. >> a white water rescue in yosemite. yosemite. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. >> it is one of northern california is most popular attractions. but visitors can easily forget yosemite national park is full of both beauty and dangerous. don for shows us how rescuers are gearing up for what is expected to be a very busy summer. >> in yosemite national park, nearly 6 million visitors per year, to see yosemite falls, halfdome, and the merced river. some never leave. last year six peop

park nearly 6 million visitors a year coming to see yosemite falls half dome and the river. some never leave. last year's six people died and water related deaths. >>> spring its high water and we didn't have the huge snowpack from last year but still the river behind this is running swift and cold and it's dangerous. could a summer comes early this year and the use of the search and rescue team is training early to. practicing with the new tool. >>> this specially designed white water rescue board super strong kennels to people and this ultralights. the team leader said it will make a difference. >>> we shifted our entire rescue thinking to go the board is replaced what used to be inflatable boats. christine here for rescuers point of view it's a dangerous job even the training is dangerous but believe and not getting in the water is the less than the white water rescue wants to do. the combined brokerage restrooms to rescue people trapped on rocks. greta gerwig water restaurant to this address he navigates. it understands it can be fatal attraction. >>> it's beautiful espe

how to come to yosemite and how to stay safe.r: as rangers prepare for the busy memorial day weekend, they are hoping visitors will enjoy all the park has to offer without getting in the water. >> it's important total get decent photo but not risk your life doing so e-in yot might -- yosemite, abc 7 news. >> here is a piece of video. imagine driving down a road when suddenly a semi truck take as sharp turn and starts barreling at you. one russian man that's exactly what happen. show you what happened here. everything was caught on the dash board mounted camera of an suv. you can see the temperature i taking the turn a little too fast. topple over and careen noose the suv. very close kawchlt everyone is fine. you can see the driver of the semi inside the cab l. there he is right there looking out of the window in the red shirt. suv driver just shaking his head. fortunately by the time the truck hit the suv had slowed down considerably before hitting it head on. pretty scary stuff. >> as we continue tonight. first lady f seek re. o

, somewhere in yosemite, and sarah got out and started digging a hole.ve, okay? and i freaked out. >> she was going to throw him in the hole alive. >> yes. and i was freaking oumt. i said, we can't put him in in when he's alive. we can't do that. >> reporter: so, she said, they drove on. they thought larry would die in the car. but he didn't. so, when they finally made it back it to larry and elisa's home near sacramento, larry was slipping in and out of consciousness, still alive. >> and then when 6:00 in the morning rolls around, the sun starts coming up, sarah sleeps late, you know, and so i immediately go up there. and he was dead. >> reporter: that was the morning of september 12. >> and sarah satisfies, well, we can't leave him lying here. so, you know, we take the sheet that he was lying on and we wrapped it around him and took duct tape and wrapped it around him. and he was like in a crouch position. and then in my garage he had this wine refrigerator, you know, like a regular refrigerator, but he ordinarily kept wine in it. so we took the wine o

the grand canyon, yellowstone, yosemite, the great smoky mountains. which is the park service. ken burns in the fall is doing the national parks. people don't know enough about what u.s. fish and wildlife does. and that's what roosevelt cared the most about, more than the parks, was how to save species and their habitats. because if you don't have enough wetlands, you can't have the species. and so they monitor everything here. for example, fish and wildlife declared -- helped declare the florida panther an endangered species. and now many of them are getting hit by cars, modernity, making it very hard for them to survive, so our government's created a national wildlife refuge. under the roosevelt way of thinging, let's create a habitat so this panther can live. we're not saying there's going to be a million of them, but we should not lose the florida panther. we should not lose our jaguars along the new mexico and arizona and we should not lose the polar bear in alaska. this is where they're fighting for species survival. this is where the endangered species act is real. these

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>>pam: it is a good time of year to head to yosemite national park.s a new web can making it possible to see yosemite from your home computer. this picture was taken from a national park service web site. firefighters are struggling with a growing wild fire in northern arizona that has forced people from their homes in a historic mining towns. the fire started on private land yesterday at happened weeks ahead of the busy tourist season. located about 85 mi. north of phoenix. at least three buildings have burned so far of the fire has reached more than four and a half square miles. may have been caused by an electrical problem. we will be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calor

. >>> coming up first, swift water danger at yosemite national park, the warning that rangers are giving to visitors this holiday weekend. >>> >>> good morning. 6:newer toon now. right now the coast guard and sfpd towing an abandoned sailboat back to shore. they believe -- they don't think anyone is onboard but they will check to make sure there is no one in the water. we are understanding that right now is happening a quarter mile west of the north tower of the golden gate bridge. we'll keep our eye on the story as the coast guard toes that abandoned sailboat -- toes that abandoned sailboat back to shore. >>> yosemite park will be a popular destination this weekend. rangers are advising everyone there to stay out of merced river. search-and-rescue team put out a demonstration yesterday to show how dangerous the river can be snowmelt is keeping the water bitterly cold. this comes after three hikers were swept over vernal falls and died last year >>> u.s. soldiers continuing a tradition dating back to 1948. soldiers have placed small american flags at the griffs of money than 260,000 serv

john bureaus, then to the grand canyon, then ends up in the redwoods of northern california and yosemite. here is the president with john muir, they camp out, spend three days in the wild. camp under these redwood trees which roosevelt thought were like the redwoods were our great cathedrals. he would use religious i am rage ri. freezing in a snow storm with john muir, they would try to out naturalist each other. nobody knew birds like tr. muir was a botanist. he wa talk plants and roosevelt was outplaying them on birds they had a friendly competition. roosevelt thought muir was a great figure, they had differences. tr was a hunter conservationist, muir thought only in hunger should you shoot an animal. roosevelt believed you had to constantly hunt that hunters were the great conservationists, at one moment by a campfire, muir said to roosevelt when are you going to give thaup boyi hunting thing of yours? tr uncharacteristically said i know i need to. i should. of course he didn't. he ended up going on to africa as ex-president and brazil collecting for science with you getting specimens

we have link to the yosemite web cam under see it on tv. >>> so peaceful.back to talk to expense ber the forecast. >> start with a little time lapse view from the sutro camera this afternoon. golden gate. blue sky late afternoon hours just few cloud around. expect to see few more clouds overnight tonight then tomorrow state wide mainly sunny conditions although parts of the coast line will see some clouds. nice and warm interior section of the state a little cooler at the coast of course. as will be the case here in the pay area. see inland high in the upper 70's to just about 80 degrees in warmest location. 60's, 70's right around the ba bay. 61 on the coast at half moon bay and look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. we have couple days of graduate warming coming our wait a minute low 80's inland on wednesday. cooling down rather sharply thursday and friday and start the to warm-up over the weekend within land high in the low 80's. mid 70's around the bay and low 60's on the coast. pleasant but up and down in the temperature range. >> san francisco glide

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. >> an environmental group wants to ban gold-mining near yosemite national park.ironment california plans to ask them to bar mining within 12 miles of the park area the skyrocketing price of gold has people staking claims to close to the protected lands of yosemite. processors say current regulations are good enough. >> a new national monument graces california's coast. secretary of the interior and congressman sam spahr helps with the dedication of the national monument yesterday. the former military post is popular with hikers and mountain bikers as well as horseback riders to government leaders say the designation should boost tourism and bring in jobs. >> we informed people that we would be hiring 30,000 people just within the public land agencies and usda. we are well on our way to getting that done for the summer. the president is very focused on making sure we are providing his the planet. >> the post was established in 1970 and closed in 1994. some of the land went to california state university monterey bay. >> time now is 7:21. a special tribute to a bay

join what's exactly sure cost hirsch loan >>henry: yosemite is an icon. as summer approaches we have a treasure in our front yard. haugh off for dinner is >> if you would travel halfway around the world to see a place like yosemite. outfit have to be in our front yard. if soft sister of his duty and is based there. hochtief is that into one a small leak fourth to market john is here, he is a writer for loan rate when it if that the affirmative forever on this. for the west is whatever one knows which is the valley. with hats script square-mile high walls of granite falls fief. -cuff look at that what verizon fleet of the valley floor. stand beneath that >> you start in the west where you get these beautiful views. if it is ending for the good news of the granite delormes and raw footage of the craft it is a waterfall even written. we have the last leaf season rain and snow. it just got 8 in. a of a pioneer of this >> at least to ninth. . call every dollar in you will get a room pack good shoes and call every hour. >> the lessons of life. >>henry: the book

>>pam: a uc santa cruz to reported missing at yosemite national park has been found.ck at it with a group of students dared kidney lake in northwestern 70. he was absent during the morning head count on saturday. >>pam: the bay to breakers race is over the cleanup continues. here is what it looked like at alamo park yesterday. oppenheimer some are walking, some are partying. the mess created was a man's. maureen kelly shows us but it looks like today. >> despite the ban on dues, the trash still present on hayes st. hill is mostly alcohol-related. here is a beer bottle in the gutter and a broken bottle in a little box. making jobs and you see here is sick of the mess left behind. oxford watson >> i could not get people to stop urinating in my bushes. i live a few blocks of of the art. it was still not a fun place to be. >>stanley: a huge loophole make it virtually impossible to ban booze at bay to breakers. i will explain in the next edition of people behaving badly. our >>stanley: , there was this so-called ban on alcohol, but let's bring down what a ban on alcohol re

you can enjoy the view of yosemite falls 24/7 on a high-def webcam. one of four park web feeds.ave links to the webcams at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> new study says the number of people -- number of americans who sleepwalk is bigger than anyone thought. researchers at stanford interviewed 16,000, the researchers found out a third say they sleepwalk at least once in their lives based on the findings, researchers estimate up to 8 1/2 million americans sleepwalk at least once a year. researchers say that some factors can increase your odds of sleepwalking, including depression, alcohol abuse and a history of sleepwalking. >> stanford does have one of the most respected sleep centers in the country. >>> just ahead, john edwards' corruption trial is about to hit close to home. the family member getting ready to take the stand today. >>> facebook getting ready to go public. the surging price for the stock and where mark zuckerberg will be friday for big debut. >>> following developing news, deputies investigating what appears to be castro valley's first homicide of the year.

. >>> a a sign from yosemite that summer is almost here. but they can also hold you back. ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> cables used to climb half dome at yosemite national park have been set up this week. the metal cables should be in place by friday weather permitted. everyone with those capables some climbers still fall to their deaths each year. the cables are on the steepest portion of the 7-mile trail near the summit of half point. >>> giants seem to be on a bit of a role. >> yeah we'll take it. they will any way. real old school giant fans. mays mccubby remember williams. and now a couple of home runs in the game is a real big deal. giants get that tonight and some willie amazing defense too. check it out. cabrera the brewers elkie at third. he is a goner. that is a big league throw. and you know what milky knows about it too. he's liking it. joaquin arias first big homer as well. looking for another victory, buster p

this is a restroom in yosemite. we discovered these above phoenix. then there's art work which celebrates people doing ordinary but indispensable stuff. this is up at timber line lodge. they were not used to seeing them or getting classes in journalism. they would get people in trouble. sometimes the art or the artist got in trouble. let's look at a few of the structures around california. this is built by the wpa. the noblist motive is the public good. imagine anybody saying that today. this kind of work is a noble endeavor. county courthouses like this one in alameda. city halls all over california in a variety of styles. this one is at burbank. it hasn't been touched. fire stations all over the place. and police stations and armories. this is the police stables in golden gate park and public libraries. and then one at north berkeley. public hospitals. clinics and sanitary. as well as polio people did get tuberculosis. remember that counties were strapped for funds. so the wpa gave it to them. children got health care. we were headed for a national

we'll see a few 80s in north bay valleys with downsloping winds. 69 in yosemite. 74 in los angeles. temperatures in the 60s by say 11:00 here and then we'll than looking at numbers to climb toward the 70-degree mark by the later afternoon hours. our nice day for the ballgame with oakland coming in at 74. 75 if you head down towards hayward and fremont. santa clara, upper 70s with 64 in monterey. clear skies, 70s at our coast. mid 70s by monday. a little bit of cooling coming in on tuesday but the fog doesn't return until wednesday and plenty of warmth throughout the middle of the week. >> terry: cinco de mayo, perfect temperatures and super moon at night. in sports, not only cinco de mayo but the first saturday in may which means it's kentucky derby day. union is the favorite. lisa was betting on jaljamal but she is moving her money. giants are trying to end a four-game losing streak with the milwaukee brewers. >> good morning. first inning woes continue with tim lincecum. he was erratic early and the blue crew took advantage. >> timmy was inside and outside and in the dirt. two wal

you do not need to drive for hours to soak in the serenity of yosemite falls. now anyone with a computer can see yosemite national park main attraction any time of the day. a live high-definition cameras now pointed at the landmark. that web cam updates every 30 seconds, the web cam is also set up at halfdome, you can find live images on the national park service website. we have a link on cbssf.com, click on news. >> they trained for months and then it comes down to this. cyclist on the amgen tour finished a two of the race. that will eventually take them to los angeles. len ramirez met them at today's finish line. >> that is right, after five hours in the saddle and 170 mi. from san fransisco all the way down here with a couple of mountain passes thrown in, it came down to another sprint finish. very exciting for the riders, a very long day in the saddle but for the fans it was all just a flash. it is not a long as lasting fan experience in world sports. >> it was a blur of strong men. >> but for bicycle racing fans and is worth a second. >> it was a blur. ve

. >>> an environmental group is taking steps to ban goldmining at yosemite park.king the white house to bar mining within ten miles of the park. now backers say the skyrocketing price of gold has some people staking dozens of claims within a ten-mile radius of yosemite, but many prospectors say state and federal regulations are sufficient to protect the environmental. >>> hundreds of san francisco students are learning what it means to grow and sell their own produce. students from john o'connell high school had rosemary, radishes, lettuce and little green onions for sale this morning. the students cultivate the crops in the school's vegetable garden for the their health and science classes. >> we're the most local farm, three miles away where it was grown, in san francisco. >> we can keep a small garden going, you lose plants all the time to bug and insects and just bad luck and stuff. so i think it was really cool to be connected to your food. >> two other schools are part of the san francisco school district's schoolyard to market program. student as thereto bo

so numbers in the mid-80s from yosemite with temperatures in the northern sierra about 70, upper 60s big sur, with mid-90s in between. most 60s up toward eureka. the fog is dense. further south around monterey, and salinas and watsonville. we will look at afternoon sun there. keeping it cool, low 60s there. san francisco, get something sunshine but it will take some time. early on it will be cool and later on 68 and 76 across the bay in oakland. really a nice looking day out there. 83 in fremont, 88 in san jose, and the warm numbers inland with 66 santa cruz, 70 in watsonville, and the fog not too far offshore. tomorrow the marine layer ushering in a stronger sea breeze and cooler temperatures. highs as much as five to seven degrees cooler for mother's day and the coolest day of the week should be monday. tuesday and wednesday look warmer coast and bay side and then we will cool it back again thursday and friday. so up and down we go, all thanks to the ebb and flow of that fog. >> and i have the feeling that your children are going to be surprising you with a major mother's day tomor

so we do have a pretty good-looking warmer than average week ahead. 74 in yosemite. 85 in fresno.fshore flow keep it clear at the coast in southern california. 5-6 degrees warmer in downtown. we'll be in the 70s for sure by around noontime. in fact before that. with temperatures today near the water and sunset district at around the low 70s. at the coast. weak sea breeze but warm offshore winds warming us up. 82 in watsonville and tomorrow we're going to be talking about 70s. mid-70s. a little cooling tuesday. the fog coming back on wednesday. will it be patchy and then warming up quickly behind that thursday, friday and saturday. we have a stretch above normal weather. >> carolyn: my, my, my. i do like it. let's check out sports. this afternoon the giants and matt cain to the mound hoping to win the rubber game against the brewers. yesterday they got a four-game losing streak. here is shu with this morning sports. >> giants with a four-game slide beating the brewers. first pitch, we go to the fifth and madison bumgarner getting no support. how about an r.b.i. double and it's a 1-

sierra a lot of sun in the low 60s at tahoe, 70s around yosemite. >>> fantastic.ank you very much. >>> this weekend hundreds of mothers will be marching in san leandro to take a stand against violence this is video of last year's mother's day march. the founder of 1,000 mothers to prevent violence lost two sons to gun violence at the same time. i will be emceeing that march at the san leandro marina, registration at 9 a.m., just $20, the money will help provide counseling. >>> want to visit dozens of bay area museums for free? redwood city announced if you get a library card you can reserve your museum tickets online and print them out for free. tech museum, california academy of sciences, oakland museum of california, lawrence hall of science and bay area discovery museum. >>> we have more coming up. >> friday's perfect pet. >> mike will introduce us to sue. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getti

sierra a lot of sun in the low 60s at tahoe, 70s around yosemite. >>> fantastic.k you very much. >>> this weekend hundreds of mothers will be marching in san leandro to take a stand against violence this is video of last year's mother's day march. the founder of 1,000 mothers to prevent violence lost two sons to gun violence at the same time. i will be emceeing that march at the san leandro marina, registration at 9 a.m., just $20, the money will help provide counseling. >>> want to visit dozens of bay area museums for free? redwood city announced if you get a library card you can reserve your museum tickets online and print them out for free. tech museum, california academy of sciences, oakland museum of california, lawrence hall of science and bay area discovery museum. >>> we have more coming up. >> friday's perfect pet. >> mike will introduce us to sue.  >> we want to meet your mom. go to facebook, up load your family pictures and tell us why you are lucky to have your mother. >> you would be lucky to have a perfect pet today. a cou

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. >> yosemite park has a new option f you cannot be there at least you can see there. and there you can enjoy on a high d etch f web cam launched today. it's one of four park web feeds including half dome and the sierra nevada range. we have links to the web cams on abc 7 news.com. that is relax oogt federal government and wireless carriers teeming up to make sure you get word of weather emergencies. it begins this month, and you don't need to sign up. there is an emergency you'll get a text alert. the service can issue blerts for missing children and presidential alerts for national emergencies. >> nothing that serious going on. there is a mild weather alert. >> and there is a forecast. there is weather coming our way. >> that is cool compared to where we normally are owe this time of the year. there is a warming trend tomorrow. there is what it looks like. areas of seeing sun now there is beautiful looking day. another live picture now from our east bay hills camera. uk see a lot of sunshine out there. this is deep marine layer. whapgs what's happening on live dopple

the surface just pretty mild out there throughout the evening hours. 78 fresno, 70 big sur with 69 yosemite this afternoon downtown san francisco right at the ballpark you are looking at mid-60s to around 70 by later on in the afternoon. lots of sunshine. we will be looking at temperatures here above normal all across the bay with 78 in concord, livermore, antioch. 75 fremont and hayward today with 76 and 73 in watsonville with 74 santa cruz. the look ahead we are talking bat five or six degrees of warming tomorrow. the warmest day out of the next seven should be monday. a little sea breeze on tuesday and you will notice the fog tries to return on wednesday, thursday and friday. just patchy and it still stays sunny and mild from the bay to the inland valleys. >> is this about where it should be? >> actually above normal. >> warmer than normal? >> yeah. >> all right. thank you very much. straight ahead. a local ballet troupe's unique performance and what it@ñ does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me

and then for that late afternoon solar eclipse viewing it looks about good as well. 84 yosemite with0s along the coast. the fog beginning to move on in after midnight. between 5:16 when that eclipse begins into 6:30 we are looking at really clear conditions and a beautiful evening out there. pretty warm in most spots with 84% coverage. you will see the crescent shape even if you look down. hopefully you are looking down on to the pavement. 67 today in the city with 74 in oakland. low 80s in the north bay to mid-80s for santa rosa and cloverdale. 82 for san jose today with that sea breeze 10 to 20 miles an hour from half moon bay to ocean beach and monterey sunshine with mid-60s. 76 for santa rosa crude. accuweather seven-day forecasted to the warmest day out of the next seven. in fact, around danville, the try valley, upper 80s. five to seven degrees cooling with coastal fog. the second trough coming in midweek and that will bring much cooler conditions, windy through wednesday and thursday and highs going well below average. it looks like another system on the heels of that for next

80s, santa cruz, monterey carmel around 70°. 90 throughout the central valley, sunny 63 tahoe, 79 yosemitesun still cool in eureka, 58 to 95 in palm springs. it schools tonight. -- it schools tonight, a few -- a few clouds. the coast drops to the mid 60s tomorrow the rest of us peak mid 80s around the bay 90 inland cooling starts to move in a little. the temperatures inland in the low to mid 80s above average the rest of the forecast around the bay mid 70s to near 80 above average at the coast low 60s. >>> you have to listen to this story. if you want to lose weight a new study won't seem like mickey mouse research. m.i.t. researchers have discovered mice that were fed yogurt became sexier. the within on the left was fed yogurt the one on the right was not, the one on the left slim her. yogurt eating male mice mated faster and produced more offspring. yogurt eating female mice had shine fur and became better moms. the scientists credit probiotics. >> we'll be right back. >> the facebook road show howerg to sell investors on the site. that story and more later today at 4:00 and 5:0

sierra sunny 60 today, 73 by the end of the weekend tahoe 81 in yosemite one last stop southern californiaa lot of sun low to mid 70s l.a. upper 60s for san diego. at home here's your forecast, low 80s inland the next couple of days low to mid 70s around the bay low 60s at the coast a dip monday and tuesday it could be warmer once day and thursday morning clouds giving way to afternoon sun temperatures a little above average most of those days no rain in the forecast. >>> feel like you don't have enough vacation time? a new study validates that americans are an overworked bunch. a study found more than 50% of american workers do not use all of their time off. most of them leave 11 days unused every year. u.s. law does not require companies to give employees paid vacation time unlike the united kingdom where companies must give workers 28 days off every year. germany and japan require at least 20 days off. >>> this week's perfect pet just ahead. >> mike will introduce us to castro the cat. >>> today, royal insiders say there is good reason will and kate haven't started a family yet and warn

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but in the last few years, that number has dropped to just 11% at yosemite and 6% at yellowstone. here at rocky mountain national park, the average age of visitors has risen to 46. what is the biggest challenge for the parks? >> well, right now we see a lot of youth not coming to the parks. i think there are a lot of distractions right now for young people. >> reporter: overall, attendance has dropped only slightly the last two years. but with fewer young visitor, some conservationists worry about what could happen in the decades to come. >> if we do not do a better job of inviting young people to national parks, the parks will become less relevant. >> reporter: so the park service is mounting a campaign to attract children. >> it's really cool. >> reporter: like this school group just outside of washington, d.c. >> they get excited. they discover things. for them to know that not only they can come back, but they own this place. this is their park. >> reporter: back in colorado, the sheaffer family is also fighting the trend. >> ooitit's sad to see the next generation will perhap

heading to the sierra, 68 in tahoe to 80 in yosemite. heading to the a's game, we lost 10-6 last night. dropping down to 61. few clouds along the coast. temperatures in the low to mid-50s and tomorrow will be the warmest day with near 90 inland and mid-50s at the coast. will it be coolest on monday. >>> i was telling you about the road work in the santa cruz mountains on highway 17. apparently those orange cones are in the lanes of traffic and some of them are getting stuck in their cars but highway at the summit this is highway 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains heading to downtown san jose, south 880 to south 280 that connection ramp is blocked until 6:00 this morning. traffic is light all around the bay area. live shot of the maze everything is looking good. there was road work scheduled in the eastbound 880 direction but it's been cleared. contra costa county, there is know trouble at all. highway 24 that connects heading over to the caldecott tunnel. heads up for tonight, you want to avoid the streets near at&t park. there is

. >> i feel like yosemite sam a little bit. grows in a different lo we have adam garone himself. ta-da! >> tell us about this movie. >> it's about masculinity and grooming, and what it means to be a man in the current day and age. >> what do you think works best for my face? >> a hood. >> what does men's grooming habits go too far? >> there's a whole segment on man scaping, there's limits around that. >> how has your life changed since all of this happened? >> i wake up each morning and sort of think somehow on the way here, my life has become about a mustache. it's surreal. >> was the november challenge more successful and bigger than you expected? >> yeah, last year we had 860,000 rise to the challenge. across the globe raised $125 million. it makes movember by far one of the biggest funders of prostate cancer programs in the world. what. >> does it take to be a man? >> it all starts with this. >> ah. >> a little bit more about men reclaiming their masculinity, being more of a gentleman. >> look good to meet a woman or try to

uganda and kenya 25 years ago included visiting a national park that had been almost now president yosemite was seeking control. this was in 1987. and i was left haunted to god's creation being destructed. there's been this virtuous cycle where recognizing the value of conserving elephants and other animals for their own safety has led to the prospect of development for the countries that host these amazing creatures and has also led to a steady drop in -- what we're here to consider today is an unfortunate natural venal vortex that's going the opposite direction. just as in central africa, a number of -- lack of central control, a lack of organized armed opposition, a lack of coordination and collaboration across countries, so too we put at risk majestic species, bioopportunity to -- put at risk the prospects for conservation. there's been a report that details just how many billions of dollars go into the coffers of resistance movements and the terrorist movements that are outside the rule of law. as to chairman kerry, i know that senator isaacson reflect a broad community both republican

plan on 97 degrees around fresno. 87 in yosemite, 73 at lake tahoe. it will be warm to hot in some spots, especially in england. air quality is not that bad and we have a little bit of a sea breeze so things are looking good. low clouds and fog along the coastline tonight, surging back on shore. more sunshine on the way and even out towards the coastline we should have plenty of sun. 85 in morgan hill, east bay temperatures well into the '80s. inside the day, still a bit of a sea breeze. the next couple of days, enjoy plenty of sunshine come your way. maybe 90 degrees in the valley this by thursday. here comes the summer! >> belonged in san francisco, in this case , >> let's go live to ken bastida in mobile 5 in san francisco >> we are seeing more and more of this around san francisco these days. it says it rode close but we will take you inside. they look at this project, people on this section of the line have basically had to walk around with your blood sport a few days because they have had nonstop construction going on day and night, 24/7 since f

still quite warm in fresno and sacramento with upper 80s to mid-90s. 84 in yosemite.me looking at numbers from mid 70 70s in sunnyvale. 73 in menlo park. upper 60s in millbrae. here is where that fog will keep it cool and misty and in the north bay look for mid-70s for petaluma as well as vallejo. 60s in oakland and over the hills for the mildest weather with temperatures there quite nice in the low 80s with mid 60s in watsonville. couple days of temperatures dropping into the upper 70s that is tomorrow warm up tuesday and wednesday and then more on thursday and friday but it should be nice. >> carolyn: a lot of people will be sad on to see that warm weather go. >> it's coming back. that is what makes it interesting. >> carolyn: let's check out sports. stage one of the amgen tour of california begins in about 90 minutes in santa rosa. this afternoon the a's will try to take three out of four from the detroit tigers in this weekend's series after winning again yesterday but the news wasn't all good for oakland. here is mike shumann with details. >>> the a's disabled li

forget long drive, >> now you can check out yosemite falls from the comfort of your own home.tes every 30 seconds but what a sight. the park also has web cameras set up at halftone and el capitan as well. an oakland woman celebrate a milestone that few of us will ever see >> she just turned 111 years old. she celebrated with friends and family at her retirement home. she was born in mexico and move to the u.s. after witnessing pancho villa as last battle in the mexican revolution. >> one mexican-american community move towards free will she came along and she had a lot to do with that era >> something good and my family are all nice to me. >> she also says that she loves dancing, music, and her favorite food is enchiladas. >> maybe that is the key. >> can you imagine everything she has seen? the top baby names are in. >> sophia took the top spot for the ladies and isabella had been the most popular name for two years but dropped to no. 2. michelle miss the top 100 at 144. >> thanks for pointing that out. for boys, jacob was number one, mason jumped from no. 12 to #two courtesy

sierra sunny 60 today, 73 by the end of the weekend tahoe 81 in yosemite one last stop southern californiaof sun low to mid 70s l.a. upper 60s for san diego. at home here's your forecast, low 80s inland the next couple of days low to mid 70s around the bay low 60s at the coast a dip monday and tuesday it could be warmer once day thursday morning clouds giving way to afternoon sun temperatures a little above average most of those days no rain in the forecast. >>> feel like you don't have enough vacation time? a new study validates that americans are an overworked bunch. a study found more than 50% of american workers do not use all of their time off. most of them leave 11 days unused every year. u.s. law does not require companies to give employees paid vacation time unlike the united kingdom where companies must give workers 28 days off every year. germany and japan require at least 20 days off. >>> this week's perfect pet just ahead. >> mike will introduce us to castro the cat. >>> today, royal insiders say there is good reason will and kate haven't started a family yet and warn the wait

mid-90s for chico today and fresno with the 80s in yosemite. 74 in the northern sierra. look at palm springs with 107 and the low clouds and fog from north to south and a little bit of mist and drizzle this morning. but you will notice more of that tonight and in fact by your monday morning as well. we will look for the gray conditions. so overall today look at the 60s returning from san francisco in oakland, 63 in richmond, 66 across the bay, and in oakland with low 890s returning here. just in a few spots though. upper 70s from san jose and cupertino and campbell. notice along the coast we have some mist and drizzle. i don't think we will see much clearing at all throughout the early part of the day and the fog moves on wack. we are looking at 60 monterey, 28 gilroy. here's the look ahead. today some sunshine, should look pretty good out there but definitely cooler with numbers as much as 5 to 12 degrees cooler and then further fooling on monday. tuesday and wednesday looks to be the warmer days of the work week and then more cooling for thursday and friday. so not bad

80s, santa cruz, monterey carmel around 70°. 90 throughout the central valley, sunny 63 tahoe, 79 yosemite sun still cool in eureka, 58 to 95 in palm springs. it schools tonight. -- it schools tonight, a few -- a few clouds. the coast drops to the mid 60s tomorrow the rest of us peak mid 80s around the bay 90 inland cooling starts to move in a little. the temperatures inland in the low to mid 80s above average the rest of the forecast around the bay mid 70s to near 80 above average at the coast low 60s. >>> you have to listen to this story. if you want to lose weight a new study won't seem like mickey mouse research. m.i.t. researchers have discovered mice that were fed yogurt became sexier. the within on the left was fed yogurt the one on the right was not, the one on the left slim her. yogurt eating male mice mated faster and produced more offspring. yogurt eating female mice had shine fur and became better moms. the scientists credit probiotics. >> we'll be right back. >> the facebook road show how zucker -- zuckerberg is trying to sell investors on the site. that story and more later t

i found yosemite was $55 for a week to park their so we could go camping. i am not a camper bed kept thinking we should go camping. i have to introduce these things boys do. we went to yosemite and i was sleeping in my station wagon every night and thinking used to be the treasurer of the united states and i am now sleeping with my son next to me for a week in a station wagon. what kind of vacation is this? those boys are already up and out of their tent and in the dirt and playing and having the time of their life and jump on the bus and go to mcdonald's and have breakfast and i just watched and it was a wonderful week's vacation with those kids so from then on this is going to happen every year and the next year i was in a not so waterproof cabin. two years later i abraded to winterize a cap and at lake tahoe but i always spend time together and i tell you why. one of my favorite traditions is as a single mom you are involved in your work because you're throwing yourself in it. this 9-5 or 9-7 or whatever you do and you have to keep going and keep the hou

. >>> yosemite park offering new way to enjoy beauty if you can't be there, see there. can now enjoy the view on a webcam. it is one of four feeds that include the sierra nevada range. we have links at abc7news.com look under see it on tv. >>> new study out says the number of americans who sleepwalk is larger than anyone thought. researchers at stanford interviewed 16,000, a third of people surveyed say they've sleepwalked at least once. the researchers estimate up to 8 1/2 million americans sleepwalk at least once a year. researchers say some factors may increase your odds of sleepwalking, they include, depression, alcohol abuse and a family mystery of sleepwalking. -- and a family history of sleepwalking. >>> if you look on the fineprint of some of the sleep medications they tell you, you may sleepwalk. >> has your wife told you? >> nobody has told me. >> who is that raiding the fridge. >>> a few days away from facebook's long awaited ipo. how high shares have surged and where mark zuckerberg will not betrayed -- not be when trading begins friday. >>> back to court fo

the high country where they just had snow a few days ago is now looking at 73 degrees in yosemite and lake tahoe. a week ridge of high pressure sliding across the state. a few systems. this one will reinforce the low clouds and fog later on tonight and then there's another one after that. it looks like we're going to see more fog on the way for the next couple of days. some of that have you thought about the time you get a grill ready. plenty of fog along the coastline beginning to see inside of the day and overnight it will serge all the way through the valley. a pretty strong push tomorrow morning but it will probably burn off early as we head into the afternoon. today 72 degrees and sunny in san jose. a cool 59 degrees and breezy in half moon bay. 70 degrees. east bay some others in the '70s in many places. some of the warmer spots checking in at 77, 77 in antioch and as a major way inside of the they not bad. sunshine in oakland. 73 in santa rosa. the next couple of days the centers will creep up just a little bit tomorrow. but i think major warming as we get into wednesday and th