dr. jill cha ns us along with "mariah"... with fleas li e environment as spend approx 5% of eir lifetime on the pe 2. best control is treatment of the environment-house/yard 3. topical and oral he fleas dr. jill chase joining us along with mariah with some help. so what's your advice? >> well, i'm so glad we're talking about fleas because pretty much everybody who has pets right now is suffering from the fact that we have had such hot weather and it's so bad. so i really enjoy talking about fleas and specifically to that question, all of the topical medications have an expiration date on the box and even if you have uncapped the medication, it's still going to last until the expiration date. but this cat is not unique in that mariah is purring and purring over here! so most cats do not enjoy the topical products. that's not unusual at all. but i want to remind owners that fleas live in the environment. they spend very little time on the pets! and this is a big piece of information that came out when i was actually in vet scho

dr. jill, thank you so much for those tips.nd if you have a question about your pet's health and well-being, we want to hear from you. email us at pets@kpix.com and we'll have dr. jill give us answers every friday at noon. we'll be right back. autistic child. her name is "humnah." she was last seen just before 11 >>> sunnyvale police want your help to find a missing 7-year- old autistic child. her name is [ non-english language ] last seen just before 11 a.m. in sunnyvale wearing a white short-sleeved top and pink shorts. and we're told she is able to communicate verbally. if you see her, please, call 911. >>> coming up at 5:00, auto dealer intimidation. how one woman is putting an end to the boys club stereotype at a bay area dealership. we'll have that and more at 5:00. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. have a great weekend. ♪ [ insects chirping ] >> brooke: you said that liam's blackmailing you. >> bill: yes. my own son. >> brooke: and you stepped down from spencer publications because he's forcing you out. okay, this is

thank you, dr. jill chase. if you have questions, email us and we'll have dr. jill chase answer your questions friday at noon. we'll be right back. are off the rails. we get an inside look at the weeklong fix at the trolley's powerhouse. that story and more at five. >>> starting today san francisco's iconic cable cars are off the rails. we get an inside look at the week long fix at the trolley's powerhouse. that and more at 5:00. >>> so it's a first day of fall. >> yes. >> nice weekend ahead. >> yes. >> just a matter of minutes at 1:02 autumn officially arrives, to be precise. ever since i got that tweet saying it's the tamale festival, i can't stop thinking about tamales. >> pretty good ones too. >> but i want to go to gilroy! >> let's go! >> enjoy your tamales this weekend, everyone. bye! ♪

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dr. jill rubin was fortunate enough to find a place to stay. her flight was canceled just half-hour before she was set to fly out. >> it's quite disturbing because everybody is boarding up everything here. it's still quite unnerving to be honest with you. you don't know what's going to happen tonight. >> puerto rico dodged a direct hit with irma passing just north of the island. >>> so puerto rico dodged the bullet but is the cone of concern still in florida? >> it depends how the storm turns. so i'll show that you when we track it. i want to show you where it is right now. it looks like just to the north of dominican republic going straight for the bahamas, turks and caicos. the last time we had three hurricanes out there was 2010. so katia, irma and jose are in the atlantic. irma is north of the dominican republic. it passed north of puerto rico but caused plenty of damage. these winds at 180 miles an hour with gusts at 225. here's the itdily its libake asa it all depends on which direction it turns when it gets closer to florida. of course,

dr. gullery been was fortunate -- jill ruben was fortunate enough to find a place to stay tonight. her flight was canceled an hour before she was set to fly out. >> it's quite disturbing because everybody is boarding up everything here. it's still quite unnerving to be honest with you. we really don't know what's going to happen tonight. >> puerto rico just may dodge a direct hit with irma passing just north of the island. >>> today president trump agreed to raise the debt ceiling temporarily as part of a deal for hurricane harvey funding. the house passed a nearly $8 billion relief package to help victims of that storm. the president agreed to tie it to a three month extension on government funding and a three month increase on the debt limit. he met with congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle today. earlier house speaker paul ryan objected to the plan. >> we've got another unprecedented hurricane about to hit florida and they want to play politics with the debt ceiling? >> the president listened to the arguments. we think we made a very reasonable and strong argument an

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