wong, student trustee william walker, we'd also like to introduce former trustees rodel rodis, allen wongand i think peter finnican was also going to join us this evening. introduce our interim chancellor, dr. pamela fisher, our former chancellor, dr. don griffin, former chancellor dr. phillip day, and mr. mendehem, president of the citizen's bond foundation committee. >> (inaudible) mr. walker newman, and miss jacqueline liu and city of san francisco would like to recognize the honorable mayor of san francisco, the honorable david chiu, chairman of the board of supervisors. >> he's also our district 3 supervisor. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel ping, commissioner cecilia chung, may woo, eileen lee riley and mr. carezza, san francisco unified school district. >> we'd like to recognize our guest from the consulate, education councilor from the people's republic of china, mr. bernhard able, consulate of germany, the honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consul of madagascar, mr. victor flores, from the consulate of mexico and

i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >> lisa argen joining us with a look ahead at the forecast. you say nice weekend? >> yeah. a nice weekend, especially today where we have more sunshine. there is fog in santa rosa and napa. down to a quarter mile there. and a nice looking shot, isn't that, downtown? a lot of gray sky. numbers are mild in the 50s. i'll talk about how warm it's going to get and when the rain arrives. that's coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also next, barry zito turns in his most important outing as a giant. with the season on the line, he shuts down the >> welcome back. it's 6:19 on this saturday morning. lots going on this weekend and a lot of weather stuff happening the next few days. >> yeah, going from record heat, dry, red flag warning, high fire danger, to very moist conditions yesterday. yeah, a significant storm coming in late tomorrow night. so that will take us right beyond the giants game, more like midnight in the north bay. but as we head outside right now from emeryville you can see all the clouds around. it's cloudy everywhere except for concord, cl

i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >>> meteorologist lisa argen joining us now.going on this weekend so we need to know exactly the temperature everywhere. >> today looks like -- actually today and tomorrow pretty sunny and nice. definitely a lot cooler than we were used to with the heat wave. a live look outside and mostly cloudy except around concord. mile and a half visibility at half moon bay and a quarter mile in santa rosa. we are talking about clouds early, sun later. how warm will it get? i'll let you know later coming up. >> and barry zito turns in his most important outing as a giant. with the season on the line, he shuts down the ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪ ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helper for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >> starting today anyone making a call on the 408 area code must change their dialing pattern. if

abc7 news reporter allen wong has the details. [chanting of] >>> as far as the cal students are concerned, the big game is already on. but the actual kickoff of the 115th big game between cal and stanford doesn't start until noon in berkeley. just one of several sporting events around the bay area. while cal and stanford are going at it, the do-tour will be in full swing with skateboarders grinding up picnic benches for the crowd and people like andy lewis showing off their skills. the hardest maneuver is the flip trick. a front flip from your feet and landing on your feet, and back with a 360. other things like doing a chest bounce where you land on your chest and spinning flat to the ground 306 degrees and landing back on your chest which is the mojo flat chest. >> fans at this free event can actually mingle with the athletes like three times x-games gold medalist, ryan shekler. >> i'm talking to fans and hearing what they have to say. >> meanwhile the top six squash players in the world will be battling it out in the only porta

reporting live in oakland city hall, allen wong abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> court appointed monitor issued a critical report of oakland police this evening. report accuses officers of sometimes opening fire on suspects even if they don't face an imminent threat. monitor robert war shaw said that in house investigations of shootings fall short. one shooting in particular in may of last year when miss killed 2 men. alameda county prosecutors cleared police in the case. head of oakland police union defends how shoot rtion dissected. this comes as oakland faces a possible federal take over of its police force. >> new at 11 the bomb squad zero in on home in san francisco bay view district tonight. sheriff's deputy asked san francisco police explosive expert to search the home on thomas avenue. now police examine items at the scene and didn't evacuate the area. officers did take away items but they are not saying if they found any explosives. >> well the summer driving season is over but if you thought gas price were his high. wait. 20 to 30 cent spike in prices ov the next few ys. hat's

in bay point, allen wong 7 news. >>> the oakland a's are back in oakland today. tomorrow they will play in front of sell out crowd must win game in order to stay in the play offs. [ chanting]. >> die hard fans rally in front of oakland city hall to cheer on the green and goal. a's down 2 games but the players and fans are confident they will not be swept by the detroit tigers in the best of 5 series. >> i have tickets up to the world series. i'm that confident. we are to rerye money ball 2 and this time we win the last game. >> team american league western division pennant flying over city hall game time tomorrow 6:07 at the coliseum. >> go a's. >> gas praises ratchet up again in the bay area around the state in fact. quick action just to prove to get the spiraling prices under control. >> jerry sandusky on the eve of his sentencing. daring and unapologetic statement. >> also tonight. change that you are about to see on vending machines. >> all that coming. later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance bet

in bay point, allen wong 7 news. >>> the oakland a's are back in oakland today. tomorrow they will play in front of sell out crowd must win game in order to stay in the play offs. [ chanting]. >> die hard fans rally in front of oakland city hall to cheer on the green and goal. a's down 2 games but the players and fans are confident they will not be swept by the detroit tigers in the best of 5 series. >> i have tickets up to the world series. i'm that confident. we are to rerye money ball 2 and this time we win the last game. >> team american league western division pennant flying over city hall game time tomorrow 6:07 at the coliseum. >> go a's. >> gas praises ratchet up again in the bay area around the state in fact. quick action just to prove to get the spiraling prices under control. >> jerry sandusky on the eve of his sentencing. daring and unapologetic statement. >> also tonight. change that you are about to see on vending machines. all that coming. later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance betwee

reporting live in oakland city hall, allen wong abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> court appointed monitor issued a critical report of oakland police this evening. report accuses officers of sometimes opening fire on suspects even if they don't face an imminent threat. monitor robert war shaw said that in house investigations of shootings fall short. one shooting in particular in may of last year when miss killed 2 men. alameda county prosecutors cleared police in the case. head of oakland police union defends how shoot rtion dissected. this comes as oakland faces a possible federal take over of its police force. >> new at 11 the bomb squad zero in on home in san francisco bay view district tonight. sheriff's deputy asked san francisco police explosive expert to search the home on thomas avenue. now police examine items at the scene and didn't evacuate the area. officers did take away items but they are not saying if they found any explosives. >> well the summer driving season is over but if you thought gas price were his high. wait. 20 to 30 cent spike in prices over the next few days. th

reporting live in oakland city hall, allen wong abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> court appointed monitorical report of oakland police this evening. report accuses officers of sometimes opening fire on suspects even if they don't face an imminent threat. monitor robert war shaw said that in house investigations of shootings fall short. one shooting in particular in may of last year when miss killed 2 men. alameda county prosecutors cleared police in the case. head of oakland police union defends how shoot rtion dissected as oakland faces a possible federal take over of its police force. >> new at 11 the bomb squad zero in on home in san francisco bay view district tonight. sheriff's deputy asked san francisco police explosive expert to search the home on thomas avenue. now police examine items at the scene and didn't evacuate the area. officers did take away items but they are not saying if they found any explosives. >> well the summer driving season is over but if you thought gas price were his high. 20 to 30 cent spike in prices over the next few days. that's on top of keep in mind the

in bay point, allen wong 7 news. >>> the oakland a's are back in oakland today. will play in front of sell out crowd must win game in order to stay in the play offs. [ chanting]. >> die hard fans rally in front of oakland city hall to cheer on the green and goal. a's down 2 games but the players and fans are confident they will not be swept by the detroit tigers in the best of 5 series. >> i have tickets up to the world series. i'm that confident. we are to rerye money ball 2 and this time we win the last game. >> team american league western division pennant flying over city hall game time tomorrow 6:07 at the coliseum. >> go a's. >> gas praises ratchet up again in the bay area around the state in fact. quick action just to prove to get the spiraling prices under control. >> jerry sandusky on the eve of his sentencing. daring and unapologetic statement. >> also tonight. change that you are about to see on vending machines. >> all that coming. later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance between family an

reporting in vallejo, allen wong, abc7 news. >> tais morning sharks fans are looking at a bleak future because of the nhl lockout. they have cancelled all their games through the end of november. that wipes out an additional seven sharks games and many at home. no meetings are scheduled. >>> coming up, the latest on sandy now headed to the east coast and it's likely affect on the air lines. also a new milestone for bart. we will take you through the tunnel under a lake that will be part of your ride to the south bay. >>> a major milestone for bart and the south bound extension to san jose. it has created thousands of construction jobs and when it's completed it may help to support 20,000 high-tech jobs. >> the critical part of the project, a new tunnel that will whisk passengers under the lake elizabeth. it's the centerpiece of fremont's central park, and rather than run tracks over it, bart tunneled underneath it. more from david louie. >> three years of big digging under central park are over, and bart invited people to take a tour of subway tunnel. the 1.1 mile tunnel is a link for

reporting in vallejo, allen wong, abc7 news. >>> this morning richmond police are investigating gunfire between two groups of teenagers that brought richmond high school's homecoming dance to a halt. about 8:30 last night police locked down the gym where the distance was being held. officers were on the scene and quickly spoken today the incident. i want to make it clear it didn't take place at the dance. shots were fired about a block away from the school following an argument between the teenagers. those involved were not students, according to police. the dance resumed around 9:00. >>> an unidentified 79-year-old woman was killed after she was struck by an s.u.v. yesterday afternoon. police say it happened around 5:00 p.m. in or near san jose crosswalk by the intersection of taylor and north sixth streets. the driver of the s.u.v. is cooperating with police. >>> this morning sharks fans are looking at a bleeker future because of the nll lockout. the league cancelled all their games through the end of november. that wipes out an additional seven sharks games, no further meetings are s