while there, he met two elderly sisters, catherine and cordelia norton. the last surviving members of an old texas family that made millions mining granite. the two sisters never married and lived in a large mansion while running separate businesses. 75-year-old catherine was the younger of the two. >> her nickname was girlie. she was very frilly, very lady-like. >> catherine ran a flower shop and met tim scoggin while he was working for a local funeral home. 83-year-old cordelia was a beer distributor and a cattle rancher. >> she was rough. she had a man tile haircut. she wore khaki clothes and she could cuss better than any sailor you ever saw. >> as scoggin got to know the sisters, he spent increasing amounts of time doing their chores, cooking for them, he acted as their driver and helped them with their medications. >> they were lonely. they needed someone to talk to them. they needed someone to care for them. and that's what he did. and they trusted him just like a son. >> he was at their beck and call. he would drive them anywhere, take them to the

cordelia, 30. that's definitely something. amazingly cool. i mean, the heavy rain continues but oklahoma city up to denver, temperatures are a good 5, 20 degrees below average. the high today in oklahoma city will be 75. that is something they don't usually see until october 10th. it's 59 in denver. they've had a steady rain all night long. just really cool on the temperatures for some. really hot for us as you know unless you are by the water's edge. 59 up in ukiah. overall, the fog is there. fog, mostly sunny. there will still be some areas that are hot inland. i think a few degrees will come off -- going to come off some of the afternoon highs. 70s, 80s, 90s. walnut creek, 93. but with a breeze. 73 alameda. 95 pleasanton. a couple of people said it feels cooler that morning. 84 san jose. east san jose will be closer to 89. sunnyvale, 85. 97 for morgan hill. 73 san bruno. 65 in dc and 85 in palo alto. now, tomorrow is the key. there's hints of a parmup. if this -- warmup. if this breeze holds that won't happen. >>> we're learning more about

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offshore continuing to move in and we have a lot near venetia and it looks like it is heading towards cordeliafairfield and not a lot of drizzle out towards east san jose, foothills and san francisco peninsular and marin county, you are leaders of the pack with anymore thunderstorm activity and you need that help, 60s very warm and mild and we are not get an upgrading and that's why the and that could definite live pop-up more and that is definitely southwest of us and this is just the little guy and you can see the circulation around that and that's what is being drawn up and also some of that thunderstorm activity. lots of clouds, hype clouds, morning showers, lightning, probably this afternoon, upper and it is 2 degrees above average and we are now a .0349 for july and that's 900% of normal and maybe a sign for things to come. higher clouds are out of here and i am not buying familiar it and it will barometric pressure up and the average earnings for and researchers say graduate salaries held study and workers do here more than and new plan by one bay area utility company that could have of

the drive along 80 eastbound and westbound the top speed has no delays up to cordelia interchange and american canyon and vallejo and dry, still, making the drive into benicia so no problems there. a little further to the south el sobrante, if you are in the albany area, out of berkeley, san pablo, be careful. we have a report of this accident involving a big rig westbound along 580 you could see it off to the shoulder and is in the mud causing spectator slowing. using our waze app with a report that through sunol there is rain and we have five thumb's up so they are validated. if you are traveling along 680 through pleasanton and sunol and highway 84 you will find the wed roots so be careful. it is easy to track your traffic with apple app and google play and you can join the abc7 team. >> how much sleep did you get? eight no longer the ideal number. researchers found seven hours is good for adults for optimum performance. many doctors question that conclusion. people should be abe to figure out their own ideal numbers over three days to a week while on vacation. ditch the alarm cloc

a little bit heading towards cordelia. if you are out in that direction, not much. also just kind of scattered around pleasanton, livermore, altamont pass. san jose also towards cambria park. this is light. 60s on the temperatures for almost everybody. sfo is 66 balmy degrees. that's the line right there. i think marin county and along the coast in san francisco, the best opportunity for more thunderstorm possibility today. a lot of clouds. some off-and-on showers. kind of muggy and humid. 70s and 80s inland. 70s near the bay. here's sal. >>> we are looking at a rather large backup this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you drive from oakland to san francisco, even if you are in the carpool lane, you will have to wait along to get along the toll plaza. we have a look at the eastshore freeway that may be effected. this is the nimitz freeway. we'll show you the drive between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. 25 minutes. some of that time i dare say is approaching the bay bridge near the maze and we can go to the bay bridge now and traffic is going to