. >>> a lot of people who live in sonoma county may be facing the threat of severe drought. as john ramos tells us not because of a lack of rain but maybe a lack of common sense. >>> reporter: on lazy summer days the russian river in northern sonoma county isn't in much of a rush at all. it's a favorite choice for bay area people to enjoy a leisurely kayak or canoe ride. >> how is it out there? >> great. >> beautiful. >> yeah. >> reporter: but things weren't that great in june when the water levels dropped and boats could barely scrape by. >> things were low as they have been in my whole life. i have been on the river for 50 years. and in mid-june, it was about as low as we had in the '76 drought. >> reporter: don with the advocacy group russian river keepers said the problem was coming from lake mendocino near ukiah. this lake serves a couple of conflicting purposes. this is the water supply of the upper russian river and many of the residents in sonoma county so you would think you would want to store as much as you could in here. but to the army corps of engineers, this i

low 80s in napa through sonoma into glen ellen. the extended forecast, not a lot of activity through the extended forecast through this time next week talking about seasonal highs from the 50s and 60s at the beaches, in the bay in the 60s and 70s, inland highs under 90 degrees which my pg&e bill would like very much. just crank open the windows, right? >> a little bit of relief is always good. >>> he was a rising star in the democratic party. now sonoma county supervisor ever front carillo is accused of breaking into a woman's apartment just in his underwear. da lin reports his political career is coming to an end quickly. >> he has lost credibility and would be hard for him to represent voters. >> reporter: one of the biggest donors to efron correa is asking him to step down. >> his actions brought shame and disgrace to sonoma county. >> reporter: this is a picture of him in court two weeks ago after he was arrested for breaking into a woman's home through a bedroom window wearing only his underwear and socks. 3:30 in the morning.

will power went to the final in sonoma. sonoma a real challenge at the go pro indy grand prix. >>> coming up, raiders will have a new starting quarterback against seattle. we'll hear from him at 6:00 on 7. >> what a day. >> up next the new men's trend that >>> coming up at 6:00, a look at the surveillance video that police in the south bay hope can help them catch a shooter. and how whole foods is getting into the music biz. join us at 6:00. >>> the growing trend of men having facial hair is hurting razor sales. the scruffy face or full-on beard is making a comeback. come on, if he's doing it, everyone's doing it. and time.com reports that top razor makers like gillette and schick are reporting lower sales. the number of beard transplants -- yes, you heard that correctly -- are skyrocketing in the uk. >> i was thinking about getting a beard transplant. >> good for you. >>> this is "world news." tonight, yosemite burning. and the new threat this evening. the fierce winds now fueling the fire. as crews fight to protect the an

. >> do you have a proposal to sonoma county? >> i don't, i haven't seen the proposal they put before sonoma county, they haven't reviewed the bid packages, sonoma county hasn't. >> alright, mr. [inaudible], you wanted to comment on item 5e? >> i wanted to thank one of the commissioners, commissioner anson moran for mentioning about item 5e which is chloramine that is put in our waters, and i want to state very clearly that when we talk about hatch hatch khao*e right at the source, we have some of the finest water in the whole world, but then as the water comes closer to san francisco, we mix it with other type of waters from the rivers and we also treat our patter with chemicals. up to today, there are many people who cannot stand chloramine, and they have to filter their water to take a bath and so on and so forth, so even though we have certain so-called experts at sfpuc and experts a t the san francisco health department, we need to post the findings on the internet so that we have full transparency and accountability. the wa

nice to see williams-sonoma beat on the revenue side.in, this is the second quarter report for williams-sonoma. let's bring in lauren simonetti, and you're obviously at the post right now. what are you seeing? >> reporter: right. up until moments ago the stock halted, now it's down 1.2%, it has reopened. the earnings came out at 2:30, and we did have a crowd here just moments ago. the other story we're talking about after that unexpected news, cheryl, is this is the audio chip maker that did get an upgrade to buy, and this is one of the reasons why. the analysts are saying voice technology is becoming a critical part that users are going to come to expect in the future in their wearable devices and their apple devices. but even going beyond apple, they're saying that you have to look at voice cancellation and voice recognition technology. this is a new market. so these shares are up sharply and with that, of course, we're also watching apple shares which at last check were up a little bit as well. cheryl: all right. thank you very much,

sonoma county airport, 43. it's kind of cool.e west wind is not as strong but the fog is definitely increased compared to yesterday. i mean, yesterday, it was pretty thin. most of the coast got in on the sunshine. it will be sunny and a little warmer. the pattern june and july was kind of cool by the coast. foggy or cold. it was hot inland. 90s and 100s. a lot of low clouds and a cooler-than-normal pattern. another low will form off the coast and play into our weather all next week unless there's a hiccup in forecast. vacaville, 92. 68 richmond, 79 kentfield, stinson, 62. 72 oakland, 68 alameda. upper 80s antioch. 80s morgan hill, gilroy. right at 80 for san jose. not much clearing today. it will be warm towards santa cruz. but 60s south san francisco. san bruno, 68. 77 seems popular. mountain view in there. i don't see too much change. but i do see a cooler pattern. >>> thank you, steve. 19 minutes before 8:00, a landmark bar in the south bay is heading into the final weekend. the grand saloon in campbell is set to close its doo

this weekend is the sonoma grand.prix. that's on the ground. the action will be up in the air.too. tomorrow at the indy car race - roaring across the skies - the patriot jets flying team. the bay area's own will be performing aerobatics for the crowds down below. earlier this week, kron traffic guy george rask went up for a practice flight. george pulled five g's in that massive loop maneuver. the patriot jets team - headed up by ace pilot randy howell. doing some pretty amazing stunts in their l-39 fighter jets it starts at 12:20 tomorrow at the sonoma raceway gopro grand prix. >> tomorrow if my look mostly sunny and nice. -- and from this time lapse. we can see those high-cost in advance of a weather system. we will show that to you but forced the golden gate. for tomorrow mostly sunny and the occasional high clouds. and the fog early. the north bay shower possibility and as we look towards monday. that will be the theme for the rest of the week. and a bit of a warming trend, typical for this time of year. it is spinning off shore and most of

warren sapp and larry allen from sonoma state ended his with the 49ers. chris carter and others also joined the most coveted fraternity in football. allen is 11 time pro bowler how his career got dominated by reggie white on sunday. >> became the strongest man in the n.f.l. i did it natural. [ laughter ] >> twice of the weight. >> only player ever from sonoma state in the hall of fame. more tonight at 11:00. we'll see you then. >> next at 9:00, a look at the women numbers for >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, if bart workers strike it could affect more than commuters. people say they will lose big bucks if the trains stop running. plus, a win for apple. ban that has been bypassing what apple is allowed to sell overseas. that is all tonight at 11:00. all right, $300 million powerball jackpot numbers are in. they are 21, 24, 36, 42, 45, powerball, 15. lottery officials have not announced if there is a winner yet. lump-sum payment is worth $172 million! we certainly didn't win. [ laughter ] >> come on. all right. good luck to you. that is it for abc7 news at 9

container of pepper at williams-sonoma what.ou're getting any anecdotal pushback on the pricing over there. >> in fact, williams-sonoma wre mizes the problem and the gross margins were weak and they were weak because they got more promotional at pricing. predominantly at the williams-sonoma brand, a little bit less at pottery barn. i think they're looking at their prices. >> isn't there a brutal price war on kitchen wear at the moment? >> kitchenware with good brands are available all over the place. kitch kitchenaid gadgets at walmart, all over the retail landscape. it's not as exclusive as it used to be. >> lalaura, what would your adve be for management here? reacting to trends. expecting perhaps there's some change in consumer behavior at play. >> williams-sonoma, the core kitchen brand, used to be truly innovative. they brought lecreuset to the united states for the first time, stemware and cookware that the u.s. had never seen before. now that the globe is flatter and we see products sooner and from all sorts of smaller re

expect, there is a crash in sonoma county. this crash is on highway 121 which is arnold drive. right in the area. right here at wagner road. which is just south of highway 116. a lot of people do take that road. just give yourself a little extra time. chp is there along with medics and the traffic is doing okay because it's early. if you are driving on 80, there is road work in cordelia that may be slowing you down. again it's nice and early. let's go to the toll plaza. westbound traffic is moving along nicely. northbound 280 traffic does look good getting up to highway 17. at 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> all right 5:01. we have an update of the many fires burning over the state. more than 8300 firefighters are fighting fires that are burning almost 400 square fires. six wild fires were burning over the weekend. at least two have been contained. however the raging rim fire near yosemite national park is the biggest. as of this morning that fire has burned almost 144,000 acres. it's only 7% contained. almost 3500 firefighters are out there on the scene. 23 buildings have

. >> you mentioned sonoma. have you figured out what they are going with? >> no. what they have is proposals in concept. so they still need to -- >> i thought there was a short list of those suppliers? >> there is a short list. i'm not sure if they picked one. >> is she will on that list? >> no. >> why do you think that is? >> well, i can speculate, i think it's a complicated equation. some of those bidders provided ancillary services, energy efficiency services. i don't know how they analyzed each of those bids. >> it would be interesting to reflect on that to see if that might be applicable here. >> we have had some discussions with sonoma and marine as well. marine is purchasing power from shell. >> yes. i have been in contact with them also. lastly the rate board has received the contract. they have not reviewed the current contract, is that correct? >> i'm not sure if they have reviewed the contract, they have reviewed the rate. the rate service board, they have been informed of our reduction in rates. they have held a hearing and heard from us on the reduced

sonoma county's water agency is shut down one of the drinking water supply lines.ple living in santa rosa, sonoma or the valley of the moon are being asked to conserve water today. there will be water available but it comes from storage tanks. the old supply lane is being replaced by upgrade the steel pipe that will be stronger in case of an earthquake. >>> levis opens its new flagship store replacing the old store at union square with a 7,000-square foot store in the south of market district. it's just one of two stores in the country where you can get custom-made jeans. and there will be a special section of denim and leather items from san francisco designers. >>> today a judge could end the retail battle that focuses on martha stewart's products. macy's says j.c. penney violated the exclusive deal with martha stewart when it started selling her home products in her stores. penny says those items were in special stand alone areas so it was not a violation. stewart testified she's flabber gassed that macy's objected -- objected to her deal with j.c. penney's. >>>

north most sonoma county along 101, keep in that mind. throughout the day comfortable conditions for august. running cooler than average for the month so far. and as we head through today more of the same. cooler afternoon shaping up. cool at coast. mild conditions inland. talking about the 70s. this is what we're looking at. 69 in fremont. 73 san jose. 76 in the garlic capital gilroy. beautiful conditions when you consider august is one of the hottest months of the summertime in the bay area. we should see highs closer to 90 as averages but we could be soaring to triple digits. fall-like day in san francisco. 57 out there for today. this is what we're looking at. towards the end of the week, starting to climb into the low 80s. saturday and sunday. then the upper 80s headed our way, starting to feel like summertime. irish jig out of anthony slaughter. i was thinking i don't want to lose my summer. >> looks good. hit the beach with that weather. we are starting to see traffic pile up on 880 in oakland. you can see, lanes going southbound h

best chance will be sonoma county.orrow, that slight chance continues, look for mostly sunny skies an then, continued mostly sunny as we get into the afternoon. it should be a pretty nice day after this weather system goes by. here it is. there's the rain, but notice most of it is spinning up to the north. a few showers are forecast to drift through the bay area. that is what future cast is showing. midnight tonight. notice the clouds thickening, that's the white, and the green shows the rain. a band of showers passes through santa rosa late tonight and early tomorrow morning. and watch as we go through the morning. a few blips showing up indicating light showers. as we get through the rest of the day, the clouds begin to dispate with the exception of the fog developing at the coast. we will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70s in san jose. redwood city, fremont. warmest inland spots looking at low to mid 80s , concord, high of 82 sunday. by the bay, 70s , cooler in richmond. san francisco, 66, oakland, l

they are trying to restore marshes in between napa and sonoma. nbc joe risotto junior has the story. >> reporter: the fields are alive with this year's grapes. but among the vines is an area so dead that nothing can live on it. >> when the salt gets here it's so concentrated that nothing can survive. >> reporter: among these ven yards, 1,000 acre salt flats left over from salt operations of the '50s sit like moonscapes. >> were we to have a levee breach in the winter, this could create a toxic mess and harm san francisco bay. >> reporter: an effort is underway to restore what was once theriving marshlands. a pipeline has been complete thad their carry recycled water to these flats. >> all the way through the vineyards and the roadways down to this pond, to be able to use it to be bringing back this pond for wildlife purposes. >> reporter: the water will begin its journey eight miles away at the sonoma county water treatment plant. along the way, it will turn water into wine by watering the vineyards. >> i ask produce top quality grapes and grow a

he wins for the third time in four years at sonoma.power whose tire changer caused the whole incident in the first place, will power is the winner in sonoma. that's it. i'm dennis o'donnell. have a great day. we'll see you tonight. >>> play of the day a pair of plays from the phillies roger bernadina in the 3rd inning against arizona above the wall to rob matt davidson of a home run. no home run. it's just a long out. we go to the 7th. he makes another great catch. this time, stealing another one. the phils beat the d-backs 9-5. that's a stretcher catcher right there. >>> 5:25. america's cup grudge match. what the kiwis overcame to take the louis vuitton cup. >> and under threat the "rim" fire just closer to hetch hetchy. is there a real risk to our water supply? >> i'm sue kwon in the san francisco waterfront. and i'll tell you what is holding up the warriors arena project, coming up. ,, if you're like me, you've been working you've been working like a dog all year. but you don't need to camp out 'til labor day to reward yourself! mat

. >>> the highway patrol has shut down lanes of highway 101 in both directions in sonoma county because of power lines hanging too low over the freeway. the problem is near the shiloh road off-ramp in windsor, a small fire was reported next to the freeway, only one lane of traffic is open in each direction right now while crews deal with the situation. >>> more than a dozen homes burned to the ground and several people injured as the raging wildfire in southern california continues to burn out of control. >>> here in the bay area still cooler. how soon we can expect warmer weather. >>> and preseason football is upon us. a warning to fans, what you are carrying could keep you out of the stadium. >>> the amber alert for a missing 16-year-old girl from the sap daig 82 area has been extended to oregon and washington, investigators say hannah anderson was kidnapped by 40-year-old james dimaggio, he was a close friend of the family and is also suspected of killing hannah's mother and possibly her eight-year-old brother. a friend of the missing girl says in recent months he told her he had a c

look at this, we have areas of drizzle moving into northern most sonoma county about to our east, rainfall coming down in the central valley over chico, pushing towards sacramento. it done look like we have enough to get the highways slick. we will be watching this closely. wind playing a factor. we have a win advisory up. that goes for east bay, if you're headed out through antioch, hang on to the steering wheel. highs today, though, another beautiful day in the bay. san jose 73, 78 livermore. 63 fremont. we'll talk about showers and when we heat up seven day outlook next. first, he's on the road. he's here with us. and anthony slaughter. >> thank you. mike off once again. good thing ac transit did not take a strike, otherwise we'd be looking at a mess. we don't have a lot to talk about. roadways wide open one accident, not much of an accident, more of a stall on 87ing san jose at 280 connecter. not impending traffic but something to be aware of of construction in oakland, the same area, they've been working on the bridge near alameda towards 880. otherwise, quiet. 4:40. >> thanks. we hav

tomorrow morning, sonoma coast could see a little activity as the front scoots in. is 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. the golden gate bridge here, heavy mist and drizzle as the front stretches to the north. we will keep it a slight chance tomorrow morning, mainly in the north bay and see partial clearing tomorrow afternoon. overnight lows in the 50s around the bay area with drizzle developing near the coast and highs for your sunday, a little cooler. 76 san jose. cupertino 73. and on the peninsula, palo alto, you warm to 74. upper 50s at the coast. san francisco, overcast and 65. we will look for 72 for petaluma. napa 77. castro valley 72. interior east bay, mild for this time of the year. brentwood 83. 81 concord. the seven-day forecast, clouds to sunshine will return on monday and midweek, wednesday and thursday, temperatures climb back up near 90 inland and 80 near the bay and mid to upper 60s at the beaches wednesday and thursday. not too bad. >> thank you, leigh. >>> sports and how the baseball teams are doing. >> one good, one bad. a's need to get busy if they want a play

sonoma is on the friendliest cities. they are charming and have great food and great wine. >>> early harvest in napa valley. [ cheers and applause ] >> in napa valla the campaign was flowing to sell -- valley the champagne was flowing to celebrate. 15-tons of grapes bought a baptism of champagne. wineries say they are expecting an excellent vintage. >>> fog cleared from the coast this evening. a breezy day and a cooler day out there. the fog along the coast right now. you can see the break, ocean beach to san francisco. you are clear. pacifica, half moon bay, you have fog. the fog fills in to the bay valleys tonight. we will see a lot of fog in the morning hours. these are the current temperatures. 78 fairfield. 74 mild day. coolest day we have seen. tomorrow temperatures come up. tomorrow will be warm. the warmest day that we will see in the next few days. winds 26 miles per hour in fairfield. breezy in the east bay hills. strong winds. at the airport 21 miles per hour. half moon bay, 8 miles per hour. mountb view -- mo

light showers in sonoma and marin county.f you're waking up, make sure you're ready as you head off to work this morning. maybe your kids are already back in school. i can tell you right now it has not felt like summertime for two weeks. we'll see that stum her time weather return as we get into the next couple days and really kicking in as we head throughout next week. so for today we're expecting the area of low pressure to get a push to the north. that should bring all the moisture out of the bay area. we have a fog factor to work with this morning. at 8:00 a.m., mostly cloudy conditions, the low clouds all the way inland. by 1:00 p.m., clearing at the immediate coast. you'll have to wait until them, at 11:00 a.m., you can see up and down the peninsula and by one, starting to see the fog layer peel back out to sea. 78 in fremont, 73 in san jose. here it is, the all-important weekend forecast. you have to work for the weekend. anthony is here to help you get there. >> we have a sig alert on 580 at dublin. we're actually on

isolated thunderstorm that wants to nick the far reaches of sonoma county. you see a little light precipitation. we see the clouds begin to dissipate as this air of low pressure continues to track to the north. meanwhile, this is that upper level trough. it's interesting. watch it in the full development stages. just falls apart at the seams. we'll keep that slight chance of a thunderstorm in the forecast before clearing out during the afternoon hours. pull your temperatures like this. with that additional cloud cover, 60s at the coast, 70s peninsula. mid80s morgan hill. 85 degrees for the warm spot in brentwood and antioch. otherwise low 80s try valley. 78 degrees in san rafael and throughout most of mill valley. low 80s. in clear lake with partly to mostly cloudy skies there. for us, mostly seasonal temperatures each and every day. i'm talking about are you ready for some football? it's 49 tomorrow beginning at -- 49ers action tomorrow. tumbling into the 50s. >>> a racetrack traded in fast cars for another kind of speed today. thousands of people paid $75

another in sonoma county. sonoma land valley trust is working to protect a corridor that will help by keeping the wildlife move through the corridor will help sustain the wine industry and other agriculture. everything is connected. i make the connections in my book. >> you're having a serious of talks coming up at the commonwealth club. the average person, we're so far away from the spine of the continent. what can we do. what are things you hope people will take away from this. >> the programming is fantastic. there's so many different elements of nature learning and protection and information about this that are in these programs. so one of my favorites is this coming tuesday. which is about how a smart phone technology, using your i phone or your android, you can go out and help scientists get data that they need about nature. you can do that right this afternoon. you can go to something called i naturalist.org and sign up. it's free. we have google earth that night talking about how the smart phone techno

and it will be sunny and mild up there in sonoma.he festival, it's going to slow down 19th avenue, but 60 degrees. and a little bit of sun. wind speeds right now, we're looking at 11 miles ran hour out of the west-southwest in san ramon. but there's a pretty good on shore push. that's why fairfield has got winds kicking up to 21 miles an hour already out of the west- southwest. that really does bring the low clouds in. we'll clear it up by midday inland. but temperatures continue on the cool side. that's because of that low that's just hanging on in the pacific northwest. as long as it stays there, it's keeping pressure done. the onshore push coming in. partly cloudy skies heading out of the airport. a temperature of 68. that's the high for tomorrow at the airport. around the country, thunderstorms for chicago. and for denver. but sunshine for new york and 79. forecast highs for the bay, today we're going to manage 63 in san francisco, five degrees below average for this time of year at livermore with only 83. and 77 in san jose. loo

half moon bay, 63. 61 up toward the bay and over toward sn toward sonoma, mid 80s. the jet stream will take a dip to the south and as it sits the next four to five days it will be dropping the temperatures and one thing here might be on your mind, that's fall. 29 days away. beginning officially on september 22nd, with some peak colors coming as we head throughout mid october and early november. the seven-day forecast, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday generally mid inland and no rain or crazy lightning. that's going to be great news for the fire danger. we'll track more at nbcbayarea.com. >> thank you very much, jeff. >> we'll be back. . >>> rain isn't stopping the setup 06 a major event in the nation's capital. tens of thousands of people are expect to attend an event tomorrow commemorating the 50th anniversary of the mark on washington and dr. martin luther king, jr's "i have a dream" speech. another marching ceremony will take place and president obama will speak from the steps of the lincoln memorial. >>> three days before his historic march on was

sonoma, 83. back to oakland, mid-70s for you. as we head throughout the next couple of days, high pressure is going to be building inland. temperatures in the 60s. it's going to be a battle between that fog at the coastline and also that much hotter air inland as we head throughout the next couple of days. i think you'll like the results here. as with ehead throughout wednesday, thursday, friday, 80s near 90. it does look pretty good. nice departure from what we experienced for a lot of last week. and very, very comfortable for us. as we head throughout sunday, it does get to become some of the hottest weather of the week, with temperatures in the low to mid-90s inland, and 60s at the coastline. warming right on track. we delivered on this forecast, i must say. >> good to see 90s again. >> been a while. >>> the niners gear up for the upcoming season. they want to help you gear up by toasting team colors. >> 49ers is teaming up with pepsi to help the faithful fans get in gear. pepsi announced it will be the official sponsor of the

they have a lot of stuff happening up there taste of sonoma, for instance, at murray ranch on saturdaytemps are going to be a little bit warm but not too bad. meanwhile, show you what's happening the central coast. this is where i want too go, big sur, by the look of these temperatures, 73 saturday, sunday, 72, and monday, a comfort around 71 degrees. so, we are still reporting unhealthy levels of air pollution from the smoke. that's up in tahoe, not a great weekend to take the family out there. and the same goes for reno. want to keep that in mind. but hey, not going to be a bad weekend for a staycation right here in the bay area. saturday to sunday, temperatures start to drop off. monday into tuesday, we are talking about really comfortable conditions. and then as we get into your wednesday, 87 degrees, a touch warmer, but no big heat anywhere in the near future. so, actually doing okay. and hey, you're from wine country, any recommendations up there? hmm, marla? >> too many to choose from. all of them. all of them, girl, all of the wineries. bring a designated driver, dd, for sure.

marin, sonoma and napa counties. we've not highlighted the interior value lis because we're not expecting a major cloud event. the fog holds on. a small sliver like we had today. plenty of sunshine expected inland. that's going to have our numbers stay warmer. not hot in the south bay. you're going to come in second in weather tomorrow, in terms o. 86 in milpitas. for the east bay, the hottest location. 90 expected in walnut creek. 88 in pleasanton. all in all, most of the days will feel like the low 90s out in the sun. san francisco with 69. 83 in sonoma. and back towards oakland, 76. the pattern will linger. cool weather at the coast. hot weather inland. you might be wondering what you need to wear and get the kids to wear on the first day of school. san jose goes back on wednesday. leave the umbrella at home. temperatures in the mid to upper 90s by sunday and monday. making that graphic, i thought about myself and the little one. i was a handful. i had the week, the outfits picked out. every, single day. >> that d

williams sonoma were supposed to report earnings after today's "closing bell". they are looking into what happened. williams. >> ma quarter two, 49 cents beats the average estimate. sales coming in $982 million that beats the average analyst estimate as well. the forecast is interesting they see quarter three coming in at 21 to 54 cents a share that falls shy of the average analyst sma estimate of 55 cents. >> thanks very much. joining us now in our "closing bell" exchange. andre, you know, we do have these still the threat, just as it was yesterday of a possible western strike on syria. why do you think besides the energy stocks anything would be rallying today if they sold off yesterday? >> i think intraditi day is har tell. yes there are issues in the middle east. we've had experienced them in the past. the market will get past this. and we'll start focusing on what matters which is the economy still improving, are earnings still growing and i think the answer to those are yes. >> any fundamental rallies? >> i think for long term investor that is what matters

project for charles m schultz at the sonoma county airport. construction impacts such as noise and construction will be discussed at the meeting. the $58.6 million project is part of a federal man date to make airports safer. it includes extending the main runways by more than 800 feet that will allow regional jets to service the airport. construction, which gets underway next wrote, is expected to be completed by fall of next year. >>> a lot of people may not know that thousands of children suffer from arthritis. abc7 news anchor cheryl jennings learned more about that painful illness through the taylor family foundation, which hosted a camp for children with the joint disorder. in this morning's assignment 7 report, cheryl shows us the camp is a place where they can learn to manage their disease. >>> this music therapy is the newest fun and creative way to help these children, who live with a life-long disease. they all have a form of arthritis, which was a shocking diagnosis for them and their families. >> i always thought it was only for o

sonoma county, drizzle. starting to see the drizzle push to the south. you throughout the "today" show. throughout 11:30 tracking the weather. 60 san jose. 57 right now in oakland. hour by hour forecast shows you in oakland even at noon, clouding by two degrees. 68 degrees. 72, room temperature at lunchtime in antioch. 4:00 p.m. highs 78 for livermore. 69 oakland. cool day in san francisco. giants in town. mesh's cup. and wind playing a factor today. forecasts coming up. let's check the drive. >> good morning. starting to see traffic really slow down at the bay bridge approach. lights are on, they've been on for the past 30 minutes, causing slowdowns into the maze. once that into richmond, el cerrito, things moving smoothly. quick check of mass transit, delays on caltrans, about 15-minute delay. haven't heard anything noon. muni experiencing delay on the f-line, tree blocking san jose avenue. still working to clear that. experiencing minor delays if you use muni. accident at altamont pass. this is a dangerous turn, in fact, the accident is right at flynn

commissioner josefowitz. >> i was wondering why -- what's different about sonoma that it got 11 people bidding on its program. >> we think what's different is that the market's changed in the last three or four years so that there are more accredited potential providers. i think that's what we assume. >> all right. if you want to continue, and we were just finishing the draft outline on the in-city. except we have a question from commissioner juan. >> it might be a very naive question. so, the reason why the staff will propose the increase to the rec is to reduce the customer rate, is that the only reason even though it doesn't follow the regional goal of the green strategy? ~ >> no, in my view it's completely consistent with the goal of the green strategy. you'll have to decide for yourself, but i don't believe there's a big difference between bucket 2 and bucket 3 which ed randolph will explain to you, in terms of recognizing renewable energy projects and [speaker not understood] investment. but there is a very big difference between the price of those two products. but the californi

. >> controversy at the sonoma grand prix.is shot of the pit crew being clipped here. the tire holder went flying into another crew member and a third was injured by an air gun. in the end. will power won at sonoma raceway for the third time in four years. power earned his first victory of the indycar season when he took advantage of a late penalty to scott dixon for injuring the three members of power's pit crew. >> ryan vogelsong threw eight sharp innings for his first victory in three months, helping the san francisco giants beat the pittsburgh pirates 4-0 today. pablo sandoval had two rbi's as the giants won their second straight to split the series with the pirates. buster posey and joaquin arias each drove in a run. oakland had gone 105 straight games since april 25 without allowing 10 runs. baltimore crushed oakland 10-3. to climb within two games of the a's in the battle for the second al wild-card slot. a's move on to detroit tomorrow for a four game go- round. kiwis to face off against oracle emirates team new zealan

. >>> authorities busted an abalone poaching ring operating off the sonoma and mendocino coasts.5 reporter don ford explains each mollusk can sell for hundreds on the black market. >> reporter: a dozen california fish and wildlife game wardens descended on this house in oakland just after sunrise. they found what they were looking for. >> the biggest one here is the fresh one. this is from this season for sure. >> reporter: they are attacking a large organized group of abalone poachers, serving simultaneous search and arrest warrants across california. >> these particular guys are ex- streamingly aggressive -- extremely aggressive. >> reporter: 14 warrants were served in three counties including alameda, solano and sacramento counties. it is believed that these suspects harvested several hundred abalone this season. but the law says you can only have 3 at a time. the lieutenant says each one is worth up to $100 to $200 each on the black market. this is where the crime started according to officials. along the california coast amateur diving for abalone without tanks is allowed. b

sonoma up .4% and napa up .2%. michael, former director of california's labor department explains why it's so tough. >> includes greater competition for each job. it includes more part time and contingent work and less full-time jobs. >> that means less pay. there are few fields like nursing doing well, and the competition for jobs isn't just for blue collar. it covers fields like mortgage bankers and accountants. perseverance key. >> always be on the phone, you know, got to go down there, fill the applications out and, yeah, so just got to put yourself out there and go get it, you know, if you want it, if you want to work. >> so you start tomorrow. >> yeah, i start tomorrow, tomorrow morning. >> as for those tech jobs, they really only account for a small percentage of the work force statewide, about 5 to 10%. even so, those tech jobs pay more and continue to raise the price of rent. for that part of the story let's go to kiet do in mountain view. >> we are live here at one of the most expense ef and one of the mo