caroline tyler joins us from the golden gate park. those fields are expected to open in december. >> reporter: there are other soccer fields in san francisco that are covered with artificial turves but the four being prepared here there is passionate debate. >> rights of parents are really being bull dozed. >> reporter: kathleen mcgowan describes herself as a soccer mom and opponent of artificial turf. she was arrested for trying to block construction that began the day after voters approved the project last year. >> this particular is over 50% carbon plaque. if your kids are like mine they come home covered with this. >> reporter: limited research on the recycled tire pellets is inconclusive. today we learned state environmental officials will conduct another study after one in 2010 found no significant health risk. >> the pellets i think are minimal concern that we deal with. >> reporter: she is a former soccer player now coach who thinks the artificial turf will be safer than the grass she played on. >> when i was playing throughou

in san francisco, caroline tyler, abc 7 news. >>> well here is good news californians made dramatic cutwater use saving 29% compared with the same month of 2013. the state water resources control board made that announcement today. that's well above the 25% governor brown asked for all of us to save in april. state water officials say this a cooler and wetter may may have helped. in the bay area hillsborough cut back 49%. overall, water use in the bay area was 32% less with bay area residents averaging just 66 gallons per day. that is the lowest for any part of the state except the north coast. >>> with temperatures on the rise today, pet owners were taking extra precautions to protect animals from heat-related illnesses. not just people we have to worry about in the south bay. veterinaries are encouraging pet owners to make sure dogs have extra water. if your dog has a small nose, it's far more likely to experience heat exhaustion. symptoms of heat stress in pets is excessive panelling, thirst and unwillingness to continue on walks. >> i'll keep them outside and make sure the there is

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abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler has been in court today. tonight caroline tells us what both sides are saying about that contract. >>> the california assembly has approved a bill that would allow children of domestic workers to attend schools in the district where the parents work after a girl was kicked out of a school even though her mother worked as a live in nanny in the district. >>> the senate has voted to roll back parts of the controversial no child left behind law. the changes would leave in place the annual testing schedule but would give states and local districts more control over how to use the tests to assess performance. a similar measure passed the house last week. >>> if you had trouble logging on to instagram you are not alone. an outage lasted about an hour effecting users nationwide and abroad. instagram hasn't said what caused the outage but it was related to the log in server. >>> a sea world employee accused of posing as an activist and trying to encourage violence among protesters. you can see the employee being arrested. the animal

tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, july 19th. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist. >> hey, caroline, good morning to. hi, everyone. take a look live doppler 7 hd showing green close to home but really all the activity has been dying. we've had a lot of rain and thunderstorms and lightning down by carmel over an inch reported here. about .8 in monterey. as it continues to push northward, it is falling apart. main activities along the central coast, southern california, but we still have a chance of showers in the forecast today. most likely you'll notice the humidity, the cloud cover from the east bay to the south bay. we'll call it partly cloudy and we will be looking at warm temperatures today. a look at that and how long this unusual weather lasts in a few minutes. carolyn? >> lisa, thank you. >>> from abc 7 news. >> developing news in san jose police have obtained a man called a person of interest in the murders of five people in modesto. last night police spotted the man's suv a 2000 red lincoln navigator, just north of the reed hill view airport. later officers moved in and took him into custod