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rob black is here to give this is take on what happened at the market today. there are modest gains at the end but still the market is not there. >> were in that summer of discontent at the low end of the discontent part we have another week and half of summer laughed. today the market dipped and they say know that's too low valuations look good. there's a lot of bad news some of the data came out on home sales. >> new home sales in particular. >> economic says with a kind of cheap so we bounced off of that. let's >> talk about the new home sales. down 12.4% in july. >> these are often members that's the worst ever. we have a 12 1/2 months' supply of existing homes. >> ensure all the foreclosures on the market aren't helping. >> were looking at 2012 to 2015 before housing gets back to where it should be stable. existing homes that's about 85 percent of the market but a new home sales talks about the future of how the market goes. you and i sign a contract by house that the bill of over the next 90 days. this is bad data. it affects jobs, plumbers, electricians

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rob has the full forecast coming up in a moment. >>> must-see video. the police chase thapatks latoo lksooik le it is straigh out of a movie. t >>> welcome back. just about 6:27. waking up to a lot of low clouds and some mist. san jose, 57. taking you into oakland, 55. there you see the wind out of the west at 9. across the golden gate bridge, the rain gauge and some windshield wipers out there. misty skies around the peninsula. out towards san ramon, i within a into some of that on my way into work. strong sea breeze today, but that sea breeze will do a number to our temperatures today. nothing like the summer-like temperatures you would expect for august. mostly 70s inland. 73 san jose. 59 san francisco. 55 in oakland over the next few days. the weekend ahead, things looking mild across the seven-day forecast. >> the giants lost last night but it did not effect their spot in the standings. they move to atlanta, game time set for 4:00 this afternoon. the giants are still a game behind the padres after their loss to the rockies. rockies had a big day a

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up next come rob reiner. stay with us. please welcome rob reiner. he is a very successful actor, writer and producer as well as a longtime political activist. here is a scene from "flipped." >> it was those eyes. something in those dazzling eyes. his family had just moved into the neighborhood. i had been in the van when his dad got him to help his mom. and i chased after him to see if he could play before he got trapped inside. the next and i know he was holding my hand. my heart stopped. could this be my first kiss? but then his mother came out. she turned completely read. good to have you on the program. i know you are such a political guy. use of the conversation with wesley clark. what did you make of his reticence to just say this was an abject failure? >> he is a military man. people were given orders to go over there and fight. he will not be smirch our military, but from a policy standpoint it was a disaster. when you think about what is going on with this terrible recession, i believed it might have been blunt it had we not billions of dol

want to check in with bay area meteorologist, rob mayeda. he's got the first look at our forecast. >> we're about two hours away from being bright and early, 4:30 in the morning, awfully early, but we're waking up to 50s this morning. we've got some drizzle in a few spots again along the coast, you'll find that waiting for you right around san francisco or along highway 1 down the coastline. look at our temperatures today. this is the same mild pattern we've been stuck in for the last week or so. but now that we're at wednesday, halfway towards the weekend, fans of warmer weather rejoice. 80s and 90s inland, getting started saturday, probably the warmest days we've seen in almost a month coming our way in time for the weekend. back to you. >> thanks a lot, rob. >>> also checking your commute early this morning. felipe in for mike. >> here's your first look at traffic, highway 1 construction, a new project going on today for the next three weeks. highway 1 all the way out to mere woods road until 6:00 a.m. th thrk, northbound 101, same area,

with rob black and your money. oakland police are saying they're investigating a sexual assault that happen in a crowded parking rush on clay and 14th street. he conceded rush location on our map as kron 4 christine conley explains investigators say the attack happened in the middle the day. oakland police say the attack happened here in the clay st. grosz last thursday. investigators say the woman told police she was sexually assaulted inside the garage. please see what makes the attack in this grosz is that it happened in the middle of the afternoon 1231 this area is extremely busy you can see the grosz's right here next to city hall which is just a few feet away. there's no sketch of the suspect he is described as a black man, between 30 and 35 years old, about 5 ft. 9 in. went to undercounts. he has a short afro and missing front tooth on the left side. please see the victims saw the suspect again on monday near lake merritt on 14th street wearing a large black had bones around his neck and large dark sunglasse

Ãqw@, >> rob black will enter your e- mail, and this is from rachel. that's going to lead tree-linead perhaps the boeing delayed a 7873 minor delivery again. should i sell this stock? first zero, tell us about the dream liner? >> first of all, it is a and aerospace company. it is not an airplane production company. and this was it due out early last year. it is wildly late. and announced on friday that it was also late again for the first product to those in love and. pr late 2011? in the wall street likes to perhaps like the known perhaps instead of the unknown. >> and use and not so? >> and i am assuming either. and a lot of times, the news can be countered than conventional wisdom. in the cuban and ice leak of a delay, and now wall street these are thinking that perhaps they've finally know. ahand what are your thoughts of taking property? out of a for 01 k? >> not until you are a retirement that is what it is not for, it is a bucket of money that will last you from 60-100. right now, before a house? you were not going to of the money when you retir

want to check in with rob. he's got a look at our full forecast. >> we're starting to see the skies lighten up, but we're waking up to low clouds. san francisco, this is a familiar sight. we've got the low clouds there and some misty skies. 57 degrees, southwest wind at 7. so today, like we had yesterday. mostly looking at 70s inland, maybe near 80 in the warmest places, but we're still on schedule for a weekend warm-up that will put our temperatures in the 80s and 90s inland. not much change for san francisco or the coast, but inland spots will start to climb on up. around lunchtime, we'll see some 70s popping up inland. highs today close to 78 around livermore. i'm going to show you tonight's temperatures, keeping with the space theme. because over the next two nights, if you look off to the northeastern sky, hopefully without any low clouds, may catch the perseids meteor showers. this is one of the better sights we get in the night skies we get as far as meter yoor showers. summer coming back starting saturd

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rob? vinita? >>> computer hackers have launched a sophisticated, new attack on power plants and factories. their weapon is a malicious computer code that can seize the inner workings of power plants and industrial plants. investigators are calling it the struxnet worm. u.s. power plants are particularly vulnerable because a successful attack could shut down an enticomm >>> six teenagers drowned in shreveport, louisiana, while trying to save another teen who had slipped into deep water. none of those teens, though, and no adults nearby could swim. as ron claiborne reports, that is true of so many african-americans. >> reporter: in the sweltering heat, a group of adults and teenagers went down to the red river to barbecue and cool off. suddenly, a 15-year-old boy wading close to shore, apparently slipped under the surface, where the river dropped off to 28 feet deep. six teens raced into the river to try to rescue him. the boy was pushed to safety. but the others all drowned, including maude

rob mayeda can do the weather forecast in 140 characters. >> i can. >> if you don't follow rob on twitter, he is excellent with updates. >> that's right. >> i highly suggest following rob. >> today was a nice day to be outside, not stuck on a mobile phone. this view in berkeley. the kite festival. gorgeous weather and look at the breeze, not too strong. blue skies above. look at those kites. huge. we are talking 20, 30-foot-long kites and some more interesting than others. a scuba diver or something there. further south, fremont festival of the arts. you can see out there around the nbc pavilion, nice sunshine out there and gorgeous to be taking in the sites. the chef at the demo pavilion showing some of the folks enjoying the sights and sounds. look at that blue sky in fremont. san jose 75. the wind, a little breezy. 65 in located. light jacket weather around the bay this evening. sun in san francisco. north winds down the coast cleared out some of our beaches for the afternoon today. with the wind coming in off the water, things are quite cool around the bay area. this is the culprit fo

black rob will be back with us monday big trees send them here e- mail's at rob@robblack.com . and right now were following a shooting of a fremont police officer while the details for you what we come back. live this is kron 4 news @ 4:30 p.m. with breaking news. breaking news at the top of our newscast at 430 a fremont police officer shot as he is attempting to serve a search warrant oakland near copper o

. >> let's check in with rob. we have been talking about it's been a bit cool lately and it won't change. this is the amazing part. we get these patterns that last a week or so and then they're gone. we've been stuck in the pattern since the middle part of sdwrju. san francisco, lots of low clouds over the golden gate bridge. gusty winds into the delta this morning. that's a clear sign of the ocean air conditioning that will be sticking around. if you're heading out to the giants game tonight, bundle up as the cubs come to town. look at the temperatures inland. we should be seeing 90s inland. to hit 78 around fairfield and livermore is amazing. 76 for san mjose. warmer weather will hold off until the start of next weekend. >>> investors are reacting to the hp scandal that forced the ceo out. we will check the markets next. this is bob redell looking for that perfect place to pitch a tent? we think we found the bay's best places to go camping. we'll show you where they're at coming up in a live report. >>> and more

>> thanks a lot, rob. the record heat has firefighters struggling to put out a wildfire in the east bay this morning. that blaze is burning at mt. diablo state park. so far, it is at least 50% contained. nbc bay area's christie smith is live this morning with the latest on the overnight efforts, and let's hope in those cooler temperatures they were able to make a little progress overnight. christie? >> reporter: good morning, bret. i can tell you it's already quite warm out here this morning. that has been helping firefighters overnight. what they're telling us, they're going to map this fire again at daybreak to get a better handle on exactly what it did overnight and what the plans are for today, but we can tell you that this fire was threatening at least one, possibly more rural homes here in the area of curry canyon and morgan territory east of mt. diablo, threatening but so far residents not packing up and evacuating. this was first reported yesterday around 4:00 in the afternoon in that blazing heat

rob and vinita? >>> the congressional budget office has released a new stimulus scorecard. its independent analysis finds that the administration's commitments will cost $27 billion more than expected for a total of $814 billion. the program continues to boost economic growth. it's also saved or created as many as 3.3 million jobs from april to june of this year. >>> federal safety officials have opened an investigation into older models of the popular jeep grand cherokee. a consumer group asked the agency to determine whether its gas tank too easily catches fire. as abc's lisa stark demonstrates, it could be a fatal flaw. >> reporter: the government defect investigation involves 3 million older chrysler jeep grand cherokees. models 2004 and earlier. the concern is the fuel tank and where it's placed. you can see it's below the rear bumper. a little bit of it sticks out. the center for auto safety is concerned that in rear-end crashes or even in rollovers this tank can rupture. that consumer group sa

we showed up to get robbed. they were not happy until they got the last bit of money. >> the match was sponsored, and there were many thousands of tickets at will call combining that with rush hour traffic, the result is people arriving at the same time, we can only process so many and the security needs time to check patrons. they opened at half-time, letting fans in without having to show tickets and allowing many fans to get in for free, but they should have expected increase interest and been ready with more personnel. >> we spent over $200 on this event plus parking. i'm hoping this will insight someone to do something about this for thousands who didn't get to see the game. >> the general manager said we could publish his e-mail. he invites anyone who feels ripped off or wrong to accepted and e-mail and each case will be reviewed individually. >>> one of the three berkeley graduates jailed in iran says prison officials have denied her request for medical treatment. her mother said her daughter told her abo

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. >>> a female irs agent shot and wounded a man today who was trying to rob her. it happened just after midnight near kirkwood and lasalle avenue. two men tried to rob the agent who was on duty at the time as a criminal invest investigator for the irs. >> the agents fired at one of the suspects. hitting one of the suspects. that suspect is in custody at the hospital. nonlife threatening injuries. >> police are conducting criminal and administrative administrations into the incident. the irs a also conducting an internal investigation. >>> police say three men wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery in pleasanthill may have known their victims. and that drugs could be the apparent motive for the crime. police say it happened shortly before midnight in a home on shilton single parkway in pleasant hill. investigators say two men came through a sliding door with shirts and vests that said police on them. now officers say they stole electronics and escaped in an suv driven by a third man. champane or brown in color, possibly a chevy with a license plate simil

if rob will be back to ensure you the questions we have a lot more news ahead stay tuned. a live look good side from the bay bridge toll plaza play a sun shined here this afternoon and for most the bay area is home but it is so stubborn the fog and it's sitting right along the coastline. temperatures cooler closer to the coast to seven half moon bay, 62 and san francisco were still on the warm side and our inland spots all in the '80s this afternoon. 86 antioch 82 livermore same thing in concord. it's cooler in the north bay 72 degrees in santa rosa that's about 10 degrees cooler than worry work 24 hours ago. will keep similar temperatures in the forecast for tomorrow's the big change coming later on in the weekend. a look at tonight into tomorrow the fog pushing back into the bay this evening. dense fog and drizzle close to the coast line again tomorrow morning and into the afternoon sunny skies and similar temperatures ranging about 60 of the coastline and '80s and your inland spots. fog record for morning the fog similar to saw out there today reaching in to the hilt th

let's check in with rob. temperatures have not been that bad. they will get a bit warmer as we go through the work week. >> a little something for everybody. if you like the cool weather or the change we had this weekend when the winds kicked up and we cooled off. this morning, cool, dry air settling into the bay area. north bay valleys in the 40s. san francisco, 55. cloud-free for now. west wind at 12. you can see the winds, still a sea breeze blowing into fairfield this morning. that's good for air quality. temperatures again today, hour-by-hour, not warming up a whole lot. jacket weather for the morning. still 70s to near 80s. if you want to find the summer heat, wednesday and thursday will be the days for you. 80s and 90s inland, 70s back to the beaches by mid week. back to you. >> thanks. >>> a dangerous trend for student athletes. well show you the report showing how more and more kids are ending up in the er. >>> grab your night-vision goggles. i'm bob redell. this morning we are in search of the bay's best things to do in the dark. we'll

>> reporter: good morning, rob. that triple digit heat that you're talking about in some parts of the bay area could mean another one-two punch for commuters, whether they are on rail lines, on the bus, or on the roadway. here at the fremont b.a.r.t. station, we're hearing from passengers that the delays were about ten minutes for most of them. the problem was that riders were stuck when the b.a.r.t. train control rooms overheated because of an air-conditioning problem. that put the trains into manual mode and that means driving those trains at 25 miles an hour instead of 75 miles an hour. so you can imagine the backups there. on caltrain, the trains were slow as well, but for a different reason. there, because if temperatures are this hot, caltrain slows down the train so they don't warp the tracks as they're passing by. on ac transit, passengers were just hot and sticky. though today is expected to be a full degrees cooler, commuters are expecting more of the same, and that's why one commuter tells us he will take

so i felt like we just got robbed. we just showed up here to get robbed. it's like they weren't happy until they got the last bit of money out of our pockets. >> reporter: the match was sponsored by marquez brothers entertainment of san jose. we did speak to the general manager by phone, who told us, "there were plane thousands of tickets at will call combining that with rush hour traffic the result is all people arriving at the same time. we can only process so many and security needs time to check patrons." marquez brothers also said they opened the gates at halftime letting fans in without having to show tickets and allowing many people to get in for free. but fans say the promote, should have expected increased interest in a game of this caliber and been ready with more personnel. >> we spent over $200 on this event plus parking. so i'm hoping that this will incite someone to do something about this with thousands of fans who didn't get to see the game. >> reporter: live from san jose, we continue to follow this story. the department of rec and park in

ktvu's rob roth is back tonight in oakland with more of what's going on here, rob. >> reporter: ac drivers may have scored a victory in court yesterday, but for passengers today they say it was the same old service. here in oakland's working class fruitvale district, ac transit riders say they've been waiting long for service. >> reporter: how was service today? >> kind of bad. >> reporter: why? >> i don't know, it's kind of slow. >> reporter: 150 drivers called in sick today. that's about the same amount than when the union was doing a sick out. the superior court judge threw out the new contract that was imposed on them but gave them until next tuesday to implement the new contract. >> the schedule remains the same. >> reporter: with the loss in court, ac transit now has at least two key decisions to make. one is whether to appeal a deci how to make up the $300,000 it says it will lose by having to reinstate the old contract. >> if we are forced to impose the judge's ruling and rule the contract back, there will be significant cuts to ac transit that most likely will mean the end of week

he was attacked by a dozen men who robbed and stabbed him. >> reporter: garvin, police are still looking for suspects, but right now three people are under arrest in connection with the attack. investigators say that a 40-year-old man was walking home at about 1:00 this morning in dolores park near the intersection of 19th and church street when a group of 12 men attacked him. investigators say the men all under the age of 21 jumped the victim, beat him up and stabbed and him and robbed him. the victim was taken to san francisco general hospital with life-threatening injuries. police detained seven individuals and placed three suspects under arrest. people who live near the park told us they are frustrated in what seems to be an increase in violence in the past several months. >> a lot more people out there. a lot more contentious. a lot more attitudes. a lot more drinking and more violence overall. no. it doesn't surprise me this would have occurred here. >> reporter: at this point the motive appears to be a random robbery. police have not released the victim's name. he is a 40-year-old

rob, do you have a green thumb? >> i don't have a green thumb, but the person who first owned this house was henry fonda. henry fonda actually planted all of these roses. >> reporter: and like the house, reiner himself stems from hollywood royalty. the son of actor, writer, director, producer carl reiner, rob grew to follow in his father's footsteps, becoming one of hollywood's most successful and respected filmmakers. >> you know, there's a very few people whose parents achieved in this business at a very high level, whose children also achieved at a high level. it's rare. i mean, you can count it on one hand. >> reporter: these days it takes too many fingers to count rob reiner's triumphs. from acting in television's "all in the family", to directing "a few good men" and "misery". >> i make movies about people who live on earth. nobody gets exploded, nobody is running around chasing anything. basically, they're people in rooms talking. >> reporter: his latest film "flipped" which opens this month is no different.

rob? vinita? >> they're unbelievable images to say the least. nick schifrin, thank you. >>> a family picnic at a shreveport, louisiana, park ended in a devastating loss. while the adults set up the barbecue, seven teens went wading into the shallow waters of the red river. suddenly, one boy fell into a sinkhole. the other teens and the adults who rushed to the shore tried to help. but no one could swim. >> they had one life jacket here. and as you can imagine, everybody started yelling for help. nobody could swim. >> they tried to swim him back up and they're hollering for help. and they were still going down. >> the life jacket saved one boy. but six of the teenagers died. it took fire officials and divers three hours to recover all the bodies. >>> bp hopes to attempt the first of two operations to permanently fix its ruptured gulf of mexico well today, despite a technical delay. a small leak at the site has to be fixed before the so-called static kill can proceed. despite the optimism ab

rob has the forecast coming up. >> maybe need a nice, fresh breeze. engineers at nasa ames are using a wind tunnel to test a model of the new orion space shuttle. bob redell has more. >> reporter: if you ever wondered what 1,000 miles of wind sounds like, this is probably the closest you will get. we are in the chamber here of nasa ames research center, and inside this structure is the a scaled down model of the orion spacecraft. i want to take you to the control room where nasa engineers are collecting data on how this spacecraft model is responding to wind speeds of mach 1.6. sorry, i had to get through that door there. hold on, here. the trick of getting from a wind tunnel into a control room. there's a lot of doors to keep the noise out. with those doors, the camera cable has a tendency to get stuck. this is kevin james here. right here is a video shot of inside the wind tunnel. you can't see much there because the wind is just invisibly going over the model. still at 1.6. this does a better visual representation. you guys can see on the screen th

meteorologist rob may ata will have your forecast. [ son ] i'm a good son. dependable. i call my mom every week. i even bought her a computer with my new citi forward card. then one day... have you seen this? she "friended" me. there's a whole album. [ laughs ] [ groans ] and started posting pictures. ♪ and tagging me. publicly. [ male announcer ] you ought to be rewarded for being dependable. the citi forward card gives you extra points for paying your bill on time and staying within your credit limit. [ woman ] nice tights. what's your story? the citi forward card can help you write it. >>> good sunday morning, time now is 7:17, and you're looking downtown at san jose this morning. two friends in norway created a flying boat. it's made from a rubber boat, a steel frame, wings from a hang glider, and a propeller motor. yeah, quite a hodgepodge. but as you can see, it got off the ground. as simple as it looks, the friends say it can fly up to 10,000 feet and hit speeds of about 53 miles per hour. one of the inventors said flying it was like driving a motorcycle in hea

rob and vinita? >> our thanks to t.j. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana because of a tropical depression that is now gaining strength. >> it is expected to turn into a tropical storm that will threaten the gulf coast. accuweather's amy aaronson has the very latest. good morning, amy. >> thank you, rob and vinita. the gulf is certainly in the spotlight. our latest lre s has been officially upgo a tropical depression. that's about 150 miles from the west coast of florida. here you can certainly see the defined circulation on the radar but looking very unorganized. we are just looking ate shower andrstovity eustained wind gusts up to 35 as it tracks northwestward here through the gulf, we are expecting it to strengthen before it makes landfall. so eventually we are expecting this to be upgraded to tropical so let's take a look at its nothing major. we are still looking at some pretty heavy rain. i think that's going to be our main impact when this is all said and done. we are expec

mayeda, my colleague in the morning, meteorologist, rob mayeda. him and 25 other volunteers worked at the family giving tree and their back-to-school program packing backpacks with school supplies for those who need it. of course, with the economy down and jobs being lost, a lot of people certainly can use the extra head start. you can still donate and go to nbcbayarea.com or you can go to bay area proud.com to find links. other weighing you can donate and help out. such a great cause. great for rob to get out. thanks a lot. >>> here's the san francisco camera. this is actually a time lapse. the fog and conveyer belt pushes in this afternoon. but we did have some of the most substantial clearing we have seen in days in san francisco, actually before noon. i was out looking at the fog this morning, looking at my watch saying, okay, all right, it's before noon and we're getting some sunshine so that was a nice treat for us here that have had three weeks nonstop of fog. 63 in san mateo. then the south bay and we got in on some warming. 80 in sunnyval

we will get started with rob and your forecast. good morning. >> good morning. a big change out there already this morning in terms of temperatures thanks to our friend, the ocean air conditioning, which is pumping in fog right now. that could slow down your commute. 50s and 60s this morning. lunch time temperatures, starting to hit the 70s. highs today near 80 in san jose. 70 around oakland. 65 around san francisco. >>> breaking news out of san jose where firefighters are busy. a three alarm fire at a home is also burning another building, it's on del monty place near lynn oaksdrive. this is just the second fire in the past hour in the area. the first fire started just after 5:00 on rockdale. it's happening near winchester and williams. we have crews on the way and will bring you updates throughout the morning. >>> an overnight fire we were going to start with that destroyed a home in the south bay. bob redell is live on cold harbor avenue. we understand firefighters managed to pull an elderly woman to safety. >> reporter: that woman's husband and son arrived o

that agent did fire back and was not hurt or robbed as well. reporting live in bayview, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> all right. >>> new this morning, safety teams will be at muni stations to walk residents home in high-crime areas. there are 12 escorts, they will wear yellow vests and carry cell phones doe natded by at&t. san francisco police chief george gascone says he will share those phone numbers in a news conference later today. about 100 crimes happen each month on muni buses and at bus stops. muni says the new pilot program is meant to help passengers feel safer and more comfortable. >>> same-sex marriage supporters are celebrating what they call an important step in the right direction. hundreds of people marched from san francisco's castro district to city hall celebrating the federal judge's decision to overturn prop 8. the crowd was filled with same-sex couples waiting for a chance to say i do. >> my family is very conservative. my family has met her and they love her. you know, from my 85-year-old grandfather, to my mom, she c

in ken connect she laid the smackdown on rob sirmens. she poured more than $26 million of her own fortune into her campaign. >> i am honored to be your republican nominee for the united states senate for connecticut. >> reporter: in the georgia gop gubernatorial runoff, former congressman nathan deal squared off against secretary of state karen handel. >> we are very encouraged by the numbers. we hope that they will hold. but i justted to come out and say thank you to all of you for all that you've done. this has been a great night to have for us. >> reporter: the contest had turned into a proxy race for 2012 republican presidential candidates. handel was endorsed by mitt romney and sarah palin. deal had newt gingrich and mike huckabee on his side. the highest profile race of the night was easily the democratic primary in colorado where senator michael bennet bested former state house speaker andrew romanoff. bennett, appointed to the seat, was branded the establishment candidate even though this was his first time on a ballot. in his co

time to check the forecast with rob. expecting a cooldown. >> big-time cooldown. late yesterday evening, we had the low clouds, and this morning we are seeing the benefit of that. this morning, 67 degrees in san jose. oakland, 63. northwest wind at 7. san francisco, some fog waiting for you around the mid-span of the golden gate bridge. you can see part of the bay bridge now, 60 degrees. good, healthy sea breeze blowing through. that's great news for air quality. we had our first spare the air days this week. we won't see more for the rest of the week or quite some time. the reason why things are starting to change, that monster ridge of high pressure, which baked us over the last couple of days, that's heading off to the east. we have the opposite taking place now. trough across the west coast is pumping up that sea breeze. today, again, we saw the cooling late yesterday. today we are look at 70s and 80s inland. for the weekend ahead, things will turn cooler. 50s and 60s for highs on the coast. 70s inland. possible we could see drizzle at times for saturday morni

rob will tell you more about that. >> we will check in with rob right now. >> we have been talking about it this morning. low clouds in a few spots. 55 degrees right now in san jose. yes, things will be warming up more over the next couple of afternoons. 58 in oakland. seeing overcast skies. i think you saw it there on the san mateo bridge and the golden gate bridge, mist in a few spots. 56 degrees in san francisco. we still have a strong sea breeze, not as strong as the last couple of days. winds from about 15, 20 miles per hour from fairfield, which means good air quality today. some headlines we will see for today and the next couple of days, morning clouds again. 70s and 80s inland. a few more 80s this afternoon. later this week, getting close to 90 degrees for a change. living up to august standards heading into the weekend. around the bay area today, upper 70s in san jose, los gatos, morgan hill, those are some of the warmer spots. 60s for san francisco and oakland. the seven-day forecast showing a trend turning warmer as we head towards the weekend. 80s to near 90 beginning friday

we want to check in with rob coming up in just minute. but first, felipe, he's got a look at the morning commute. >> let me situate myself. >> good morning, guys. let's take you directly out right now to oakland, northbound 880, where you see the brake lights. everything is going along perfectly. nothing to report this morning other than smooth traffic if you're heading out that way this morning, 880 northbound, southbound is where you see the headlights. a nice commute. let's take you to san jose and that commute there. this is where 280 and guadalupe parkway meet. it's a nice uneventful freely obstructed commute this morning. >> nice and clear. let's hope it stays that way. >> and it's going to be pretty nice in terms of the weather. >> temperatures warming up as we head towards the weekend. right now the main story is the low clouds and some mist around the coast. in san francisco right now, you see 58 degrees. we'll be staying in the 50s through breakfast time. lunchtime temperatures, running a little bit cool again. we'll see those n

. >>> a concord man is accused of robbing a world war ii vet of medals he earned in combat. police say 50-year-old michael jones broke into the man's home in walnut creek. investigators say they found some of the stolen items including the medals and mementos from the war hidden in the victim's yard, so they staged a stakeout and arrested jones for get the things he allegedly took and hidden. he is also charged with a meth possession. >> developing news from the business world. silicon valley's influence getting bigger. scott mcgrew has more. >> intel bought mcafee, and this one for intuit is not as big. the purchase furthers intel into the smartphone industry. they make a low power mobile chip mostly for small computers. >> infineon has a bigger presence in phones including the apple iphone. a few more miles down 101, hewlett-packard continues the battle with dell for 3par. each time dell makes a bid, 3par moves in to accept it. and then in swoops h.p. the current bid is $30. people are figuring hp will offer 30, dell will offer 32. if dell offers 32, hp 34 and so on. you c

we want to check in with kris sanchez in for rob. she has a look at the forecast and we will see a rise in temperatures again. >> every time she fills in, we get the hot temperatures. >> i know. it i thought the satellite loop wasn't working because there's nothing on it. turns out it's all up here. "h" stands for happy and hot. and that high ridge of pressure, it will be pushing more warm temperatures through the bay area. by the morning time, as you head out the door this morning, patchy low clouds, cool along the coastline. cool on the east bay and the south bay, even those hot spots we were used to seeing. by noontime, we have temperatures separating a bit. 68 in san francisco and turning breezy. so you'll want to spritz the flies away this morning. 82 in concord, 83 in livermore. things warm up around 4:00 as you pick the kids up. 88 in concord. 80 in san jose. warm along the coastline. here is a look at your seven-day forecast. today will be nice and warm. tomorrow even warmer. thursday, too. then the heat will dissipate by the

so i felt like we just got robbed. we just showed up here to get robbed. it's like they weren't happy until they got the last bit of money out of our pockets. >> reporter: the match was sponsored by marquez brothers entertainment of san jose. we did speak to the general manager by phone, who told us, "there were plane thousands of tickets at will call combining that with rush hour traffic the result is all people arriving at the same time. we can only process so many and security needs time to check patrons." marquez brothers also said they opened the gates at halftime letting fans in without having to show tickets and allowing many people to get in for free. but fans say the promote, should have expected increased interest in a game of this caliber and been ready with more personnel. >> we spent over $200 on this event plus parking. so i'm hoping that this will incite someone to do something about this with thousands of fans who didn't get to see the game. >> reporter: we have an update. the general manager said we could publish his email. he says who did

rob? vinita? >> sonia, thank you very much. >>> the first funeral has been held, following that deadly workplace shooting rampage in connecticut. and we are now hearing the frantic 911 calls from the beer distribution center where driver omar thornton opened fire yesterday, killing eight co-workers, and then himself. >> i'm in the back paper storage closet. >> okay. stay back there. we'll come to you. all right? >> thornton's girlfriend said he had complained to her about racial harassment on the job. company officials are denying those allegations, saying he went on a rampage after he was fired for stealing beer. >>> the daughter of former new york city mayor rudy giuliani has been arrested for shoplifting. police say caroline giuliani was caught on surveillance camera, pocketing about 100 bucks' forth of makeup at a n cosmetic store. police released the harvard student, after charging her with petty larceny. >>> a police officer in maryland said it was something like out of a monster truck show.

i'm rob nelson. >> i'm michael marusarz sitting in for vinita nair. the height of hurricane season has arrived with a trio of storms in the atlantic. >> that triple threat includes dang yelle which is churning g e east coast and then there's earl which is growing in strength right now and could brush past the carolinas by midweek. emily schmidt has the latest. >> reporter: this may be the sound of the week. coursing along the water's edge as three separate weather systems threaten to impact the last days of summer. >> the waves knocked me down. once they knocked me down i was out. >> reporter: round one, hurricane dang yelle. this from the international space station that showed what was at one point a category 1 storm. dangerous rip currents hit along the east coast this weekend. >> if you're not an above-average swimmer, we're not recommending anyone past their news. >> reporter: from new jersey to florida, life guards rescued people. ocean city called all swims out. >> yeah, at a lot stronger than yesterday. >> reporter: three men ignored the rule.

rob will let you know what that means for today. it's going to get warm, so we'll give you the details coming up. >> thanks a lot, mike. >>> rome is giving visitors a new view of some of its fa mous places. find ow how you can see them now, coming up. >>> welcome back. not much in the way of a sea breeze this morning. san francisco, we've got clear skies. 60 degrees right now and, again, that's a marine layer which at times this summer has been up to 2,000, 3,000 feet thick today maybe down to 200 feet as high pressure builds in. we will see warm temperatures around the bay area and down right gorgeous weather around game time. we're talking mid 70s after 7:00. this is awesome for this time of year. a breeze picking up as we go through the game. beautiful conditions out along the coast and peninsula. for our inland spots today, uncomfortably hot. this summer has been unusually mild. we're talking about 90s inland. it's going to feel hot out there. the temperatures probably getting to the low 90s as early as lunchtime. high pressure

good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. the six-count grand jury indictment claims roger clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 statements he made under oath, including this one -- >> let me be clear. i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> reporter: it was those very words that a congressional hearing in february 2008 that has roger clemens, considered by many the greatest right-handed pitcher in the history of baseball, now under indictment for making false statements about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. federal authorities have chosen to believe his former personal trainer, brian mcnamara, in the same hearing testified he injected clemens with human growth hormone on at least 16 occasions. >> make no mistake. when i told senator mitchell i injected roger clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, i told the truth. >> reporter: late thursday, clemens tweeted the following. i never took hgh or steroids and i did not lie to congress. i look forward to challenging the government's accusations and hope peop

we just showed up to get robbed. they weren't happy until they got the last bit of money out of our pockets. >> reporter: the match was sponsored are by marquez brothers entertainment of san jose. we did speak to the general manager by phone who told us "there were many thousands of tickets at will call, combining that with rush hour traffic, the result is all people arriving at the same time. we can only process so many and security needs time to check patrons." marquez brothers said they opened the gates at half time letting fans in without having to show tickets and allowing many people to get in for free. but fans say the promoters should have expected increased interest in a game of this caliber and been ready with more personnel. >> we spent over $200 on this event plus parking so i'm hoping that this will incite someone to do something about this for the thousands of fans who didn't get to see the game. >> the general manager said we could publish his email. he invites anyone who feels they were ripped off or

this is where an officer was robbed on the street. there is real time data and it helps our schedule. nine arrests for robbery where the officer was robbed. reduce prescription fills. legal narcotics sales, it is disturbing to me. they are carrying oxycontin and prescription pills. the prescription pills are stifling the neighborhood. we try internal programs. walgreens will come in next month and help us identify phony prescriptions. a dea task force is coming in. again, we have to have some intervention with this. i am not naive. it is not illegal to possess prescription drugs, but it is illegal to sell them. our society is got into the point -- we cracked -- i cracked the century mark. i cractake lipitor. some of these prescription drugs, it is the point where, i am talking in the office, some of these individuals, i understand, for economic reasons, you are buying food, alcohol, cigarettes, you cannot sell prescription drugs. three or four at a time -- especially run the school. you have kids. you have people going to rehab. it is

thanks, rob. it's amazing. >> meantime, we want to check in with mike, take a look at the morning commute as well. man, nothing worse than getting stuck in a traffic jam in sweltering heat. >> you don't want that to happen. we had problems on the mass transit system as well yesterday, caused by the heat. hopefully things will maintain the schedule this morning. no delays reported for call terrain or b.a.r.t. right now we do have a minor accident reported westbound 580, still there. still causing some issues as folks pass by the scene. chp on the scene and an surveillance may also be on the scene. westbound at lakeshore drive. been in the system for over an hour. no major injuries reported. there's a disabled vehicle a little ways away from there. 580 at 24. both of these incidents very minor and no major impact to your morning commute. this is moving smoothly throughout the maze, coming out of the east bay. yesterday, the walnut creek interchange all the way over 24 on the caldecott tunnel. the fr

police now say a fed ex worker robbed at gun point in pleasanton was robbed by his own co-workers. the driver told police four masked men with a shot gun robbed him while he was out making a delivery. police say the suspect escaped with ten boxes some of them containing computers. two fed ex mows would work at the san leandro facility have been arrested. >> two investigations are underway after someone illegally cut several trees. someone used a chainsaw to cut the top of one tree and cut the branches of six others. deputies cy the view from one home in particular benefits from the trees being cut. the homeowners association, which is conducting its own investigation, says there has been no response from that homeowner yet. >>> faced with many problems the city of vallejo says one issue it needs to tackle is illegal dumping. it says it has gotten so out of control it has assigned one employee to picking it all up full time. the department says last year it hauled away 140 tons of illegally dumped trash that does not include electronics and old tires. >> 6:56. let's quickly check tr