we saw on the second down play, anthony spencer came unblocked, but, you know, they are trying to give help. they are on the outside. brandon manumaleuna at the tight end spot to try to make it a wider edge for demarcus ware but he is still able to get a hit on cutler. >> joe: maynard hits a line drive and it will stay away from dallas players and as it goes backward, it's tapped at the 25. take a look at the offense for the dallas cowboys. last week, they racked up 380 yards of offense. but, you know, the rest of the story,

i didn't get a thing. >> spencer is still waiting to talk to police. while it will likely take months to recover, he hopes to keep shooting photos, but he'll be more picky on which jobs he takes. >> i think i'm going to stick to shooting weddings and -- and nice events like that from now on. >> spencer says it was the first time he had taken a job in vallejo and likely will be the last. again, this is just one of several shooting scenes that took place here in the city of vallejo over the weekend. in this case police have yet to arrest the suspect. reporting live in vallejo, i'm jodi hernandez, "nbc bay area news." >> new tonight here at 5:00, the governor signed a bill today intended to crack down on repeat drunk drivers. that new law allows judges to suspend a driver's license for ten years if the violator is convicted of more than three duis over a ten-year span. right now someone convicted of three or more duis can have their license pulled for three years. that law takes effect january isst of 2012. the governor held a closed door meeting to resol

here is spencer off the edge. >> troy: yeah, we will anthony spencer, he comes unblocked. he comes in. you see definitely a face mask to jay cutler. >> joe: they missed it. it's not called. >> troy: chris williams has got the face mask on demarcus ware on the opposite side. >> joe: bears have to use a time-out and i think jay cutler is stunned that scott green and this officiating crew missed a flagrant face mask call. third down when we come back. have you ever stopped a plane before? a few times. but this one's real nasty. 150 passengers. up to $120 in bag fees. that's almost $20,000 street value. ♪ we know you're charging for bags! [ tires screech ] drop the bags and turn around! go, go, go! remember our oath. protect and load. that's right! ♪ we're here to set you free. ♪ [ ding ] [ninstrumental music ]] sure, but do we speak hybrid? yes, we do. and we can say over 700 miles on a single tank and 41 mpg city, and all the words stick because they're true. we speak the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. yes, we speak hybrid, and apparently quite well. fusion is

spencer is here.rutal. >> let's go back to the heat. >> we are moving forward. >> as a matter of fact we are. heat will be behind us tomorrow for sure. we do have some cooling coming our way but we really suffered today. >> it was 90 in the city. >> triple dim tonight almost all the outlying area and 10 the record high for the statement unbelievable. but big change tomorrow. live view from the roof top camera at abc 7 looking down along the embarcadero quiet and still quite warm. here's look at the current teerature readings around the bay area. even now 75 degrees hear at san francisco. 77 across the bay and oakland. 82 in concord. 86 in antioch. 83 livermore. 85 in los gatos. 82 at san jose. slow. consolidate down in the inland area but cooling will come tomorrow. back at the beaches with fog and much cooler weather around the bay and along the coast line tomorrow. not quite so hot inland. still warm tomorrow inland and not as hot as today. this afternoon fog well offshore so sunny along the coast a

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>>spencer: some countries, this hurdle might be more difficult to overcome than others. so, this might be the case in the us where the pet food scandals, the melamine scandals certainly generated very, very high attention in the press and in the media. >>reporter: the reality of the "made in china" curse isn't lost on aigo, a popular maker of usb memory sticks, mp6 players and digital cameras. as an olympics and formula one sponsor, aigo enjoys a high profile in mainland china. but its chairman accepts that to be credible, globally, the bar for chinese companies is high, and so, until aigo has a strong overseas service network, he's holding-off on expanding abroad. >>feng: many, many companies want to sell products fast, but no service! it's a disaster for brands. because only if you have good service, you can give satisfaction to the consumer. so we need a partner. >>reporter: chinese exporters like white goods maker haier and beer maker tsingtao are strongly focused on service and brand awareness. that's why they're on the short list of chinese companies that foreigner

. >> i'm spencer christian. looks like a partly wet weekend. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> tonight there is a growing rift in democratic circles over who is backing a controversial pension reform measure in san francisco. former mayor willie brown long known as a friend of labor crossed a picket line today to support the measure bitterly opposed by the union employees. mark matthews is here. mark, you know they say politics make strange bed fellow autos as you know because you've been reporting on this, measure b is on the november ballot. today, backers held a fund raising luncheon in a hotal yell in the financial district. hospitality workers were walking a picket line f you look between protesters you can catch former mayor willie brown ducking between them to get inside the hotel this afternoon. one of the members captured his image on her cell phone. and also a public defender pushing the effort to amendment the pension program. he declined to talk to us. but the head of the

spencer christian is here with a look at where. >> we recorded 10 record high temperatures for this date today. nine new records and one tie of existing record. santa rosa, 104. a new record. san rafael, 105 degrees. 100 in oak lbld. 92 in the city of oakland. and more new records 96 in moffett field. 104 gilroy. 99 in san jose. here is a look at other triple digit readings. there is 100 in napa. 104 in cloverdale. it's really hot. second day of wide spread triple digit readings. it's going to cool down tomorrow. i'll show how much when i return. >> and the firgs man to be executed in california in four years is scheduled to die in two days. and the clock ticks down on a reprieve. we have the latest in this case. heather? >> when it comes to proving an execution should be popped because there is something unconstitutional about the method, the u.s. supreme court has put the murden of proof squarely on the shoulders of the inmate. california has a new lethal injection death chamber and new proceed years. are they good enough to allow the execution of a 56-year-old albert greenwood brown?

spencer christian is here now. should be the worst of it?. >> probablely. we'll see temperatures tapering off just a bit. triple digit heat. records all over the place. and there is a new record for the date. san francisco, downtown a high of 93. sfo, 96 tying the record for this date. and there is oakland international airport a new record for this date. and santa cruz tied the existing record. and there is a look at other highs around the bay area. there is triple digits. one spot half moon bay with a high of 75 degrees, there will be more excessive heat but interest tl is relief in spots. >> and bart is rrting a major delay tonight because of a heat-related equipment problem. 4600 customers are with out power in the area tonight. and this is because of a heat-related outage there. >> and governor schwartzeneggar today delayed the execution of a convicted murderer in san quentin by 45 hour to allow courts to krt appeal. and this was supposed to happen wednesday. >> right. now, earliest it can happen is thursday night after 9:00. the attorney general says

we begin with dorothy spencer live in baltimore. dorothy. >> doreen, it's obvious the gunman was extremely upset with his mother's doctor. what exactly set him off remains a mystery tonight. baltimore this morning, shot and wounded an ortpedic surgeon, shot and killed his mother, then took his own life. authorities say he became distraught while talking to dr. david cohen about his mother, 84-year-old jean davis. he pulled out a semi automatic gun and fired one shot. >> based on the initial assessment, thwounds appear to be survivable wounds. >> he barricaded himself inside his mother's room. police found them dead in an apparent murder/suicide. >> it came over the loud speaker we couldn't exit the children's center, and, of course, flashing all overhe news what was happening, so i was happyo be locked in with security guards outside the door. >> nobody coming in, nobody going out. we heard this emergency bell le, bonk, bonk, bonk. oh my gosh. what is going on? it was scary.xd >> it could have been a 9/11 thing. we ddn't know. >> re

darcy spencer is live with more on what fire investigators discovered there. darcy, gd evening. >> reporter: craig, the fire marshal says this blaze was, in fact, an accident. it was caused when a resident discarded a cigarette butt in a potted plant. fire investigators determined the blaze that destroyed three homes in manassas o thursday was caused by a resident that threw a cigarette butt on a plant. >> potting soil is not dirt. potting soils organic material. the mulch that is in these potted plants, sometimes, is shredded timber, shredded bark. >> reporter: the fire marshal says the blaze in the sumner lake community spread from the potted plant to the deck to the vinyl siding and then to adjacent homes. it's been ruled an accident. the fire marshal says the smoker whose house was among those destroyed, had been discarding cigarette butts this way tore sometime. >> there was a small breez 5 to 10 miles per hour that was blowing in that dection and it probably fanned that. theay those fires started it probably smoldered for a while. >> reporter: many resid

spencer here with the forecast as we head back to work. we have already headed back to work. >> we certainly have. true labor day for us. labor of love. >> of course. >> it was a lane in heat today because it was a hot day in some parts of the bay area. 90's in many location and still warm outside. here's live view from the high definition sutro camera lacking out over san francisco under clear skies as no marine layer tonight. clear sky around the bay area and still quite mild in many location. there's our current temperature readings. mild to warm i mate add 81 right now in antioch. we have mid to upper 70's in fremont livermore concord fairfield 64 in san francisco, 54 in half might be basement these are the highlights. much cooler by wednesday. school down starts tomorrow and it will be even more noticeable by wednesday t.we have coastal clouds. local drizzle possible overnight tomorrow night into wednesday morning and mild pattern settles in around the end of the week. here's close-up black and white satellite image showing coastal fl

general mark spencer, circuit court clerk peggy mcgee and joseph wright.he winner of today's race will succd glenn ivy as his term is up. >>> ike leggitt is running unopposed. two men are dying for the appointment. meanwhile, there's a crowded field in the race for the county council's at large seats. democratic voters have nine candidates to chose from. they can only chose four. four gop candidates are also in the running. you net live election results on ourwebsite all night long at nbcwashington.com. >>> d.c. police tell us one of two young women hit by a car while they were walking in adams morgan last night has died. julia bachlitener was hilt by a drunk driver. both victims were grad students at a program for john's hopkins. >>> a commission created by virginia's governorob mcdonald is recommending many state agencies operate on a four-day workweek to help reduce energy and custodial costsand improve employee mother ail. it would not apply to revenue. they're recommending stopping e toll-free numbers. and create one stop service centers where residen

spencer is back with the forecast. >> it is wonderful.fore i show you how warm it is going to be show you how warm it was today. some of our high pressure mid 80's inland area. 85 morgan hill, san jose, jose, livermore, concord high of 86 and 85 and fairfield very, very warm weather. 73 was high in san francisco and tomorrow is going to be another warm day. high pressure in the upper 80's and in fact up to 90 at antioch. and monterey bay look for high of 82 and. >> and wonderful weekend coming our way and next week not so warm as the weekend and still pleasant with high in the upper 80's and mid upper 70's. 60 or so on the coast. be down about 10 degrees from that level by next friday but still pleasant weather. >> nothing to complain about. lovely thank you expense near let's go to at the time sports and baseball and giant in action. >> giants kind of struggle with the padres this year and in year past and this series is huge. right. they win last night. now tonight looking pretty good so far. jonathan sanchez pitched 5 shut out innings.

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. >> reporter: and spencer pratt and heidi montag. >> spencer pratte, good to have you on. >> thank you so much. i'm so honored to be on with you. you are a true american patriot. >> reporter: do you think there's some percentage of people who watch you who do it for entertainment value? >> a very low percentage. >> reporter: while he admits that some people may watch him purely for entertainment, he says the real reason for his recent growth is that the public increasingly mistrusts government. >> there's a scientific dictatorship controlling the planet. >> reporter: however, jones sometimes seems to latch onto small pieces of to prove his more sinister theories. for example, he says this about an article he found on cnn.com. >> and they recommend having a one child policy. >> reporter: and i looked up the article, and i have it and i can pull it up for you. it's a fluffy feature piece interviewing a woman who wrote a semi-jokey book about having environmentally friendly sex. in which she talks about doing dating -- >> and then slipped in there, we might want to one-child policy or ado

spencer christian, things are cooling down considerably. >> they are. a sharp cool down, dan, as indicated by the high temperatures here. the negative numbers are it kaing how much cooler it was today than yesterday. san rafael, concord, napa and san francisco saw high temperatures dropping 21 to 24 from yesterday's levels. and the cooling goes on. we have 56 in san francisco and 57 in half moon bay and the low 60s in most other locations. now to the highlights. we will see low clouds, fog and drizzle near the coast. it will be unseasonably cool tomorrow. maybe even unreasonably cool. a little warmer weather will develop at the end of the week. satellite-radar composite shows a large pool of cool air dropping southward along with the more winter-like disturbance. and as it pushes down in our direction we will see the clouds thicken. there will be fog and drizzle near the coastline overnight and into tomorrow. the showers will develop mainly to our north. we are not likely to get significant shower activity out of this, just a little mist as we get into

spencer christian is here with the forecast. >> dan, a nice, warm day across the bay area, and a couple more this weekend. in fact, it is mild right now. 72 at this hour in antioch. we have temperatures in the 60s in most other locations. the north bay, which is the cool spot and locations around the coast are in the 50s. these are the highlights. we will see patches of dense coastal fog. it won't move far inland. it will be cooler next week, but still pretty mild. follow the time line and the animation. you will see fog deepening. by 5:00 tomorrow morning, we will have fog along the coastline. but clear skies inland across the bay, and that will be the pattern throughout the day. the low temperatures will droop -- will drop into the upper 40s. a low of 48 and 47. most other places in the bay area will see lows in the low to mid50s. and then the weekend is looking great. here is our satellite image of a lot of high pressure. a huge ridge dominating our weather picture for the next couple days. that will keep our skies clear and our temperatures up at summer-like levels. tomorrow in the

for larry beil and spencer christian i'm dan ashley.

. >> spencer is here. we have the late in the summer warm-up to talk by. it has been warming the last 3 days in a row now. today it felt like east coast warmth. muggy. by bay area standard for sure. live view of the muggy conditions outside. live view from the roof top camera at abc 7 looking back at the downtown san francisco sky lane you can see evidence of the low cloud and fog that has moved in and continue to move in tonight and here's look at the current temperature readings even now pretty mild across the bay area. 73 in antioch. 70 in con cord. we have mid 60's even around the bay of 65 over to oakland right now. 60 at san francisco. relatively cool spot half man bay with current reading of 59 degrees. coastal drizzle tomorrow morning. mild afternoon ahead of friday and sat and rain moves in on sunday as temperatures cool down a bit. here's our pacific satellite image showing this relatively weak disturbance moving very slowly in our direction but it is going to get here over the weaned and will probably pru a little rainfall for us on sunday. star

. >> spencer is here with the forecast. stunningly beautiful and there is some is is santa cruz beach, looking so good we decided to stay there. there is our current temperature reading as long the bay area, temperatures mid to upper 70s in spots inland. 77 antioch z fairfield. 59 here in san francisco. and 67 across the bay in oakland. 55 in half moon bay. shows virtually all locations have warmed up since this hour yesterday so 12 decks warmer now than at this time yesterday. and there is warm up is under way. swreel a chilly night tonight in north bay absence of cludz, temperatures going to plummet. fog return together coast tomorrow. and tonight in spots. mild day as head into next week. here is what's happening with the jet stream. it's shifting inland and so is the pool of cool air dom faigt our weather. that moves eastward, setting up room for this area of high pressure to move in and dominate weather for several days bringing us mainly sunny skies and mild day as head throughout the weekend. and into next week, star

spencer is here. not talking wash-out but rain is here. >> talk me rain man. some showers coming our way. probably on sunday is. doesn't lack like it is very heavy. live view from the high definition east bay camera in emeryville. looking at emeryville and there's a little bit of moisture in the air but there are no reports at the moment of any measurable rain fall hitting the ground anywhere here in the bay area although we have had spotty drizzle and love doppler 7 hd shows there was rain earlier well to the north and almost half inch early this evening. eureka a over tenth of an inch. fizzle out and very little to be found on the radar screen and nothing found yet in the bay area but over the next 48 hours or so maybe sooner we will see rain moving n.right now looking at temperatures in the 60's all around the bay area uniform readings and mid 60's the most part. highlights. more drizzle overnight. spotty drizzle mainly nearly the coast. mild like today and showers will swing through on sunday and again this won't be heavy rainfall but areas of wet weather.

it tells me that they are and i think spencer is just the sue they're really proud of having come up with this this paramilitary afghan organization. and you can sort of on one hand see why they're proud of it it means that they get to go in pakistan that they get to kill taliban they get the chase al qaeda without any americans necessarily coming under threat and so you can see why this is just really attractive to them that they have these afghans that they can use to hunt down other afghans. of course one problem is that when you create these teams when you create these organizations and this is a huge organization three thousand is a very large militia for fighting this kind of war when you create these guys we're going to sions they don't just go away when you stop paying attention and unfortunately in the future at some point we may find that the leaders in this particular organization. you know rise to two to leadership positions in pakistan or in afghanistan and that there will always remain sympathetic to the united states and then you know at that point we'll be looking bac

news4's darcy spencer joins us live withthe latest on this case. >> reporter: the victim was riding her bicycle. behind me you'll see prince george's community college. there in the background when she was struck in the early morning darkness. the driver told police she thought she struck an animal so she keptgoing. the victim's mother wants a thorough investigation. >> maryland state police stay driver of this cadillac escalade struck a woman riding a bicycle on route 202 near prince george's communi college in largo about 5:30 sun morning them say she didn't know she hit someone until she got home thr mile away in upper marlboro and found the bike still under her suv. >> she didn't realize she had hit a peon. she thought maybe she struck a dog or a deer. she went home. and inspected her vehicle and immediatei report it so she come plitd with the laws. >> reporter: police were initially investigating the crash that critically injured natasha as a hit and run. that change after the suv driver called authorities as soon as she saw the damage. >> we're calling in like i said, our crash te

be vigilante about strange cars in the community. >> reporter: darcy spencer, "news4 oday." >>> the man accused of being a serial stabber will be charged with murder. on prosecutor prosecuto on monday prosecutors are expted to bring charges against the man. so far he has only been charged with assault and intent to murder. he's a suspect in two stabbings and a hammer attack in northern virginia and another stabbing in ohio. >>> a tragic accident appears to have taken the life of a 17-month-old boy in silver spring, maryland. police say he died after getting entangledn a drapery call. a historical call from the child's mother brought rescuers to the apartment yesterday morning. the child somehow got oust his crib and got his neck caught in the window cord. officials prformed cpr and rushed him to hospital where he was pronounced dead. there are no signs of foul play. they are looking into this tragedy as an accidental death. >>> police in prince george's county maryland said the shooting death of a hyattsville teenager may have been gang-related. medics found the boy shot in a park on ni

our book club kids, so we want to say hello one more time to ava thornton, sabrina fernandez and spencering to everybody. >> before we get to our book club kids, i want to ask you, you're an award winning adult book writer and author. and you decided to write a book for kids on hurricane katrina. why? >> i have wanted to write a book for children since i was in the third grade. and hurricane katrina worried me so much, i felt devastated for the children. so i wanted to write about a character that showed how strong and how wonderful they were. so lanisha really takes tragedy and turns it into a triumph. >> first of all, let's talk to eva. what's your question. >> hi, well, there's a certain supernatural element to the story that i like and i wanted to know what made you want to include this trait in the characters of molly yaya and lanisha? >> i wanted to create a sense that there was mysteries and wonders in the world and things you couldn't see, and that was to encourage lanisha to call on her inner wisdom and instincts. >> all right, miles i know you're kind of leaning forward. >> jew

. >> i'm spencer chris chichblt fall is on the way. so is the chance of weekend rainfall. i'll give you a look when i return with the accu-weather forecast. >> and power of the san francisco open ra. a sneak preview of the up coming preview of the up coming schblt back in n n n n n n n n wouldn't it be nice if every time meg whitman told a lie her nose would grow? newspapers report the claims in this meg whitman ad are false. and she knows it. taxes went down under jerry brown. but whitman's nose keeps growing by the millions. meg whitman's nose keeps growing. whitman says california lost jobs under jerry brown. turns out 1.9 million jobs were created. she spent millions saying jerry brown raised taxes. fact is brown cut 4 billion in taxes. but whitman's nose keeps growing by the millions. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> new information about a chan charged with a shoot out in oakland two months ago. the man says he hoped to start a revolution by killing liberal activists. we've obtained tapes of a jail house interview with byron williams. in

. >> spencer is here with the forecast. >> way cooler and breezy. lots of clouds around and some unusual precipitation. it's pretty much over. we can have sprinkles so i won't say it's ended completely, but it has ended for now there. is a beautiful sky in emeryville looking north. there is lots of blue and openings and brakes. very interesting cloud formations. there is live doppler 7 there is a storm system to our northeast that has been a thunderstorm pushing through arbuckle area that lost structure there. this is still active and pushing towards sacramento now there. is active weather near us. here is a look at 24 hour rainfall total around the bay area. la honda into santa cruz mountains 16/100ths. bringing us san francisco, monterey, far less rainfall. just a few 100 of an inch. wet weather nonetheless. taking a look at readings at 58 degrees in san francisco. and temperatures into 60s in just about all other locations except santa rosa. warm spot 70 degrees and these are highlights. we may see lingering sprinkles tonight. maybe parts of the

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. >> hdi and spencer getting back together?n mayer says so long to twitter. >>> and george michael is headed to prison. danella joins us to dish the dirt on the entertainment world. good to see you again, it's tuesday as always. let's srt with george michael, the singer and thetrouble that he's been in, now he's got a jail sentence? >> we've been following this for a while, so back in july, he crashed his range rover into photo store in london. at that time he was charged and actually pled guilty to driving under the influence and possession of cannibus. the judge senteced him to eight weeks in jail, which i tnk is lucky. this is his second run-in with the law for driving under the influence. >> he has other stuff going on. years ago too. >> correct. we lk about this, with celebrities in jail, hoping they'll use the time, maybe the next step may be hiring a driver, and rehab. >> it's always the driver. they should be in business in hollywood -- >> if i lived in l.a. i would be a driver, people need rides. >> what's this about j

and spencer christian is following the forecast. >> fall like warm sup right there. is a lovely day and mild in many locations. 81 degrees in antioch. upper 70s in inland locations and there is highlights, mild around the bay next two days and clouds increase on friday. and there is a chance of rain, light rain this weekend. there is a small range on our weather tick picture going to keep us nice and dry and mild. this storm system up in the pacific northwest is going to move again rlly but slowly this, is a system that may bring us rainfall. there is this system moving slowly across the coastline. will stall a bit. will start to move again by late friday there is increase in clouds overnight friday into early saturday. we can see light rain developing. and l is a front moving inland weaken and fall apart producing light rain overnight saturday into sunday morning this is what we're looking at on computer models. there is a overnight lows into low to mid-50s. and there is fog and low clouds advancing a bit. and will be cooler there, lows into upper 40s. tomorrow, sun

darcy spencer explains how he's getting easy access. >> reporter: residents of the oak brook communitiein fairfax county have felt so safe many neighbors didn't lock their doors or windows. a recent rash of burglaries have shattered their peace of mind. >> it ppened once or twice we thought okay. t they keep coming back. that's what's getting kind of alarming. >> reporter: police believe one crimin is responsible for 44 burglaries, thefts from cars and unlawful entries since august 24th. they say he steals wallets and purses for the cash. >> informion we're receiving from the neighborhood and his typical method of operation that lead to us believe it's one person. >> reporter: ken found his neighbor's purse in his yard. >> the only thing they had taken was the cash. credit cards and drivers license was there. they took the cash and dropped everything and took off. >> we just moved into the local area. one of the reasons we liked this area because it seemed like a safeeighborhood. you know, low crime rate. good schools. that type of neighborhood. it's very surprising >> reporter: police sa

darcy spencer has more on ooh vigil for her last night. >> reporter: a candlelight vigil drew people from across the community to remember the life of 30-year-old natasha petti grew. she was struck killed while riding her bike on sunday morng in largo. >> she was unconscious. but, you know, i didn't know if she could hear me or couldn't. so one ofhe thing i kept saying is keepbreathing. >> reporter: pettigrew was running for the u.s. nature as a green party cdidate was riding her bike at 5:30 in the morning when she was truck by a woman driving cadillac suv. the woman said she didn't stop at the scene because she thought she hit an animal. she reported the incident once she got home. >> i was definitely a horrible situation to be in. like i said all i could do was pray. i prayed then and i continue to pray to this day and i will continue to pray for the rest of my life. >> reporter: among those attending the vigil the principal of her high school. >> numerous clubs. ecology club. she played lacrosse. her real goal was really her studies. she had passion for studies. ♪ >> reporter: pe

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dar spencer is in the county now. she has more on all this. darcy? >> reporter: it's primary day in prince georges county, voters are going to the polls to elect executives. >> i thought it was my civic duty to vote. so many people have suffered and died for me to have the privilege to vote. >> i'm looking for the next county executive to continue with the work that's begun, but just to get our county healthier economically. get our schools healthier. i'm really looking for somebody to come on and continue to move our county forward. >> voters are choosing candidates to lead thecounty government's, states attorneys office, the county council, and sheriff's office. voter turnout has been extremely low. as of 3:00 this afternoo only 8% of voters had had gone to the polls. traditionally, a primary would see at least 12%. >>e're thinking at first a lot this is due to the fact tha we had the early voting for the first time this year. then again, we're also antipating maybe a larger outcome coming out during the rush hour period. >> reporter: whoever wins

. >> spencer christian is here with that. >> there is a warm up going to continue throughout the weekend. take a look at readings, 80s east bay z 70s around the bay. 68 degrees now in san francisco. there is 24 hour degree change in temperatures. each location is several degrees warmer at this hour than it was at this hour yesterday. fact is coastal fog developing overnight. cooler next week and still, nice, mild our satellite close up shows shallow fog layer today near the coast. sunny skies and warm conditions and not only inland but along the coast. overnight fog returning to the coast and deepening a bit thachl is where it will be in the morning. and there is low temperatures tonight into upper 40s in parts of the north bay and napa. and there is lows into low to mid 50 50s. there is high temperatures for tomorrow and there is highs into mid to upper 80s, low to mid 8s on the peninsula. mid-60s on the coast. and there is 64 in the sunset district. plenty of 80s in the near east bay as well. we'll see upper 80s to low 90s. highs inland near the bay. and upper 80s to 90 inlnld. here is

news 4's darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: this armed robber has strk five businesses since late july been cuttery salons. this video shows an armed robber pulling a knife while holding up a haircuttery salon. he swiped money from businesses in fairfax and loudoun county only striking between late morning and early afternoon. >> we're working very closely with loudoun county detectives on this because he obviously sees no jurisdictional boundaries so nther can we. >> reporter: police say the robber started his crime spree on july 26th when he held up chantilly cash and carry. he struck again on september 6th at this kfc/taco bell restaurant in loudoun county. he then hit three hair cutterys in fairfax and loudoun counties on september 7, 12 and 14. >> the frequencies have increased. the first case was more than a month ago and now he seems to be doing it within a matter of days. that concerns us. >> reporter: in each case the robber brandish a knife, grabs cash from the register, and runs away. >> establishnts seem to be centered around route 28. so anyone who shops or does business o

in spencer christian back with the forecast.look. >> we have about six more days of summer left. we will look back on today's high temperature. lovely day. highs of 83 degrees antioch. 82 fairfield. 87 clover dale. 61 san francisco and 67 across the bay in oakland. tomorrow morning at 8:00 we will see some low clouds and some fog mainly around the bay and near the coast. temperatures in the 50s warming up to 60s and 70s by mid day and late afternoon the warmest inland temperatures in the 80s. 60s on the coast. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. one more nice summer like day and a little cooler on friday but still pleasant. chance of coastal drizzle by the way friday morning. can cools down over the weekend with clouds and chance of rain. saturday and sunday inland highs only back in the 70s. next week we warm up and next wednesday fall officially arrives. be there when it happens. don't miss it. >>> now, to what only can be called hump day for firefighters in oregon. >> get 'em! >> as you can see, a lot of work went int

reporting live, darcy spencer.ews4. >> thank you. >>> in virginia, governor box mcdonnell announced he will declare april 2011. he drew criticism from across the nation when he made the announcement about confederate histo month. even president obama weighed in scolding governor have the governor for failing to mention the role that slavery played in the could not if he had rasy. the governor apologized saying it was an error of haste and not of heart. >>> the future of the nation's school system is examined. is called "waiting for super man." it features d.c.'s school chancellor michelle rey. ironically it opens at a time when rhee's own future in the district is in doubt. >> reporter: d.c.'s school chancellor michellehee stood about ten feet away from couil chair and presumptive mayor vincent gray yesterday as he address the president. these questions come as "waiting for super man," a documentary about the natios failing school system featuring rhee premiers today. >> you wake up every mning and you know that ki

darcy spencer got reaction from neighbors after they learned what sparked that fire. >> reporter: fire investigators have determined the blaze that destroyedhree homes in manassas on thursday was caused by a resident who threw a cigarette butt in a potted plant on his deck. >> potting soil is not dirt. potting soil is organic material. the mulch that is in these potted plants sometimes is shredded timber. >reporter: the fire marshal says the blaze in the sumner lake community spread from the potted plant to the deck to the nyl siding a then to adjacent homes. 's been ruled an accident. the fire marshal says the smoker, whose house was among those destroyed, had been discarding cigarette butts this way for some time. >> there was a small breeze at five to ten miles an hour that was flowing in that direction. and it probably fanned that. the way the fire started probably smoldered for a while. >> reporter:many residents learned of the fe marshal's findings at a press conference. >> i'm gladt wasn't arson or somebody throwing a firebomb or somebody doing something malicious. so in my hear

darcy spencering talked to those who want to keep natasha's spirit alive. ♪ >> repoer: a candlelightil drew people from across the community to remember the life of 30-year-old natasha pettigrew. she was struck and killed while riding her bike early sunday morning. >> she was unconscious. but, you know, i don't know if she could hear me or couldn't. one of the main things i kept saying was keep brehing, keep breathing. >> reporter: she was runng important the u.s. senate as a green party candidate in maryland was riding her bike around 5:30 in the morning when she was struck by awoman. the woman told police she didn't stop at the scene because she thought she hit an animal. she reported the incident once she got home. >> it was a horrible situation to be in. like i said all i could do was pray. i prayed then and i continue to pray to this day and i'll continue to pray for the rest of my life. >> reporter: among those attending the vigil the principal of her high school. >> numerous clubs. ecology club. she played lacrosse. her goal was her studies she had a passion for studies. >> re

darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: police say 50-year-old paul partis, know as warren davis, walked into johns hopkins, shot and wounded an ortpedic surgeon, shot and killed his mother, and took his own life. >> i would never have expected this. this place is well protected and secured. this is crazy and ridiculous for something like this to happen >> reporter: he became straight ile talking to dr. david cohen. he puled out a semi automatic handgun and fired one shot. >>. >> the wounds appear to be

in ashburn, dar spencer, news 4. > u.s.itol police released the name of the man shot and wounded by officers after he point add handgun at them on friday morning. around 5:00 a.m. on friday 29-year-old john wesley wheeler jr. of suitland wked up to an officer at washington and independence avenues in southwest d.c. and pointed a gun at him. soon after police say wheeler pointed his gun at officers at 2nd and "c" streets. that's when police shot him after he refused to drophinks gun. wheeler was charged with assault with intent to kill, carrying a gun without a license and other counts. >>> a scary story out of frederick, maryland, as police there have chargeadd man who tried to suffocate his 19-month-old son. friday evening police were called to a home on fair field drive. they found 33-year-old alton ambush suffocating his son. after a struggle police got ambush to release the toddler. he recoved after a trip to the hospital. ambush was taken to the hospital for evaluation to determine his motive. he's been charged with ch

in manassas, darcy spencer, news 4 today. ♪ amazing grace >>> a family is getting community support ast deals with the loss of a mother and her two young children killed in a wnhouse fire. people in the lorton neighborhood held vigil for 24-year-old eileen anderson and her sons solomon and alfonso. they died from smoke inhalation and burns in a fire on wednesday. the children were 3 and 5 years old. a fairfax county teenager is in the hospital withife threatening injuries after he was hit by a car st night. this happened about 8:15 at the interstion of pleasa valley road in centreville. the vitim's name and age have not been released. the driver did stay on the scene after the accident. >>> today public education in washington, d.c., will once again take a national stage. d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee will diuss the state of education. rhee joins the list of panelists for an exclusive conversation with with "meet the press" moderator david gregory. it will broadcast from the special learning pza at rockefeller center in new york. this is part of nbc's weeklong education nation

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. >>> spencer christian here we have that ugly weather out of the way. now you are promising speed limit decent weather. >> well it was certainly decent today. nice warm-up. sunny skies even at the coast. probably going to cool down the next couple days but i don't think it gets ugly. just kind of cool. you can be cool and still look pretty good. here's the live look. i was waiting for. that from our high definition roof top camera lacking at an almost full moon. almost likes like a telescopic view. great view of the moon as it is obviously rather chose to the earth rate now in the orbit. let's mav on to the current conditions rate now. temperatures are generally in the 60's and areas inland and around the bay. 70 at antioch. a little bit cooler closer to the coast and a half moon bay 54. highlights. slightly caller next few days but still lacking good. autumn arrives on wednesday at 8:09:00 p.m. and inland high at the end of the week into the 90's. this afternoon high pressure dominant feature and we had sunny sky from his coast to the inland area. nast

we came to the city and spencer will days reviewing all of the records -- and spent several days reviewing all the records, meeting with everyone of the then-29 patrol specials and assistance, members of the commission, members of the san francisco police department, clients of the patrol specials, and members of the general citizenry and the extended government. during that time, we looked at every bit of paper that we could possibly get our hands on. we did research on historical documents from the patrols specials. some of them were kind enough to give us lots of material on the history of patrol specials and some of the evolution. we also looked at the rules and procedures and the evolution of those and all the changes that occurred since the commission started with rules and procedures, right down to the current interim rules. we looked at disciplinary cases, we looked at actually were the beats were. there are 64 beats. the city, and that has an historical -- there are 64 beat's throughout the city and that has an historical background. we look at which ones were active and which wer