that's aweso. you knowt&t's wireless service has thnation's fastest mobile broadband network. really? wow. [ female announcer ] so choose your double bund, including u-verstv, starting under $69 a month. switch now and get a 30-day money-back guarantee -- plus dvr is incled. hey, do u want to experience a better bundle -- you got it. at&t, right? [ female announcer ] build a bundle that's right for you. at&t. governor swarzenegger signed an historic legislation today. >> that new legislation got praise from president obama who says californ lawmakers are taking a important step to help families. janelle wang joins us from the newsroom. >> at least 7 million californians are uninsured and the governor took major step to change that. he hea a air is montgomery

signing. he signed a total of 7 reform bills. they help california residents and small busy afford health insurance. it will establish a website to allow consumers to compare son shop for coverage. california is the first state in the countryo do such a thing. another new law will prohibit insurance companies to deny insurance for children with preexisting conditions. >> both of those are in line with president oba's federal health care reform plan today we are celebrating a package of legislation that moves california a bit closer to the idea that we all share, the ideal, quality affordable health caris not a privilege but it is an absolute necessity and must for evy one of us. >> president obama congratulat him and released this at this statement. they are taking an important

early step to reform the private insurance marketplace so california families and small businesses will have high quality and affordable health insurance choices in 2014 when e.r. is fellly implemented but critics say califora's health care reform bills will delete the state's general fund when it's struggling with the deficit. insurance companies say it could cripplehem. some have found looples to bypass some of the new laws. >> an oakland family is questioning why an office shot and killed an aging dog after a burglar alarm went off tuesday night. the officer left a note. it explained that the 11-year-old yellow lab advanced on him in a threatening manr. he shot the dog three times. >> did you have to go to revolver fir?

pepper spray or mace or taser or baton. >> oakland police are defending the shooting. they say when officers arrived they found an open door they set up an pereter and called for back-up. >> the dog was charging at the officer and owling. the officer tied to back up and he di not back up in time and discharged his firearm. >> the family admits that gloria had a loudark and was territorial about the backyard. they want to work with the police so a department policy can be developed to preven an incident from happening again. >> classes are in session at de anza high school despite a fire that case add million dollars in damage. it started before 1:30 i the morning. it destroyed the school's kitchen and the calf tear yeah. the fire is suscious because firefighrs found residue from fire extinguishe near the kitchen agn. >> we saw there was dry chemil

fire extinguisher powder throughout the dining area and we also a discharge extinguisher outside the cafeteria area. we called pd and fire investigar to take a look. >> and police say there was an event that involved the kitchen. they'r not sure if it's connect to the fire. >> experts say a weak section may have called catastrophic failure of a natural pipeline that exploded in flames in san bruno. they allowed cameras to photograph the pipe yesterday. our media partner, mercu news, talked tohe head of the engineerg department and he says the faire may have started in a weld or weakened section. >> it's more likely, more like a slow damage effect due to corrosion and possibly a

combination o human activities. >> he says he doesn't see any outward signs of corrosion that led to the catastrophic ailure. they will spent 11 months analyzing the pipe. eight ople were killed in the blast and fire. >> east bay coupl accused of jaycee dugard and holding her and sexually assaulting her for 18 years will appear in court. philip and nancy garrido have been indicted by a grand jury. it would eliminate the need for a ful hearing where jaycee would have to teify. they are accused of kidnapping and repeatedly raping her as they kept her in their home for two decades. >> meg whitman says she is willing to take a lie detector test to prove she didt knowingly hire an undocumented housekeeper. whitman is denying ever being

fold by the administration. attorney gloria allred where she displayed a lette sent by the social security admistration to whitman and her husbandn 2003. it says that the house keeper's name did not match the social security name she gave to work at her home. it also included a handwritten note that appears to be written by her husband asking the house keeper t check on the issue. when it man's camp said she provided falsified documents to get the job. we're going to tal about the san francisco giants as they try to clinch a playoff spot and championship. >> terry, this could be a big birthday celebration for th startling pitcher. >> matt james, 26, what a party. but looking for an invitation in the form of ticket, sold out.

standing room tickets are sold out. >> it is the thought of a celebration of winning, of excitement of a party for 42,000 people that has the weekend series with the padres cometely sold out they told us about their experience at the ticket window this morning. >> they have tickets, standing room tickets. they tell me i don't have -- let me check again. everything is sol out. >> how does it make you feel? >> a little frustration but i'm happy because san francisco is going win today. >> that feeling of winning, it's worth a lot of on crailist, upper deck seats are going four times and bleache seats 20 times the value. some scalpers, its stock market,

a ticke is only worth what someone wilpay for it. >> i don't know -- but some people do. >> if you have me and patience you can get at face value by waiting, wting and waiting perhaps. >> tickets go on line in an hour? >> they might. some might come up. season ticket holders. >> allhe giants have to do is win tonight or tomorrow or sunday and they win the national league west. if they do, the playoffs start next week. if you think tickets for in series are expensive, waited for the playoff tickets come out. terry mcsweey, "abc 7 news." >> still to come, president's chief of staff. >> and how a sanose is teaming up and apple and solar panel to help fund the communiti

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the man who advised president oma from day one and announced his resignation as white house chief of staff. president obama says he would not have accomplied what he had without rahm emanuel who is known for his tenacity.

he says she energized by new challenges. chicago is his hometown. he issued a thank you to the president today. >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to repay in a small portion the blessings this country has give my family. i give you my word even as i live the white hoe i will never leave the spirit of serce behind. [ applause ] >> he will be replaced by pete rouse whohas spent his much of his career in the senate. >> joe biden will be in the bay area this morning. she scheduled to speak in oaklan for congressman and go to oran county for senator barbara boxer. >> abc7 is teaming up with the silicon valley leadership group for a series of hour long election debates. next thursday, lieutenant governor will face off against

his oppone. candides will debate at 11:15 in the morning and both will stream liv at www.abc7.com. those debates will be broadcast on sunday, october 10th starting at noon. >> people on the east coast are gett hit with heavy amots of rain. flights were delayed at kennedy and laguardia airports. north carolina has received 22 1/2 inches of rain since last sunday. several coastal counties have had to close highways because of flooding. >> a lot of rain. >> this is incredible. i've never seen flooding like this. >> officials in north carolina say moderate to major floong from rivers and creeks in low-lying areas could be seen into next week. >> trouble there. pretty calm here. mike nicco is off this week and lisa is here. >> up to 55 minu at sfo sfo

and it's summertime this weekend. it falls back and i'll have the forecast coming up. >> also ahe, light at the end of dev's slide tunnel. @2

some are seeing sunshine but others, not so much. >> back to the same old, same old. it's interesting as we head into fall. we're expecting the offshore flow -- we had it and it's gone. it may come back but look at that. we have a lot of cloud cover in the form of a marine layer that has not lifted ye in san francio. we are loong at sunshine in the east bay but a stronger onshore pu will keep the clouds around the bay. take a look. we'll get some sun later on but it will be in the 60s on the cool sid right now, temperatures in the upper 60s in our valleys. that is where saw the sun early this morning. still cool in san frcisco, 63 in menlo park, 61 in napa so we are looking at temperatures cooler, pretty much evywhere. 8 degrees cooler in fremont. 7 degrees cooler in san jose.

tomorrow the weekend it is the tornado because we are lookg at couple systems bringing a stronger sea breeze helping to stay in place for tomorrow and sunday where temperatures continue to drop. then it will be seasonable next week. right now. it shows the clouds are beginning to retreat om the east bay, the south bay, pal alto scouring out the clouds. clouds in the north bay and na so today, cooler than average, oakland and san francisco on th order of 4-9 degrees. santa rosa where you shld be. just about everything today including a chance of showers and thunderstorms, southern california, the cloud deck will travel to the north. san benito, monterey counties you could see thunderstorms in the higher elevation but it's this weather system that brings the cooler air f the weekend.

at&t park, liberty cool and breezy with temperatures around 60 dropping through the evening. today's highs in the low 80s, campbell and saratoga, 83. san francisco, temperatures in the low 60s while the peninsula warms to the uppe 60s. 69 in san mateo. sunset district, richmond district, pleasant 75 in petaluma today with partly cloudy skies. berkeley 66. 76 in union city. clouds arounmount diablo, 85 in antioch. down by the monterey bay, 64 later on. here is th accu-weather seven-day forecast, tomorrow we are losing a little bit of heat each and every day. by sunday, brisk out there and that continues through monday but slowly the temperatures, kindof nice fall-like weather.

>> an agency feeding the hungry in san mateo county marking an important new insllation today. >> second harvest food back is harvesting more people. teresa garcia has th story. >> it may sound odd but food like these apples and these solar panels share a common goal >> i supported the concept of the amount of money it takes to get people fed in our community. there are always more efficien ways to do that. >> second harvest food bank is in the midst of getting a rooftop sor system at its headquarters in san jose. 300 kilowatt system is funded by $1.1 million donation from tw corporations. its gift that will benefit the environment, the bottom dollar

and the community. >> the rooop solar system will save the food bank $3 million over the next 25 years. that is equivalent to 630 meals per day or six million meals over the 25-year life of the system. >> every day we don't have to spend on refrigeration or anything like that is going to go right back into more food. >> the community need has only been growing. they are distbuting 20% more food than last year serving an average of 231,000 people each month. >> this is great to see our community doing something like this. >> nick of bay area based energy company is also pitching in all installing solar panels. they expected to supply 50% of the wareuse's needs. >> it's a green system and it's going to offset electrical

costs. >> geneus transfer from the renewable resource of the sun to the place of the people who need it most. >> there will leirlt be light at the end of the tunn at devil's slide. construction crews wl celebrate when they punch through the firstf two tunnels being constructed to bypass devil's slide alo highway one. work started on the tunnel three years ago. they've been drilling through solid walk. >> today, tesla motors takes ownership of the former nummi auto plant. palo alto based tesla announced they were purchasing the plant $42 miion to build it's you a nau models. who employees right now work in a parking lot at the plant. 30 new employees have been

hired. they wl be holding job fairs. >> this great place to start if you are lookg for a new companion.

today on oprah at 4:00, the author and mom behind the harry potter empire. then at 5:00, apologies to

guatemala for delibately -- and the new law changing the age that your child can start kindergarten. and himself more at 5:00. >> one of our favorite segments. perfect pet. >> his name is grovev, from the east bay spca and grover is getting up there in age. >> he is senr citizen but he is still pretty pep palo alto. they do tend to live longe, so he could almost have half his life left. he is part of our club seco chance whh is for our senior and specl needs pets. if you adopt an animal from club second chance there are special

lower fees and assistance with various this that you might need. >> he is a nice mellow dog and older d. you'll find that. >> but i do have to he a peppy little guy, to you can take him for nice walk, as well. >> so for more information, call the east bay spca. i'm sure you got lots of other little fries. >> grover and all his friends would love to have you come by and meet them and find a new house. >> help grover out. >> what a sweet face. >> thank you so much for joining us today. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" coming up next. have a great weekend. >> bye-bye.