and i would answer and they would say oh, we're doing a check on kevin smith.000 a year. so they would send me credit cards like crazy. but i would never use them. but one day, i was like, maybe one day i can use these to finance the dream. so my brother said my parents thought i would get it out of my system and i would end up working at a restaurant. >> that didn't piss you off? >> not at all. i might as well said i'm going to the moon as an astronaut. it was so outside the realm of possibility. but when it mattered, when i needed them, they came through. we had been using credit cards to pay for everything. we rented this old camera, a 16 millimeter. we had to pay cash for it. they wouldn't take credit cards. it was going to be $3,000 to rent it for three weeks. so i turned to my parents and i was like, if we don't do this, this is the crucial part. we've got everything ready. my producer has flown out, but we can't shoot it. do you guys have any loot? i think at that point my father was making 21 k a year. so they're like, we've got 3 grand, that's all we g

fellow battalion chief kevin smith is defending johnson, saying the policy was initially meant to restrict recordings inside firehouses. >> there is no existing policy that permits individuals from wearing helmet cams and videotaping incidents outside of the firehouse. >> reporter: he's disappointed, because he says helmet cam video is a great teaching tool. abc 7 news. >>> san mateo county sheriff's deputies are warning about a mountain lion sighting. sheriff deputies got report of a mountain lion roaming in a neighborhood near redwood city early yesterday morning. it was spotted in the emerald hills neighborhood in the area of lakeview way. residents are being advised not to approach any mountain lion they may come across. >>> sir paul mccartney wants the chance to perform some of his silly love songs at candlestick park before the stadium is demolished. the mayor said mccartney floated the idea to him the weekend before last. mccartney has history at the stick. it's where the beatles performed the last live concert in 1966. mccartney said that would bring things full circle. the beatles

fellow battalion chief kevin smith is defending johnson saying this policy was initially meant to restrict recordings inside the fire houses. >> there is no existing policy that prevents individuals from wearing helmet cams and videotaping incidents outside of the fire house. >> he is disappointed because he says helmet cam video is a great teaching tool. abc7 news. >> a meeting will be held tomorrow night to talk about the future of fire services in contra costa county. the first of three meetings will be held at the pittsburgh public library at 6:30 p.m. because of budget problems, the contra costa fire department has cut seven engine companies in the past two years. >>> five bay area people have been arrested on suspicion of kid p thatting in southern california. riverside county sheriff deputies say an 18-year-old woman escaped on friday and called for help from a hotel in morino valley. she told deputies she was kidnapped in compton a day earlier by a woman and four men. she said her abductors told her they were going to force her into prostitution. the suspects are from here in the b

fellow battalion chief kevin smith is defending johnson saying this policy was initially meant to restrict recordings inside the fire houses. >> there is no existing policy that prevents individuals from wearing helmet cams and videotaping incidents outside of the fire house. >> he is disappointed because he says helmet cam video is a great teaching tool. abc7 news. >> a meeting will be held tomorrow night to talk about the future of fire services in contra costa county. the first of three meetings will be held at the pittsburgh public library at 6:30 p.m. because of budget problems, the contra costa fire department has cut seven engine companies in the past two years. >>> five bay area people have been arrested on suspicion of kid p thatting in southern california. riverside county sheriff deputies say an 18-year-old woman escaped on friday and called for help from a hotel in morino valley. she told deputies she was kidnapped in compton a day earlier by a woman and four men. she said her abductors told her they were going to force her into prostitution. the suspects are from here in the b

kevin smith is going to be in the red chair tonight. >> i remember calling my mom and telling her, they the movie. >> he's a

. >> however, battalion chief kevin smith says there is no existing policy banning helmet cams and the09 policy is only meant to restrict video recordings inside firehouses. >>> famed musician lester chambers plans to sue the city of hayward after he was attacked while performing on stage. this video from fuse news captured the attack during a blues festival last month. watch as the woman jumps on stage moments after chambers dedicated the song to the family of florida teenager trayvon martin. dena lynn andrews poter now faces felony elder abuse and assault charges. chambers and his family want hate crime charges added. >>> sir paul mccartney wants the chance to perform some of his silly love songs at candlestick park before the stadium is destroyed. mccartney has a history at the stick. that's where the beatles performed their last live concert in 1966. mccartney says that would bring things full circle, because the beatles' last live concert was at candlestick in -- years ago, 47 years ago, and now candlestick's last concert would feature a beatle. i'd pay for that. >> yeah, that wou

owned by americans that's right because there are damn trade deficit but kevin the you know this was the whole point of adam smith's wealth of nations and seven hundred seventy six in america seems to have lost since one thousand meter forgotten it that a country only gets richer when it makes things it doesn't get richer when one person says you want fries with that the other person says that twenty five dollars charge on your credit card i'm right there with you i strongly support a strong manufacturing fits them and you know doing what's necessary in order to bring jobs back into where you do things that you have to do the bomber is the internet in my opinion it wasn't reagan it was the. internet the ability to communicate across broad distances transfer information you know no longer need to do things locally you can do pieces of everything all over the world and transit internet allows us to to buy refrigerator some china essentially. guard i believe so yes or order by. wind turbine towers from china i mean the thing that breaks my heart is drive and. forty through texas are through arkansas and watching a fla

smith has her bicycle and her sweet revenge. even if it was as police say a very bad idea. for "today," kevin we learned? >> make sure it's your own bike, first of all. >> how did she know for a fact it wasn't someone else's? >> i know my bike. if someone stole my bike, i would know it. >> but is it custom made? >> no, but i know it. >> i'm not sure getting your bike back is worth what could have happened if that guy chased her down the street. >> glad there's a happy ending. >>> coming up, the 17-year-old american who just pulled off a major upset at the u.s. open. >> and it can reveal a lot, but is genetic testing for someone who's perfectly healthy a good idea? >>> and could michael douglas and catherine zeta jones be calling it quits after 13 years of marriage? first, your local news and weather. ♪ new kellogg's raisin bran® with omega 3 from flax seeds. plus plump juicy raisins. flax seed? who are you? i still got it. [ male announcer ] invest in your heart health with kellogg's raisin bran® cereals. [ male announcer ] invest in your heart health [ male announcer ] let's go places. but l