. >> spca stepped up and taught us a lot and a lot about animal behaviors i think it's a plus for us.> and police departments from san francisco, berkeley and peed yont are -- piedmont are reviewing this course. he we'll see. >> yeah. they want to learn something from us. it's nice. sandhya is here with an accuweather update. >> you might want to look for umbrellas. there is a storm headed our way tomorrow. it's unusual summer rain. and not unprecedented. and there is rain in the north bay. temperatures running well below average at this time of the year. 59 in half moon bay. 62 in san francisco. mid-60s santa rosea, nappa. towards inland areas you're a good 10-15 degrees below normal. 74 livermore and antioch. 74 in san jose. if you're going to a's game tomorrow night at coliseum, they play marlins at 7:05. showers likely. upper to mid-50s so take your umbrella with you. here is the accu-weather forecast. a few showers lingering into wednesday morning, and this is a possibility of thunderstorms, then a dry, warmer forecast. hot for holiday weekend. >> looks like it. thank you, sandhy

. >> thomas along with the spca, oakland spca. how are you doing?i'm doing fine. >> look at this darling. this is thomas. >> four-month-old. >> she is very curious and she is very darling and she is purring and curious and playful. this month is adopt a cat month. so we're here to tell everybody there are lots of special events going on this weekend and throughout the month to encourage people to adopt a wonderful playmate for themselves and their families and homes. you can see how cute she is. >> and adopt two of them so she has somebody to play with. >> and especially at 3:00 a.m., you might want her to have somebody else to play with rather than you. >> since i get up that time, that would be a good idea. >> find out more about thomas and special events going on at the oakland spca. just because she is black. >> some people have funny ideas but they are just as loveable and adorable as anybody can see. >> kristen: thanks for joining us. have a great day. 

. >> thomas along with the spca, oakland spca. how are you doing?i'm doing fine. >> look at this darling. this is thomas. >> four-month-old. >> she is very curious and she is very darling and she is purring and curious and playful. this month is adopt a cat month. so we're here to tell everybody there are lots of special events going on this weekend and throughout the month to encourage people to adopt a wonderful playmate for themselves and their families and homes. you can see how cute she is. >> and adopt two of them so she has somebody to play with. >> and especially at 3:00 a.m., you might want her to have somebody else to play with rather than you. >> since i get up that time, that would be a good idea. >> find out more about thomas and special events going on at the oakland spca. just because she is black. >> some people have funny ideas but they are just as loveable and adorable as anybody can see. >> kristen: thanks for joining us. Ñ/Ñ/&Ñ&Ñ&Ñ&Ñ&Ñ&Ñffttñ!ñ!ñ!ñ!ñq ♪ [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service than co

program. >> spca has stepped up.aught us a lot. has taught us a lot about animal behaviors. i think it's a plus for us. >>reporter: in oakland, abc 7 news. >>> one more note here. police department from san francisco, berkeley and piedmont reviewing the training course as department as far away as seattle and st. petersburg, florida. >> dna evidence as you know has been instrumental in solving old cases over turning wrongful conviction and determining pa tevrnlt you may not know the dna is also being used now to bust dog owners. some apartment complexes have taken to using dna testing to nab owner whose don't clean up after their pooch. the timber wood common in lebanon, new hampshire is having problems in the regards. so the building manager has mandated that all dog in the complex submit dna testing in order to test dog poop that isn't cleaned up. dog owner whose don't pick up after their pets could face a fine. >>> here's novel way to solve budget problems. to celebrate the opening of the 30 million dollar jail th

the san francisco spca held its second annual dog day on the bay cruise. $125 guests were invited to bring their dogs onboard. the canine guests enjoyed a buffet. all of that money raised benefits the spca's puppy dog tails reading program. it encourages literacy with students reading allowed to therapy dogs. >>> well, take a look at this a close call on the bay. is this a preview of what we could see during the america's cup race? >>> and it may finally, finally feel like summer this week. dare we say that? meteorologist mark tamayo will tell us which day we could actually hit 30 degrees. fee court is now in session. ♪ that airline charged me a 150-dollar change fee. southwest would never do that. your honor, chump change. that is not right. i don't understand how three clicks of a mouse can cost me 150 dollars. sir. it's personnel on the telephone. [ laughing ] it's computer time... it's personnel on the, on the, on the desks. we can't afford to do this for free, your honor. jury? guilty. [ cheering ] [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a

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. >> they were contending this could only be done regarding cats being housed on the premsis of an spca. >> reporter: her case wound up in tax court. she represented herself. after submitting receipts to $12,000, jan the cat lady won. >> i argued it was no different from a daycare center where you can deduct a portion of the house and utility that are used for the purposes. >> reporter: jan asked us not to release the address of her home. she says a lot of people don't understand why she has so many cats. in fact, just a couple years ago someone through a rock through the window of her home. she just doesn't want to fall victim to that again. >> reporter: a win for lal volunteers. the humane society has thousands that care for animals. this is the first time the court addressed this expenses as tax detuckettable. >> the extra 10% or whatever would make a huge difference because most would spend that right back on cats. >> reporter: juliette goodrich, cbs eyewitness news. >>> some has to give, in the case of the chicken, it's its neck. [ bailiff ] fee court is now in session. come on out

the san francisco spca held its second annual dog day on the bay cruise.ere invited to bring their dogs onboard. the canine guests enjoyed a buffet. all of that money raised benefits the spca's puppy dog tails reading program. it encourages literacy with students reading allowed to therapy dogs. >>> well, take a look at this a close call on the bay. is this a preview of what we could see during the america's cup race? >>> and it may go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. [ music ] >>> well, just about a week ago i was standing right here talking about moderate to heavy rain pushing thru the bay area. but the rainfall has moved out and the weather pattern is changing quite a bit. right now on the map i can show you on live stormtracker 2 things are stabilizing right now with mostly clear skies but also have some fog forming on parts of the shoreline closing in on san francisc

on cats. >> reporter: all right, so the bottom line is if it is an irs- approved charity like the spcand humane society, ken, and you receive your receipt you could, and i emphasize could get a tax break. >> you also have to deal with cats 24/7 in big numbers in your house so be ready for that, too. >> and the smell. >> yes, i kind of figured that. juliette, thank you very much. >> it is setting up to be another nail-biter. the states budget deadline is the day after tomorrow and we are no closer to breaking the stalemate with the taxes. the magic number to solve this deficit might be the number 4. >> that's exactly right. once again we are in the situation we know so well in the state of california. we have a deficit and we have no way of figuring out how to solve it. here is the governor. >> we have a group of people of a more liberal persuasion that say don't let the voters vote because they might vote no. >> right. >> we have another group of people of a more conservative persuasion to say, don't let the voters vote because they might vote yes. the only agreement is don't let the v

acting on a tip oakland police and the spca raided the back yard of an apartment complex in the lakeerit area. they found 21 malnourished rabbits stuffed into two tiny wire cages. authorities say the animals were being raised for food. some of the bunnies were scalded and suffered severe digestive illnesses. if you would like to adopt a rabbit you can call oakland animal services. >>> shark fin soup will soon be a thing of the past in hawaii. possessing shark fins was bannedded last year and restaurants had one year to use up their supplies. that deadline is tomorrow. restaurants that serve shark fin soup after the deadline face a $5,000 fine. >>> the marin county fair kicked off one hour ago with traditional petting zoos and carnival rides and organizers say this year's fair is historic. they are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge with special exhibits. it includes a sculpture made out of 100,000 tooth picks with the skyline depicting the bridge. the fair runs through monday night in san rafael at the fair grounds. >>> and the advertised warm up movement in o

irs was contending that this could only be done regarding cats being housed on the premises of an spca reporter: jan's case wound up in tax court. she represented herself because she couldn't afford a lawyer. after submitting receipt after revote to the tune of more than $12,000, jan the cat lady won. >> i argued that it was no different from a daycare center where you can deduct a portion of the house and a portion of your utilities that are being used for the charitable purpose. >> reporter: jan has asked us not release the address of her cat foster home. she says a lot of people don't understand why she has so many cats in her own home. in fact, just a couple of years ago, someone threw a rock right through the window of her home. she says by releasing her address, she doesn't want to fall victim to that again but she says her court win is a win for all volunteers on a broader scale. the humane society says it has tens of thousands of members who do volunteer work and spend thousands of dollars a year of their own money to help animals in need. this is the first time the court has a

>> the irs is contending this could only be done regarding cats being housed on the premises of an spca. >> reporter: january's case wound up in tax court. she represented herself because she couldn't afford a lawyer much after submitting receipt after receipt to the tune of more than $12,000 january, the cat lady, won. >> i argued that it was really no different from a daycare center where you can deduct the portion of the house and a portion of your utilities that are being used for the charitable purpose. >> reporter: january has asked us not to release the address of her cat foster home. she says a lot of people don't understand why she has so many cats in her own homes. in fact, just a couple of queers ago, someone threw a rock right through the window of her home. she says by releasing her address, she just doesn't want to fall victim to that again. but she says her court win is a win for all volunteers on a broader scale. the humane society says it has tens of thousands of members who do volunteer work and spend thousands of dollars a year of their own money to help animals in ne

workers with the spca say the itras were found in the backyard of a home.he owner is under investigation due to the living conditions at the home deemed inhumane. >>> hipster or homeless? is it clever or tacky? has a new san francisco website gone too far with its hoo you more? >>> there's one thing you can't plan for on your summer getaway, bad weather. next, how to get rebooked faster, what to say, the sites to use and something you can do while in line that will get you ahead of the game over everyone else waiting. >> and secrets from the grave lennon didn't want anyone to n know. >> the rain has finally moved on. we're seeing clearing skies and a warming trend, getting started y eraturhe sorines tto hehointo daweliekend. a look at the forecast coming up. . [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd c

and a feral cad advocate connected with the spca. and i'm here today to speak on behalf of sally stephens and to strongly urge you appoint her for another two-year term on the animal welfare commission. have i known and worked with sally a number of years. when i was on the animal commission in the early 2000's i successfully worked to get a resolution passed urging veterinarians no longer declaw cats in san francisco. several years ago, sally led the successful effort to pass an ordinance in san francisco banning cat declawing. i have worked with sally on this effort and was very impressed how professionally and effectively she handled herself, whether on the commission talking with the city supervisors and their aides, talking with other city officials or doing research on this complicated event. she was really an inspiration to work with. sally is well organized, thoughtful and able to consider all of the ramifications of a certain issue. i think that being able to anticipate sometimes the unexpected consequences of some issues th

years i met and have had good working relationships with people in diverse, and related groups, acc, spca, sierra club, et cetera. i have been interested in every issue that has been brought to our commission. i have also attended everybody meeting we had in the last four years. another volunteer position that has helped me as a commissioner is being a mediator for community boards for eight years as well as mediator as the office of citizen complaints. when i'm not doing commission business or mediations, i keep several beehives in san francisco. i keep busy tending my bees, collecting swarms around the city and harvesting honey. i'm a 40-year resident of san francisco. i have been a homeowner for the past 30 years. i value this city and people and animals in it. i look forward to future civic involvement in ways that meet my abilities and to further contributing my experience and passion on this commission. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. gerrie. are there any questions? thank you. next we have mr. james yorck. for the record, i forgot to mention, miss brooks, who is not here,

it was the second dog day on the bay cruise, a fundraiser for the spca, for $125 the dogs and their human friends went on a party boat. there was champagne and plenty of water stations for the four leppinged friends. >> looks like we can look forward to dry weather. mark is here with the forecast. >> that's right. it has been the reward we have been waiting for and right now we have a mostly sunny skies across a good portion of the bay area, still patchy fog, right now the maps i can show you this, there is that patch, mainly south of pillar point. low clouds i expect will be increasing mainly coast side late tonight into early monday morning. here is a look at the weather story for tonight. we will have that in the forecast with fair skies, tomorrow clearing skies, then the extended forecast, we increase the fog, it's that time of year. we talk about the marine layer, it's on track in the extended forecast. that's after a warm day today. most neighborhoods about two to 12-degrees warmer than saturday. you can see the lower 80s out toward fairfield and antioch. san francisco at 61 and pac

so the spca is flying the bird back home and says there is an excellent chance it will be reunited withorried partner. all is well that ends well apparently. >> when 7 news at 9:00 continues here tonight. charges of campaign slush fund. government indiets former presidential candidate john edwards after he refuses cop a plea. >> got hit by a truck you know. it's going to take awhile for you to member. that's what happened to our economy. it's taking a while to mend. >>reporter: but republicans have a much different take on the new job numbers released today. stay with us. another half hour of news begins here today. stay with us. another half hour of news begins here in just a moment.  [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average! three times more. go online to c

for more about dusty in today's adoption event, scott deluke with the humane society and spca joins us now. thank you for coming, and thank you for bringing dusty. it's segments like this where my true cat lady roots come out. i cannot stand out cute he is! >> someone's going to have a wardrobe malfunction and it's not me or you! >> he's looking like he's putting up with that remarkably well. >> these add weight. horizontal stripes? >> no choice in the matter. we think you look very handsome, dusty. tell us, dusty is very famous now nationwide, been on david letterman, animal planet. what's dusty's deal? >> he was adopted from our shelter almost five years ago, and no one knew anything about the things that he did. >> and had he been brought in as a stray? >> brought in as a kitten, surrendered by an owner, came in with a couple of other kittens, pretty typical of what we see. he was adopted and his owners quickly found out that he likes to go around the neighborhood and take things. >> he goes into other people's yards. things like bikinis, bras, towels. >> everything, car wash rags.