i mean, imagine, in this state, we have the tallest tree on earth in the coastal redwood. that tree gets to be over 300 feet tall! how big do you think the cone is on such a giant tree? guess what -we've got one right here. let me grab one of these. whaaa! not too big is it? in fact, i guess it goes to show you can't tell the size of the cone by the height of the tree. but california redwood - not a very impressive cone. check out the little tiny tree behind me because this is truly one of the great freaks of california. they get to be 80, maybe 100 feet tall, but they're not a giant tree - they're small by california standards. what's impressive is the cone! and there are two from this tree right here. check those out! incredible! these are the cones of the coulter pine - the largest, heaviest cones on earth! they can get up to about 14 inches long and weigh about 9 pounds. one of the things we know is that when pines grow in hot, dry places they need to protect the seeds. and that's the function of a pinecone. so this pine grows at the lower elevations where it's really

this big, beautiful tree is a coastal redwood, the tallest tree on earth.uals a little farther north than this get to be over 360 feet tall. we're near the southern limit of its range here and here we're lucky to find 200-foot tall redwoods but some of these in this magnificent grove easily reach that. it's just amazing how dramatically different this habitat is from the habitat that exists just upslope on either side. a little bit of protection from desiccation and drought is all it takes to get redwoods here. but again, another relict, it depends on the moisture that's in this canyon bottom and it depends upon the summer fog to be here. an impressive forest and it's sheltered but it's not entirely sheltered from all of the ecological happenings that go on in this landscape. if you're going to stand in the same spot for a long enough time here, in this part of california, eventually you're going to burn. that's exactly what happened to this giant, matriarch redwood, but it didn't die. very few people think about redwoods and fire going together but if you

low 80s from redwood city. coastal spots half moon bay 65. 62 pacifica. lingering fog. north bay, upper 70s. head out towards east bay. mid-70s hayward newark. 88 in liver mer, accu-weather forecast, slightly higher temperatures. 90s not as humid. drier air will be back and low 60s to low 90s throughout the weekend thanks. >> coming up bay area student a perfect s.a.t.score. >> he's not even >>> a court jury could award tens of mill dwroinz a man who designed the first john madden video games. the former program for electronic arts came wupt idea to design a football video game with 22 realistic looking players he claims he should have been paid for five versions that he claims were based on the original game. electronic arts contends he was a contract worker whose work was discarded when other teams build more modern versions of the game. the madden video games generated $4 million over the past 25 years. >> tonight money matters up and down day for net flix. profits quadrupled from last year. net flirk added 600,000 subscribers. the stock fell $20 a share. weaker than

low 80s from redwood city. coastal spots half moon bay 65. 62 pacifica. lingering fog. north bay, upper 70s. head out towards east bay. mid-70s hayward newark. 88 in liver mer, accu-weather forecast, slightly higher temperatures. 90s not as humid. drier air will be back and low 60s to low 90s throughout the weekend thanks. >> coming up bay area student a perfect s.a.t.score. >> he's not even he just said it's big. how big? really big. tell him to send a pic. noo!! ok... whoa. whoa. it's jack's big stack. two jumbo beef patties stacked with melting cheese, stacked with onion rings, stacked with pickles, all stacked on toasted sourdough bread. oh, tell her i'm easy... ...'cause of the drive-thru. it was very painful situation. the rash was on my right hip, going all the way down my leg. i'm very athletic and i swim in the ocean. shingles forced me out of the water. the doctor asked me "did you have chickenpox when you were a child?" the pain level was so high, it became unbearable. >>> a court jury could award tens of mill dwroinz a man who designed the first john madden

as we head to the coastal area you can expect patchy fog. 66 degrees for half moon bay and upper 60s for san francisco. low 80s are expected for redwoodwith sunshine and upper 80s in sonoma. >> the seven there around the bay shows a the temperatures will be slightly warmer tomorrow and then we are expecting it to cool down for sunday. >> they heat wave in the east continues to take its toll on new yorkers. here is video of what residents there have to deal with. temperatures are in the '90s but with the humidity, it feels more like a hundred and five degrees. taking a look at temperatures in new york today. the hot weather is also slowing down commuters, with the delays in affect from new jersey to along island transit. >> we are seeing new photo of the boston embalmebombing suspect tsarnaev. the pitchers are resppictures are in response to a controversy or rolling stone magazine cover. the photos were captured by sergeant john murphy and the moments before he was taken into custody. they show him bloody in injured. in one, you can see the laser pointer from snipers and at his forehead. sergeant murphy calls the rolling stone cover an

coastal area will be fogger and cooler. mid 60's for half moon bay. upper 70's for those of you in palo alto in redwood city.ng a high of 67 degrees. >> your 7 day around the bay shows that will feel cooler as we head into the weekend. the temperatures will warm- up as we head into tuesday and wednesday. >> things are starting to get normal at the bay bridge. we had a big back up all morning long. days are starting to open up. the cash customers are still facing delays. the 880 approach has mostly cleared out. your san mateo bridge ride highway 92 is looking good. it took some extra traffic and some people bailed out to avoid the delay. the golden gate bridge looks fine. the north arm commute is looking heavier than usual. we will see a another softball lane opened up.another southbound lae opened up. >> a big rig had overturned but the cleanup repairs are under way. >> the time is 9:19 a.m.. >> ariel castro has not been given the death penalty but he will be in prison for the rest of his life. there has been a significant development in the cleveland kidnapping case this morning. shelby lin reports. >> by v