 giant transformer, the attack lasted 19 mibs causing more than $15 million in damage. a major incident that could have created a significant blackout in the bay area. >> it was a big deal. the sheriff's office refused to recognize that. until about 8:30 or 9:00 the next morning, we decided to wait until daylight. it's embarrassing. as an embarrassment and disservice to the citizens of the county. >> reporter: frustrations on described as a lack of resources after deputies and the incident commander on scene asked for more help when the shots were conned. >> when we asks our supervisors who tell the administration that we have a problem and the administration decided you really don't have a problem,

you're overreing, and then do not send anybody to help, that is is a travesty. >> reporter: the command staff was down playing the significance of the attack for failing to call out more deputies, swat team, sheriff's helicopter, and specially trained dogs. they questioned why it took more than five hours before support arrive. they believe it's contributed to a crime that remains unresolved 16 months later. >> depp theys working hard. the sergeant was frustrated. it's disenjen knew yous. looks like the sheriff's office handled it perfectly when nothing is further from the truth. >> reporter: tal letter. the met calf substation is in her district written by undersheriff in march of this year. a letter that included the

administration immediately arranged for additional sheriff's office resources assigned to this accident. >> a letter to a congresswoman about a critical incident filled with truth? >> filled with myth. filled with credit where credit is not due. >> reporter: the letter included over1600 hours of overtime and over 100,000 dollars in overtime expended to investigate the incident. >> we spent $1600 in overtime and $100,000 well after everything is over. what does that mean? it means you sent bodies and spent money because the media got there. >> they are not the only sheriff office employees questioning what happened. nbc bay area had this e-mail written by sergeant gonzalez, the first supervisor on site that morning talking about insufficient staffing on scene and includes it was pretty

demoralizing for my deputies and felt left out to dry that morning. >> do you have a moment? >> reporter: the sheriff declined a request to address concerns raised by the first responders. but recently, he did agree to answer our questions outside the county administration building include including questions on the memo sent by the sergeant. >> he said he asked for additional staffing. it was not granting. >> he has his interpretations how the call should have been handled. i'm not going to second guess that, but i looked over the facts, and i believe that case or call was handled appropriately. >> reporter: the undershall have stands by the accuracy of the letter to the congresswoman. >> did you mislead the congress with this letter? >> no. >> reporter: why would three members of the staff say you've done that? >> i don't know why. >> reporter: although the letter is questioned, they pointed to e-mails from three supervisors involved in the response.

they found no problems with the letter to the congresswoman. what should the people of santa clara take away from the issue? >> fact is, we responded, did a great job. >> reporter: are you surprised the person or people responsible for this are not behind bars? >> no, no because we didn't invest gait in a timely manner. >> reporter: could the sheriff's department done a better job responding to? >> you can always do a better job. >> following that interview, the sheriff says he plans to call for a complete debrief of what happened the morning of the met calf attack. we also talked with congresswoman who declined to comment not wanting to get in the middle of the issues in the sheriff's office. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, call us at 888-996-tips, or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com. coming up, a major milestone to benefit a lucky customer.

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you're watching "today in the bay." one lucky visitor to santa clara's great america has a shot at theme park history. today, anyone who passes through the park's gates may be the 75th -- sorry, 75 millionth customer. that visitor will be given vip treatment and key to the park in honor of the milestone. there's fireworks and free prizes the entire weekend. folks at the rides have taken the final days of summer. >> 76 million thousand, it's the same. >> 75 million is a lot of people, though. when your boys get older, a season passes and they are at costco, it's a nice thing to do. >> looking forward to it. waiting until they are big enough and don't cry. >> and the weather will be nice. >> beautiful weekend coming our way, 70s and 90s inland.

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