the juvenile sea lions are sick explorers. they are the research subjects to get information for this group. they say about 148 sea lions have gone into their care. they have been discovered low weight, malnourished, and they are sending the juveniles out that are healthy to go scan the area. they are hoping for a year they'll be able to follow the sea lions they are releasing. >> what exactly are they looking for? >> nothing specific they are looking for. they are going to see which areas are protected that need more concern from the government. and this is a multinational effort. a university in japan and in the u.s. and texas will be looking in and looking at the area and checking out what is going on. >>> now, meanwhile, in singap e singapore -- >> i was in singapore for 10 years and never saw an officer. >> this guy who took the video, these otters are parascoping eu because they have to share their territory with a crocodile. >> what? >> they didn't have those when you were there either? >> no. >> this is the wetland res

the sea lion, i don't know if he's madder at the octopus or the guy. >> who won that round? >> not the guy, that's >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, zeroing in on the cause of the cracks at the transbay terminal. >> that would be an ominous situation because then it would question the whole structure. >> tonight what a uc berkeley professor says would be the worst case scenario when it comes to determining what caused the cracks. at dream force and how it's ion helping dreams come true for some lucky students. all that coming up at 6:00. >> all right. see you then. >>> story now about friendship and how people say it isn't one big thing. it's a million little things. >> yeah. that's exactly what a new abc drama sets out to explore. >> reporter: four friends who hang out all the time until an unexpected tragedy -- >> you're not going to believe this. >> reporter: -- puts life in perspective. >> john killed himself. >> i think some of us in real life and in this show have secrets we're not aware of. >> reporter: abc's "a million little things" delve into our hidden sources

you may think that seals, sea lions and walruses are going somewhere.that is not really how evolution works. we kind of think of these trajectories. we are the dominant species on the planet. we are geologic agents of change you only get that from looking in hindsight. we do not know where they are going. they been doing a great job living on land, reproducing on land and then forging at sea for over 20 million years. we have some of these fossils on display at the national history museum downtown. >> this is a continuation really of the first question, i guess. i am a set down because you basically answered my question. we usually think of red tide as nutrient related. back at the time of this catastrophic loss of large number of whales, the question is where do the nutrients come from? one of the possibilities, i guess, and this is the question -- >> did you read the book? >> no. >> okay. some of the most iron rich mountains on the planet. iron happens to be a limiting agent for red tide that has to do with how that molecule sticks allowing to generat

the sea lions are having a good time. the folks look like they are staring at them and getting pictures with the fun out there. we have a stronger sea breeze and not as warm as it was yesterday. we have the spare the air. be careful if you are going to be outside. cloudy and drizzly near the coast and the heat will ease off throughout week. this area of low pressure. see that spin? that counterclockwise spin is going to keep us cooler. it keeps pumping in the cooler air and keep the clouds locked into the coast as lot more than yesterday. yesterday's high at the airport, 98 degrees. only 85 today. 85 in morgan hill. everybody else in the mid 70s to near 80 and santa cruz will see sunshine at about 78 grs. that's the exception. most of us in the low to mid-70s. low to mid 60s along the coast and the breezes will kick up around san francisco, holding downtown to about 66. you notice around the bay and the san francisco bay where the breezes blow, san raphael and vallejo. the deeper you get, the less influence you have. pushi

we are deeply privileged to serve children every year, and not only showing straws at sea lion center but the aquarium, and a new exhibit that talks about the perils of microplastics and the impact that it has on food consumption patterns of sharks and other animals in the bay. so, again, thank you very much for this honor. thank you. >> sherry, from the fund for sustainable tomorrows and i want to just recognize the leadership of the aquarium and pier 39 in taking these steps, and also thank katy for helping us and you know, making this as visible an opportunity, and i would like to say that what's most important to us, you are taking steps in terms of the ordinance and our getting ahead of the ways, is already creating momentum that we had not anticipated but we hoped for, and so i would also like you to know that more news is coming, that last week the fisherman's wharf merchant's association and the fisherman's wharf community benefit district instructed its sustainable committee to develop a plan so that this movement would be adopted by the neighboring community, and it's our ho

. >> the sea lions enjoying it. thank you. >>> the presidio rolls out ebikes to national park visitors for the first time. they teamed one jump bikes to give people a new way to experience the park no matter their fitness level. starting this morning, 50 of those jump bikes will be available for a small fee. the presidio is the first national park in the westernu.s visitors. >>> tesla's ceo taking a tacoma? astro break, the video toke? after the break, the video some say caused shares to take a tumble this morning. >>> the man who may have once been america's favorite son-in-law seems to be making a co >>> elon musk has been trending this morning. tesla shares tumbled about 7% after some high-profile departures clap a highly viewed apparent -- departures and a highly viewed apparent cannabis smoking by the ceo. the weed shown during a pac on youtube. a popular joe rogue an experience. the joint was provided to musk by rogan who reminded him it is legal, and it appears musk inhaled. and chief accounting officer dave

annual appearance off the san francisco coast, from september through november, feeding on seals and sea lions. sanctuary officials are reminding boaters and wildlife watchers to give the sharks their space. >> you don't have to tell me twice. >>> a group of bay area sea scouts were honored by the coast guard today for an heroic rescue. the teens were sailing near the san rafael bridge back in july when they picked up a coast guard broadcast about a missing kayaker. they later spotted the man clinging to his kayak, and quickly pulled him on board to safety. >> i'm very proud of my crew, and i'm very glad that they are being honored, and i'm proud to be honored myself. i think it's really cool to be here today. >> we trained for something we never want to have to encounter. but our training, you know, paid off. >> that kayaker had been drifting in a 60-degree water temperature for nearly six hours, but thanks to the sea scouts, he is doing just fine today. >>> the weather doesn't look bad either except what we left you with a few minutes ago, which is this, the fire weather watch that's in effe

the sea lion suffering was my passion for music came later in my childhood the passion for astronomy was there first then at some point i tried to play an instrument of course i enjoy being out in nature and seeing the stars in the sky and music has something romantic about it to english but i can't really connect the two in my head but there is one advantage you do both in the evening or at night and that's a great combination. frank second time must be the most musical astro photographer in germany here he's in a field in the eiffel region he spends a lot of nights here trying to shed light on the darkness with his camera and telescope second time sees the stars and much more. to him and said this guy has to be really dark which is why we're here in the eiffel region which will salute here there's a little light pollution from towns or cities or nearby house very good astro photos of what. they look like this. second time post says spectacular images on the internet and his won many awards for his work. one of his images has even been published by nasa. my libido i send all of my p

not seeing too many sea lions. temperatures mid to upper 70s, santa rosa and napa in the mid-90s. concord, fairfield, livermore, 91 degrees. tomorrow morning, if you have early plans it will be clear most areas except for some fog near the coast. upper 40s all the way to the low 60s to start off your weekend and then for the afternoon expect the heat again inland, 93 degrees in morgan hill, 95 gilroy, 82 in san jose, cupertino in the south bay, temperatures will come down a little bit tomorrow, but it's still going to be hot inland. on the peninsula, 78 in munt view, 77 in redwood city, 63 in half moon bay, mild at the coast. downtown san francisco -- 63 in the sunset district. north bay, mix of sun and high clouds, 84 in san rafael. napa, 89 santa rosa, 82 in vallejo, east bay, 78 richmond, 74 oakland, mid-70s around san leandro. inland areas it will be hazy and another hot one, 91 in concord, walnut week, 92 in livermore. temperatures are down by a couple degrees. the heat easing over the weekend. don't have to worry about the heat if you're going to the mountain view 47th annua

a sea lion walking down the road. >> is this a joke? a driver captured this video, an unusual hazard. shows the animal eventually getting out of the road and crawling into a grassy area. the person who shot this says he saw it on the hospital grounds after getting off work. >> that's what happens in alaska. now we know. by the way, candytopia opens in san francisco today. will ganss, thank you very much for all the candy, buddy. >> we'll handle this for you. we got it. >> we'll take it from here. got it! winning, baby. here, you want to try? >>> this morning, the trump white house under attack from within. >> a new article calling his leadership petty and infective. the president is demanding the "new york times" reveal the author and the republicans come to the president's defense. >>> a new wildfire erupting in california, causing the closure of one of the country's most important highways. >>> plus what caused people to get sick on a flight. a celebrity on board is talking about the ordeal. >>> and there's a serious debate going on r

>> lots of seals and sea lions and the adults are especially adapted.their body temperature is about 40 degrees above the cold water. so that enables them for doing swift pursuits and ambush predators. there are so many seals and sea lions because there is an abundance of food for them. this is like a huge lunch bucket for the white sharks. >> what is the fascination. i know once jaws came out, i was a freshman in high school. i never turn my back on the ocean after that. what is our fascination with these creatures? >> i think it similars to that of dinosaurs is that they are such mysterious animals. they hunt by stealth, they don't hang out at the surface a lot. we simply don't see them around and they are massive. they can get up to roughly 20 feet long. we have the big population. we have the big guys and the big girls. in fact, female sharks tend to be a little bit bigger than the males are quite a few different species. we have a lot of species here but the white sharks are the ones that come here seasonally that we celebrate with sharktoberfest.

staff recommends they retain 18 retail buildings, waterfront park, sea lion, marina and breakwater features of the site. also to retain the site as the center of restaurants, shops, attractio attractions. to preserve site as a performance venue for local musicians and street performers and a place for sculpture and other art installations. all of the features are listed in the case report as well as our typical three findings to support the recommendation of approval. >> commissioner wolfram: thank you. commissioner black? >> commissioner black: i don't have any questions. i want to start off by saying i'm a huge fan of chloe's. i live in the neighborhood and we've been there many a-time. what was not mentioned was the oatmeal pancakes, which are astonishing, even though they're not served on the weekends. [laughter] you have to go during the day. i am thrilled to recommend that. i support the other businesses. i appreciate everybody coming out today. i'm prepared, if i can be kept on track with ms. caltagirone, i'm prepared to make findings for approval. >> commissioner wolfram: we need to

typically concentrate around the farallon islands from september to november to feed on seals and sea lions. they are urging people not to use bait to lure sharks near their boats. that disrupts the animal's natural feeding habits. >>> a major street festival in san jose today will provide fun and traffic headaches. stretches of road will be closed until four clock this afternoon for the annual event. it gives people a chance to enjoy city neighborhoods. this is footage from last year's event.fagrounds and marshall park. it starts at 10:00. >>>th anto open this winter park in front of city hall. the centerpiece will be a 6000 square foot ice rink. it will be open from november 30 until january 6. >>> coming up inspection reports. secret building plans, and more. >>> serious allegations that wanted a bay area constructor in hot water. >>> it seems like the only questions are who will the eighth play in the opening season. the magic number is one. the diehard is ready for the post season tied at two in the ninth inning. the twins pitcher throws one way outside and allows stephen, to score. oa

and the moment a sea lion hurled an octopus at a >>> get excited. it's premiere night.of "the gold bergs," "american housewife" and "modern family." then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. and if you missed "general hspital" this afternoon because of the special report, catch it overnight at 2:12 a.m. so set your dvr now. big city lights will soon be coming to one south bay town. san jose has lifted a decades' old ban on electronic billboards as a way to generate more revenue. we're shown where these new billboards will be popping up. >> reporter: for decades, digital billboards have been forbidden on city owned property across san jose. things might be getting brighter. >> we've been talking about it for years. we were looking for ways to make some money. >> reporter: councilman johnny kemis is in favor of the electronic advertising that will pop up in downtown san jose as well as near the airports. >> we've listen looking at numerous community meetings, we did outreach. we on a sll llout. t ordince constsfwo parts.as o sites. phase two allows them on privately owne

they go and eat lunch at the fair lawns from september through november feeding on seals and sea lions. while it may seem obvious, sanctuary officials are saying to give the sharks their space. a. >>> a portion of highway 4 is named after a heyward sergeant killed in the line of duty. caltran unveiled a new sign today. longer was shot and killed three years ago during a traffic stop. he was 48 years old and a father of two. his accused killer, mark estrada, is set to stand trial later this year. >>> a big open streets event is happening tomorrow in san jose, but the city is telling people not to bring one thing: electric scooters. they do not allow motors, and that puts e scooters in a bit of an awkward position. the city is not banning e scooters, but they say they're asking nicely, please avoid using motorized scooters or any motorized vehicle along the route. they also say, though, it is something they hope to embrace in the future. >> i see a half of people come out on scooters any way, and there are no accidents. that's kind of a benchmark. there didn't seem to be any disruption.

foreign and plastic bottles brought up by the storm surge, and we are 30 metres from where the sea lion you how powerful it is. amazing that no one lost their life —— sealine. this is a place very used to dealing with these tycoons but when the signal went up to ten, thatis but when the signal went up to ten, that is the maximum on the sale doormat scale, people knew how serious mangkhut was going to be. most people stayed indoors. the big problem now is clearing up the debris, the shattered glass, dealing with the trees that have fallen down. but it is back to business, really. schools are closed today but people are trying to get to work, some clambering over trees on the pavement. i think the most serious impact, though, is not here. it is actually in the philippines. thank you for bringing us up to date. that is the picture in hong kong. howard johnson is in the philippines. what damage has typhoon mangkhut caused there? yes, iam yes, i am here yes, iam here in yes, i am here in one of the worst hit provinces. yesterday we took to the road to head to the coastal town, and on the way

balance beam in gymnastics or high wire act at the circus or the lion tamer show. the sea world show was, as i saw it, of a piece with that precedent that said the labor department would not regulate, for example, whether baseball helmets had to have ear flaps or whether to prohibit the punt return or make the balance beam have nets. this seemed to be covered by that precedent as i saw it. the labor department in the oral arguments tried to distinguish, the dangers of football from the dangers of the sea world show. i did not, as i explained in the opinion, find that distinction persuasive. i did make clear two things, senator. one is, congress could, of course, regulate the intrinsic -- congress could make the decision to regulate the intrinsic qualities of sports 57d ent and entertainment shows. the labor department could change its precedent. of course, state tort law, as the nfl has experienced with the concussion issue, state tort law always exists as a way to ensure or help ensure safety in things like the sea world show. >> thank you. a question if i may about indep

whether it's football or the balance beam in gymnastics or high wire act at the circus or the lion tamer show. the sea world show was, as i saw it, of a piece with that precedent that said the labor department would not regulate, for example, whether baseball helmets had to have ear flaps or whether to prohibit the punt return or make the balance beam have nets. this seemed to be covered by that precedent as i saw it. the labor department in the oral arguments tried to distinguish, the dangers of football from the dangers of the sea world show. i did not, as i explained in the opinion, find that distinction persuasive. i did make clear two things, senator. one is, congress could, of course, regulate the intrinsic -- congress could make the decision to regulate the intrinsic qualities of sports 57d ent and entertainment shows.

lions. i have seen better hands on a clock. topic number 4. and seaaurant in maine is getting lobster stoned. the lobsters now o.d. on chex party mix. it was the brain child of charlotte's lobster pound. the lobster meat is not infused with marijuana. don't expect a contact high at dinner unless you somehow wind up sitting next to matthew mcconaughey. they have skunks in new york city? topic number 5. and ha -- a new hampshire dad is wanted by the police for letting his doubtered cruel inside a toy machine. we can tell you the man didn't get much of anything because for some prone once the daughter got inside the machine. every time she picked up, it mysteriously fell out of her hand right before she dropped it in the opening. police believe he couldn't have gotten far because his vehicle was burglarized while was in the arcade. this guy has no luck with claws. bear claws. i'm gluten-free. we'll be right back. friends, colleagues, gathered here are the world's finest insurance experts. rodney -- mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the

sea. a couple of weather fronts around as well. they will bring outbreaks of rain to the northern isles. this weatherfront drilling down into england. just eight lionr scotland first thing this morning. cloud and temperatures generally starting in double figures. 0therwise single figure values. it will be feeling cooler right across the board, especially across the north. we are starting the morning off with a great deal of sunshine. showers will start to get going across scotland. we will see another feature of the weather front moving out of ireland across the irish sea into wales and the midlands in the south—west of england as we head into the afternoon. conditions go downhill for many central southern parts of england and or wales. sunshine across the vast south—east. 20 or 21 degrees. further north, cloud, outbreaks of rain, temperatures in the mid—to—high teens. it will feel cooler than that in the north. sunny spells and is is some showers across scotland. into friday, we start to see this area of high pressure. —— low pressure. most of it will stay offshore, we think. into friday it looks like it could be quite wet across scotland and nort

whether it's football, the balance beam and gymnastics, the high wire act at the circus, lion tamer show, and the seaorld was of a piece with that precedent. it said the labor department would not regulate, for example, where whether or not baseball hats have ear flaps or whether to prohibit the punt return or to make the balance beam have nets. this seemed to be covered by that precedent, as i saw it. the labor department tried to distinguish, for example, the dangers of football from the dangers of the sea world show. i did not, as i explained in the opinion, find that distinct din persuasive. congress could come of course, make the decision to regulate tf sports entertainment shows. or, the labor department could change its precedent. i made it clear that state tort law, as the nfl has experience with the concussion issue, state tort law always exists as a way to ensure or help ensure safety and things like the sea world show. >> thank you. a question, if i may, about independent agencies. congress has established several independent agencies. we believe they are essential to enforcing our laws an