winkelmann predicts the snake is a pet that got loose.paul winkelmann/co-owner, advanced wildlife control"itthere really?"plus - the reptile can fit through small spaces.paul winkelmann/co- owner, advanced wildlife control"it would need six inches, so if it came from the outside, i'm not sure if it was your laundry vent non-venom necessarily something you'd want as your roommate either. paul winkelmann/co-owner, advanced wildlife control"when he finds a prey that's alive, he'll go around it, st like he's going around my wrist right now. i personally thanked him for his cooperation later." lawrence karnow: low clouds and fog continued to keep the coastal areas cool today. highs at the coast were only in the 50s and 60s with patchy fog with 70s to 80s inland. tropical storm gordan weakened into a tropical depression today but continued to bring heavy rain to the deep south. we had a few more thunderstorms over the sierra but fog and haze around bay area skies. on the satellite a weak area of high pressure lingers along the west coast but it is getting unusually active in the pacific this early

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