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where are the jobs? as reports weak job g why things may be looking up for job candidates here. californians want to know where are the jobs? as the state reports weak job growth. why things may be looking up for job candidates here. a hit-and-run crash kills a 4-year-old boy. what police say the driver was doing just moments after. and the pricy punishment for facebook's "like" button. why one government is cracking down. it is 7:00 on saturday morning, august 20th. thanks for joining us. i'm anne makovec. and jim bernard is back. >> i'm back to take a look at
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your weekend weather, which is looking wintry. >> it's chilly. >> it's cold across the bay area. cloudy and cool here. breezy conditions to continue as we will see the clouds hang in there most of the day much as they have the last few days. so we're going to continue on this cool august pattern here through the weekend. i'll have the details coming up for you in just a few minutes. meantime, breaking news. two uc berkeley grads being held in iran have learned their fate. iran's state tv is reporting right now that shane bauer and josh fattal have been sentenced to 8 years in jail. those grads were taken into custody in july of 2009 after hiking along the iraq-iran border. a third hiker, sarah shourd, was released a year ago on a half million dollars bail. they have 20 days to appeal that sentence. the man accused of crashing into a 4-year-old boy in santa rosa and speeding from the scene is going to be in court
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on monday. the neighbors called for more safety measures on the crosswalk. the boy died yesterday at oakland children's hospital. the crash happened as the boy and his family were walking to soccer practice on thursday. the 22-year-old driver marcos lopez garcia was later caught by police thanks to a citizen who heard that description over the police radio. he says he saw that suspect removing decals from the car and was able to point it out to police. neighbors also say in the meantime that intersection has been known to be dangerous for pedestrians. >> obviously, we have a situation where there is a four-lane road with multiple crosswalks but this doesn't have a stop sign or flashing crosswalk. >> lopez has been booked into sonoma county jail on felony hit-and-run. he was also cited for driving without a license for the third time. he is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail. a muni bus slammed into a
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woman crossing a san francisco street yesterday. it happened on the 18th and hartford streets in the castro. police say the woman was in the crosswalk. she died at the scene. police say the bus driver is cooperating. market worries forced wall street to close this week on a low note. the dow closed down 172 points yesterday. and that marks the fourth consecutive week of losses. as stocks tumble, california's unemployment went up to 12% last month. the state added only 4500 jobs in july. that's compared to more than 30,000 in june. analysts say california's economy is treading water. it's growing but not fast enough to create more jobs. mike luery takes a look at the state's slumping job market and the one bright spot in the employment picture. >> reporter: andrea has been looking six months for clerical work. >> i have not gotten any interviews yet. so i'm going to have to start maybe going out and saying hey,
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did you get my resume'? be more aggressive and creative. >> reporter: it will take more creativity for older applicants like this man. >> i have been searching for work since december of last year. i have had numerous interviews and every interview that i have gone to, people are basically looking for young people. >> reporter: between june and july, california saw a decrease of 62,000 jobs with one sector of the economy taking the biggest hit. >> and that is government. government has truly been the biggest weakness in the economy really for a year now. and over the months, we lost 5800 jobs in government. >> reporter: and that's troubling news for the greater sacramento region where government jobs comprise roughly one-fourth of the workforce. but across the country, boston set up an innovation district to attract high-tech jobs making boston the number one job market in the country according to a recent job survey. by contrast, sacramento ranked 92nd while three other central valley cities, modesto stockton and fresno, are on the bottom of the list.
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one bright spot? the tech sector in silicon valley is a very competitive job market. california is hoping to create new green jobs highlighting renewable energy. >> we have seen almost 400,000 jobs in the state of california. they're growing from a percentage perspective higher than almost any other place in the economy. >> reporter: the bottom line is california must diversify to compete. in sacramento, mike luery, cbs 5. more bay area headlines now. it turns out the woman feared to be held hostage by a gunman during a police standoff at a san rafael hotel was not actually in the room with him. she was on a different floor of the hotel. it's not clear why she didn't come forward sooner. peter thomas was found dead after a standoff with police that lasted more than a day. that incident caused huge traffic tieiums from marin county to the east -- tie-ups from marin county to the east bay. muslims banding together to help the poor and homeless one of the ways observant muslims celebrate ramadan. they also fast from sunrise to
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sunset during the month. seven mosques here in the bay area are planning anish tar, a breaking of the fast dinner on saturday, the 28th. college students are moving into dorms around the bay area this weekend. some san jose state students in are checking into some unique lodgings. about 200 upper classmen are moving into the clarion hotel today. that's because the campus ran out of dorm rooms because of the largest incoming freshman class ever. the hotel offers some amenities, the pool, hot tub, cable tv and weekly maid service. could have used that back in college. but there is no cafeteria and students will commute to class. a serious threat is back in the south bay. that's where birds and mosquitos have tested positive fourth west nile virus. len ramirez explains what's being done about it starting next week. >> reporter: workers are walking door to door and delivering 13,000 notices that the potentially deadly west nile virus has been found in
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this south san jose neighborhood and that widespread pesticide fogging will begin next week. >> that's an unpleasant surprise. i have known it's around but that brings it awfully close to home. >> reporter: jim holt lives on agatha way one of two spots near highway 87 and capitol expressway where dead birds were discovered and later confirmed to be victims of the virus. mosquitos trapped by vector control officers in the area also tested positive for west nile. >> the estimates are that somewhere between one and 30 and one in 500 mosquitos are carrying the virus out there. >> reporter: that's enough to pose a significant health risk to humans. people bitten by infected mosquitos can catch the flu- like west nile five or more seriously encephalitis or meningitis. >> it's in the public's best benefit health wise for to us go out and try to reduce the risk of this very significant west nile virus. >> reporter: beginning next tuesday night at 11:00, vector control workers will be using
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these machines to treat neighborhoods with low doses of a natural pesticide called pyrethrine. >> the way it works is these microscopic droplets if enough of them stick to a mosquito, it gets enough pyrethrine to knock it down. >> reporter: the fogging will be one night only and should be finished by morning. residents with questions can call a special hotline on monday and tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 1-800-314-2427. people are wondering how concerned they should be even though vector control says such low doses are used, the pesticide poses no threat to humans or pets. >> i'm trying to figure out what's worse, the spray or the west nile virus. >> reporter: len ramirez, cbs 5. a sixth person has died following that stage collapse at the indiana state fair. 22-year-old college student jennifer haskell died yesterday from her injuries. an attorney filed lawsuits on behalf of two of the victims so
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far. a severe weather warning was issued just four minutes before the stage collapsed. a full investigation is under way and the fair commission has promised full transparency. workers in pittsburg are going to be cleaning up a mud- caked road the site of a deadly flash flood. the water rose up to 9 feet yesterday. check that footage. the storm submerged more than a dozen vehicles. three people were killed. one other person is still missing. egypt's cabinet recalled its ambassador from israel today after violence from the border killed five members of egypt's security forces. egypt is calling on israel to investigate their shooting deaths. think twice before you hit facebook's "like" button. the "washington post" is reporting that a german official ruled the button violates privacy laws allowing the company that you like to track your information. for his district, he is slapping websites with a $72,000 fine if they keep the button on their pages.
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facebook denies violating any of germany's laws. ah, facebook drama comes in all shapes and forms. >> who knows what goes on behind the scenes. >> right. taking a look around the bay area weather today, we see cloudy and cool conditions to prevail much as they have the last few days. what's the old cliche? the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in san francisco. >> it's coming true. >> as we see in the tri-valley, mostly cloudy this morning. they will see some sunshine out there. but temperatures across the hot spots struggling to hit the 80s today. we'll look for mid-70s out there, cooling of course, as you move back to the bay. i'll have all the chilling details coming up in a few minutes. plus, the key ingredient in a recipe that saves dogs' lives. the only company allowed to supply it has stopped. coming up next, the closer look behind the drug shortage. and bring on the battle of the bay. still to come, how you can save cash while traveling to the game, this evening. ,,,,,,,,
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orry about... al nothing strikes fear in a pet other than like the word heartworm. now dog owners have something much worse to worry about. allen martin has a closer look at the heartworm vaccine shortage that has no end in sight. >> she will be running and jumping and playing going to dog parks. >> reporter: diane craft and her newly adopted shelter dog roxy have some big plans. but they will have to wait. roxy is being treated for heart work. >> well, i knew it coming in, adopting her, that she had this. it's kind of testing our tentative bond already our relationship with her having this painful period. >> so far, i hear normal heart sounds. >> reporter: the fact that roxy is being treated means she is one lucky dog. treatment is nearly impossible to come by and we'll explain why. but first, heartworm is a parasite that's transmitted by the most basic form, a mosquito bite. >> you need a mosquito, a dog and the heartworm.
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>> reporter: a vet at uc-davis says the worms enter the dog's bloodstream from the mosquito bite and then settle in their heart and just like west nile virus can affect humans differently, so too does heartworm attack each dog in different ways. >> there actually is a grading scale where we can have dogs that have no sign whatsoever of being infected with a heartworm, would you have absolutely no idea that they were sick until a test is done and double-checked and shown to be their heartworm-positive. on the other end of the spectrum dogs can die from it. >> reporter: roxy has begun the treatment to cure her of heartworm which involves deep injections of medicine at the base of her spine. here's the problem. not for roxy but for other dogs diagnosed with heartworm. about two weeks ago the supplier of the only drug approved by the fda to treat heartworm told vets it was temporarily not making it. it can't get the active ingredient. and it could be several months before it comes up with a
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solution. the good news for dog owners is heartworm is fairly easy to prevent. a monthly pill usually does the trick. at this point, the fda refuses to allow the drug's manufacturer to use another supplier for the main ingredient. but the longer the shortage goes on, that may change. if you have a story for us, log on to cbssf.com, click connect, and scroll down to the closer look button and send an email. allen martin, cbs 5. all right. 7:15. now back to cold temperatures. >> it is cool. and it has been the last couple of days. that trend to continue through the weekend here as the fog and low clouds will be slow to go. we see a bit of sunshine at the edge. picture. east bay will get sun, beach not so much. we are going to look for mostly cloudy conditions there all day long much like at the golden
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gate at this hour. so let's call it partly cloudy inland continued cool there and as we take a look at the rest of the forecast, the marine layer will be slow to clear across the bay. i don't see any big change in the pattern. we'll see a bump in the beginning of the week as temperatures warm slightly maybe some mixing from midweek on as we start to see some subtropical moisture moving up out of -- off the mexican coast here. remnants of tropical storm greg will move into the area. hopefully that will mix things up. until then we'll see a sea breeze the cool air continuing to drop out of the gulf of alaska. the clouds and cool temperatures, that's a harbinger of things to come as the weather systems are starting to take shape in the gulf which is where our winter weather pattern comes from. we are still a few months away
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on that. but subtle changes taking place here. also the clearing will be subtle today across the bay. temperatures on the cool side struggling to get into the low 80s across the interior. upper 60s to low 70s in the east bay and mid- to low-60s back on the bay here. as once again, we'll look for a slight bump in temperatures here beginning tomorrow continuing into the beginning of the week. by midweek we could be talking some moisture as i mentioned from subtropical storm greg here which is now moving off the california coast. that's still iffy at this point. but it is that time of year where we start to see some of that moisture moving in our direction. not really expecting much in the way of any rainfall. but's mentioned it may be enough to mix out the atmosphere a bit as the warming continues. we are looking for raiders-9ers this afternoon. cool and breezy at candlestick. what else would you expect
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there? i have on cbstonight -- that starts tonight at 4:30 on cbs. >> are you making any predictions? >> not this time of year. anybody but the regulars. >> which is going to be more exciting maybe, now? >> a lot of new names. >> we see what happens. back-to-school shopping is going to take a bigger bite out of a family's bottom line, unfortunately. consumer experts say stores are trying to pass on the cost to consumers by using, get this, less fabric and calling it the, quote, new look or using cheap stitching and saying it's a redesign. retailers are raising prices on merchandise an average of 10% to try to offset their own rising costs. well, you know the saying, use them or lose them. turns out that applies to certain gift cards. now on the consumerwatch, julie watts explains why you should whip yours out and use them, already. >> reporter: deacon peter towle knows all about redemption not just the spiritual kind. last month he wouldn't a $25
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blockbuster gift card. >> it was given to us as a prize. >> reporter: but when the anglican leader tried to redeem it he didn't have a prayer. >> i presented it for payment and they said we didn't honor those. i said, well, where can i redeem it? he says, nobody's redeeming them. >> reporter: well, nobody at blockbuster. earlier this year the chain was purchased by dish network and although the company is still alive, the gift card program isn't. >> i got jipped. >> reporter: it's a familiar scenario in these tough economic times. companies change hands or close down and almost overnight their gift cards can become, well, worthless. the latest example is borders. the soon-to-be shut down bookstores gift cards are only valid until october something that caught shoppers at this san francisco store by surprise. >> oh, no. no. i mean, people should be able to at least send their gift card into the company and say, give me my money back.
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>> just best to use them. >> reporter: kimer will buy brown of california's department of consumer affairs says consumers who hold on to their gift cards are taking a risk. >> don't tuck them away because you can forget about them. >> reporter: but deacon towle didn't forget. he contacted consumerwatch and we contacted blockbuster's new owner. in an effort to restore the deacon's faith in the company, it's giving him three free months of blockbuster by mail, a $36 value. on the consumerwatch, julie watts, cbs 5. now, california does have strong protection for gift cards provided the store is still in business. cards cannot expire unless there is an expiration date printed on the front of the card. and any gift card with less than $10 on it is redeemable for cash. if you have a consumer problem, give us a call at 1-888-5-helps- u. bragging rights on the line as we mentioned as the 49ers face off against the raiders today. the battle of the bay, how public transportation is helping with all of the big crowds expected. and a bad night for the giants against the worst team
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candlestick pits the 49-ers against the raiders. today preseason battle of the bay at candlestick pits the 49ers against the raiders and obviously big crowds are expected for the game. so muni is encouraging fans to take public transportation. so it's offering four express
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bus routes to and from candlestick. the buses cost only 12 bucks roundtrip for adults and two other shuttles will operate at regular fares. or hey, just watch the game in the comfort of your own home right here on cbs 5. dennis o'donnell heads up our coverage starting at 4:30 today. the giants try to get the bats going after a series opening loss to major league baseball's worst team and gio gonzalez will try to bounce back against the blue jays after losing his last five starts. kim coyle with more in sports. >> reporter: good morning. the giants placed catcher eli whiteside on the dl with a concussion and scratched pablo sandoval from the line-up with a sore shoulder. with all the injuries, the giants were left with a line-up with only one guy hitting above .250. so much for an easy series with the astros who have the worst record in baseball. ryan vogelsong allows five runs
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in seven innings and the giants get shut out for the second night in a row. houston wins 6-0. the diamondbacks road trip isn't better. the braves hit three homers and beat the d-backs 4-2. arizona has now lost three in a row. so the giants remain 2.5 games back in the west. as and blue jays all the scoring came in the 1st inning on one swing from josh willingham. a two-run shot, his 2st of the season, rich harden ties his career high with 11 strikeouts and the as beat the jays 2-0. and finally randy bennett has agreed to a new ten-year deal with st. mary's. bennett is the winningest basketball coach in gaels history and two years ago he led st. mary's into the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. and that's a look at sports. we'll see you tonight. an old school technology is adding another dimension to the movies but is it worth it? what kid say about all the scratching and sniffing.
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and the first gop rival steps forward. why he may run for gabby giffords' congressional seat. we'll be right back.
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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. weak job numbers plague california. others banking on green jobs. the economic reality for those
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ecofriendly careers. i'm alexis christoforous. wall street waits to hear from fed chief bernanke. gold sets its sights on 2,000 and a major overhaul for burger king. that and more in your cbsmoneywatch. and moving one step closer to running for gabby giffords' congressional seat. what republican rivals have to say about her chances for re- election. welcome back to "weekend early edition." it is just about 7:30 august 20. thanks for joining us. i'm anne makovec. and jim bernard is back. >> to take a look at this cool weather pattern. it's looking a lot like late summer which is exactly where we're at. this is seasonable weather for us, believe it or not. temperatures well below normal, stubborn low clouds and fog lingering around the bay today much like it has the last couple days. mount vaca you will find sunshine. we won't see sun at the beach. temperatures well below normal for this time of year. incidentally tier yor will be struggling to get out of the 70s today -- interior will be struggling to get out of the 70s today as conditions will
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continue cool into the beginni of the week. more details in a few minutes. in the headlines, two uc- berkeley grads being held in iran have learned their fate. they have been sentenced and iran state tv is reporting that shane bauer and josh bolten have been -- and josh fattal have been sentenced to eight years in jail. they have already served two. it's unclear whether that would be subtracted from the sentence. the grads were taken into custody, i'm sure you remember, july of 2009. they were hiking along the iraq iran border accused of passing into iran. a third hiker sarah shourd was released a year ago on a half million dollars bail. these two have 20 days to appeal that sentence. we are going to be following the fallout from that sentence coming up. the latest job numbers show california has the second highest unemployment rate in the country second to nevada. and new numbers reveal that the promise of green jobs has not quite squared with the reality. we are learning that clean energy jobs account for just
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2.2% of employment in silicon valley. some of the construction industry -- storm people in the construction industry -- some people in the construction industry, rather, are blaming washington. >> there needs to be an overall energy policy that speaks to the american people and unfortunately there isn't. >> last year fremont-based solar panel maker solyndra closed down one of their plants after receiving a half billion dollars federal grant. it also had gotten the public blessing of then candidate barack obama. things are bad locally and getting worse globally as the european debt crisis looms. wall street will try to get back on its feet. alexis christoforous has more. >> reporter: this week, we'll get new data on retail sales and consumer sentiment. stores have recently reported an improvement in business and there are indications americans are willing to spend more. but the job market remains very weak. on friday the government said
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the unemployment rate rose to 9.2% pushing the markets down. the dow lost 62 points. the nasdaq fell nearly 13. [ pause ] >> and that wasn't alexis christoforous. we are going to have her report for you coming up. the man accused of crashing into a 4-year-old boy in santa rosa and then speeding away from the scene is going to be in court on monday. meantime, friends and family are mourning the death of that little boy. his neighbors called for more safety measures on the crosswalk. he died yesterday at oakland children's hospital. that crash happened as the boy and his family were walking to soccer practice on thursday. the 22-year-old driver, marcos lopez garcia, was caught later by police thanks to a citizen who heard the description over the police radio. that citizen says he saw the suspect removing decals from his car and was able to point it out to police. the intersection where that crosswalk is has been known to be dangerous. and some local high school students are making an effort to have something done to make
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it safer. >> we're trying to get a light so there won't be as many accidents here. >> lopez has been booked into sonoma county jail on felony hit-and-run and cited for driving without a license for a third time. he is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail. an arizona republican is making a move toward gabrielle giffords' seat in the house. state senator frank antorani is the first in his party to officially consider running for giffords' seat. he says the move is intended to force the giffords camp into making a decision. giffords has not announced yet if she is going to run for re- election and the gop candidate says if she runs she will likely be unbeatable. pope benedict xvi is in spain this weekend there for a four-day visit to celebrate world youth day. up to a million young people will gather to celebrate with him. the vatican has given authority to priest this is madrid to grant absolution to women who confess they have had an
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abortion. the church set up 200 confession booths in a madrid party for priests to hear confessions. the next time somebody tells you a movie stinks, it could be political. kiet do shows us this summer's movie gimmick which features an olfactory fourth dimension. >> reporter: spy kids 4 is not a great movie by a long shot. but what it lacks in good acting, writing and believable special effects it makes up for in gimmicks. >> 4d, aromascope. >> reporter: when you see the number on the screen, rub the corresponding number on the card and sniff. the smell is supposed to make it a more immersive experience. actor jeremy p.i.n. who plays the villain says it's not all roses. >> some smells are amazing and some will be for the love of god i may not want to smell that. >> reporter: aromascope is it not new. it was last used back in 2003. since then hollywood has
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introduced motion seats and 3-d to increase ticket sales. nowadays movies are too passive. early test, groups wanted a stemmingy smell so he included dirty diapers. as for kids, reviews were mixed. did the smell help make the movie better? >> yes. >> reporter: did it hip enjoy the movie more? >> -- did it help you enjoy the movie more? >> not really. it was okay, though. >> reporter: for parents, nowadays, watching dvds at home just doesn't compare. >> have to get the kids out of the house. pay the $25 to come see it. >> reporter: it was free this time around but would you pay extra for this? >> up... i wouldn't. but maybe kids would. [ laughter ] >> reporter: kiet do, cbs 5. yeah, maybe kids would. maybe spending their parents' money of course. thousands of people will turn out for hemp fest in northern california this weekend. the event focuses on medicinal marijuana and the different uses for hemp. it's going on in sutter county.
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there will be on site camping, music and plenty of food for those who may get the munchies. a doctor will be on hand giving exams for medical marijuana cards. the crowd is expected to be, quote, pretty mellow. [ laughter ] >> as one might imagine. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> just refrain from comment there. the weather forecast, boy, anybody at that festival and elsewhere you have to bundle up. it's much colder that are than normal. doesn't seem like summer. >> it does. there is extensive fog about the area, about what you would expect this time of year. it's cool so jackets required around the bay and candlestick for the oakland raiders-49ers game will be what else? cool. as we are seeing some blue sky already over the city, clouds will linger at the beach. we'll have the rest of the forecast coming up. saving a popular animal shelter in alameda county. how the community pitched in to
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well, we have all been watching the roller coaster ride on wall street this week. the economy trying to get some traction. and now we do have that moneywatch report for you. here's alexis christoforous. >> reporter: wall street is coming off its worst week in nearly a year, concerns about debt problems in the u.s. and europe overshadowing strong corporate profit reports. on friday, the dow rose 42 points. the nasdaq moved up 27. gold is at a record high of $1,590 an ounce. debt issues on both sides of the atlantic have wary investors pouring money into safe haven investments like precious metals. the government wants to know more about the fees airlines are charging. the transportation department is proposing new rules that would require carriers to report the fees they charge passengers. it would also require them to give more useful stats about lost or damaged luggage and mishandled wheelchairs. so passengers can make better decision about just which
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airline to fly. last year, airlines made $5.5 billion from baggage fees and fees passengers paid to change their reservations. asia's growing appetite for cheeseburgers and pizza is helping push u.s. cheese exports to a record high. according to government statistics, cheese shipments to south korea have tripled this year. shipments to china have doubled. and that's resulted in a 50% jump in wholesale cheddar cheese prices. that's your moneywatch. for more, you can head to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. bad news when it comes to the economy. i don't even want to look. >> let's look at weather instead. >> it's not so good, either. it's cold. >> it will change. we know that. we can count on the weather changing as we see a lot of clouds across the bay here this morning. you know, there's some studies that indicate the mood of an area sets up the climate. >> oh, really? >> interesting.
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>> that's very metaphysical, jim. >> somebody wrote a grant to study that. i don't know if there is any truth to it. it's gloomy around the bay this morning. temperatures on the cool side. we will hang on to some of the clouds, which you see already we are beginning to get a few breaks in the cloud cover today. already we're off to a better start than yesterday as far as clearing. that trend wasn't forecast to continue through the day but it looks to me like it's happening outside our window so we'll look for temperatures today to be slightly warmer than yesterday. still struggling to get into the 80s out across the interior, hanging on to a few clouds there, with continued cool temperatures. that's below normal now. they should be in the mid- to upper 80s this time of year. at the bay, the marine layer will of course stay in place, slow to clear through the day, cloudy, cool likely at the beaches. we are beginning to see some breaks around the bay right now. we'll look for the trend to continue and hopefully down at candlestick they will see some clearing as well but then it's always cool and breezy there for the game between the raters and the 49ers at 5:00 tonight.
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the steady sea breeze will maintain the low as it should this time of year. again, late night and early- morning low clouds and fog giving way to some partial afternoon clearing. that's wha you would expect. as we continue, a series of weak disturbances out of the gulf of alaska will maintain the cool temperatures through the week. we'll see a bit of a bump into the beginning of the week. but we're talking a couple of degrees, still below normal as the fog fluctuates back and forth here through the daytime hours as again is typical this time of the year. temperature-wise, we'll look for again upper 70s to low 80s out across the interior. for the warmer location, livermore, concord, struggling to hit the 80-degree mark. cooling into the mid- to upper 60s in the east bay. cooler yet as you come back to the city and the beach. low 60s to upper 50s there. and as we take a look at the seven-day forecast, here's that slight bump i mentioned into midweek. could hit 90 again by midweek. across the interior, we'll be looking for a slight chance of
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moisture tuesday and wednesday. subtropical remnants of what was hurricane greg will move into the area, could be in the form of mid- and upper level clouds. doubt if there will be any rain in it but there's a possibility so we went rule it out entirely yet. we'll have to see how it all plays out in the fullness of time much like the stock market. >> all right. well, i'm really not buying what you're selling when it comes to the mood of a community affecting the weather because we're pretty happy. >> you are. >> in the bay area. >> you are. i'm not doing so good. [ laughter ] >> that's not true. [ laughter ] >> smile on his face. >> i'm kidding. all right. when this week's jefferson award winner first came to san francisco, he knew he liked to volunteer. as kate kelly shows us, it's now been 22 years sense he first began making a big difference for local teens. >> reporter: phil estes is comfortable navigating his way through the streets of the financial district. in 1989, he left wall street and cofounded a private equity firm in san francisco. in the 22 years since, life has grown. has a family, more employees, but he has never forgotten the
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first day volunteered to help homeless teens just 10 blocks from his office. but a world away. >> it was powerful. and you see the kind of circumstances that these young people have to deal with and you know, they are 13 or 14 or 15 years old. they have come from awful places. they are trying their level best just to hang on and survive. >> reporter: for the last two decades, phil has volunteered with larkin street youth services from doing outreach on the streets to fundraising in the board room where he currently serves as chair. >> he brings a huge passion and commitment to young people. >> reporter: the executive director. >> it was a little drop-in center when he started and now we're this, you know, 25 programs and 14 sites, full continuum of services for youth 12 to 24. >> reporter: services that now include residential facilities, medical treatments, educational and vocational support. >> it was all about helping these people find hope again. >> i was living in golden gate
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park and had nowhere to go, i had to look in trash for food. >> reporter: david dropped out of high school in ohio before he ended up at larkin street. >> i came here i was just looking for a meal, i'm like maybe somewhere to get out of the cold but i found something a lot better. >> reporter: he is now a college student, working toward a career in personal training. >> they have pushed me to do things that i wouldn't have done on my own. >> reporter: in the 27 years larkin street youth services has been operating in san francisco, it has grown to become a national model with 25 programs that have helped 70,000 kids get off the streets. >> i couldn't look myself in the eye -- in the mirror in the morning if i didn't do something. so i try to do something every day. >> reporter: which includes weekends. phil recently formed a band and together they play at charity events. but even with his many commitments, he is mindful another 3500 kids will need larkin street youth services
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this year. >> i look forward to the day we work ourselves out of business when there aren't any more homeless kids who are abused. that would be like fantastic. so we'll keep working until that happens. >> reporter: so for working for over two decades to support homeless youth to reach their full potential, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to phil estes. kate kelly, cbs 5. coming up, helping four- legged friends find good homes. the big community campaign to save valley humane society in pleasanton. plus, meet lucinda. where you can meet her today. there she is. live in our studio. the new san francisco partnership helping cats like her find new homes. we'll be right back. r schon with totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite size roll that my kids can't resist. plus i get two box tops for their school. totino's pizza rolls. the pizza way to snack. and safeway's 10% back to schools program, now there are two ways to earn cash for your kids school.
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enough cash to save a popular animal shelter in alameda county for now. the valley humane animal lovers have raised enough cash to save a popular animal shelter in alameda county for now. the valley humane society in pleasanton said it may have to close this year due to lack of funds. it saves hundreds of animals every year. now community donations are rolling in keeping its doors open. >> we were getting donations from like little kids giving us their piggybanks, $13, 11 cents. and all the way up to anonymous
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donor, $125,000. >> the society relies on volunteer labor. the economy caused donations to fall. still costs and rescues are on the rise. the reprieve is temporary. they are still trying to figure out how to keep going past november. san francisco is following in the paw prints of a successful trend from across the bay. adoptable cats have moved into a new cat adoption center in the castro district. it opens to the public officially today so for more on that rebecca, executive director of the san francisco animal care and control joins us now. thanks for being here this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> and you have a special friend here. tell us about lucinda. >> this is lucinda. she is a 3-month-old spayed female calico. she came into the shelter as a stray. and she is readdy to be adopted. >> she was spayed yesterday and you bring her to be on live television? >> yeah, a little traumatic. >> she is doing really well. >> she is so sweet. you have a lot of strays coming in but it sounds like the more apparent problem you're having
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now is people giving away their animals. tell us about that. >> in the last couple of years since the economic downturn we have seen a pretty dramatic increase in the number of owner- surrendered animals, particularly dogs and cats, people who can't afford to keep them for one reason or another, losing their homes, things like that. so more and more of them are coming in and we are looking for homes for them. so the silver lining to that is that there are some really nice animals available for adoption. >> what would be the benefit of getting an animal who has already been in a home? >> well, they are well socialized, behavior and medically tested, make sure they are good to go and you can see she is a little snuggler. she is pur okay my lap. >> so sweet. just loves to crawl in there and take a nap. >> she's pretty cute. >> she really is sweet. so this new slighted option center is going to be at a pet store in the castro. tell us why you decided to do that. >> pet food express, they have various locations throughout the bay area.
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it started here in san francisco, though. and they had built a cat adoption center in walnut creek and blossom hill for rescues there. and we're doing a remodel at their market street location and offered us a cat adoption center there. and we said, wonderful. so it provides another venue for these cats to be seen, much more exposure, people don't always know or think to come to a shelter but when they go into inn to get pet supplies and they see cuties right in their faces, they are kind of hard to resist. >> i think people are also kind of freaked out about going to the shelter, afraid it will be sad, depressing, they will fall in love with everything, they won't know who to pick. you know they're pet lovers. they already have one. they are going to the pet store and then they just end up face to face with one of these guys. >> right. we hope that it makes it even harder to resist but it's hard to be at the shelter and try and choose just one or two or three. [ laughter ] >> but you know, we encourage people to come to the shelter.
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we have really wonderful animals, great staff and volunteers who work with them, socialize and care for them. so we would love for people to come down there, too. but pet food express adds another venue for them to be seen. >> tell me about the economic problems. i know that you guys are funded solely by the city of san francisco. and there is a difference between helping to fund it when it comes to city-run shelters versus places like the spca and the humane society. a lot of people might think of them when they are doing their donating. and you have to rely on, as we all know, dwindling city budgets. >> yeah. the budget -- it's tough. we have more needs and the funding has remained stable or down a little bit. we do have a friends of animal care and control that helps us to do some fundraising for enhancement and then we also rely on partners like in this case, pet food express, who helps us in so many ways. they have donated the food for all our shelter animals, now this. so a myriad of things.
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>> rebecca katz -- i have to say it. >> name very appropriate. >> yes. [ laughter ] adoption center opens at pet food express today at what time? >> well, we are going to start the kickoff and the kitty ribbon-cutting at noon. >> okay. very good. is it going to be a claw that comes in to cut that ribbon. one of the kittens, yeah! [ laughter ] >> yeah. market street as you can see there and reduced adoption fees today. rebecca katz, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,
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being held in iran have learned their fate. one more look at our top stories this morning. two uc-berkeley grads being held in iran have learned their fate. shane bauer and josh fattal have been sentenced to eight years in jail. they have already served two. the grads were arrested after hiking along the iraq-iran border. a third hiker sarah shourd was released a year ago on bail. the man accused of crashing into a 4-year-old boy in santa rosa and speeding away from the scene is going to be in court
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on monday. that little boy died yesterday. and the latest job numbers show california has the second highest unemployment rate in the country second to nevada. the state's unemployment rate hit 12% in july. a new report shows clean energy jobs account for just 2.2% of employment in silicon valley. big bragging rights on the line today in the bay area. we are talking about the 49ers facing off against the raiders. if the 49ers lose, san francisco mayor ed she going to second oakland mayor jean quan crab and chocolate. if oakland loses quan is going to be sending lee blue bottle coffee, vice chocolates and oakland wine. we have a special broadcast of 49ers versus raiders football today right here on channel 5 pre-game coverage starting at 4:30. kickoff at 5:00. time for our last look at the weather. anybody going to that game is going to have to bundle up significantly. >> yup. it's at candlestick, after all. cool breezy conditions expected there. we will see some clearing in that fog bank out there today.
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it's starting to crack out around the edges. but still, plenty of clouds to hang around especially at the beach and on the peninsula. elsewhere should be slightly warmer today. but only a degree or two with that trend continuing through the week here as we see a gradual warmup once again still below normal though for this time of the year until about midweek when we'll see upper 80s and low 90s with the potential for some showers moving up from the south. we'll have to stay tuned and see how that develops. here's a quick update for you on the latest tropical storm harvey coming ashore just south of cozumel and as you can see, it will be weakening as it moves in. >> all right. finally, wedding bells will soon be ringing for an american vet and his bride to be. the first thing after his tour in afghanistan, propose. he did it in a public way. check it out. yeah. the sergeant dropped down on one knee in the middle. texas airport right when he came back in the middle of the texas airport popping the
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question to his girlfriend. the crowd went wild when she said yet. they will get married next june. a collective awww. >> thanks for joining us. enjoy your saturday. remember, football is coming up tonight. ,, ,,,,

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