. >> reporter: at $5 a butterfly les mahler organized this gathering to raise money for patient billsnd pediatric cancer research. >> it just really hurt me inside to see children going through this and i wanted to do something. >> reporter: lest was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the right tear gland. he was depressed at first then got inspired by an 8-year-old survivor who never gave up on his goal. >> that made me realize, if he can do this, fighting cancer at his young age, i can do whatever i want. i'm not going to stop living. >> reporter: in 2011, he started a community based group called "stompoutkidscancer" that generated thousands of dollars for uc-davis cancer research thanks to fundraisers from great [ indiscernible ] to butterfly releases. he wrote a children's book a "a hole in his socks" and $5 goss cancer research from each sale. he brightens the lives of young cancer patients. his book illustrator vera lowdermilk says lest surprised her granddaughter a leukemia survivor who loved ballet. >> he very kindly bought tickets to the san jose nutcracker one year

as one mom put it, you've got to be actively involved, so you know who your kid is invi carolyn mahler: if i'm in the room, then i have the opportunity to say; you're out. you're out, you're okay. you're out. you get to stay, you don't. and that's how i view my interaction with him and his social media. i need to be in the room. i need to be on these apps. so what can you do to proect your kids? start by talking to them. follow their accounts, and monitor what they and their friends are posting. any follower you don't know: ask your child for that person's first and last name, and how they know them. if they can't answer at least 2 out of 3, then delete the follower.> the ncaa is rolling out a plan to put more focus on the 'student' aspect of student-athletes. the collegiate atheletic association will soon start giving out money based on an athletes' accomplishments in the classroom.. as opposed to their success in sports. the change will take place in the 2019-2020 academic year at division-1 schools the money comes from a new 8.8 billion dollar multimedia basketball deal to encourage

carolyn mahler: if i'm in the room, then i have the opportunity to say; you're out. you're out, you're okay. you're out. you get to stay, you don't. interaction with him and his social media. i need to be in the room. i need to be on these apps. so what can you do to proect your kids? start by talking to them. follow their accounts, and monitor what they and their friends are posting. if you have a question about any follower you don't know: ask your child for that person's first and last name, and how they know them. if they can't answer at least 2 out of 3, then delete the follower.> this morning we have an abc news investigation. allegedly selling chlorine... as a drug that cures everything! one man claims it even killed his wife... see what happens when abc news confronts the man in the center of the scandal. plus -- a woman turns for help after she says her landlord wouldn't install a smoke alarm in her apartment! when you ask -- we investigate, now here's j-j snyder with some fun things to do this halloween weekend. halloween weekend and there are plenty of par

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research and bringing smiles to young patients, this week's everso award in the bay area goes to lest mahlersharon chin, kpix 5. >> nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at cbssf.com/hero. >>> in the weather department, we have a beautiful tuesday eveningin the bay area with a view from sutro cam that you could write home about. the lights of the city, things looking a-okay. and the numbers now, balmy in the bay area. sun-up tomorrow morning at 7:23 a.m. san jose tonight down to 49 degrees. the rain is up to the gulf of alaska and we have a doubled barrel high out there that will build over the next couple of days and produce some very nice weather for the next couple of days. san francisco in the upper 60s tomorrow. 69 degrees for the city and hardly a puff of fog out there at all really. clear nights and sunny days in the weekend. between now and the weekend numbers will be to above average including tomorrow. san francisco hit 70 degrees. concord 78. san jose 75. oakland 75. all a little bit above average for this time of the year. and to do it by the numbers for the south

clear they want people to evacuate from the east side of 95, but they've made it clear, as far as the mahlerncerned, that these shelters are not going to be comfortable for people, that this is a last resort. if this is what you need, we can help you, we will get you out of here, but at the same time, just know that this is going to be a hunker down situation that may not be the most comfortable or the most hospitable, but people should be safe there, anderson. >> all right, stephanie, thanks very much for that update. i want to go to orlando, the danger there real enough that all the major theme parks in the area, their closed now. cnn's ryan young is there. what are the conditions like in orlando if they're closing the theme parks? >> anderson, the rain is starting to fall here and everyone's talking about this. you think about the fact that disney world is obviously right behind us and everybody is thinking about coming here and spending all their money. we spoke to some people who spent more than $6,000 to come to disney world and it closed around 5:00 and from there the airports close a

and from the cpc even mahler is again thank you so much for being here, stephen.nd for your support and from ntc we have executive director steve preminger as well. thank you, steve. steven has a striped cap. [inaudible] so you've got the biggest giants fan up here as what could i'd also like to recognize several people who were unable to be here today. who provided critical advocacy legislative and funding support for this project. senators feinstein and boxer, sen. state sen. mark leno. former state sen. carol mcginn and assembly member john amato at the time. this project was $90 million project funded by federal highway bridge program funds. not easy to get. and state prop b b1 funds as well as local match provided by tida and it was through their efforts were able to help secure those funds. gov. schwarzenegger brown, and sec. bonner reinhardt, kelly and caltrans dir. kempton [inaudible] generations of leadership at the state level have all been great partners in support to our project as well. of course, radical california division administrative [inaudible]

we know more about the lives of bach and beethoven and mozart and mahler and have zinn sky than any of them knew about their predecessors. we have instant access to all of their music. the music from our personal pasts, the music that we loved when we were kids, it's as available to us as music from ancient times and music that's just being recorded yesterday. and it all gets mixed up together. so we're in a kind of eternal present. >> you say that there's a philosophy in our society that we should live in the present. that's exactly where we should be. but that doesn't really make sense to you. >> no. i've developed doubts about that. >> be here now and -- >> yeah. be here now. >> you've spent a lot of time trying to do that. >> live in the now. we're told don't waste brain cells agonizing over what might have been -- >> or what's coming. >> don't waste brain cells wishing for something you can never have or fearing a future that might happen. live in the now. immerse yourself in sensation. i've decided that that's not how i want to live. that's not -- that's how plants live. plants l

and from the cpc even mahler is again thank you so much for being here, stephen.support and from ntc we have executive director steve preminger as well. thank you, steve. steven has a striped cap. [inaudible] so you've got the biggest giants fan up here as what could i'd also like to recognize several people who were unable to be here today. who provided critical advocacy legislative and funding support for this project. senators feinstein and boxer, sen. state sen. mark leno. former state sen. carol mcginn and assembly member john amato at the time. this project was $90 million project funded by federal highway bridge program funds. not easy to get. and state prop b b1 funds as well as local match provided by tida and it was through their efforts were able to help secure those funds. gov. schwarzenegger brown, and sec. bonner reinhardt, kelly and caltrans dir. kempton [inaudible] generations of leadership at the state level have all been great partners in support to our project as well. of course, radical california division administrative [inaudible] who cannot

and from the cpc even mahler is again thank you so much for being here, stephen. and for your support and from ntc we have executive director steve preminger as well. thank you, steve. steven has a striped cap. [inaudible] so you've got the biggest giants fan up here as what could i'd also like to recognize several people who were unable to be here today. who provided critical advocacy legislative and funding support for this project. senators feinstein and boxer, sen. state sen. mark leno. former state sen. carol mcginn and assembly member john amato at the time. this project was $90 million project funded by federal highway bridge program funds. not easy to get. and state prop b b1 funds as well as local match provided by tida and it was through their efforts were able to help secure those funds. gov. schwarzenegger brown, and sec. bonner reinhardt, kelly and caltrans dir. kempton [inaudible] generations of leadership at the state level have all been great partners in support to our project as well. of course, radical california division administrative [inaudibl

and from the cpc even mahler is again thank you so much for being here, stephen. and for your support and from ntc we have executive director steve preminger as well. thank you, steve. steven has a striped cap. [inaudible] so you've got the biggest giants fan up here as what could i'd also like to recognize several people who were unable to be here today. who provided critical advocacy legislative and funding support for this project. senators feinstein and boxer, sen. state sen. mark leno. former state sen. carol mcginn and assembly member john amato at the time. this project was $90 million project funded by federal highway bridge program funds. not easy to get. and state prop b b1 funds as well as local match provided by tida and it was through their efforts were able to help secure those funds. gov. schwarzenegger brown, and sec. bonner reinhardt, kelly and caltrans dir. kempton [inaudible] generations of leadership at the state level have all been great partners in support to our project as well. of course, radical california division administrative [inaudibl