the vietnam war memorial was unvailed in the park next to the center. some times on ard it is believed to be what is a paint pen to write ton wall. >> we received excellents on them. who can do such a deplorable thing. we should respect it. >> it is the second time a memorial has been vandalized. this time removing the paint has been difficult. the hope it will be reproved and repaired soon. only the names and dedication are left on the wall. >> i personally have eight men on there i have this. >> many people have reached out asking about donations andlu pr wall. if you would like more information go to abc7news.com. >> that is the bright side that people are willing to. thank you. >>> we are here to talk about a few weather headlines. it is getting cooler and air getting cleaner. >> we'll start with the clean air first. look at that. it's not only today but it's wednesday, thursday, friday and into the holiday weekend. what we are dealing with is this persistent and consistent sea breeze. you can see it's 17 miles per hour that's bringing in this cloud

apple plans to unvail the new iphone on september 12th but they already leaked pictures of the device. they say the marketing image shows a now gold color option. apple engs plored a gold iphone x last year. apple is expected to launch an lcd screen that will share the design but with aluminum frame ic instaed of stainless steel. fundraisers let donate to campaigns. another feature lets multiple host the same fundraiser and have the cause displayed at the same time. back to you. >> making giving a lot easier. >> thanks so much. >>> walmart is already getting ready for the holiday shopping season. they have significantly increased in stores and online and expanding toy aisles in certain markets. >>> coming up here on today in lot of people want to know about that labor day forecast. >> yeah. and i have you covered. i'll help you plan out the next couple of days. if you get extra days off even better. we have that marine layer blocking the sunshine. i'll tell you that coming up. >> and looking at the bay bridge it is clear. it is great right now. the friday before a three day holiday fo

today the chancellor will unvail plans for this school year. she is expected to discuss topics like free speech and diversity issues. >>> it will be a busy week at san jo san jose university campus. >> yeah. this afternoon those students will be getting ready for school this week. chris is live on campus with what's different this year, chris. >> the president will welcome the spar tans back. there is a record enrollment of 35,000 students so campus could be a little more crowded than usual. if you haven't been here i'll tell you there is a lot of construction. some of it right in the middle of that construction phase. here is what they will highlight today. sit 65 new tenured faculty which could help students get classes they need to graduate. the near completion that's supposed to be done next year and a new dorm for 1,600 students and a science building. also a permanent food pantry in collaboration with second harvest food bank. they commemorating the 50th anniversary of this moment, the moment that they gave that black power salute. you ha

apple wicl ol i unvail it and likely reveal it before the end of september to you. >> that looks prettyexy. i'm wondering if it is the phone r the picture of the ear on it that -- >> i know. >> i should project one on looks periodically if it that good. >> yes. >>> the rise ofat legaln in pot, drunk driving. ahead the new tool that could help police crack you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-jumbo of co-pays, coupons and codes that your brain went offline. next time ask your carmacist. our proprietary search tool analyzes ways to help lower your prescription costs. just drop in.... before you conk out... see what you might save at cvs pharmacy. >>> the supervisor is still employed. we have this story you'll only e on news 4. >> it is like a slap in the face. >> she went to work for the city of laurel in 2013. she said right away there was a problem with her boss. the city declined to let her excellent on this story. you know, my administration has had a record of streeting people fairly. >> i had so much tension. it was horrible. >> it

. >>> the warriors star unvailed the new education lab in oakland. it features state of the art technology to give students an opportunity to learn in a hands on environment. happening today steph curry will tee off today this is a golf tournament on the web.com tour. it starts on monday. >>> all right. so we like it when there's not a lot of breeze when we are golfing. >> yeah. that's part of the problem though too. it's not really mixing out the smoke that we have across the bay area. it will be really hot inland. the air quality will suffer as a result of us not having a good ocean breeze. north bay and east bay will get the worst of it. we are also going to see moderate smoke drifting across the peninsula. it will continue until fires are out. as we start out this morning we are seeing mostly clear skies. as you get ready for national night out it is going to be in the mid-80s during the middle of the day and cooling off nicely for tonight. as you make your way out this morning it will be little low 60s. you might need low sleeves. it will feel m

a blackmail letter being sent threatening to unvail dark secrets. they say scammers are demanding thousands of dollars. they demanding the victim pay in bitcoin so they can go undetected. the d.a.'s office is warning if you receive a letter like this it is a scam. the accusation against you casts a really wide flet. it implies infidelity saying it will threaten to tell your wife secrets and your neighbors and friends. >> anyone who has something illicit in their lives may feel their secret has been discovered. >> the physical letters are postmarked from nashville. the payment requested if bitcoin. it is fleernearly impossible tok down the bitcoin it just sent. >>> some are getting back to upgraded schools. check out, the new paint job. if the you don't go there you don't know what it used to look like. looking really good out there! shiney and new. >>> today's family also returned to class. already known for its principals that are twins. they are calling them twin-cipals. >> yeah. now that district has achieve add big recognition here. san leandro

. >>> a blackmail letter being sent to people threatening to unvail dark secrets. they say the scammers are demanding thousands of dollars. they are demanding victim's pay in bit coin. the d.a.'s office is warning if you receive a letter like this it is a scam. the accusation implies infidelity. it threatens to tell your wife saying that's secret. all neighbors and friends unless you pay thousands of dollars. >> anyone who has something illicit in their lives may feel their secret has been discovered. >> the payment is request first-degree bitcoin. once paid it is nearly impossible to track down the bitcoin that you just spent. >>> a bicyclist is dead after being hit by a driver. this is last night. it happened in the tenderloin just before 7:00. officers placed a man in handcuffs. we don't know if it's in connection with that crash. >>> a deadly accident on the twin peaks tunnel project in san francisco. signal technician died after he was hit by a steel beam on friday. we looked through the records. they found this is the second death tied to the oakland based co

they unvailed the future plan for flying taxis. uber air teaming up with the university of texas and the u.s. army research laboratory to make it a reality. that team will design new technology needed to let it take flight. >>> a new school year and a new school. students in san jose return to campus they will see a massive makeover underway. you watch it live as well. we have a web cam and new construction of the science building which will feature science, engineering, coding, bio tech and computer technology forces. they are putting it towards improving infrastructure as well. have a great day at school. >>> it is 5:17 right now. a group of students are turning tragedy into action. they were there two years ago. a man plaued a truck through that crowd. that terror attack took the lives of 86 people including a cal student. it is called archers and it helps others track sanctions, corruption and violence. students hope to turn archer into a for profit company. >>> take a look at this new video. not what a bride has in mind for he

expected to unvail the newest iphone model on september 12. video from last years announcement.ing tight lipped about the new products. experts say they'll announce a new line of iphones. mac book air. a watch and improvements to the ipad. heating political donation. a public donation form shows in and out gave $25,000 to the california gop this week. secretary of state posted the form online and news trickled out on twitter. the hash tag is trending. it's worth noting it's not the fist time they donated to the republican party. the chain is recently made donations to the democrats. >> get ready for a trip to the moon followed by mars. head of nasa landed in the baa i area today and making it clear that the space agency is planning on ambitious trips and banking on silicon valley entrepreneurs to make it happen. live outside nasa with the story. you'll see only here. scott? >> good evening. there is a buzz surrounding the space program we haven't felt in years. partly because of who it wants work made the trip to silicon valley from washington. to both catch up with workt nas. a

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a blackmail letter threatening to unvail dark secrets. >> investigators say scammers are demanding thousands of dollars but they're not asking for cash. nbc bay area has more. >> reporter: the santa clara d.a.'s office said a letter like this one is landing in mailboxes around the county and country. >> this is one of the most clever scams we have seen. >> reporter: the letter starts by stating your name and that this person bluebread38 has your secret activity. the accusation casts a wide net but implies infidelities, threatens to tell your wife and neighbors and friends unless you pay thousands. >> vague enough that anyone who has something elicit in their life may feel that their secret has been discovered. >> reporter: the physical letters are postmarked from nashville. the payment is requested in bitcoin because once paid it's nearly impossible to track down who owns the kriptycurrency you just sent. >> it is hard to trace. >> for myself, i wouldn't worry too much but i know there's a lot of people that, you know, that do fall for these things. >> reporter: most hadn't heard of the scam

he's going to help unvail the mysteries of polling. anthony, thank you for taking the time.ng read. you talk about -- open with that pivotal moment on the night of the 2016 election when so many people started saying, the pollsters, they didn't predict this. they got it wrong. what do you think is the biggest misconception about polls? >> one.>> re predictions. i at there going to think. my job is to understand what people think. and why they think it. i think too often whether it's in the coverage of polling or even sometimes the way we talk about it, we make it sound like we're covering a horse race and we're the score keepers. >> brennan: the bottom line. >> people just ask, who is going to win? as though that single number, the leader in a poll tells you the whole story. even today if we say the democrats are leading in the race for the house. doesn't mean they're going to win it means that's where things stand now. in a lot of ways, i think that is more powerful and better use of polling, because when people ask how these things work, what they really want to know is, w