you have nature right here. >> reporter: bill martin ktvu channel 2 news. >>> hurricane irene is gaining strength as it cuts a path toward the florida coast. but the brunt of the storm is not expected to make landfall. it crossed through puerto rico earlier today. flooding streets and causing power out annals. no deaths or major injuries were reported. it's the first hurricane of the atlantic storm season and is expected to reach wind speeds of 115 miles an hour when it hits florida on thursday. however, the worst of the storm is expected to remain about 150 miles away from the florida coast. >>> good afternoon to you. sunny skies slowly gaining the upper hand over the bay we are still socked in with low clouds and fog out there this morning. take a look at what is happening. we have nice clearing over the north bay east as well as south. it's right here san francisco and the east bay oakland, hayward, alameda still dealing with the gray sky. 63 degrees san francisco. 62 in oakland. upper 60th san ho -- upper 60s san jose. where we are seeing the sunshine we are seeing mild temperatures

community. >> the legacy is that people will have a just and thriving place to live. >> reporter: bill martin, ktvu channel 2 news. >> he is one of five fox conserve heroes being highlighted. you can vote for your favorite by going to ktvu.com >>> the aftershocks continue on the east coast. the u.s. gs reports at least 7 after shocks since the quake hit virginia. two of them hilt earlier today. the first quake was centered outside the town of mineral about 80 miles outside of washington, d.c. >>> engineers spotted more cracks in the washington monument in addition to the huge crack here the top. the washington monument will remain closed until repairs are finished. and the quake damage at washington nationalcathedral forced a change of plan in the national events. organizers must now find a new site for the memorial honoring martin luther king. >>> tracking a fog bank. you can see looking out towards the bay, we still have overcast skies. temperatures are beginning to recover a bit. right now on the maps, here is the coverage for the entire coast line here pushing through the bay. san francisco and

. >> reporter: bill martin, ktvu channel 2 news. >> arthur bun is one of five profiles -- boon is one of five profiles being featured. you can vote for your favorite by going to ktvu.com. just scroll halfway down the home page. >>> good afternoon. high pressure cranking up the heat over the bay area and bringing us wall-to-wall sunshine. we have plenty of blue sky out there. maybe a few high clouds drifting overhead from from time to time. but the marine layer back off the coast and we're looking at mostly sunny conditions for the afternoon. a new york therly breeze in san jose -- northerly breeze in san jose. high pressure has pretty much cut off our flow. 66 san francisco. 69 oakland. widespread upper 70s in san jose. low 80s, livermore, concord reporting 81 and the north bay inland, reporting 70. 76 in santa rosa. 73 in napa. these temperatures anywhere from 10 to 12 degrees warmer than where we started yesterday. so giving you a look at what's going on. we dealt with coastal clouds. even a little bit of dense fog. now we're looking at plenty of sunshine. dense fog could be back wi

bill martin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> he is one of five cox conserves heroes profiled this week on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. they're all working for environmental improvements in their communities. you can vote for your favorite at ktvu.com, just scroll halfway down to homepage. >>> water has been restored to the town on the san mateo coast. water was restored at 1:30 this morning. a well pump which supplies water to 100 homes and businesses broke late monday night. about 800 people only had low water pressure, and must still boil their water. >>> we have breaking news now out of the south bay, where an amtrak train hit and killed a person about 90 minutes ago. it happened around 10:50 near monterey road and east capitol expressway in south san jose. here's a live look at the scene from newschopper 2. the train was traveling south on its way to los angeles. traffic on the tracks has been halted. authorities are keeping the 200 passengers onboard while they investigate. once again, live pictures right now from newschopper 2 of an amtrak train stopped in its tracks after hitting a pede

neighborhood and about this community and really creating a safe space for kids to be in. >> reporter: bill martin, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> he is one of cox con sevens heroes being profiled this week. they're all working for environmental improvements in their communities, and you can vote for your favorite by going to ktvu.com. just scroll halfway down the home page. >>> oakland's park is a busy place today. the volunteers from caser permanente held their annual work day in the park this morning and later there were plans to dedicate a new to the lot for people in the surrounding community. >> well, this is our fifth year. we started in march of 2007, and every year we have come out here with at least a couple hundred people. >> and with maintenance and the cut backs in the city of oakland, which is an incredible opportunity for us to have kaiser come in. we really, really appreciate it. >> reporter: and in the past, kaiser volunteers have refurbished basketball and tennis courts and done a lot of cleaning and painting. >>> good afternoon to you, and we start off with the huge waves building off the n

bill martin will give us the latest on the weather condition. >>> napa valley wine prices burr bottle are above average. ktvu's tom vacar live now to show us sales are steady and one method in particular is really taking off. >> reporter: you know, when it comes to reputation napa's purple grapes are truly gold. >> reporter: off highway 29, the winery gets 40,000 visitors a year, they are the reason they made it through the recession, because many become repeat customers. >> last year we sold 90% direct to consumers. >> i buy a bottle or two or three. >> reporter: they have been analyzing the winedry for 90 years. direct to consumer sales leave leave -- become more crucial every year. >> establish relationships with the consumers and service them year after year. >> reporter: wine clubs help a lot. >> the only way for a small winery to be able to make people understand what is behind the wine. what heart, what passion. >> reporter: california wines, especially napa winds command prices far, far higher than the national average of $37 a bottle. >> average price is $57 for the napa wineries. and you look at cabe

bill martin tracking weather. what we can expect coming up in six minutes. >>> new at 10:00, a warning about chemicals you probably never heard of. ktvu'sand science editor john fowler tells us why the government is trying to regulate what are called flimes. >> reporter: they are just in every garage. we learned there's many chemicals in break fluids and paint. we're talking about chemical solvents, glimes. >> exposures to she's particularly for pregnant women can cause potential harm to their developing fetus and so these include miscarriages as well as birth defects. glimes have always been found in tap water although not yet in the bay area. but silican valley residents had higher miscarriages. >> there could really be a serious problem there. >> reporter: carolyn cox blames weak laws and politics. >> the epa is under a lot of political pressure not to do the kind of thing that is just proposing to do. >> reporter: the proposed rule would restrict new products with the solvents. >> we know everyone in the population now is being exposed to chemicals. then we at this, and it's something to be worried about. >> reporter: the public can

department tells ktvu they were fortunate to get this fire under control before the winds really picked up. >>> speaking of the winds let's check in with chief meteorologist bill martin and see what's going on with the weather out there. >> not above the average, warmer than it has been. we have some fog bufferins burning off the coast. there's some breaking out there. fog is going to come back again tonight. and it will definitely make it to the inland bay valleys. right now in concord it's 87 degrees out in concord. that's just short of where it was earlier today by about 2 degrees. so got about 89 degrees. we're looking for forecast highs tomorrow to be slightly cooler than what we experienced today. and as that occurs as we look at the cooling temperatures we're looking for numbers to begin to stay on the cool side right through the bay area weekend. so it's not going to be a real warm run of temperatures around here. what you can do is go outside and take a look at a live camera see what we have out there. you can see out in the avenues near san francisco. you see the clear sky, those clear skies are going to give way to fog here very soon. it'll be just like la