john fowler did that in 2000. what he found was surprising in a lot of ways. here is what he brought us 14 years ago. >> reporter: lift off of space shuttle atlantis. astronauts say it's like a train wreck. flight deck cameras show how surprisingly violent the ride can be. 2,000-tons of controlled high explosives blasts the shuttle into orbit to a speed 10 times faster than a rifle bullet. at the shuttle maintenance base we got a rare close up look at this $2 billion flying machine. and it may startle you just how fragile it seems. cargo bay doors, the largest moving parts are flimsy if not supported in earth's gravity. workers tie on inhalation with bits of thread. built to be as designers put it just strong enough, it's no more rugged than the average plane. >> it's only able 66 thick. >> reporter: it's the most complex machine ever made. more than a million moving parts and several thousand of those have no back up. and nasa under statement they're called critical items. we've marvels at nasa's pictures in orbit. it seems downright roomy inside. >> it does

john fowler has what we still have to learn. >> reporter: even though the pipeline that is being dug up has not been operated for a half century, there's something new about it, it might hold a clue of a deadly blast and how to prevent them in the future. the commission gave pg & e a double task. >> remove an 8-foot section of pipeline that was decommissioned back in 1956. >> reporter: since that pipe has not been pressurized or depressure sized its welds will be similar to when they were brand new, including any defects. that's good because several pipelines are still working beneath cities,including crowded san francisco. >> we are going to look with a camera, about 250 feet of

john fowler reports, emotions are now part of it. >> reporter: 1-6 will get breast cancer. >> i don't think that's right. it's all insurance. money. >> reporter: some groups recommend mammograms at 40. >> people just have them for caution. >> reporter: not true according to new research. >> how frequently you get mammograms should be personalized, based on your own personal risk. >> reporter: most women should not get frequent mammograms, based on breast density. >> a woman's frequency should depend on the density. even as it does on age and other risk factors. >> the notion of a woman's feelings about getting a mammogram. the assurance and the risk of worry from a false positive on the other. >> i got nervous about thinking i might have breast cancer. >> about a 3rd of women who get mammogram will have a false positive. >> triggering unneeded biopsies. >> it is a cost saving measure but it might be a death sentence. >> john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a mountain lion was spotted today. it was seen before action a.m. the advice to keep you safe is the same as it always is, avoid

. >>> ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live now in rio vista with a look at why some arequestioning whether this will work, john. >> reporter: we're on the delta and the plant is the water hiasins with jams the water ways as well as intakes, those bugs were intentionally released here. for the last decade, delta slews have choked with water hiasins a beautiful but insidious invader from south america. we found these crews spraying herbicide. clearly a monumental task the plant is almost unstoppable. >> it will completely take over the slew. it'll be nothing but a solid mat of water hiasins. >> reporter: ricky carter and salvador nolasco are trying to beat the heat. heat that fuels the hiasins growth. >> every other day it doubles or triples in size. >> reporter: ranchers spend $1,500 every week just in this small slew keeping hiasins in check. state ag officials released thousands of these plant hoppers imported from the amazon. they suck is sap from this plant. they've tried this before and ricky doesn't think it'll work. >> it didn't get rid of it in the amazon, it won'

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john fowler takes a look at how it works and how it may help in the fight against cancer. >> reporter james hicks a 58- year-old patient at the hercules health center says he comes here for pain relief. >> i have serious migraines that started when i had my first heart attack. >> reporter: prescription pain medications no longer stop the migraines, but this cannabis spray does. >> within just a minute the pain is gone. >> reporter: it's medical marijuana and requires a doctor's recommendation. it's an alcohol base extract of cannabis serves as a herbal spray. cannabinoid receptors are in the skin, in the brain and in most organs. applying to skin limiting the effects to an area. >> there's nothing that's new. it's been around for decades, centuries. >> reporter: the idea for this product began with an old time folk remedy for horses. now scientists say they are also researchering cannabinoids used against aggressive cancers. >> breast cancer, brain cancer, head and neck cancers. >> reporter: researchers say previous studies showed cannabis somehow works against cancer. so they focused

ktvu's john fowler has more. >> reporter: at this hour hope is dimming. they took a wrong turn migrating to alaska. >> reporter: not where you expect to find gray whales. the river, six miles from the sea. stranded for 28 days. a few hours ago the calf swam sea ward. >> if the calf has been separated it may not be able to survive. sick animals will seek ref fuge in calmer waters. >> reporter: you might remember fours ago a mother and calf. the mother and calf strayed 90 miles. listed as endangered. the law required attempts to save them. >> they got the whale to turn around in shallow water. >> reporter: lut the river whales are gray and no longer in danger. >> we did a lot of damage to whales and we still hunt them, so i think any effort we can make. >> reporter: numbers are increasing but these two may die. >> it's tragic in an individual sense but overall for the health of the population i don't think it will matter too much. >> reporter: scientists are continuing to try to heard the mother towards the ocean but she may be confused searching for her ca

john fowler has what we still have to learn. >> reporter: even though the pipeline that is being dug up has not been operated for a half century, there's something new about it, it might hold a clue of a deadly blast and how to prevent them in the future. the commission gave pg & e a double task. >> remove an 8-foot section of pipeline that was decommissioned back in 1956. >> reporter: since that pipe has not been pressurized or depressure sized its welds will be similar to when they were brand new, including any defects. that's good because several pipelines are still working beneath cities,including crowded san francisco. >> we are going to look with a camera, about 250 feet of pipeline. >> reporter: once again utility commission analysts can look at the pipe and what flaws it may contain. edward pelagrini who's home was incinerated and is now being rebuilt says everyone close to these pipes deserve no less. >> i don't want anybody, not even my worse enemy to go through this. i still get nightmares about it. >> we'll have to take the other portion of this pipeline out of service an

john fowler. >>> and ohio state forfeits all of its games from last season. the sugar bowl. ncaa could still impose tougher penalties. >>> an appeals court today upheld the right of a national football league to lock out its players. the judge hands the owners a victory. both sides in the labor dispute said today they are committed to reaching an agreement that would allow a full 2011 season. today talks focused on the rookie wage scale and free agency rules. bloomburg reports that the owners and players are close to deal on how to divide $9.3 billion in revenue. >>> the alleged rockefeller imposer pled guilty to charges today. the man is known for creating numerous false identitied over the last few decades. including that of clark rockeffeller. he is due back in court tomorrow. >>> 59-year-old kim fehei has been convicted of multiple code violations for his do it yourself home called phone henge west. the judge ordered him held without bail until his sentencing after he refused to cut off the illegal power going into his building and his refusal to keep peo

. >>> health and science editor john fowler shows us how the beginning of commercial space travel ise horizon. >> reporter: so near, yet so far away. america has not been to the moon in 39 years. >> we're not just going there because we have something we want to get out of this planet. we want too make life better for people on this planet. >> reporter: moon express is developing this robot lander for what they call history's biggest business opportunity. >> resources on the moon. things that can be of benefit to earth. there's volatile on the moon that can help earth and beyond. >> reporter: moon express won't carry people but aims to deliver routine payloads to soft lunar landings. then return precious metals like platinum. >> if you want to go to the moon, that's us. >> reporter: the first customer may be a telescope for the dark side of the moon. >> what we did in apollo is the equivalent of lewis and clark. >> we have a lot more to do and that's what we want to enable. >> reporter: moon express hopes to win that next year. but they say their vision is to make a business out of t

reporting live in san francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more federal help is coming for formal workers at the now closed nummi plant in fremont. the assistance comes from a $7.9 million grant to prepare for services. this is the second of two grants, the first was in the amount of $11 million to help the nearly 400 workers who were laid off. >>> crude oil stands at $95.27 a barrel. that's down $1 from where it was last week when president obama released oil from the stockpile to reduce prices. the move initially brought prices down by 4% but that didn't last long. >>> the price at the pump has eased up here in the bay area. aaa says the average price is $3.88 a gallon in san francisco. in oakland gas is $3.78 down 7- cents. in san jose, it's down by 8- cents. >>> a united airlines flight that took off from san francisco made an emergency landing in nebraska last night. united flight 788 was headed to boston when the crew reported a possible fuel leak. the pilot landed the plane safely in omaha. take off from san francisco was delayed three hours for mechanical issues. >>

john fowler takes a look at how it works and how it may help in the fight against cancer. >> reporter james hicks a 58- year-old patient at the hercules health center says he comes here for pain relief. >> i have serious migraines that started when i had my first heart attack. >> reporter: prescription pain medications no longer stop the migraines, but this cannabis spray does. >> within just a minute the pain is gone. >> reporter: it's medical marijuana and requires a doctor's recommendation. it's an alcohol base extract of cannabis serves as a herbal spray. cannabinoid receptors are in the skin, in the brain and in most organs. applying to skin limiting the effects to an area. >> there's nothing that's new. it's been around for decades, centuries. >> reporter: the idea for this product began with an old time folk remedy for horses. now scientists say they are also researchering cannabinoids used against aggressive cancers. >> breast cancer, brain cancer, head and neck cancers. >> reporter: researchers say previous studies showed cannabis somehow works against cancer. so they focused

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler tells us how all of this stems from the nuclear disasterjapan. >> reporter: moving the last of his 200 steers to a new pasture today. bill bishop jr. says it's basic economics. >> supply and demand. we have a short supply because a lot of the meat is going overseas. >> reporter: to japan mostly where beef prices plunged more than half today as radiation weary consumer prefer california beef. but raising cattle here has never been so expensive. >> feed costs are as high as they've ever been. corn prices are high, hay prices are high. >> reporter: these cattle will be ready for market in about a year. then prices at the butcher shop could double. >> i'm looking forward the fish and chicken and stay away from the beef if it's going to go up that high. >> reporter: depending on cut and brand you might pay $35 a pond now. ready for a $50 a pound steak? >> i would buy less of it but would i stop buying it? no because my football player needs the meat. >> beef has been a good buy. prices haven't been this high in years and once in a while everybod

health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. >>> there are questions tonight why a actor abruptly ended a camp for actors. >> ♪ >> reporter: these girls were part of trevor weaver's acting camp in san ramon. they were supposed to perform last wednesday when they learned that weaver abruptly cancelled their performance. >> we worked so hard then we got knocked out. >> reporter: the kids may have been disappointed but the mothers ran to action. the teachers all say they are out money. >>> if maker of blackberry cell phones announced big cuts today, research in motion says it is cutting 2,000 jobs in an effort to cut costs. that's 10% of its work force. the company is also shuffling some of its the production. >>> the stores look like you're typical apple store but from the building design to the employees in blue shirts. authorities also found three other fake apple stores in the area but couldn't do anything to them because they didn't find any fake apple products for sale. >>> interestingly enough there's no fog at the coast yet but it will return tonight and there'll be some in y

. >>> health and science editor john fowler shows us how the beginning of commercial space travel ise horizon. >> reporter: so near, yet so far away. america has not been to the moon in 39 years. >> we're not just going there because we have something we want to get out of this planet. we want too make life better for people on this planet. >> reporter: moon express is developing this robot lander for what they call history's biggest business opportunity. >> resources on the moon. things that can be of benefit to earth. there's volatile on the moon that can help earth and beyond. >> reporter: moon express won't carry people but aims to deliver routine payloads to soft lunar landings. then return precious metals like platinum. >> if you want to go to the moon, that's us. >> reporter: the first customer may be a telescope for the dark side of the moon. >> what we did in apollo is the equivalent of lewis and clark. >> we have a lot more to do and that's what we want to enable. >> reporter: moon express hopes to win that next year. but they say their vision is to make a business out of t

john fowler says what's boeing imported from the amazon to try to stop it. >> reporter: for a decadedelta has choked with these, a beautiful but invader from south america. we found this boat crew spraying, had erbicide, a huge task. the plant is almost unstoppable. >> it'll completely take over. it'll be nothing but a solid mat. >> reporter: the superintendent ricky carter and his associate are trying to beat the delta heat, heat that fuels their shocking growth. >> every hundred degree day they will double and triple in size. >> reporter: it clogs water intakes for farms so ranch everies spend $1,500 a week just in this small area keeping them in check. there the last few days officials released thousands of these plant hoppers from the amazon. they suck the sap from the leaves. officials wouldn't interview but we learned this has been tried before here with a different bug and he isn't impressed. >> didn't get rid of anything. >> reporter: in the amazon the plant hopper feeds only on the leaves. residents here say they are concerned that it may now develop a taste for california c

what some are calling the google effect, john fowler has the story. >> reporter: i spend a lot of timethe web every day and searching for things that interest me as well as for work. but scientists today reported that we tend to forget things that we can find easily on the web. in tech savvy san francisco people told us they use the internet as a memory crunch. from online appointment calendars to bank accounts to shoe and clothe sizes. >> i don't have to remember anything, it's all self- contained. >> not if i can use the internet. you utilize the internet, i think i can remember everything. >> reporter: at this internet cafe we found teacher ale giovenelli she says she googles things dozens of times a day. >> i think it's important that we get things so accessible but people are getting lazy. >> reporter: and alienated. >> we become anti social through social networks, that's what i believe. and yes it affects your memory. it affects your ability to pay attention. >> i know i'm missing tremendous amount of information and access for information. >> reporter: the reward of satisfying

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler tells us how all of this stems from the nuclear disasterpan. >> reporter: moving the last of his 200 steers to a new pasture today. bill bishop jr. says it's basic economics. >> supply and demand. we have a short supply because a lot of the meat is going overseas. >> reporter: to japan mostly where beef prices plunged more than half today as radiation weary consumer prefer california beef. but raising cattle here has never been so expensive. >> feed costs are as high as they've ever been. corn prices are high, hay prices are high. >> reporter: these cattle will be ready for market in about a year. then prices at the butcher shop could double. >> i'm looking forward the fish and chicken and stay away from the beef if it's going to go up that high. >> reporter: depending on cut and brand you might pay $35 a pond now. ready for a $50 a pound steak? >> i would buy less of it but would i stop buying it? no because my football player needs the meat. >> beef has been a good buy. prices haven't been this high in years and once in a while everybody

health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. >>> there are questions tonight why a actor abruptly ended a camp for actors. >> ♪ >> reporter: these girls were part of trevor weaver's acting camp in san ramon. they were supposed to perform last wednesday when they learned that weaver abruptly cancelled their performance. >> we worked so hard then we got knocked out. >> reporter: the kids may have been disappointed but the mothers ran to action. the teachers all say they are out money. >>> if maker of blackberry cell phones announced big cuts today, research in motion says it is cutting 2,000 jobs in an effort to cut costs. that's 10% of its work force. the company is also shuffling some of its the production. >>> the stores look like you're typical apple store but from the building design to the employees in blue shirts. authorities also found three other fake apple stores in the area but couldn't do anything to them because they didn't find any fake apple products for sale. >>> interestingly enough there's no fog at the coast yet but it will return tonight and there'll be some in y

john fowler says what's boeing imported from the amazon to try to stop it. >> reporter: for a decade has choked with these, a beautiful but invader from south america. we found this boat crew spraying, had erbicide, a huge task. the plant is almost unstoppable. >> it'll completely take over. it'll be nothing but a solid mat. >> reporter: the superintendent ricky carter and his associate are trying to beat the delta heat, heat that fuels their shocking growth. >> every hundred degree day they will double and triple in size. >> reporter: it clogs water intakes for farms so ranch everies spend $1,500 a week just in this small area keeping them in check. there the last few days officials released thousands of these plant hoppers from the amazon. they suck the sap from the leaves. officials wouldn't interview but we learned this has been tried before here with a different bug and he isn't impressed. >> didn't get rid of anything. >> reporter: in the amazon the plant hopper feeds only on the leaves. residents here say they are concerned that it may now develop a taste for california crops.

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new trend is moving to marin county causing concern for someurant owners there. five gourmet food trucks from san francisco set up shop in the parking lot of the larkspur ferry tonight attracting commuters and residents. the event now happens weekly. those who visited the lot today said they're enjoying the new trend. >> we came down here to see what it was all about. >> reporter: what do you think? >> well, i think it's a great idea. >> those working at restaurants in the area are not as pleased. restaurant owners tell us the transit authority should have notified local businesses about the new concept and also asked them to participate. >>> if you didn't get enough fireworks during the 4th of july, you can always head over to oakland tomorrow night. it's the hottest show onette, the inferno fire circus -- on earth, the inferno fire circus has performers from a los angeles company. the show starts at 7 p.m. on seventh street in the cruicibles building. you can find a slide show and more video by going to www.ktvu.com and scrolling down to the

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the statement department announced an agreement to cover applied behavior analysis today during a hearing on the topic. most insurers don't cover it because it's considered educational. patients are taught how to adjust their behavior in social settings. parence filled the room to tell lawmakers how beneficial it's been for their kids. >> when he receiverred his 30 hours he was able to go to school, he learned to speak. >> in addition -- >> the hearing was informational only. >>> the bay area is a clean economy powerhouse. the san francisco metro area is third in the u.s. with 14,000 green jobs. the san jose area came in fourth with more than 6,000. california has the most clean jobs in the country with 318,000. >>> marine county is eligible for help. the rainfall flooded streets and businesses across the county. when we shot this video on march 24. in april they issued a proclication for 19 counties but not marine. >>> it was definitely drizzly today. not rain but mist and drizzle. the fire danger is down, temperatures are down and some folks are

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new trend is moving to marin county causing concern for someurant owners there. five gourmet food trucks from san francisco set up shop in the parking lot of the larkspur ferry tonight attracting commuters and residents. the event now happens weekly. those who visited the lot today said they're enjoying the new trend. >> we came down here to see what it was all about. >> reporter: what do you think? >> well, i think it's a great idea. >> those working at restaurants in the area are not as pleased. restaurant owners tell us the transit authority should have notified local businesses about the new concept and also asked them to participate. >>> if you didn't get enough fireworks during the 4th of july, you can always head over to oakland tomorrow night. it's the hottest show onette, the inferno fire circus -- on earth, the inferno fire circus has performers from a los angeles company. the show starts at 7 p.m. on seventh street in the cruicibles building. you can find a slide show and more video by going to www.ktvu.com and scrolling down to the

john fowler reports on commercial flights to the moon. >> reporter: so near, so far away. >> america has not been to the moon in 29 years. >> headed about the managers, moon express is developing this robot lander for what they call history's biggest business opportunity. >> resources on the moon, things that can be a benefit to the earth and volatile for the water on the moon to help us explore space and beyond. >> with capitol moon express will not carry people but aims to have payloads to soft lunar landings and return precious metals. >> like federal express. if you want to get from here to there, if you want to get to the moon, that is us. >> the first customer might be a telescope. >> what we did in apollo was like lewis and clark. we looked in the smallest places. >> reporter: the idea came from google's x-prize for the private robot to land on the moon and beam things down. they say their vision is to make a business out of trips to the moon. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> firecrews in walnut creek battled a 3-alarm fire that heavily damaged two homes and spread to grass lands. the

. >>> john fowler explains what people are calling the google effect. >> reporter: in text savvy sap people told us they use the internet as a memory crutch. from on-line appointment calenders to bank a koupblts to shoe and cloth sizes. >> counts to shoe and cloth size is. >> it is all self-contained. easy. >> i use the internet you utilize it i can remember everything. >> reporter: at this cafe we found 23-year-old teacher. she says she googles things dozens of times a day my think it is awesome we have so much information accessible now. but, i think people are getting lazar -- lazier. >> we are antisocial. that is what i believe. it effects your memory, you're aability to pay attention. >> reporter: paul crosby does not use the web. >> i am aware i am missing information and access to information. >> reporter: several people told us the reward of satisfying their curiosity made things more memorable. >> there is a word i was trying to find out what the meaning was and i type today in what does this mean and it came up and i remembered it because i was able to find it. >> reporter:

the science center john fowler at the center where the flames are out. but the community still has health concerns tonight. john? >> reporter: well builts of melted plastic like this and melted fences, steel fences are about all that is left of the macro plastics storage yard after tons of plastic, pipe and plastic boxes burned in the fire yesterday. ktvu news chopper 2 first brought you these spectacular pictures. and learning this intense fire was burning plastic, people today worried about their health. >> it is a big concern for me, because i have children around here. but so far i didn't hear anything from the communities. >> i was sitting out here, got a little dizzy and my chest was kind of congested. >> reporter: she said she kept her children inside yesterday. but in this neighborhood, less than a mile from the plastics plants, cars, houses are still dusted with dark dots of burned residue. >> my concern is -- beside the fact -- my family. >> reporter: today, workers complaint through the charred remains of as many as 15,000 plastic crates. count

health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we just spoke to the fire marshal in fairfield because we are seeing some flair ups now at that plastic plant. it's caused by a number of plastic bins inside the burned out area. firefighters haven't been able to reach them so the fire has new fuel. people could be seeing these kind of flair ups throughout the evening. the shelter in place has been lifted on a voluntary basis. but if you are seeing smoke in your area, you might want to stay inside. >>> parents who have not vaccinated their children for whooping cough now have a little extra time. governor brown allowed 30 extra days. people who don't want to vaccination their children must issue a statement. >>> zinga city will run on the chinese internet provider ten cent. >>> and welcome back to weather, we have fog showing up along the coast. temperatures tomorrow will be a little warmer than today. the changes they are subtle. a little warmer today. out toward noe valley, just the other side of twin peaks that fog is going to be there in the next, here's twin peaks. probably t

health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu channel channel 2 news. >>> you can find other reports by going to ktvu.com and clicking on the tab on the top of the home page. >>> a man from pleasanthill got to meet a man who helped save his life last year through a bone marrow transplant. ian was diagnosed with a bone marrow disease which is faye toll without a bone marrow transplant. he was able to receive a bone marrow transplant last year. the man who donated the bone marrow is from mississippi. >> they found me through a bone marrow registry. after a year, they allowed me to meet the recipient. >>> a big apple could be coming to the big apple. officials in new york city are set to vote tomorrow on a proposed apple store in the iconic grand central terminal. the 2,300,000 would be the largest apple store in the world. if the plan is passed tomorrow, it could be authorized as soon as wednesday. >>> the perks of being the champ. the giants reap the rewards of winning the world series. just who they get to meet tomorrow. >>> and we could be in for a warm up. doesn't look like it there a

john fowler live in san francisco where people are out enjoying that warm weather, john. >> reporter:y are indeed. ocean beach is so crowded the life guards are out here. as bill said there has a risk of under toe, but a bigger concern is infection from beach sand. studies show up to 20% of people who have close contact with beach sand get bacterial or viral infections. children most susceptible. >> if you dig deep enough you'll be able to find a sand crab which my friend is getting right now. >> bacteria is everywhere, i wouldn't think it's not at the beach. >> reporter: the sun's uv rays keep bacteria levels down. but digging down a bit reveals colonies of disease causing bacteria including salmonella and staff, fungi, parasites and viruses including hepatitis even polio virus inches below your feet. >> i'm bare feet, so that's pretty scary. >> i'm not that worried about it, no. >> reporter: beaches within a mile of sewage or storm drain discharges up to three times more contaminated. >> everything runs downhill, this is where all the storm run off from the streets is coming. >> rep

health and science editor, john fowler. >>> julie haener is in the newsroom now with a look at systemthe stories we're working on for ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. julie. >> frank also at 6:00, they are the biggest bird in the sky when it comes to fighting wildfire. the reason these dc10s might not be there the next time a fire sparks out of control. >>> it's a symbol of technology and invasion now it's the target of hackers. the irony behind the crime. >>> plus the beard meets with teens what he told them about tonight. >>> the top 11 idol finalists kicked off their live tour last night in salt lake city and they're headed here to the bay area. the finalists including winner scottie mccreery and lauren elena will be in san jose on wednesday. >>> let's talk about our weather now because the weekend is closing in. as we've been talking about this week, seems like the temperatures keep trending down. >> they have been sliding down over the last few days, still some hot numbers inland. but really cooling off at the coast and right around the bay as we come in tighter. the fog a bit stubbo

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> net flix said today it is expanding and opening a new open in san jose.the company will move it's newly created dvd division. >>> a judge in boston dismissed the suit brought by the winklevoss twins. a federal court denied their attempt to reopen a $65 million settlement between the parties. >>> customers who bought what they thought were apple products are demanding their money back. the bogus stores in the country's south province were so elaborately replicated that even staff members had been fooled. the stores were opened by counter fitters. once the word got out, customers from china returned in droves. they are demanding a refund and harassing employees. the closest legitimate apple store is 1,000 miles away. >>> temperatures are trending down just a little bit. tomorrow is going to be a lot like today with a few degrees shaved off. more fog tomorrow morning. that's how you get the cooling. but not a lot. just slight cooling. it's not going to be that noticeable. inland valleys instead of the low 90s and upper 80s are going to be just in the middle

john fowler talked to a journalist today who's covered the shuttle for years and who also came very closeeing selected for a shuttle mission that ended in disaster. >> two, one -- >> reporter: from the front row from the beginning, it was charles pettit. >> from the beginning there was a sense of melancholy to see this ending. there's no way to get people into outer space and that's something that's been taken away. >> reporter: one of the definitive chronickers, a finalist to the space program which ended with this challenger explosion. pettitte says the shuttle is too risky, and too expensive. it's clear robot spacecraft do science cheaper and better. >> that's the real space program. and it does real real science. on the international space station and space shuttle has ever done is show us how to live in space. but it's still yet to show why we should be up there. some people would rather scrap that to have people with flags on their shoulders being up there. >> reporter: a capsule called orion could take americans to an asteroid or to mars. the lust for space exploration is hard to d

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> net flix said today it is expanding and opening a new open in san jose.company will move it's newly created dvd division. >>> a judge in boston dismissed the suit brought by the winklevoss twins. a federal court denied their attempt to reopen a $65 million settlement between the parties. >>> customers who bought what they thought were apple products are demanding their money back. the bogus stores in the country's south province were so elaborately replicated that even staff members had been fooled. the stores were opened by counter fitters. once the word got out, customers from china returned in droves. they are demanding a refund and harassing employees. the closest legitimate apple store is 1,000 miles away. >>> temperatures are trending down just a little bit. tomorrow is going to be a lot like today with a few degrees shaved off. more fog tomorrow morning. that's how you get the cooling. but not a lot. just slight cooling. it's not going to be that noticeable. inland valleys instead of the low 90s and upper 80s are going to be just in the middle 80s.

john fowler talked to a journalist today who's covered the shuttle for years and who also came very closeelected for a shuttle mission that ended in disaster. >> two, one -- >> reporter: from the front row from the beginning, it was charles pettit. >> from the beginning there was a sense of melancholy to see this ending. there's no way to get people into outer space and that's something that's been taken away. >> reporter: one of the definitive chronickers, a finalist to the space program which ended with this challenger explosion. pettitte says the shuttle is too risky, and too expensive. it's clear robot spacecraft do science cheaper and better. >> that's the real space program. and it does real real science. on the international space station and space shuttle has ever done is show us how to live in space. but it's still yet to show why we should be up there. some people would rather scrap that to have people with flags on their shoulders being up there. >> reporter: a capsule called orion could take americans to an asteroid or to mars. the lust for space exploration is hard to deny. >

john fowler. >> reporter: about one in six women will get breast cancer.uidelines call for tests every other year starting at 50. >> i don't think that's right but it's insurance, politics, money. . >> reporter: some groups recommend regular tests at 40. >> people in my group knead to start having them just for caution. >> reporter: not truaered coulding to new bay area research. >> how frequently you get them really should be personalized. it should be based on your own person risk. >> reporter: steve cummings said most women shouldn't get them frequently. recommendations based in part on breast density. saying dense ones have triple the cancer risk. >> even as much as it does on age and other factorsful. >> reporter: one of the most interesting parts of the recommendations is at information of a woman's feelings, the assurance on one hand and the rick of a worry from a false positive on the other. >> i got nervous. i do feel more secure getting them. >> about a third of women who net them will have a false positive. >> reporter: triggering unneeded tests

john fowler. >> reporter: about one in six women will get breast cancer.uidelines call for tests every other year starting at 50. >> i don't think that's right but it's insurance, politics, money. . >> reporter: some groups recommend regular tests at 40. >> people in my group knead to start having them just for caution. >> reporter: not truaered coulding to new bay area research. >> how frequently you get them really should be personalized. it should be based on your own person risk. >> reporter: steve cummings said most women shouldn't get them frequently. recommendations based in part on breast density. saying dense ones have triple the cancer risk. >> even as much as it does on age and other factorsful. >> reporter: one of the most interesting parts of the recommendations is at information of a woman's feelings, the assurance on one hand and the rick of a worry from a false positive on the other. >> i got nervous. i do feel more secure getting them. >> about a third of women who net them will have a false positive. >> reporter: triggering unneeded tests