it's wonderful food you can take in and enjoy at the gilroy garlic festival. the weather shaping up quite nice. team coverage from the gilroy garlic festival and what kind of weather you can expect. and good news. we have brought a lot of this food and will bring it back to the studio. we're thinking for you back there. >> thank you. there is a reason to stick around. >>> gravity defied charity work. over the edge for skyscraper charity like no other. >>> the case of the tree killer. it has police stumped. way in a very eading the way in a very critical category. [ female announcer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we need a governor with a plan. you need a real plan, something i'll acknowledge i did not have. [ female announcer ] jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log on. learn more. >>> 12% of californians may be unemploye

here at the gilroy garlic festival, the high temperatures, tomorrow, a little warmer and sunday a stronger sea breeze but fantastic weather. here in gilroy, and around the rest of the bay area, the weather will look just fine. here's what you expect tomorrow how long. low clouds and at lunchtime we'll warm up quickly inland. we'll see mid 80s towards livermore, and gilroy, mid 80s. as we show you the forecast for 4:00, around mid afternoon, near 90 degrees temperatures, fairfield, 82. san jose, 80s. the seven-day forecast will warm things up as we start our weekend and then we'll cool down as we go into the start of the work week. boy, i'll tell you what, this weather is fantastic. look at the food you guys are missing. we'll have to bring some back. garlic sausage. garlic pasta. garlic bread, garlic shrimp and the garlic hat. >> what about the garlic ice cream? >> you're looking good, rob. >> can i get anything there without garlic in it, rob, that's what i want to know? >> not going to find it in gilroy. >> you're out of luck. >> guile somewhere else. no, i won't. thanks rb rob. >>> made

. >>> dog lovers are following their their noses to the south bay with the gilroy garlic festival.ay garlic festival usually attracts hundred thousand visitors to popular dishes. it's taking place at the park there. traffic is expected to be heavy in the area so plan on car-pooling or take public transportation. >> it could be hundred degrees or more there. >> it's hard to cool off with that. a little bit warmer. lots of activities going around this weekend. good weather ahead. we still have low cloud cover. that is live picture in hd. ferry building on the embarcadero. lights of the bay bridge in the background. shallower fog layer means we have less clouds oh up ten to 20 degrees inland. not a lot of change but we're one or two degrees off. our temperatures still in the 50s, mountain view coming in at 60 degrees. milder in oakland, 59 degrees, 55 in concord. fairfield highway and not seeing the fog in fairfield this morning. still some up in the 101 corridor in sonoma county once you get past the caldecott tunnel things are clear. this is as a result of the cool weather system th

they're gearing up in gilroy for the garlic festival. we'll peel away the layers for this year's eating and this year's setting up. >>> and she is a tropical storm now. bonnie is bearing down on the gulf. the effect on oil cleanup and meteorologist rob my et take has an idea where the storm might hit. >> it's a full blown racing car and it's totally electric. coming up, we'll show you how it rolls. you'll meet the collegeo puit t. and we'll tell why you it has tesla in its sights. >>> it is just so cool, a super fast racecar and it doesn't use any gas. the latest electric speed demon came to the bay area today and, of course, our own business tech reporter scott bud man was there for a ride-along. >> reporter: it was the gawk of san francisco. locals and tourists all trying to get a glimpse of this, a full blown sports car that could do 1 150 miles per hour and it's totally electric. >> it's meant to grab everyone's imagination. >> reporter: and it worked. the car was put together by students from london's imperial college who took us fo

. >> america's premiere summertime event, gilroy garlic festival has food and 4500 pounds of garlic. r catch him saturday afternoon in mendocino music festival. muse identical the edge of the world. >> a berkeley teenage theater group presenting a true story at julia morgan theater. ♪ >> salsa festival features live music in six clubs and dancing in the streets. free dance lessons saturday night. >> quality family entertainment and theater for kids. chevron family theater all day saturday in the lesher center for the arts. >> you know what. >> not yet. all of those activities will be under clear skies for the weekend with inland temperatures and readings in the 70s. >> pretty comfortable for the gilroy garlic festival. >> have fun.

documentary will premiere at the 2011 sun daniels film festival inns. >> summer time and the gilroy garlic festival can only mean one thing, garlic ice cream, and that's not all. garlic fries and garlic gator on a stick is being consumed by more than 100,000 people expected this weekend at the garlic festival. eight home cooks are competing today, judged by a top chef star. the festival runs from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. at it estimated two tons of california grown garlic will be consumed. >>> if you're looking for something else to do, how bat free concert in the oakland municipal band is celebrating its 99th season, and the final performance is tomorrow at lakeside park by lake merritt. it features jazz to show tunes. so pack a lunch and enjoy. and leigh glaser here to tell us -- >> leigh: might want to pack a sweater or a jacket. >> alan: really? >> leigh: strong onshore winds. you can see the low clouds and fog starting to move over san francisco, this is from the high definition sutro camera. inland locations, seeing lots of sunshine. and the high today at gilroy, 90 degrees. compared

the gilroy garlic festival is in full swing. there's cooking demonstrations, games, activities for the kids and of course, lots and lots of garlic. garlic fry, garlic calamari and the game had famous, garlic ice -- and the famous garlic ice cream. can you check out the festival tomorrow from 10:00 to 6:00. >>> an aerial search is underway for two servicemen in afghanistan. >>> and a music festival turned deadly in germany. >>> the veterans administration changes course on its position on medical marijuana. >>> and the bay area's captain sully sullenberger joins community leaders for a picnic today in the east bay park. >>> a typical summer weather pattern across the bay area today. temperatures will be trending in one direction over the next few days. i will have your forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> there's fear that two service medicals have been killed. july is on track to become the deadliest month for americans since the war began nine years ago. >>> in western germany, 18 people were killed and dozens more injured

and also southbound 101 heading through the weekend, gilroy garlic festival going on there. keep that in mind. the peninsula no problems through san mateo and i believe yesterday they completed one of their projects through the area but you might find construction going on between third and broadway. back to you. >> thanks very much, mike. >>> this morning a step grandfather is waking up in jail after his dogs mauled his 2-year-old step grandson. steven hayashi wasn't home at the time of the deadly attack but they were his dogs and police say he failed to protect the little boy from the canines. as george kiriyama reports the family is wondering how the dogs turned deadly. >> reporter: this 52-year-old seen here wearing a baseball cap was led out of the concord police station into a van. police say high yarnshies three pit bulls attacked and killed his 2-year-old step grandson jacob bisbee. officers say the little boy was inside his home and walked into the garage where the pit bulls were kept. the dawnings then attacked the boy and the 2-year-old later died. >> it's a trage

we have a number of weekend events going on, mentioning the gilroy garlic festival so expect delays on 101 but also in san francisco there is the marathon. it's this sunday morning, and there's going to be closures especially along the embarcadero. northbound embarcadero will be closed between third street and broadway and southbound embarcadero closed between broadway and harrison from midnight to 2:30 p.m. on sunday afternoon also various lane closures in effect across the golden gate. so watch out for those runners out there. in the meantime, like i said, traffic is light all across the span. looks good heading into san francisco. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast for this friday, pretty nice. we are we go. this is the a shot from the mount vaca cam. you can see we have clouds out there and fog spilling up and over some of the area hills. that's what you'll deal with for the morning. low clouds at the coast and the bay and the farther inland you go, partly cloudy conditions expected for this morning. how about your afternoon h

gilroy. the -- getting ready for the big garlic festival, a gorgeous start. ll of the early morning clouds, it will be a nice afternoon. this morning we spoke with the president of the gilroy garlic festival and he said this year it's all about showcasing produce grown right here in california. >> what's new at the garlic festival? >> local and sustainable. we're featuring as many local and regional foods as possible. we've got pasta from san francisco and calamari from monterey bay, local caught american shrimp and local wines from the santa clara valley and, of course, garlic raised here in california from christopher ranch. >> sounds like an awesome time. and gilroy, 83 norfor a high. 60s and 70s for the rest of the bay area a gorgeous weekend everywhere. sunshine and a couple of 80s moving forward. there's the seven-day forecast. brent and laura, we've got some of those 80s through the weekend and a little bit cooler next week. >> we noticed it last night. thanks a lot. >> all right. >> it looks good. >> and who knows what it will be like. you head down to

>> the 32nd annual gilroy garlic festival is continuing this weekend. local professional chefs thousands of pounds of garlic, garlic calamari, carla costa, garlic a screen, and rob fladeboe has >> garlic ice cream. garlic. >> rob fladeboe? >> so far, cool weather. with mid '80s, and over 100,000 people are expected. for a taste of just about anything that you can imagine all laced with that heavy dose of garlic. and with this festival, will bring in one half million dollars towards a charity. and benefiting the american cancer society, and made possible to the efforts of hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. in gilroy, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> the garlic golf park. >> that was a bit too much. >> and perhaps there was just a bit too much. >> i like the french fries, but not all of the garlic. >> the giants. >> note to self. [laughter] >> and an update on a greyhound bus crash. six people are dead. >> before that, a look outside at the james freeway and san francisco it is still overcast. your full forecast coming up. >> at 8:43, a live look outside f

. >> america's premiere summertime event, gilroy garlic festival has food and 4500 pounds of garlic. new jazz star catch him saturday afternoon in mendocino music festival muse identical the edge of the world. >> a berkeley teenage theater group presenting a true story at julia morgan theater. ♪ >> salsa festil features live music in six clubs and dancg in the streets. free dance lessons saturday night. >> quality family entertainment and theater for kids. chevron faly theater all day saturday in the leer center for the arts. >> you know what. >> not yet. all of those activities will be under clear skies r the weekend with inland temperatures and readings in the 70s. >> pretty comfortable for the gilroy garlic

and gilroy garlic festival is opening this morning.e-day festival usually attracts more than hundred thousand visitors all wanting to taste the dishes ranging from pasta to ice cream. traffic will be heavy in the area. so latin floon car-pooling or take public transportation. >> are you going to the garlic festival, what is it going to be like? >> it's going to be warm, not too hot. garlic ice cream, i that is one thing i wouldn't be inclined. garlic on french bread, that works. it will be warm and nice and had the. sometimes it's sweltering in hundred degree temperatures but it won't be the case. we have pleasant weather pattern in place. you can see from the live shot that we are starting to see breaks in all the cloud cover that we have experienced off and on continuously through the last couple of days. it's starting to thin out a little bit. this is picture of the city and police department of sunshine, san jose, beautiful right now and we saw very little fog well inland. that is beginning to be the case for the entire weekend. so

a gilroy garlic festival. >> have you tried the garlic ice cream. >> no. >> i've always had. >> thanksbill. >>> the governor received a warm welcome today. governor arnold schwarzenegger introduced canto sakeui. a commission must confirm her nomination and voters will decide whether to grant her a 12 year term. >>> a san francisco judge ruled today that supervisor aliolopier can run again. she convinced the judge that time did not include the charter. >>> bay area based safe way is cutting its earning totals this year. the economy has improved some, but unemployment remains high and food manufacturers are now cutting prices to better compete with lower priced store brands. as a result, safeway executives save revenue is falling for both stores and manufacturers. >>> in wall street, a rally. the dow jones was up 201 points. the nasdaq closed up 58. >>> and today giants sy young whipper took flight himself, we'll explain when we return. blood pressure >>> east bay mud has finished repairs on a pipe that broke. the pipe probably broke due to normal wear and tear. >>> there's a giants game

the last day of the gilroy garlic festival kicks off at 10:00 a.m. des a big garlic festival cookoff. kron 4 stop by to taste some of the sticky but delicious food. so we here are my channel for listeners right here at the gilroy garlic festival how does this look. all the judge has to do to get me on his side is offer me some of what he's got. what you have got here? i've got to dock burger appeared the garlic is on the bread and in the leak and a good summer that the bite is set up for you. oh my god i'm the happiest girl ever by the movies and review them for you i don't get this one definitely happy here of the garlic festival. yam, younyum, . thank-you and the guys who made this their volunteers here on the mass but i'm happy that's part of the garlic festival all see you all down here. >> not after that say which. thank stand still to come on kron 4 news weekend the age march is happening are you going to participate,, are you a little far young enough will explain coming up on kron 4 news weekend. [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told he

. >>> going to the annual gilroy garlic festival. thousands of people attended the festival last year. the star of the bravo show top chef, fabio viviani will be hosting cooking demonstrations. this is the 37th years of the festival since it startd in 1979. more than 3 1/2 million people have been there. and my lips are watering. >> it's worth the trip, sal? >> certainly is. garlic ice cream, pam? >> that's weird. that's a little weird. >> good morning, everybody. let's go tout and speaking of weird, lets gea to sal castenada. the san mateo bridge looks good. coming up on mornings on 2, we are following traffic which seems to be doing pretty well on this friday. here is mark tamayo. >> we are warming up a little bit inland, right on into saturday and then we'll bring in cooling sunday, monday into tuesday. we can car pool, too, dave and i. >> yes. >> thank you for watching. have a great weekend. stay with us for morning on 2. a two-year-old boy attacked and killed by a pitbull. his grandfather in jail and claudine wong had an intervi

garlic festival. the only thing cooking is the food. the mid80s this weekend. we have seen many garlic festival weekends where it has been hot there. not this year. comfortable weather for the gilroyic festival. just about anything you are doing will keep it cool at the coast and warm inland and then really cools off, down back to below normal on tuesday thanks to the upper level low off our coastline. >> the weekend is perfect for outdoor activities. >> exactly. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up next, the clothing challenge. six items for an entire month. could you do it? stay with us. advantage topical solution treats dogs... ( barking ) but destroys fleas. so ask your veterinarian for advantage, the flea specialist for gentle, but effective, flea control. for fun, the oakland municipal band is celebrating the 99th season and the final performance of the year is this sunday at the bandstand at lakeside park. that's by lake merritt. the show is from 1:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon. it features jazz to pop to show tunes. so pack a lunch and go enjoy. >>> there is a new diet trend that is not about what you eat, but what you wear. it is called six items or less. the rules are sim

gilroy garlic festival. you can smell it already. 90 degrees saturday, 86 degrees sunday. the benicia art and jazz festival, sunny skies, mid-70s for saturday, lower 70s sunday. festa italianiana street fair. all the proceeds for that go towards people with developmental disabilities so if you are going to be out there it goes toward a great cause. temperatures in the lower site of. that's not bad. that's a look at the weather. back over to you, al jean allen. >> be careful of the garlic ice cream. >> have a good weekend. >> you, too. >>> some experts believe that cancer survivors should exercise just as much as people who have never had fight disease. ashley morrison reports there are now fitness classes specifically for cancer survivors. >> reporter: breast cancer survivor zilma soto has been coming to this exercise class for two years. >> i couldn't even move my arm up from the surgery. >> reporter: she signed up for the specialized class, which helps women healing from breast cancer. the instructors are geared to the patient's needs. so they know that they have had lym

the gilroy garlic festival is going on this weekend and the smell is sweet to area charities hurting in this economy. damian trujillo has a look for us. >> we have the shrimp. that is about 3500 pounds. about 4,000 pounds of garlic. >> reporter: the reason they come from all over the world. more than 100,000 of them over the weekend. >> i'm here to enjoy garlic. i love it so i'm going to keep eating it. >> the aroma lured her here all the way from l a. >> this is some sausage here. >> calamari, and later on i'll get the scampi and then -- >> the more they eat -- >> i have crab garlic rice and -- >> reporter: the more the until stays opened. that's also more money going back to local charities and it couldn't come at a better time with diminishing state and county funds. >> the economy is in bad shape. so grants and money available for nonprofits more and more difficult to come about. >> the bottom line is that this is all good for gilroy. >> reporter: the mayor bridged the local budget gap with firefighter contract concessions and some layoffs. the festival will help city coffers a l

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standard and uc berkeley will work together on the project. >>> garlic lovers are heading south this weekend for the annual gilroy festival. tens of thousands attended last year. the star of "bravo," the top chef is scheduled to hold demonstrations. this is the 32nd year of the gilroy garlic festival since it started in 1979. it's hosted more than 3.5 million people. >>> find out why there will only be half of the usual police cars patrolling vallejo streets tomorrowing -- starting tomorrow. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? simple stuff... eating right...whole grain. whole grain? [ female announcer people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street, numbers are in the positive right now. trading a has been choppy early. investors threw a large batch of earnings and preparing for the results from the european bank stress test. mcdonald's 2nd quarter profits jumped 12%. amaz

through the forecast hour by hour, lunchtime, looks pretty nice if you want to check out the gilroy garlic festival. should be outstanding. weatherwise, 90s through the tri-valley and san jose, 85. your seven-day forecast will cool things off a bit. the item to watch will be the sierra thundershowers and maybe some around the coastal range late on sunday. temperatures cooling off again early next week. >> thanks. >>> up next, how your favorite tv show could soon be off the air. why a hollywood walkout noworsek back in 2007.e >>> always bet on black. and expect to be on hold a little bit longer if you're waiting for the white iphone 4. apple has again delayed the release. apparently the production department is trying to get the right shade of white. but the delay could be good news. it might give apple more time to sort out that whole antenna issue. >>> hollywood strike, the sequel? repeat and rentals could be on the horizon in tinseltown. could be more crippling than the writers guild strike in '07. this time it isn't the writers but the teamsters who provide all that transportation. the union wan

gilroy garlic festival temperature today's 84. we know james will be there saturday and sunday to pleasant conditions as well. sunday must early sunday and 85 degrees with a light wind. 7 day around the bay shows warming until saturday for most location saturday could be the warmest day getting into 93 upper '70s around the bay '60s for the coast cooling off next week. >> a check gone and commute bay bridge approach no backups no issues or stalls or incidents on the spent either it's smooth sailing from oakland to san francisco getting from the maze to san francisco in 9 minutes. highway 92 slowing at the limit in both east and west bound directions both taillights headed west bound for the peninsula. he went to foster city in 12 minutes. golden gate bridge showing a slight commute, a marin county those headlights so sound that down to the city that traffic moving 21 minutes. when la shot san jose by 87 interchanges moving them building roadway's sensor shown green. drive on north of side coming along in 12 minutes. another truck,

we have the gilroy garlic festival, what are we looking at. >> it looks like a weekend for just aboutnything. tomorrow will be a slight bit warmer, into the weekend, low 90s in the hot spots. classic summer weather. but not cool like it was yesterday or the day before. about where it should be at the coast. fog comes back tonight but it doesn't make it into your neighborhood. that's why temperatures tomorrow will be slightly warmer than these. yesterday's high in livermore was in the 70s. so temperatures have certainly come up a good 10 degrees everyone even more in some locations. the fog at the coast, it'll be warm where it should be, it'll be cool where it should be. 60 at the coast, that's the high end. 79, 80 around the bay. low 90s inland. that's how it goes for friday, saturday and sunday a little bit warmer still. so your forecast as we go into walnut creek, nice and tight. 75degrees at walnut creek at 3:00 during maximum heating. forecast highs tomorrow, there's reds showing 90s as we go into the central valley. more heat in the area. 80 in vallejo, 75 me sra 75 nevado. it's

weekend, at the 32nd annual garlic festival. >>> lovers of the stinking rose are in garlic heaven. gilroyannual garlic festival. among the dell can i sees, watermelon -- delicacies, watermelon and bread pudding infused with garlic. thousands clogged the roads to get a taste of it. today is the last day of the festival. garlic ice cream. >> you've tried it. >> it is not as bad as it sounds. it was good. i know it sounds disgusting. >> i give you points for that. >> all right. >> more tension between oakland city council and police union. we have been talking about that for months and a big wind fall for an attorney that specializes in tackling police misconduct. in the san francisco chronicle, matier and ross column we have one of the two here. >> that's right. john beurres making millions from the police departments. the city and its insurance company just paid more than $6 million involving bad search warrants in drug cases since 2003. beurres representing people who feel like they have been misused, or had problems with the police department, has collected more than $19 million from pol

. >>> it's the 32nd annual gilroy garlic festival which opens today.here are also two separate cook offs, one for amateurs, the other an iron chef style show down between four professionals. garlic festivals raise money for nonprofit charities. >> and every year we talk about that garlic ice cream. i've never tried it, but i want to. i really want to. let's talk about the weekend weather, bill, what is it going to be like? >> warmest day tomorrow at the garlic festival. cooler on sunday. but still a beautiful weekend. outside we go, and show you the camera from one of our many vantage points. you don't see a lot of fog. that means smog is going to be just a bit warmer. hear is how it breaks out. tonight the fog comes right back to the coast. it gets right up against the coast and we see temperatures just in the 50s and low 60s. the inland valley, are going to warm up to where they did. fire dangers come up as well. no 100s in our area. we might find some up near redding or red bluff. maybe some mid-90s, the fogs at the coast, it's sunny and warm inland

. >> this weekend the gilroy garlic festival is going on. it's going to be sunny and warm.aturday in the lower 90s. sunday in the upper 80s. admission for adults is $17. but that does include parking, musical entertainment, cooking demonstrations, and a children's area. shirt and shoes are required. i think that's funny, the fact that i even have to say that but hey, i'm putting it out there. you need to be dressed appropriate and you can see, sunda 88 degrees. no dogs allowed unless it's an aid dog in case you have a handicap. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >>> it's 5:47. in the headlines, half dozen cars have been destroyed by fire at the san francisco international airport. that fire started just after midnight in a long-term parking lot. arson investigators are -- have just wrapped up their investigation this morning. >>> what to do with $4.5 million surplus? that's what bart directors are scheduled to decide today. directors have supported a temporary fare reduction. but a survey of bart riders finds they would prefer a good cleaning of the bart trains

the 32nd annual gilroy garlic festival gets started today. from gourmet alley to the famous cook-off and all the food in the booths in between it's really gilroy's signature event. seems most of the city down there plays a part and all the money goes to local charities. the annual party defines the people and the plant that put gilroy on the map. >> the whole community comes together. we all take stuff, like i've got a barn. we store stuff in there. people have sheds, warehouses, garages, so it all comes together in the three-day party that we throw. pretty cool. >> the festival will permeate the air through sunday. >> we'll be taking a look. >> and then some. >> later on in the morning there for you in gilroy. >>> the giants will try to inhale the sweet smell of success and make it two in a row against the diamondbacks possibly. matt cain pitched a gem. he threw eight innings and gave up four hits. and then torrez hit his ninth home run and the giants went on to win that. the final score was 3 -- here's the home run. i lied. anyway, they won

are expected to follow their noses down to the south bay this weekend for the 32nd annual gilroy garlic festivalival usually attracts more than hundred thousand visitors. it's taking place at christmas hills park. traffic is expected to be heavy. you may want to think about car-pooling or take public transportation. it's tasty. >> love the garlic. good garlic eating weather. it will warm out gilroy probably 90 degrees or so. it's july. cool alpg the coast 60 degrees with the clouds sticking around. that will be the trend really for the next several days. get out and enjoy. >> thank you for joining us. next newscast at 5:00. for jeff martinez and i'm teresa garcia, have a great weekend. so my mercury moment happened during our family camping trip. i grabbed my son a juice box...and left the cooler lid open. twenty minutes later, all our hot dogs were gone. and so was most of the car. my mercury agent, steve, told me the car was covered. i switched to mercury because i saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance, but it was the service that really made me a happy camper... er...ex-camper. call 8

out toward gilroy, the garlic festival gets underway tomorrow evening. 65 in san francisco. so we're talking about this warmup, it will not impact us or oakland. but the east bay hills, heading out to the trivalley, that's where you'll see 80s and 90s over the next couple days. the story of the weekend, the sea breeze. >> all right. thank you. >>> still ahead at 5:00, caught on tape. a fright thing encounter with a bison. >>> a homeowner is facing charges after pranksters targeted his home. >>> the technology that could help>> drsoctoia de gnosdr doct with autism. ch >>> a warning tonight about a rare and disturbing form of child abuse. adults giving kids medications or drugs for nonmedical reasons. the study published in the journal of pediatrics says abusers drug kids with painkillers, stimulants or cold meds. and the results are potentially deadly. it's not very common, but they hope to raise awareness among doctors and nurses in emergency rooms. >>> early diagnosis for autism has been found by researchers at the university of kansas. they did voice recorders among childr

. >> we have another event to tell you about, but gilroy 8 garlic festival starts today here's a look at the forecast of the three day event, the looks like we're in 80s i we'll be right back.

the 32nd annual gilroy garlic festival kicks off today to the garlic cookoff and the food booths, a lothe way major league baseball looks at players. crews moved to the coliseum on monday and looking for extras. if you're interested go to nbcbayarea.com. "today" show continues coming up next. we'll see you back here monday. >>> we're back on this summer friday with our plaza ambush makeovers where two lovely ladies have a whole new look. >> louis laccari and "us weekly" contributor jill martin were hard at work on the plaza. how was it? >> it was great. it was a beautiful day. zoo >> not so hot. >> it was filled with beautiful women that didn't have a clue how pretty they are. >> how lovely they are. >> they did. we'll begin with miss lovely mixen. 66 years old from queens, new york. she's married to her husband for 47 years and has two kids and two grandkids. she puts on moisturizer and blush, because that's all she knows how to do. let's listen to her story. >> well, we couldn't miss this clan family reunion in the crowd, and i know you want this for your mother. tell us why. >> after

during gilroy the 32nd annual gilroy garlic festival its mid to upper 80 weather appeared in more than thousand people follow their noses here in gilroy. they tasted just about anything you'd imagined all that laced with a heavy dose of garlic. the festival proceeds more than half a million dollars will go to charities. more than a hundred and 50 nonprofits from high-school will benefit. all of it made possible for the efforts of hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. in gilroy kron 4 news. in texas the new microsoft connect the new game system that said to revolutionize the new video-game world is on display its at macy's in the bay area. you can see the connected the macy's in pleasanton and at the stone ridge mall and in santa clara at the macy's at the very of valley fair mall its in display now thursday through sunday until september 30th. the connect goes on sale november the fourth a low-cost $150. in santa clara kron 4 news. our big weather story tonight one more warm day before things start to go back to the cool side. look at the colgate bridge if you can see the fog starting t

embraces those with disabilities. >>> well, lovers of the sinking rose are in garlic heaven in gilroy at the 32nd annual garlic festival. and among the stinky delicacies at this year's festival are watermelon crab meat, crawfish grave over grits, and cranberry bread pudding. those are three of the recipes selected for the great garlic cookoff this year and thousands of people clogged the roads of the central valley town just to get a taste and the festival if you're interested continues tomorrow. >>> the oakland a's honored some very special guests today before their game against the chicago white sox. they paid tribute to soldiers returning home from service in afghanistan and iraq. there was a special pre-game event at the stadium for the veterans. a marine who returned from iraq told us why he was so happy to be at the game. >> i'm really excited today, because we are going to watch the a's game, while the oakland a's and the oakland a's, they're my favorite team and that's why, so go a's. >> and they posed for pictures and chatted with the a's players before the game. >> reporter: runners are getting ready for tomo

and the temperatures are gonna be up all little bit at the garlic and gilroy festival. ke a look at the three day event to the forecast for. piquancy 84 for it up 86 on saturday and sunday at 85 for the garlic festival. you might want to take some sunscreen. and the inland areas to 93 at the sec could then be the warmest day of the weekend and the morgan is sticking to the upper upper in mid '80s into the work week. that's it for this morning have a great weekend. or at least that's what my mom thinks. with high speed internet from at&t, i get my homework done fast, leaving me time to download movies and music and chat with my friends. mom: how's your studying? it's coming along! [ female announcer ] work faster, play more with our fastest internet speed ever... with speeds of up to 24 megs. or call now to get great deals on other high speed plans starting at $19.95 a month. please, i know what he's up to. high speed internet from at&t is so fast, that we get more done in less time, leaving me time to chat... watch movies... without teenage distractions. and it's afforda

about 84 in gilroy where the garlic festival is about to get underway, that time of the year.y forecast, cool things off the week ahead but no big changes. things are looking pretty good. >> we're not going to have any serious stuff in the south bay. >> should be nice weather for that. a little on the warm side. around 90 degrees but it's july. >> the odor of garlic. >> and federal stimulus money is funding a plan in san jose to buy and rehabilitate foreclosed properties. the first buyers are finally moving in to their homes. >> maria sandoval is a single mom of two boys and will be a first time homeowner. >> they said, hey, my mom did it. it's awesome. >> she is buying the very first bank owned property the city of san jose bought, fixed up and sold with the help of federal stimulus money. there are two grants totaling $30 million. immediate impact is much needed boost to the construction industry. >> with the program we have 12 homes right now, about five are under construction. we are able to get a lot more folks back to work. >> over the next two years, the neighborhood st

. >> no dogs to the gilroy festival. apparently garlic kills red blood cells in dogs. ask you that not take them for health benefits, as well. >> and at the art festival. there are going to be so many people. >> don't bring dogs. i try to sneak mine in when i can. >> garlic is bad for dogs? i never heard that before. i thought it was just chocolate. >> i bring the bag. it's moving. what is that? >>> red rubber noses, floppy shoes and tiny bicycles by the hundreds could mean only one thing, send in the clowns. >> yeah. >> this is hundreds of them on the streets of mexico yesterday. part of a traditional latin- american pilgrimage. they march for hours to visit the basilica of our lady of guadalupe and receive the blessing of the virgin of guadalupe. millions of people visit the basilica de guadalupe every year. >> i would like to go there. >> i just want to dress up like that. >> clowns freak me out. >> okay. listen up, tracy. for most people, it's impossible to own an exotic pet but this is the latest craze in china. just get a dog and paint him the way you want. >> oka

. >> beautiful weather in gilroy this weekend and a big weekend and it's the annual garlic festival getting underway. kron 4 rod shows as what to expect if you're going to attend. >> this 32nd annual garlic festival under relatively cool weather the mid to upper 80s. last sunday evening more than a hundred thousand people follow their noses here in gilroy. they tasted it just about anything you imagine in all of glazed with a heavy dose of garlic. passible proceeds more than half a million dollars will go to charity. or that a hundred 50 not profits from high school sports to american cancer society will benefit all of it made possible through the efforts of hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. in gilroy and rob kron 4 news. seven >> inches of rain in two hours you can see the results in milwaukee hundreds of homes are flooded, thousands of air travelers have been stranded and it's still raining. >> water in the rain we'll cut milwaukee's airport closed unless they till this afternoon pure the downpour's flooded several places. least a half- dozen homes are held up by just a few cinderblock