albany, new york, is right there and i have to confess, you wouldn't exactly think of people in albanybeing warm and inviting and necessarily friendly. there might be some merit to this list. >> there's not a lot to do in albany. people talk about the weather. it is not about the weather. oakland has amazing weather. the best way to see oakland is from a telescope. perhaps oregon or maybe the space station. any way, a new survey about living to 120 and-on. americans' views on aging. the pugh research center poll found most americans wouldn't want a treatment that would let them live to be 120. 56% said no thanks. isn't the great thing about living to 120 is that with obamacare, you could be on your parents' insurance until you're 80? that's really cute, greg. that's a great point. when i saw, that so what? retirement is now 80? no. i think that there are some real concerns with that including the healthiness of what it would be like to be 120 years old in this country. >> the question is about the treatment. i don't know about you but maybe it is because i'm getting old and i have my h

we'll be stuck in albany. our only other option will be to get a cab which is very expensive compared to bart. alecia reed, kron 4 news. the clock is ticking and so many people are waiting, anticipating what tomorrow d the rest of the week's commute will be like. live at the powell street bart station if there is another bart strike other transit agencies will be ready to try and help keep the bay area moving. kron 4's scott rates is live at the caltrans building in oakland. scott what are some of the alternatives for commuters if we see a strike tomorrow? and you can also get the latest developments on bart and the strike threat. no matter where you go, with the new kron 4 news app. it is free and available on just about any mobile device; android, apple, blackberry, and kindle. by downloading the app you can sign up for push alerts and be notified of an agreement or strike and other breaking bart-related news. if there is a strike on monday, they will run from 5:00 a.m.-88 m and for the evening commute will

it will be in beshgery and albany -- berkeley and albany. when you get towards richmond and santa clara valley, i don't think you'll see much fog. this is bouncing off that low pressure system offshore. the low states, the fog states, the warmth kind of pushes a little bit this way, so a degree or two warmer tomorrow. then the warmth pushes a little farther west, temperatures will warm into the mid 90s. friday is our warmest day and them start to trend down. this pattern is pretty repetitive obviously. and tomorrow, a little warmer barely, and then friday's warmest day as we go into the bay area weekend. 90 in brentwood, 87 in livermore, and 87 in danville. good air quality with this pattern. the enversion's kind of shallow. today we showed a shadow in the 5:00 news on channel 2 and you could see clearly almost mount diablo. 67 in san francisco, tomorrow will be just like this day. just a slight bit warmer. and friday, warm are still, and saturday and sunday, some clouds start to filter in. brings a little bit of rain to the north of us, nor

this problem was reported in albany, more north of there so in el cerrito at carlson in the westbound direction along 80 this crash is blocking one lane causing enough delays it is bringing the miles per hour down to 16 and as we look at the rest of the drive from highway four from hercules you are looking clear and you get into san pablo that is where it slows down. as we jump other to the bay bridge at the incline, we have this crash blocking a lane and slow conditions as you head away from the tolls and the berkeley commute, beyond albany, that crash is still busy at 30 maze. >> cracking down on gluten free with a big change announced by the fda and a small picnic bass debt was not enough for one ♪ i got it made ♪ i got it made fresh at subway ♪ ♪ breakfast made the way i say [ male announcer ] nothing better than a subway bacon, egg & cheese with avocado made before your eyes. subway. eat fresh. for aveeno® positively radiant face moisturizer. [ female announcer ] aveeno® with soy helps reduce the look of brown spots in 4 weeks. for healthy radiant skin. aveeno®. naturally beautif

it was here, 15 years ago, that david feiner and his wife laura wiley founded the albany park theaterroject. >> i'm so proud of what you all have given to this play. >> reporter: their idea: to work with young people, who would research, write, and perform plays that tell their own stories. >> the idea of working in a neighborhood where you would have stories that came from literally all over the world, and that were fresh, that were immediate. you'd also have access to cultural traditions from all over the world. that was thrilling! >> reporter: laura wiley died in 2007 of ovarian cancer. david has kept on. and the albany park theater project-- now with a staff of 6 and 23 young members-- has built a strong after-school program that's produced more than 50 plays. >> i was born into food stamps. >> reporter: taking on subjects such as poverty, child abuse and racism-- issues that the students themselves confront. >> some of them have lived in poverty and they understand some of the most difficult and unpleasant subjects intimately. as a theater artist, i want to be able to participate

. >> host: next call, albany, new york, talking about the federal budget and debt in the u.s. go ahead. albany, are you there in. >> caller: yeah. >> host: go ahead, sir. >> caller: yeah, i'm curious on it is true there is no law stating we have to pay federal taxes? >> host: scott bittle, is that right? >> guest: well, i think wesley snipes thought so and i don't think that worked out for him completely. i would -- i think -- let's put it this way. i assume that the law says i have to pay my taxes and i act accordingly. >> host: albany, are you still there? i think we lost him. wanted to get more perspective from him but let's try indianapolis. you're up now, hi. >> caller: that was a very good answer to the last question, i might add. while i have somebody there i want to ask about the money in the faith-based initiatives, bush's decree on starting to give money to religious organizations. i've tried to contact everybody here in indiana, as far as where the money is going, how is it divided between the nom denominations, is there a religious preference being given and nobody

this is as you head down to albany. there may also be a second incident. you will see the extent of the back of that is reaching to send papillote. >we are trackinsan palo. >> we're also tracking a another incident. we had a disabled big rig that lost a tire. caltran is towing it also the bridge the. there is heavy traffic. >> u-s embassies in predominately muslim countries around the world will be closed sunday due to security concerns. there has been unspecified information indicating a threat to u.s. facilities overseas. the diplomatic facilities may stay closed for more than a day, depending on analysis of the threat information. the last major warning came last fall when embassies warned american diplomatic facilities across the muslim world of potential violence around sept. 11. >> maybe the 40th time is the charm for a vote to repeal president obama's health care law. house republicans are scheduled to vote today on a bill that would prevent the internal revenue service from enforcing or implementing any part of the law they call "obamacare." such m

you father, retired from the albany pd, goes into a corner store during a robbery. if you know the story-- well, where were you? this is sloppy of you, joe. no. this is insane of me. now your father, he walks into the store, hmm? where were you? ok. ok. i was outside. i was in the car. [changing stations] [new wave music playing] [gunshots] i--i--i heard gunshots. ryan, voice-over: i just stood there, and i knew he was gonna pull the trigger... but he didn't. you were spared. why do you think that was? he panicked, he was on drugs, pure luck, i don't know. luck. luck is a word you should never be allowed to use, ryan. do continue. blood was everywhere. i'd never seen blood like that. and he was still alive? yeah. he was still breathing. i knelt down, but... there were a lot--a lot of people around him trying to help him, so i just...watched. watched? watched what? what the hell? i watched him die. and this was the first person you--you had seen die. yes. and there was nothing you could do about it. you couldn't save him. what about the man who robbed the store? what

. >> we have a problem in albany with glass in the lanes so that is not too good for the tires and itocking a couple lanes so out of albany to berkeley we will find 24 miles per hour speeds and it starts to ease up from there, and as we take you back to the peninsula the car fire is blocking one lane northbound 101 and behind it we have an accident a carver us a transit bus with heavy backup making the approach and 580 is busy as is highway four. >> ahead, seven things to know before you go. the abc7 morning news runs afte >> as we hand things off to "good morning america" here are seven things to know before you go. a major development this morning in a 7-alarm fire in fairfield. officials say at least 15 homes are damaged or destroyed from the fire along interstate 80. firefighters still there this morning locking for hotspots. the cause is under investigation. >> today is the last day to drive the old bay bridge and it will close at 8:00 tonight so crews can do the final work on the new span. at 7:00, c.h.p. will have rolling frank -- traffic breaks. >> new members in on the fire b

heavy rain from albany heading across the cat skills. then this afternoon, it's going rain hard again in this region. we have a couple spots that could deal with flash flooding. also, just like yesterday afternoon, we could deal with significant airport delays with heavy rain and because of the thunderstorms in this region. now, as far as your friday forecast goes, we're looking for a nice, dry day. minneapolis to chicago, much of the great lakes. we're still very hot in texas. in the southeast, we're going to have more typical afternoon variety storms out there. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up. but if you're in the southeast, probably not going to like me much. tease your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. a lot of people are saying what happened to summer? where is summer? when is it going to feel like summer? in the southeast where it's been raining and cool much of the summer, that looks to continue this weekend. i apologize for that. still very hot, though, in the desert southwest. tha

philadelphia, 88, albany, 84 degrees there. for new york, it looks like the temperatures will stay in the mid 80s. we think the hottest day will be on saturday at the beginning of the labor day weekend. up to 86 degrees by sunday. down towards the south we're seeing rain especially towards ngo. we have a disturbance coming off the bahamas. over towards orlando it will get a little bit better, but for new orleans you'll start to see better conditions. the highs for you on wednesday about 92 degrees there. look at shreveport, louisiana, we expect to see a high of 99. then in atlanta we have thunderstorms rumbling across the regions on thursday and into the low 90s with sunday looking at 91 degrees. >> it started 50 years ago as one of the largest demonstrati demonstrations in u.s. history. today the celebration of the most famous civil rights speech in history. >>> coming up, something that you may not like. the government getting into your social network. >> martin luther king may be best remembered for his speech on the steps o

the temperatures like this, albany, 84, and new york, 84, and washington, up to 87.as we go to the rest of the week, it's going to get warmer on tuesday, and come back down to normal as we go to thursday. now down to the southeast, we have a lot of rain going on, and this has been because of a cold front that has gone stationary along the gulf states. we'll see possible flooding as well, but nothing like we saw last week at this time where most of the southeast was experiencing flooding in the region. as we go to the high temperatures today, atlanta, we're going to be below average at 83, but out to the west of should relievshreveport, 80°. and wednesday, higher here, temperature of 91°. >> thanks so much, kevin. and next up, he's facing the death penalty. the trial for china's disgraced politician, bo she li comes to an end. >>> and a soldier convicted of a shooting death in fort hood. and students head back to school in the midwest. >> in china, the trial of fallen politician, boshilai is coming to a close, and he could face the death penalty if convicted of corrup

taking a look at the concept elan musk says would be like floating on >>> westbound albany traffic isjust inching along. it's -- they're shut down because of an accident there. four war cars in two middle lanes working on the story for you at sky 7 on the way. we're going try to get information for you. we'll have more for you on abc 7 news.com. >> repair work got underway today last week the county discovered five ought of eight sirens are broken officials say repair work should be finished by next september. alerts and telephone warnings will be used in the event of >>> coming up at 6:00 teachers, teaching rather teachers a look at expansion of science education program andit could not have come at a better time. >> and keeping mosquitoes away. whether a fan can protect you from those flying pest autos we'll see you tonight at 6:00. >> now a panel will hear an appeal from berkeley's mayor to save the city's main post office. the mayor and others want to block the postal servicegxt)x fm selling the building to a developer. the post office is on the national register of historic place

this was in new york early outside of albany. he had his high beams on.ok his blood-alcohol, which was .10, higher than the state's legal limit of .08. faces felony drunk driving charges because of the dui he had in florida. posted $2,500 bail. due back to court in september. can i give you a little tidbit? almost a little funny. according to "the albany times union," the arresting officer's name was tom jones, what's new pussycat. and david cassidy heard the name and said "what's new pussycat?" >> is that what tipped off the cops maybe there is a problem? >> i don't know. >>> here is something that garnered a whole lot of attention on social media and otherwise. dr. phil posted a question on his twitter account that a lot of people thought was inappropriate. the post basically said, if a girl is drunk, is it okay to have sex with her? reply yes or no to @dr.phil. a lot of people on twitter thought this was incredibly inappropriate, as i said. one person said dr. oz was saving lives today. dr. phil was trying to hook up with drunk girls. if a person is a

in albany, 76. new york city, cruising at 80 degrees. meanwhile, our nation's capitol and philadelphia coming in at 82 and the humidity has retreated to the south. now, we check on into the middle of the week. it certainly will heat up here on tuesday closer to normal in our nation's capitol with a high of 91 degrees. talk about heat, well, it is certainly situated across the north central plains and the d midwest where we have excessive heat warnings in he can't. now, today, it's going to be closer to 86 degrees inmapmap. now, tomorrow, it's going to be 96, and it's going to be very hot throughout the course of the day across much of the central plains from bismarck down into rapid city and certainly in denver. now, those areas definitely need a bit of rain but unfortunately, they are not going to get any beneficial rain. now, a different story once you push into the southwest. much of the area drought-stricken. unfortunately in yosemite national park where they are combatting the rim fire, 125,000 acres engulfed, they are not going to

cloud cover and it is moving through san francisco and it will reach over toward the usual spot, albany, berkeley, alameda, oakland, and, then, by 11:00 it is at the cost where it will be disturb on more today than yesterday. on the temperatures, we will start in the south bay and not much, 87 today in san jose, and like yesterday. we will be in the low-to-mid 90's around los gatos and morgan hill. up the peninsula, wide range of temperatures, 76 at millbrae and 79 in san mateo and 86 today in palo alto and 88 in los altos and mid-60's along the coast to low 70's around downtown and south san francisco and sausalito 74, but, upper 80's through most of the north bay and few areas will hit 90 and 88 in oakland today and 81 in castro valley and inelse in the mid-to-upper 70's and low-to-mid 90's in the valley. you will need the air conditioning. gorgeous weather at the coliseum dropping to 62 by the time the astros and a's are over. we reverse the warming trend on sunday, monday and tuesday with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine the rule the next few days. leyla gulen? >> we have an ac

westbound 80 from albany to the maze is four minutes and 880 and 280 moving at top speeds and a short nine-minute commute headed out of pleasanton hill to walnut creek down to the highway 24 junction. >> san francisco mayor is responding to governor brown's action and he tweeted and i quote, "i applaud governor brown for his decisive action so the residents will not endure a bart strike on monday." we have a wide range of resources at abc7 news abc7news.com with real five traffic conditions to see how the commute is shaping up. you can download our exclusive waze yap to navigate the freeways. >> an update on our breaking news from the south bay. crews are on the scene of a two alarm apartment building in san jose. matt keller is at the scene with the latest information on how it is affecting the folk would live there. >> the power is still out. people are still out in the streets talking with red cross and will not allowed in the home until power is restored. firefighters received multiple calls of a fire in an apartment. and they found a heavy column of smoke and two apartments engul

from albany, new york to albany, georgia, dry.f mexico, a few storms for you. other than that it's palatable in the northeast. >> thanks. >>> so the u.s. military prepping now for a possible strike on syria. that is an if though. >> an important if. if the u.s. verifies syria used chemical weapons on civilians last wednesday. this is important. this could have big implications in the middle east and for the u.s. as well. our cnn pentagon correspondent is live now for us. >> chris can you outline the steps that the pentagon is taking here. >> they've updated their target list to present the most current and comprehensive options for the president. officials tell us that the syrian forces continue to move. and so these updates have to be dup. but this was probably one of the most comprehensive updates in several months. i am told that a lot of it had to do with looking at ways to target syria's ability to deliver chemical weapons and also looking heavily at the cruise missile option. so that end the navy has moved a fourth zroir int

westbound 80 from albany to the maze is only four minutes through berkeley and 880 southbound from fremont to san jose is 15 minutes. 280 northbound from 101 to cupertino is 12 minutes. >> breaking news from the north bay,

albany to the maze on westbound 80 is four minutes and 880 southbound from fremont to san jose is 15 minutes and 280101 in the northbound direction is 12 minutes. the live picture is walnut creek coming away from highway 4 to the 4 junction and not too many cars and, of course, there could be a couple of slick areas. >> new information this morning on the southwest airlines plane that crash landed at la guardia. the flight from nashville, tennessee, no new york, landed hard on a collapsed nose gear on july 22nd, and 16 people were injured. the national transportation safety board says the captain took control from the first officer 400' from the ground, very late and very unusual. that is the first trip together for that captain and the first officer. investigators say the nose gear failed, because of stress overload. >> actor dustin hoffman is recovering from cancer surgery, a spokesman will not say what type of cancer the 75-year-o actor has but it was treated. the spokesman says it was detected early and he is feeling great and in good health. he has four film roles wrapping up or

the film will be screened at select theaters in san francisco, oakland, mill valley, san rafael and albany. >>> amazing story of survival. the recovery of a california sea otter after an oil spill four years ago and the new accomplishment in her life. >>> and the prison sentence a south bay teacher faces after a jury describes a shocking child molestation case. >>> a san francisco soldier who died more than 60 years ago as a prisoner of war in north korea has finally been laid to rest. hundreds of veterans turned out to honor joseph steinburg who was buried with full military honors. steinburg was just 31 when he died of malnutrition at a prison camp during the korean war. his remains were recently identified using dna from family members. >>> a former south bay elementary schoolteacher has been found guilty of molesting his students. jurors found craig chandler guilty on five counts of lewd and lascivious charges. the schools principal was also convicted of a misdemeanor for not reporting the suspected child abuse to authorities sooner. he faces 70 years to life in prison when he is sente

arthur was an accomplished singer who died of pneumonia while he was in albany on political business. you have him come in without a wife, without a vice president and his 10-year-old daughters living with his sister in albany. the press at the time began speculating in a series of articles who would be the lady of the white house? host: the man was wealthy, very stylish. he lived quite a life in new york city. he had this tragedy of being a widower. you could see there would be a press line that the it press would be very interested in. guest: it was a little unseemly because there are a lot of wealthy women are women who wanted to be wealthy who began flirtatiously appearing where ever president arthur was. he had no interest whatsoever in remarrying. he really became depressed. he basically said, i'm not going to have a first lady. no one will take the role of my wife. he starts having the social events once the social season begins again, when congress comes back in the session, and it is like first lady for a day. he has these events were a cabinet wife, a senate wife, none of it

for in 1951, my uncle was writing a column at albany state teachers college about -- and i'm going to one that he wrote entitled ordinary and extraordinary. sometimes i think harvey almost makes these things happen that we all talked about the same thing. so, he said in the article, "i have yet to meet anyone who was ordinary, on this campus or at any time in my 21 years -- he was 21. now, i've met people who believed they are ordinary. i've met people who believed most of us -- most of those around them are ordinary. people who have been told they do not have something special inside of them, people who have forgotten the hope that begins in their own heart. i have played on many ball teams. i have never heard the propaganda of average and ordinary feel either individual or collective success. i have never seen a successful culture hold up the legends of their sport as ordinary because ordinary is not our potential. when we find the courage to see that we and all around us are extraordinary, we find the courage to sing the song that rides inside of all of us, not only you and me, but

he earns $ 204,000 a year and a full state pension and joins us now from albany. program and good to have you with us. >> thank you, stuart and thanks for having me. stuart: can i can you this, you've got a pension that is going to be provided largely by the taxpayer. what kind of pension is it? is it the old-fashioned defined benefit pension where the taxpayer is on the hook or is it a new kind of 401(k) where you took some risk? which kind is it? >> well, that's-- it is a defined benefit plan and that raises the issue hereof what's been discussed for years in new york state and that is the need to change the pension system. stuart: okay, but you are a private-- it is a definned benefit. stuart: a defined benefit with the taxpayer long-term on the hook for making sure that pension is paid. okay. now, you're in private enterprise. you're a privately employed person and yet, you're getting a public pension and you are advising public institutions on how to maintain their generous benefits and then you get to share in those generous benefits. a lot of our viewers ar

>> there are a growing small but growing number of other district attorneys around the country in albany county, new york, in philadelphia, in atlanta, dallas, who are really beginning to break ranks with the broader d.a.'s associations and call for various types of reforms for the drug laws and drug enforcement. i think that the -- one of the contexts that's so important here and people so often lose sight of is that this bill, 1506, is a small effort in the state of california and in the country of the united states to try to roll back the horrendous rates of incarceration that have happened in this country over the last 30 years. i mean, that's the context, right? the united states, i think most of you know these numbers now, but we're less than 5% of the world's population but almost 25% of the world's incarcerated population. we rank first in the world in the per capita incarceration of our fellow citizens. the russians are fading fast in second or third place together with the belarus people. the rates of the incarceration are five, six, seven, eight times than most in other societ

also, albany has the state government of new york. so does sacramento. i think there is something to that. look at these cities. charleston, south carolina. it is a friendly city. i love south carolina. red, red, red. deep red. >> it was a slave state -- >> i believe the study. i think it is right on point. >> take a shot. >> there is a horse running by. >> greg looked at him eye to eye. >> what a cheap shot. >> you are the unfriendliest person at the table. >> i'm sure they stop before they go on vacation and say i wonder if this is the right to work place. >> correlation. >> you get people to come to your town by having it safe and hospitable. liberal programs have destroyed that city, bob. >> everyone of them, brother. everyone of the colleges and universities have been destroyed by liberals. go to another country. get yourself another university. one more thing is up next and that is a communist free zone. test test. >>> it's time for one more thing. i get to kick it off today. i am going to pay tribute to william walker. listen to this. this is how

converged on washington, we as a community were off of a very hard fought battle in birmingham, in albany george. >>, in mississippi, in alabama, people were struggling to have the right to citizenship, the right to vote, the right to public accommodations. people were being jailed and this was a culmination of those efforts to come to washington and petition the federal government to intervene and insure that in fact all citizens have equal treatment. >> annie, you were there, too, 50 years ago. again, you were there today for the march today. how did being there in 1963 impact who you became no. life. i was 17, and i had a summer job. i was on my way to college and i realized that there were people all over the country who i was aworking class examined kid of immigrant parents but still had this genetic advantage and needed to go down and say i'm standing with everyone else, because it was so important. i went into college thinking i would be a high school english teacher and i said no, i needed to go into journalism to stand up, bear witness and maybe make a difference. >> martha, you'

it was by invitation, the university asked people to take part of an experiment at gill tract in albany. supporters say that they hope the project will help grow a better relationship between the university and the community. >> there has been a lot of tension, about the access to this land and i think this is a positive step. >> planting began today on land that has been the focus of months of dispute. 40 people are taking part in an experiment, this summer and fall on how to coax the largest crops from the smallest plots. >> it's the future of food production in the world is going to rely a lot on urban farming. it's the brainchild of uc professor who supports the goals of occupy the farm. >> i want the maximum amount of food for the community to eat. >> many of the demonstrators spent the day digging. >> squash, cucumbers, some kale. >> and pondering the future of the property, that they would like to see remain a farm. senior housing and the grocery store are still planned nearby. >> everybody can play within the rules here, you know? on the other side where the development is still

a rough patch up in albany again. in terms of his. me look either the numbers i mean it's coming down to andrew's done that the single most important success is the passage of same sex marriage statute which which brought new york into the modern era and civil rights wonderful complement and i think helped contribute to the national move in that direction we have underfunded education over the past couple years in my view we have not recist sara lee moved forward with a genuinely with enough economic development for upstate you know look at it look i was governor i don't like to quibble or criticize others who are in that position it's tough and each working hard to do what he can do you said that hubris is terminal you also indicated personally it was was responsible for your own problems you overcome hubris i hope so you know i guess if i say i've actually overcome a bit that might be evidence of hubris right there it also means that everyone is humble or will be very good if area exactly because you said categorically you will not

a bad day for a nine year old in albany...who's being criticized for winning too much. for the last five years, tyler weaver has won his local library's summer reading contest by reading more books over the summer than any other child in the program. but when a local paper asked the librarian for a comment, she said it might be time for tyler to step aside and let someone else win. that didn't sit well with tyler, or his mom. ((take sot)) library officials say the quote was taken out of context. the weavers say unless someone apologizes, they'll go to a different library from now on. and a good day for patrons at a marina in lewes, delaware, where it didn't rain pennies from heaven, but cash. between three and four sunday afternoon, a helicopter was spotted hovering over the marina. suddenly, something started falling out of one of the sides...cash. ten thousand dollars in cash. turns out, the money was being scattered to the crowd as part of fulfilling someone's dying wish. police were told what woul