♪ a disappointing new report on the economy prompts president obama to urge republicans to stop blocking a jobs bill. >> the new report from the labor department shows the nation and california going in the wrong direction. jobless claims rose to half a million for the first time since last november. california reported the biggest increase in new claims. terry mcsweeney joins us now with more. terry. >> these pictures are just snapshots, one week of one month but all the same kind of picte. california leadg the nation in initially unemployment claims ahead by a 2-1 margin.

for more stories of sadness and desperation but some stories of hope. deborah williams one of 4400 california who filed a claim. doesn't see her hunt for a job of accounts reivable clerk. >> i find the response is a little slow but they are responding. as well as recruiting offices. it's a process, but it's working. >> williams' new reality and the nationwide jobless numbers showing the initially unemployment claim hitting the 500,000 level for the first time since november have ny economists saying the economy is losing steam. this morning the president said to create jobs. >> small businesses for employee and the communities that depend on them across this great count. >> san francisco-based ch systems which finds bs for people in the tech sector says the second half of the year is typically a good one for his

industry. >> you have a lot of people coming availabl looking for jobs, companies getting budgets approv for 2011. anticipate a lot of growth for that. it's not crazy growth. i think we're just gonna see stable, continued solid growth. >> no new numbers out for hope. those who lost it, those who never will. that latter category is represented by people like jose, a man with a criminal record at the statemployment office hoping. >> i have a couple. i'm not letting it kind of psych me because i know there's jobs out the and there's people like the offices to hel you search for tse type of jobs. so tt's what's good about it. >> nationwide it seems that a large number of the newly unemploymented come from the government. here in cafornia there w a large hi in the service industry. experts say in the month of august they do not expect improvement.

live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney. >> take a look at the big board. live, the dow is down 189 at this point the. >> two silicon valley giants are merging. intel announced it's buying security software maker mcivee for $76 billion. both are based in santa clara. intel says the acisition will help the chip maker expand to smart phones and other wireless devices. the bay area housing market still sluggish. tracking from date at that quick says it slumped 23% last month compared to the same time last year. 6800 homes were sold. that's the lowest level in 15 years. experts say people stopped buying as federal tax credits for first-time buyers expired. >> caltrain is asking riders to help make very tough decisions. the agency is holding several public meetings tonight to ask

riders for potentially drastic cuts a fare hikes. among the options, eliminating all weekend tra service, cutting all noncommute time weekday trains and cutting all trains south of san jose. the agency is also considering raising one-way fares by 25 cents an increasing the price of the go pass. need to close a $12 million budget gap. >> the bureau of la management has now suspended the permits for all future events for the promoterhat ran last weekend's deadly offroad race in the southern california desert. eight people were killed after one of the raceers crashed into a group of fans standing along the course. investigators n say it appears some rules were broken, including allong fans to line the track. regulations require fans to remain at least 100 feet away from the action. >> polic are stepping up

security at a south bay elementary school becau of a threatening by vandals. two weeks ago graffiti was found on an outside door at dwyer elementary in claire threatening to detonate a bomb tomorrow. the superintendent told parents about the threats and extra precautions. classes are going on as normal but they're putting extra offices at t school out of an abundance of caution. >> today the last american combat troops in iraq return home and set foot on u.s. soil. ♪ >> loved ones greeted these military police at an air force base in washington state. they returned two weeks before president ama's deadline for the ends of combat operations in iraq. but as emily scidt reports the work is not done. >> a few miles out of iraq, a big step closer to home.

>> no one else can get hurt. and, two, going home. >> after seven years and five months of war, the last u.s. combat crosseded border into kuwait nearly two weeks before the president's ending combat operation. the fourth striker second infantry division leas 56,000 troops in iraq. by the end of the month that will drop to 50,000 serving training and support rules. >> our commit in iraq is changing from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. >> president obama promised a complete withdrawal by the end of 2011 but there are concerns about iraq's built to protect and govern itself. the country doesn't hav a federal govement more than five months after its national election. just this week a suicide bomber killed more than 60 military recrui. but u.s. troops heading home. >> we're gng home! we won! it's over! >> they've done their job and

done it well. >> i didn't get to have anything to do with the initially force intoraq but we got to close it out. a petty good feeling for my troops. >> but the war has come at great cost. 4400 u.s. troops have beenñç killed since the invasion of iraq. 34 of th from striker brigade. some of the troops leaving iraq are likely to be deployed in afghanistan. emily schmidt, abc news. >> a lot of workers at the san jose international airport terminal a are complaining because of a sewer-like smell all day long. the problem is nobody can fd the source. according to our media partner, the mercury news, airnes are now threatening to withhold the monthly rent. that could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. airport official say they are desperate to get to the bottom of it. >> we've done smoke tests, pushing oke in the warning system in the middle of the night, trying to find leaks. we've been there three separate

occasions. >> the airport is trying to keep the smell down by putting in fans and installg outdoor picnic tables for employees to take their lunch break. so far it has not been detected in any passenger area. >> a power outage on the peninsula has closed the college of san mateo campus until 6:00 tonight. school officials say some pumps failed this morning and war flooded a transformer knocking out power. all morning classes were karned. cfn closed until 6:00 tonight because of a power outage. >> just ahead, celeity dangers. how you can put yourself in danger by searching for gossip online. >> a crowd goes from watching bull fight to running from the bulls in spain. we'll show you the terrifying video next. >> also the new recall that has

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check out what happens when a bull decided to take his fight outside of t ring in madrid, spain. it jumped the railing and charged into thecrowd. 40 people were hurt. officials final used a crane to pull the bull out of the stands. this all comes when the country's debating wheer bullfighting should be completely banned. >> oh, my goodness! a congressional hearg is underway right now into the safety o gulf seafood. officials defended their assessment that fish, shrimp and shellfish are now generally safe

to eat. the report allowed shrimpers to return to work this week. the subcommittee airman questioned whether that decision was premature. >> thefda knows little about the long-term impacts that these compounds will have on marine life. nor do they know how the presence of oi and dispersants may influence the concentration of other toxic compounds in seafood species. >> the final plugging of b.p.'s bor day. ll not begin until that deep water well exploded april 20th causing the worst maritime oil spill in hisry leaking millions of gallons. a series of tests need to be taken before doing the so-called bottom kill maneuver. >> recalling dble strolrs because they can collaps unexpectedly. the fron latch on the double stroller can com undone when it

hits something and cause it to collapse. the government has 81 reports of latch failure the strollers were sold nationwide from january 2007 through august 2008. parents are asked to stop using them and call the company for a free repair kit. >> and what that repair kit is are these straps on both sides. you take it and velcro here and wrap it around both sides and that's gonna keep this latch from coming undone and it eliminates that. >> for a list of model numbers and contac information go to our website abc7news.com und "see it on t" >> meteorologist mike nicco s the forecast. >> take a look at that beautiful sunshine that's starting across san francisco from the bay back to the ocean as we're looking northbound from mount sutro. still flight arrival delays into sfo. check out our flit tracker and we'll talk about the cooling trend that's going to hit hardest this weeken

>> fas trak to phone sex? why people could get more than traffic acon if they call the number on those toll tags. and... ♪ >> oh, yeah. you remember that sound. this year's world cup have made an impression on the english language.

people who go online to find gossip about thei favorite movie star may be putting their identity at list. the most dangerous celebries to search for, cameron diaz, tom cruise. these celebrities are the perfect lures to suffer people into visitin malicious websiteses that prompts you to give up personal identification information. >> have you ever orgized a tweeta or told one to gellax? the first is a meeting through twitter. the rest is chill and relax. cheese balls, someone or something that lacks taste, style or originality.

thought it was just someone kind of corny. or a food product. either way you don't wa to be described as that. >> those are good scrabble words. >> yeah! >> those last little letters. >> i was thinking of jinormous. >> the first time my kid tells me to chillax -- let's take a look outside, see what's going on. yelled at me because i didn't know how to text properly yesterday. i'm like oh, really? really! okay. here we're looking from south beach. you can barely see at&t park there on the right-hand side. notice the smoke out of this plant is going straight up. that means we're having more of an overturning of the atmosphere. it is rising instead of coming in from the ocean. amazing. over lovely downtown oakland,

plenty of sunshine. a few clouds around san pablo bay and along the coast. rest assured you wl see sunshine too as the next couple hours unfolds. we have 70 degree weatr at fairfield, antioch. 60 deweather for the rest of us until you get to the coa with half moon bay tuck at 55. monterey bay, salinas, sunshine. prevalt at watsonville and definitely gilroy. warmer temperatures this afternoon. but tomorrow the cool breeze rolls in and hits hardest this weekend. once it pass, the weekend and the cooler weather follows it. warmer next week. redwood city, san francisco, 1 degree warmer, san jose 3, 4 and 5. so the farther y are away from the water, the more likely you'll see warmer weather today compared to yesterday. a little bubble of high pressure today out ahead of our next weather maker going to make it warmer, especially inland. here's our next low right behind

it. this one you can just see by the spiralling natur of water vapor around it that it does have more oomph to it and it will bring a stronger sea breeze, more cloud cover and wetter marine layer. that's why we'll have drizzle the next cple mornings. head to the south bay. mid-70s sunniville and milpitas, los gatos. everybody on the peninsa in the low to mid-70s. check out the coast. low to mid-60s with that sunshine for you. downtown south san francisco, sausalito. novato warm spot. with sunshine at your beaches we'll hit 60 degrees around bodega bay and stinson beach. berkeley upper 60s. low to mid-70s the east bay shore with mid to upper 80le through the east bay valley. 95 brentwood. abou 73 santa cruz, abou 10 degrees cooler in monterey at 63. 90 sacramento. check out l.a., finally getting some summer heat.

91 degrees for them. we've got the rays in own to take on the a's out at the coliseum. 7:05 first pitch. clear and becoming kind of cloudy. 64 droppi to 60. seven-day, 2 degrees cool tomorrow. our coolest temperatures the upper 70s to lo 80s inland. mid to upper 60s around the coast and mid to upper 50s along -- i should say around the bay and then the coast. >> all right, mike. thanksery much. >> hey, listen to this. bay area drivers with a fas trak transponder who want information may get a much hotter conversation than they expect. when they dial the number on transponders issued before 20020, they get a phone sex line. that number has now been taken over by a new number. nearly a million bay area drivers ha fas trak accounts right now. officials can't say how many of them have the wrong number. >> this morning hundreds of people with dreams of stardom gathered outside the ballpark in

san francisco. ♪ >> dozens of star hopefuls are hoping to become the next "american idol." producers started auditioning contestants at 8:00 this morning. some of the folks have been camping out the stadium since tuesday. good luck to everybo. >> maybe the next star from san francisco. maybe so. >> good entertainmen >> good entertainmen >> a list what you canark.

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>> today an advisory committee for the food and drug is considering whether to approve an antepressant for treating chronic pain. elilily wants to use it for low back pain. it carries warnings for suicide in children and young adults and liver damage. if approved, the fda says it will be the first non-traditional painkiller approved fob chronic pain. >> later today at 5:00, one more reason not to drink and drive. we're going to hear from the south bay father of a four-year-old killed by a dru driver. the results of the zero tolerance crackdown on cellphone use while driving. a shocking nuer of tickets issued throughout the bay area in a single day. that's stories at 5:00. >> a beaut a beast and even a

hot flash. don sanchez s what's hot. >> ♪ >> a broadway musical classic back in san francisco. beauty and the beast with that wonderl music, great visuals and a timeless romantic story in the golden gate theater ♪ >> the band is still time. gaining national attention. an eclectic mix of rock friday night at slims. ♪ nothing i can do 'cause it sticks like glue to my thighs. ♪ >> menopae, the musical back with mood swings, night sweats, wrinkles and food binges. california theater in downtown san jose ♪ >> a dazzling array of talent and a super groove. the festival in downtown oakland has it all with tony, tony, tony, hammer and tons more ♪ >> for the 325 small wineries,

they have a thousand wines tasting for family wine makers sunday and monday in fort mason >> electrifying. a new show for the man who's the runnest longing fan of the opera. ♪ >> those darn accordions. the celebration of squeeze box music. the festival. the celebration of the unique american art form it have tap dance. on stage at hurts theater don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> so many things to do. >>

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