in one arrest, who got caught in the crossfire. and we've had a cool week all last week but finally we'll see sunshine and warmer temperatures. i'll tell you how hot we'll get, coming up. 7 a.m., saturday, september 17th. thanks for joining us. a federal investigation is underway right now in reno, nevada, the site of a horrific crash. a plane went down, seen by thousands of people, at least three are dead, more than 30 injured after that crash. now we're learning it might have been worse if not for last- second move by the pilot who did die in the accident. joe vasquez joins us from reno with the latest. good morning, joe. >> reporter: and many people here are calling that pilot, 74- year-old jimmy leeward, a hero for the split second decision to crash onto the tarmac in front of the vip box seats instead of into the grandstands where there would have been more cash wait a minutes.

more casualties. the seen is back that way. ntsb officials are conducting a formality investigation. watch and listen to this gut wrenching home video of the crash. the plane, a p-51 mustang, world war ii vintage, had a mechanical malfunction. authorities are reporting the pilot and two others are the only ones confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise. dozens were wounded. the plane burst into smithereens sending shrapnel into the crowd. witnesses described widespread

carnage, severed limbs and bodies flying through the air. >> the next thing i saw, a small fireball and shrapnel flying straight up in the air. at that time i turned my back. i turned around to protect my son and my daughter. >> it's a tragedy for all of us in this small family of air racing. our fans, those that are injured, the victims, those that are deceased, their families, the impacts are widespread. the emotional impacts of those here that witnessed it, we're all devastated. >> leeward was a veteran pilot, a movie stuntman, and was a fixture at the reno national championship air races. he performed here since 1975. they will have a small memorial for him this morning. meanwhile the reno air races have been cancelled. tens of thousands are in town to see the show, many are now trying to find loved ones. we're told emergency officials are overwhelmed fielding more than 150 phone calls of people reporting loved ones missing. that doesn't mean that many

people are missing, it just means folks are calling from all over to try and connect with their family members and friends. there is a major discrepancy this morning, as to how many people were wounded, various hospitals are reporting numbers, and we're hearing about 50 people, there could be more, we expect some kind of briefing this morning and we'll bring you the details as we get them. >> joe vasquez in reno. we're waking up to a chilly morning. christy has more on the warmup. >> happy saturday to everybody out there. this last week you needed a coat, big changes in store for this weekend and next week. finally starting to see warming in store, the warming trend beginning today as we make our way into the afternoon highs, warming up, i'll tell you how hot in a little bit. >> thanks. a want man is arrested and two people were hurt this morning following an officer-involved shooting in san francisco's north beach. it happened shortly after 2

a.m. on broadway. that's where officers found a wanted person. police say he first threatened them with a weapon and ran away. the officers fired at the suspect who was not hit but two bystanders were hit. the suspect is in custody. police are not saying much this morning. >> more bay area headlines, family and friends not giving up hope of finding the body of michelle lay. volunteers will search for her this morning. they say they want to bring her home for a memorial and good by. her former friend has been arrested for her murder. >> we know what caused an explosion and haz-mat situation in palo alto, a 9-year-old child was playing with pool chlorine tablets. the tuesday explosion forced an forced evacuation at the apartment complex. the crater cause the by the san bruno pipeline explosion will be filled in next week.

the blast left a large hole in the neighborhood that remained unfilled while the investigation into what happened was completed. some jobs were added, but more jobs were lost in california last month, the unemployment rate going up to 12.1% in august from 12% in july. the construction industry had the largest decrease with 7,000 jobs cut. california has the second highest unemployment rate in the country, after nevada. the california republican convention is underway this weekend, down in los angeles. michele bachmann was the keynote speaker last night. david ryan with how bachmann is trying to rally support, both political and financial. >> michele bachmann. >> reporter: sliding in the polls and fighting to prove she's a viable candidate, michele bachmann brought her quest for the republican nomination to los angeles where

she spoke to the california republican party convention. >> we will make barack obama a one-term president! >> reporter: bachmann has fallen to fourth in most recent g.o.p. polls, but showed she still knows how to fire up a republican audience by delivering the red meat, in this case attacking president barack obama. >> i will never step one toe out of the united states and apologize for our great country. >> reporter: that line brought the audience to its fight. she delivered her standard stump speech, unifying republicans, refusing to speak ill of other members of the party, including rick perry, as we've seen in the debates, and calling on republicans to take back their country. >> conservatives and republicans across america can't wait to take their country back, even in marin

county! >> bachmann supporters say she's not done yet. they say rick perry is taking a pounding in the republican debates and that may just cut him down to size, creating an open for bachmann to win the republican nomination. in los angeles, dave ryan, cbs 5. one candidate who is not at the convection, mitt romney is swinging through california attending a $500 a plate lunch at the home of a literary agent, the latest polls show romney leading texas governor rick perry by 8 points among california republican voters. a lawyer for two cal grads held in iran is hopeful they are release could happen today. josh tampa -- josh fattal and

shane bauer have been held for years. palestinian leaders will ask the united nations for recognition. yesterday palestinian president said he would seek membership with the u.n. security council. the official u.s. line is that a palestinian state should emerge from peace talks. heads up for peek -- - people traveling out of the country, you can walk into any regional passport agency to apply for a passport without an appointment. the landmark trial in san francisco on proposition 8 is going on broadway next week. the 90-minute play, "eight"" is written by dustin black who won an academy award for "milk." volunteer actors are john

lithgow, morgan freeman and rob ryan. coming up next, a study that blasts a spongebob squarepants cartoon balancing screen time for kids. solyndra's downfall has a trickledown effect on other bay area companies, a closer look coming up. ,,

energy company solyndra of fremont went bankrupt. allen martin responds to a cbs-5 closer look at t >> congress presses for answers next week about how solyndra went bankrupt. we will look at the ripple effect of other businesses when solyndra shut down. >> now we're sitting in the dark waiting for more news from the bankruptcy court. >> a congressional the economy has issues but so does mike el segundo. >> we didn't have any notice.

>> like the 1100 solyndra employees paid off, the brothers and their advantage metal products are left high and dry now that the solar panel maker failed even after receiving a $535 million federal loan guarantee. >> we had pushed in the last quarter to get their shipments out on the final production line assembly products to get them into 100% go motion to produce solar panels. >> advantage metal is owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by solyndra, money it will most likely never see. so -- for advantage metal it's a body blow, a serious setback, but not a knockout punch. >> the vendor, it's a trickle effect. i put my labor and material costs into the specific jobs, and they have been billed. we build to a blueprint. i can't resell.

it's specific. >> this is a project for homeland security for the airport. >> advantage metal is a family owned business in livermore with 65 employees. the money its owed might seem trivial compared to hundreds of millions received from the federal government but the brothers would still like to know where did all the millions go? >> we had the administration putting in the money. where did it go? i don't have any of it. it would help. there's a lot of other companies like myself that are actually in the same boat, not to mention the employees too. it's frustrating, to say the least. >> the segundo brothers are fortunate that they were not relying on solyndra as their only source of income. if you have a story idea, log on, collect on connect, scroll town to closer look and send an e-mail. alan martin, cbs 5. it is saturday morning. we're looking at a lovely

weekend. a little warmup. we have details on what we can expect. looking decent. >> it is looking decent for the weekend and work week, finally a dose of summer after what seemed not like summer. cold conditions will change starting today. as we take a live look outside at conditions from mount vaca, the sun is up, low clouds this morning, and we're seeing fog at the coastline as well. the golden gate bridge, you can make out part of it this morning. better than the fog we saw this week. most of the view, some low clouds and fog in the inland locations, temperatures in the 50s for the most part. by this afternoon we're going to warm up nicely, squeezing out a few more degrees in the inland locations. mostly sunny actually at the coastline today, lots of sun at the bay shores, inland locations noticing the warmup. fog mixing out early. we see it pull back to the bay shores by 10:00 this morning

and by lunch time looking pretty clear and definitely by the time we hit our highs, 3:00, 4:00, a beautiful shot. we're going to see nice conditions for all the bay area today. 50s outside right now, 55 in mountain view, 56 oakland, napa at 55. this area of high pressure is building off the coast into the bay area that's going to bring us warmer conditions. this low is going to slide out out of the picture. we see a flat level ridge with a warming for the weekend and for next week we notice the warmup. northern california, those temperatures looking good throughout the rest of the area as well. 84 for sacramento, 62 eureka. fresno 86, lots of sunshine across the board. here in the bay area this is what you can expect for your highs. almost making it to 80 in palo alto. mid to upper 80-degree

readings, 86 in walnut creek, napa in the high 70s. 78 the high in petaluma, 81 in sonoma. monday and tuesday, look at wednesday we're bumping those numbers up into the mid-90s at that point. and we'll see a lot of sunshine throughout the week, clouds not really an issue. it will be a gorgeous one all over. so get outside and enjoy the weekend, guys. >> i like it. thanks. >> no problem. the cartoon character who lives in a pineapple under the sea, by chance, is the target of a health study. researchers say spongebob squarepants may lead to learning problems in kids. we have more from common sense media. >> good morning. we've all said it. we won't let the tv baby-sit our kids. and in today's 24/7 digital media world, electronic baby- sitters go well beyond tv.

from ipads to dvds to mobile apps. as parents, we've all broken that vow a few times. i sure have. the good news, it's not all bad. screen time can be entertaining and educational. like most things in life, the decisions you make about your child's media consumption comes down to two basic things. quality and quantity. and quality plays a huge role. this week, a new study published in the journal pediatrics revealed a few minutes of watching spongebob squarepants on nickelodeon appeared to have negative effects on executive function in 4-year-olds. in this study, kids who watch the fast paced cartoon for nine minutes is less well on test of attention and cognition than those who spent the same amount of time drawing pictures. they also did less well than kids who watched a more realistic but slower paced educational cartoon. here are a few common sense tips for balancing screen time

in your youngest kids. first, seek out quality age appropriate programming. there's a difference between mindless and mindful, when it comes to entertainment. commonsense.org can help find the good stuff. distractions work well and preschoolers love to help out. at dinner time extend of plunking them in front of the tv set ask them to help sort out your pots and pans from the biggest to the smallest. third, practice togetherness and do family activities. what kids this age really need is a close loving relationship with an active involved care giver. find a book of rainy day activities for easy projects to do together. anything works, as long as you're together. for more information on managing media, visit commonsense.org. for everyone at cbs 5, i'm jim styer, have a great weekend. one bad night for arizona

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>> there is a new tool to fight graffiti tagging, it's available at an app store near you. the iphone application called graph city allows users to tag any place in the city of san francisco. the tag won't show up in real life but it shows up as a realistic interpretation on your phone. it can be shared with anyone around the world. a far cry from the city's traditional approach, but the san francisco arts commission is embracing the app as part of its antigraffiti street smarts program. >> i'm very confident we will help absorb some of the problem. >> our highest hopes would be to obviously decrease the amount of property that's defaced. >> the city admits they are skeptical that tagger will trade paint for iphone apps, but if tagging is about recognition, the app could mean sharing bragging rights all over the world cutting down on vandalism in the city. we shall see. the giants try to stay

alive behind hot hitting ricky brandon belt in the n.l. west, the a's take on the tigers. good morning. last year the rangers clinched the a.l. west against the a's, this year it was the tigers celebrating a division title at the coliseum. >> 1-2 pitch, ground ball to third, on to first, the tiger are the champions. >> the tigers win the a.l. central, their first division title in 24 years. the giants offense lit up more brian wilson's shoes over the last week. brandon bell hit his second homer in as many days, and they beat the rockies. the diamondbacks lost again so the giants are six games back

with 11 to go. finally, raiders wide receiver fordyce ruled out of sunday's game after injuries his hamstring. lewis murphy will miss with a groin injury. coming up, twitter, facebook, text messages and other ways to stay connected, a filmmaker joins us live to discuss her brand-new documentary. breaking out into song with attitude. "glee" hits the dvd shelves. we'll have a preview. we'll be right back. a horrific plane c,,,,,,,,

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three and injures dozens more. how thousands watch it all happen. a plane crash in reno kills three and injuries dozens more. thousands watched it all happen. a shooting, a carjacking, a missing woman leads to stand- off in san jose, the suspect wanted in those crimes. and the issues leading to wouldn't worst approval ratings for congress. welcome back to weekend "early edition." 7:28, september 28. thanks for joining us. >> we have a lovely weekend in

store, finally a warmup, time to pull out the sweaters. >> put them away today, inland spots seeing a nice warmup and cloud cover not as much of an issue this weekend and this week as in past weeks. take a live look outside. you can see a few low clouds, current temperatures sitting in the 50s, for the most part 53 for fairfield, 56 oakland, mountain view mid-50s. cooler in santa rosa, at 46. afternoon highs, they are looking good. antioch up to 85 today. oakland almost hitting 70. the city in the mid-60s, santa rosa will hit the low 80s. a warmup, more of a warmup this week, more in a little bit. >> thanks. this morning the ntsb is investigating an air race in reno that went horribly wrong yesterday. a crash left at least three people dead, including the pilot of a world war ii fighter

plane. sandra hughes tells us a lot of witnesses saw that plane go down. >> an airfield in reno, nevada, is a debris field, a world war ii fighter plane, the galloping ghost, plunged into spectators and disintegrated on impact. >> it was going up at an impossible angle, slightly above vertical. twisted, turned, wham. >> it looked like he must have been pulling hard on the stick to get as far away from the stands as possible. >> the pilot was jimmy leeward, participating in the national championship air races. described as a car race in the sky. >> he started going up in front of me. i wondered how many people got hurt. >> officials call this a mass casualty event with several dozen injured, many critically. one helicopter on display was put in service bringing the injured to an area hospital.

the races attracted scrutiny in the past over safety concerns. four pilots were killed in 2007 and 2008. the races have been cancelled for the rest of the weekend. sandra hughes, cbs news. we have joe vasquez live in reno with more updates through outthe day and at 5:30 here on cbs 5. a wanted man is arrested and two people hurt following an officer-involved shooting in san francisco's north beach. it happened after 2:00 this morning on broadway. officers say they located a wanted person. they say first he threatened them with a weapon and ran away. the officers fired at that suspect, who was not hit, but two bystanders were hit with that gunfire. they will both survive. the suspect and his weapon are both in custody. police in san jose are looking for a man responsible for a one-man crime spree. here is the suspect seen in a

surveillance video at a gas station yesterday. police are not releasing his name, not willing to alert anyone who might be willing to hide him. he shot a man in the stomach in the willow glen air at a gas station and carjacked a woman at the plant shopping center. police have been doing door to door searches in the neighborhood of king and marbury roads. the carjacking victim, 51-year- old cindy ngyn is missing. so workers say they last heard from her after noon. police say the carjacker spotted her in a disabled 1998 white lexus es-300 at the shopping center. nguyen said she was stuck with a dead battery in a call and called again to say someone was helping her. by nightfall she was missing. the suspect was spotted driving

her stolen lexus. >> something transpired in the initial contact where the officers felt threatened and either in their defense or defense the public fired on the suspect. >> there are unconfirmed reports the suspect was firing out of the window of the vehicle. he was last seen in black pants, blue shirt and baseball cap with a white t on the front. new numbers show americans are not happy with congress. the job approval rating for both chambers is at historic lows. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: americans have had enough of the lawmakers. >> i don't think they are doing well. >> we should get rid of them. >> reporter: a poll shows 12% approve of the job lawmakers are doing in congress. it's heated moments like this during the dead ceiling debate

that frustrate voters. >> that is pernicious nonsense. >> reporter: 72% disapprove of republican lawmakers, and 63% disapprove of democrats. 84% of those polled think most members of congress don't deserve to be here on capitol hill, which could signal big changes in the 2012 election. >> people are frightened about their jobs, and their income, and what they see in congress is a complete irresolution of problems. >> reporter: with families struggling with unemployment at 9.1%, and the deficit crisis still looming, it may be a long time before voters regain their confidence in congress. danielle nottingham, cbs news.

>> hopes the two held could be freed today. they have been held for two years. their iranian lawyer said authorities are close to signing release documents. the signatures of two judges are needed to prove bail has been posted. the people who know how to unplug for technology and people who can't put down their iphones, a film opening in san francisco that explores both groups and so much more. plus, a violent '70s film gets a reboot from hollywood a- listers. we preview "straw dogs" next. ,,,,

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their start in an >> 7:38. when you see the new bay bridge growing up it may surprise you the engineers got their start in an oakland classroom. kate kelly reports, that's where the jefferson award winner has been inspires students for decades. >> you come into your kitchen, you have your living room. >> these oakland tech high school students are putting to

paper their ideas for a small home. >> what slope do you want that to be? that's going to make a difference in how the house looks. >> learning to translate their vision into architectural drawings is what the teacher says is the first step in understanding the logic of engineering. >> to be able to use mathematics and physics and their vocational skills to put all that into a package of here is what engineers do. >> introducing kids to what engineers do has been parker merle's passion for 25 years, in 1986 he and a fellow teacher started the engineering academy at oakland tech concerned students were failing college physics and developed a new curriculum. >> you learn a whole new way of looking at the world, visualizing objects, logically. yes, it's more of a class on logic. >> i saw the math is based on

real life things, which is much more -- which is better because i don't like the abstract. >> yesterday, i drew an ice metric cube. >> 130 students produce projects, starting can sketches and make computer models. >> they will start doing a 3d project. >> the hands-on premiums them for college. >> they come back and say we're doing in drafting class what we learned in tenth grade. it's a program that's working. >> you may wonder how the engineering academy survived 25 years with all the budget cuts. mr.merle has solicited and received support not just from parents but also from local corporations, and port of oakland even. their annual model bridge building competition fills the house, caltrans engineers judge

brings made of balsa wood and glue that can hold 100 pounds of weight. despite winning numerous awards, mr. merle has seen the kids make sense out of physics that keeps them going. 100% of his students attend college, many have chosen years in engineers and science. >> four years of teaching in oakland, it's a career i wouldn't trade for anything. it's been spectacular. >> for helping students better understand the world around them and preparing them for the real world challenges of engineering, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to parker merle. kate kelly, cbs 5. you can learn more about the academy's curriculum online, click on the connect button at the top of the page and jefferson awards. let's get another check on the weather this afternoon. it's going to be shaping up once the fog clears out. >> exactly. the fog will mix out.

sunshine for everybody. temperatures warmer than what we saw the last couple days. >> we're having some microphone issues. >> here we go, mic on and good. we're on. the fog is fixing out, absolutely. my bad, you guys. we actually have will warm weather into the afternoon. highs today looking good. we'll see temperatures 5 degrees warmer than the past couple days and lots of blue sky. look at the shot. we're used to seeing fog. there's a little bit at the golden gate bridge but for most of you out the door a little bit of foggy conditions and a little bit of low clouds, conditions are mild in the 50s for the most part. and this afternoon shaping up nicely, temperatures getting closer to where we should be for this time of year. high 80s in some inland locations, so different than what we saw this last week, and fog mixing out earlier than what we saw in the week, stretching into the inland valleys, in the morning, but we'll see it pull back to the

bay shores and coastline in the next couple hours. by lunch time fairly clear picture, still seeing fog out at the coast and then into the afternoon hours by the time we hit our highs look at this shot, clear, a great day to get outside and enjoy outdoor 50s. high pressure is building in off the coast as this low slides out, that's going to bump up the numbers for the next couple days and definitely as we make our way into the next week. sacramento, mid-80s, in the 70s at lake tahoe. sunshine across the board. lots of sun and warmer temperatures. 74 the nigh heyward. 73 sunnyvale, 60 pacifica. the east bay inland valleys seeing some high 80s. we're seeing pleasant weather in the east bay as well, danville 84, 77 in napa. north bay making it to 80. petaluma 76. san leandro at 70. a little bit of warming for

sunday. that's the warmer of the two weekend days. monday and tuesday and wednesday starting to warm up even more. we start to cool down just a little bit. it's quite timely. we're coming to the end of fall -- excuse me, the start of fall, end of summer, finally getting a dose of summer after a cool summer overall for the bay area. get outside and enjoy the sunshine today, folks. >> okay. i like that plan. thanks. "glee" fans rejoice. catch all the music, drama and laughs on a new dvd release. a-listers fall short with a violent b-movie remake. >> greetings, pleasure seekers. let's talk movies. kate bosworth and james mar den in a redo of "straw dogs," the story centers around a hollywood couple, an actress, and the writer husband, they return to amy's roots in rural

mississippi. what happens next? it's nasty. a bunch of rednecks brutalize them until they turn the tables on them. sadly by the time the action kicks in you've already stopped caring. the violence is gratuitous and over the top. the acts is often wooden. and some of the plot lines are just laughable. so spare yourself two hours this weekend, see something other than "straw dogs." better still, rent the original from 1971 starring dustin hoffman and susan george. all right. happy stuff, the complete second season of the hit show "glee" is now on blu-ray dvd. the dvd collection features a "glee" juke box, plus behind the scenes extras including the making of the rocky horror glee

show. motown legend diana ross continues her swing through the bay area. tonight playing just one night only at the marin center in san rafael. tickets are still available for tonight's show. and last but not least, the annual concert with neil young and friends, tickets on sale, the 22nd and 23rd, including dave matthews, tony bennett and carlos santana. get your tickets while you can, an awesome event and great fundraiser. and problems to those who participate in the best buddies bike ride to carmel to hearst castle, including the lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. i cycled alongside him until he left me in the dust. a great weekend of biking and fundraising, highlights will be on soon. captain sully was on his bike, also at the pre-party.

that's it. join me nightly on eye on the bay and enjoy the rest of your wonderful weekend. >> will do. thanks, liam. >> a documentary shows us how we're connected to everyone, including strangers. we'll be right back. that's the starting point for a hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat

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you started noticing that you were maybe addicted to these things at what point? >> well, you know, it happened slowly and gradually like i remember three years ago thinking if i ever had lunch with someone and they pulled out a phone, god, that person is rude. >> it is rude! >> and now i've become that person. everyone has become that person. it was more -- i want to open a conversation with this film about what's the best part of technology, the worst part, what should we talk about and how can we harness this connectiveness in the 21st century for good. >> it is a new frontier and we're still learning. everybody is at different levels. >> we're all so busy all the time that we're not taking the opportunity to have a conversation. so the film looks at connectedness throughout history, and it's a personal story for me so i come at it

from boast perspective and would love for the audience to explore personally what it means globally. >> tell me about your personal journey. >> i have been looking at technology a long time. i was making a film about what it means to be connected in the 21st century. in the middle of production, my father who was a surgeon in the bay area was diagnosed with brain cancer and i was forced to look at connectedness from an emotional place. i was making a film and not exploring emotional connection. the more i got into it i realize all -- technology is just an extension of humans. it's an extension of us trying to connect and learn more. it's all the same thing. the film then started having the personal element. it's half memoir film and where

we're going to make it a better place. >> you have the information at your fingertips, but you're always engaged in -- for instance for myself, i wake up and i'm checking twitter and facebook for news. it's a lot of drama in your mind all the time. tell me about the pros and cons of being connected. >> since we finished making the film, my husband, who is a professor of robotics at berkley ken goldberg, and i obviously very wired, and we have two children, and we started taking technology -- one day a week we turn off from technology. >> not even checking e-mails? >> most people say are you using the phone. no, all screens goes down. friday night, the sun goes down, all screens go off. for 24 hours we're present in the moment. >> i like that. >> we can't act on every single thought we have and it's been life changing. that's one of the things i would love for people to

explore. what are the boundaries, when is it not appropriate to check your e-mail, good for your family, your state of mind to not act on every single thought you have. that's what you're doing, acting on every thought and exploring it. having one day a week every week where i'm not online has been life changing. the film wants people to talk about it. we're moving so quickly. let's have a conversation about what does it mean to be connected. we had our big premiers last night in san francisco at the landmark, berkley and mill valley. it will be playing all week but opening weekend is very exciting. >> yeah. >> it was great last night. >> so tell me when you're talking about doing these sort of detox days, what is the hardest thing for you? >> it's not hard. it's hard when i thought we were going to try it, it was hard, but now you rush towards friday night. i'm so excited to have this one day. what's the one day you want to feel alone? it's saturday. four days and one. time slows down when you unplug. saturday night i can't wait to

go back on. i reappreciate technology in a new way, so i just think it's -- technology is fantastic. we're going to be alive and we're going to see all the mind on the planet connected. what's the potential? how can we solve our problems? the film is trying to get a conversation started. theaters, mill valley, san francisco and berkley everyone is ready to talk about it. as a filmmaker, people want to talk about it. it's great. >> sounds interesting. when can people check this out? >> come to the landmark or the sequoia or mill valley, the first weekend is great. >> congratulations. thanks for being here. we'll be right back. top

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ow. suspected in a crash at an air show in reno that killed at people yesterday. >> s. >> the mechanical failure is suspected in a crash at the air show in reno that killed three people. the pilot veered away from the grandstands. a wanted man is arrested and two people hurt following an officer-involved shooting in san francisco's north beach neighborhood. both bystanders are expected to survive. and the california republican party convention continues down in los angeles today. last night michele bachmann delivered the keynote address. she's fallen in recent polls behind rick perry and mitt romney. time for a last check on our weather today. pretty good news for the weekend. >> absolutely. for knows who have been waiting for the warmup it's here, starting today, starting to see the high pressure slowly build in and warming up those temperatures, especially in the

inland spots, seeing high 80s and 90s around the bay, temperatures high 60s, even low 70s by tomorrow and coast lines will see sunshine. on the cooler side in the 60s, we do start to warm up even more into the middle of next week, bringing temperatures up into the mid-90s in some warmest valleys. this is the last week officially to enjoy summer before we go ahead and take a little dose of fall at the end of the week. >> that's the best time around here anyway. >> absolutely. >> bay area horse lovers will get a chance to take home an icon of the vanishing wild west this weekend. 30 wild mustangs were trucked into napa and will be on display. among the attractions, a horse whisperer who tames mustangs using an intuitive approach he said makes them better suited for trail riding. >> what makes a good horse st's

ability -- is its ability to go cross country and survive. >> no human has messed them up. >> people will have to pony up $125 to enter the bidding. >> time to call it a morning. thanks for being with us. we'll be back tomorrow morning at 7:30a.m. enjoy your weekend. ,,,,,,,,