as erika reported earlier, june sales for retailers were pretty good. kohl's, target, and macy's each saw strong business last month, and each stock was up at least 5.5%. macy's gain puts it over $30 per share since late 2007. one department store not faring so well was j.c. penney. june sales were disappointing. the company cut its quarterly earnings estimate, and the stock fell more than 1%. this jump in june came when penney's announced the head of apple's retail business, ron johnson, would be joining it as c.e.o. this fall. "the wall street journal" reports his role will be limited initially to marketing and merchandise at first. teen retailers heated up. zumiez shot up 10%; american eagle and aeropostale gained at least 6% each. this final note on retailing-- credit and debit card processors visa and mastercard added about 2% each. visa expects revenue to grow about 10%, despite the federal reserve's new cap on what banks can charge retailers for accepting debit cards. customer services firm apac will be going private. a private investment group o

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erika miller looks at where prices are likely to head from here. >> reporter: aaron ernst is the envy of drivers everywhere because it costs just pocket change to fill his tank. >> this takes one gallon, so i usually put one gallon in it-- and that's like $5. so when gas prices go up? $6. >> reporter: but plenty of others are feeling the pinch of higher fuel costs. not only does sal maurano drive a less fuel-efficient vehicle, he also travels 300 miles a week for his commute. >> you got to bite the bullet. i mean, you got to get to work. you got to pay it. >> reporter: prices have been rising despite efforts by the united states and other countries to lower them by tapping emergency energy stockpiles. after that coordinated strategy was announced in late june, gasoline prices fell to an average of $3.57 a gallon nationally. now they're 7 cents higher. the good news for drivers is there could be relief at the pump over the next few weeks. some experts are predicting energy prices will fall on signs of weakening global demand. trader jeffery grossman thinks crude could drop $10 a barrel

wait until you hear erika's forecast. >> it is getting cooler.arted off the week with triple digits and now end it rather cool. in fact about 10 to 15 degrees below average. and we are seeing a lot of clouds working their way into the forecast region. so as we take a quick look outside, we are going to see the low clouds making their way in and seeing a cold front that is making its way down from the gulf of alaska, and the head of a low, and what is happening here, is we're getting the marine buildup layer and it pushes into the system and what we will see is buildup of the clouds and the low dips down. decreasing the daily highs. and then we will see the cooldown and the forecast for much of the region. mostly sunny inland. gusts up to 22 miles per hour. low clouds and breezy conditions for the bay. a very slight chance of drizzle for the coast as the low starts to be introduced into the region. santa rosa, your overnight low is 47 degrees. 52 for oakland. fremont, 53 and livermore. the expected overnight low 54 degrees. these are just a bit co

let's check in with erika to check in on how hot it's going to get. >> definitely have a heat advisory that has been issued for much of the inland locations from noon to 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. we've got excessive heat, also do have that spare the air alert. that has to do with the fact that that high pressure ridge is moving in rather quickly, keeping everything very stagnant. we can see we've got unhealthy air walt for parts of the forecast. i've got my detailed forecast, coming up, along with my seven- day. but in the meantime, definitely stay safe out there and stay hydrated as well. >> erica, thank you. >>> summer has arrived with a vengeance, and just in time for the july 4th holiday weekend, don knapp is at the alameda county fair in pleasanton, where they are celebrating the grilling season in a big way. don? >> reporter: grilling season, the biggest way you can imagine, ann. what you're looking at behind me now is an historical moment, as they flip what they hope will be the world's largest hamburger. they actually had to create a special rig to do this and they hopefully will get

erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: looks like investors came back from the holiday weekend a little cautious about investing in the markets, and sort of a see saw day all day, and in the late afternoon when the news about portugal and the debt downgrade from moody's, stocks went into a sell-off. >> early in the afternoon, all three of the major indices were in positive territory, but they couldn't hold on to the gains. >> tom: clearly as erica just mentioned we've had a nice rally. let's get everybody up to date with the market post. >> tom: stocks ended the day mixed. a rebound in some commodity prices helped certain stock groups move higher. that's where we're going to begin. among those commodities finding buyers? oil. crude oil jumped about 2%, rising to almost $97 a barrel-- its highest price since mid- june. energy was the best sector today. no surprise. chevron led the dow industrial average, up 1%. all year long, shares have been able to find buyers when they drop to $98, as they did in february, may and last month. the stock, by the way, is up more

erika miller reports on just how violent that reaction might be. >> reporter: in midtown manhattan, the national debt clock looms, highlighting the amount of money owed by the u.s. government. the clock is also ticking on politicians to work out a compromise to raise the nation's borrowing limit, but strategist jim awad warns just raising the debt level won't be enough to raise stock prices. >> the market wants two things. it wants the debt ceiling raised so that we don't default, and it wants a credible deficit reduction plan so the dollar gets some support so you don't >> reporter: if there is no agreement and stock prices plunge, strategist vadim zlotnikov says "buy". >> i do believe that if the reaction is anything more than 5% or 7% to the market, i believe investors should be buying the market at that level. >> reporter: what about treasury bonds? their yields have been hovering at historic lows despite the threat of default, and the loss of the nation's aaa rating. but some strategists see little reaction in treasuries regardless of what happens. >> in the prior periods, when you

erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: meanwhile, the biggest u.s. city in bankruptcy won approval today for its chapter 9 bankruptcy plan. valejo, california, plans to cut interest payments to its bank and reduce benefits to retirees. the former u.s. navy town near san francisco had sought protection three years ago after the recession eroded tax revenue and unions rejected wage cuts. >> susie: stocks slipped in and out of positive and negative territory all day as investors and traders waited for news on that debt deal. let's get right to the stock stories in tonight's "market focus." information technology was the street's leading sector-- cisco one of its best performers, up 2% to $16. goldman sachs said cisco's sales growth is set to rebound in 2012. wall street's worst performing sector: sprint nextel taking the biggest hit. its second quarter loss widened as more than 100,000 subscribers dropped the carrier. sprint shares plunged almost 16%, their biggest one-day sell- off since 2008, down 82 cents to $4.34. the wireless giant lost 28 cents a

erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: carmakers in detroit and the united auto workers have officially begun bargaining for a new four-year contract. chrysler and u.a.w. leaders began talks this morning with a series of friendly handshakes. company and union officials wore matching maroon jackets to signify their unity. both sides say they want fair contracts that keep the automakers competitive. the current contract expires in mid-september. >> tom: investors dialed back their appetite for risk with no clear resolution on the debt ceiling. let's get to tonight's "market focus." it was a rough start for stocks this morning. the s&p 500 fell 1% at the opening bell. that was the worst level of the day. this is today's trading for the index. prices improved throughout into the early afternoon, before closing down 0.5%. after the close, the market focus turned to netflix. earnings were well ahead of estimates, but revenues were slightly disappointing, as was its outlook. subscribers have been complaining about its recently announced price hikes, separating the charg

erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: late today, the u.s. treasury department said secretary timothy geithner will not make any decision about leaving the obama administration until a deal is reached on raising the debt ceiling. the comment came after bloomberg news reported geithner was considering a return to private life after the debt ceiling is raised. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's "n.b.r. newswheel." the federal reserve today wrapped up its government bond buying binge called "q.e. 2," the fed bought u.s. treasuries during this latest round of so- called "quantitative easing". but the central bank is still expected to spend $25 billion a month to replace the maturing debt on its books. standard and poor's detailed plans to cut uncle sam's credit rating if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling. the ratings agency is prepared to strip the u.s.'s triple-a to "d", the lowest rating, if no agreement is reached by the august 2 deadline. the greek parliament has okayed a tough new austerity plan. now, billions of dollars in lo

erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: this is another summer of discontent over government debt in europe. and the worries have hit overseas stocks. by one measure, an exchange- traded fund that includes 50 of the biggest european stocks, european stocks have dropped to their lowest level since march. that brings us to tonight's "word on the street," "europe." robert walberg is the chief market strategist at thestreet.com. walberg is with us from the nasdaq. bob, welcome back. how are stocks of european countries impacted by the government debt worries? >> well, tom, it has been, as you mentioned earlier, ugly. the european markets across the board have some of the worst performers in the world year to date. generally, the fears of the debt overhang and the implications that's going to have on the economies of that whether it's cutting spending, slowing down economic growth. all thaf has led to the shedding of >> tom: so you're bringing along three global players in europe thaw find value, beginning withun unilever, , an hellmans, , , and it's held up well, hasn'

erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: still ahead, the murdoch mess. ruper murdoch's newscorp is under scrutiny for questionable journalism on both sides of the atlantic, but we'll talk to an analyst who still likes the stock. >> susie: government debt worries put investors in a selling mood. at the close, the dow lost 94 points, the nasdaq fell nearly 25 and the s&p 500 off almost 11. as for volume, 871 million shares were traded here at the big board and just shy of 1.8 billion at the nasdaq. meanwhile, all that glitters is gold. the yellow metal closed above $1,600 for the first time. ever. gold for august delivery settled at $1,602 an ounce, up $12. that's a record in dollar terms, but below the peak reached in the 1980s, after accounting for inflation. >> susie: big layoffs announced late today at cisco systems. it will layoff 6,500 workers, or about 9% of its full time workforce. analysts predicted thousands of job cuts after cisco announced plans to reorganize in may. the company had been losing ground in the network equipment business. cisco sa

and as erika miller explains, even americans who don't borrow or invest will still feel the sting. >> reporter: open your wallet and look inside. if you own any of the 700 million credit cards used in america, you have a stake in washington's debt negotiations. unless lawmakers reach an agreement that satisfies ratings agencies, the u.s. cod lose it's triple-a badge of honor. that would raise borrowing costs for uncle sam. it would also mean higher rates for people who have home loans, car loans, and student loans, as economist bob brusca explains. >> if you have anything that has an interest charge attached to it, chances are it's a variable interest charge. it will be going up. >> reporter: consumers and businesses could also have a harder time getting credit, the lifeblood of the economy. if the u.s. government can't be completely trusted to pay its debt on time, bankrate's greg mcbride says lenders will become more worried about you. >> if uncle sam can default, lenders are going to be reluctant to lend to anybody out of the fear of risk of default, and then you could get a freeze

erika miller has more on whether owners of treasury bonds should be worried about the safety of their investment. >> reporter: there are many types of safehavens in the world and on scorching hot day like today, cooling centers are one of them. but it's an investment safehaven that traders here are focused on: u.s. government bonds. treasuries have been growing in popularity for months, despite the threat by ratings agencies to downgrade u.s. debt. interest rate strategist suvrat prakash explains what that would mean. >> what they are saying is we can't be 100% sure that the government can pay your money back 30 years from now. maybe we are just talking about 95% or 99% sure. >> reporter: if the rating on u.s. debt is lowered, it would most likely be to double-a plus. that would put the us below canada and france, but still ahead of japan and china investors are betting that the u.s. maintain its debt payments and keep its top level credit rating. but what if it doesn't? traders are divided on what would happen. >> i can make a very good case that even if we lose our triple "a" rating

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the clerk of the committee is erika cheng. we want to thank the following members of sfgtv staff for covering the meeting, mark and illon. please call item two. >> ifitem 2. approve the minutes of the may 17, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner campos: we have been joined by david chiu. we have the minutes of the meeting. before we take any action, let me ask members of the public if they would like to speak on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues? seconded by commissioner avalos. can we take that without objection? without objection. please call item three. >> item 3. citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning mr. -- good morning, mr. chairman. i was appointed to the committee last year. i have been asked by our new chairman davis to make a report on four important items that are before your committee and that have been reviewed by the citizens of 53 committee. those items are items 5, 7 -- 5, 6, and 7. but i will make my comments quickly on five, si

erika reports on a program that teaches kids how to identify it >> delia, your grandmother says enyouven't been going to school. did something happ&t >> no.//q >> you're not feeling well? >> no, i'm sick. >> reporter: the actors in this video are portraying four teens who have something in common, even though it's affecting them in different ways. depression. >> depression is a medical disorder, and it's a mood that's down, down in the dumps, depressed, anxious, tense, nervous for more than two weeks pretty solidly. i fact sheet > reporter: this new jersey high school has developed a program where students help oteueáhecognize and deal with depression. >> the peer leader program is ]. unique to our school, in the yq sense that it's a five-credit course. after school. first, they're selected by their peers and their teachers. they write an application and participate in a group interview.1m it is comprised of eighteen seniors. =whey'5Ñ and ultimately they are peer mentors

erika martinez with the weather. >> 103 for santa rosa today. livermore rather. santa rosa was 102. temperatures very hot. cooling down by tomorrow. i've got my extended forecast coming up. but tonight those cooler temperatures are certainly a welcome relief. >> thank you. >>> tonight investigators are trying to determine if fireworks sparked a fire that scorched dozens of cars. the fire broke out this afternoon in south san francisco at a car rental lot on mitchell avenue. linda yee shows us the damage from the lots. >> reporter: 300 cars parked here at this rental car lot. witnesses spotted some of the cars in flames. no one saw how it started but there are strong suspicions. >> there were reports of fireworks but unknown at the time it was actually popping of the vehicles or fireworks. >> reporter: high winds forced firefighters to chase the flames. >> when we arrived we found about 10 yeeks on fire. the wind blowing in the northeast direction that it is was catching the grass underneath the vehicles so it is an unpaved parking lot and was catching more vehicles and more vehicles

. >>> erika martin with the forecast. and we need a sweater? is that what we're talking about?>> we experienced quite the rain today. triple digits earlier this week. and now we're plummeting steadily into 70s. that's what we are seeing next week inland. so the temperatures definitely cooling down. all due to a low pressure system that is working its way into the forecast. as we take a look outside, we can see the clouds are definitely hugging along the coast and low clouds making their way into the forecast. we also do have some fog. as we take a look at our image, we can see that we do have the fog, that is hugging the coast here and quite a series, and actually just moving in, all of that moisture, ahead of that colder air, aloft so that is actually increasing the cloud coverage and we will see that far inland and temperatures today, temperatures ranging from the 50s, to the 80s, and we could even see some gusts up to 22 miles an hour, inland. our temperatures currently, cool right now, and they will be cooling down. quite a bit. we've got 77 for livermore. and concord, 80 a

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