they have a bike ballet. >> only in lafayette. >> sounds like a great time. beautiful bay wide for all of your outdoor activities. this view, san francisco. trans america building. and if i step out of the way you can see out to the marin headlands. visibility is fantastic. here is the view from the satellite picture. hard pressed to find any fog. we had a little bit early on. it's all gone. high pressure is building in. get used to a lot of sunshine and warming temperatures not bad. almost perfect i think. hayward 75 right now. 80 sunnyvale. 78 san jose. 83 concord. san francisco 67 degrees. tomorrow mid 70s. we have the leading edge of the high pressure ridge building through the area and as we see that a little bit of a northerly gradient taking over and clearing skies out. your headlines for this evening, maybe a few low clouds right at the coast. not going to last long tomorrow. warming nicely for everybody. you'll feel it even at the coast. then summer really hangs on. it doesn't officially end until the end of the coming week. it'll be warm around here

yes, the lafayette art and wine festival. gorgeous conditions. diane dwyer got up extra to check that out. that's lance lou. and diane dwyer with? >> my daughter and my pup and volunteers. >> you brought your dog along. >> dogs are allowed. >> that's so cool. you can also take your bike on the bainra t and they've got special valet parking for your bike, very cool. nbc bay area, one of the sponsors. conditions should be spectacular as well. temperatures are probably going to be a little bit warmer than today. right now, low 60s through the santa clara valley. 58 in san francisco. 54 in oakland. winds are light. let me show you the setup for us. we've seen a bit of a northerly flow come? across northern california. cleared skies out. i can't find any clouds along the coast at all. maybe a couple patchespy day break but that's just about it. mostly clear skies tonight. the warming trend continues into tomorrow. monday and tuesday, we're going to see 90s. 80s near the bay. mid 70s at the coast. beach weather as summer hangs on. the official start of

a huge mess in lafayette.er mike pensler shot this video last saturday when the truck clipped a fire hydranted on mount diablo boulevard just outside of orchard nursery and the gusher climbed to 60 feet. >> can you see the car that went by and you can see the lafayette fire department there as well. that thing is cleared. >> this is your old hood, right? >> my sister works there and one of her co-workers showed me the video on friday night. and i said hey, we will take a peek. >> a nice clean driveway there by the way. >>> and nice weather to enjoy the gusher with? >> absolutely. if you're going to enjoy gusher, that's what we think. so outside right now, it is starting to clear up finally, lots of clouds there this morning. all over the bay area. and we're continuing to see some into the afternoon, but you wouldn't know it from the shot outside, at coit tower. lots of blue there. and clouds lingering through most of the day into the afternoon and temperatures are actually looking pretty nice and warming up a

lafayette for the art and wine festival, upper 80s to about 90 degrees. absolutely gorgeous. get out and enjoy that. 83. 90 in calestoga, warm in the north and east bay hills and the valleys for the next several days. so summer comes to an end at least on the calendar on friday but it is going to be very summer like throughout most of the week. next weekend we'll be watching some offshore winds that could develop. we're starting to get into fire danger season. >> that lafayette art and wine festival, out there today it was beautiful. nbc is a sponsor and tomorrow too. and the wine and the art and dogs can come along and great food. it was really fun. >>> coming up next, still ahead, you often hear you have to market yourself to land a job in this type of economy. we'll introduce you to a man who took that advice to a whole new level. now he has hope to offer other folks looking for a job. >>> california's unemployment rate remains one of the highest in the country at 12% and that means the competition for jobs is fierce but a bay area man got the attention of some of the worl

. >>> a lafayette overpass was the sight of a different kind of remembrance today. >> the lafayette flight brigade dressed the el portola bridge with dozens of flags. today many of the flags have the slogan never forget printed on them. the event featured live music and a speech by a new york firefighter. some in attendance said they will never forget where they were on 9/11. >> 9/11 is a day that changed us. it changed all of us. >> a candle lit vigil ended the event. >>> at parks and playgrounds people across the bay area found meaning at the end of a rake or a paint brush. spanning out to spruce up shelters. or gave out cards to say i care. >> i'm a retired firefighters so it has a special meaning for us. >> in remembering 9/11, it's not just sitting around and talking about it because that doesn't change anything. >> reporter: before scattering to their duties, volunteers shared moments about why. >> take the day back from the terrorist and make it a day about us and our community and moving forward. >> reporter: but somber faces were replaced by busy hands. 15 singing for meaning mean

los gatos, 49 and lafayette at 49 degrees. 48 now at the napa airport. they were down to 45, so the temperatures coming up a little bit. low 50s for many, including san raphael. redwood city is 52. liver moore is checking in at 52. fairfield, a little cooler. still a westerly breeze, but there is really not much. we expect it to turn more northerly. and high pressure is building in, and you can actually hear it. a lot going on. but it is not going to play special our weather until later in the week. in the meantime, the high pressure builds in after that morning fog and we'll have lots of sunshine. it will be breezy, but warmer weather will take us into today and tuesday, wednesday, an it looses like thursday will be the transition day. and just saying. just to let you know a little warmer a chilly morning. fog, patchy fog. and most of it is just kind of dancing around a little bit. it is not solid or anything. but overcast over san jose right now. once that burns off, 77 right there. we'll go 80 to con cord. santa rosa will go 82. and downtown might run

in fact, the story with lafayette is very interesting because lafayette comes over at the age of 19. he quips a ship with -- equips a ship with provisions and munitions. he goes to philadelphia armed with a letter from benjamin franklin and franklin writes to the continental congress, you know, please, peat the young marquee very well because he's very well connected at versailles, and he could be pretty create useful. -- politically useful. the congress, without consulting washington, makes lafayette a major general, this 19-year-old kid who's just arrived, makes him a major general which is the highest rank below commander in chief. but they did it as an honorary title. lafayette then goes and meets george washington. washington writes a priceless letter to the congress saying i don't think that the young marquee understands that the title is is merely hon risk. he's kind of -- honor risk, he's kind of looking for a regiment to command. amazingly enough, lafayette becomes such a resourceful and really fearless general that he becomes one of the major generals in the continental arm

thousands of bees swarmed a tree on lafayette street.t a limb weighed down by colony fell in picnic area. there were 200 to 300 pounds of bee and honey on limb. they will be moved to new hive. looks like everybody is okay. >>> 5:26 now. the u.c. berkeley grads released after two years from imprisonment in iran thank supporters for not giving up on them. next on 5:30, what josh fattal and shane bauer will spend the next few days doing. >> happening this morning. thousands of nurses on strike at dozens of northern california hospitals. we're live in oakland with the dispute that put them on the picket lines. >> look at the coolness. off to the east. seattle, 71. warm around portland. 80. just in, flight arrival delays in nashville, philadelphia and charlotte. check out our flight tracker at abc7news.com. at the bottom. >>> good morning. i'm amy hollyfield. live in oakland. hospitals say they're trying to keep your healthcare costs down. but nurses say they will strike today. where do you stand on the issue? details coming up in a live repo

like lafayette. he went with the popular taste.when the modern architecture started coming in, he was happy because it was less work. >> very little detail. you see detail in brought the city. people took tract homes and tried to individualize them in various ways throughout the cities. here is an example of how they might have done that. >> they had a lot of medallions and reliefs. >> the working class would go out to go swimming in the ocean. the wealthy would stay downtown like in the marines memorial or the elk and they would have heated saltwater. people wanted to swim in salt water. >> how did the water get there? >> there was a pipe that allowed it to flow all the way down. that pipe rusted out. people went swimming in the saltwater pools and they had different temperatures. >> you could have a cold swim or a warm swim. >> how did they heat this? >> he had a huge boiler. they're still trying to figure out exactly how he sucked in the sea water. he had a pumping system. >> didn't sutro make his initial fortune by being the en

you go to lafayette. i was just there reading to a bunch of kids. i think i was reading to fifth graders. what grade are you in? >> as a member of the school board, i know strong schools in the richmond is key. also, from the birth to 5 commission -- each commission has an organization to oversee pre-kindergarten kids. i want to ensure that the state level that we advocate strong support for young children and their families, good parenting support as well. >> often, we have to govern with our hearts. 80,000 people in the richmond district sometimes have different needs than people in the mission district or bayview hunters point. so often, elected officials and other hard working staff have to make tough decisions. they are political in nature, in many ways, even though people denied that, but at times, many of us are politicians, but we always try to govern with our hearts. >> i have always considered myself having progressive politics. i believe in a vision of people having their needs met. i believe in equity. when people have special needs, we

thousands swarm a tree on lafayette street.o much that a limb held down by the colony fell in a picnic area. george bristol says there were 200, maybe 300 pounds on the limb. the bees will be moved to a new hive out of harm's way. >> there is something creepy about that. >> larry is up next. >> all i can do is steel yogi bear raw's line, it ain't over until it is over. they are geting it done in l.a. >>> good evening. everyone gives the giants one more day, and yet they are one step closer to elimination. the battle of the sexes at the chavez ravine. take that, bud. he can appreciate a good catch. the giants put him on the board. a base hit to left and to the fourth, and the giants keep adding on to the lead. justin christian. three hits and three r.b.i's to the gap. two more score. the giants are comfy at 5-0. he is sailing along until the fifth. matt kemp blasts his 35th homer of the year. the giants respond. one in the 6th, one in the seventh. and torres scores on the play. the giants win it 8-5. brian wilson on for the save

>>> ten birds with the west nile virus were collected from walnut creek, pleasant hill, concord, lafayette and brentwood. that brings this total to 25 birds found positive with the virus. officials say the dead birds with an important tool for detecting higher-risk areas. west nile virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and it can be fatal to humans. >>> warm weather expected to last into tomorrow, even the end of the week in our inland valleys. the cooler weather on tap for the weekend. that's coming up in just a bit. >>> also, coming up, think facebook was different today? wait until tomorrow. we're previewing even more changes coming to the social networking site. >>> the islamic cultural center near ground zero back in the headlines tonight. >>> and it's time to do some math in sports. can the giants make it into the playoffs? fans are holding onto hope as the team faces possible elimination. >>> a dramatic and happy scene as two bay area hikers run off of a plane into the arms of their families and freedom. that's after two years of being held captive by iran. shane bauer and josh fattal

four birds were discovered in concord and one each in walnut creek and lafayette. according to the centers for disease control, 202 people have been infected with the disease this year, seven of whom ended up dying. >>> state officials say the west nile virus has now been confirmed in 29 counties, but here in the bay area only two counties have tracked the virus contra costa county as we just told you about and in santa clara county where 20 birds have been found with the virus and 14 mosquitoes. >>> san jose charter schools get a big boost from a silican valley ceo, coming up. >>> i'm back here at 6:00, we're going to have the forecast for you tomorrow and it calls for some very high temperatures. and a little bit of fog we'll let you know where that fog could show up. >>> the attorneys seeking the release of two uc graduates went to court today but were not released. last month the court convicted them of being spies. >>> bay area transit officials warn today that service could be slashed if federal funding cuts could come through. b.a.r. t. held a day of action

thousands swarm a tree on lafayette street. that a limb held down by the colony fell in a picnic area. george bristol says there were 200, maybe 300 pounds on the limb. the bees will be moved to a new hive out of harm's way. >> there is something creepy about that. >> larry is up next. >> all i can do is steel yogi bear raw's line, it ain't over until it is over. they are geting it done in they are geting it done in l.a. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. -dad, why e you getting that? -thatis there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. sticker

the lafayette flag brigade grade, they say their mission is to make sure people never forget.y say it's the largest overpass flag display in the state. three large sections of steel recovered from the world trade center were also on display. >>> some people also chose to honor the memory of those lost by giving back. in alameda, an macoh village found people who were giving an important piece of themselves to others. >> i don't know what symbolizes the red, white, and blue right now, than to give. red blood. >> reporter: it's the way people showed their support right after the 9/11 attacks, and it's how they are memorial liesing the day today. >> i was so outraged 10 years ago by the travesty of what went on that i felt like i needed to do something. i mean every year. i mean it -- this is the time that i give back to all those who died. >> reporter: dennis vale coo brought his 10-year-old daughter to this drive in alameda. she can't donate unsil till she is 16. she says then she will. >>> i'm a helpful type of girl so i will do that then. >> what a better role model than a pa

and then we are going this fall -- with lafayette after that, and a steady march to mission dolores. the spending for the bond will go up dramatically as well. i am not going to go through each one of the scheduled flights, there detailed here for your review. but as we think about the next ballot cycle, the goal is to have all of these projects delivered and constructed by the next election, and people will continue to see steady progress and even though this will not be delivered to the public, you will see 70% construction at this time. so all of this activity results in spending, which is what we need to have happened, with $150 million. the bulk of the spending is driven by construction contracts. what i have been trying to show is that we are at $44 million annual see a dramatic increase in the amount of money that is spent or encumbered in contracts. and the accelerated rate of spending by construction is going to require a few more items that you will see me approached the commission for. in the fall we will have to read appropriate some of the funding. we have the money we n

>>reporter: lawsuit names the family company that operate out of this lafayette office. bar k ink. re loans. fund that made relevant estate development lens and b 4 partner who manage the fund. that's walter and his son barney and kelly who worked as the cal men volleyball coach and bruce horowitz also an oakland pediatrician. the complaint says they raised funds through the illegal sale of unregistered security and with the knowing assistance of defendant wells fargo, law firm green burg engaged in a scheme to breach fiduciary duty to the investors in order to prop up re loans and personally enrich themselves and friends and business associates. >> it is a very sad case. a lot of people have been taken advantage by the conduct that we describe in the complaint. >>reporter: class action filed by fair born also names wells fring 0through the capitol finance unit. it provided a 50 million dollar line of credit that was supposed to help keep re loans afloat. >> 40 million dollars wept out the window pretty quickly and was disbursed to preferred investors. sometimes friends. sometimes

lafayette the arts and wine festival continues tomorrow and temperatures should be in the upper 80s toer 90s. 85 santa rosa. 86 novato. here is the extended forecast. like i said, summer ends on friday but it's going to be hot in the meantime. mid 90s through monday and tuesday in the warmest inland valleys. even at the coast look at that. mid 70s. very comfortable temperatures. then we cool down a little bit thursday into friday and this is worth mentioning. next weekend our extended computer models are saying maybe some strong offshore winds. so we'll watch that carefully. it means warmer temperatures but also high fire danger with the low humidity. >> you always think of the oakland hills fire that day with the offshore winds. thank you, nick. >>> coming up we'll show you what had alums from cal playing water polo in mccubby cove. honest to goodness. a great video. >>> the city of san francisco is working to make sure the city's water keeps flowing even after a major earthquake. and so this week it broke ground on one of its biggest seismic projects yet. joe rosato jr. shows us the

lafayette, upper 60s and 70s.ere there were 90s and near 100 degree readings we are looking at upper 70s, low 80s for your friday forecast. here is the reason for that. the weather system that looks like something you see in december. this is not all that you see to it. there is more up here. it is going to erode the ridge until monday the ridge will be roded enough that the system that is going to come in and bring us rain will have an opportunity to do that. so, high pressure starting to go away. we noticed it today. with the low pressure dropping down so do your temperatures. again, that is just sort of familiar pattern that we have been seeing all summer and the spring. forecast highs for tomorrow, 70s in the hot spots. 82, 78 in livermore. 75 in santa rosa. 79 in morgan hill. along the coast, boy, upper 50s and 60s. gasia your five-day forecast, the weekend coming up in the view, it will take it off of the table. rain in the forecast for tuesday. >> okay. thank you, bill. >>> today is national coffee day and

the latest turned up in concord, pleasant hill, brentwood, walnut creek and lafayette.ied by mosquitoes. officials are urging folks to wear mosquito repellent, drain standing water, report neglected pools and call a state hotline. this number will be on the website later this morning. >>> state health officials say there has been 28 cases of measles so far this year. of the cases reported, 16 of them are from people who recently traveled abroad before getting the highly contagious disease. there have been outbreaks in europe and southeast asia. most of the people with measles were not vaccinated or did not know if they had been vaccinated against the disease. >>> new laser treatment is promising to reverse skin damage done by the sun. it's a gentler approach that comes with less downtime compared to some of the earlier treatment. abc7's carolyn johnson shows us. >> so any questions before we get started? >> no, i'm fine with it. >> mike says the skin bears the battle scar of active youth. >> i wind surfed and canoed, did swimming. >> he will erase damage with newly appr

lafayette who was at the outset was one of the leaders of the french revolution 1789 he sent the key to the bastille, the bastille being the prison and bastille day in france is still july 14th -- it's still celebrated as the beginning of the french revolution and he sent that key to george washington and it hangs today in mount vernon. and that was his way of saying to washington, you americans, are responsible for our revolution and the americans assumed that. that they were responsible. and they thought they were responsible for all the revolutions that took place in the 19th century that somehow or another they were in the vanguard of history spreading democracy around the world. but with the french revolution spiraling as you've written about in your greatly book, the great upheaval spiraling into tyranny then they became pessimistic about the ability of other peoples to be like them, which gave us that notion -- gave them that notion that they were exceptional. the exceptionalism theme which is very controversial is in comparison with europe. the hope, the dream that other peop

moving on to lafayette now a party representing the large ethnic russian minority has captured the most votes in the country's parliamentary election with almost all ballots counted about twenty nine percent of the vote went to be harmony center party it is the first time in two decades that a pro russian political group has dominated the elections meanwhile there is a speculation that the second and third place lotfi and rival parties may form a coalition to keep harmony from forming the next government about one third of the country's population are ethnic russians but some are still classed as non-citizens and have no voting rights. more news making headlines for you tonight. at least twenty people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northern parts of india and neighboring in nepal among those were three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in nepal dozens of others were injured jumping from windows during the quake several buildings came down roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region. dominic strauss kahn has given his first t.

board and everyone can see the figures be much better for you we have the same issue with sweden in lafayette of course the swedish banks were terrified as was the swedish government default and i think you're absolutely right matthew we need a debt writes on we have to stop maintaining this fiction that these debts are retail they're not just to just take a huge haircut everybody will know what they can so all right let's cancel the public would actually benefit from this if the banks would take a haircut but just also get back to the point michael made i mean i think what he was describing was a kind of a functional outcome of the system when michael has used an analogy or metaphor before their rather like and that is of a parasite that actually convinces its host to act in ways that it wants and so we have to that's present and that's how. this system runs in a very parasitic fashion you have a column of this who actually control intellectual production and politicians take up on that and i think many of them think they actually are acting in the public interest so where jeff and i disagre

really understand that there were citizens from sweden poland ukraine the czech republic germany lafayette and bella reuss on the plane now a total of thirty seven people were on board the yak forty two aircraft and it's believed the plane caught fire just after takeoff and there are survivors of the crash well this is sort of the terrible news and details still coming in and it is certainly big news in the sporting world that kate here is joining us from be a sports what do you have so far from that end to we were getting slightly different numbers coming through are saying thirty six of the search the seven that were on board have died as a said that can vary between thirty seven they're saying that one's injured from what we what we gather it's the reports coming through the basic squad from the powerhouse of russian arms hockey were on board that plane the reports are saying it was actually their plane it was the team plane that was taking the place to go to go to minsk their plane did not know it's the first day of the new k h l season the ice hockey season they would you to play tomo

put those in lafayette in context. >> guest: well, lafayette was the last living hero of the revolutionaryar at the time these young people were starting over to paris. and several of them, emma willard, morris and cooper had all been involved with lafayette's famous visit to the united states in 1826 -- 1824. and they were going in parts of paris because they wanted to see him again while he was still alive. and that painting is by morris. and it hangs in the city hall in new york. it's a magnificent painting, very large, very important painting. lafayette adored these people. and he gave a great deal of time to all of them. and he was terribly symbolic. wonderfully symbolic. terribly important. c-span: there's a big painting of lafayette in the house of representatives. i mean, how important was he to this country? >> guest: he was very important in the symbolism of an aristocrat -- a wealthy achrist crat from france coming -- joining in the fight. soldiering on with our army. also, of course, he was very symbolic of the part france paid in our revolutionary war. it wasn't just that they

morning traffic is getting busier at the bridge and now getting word of a new crash on highway 24 in lafayette, we will let you know more about that coming up. >>> the apps that you download are giving a big boost to the economy. they have added 182,000 jobs alone in the bay area and added $122,000 in worker benefits and that includes, app sellers and the businesses it supplies app developers but it does not include iphones. >>> the city council provided an evict of -- an effect which will pay for the rising costs of the water to the city and will pay for upgrades to the water system. speaking of water anybody going to the beach may notice the ocean looks darker than usually it is called red tide which is caused by plankton in the water and it can make some swimmers sick. people are being drawn out into the waves. it makes shrimp and shellfish clear because they are serving it from outside the state. >>> the independent journal, the marin bicycle coalition will hire an advocacy director. they will work to open more trails across the county. they are raising red flags with the conservation grou

the strength is 45 miles per hour and 20 miles to the northeast of lafayette, louisiana. the big concern with lee is some of the rain bands that are clashing on land and actually produce some rotation, and then there is the threat for the tornado. there are two watches, one that doesn't include parts of the florida panhandle. 245* part east from the center of the storm system we are looking at precipitation from lee. 245* watch is in affect from 11:00 p.m. eastern time, and there will be an on going threat. we have the second watch that includes parts of new orleans and southern mississippi and alabama, and there is currently a tornado warning north of the new orleans downtown area including some of the parishes out there. if you live in these areas, seek shelter immediately. a lot of moisture being pumped in. it is shy of 14 inches across parts of louisiana. we are expecting more rain over the next several days because it is going to be a slow mover. the reason why lee is going to begin to track in a more north, northeast direction is because of a front that is producing

looks like it's going to run toward lafayette and louisiana on sunday. is this a big wind event? they're going to see a lot of rain from this. just sort of an interested note. it formed rapidly in the coast and now it's getting ready to move on shore. won't be a hurricane. mainly just a tropical storm. warmer than today because of high pressure. the mechanism is the offshore wind. we really haven't had any offshore wind events. we are looking at a spare the air day and obviously increased fire danger. and also it hasn't rained in a while. until you've had the first rains, we are in the -- we are really into the fire season of course you knew that. the fog then tomorrow tries to move in but it just isn't going to have much of a push. there'll be patches of it. i think by bodega bay you'll have bits and pieces. so the heat is moving our way as the winds come from the east so does the heat comes out of the valley toward the coast. tomorrow will be our warmest day. saturday really nice. a little bit cooler and then sunday a little bit cooler as well. tomorrow is the warmest day of th

thousands of bees swarmed a tree on lafayette street.ere are so many that a limb way down by the colony fell in a picnic area. george bris tall with bay area bee busters said there were 200 to 300 pounds of bees and honey on the limb. they will be moved to a new hive. >>> this is the first weekend of fall but a lot is going on outdoors. here is arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez with "what's hot." ♪ ♪ >> blues legend bb king makes a first appearance at the russian river jazz and blues festival at johnson beach in guerneville. say goodbye to summer at the 55th mill valley arts festival with arts and entertainment at old mill park. grand opera comes to at&t park. >> don't you take a step. >> berkeley's aurora theater opens the 20th season about holding it altogether. they bring back the glamour of the fillmore saturday night. ♪ >> honoring confucious. the ceremony at monta vista high school. and dance company with dance, music and theater sunday on the campus. >> this is a giant african millipede. >> get close to nature. an mapalo

looks like it's going to run toward lafayette and louisiana on sunday. is this a big wind event? no. but they're going to see a lot of rain from this. just sort of an interested note. it formed rapidly in the coast and now it's getting ready to move on shore. won't be a hurricane. mainly just a tropical storm. warmer than today because of high pressure. the mechanism is the offshore wind. we really haven't had any offshore wind events. we are looking at a spare the air day and obviously increased fire danger. and also it hasn't rained in a while. until you've had the first rains, we are in the -- we are really into the fire season of course you knew that. the fog then tomorrow tries to move in but it just isn't going to have much of a push. there'll be patches of it. i think by bodega bay you'll have bits and pieces. so the heat is moving our way as the winds come from the east so does the heat comes out of the valley toward the coast. tomorrow will be our warmest day. saturday really nice. a little bit cooler and then sunday a little bit cooler as well. tomorrow is the warmest d

they had this crazy detective, lafayette baker, down from new york city, who found him.hat a good, decent, compassionate man he was. >> that's the thing. there were all kinds of conspiracies out there. he knew people were out to get him. yet, he had a very fatalistic attitude about it. >> he did. he didn't even up his security, after he had that dream that he related to his wife and other people in the white house. and he saw that he was going to be killed. he saw himself. that's another historical fact he said that. and he still didn't up his security. at that time, you could go to the white house, anybody, and walk around. >> didn't he get -- one thing i learned here. he had one bodyguard who wasn't at his post. >> he was drinking. this guy was drinking in a bar. he left his post because he thought lincoln would never know because lincoln was watching the play in the ford theater. i try to put some of that stuff in and make it a thriller because most people don't read history. it's too boring. this book will keep you up at night. >> it does. and it moves quickly. you a

lafayette nice weather there. wide spread 70s. low 80s and warmer spots only getting to about 84 this afternoon. a good looking day almost everywhere you look. temperatures will be warmer for tomorrow and then they heat up really for monday, tuesday, wednesday. looks like low mid 90s expected for the inland areas. along the coast mid 70s. >>> time now is 8:26. u s s hornet museum is quem rating the 10th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. they are paying tribute during today's living ship day. a special memorial service begins at 1:00. and a wreath will be tossed into the water. >>> the nation's only federally designated aids memorial is celebrating the 20th anniversary. this morning more than 100 community leaders will be holding a ground breaking ceremony. aids activists established the grove as a peaceful setting where patients and family members could gather. >>> thousands of muslims will gather in the south bay for a unity day. aproud 2,000 are expected to enjoy music, food, art, book, gifts and rides. the park is open t

this is a live look at vollmer camera, highway 24 snake go its way toward lafayette and orinda.e. 680 southbound, this as you head out of concord and pleasant hill toward highway 24, moving at the limit. a little bunching up at the 24 junction. pretty light at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights remain on off. take a look at some of the popular drive times, for your commute into san francisco, wherever you are headed. pretty easy drive. looks like a little slow. 92 in san mateo. abc7news.com is the website for the latest in drive times and all the up to date incidents. bay area traffic left side of your screen. >>> thanks a lot. >> it's 5:54. >> walmart is bringing go back the holiday layaway program. >> good morning. big job cuts, may be coming to bank of america's. dozens of executives are scheduled to meet at charlotte to go over a cost cutting plan. likely total of 29,000 employees 10% of the work force on top of the other cuts it's already making. but the cuts may go way deeper and eventually total up to 40,000 workers. bank of america stock down 40% this year as it

you can see that we've got 65 in lafayette. 70 in walnut creek. we have -- we have mid-70s, some low 80s trying to show up but you get the idea, right? there i am. i was trying to get back on tv. you can see a lot of activity out there. that activity plays big time into your bay area weekend and into next week. we start off with the cooling trend and then bang, look who shows up around monday, tuesday and wednesday. fire danger comes off the table. you know what? some of the wind forecast and windfall forecast for this look like something that you would see in november, maybe december. so this looks like the real deal. timing is going to evolve and change a lot. suffice to say i would clean the gutters. 82 in brentwood. no spare the air day. the adds with your weekend in view, you can see it right here we are looking for temperatures to really fall away and fire danger and rain to show up next week. >> we'll get that on tuesday. >> yes. >> thank you, bill. >>> lessons learned once again. what the chp is offering older drivers to keep them safe on

in lafayette, the folks got a good look at lightning. everybody had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. it's resumed. >>> and in mountain view our sports crew was at game between saint francis and palmo when the lightning started. we took these pictures has the fans left the stands. it happened at half time. mark was covering the game and said so far its only been delayed but they may still decide to postpone it. >> this was a fast moving system. look at this. i will put it in motion. this was about 7:00. you can see just race through the bay area, it moved fast. in response to this weather system the national weather service has extended their red flag warning throughout the hills, the upper elevations of the bay area. i want to take you through the last few hours. this is when he had the lightning strike. we move forward and you see there, folks in the east bay getting a lightning show, especially right here, this is about 7:30 and you can see into time it shoots across the bay, by fremont. let me come in closer here. this is what i find really amazing is r

in lafayette, the folks got a good look at lightning. everybody had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. it's resumed. >>> and in mountain view our sports crew was at game between saint francis and palmo when the lightning started. we took these pictures has the fans left the stands. it happened at half time. mark was covering the game and said so far its only been delayed but they may still decide to postpone it. >> this was a fast moving system. look at this. i will put it in motion. this was about 7:00. you can see just race through the bay area, it moved fast. in response to this weather system the national weather service has extended their red flag warning throughout the hills, the upper elevations of the bay area. i want to take you through the last few hours. this is when he had the lightning strike. we move forward and you see there, folks in the east bay getting a lightning show, especially right here, this is about 7:30 and you can see into time it shoots across the bay, by fremont. let me come in closer here. this is what i find really amazing is r

it's getting cool down there. 70s low 70s out into lafayette. not a warm day tomorrow at all. the hot spots we might get an 80 degrees reading but you're out toward brentwood on the way out to modesto before you start to see 80s. a mild day tomorrow. when i come back we're going to look specifically at your forecast high tomorrow. and your weekend forecast with your weekend in view. so i will see you back here at 5:45. >>> mystery solved. scores of people from southern california to arizona saw this light hurdle across the sky around 7:45 last night. well now a nasa scientist says he's convinced that light was most likely a piece of asteroid that entered earth ice atmosphere. the nasa program manager says the fire ball was the fragment of an asteroid the size of a baseball or basketball that would would have disintegrated before it hit the ground. >>> and a new exclusive ktvu field poll reveals what californians are thinking about lawmakers in washington. which party is getting the words grades. >>> it's a war of words breaking out. what todd palin is saying about a new book o

the center of the storm is about 55 miles south of lafayette, louisiana.ee has one city in particular on edge. abc's yunji de nies is in new orleans. >> churning surf, whipping winds and drenching rain announces that lee had arrived. >> it looked like it is gonna be rough. >> tropical storm lee is unloading on louisiana, bringing new orleans just what it fears most, water. it was six years ago almost to the day that hurricane katrina swamped this city. now this is new orleans' prime line of defense. dozens of pumping stations that can drain 19 million gallons of water a minute, fast enough to empty an olympic-sized swimming pool in one second. that's not a second too soon. new orleans is perched precariously between lake pontchartrain and the mississippi river. the pumps could be hard-pressed to bail out the big easy. >> this storm is moving painfully slow. the greatest risk for us is to get a lot of rain in a short period of time. >> all along the gulf coast, people are packing up and getting out of lee's way. residents picked up shovels and turned the sa

>>reporter: lawsuit names the family company that operate out of this lafayette office. bar k ink, re loan the fund that made real estate development loan and b 4 partner who manage the fund that's walter upbg his son barney and kelly worked as the volleyball coach and bruce horowitz who is also an oakland pediatrician. complaint says they raised fund of unregistered security and with the knowing assistance of defendant wells fargo and law firm green berg engaged in a scheme to breach fiduciary did you tell to the i hope investigators to prop up re loan and personally enrich themselves and friends and business associate. >> it is very sad case. a lot of people have been if taken advantage by the about conduct that we describe in the complaint. >>reporter: class action failed by fair born also names wells fargo through the capitol finance unit. it provided a 50 million dollar line of credit that was supposed to help keep re loans afloat. >> 40 million dollars went out the window pretty quickly and was disbursed to preferred investors. sometimes friends. sometimes family m