you have daughter jessica steffens with the assist to kid sister maggie steffens. maggie steffens scored five goals in the victory against spain for the gold medal. team usa scored eight goals in all. five goals for magaziny. brenda villa, heather pepri and seidemann all scored. the celebration at the end was classic. team usa led by the steffens sisters beat spain 8-5 for the first ever gold medal in water polo. >> nothing can explain it. i've watched water polo in the olympics since i was little and it has been my dream. not only have i become an olympian but i'm an olympic champion which is unbelievable. >> congratulations to maggie steffens. she has a busy summer ahead of her. back to the bay area and then in september, she is a freshman at stanford. more local athletes dominating, ending up in gold. this time in women's soccer. are you ready? wembley stadium in london, more than 80,000 fans, which was a record for a soccer match for a woman's soccer match in the united kingdom. and the americans delivered. alex morgan, the former uc berkeley soccer star work t

but none bigger than 19-year-old maggie steffens. ie had a phenomenal tournament and game, five goals as team usa beat spain 8-5. maggie steffens from danville. also on the team is her older sister jessica. so a great olympics for the steffens family. we're talking about the outside lands concert. there is a lot of music here as well. in fact, the rehearsals are going on. george michael who lives in london, performing at the closing ceremonies on sunday. and the spice girls will be performing on sunday night so. yes, david bam the opening and now was it ginger spice, one of the spice girls that he's married to will be on the sunday closings. i don't know my spice girls. >> you got two. that was strong. >> thanks, raj. >> we bring in our spice, meteorologist christina loren is here. you can move that. >> they call me old spice. good morning to you. you head out the front door this morning you want to be aware it's going to be another hot day especially inland. temperatures will be in the triple digits but one benefit that we are gettin

and maggie steffens, heading out to join her sister, was the top scorer in water polo, with 21 golds.art break, there was a hamstring injury, and the first time ever he has dropped out of a race. >> it wasn't going to let me continue on. >> reporter: marty malloy winning a bronze in judo, and her debut performance at the olympic with cal athletes finishing with seven medicals, cal has 11 gold, one silver, five bronze, stanford, 12 gold, two silver, and a bronze. but in the spirit of the medals in water polo, they were won on both teams. >> so great, now if you would like to take a look back at more of the best moments of the summer games, go to nbcbayarea.com. scroll down and go to 2012's most memorable moments. >>> and in other news, pg&e under the microscope. the issue? leaking gas pipes, long repair delays. more on the results of a three-month investigations. and pg&e admitted they must improve. >> it is, in the wake of san bruno, pg&e has scrambled to improve their image. tonight, we have uncovered more proof showing that they have major problems with gas leaking out of the pipes.

the feat maggie steffens accomplished. >> wow. more than i did even now. we're looking to san mateo bridge. >> still feeling that olympic magic. the olympic athlete from the bay area making us proud in the "guiness book of world records" made it official that a local sensation maggie steffens is a world record holder. >> the danville native tied for most individual golds in olympic water polo with seven golds during a win over hungary. that helped push the water polo team to win a gold medal. >> now she heads to stanford. and marti malloy is home along with her bronze medal after the flight from london you think she might have a little rest. marti is attending a dinner at her alma mater san jose state so they can give her the big love. >> supported that and mike inouye emceed for that dinner. >> it was the annual fund-raiser for the judo program, the winningest in all of collegiate sports. the coach was there and marti was there. i got a picture with marti, the bronze medal. and then me as well. we had a great time. she is a treat. i mean, she's going to h

maggie steffens, one of the stars. >> i love her. >> i just want to write an essay. >> 5:39.et's toss it over to christina loren. >> hopefully she'll hang onto the great spirit. good morning. 5:39. we've got a couple more days before we break that heat. spectacular sun rise this morning. not just in san jose, all across the bay area. we're going to continue to show you the live pictures as we progress throughout this friday morning. you made to the friday. weekend around the corner. now the beach is going to be perfect if you want to travel maybe an hour to the coast, temperatures about 30 degrees cooler than what we expect inland. gilroy 103. 102 in almost. today looking just abouta as hot if not hotter. temperatures are warmer than just 24 hours ago. we're at 63 in livermore and 48 in novato. 56 in san francisco. the 46-degree reading in novato, that's going to make for comfortable conditions in the north bay but it's going to be hot and hazy, the sizzle stays or we have great beach days. day part forecast works like this. 88 degrees at noon. at the coast already hitting th

. >> reporter: and the biggest breakout, maggie steffens, right here.you have been killing it this entire week, how do you feel? >> i feel great, a great experience, i'm really trying to take it all in. it has not hit me yet that we're olympic champions. there is just so much excitement. and we're so happy as a team that we're just enjoying the moment. >> reporter: do you know right now you could go back to danville and be mayor if you wanted to? >> i don't know, i don't know if i would want to be mayor, i want to be 19 again. >> reporter: you have had a lot of fame, not only because of your success, but your sister, jessica steffens, is it nice to be playing with your sister? how special is it? >> it is so surreal. you don't even realize it until you see each other in the water. and you know, she gave me a pass, and right afterwards, you know i looked into her eyes. we can just feel it. it is so amazing. we're even roommates. we have pictures of our family all over the wall. very great. >> reporter: speaking of your family, i have been chatting with yo

, if you were to talk about one gold medal winner who will attend stanford, water polo player maggie steffens excited to get home and start her freshman year. >> i'm looking forward to being a student again and being 19. i'm around girls who i love but they are a lot older and getting married and on to different points of their life. i want to go back to school, write an essay, i don't care, give me homework, you know. i think i'm looking forward to being a student and being young again. >> reporter: you weren't able to travel to london to watch. in a few weeks they will be performing at the hp pavilion. the 2012 women's gymnastic team and some members of the men's team will show off their skills in what is the tour of gymnastic champions, september 8th, a few weeks from now. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> that will likely be a sold out show. >> watching maggie steffens makes us smile. i hear you. i like to be young again myself. >> why do you love laura and christina. good words. >> i'll go to your class. >> you can also write i love laura 500 times as well. good morning

maggie steffens headed to stanford this year was the top scorer for team usa in water polo, had fiven that final game. on the gold medal count, the cal athletes doing well. they finished the games with 17 medals in all, stanford won 16, but stanford did have more gold medals so i guess we call this one a draw. if you like to celebrate it, look back in a flashback, we live the memories, the best moments. go to nbcbayarea.com, scroll down to the london 2012 section and the memorable moments. >> it was outstanding. i thought every day had something different to be excited about. >> want to start our work week out checking the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, good morning to you. lot to talk about in the weather department. not just today, all week long as we still have very hot weather in the forecast. i want to point out how warm thts morning in livermore and concord, 3 degrees shy of 70. we likely are watching us with your ac on in those cities. we dropped into the low 50s, this is the coolest point of the day before sunrise and temperatures are going to be hot and

. >> olympic gold medalist maggie steffens is home in the bay area.she will show off her gold medal in danville at 11:00 this morning. she helped lead team usa to the first ever olympic gold medal. she scored five golds in the match against spain and led all water polo players with 21 goals in london. she tied the world record for most goals in a match. the 19-year-old will attend stanford in the fall. >> going on campus as the big hero superstar. >> she's excited to do home work. go figure. >> proud of her. >> another local olympian back made a stop in our studios. >> judo bronze medalist marti malloy. she told us that bronze medal nearly didn't happen. she had to compete in the bronze medal round an hour after losing in the gold medal round and no doubt the emotions were raging. >> i was fuming, i wanted to thw my water bottle, but the coach pull me aside and was like this is a terrible feeling that you're feeling right now but if you go home empty handed after this great of a performance he's like that's going to be 100 times worse. >> did you chan

maggie steffens scored a goal in overtime as the americans come back to beat the australiians. now team usa advan advances to polo to the gold medal match. >> raj, thank you. kerri walsh going for the gold tonight 8:00 on the primetime coverage right here on nbc bay area. also tonight the track and field gold medal finals and the qualifying rounds of the women's platform diving. make sure to stay with nbc bay area both on air and online for all the action from the 2012 games. raj will be back at 5:00 with with another live update from london. you can also follow him on twitter @rajmathai. >> women's gymnastics wrapped up last night. gabby douglas competed on the balance beam. she slipped on one of her jumps. that forced her out of the competition. it was aly raisman's night to shine. she competed on the floor and she took the gold. >> it feels really great. i've been dreaming of this for a long time, and i also do a lot. i'm happy it finally paid off. >> good for her. jordyn wieber did not medal in that floor exercise. >>> right now to the continuing coverage on that richmond r

maggie steffens scored gold to lock in the win. in women's boxing claressa shields took the first gold medal. the 17-year-old high school student beat the russian athlete. >>> back on the track incredible moment for manteo mitchell. he broke his leg during the opening lap of the 4 x 400 relay. can you see him limping at the finish. he thought it was just a cramp. but later doctors said he had broken his left fibula. that's the guy you want on your team. >>> and that run there by mitchell helped his team end up qualifying for tonight's final. the u.s. women's basketball team, meanwhile, will also be going for gold. they knocked off australia to advance to the gold medal game. the u.s. men play in the semifinals later today. now to the rest of the day's top stories, the campaign trail is heating up as republican presidential hopeful mitt romney kicks off a tour dfour-day bus this as an ad questions romney's history of paying income taxes. meanwhile he could be days away from announcing his running mate. >>> legal analysts say could l

the steffens sister, maggie jessica steffens from danville both a huge part of the team against australia and the finals. maggie with the game-winning goal in overtime. she scored four times and her sister scored once and they counted for five goals. team usa water polo advances to the gold medal match against spain on thursday. when you think b.a.r.t.about th olympians, it's world class but not everything goes according to plan. this is the german weightlifting champion and this is difficult to watch. 432-pound barbell comes crashing down on his neck. he was okay. the medical staff did rush to his aid and got him on his feet and he went to the hospital to make sure everything was fine. he's okay. you see the fine line here, the difference between succeeding and not succeeding. he'll be marching with the germans for the closing ceremony and enjoying the olympic experience. that's the latest from london. see you this morning. >> it makes my neck sorry to see that. >> kerri walsh going for the gold tonight at 8:00 on nbc bay area. also tonight the track and field gold medal finals and the q

one gold medal winner player maggie steffens who is excited to get home, and start school at stanford just looking fort to being a student again. i'm around girls i love but they are older than me and on to different points of their life. i want to go back to school and write an essay. i don't care. give me home work. i think i'm just looking forward to being a student and being young again. >> so maybe you wanted to see some of the american athletes live in person but couldn't afford the trip. a few weeks they come to the bay area. talking about the entire 2012 gymnastics team and some from the men's. they are billing this performance a tour of gymnastics champions, september 8 at the ph pavilion. >> sign up over at bay area, warming up as well. check the forecast with christina. >> it's going to be another red hot day inland. make sure you're ready for that. i can tell you off the bat we're going to see cooler days as of tomorrow throughout the work week. this is the reason. we'll get more and more low cloud cover. today, though, not a lot of that natural coolant and as a result tem

. >> not raising her hands, maggie steffens.points. what was coming across you? how were you able to pull this off? >> definitely having my teammates by my side. there's no better team than what we have right here. we talk about we're a family. not just individuals, teammates, we're sisters. so to go in the final game having the girls by my side, it gives each ear the energy we have for a goal. >> one described this as a shark tank feeding frenzy. what's it like in there? >> it's fun. >> we love the pressure. we look for these moments. we don't get enough of them. on this stage, it's really special. we love it. bring it on. >> you've done a lot for u.s. women's water polo, water polo in general. you guys, congratulations. well done. >> now even better, you get to participate in al's english class. >> the final pass. warm up with a couple words, then we'll do a sentence, okay? it's about pronunciation. in america we say schedule. how do they say it here in britain? >> schedule. >> you had a rigorous schedule. once you get your ca

. >> maggie steffens, did you act like a veteran, five of the eight points.pull this off? >> i think having my teammates by my side there's no better team than the one we have here. we talk about how much we're a family, we're not just video individuals, not just teammates we're sisters. so to go in the final game having the girls by my side, it gives each ear the energy we have to pull out a gold. >> team usa! >> one described this as a shark tank feeding frenzy. what is it like in there? >> it's fun. >> we love the pressure. we live for these moments. we don't get enough of them. i think, you know, on this stage was really special. we love it. bring it on. >> you've done a lot for u.s. women's water polo, water polo in general. you guys, congratulations. >> congratulations. >> well done. [ applause ] >> now even better, you get to participate in al's english class. >> that's right. the final day of class for the big final test here. we're going to warm up with a couple words and then do a sentence. >> okay. >> so -- it's about pronunciation. in america we s

danville maggie steffen scored five goals to help u.s. pain and win the gold in the water polio. the team has 7 bay area players and including maggie's sister jessica and san francisco's shannon is in today's 1500 meter women's final. the world fastest human usain bolt won gold in the 200 meter sprint and won in 100 and will go for three goals tomorrow in the team relay. the u.s. is starting to run away in the medal count. they have 90 medals so far. followed by china with 80 and then it's russia, great britain and germany. >>> time 8:07. someone stealing street signs in danville. maintenance workers noticed the thefts last month and since then, police say more signs from various neighborhoods disappear in the past couple weeks. the police want you to watch out for anything suspicious and if you see anything, call the police immediately. >>> time is now 8:07. the music industry mourning the death of a san mateo county man considered a pioneer in digital muse inning. gerald kirby was killed after losing control of his truck monday. he repor

the steffen sisters from danville, maggie and her sister jessica. maggie scoured four times including the game winner in extra time. jessica scored a goal. between the steffen sisters you have five of team usa's 11 goals. it was a close match against australia, and that sets up the gold medal game against spain on thursday. a lot happening here. really the big talk in the team in terms of team usa is the all-american final on the beach volleyball court later on today. ten minutes ago you ran a story on the british ambassador to the united states. you did very well on pronunciation, especially laura. sir peter. >> sir peter, right. >> she does a great english accent. i leave it alone and let the master take over. >> i'm making my kids call my mummy. >> she make us all call her mummy during the olympics. you can watch the showdown tonight at 8:00 on nbc bay area. also tonight, the track and field gold medal finals and qualifying rounds of the women's platform diving. >>> new details this morning. anger boiling over after a fire and chemical release th

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