in the making and it's been one of the highlights of my life. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: garvin, thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> san jose state university is making history tonight after naming its first african american homecoming queen and king. they attended the homecoming festivities. the college seniors had to submit rÉsumes and letters of recommendation to be considered for king and queen. they found out thursday they won >> it's a very good accomplishment since san jose state prides its on diversity. it's nice to be a part of histo history. >> it's a good process to go through, especially to be based off of achievement, not popularity. >> he volunteers at his cherj. and she is an occupational therapy major and a resident adviser. >>> there's a recall involving a popular and held thy snack. it's kraft and polly. o spring cheese. they may spoil before their best if used date. you can return the products to the store you purchased them for an exchange or a full refund, whichever you like. meteorologist anthony slaurther is looking at the weather and i like it a lot. >> i like it, too

garvin thomas has this morning's "bare area proud." >> we like to play ball! >> for two partners in a failed relationship, julie and her dog flower seem to get along great. >> this is what we like it do every day. >> judy said flower is the best dog she's ever had. so what's failed about it? well, 13-year-old flower came to live with judy earlier this year as a foster dog, a temporary situation until someone else adopted her. well, that someone turned out to be judy. >> she just follows me. >> in the business that's called a foster failure, though judy only sees the success in it and how it never would have happened without muttville and sherry franklin. >> who is the new papa? >> it was seven years ago that sherry, a hair stylist by trade, came upon her passion in life. volunteering at the spca, she was touched by the fate of most senior dogs. >> a lot of the older dogs at the time it was quite a while ago at the time weren't making it out of the shelter. >> so sherry opened up not just her heart but her home. for six years muttville was run out of her home.

>> garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >> good job, kids.to eat your broccoli. >> still ahead, preventing another round of tainted treats. how to protect your pet. >> and now a hit-and-run in the san francisco park and now there's a strange twist to the story. his son is accused of a different crime. >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. looking live at a beautiful shot of the city, you see a little bit of clouds there but we can see the city in the distance. i hope your day is off to a good start. i'm kris sanchez, along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. we've been looking for rain, asking for rain, begging for rain and you keep saying no. >> no, we are not going to get any rain in the next seven days unfortunately. we may get a little drizzle at the coast otherwise but that is all we're talking about. otherwise a bright weekend on tap. a little chilly this morning, lots of 47s on the board, you can see oakland, livermore, sunnyvale, san mateo there. we're not looking at any patchy fog at sfo so no r

here is nbc bay area garvin thomas. >> did everybody check your e-mail today?you ten questions. >> if any of michael santos students began asking their teacher how he spent his summer, the answer might have surprised them. >> today we're going to talk about the federal prison system. >> michael was in federal custody. >> i just want to share my experience with you. >> then again, prison is where michael santos has spent the last 26 summers of his life. >> 26 years. 9,500 days. 9,500 days from entrance to release. >> it was in 1987 that michael was convicted in federal court of being a drug kingpin. of shipping kilos of cocaine from miami to his home town of seattle. >> i made every bad decision you can make. >> before he was even sentenced, before he spent a single of those 9,500 nights in prison, he made a very good decision. he picked up a philosophy book and learned about socrates. >> particularly when socrates had an tunnel to escape, and he said no, i'm not going to do that. i live in a democracy. in a democracy i have the right to change the laws that i d

garvin thomas. >>> thats wa garvin thomas, by the way.ll ahead on "today in the bay," we have the latest on the b.a.r.t. negotiations and they may be getting closer to a deal. also, is it a healthy way for smokers to quit or a high-tech way of attracting new smokers. just ahead, we'll show you what vaporizers are and talk about their safety. [ mom ] in my family, we're big cereal lovers. so we just look for this g. 'cause general mills makes over 40 yummy flavors that are 130 calories or less per serving. and they're packed with vitamins and minerals. from lucky charms to cheerios. over 40 cereals. 130 calories or less. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® >>> this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. looking live at some of the racers getting ready for the san jose rock 'n roll marathon. all quiet now. it is going to be, what is it, 13.1 miles of a party. it is 26.2, righ

"today in the bay's" garvin thomas has one of those story that is will make you "bay area proud." >>,000 pieces of mail pass through the sausalito post office each and every week. all of them, by nature of the business, destined for somewhere else. except, this is, for this stack. >> they come every day. >> reporter: a stack that means a lot to mail carrier jocelyn eustaquio. >> it's nice to know people are paying attention to us. usually we're just in the backround. but they notice, they notice when we're not there, and they've all noticed she wasn't there. >> reporter: she is jocelyn's colleague tina chew. the woman who has delivered mail to the homes and businesses along sausalito's route 9 for the past 20 years. just not the past three weeks. on september 27th, tina was driving her children to school in san francisco when their minivan was hit from behind by an apparently speeding mercedes. tina's 16-year-old son was killed. her daughter injured, and tina has been in critical condition ever since. tom lexon has been filling in on the job of delivering the mail on route 9 and fiel

"today in the bay's" garvin thomas first brought us jen's story as part of our "bay area proud" serieseless sad end to her story now. >> reporter: like any reasonable person in their mid-30s, jen bulik-lang measured her time left in this earth in decades, four to six if she were lucky, at least that's what she did until a doctor diagnosed her with stage 4 lung cancer and changed that time line dramatically. >> four to six weeks i'm treated, four to six weeks treat ed. so the when i heard that, i said let's get married because i wanted to focus on life. >> reporter: married to long-time boyfriend jeff lang. with little time to plan though and little money to spend, the two began organizing a small wedding in the backyard of jen's parents' san jose home. but when east bay wedding planner erica oda heard jen's story, small wasn't part of the plan anymore. >> i never thought about the bamboo. >> reporter: using jen's pinterest page as a guide, erica in a matter of just two weeks got more than 60 wedding vendors to donate more than $50,000 worth of goods and services to make jen's dream wed

garvin thomas has their story in today's "bay area proud." . . >> reporter: shari rush has a few projects task of unpacking the last few boxes after a move. then there's the big job of beating breast cancer. that's been on her to-do list for six years now. >> i found a lump, ignored it for several months, and finally went into the doctor and found out that it was spread all over my body. >> reporter: shari is fond of saying attitude is everything in the fight. well, almost everything. >> go, go, go! score! >> reporter: there's also heather mccollough, debbie bordeaux, and heather solari. she's not sure she could have done it without them as well. >> that is the first time we all got together and we all met. >> reporter: it was two years ago that these four women all from eastern contra costa county and all battling breast cancer found each other. their bond was fast and strong and has quickly spread. the group they formed, survivor sisters, now boasts 80 members on facebook. each woman giving each other the right support at the right time. >> i can't say enough. i bow down to them. >> the

here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. >> good evening. welcome to the broadcast. we begin tonight's bay area proud special at the end. the end that is, of chemotherapy for a cancer patient, their last treatment they have likely been looking forward to for months, if not years. at stanford's cancer center, patients look forward to it for more than one reason. it is not enough for the staff to save your life. they want to entertain you as wel every two weeks -- >> a 12:40. >> reporter: maureen callie has a standing appointment to sit. for three hours. or however long it takes that day for her chemotherapy drug to go from bag to bodymç:pñ and ge work getting rid of whatever may be left ofs8÷ñr her breast canc. maureen has been doing it for three months now. passing the time with friends, family or tv. just waiting for it all to be over. which it will be. once this very last bag is empty. >> hey, nurses, can you meet me by bonnie's desk? >> and once chris tucker and the other nurses in the infusion treatment area have had their say. >> does anyone needs the words? >>

. >> garvin thomas, "today in the bay." clrk. >>> coming up, it was the plot line of an acclaimed tv drama but former vice president dick cheney says it could have happened to him. >> plus it was 170 million olds only in a couple seconds for two boys to destroy it. >>> good morning. this is our golden gate bridge camera. i hope folks jogging by can see a little better than than we can. it's a foggy start. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. if we turn the camera in the other direction, we'd probably be able to see. >> much more because patchy fog gets very isolated, as you mentioned earlier. variable. not everybody is waking up to fall this morning. even our inland valley. we're not looking any delays if you are are doing any traveling. we've got green all across the board, not only on the west coast but in the east coast. so lots of green. lots of bad news hearing about bart. that is a silver lining this morning. later this afternoon everybody back into the 70s and 80s, reall

. >>> garvin thomas first brought us jen bulach lane's story as part of our series.e hairstylist from san jose who is diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and given just four to six months to live. she passed away last week, and now those who know her will be hold aing celebration of life this weekend. it's a public memorial service for the 35-year-old that will be held tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. at the family mort wear many mountain view. a terminal cancer diagnosis inspired vendors to throw her a dream wedding back in july. that's what you were looking at there. her husband, jeffrey lane, says she is still with him just like the story is still with so many of us. >> touching story there. >>> still to come, the duchess of cambridge reaching out to some young athletes, and they are now benefitting from help from one of her charities. >>> plus, google crosses over $1,000 a share for the very first time. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech. >>> and this is bob riddell live in s.f. it's beginning to feel and look like a summertime. we're having some of the bes

explains why one san francisco nonprofit is enjoying so much successful here's nbc bay area's garvin thomasonight's bay area proud. >> we like to play ball. >> for two partners in a failed relationship -- >> don't we? >> judy and her dog flower sure seem to get along great. >> this is what we like to do every day. >> in fact, judy says flower is the best dog she's ever had. so what's failed about it? well, 13-year-old flower came to live with judy earlier this year as a foster dog. a temporary situation until someone else adopted her. >> let's go. that one turned out to be judy. >> she just follows me. in the business that's called a foster failure. though she only sees the success in it. and how it never would have happened without muttville and sherry franklin. >> who is the new papa? >> it was seven years bag sherry, a hairstylist by trade, came upon her passion in life. >> a pretty girl! >> volunteering at the spca, she was touched by the fate of most senior dogs. >> loot of older dogs at the time, it was quite a while ago, were not making it out of the she told snfrl so she opened up n