jen s. >> and eye kristen sze. the battle that began with a sneeze -- and i'm kristen sze. the battle that began with a sneeze is getting atntion. students punished for saying bless you. amy hollyfield is live at the headquarters. >> reporter: the district isn't commenting. officials tell us this is a personnel matter so they can't talk to us about it. they are not reaching out to the mother who contacted the district two weeks ago. she is concerned because the teacher say he would be docking the students 25 point force sneezing or saying bless you. >> i haven't heard from anybody yet. i'm still waiting. i guess they haven't made a decision. i wish somebody would e-mail, call, something. how big a deduct hunt is this? are they failing the class and not graduating because of this? are they having to retake the

class later on? what is going on? is this really something that is allowed to go on? are other teachers able to do this too? >> reporter: this is happening in vacaville. a teacher told students a sneeze and saying bless a distraction and he would be deducting 25 points off their grades and took issue with the words "bless you." >> i sneezed and somebody said bless you and he said do you think that girl is evil? do you think evil spirits are coming out of her? the guy said no i was just doing what i'm supposed to do when somebody sneezes. >> reporter: the teach -- parents and students are questioning his agenda. this happened in his health class. the concerned parent says she is not trying to get the teacher in trouble. she is just concerned about the point deduction, especially since he threatened to take points from every

student in the class, whether they sneezed or not. she is confused that kids are getting reprimanded for extending a common courtesy that parents work so hard to teach their children when they are trying to work on manners with their kids. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this story has people buzzing on our facebook page: >> are you kidding me! this is absurd. >> as a substitute teacher, i think this man is wrong. part of being a teacher is teaching respect. shame on him. >> this shouldn't even be news. it is his room. when 20 kids say bless you, after somebody sneezes and that person thanks them in return that has created a major distraction from the lesson.ñññk you can join the conversation by heading to facebook.com/ abc7 news. a series of robberies prompt several law enforcement

agencies to meet to form a strategy. the robbers warhol wean costumes? >> reporter: yes, -- this time it was all trick and no treat. 3:30 this morning three people walked into that gas station, all armed. a short time later they showed they are not afraid to use those weapons in the middle of the night they came, some with handguns, some with rifles. cameras everywhere in the store. a person who has seen the video says it shows six in costumes. one a little la, another a skeleton in addition to the small amount in the register, robbers took two large bottles of 7-up and several s of condoms. nothing but the money, soda and condoms. -- no shops fired inside the shop. as they left one fired a runned in the direction of a customer pumping gas.

no one was hit, they drove westbound. >> these kids -- maybe they are green men, these people they just act out like that and they think thick overrun society and be that way. a little shocking. disturbing. >> reporter: two hours before the robbery here a similar group robbed an antioch food -- representatives of those agencies are meeting this morning. >> terrible. did they catch them? >> reporter: they haven't caught 'em. >> they better catch 'em. >> reporter: another law enforcement agency has ginned the investigation. in an advisory capacity that agency no less than the fbi. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. san jose police preparing for hundreds if not thousands of bikers coming to town in days for the funeral of a a nevada casino.

jeff pet drew was stabbed and shot to death -- jeff pettigrew was stabbed and shot to death friday. he was president of the san jose chapter. police say they've identified a suspect. a member of a rival biker gang with ties to the bay area. investigators openly warn the suspect may not survive to stand trial%eh:y if [ unintelligible ] he believe he's in hiding since the shooting. >> san francisco police arrested a 15 year formed the murder of a cookout side a mission district restaurant. the 22-year-old was shot to death august 30th while taking a break from his job at 19th and san car low street. the 15-year-old mistook him for -- for a rival gang member. in san francisco, muni officials are answering over

several major safety issues. the state is investigating following a report about problems with the light rail system. they include problems with defective track, tunnel control systems that operate poorly or not at all the meeting expected to determine whether muni has made necessary improvements. they've been threatened with fines if the problems are not addressed. american canyon soldier has died while fighting in afghanistan. he died on september 26th, he was injured when enemy forces attacked his unit with an ied. a 26-year-old u.s. citizen with a degree in physics charged with trying to blow up the pentagon and the u.s. capitol using remote controlled planes filled with explosives. the plot was uncovered in a federal sting operation.

karen traverse has more. >> reporter: federal offs say this man. rezwan ferdaus was planning to -- launch an attack a 26-year-old american and physics graduate from north eastern university. his weapon of choice, large remote controlled planes like these, packed with c-4 plastic explosives. >> individuals self-radicalized, they are not looking to cause big, massive casualties like 9/11. they are trying to infix -- inflict fear. >> reporter: the fbi began the investigation last year after he told an informant about his desire to wage jihad on the u the is. >> public really owes a debt of gratitude to law enforcement agencies that found in guy very early on that watched him very, very closely. exchanged information and made sure that he wasn't a threat. >> reporter: yesterday ferdaus was arrested outside boston after he bought a remote

controlled plane and rented a storage facility. when undercover agents told him his bombs killed u.s. soldiers his reply, "that's what i wanted." his neighbors couldn't believe the news. >> shocked this would happen. >> reporter: federal official say ferdaus was serious he traveled to washington to scope out his targets. they say the public was never in danger. karen traverse, abc news, washington. was a doctor trying to cover-up the death of a musical legend. what michael jackson's bodyguard said he was ordered to do and the first call to 911. >> and defending cap -- m?< 

michael jackson's bodyguard is now on the stand in day three of the trial of dr. murray. he was the first person to reach the bedroom. alverez testified that murray told him to call for help when entered the room and told jackson was having a bad reaction. he was asked to put away medicine in what the prosecution claims was an effort to hide evidence. the prosecution played alverez's

911 call for help. >> mur ver accused of giving jackson a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol. defense claims the singer gave himself the lethal dose. new look at capital punishment. more than 2/3 of california voters support keeping it. 68% of those surveyed support keeping the death penalty, 27% opposed. when those surveyed were asked specifically what a first degree murderer should get 48% said life without parole. 40% said the death penalty. opponents of capital

punishment are collecting signatures for a november 2012i. they want to an balance it and convert death penalties to life in prison. >> this afternoon alameda will announce it has reached agreement with the they've very to transfer control of the bail -- base to the city at no cost to the city. it has been closed since 1997. alameda has been planning to re the complex since 2000 and has been working with the navy to cleanup the old base. the city has been negotiating with a large lab about building its second campus there. we have sun but a little fog too. >> you should see the winds, they are blowing above the ground pushing the clouds and the cooler weather into our neighborhoods. we'll talk about how cold we are going to get the next couple of days and next week when there is rain in the forecast. china's next step for

becoming a major player in outer space. >> why using a debit card is about to become more pensive for customers of america's largest bank.

china took another step today towards its goal of becoming major power in outer space. it launched an experimental module. it plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft within the next few weeks. >> no reports of damage coming out of north eastern japan this morning after a strong quake hit. the magnitude 5.6 quake was centered off fukushima, the same city damaged by a magnitude 99 quake and tsunami in march that left more than 21,000 dead or missing and touched off a nuclear crisis. no tsunami warning was issued after today's quake and no signs of problems at the nuclear plant. what a difference a day makes. >> you ran into drizzle? >> a little bit. >> more tomorrow and then saturday and the real deal next week with rain measurable for of us, it is fall. quick trance s from one season to the other is what --

transitions from one season the other is what we are seeing, 4 to 17° below yesterday's total. here's a look you can see the clouds streaming in from the ocean this morning. one more look, look at the flag there, as we look from south beach back to the north east and the clouds that are stretching towards the east bay shore. that southerly surge we talked about look at how rapid it is moving. taking a right hand turn through the golden gate bridge pushing into the bay even into the east bay. everybody cooler now than they were yesterday except for fairfield, 2° warmer in liver motion to quash 1, 6 this concord, 11 napa, 14 san francisco, 12 half moon bay change is in the air low 60s along the coast into san francisco upper 60s oakland redwood city 70s to livermore antioch and fairfield low 80s inland

clouds stubborn low to mid 60s to sunny 69 now in gilroy cooler today that's our first weather highlight clouds remain in the coast sunny everywhere else cloudy, cool especially at the coast rain, breezy cooler next week's forecast today we lose 4° in concord to 17 in san francisco. even though it is so much cooler than yesterday temperatures are still running 10° above average in livermore 6 in san jose, 2 in redwood. gives you an idea how warm i was yesterday. east bay valleys upper 80s to low 90s the last day you will see the 90s for a long time. union see and fremont 80 mid to upper 80s in the south bay today mid 70s around millbrae to upper 70s to low 80s for the rest of the peninsula. low to mid 60s coast near 70s

downtown 78 san rafael, 79 vallejo. 20° cooler at your cloudy beaches. salinas never breaking out of the clouds inland sun 80s around the state hot this central valley mid 90s to 102 in palm springs to sunny 79 in tahoe. back home tonight drizzle more pronouncedded along the coast cooler tomorrow mainly in the 50s -- we are watching several systems, somewhere -- some were hurricanes or tropical storms at one time moving from the far east across the atlantic and towards us. a series of storms coming in. the first monday into tuesday brings rain mainly to the north bay. wednesday coolest, winniest conditions and the best chance of measure able -- rain everywhere. before we got that to that drizzle saturday morning and cooler then too. >> thank mikes. costco is calling on -- on

all cantaloupe shippers and farmers to to more to ensure their fruit is safe coming from an out break of listeria linked to a colorado farm, 16 have died and 70 sickened. costco wants the cantaloupe industry to set higher standards for growing, picking and cleaning the melons. none were sold mere in california. as a preclusion health officials said people should toss any cantaloupes unless they know it came from a safe source. bank of america customers who pay for things with their debit cards will be hit with a new monthly fee. in january the nation's largest bank will begin charging customers a $5 a month fee if they use their debit cards to make purchases. customers who use the cards only for atm transactions will not be charged. jc morgan chase and wells fargo are testing a $3 fee. many banks are raising fees

before the new federal rules october 1st, that going to limit their revenue. >> looking for something to do this weekend? >> up next is hot in the bay

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today at 4:00 and 5:00. free music in golden get park and all weekend long plus a fashion show. don sanchez has what's hot. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: amazing three days of music in golden gate park. it is free. shakespeare's the "taming of the shrew" glowing performance outdoors. ♪ ♪ ♪ obama to you the 12 -- 5 want oktoberfest, music food and beer. nearly 100 artists and crafts people who live and work at emoriville show why the city is a showplace of art and technology on 64th street. fashion show featuring breast cancer survivors in marin's

memorial auditorium saturday. celebrating the spirit of creativity with short films and documentaries. nearby the palo alto international film festival. artists, performancers musicians come together for family and fun sunday in oakland's redwood regional park. for home viewing latest episode of transformers. don sanchez, abc7 news. >> you have to watch out for that saturday morning. >> thanks to you for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> you want to keep track of the latest news on twitter. talk about it at facebook.com/ abc7 news. >> we look forward to what you

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