we're going to see a cooldown. it will come as early as tomorrow. for today little change in the forecast. the radar, this is the trough here that's migrating closer to the coast bringing us the cooldown, bringing that fire weather watch for northeast corner of california. it will also include lake tahoe. for us at home cloudy and cool at the coast, inland areas sunny and warm, but right where we should for this time of year we're not going to be extremely hot. upper 80s, low 90s at best. by tomorrow cooler, breezier, the marine layer is going to be deepening tonight into tomorrow as well. so enjoy today. we have 81 in novato, 77 san rafael, 67 richmond and sausalito. to the east bay, numbers in the mid- to upper 60s for the east bay areas, 68 for san leandro, 68 hayward, east bay hills warm in livermore 86, 89 degrees for antioch. 78 for san jose, 85 morgan hill, 77 santa clara. 75 redwood city, 70 in san mateo. partly cloudy skies for the city today. low to mid-60s downtown san francisco. we'll hold steady wednesday, thursday, numbers below averag

by tomorrow, we should begin to feel a little bit of a cooldown, better cooldown getting into next weeky as this evening, that onshore breeze should start to strengthen just a little bit. perhaps through the delta, into the north bay, you can open up the windows and feel a little better seabreeze. >> thanks, rosemary. >>> that is our report for this morning. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2news. >> be sure to join us for our next newscast at 6:00. remember, we are always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thanks for watching, everyone. have a great day. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at&t. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible.

the cooldown continues. then very, very rare chance but we're going to get late august showers it looks like in the north bay. 101 in fairfield. 100 in livermore. 87 degrees in redwood city. if you can bear the heat we have a cooldown on the way. starting on friday, saturday, sunday, temperatures falling back to the 80s. if we do see showers, going to be a tropical feel. on saturday highs are going to be in the upper 80s inland. upper 70s bay side and mid-60s at the coast. nonetheless certainly possible and watching the system, very impressive for this time of year. we'll talk about that. back to you guys. >> a little humidity coming our way. thank you. cal state says it will start turning away california students that are residents interested in graduate studies starting this january. school leaders say budget cuts make it too difficult for the system to afford in-state residents heavily discounted education. instead out of state students have preference because they pay more. some professors are upset over

this area of low pressure is basically responsible for the cooldown the past couple of weeks. high pressure has been building in and as a result has been warming up. today one of the warmest days of the week, except we're going to hold onto 60s. here's a look at your forecast highs. 90s out towards fairfield, antioch. san francisco 78. san jose tops out around 86. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast. the holiday weekend coming up. it will be cooler for thursday and friday. looks like saturday we begin to bump up the numbers. look what happens by sunday. looks just great out there with warmer temperatures, 70s, 80s, maybe a few neighborhoods around 90 degrees. >>> in the past hour great america and the san francisco 49ers teamed up to announce the construction of a new roller coaster. they unveiled plans for the attraction day, saying the 108- foot tall ride will be the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in northern california with high-speed twists, turns and drops. the gold #á gold striker will travel almost 54 miles an hour and includes a vertical drop, exp

seven-day forecast we'll detail a cooldown headed this way by the weekend. right now monika is in with your timesaver traffic. >>> we're taking a look at the sterling area on the inbound side of the dulles toll road here at route 28 coming out from the airport all the way through reston and herndon. you're going to be absolutely fine. no problems on 66 outside the beltway as well. i'll have more on traffic coming up in my next report at 5:16. back to you. >>> making news now coming up on 5:10, thorpts close off -- authorities close off part of maryland after a propane tanker crashed into a condo complex. investigators believe the tanker lost its brakes coming down a hill. the driver suffered minor injuries no one else was hurt but the area was evacuated as a precaution. >>> virginia state police blame a tractor-trailer driver for a crash on i-81 yesterday near harrisonburg. investigators say the big truck was heading northbound when it hit a commercial passenger bus while it was changing lanes. both vehicles went into the median. the bus driver is the only v

notice we have a gradual cooldown. it will take its time. we're following back in the low 90s and with your weekend in view, partly cloudy to mostly clear skies as we get into the week -- into the weekend. but it looks like we'll have tropical moisture headed our way. so we will be tracking that as well. >> okay. thank you. >> you are welcome. >>> the music and entertainment is done. all that's left is the cleanup after the music and arts festival. crews were out at golden gate park today removing the stage, sound and lighting systems and other structures. organizers say over the weekend, an estimated 65,000 concertgoers turned out each day of the three-day festival. >>> summer olympic games in london went out with a splash. ♪ >>> see the who's who in the british -- see the whose who in the -- who's who in the british world and who took the stage. are just 79 cents a pound. starbucks coffee is only $7.49. that's less than a quarter for a great cup of coffee. tropicana o.j. is just $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safew

this is the one that you are talking about with the cooldown. for today, the cold front that finally moved through yesterday is going to be left with plenty of sunshine as we go throughout the day. we'll talk temperatures. we are talking about upper 60s in baltimore right now, 63 in frederick. still waiting for the drier air to trickle in. it will do so as we head through the remainder of the day. >>> no one is perfect except, for 24 hours, maybe felix hernandez. king felix pitched the seattle marchers in' first perfect game and the 23rd in major league history. he had a brilliant 1-0 win. hernandez has long talked about the desire to achieve pitching perfection and finish the game with 12 strikeouts. that moves tampa into a mathematical tie with baltimore atop the al wild card race. >>> parents, stay with us. if you have a baby you know all about the bumbo seat. >> a recall on these popular seats. we'll tell you why this is now concern it could be dangerous for your little one. >> plus, tens of thousands showed up to remember the king. we'll ta

another cooldown on the way even when we start to heat you up again on monday, a holiday. happy to tell you it's not going to be extreme heat. and one more thing. we're still watching tropical storm isaac. it's a 70 miles per hour and so 74 miles per hour is a category one hurricane. we'll find out in 15 minutes when we get the latest advisory whether or not we're going to upgrade isaac. back to you. >> we'll check back with you. thank you. 4:49. college kid from connecticut getting well deserved praise from apple. computer wiz mark smith discovered a big security bug with apple's desk top software. the giant had to fix the problem and is giving the university student credit for finding the bug. he was surprised when he heard back from apple after submitting a bug report. >> in a couple of days apple said yeah, there is a really problem there and we're going to fix it for you. >> well, not surprisingly, smith has received a few job offers to remove the desk top flaw the company recommends upgrading the software to the newest version. >> i'm glad that they are offering him

in fact, we're tracking a cooldown for saturday and sunday. quite a nice surprise for our august forecast. it's all due to a cold front that's going to be sliding on through. for right now, though, ahead of that front, we're tracking some warm temperatures already in the middle 80s this noontime. we're going to keep on going. we should peek into the low 90s by early afternoon, but along with that front comes some cloud cover by about 3:00 or 4:00 we'll definitely see overcast skies. then 6:00 or so, showers and thunderstorms begin to develop and we could carry those past midnight and into the early morning hours. satellite and radar, quiet right now. live doppler 9000, not tracking much of anything at the current time. however, out toward our west, that's where we're seeing the front start to move on through. we're beginning to develop some midday showers and thunderstorms. this happened with all of the daytime heating destabilizing the atmosphere. spoke so some of this will make it over the blue ridge and spill into the d.c. area. for us righ

are we going to expect a cooldown at all, jeff? >>> i know you want that cooldown. we are going to get it here for you this weekend. numbers are starting to go down with this marine layer and fog building up. a little morrow bust than we have seen for the past few days. that is dropping our temperatures to 63 in san francisco and 90 in concord and 82 in san jose with 85 in gilroy. a little more comfortable in the south bay. live to the sky camera network. the haze, the fog we showed you on the map. it is now rolling in throughout san francisco. we do expect patchy fog for tonight. we will also take you done to the south bay. a lot of blue sky here right now as conditions remain, the second warmest on our map in the south bay. let's get you to our weather graphics. what we are finding is the beginning signs of some changes in the alutian islands. we are going to see upper-level winds beginning to change up. that will allow cooler wind to ramp up for friday, saturday, and sunday. here is what it is going to do for the temperatures. we will see it stay mild at the coas

cloudy start will make way to a big cooldown. by tomorrow, feeling even muggier, and then more heat relief, a weekend shower chance over the greater bay area. i think everywhere across the bay area will see scattered activity. we'll talk more about that. the big news is the change in the feel of the air. it's going to feel heavier, have a weight to it, with more moisture surging in from just off the coast of baja. that's tropical moisture on the way to the bay area. so watch out for that. 85 in san jose, 82 in los gatos, also with more clouds in the air, we're talking about limited sunshine, so it won't be blazing, as it has been, and temperatures are going to get even cooler. down to 83 degrees by tuesday, so, yeah, we're done with the triple digits at least for now. let's see how fast you're driving today. >> hopefully no more than 65 when chp is watching. most of the volume toward the bay bridge your commute direction, we do have onens didn't in that flow that's westbound 580, heading up toward keller, we see actually reports

people want a cooldown. >> i know, they want a cooldown. it's going to cool down next week, but the humidity still around. that's what's making it feel so much worse out there. let me show you what's going on in terms of temperatures as you step out the door this morning. we are cooler in york. we like that 66, right? again, you put in that humidity and it feels muggy outside. we have 71 degrees in hagerstown, 68 in fredrick. we're seeing another 60 in winchester. so let's zoom in a little bit closer to home and i'm choosing joppa this morning. 74 degrees right now. that humidity is at 88%. dewpoint 71. you know when the dewpoints get into the 70s, we are really feeling it. winds right out of the southwest, they'll pick up a little bit more as we go throughout the day. we also have a tropical storm to talk about. those details coming up. let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. water main break for you. >>reporter: yes. that's something you will want to watch out for if you are headed to that big

we'll talk about the giants and show you the cooldown.ike. >> we still have a crew out there for our northbound 85 through the south bay. that's between cupertino and mountain view. you see no slowing through the center of your screen. both directions the connector ramp still closed by road crews as well but there is a detour. the freeways through the south bay move. the yellow is on el camino, these just tipping down below 60. a look on the peninsula for palo alto, 101 both directions move smoothly with headlights into san mateo and san francisco. we'll show you how things are shaping up. this is oakland. taillights away from us. construction going on downtown. the northbound side. >> it's 5:35. facebook stock continues to slide. it could cost you even if you didn't invest in the stp. the state of california believes it could be worth $35 a share by november based on estimates. but facebook stock closed yesterday just under $21 a share. if those numbers don't pick up the state winds up in a much bigger hole than what was banked on. >> th

we are still talking about the cooldown for the weekend. there you go. you can see at 5:00, we have scattered showers and thunderstorms starting to break out across the area as the front moves through. that should generally be out of here by early tomorrow morning. here we are at 3:00a.m. still some cloud cover. we should be in for a decent saturday with partly sunny conditions. highs only expected to be about 08 or so. check out 3:00 saturday afternoon. clouds will linger with likely some showers lingering down at the beaches. if you arehooded to the beaches, lower eastern shore saturday and sunday, you've got a better chance of thicker cloud cover and more in the way of showers and thunderstorms. today, a.m. sun, p.m. clouds. scattered afternoon thunderstorms back. 92degrees. these are the good ones. it will cool us down. mostly cloudy overnight. we'll start gradual clearing early saturday morning with high temperatures, look at that, 83 degrees. sunday, i kept a shower in the forecast. there is some suggestion there could be a storm off the delmarva p

we are looking for a cooldown, increased moisture and better firefighting conditions for the fire in the north bay. when i come back we will talk about this cooldown and how it pertains to your forecast in your neighborhood. see you back in just a few. >> the operators of the state power grid are dropping their flex alert as temperatures begin to let up. a week long heat wave across much of california had prompted operators to issue several flex alerts. they were asking people to reduce electric use, especially when demand is high in the late afternoon and early venge. customers made a great effort to reduce energy use and that helped maintain a reliable power supply. >> another refinery emergency brought hazmat crews to a shell plant this afternoon and prompted a shelter in place. today's incident follows a small fire at the refinery just yesterday. >> reporter: as hazmat crews arrived at the refinery we caught the smoke and flames. in this video you can see the flares. people nearby say they could smell it. >> i don't know where it was coming from but it was a strong odor and a bas

here is the beginning of the cooldown that will last into parts of saturday.mid 80s expected inland. throughout sunday here's the good part. cooldown's not going to last too long. temperatures are going to be soaring back up there. we also wanted to get you an update on tropical depression isaac, now moving into arkansas. winds at about 29 to 35 miles per hour. the path is going to take this into the midwest by this weekend. winds are going to be too strong but some of this could go up into st. louis, chicago, that may have you facing major delays even right here in california. also we'll tell you how hurricane ileana in the pacific may bring us a few showers. that's all ahead this hour. >> still ahead, a radical medical treatment, how a bionic eye is helping a woman regain her sight. >> rebuilding what vandals destroyed. the project ready to open at a school. >> the expansion project that could add to your commute along 101. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wirele

. >>> the cooldown has begun.'s check in with jeff ranieri. >> anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees cooler today after 103 to start off the week in livermore. dropped down to 95 this afternoon. danville from 102 to 90. 91 on monday. also walnut creek, 98 to 91. a little of that cooldown today. the onshore flow so strong that right now we are tracking little drizzle right across fremont into saab jose. and we can't even rule out a little drizzle for tonight. temperatures are quite a bit colder at this hour compared to this time last night when we did have some upper 70s and a few low 80s in the east bay. 68 in livermore. 63 in san jose. 60 in san mateo and a chilly 58 in san francisco. let's take you out live to that network. we are fogged in in san francisco. it may produce a few airport delays for the morning hours but it really is par for the course this time of year. let's bring you back to the weather boards. the thing we've been tracking for the past five to six days, maybe even eight days. i've kind of lost track.

we have a cooldown for the weekend. it is set to arrive later today and tonight.here are your highs. back in the 90s. 87 at dulles. 88 at bwi marshall. 73 right now in washington. you know what what? not a bad start to your morning moment of the area, much of the area here particularly west of the city back in the 60s. 63 this morning in manassas. fredericksburg, 68 degrees. 63 the winning number here in gaithersburg and frederick. annapolis is 74 degrees. water temperatures in the bay are currently running in the 80s. clear skies to start your morning. we should be just fine here. there is a little fog in one or two spots but generally bright sunshine. off to the north appear west, that is our weather maker for today. -- off to the north and west, that is our weather maker for today. by mid- to late afternoon, we have the possibility of scattered showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. i know this doesn't look terribly impressive at the moment but as it moves into the more humid atmosphere, a better chance we'll see thunderstorms kick up later today. by 5

we'll check your drive. >> looking for the cooldown you showed us.through the maze toward the bay bridge, we have construction going on in both directions for 880 through oakland. the bottom of the screen. also here caldecott tunnel, the approach westbound 24. before you get there we had an accident reported on the orinda side. we do see the slowing that had been going on as they had a traffic break, has cleared. looks like the break has too. chp has to confirm everything is to the shoulder. expect distraction. closer to the caldecott we have around fish ranch road your construction causing a slowdown as well. we're losing a lane but no major problems. we'll move you down toward the tri-valley. altamont pass, slowing into the 40s at times, mostly 50s out of the altamont pass westbound. eastbound, we have a disabled vehicle around north livermore avenue. sounds like it's pushed to the shoulderment may be a traffic break so we'll track that. no drama right now. better flow through sunol. southbound side has construction going on though the northbound i

i know you're tracking that cooldown across the peninsula. it's been very hot for the east and the south bay. here's one of the reasons why. we always track these winds mainly out of the northwest, even in oakland. that was good enough to get our temperatures like this inland. one of the hottest, livermore, at 97. south san jose even 94 and morgan hill popping up to 94 as well. there's all the cool air at the coastline. the onshore flow was right up against the peninsula. what you can see this afternoon is the fog is not too extensive in san francisco but with that continual push of the marine layer tonight we do think it will stick around for us. we'll take you over to the olympic stadium. it's lit up very colorful tonight. starting tomorrow, one of the most prized events is going to be taking place, that is track and field. also otherwise known as athletics at the olympics. you want to watch out for yusai bo bolt, one of the fastest runners in the world. >>> let's get a look at this marine layer and fog. it is very extensive offshore stretc

and temperatures in the 60s to lower 70s for tonight and the extended outlook calls for a brief cooldown on wednesday and thursday. the reason you see the 20% could be the remnants of what is now isaac still a little too early to tell but the holiday weekend. put it in the back of your mind that we could be looking at showers as we move into next weekend. >> hopefully not too much. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he- he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. sfx: snorting sound. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the geico app today. >> how angry would you be if you parked overnight in d.c. and you got a $100 ticket? scores of commuter students and visitors and family visiting in the district are getting caught in the mix. >> d.c. has handed out tens of thousands of tickets to out-of-state vehicles parked in the city. not because they're parked illegally but because they are parked for two days r. i've gotten at least five. >> the overnight news at our news partner in northwest lives in virginia and

. >>> there are hours and storms to our south, a bit of a cooldown. doug has the latest on the forecast. >> yeah, we were talking about that, doreen, a bit of a coolout. >> the heat index yesterday well over 100. believe it or not, we still have the 90 degrees. right now, winds out of the north at about 6 miles an hour. so we'll stay on the mild and humid side. 84 down towards culpepper, so temperatures are a bit cooler, but the showers have stayed down to our south. but the showers will return. the storms will return, temperatures they're going back up, too. we'll talk about it coming up. thanks, doug. >>> at the games in london, the international olympic committee has disqualified an american, one of the judo contestants after he failed a drug contest. >>> gabby douglas going for another gold on the uneven bars. >>> and olympic champion katie ledecky, our own, is coming home. >>> a lot of action with another medal for team usa, a track star made a big push if another gold medal. now mark barger is live in london. >> reporter: good evening. unfortuna

the seven-day forecast shows, however, a bit of a cooldown transitioning into the weekend. i do want to remind everyone we have a new way for the forecast. any time. and that is our comcast channel 193 or over the air on 4.2. check in every day for the latest news, weather, and traffic and -- . >> and that is a slow ride and into france. that is growing, starting to stretch on to the 880 overcrossing and that is going to be sluggish and into san francisco. the fast lanes backed up now and go of yourself a ride into oakland and into the city. 92, doing just fine and still a 12-minute commute from yourity 80 connection across -- your 880 connection and to across the golden gates, no problems out of the north buy as you work into san francisco and there is some slow traffic in the east bay, a couple of incidents on the east shore freeway and this is slowing down the ride on westbound 80 as you work out of san pablo and to berkeley. it's not blocking and lots of flashing lights and attracting a lot of attention and look at your westbound commute. you're backed up into san pablo

its going to be a slow, cooldown throughout the bay area. it'll be hot and stay hot inland. you can see in concord it's 77 degrees. just below 80 degrees at this hour. you know it's going to be a warm or hot day in the inland bay valleys. the weather theme is, a slight cooling trend as we go in to the bay area in the next 48 hours. mostly clear d mostly foggy along the coast, mostly clear inland and then a cooldown in to the bay area. this high pressure that -- creating all this heat is still there tomorrow. it just weakens a little bit and is there the next day but weakens more. as we go into thursday and freud, saturday and sunday the high will go east and more cool air will come in off the ocean. its been cool along the coast. tomorrow like today monday, tuesday, this set up. wednesday, the high shifts further east. temperatures start to drop more. further east on friday, saturday -- temperatures drop more. the forecast tomorrow -- high clouds coming up, we will see hazy skies tomorrow, fog along the coast and temperatures, almost as warm or hot as they were today. big he

its going to be a slow, cooldown throughout the bay area. it'll be hot and stay hot inland.n concord it's 77 degrees. just below 80 degrees at this hour. you know it's going to be a warm or hot day in the inland bay valleys. the weather theme is, a slight cooling trend as we go in to the bay area in the next 48 hours. mostly clear d mostly foggy along the coast, mostly clear inland and then a cooldown in to the bay area. this high pressure that -- creating all this heat is still there tomorrow. it just weakens a little bit and is there the next day but weakens more. as we go into thursday and freud, saturday and sunday the high will go east and more cool air will come in off the ocean. its been cool along the coast. tomorrow like today monday, tuesday, this set up. wednesday, the high shifts further east. temperatures start to drop more. further east on friday, saturday -- temperatures drop more. the forecast tomorrow -- high clouds coming up, we will see hazy skies tomorrow, fog along the coast and temperatures, almost as warm or hot as they were today. big heat in the cent

that cooldown as it moves in to the bay area weekend. see you back here. >> gang violence has been a big topic in san jose including right this minute with police on the scene of a gang related shooting. why this incident is part of an ongoing situation in the city. >> and a new casino apparently bringing some new problems to one san jose neighborhood. the complaints being raised by neighbors. . >>> the an approach to dealing gangs is being praised but it's not sitting well with some in the city. at least one person said it's getting worse. >> reporter: it's ironic san jose is dealing a gang situation even as city hall is being praised for its approach to gang problems. at this hour police officers swarming the 1500 block of south winchester where they say a hispanic male has been shot in an parent gang related shooting. police say it's a known gang area but are still trying to get more details on the shooting but say the victim is expected to survive. no arrests have been made. gang violence is also being felt in downtown san jose where

we're not going to get a cooldown. we mr.dry air move in from wednesday into friday and an additional cold front -- and we continue to track offshore a big clift are of thunderstorm activity. could it develop, a very, very slim chance under 10%. 72, clouds increase. tomorrow 87. sun and clouds with the chance for storms especially late in the day. the active weather begins to taper off midday and i think we'll see cooler weather with that next front, low 80s for the weekend. 60s, 50s at night. >> thanks a lot. >>> states decided to ban junk foods and they're making progress in the battle against childhood obesity. also, children who were overweight or obese if fifth great were more likely to reach a hero weight by the time they reach eighth grade. >>> it's not too early to be concerned about flu season. the centers of disease control and prevention said children should receive a flu vaccine every year. doctors say reinforce proper hygiene. toll your kids to wash hands off the and -- often. >>> buying school supplies and cloth

tomorrow looks fantastic and a nice cooldown for the weekend. if you are heading out for the summer heat and humidity, you will get a bit of a break. still going to be summery but not quite the heat we've been dealing with the past month or so. temperatures right now, wash, still warm, mild and humid. 74 right now in town. 7 # in annapolis. 73 in leonardtown. as you get north and west, you find 60s, lots of 60s. -- 73 in annapolis. a frontal system that tried to come through last night and didn't have enough push to get it east of us so it is hanging up right across the region as we speak. can't really see it but, trust me, it's there. we have a possess of energy out to the west. we'll call this an upper level trough. that is going to slam into the remnant of our front and give us -- provide enough lift out there that we could see some afternoon thunderstorms develop. in addition to some cloudiness, you can see that we do have the possibility of some scattered showers and storms arriving again later today. here is your forecast, partlysony skies

get ready for the cooldown. it will feel great around here this weekend. let's do some traffic and julie, 82 still plenty warm to go to the pool. don't you worry? >> i'm holding on to the 80s, maybe the low 90s. >> you looked like you were shifting when i mentioned 82. >> i know. i was like really? accident activity eastbound 32 before you reach route one. that was tying up the right side of the highway. westbound lanes are open. no problems reported along that stretch. you will find the lanes are open as you continue southbound along 270. no problems to report leaving hyattstown continuing out towards the truck scales. lanes are open as you continue out to the american legion bridge. >>> thousands of d.c. public school students will soon be heading back to class but some will face overcrowding in the classrooms. >> that includes schools in councilmember mary cheh's ward. matt ackland has the story. >> it is something councilmember mary cheh has done for years. >> all the major repairs are done. >> reporter: just before classes begin, she tours each school

then a cooldown after that. details in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. 4:32. police say a man is dead in montgomery county after crashing his motorcycle into a pole. this was at high gable's drive and great seneca highway. motorcycle was speeding when it left the road and struck a pole. the man died at a local trauma center. drivers may face delays in the great falls area as crews begin removing the dead and dying trees. about 60 trees will be cut down over the next few weeks, most of them on river bend and brown's mill road. the project was started after a man died when an oak tree fell on his car while driving on georgetown pike. >> bge customers will tell maryland regulators what they think company performance during the deadly derecho in june. the maryland public service commission holds the first of four public meetings in annapolis to night. pepco customers in montgomery and prince george's county got to air their feelings during last week's. the special session of the maryland general assembly resumes today. >> the house of delegates takes up a bill to

. >> that cooldown to 88. you have the best way to spend a rainy sunday afternoon with a big tub of pop corn at the movies. and speaking of the movies what's old is new again this weekend. but is the new total recall worth your time and money? that's right. arch has the scoop coming up. >> a familiar title is making its way back to the weekend box office. arch cam billion has the look at the new total recall. >> if you loved arnold in total recall hold that thought because collin fairly has tried it again. >> the total recall update looks great. it shows a crowded tough future where col lin farrell believes he leads the life of a working stiff but then he discovered somebody has altered his memory. he's the government spy turned revolutionary. and so the chase begins aided by jessica biel and pursued by a very angry kate becken sail. the 2012 total recall boils down to good versus evil. two stars out of four. now here's the weekend movie guide. almost four stars for the dark night rises ruby sparks and for the

next week a little bit of a cooldown. rosie, back to you. >> lance armstrong has survived cancer but he is giving up the fight against charges of illegal doping. we have more on his decision. >> reporter: enough is enough. that's how lance armstrong explained his decision to give up the battle against charges that he used performance enhancing drugs when he won an unprecedented seven tour de france races. he is banned from competitive cycling for life. the janes -- agency said he also ran a complex doping ring. >> does it say deep down inside he thinks he's guilty? there's so many questions left unanswered. >> reporter: his victories made him one of the biggest stars in the world and a hero to others because he came back to dominate his sport after beating cancer. he said this night has exhausted himself and his family. armstrong also insisted he was innocent saying it was a witch-hunt. armstrong has been battling doping allegations ever since he won his first tour in 1999. former teammates said armstrong not only doped b

we are looking for a cooldown, increased moisture and better firefighting conditions for the fire in the north bay. when i come back we will talk about this cooldown and how it pertains to your forecast in your neighborhood. see you back in just a few. >> the operators of the state power grid are dropping their flex alert as temperatures begin to let up. a week long heat wave across much of california had prompted operators to issue several flex alerts. they were asking people to reduce electric use, especially when demand is high in the late afternoon and early venge. customers made a great effort to reduce energy use and that helped maintain a reliable power supply. >> another refinery emergency brought hazmat crews to a shell plant this afternoon and prompted a shelter in place. today's incident follows a small fire at the refinery just yesterday. >> reporter: as hazmat crews arrived at the refinery we caught the smoke and flames. in this video you can see the flares. people nearby say they could smell it. >> i don't know where it was coming from but it was a strong odor and a bas

i'll be back in a few minutes and talk about a cooldown for the weekend. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >>> i've been telling you about this accident on the northbound side of i-95 right before the beltway. for a while now. the good news is it's on the shoulder. the bad news is all that red which is your delay caused by that earlier accident coming up from the occoquan river, lorton, newington springfield. again the lanes are open but the damage is double. we'll take a live "owe is double. -- done. we'll take a live look. flashing lights still there but at least the good news is the lanes are open. let's go back over to our maps and this time to southern maryland, route 4, 5, 301, everything looks great heading up to the beltway, andrews air force buys through oxon hill -- base through oxon hill. no delays heading for the wilson bridge. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:42. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> this morning our partners at cbs this morning are talking with presumptive republican presidential nominee mitt romney and there are a lot o

tonight a bit of a cooldown from two to 10 degrees.hose who may have been hoping for the low you barely felt it. there's one to two degrees of cooling in antioch. we saw more like five and 10 in redwood city, several degrees cooler today. napa felt the cool down. fairfield 18 miles per hour. that has pretty much been the strongest we have seen it today. it was really week all day long. sfo18miles per hour. for tomorrow we are going to be heating it back up once again and we're going to remain quite warm for the weekend. a nice summer evening in store for you. meanwhile around the bay numbers are slipping back into the 60s. san jose recording 76 and over the north bay 70 degrees in napa. 75 in santa rosa. for tomorrow numbers will be back well above average. the pacific satellite for you here. ridge of high pressure remains parked over the state and nudging our way every so southerly. we had a brief wave of move through. it is going to be gone for tomorrow. so that sea breeze, that delta breeze is going away and tomorrow we do expect te

we'll continue to take you through the cooldown and talk about some showers and thunderstorms in theorecast as well. first let's check your drive on a thursday. we're getting close to the weekend. >> overall a pleasant drive except for here, 24. westbound 24, still have that sigalert westbound where the accident is. i circled to the left side another issue, this is inside the caldecott, we had a stalled vehicle. they pushed it out but it seems like both directions to and through the caldecott a magnet for activity so we'll track that. westbound two lanes blocked around the off ramp by an accident involving a car on its roof. chp doesn't know when it's going to reopen. they don't talk about serious injuries. live look shows you the north bay, southbound 101 with taillights picks up the volume. the speeds hold all the way through san rafael and the golden gate bridge. >> thanks, mike. >> a southern california restaurant has a deal a lot of diners might be willing to stomach. >> a discount is offered if you give up your cell phone when you walk through the door. >> i like it. >> a resta

. >> we're checking in with tucker for the full forecast coming up but cooldown heading our way this weekend and what a beautiful shot as we take a look outside. fox 5 morning news back in a moment. i know. 6:12. ♪ we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. ♪ >>> you know who that is. today marks 35 years since the death of elvis presley. a crowd of 75,000 fans gathered outside graceland for a candle light vigil. the harmest crowd in the history of elvis week. for the first time since the event started in the early eve 80s priscilla and marie presley actually apyred live at -- appeared live at the vigil thanks the fans. >>> there will be a concert featuring footage from his best known performances and a tribute from singers and musicians who worked with the legend. >> wow. >> now i'm kind of surprised a little bit about priscilla and lisa. not -- they haven't been to the vigil. before. >> i'm surprised by that as well. >> since it started. >> in 35 y

. >> next at 5:15, howard has a cooldown in our seven-day forecast. we'll be back. >>> 5:13. 77 degrees. the rain is coming in but for now at least the roads are dry for the most part. if you're planning to head around the beltway, all the overnight construction has been cleared up as well. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head in on the northbound side of i-95, you're beginning to see just a little bit of yellow right here in woodbridge. that means you'll find slow traffic across the occoquan river. traffic still moving well to the beltway. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-395 and 95 and show what you it looks like here. franconia springfield parkway still very light here as you head up toward the beltway and 395. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head to the north side of town on the beltway. traffic still moving really well from college park right into bethesda. no problems on your major thoroughfares coming in from the north to the beltway. a live look one more time outside and here's what it looks lik

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we'll find out if maybe a cooldown is in the future. but in the meantime a lot of messy areas. >> a water main break, a sink hole and more construction so i eel get to that coming up in just a little bit. >> you've been busy all week long. >> i know. too busy. still more of the same. still very humid outside. temperatures above average this morning but m.d. m's most powerful radar is dry. just that one lonely shower around ocean city but that's beginning to fizzle out as well. but we're also dealing with temperatures this morning above average. 70 degrees. good morning aberdeen. more of the same in bowie and that humidity is up there. we're suffering so we are dealing with a little bit of patchy fog. we do have reduced visibility to talk about this morning. the last time i i showed you york, a little bit of improvement but we still need to get up to those tens that we like to see. 3 miles of reduced visibility and 5 now in baltimore so that's in new update there. hour by hour, this is what it looks like. by 10:00 that temperature at 81

this breeze pushing into livermore resulted in a cooldown for livermore. most of us warmed up 6 degrees over yesterday's high. upper 80s fairfield, napa still 90 degrees in santa rosa. low 90s is where we saw fairfield hit earlier today. so again that on shore breeze now beginning to cool us off. 67 in hayward, 80 degrees still redwood city. the ridge of high pressure bringing us the warm up today is going to continue to strengthen our way. the sinking air will continue to bring us patchy fog a the bay. you probably woke up with more sunshine than what we had seen in recent days that will be the day again for tomorrow. by tomorrow our hottest spots will be well into the upper 90s. 53 for vallejo, upper 50s fairfield, antioch. the warmer you are right now the warmer you will be tomorrow morning. we have a nice summer like evening in store for many of our inland spots. 9:00 tonight, areas near antioch perhaps still right about 70 degrees. 90degrees expected for tomorrow afternoon in santa rosa. 85 for novato. 86 san rafael, 75 in oakland for tomorrow. mid-90

enjoy the cooldown while it lasts. warmer weather coming. >> thanks

as we head toward the weekend, a cooldown coming. we will get some showers and storms on saturday but temperatures are going to be much more palatable. here's the set yum. you've got -- setup. you've got all the sunshine. increase still out to the west. this is going to come through. it's going to hit the very warm humid air mass in place. the upper level winds are picking up a little bit with this upper level energy and we're likely to see some showers and storms form. by mid afternoon, the mountains, parts of northern virginia will be isolated to scattered about. what does form has the threat of going strong. looks like a better chance d.c. north and west and south of town will have some of those showers. here we're at 8:45 and storms still around this evening. things will quiet down overnight and we'll pop more showers and storms for you tomorrow afternoon. so forecast, got a yellow alert today. we'll tune in with topper later on because if it looks like the storms will be severe or more severe than what i'm talking about, we may

we'll see the midweek cooldown for places like livermore and pleasanton.res try to rebound a little bit. we'll get back into the 90s by the time we get towards next saturday. so nice for your plans tomorrow morning, but could have misty skies tomorrow morning, as well. >> sounds good. thank you very much, rob. now it's time for sports. let's bring in henry of comcast sports net. hi there, henry. >> hello, chris. plenty of things to talk about, including football. after coming up a game short of making it to the super bowl, jim harbaugh is not going to settle for anything less than the lombardi trophy this season. many believe the offense still has a lot to prove. let's go out to houston where the niners were mixing things up with the texans. tough night for san francisco's offense. first quarter, tied at 3-3. brandon jacobs injures his left knee. second quarter, kaepernick looking for randy moss and drops the ball. however, he had three catches for 24 yards. fourth quarter, more bad news. scott tolzein's pass is incomplete and the rookie is carted off. but

we'll talk more about tonight's storm threat and the weekend cooldown. >>> coming up at 7:00 former penn state assistant coach sandusky picks up an old hobby in prison. we'll tell you what he's up to at 7:00. >> the fight may be over at the statehouse, but voters will have the final say on expanding gambling in maryland. >> but relief for commuters who find their parking lot chock full before 8 a.m. every wednesday morning. >>> a commuter alert, that new commuter parking lot at telegraph road near i-95 and prince william parkway is set to open september 4th. the new lot will add about 700 spaces for commuters and will be a relief for folks who try to park in the horner road lot which is typically beyond its 2,300 base capacity before 7:30 a.m. >>> united airlines is apologizing after a 10-year-old girl was left to fend for herself as she was in o'hare airport for four hours. the little girl was flying from san francisco to michigan to summer camp, but no one from the airline ever came to escort the uncompanied minor from one -- unaccompanied minor from one gate to the other. when she ask

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meteorologist leigh glaser has details bat cooldown coming our way. >> this is unbelievable. >> alan:n emergency situation with a twist. that had rescue crews laughing in the end. >> ama: join us after the olympics tonight. switch back to abc-7 news for all the local news and weather in just seven minutes. we won't make you stay up any later than you need to. >> mike: coming up in sports, giants get back on the winning track at matt cain was able, on the mound and at the plate. always a bonus when the >> ama: a man walked away with a great temperature to tell every many others, including the local police, thought he drown in a river. even the coroner rushed the banks of the sunday question hon na river after someone reported seeing a body floating down the stream. you see him there but the man sprang to his feet and said a dragon fly landed on his nos. we're told rescuers he was taking a nap in the cool river to beat the heat. >> i was out like a light, but it was comfortable. enjoy life as you have it, and that's what was doing. i'm sorry i hindered anybody. >> no, no. >> but i'm goi

saturday we talk about that cooldown for the weekend there. you go. lower 80s for saturday and a chance for still showers and storms to start off the weekend. sunday is still in the 80s, just a range in there for a chance of a shower and look at monday, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures in the mid-80s. it's going to feel nice. the nats are in town starting friday. so we've got some great weather for baseball starting friday. >> that saturday morning is if- y. >> a little unsettled. >>> our weird news file tonight cruising with your eyes closed. let your cell phone do the driving. scientists in australia are all set to test this great idea. the car has an on board computer and radar sensor that can communicate with the cell phone. put your cell phone on the dashboard with the camera facing forward and off your go. the australians say this system will someday make owning your own car obsolete. we'll just use commuter vehicles only when you need them sliding our phones into the dashboard with all the info the car needs for the trip and to that i say you a

. >>> still to come, a cooldown is in the forecast. we're going to check in with rob in a moment. also details on the fire that was burning in san jose. where it happened and what the latest is. >>> and would you be willing to ditch your phone for a break on dinner? how one restaurant is trying to get diners to get old fashioned face time. ♪ ♪ i'm thinking sweet ♪ and i'm thinking new ♪ i'm thinking all these brilliant colors ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] [ female announcer ] 40 delicious flavors that feel as good as they taste. yoplait, it is so good! >>> how often do you check your phone when you're out o dinner? one l.a. restaurant is asking diners to knock it off and they will knock off the tab. they want people to pay attention to the dinner partner than the folk on the phones. >> it's like a choke check for devices at the restaurant. and a 5% meal discount when diners leave their phones in the basket. many ask why no one thought of this before. >> i think it's great. although i got