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is. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu, channel 2 news at 10:00. >> he is watching on all of us. and i would think he would want all of you to remember him as that happy person always telling jokes. >> more grief tonight for the san francisco fire department and their families after the death of a second firefighter. good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. it has been decades since the san francisco fire department has endured this kind of tragedy. already mourning the loss of one firefighter. tonight the department is dealt another heartbreaking loss. after a 40-hour struggle to
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save his life, firefighter anthony valerio died today from injuries sustained battling thursday's blaze. vincent perez, fellow firefighter was also killed. john sasaki was at san francisco general as the city's firefighting community was once again plunged into sadness. >> on a cold and dreary day the body of tony valerio was escorted out of san francisco general hospital. >> today we grieve the loss of another firefighter. >> reporter: news of his death two days after the fire that also killed his colleague vince perez has devastated the department all over again. >> it is likely difficult. you are mourning the loss of one and then to have another one very close from the same fire is challenging for us, painful for us. but we will be strong. >> reporter: the chief said in her 21 year career no other fire has killed more than one
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firefighter. his parents were too upset to speak but his we are and -- brother and sister remembered him lovingly. >> he was full of life. he traveled. he was a great uncle to my kids. he was, as i always say, my best brother ever. >> he had a great sense of humor. whenever we would have a family function we would all try to figure out, okay, when he arrives was he wearing shorts or a hawaiian shirt or are his legs going to be shaved or shoes or flip flops? >> the death took a toll on the medical staff who tried to save him. >> you have to understand when he came in he was in full cardiac arrest. the last 40 hours was really a blessing so that family and friends and firefighters could be with him. >> reporter: the flag draped over his body was the same one he was holding in that last photo. it also flew here at station 26. in san francisco, i'm john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. san francisco mayor ed lee also spoke out today and
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thanked anthony valerio's family. >> frank and lorraine and to all of your wonderful family and siblings, thank you very much for sharing anthony's life as a paramedic and then as a firefighter, a great civil seven ant to our city. >> and in a written statement mayor lee said he was deeply saddened by the deaths of the firefighters and called their passings a reminder of the sacrifice firefighters and their families and friends make. >> it has been more than half a century since the san francisco fire department has lost more than one firefighter in a single incident. the investigation into the fatal fire is in its third day now and will continue through the night. ktvu's deborah villalon is at the fire station where both firefighters worked. deborah? >> reporter: they are memorial eyed here inside and out. you can see the black sash draped on the balcony and the
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flowers inside reflecting the sadness of this station and the city. the gear the two men used every day, their coats, their helmets are arranged on chairs in the lobby. they say everything. >> we are going to try to piece this whole thing together. >> reporter: at the fire scene this assistant chief told us the investigation in its third day will take as long as it needs to because of the deaths and the desire for answers. >> so far we looked at everything was done be textbook just like the book. it was going perfect. and then the thing blew. >> reporter: blew into a fireball. the men downed by a blast of super-heated temperatures. perhaps linked to the four storey lay-out creating a chimney effect. >> what is extremely difficult for us is this was a single family dwelling. it was not a high-rise and not something that one would typically expect to have two fatalities at. >> i hope they come out with an official thing soon because everybody wants to know, right,
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what happened? what happened? >> reporter: the neighbors say the lower floors were childrens' bedroom. the kids fled with their mom and grandma after calling 911. the family is safe but said to be heartbroken by how it all turned out. >> just a cloud of sadness on the whole street and in the whole neighborhood. and just so many trucks coming in and so many people. you can just feel the heaviness. >> reporter: heavier even now with the passing of a second beloved department veteran. the city and its firefighters are reminded, no fire is routine. >> they are heartbroken. it is a devastating loss. you know, this is the first time we've lost more than one person in a fire in 65 years. that's a big loss. >> reporter: you have to go back to the summer of 1946 for the last time the city lost more than one of its own in a single call. that was a hotel fire that killed three. the cards of condolence and the bouquets here at station 26 just try to convey the sorrow
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of grateful citizens. live in san francisco, deborah villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. we have put together a slide show of some of the images from the memorial as well as pictures from thursday's fire. you will find it by going to ktvu.com and clicking on the sf firefighter tab. well, the calendar may say june but it sure feels more like jan january. rain soaked the bay area including in santa rosa. take a look at what happened on gold death way where high winds and heavy rain knocked a tree right into a parked suburban. no one was inside the car. no one was hurt. meanwhile, this was the scene just a few minutes north on franklin avenue, also in santa rose is a. that's where crews spent the morning using chainsaws and ropes to clear the road of another large tree also knocked over by the unusual june storm. and also a soggy saturday in the east bay. this is what it looked like on piedmont avenue in oakland earlier in the day with
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shoppers all bundled up and umbrellas in hand. summer is supposed to be right around the corner but the rain totals from today is something we would expect right in the middle of winter. mark tamayo is in the weather center with the details on the record-setting rainfall. mark? >> ken, significant rainfall. not too hard to beat records at this time of year. the reports tonight from san francisco, oakland, sfo, nothing too impressive. but look at the numbers san francisco since midnight 1.07. oakland nearly an inch and a half. san jose is at 0.78. so impressive amounts across the entire bay area but especially for these cities. right now on live stormtracker ii still a few lingering rain showers and nothing too extreme. wet roadways right around the hayward and parts of the south bay as you can see. hold on to that chance of a shower for tonight. here is a look at the main system itself. beautiful circulation with this area of low pressure offshore. this will be on the move for tomorrow. coming up i will show you the
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forecast how it could produce a few showers across parts of the bay area. the timing on that coming up in a few minutes. >> also the time of year for street festivals and san francisco's union street festival is one of the city's most popular except when it is raining. ktvu's christian kafton reports. >> reporter: before noon they were setting up booths at the festival hoping the rain would be clear. >> we will be sampling a lot of our products so people should come down. >> reporter: the street fair draws large crowds why one end of union street to the other. this year most of the chairs were empty. vendors who paid several hundred to several thousands to be here were left hoping customers would show up despite the weather. >> we certainly would like to see people come out if they could. >> i live right here so i can grab some great food in front of my house. but come out for ten minutes
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and stay in my house nice and warm. >> the vet vendors were eager to take every dollar the visitors were willing to spend. >> so you are spending money? >> yeah. >> the weather is just one issue facing the 35th union street festival. this year's festival is also dry. the usual beer garden gone in an effort to widen the appeal of the festival. >> yes, definitely more family- friendly. we are trying to get back to the roots of the union street festival where you could walk around and have fun and not worry with people getting too trunk. >> plenty of free non-alcoholic options at this year's festival. this year's alcohol ban is an experiment after the festival they will evaluate and see whether or not they want to bring the booze back. this is ktvu, channel 2 news. the scene of your weekend plans are getting washed out go to our website and get updates any time. oakland police are
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searching for crews tonight in the death of a man apparently shot while working on his car. it happened at 2:30 in the 2900 block of high street. sources tell ktvu news the man was shot in the head three times execution-style. his identity has not yet been released. there is no word on a motive or any suspects in this case. well, friends and family of nursing student michelle lee are trying to turn the energy from last night's vigil into action. more than 200 people attended that event in hayward near the location where lee's vehicle was found last week. the nursing student was last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward back on may 27th at 7 p.m. is your veil lands -- surveillance cameras show her white suv driving out of the parking lot but it is not visible. the last signal from her cell phone was picked up last saturday. the reward for information in this case stands at $45,000. san jose police are investigating another homicide. this time the victim is a 44-
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year-old man. police say the man was standing with another man in front of a home in the 100 block of birch lane last night when someone opened fire around 11 p.m. both were taken to the hospital. one of them was pronounced dead. the other man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. no word on a motive or a suspect. this is the city's 25th homicide so far this year. in all of last year, there were 20 homicides in san jose. an early morning shooting in oakley claimed the life of a young man. investigators say 21-year-old james didio was shot at 4:00 this morning in a city park next to the park on ohara avenue. he was standing with a group when a gunman approached and opened fire. not clear if he was the intended victim. this is the second homicide in oakley this year. >> santa clara investigators and coroner's workers spent the day collecting human bones in yuma canyon county park.
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the county park rangers yesterday found the human remains while working on trail repairs. sheriff's deputies guarded the site overnight. it is not clear how long the remains have been in the park. pg&e crews spent the morning trying to get the power back on to hundreds of customers in downtown oakland. the trouble started at 7:00 this morning with an equipment failure under franklin street. about 1300 customers found themselves without power. the crews quickly figured out the problem and had the power back to everyone at about 1:00 this afternoon. pg&e says it doesn't yet know if the rainy weather was a factor in the outage. pg&e will start testing a natural gas pipeline in newwark. the tests were originally scheduled for may 31st but were delayed to accommodate events over the memorial day weekend. the procedure involves removing natural gas, filling the two foot diameter pipe with water and then seeing if anything leaks. the one mile section of pipeline runs between cedar
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boulevard at lafayette to chapman. parts of those streets are closed. no word on how long it will take to complete the tests. well, five weeks after a navy seal team took out osama bin laden, another top al qaeda operative has been killed. al qaeda confirming today that kashmirri was killed in a u.s. northwest missile attack near the afghanistan border. the pakistani intelligence agents reportedly gave the u.s. his location. he is charged with planning the massacre in mumbai, india that killed 130 people. they believe he was a possible successor to osama bin laden. a crime on east bay cemetery and why people at a nearby homeless camp are facing some tough questions about it. the clock is ticking and the deadline that looms for millions of california homeowners at the end of this
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month. a little bit of payback. the reward some east bay janitors gave to some east bay students. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. >> now you can wake up to complete bay area news coverage seven days a week. ktvu, channel 2 news in the morning is now on saturday and sunday with mike mibach and claudine wong. the same dependable coverage of the bay area's major news of the day, every morning at 7:00 a.m. >> new information this morning on a recurring problem. >> reporter: and the weather conditions for the area where you live. >> by tomorrow watching this system here. >> wake up to complete bay area news coverage 7 days a week, ktvu, channel 2 news in the morning.
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concord to explain why some think a nearby homeless camp is some of the problem. eric? >> reporter: there are plenty of reminders in the garbage around here that just about anything like metal like an old t.v. will be picked apart for recycling. but just on the other line of that fence line thieves have stooped to a new low stealing from the dead. we found one gravesite after another with missing metal vases at the memorial park in concord. custodians say this sacred place of eternal rest has been disturbed by thieves looking for an easy source of scrap metal. >> it's really sad day that it has come to that. >> reporter: it has from us freighted many including phil who came to visit the graves of his uncle and grandfather. >> we have received some leads including potential suspects we are following up on. >> reporter: police can't say who they are looking at but a growing homeless camp on the cemetery's property line is
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under more scrutiny than ever. >> god it is not one of us. >> reporter: does it make you mad that people are stealing stuff from there? >> definitely. how can it not? it turns your stomach. >> reporter: we were there when the police told the people here they were on private property and had to move out. >> it only takes a couple of bad apples to shake the whole tree. most people don't say joe is doing this the homeless are doing this and that's the situation with any city. >> reporter: in the last few hours i'm told that three people at the homeless camp have agreed to be transferred to local shelters tonight. a custodian at the cemetery have begun making nightly rounds to try to scourge anybody who might be interested in stealing things from the graves here. live in concord, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. students at walnut creek are dealing with the deaths of two former students. this comes just months after the deaths of two high school juniors. the highway patrol says 18-year- old christian bishop and 20- year-old maurice waters were killed in a crash east of
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sacramento early yesterday morning. officers say the 26-year-old driver of the car they were riding in ran a red light and then lost control and plunged down an embankment killing himself and those two former students. they will still have a new tool in villejo to fight the growing problem of prostitution. two surveillances have gone up in the city's prostitution zone. the cameras have been installed along sonoma boulevard and expected to be within operation next week once the installment is complete. the battle over a plan to build 12,000 homes on the old salt works in redwood city is heating up. the commission released draft guidelines this week for development around the bay that takes into account rising water brought on by climate change. the developer of the salt works claims the rules are too vague and anti-development.
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environmentalists say the shoreline should be preserved for new wetplanned to replace those in undated by rising waters. voters in hercules will get the chance next week to clear out city hall. a special election will be held on tuesday to recall members of the city council. all of this stems from a financial scandal dating back to last fall when allegations over financial mismanagement led to the resignation of one city council member and the recall of two more. tuesday's election will decide whether the remaining two council members should lose their jobs. protecting your family against a silent killer. ktvu's mike mibach tonight tells us about the new law taking effect july 1st aimed at preventing carbon monoxide poisoning. >> reporter: a big box home appliance store in san francisco, from hammers to paint, washers and driers, cabinets and sinks, the options are unlimited. >> it's huge. >> reporter: one specific product being pushed today. (beep beep beep beep).
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>> reporter: they are carbon monoxide detectors have and have to be inside your home by july 1st all because of senate bill 83. >> we didn't know about that one. >> most people don't think about anything to do that has to do with science. >> reporter: and most people don't know about california's new cash on monoxide laws that says each home has to have one. >> it is a silent killer. it is a completely odourless, colorless gas. >> today in san francisco larry coon of first alert teamed up with cal fire to educate homeowners about the new law. >> it takes a tragedy to create awareness and nice that california is putting this out there. >> reporter: it kills 480 people a year and sends 42,000 to the emergency room across the nation every year. >> actually that's why i made sure my house was equipped probably 15 years ago. >> time to put it into your house?
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>> yes, i think so. >> and now firefighters say it's time to put one in yours. in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. 11 oakland students were awarded scholarships today by the men and women who clean their schools. the preschool too high school students were all smiles today as they received rewards for their academic excellence. oakland's school district custodians have held raffles, sold tickets to raider's games and put on a talent contest to raise $10,000 for these scholarships. >> this means a lot being a resident of west oakland and my son being acknowledged and he is only in pre-school it's an awsome thing. >> the school help to do my research and backs that i need for college. >> this is the first year for the custodian scholarship program. the janitors, though, tell us they are already gearing up for next year. residents in the midwest are bracing for more flooding tonight. this time along the missouri
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river in south dakota. the water is rushing through the awahee dam at the fastest rate since it was built in the 1950s. the river is expected to crest at 15 feet above flood stage within the next several days threatening homes in pierre and bismark, south dakota. the flooding is the latest to in update the plains and south states. >> what was targeted this time that the attackers posted on the internet. >> we will explain how her majesty's secret service is using an ohio bakery to combat terror him. a storm finally over the move over the next 24 hours. coming up highlight shower chances and let you know when sunshine and warmer temperatures return for the bay area forecast. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ]
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passwords from a user database on the sewn any website and published them to the internet. just yesterday a group of hackers compromised the information of more than one million customers of sony pictures entertainment. these are just the latest in a string of attacks against sony that started in early april. sony has not yet commented about today's breach. well, the death toll is rising from a new e.coli strain that first appeared in germany late last month. 19 people have now died in 12 different countries with more than 1800 sick and over 550 hospitalized, including several right here in the u.s. health inspectors have tracked the outbreak to a festival in the port city attended by half a million people. the authorities say they have tested their produce and no evidence of e.coli bacteria has been found. in other world of the news
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tonight in yemen the president has left the country to seek medical care in saudi rain a day after he was wounded on an attacks in the palace. they released these pictures. he has been a crucial u.s. apply in the fight against terrorism but washington is now trying to negotiate his departure and it is unclear if he will return to the country he has led for 33 years. in libya today, british and french helicopters staged an early-morning raid in the coastal city of brega the first time for low-level aerial attacks. until now nato has arelied on attack jets three miles above the ground. they will help out-gunned rebels defeat the forces of moammar gadhafi. >> and in india today a hunger strike by a popular guru was broken up by police. these pictures of the guru were taken before hundreds of riot police started firing teargas into a crowd of supporters
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estimated at about 10,000 people. the guru swore to give up food until the government agreed to anti-corruption measures and an end to bibbery. well, when the british spy agency mi-6 went after al qaeda it turned to a bakery in ohio. >> make cupcakes not war. >> it was called operation cupcake and they hacked and replaced a fly on how to make a homemade bomb with a cupcake recipe from main street cupcake. the owners have no idea why her majesty's secret service decided to use their cupcake a weapon. >> we always call it the bomb but it certainly has nothing to do with creating bombs. >> if all is fair in love and publicity the bakery may just change its slogan to oh, so sweet to oo so sweet. >> well, if you bought a lottery ticket last month, more
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than $200,000 could be waiting for you. lottery officials say an unclaimed winning ticket was drawn at a liquor store in san francisco's sunset district that matched five out of six numbers just missing the mega number. the winner still has 180 days to claim the prize. the winning numbers once again. [ music ] an up close look at the conflict in libya where the tools of war are becoming toys for some. >> and this is not something you see every day. the weather's role in this port- a-potty ending up on a bay area freeway. q
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. >> reporter: a stark demonstration that children can find funny where with anything. these are children playing on some of the very tanks that left them screaming in fear and unable to leave their homes. 6-year-old amar is using the tank as a stage for a grand performance, belting out chants obviously fed to her by the adults in the city. >> tanks do not scare me because he used them to bomb us mercilessly. now they are all burned out. >> reporter: there isn't much thought given to the possibility that these machines could be dangerous even though they are rendered useless on the battlefield. most of the parents think that giving a little relief to their war survivors some of whom were
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not allowed to go out for weeks on end. >> in the first three months the kids lived under harsh pressures, no school and nothing just imprisoned in their own homes. now they are letting out a lot of energy in fun games. >> reporter: rajab is one of the two parents who ushered his two children on the swingset in the downtown city square and not allow them to gravitate towards the massive machines lined up for show a few feet away. >> when we came here my little girl looked at me and asked what is this? it was the first time she saw a tank. what does a tank do, she asked? it was really a weird thing for them to witness. but at the same time when you see children playing over a tank, you get the impression that it's the beginning of peace time. >> reporter: judging from the smiles on the faces of the children you might think that the city has pretty much come back to normal. it hasn't. there is just a new reality here. tanks have become toys. and the background for this playground are burned out and bombed buildings.
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here is a question for you. how would you spend a couple hundred dollars? well, someone paid $200 for 14 pairs of swindler bernard madoff's underwear. he is serving a 150-year prison term for his $65 billion poncy scheme. authorities have collected about half of the $20 billion lost in the scheme. today's auction raised more than $400,000 for those victims. some breast cancer experts brief doctors may soon prescribe a drug to prevent the disease from occurring in the first place. researchers have found that the drug aromason reduces the chances of developing breast cancer by 65% in post menopausal women. they have approved the drug to treat breast cancer. because it is on the market doctors could decide to prescribe the drug to women of high risk of breast cancer without fda approval. packing an extra suitcase is getting more expensive for
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travelers going to europe. they are raising fees for a second checked bag for flights to europe. they will now pay $65 if they check it online and $75 if they do it at the airport. united continental can expect to pay $70 for a second packed bag. the first bag however is still free. the rain made for tough times for those sponsoring some high profile events in the bay area this weekend. it was a sloshy sputtering start to the 30th annual walnut creek arts and wine festival. people braved the rain this morning to come out and visit the festival but it was far short of the usual crowds. we are stuck here and dry so we are all good. >> check this out and watch, this is what we have to go through every so often. >> the poor guy. the festival continues tomorrow with more opportunities to look at art and drink wine and maybe dodge some raindrops. in antioch the rain was falling at the contra costa
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county fair. nevertheless there were people out for the livestock show and the barbecue competition brought out some hot coals and plenty of contenders. the midway was wet and puddled and usually empty this morning. more people trickled in later on in the day. the fun there also continues tomorrow. a port-a-potty clogged freeway traffic in sonoma county. you don't see that every day. looking at a highway patrol officer and another man pushing that across highway 101. it happened near downtown santa rosa. it was blown off the bed of a pick-up truck by strong winds. the two of them made it across safely with that and it was eventually lifted back up into the pick-up truck without any more problems. up and up it goes. construction hasn't even started yet but the price tag is growing on a proposed 49er stadium in santa clair yeah. the new statemented cost of that project. how wet was it out there? record rainfall today. meteorologist mark tamayo will
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[ music ] just about five days ago i was looking at the weather charts showing the pattern for today. and thinking to myself that possibly could not happen. but it actually did. today was record rainfall and a very unusual weather pattern for this time of year we all know that. the significant rain showers have moved out of town. but some showers around bethel island here. not all of it is reaching the ground but could have a few spotty showers close to the mountain bay area closing in on fremont. here is a look at some of the rainfall totals for today.
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the rainfall loop over the last 24 hours the heaviest rain moved in early this morning. the totals are very impressive at san francisco and oakland over an inch of rain. totals over the passed 24 hours. concord had 0.97. and napa right around 0.91. the weather story tonight is this partly to cloudy skies chance of a shower like we just showed you. sun and cloud mix. scattered showers. tomorrow will not be a wash out. some sunshine and clouds and a few pop-up showers developing during the afternoon. the extended forecast timely a dry weather pattern and temperatures warming up by mid- week. looking at the system itself once again the area of low pressure we are watching for later tomorrow and into monday. it will be on the move. and here is the eventual track heading somewhere closer to the big circles that you can see here. that wraparound moisture will be moving into the bay area tomorrow. so as a result a few extra clouds especially for tomorrow afternoon. and then into the afternoon hours there could be enough
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instability especially with the sunshine and the heating. we could have a chance of a thunderstorm. highest chance for the north bay and also for the east bay. so once again still somewhat of an unstable pattern for tomorrow. hold on to that chance of a shower into monday. here is our cloud and rainfall forecast model. not a lot to show you sunday morning at 8:00. cloud out think there. late tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours we could have a pop-up shower develop closer to the delta and right around livermore and possibly up in the north bay. you can see some of those showers moving in from the south by tomorrow evening. here is the forecast for tomorrow beginning at 7:00. scattered clouds out there low to mid-50s. by 12:00 chance of a shower. 57 to 62. and then by 3:00 a scattered shower or two. those temperatures in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. once again the highest threat of storm chance will be mid to late afternoon. san mateo is 64 degrees.
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here is a look ahead at the five day forecast. a chance of a shower into monday. mostly for the morning hours. partly sunny skies on tuesday. heather and ken this is the forecast we have been waiting for wednesday and thursday. with more sunshine temperatures back up. the warms locations are approaching the mid-70s. the complaint letters continue to stack up in the weather center to hoping to have a better forecast later in the week. >> it is not your fault. >> it is not my fault. >> but we do have to blame someone so it's you. >> thank you. >> thanks, mark. >> there is word the protected cost of a 49ers san francisco stadium in the south bay has risen to almost $1 billion. the san jose business journal reports the latest estimate from the team is $950 million. that's up from $937 million. the santa clara city council is expected to get updates on the project at its tuesday meeting. at this point the city has committed to $75 million. $40million from redevelopment agency funds and $45 million from hotel taxes. coming up next, the giants go for their fourth win in a
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[ music ] good evening, everyone. thanks for joining our saturday night edition of sports wrap. the giants used to love close games. and then pull-out late-inning victories. but today the rockies managed to silence the giants' rally sticks. brian sabin was seen but not heard today. madison kept it close to the 5th inning. scoreless as a matter of fact. chris nelson bo
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