. >> madisson tully is not your typically absorbs teenager. she is helping families in our area and this is why this high school seniors is harris' heroe. what a patch of dirt and some patients -- patience, madisson tully is helping. >> it is sad because kids my age have nothing to eat. >> she is also collecting fresh produce from the public. >> it really helped me helps some many kids and families, not just kids alone but everybody. to help get them through the day. >> with a trunkful of fruits and vegetables, madisson heads out twice a week delivering food to the capital-area food bank. there they quickly put it out to different groups that serve the hungry. >> without it, i do not know what we would do. >> he takes her approaches to those of desperate need. >> god bless her heart because there are a lot of people with need. and they have a wonderful future for doing so. >> the people who depend on the food bank are so grateful. and madisson is grateful for what they have done for her. >> it has helped me to not necessarily live in my own bu

northbound 101 just underneath the 680/280 interchange, very light past tully. another look outside shows you oakland. see the flashing lights at the top of your screen? more construction clearing between 23rd and 980. not a huge deal, though, back to you. >>> 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay" a popular east bay middle school teacher under arrest this morning. we'll tell you why next. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver. only from at&t u-verse. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible. >>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kel

north 101 slows now from tully up toward 880, focusing north of 680, that will spread out over the nextpeeds will hover right around the upper 50s. there's a gradual slow as that volume builds for the south bay here. and also as it builds coming out of the pass, west 580 shows orange now, speeds out of the 40s and 50s as you're coming over through the pass. holding steady through livermore and botheringing down ibogging. live looks outside, how things are shaping up, here is fremont starting to build. another shot outside shows you the bay bridge. no real big issues, but there is a build for the volume and the east shore freeway flows smoothly at the limit. but now building through berkeley and emeryville. and we'll look over to the peninsula, past university, these are the headlights moving smoothly. no slowing through san mateo and into the city. a smooth drive on the peninsula. >> back to school, back to work, back to the ballpark. giants play the arizona diamondbacks tonight at at&t park. to relax and get in the zone, they're hosting a yoga class on the field. hosting the team's fir

this is just north of tully. all moving nicely here. up the peninsula, we'll check on that san mateo bridge. here's the westbound commute. we see a few more cars heading over in the westbound direction. the commute builds a tad and is moving smoothly despite reports of a disabled van. to the maps we'll show you the east bay with a lot of activity. south 880 around 23rd, reports of a tire in lanes may cause a little slowing. we'll look over to 24 as well, westbound in your commute direction, reports of couch cushions in the roadway. now, that's not a major concern but if you hit it and it gets on the windshield, problem. here's the double interchange, 580 and 680 moving nicely. >>> this morning from our investigative unit, board members for the bay area's biggest water district getting paid to attend events that have absolutely nothing to do with water. thousa now, the board of directors doesn't actually get a salary but they collect $286 for meetings and events. they can go up to ten per month. those are meetings that relate to the wate

this is northbound 101 as you head up north of tully we see the volume.not even up and it's slowing, at least it's well lit. >> we've got about an hour before the sun makes it official arrival. i wanted to start with this live picture over the embarcadero which you can make out. those will be forced to the per fast again. thick pockets of fog are burning off early as well. temperatures are very comfortable, 58 in sunnyvale, 57 in san jose, and 60 degrees to start you out in fairfield. look at your 40s, 46 degrees, the 40s have returned to the north bay, that's indicative of our shorter days and cooler mornings. you can see we stop the clock on future cast. you should push to the furthest inland. we stop the clock at 10:00. so lots of sunshine coming in early. a little hot, you might need the ac today inland but temperatures aren't too bad. 80 degrees bayside. at the coast about 69 degrees. back to you guys. >> 5:36. democratic national convention kicks off today. a look at who will take the stage and what's in store all coming up in a live report. >> we a

we had tully on about a year ago. he wrote a book, "50 dangerous things to do with your children." one of them was boiling water in a paper cup. there was discussion as to whether we should discuss that because of the safety issue. there are welders and saws and legitimate safety issues. we have gotten to the point where it is the helicopter mom. >> we are afraid. fear, uncertainty and dread is driving this. we have had in the last five years five reportable injuries. one was like six stitches on a finger. here is what i like to say. president obama has had more stitches on his face in the last years than we have had in all of the tech shops. there is safety protocol. there is training. you have to be at a machine that has a green light showing you are authorized to use that particular machine. there is the culture of safety. there is the culture of safety and machines that tend to be safer. we created this badging so we know when we scan the room that everybody in that room is qualified on that particular machine. >> i saw a demo that you did a few years ago. what was interesting

it is slow approaching tully road all the way up to 880 and building.e'll show you the rest of the freeways and their sensors coming up, guys. >>> it's 6:37 right now. still ahead, a high-stakes life to support a habit. wait until you harry how far police say one bay area man was willing to go to play a game of texas hold 'em. >> unbelievable. >>> plus he's already handed in his badge. the question now is, is he about to wind up in cuffs. we'll let you know the officer involved in this infamous incident will end up facing criminal charges. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your new light creamy potato with bacon & cheese soup says it's 100 calories a serving. that's right. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. my world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... [ whispers ] 100 calories... say it again... [ whispers ] 100 calories... ma'am, hello? ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> 6:40 on thursday morning. the suspect accused of killing 12 people inside a colorado movie theate

for 101 we had a lot of slowing north past tully.here was no overnight closure like there was earlier this week so we didn't know the reason for that. i still don't know why that showed up but it was clear after maybe five minutes of slowing. so that's good new as you're approaching 680 for that northbound commute. a smooth drive for all the northbound routes, all easy flow of traffic. downtown san jose, we have jason aldean over here. so two jasons in the south bay, kid of school. a look over to the peninsula where we're looking at 101. other on that look we'll see 101 past university avenue shopping center. live look past palo alto and there's a light volume of traffic for 101 northbound with the headlights. southbound equally smooth. we see a light volume of traffic here, taillights northbound and headlights southbound. equal flow up traffic here. we'll get another live look outside across the golden gate bridge. a little low cloud cover here and there are clouds drifting through some of our camera shots so keep that in mind. stil

yes, three lanes are blocked heading up towards tully. that construction zone is in place until 5:00 this morning. meanwhile 152 farther south at dinosaur point as you're heading over to casa de fruita will slow there as well. for fremont a smooth drive, both directions very light just north of tesla at the truck scales. a smooth drive coming off of the peninsula with the taillights heading over the high rise on the san mateo bridge, an accident at the toll plaza but no lanes blocked. back to you. >>> the city of palo alto is updwrau upgrading some streetlights with new l.e.d. bulbs. it will make it a lot safer and easier for people to drive and walk on sidewalks when it's dark. l.e.d.s also use 40% less electricity than older lights which will save the city some money. they also have lower maintenance costs and don't need to be replaced as often. >>> coldstone creamery is holding a fund-raiser for the make-a-foundation. it's also donating a portion of its sales to the organization. make-a-wish supports children suffering from life condit

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the screen now you can see the air tonight he grabbed a last minute draw against angie antonio dena tully coming on to score in the nineteenth minute one money finish that while the young boys of trying to hold off the fourth but baseball until eight goals brendan rodgers signed just like five straight. that's almost for this thursday. well the. syrians technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've. covered. the sun rises over what seems like and last forest here in new directions quite hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. mortgages both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy longer set up traps making them hard to reach in an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loop

north 101 as you're coming past tully, i'm seeing a lot of slowdown all of a sudden. this has had overnight construction the last few days but i'm told that it's open so we shouldn't see anything dramatic. maybe some crews. we'll track that as well. we'll show you farther up the peninsula, 101 moves nicely northbound past university. and across the bay, the san mateo bridge moves smoothly. this is the peninsula side. westbound, your commute direction looks just about the same so light volume here. >> staying on that transportation route, clearing the way to silicon valley. work is about to start on a $2 billion makeover of the mission warren area in south fremont. the remodel will be essential in preparing the corridor for the b.a.r.t. extension. improvements include widening mission boulevard, new on and off-ramps and a b.a.r.t. bridge that would allow the train to pass overhead. work should be done by spring of 2015. >>> and from trains to two wheels, the last friday of every month is critical mass, a big bike ride up in san francisco. this year is the 20th annivers

through next weekend before we begin warming up one week from now >> north around 101 approaching tullyd, a new accident. it is causing slower speeds coming into san jose. it has been a rough ride through the octo-mom pass this morning. the drive time is now over one half hour. the dumbarton bridge reopened ahead of schedule for seismic retrofit work. everything is now back to normal. a quick look at the san mateo bridge where everything is flowing nicely. >> longest-running game show in television history celebrates another major milestone today. >> the current version of the price is right is turning 40 years old. the audience will be made up entirely of past winners on the show. you can come on down at 10:00 right here on cbs five. >> thanks for watching the eyewitness news. her next

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richard frank, the preeminent historian of the guadalcanal campaign, john -- [inaudible] and tony tully who did a landmark book called shattered sword giving brand new perspective on the battle of midway. all of those contain additional material that was not readily available. in fact, in some cases did not exist in the early 1960s. so that's sort of a long way around the block to say that the continuing historiography of enterprise is almost unending. and one of the things i have most enjoyed in researching and writing this book is getting to know more of the ship's company because i was already well acquainted with a good many of the aviators and air crewmen. but what most people don't realize about the enterprise is that a huge reason for the ship's institutional success -- and i wanted to write a book about an institution rather than just about a warship -- was the unprecedented amount of longevity within the ship's company. when enterprise was commissioned in 1938, the combined total of the ship's company and the air group was between 2,100 and 2,200 individuals. throughout the war

but the volume picks up 101 just north of tully. >>> authorities at jfk airport are trying to track down the person whose phone call had authorities rushing to quarantine a flight. the pilots were simply kept in the dark. >> i don't have a thing at this moment except that you and the aircraft beside you need to wait in that area. >> okay. we're surrounded by emergency vehicles. there's a reason for this. somebody's got to give us the reason or we're going to evacuate the aircraft. you got 60 seconds. >> we have the information. can you possibly call? >> negative. i would demand the information right now over a frequency. >> pretty intense stuff there. officials say somebody called jfk and said hijackers were hiding in the american airlines flight from sfo and another flight from finland. security crews rushed the planes as they landed and held everybody on board while they searched each and every inch. investigators now say it's all clear and the call was simply a hoax. >> amazing. >>> 5:40. a major strategy change. the big change coming for u.s. soldiers in afghanistan adds anger over t

that's where the slowdown is. 101, slows from capital jamming down at tully through alum rock past thee has spread approaching santa clara into mountain view causing more speeds in the 50s than the 60s here. we'll look over toward foster city. we'll get a look at things moving around getting off the bridge for the san mateo side. 92 moves, it picks up a tad. no problems to the peninsula. a nice view from the peninsula side. look at that. as you approach 101 no slowing. we'll show you what things are like for the bay bridge. the toll plaza here, the backup forming. you can see the lanes moving. you'll find significant slowing after the berkeley curve. and west grand avenue, no accidents for the east shore freeway as we see berkeley and emeryvil emeryville. >> thank you. 6:48. the search is on this morning for a bay area man after police say he took his two children and sailed away in a stolen boat. christie smith joins us live with more on where police think they are headed and what's being done to find them. >> reporter: i spoke with a worker here who told me that the stolen boat is mi

north 101 slow from tully up to 880, clear once you get toward the airport and north, there's the volumeere. as well as another live look shows you palo alto, 101 shows slowing a little bit here and there, no major issues, close to 60 throughout. and finally we'll end up across the san mateo bridge moving smoothly. the headlights coming over on the peninsula side. it was a great alternate to the dumbarton bridge over the weekend. >> you know this one is tough to hear this in one sentence, construction ahead of schedule. that's the deal with traffic moving once again across the dumbarton bridge. did it reopen last night after being shut down during the labor day holiday. caltrans crews replacing a seismic joint on the deck part of a retrofit program. the new joint will help better protect it during an earthquake. caltrans thought the bridge would not open until this morning but they finished ten hours ahead of schedule. >> some skill and some luck. luck in that the weather and the work just didn't cause any barriers. >> work will be continuing on the bridge over the next few months but ca

the south bay it's building for northbound 101 north of 680, 280, around tully road a burst of traffict now. even for friday. looking to the north bay as well where the southbound side of 101 starts to show more headlights. at the limit past highway 37, all the way down to the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> thank you very much. 5:39. democratic national convention in the books. now time to hit the campaign trail. a live report on what is next for the president. >> plus, oakland coliseum getting ready for "monday night football." just announced. a big time name singing the national anthem. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> new this morning, more than 40 people are dead after series of earthquakes in rural southwestern china. the quakes range from 4.8 to 5.6. officials say at least 150 people were hurt and more than 100,000 people have been evacuated following a series of landslides. more than 20,000 homes were damaged. >> now that t

it's starting to slow approaching tully northbound 101. there's your burst of traffic starting just about this time every friday. we see 680 and 880 speeds coming down into the 50s. also even slower out of the altamont pass. west 580 to livermore and through to the dublin interchange, your typical build as you pass by the isabel interchange and toward 680. live look outside shows you the bib bay bridge. we should see metering lights in 10 to 15 minute back to you. >>> the time is 6:09. coming up, from political prisoner to peace prize winner. the historic visit that once seemed impossible finally becomes a reality as a crusade for peace touches down right here in the bay area. >>> plus we now know why woz wants to become an australian citizen. >>> take a look outside overlooking san jose this morning. waiting for the sun's arrival as well as the heat it is going to bring with it. we're keeping an eye on your weekend forecast. 6:09. >>> welcome back, everybody. friday morning, a lye look over san jose. that is actually san jose city college

work on the tully/101 interchange was completed back in june. >>> if you happen to be flying out of sfo this morning, there could be a few delays out of the early flights this morning. crews just finishing up some work that closed one of the main arrival runways over the weekend. they're scheduled to finish this up around 8:00 this morning. that runway as shut down all weekend long and will be closed the next two weekends so crews can continue on working on installing lights and completing their safety improvements. this weekend's closure did lead to minor delays for regional flights. >>> coming up, what led to a minor explosion at one of the transit agency's busiest stations this weekend. >> reporter: and playoff potential for the oakland a's and playoff tickets for them go on sale as early as today. good morning, i'm marla tellez. why the ticket price is going to give you sticker shock coming up. >>> lines already for the new iphone. we'll take a look coming up in business news. , he really wants to hear those three little words: chevron with techron. care for your car. within each st

also very slow northbound 101 from tully up toward 88087 really getting slammed again today from capitalp into downtown. another tough morning looks like it shapes up for highway 87. add some extra time. let's look out to the peninsula where 101 moves slowly but palo alto past university. here is the construction zone, folks getting ready to do work but not taking any extra lanes. the southbound side moves smoothly as well. >>> 101 moves nicely up through menlo park. no problems accessing onto or off of 101 throughout that area either. through the east bay, west 580 makes things easy to the dublin interchange but look at the backup to where they have just cleared a lane passing by el charo. we'll get a live look at fremont, 880 not a problem. the north bay also moves slowly for 101 in the southbound direction. you know what we'll end it here. marla, we do have issues for the north bay. there is no problem on 101 here but you're talking about another big event. i'll hand it off to you. >>> in regards to the very somber memorial procession that will travel from st. helena to the to vacavil

from tully up to 880, slow in that section. fremont shows the effects of weather.. and some slowing as the skies get a little grayer. southbound side, heading toward mission boulevard. the bay bridge also slows down because the metering lights are there. but you do see some movement, the east shore freeway is moving, all right. and low clouds not really so much of a factor here. >> probably slick out there, be careful, thank you, mike. it's 6:49. a first of its kind event will be held tonight to help bring sierra lamar home. the morgan hill teenager vanished nearly six months ago. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in morgan hill with details on tonight's special event and how you can help support the search effort. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. on this wednesday, the search for sierra lamar continues thanks to countless, tireless volunteers. meanwhile, sierra's family is getting ready for, as you mentioned, a one-of-a-kind event called light the night for sierra. the community is being encouraged to take part in this at morgan hill's city

north 101 builds here tully up towards 880.ut 85 and north 87 both showing that slowdown we've seen the last couple of weeks. it's here to stay, guys. back to you. >>> 6:49 right now. we've been following breaking news all morning long impacting your morning commute on two major east bay freeways. bob redell is live in pleasanton where 680 south was shut down after a deadly accident. bob, it looks like it's flowing a little smoother now. >> reporter: well, the road is back open. good morning to you, jon. we're on 680 south just south of the dublin interchange. you can see the 580 overpass back there in the background. echoing what mike was saying, we are still seeing some residual effects of the shutdown. the road shut down around 3:30 this morning because a man was hit an killed in the middle of the road. this happening just before the stoneridge drive exit. a woman in her car was heading southbound when she accidentally hit and killed him. she did pull over and is cooperating with chp. it does not appear this man who was hit

down in the south bay we have continued slowing from tully road all the way up to the airport from northbound 101. as well as for 87 coming into downtown but a slower build for the south bay as well. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> it's 6:21. coming up, closing the gap. don't worry, we're not talking about the department store. why mitt romney is playing catch-up with president obama in key battleground states. we'll have a live report from capitol hill just ahead. >>> and a live look outside this morning. what a beautiful live look as we're waiting for the sun's arrival. a lot more ahead, stick around. [ male announcer ] stop & go traffic. you can't always avoid it. but you can always do something nice for your car. chevron with techron. care for your car. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. i

as the volume builds, you'll see a little slowing just north of tully heading up toward 87 but not a big deal right now. >>> there has been a lot of drama and emotion surrounding this one and now we can tell you a retired priest will not face perjury charges in connection with his testimony during a high profile assault trial. the santa clara district attorney says, no, there is not enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt father jerry lindner per jured himself on the stand. he was severely beaten by william lynch. during the trial, father lindner testified he never molested lynch. something even prosecutors say is a flat-out lie. the d.a. met with lynch yesterday before announcing that no charges would be filed. >>> 5:48. the city of hercules is out $50 million in redevelopment funds as a result of self-dealing, nepotism and other public trust abuses. this is according to the california state controller, john chang. the state released two audits covering 2005 through 2010. those audits largely blame the problems on the city manager, who was unnamed in this report. nelson o

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problem 101 northbound san jose at tully accident cleared to the median slow traffic past that scene.traffic behind the bay bridge toll and leading into the bay bridge on westbound 80, bumper-to-bumper. >>> welcome back. marine layer back to the coast by noon pockets of sun there, right now fog north bay santa rosa down to half mile visibility and 49 rest of us in the 50s. in the afternoon hours temperatures today are going to below to mid 60s along the coast into san francisco mid to upper 70s around or mid 70s to mid 80s around the bay and mid 80s to mid 90s inland especially east bay valleys. temperatures cooler tomorrow by two to six degrees.8tes0p0p >>> there are some shocking allegations in "vanity fair" about tom cruise. did he and the church of scientology run a top-secret auditioning process to help find him a wife before he started dating katie holmes? was this woman right here his first choice? we'll try to answer those questions in a little bit. good morning, america. robin is with her family in mst th mississippi this morning. great to have elizabeth vargas with us. >>> t

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