so we are going on day to a more hostages erica. s temperatures above the seasonal average a i don't think we will break any records. for those of you going to the oakland a's game lead tonight against the texas rangers allow you probably celebrating we will see sunshine at the start of the game pitched at 7: 05. >> no discussion point don't! stand your ground i guess is the more from that video. that is the lesson which is caught. the video is called bear meets in shantou. she's scared of a bear just by yelling. if there does not respond to yelling or rock from be ready to buy used peppers break or physically fight back or sometimes you have to play did. but in her case she does get a simple word and that there backed away. wow! >> your also of del cabrera had four hits including his major league 44 home run. it raised his batting average to a best 329 he has a hundred and 37 rbis. " thcabrera the sun triple crown winner. if you're wondering, del cabrera's not related to the milkman. >> will bring it all the action live from the blue

news 4's erica gonzalez is live on rehoboth beach. conditions are deteriorating fast. >> reporter: aaron, you just said that, and we got a great big gust going this way. it's so different than any other hurricane that i've covered because it's cold out here. take a look at the waters now. so choppy. the are the waves are out on the bort walk. you do not need to be on the roads. it is now illegal for you to be on the roads. if you are caught on the roads, you'll be fined more than $100 for the first offense. $200 for the second. you could spend up to 30 days in jail for anything over that. you don't need to be out here. 45 mile an hour wind gusts. by later this afternoon, you could be experiencing hurricane force winds. anything that is left outside needs to be brought in as soon as possible because anything that is flying at you at more than 75 miles an hour cannot be stopping. you cannot get out of the way of something like that. aaron, eun, back to you. >> erica gonzalez at rehoboth beach for us. thank you, erica. >> 6:05 now. >>> a

news4's erica has the story of one family forced to deliver their baby on the side of the beltway. >> 7 pounds, 6 ounces, he let out a good cry. it's the way he made his grand debut that could make his story one for the box office. >> i trusted him with, you know, not just my life, with our son. >> stacy ann was already 39 weeks and scheduled to be induced, but baby aaron had other plans. >> she felt intense contractions. >> they got in the car and started driving. >> the only way to stop the pain is if i get him out. >> forcing dad to call for help. >> prince george's county 911 emergency center. >> i'm on the beltway heading northbound to the hospital. my wife's water broke. >> there on the side of 495, it happened. >> he's breathing. >> gently wipe off his mouth and nose. >> okay. >> and cry hdry him off with a towel. you want to tie the shoe lace around the umbilical cord. >> big brother was able to help dad, too. minutes later the family was transported by ambulance to holy cross in silver spring. >> they're there now, sir? >> yeah, they're here. >> you did a great job. congratul

. >> news4's erica gonzalez took part, along with nbc 4 general manager jackie bradford. they presented a $5,000 donation. >>> coming up, we'll tell but a dog that knows how to survive. >> there are new questions that what really works when you're trying to fight off a common cold. how about our weather? >> the rain may be over but take a look behind me. minutes just how thick this fog will be by tomorrow morning. >>> if you're one of those who likes to stock up on vitamin d for colds, you might be wasting your time and money. researchers in new zealand have completed a two-year study of patients who got high doses of vitamin d and against those taking a placebo. they found no difference in the number of colds and upper respiratory infections in the two groups. the study published in this month's "journal of the american medical association" will. >>> a poodle is being called a miracle dog for surviving high speeds while wedged up in the grill of a car. the dog ran out in front of a car two weeks ago. it happened in rhode island. the driver hit the brakes. he looked aroun

news 4's erica gonzalez is live in rehoboth beach. what is it like this morning? >> shelters are slated to open today at noon. we will be meeting with the governor of delaware at one of those locations at that time. take a look at the water. it's just inching into the board walk. it is now about to 3 feet above the normal level. we are just about 100 feet away from the board walk. it is inching its way over there. at 10:00 a.m. we are expected to have an update from emergency officials. they're going into a meeting. we should hear the latest from them on how rehoboth beach is keeping up with sandy. again, water levels 2 to 3 feet above normal. sea witch festivals have been canceled. the mandatory evacuation in place for anybody tt is within 3/4 mile of the beach and delaware bay. you have mandatory evacuations in place until 8:00 this evening. we cannot remind you enough about the severity of the situation and for you to go out and buy supplies if you have not already done so and prepare to begin leaving the coastal region. we still spotted some people out here th

all has to do with a major explosives find in imperial county good evening everyone i'm erica is out here with k s news that's our top story tonight sheriff's deputies recovered the explosives of an ammunition in an island home they say it's the largest illegal ammunition find ever in niland some of it included fifty caliber live machine gun ammo and they are fifteen cluster bombs and the highest houser level before bomb but it is what i told you that they would rate it is house and took all the work of the day of the. well i tried to get the f.b.i. and a.t.f. involved in it nobody wanted to do it so if it were blowing everything ourselves with their bombs. that was around the time of the convention in palm springs and that's was my concern you know there's. bombs chief mike made a frightening connection a major political of that was about to convene in palm springs california eighty miles northwest of niland they were receiving rooms born on the recently mentioned go and i didn't. and why they wanted this today. federal government's. rules many times you'll find people in law enforcement agencies

become the industry standard and erica says without it she's sure she's lost out on a lot of reservations. >> the footsteps i wanted to hear. denise. >> denise, owner of the sgency in new jersey offered to redo erica's website, incorporating all these new elements. >> this really has more of a modern flare to it. we call this modern rustic because it shows you, again, big picture up front which would rotate and show you a few aspects on the home page. people want to have the easy, quick, book now. >> first impression. >> my right off the bat impression is i like this one a lot better. it's more exciting, more hip, modern. >> with a new web design chosen and photo and online reservation system in place, filling the rooms should take less effort but what about that cottage makeover? what will erica think? >> okay. let's get her in position. okay. you ready? >> three, two, one. >> wow! wow! really cool. yes, definitely. it's very cool. very different. is it the same bed? >> yes. it's a new headboard. >> so cool! that is neat. wow! you guys made that. >> yes. >> that's amazing. oh, my gosh, you took the mirror and painted it. it looks so much better. >> scale o

erica? >> good morning, george. upper 70's, low 80s. expect clear skies bay-area white.and in another gorgeous day on tap. with a bay area why gorgeous day. and even a record setting temperatures. wide--- >> as we start the next cool front with rainfall activity relatively significant. even 1 in. in isolated areas next week. as we check your numflag certainly have to the beaches with low 80s anticipated for santa cruz. as we go towards the coast, stinson beach. mostly sunny conditions. your kron 4 7 day around the bay the heat is on with cooler conditions for the weekend. there is wet weather activity as we go towards monday and tuesday. speaking of what weather let us take a look at the satellite and radar. with that-wet weather isolated showers towards minneapolis. the reason i bring this up is because that giants game is at 1:00 p.m. against the st. louis cardinals. porwe will certainlyt light rain moving through quickly. >> sheet is an expert on the bay area scene. she is an expert-- >> and also, she is the official giants prognosticator. when it is still in the work

erica who was following the weather. >> a cool down is in store and we will not s the coastoasty conditions liketo thd into tonight theault will come back. in the '60s and '70s as we head into tomorrow. if it will be much cooler tomorrow and it will be in the upper 70's. as we take a look out to what is in store for the we can. we do have a potential day with showers. >> as we start out now for the ride to the bay. the westbound commute on 880 is pushing the drive time to about 16 minutes. volume is building up on the east bay. heavy traffic is on 580 and highway 4. it is light to moderate on the south bay 101. >> a live look at the coliseum as that a's and the rangers play their 162nd game of the year to decide who wins the american west. pitcher travis blackly had a nice outing. blackly had five strikeouts. an insurance run put the a's up 3 to 1. the improbable, amazing a's are now in first place since march 29th. there were 13 games june on june 30th >> and they are already guaranteed a playoff spot but they can clinch the wild card spot. >> in new this morning violence continues to escalate in oakland. a man that

s. the building is famously known as the backdrop to many kennedy family sailing trips on nantucket sound. officials are evaluating the damage and are considering rebuilding. >>> coming up next, erica with our forecast. >>> i want to remind you again that if you like us on wusa9 on facebook, then we will donate a dollar to the american red cross sandy relief fund. so please like us on wusa9. >>> let's take a look at our weather now. >> it's definitely improving out there, jc. we are going to see lots of clouds today. a few sprinkles here and there. breezy conditions but of course the worst of sandy is over and done with. let's take a look at satellite and radar. you can see the few sprinkles and showers still showing up in garrett county -- showing up. and in garrett county, it's still snowing. we're not quite done with the snowfall in the mountains, especially west of the divide. some areas picked up as much as 3 feet of snow out of that system. but now you can see that the spinning action here with sandy is resigned to just a few showers, and we are pretty much done with the heavy rainfall. but we still do have flood warnings in effect and for some reason they're not showing up o

erica? >> good morning, james. it looks like that heat is moving out of our area. the warmest areas will be in the 90's.esterday, we set records but today temperatures are in the 60s. '70s, '80s and pretty warm conditions but a bit more mild. as for goal for this afternoon and relatively as we go for this afternoon, still however, warm expected where these numbers are expected to end up in my next weather report. >> good morning, ericka. a pretty quiet start. the bridges, the east freeways and the westbound freeway is also looking decent on highway no. 4 card interstate 580 through the peninsula and light conditions. >> bay area baseball a huge victory for the oakland athletics. defeating the texas rangers. and johnnie hit a home run. and this improbable baseball season putting this in first place for the american league west. they were sharing the division with the rangers and the final game of the season. the deciding came today we will go live to the ballpark in check in with jackie jackie sissel. jackie, good morning. >> good morning you were talking about improbable. that is the story of the oaklan

erica on to dow3 >> where bad giving him a quick check of the markets. >> from the corporate world today of three industries close appositive yesterday's. the dow is up 120 points nasdaq also up 36.3001 01 s and p closing cost it as well. will people on the stock market opening bell at 6:30 a.m. this morning we will check with rob black to find out what is moving the market. >> the world's largest chip maker says its income fell 14% from last year and is looking at the conditions of the next quarter. intel blames tough economic conditions. ships from pcs to smart bombs may be a factor that contri to th for 1:00 pm is the time. here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. will be a hot day today. the current temperature 57 degrees looking for a high of 84 and sunny skies. >> the earthquake killed 63 people and injured more than 3000. that earthquake happened during one of practice for the world series that year featuring the san francisco giants and the oakland a's. most of the damage occurred in the green the district. with some sections of the bay bridge collapse and tthe cypress freews what you're seeing here in oakland. today we are expecting a much calmer day although it will it

erica >> good morning we're have some clouds that we're holding on to. downtown san francisco is still pretty chilly holding onto the upper '40's through santa rosa.mer for east bay with mild conditions there. upper 50s for oakland 52 for san mateo and sunnyvale is coming in at a chilly 49. feature cast for shows lunch time everyone in the grain, pretty comfortable)+d e see the potential for the showers for the south. in the meantime the seven a round of a forecast looks like temperatures are relatively consistent for the rest of the workweek. cold front pushes through on friday and with that we could see some scattered showers. saturday and sunday proved to be dry and we will or it it has calmed down lifted. --hold first off that is baumgartner himself he is 43 years old and that is the bologna as kind be riding in. the capsule that will carry him all the way up or talking 23 mi. high he will jump out and begin that massive free fall. he is a former parish to this so he is no stranger to falling out of an aircraft. -- parachutes be >> still had a dog named oliver has a sneak attack that is sure to make you smile. i sneeze like that. a live look o

erica, keep it safe out there. >>> today people living in the district can pick up sandbags to protect their homes from flooding. d.c.'s department of public works will hand out sandbags at the tacoma park center. d.c. residents can stop by from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to pick up their sandbags. there is a five-bag limit per car. >>> throughout our area people are preparing for the worst, not only stocking up for the possibility of long power outages but in some neighborhoods they're bracing for flooding. news 4's jackie bensen reports. >> reporter: in the huntington section of fairfax county it's a tense game of watching and waiting. this flyer was hand delivered to every home in the area which has been devastated regularly by flooding, warning residents to be prepared. as recently as august, residents of this neighborhood were pumping water out of their basements. >> we've been preparing for a couple days. >> reporter: at twins ace hardware store on main street in fairfax, you can tell what people need by looking at the empty spaces on the shelves. this space on the second floor held portable generators, almost unhea