low clouds and fog taking a little time to clear out this morning. 60 in oakland, good morning menlo park. 60 for you, too. mid-50s santa rosa. 58 concord and a mild 62 mountain view and san jose. so some of our numbers cooler than we were 24 hours ago but it is warmer in some spots where the low clouds and fog have really created a uniform layer. so keep the atmosphere from cooling too much. so 5 degrees warmer in menlo park but with the mist and drizzle and the clouds at our coast, we'll see slower clearing. temperatures continue to drop. our coolest day will be sunday. looking at a few extra clouds in the higher elevations and the mountains here in the southern portion of the bay today due to that system. but it's this next system bringing the cooling trend with us into the weekend. but we will be looking at a warmer start to the week. so as for the temperatures today, 68 oakland, 77 in

mark sayre is in menlo park where fiorina is making a final push today to get out the vote. mark. >> reporter: juliette, in these final days before election day, carly fiorina making several stops around the state today including this morning here in menlo park. fiorina came to a small business here. it's called the sugar shack, to discuss her plan to create jobs, with the owner of the business and other supporters. fiorina again called for a two- year payroll tax holiday for small businesses who hire anyone who is currently unemployed. but fiorina responded to that new field poll showing that senator boxer has an 8 point lead and as you might expect she largely dismissed it. >> the field poll is an outlier poll in many ways including when it was taken. we have a whole set of internal polls as well as a whole set of external polls that say this race is very, very tight. it is very, very winnable and that it comes down in many ways to turnout. you don't need to believe the polls to know that barbara boxer is in trouble. >> reporter: now, as for senator boxer, she is in southe

two miles into menlo park to find a school with an api more than 200 points higher in a district thatends hundreds more per student per year. >> we assume we will get applications to our school district. >> this is menlo park's superintendent. and while he may expect to get transfer requests, here comes the first roadblock open enrollment faces. >> you'll welcome with everybody with open arms? >> well, not necessarily. >> reporter: the new law says districts must accept transfers, unless they are already at capacity. and his district just had to raise class sizes to handle the students currently enrolled many. >> we have grown beyond projections at this point in time. >> reporter: menlo park is not alone. nearly every well-funded high scoring district said they likely had little or no room for open enrollment transfers. still, it's not just the districts which would gain students which seem slow to embrace the law, it is the districts that would lose them as well. >> i think actually most districts have been really remiss in educating parents of what their rights are. >> districts wit

mid-60s in sunnyvale. 66 menlo park. with the upper 60s palo alto and mountain view. should see about 68. looking good in the north bay despite the cloud cover. mid-60s in palo alto to 67 in santa rosa and near east bay. 64 in berkeley with the light wind, 67 in union city and out over the hills, nice sunny afternoon in pittsburgh. a few clouds in morgan hill and then 68. seven-day forecast, hopefully a lot of action going around the neighborhoods with the dry conditions. temperatures are warming each and every day. warmest days should be wednesday and thursday. it's going to be beautiful all week long. >> i wonder if the world series had interfere with people getting out there. >> as the bay area watches the world series we want to highlight another impressive performance. one that giants fans can take for granted. wayne freedman above the team on the field there is an unheralded had booth. >> there is rule about not sharing in the press box. let's move down. >> now we've entered the realm of the homers. chris is one of those san francisco giants you never see. to go

. >> especially heading through menlo park. motorcycle injury accident has been reported on the marsh road off-ramp from 101. reported from the southbound and the northbound off-ramp. we'll get more details when they arrive. traffic looking good on 101 and 280 on the peninsula. it is pretty windy out there, especially across the san mateo bridge with this live shot you can see why cal tran issued a wind advisory. look out heading that way. and the bay bridge toll plaza still light. no wind advisory here but mike telling me it was pretty we said for his ride into work across the work as well. jenelle, kristen. >> thanks for the heads up. 6:07. >> just ahead, a huge admission from san francisco-based wells fargo. what the bank says its employees didn't do when signing off on dozens of foreclosures. >> gary, you know, you should be ashamed. >> don't run for governor if you can't stand up on your own two feet and say, hey, i made a mistake. i'm sorry. >> the attacks get personal in the battle to be california's next governor. this

menlo park, 67. 40s up in tahoe, reno, and it's cool because of the clouds and the rain and the snow in the sierra as well. 75 sacramento but a lot of 60s due to cloud cover and the lieu spinning but the low, as it dives south, get gives us a nice pattern. a little patchy fog showed up as well. more clouds east and south, the possibility of showers but i think more likely tomorrow. mostly sunny, a little breezy at times. more clouds further south and east you go but highs warming up compared to yesterday where we will see 60s and 70s today and i did go top the sonoma county airport. why not? plenty of sunshine out there. there's a baseball game on thursday. at 6:30, looks good. clouds inland but along the coasts and in the city, everything will be fine. showers will greet us on wednesday and then moving thursday and warmer for the weekend. >> all right, thank you, steve. >> you bet. >>> if bay area-based electric car maker tessla is recalling 400 roadsters because a problem with wiring could risk a fire but only one car has caught fire so far. tessla wants to fix all the car that cou

the research was conducted by the southern california earthquake center but geologists here in menlo parkre familiar with the results. along the southern san andreas, major wall-to-wall events, major earthquakes 6.7 and above happen every 200 years. the last one was in 1700s. >> over 300 years where we haven't had a large event. and so, that section is believed to be overdue. >> the 1989 loma prieta quake in the bay area was ekt connected to the san andreas fault and 6.9 magnitude caused $6 billion in damage. the wall-to-wall 8.1 magnitude earthquake scientists are predicting in california caused hundreds of billions in damage and tie.resources across the state for months. this information is about another part of the state but he is hoping it makes people in the bay area start to get prepared. san francisco resident tom fowler agrees. >> i don't think most people think about these things. >> reporter: fowler has three days worth of food, water and supplies to his apartment for what he views as the inevitable n menlo park, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >>> pg&e says it is going to repla

so 5 degrees warmer in menlo park but with the mist and drizzle and the clouds at our coast, we'll seelower clearing. temperatures continue to drop. our coolest day will be sunday. looking at a few extra clouds in the higher elevations and the mountains here in the southern portion of the bay today due to that system. but it's this next system bringing the cooling trend with us into the weekend. but we will be looking at a warmer start to the week. so as for the temperatures today, 68 oakland, 77 in fremont. and our look ahead, notice the coolest day the end of the weekend and then we warm back up again. good morning, frances. >> good morning, lisa. checking out the road work in san mateo. lanes are blocked on -- rather highway 92 between 280 and foster city boulevard and that's scheduled in both directions until 5:00. difficult to drive there during that time. you may want to avoid it until then. a live shot for you. this is 680 in walnut creek. basically traffic is great everywhere. there is one accident eastbound at summersville. injuries have been reported. it may be blocking a lan

. >>> well jarinn of menlo park is behind this study. patients with little hope of recovery, repairing an injury. the area of research is obviously not without controversy. there are lots of questions about embryonic stem cells. now u.s. researchers have made a big step in getting some answers. on friday, at the shepherd center in atlanta, a patient with a recent spinal cord injury made medical history. the paraplegic was injected with 2 million embryonic stem cells. >> this is the dawn of a new era,. >> reporter: so far jair inof menlo park had spent $170 million in developing this treatment. it comes from a donated human embryo left over from a fertility treatment. an embryo that would have otherwise been discarded. the process involves coaxing them to become specialized nerve cells and injecting them into the injured area of the spinal cord. >> this therapy goes far beyond the reach of pills or scalpels and is a injection of healthy stem cells. >> paralyzed row dents moved again. people are so different than row dents. >> reporter: do

a cooler day with clouds around. 74 menlo park. francisco coming down about 5 degrees today for high of 65. you'll notice the clouds from daly city and the sunset district today. numbers comfortable and napa with 77 for you. 79 santa rosa. near east bay a mild afternoon by the water with 68 in oakland. 70 in san leandro and coming down as much as 10 degrees today. a few 90s yesterday but today only 79 in danville. 81 in antioch. the monterey bay, a little fog in salinas and watsonville. then 75 watsonville and 382 gilroy. the forecast 82, the outside warm number so cooler for everyone and then more cooling tomorrow with a little bit of moisture come the morning hours and a dry week. a bit of an offshore flow. >> a little moisture meaning one day we don't have to water some plants maybe? >> yeah, yeah. >> not quite there yet, are we? >> that's okay. we'll enjoy the nice october. >> dan harris joins us from new york. he's going to share a glimpse what's coming up on "good morning america." still keeping an eye on the afternoon math i

so this morning 7 degrees cooler napa and fairfield with 5 degrees cooler in livermore, menlo park and half moon bay on the order of about 4 degrees cooler. so mostly cloudy skies this morning. high pressure's building in becoming partly cloudy later on today. we'll look for dry conditions tonight for the trick-or-treaters. so the clouds really are most persistent in the north bay, sonoma, napa, marin county and look for that south wind early on scouring out the clouds throughout the afternoon. mainly the 60s today to the sacramento valley for the 70s. 50s at our coast. a south wind early on because we have a frontal band in the vicinity, especially close to the north bay. it's hung up here with the cloud cover. that's pretty much where it's gonna stay. we may see a light shower in the north bay throughout the early morning hours or a sprinkle. but otherwise this high pressure area builds on in and is going to continue to build in throughout the rest of the weekend. early next week and then as it builds into the state remember going to see our wind shift and that's where we'll be the r

even menlo park in palo alto dipped. there's the low. it will had put on the air brakes and then eject out tomorrow. that will give us a better possibility as that starts to wrap back in clouds. it's a cool, cool low but the cooler air is going south with it. so mild air comes in behind it. so sun, clouds, more sun to the north. more clouds to the east bay, south bay. peninsula is kind of in the twix and the tween there. 60s, 70s to near 80 for santa rosa, sonoma county airport. still looks good for thursday. playoff bail -- baseball giants friday, saturday, mostly sunny and warmer. back to you. >>> 8:0. we'll update our witness about a child kidnapping in fresno. >>> we'll also tell you how a drunken night of brawls in walnut creek is fueling debates about what to do about it just before the elections. >>> within the past hour, fresno police announced they found a missing girl and arrested her suspected kidnapper. a man kidnapped 8-year-old elise car den nez from her home -- cardinez from her home last night. >>> the webster tube in ala

sunnyvale, menlo park 40, santa rosa 39, 40 for livermore, forties' half moon bay, things will warm up this afternoon were watching the storm system from the west. chance of showers tonight in the north bay. not a bad afternoon today '60s just about everywhere. 69 in san jose today. nice weather on tap for game 1 of the world series. nice night tonight we will talk about chances of rain in santa rosa tonight. widespread showers tomorrow. chance of rain for game 2, friday rain showers, saturday rain for the day, slope clearing on sunday after morning shower. >> free of hot spots right now traffic moving at the limit. san mateo bridge you can see we are building in the commute direction making your way towards foster city. traffic on the other side of the screen making its way eastbound and hayward. a minimum weight at the toll plaza right now drive times typical 15 minutes across the span. golden gate bridge cars are sailing by. checking the live road sensors everything seems clear. 588 minute ride. be sure freeway definitely building but moving without delay. just past golden gate fiel

. >> in menlo park, she responded by discounting it well, the field poll is an outliner poll in many ways and including when it's taken. >> the poll taken between october 14th and october 26th. what it reports is voters are breaking sharply. 4% to 32%. that is almost as large when it comes to women voters, boxer 52%. she says she has her own polls. >> to say that is tight, it's very, veryin wabl. coming down to turn out. >> republican challenger told reporters she believes in internal polls. >> the purpose of internal polls is to poll sister moral to get contributors to get more money to make sure air doesn't allow them to balloon. it's what polls would do. >> he says he is not out of the race but the odds are greatly in her favor. boxer spent the dmai southern california campaigning with senator feinstein. >> i think we closed the gap here in the state. >> she is boxer's campaign chair woman and her appearance with a with boxer under cut the message in menlo park. she was telling the audience she and feinstein would work better together than feinstein and boxer. >> on a host of issu

low to mid-70s on the peninsula with sunshine, 74 redwood city menlo park.st this afternoon with mid to upper 60s in downtown south san francisco, sausalito. low 60s at the north bay beaches but mid to upper 70s throughout your valleys. we have richmond and berkeley in the upper 60s. otherwise low to mid-70s on the east bay shore. upper 70s to near 80 in the east bay valleys. same thing around morgan hill, gilroy hollister. near 70 for most of the monterey bay until you get to monterey and carmel, we'll be in the mid-60s. around the state warmer in the central valley, sacramento fresno. sunshine and 62 tahoe. if you head to l.a., san diego and out to palm springs, chance of showers and even thunderstorms mixed in. bring you back here at home and look what's going on at 1:19. sunshine mild weather. that first pitch at 1:19 64 degrees jumping up to about 68 and, yes, you can still get sun burned this time of year. if you can, wear the sunscreen. tonight temperatures mid to upper 40s in the north bay valleys out to half moon bay and possibly fairfield. patchy f

redwood city and menlo park at 74.long the coast low to mid-60s with sunshine downtown south san francisco and sausalito. mid to upper 60s. and the north bay beaches you may see a few clouds, especially bodega bay increasing sunshine towards stinson beach and low to mid-60s along your shoreline. we'll have mid to upper 70s in your valleys and monterey bay monterey carmel mid-60s. low to mid-70s elsewhere, mid to upper 70s inland to morgan hill gilroy and hollister. first pitch clear, kind of cool about 63 dropping to 59. a lot of sweatshirts in the crowd. good idea to have it again today. looking at temperatures tonight you see mid to upper 40s in the north bay valleys with half moon bay, santa cruz and morgan hill along with livermore. the rest of us low to mid-50s. as far as fleet week all right! going to be a gorgeous weekend in san francisco. 73 tomorrow to nearly 78 on sunday. make sure you wear the sunscreen. accu-weather 7-day forecast, temperatures will jump about 4 degrees tomorrow about another 4 degrees on s

with the low 70s around the bay and the south bay 72 in milpitas, 78 in los gatos, with low 70s in menlo parkday at our coast, 60 in pacifica with upper 60s san mateo. everyone coming down from two to four degrees today. san francisco, you'll see sunshine, partly cloudy skies later on. in fact, we should see the fog clear all the way back to the coast. we're getting sunny here in golden gate park, but you're going to have to wait a little bit. heavy in south city. a couple of 80s but you have to head pretty far north into clearlake. mid-70s for petaluma and novato. help in vallejo. east bay numbers temperatures about the same as yesterday. 75 in union city. 76 in fremont, low 80s in danville. monterey bay, 64 in monterey. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast, today notice the temperatures, one the warmer days in the next seven because very cool, sunday and monday. heading towards next week, typical fall like weather with highs in the lower 80s. coastal temperatures, very mild. >> looks very nice october. thanks, lisa. >> the giants could clinch the national league west with a win over

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in menlo park, david, abc 7 money scope. >>> the federal government is ordering the area surrounding all levee supported by federal money to be clear cut. now california lawmakers are joining forces with local flood agency and environmentalist trying to fight that order. story now from laura anthony. >>reporter: if the federal government has its way the banks of hundreds of california creek and rivers could look like this. clear cut of any trees or vegetation. >> corps of engineers stuck 50 years ago. >>reporter: he joins with local leaders in bay area flood protection agencies to oppose the stipulated enforcement of national clear cutting policy by the u.s. army corps of engineers. >> sort of over reaction to katrina 8. i think so. i think the army corps of engineers was really pummelled in the katrina and the new orleans situation. they wanted to could have their back side. fine. okay. but doesn't make any sense. doesn't make sense here in california. >>reporter: in 2005 after hurricane katrina there were catastrophic levee failure. engineers determined the uprooted tree along the

los gatos. 71 mountain view and menlo park. 62 half moon bay.downtown san francisco, 66 degrees and in the north bay, 67 at saucilito. 72 degrees in santa rosa and napa. 69 oakland, hayward. head inland, below average but a nice looking today at 74 in concord and around the monterey bay. 66 in monterey. the accuweather seven-day forecast. low 60s to mid 70s the next few days. warming up low to mid 80s range for the weekend. warming doesn't stop there. look at the numbers by wednesday. near 90 degrees inland. mid steffes at our beaches. that is warm -- mid 70s at the beaches. great looking weather for the blue angels and for the giants playoff. >> that is all terrific. thanks very much. >>> coming up next, it turns out that small might be a big deal. just ahead, new features on facebook. >>> plus the number one reason why people get unfriended on the social network. >>> also, the new look of our drivers' license. a design that should help prevent fraud and underaged drinking. >>> a brazilian woman how >>> a brazilian woman how survived this. meet

menlo park, 9. san jose, 7 and 11 in concord and livermore. temperatures today will climb up to the low to mid-50s with increasing sunshine this afternoon. around the monterey bay, we'll have monterey itself right around 59 degrees. low to mid 50s for the rest of the bay and mid-50s inland. you will also see an increase in sunshine. high pressure will hold us dry for fuss tugs and wednesday but on thursday, showers will move into san francisco and couple more systems will bring scattered showers friday, saturday and sunday evening should be dry. low to mid-60s with 50s at the coast. >>> we're watching the hot spot in livermore on westbound 580 near basca road. six cars involved in the crash. it was in the left lane. they cleared to the center divide. chp is still on its way and also an ambulance. so once they get there, we could still see slowing even though no lanes are blocked. 19 miles per hour right at the scene. here is the drive time along that stretch. 205 to 680, it's now over half an hour as you make your way through livermore. 680 is

light shower, 57 menlo park. that is about 3:00 this afternoon. the clouds, mist and drizzle and light shower early on. san francisco coming down a couple degrees. 62 downtown, north bay numbers, 68 in petaluma with 72 in napa. a cool afternoon here, breezy winds from berkeley and oakland, 68 today. that is kind of pushing it. it could be cooler than that. 76 in danville, down by the monterey bay, we're looking at numbers in the 60s with a slight chance of showers. a little fall-like weather pattern headed our way keeping the chance of showers today, tomorrow and breezy with mild air next week. i hope you didn't take offense of old lady comment, i was talking about myself. >> i know you were. >> it's been three weeks when neighborhood in san bruno exploded. they are continuing to try to move ahead. >> it not there. >> this is the new normal for the family of four is renting a house about a block with a and a half from their old home. it was damaged beyond repair by the san bruno explosion and fire. moving forward has been challenging. >> there is

cloudy and a little bit of fog especially up around sanity royce, 49 right now. 50 in napa and menlo park. 52 in half moon bay. 51 in los gatos and 52 in livermore. now compared to 24 hours ago, it is much cooler, 11 degrees cooler in livermore. 12 in santa rosa. 9 in novato. 9 in menlo park. we're off to a cooler start, the increase in sunshine should bring our temperatures where they were yesterday afternoon which is the low to mid-50s throughout all our neighborhoods except at the coast where we're 59 at half moon bay. down around the monterey bay, increase in sunshine. 59 in monterey. low to mid-50s throughout the rest of the bay and mid-50s for gilroy and hollister. seven-day forecast, tuesday, tomorrow we'll be dry and a little bit warmer. wednesday, beautiful weather for first game of the world series. it's a good thing the game is starting at 5:00. we'll get thursday's game without rain but rain will begin and we'll hang around for showers friday and saturday and they will end in time for trick-or-treating. >> we're going to start off on the peninsula where a tree is down on highw

peninsula sunshine and mid 60s for you. 65 menlo park. upper 50s along the coast to low 60s downtown san francisco. south san francisco through the north bay valleys mid to upper 60s with upper 50s at your beaches. sunshine, a few high clouds. we'll have mid to upper 60s morgan hill, gilroy, hollister and pretty much low to mid-60s monterey bay and into salinas. tonight temperatures maybe a little conservative napa and vos with 37 and 38. that's in the city. the rural areas you find some of the frost. the rest of us 40s. that frost most likely from 2:00 tomorrow to 8:00. those plants need some protection. that area of high pressure moving over during the next system to our north keeping us dry and mild. we'll turn our attention to this blob of clouds. that's our rain chance for thursday into friday and also saturday. fast forward quickly to thursday morning. you'll see the rain is up around the north of us and just stays there all throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours. that's why i think we could have a little drizzle at the

all these temperatures much cooler than yesterday. 6 in oakland, 5 menlo park and mountain view.airfield and los gatos about 3 degrees warmer. let's see what's going to happen as we head into the afternoon hour. first by looking at the temperatures. pretty much not much of a change by 8:00. a lot of sunshine. a few high clouds. temperatures low to mid-60s by noon. upper 50s hoof and most of us in the mid-60s by 4:00 with those high clouds. still 61 half moon bay and 60 santa cruz. look for rain to move into the north bay tonight and slide down towards the game tomorrow. that's why i think we'll see drizzle during game two. the better chance of showers will be friday into saturday but we'll be in texas by then. sunday, monday and tuesday for trick or treating sunday looks to be dry. got those tickets. >> i got them, mike! the hottest ticks in town. they're joey smith, our stage manager. i know jenelle told you some of the prices on craigslist. a thousand to 2,000 right now. the game starts 4:57 first pitch. expect a lot of traffic or rather this afternoon on 101, 280, golden gate

still cool in san francisco, 63 in menlo park, 61 in napa so we are looking at temperatures cooler, prettyuch everywhere. 8 degrees cooler in fremont. 7 degrees cooler in san jose. tomorrow the weekend it is the tornado because we are looking at couple systems bringing a stronger sea breeze helping to stay in place for tomorrow and sunday where temperatures continue to drop. then it will be seasonable next week. right now. it shows the clouds are beginning to retreat from the east bay, the south bay, palo alto scouring out the clouds. clouds in the north bay and napa so today, cooler than average, oakland and san francisco on the order of 4-9 degrees. santa rosa where you should be. just about everything today including a chance of showers and thunderstorms, southern california, the cloud deck will travel to the north. san benito, monterey counties you could see thunderstorms in the higher elevation but it's this weather system that brings the cooler air for the weekend. at&t park, liberty cool and breezy with temperatures around 60 dropping through the evening. today's highs in the low 80

we have 60 degree weather until you get to oakland, menlo park, half moon bay, novato and santa rosaupper 50s there. temperatures running anywhere from 21 degrees warmer napa, 16 fairfield and san francisco, 10 in fremont and livermore, 6 los gatos. that's the reason why we're going to have some problems around the bay shoreline today with excessive heat. temperatures upper 80s to low 90s in the shade. can feel 10 to 15 degrees warmer than that if you're in the actual sunlight. mid-90s in the south bay, east bay and north bay valleys and low to mid-80s along the coast. monterey bay it will be just as warm in most neighborhoods. 90s santa cruz, near that watsonville and salinas and low to mid-90s from morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. seven-day forecast, expect another record-setting day tomorrow. cooling begins on thursday and it really cools significantly over the weekend. still looking at a 20 degree drop across the board by sunday. good morning, frances. >> good morning, mike. back to san jose we have this early morning fatal accident. it's northbound 87 which is closed right now

still cool in san frcisco, 63 in menlo park, 61 in napa so we are looking at temperatures cooler, prettyevywhere. 8 degrees cooler in fremont. 7 degrees cooler in san jose. tomorrow the weekend it is the tornado because we are lookg at couple systems bringing a stronger sea breeze helping to stay in place for tomorrow and sunday where temperatures continue to drop. then it will be seasonable next week. right now. it shows the clouds are beginning to retreat om the east bay, the south bay, pal alto scouring out the clouds. clouds in the north bay and na so today, cooler than average, oakland and san francisco on th order of 4-9 degrees. santa rosa where you shld be. just about everything today including a chance of showers and thunderstorms, southern california, the cloud deck will travel to the north. san benito, monterey counties you could see thunderstorms in the higher elevation but it's this weather system that brings the cooler air f the weekend. at&t park, liberty cool and breezy with temperatures around 60 dropping through the evening. today's highs in the low 80s, campbell and sa

down in menlo park, we have a road closure near college there. right here is the spot, el el camino real is shut down between atherton and watkins. due to a power outage that's supposed to last three or four hours. you are advised to use an alternate. traffic on the right-hand side, northbound as head towards highway 17. looking pretty sluggish at this hour. highway 4 through bay point, also very sluggish on the bo some of the screen. that's westbound traffic towards concord, slow going. >> steve, what's up? >> what's up is a little sea breeze is starting. yesterday, was hot, humid and we'll carry the changes right into the weekend. yesterday, it was calm from ocean -- there wasn't even a puff of a breeze. a little west-northwest sfo and northwest at oakland. first sign that we've actually -- that we're starting to see a sea breeze. the highs yesterday, 98 in santa rosa. that was warmer than the airport which was 96. usually it's the other way around. livermore 95. napa, 94. san jose at 91. there were 90s a lot, oakland, hayward, 90 degrees. rich

palo alto, menlo park are among the plaintiffs. they're questioning high-speed rail ridership and revenue forecasts. they say those forecasts are misrepresented and invalid. higher ridership would require more trains per hour and that in turn would have a greater impact on communities and the environment. the california high-speed rail authority is responsible for planning the system. >> if you're worried the jewelry you're wearing contains lead, two free screenings in the bay area this week. follows an investigation by california watch which shows state regulators issued five violations to national retailer for selling jewelry containing harmful levels of lead. the screenings will take place tomorrow in oakland and sunday in richmond. for details log on to our website, abc7news.com. california watch is a project for a center for investigative reporting. >> there's an enormous octopus in the bay this morning. doesn't have eight arms but it does have two helicopters and two submarines. this is the world's 9th largest yacht at 414 fe

either cal fire, menlo park, san mateo or redwood city could take over.agency must detail the type of services, how much it would cost and whether it would hire san carlos firefighters. 24 positions are on the line. many are looking for other jobs. the city leaders are moving fast. they want the agencies interested in taking over the fire service to submit their proposals by december 3rd. for more other top stories, let's go to terry mcsweeney. what have you got, the beard or the panda hat? >> the rally going on now. wear it tuesday afternoon. who cares. the bar is open at the public howls at at&t park. the party beginning well before game time. take a look. the crowd slowly growing as they get ready for today's 1:19 start of the playoff game against the philadelphia phillies. some people here don't even have tickets. just want to watch it on tv out here to be close to the action. just found out there are 3,000 tickets still available on subhub, some for as little as $59. standing room only but you can find tickets as well under a hundred on craigslist if

oakland, menlo park and livermore with even warmer numbers along the coast.45 yesterday with 11 degrees warmer at half moon bay. so the fog will just be offshore. so today not the warmest we'll see in the succession of warm weather headed our way. that's still to come. not as cold this morning. mild to warm today and hot, gusty north winds by tomorrow afternoon and tuesday. especially in our north bay mountains. so today here are some of our high temperatures. 70s close to the water. 80s elsewhere. and we should see highs in the mid and upper 70s. so we are anywhere from 4 to 7 degrees above the average for this time of year. another warm one out there. a couple patches of santa cruz and dense fog may make it over to hayward this morning. but by about 7:00 it already begins to burn back and we'll see plenty of 70s and 80s around the bay with some 90s getting awful close to our inland valleys. we'll see that tomorrow. satellite and radar composites say all of california in the clear although we have a storm system to the north. high pressure continues to build

we're in the 40s in menlo park, half moon bay, napa and santa rosa. the rest of us mid to upper 50s to livermore about $51 degrees temperatures are cooler than yesterday everywhere except los gatos. we're 4 degrees warmer. we're the same as 24 hours ago in santa rosa and san francisco. but oakland, novato, napa, mountain view 4 degrees cooler. half moon bay 9, menlo park, san jose 5. so a little chilly this morning. temperatures will remain in the upper 40s in the north bay through 8:00 but the rest of us in the 50s. start out sunny. see an increase in clouds by noon with mid to upper 60s around the bay. low 60s at the coast and some 70s showing up in our valleys. by 4:00, a partly sunny sky, scattered showers developing in our higher elevations, especially south of livermore and east of the santa clara valley. temperatures around the bay, upper 60s to low 70s. low to mid-70s in our valleys inland east bay and north bay. 7-day forecast, cooler with wide-spread chance of showers. tomorrow more of us see rain. dry thursday but cool. the warmer weather f

upped the plan cal fire, menlo park, redwood city or san mateo will take over firefighters and emt effort in san carlos. those department will have to submit a proposal that may or may not absorb the 24 firefighters position ins san carlos and that has firefighters here on edge. >> until the city of san carlos and belmont decide who is going to be the new service provider and whether new services providers are going to include employment it's pretty unstable in a certain situation. >> how many people can get jobs will probably be one of the determining factors when the council decides which proposal to accept. >>reporter: out sourceing fire services would be just the latest cost cutting move by san carlos. city has already out sourceed payroll which saved 50,000 dollars a year and landscaping which has saved 90 900,000 dollars a year. starting in november san carlos will out source the police services to the sheriff's department which is projected to save 2.2 million dollars a year. that is the latest from san carlos, abc 7 news. >> hard times hard decision thank you. >> now to the securi

definitely some cooler air here in the north bay, menlo park 49.hlights sunshine with higher clouds this weekend. that will bring mild to warm afternoons and beach weather next week. although it still should be sunny at the coast today. maybe more fog on our way tomorrow. but overall we are looking at a pretty nice afternoon. here's a look at the fog. right here banking up against the shoreline at ocean beach this morning. but then by the afternoon, that should thin out. we have a storm system close to us. that's why we're gonna see a few high clouds from time to time. the energy with this staying well to the north. a couple pieces of energy will break off. and as they do, we will be looking at some changes for next week. but as for today and tomorrow, the next 48 hours, higher pressure builds on in. and with the cloud cover to the north, we will see occasional high clouds from time to time. but we are looking at the system as it passes through to bring us more of an offshore flow monday and tuesday. 74 downtown. look for numbers in the low 70s tom

a person from menlo park is behind this groundbreaking study to harness the power to repair an injuryn patients with little hope of recovery but the area of research is not without controversy, obviously. there are lots of questions about embryonic stem cells. now u.s. researchers have made a big step getting some answers. on friday, at the shepherd center in atlanta, a patient with a recent spine cord injury made medical history. the paraplegic was injected with two million embryonic stem cells. >> this is the dawn of a new era in medical therapeutics. >> reporter: so far, jarron of menlo park has spent $170 million in developing this treatment. the embryonic stem cells are leftovers. they become specialized nerve cells and directly get into the injured area of the spine cord to regenerate spinal cord tissue this. >> this therapy goes beyond pills and scalpels. >> reporter: in lab animals the results were dramatic. paralyzed rodents moved again. however... >> people are just so different than rodents. >> reporter: this doctor hits up stem cell research at ucsf. he is optimistic but u

menlo park, 39. mill valley in there as well. we had a lot of mid-30s and upper 30s and 40s. we had had sunshine for a while. now these higher clouds are coming in. the highs will be very similar to yesterday, maybe warmer toward san jose. there is a pretty good breeze coming off the caldecott tunnel. 60s today. right now, it's 64 in napa and santa rosa. they go from 36 low to 64 at noon. 62 oakland berkeley. low 60s including palo alto. so everyone is rather close on those temperatures. 80 in san francisco. i think i saw 18 at truckee. they are now 46. ukiah was down to 35. sacramento, 62. sacramento was down to 41 this morning. here's our system it's going to be with us not only later today but probably saturday. when you see a system like that, that's the low wrapping up and that will play into our weather. the clouds are in advance of it and eventually it will get bumped inland. today we have morning sun giving way to higher clouds, more clouds to the north. on thursday we'll keep the rain to the north. the question is will it make it past marin county? we'll just ease in

menlo park-based jurong corporation has released few details but says the person is paralyzed and is enrolled in an fda approved clinical trial. the company spokesman says the patient was injected on friday and is controversial because stem cells are harvested from human embryos. >>> google is experimenting on highways with cars that actually drive themselves. some prius plots have logged more than 40,000 miles and consumer editor tom vacar has details. >> reporter: the car should be able to navigate itself all the equipment, gps and anticollision technologies seems to be on board so the car can deal with the road and traffic conditions driver for a. >> i was waiting for a car like this to come out. i would check it out but it's tough to can see that it would work. >> i think that is the future. i think we kind of acclimate ourselves to what the wave of the future is. >> reporter: others worry about hackers, switches or an entire system crash. >> one day out of the blue it could run over a child or hit a car that stopped and not be able to react. i don't think it's a good idea. >> re

menlo park, bay bridge, no metering lights, looks good. on our sensors meaning top speeds all the way into san francisco. that is your traffic. back to you guys. >>> we have breaking news from san jose right now where the roof of a 7-eleven store is on fire right now. mark sayre just got to the scene to tell us that's what going on there. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, juliette. still a very active scene here as the san jose fire department works to knock down a two-alarm fire. multiple 911 calls came in after 4:00 a.m. at this fire at a 7-eleven at almaden expressway and ironwood. the fire is out on the roof. they are inside now looking inside. we did speak to one of the employees at the 7-eleven and he describes what happened. >> i was preparing coffee and the customer came and smelled smoke. i came to that point and i also smelled smoke. then i go to the back work room and there was smoke from behind back door from outside, coming from outside. >> reporter: let's look at some of the video we just shot from back of the se

. >> fiorina is in menlo park campaignin got back to work yesteay after spending two days in the hospitalor a infection after reconstructive surry after battling breast cancer. congressman george miller, praised the hybrid auto program there. >> yes, keep on track in making america a leader. and making california the hub of the new clean energy economy your five is as bright as the sun. and at's what they're about. (applause) >> senator boxer is fighting for a fourth term. meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> let's take a look outside, see if we can find rain, maybe even sunshine. a little mixture of both as we look from the east bay. what we're talking about are rain chances for today into tomorrow and then looks like a clear sky and warmer weather on the way. i'll have your forecast right after this bak. ♪ hey, at&t verse tv? yeah, it our new tv service. every day thousands of customers across the nation are switching at&t u-verse. [ fele announcer ] visit an at&t store today. hurry and ke advantage of our great deal on u-verse tv. ju $29 a month for six months. plus for

livermore 12 degrees cooler, oakland menlo park down two degrees. mild saturday around the bay. and we're checking fall temperatures for next week if you're making plans. here is the satellite and radar. area of low pressure spinning off the coastline here around the county coast. that is drawing up subtropical moisture. and it's also resulting in some active weather around the state. take a look at live doppler 7. and you can see from lake tahoe down towards santa barbara and around the san diego county area we've seen thunderstorms and some of these have been severe. let's zoom in first to tahoe area, you can see lightning bolts there south of lake tahoe. they're dealing with thunderstorms now. and there is further south, we do have some rain and some thunder being reported around travel plans there keep in mind. heading towards sunday, big changes are coming up. this system here is going to usher in much cooler weather. we're looking at cool autumn weather sunday and monday. and they're making plans for weekend saturday will be your mildest day. then temperatures dropping sun

tomorrow afternoon, 7 into south bay. 70 in cupertino. 67 millbrae. 69 degrees in menlo park. coastal areas into low 60s, downtown san francisco, south san francisco, mid-60s. and looking at north bay, this is where mildest reading lz will be with that wind flow. 78 in santa rosa. 75 in napa. east bay, oakland is 70 digs, inland areas, well, below normal at this time of the year. 75 in livermore and around the bay. 70 degrees in santa cruz. here is the accu-weather forecast. low 60s to upper 70s tomorrow aichl slight downward trend bayside and inland for wednesday, thursday. friday, on, we're warming it up. friday, through sunday, for fleet week back into 08s, back to average by then. >> perfect timing. >> yes. >> thank you. >> several important items in consumer news tonight including a revelation about foreclosure autos there are questions about how many of them were handled. >> it's wild story. were families wrongly evicted? that is what major banks and states are trying to figure out tonight. allied financial bank, bank of america are all sifting through piles of paper wor

several bay area cities including palo alto, menlo park and atherton have filed a lawsuit last night against the project's second environmental impact report. the suit questions the report's findings and demands that the rail authority fix its flawed ridership model. they want to slow down the design process for the san jose- to-san francisco stretch of line. >>> a happy meal without fruit could be a meal without a toy soon. the san francisco supervisors committee has given first approval to a law that would ban these toys from some fast food kids meals. anne makovec shows us the next step which would be a vote from the full board of supervisors. >> reporter: that will happen two weeks from today. in the meantime, a lot of folks wondering, is this the choice that kids are going to have soon? they are going to take away the incentive and that's up for the board to decide in two weeks. it's the kind of ordinance that con take the happy out of a -- that can take the happy out of a meal. >> we call it our child obesity ordinances. >> reporter: it would require that fast food kids' meals

there's a sig alert through menlo park.earlier accident has two cars on flatbed tow trucks ready to clear. still only two right lanes open and a lot of debris from the area. the sweeper is on hold for now. we may see these lanes open up in the next 15 minutes. meanwhile another peninsula issue. highway 92 at 35, a disabled truck as you're getting over the hill at skyline. watch for that. so far it sounds like traffic is getting by that interchange. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. things are getting a little crowded but no metering lights. just a smooth drive out of the maze. 18 minutes down to the bay bridge toll plaza. we can see the east bay hills just a little bit in the background of that shot. what do you have for the weather? >> we'll show you the radar now, mike. we've got some action in the north bay and around the peninsula starting to see some widely scattered showers. let's go right to the radar and take you into the north bay. you can see moving east to west up to ukiah and over the peninsula starting to

. >> carly fiorina takes her republican campaign to menlo park. new field poll released shows she's trailing barbara boxer by 8 points. the poll shows that 49% of likely voters surveyed support boxer. 41% say they would vote for fiorina. her campaign issued a statement saying the field poll is inconsistent with others showing the race is at a statistical tie. >> she was not campaigning for you. is there any reason that was the case? >> well, i had my campaign schedule and she was doing different kinds of activities. but let me say i'm very proud of the endorsements that i've gotten from across the political spectrum. >> fiorina resumed campaigning in sacramento after her release from the hospital for an infection that's associated with breast reconstruction surgery. you can see her entire interview on "good morning america" after our newscast that comes up at 7:00. >> a look at the embarcadero. it is wet but i'll tell ya, this rain kind of a slow-mover, kind of like the texas rangers. >> ohhhhh! >> ouch! >> let's check with mike and find out when

she was on the campaign trail today in menlo park this, week had been hospitalized overnight for an infection linked to the reconstructive surgery she had after being diagnosed with breast cancer. she says the poll is inconsistent with others showing race is in a dead heat. senator boxer made appearances today seen here discussing today's terror threat that we began at the stop of the broadcast tonight. >> and there is santa patel back now. >> first half of the weekend, wet, second half is looking dry. second half is important. >> there is a live look from our south beach camera. there is a lot of cloud cover out there. has been a cloudy afternoon there. has been breaks. there is a live doppler 7. you can see moisture right now. in the north bay we've seen in reports of light showers and sprinkles in the petaluma area. you can see here moisture just off the coastline. a lot of this is not reaching the ground. it's up into clouds around the south bay. watch what happens. i loop this. last few hours. moisture is moving in from the south. so... the south and the east bay will have a gi chance of

far as our 24 hour temperature change, most of us cooler than yesterday until you get to novato, menlo parkmountainview and half moon bay about one degree warmer. this afternoon pretty much the upper 60s along the east bay shore. mid to upper 60s san mateo, then 70 palo alto, san jose. low to mid-70s the east bay valleys. san rafael 69 and low 70s through the north bay valleys. 62 san francisco and about 61 half moon bay and around the monterey bay set mainly in the 60s but low to mid-70s morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. stray showers possible today and again wednesday. but those i think will stay to our south and especially over the sierra. we may see a cooling trend wednesday and thursday before it becomes warmer, calmer and much brighter for friday, saturday and sunday. let's find out about those winds on the bridges, frances. >> mike, you saw the live shot earlier. the san jose bay bridge camera bouncing around. a wind advisory for the san mateo. road work in the area through hayward. southbound 880 to eastbound 92 or jackson, that's closed until 5:00. so just another 20 minutes you d

kept us warmer as we talked about. 48 menlo park and livermore. 50s, even 60 los gatos.he biggest jump in temperatures up in the north bay valleys, napa 23 degrees warmer than yesterday. novato 18. santa rosa 13. mountain view 14. 10 san jose, los gatos and oakland. this afternoon, upper 50s in the north bay. the rest of us will have mostly cloudy conditions. we'll have low 60s richmond. mid to upper 60s for just about everybody else and about 70 san jose and around the monterey bay just mostly cloudy. 7-day forecast, look for a better chance of rain this time tomorrow morning through friday evening. a lingering chance saturday morning and saturday afternoon and sunday looking dry. by sunday looking warmer than yesterday. pretty mild next week. sunshine, temperatures away from the coast and the low to mi mid-70s. >> no accidents, nothing slowing you down but we have a major connection ramp closed in san jose. north 280 to southbound 87 just for the next 20 minutes. you'll need a detour if you get there before then. it should be cleared by 5:00 this morning. also mountain

the morning and early afternoon before the rain gets going again by about 1:00. 64 oakland, 53 menlo park52 livermore. rain showers today and more the off side throughout about 1:00 and then the rain starting throughout the afternoon getting heavy towards sunday afternoon, about 1:00 some very heavy rain across the bay and then drying out later sunday through monday. satellite and radar composite. a whole lot of shower activity out ahead of the next front. you'll notice still points offshore but the atmosphere is so, so moist and yesterday's rain that we're looking at more showers this morning. but we will be looking at this to push on through by about 1:00 this afternoon. and that's when the rain picks up again. so here's the way it will look then after this batch pushes through. you'll notice that things are a little bit quiet and then here we are throughout the late afternoon, 6:00 7:00, 8:00. tomorrow morning the heart of the bay, that heaviest yellow and orange. anywhere from 3 to 4 inches of rain in the north bay mountains. an inch and a half to 3 inches throughout the rest of the n

menlo park is down to 45 and 46 degrees at this hour. cold and frosty in the north bay valleys.unny and mild day tomorrow. and we are expecting north bay showers on thursday. we do have a frost advisory that goes into affect at 2:00 a.m. and continues until 8:00 tomorrow morning. for the north bay valleys, hollister valley on the southern salinas valley. the wind-sheltered valley may wake up to light frost. so just be aware of it. it is going to be a chilly night. look how cold it is going to get. down to near freezing in napa, 34 degrees. 36 in santa rosa. 39 in livermore. fairfield dropping to 38 degrees. and for most of the rest of the area, you are looking at 40s. a cool night elsewhere. higher pressure tomorrow and it will provide us with dry conditions. after that things get murky. let me show you what i'm talking about. there is a cold front here. on thursday it is going to be a close call for the rain. let me take you through time. you will notice the cold front approaches. some rain is beginning to move into the north bay by 5:00 p.m. just clouds for game two of the ser