and the koit martini posse.an's plans are to shuck -- chuck the whole quiet storm thing and make some noise. local sales manager of the quiet storm, kbrx manager mr. aaron jones. >> can you -- thank you, thank you. kblx is celebrating its 30th anniversary of local radio in san francisco. please funeral -- tune in to 102.9 and join in our 30th year anniversary. right now i want to introduce the kblx steppers. ♪ [ringing bells] ♪ woooo ♪ oooooo ♪ ♪ i'd love to express it ♪ >> aaron jones, ladies and gentlemen, kblx. the quiet storm quiet no more. thanks, et great job. excellent job, part-timers. let's hear it for them. that was i guess the amateur portion if you can call it that because everybody rehearsed so hard the let's hear it for everybody. shanell wang, aaron and scotty. now time to move on to the professional category. the muni experts. the professionals have up to 30 seconds for a warmup and up to two minutes to ring the bill -- bell. now it the time to bring up the heavy artillery. selected by a panel of

. >> by the process of elimination, it's koit! >> koit. mr.he third year in a row. love this city. thank you. >> runners up. the 47th not -- annual cable car bell ringing competition, no particular order, mr. trini whitaker. sullivan philips. ken lunardi. and joseph hsu. come up and get your trophies. thank the judges. [laughter] now it's time for what you've been waiting for, third place, ladies and gentlemen, mr. howard woo. howard woo. again, they're not booing you. all right. mr. ken mcdonald. chief of muni operations officer, please come forward to help me present the second place trophy. second place, ladies and gentlemen. mr. frank ware. and before we announce the winner i'm going to drag this out even longer. i'm going to take a moment to thank the kind people who made the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest possible the the vice chair of the sfmt board of directors. and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardelli chocolatesing, and the american automobile association

and temperatures are running by the weekend in the mid-80s, mid-70s around the bay and notice the koit coast that never warmed up, you'll be in the upper 50s, saturday and sunday for the coolest weather and probably be fogged in saturday, sunday and monday, tuesday and wednesday while the west rest of us around the bay will see sunshine and temperatures pretty close to there. >> you get to choose your weather then. >> i think that is a good way to put it. >> thanks, mike. >> bye-bye. tctctctctctctctctctcc

how koit be good for you and the environment. >> and we'll have that story. then, michael finney takes a look at the break through technology that could allow the blind to drive a car. >> i'm sanna -- sandhya patel. minor changes are coming tomorrow. here is a hint. i'll be back with a look at the forecast coming up. >> and i gave her a few big ones. >> oh, a local 5-year-old is really the apple of her grandmother's eye today. the news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >>> two women of breaking into at least five cars in emeryville are under arrest. a witness shot video of the suspects and their car contacted police. they were taken into custody after the car was spotted friday evening in a target store parking lot. the 26-year-old raven stewart and 24-year-old lashay rodriguez are charged with multiel counts of possession of stolen property and burglar yeechl stewart's 4-month-old baby was with them. the mother faces child endangerment charge autos san francisco chapter of the naacp says a lawsuit against u.s.

and temperatures are running by the weekend in the mid-80s, mid-70s around the bay and notice the koit coast that never warmed up, you'll be in the upper 50s, saturday and sunday for the coolest weather and probably be fogged in saturday, sunday and monday, tuesday and wednesday while the west rest of us around the bay will see sunshine and temperatures pretty close to there. >> you get to choose your weather then. >> i think that is a good way to put it. >> thanks, mike. >> bye-bye. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ]

requires kids meals to have a fruit and a vegetable and say the happy meals do not contain vegetables but koit change in the future. >>> a refund could be coming for passenger who's paid a federal airlines tax for a tax that expired. >> key word is could. maybe. as reported last week law is authorizing tickets expired midnight, friday. some consumers pay this tax. well, airlines upped their prices to cover the tax money perhaps make more profits. association of retail travel agents says last time this happened was back in is 1996, 97, then, passenger who's submit their receipts were able to get refunds from irs. there is no word today on if that will happen this time. so for now, irs is telling people to sit tight. we'll keep track and let you know if, and when you have money coming your way. high gas prices has many changing the way they get around. scooters sales are up 37% in the first five months of the year. the motorcycle industry counsel says two wheeler was get up to 80 miles to the gallon, and the average american pays $177 per month for gasoline versus $20 a month for those riding sc

historians say koit clear up a debate over nixon's acknowledgement or knowledge of the water gate break in. nixon was the first president to testify about br a grand jury. 297 page transcript will not be available immediately because the government is being given time to decide whether or not to appeal that decision. >> and a second sea lie yn has been found with fishing line around its neck. nearly three weeks ago this sea lie yn found with wiring around its neck near pier 39. a family tourist sent us a picture. a second sea lion was also spotted near pier 39. rescuer says they appear healthy but are concerned about the wire that could prevent them from eating. crews have not been able to capture the sea lion but say they plan to try again. >> and another mountain lion spotted in low-lying section of the bay area. this time, a resident saw a big cat about 9:30 last night. police say he spotted a lion in the area of benedict drive and grand avenue near highway 580. there are no other sightings. the caller says she's 100% certain it was a mountain lion. >> and we want to brick you good n

major league baseball will review this with every club to ensure fan safety if it would happen here, koit happen anywhere? a spokesperson for giants giants tonight told abc 7 news in lieu of last night's terrible tragedy, the organization will look with a fresh set of eyes at any vulnerabilities here in at and t park. >> and in this newscast we'll hear from the player that threw that ball into the stands coming up in sports. >> the bay area has lost another soldier in the line of duty. the sargeant died in afghanistan. his dad sent us these photos on a trip to disany land. he was married tw w.two young sons. he was 36 years old. >> a two-hour special here on abc 7 will shed light on jaycee dugard's kidnapping. the information will come from jaycee herself. the first interview with jaycee, a special will air sunday night, she was kidnapped age 11 by phillip and nancy garrido, held captive for 18 years, and she was repeatedly abused and gave birth to two daughters. >> you're in labor and there is nobody there. having a baby in a backyard. >> yup. i did. very painful. but... then, i saw her.

if the latest round of layoff goeses above a thousand koit have an impact on county wide unemployment numbers. >> if you combine this with zpi county layoffs, i mean, it's -- those were good, solid jobs. if they can go away, it's best to. >> cisco remains a dominant player in network switching and routing and they're are second only to the 8,000 people the company eliminated in the market crash of twun. -- 2001. job losses now swril a domino affect on the already-unemployed. >> people are looking for a job. and there is competition, it's big. >> they're going to do what they need to do to right the ship. we're confident of that. >> cisco says there will be details on layoffs during the august 10th quarterry con -- quarterly conference call. >> so we'll see what happens. now, if you're looking for a job, you might find one at the next abc 7 job journal hire event. and it will be held tomorrow. among employers will be representing is conica, wall greens and u.s. mint. they hope to fill 250 jobs. >> and for the first time -- third time, rather in two months, police are investigating a sh

and still to come this afternoon, this drug prescribed to help smokers quit but a study indicates koit give them another serious health problem. >> a look inside of the pentagon. the virtual city inside of the famous five-walled building. >> and celebrating coco the gorilla's 40th birthday with choice words. >> right now here is a look at traffic on skyway. you can see it's very light. cars head to the bay bridge, or on the right of the screen to the peninsula. stay with us. >> sth this is a live look at white houts, obamas marking july 4th wealth a special barbecue and a uso concert on the south lawn followed by fire works viewing. this has been a day of celebration for the family. president obama's oldest daughter, malia turned 13 today. you can see the weather looks okay there now. before the party began washington, d.c. was hit by a fierce summer storm there. was heavy duty clean up z loose branches blown off trees had to be cleared off the lawn. and all was in order by the time the party began. >> commanders of the military overseeing who two wars in a no-fly zone. it's in a natio

the problem is that i think koit have been avoided. you know sni wish this never happened. >> pg&e excavation expected to be completed by friday evening. >> and several people in san jose are being called heroes tonight for quick action that saved a father and daughter found at the bottom of a swimming pool last night at regency park town homes. the man's wife discovered a body and started to scream for help. one man pulled them out of the pool and another began giving cpr to the 6-year-old girl. >> within a minute or so, she was coughing. it's a scary moment. >> they did the right thing. several ran out of the homes to help. >> gentleman was breathing but his iz were rolling up. and his wife was really concerned. and i just gave him, i'm not a cpr certified person but i gave him a rub on the chest. >> the father and daughter were taken hot -- to the hospital. >> and it's no surprise middle schoolers love playing games on iphone. but this summer, some are actually making games they hope will be next big hit just like angry birds. and w

i mean, how much -- it seems to me it's important to know, are the numbers going down on up when koit comes to the amount o dollars the insurgency is getting off the drug trade, are the areas of cultivation going up and down? not just one province of helmand. the ne reports out there seem to suggest that if since we have en there it spread widely, more widely poppy cultivation. i'm trying to get a sense of you who have the numbers and know what they are, is that a distortion or is that happening? if you could try to answer those for me in specific numbers that would be great. i realize you might not have them now. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator, if i might, i do know and again correct me if i'm wrong in 2010, i believe the estimates were 98% of the opium grown was in the south and in the west in afghanistan. again, that's why we focus most of our resources down there because that's the one area where most of the poppy certainly being cultivated. the overwhelming majority is down in the south and the west. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator jew dal. senator reich? >> p

i mean, how much -- it seems to me it's important to know, are the numbers going down on up when koit comes to the amount o dollars the insurgency is getting off the drug trade, are the areas of cultivation going up and down? not just one province of helmand. the news reports out there seem to suggest that if since we have been there it spread widely, more widely poppy cultivation. i'm trying to get a sense of you who have the numbers and know what they are, is that a distortion or is that happening? if you could try to answer those for me in specific numbers that would be great. i realize you might not have them now. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator, if i might, i do know and again correct me if i'm wrong in 2010, i believe the estimates were 98% of the opium grown was in the south and in the west in afghanistan. again, that's why we focus most of our resources down there because that's the one area where most of the poppy certainly is being cultivated. the overwhelming majority is down in the south and the west. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator jew dal. senator reic