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- - - - here is a live look outside -- golden gate bridge good saturday morning to you. it is now 7:00 on the dot. and san francisco is looking like san francisco likes to look in the morning hours. this is the golden gate bridge, but we have other cameras all around the bay area, and we are seeing some clear skies around. thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at the forecast. it's going to be a warm one. >> it is going to be a warm one.
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in fact, some temperatures are going to climb into the upper 80s but look at san francisco right now. it's 53 degrees, and this is also another shot that we have of the city. this is just overlooking the city skyline. you can't really see because of the fog but let's see how the rest of the bay area is doing. so if you look at the fog and 24-hour temperature change, you can see we've got fog creeping in through santa rosa, creating limited visibility in through san francisco but notice down through half moon bay, even sunnyvale, not really an issue in terms of fog or as a matter of fact temperature change, so what is it like as you step out the door this morning? it's going to be a little cool out there. 48 degrees for santa rosa, napa 47, and down through the south bay, and through the peninsula, we're talking low 50s, upper 40s and those will warm up into the afternoon and any cloud cover will clear out, but i'm going to break down your complete weekend forecast and our next chance of rain coming up in 15 minutes. we've all had lotto fever
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the last couple days. but once again, no one won last night's massive mega millions lottery. one lucky player did rake in cash in the south bay. state lottery officials confirmed that one person matched five of the six numbers in last night's $970 million drawing. that is worth about $3 billion. it happened at this ampm store in morgan hill where a man came in, scanned his ticket, saw that he had five numbers that were matching and then said, i don't want to claim the prize here on the spot and walked out of the store. so now the big jackpot is up to $1.6 billion. it is still up for grabs. the drauwing is coming up on tuesday so you know your coworkers are going to be asking you for cash on m winning the lottery is a pipe dream for most of us but for some folks, it is a reality. we posted a slide show of some of the biggest lotto winners in u.s. history. you can see how much money they raked in at nbcbayarea.com. all right, well, it was a
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very rough night for south bay commuters. this crash and car fire shut down southbound 101 for hours last night and you can see the flames coming from outside the two cars. it happened just after 7:00 in gilroy, near the 10th street exit. paramedics did rush those two people in those cars to the hospital. at this point, we don't know how they're doing, but when we find out, we'll let you know. we go now to mexico and aerial footage of the thousands of migrants headed to the united states border. tension at mexico's southern border reached a boiling point as a fence was torn down. nearly 5,000 honduran migrants are being held at bay by mex. "today in the bay's" jessica flores talked with advocacy those in san francisco who are migrants. >> reporter: the tide of central aman met close gates at the guatemala-mexico
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border. some migrants broke through. this facebook live video shows dozens of women and children after they made it across the mexican border. t who are jumping off the bridge into the river and trying to swim across. >> reporter: alex is with a group that provides loegal help to the caravan. he's headed to tijuana. >> people are fleeing because they can no longer live in their countries. they have nothing left or they're facing immediate death threats. >> reporter: the migrant crisis fueling the midterm election battle. president trump campaigning for candidates is threatening to shut down the southern border. >> they might as well turn back. they're not coming into this country. >> as far as president trump's krpd ncrats. he's not looking for independents, even. he's looking t base. >> reporter: a battle at the border and on the campaign trail. as thousands of migrants face an
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dncertain fate. lem.recognizepr it is a humanitarian problem. >> reporter: in san francisco, nbc bay area news. speaking of president trump, he is calling the arrest of 18 saudi suspects in the death of a "washington post" journalist a good first step. saudi leaders say jamal khashoggi died after a fight inside the consulate and that khashoggi's death was not a government hit. but turkish intelligence officials are telling a different story. they claim to have evidence that khashoggi was tortured, killed, and then dismembered by saudi agents. the president now says what happened to khashoggi is unacceptable. back her anogy some measure of closure for the family of a mother and a baby who were killed by a drunk driver in a horrific crash three years ago. brian jones was sentenced to 30 crashed his in prison car into an apartment complex in 2015 after drinking at the
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livermore wine country festival. that little baby right there and her 46-year-old mother were killed. jones apologized to the victim's family in court. his attorney calls this a tragedy all the way around. >> brian jones has accepted responsibility for this situation since the very beginning. he's been extremely shameful about his conduct. and this case is going to weigh heavily on his soul for the rest of his life. there's no question. >> although he says he's taking responsibility, jones reportedly hired a legal team to file an appeal, saying that he did not get a fair trial. workers plan to ramp up their strike in san francisco. this is what they did last week in t workers giant to sign a labor contract that has higher pay and better hotels all across the country. still ahead on "today in the bay," a local mother shares a nightmare. she says a priest brought to her family. the reason she's coming forward
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and why she hopes her story will help other victims as well. and it's taken years, but look, it's finally here. a tribute to dr. martin luther king, it's standing tall at a bay area school and we'll show you why it has a particularly special meaning there. do you hear that?
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plus, ask how to get free installation. call, go online, or demo in an xfinity store today. we're looking live a sun is starting tour of some of that low haze, we'll call it a little bit of fog. vianey says it's going to be 90 in some spots. let's talk with her in a minute. also this morning, more fallout from l diocese. nbc bay area learned one of those priests is in jail, facing charges of child molestation recently. a woman came forward, saying her daughter is one of those victims. "today in the bay" spoke with her exclusively. >> reporter: father hern is in jail. san jose police say between 2011 and 2015 he inappropriately touched two young girls, ages 10 and 12.
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police began investigating him last august after the mother of one of his alleged victims came forward. >> unfortunately, the closest to us sometimes can be the one that hurts us the most. >> reporter: we are not identifying this mom who says she reached out to police after a relative randomly found toro he had been convicted in 1983. >> that was a big shocker for all of us. >> reporter: more shocking, she says, because she and her family were very close to the then retired priest, even spending nights at his home. >> she would call him grandpa. >> reporter: she asked her daughter if toro had ever done anything inappropriateo her snew on. she said she was afraid we were there was something bad going not going to believe her. >> reporter: according to the san jose diocese records, even after his 1983 conviction, he went on to serve at two other parishes. this mom says she's speaking out now because she fears there may be other victims. >> i'm pretty sure there's a lot more families out there that are
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afraid to speak up and say something. it is really heartbreaking. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. our coverage of the alleged barista abu priest abuse in the south bay continues online. we put that larger list on this interactive map and it includes priests that were accused of abuse in police reports or lawsuits while working in our area. you can see it by heading to nbcbayarea.com. very difficult>> still more ahe in the bay," including a south bay football team only able to play day games this season. why the players are being denied the thrill of those friday night lights. and we're foggy in san francisco, but we're cool throughout the bay area. 52 degrees right now. these 50s are going to climb into some upper 80s. find now some of the warmer spots we're expecting for today plus a look ahead at our next chance of rain coming up.
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good morning, dublin, you
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are getting a beautiful sunrise this morning. clear skies where you are and perhaps temperatures nearing 90 degrees, but we're talking about high pressure with vianey and she's going to break it down for us in just a few moments. a new sign that dr. king's dream lives on, a new statue of the civil rights leader now sits on the in pittsburg but the story runs much deeper than friday's unveiling. sharon katsuda has more. >> he had civil rights that he fought for so we teach our scholars here every single day to live your legacy to the best that you can. >> reporter: principal steven stevenson had a dream, to display a statue of dr. king at martin luther king jr. junior high school. it took six years but that dream is a reality. she hopes the statue will remind students of the history of segregation and desegregation right at this school. 92-year-old curly jackson remembers when they shut the school down back in the 1950s as
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a supreme court ordered all schools across the country to desegregate. 3 the children, about predominant white schools, and that didn't go very well, but we made it work. >> reporter: many community members told us the statue helps remind them of dr. king's message and his impact on their university. he spoke to all the had for everyone and that every one of us had to take a part in making that dream come true. >> #morethanastatue. >> reporter: eighth grader clearly gets the deeper meaning in this tribute. >> i can do whatever i want to do, i can be whatever i want to be. >> we all need each other and we're really not that much different. >> jackson says it was frightening during the time of desegregation, but she was grateful that they did it and she always has hope that things are going to get better. all right. left in the dark. that is what one local football team is saying is happening to
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th instead of playing under friday night lights like thousands of other schools, this football team can't seem to score a win with the city. that's because their football field is located near there out oflife. the team can only play day games during the day and on saturday. when the family donated that land to the school almost 20 keep permanent structures off the field. now the district is trying to get the city to change its mind. >> i don't get the sense that past council members have been willing to explore this. and so we're really moving forward in a sincere way to see if anything's possible but i can't make any promises and i'm not quite sure if it will be possible. >> the school district says it is already very expensive to rent portable bleachers, but still, they would love to have friday night lights. maybe if they change their names from the bulldogs to something bird-like. moving on now, it is almost
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ski season, even though it feels like football season and mt. rose opened to season pass holders yesterday. not a lot of snow to talk about yet, but it is the earliest mt. rose has ever opened. several other resorts are getting ready to othey're getti. they are busy making snow this week. squaw prom now. it's hard to atea those beautiful yeah, they're definitely going to have to make plenty more of that because we're not expecting any snowfall this weekend for the sierra but we are expecting a warm-up, which isn't good for snow. that's just through today but we have a cooldown on the way and it's going to get here before you know it. as far as right now in san francisco, it is 52 degrees and it's a little foggy in some spots. check this camera out in san francisco. meanwhile, down in the south bay, in san jose, right at 53 degrees and skies are mostly clear with a couple of areas with some cloud cover out there, so let's talk about what we're
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seeing out there in terms of temperature differences and of course the cloudiness of it all. we've seen t pchy fog creeprea. the rest of the bay area is doing pretty good in terms of cloudcast we will see some very nice clearing into the afternoon, even for san francisco, but expeco o there. very typical for this time of year in that area. palo alto, about 81 degrees and concord, high of about 88 degrees in through antioch as well. down through livermore, 86, and we have that high pressure holding on, hanging on tight but that's what's bringing us all this sunshine and these warmer temperatures and san jose, a high of about 84 degrees. now, i do want to quickly remind you that air quality was extended. that was set through tomorrow until 9:00 p.m. due to smoke and haze that has drifted from the southern oregon wildfires that are actively burning so if you see a little thin layer of haze, this is actually the sun as it's
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coming up. remember, if you have any type tabl limit your outdoor activity into the afternoon hours. let's talk about our next chance of rain because we've been talking about this all week long antutely now the models are agreeance. the system seems to be pushing far off near oregon and far northern california so that first cold front moves in at about 10:00 on tuesday. with this, we're going to see a drop in temperatures as early as tomorrow by about 4 or 5 degrees in some spots. as we head in towards wednesday and thursday, we'll keep the chance of some light showers to really the far northern areas, so sonoma county might get light showers. we might catch some drizzle along the coastline but apart from that, thursday into friday, that second cold front that comes in, still looking like it's going to stick off to the far northo no confidence rain to the bay area, but what that iring any it will bring is that trough will bring a bay area, so let'sal that slight cooling of about 4 now, agunshe and i mentioned degrees in some monday into tuesday, thatt nort to keep a very light chance, at
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least through thursday, of possibly seeing some showers in through inland areas, but mostly the north bay. so this is going to be an event that's going to really kind of just drop us down in terms of our temperatures. 77 degrees as we head in towards monday and then a nice significant cooling as we keep that through thursday but if you notice by friday, once again, we'll warm right back up to a very summer-like fall california weather pattern here in the bay area. >> thank you very much, vianey. if you are up early this morning, try to motivate to get out and get exercise, we have the perfect story for you. how about a kid who ran 50 a5ks. why he did it. erhing you need t, cook and serve up the season. it feels even better when you find it for less-at ross. ye
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and you realize you are the the hostess with the mostest. you know when you're at ross yes! yeah! that's yes for less. it feels even better wn foless. yes for less. not to mentio 7:23 now, and now it is time to meet a little kid with a very big heart. not to mention some strong legs somhing most garvin thomas' attention. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas joins us now with this morning's "bay area proud." >> reporter: his mom and dad say he is a laid back kid who didn't like to call attention to himself. well, that may change, because
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nile is enjoying a lot of attention these days for doing something both tough and touching. around the polo field in san francisco's golden gate park, 10-year-old nile mcdermott is chugging along toward a remarkable achievement. a feat so big, for one so small, that nobody thought he could do it. nobody, including nile. >> when i came up with the idea, i thought i wouldn't be able to do it. >> reporter: and nobody, including nile's mom and dad, maggie and ryan. >> i thought there would be multiple points where he would have to stop. >> reporter: but piststop is something nile has not done since august 26th. he has run a 5k every day for the past 50 days. >> meet the iron cowboy. >> reporter: this all began with nile watching a documentary about the iron cowboy, a man who completed 50 triathlons in 50 days in 50 states.
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inspired, nile came up with his own version of the challenge. >> my name is nile mcdermott and i'm trying to do 50 5ks in 50 days. >> reporter: but he wanted a purpose too, chwhich is when hi mind turned to his grandfather. >> i know tha in june. >> reporter: nile turned his athletic quest into a heartfelt fund-raiser for the lung cancer foundation. >> it's incredibly touching, of course. it's his way of showing how much he loves and cares for his grandfather and to me, it also just means everyone in his life that he cares about. he cares about them that much. >> 50 5ks. >> reporter: nile did not miss a single day along the way and this past sunday morning began his final 5k. >> well, i didn't quit because i knew that if i -- that if i
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stopped, everyone would be, like, sad. >> reporter: nile crossed the finish line, already surpassing his fund-raising goal of $3,000. he said he's happy and excited about what he's accomplished and, oh yeah, he's something else too. >> tired. >> reporter: if you'd like to throw a few dollars nile's way and help with his fund-raising, i've posted a link to his ook the point they're hoping to make lking atming up on "today in t" when it comes to birth control and the government. plus, taking a closer look at vaping. more and more teens are getting hooked on the habit. what stanford researchers are learning about the addictive qualities. good morning it is sa
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here is a live look outside sf from san bruno good morning, i hope your saturday is off to a good start, hope you had a nice hot cup of coffee, take a live look from our san bruno camera looking toward the city and we're enjoying a little bit of that fog, though. it is going to be a warm day for many of us around the bay area.
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thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at the microclimate forecast and you were saying nearing 90s. >> that's pretty impressive considering we're in the fall but at least you can see some of that sun coming up on top of our san bruno mountain it looks lik of the sutro tower camera in san francisco. it's kind of creeping in through there but it's fog that'sghroug layer is really hugging san francisco right now, and portions in through the north bay. mainly through santa rosa, though. now the temperatures across the bay area are also nice and cool, so what's been happening lately is you've been waking up and it feels like it's going to be a cold fall day but as you get into the afternoon, the sun comes out and it warms up and that's exactly what we're tracking for today. palo alto, 48 degrees right now, san jose 53, hayward 52 and our temperature trend does keep a little bit of that cloud cover, at least for about 10:00 a.m.,
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so if you notice by about 11:00 a.m., the sunshine will take over, which means any events you have planned outside should be a-ok to be hanging out there for a while, at least through tomorrow. >> all right, we'll be doing that then. thank you very much, vianey. so if you bought mega millions lottery tickets, i don't want to ruin your morning, but you didn't win the g lucky in some cash in the south bay. state lottery officials confirmed that one person did match five of the six numbers in last night's $970 million drawing and that's worth about $3 million. i'd take that right about now. it happened at this store in morgan hill and that's where the worker told us that the man walked in, scanned his ticket, saw that he had a pretty good match, and then decided not to claim the prize on the spot. i don't think they had that in the registerer anyway. he said he was headed to the lotto office. so, the big jackpot now up to $1.6 billion is still up for grabs. the drawing, by the way, is on
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the tuesday. so who are the folks that do win? we posted a slide show of some of the biggest lotto winners in u.s. history. you can find out how much they raked in and where they are now at our website, nbcbayarea.com. well, did you know that there are folks in jail who are allowed to vote? a lot of the inmates didn't know that either and that's why a new program in the east bay is helping those folks behind bars cast their ballots. here in california, convicted felons cannot vote but people who are in jail with misdemeanor convictions can. public defenders say a lot inmates don tha so they're helping those inmates get registered through voter outreach programs. >> you have this power. it has not been taken away from you and you should exercise it. >> more than 400 inmates in alameda county are now ren registered to vote. the last day for all of us to register to vote in california is on monday. a battle over health care rights is playing out in a san francisco courtroom, a clause in the affordable care act requires employers to pay for
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contraception. but there are some religious exemptions. so now, a group of nuns claim that california is violating their organization's religious rights. their attorneys argued in court yesterday that the state can't force the nuns to pay for contraception for nonrelthus sae middle of the political fistfight. >> the little sisters are just saying, leave us out of it. ifhis is a policy priority for you, go do it without us, let us get back to taking care of the elderly poor. >> attorneys for the nuns say they left the courtroom feeling confident, there is no time line on when the court will make a decision in this case. a new study by stanford researchers claims that teenagers have no idea how addictive e-cigarettes really are, specifically the ones made by san francisco company juul. they're shaped like flash drives and come in fruity flavors with silly kid-like names. one cartridge has about the same
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amount of nicotine as a whole pack of cigarettes. researchers found almost 16% of teens who used juul were more addicted than teens who smoked other e-cigarettes. >> it actually changes the brain and you're much more susceptible to becoming addicted to nicotine when you use it during adolescence. >> so, juul actually rules the market. it is the most popular e-cigarette. of every three e-cigarettes sold in the u.s. are juul. a spokesperson from the company agreed that underage use is completely unacceptable and that it's committed to keeping them out of the hands of young people. much needed banking system for cannabis companies in california may be on the horizon, a measure that would have established state banks for the cannabis industry was killed in the legislature earlier this year, but now a study into potential pot bank has been fast tracked. it's expected to be done by 2019, giving everyone in the business hope that the future
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won't hold as many challenges for them. the problem is that pot is still illegal on the federal level, which essentially blocks national banks from doing business with cannabis companies. experts say a new bank could service other industries with similar struggles. >> food trucks. they're very cash heavy business. it's very challenging to bank a food truck as well. there are actually a number of sectors of our economy that have banking issues. i didn't know this three years ago, and so i don't think it would be a cannabis-specific bank but that's one of the questions that the consultants are answering. >> theif well, pop super star rihanna is showing support for former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick. she declined an offer to headline the super bowl because she does not agree with the nfl's stance on players kneeling. maroon 5, instead, will headline the show. kaepernick was the first player to kneel during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial inequality.
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he hasn't played since 2016 and has filed a grievance against the league. still ahead on "today in the bay, ainst the utah jazz. we'll show you what sparked this celebration. lake city.
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the warriors and the utah jazz playedn t salt lake city, the warriors and the utah jazz played an insta start their seasons and the warriors down one point with six seconds left in the game. kevin durant misses the jumper but the newcomer tips it in to give the warriors the win. i bet he's super popular. dubs come back from a deficit to beat the jazz 124-123. welcome to the team. game six of the nlcs, the dodgers taking on the milwaukee brewers, the game started out looking good for the dodgers. david hits a home run, giving the blue crew a 1-0 lead over the brew crew, but then things changed by the bottom of the first inning. the brewers scoring four runs. they went on to win 7-2. the tonht heads to the world series.
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o now 49ers h launch a strong and charismatic. off the brother. jeff clark was six years younger than dwight and he says family time was the most important thing growing up in the clark household. >> and at my home, a dinner was at 6:00 and if you missed it, you missed dinner so we were there very regularly, and we've lost my parents already, and i told my wife the next morning after we found out that dwight passed away that i'm the only one sitting at this table now. >> oh, that's so sad. stories from joe montana, jerry rice, eddie, tina turner and singer huey lewis as they pay tribute to their friend as well. "hero in the end zone" airs
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tomorrow. n francisco's hunters point shipyard has a long and secret radioactive past, so why isn't the whole thing being tested for radiation before all of this new development? and it may be cool and gloomy but take a sneak peek at your temperature trend. i'll break down where some of the warmest spots will be coming up just after the break. stay with us.
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it's saturday, it's 7:42, and look at how we are starting out our beautiful morning in woodside, we've got the sun coming up. we've also got a nice marine layer that's certainly hugging parts of the bay area. weather underground cameras show this shot, but let me show you what it looks like on top of our sutro tower camera in san francisco. this is not a mistake. this is all fog. typically, this shot really showcases the golden gate bridge, and that's kind of all you can make out from a distance. this is a pretty cool shot here. w,ther that marine layer iste nicely into the afternoon and these cooler temperatures that we're waking up to will also
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warm up. let's talk about your temperatures as in san jose, mountain view, 51, up through hayward, 52 and some of the cooler spots have been in the north bay, including santa rosa at about 48 degrees, napa, 47. so, exactly how warm will we be? well, we've still got that high pressure kind of dominating, sitting over the bay area, and we're going warm up pretty significantly in some spots, but for now, the 24-hour temperature change over the past 24 hours really shows a nice little warmer start to santa rosa of about 7 degrees, but look at the fog. you can see just through san francisco and santa rosa. so, let's talk about today's forecast and your daytime highs, and exactly what you can expect. san jose predicting a high 84o surprised if we really inch into nearly 90s. 88 degrees for concord and antioch. martinez, degrees. as we head into tonight and
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tomorrow, what's going to happen expec about 4 degrees. however, there is something that you need to keep in mind while you're outside enjoying this sunshine. there is an air quality advisory that will be in effect through tomorrow night for really the entire bay area. north bay all the way down to the south bay due to some haze, we're getting a smoke and haze drifting from the southern oregon fires that are burning, and that's why we're kind of seeing a thin layer of what looks to be sunshine, combination of smog, but it's actually haze. if you have any type of respiratory issues, limit outdoor exposure but still get outside and enjoy. let's talk about the future cast. that first cold front is expected to trek on in, our models, as we head to wednesday d really sticks off to the far north, which means oregon, far sonoma county, will have the best chance of seeing rain and some light rain in through the north bay. ity of the bay area, so temperatures will drop down even more as we head in towards monday. i'm going to keep the shower chances in there but i really don't expect to see much rain for this for anything south of
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golden gate bridge. not a big rainmaker but the temperatures will feel comfortable for this fall here in california. still ahead on "today in the bay," are they doing enough? the new concerns about areas the navy is not testing for radiation at the san francisco hunters point shipyard. we investigate next. why some people say they need to
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come down... while others say they should stay. plus: what you need to know before monday )s deadline to cat your vote in november )s midterm election. enjoy your weekend! and we )ll see you monday mornig from 4:30 to 7.
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hunters point is a prime piece of waterfront land in san well, is the entir hunters point shipyard getting up? hunters point is a prime piece of water front land in san francisco that's slated for new development but decades of naval operations contaminated the area. and despite a long toxic
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history, you might be surprised to learn that just a portion of the site was ever tested for radiation. investigative reporter liz wagner is at the shipyard to explain. >> reporter: for decades, the navy ran radiation experiments, burned radioactive fuel oil, and ran a nuclear research radio lo happened here but navy has identified just a fraction of the areas as potentially contaminated. nowe the toxic legacy of hunt ersz point started in the pacific in 1946.ers point started in the pacific in 1946. >> this underwater explosion of an atomic bomb. >> four, three, two, one.
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>> reporter: the military detonated two bombs in the bikini atoll, the explosions reported by nbc radio. operation cross roads as the experiment was called set out to test the impact of atomic weapons on ships and sailors. bill mcgee was one of them. >> it was just this huge cloud. >> reporter: the first bomb exploded in the air, but mcgee says it was the second one set off under water that did the most damage. >> all that water going up and up and up. the scariest part was when the water started coming down and creating these huge waves. >> so, all completely obliterated. >> reporter: 240 ships pummelled by radioactive debris. the navy sent 79 of them, including 18 at the center of the blast, to hunters point. >> those 18 ships were very contaminated when they left bikini and they were contaminated when they got to san francisco. >> reporter: sailors tried to
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clean the ships, including one of the most radioactive ones. >> it was hotter than a $2 pistol. it would melt a geiger counter. >> reporter: gilly jenkins took guard to make sure nobody removed anything. crews burned hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive fuel from that ship, and they sandblasted others in dry docks, which the navy found to be below harmful levels of radiatiot but jenkins believes the wind likely spread contamination across the shipyard. >> there's no doubt they didn't do anything to control it. >> reporter: through the 1960s, the navy managed a radium paint shop inside this building and ran radiation experiments on animals. it even operated a radiological defense lab out of two dozen buildings where scientists handled radioactive isotopes but in this report, the nav 882 locations across the shipyard as contaminated. that's just 10% of all the
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sites, but more than 10% of the land. officials performed tests to figure out just how radioactive those places were, but some critics say the whole shipyard should have been investigated. >> you trust the navy, i don't. i would check it all. i think you'll have less and you may have some areas that will not have any, but i'll be darned if i take their word for it. >> they have taken a look at old records, which are incomplete, and have said, this building, we don't have a record thefore there can't be any it. >> reporter: daniel hirsch, a retired lecturer and vocal critic of the clean-up says the navy should have tested everything to be sure. he's worked of nuclear sites across the u.s. and this week, the nonprofit he leads is releasing these reports on the radioactive operations and testing on hunters point. how contaminated is it compared to other sites you've seen? >> it would be one of the handful of most contaminated nuclear sites in the country. under the super fund law, guess
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who gets to be in charge of cleaning up the mess that the navy made? the navy. >> reporter: we asked the navy clean-up coordinator. why not look at the entire site? >> you look at sites that have the potential. >> reporter: robinson says the navy considered all areas by reviewing past use and conducting interviews with former workers. but he says officials concentrated on the places where the navy actually performed radiation operations. and you're not looking anywhere else? >> that's where we're starting. >> reporter: how can you be sure is no radiological contamination if you don't take a closer look? >> what we're doing is focusing on areas where radiological contamination may have been used. >> reporter: we mapd the sites the navy says based on the shipyard's past may be contaminated. we asked if it's added any new places and the navy pointed to one additional area where it says it performed radiation scans or collected soil samples.
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robinson stressed the navy tested 28 miles of storm drains and he says it now plans to scan some other places it hasn't looked at before as the shipyard inches closer to new development. >>heics say its toxic legaccat >> reporter: now, the public shipyard, but we've put together a virtual tour of hunters point, including locations and photos of the sites the navy found to the history of the dry docks and each building, including the top secret nuclear defense lab. it's all on our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. back to you. >> well, liz mentioned the website where you can give our investigate i have unit a story tip. they do look into them. you can also give us a call, 888-9 96-tips. it's time for our friends from pets in need, our "clear
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at ross. yes for less. it's the moment so many of you have been waiting each have their own different little story. frank here is a relaxed or quiet? i see. he doesn't grunt as much. and then we halola. >> she's five. lots of life left in both of them. and you wouldn't know it. their age, they're pretty active. we were taking them out for a walk out in front and they were running and ready to play. very active for their age. >> folks might be surprised to find, you know, purebred pugs at the shelter. a lot of folks say, well, i'm not going to go to the shelter because i don't want a pit bull or a chihuahua. >> right. there still seems to be a stigma with shelters that that's the only dogs you can find. that's just not s,erman
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shepherds, all kinds of things in shelters, so if you are looking for a dog, we hope that you consider ser not this is how they sound. don't be alarmed. they're not dying. >> they're both very a b they a sweet. frank is about to fall asleep. >> he has this little puppy face too, even though he's 8 years old. he looks like a baby. >> as always, costumes come with the dog. we're right in there with that. >> these guys are both almost -- pretty much perfectly healthy. lola has no issues. frank just has to have eye drops every day. >> that's easy. >> really, they're perfectly healthy. perfectly adoptable. and they're spayed, neutered, vaccinations up to date, microchip, everything. >> they are available at your shelter in redwood city but you welcome people from all around the bay area. >> and we have a promotion.
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the dogs are $31 plus a training deposit instead of $150. so you can buy toys and beds and stuff, but you get to take home a forever friend. >> all right. well, i will wonderful pets. thank you both for coming in. frank and lola, both of you were a joy. thank you very much for joining us this morning. we hope to see you again tomorrow. you back here tomorrow.
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