bakersfield has rain. i think a lot of cloud cover is poised to move in.rm to hot and humid. by the coast, 60s and 70s. the system will give us a lot of cloud cover the next few days. looking for temperatures, 60s, spent, 80s, 90s to 100s. but i penciled in a lot based on cloud cover. i went less cloud cover but if it comes in thicker, more like 96, 97. not much consolation but i don't think it will be warmer than yesterday. 60s, 70s, 80s and also 90s and mostly cloudy. cloudy with possible rain or thundershowers and then cooler by the weekend. so a big change today. still one more hot day then major changes a he we go into the next few days. alex? >>> good morning. unfortunately, still quite a bit of slow traffic for all of my friends who are making the ride through the east bay today. i'm gonna get you down to the toll plaza so you can see what we are dealing with here. i will tell you what, the toll plaza has improved somewhat. it looks as though all of those folks trying to get on the bay bridge and into the city are doing a little bit better right now

bakersfield, california, known for its oil fields, wide open spaces and an aggressive crime investigation unit. officials post pictures of their most-wanted criminals on the town's website, but they needed every trick they could think of to solve the case of clifford and alma merck, a retired couple who lived on the city's south side. >> they loved to sit out on the front porch and they had big trees out in the front and it was shady in the summertime. >> one saturday morning, the mercks' son, robert, stopped by his parents' home for a visit. he immediately noticed something was wrong. >> he found a door open at the back of the house and entered and immediately detected a foul odor. >> i backed out of the house and told my wife, i said, something is wrong here. go across the street and call the sheriff's department. >> jim christopherson was one of the first to arrive at the scene. >> the entire residence was ransacked, everything turned upside down, chairs turned upside down. anything that was in a drawer was tipped out and spilled out on to the floor. >> when they got to the couple's be

i come from bakersfield. i can't get elected anywhere else. you all know bakersfield. you have driven through and broken down. i went all public schools. i group in a family of all democrats. i was the first republican. you see, of all the speeches i have given, this is the one the kind of makes me nervous. not because you are out there, but because of the name on the podium. i am a child of ronald reagan. i come from the reagan revolution. he has had more effect on my life then he could ever imagine, and he never met me. you see, when i went through school, i applied myself did not do as good as i should. i admired my parents. my father moved furniture on his day off. we went to the grocery store to cash his check, we didn't go to the bank. when i got out of high school, i could not get a scholarship. we did not have great wealth, so i went to the local junior college. i always had a summer job since i was 12 years old. i saved my money. i always wanted to invest it. i met this guy when i was 18. he owned a liquor store but had a car dealers license. you can imagine h

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there's been a lot of rain down toward the kern county, bakersfield california for the first time since their records began which was in 1887. had measurable rain on july 1st. a lot of that cloud cover is inching toward us. it looks like it will arrive a little too rate for some. already -- concord is running warmer. there is a westerly braze for some. livermore airport says 98. a lot of 80s or 70s. if you are closer to the water it's in the 60s. 24-hour temperature change, concord minus 1. fairfield minus 6. mountain vow running 3 to 4 warmer. santa rosa, 3 to 5 cooler. fairfield west at 17. concord northwest at 15. none of these were in place yesterday. the westerly wind is kicking in. there is a possibility here we will get the cloud cover cloud cover and maybe rain. we'll talk about that and a pig cooling trend for the fourth of july weekend. >>> californians are being asked to reduce their spris dues this afternoon and evening. the main concern, many people use air conditioning and it will put a major strain on the electrical grid. they are asking people to keep their ter mow salts

. >> the newest member of a family in bakersfield made the entrance into this world. >> he was born in the parking lot of taco bell restaurant. the family was trying to make it to the hospital but the little one had other plans. mom delivered the baby in the passenger seat of the family car yesterday morning. the firefighter who helped had never responded to a baby delivery before but he said the training kicked into action. >> very nice. no word if mom had hot sauce some say that can speed things up. >> an unexpected visitor that have some san francisco neighborhoods on edge. >> circumstances surrounding a fatal shooting a woman in the east bay. stay tuned. they make little hearts happy and big hearts happy too because as part of a heart healthy diet those delicious oats in cheerios can help lower cholesterol. cheerios... how can something so little... help you do something so big. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning at 5:00 a.m. we thank you for waking up early and joining us, i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. >> thanks for join

>> may 14th, 2014, bakersfield, california.g north of los angeles, is surrounded by rich farmland. and for natives roger and erica triantafilo it's home. >> i have three children and two animals, which would be a cat and a dog. >> tara, the family's tabby cat, nudged her way into erica and roger's hearts of a she followed them home from a soccer field six years earlier. and soon she becomes part of the family. and she is especially attached to their eldest son, 5-year-old jeremy. >> she has always been there. every since jeremy was a baby she would sit on my lap while i held jeremy. she'd sit next to his bassine tachlt. she was always loving on him. >> she keeps a watchful eye on him at home and in the neighborhood. it is a safe neighborhood but roger, a self-described techie, installs security cameras outside the house just in case. the cameras are recording when jeremy comes home from school. >> he was just outside playing. i was watering some plants. he didn't want to go in right away. so it was a beautiful day. why not let

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it hit 105 in bakersfield, california. 99 in memphis. and 94 in philadelphia. in henderson, kentucky, a firefighter found it tough to cool off. conditions are even worse for crews fighting wildfires in california. john blackstone joined them. >> reporter: in the smoky woods south of yosemite national park, we reached the front lines where firefighters were searching for hot spots in the burned-over forest. a single escaping ember could mean trouble for already- stretched firefighters. seven days a week, 16 hours a day. >> yes. >> reporter: those are long hours. >> those are tough hours. >> reporter: fred johnson is the safety officer who took us into the fire zone. >> the firefighters are out in the woods hiking steep hills they are constantly exposed to the threat of dehydration, heat exhaustion. >> reporter: the sound of helicopters overhead is almost constant in this fire zone. that air support is essential in such steep and rugged terrain. but on some fires now, drones are getting in the way of that essential support for firefighters. recreational drones ha

same story in bakersfield. up 15 and $0.16. santa barbara a jump of $0.43.os angeles prices have risen more than $four per gallon. from l.a. now, reporter rob hays on the story. >> after a nice stretch, bam the cost taking off. the automobile club of southern california noting the largest daily increase in months. $0.11 overnight. iet would have had to gun our way through as motorists. a lot of it has too do with the exxon mobile refinery that had explosion in the spring. that is having impact. just like a situation where they better work perfectly. >> with summer road trip upon us cost is climbing. talk to people at the pump and you'll find drivers topping off tanks with a floppy dose of frustration. >> it's a mystery. up, down. i don't know. but we still think we need it so you can't do anything about it. >> gas prices suck. >> it's ridiculous. >> you know people just want money. they can get it with the gas. everybody is going to be driving. >> just looking at how much i just paid. >> you know it's way too much. you know? there is nothing significant goin

same story in bakersfield. up 15 and $0.16. santa barbara a jump of $0.43.os angeles prices have risen more than $four per gallon. from l.a. now, reporter rob hays on the story. >> after a nice stretch, bam the cost taking off. the automobile club of southern california noting the largest daily increase in months. $0.11 overnight. iet would have had to gun our way through as motorists. a lot of it has too do with the exxon mobile refinery that had explosion in the spring. that is having impact. just like a situation where they better work perfectly. >> with summer road trip upon us cost is climbing. talk to people at the pump and you'll find drivers topping off tanks with a floppy dose of frustration. >> it's a mystery. up, down. i don't know. but we still think we need it so you can't do anything about it. >> gas prices suck. >> it's ridiculous. >> you know people just want money. they can get it with the gas. everybody is going to be driving. >> just looking at how much i just paid. >> you know it's way too much. you know? there is nothing significant goin

i had a teacher arrested for killing her husband unless bakersfield, california. found out a couple weeks later it wasn't her. she wanted to sue the police department for the investigation. we've did extensive research. there is blanket immunity for negligence in an investigation in california. you can only go after the police department if there is intent and recklessness on their part. how do you get that information unless huskins files a lot and subpoena that investigative file. without a subpoena or a lawsuit we won't know what's in that investigative file. jon: the f.b.i. is saying this is a veal kidnapping and the vallejo police are standing by their claim it was a hoax. jenna: a notorious drug lord caught on camera disappearing from his prison cell. the brazen bust caught on camera. questions about the deal with iran. why can't iran just hide evidence of cheating? here is what he had to say. a general rsh sateen aged girl crawled from the wreckage of a plane crash. why the flight powered by sunshine got grounded halfway through its around the world journey

bakersfield california imposed a 1,500-dollar fine on illegal fireworks to prevent grass fire like this one. >>> 20 people are hurt three critically after a deck collapsed in north north carolina. police say a section. deck measuring 12 by 12 gave way. it's not clear what caused the collapse. >> three opinion polls shows the greek referendum vote is close, but the no vote is likely to win. millions are voting today on the referendum. it could decide the economic future and europe's final stability. it is not clear if the greeks vote no. the greeks are withdrawing their daily limit of 60 euros to prevent a run on the banks. >>> history's first latin american pope left for latin america. he intends to announce a message of solidarity with south america appear poor. hundreds of thousand are expected to greet him during the trip. >> the president of tunisia declared a state of emergency saying the country is not safe from the extremest attacks after a gunman opened fire on a popular beach resort killing 38 people. tunisia was under a state of emergency from january 2011 at the start of the

i know it was hot but it was hotter than bakersfield the tropical storm clouds look like they are poised8 up in truckee. down to 37 this morning. south lake tahoe, 53. 72 in blue canyon. that's a huge difference there. the fog will be back in a big way later tonight and tomorrow. it will lose out to high pressure today. even though it's there. it was not there yesterday. but the fog will be making a bigger impact tomorrow. today, 90s00s -- 90s, 100s inland. there will be some breaks in the fog. we have cooler by the beaches. 60s, 70s 80s by the water. and then 80s, 100s. tomorrow, though, for most, i do expect the west wind to kick in as the high backs off a little bit. the tropical clouds look like they are on their way for friday. more thunderstorms on the weekend in the sierra and maybe for us friday, we'll see. >> those storms can be trust. >> don't want the lightning. that's the last thing we want. we'll take the rain. as we like to say in weather, we'll know more tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> the coast guard said it's suspending the search for two boys, two 14-year-olds who disappear

coming our way are down south producing thunderstorms and showers from santa barbara county and bakersfieldth ward all the way down to the san diego area. so let's look at current temperatures right now in the bay area under mostly sunny skies. quite a bit less intense in our inland areas. 97 ant antioch and livermoore. most other inland locations are in the 80s up to about 90 at concorde and san ramon. 74 in oakland. towers showing low clouds and fog pushing out over san francisco and the bay from the coast and this is bringing a bit of a cooling effect no doubt. these are our forecast features, partly clud aye as high clouds move in as well. further cooling into the weekend and milder and muggy by bay area standards over the next couple of days and here is what is happening in the atmosphere. that big hot air mass is sliding east ward now and getting an onshore flow, cooling onshore flow i might add. we have clouds and moisture around the south. our forecast 7:00 this evening at which that flow will be mainly to our east out over the sierra. but during overnight hours we will see high clo

jonathan: i have seen the grasshoppers in bakersfield before in summertime. i don't mind wanted to grasshoppers. doug: my dog is to go outside and need them. --eat them. doug: this is our story going towards the weekend. it will be bright and sunny. getting into saturday at least it is really good news. 90 degrees for a high on sunday. definitely more humid with a southerly wind and a high of 91. slight chance of an isolate its thunderstorms sunday evening with sb west of the metro area. -- should be west of the metro area. the carolinas are getting rain for several days. we think they will improve. a cold front will wash out and allow for partly sunny skies through saturday and sunday. temperatures in the lower 80's. maryland, delaware, new jersey beaches looking sweet. a long time for a warm, dry weather in the month of july around here because we been so damp and unpredictable this summer so far. lots of sunshine. in the letter parts of the weekend, humidity levels rise above monday and tuesday when a cold front has our way that will give us decreasing cha

in bakersfield, california a special task enforcing a $1500 fine to make sure this grass incident sparked by a firework. it doesn't happen in the city again. >> already, wildfires are burning in eight western states, >> the way it raced past us was absolutely incredible. >> reporter: and this morning, crews are urging people that if they still plan to light fireworks to make sure they have water nearby and to wet the device before disposing it. dan. >> good advice, kendis. thank you. as kendis mentioned it's hot and dry, making the fire danger so much worse. so is there any relief in sight? let's get it over to rob. rob, good morning. >>> no real relief in sight for the pacific northwest, seattle may very well break an all-time record of 90-plus-degree days. today will be the fifth. so heat advisories out. red flag warnings out east of the mountains. that's where those fires are burning. low levels of humidity. extreme heat isn't going to help things. above average temperatures. how far above average? ten degrees to 20 degrees above average. that slides all of the way back to california a

haystack but it does happen and when they do find the person you face those charges, today we know in bakersfieldlifornia there's a man making his initial appearance. he's been indicted for shining a laser at a police helicopter and he's facing up to five years behind bars as well as $250,000 in fines. so when they catch you, you're going to get those charges, and these are hefty charges but to your point, it's not easy at all. >> it's certainly not easy. and there's another issue, patrick, i want to talk to you about while we have you here. drones. you have seen them used in frightening ways. they fly too close to commercial airplanes at some points, that's a tree danger to both -- to certainly whether it's freight or whether it's passenger cargo. there are firefighters in california who say they're hampered by drones. you saw what happened at the white house. what needs to be done? >> this is an extremely big and growing problem. the faa project there is might be as many as 30,000 commercial uavs over u.s. airspace by 2020 and figuring out how to get them away from places where they're not supp

bakersfield, fresno. 70s on many of these temps. just incredibly warm. a south wind at concord. that brings up that tropical feel. we're not there yet. there is just not a lot cloud cover on the way yet. south bay and also the east bay. but over all it will be another hot and humid day. i did throw in a possible thundershower or two for later today. it won't be this morning. highs today 90s for some. 80s for many others. all right sal you still have an issue in dublin here? >> we sure do and this has made a huge traffic mess of one entire commute in the trivalley here. southbound 680 we have a broken down piece of construction equipment. it was supposed to be out of there a long time ago and it's not going to be gone according to the authorities until 7:00. i want to show you something here as i look at the maps. look at all of this red here. it is backed up into tracy. look at this. i keep going here. 205, 580. one solid line of traffic. this is because of a problem southbound 680 at stone ridge. the two left lanes are blocked here by a piece of stalled construction equipment.

same story in bakersfield and san luis obispo up 16 centsment santa barbara saw a one week jump of 43one week jump of 43 cents. in los angeles praise have risen to more than 4 dollars a gallon. from l.a. now here's rob hays. >> aftera nice stretch of falling prices barack obama the cost of gas suddenly taking off cost of gas suddenly taking off. automobile club of southern california noting the largest daily increase in month largest daily increase in months. 11 cents a gallon overnight. >> it's something we have to kind of gut our which through as motorist the don't it this has any long-term impact. a lot has to did with the exxon refine ri with the explosion in the spring. it's not up an not for awhile. it's having an impact like the situation where it's for the rest of the refinery they better perfect perfectly because we don't have exxon mobile right now. >> the average price of gas dropped 48 of the previous 52 days but with the summer road trip season upon us the cost is climbing. talk to people at the pump and you find drivers topping the off the tanks with frot de of frustrati

in bakersfield, california, a special task enforcing a $1500 fine to make sure age incident like this grass fire started by an illegal m-80 firework doesn't happen again. already, wildfires are burning in eight western states. more than a dozen considered large. >> the way it raced past us was absolutely incredible. >> reporter: and this morning, crews are urging people that if they still plan to light fireworks to make sure they have water nearby and to wet the device before disposing it. dan. >> good advice, kendis. thank you. and as kendis mentioned, it is hot and it's dry making the fire danger so much worse. so, is there any relief in sight? let's get it over to rob. he's been watching this situation very closely. rob, good morning, sir. >>> no real relief in sight especially for the pacific northwest, which is in an extraordinary stretch. seattle may very well break an all-time record of 90-plus-degree days. today will be the fifth. so heat advisories out. red flag warnings out especially east of the mountains. that's where those fires are burning. low levels of humidity. that e

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they pulled over in a taco bell parking lot in bakersfield.. >> the baby was in a big hurry and born in the front seat of their car even before the fire department arrived. he didn't know about the delivery service. >> he got a sniff of that stuff. what is that? let me get out of here. we've got the skinny coming. you love the taco bell delivery thing? >> i don't like fast food but if you're a vegetarian you have some options at taco bell. >> the burritos are a good thing. >> yeah. >> get up off your couch and get it, please. >> the "skinny" coming your way, folks and the pop superstar showing heartfelt generosity by helping a fan who is facing some tough times. >> also ahead, blaming forgetfulness on smartphones. could you remember addresses, appointments and birthdays without digital dependence? >> harassing nonstop robocalls. the one consumer who took the offender to court, the costly punishment, and what you should do the next time you get a robocall. you're watching "world news now." >> "world news now" weather, brought to you by southern

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had he is next for bakersfield california.aller: i wanted to stress the point, giving a life sentence when you go to prison. garments of how much time you do, you can never -- regardless of how much time you do, you can never get away from that. they say you are free, you are never free after that. you cannot get a job. the community looks down on you. it is very difficult. host: thank you for the call. let's go to crystal. lake forest, california. caller: good morning. i support efforts to minimize sentences. i believe that, like the hard criminals and murderers, they need to be imprisoned. they need to do their time. i believe the low class offenders, they just need an opportunity in order to change their lives. a chance at life. prison does not do it. it makes it worse. my sister is looking at a three-year sentence for something minor. she really does just need rehab. host: what was the offense? caller: she was -- stolen property. host: do you find a disparity between that kind of crime and white collar crime? nobody has go

now i'm talking about this as a californian a native from bakersfield. but this isn't a local problem. half of the produce we eat in america is grown in california. california is the eighth largest economy in the world. when california hurts, the entire nation hurts as well. but this is even bigger than just california. almost 40% of the west is facing a severe drought. and it is undeniably clear that the status quo is unsustainable. if we do nothing people will lose their livelihoods. water prices will continue to go up. and america will have to rely more and more on foreign food. perhaps from countries that don't have the same labor or environmental laws that we do. now we can't make it rain, but we can't give up either. some people want to do just that. mr. speaker some believe that our way of life has to change. that it's time to focus on conservation above all and manage our the cline. i re-- our decline. i reject that. if california is in decline, then the american west is in decline and the hope of so many generations is in decline. we will lose t