you were there when the beige book came out. does that mean we don't get qe 3, or are we still waiting for bernanke so it doesn't matter? >> i think both. we went into the beige book with the do you up, so a marginal negative ri action. i would say you hit the nail on the head here. it was obviouslyly a very negative beige book, and they were momming he would do or say something more. i think we're aware that the expectations have been paired back significantly in terms of blowing a baa zzooka. >> mario draghi, with that op-ed piece, he is telling the germans to back what he calls extraordinary measures, namely bond buying. what did you make of his piece today? >> that's right, i don't know if it was job owning or begging and pleading his case to the people, but he needs to state his case. we set the stage for the potential for a jurp side surprise based on what's coming up in europe. we see a september 12th constitutional ti warning. it gives invest fors an opportunity to rotate into some of the laggards in europe. >> you're en

it's known as the beige book. the first positives. pace of economic growth expanded quote gradually in late july and early august. a slight change from the expanded modest to moderate pace language used in july in the beige book. pretty neutral. most districts said retail activity rose since last beige book. auto sales a big part of that. loan demand rose new york city, philly, cleveland, atlanta, chicago and the kansas city districts and housing markets across most districts exhibited signs of improvement. so those are the positive takeaways from my quick scan. the negatives -- the chicago district noted that the pace of economic growth slowed there. the drought cutting farm output in the midwest, that can trickle through in months and quarters to come. and many districts reporting some softening in manufacturing. in fact, 6 of the 12 reporting fed districts said demand for manufactured goods fell and not just in europe as you might expect but several districts mentioned that weakness for demand in asia hurt manufacturing. report not

he has the fed's beige book. peter, what have you got?tracy there is ammunition in the fed's august beige book for members who want to vote for more monetary easying when they meet september 12th. report from the four bank districts suggest, quote, economic activity continued to expand gradually in july and early august across most regions and sectors. now with inflation under control federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and other fed members have made it clear that getting unemployment down is the top priority for the fed right now and the beige book says, quote, most districts reported that employment was holding steady or growing only slightly. now the report suggests that manufacturing in particular is taking a hit. quote, many districts report some softening in manufacturing, weakness overseas remains a problem with sales in europe and asia softening but real estate was a positive in the beige book with all 12 districts reporting increased home sales, home prices or housing construction. and most districts reported higher retail spe

little reaction to the fed's beige book which says modest. and here in tokyo they will be looking at sharpe. the founder will visit an lcd panel plant in western japan. there he may explain the investment plan to the japanese company. now, sharp shares were up by nearly 7% yesterday. >> speaking of currencies, how is the yen trading against some of the major currencies this morning? >> yeah, the dollar/yen in a tight range. dealers were encouraged to buy the dollar after the release of firm u.s. economic data. but the overriding sentiment was that of caution ahead of they have jackson hole meeting. the yen little change against the euro as well. if you look on the screens. doll doll dollar/yen little change. going forward, lots of events coming up as i said. jackson hole starting this friday and key u.s. jobs data on friday next week. lots to digest. back to you in the studio. >> thanks a lot. and that was our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. that's all from business news for this hour. i'll be back next hour. in the meantime, i

the beige book will be released in just a few moment's time.e markets at the moment, i can tell you that telecoms and health care are the biggest gainers so far today. health care, of course, led by wellpoint with some interesting moves there at the helm of that particular business. sue? >> you know, the market's picking up steam, simon. we were pretty flat for the morning as you well know. ahe of the beige book and the minutes, what are your thoughts heading closer to jackson hole? >> okay. first of all, traders blow the beige off with no hard number the look at but pay attention because the fed pays attention to it. look for anecdotes of broad-based strength of jobs and housing. as far as jackson hole, i'm not confident of bernanke to do anything because you have basically one bullet left in the chamber. not going to use it if 4th doesnhe doesn't have to. >> would he later on in the year? >> very possible. i think he'll want to see more employment reports. >> hang on. >> 1.7 -- >> simon? >> isn't europe the big wild card here? >> i think it i

it is not because it is beige, but it could be the absolute beauty, no. it depends how it is done, how it is made, how it looks like. so i was like, let's say, killing the french fashion. i should say france in general. so absolute. it has to be like that. things that i did not feel like. i think it's time i was going, i felt really in love with london. i felt more freedom. when i was going there, it gave me -- [unintelligible] sending like, yes, go on to do the things you feel are good. because it is very conservative in paris. >> only you had come to san francisco. >> yes. >> i can only imagine what you would have produced. [applause] >> that is true. >> here is this good little boy who is be heading classically and is very charming and wonderful and working hard. how did you turn into a bad boy? [laughter] and tell us about the whole business of putting sexuality on the map, as it were. when you go into the exhibition here, it is still shocking to see some of the clothes which are suggesting a kind of pervert petit, never against women. you see a lot o

all right moving on now us a beige book so-called beige book report has shown that the economy grew modestly moderately in the months of bird july and august mainly driven by retail sales and plus the g.d.p. has been revised for the first half of the year to grow not one half percent but one point seven percent but in line with expectations so this is driving slightly the market's forward as you can see there with. adding some modest gains of point two percent. over in europe everyone is of course monitoring the situation in the us economy plus the upcoming jackson hole meeting on friday where the central bankers will be gathered in wyoming to discuss the state of affairs and the ben bernanke is expected to make some kind of hint as to whether there will be or not a new wave of quantitative easing in the u.s. . those investors of course of very much waiting for but the dax was up four point one percent at the close of the european session driven by pharmaceuticals while the footsie was pushed down by mining shares however volumes were quite low on the currencies market the euro continues so

but i was looking at the beige book today. breaking my rule of ever mentioning the beige book on tv and some manufacturers were slowing down. reason to worry? >> they will be more like eight. we will see eights in the second half. in particular, the china's exports to china for reprocessing and reexport out to the u.s. and europe are slowing. as we know, things like the ipad and i pod were built in china. they are really just a similar poll and most of the value comes from u.s. and europe. >> i guess what i am trying to gather is we know china's importance as a buyer of u.s. debt. i get that. what is their overall importance in the global economic scheme. >> i think it's pretty important. it's a trickier place to invest there because of the way the markets function. markets are really not ready for broadway. >> so john, we have seen three rrr cuts. we have seen some stimulus program. smaller. >> the cuts -- the slow down this year was caused by last year's heavy handed crunch down of the real estate bubble and by the slow down

resumes as they did when bill clinton was president and it was something you printed on extra heavy beige paper. the beautifully precipitationed resume -- printed resume. but you may want to tear up that advice. today's resumes should be sent electronically. paper resumes are now a nuisance. other tips, don't list an objective. you should list nothing ov15 years -- over 15 years old. and skip the references upon request line. that is so 1950s. the down side of today's electronic resumes, you no longer have the chance to impress with a cover letter. most pre-screening is done by computers. focus on skill sets and experience that will catch attention. even if you are an older worker, appear to be up to date on the latest technology, having a current linked in profile and a electronic resume that doesn't look like your dad's. that way you don't waste your money. >>> there is little worse that can happen to you than this guy, coming up, how he wound up naked in the middle of the sea and hunted by a shock. >> our weather app is available 24/7 check it out in the itunes store. >> and a tough ye

we are mild this morning on the warm side he is spiritually 66 in came beige and low 60s in new yorknd even wind chesters that is all the way back to the north we have a cold front that will move through and this is a second cold front bringing cool air to the area and things will start to feel better but the caveat, when we sale to the front we will keep rain chances in and it will not be an off and on event. just keep an eye to the sky as you go through your we can ken. it will be hot and humid and that will tip cooler with scattered showers by tomorrow but once again off and on is what we are looking at and we will be nice and seasonable as we head into next week. >> there is a crash in harmony grace and route 55, there was a tractor-trailer explosion and here is a live look and northbound lanes are scheduled to reopen at 6:00 and we will bring you the latest as it becomes available. don't expect a slow right there. all the way downtown 695 that will be in great shape up to 83 down that stretch we will take you in through the outer loop from 7 if 5 down towards 75. >> a woman did

separately the beige book survey showed the economy expanded gradually with improvement in housing and retail sales. also sales of homes jumped 2% in july to its highest level since 2010. still, gains were only modest as traders continue to kuwait for tomorrow's speech by fed chief ben bernanke and any hints of another round of bank stimulus. the past four sessions have been the slowest in trade all year. the market's val tilt index sticks at a five-year low. oil fell and the passing of hurricane isaac. insurer wellpoint rose 8% after its ceo resigned. >>> food packager sealed air jumped 12% on news thattet a former dow chemical exec will take over when its current ce o'retiro retires. >>> yelp jumped up. clothier joseph a. banks jumps up. zaels increased after a return to profitability. >>> and finally while many worry about facebook privacy and home computer security perhaps we should all be more concerned about work. a 2011 survey found over more than half of u.s. employers are monitoring computer use. >>> coming up, a grand slam, replacements remain and words from a fallen champion

separately the fed's beige book survey showed the economy expanded gradually in july and august withnt in housing and retail sales. also sales of homes jumped 2% in july to its highest level since 2010. still, despite all that good news gains were only modest as traders continue to wait for tomorrow's speech by fed chief ben bernanke and any hints about another round of central bank stimulus. the past four sessions have been the slowest in trade all year. the market's volatility index sticks at a five-year low. oil fell after the unexpected rise in stockpiles and the passing of hurricane isaac. insurer wellpoint rose 8% after its ceo resigned. >>> food packager sealed air jumped 12% on news that a former dow chemical exec will take over when its current ceo retires. >>> yelp zoomed up 23% as investors held onto the stock despite the stock being its first day the buyers could sell. clothier joseph a. banks soored 14%. zaels gained over 5% after a return to profability. >>> and, finally, while many worry about facebook privacy and home computer security, perhaps we should all be more c

all three major indices posting tepid gains after the federal reserve's monthly beige book found modest to moderate economic improvement across most of the united states. u.s. second quarter gdp growth was also revised up to 1.7% from its first reading of 1.5%. >>> shares of yelp skyrocketing more than 20%. online consumer review website posting its best day ever since going public back in march. the leap largely stunned investors. a share lockup for yelp insiders officially expired today. >>> general motors expecting sales of its chevy volt to hit 2500 for the month of august. if they meet that it will be the volt's most successful month of sales since its debut back in november of 2011. but to the big story everyone is talking about, isaac the hurricane, now officially downgraded to a tropical storm. it is still slamming the louisiana coast with harsh wind and torrential rain. jeff flock is braving the storm. he's in new orleans. jeff, i guess the key question, i see you standing there after watching you get blown around, is the worst over? >> i think the worst is over here in new orl

also today, the federal reserve's beige book report showed all of the central bank's 12 districts expanded gradually in july and august, thanks to a pick up in housing, and retail sales. still, the economy is not where it should be, and that has many stock investors on edge. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: the last week of august is one of the quietest of the year here at the new york stock exchange. a quick look at the paltry trading volume tells that story. but, look out for friday. that's when federal reserve chairman ben bernanke gives a speech in jackson hole, wyoming to economists and central bankers. investors are hoping he'll indicate he's ready to do a new round of bond purchases, designed to keep interest rates low and encourage more borrowing. but, floor broker doreen mogavero says that's unlikely, given the slightly brighter outlook for the economy. >> this year's a little different. you have an election coming up and people already accused him of being very political in the event that he does come out and say something at this particular meeting. but, i think mr. bernanke

. >>> separately, the fed's beige book survey showed the economy expanded gradually in july and earlyugust with improvement in housing and retail sales. >>> also, sales of previously owned homes jumped over 2% in july to the highest level since 2010. still, despite all that good news gains were only modest as traders continue to wait for tomorrow's speech by fed chief ben bernanke and any hints about another round of central bank stimulus. the past four sessions have been the slowest in trade all year. the market's volatility index sits at a five-year low. >>> oil fell after an unexpected rise in stockpiles and the passing of hurricane isaac. >>> insurer wellpoint rose 8% after its ceo resigned. food packager sealed air jumped after news a former dough chemical exec will take over. g yelp jumped up. >>> clothing chain joseph a. bank soared 14% after posting strong sales and revenue. >>> jewelry retailer zales gained over 5% after forecasting a return to profitability. >>> finally, many of you may worry about facebook privacy and home computer security. perhaps we should all be more co

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posted mild gains wednesday, markets started pushing higher just before the release of the fed's latest beigeook report which found the economy is gradually expanding in different regions of the country. analysts say that probably means while the economy is growing it's not recovering well enough to stop the fed from launching another round of stimulus programs. we get data on unemployment and personal and income and spending, the dow rising 4 points to 13,107, the nasdaq also up 4 to 3081. tropical storm isaac is causing more pain for drivers at the pump. the national average after gallon of gas was nearly 5 cents wednesday to $3.80 t biggest one-day jump in 18 months. the storm shut off nearly a million barrels a day from gulf coast refiners but the biggest spike came in midwestern states like illinois and indiana, that's because shell had to close a pipeline that delivers crude from louisiana to refineries up north. gas is 4.16 in oakland and $4.22 in san francisco. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> the time is 4:46. we welcome back in the lady in red to tell us about a friday eve and

the storm is now a tropical depression moving north.are beig evacuated downstream, including the entire town of kentwood, louisiana. byron pitts is there. byron. >> reporter: well, scott, firefighters and deputies drove through neighborhoods here. they spoke on loud speakers. they gave clear and simple directions-- "you have 90 minutes. pack what you can and go." kim garmillion and her husband thought they were done running when they moved here from new orleans. they were wrong. >> i think it's crazy. we moved here after katrina, and we're just praying that everything will be fine. >> reporter: isaac has already dumped more than 20 inches of rain along the gulf coast in three days, and it's still raining. today, mississippi's lake tangipahoa swelled beyond its banks. this lake is a 700-acre pool that feeds into rivers stretching more than 60 miles. authorities say they'll have to release some of its waters. it's the only way to save some 60,000 people from having their homes overtaken by floodwaters 17 feet deep. >> so if you have registered, please come inside. >> reporter: local shelt

there is probably one on your wall right now, beige and boring and probably wasting money. >> today, only ten percent of thermostats, a quarter billion thermostats in the u.s. are actually programmed to save any energy. that is because they have been too confusing, and too cumbersome to program. >> silicon tony is trying to change all of that, but you are probably more familiar with his earlier pet project the ipod. >> after doing 18 generations of the ipod i was like okay maybe there is something else to go after and look at. so i took some time off. >> he was designing a dream home in lake tahoe, ultra modern, ultra green. and then someone in the design team said, here are the thermostats you are going to use in this house and i was like, i looked at them and they all looked like 90s beige computers. but it just said, i said i will start designing one myself. >> he came up with this, the nest thermostat. >> i can just turn it on, by just waving my hand. i don't even have to touch it. this is actually simpler interface than the ipod, all we have is a ring, a dial and one button. >>

the beige book comes out and that's when the federal report sums up the economic conditions across the country and the fed uses that information to set the interest rates. ben bernanke will speak at a conference in wyoming on friday. investors are going to look to see if he says anything about the feds stimulating the economy. >>> stock market flat tuesday. the dow dropped 22 points. nasdaq was up 4. s&p 500 was down one. >>> the obama administration finalized its new rules on the mileage standards for the auto industry. the regulations require cars and trucks to nearly double their fuel efficiency over the next 13 years. the new cars and trucks will have to average 54 miles per gallon. again, this is over 13 years. that's frup 28 miles a gal -- up from 28 miles a gallon last year. it will save families $1.7 trillion in fuel costs. >>> 4:43. the new smart meters for taxis must be installed in all district cabs. >> we'll have more on the court ruling regarding those meters and your weather first when we come back. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's 4:45. driving in this m

a half percent to one point seven percent growth in the first half of this year also the so-called beige book report is showing that the economy grew moderately in the month of july and august thing is looking fine with the dow jones and nasdaq therefore climbing up point two percent investors worldwide a very much anticipating of course what's going to happen on friday in jackson hole in wyoming where a summit of central bankers will be held mostly the key speech would be from ben bernanke he the head of the fed who is likely or unlikely actually to unveil this is the guessing game of this week vale any kind of details as to whether there will be a new wave of quantitative easing and therefore stimulus from the u.s. government so the closing picture in europe is also a very cautious one pretty flat with a fancy down lead by miners and the dax up point one percent by pharmaceuticals. on the currencies market of course the guessing game continues also with the euro now basically correcting against the u.s. dollar after climbing around seventy three points in the previous session and the r

resderous were alerted by -- resderous were alerted beige residents were alerted by smoke detectors. >>> arnold schwarzenegger has teamed up with the university of southern california to launch a new think tank. the institute for state and global policy hopes to find ways to strand send partzle pall -- transcend partisan politics. according to the los angeles times, arnold schwarzenegger is donating $20 million. some of it his own money. >>> the police lieutenant who pepper surprise protesters at uc davis has been fired in despite of a report that says he acted reasonably. he was a center of controversy after this video. the new uc davis police chief fired him even though the report said he should be suspended at worse. >>> later this month the first of the america's cup challenge races will begin on the bay with the final races in the fall of next year. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us live from the site of the america's cup village with why there is a california twist to the races. >> reporter: indeed. in less than three weeks the bay will be alive with the first round of

it's the fed's beige brook.-forman report today, and also heinz, pandora and tivo as well. >>> other stories, fidelity investment promoted abe gaigail johnson to head all core operations. johnson will still report to her father, edward johnson, who is chairman and ceo of the company. analysts say the move makes it obvious that she'll eventually replace her 82-year-old father as fidelity's chairman, who currently has no plans to step down. >>> u.s. courts have set september 6th for a permanent ban on samsung's smartphones. south korean tech giant's shares closed up 3% on the news. >>> is the annual jackson hole summit gets under way one key player who will not be attending is ecb president mario draghi. now, cnbc will have full coverage of the event throughout thursday and friday. that's when the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will give his much-anticipated speech. we have had comments out, even though mario draghi is not there, we have had comments from him this morning. we'll bring you up to speed. print

. >> reporter: the program is paid for by private donors to turn a beige box into a whimsical display>> for the main part it's our city getting out of the way saying yeah that's our utility box, go ahead and paint it, make sure it's pretty. >> reporter: city leaders and art activists say this project helps in the battle against vandalism. >> there's a code. you know with street art or even this kind of art you don't go over someone elses art. >> reporter: if you like to see the art boxes in san jose go to our website ktvu.com. click on the story and hot topics on our home page to get the top locations in the city and who sponsored the boxes. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is back home in boston after his trip abroad. romney spent his last day in poland paying tribute to the hundreds of thousands of powe lands who died in world war ii. >> this is a holy sight for the polish people, show some respect. reporter: romney met with poland leaders and was warmly received by crowd. >>> romney is expected to announce his choice for a vice presidential candidate soon. lit firs

the fog is expected to return mainly across the coastal and in the beige shorts from tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures are mild for wednesday with a 20 percent chance of spotting thundershowers into tomorrow afternoon. mean it does look like that will stay mainly to the east of us. third of temperatures into tomorrow afternoon, a cooling trend in portions of the bay area. temperatures into the '70s and '80s. mainly 80 degree readings in the valleys. '60s and '70s for the east bay stores. along the coastline upper 50s and low 60s. here is a look at your expected forecast. temperatures will call as we head into the weekend. the >>pam: of demand from colorado pleaded no contest for killing two people in alameda. he was sentenced to life in prison after pleading no contest to murder. dna evidence old man held police to solve this court case. a car crash into a power pole and burst into flames. traffic is sluggish heading into marin county, the james lick instead francisco is a very heavy. happy birthday! thank you, nana send money to anyone's checking account with chase quickpay. all

wednesday, gdp pending home sales and fed beig ebook.y jobless claims and personal income. and friday chicago pmi and consumer sentiment and bernanke's jackson hole speech. ben, i guess we've been waiting for a while to hear what bernanke has to say at jackson hole. is that the main item on the agenda this week from your perspective? >> yeah. it appears to be. you covered for the most part, we have some smaller numbers coming out. with that the market is sort of in a holding pattern again and that's typically been the case, at least for the month of august. seeing very low volatility, low energy type trade but recently there's been a lot of conviction swoeshd the trade. you look at the euro currency nice move above the 121 handle. sustained trade to 125 handle. bond have come off from those upper levels as well. a couple of major markets that are vertical activity. we're seeing market movement. just amidst very low volatility, low energy type trade but fairly typical for the month of august so again right now we're waiting for some more

due this week and a fellow conservative its latest assessment of the economy when it releases its beige book report. the economic recovery is not felt much like one even to those who've managed to find new jobs. 56 percent of americans laid off from 2009 to 2011 had more than half of them took jobs with lower pay and a third to pay cuts of 20% or more. we're the police chief in new york city is now confirming bystander to london by shooting of the empire state building were infected by police bullets. officers fired 16 rounds the suspect johnson after he pulled a gun on them at point-blank range. the chief said some of the bullets shot by police to creep by standard and six others were hit by fragments as well. from our flight from census cadaver to denver international airport because of euna lee passenger for if the plane bound for chicago landed safely yesterday this the second time a week the plan has been stopped in denver last sunday the plant is cut short when a man groped a pregnant woman on board. >>> in california firefighters are making progress in the battle against several

. >> reporter: the program is paid for by private donors to turn a beige box into a whimsical displaydeas. >> for the main part it's our city getting out of the way saying yeah that's our utility box, go ahead and paint it, make sure it's pretty. >> reporter: city leaders and art activists say this project helps in the battle against vandalism. >> there's a code. you know with street art or even this kind of art you don't go over someone elses art. >> reporter: if you like to see the art boxes in san jose go to our website ktvu.com. click on the story and hot topics on our home page to get the top locations in the city and who sponsored the boxes. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is back home in boston after his trip abroad. romney spent his last day in poland paying tribute to the hundreds of thousands of powe lands who died in world war ii. >> this is a holy sight for the polish people, show some respect. >> reporter: romney met with poland leaders and was warmly received by crowd. >>> romney is expected to announce his choice for a vice presidential candidate soon.

. >> all eyes and cameras are on the beige house with white trim. no one is inside. owner just completed construction and hasn't moved in yet. >> it's not finished yet, nope. >> i just talked to him and he said he just finished painting it and he was laying down the floor. >> there it goes. >> then, the unfinished house is finished forever. >> knew it was coming. the sound is extremely erie. the cracking, the popping -- >> the house shears off from the garage and falls into the river. >> wow. look at that. look at that. floating away but then rams into the neighbor's house. >> when it hit it and spun it around, i thought the house would then kind of fall apart but it continued down the river. >> everyone is stunned as the well-constructed house stays together. >> the walls were still in tact, the roof was in tact. it floated down the river like a boat. >> it was hard to believe that a home would stay whole like that and just go down the wash like it did. the guy that built it must have built it very well. >> firefighters wish there was more they could do to help. >>

police are searching for a white man with gray hair driving a gold or beige car with a broken passenger side mirror. . >> in sunnyvale a new law to deal with that same type of situation involving bike riders and drivers. robert honda is here with word that some bicyclists say they are harassed and why drivers may now be -- may need to be more careful. >> reporter: this section of sunnyvale is known as the monster because it's considered by many the busiest street in the city. take a look. no bike lanes. it's the main reason one is pushing for this new law. kevin jackson is a long time bike rider who said he got tired of the problems he faced. he said the city has to many cars and not enough bike lanes. >> people flip you the bird or blast the horn. they like to rev the engine and pass by as close as possible. they think it's their job to teach you a lesson. >> reporter: jackson decided to turn the tables. he pushed for a new ordinance to make sure those types of actions against bicyclists would be considered harassment and would increase the amount of money a bicyclist could seek in cou

questions about that beige led to the stash.e say he had fake military, law enforcement and medical pair fa nail yeah, police radios and a full nasa flight suit and helmet. he had 200 suspicious items. >> police are trying to determine whether his motives were dangerous. >>> a three alarm firm at a chevy ron refinery in california. a number of near by residents have checked into hospitals because of respiratory problems. >>> many people are headed back to their homes to assess the damage of the oklahoma wild fires. the fear of what lies ahead is still in the back of many people's minds. >> brandy west was one of dozens who returned to see who was left of her home. >> i'm more worried about everybody else than myself. >> officials contained half of the 50 fires that raged through the state. the largest was described as a monster fire that devoured 90 square mile. arson is suspected as the cause of one of the fires but the severe drought is also to blame. nationally more than 60% of the country is in moderate or exceptional drough

orange and red and the beige colors indicate temperatures above average for the month of july. hottest month of july. but there were exceptions. state of california almost 3 degrees below the july high in los angeles. nearly 1 degree lower than the average in san francisco. but that is about about to change. the forecast animation at 5:00 tomorrow morning a little fog around and it will burn back to the coast. sunny skies from the coast to the inland locations with our typical summer spread of high temperatures from 60s on the coast to 70s and 80s around the bay to 90s and 100s inland. almost a 40 degrees range between the highs on the coast and the hottest inland locations. mild tonight, a little coastal fog overnight. temperatures drop to the mid up toker 50s and then tomorrow they will rise again. in the south way, lots of 90s. 91 san jose and cupertino. on the peninsula, low to upper 80s. up to 87 palo alto and 88 mountaineer view. mid 60s on the coast at pacifica and half moon bay. 73 degrees the high downtown san francisco tomorrow. 67 in the sunset district. 90s over mos

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week and the federal reserve will give its latest assessment of the economy when they release the beigeook report. the recovery has not felt like much like one even knows manage to find new jobs the labor department just 56 percent of the americans laid off from 2009 to 2011 and found jobs by the start of this year. more than half of them took jobs with low pay and a third had to take jobs and pay cuts of more than 20% to more. >>> when you order commercial tour bus usually assume it's up to safety standards but the chp officers of checking to be short. buses of all sizes must go to the periodic safety tests. they held an event yesterday tried to do it as often as they can concerned with the safety of the large crowds on board and at the drivers on the street especially in cities like san francisco. officers find a wide range of violations. could the weather it's forced medical certificates are company may be cut before to take insurance but so operate without it. >>> many are brought to the railyard for inspection near fisherman's wharf and as a don't pass are pulled out of service. wh

you want it to have a little bit of a color base as opposed to a flat brown or beige. pink or apricot. that's going to give you that perfect, perfect color so you don't look like night of the living dead walking around with nude lips. take nude lip sticks. i love to use a lip liner that matches your lip tone exactly so you can really, really work the shape of the lip. here is a big tip. you want to join the cupid, gives you that lip stung. getting that high shine. when doing a nude, it's a good idea to make it glossy, so it doesn't look flat. >> that's a good color on you. >> exactly. >> thank you so much. over here, let's talk about the perfect eyebrow. so important, really does frame the face. lucy lu is an example. how do you achieve that look? >> the trick is about choosing the right tone of the brow. just because we have gorgeous brunette hair. my goodness. really dark. you don't want to necessarily match it. that's going to make the brow look groucho marxesque, not a look we're going for. you want a little lighter when you have dark brunette hair like this. >> th

officers say the car is a gold or beige sedan, and may have a broken passenger side mirror. >>>a memorial service will be held today for a marine killed in afghanistan. 29-year-old marine captain matthew manukian lived in los altos hills. the military says he was killed last week in afghanistan while on his fourth tour of duty. manukian graduated from st. francis high school in mountain view. today's service will be inside the school's gym at 3:00. more than 1000 people are expected to attend the service, which will include a 21-gun salute, and a military fly- over. >>> we are learning that a late county man was among the troops killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. 23-year-old richard essex died on thursday when the army blackhawk helicopter was gunned down. six other american troops died. a public service will be held for essex on september 1 at kelseyville high school in kelseyville. >>> the doors are open for veterans of all ages at a resource fair in hayward today. that fair is from 10:00 until 12:30 in the afternoon. it's at the veterans memorial building on mai