barista champion. >> it's a huge deal. in this community, the champion is regarded as almost like a cult figure. >> reporter: the piping hot national competition gives each of the 47 pros have 15 minutes to brew and woo the judges, who are closely scrutinizing their

shops have baristas competing for top honors. here is a look at the barista representing coffee in santa cruz and frank coffee in san francisco competing. in all, 50 of the country's best baristas will get 15 minutes to prepare 12 drinks. it is a local winner. you have a big gulp and you bring it every day. 6:26. let's get to the weather. what is happening outside. >>> we have a great-looking day and a good-looking weekend ahead. it is so mild. you could go for the iced coffee or the hot coffee. temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s. by noon, we will be in the 70s. close to 80 degrees at 4:00 p.m. inland, 73 bayside at the coast. 69 degrees and a good-looking first half of the weekend. we have some changes to take you through. stick around. we will talk about that coming up. i want to check your drive. this is about that time it starts to get busy. as that sun comes up, we are talking about this. will the changes change as far as visibility? the volume of traffic from san mateo bridge, that is smooth. the haze and lower clouds a

barista championship. more than 40 masters competing in what's called the super bowl of coffeemaking this weekend. at least we're calling it the super bowl of coffeemaking. >> i like that name the countdown is on. judges crowning a winner later today. and marcy gonzales is just back from the event. supercharged, right? >> reporter: caffeinated. bianna and dan, these baristas are much more than the people who misspell your name on your morning latte order. they are experts, competing in what they say is an intense science and art form. it has the competitive feel of a spectator sport. but here, victory tastes so much sweeter. baristas from small companies and cafes coast-to-coast, have come to boston to battle for the title of u.s. barista champion. >> it's a huge deal. in this community, the champion is regarded as almost like a cult figure. >> reporter: each of the pros have 15 minutes to brew and woo the judges, who are closely skrut nating their concoctions for showmanship and taste. these are so much m

calm down, african-american baristas.this flag up here just means someone's a skynyrd fan. the same way that burning a cross just means someone's a madonna fan. by the way, jefferson davis, huge skynyrd fan. got on board way early. folks, paisley is so committed to kick starting a dialogue between blacks and whites that he even started one mid song with n.c.i.s. gloss star linebacker l. cool ., who -- and i did not know this -- is also an aspiring rapper. jim? ♪ gee, mr. white man, i wish you understood what the world is really like when you're living in the hood ♪ ♪ just because my pants are sagging doesn't mean i'm up to know good. i'd like to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air but i see that red flag and i think you wish i wasn't here. ♪ i'm just a white man ♪ ♪ if you don't judge my do-rag ♪ ♪ comin' to you from the south land ♪ ♪ i won't judge your red flag ♪ tryin' to understand what it's like to not be ♪ i'm proud of where i'm from ♪ >> stephen: that's a pretty good deal, paisley. l.l. will forget 250 yea

she might have pulled off this stunt if it wasn't for an alert customer and quick-thinking barista. bob redell is live with the story. >> reporter: police have arrested a south bay woman, a 50-year-old woman, that they believe acted alone. they do not know why she alleged will i spiked two bottles of orange juice with rubbing alcohol and left them inside this starbucks on snell avenue which has reopened. she created this mixture elsewhere and brought it inside the store around 3:30, 3:45. a customer became suspicious as she allegedly pulled the bottles out of her bag and put them in a refrigerated display case where other chilled items are sold. an employee sniffed the o.j. and noticed a toxic smell. hazmat tested the juice and determined it had been mixed with rubbing alcohol which by itself can be dangerous if injested. >> after boston, you just learn to accept just about anything you see on the street anymore. it is sad but it seems to be what you get in the news, right? >> it should be noted that no one drank either of the bottles of orange juice or the rubbing alcohol inside as

an alert barista and one customer gets credit for noticing what they saw and their intikts were right. their quick action may have prevented someone from drinking a laced bottle of juice. >> the vigilance of the three-year veteran who spotted what's happening. >> i seen a lady pull out two of the drinks to our juices and place them on counters then, i went to check if they'd been opened or unsealed. they were warm. >> she says she's never seen the suspect before. she described her as acting nervously. >> she left. pretty fast. >> then, me and a customer wroft down a license plate number. >> the safety cap was open. police and fire units called to the seen said contents had been laced with rub

barista championship under way in boston.istas to the test. they had 50 minutes for espressos, cappuccinos, signature beverages of their choice. using all sorts of -- seriously, come here. we'll really appreciate you. >> your prowess. >> we really need it. >> bacon-infused coffee. >> liquefied cheesecake was used in one. not surprisingly. >> i love bacon but i'm not sure i want it in my coffee. >> i'm willing to try so come on down. and delicious. yes. >>> thank you. good morning, everybody. happy friday and we begin "pop news" with, well, it is officially yard selling season. if you plan on going hunting look for something like these. randy never gave much thought to the vases that stood in his grandparents' oklahoma city home for as long as he can remember until he found out they are russian masterpieces by the imperial porcelain company during the reign of nicholas i. they remember they used to roughhouse around them. those long forgotten vases sold for $2.7 million. >> oh, my god. >> official kickoff of yard saling. >> on

. >>> and barista battle.'s premier purveyors of caffeinated drinks going head-to-head at the super bowl of coffeemaking, heating up right now. ♪ oh, coffee in bed >>> good morning, everybody. the whole world is watching right now, as america's newest secretary of state, john kerry, tours asia, trying to diffuse the crisis with north korea. he just landed in japan. and coming up, a report from abc's bob woodruff on the ground for us in seoul. >> that's right. tomorrow could be a crucial day in that country. >>> staying in the region, a different kind of headline from south korea this morning. psy, the man behind "gangnam style" is out with a new music video. and wait until you hear how many hits it got in just 24 hours. can he break the record set by justin bieber? a catchy song, as well. >> pressing news story there. we'll answer that question for you. >>> good news for your wallet. gas prices taking a fresh drop. but here's the question, will this really last? we'll break it down for you coming up, a bit lat

they alerted the baristas behind the county.tore employees grab add the bottles. >> the employees at the starbucks actually tested the orange juice by opening the top and smelling it and they could smell something inside the bottle and became fearful. they called the police department. >> and they also called the fire department which sent out hazardous materials team. tested the bottles and confirmed it contained rubbing alcohol. now, fortunately another employee at the starbucks wrote down the woman's license plate number before she took off. and police were able to track her down at her house about five minutes away -- five miles away. 50-year-old ramina bebahanian. speculated she could have some sort of issue against starbucks but that's purely speculative at this point. an arrest made in this attempted poisoning in san jose. matt bigler for kpix 5. >> thank you, matt. >> george zimmermann is in court today. he's the man accused of second degree murder in the death of florida teen trayvon martin. this is a live look inside t

at starbucks they have these basic classes like barista basics. are mainly for newer employees abou. but the focus at hamburger u is focused on management level. so that is good new there is. the goal is to teach leadership skills and the possibility of putting it towards something bigger. people don't necessarily plan to make a career out of mcdonald's or walmart, but this helps the companies keep good employees and teaches them skills that they can use at other jobs in the future. >> all good. alison kosik reporting live for us this morning. >>> talk back question for you this morning, do scare tactics prevent teenaged pregnancy? facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto-insuran

. >> i want to be a barista. >> jimmy: it would be fun for you to go on the show "undercover boss."ea. >> jimmy: see if you can somehow pull that off. are you actually working and coming up with ideas? >> once we finish the season, we're two shows from finishing the season, then i want to go and study for a month. >> jimmy: i think i could help you with this. i have a lot of good ideas. i just walk around the store and i can come up with things. do you have any planned that's exciting? >> certainly want to redesign the store, stuff like that. >> jimmy: do you serve food at tully's? >> there is food served there. >> jimmy: i have an idea. >> let me get a pen and write this down. >> jimmy: you'll remember it, don't worry. coffee bean burritos. it's like a breakfast and a wake-up all in one shot. >> and it's good for your teeth as well. >> jimmy: it's a killer, right? this could be the thing that makes you billions of dollars. you outbid starbucks for this company. >> we did. the company was in bankruptcy. i have never done this experience before where you go and basically -- it's like

in seattle, starbucks workers take courses called barista basics and barista 101.one and have credits for each of the classes' for college and three credit the piece for higher level management courses. what are classes' teaches employees about time management, that the faa's skills, and managing diversity. it is up to each college and university whether to accept credits. >> looking at the box office numbers over the weekend, baseball has or ever had in hollywood as the jackie robinson tail 42 to and 27.3 million to claim the weekend box office championship. 42 easily beat scary movie five which brought an $15.2 million over the weekend. three of the previous for a scary movie installments had debuts of 40 million more. coming in at no. 3, the croods with $13.2 million. >> thanks for joining us, that's all for the kron4 morning news.

unemployment 7.8%, if you're studying art history it's really seems like you're studying to be a baristaarbucks. stuart: i see a class thing here. a middle class parents can afford to send them to liberal arts study or whatever. they can afford to do it. young people who don't have that kind of money, cannot afford to do it so you've got this class economic division between people studying liberal arts and people going to technical school. >> right. stuart: it's a class thing. and that's a horrible thing in america. >> very much so. you know, a lot of the lower income people, they're told you have to go to college to succeed, a four-year university to succeed and it's a cultural thing and the government comes with low interest loans, pushing them, and you have to go there to succeed and they end up studying something like socialology and might not be able to find a job. stuart: would you go so far to say, yeah, you can get a subsidized government loan if you go to a two-year technical school? >> i think that'd be a step in the right direction i'd like to see student loans out of the gove

remember last friday, george, i discussed the bacon-flavor, the 50 best baristas competition.ste like? >> it smells so good. can i just say that? >> seattle's best is letting us know. everybody get in there. >> that is so good. >> it's pretty great. >> it's good. so good. >> i love the garnish, too. >> it's really good. >> got a little breakfast bite in there. >> a bacon finish. >> and a maple flavor in there, too. >> we want to thank eileen gannon. in des moines, iowa. this was her idea. it's spiced carmel bacon with whipped cream pumpkin pie spice, bacon on top. did i mention the bacon? and a little bacon. >> and a couple more. >> did they serve this at matt damon answer supersecret wedding over the week end? actually, he was renewing his vows on the beach. a of of the "a" list of hollywood showed up. >>> and maks is back with tony and the bad boy of "dancing with the stars" is in the ballroom tonight. we have him first live. they are awake. they're ready to go. they have their snuggie pillows. and we're going to get into all of that and much more. >> they will be live. >> m

remember last friday, george, i discussed the bacon-flavor, the 50 best baristas competition.ste like? seattle's best is letting us know. >> it's pretty great. >> it's good. so good. >> i love the garnish, too. >> it's really good. >> a bacon finish. >> and a maple flavor in there, too. >> we want to thank eileen gannon. bacon on top a bacon and a little bacon. >> and a couple more. >> do hay serve this at matt damon's supersecret wedding over the weekend? >> he was renewing his vows on the beach. a lot of the a list showeded up. >>> and maks is back with tony and the bad boy of "dancing with the stars" is in the ballroom tonight. we have him first live. they are awake. they're ready to go. they have their snuggie pillows. >> they will be live. >> maks just tweeted the only entity that could get him up at 4:30 in the morning is "gma." thank you, maks. >> all that coming up. >> they need the bacon coffee. >>> and craziness at the mtv movie awards last night. >>> is that what i think it is? is he wearing the dennis rodman suit? >> wait until you meet his family. great moment. >>

>> reporter: in the song paisley and ll cool jay play the parts of a white southerner and a black baristaving a talk about slavery to fashion. ♪ i'm proud of where i'm from ♪ if you don't judge my gold chains ♪ >> i'm not advising anyone to forget slavery but what i am saying is forget the slavery mentality. forget the bitterness. don't get bitter, get better. >> reporter: after it hit youtube a flurry of headlines dubbed the song everything from a bad idea and horrible to simply misguided. >> i got a call from this guy saying, you have you seen anything? no, what are you talking about? >> you might want to look at twitter. >> no, i don't want to look at twitter. >> critics singling out lines like ll cool jay offering to let bygones be bygones and paisley saying whites are still paying for mistakes that happened before's them. >> i'm sensitive to that. >> sure. >> but in the end i felt like what we had on tape was something that people needed to hear. >> in terms of symbols, sometimes i put a skull and cross bones on and, you know, whites get upset with me but i'm not a pirate. you know w

escalation, it was counterintuitive to outside observers, but right now, the in itskorean military -- baristas form, it means that if north korea were to attack south korea again, there would not be a proportional response. it would trigger the destruction of the north korean command structure. now, the latest report is that they will take up the statue of il-sung.il and kim will the south korea's be able to control escalation? that seems more of an academic debate rather than a military discussion. once you trigger the exchange of that it wouldbe happen very quickly to a point where you would not have a response time. if you think of the situation and try to conceptualize it, again, the concern in south korea, but from a western perspective, it is north korea playing a game of chicken. onechever campillo are in, story told is if you want to win a game of chicken, the most clearest way it is to send a idea, to york serious rip off the steering wheel and throw it. from the u.s. perspective, some that thise constitutes that kind of bar. it is a dangerous situation that you can misread what one o

>> yeah, exactly, you're full of coffee beans and nigel in his british accent would say your baristas are rude. >> i don't blame them for at least trying to make that happen. that would have been great. i would have watched. >> i don't know whether it did. it may have. second quarter revenue, though, at starbucks did fall a little short and as a result, even though the outlook was boosted, the shares fell in after hours trading. the stock, though, had gained about 3% in the last five days. fueled by expectations of a strong performance of the company. which you've got to hand it to howard schultz, it came back when it was i think almost single digits. do you remember that? and then it's all the way back up. and the shares are up 12% this year. and amazon, we talked to mark mahaney in a little while. amazon fell, beat the street, revenue slowed and fell a bit shy of estimates. margins were higher on lower shipping expenses and the expansion of more profitable businesses. what was interesting is i think that the revenue gain and the expense gain were about the same percent. and do you k