he is done very well at and india up raceway in sonoma. your goal to build a new car this week? no more green and white? >> obviously still green and white polka for the races but this weekend we have the dr. pepper carry car. it's a special reason for ross all the folks love to come here in the wine country and we need special colors it will be fun it's black and white and some cherry around it will be fun. >> fair enough all right. you know your number 11 how many times do get a day to get free- soiler peace, >> everybody asked me that in the kids deck should call me this letter be man. (laughter) >> let's talk but the track since you know a lot about. when you come to a place where you've won before do feel maybe a little bit of an advantage? >> almost always it's an extra boost of confidence we've done well here many times before but you said i won the race it's always nice to come back to a place that she won. for sure it's an extra complement the but the car on the racetrack on friday and then see what happens. for sure think we have a good chance this week. >> is this cou

sonoma. alan throop wants to know: what's the histor >>> they can be seen from san diego to sonoma. what's the history behind the el camino real bells? ken bastida with tonight's "good question." [ bell ] >> reporter: to understand the bell, you have to go back to 1769. >> the date of the first mission in the beginning of the el camino real in california was 1769 the first mission in san francisco and the dates of the first bell was august 15, 1906. >> reporter: it was a group of citizens concerned about losing the original route of the old kings highway who took action. >> in 1904 the el camino real association who wanted to save the route decided to put up a marker along the original route. >> reporter: what they chose was a bell. every mile from san diego to sonoma to mark the original route taken by father junipero serra. >> there are about 650, maybe 700 around not counting the ones in people's backyards. >> reporter: the current owner of california bells knows the history. he says there are two on the streets of san francisco. one at the corner of market around kearney, and on

sonoma state being picked for that. >>> on to our weather now. boy it was hot today and we set a will the of records. >> a lot of records. santa rosa 106, 100 san rafael. 99degrees record in san francisco airport. san jose downtown 102 degrees. check out more daytime highs, frank, you looking at that? julie. look at that, that's crazy. that's like some where else not the bay area. >> we haven't seen those in a long time. >> 102 in san jose, these are big big numbers. not just inland but in redwood city, at oakland and san rafael. this is more like a fall weather pattern, we have heat at the coast. i tell you something as you look at the overnight lows which will be warm upper 60s. when you're downtown san jose or downtown san francisco and it's 100 degrees, it feels like about 120 because you got all that concrete, reradiating the heat. you folks out at livermore it's hot. but if you're in downtown san francisco on mission street, it's as hot as it gets. tomorrow is not going to be that hot but it's still going to be hot inland. we will find cool

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it's a crash on a road that's pretty popular in sonoma county. it's west of highway 101 at laguna road. it's a fatal accident there near the intersection of those two roads and also one person who was in the van that went down the embankment have took off. police are looking for that person. they're scouring the area. just west of highway 101 in the santa rosa area near the basically sonoma county watch for that. let's go to live pictures westbound bay bridge light delay. not a big problem so far getting up to the toll plaza. and this morning if you're driving in the east bay so far so good even on 580, 880, that traffic looks nice. 6:08. let's go to steve. >>> thank you very much. going to be a little warmer today away from the coast. we have a lot of fog to start off with. fog, a little mist, little drizzle out there. other than that it will be fine. foggy conditions though. a lot more being reported today and a lot of lows in the low 50s again. santa rosa's in there. i'll show you something here in just a second. we also have city struggling t

lilian kim is live at a dui checkpoint in sonoma. lilian? >> reporter: this is the beginning of an 18-day dui crackdown in sonoma county. and police are hoping to catch more habitual offenders at the checkpoint. we are along highway 12 and lomita avenue and officers are closely monitoring every driver who passes through. drivers who give any sign they may have been drinking are being pulled over right away and tested. the dui crackdown comes one day after petaluma police arrested 52-year-old james mccrowhan, a huh -- a habitual dui offender. the judge issued a felony warrant for his arrest. it goes back to 1976. his most recent arrest happened last month after a crash in petaluma and this past tuesday after two separate collisions in marin county. disordered record keeping allowed him to slip through the cracks. >> we don't have all of the answers. he may have more than 10dui's. we are looking into that. right now the most important thing is we are able to get him back off the street. we want to keep him safe and everybody else on the street

today on the same track he showed will power winning the grand free of sonoma. dan weldon didn't stick around long. he flips his car. his day is done, but he is okay. as for jr hill daw brand 450e collides into him on lab 38. his car stalls and he is gone. scott dixon trying to make a move, but he holds him off. he lead 73 of the 75 laps. they won three of the last five races and after breaking his back at qualifying in sonoma last year, today's victory was extra special. >> a year ago lying in hospital and watching the race from there and to come back and win it is fantastic. >> women's pro soccer and the first place gold pride dancing with chicago. the gold pride get busy. off the great feed. her 14th goal of the season. second half and 78th minute and the game tied at two. you can see the handball in the box. that's easy money. 3-2 and gold pride win the title with a 3-2 victory. as a result they will host a championship game on september 26th. it is a tradition on the seniors tour. first monday qualify yes, sir to win a pga event in 24 4 years. >> the niners

you may not have to go to napa or sonoma to visit a winery. businesses in california delinquent in paying their sales taxes. as abc 7's laura anthony reports, many of the companies are in the bay area and include some familiar names. >> reporter: what do an east beta co- bell, a pittsburgh car dealership and a san francisco cement company all have in common? they're all on a notorious state list of the top 250 businesses that have failed to pay their sales taxes. >> there is about $322 million outstanding now. >> reporter: of the top 250, 42 are bay area businesses that collectively owe $80 million. they include san francisco's pacific cement company, $3.1 million. san ramon wells interior, $2.4 million. and san jose south bay auto, $2 million. also among those who failed to pay the former owners of this lafayette taco bell who owe $836,000. that debt dates back to 2002 and like most of them, the state hasn't been able to collect. >> get craftier and aggressive and we need to do the same. >> reporter: implicating the collection efforts of the

all next week watch nbc bay area morning news to win the ultimate sonoma county wine weekend. we will show you a secret word of the day. when you see the word go to our website, search sonoma, and follow the instructions. >> two grand prize winners will experience the food and wine lover romantic sonoma inn and spa for a three-day visit and retreat among the vines. >> i wonder if we are exempt. >> i think we are. >> a wine country weekend would be nice, hearing a lot of whining around the bay area because the weather has been so chilly outside, unless you like mild temperatures. then the weekend forecast will be fine. 57 in san jose and oakland. cloudy skies, a healthy sea breeze. good air quality today. if you are heading up to lake tahoe, look out for a chance of isolated thundershowers. 75 today in san jose. only 60 in san francisco. the inland spots, again today, having a tough time getting close to 80. and if you like today, you will like the forecast probably through at least monday or tuesday. middle part of next week a slight warm-up. this mild summer pattern locked in

sonoma 76 sunshine. 82 danville. 85 degrees in antioch. today's temperatures are cooling down a bit. what about the weekend? will it be as cool? we have your weekend forecast in just a few moments. >>> it's 5:24. last month's riots in oakland follow the johannes mehserle trial verdict have been turned into ard on display at an oakland tattoo parlor. the former bart officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting oscar grant. >> the book is going to be a year's worth of pictures from throughout oakland covering the good end of that. >> it still moves me very deeply that oscar was killed in the way he was killed. >> he also photographed a walnut creek rally supporting mehserle because he says he wanted to paint a balanced picture. >>> this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of personalized license plates in california. so we thought we would go back in history and show you the state's first personalized plate. >> here it is. in 1970, the first custom plate rolled out with the word, amigo. then governor ronald reagan

. >> it is not going to be a good time to drive around sonoma county this is 37 and this is 121 this red meat to be a standstill and various parts of the day. that's going for a closer look and show you where you need to avoid in the morning. just before 8:00 a.m. and most of these three days or sorry today's saturday and sunday traffic going towards an opinion raceway will be problematic that would be traffic on 121 going in this direction this will be the big back up it will be impossible intersection and traffic on high with 37 or highway won 21 coming from the north. in the afternoon it will be the opposite to people start to trickle out of the infinite and raise way around for three or 5:00 in the evening and so really after 5:00 p.m. this will be the stand still going in all directions away from and in raceway. sunday will be the heaviest day that's the actual race it starts warm up just before 9:00 a.m. and end of another race after 5:00 p.m. so you will see one way the car leaves at 5:00 p.m. and more cars twinkling elf through the rest of the evening. remember people are cam

lower 70s in kentfield and the mid- to upper 70s in santa rosa and in sonoma. seven-day forecast, cool at the coast, mild inland. that's the drill today, thursday even friday. the weekend saturday and sunday cooling down, temperatures rebounding a bit monday and tuesday. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >>> thousands of patients in northern california are being told they should get new vaccines. anne makovec is here to explain why. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm here at one of the many clinics that people will be coming back to get at second shot, as if it's not annoying enough to get the first one. we are talking more than 3,000 people here in northern california being asked to come back for a second vaccination. the patients got vaccines at sutter pacific medical centers between january and june of this year. there is a chance those vaccines were not effective because apparently, they may not have been stored at the proper temperatures but sutter says the vaccines were not harmful. but no one is happy about getting revaccinated.

certain offices in san francisco, marin, sonoma and lake counties administered vaccines that might not have been effective. joe vazquez on the problem and the provider that is trying to correct it all. joe? >> reporter: ken, this care center on center street in san francisco is one of the kleinix affected. most of them are in the santa rosa area and beyond. curtis lang hauls of santa rosa already got his vaccinations for going into seventh grade, now he is back to get those same shots again. >> people make mistakes but you don't want that kind of mistake. >> joaquin county the mistake according to sutter health is that the vaccines might not have been stored at the right temperatures, if they ever not refrigerated correctly they can lose their effectiveness. they are asking patients who got shots 2001 january and june this year to go back and get revaccinated. >> in certain circumstances the refrigerator may be the wrong temperature. in other instances people didn't log in the propose per temperature. so we determined better safe than sorry. >> reporter: the problem affects nearly 20 v

federal regulators shut down troubled sonoma valley bank today. the first sonoma bank to fail. they had three branches. regulators arranged for the san raphael based west american bank to take overall assets and liabilities. when the three branches remain open tomorrow it will be as west america. the fdic had given them until august 15th to raise about $20 million but the bank did not meet the deadline. it is the 118th federally insured bank to close this year and the 10th in california. >>> increasing doubts about the economic recovery sunk blue chips again today on wall street ending a second consecutive losing weak on a down note. the dow dropped 57 but the nasdaq squeezed out a small gain. state tax officials say 40,000 businesses did not file 2008 income tax returns. those companies can expect to hear from the franchise tax board. once notified the businesses will have 30 days to file or prove that they didn't have to file a return. businesses who ignore the notices could face assessment including penalties, interest and fees. last year the franchise tax board checked abou

i will leave in a chance of isolated showers, mainly sonoma county and lake county. highs this weekend, we're cooling off and warming back up to the 80s early this week. >> like i said, a bit of everything. >>> it's 4:39 now. power to the people. the surge that could cost pg&e thousands in damaging to peoples homes. >>> thousands of dollars in bendy straws, you bet, sarah palin's secret demands revealed. >>> and sun protection. what you think is enough may not even be close. t >>> good friday morning. a beautiful look at the bay bridge. folks making their way across this morning, perhaps getting an early jump on the weekend. >>> pg&e could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in claims after a power outage in san jose. when crews flipped the switch, there was a voltage problem sending neighbors into the streets worrying about their appliances. record heat has kept pg&e crews busy. now this. >> then it just stopped. >> reporter: johnny got up after a restless night. he said power went out around 2:00 a.m., when it came back on things didn't smell or sound quite rig

federal regulators shut down troubled sonoma valley bank today. the first sonoma bank to fail. they had three branches. regulators arranged for the san raphael based west american bank to take overall assets and liabilities. when the three branches remain open tomorrow it will be as west america. the fdic had given them until august 15th to raise about $20 million but the bank did not meet the deadline. it is the 118th federally insured bank to close this year and the 10th in california. >>> increasing doubts about the economic recovery sunk blue chips again today on wall street ending a second consecutive losing weak on a down note. the dow dropped 57 but the nasdaq squeezed out a small gain. state tax officials say 40,000 businesses did not file 2008 income tax returns. those companies can expect to hear from the franchise tax board. once notified the businesses will have 30 days to file or prove that they didn't have to file a return. businesses who ignore the notices could face assessment including penalties, interest and fees. last year the franchise tax board checked abou

south breeze at sonoma county airport. when you get a south wind in the north bay this time of year, that's a cool breeze. that southwest at 10 is at vacaville. we're done. i'm telling you experience tells me wee done. it's not going to get that warm. even those folks up in lake county, if you're freezing go up there. clear lake's been warm. fog and a lot lifted. it was down below around 1500 last couple days. it's clear in the coastal hills not a problem today. low clouds, misty, drizly, upper 70s, low to mid-80s inland. san a fae l is cold. liver march concord 54. san jose at 57. 80 in palm springs, 87 las vegas, tahoe 43. 53 ewe chi ya. 54 sacramento. they'll cool down. fresno 68. one of our employees out in modesto said it's not even bad out there at all. it was like 88 yesterday. if you know it's cool in modesto it has to be cool to the west relatively speaking. system driving down from the pacific north west is going to usher in a rather significant cooling trend over the next few days. then sunny and cooler. windy a

sonoma in town 55. although i did see outside of town 49, so just depends on where you are, menlo park 56, vallejo, crockett and pleasanton 58. 59 tahoe, ukia 50. that is chilly there. they were 89 yesterday. so a little cooler. that system to the north ushered in that cool air aloft so probably in the 86 degree range today. there is the low. another one out there then the stronger one coming down for the weekend so it looks like cool breezy peash. slightly warmer tomorrow. a cool windy weekend as that system digs in. it should be strong enough to wipe out the fog there will be so much cool air aloft. low clouds burns off. sunny breezy. cool to mild to warm. it may be one of those situations where inland areas are sunny but breezy to windy. on the coast and around the bay once it burns off not too bad. 60s and 70s. similar to yesterday. it will be sunny, cool and breezy across the board after everything is said and done. warmer thursday. here comes your system for the weekend. a lot of wind and just bel

that anyone who got vaccinated between january and june at one of its care centers in san francisco, sonoma, marin or lake counties to return for another shot. they say the vaccines originally used don't have any harmful effects but the patients may not be immunized. go to our web site for a list of centers. >> jelly's restaurant leases as today according to attorneys they intend to defy the eviction notice. attorneys and i did the court is using the shooting as the reason to evict jelly's of violence noise in violations of the least in its termination notice appeared richmond resident will leave farley was shot outside the club july 11th. >> 18 year-old woman is arrested after allocations of pimping a 14 year-old girl and san rafael. they approached a young girl suspected of prostitution in the canal area and lang tarred with the woman through text messages found on the phone. she is $30,000 bail. >> we will be right back as kron 4 or news continues a higher fog today clear skies and least double this morning waiting for a slight warm up around the bay of whether traffic check coming up. p

north bay numbers definitely much cooler today with only 72 in sonoma. only 60s should do it for our near east bay communities. how about 56 in union city. you'll need the sweater today. over in the east bay valleys, taking some time to warm up to 73 dublin, 75 concord with gilroy coming in with partly cloudy skies at about 3:00. so today the coolest day. we just go up from here. breezy, earlier are clearing tomorrow. that marine layer disappears all together monday, tuesday for hot temperatures inland. 80s around the bay, 60s at our coast and it's short-lived. >> it really is. we're gonna cap our august with a little bit of heat item a little bit. >> thanks, lisa. coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america," the latest on the massive egg recall after another iowa producer is found to be distributing contaminated eggs. joining us with a preview from new york. makes me nervous to crack open an egg these days. >> it definitely dozen. listen to this. a half billion eggs recalled. all about salmonella outbreak. the very latest this morning for you. plus as c

north bay warming up to near 80 in santa rosa and petaluma. 80 in sonoma and napa. 74 in novato. 74 in san rafael. 72 mill valley. 62 in sausalito. and 64 degrees in san francisco. so we're warming up today. but what about the weekend? you know what? it's like are you kidding me? we go up, we go down. cooler weather expected friday through sunday, temperatures rebounding monday and tuesday. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >>> here's a look at some of the stories we're following for you this morning. the egg recall is expanding. hundreds of californians are sick from eating eggs contaminated with salmonella, many of them here in the bay area. 380million eggs from a farm in iowa are now being recalled. >>> furlough fridays are back to you. the state supreme court overturned a lower court decision that had temporarily blocked furlough days for state workers. governor schwarzenegger ordered 150,000 workers to take three unpaid days off per month to save money during the state budget impasse. most state offices will be closed tomorrow and next friday. >>> something stinks at

perhaps you're heading to sonoma for the grand prix of sonoma. temperatures in the 70s over the weekend. here's the extended forecast. the warmest day of the weekend on sunday, then notice the jump up with the mini heat wave or monday and tuesday. temperatures go back down on wednesday through friday. that's your pinpoint forecast. make it a great weekend, allen. >> you, too, ro, thanks. >>> you know the saying, the grass is always greener on the other decide? in the east bay it really is. laura from pleasanton wants to know why are the east bay hills brown on one side, green on the other? ken bastida with tonight's "good question." >> reporter: you'll see it from the carquinez straits clear down through fremont. hillsides that are green on one side, brown on the other. >> the minute you start getting into more extreme climates of california you see the differences. >> reporter: doug bell of the park district says it's all about moisture, sunlight, topography and north versus south. >> especially in the summer time in california, you know, in the

. >> sonoma and also in concord. you can plan on tomorrow morning, be prepared for the hottest day so far this year. certainly the hottest day this summer. clear skies from the inland areas and the coast will be clear as well. we do have an excessive heat advisory in affect from noontime to 8:00 p.m. as the temperatures soar. limit your time. let's not forget the elderly and pets. unhealthy air quality. we don't have a red-flag warning, the humidity will be dropping into the teens. unhealthy levels of ozone as far as the east bay and santa clara valley are concerned. now, this is the deal. this is our latest satellite. we have high pressure. and it's strengthening. not going anywhere. it's going to keep the temperatures extremely mild. nearly 70 for an overnight low. otherwise a pair of 6s in the trivalley. this is what everybody wants to know. the numbers. triple digits sunnyvale, cooper, san jose. the average high at 84. east of the bay besides morgan hill to the south at 106. brentwood 106. 103 in pittsburgh. nort

lillian kim reports from sonoma. >> drivers are being pulled over right away and tested. the crackdown after petaluma police arrested 52-year-old, a habitual dui offender. a judge issued a $250,000 warrant for his arrest. his record goes as far back to 1976. his most recent arrest happened last month of a crash in petaluma and this past tuesday after two separate collisions in marin county. police say disorganized record keeping among state agencies allowed him to slip through the cracks. >> we don't have all the answers. he may have more than ten. right now the most important thing is we are able to get him back off the street. we want him to get help and keep him safe and everybody else on the street safe. >> i think it's really sad we let somebody do this this many times. >> mary of mothers against drunk driving buried her 20-year-old son matt nine years ago today. he was killed by a drunk driving. she's lobbying for in-car breathalyzer. devices prevent the car from starting once the alcohol level is more than 103 and right now only mandatory for alameda county. >> we

up to sonoma county there was a bad accident. that's a fatal accident on guerneville road and laguna road happened around 5:10 this morning. a minivan went down the embankment. there may be lanes blocked in the area. chp is searching for a person who ran from the scene so that may make the investigation take longer. if you are commuting 101, the freeway actually looks good. but we are also watching. this wart main break that was actually -- water main break that was actually reported last night and petaluma boulevard north is still closed in both directions for a block stretch between east washington street and western avenue. so avoid that area. sounds like for much of the morning commute. good news, bay bridge toll plaza no problems and no metering lights and no delay. no, no, no. so everything is actually yes, yes, yes as far as the commute goes. it's getting a little busy up the incline a little crowded, so they may turn on the metering lights shortly but for now we're good to go. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and

according to public health officials, 1200 children are living in sonoma county without health insurance, a number that has steadily risen as m-more people continue to lose their jobs. california health officials are expand vaccine recommendations to include children under the age of 7, accultures over 64 and women before, during and immediately after pregnancy. besides vaccinations, children received free dental examine as well as vision, hearing and physicals. >> it's the idea that little things become big things as they become older. >> reporter: kaiser permanente, santa rosa and the united way taled up five years ago to launch the program and since then they have hooked up more than 10,000 children to health insurance. >> it's scary, because you are worrying about money. >> reporter: victor peralta had no insurance two years ago and they helped setup coverage for him. >> when i was in school, i couldn't see nothing. it was distracting me. >> reporter: now he has glasses, a new sense of confidence and an insurance plan for only $8 a month. >> putting thisinto the kids now, so can we c

same for sonoma and napa from san bruno mid and upper 70s. seven-day forecast, we start warming tomorrow afternoon. by monday, oh, boy, if you are back at school or work that is the nicest day. >> isn't that classic. another back to school week. >> we'll stay with the 90 z for a couple of days and it cools off next weekend.hy dinnkri >>> why drinking a glass of wine could be the smart thing to do. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> okay. so can wine make you smarter? a new study of 5,000 men and women in norway reveals moderate wine consumption is connected to better performance on cognitive tests. the average age was 58 and they we

your afternoon high into the eighties like santa rosa and sonoma today. fairfield upper 80s and down along the peninsula cooler than that 62 in san francisco, ca upper '70's. down and through fremont about 75 degrees your inland temperatures warming it up 89 in pleasanton glowered same livermore 90 in antioch 86 in pittsburgh the south bay '90s per la los gatos 80 degrees and campbell upper '70's through san clara and san jose. your 7 day around the bay shows us warming the next couple of days and then we will call it off toward the end of the workweek in fact by the weekend we could be lucky to get out of the '70s for your saturday and sunday as well. sixties around the bay if the '50s for the coast. >> continue on are warming trend. we are getting some slowing on highway 4 pretty low speeds no incidents to reach port routines sleep slowing off the bay bridge toll plaza conditions good in the fast track clean we definitely are seeing are for signs of a back up last check the meter lights were off but i will check it is still a good drive time 9-10 minute

next weekend the indy grand pee of sonoma. several of the top drivers hit the course for a little test drive. one man anxious to get back on the track, will power. this was from qualifying last year. power involved in a major crash. he was in the yellow car here coming through. broke his back, cracked his teeth. looking for redemption and a much safer ride this year. >> i would love to win. i'd like to come back and win because it was a bad time last year. and obviously now i'm in a pretty good situation and having a very good year. >> and, again, the indy cars coming next week. mike shumann will be here at 5 p.m. 6:00 and 11:00. have a great weekend everybody. >> next at 5:30. why the government is still concerned the gulf oil leak is not properly plugged. dogs biting you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber. you care abo

areas north of sonoma county. hour-by-hour for temperatures, 70s and 80s inland. 60s around san francisco and the coast. the weekend will look cooler and breezy. not very august like. the first half of next week, we warm up, looking more like summer by next wednesday. laura? >> we believe you. >>> a miracle in the mines. stunning video of what life is like for 33 miners trapped four miles underground. >>> and people will be able to cash in on mafia wars and farmville, but is it even bankable? we'll explain ahead. >>> and a live look outside at south bay, overlooking san jose. changes in the forecast compared to all the heat we had this week. we'll keep you posted on how w t should headhi out this morning. s >>> an american imprisoned in north korea will leave a free man this morning. president jimmy carter will leave with mr. gomes after he was arrested entering north korea in january. gomes was sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a fine of about $600,000, but at the request of president carter and for hum

it's not only just the valley, but sonoma county airport, 90 degrees. even in san francisco, people woke up to clear skies up and down the coast. we had no fog. it got wiped out yesterday. it's 83 degrees in san francisco, i do believe, that's the warmest since the 4th of july weekend. that's a long stretch. high pressure is built in. you can actually see it building in. we get a north wind and high pressure at the surface and also aloft that all equals sunny and warm to hot depending upon your location. warmer compared to where we've been. it does feel warmer but a lot of smiles on people's faces out there. what we are looking at will be 70s, 80s and 90s. 87 in santa rosa. oakland, berkeley, 83. palo alto 84. san jose's at 86. long time since we've had temperatures line that. 106 in palm springs. 62 in eureka. 90 redding. 86, sacramento. temperatures even dune to l.a.x., 80 degrees -- down to l.a.x., 08 degrees. we'll start to lose the northerly wind. maybe by today and tomorrow night. this pattern of a cool summer with only a few subtle breaks like to

. >>> the fire that gutted the sonoma county post office has been ruled an accident. they say the downtown hillsburg post office appears to have been spashlged by a mechanical or electrical problem. they say the fire started in the attic and in an hour it reached four alarms totally gutting the building. two firefighters were injured and the post office also serves as a community meeting place. >>> still ahead, an investigation underway after a plane crash involving several americans. why it's being called a miracle. >>> and the surgery that's improving the health and bank accounts of diabetics. >>> are only the children really rat a social disadvantage? the results of a new study. >>> and the president is in california at this hour amid a growing controversy over recent comments having to do with a new york potential mosque. >>> and good evening, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. on this monday we did get in on a little bit of heat for those of you in the east bay. 88 in livermore and tonight temperatures dropping in the 50s and details ahead. that'sast this week

he came back to sonoma county on leaf and decide not to return to his base. >>> the chp hit the road today in a one-day crackdown aimed at drivers talking on their cell phones. they say this is meant to remind people about california's 2008 hand's-free law. it made it illegal for drivers to use a phone in a moving vehicle unless using a blue tooth or hand-'s free device. cell phones are listed as the leading cause of d bistractionsn collision reports. officers say it's easy to spot a driver on their cell phone. >> you'll see something to like a dui driver. >> the new bill in the state legislature, for the first time, would make an infraction of a point on a driver's insurance record. >>> governor schwarzenegger came to the "bay area today" to brainstorm with silicon valley business leaders about how to the state's budget crisis. the governor talked to members of the silicon valley commerce talking about job creation and pension reform. he says a big problem area is that california needs to revamp the pension system. schwarzenegger says it would be a economic disaster to keep borrowin

low to mid-70s north bay valleys, 77 sonoma. along the east bay shore, mid to upper 60s. low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys until you get to brentwd, about 87. 70 santa cruz but the breeze will keep monterey about 63. aroundhe state, no more threat of thunderstorms in the desert. 84 sacramento and a sunny 78 over tahoe. today a nice day to be out at the coliseum. 12:35 first pitch with it being sunny, where the sunscreen. about 65 by the time the game end an we wrap up the series with the toronto blue jays. tonight cloud cover once again, low 50s in the north bay. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. warming for tomorr, about 2 degrees warmer at the coast, 4 degrees for the rest of us but lose it with that low coming in friday. you can see the drizzle in the morning. the drizzle and mis will be more pronounced saturday and sunday morning and drop our temperatures about another 4 degrees. once the weekend's over, gets what happens. the mist and drizzle go away and the warmer, sunny weather comes back >> good timing, mike. thanks. >> thanks, mike. this morning mazda is

north bay, mid to upper 70s from petaluma to sonoma. you have to go pretty far up to get the mid 80s, more warmth is coming our way. 68 in berkeley and today look for the weaker sea breeze. concord, 82. 84 in livermore and monterey bay still clouds in watsonville but that, too, will dissipate quickly. so today a little breezy. we'll still have onshore flow but it disappears on offshore flow, tuesday shortly after we see the temperatures tumble come wednesday at our coast. i can't remember what it's been like. >> there are a lot of activities art and soul in oakland and sunday in the streets. >> all right. also the weather should be nice out at candlestick park in sports. niners are hosting brett favre and minnesota vikings that is pre-season action. last night, tim lincecum was sent to the mound in st. louis hoping for a third straight win. >> good morning. giants are in st. louis and only thing better than beating a former teammate is making that team wish they would have never traded with you. tim lincecum cruising along, randy gets a

sunshine inland but right off the sonoma coast that's what we call coastal eddy. old friend of mine. that has enhanced the fog and sending it right up into the russian river. a lot has pulled back but it's really, really close to the coast or hanging on to the coast. and there's a lot more today. also a little more haze. our visibility has been outstanding. standards a little more san jose sunny and 72. warmer livermore 73 along with concord. but it is cooler today. and we will see a big cool down into the weekend. there are two systems out there. one little system. and it's getting engulfed by the big system. they're all heading in our direction. that will take us to the leading edge started today and by tonight it's going to be very cold and windy for some and we'll carry that into saturday. widespread cooling. everybody out to the sacramento valley, lake county. you'll see cooler weather tomorrow if you haven't seen a little today. so the weekend weather high 60s and 70s. maybe 50s by the water's edge. very windy at times towards the delta. travis air force bas

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. >>> irl point leader will power on your pole sitter for tomorrow's grand prix in sonoma. it's the eighth time this season power has claimed the pole. >> what's up bristol? you all are so loving. thank you. [ boos ] >> kyle busch, driver of the no. 18 double mint camry, brad keselowski driver of the wednesday penn ski racing dodge. kyle -- penske racing dodge. dial busch -- >> oh, keselowski apparently -- kyle busch. >> oh, keselowski apparently still not over what happened in last night's busch, but busch takes the flag on the short track in bristol and becomes the first driver to win all three of the series, the truck, nationwide and sprint cup in the same week. just under 11,000 showed up to see giovanni make his quakes debut taking on landon donovan and the first place galaxy. somehow the gall gets through the defenders and chris kozlowski takes advantage. later in the half a stop by jon busch and tim ward comes flying to deny them again. the quake beat the galaxy 1-0. still to come which nba player has a golf swing worse than charles barkley and team usa gears up for

a quick note from the indy racing league in sonoma. will power is the champion. when we return, we go back to candlestick. last-minute line-up changes. we'll check in with both teams -- niners and vikings. we count down towards kick off right here. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> welcome back. we are counting down to kick-off on nbc bay area. 49er and vikings. craig, where is the camera? >> san bruno mountain. >> looks windy. >> i would ask the weather but lara's hair was blowing in the wind. i can determine that. preseason games are always dicey. the preseason, you just want to know how much the players will play. please don't get injured. this goes

low to mid-70s north bay valleys, 77 sonoma. along the east bay shore, mid to upper 60s. low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys until you get to brentwood, about 87. 70 santa cruz but the breeze will keep monterey about 63. around the state, no more threat of thunderstorms in the desert. 84 sacramento and a sunny 78 over tahoe. today a nice day to be out at the coliseum. 12:35 first pitch with it being sunny, where the sunscreen. about 65 by the time the game end and we wrap up the series with the toronto blue jays. tonight cloud cover once again, low 50s in the north bay. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. warming for tomorrow, about 2 degrees warmer at the coast, 4 degrees for the rest of us but lose it with that low coming in friday. you can see the drizzle in the morning. the drizzle and mist will be more pronounced saturday and sunday morning and drop our temperatures about another 4 degrees. once the weekend's over, gets what happens. the mist and drizzle go away and the warmer, sunny weather comes back. >> good timing, mike. thanks. >> thanks, mike. this morning

some local governments already have similar ordinances including gilroy, san francisco, sonoma county. the proposed law in santa clara county would only apply to the unincorporated areas. >>> governor schwarzenegger is in the bay area today talking about the challenges of passing a state budget which is late by the way. speaking to the san jose silicon valley chamber of committee, he said he hopes the legislators will release a budget within the next two or three weeks. he wants to use california's budget problems as an opportunity for reform. >> one of the things i'm propose something to have a budget reform so that we save money for the rainy day fund and use that money when our economy goes down and when there's less revenue so we have enough money for, you know, the vulnerable citizens, higher education and so forth. >> he added pensions for state employees need to come down. he says the total amount went up 2500% in the last 10 years. >>> an alameda county judge is blocking the governor's plans for another round of state worker furloughs. the junk has issued a temporary re-- the

mid-90s in sonoma and napa. the temperatures close to 20 degrees warmer than yesterday's highs. and the mid 80s in sausalito as well as san francisco. northern california, triple digits, 104 in the valley with fresno. and 96 sacramento. 102 in reading. and 84 in lake tahoe and 95 in yosemite. closer to the coastline, monterey, with a few low clouds and 93 in ukia, we also have morning clouds in eureka but they have cleared out and a mix of sun and clouds and an afternoon high in the 60s. and then we will warm you up. for those of you who have have been complaining there is nt any summer across the bay area, well, there is the summer, folks. things stay hot and then cool down, friday saturday and sunday. >> we will pick it up. >> you can endure it for a couple of days. but because it hasn't been hot, i think it takes a while for the body to get acclimated. >> shock. >> yes, so pace yourself. >> and today nearly 300,000 eggs are being recalled here in california. so that makes for a total of more than half a billion eggs recalled around the nation. they all trace back to the two f

some of the warmer valleys at saratoga, los gatos, through sonoma, napa, petaluma, mid 80s. concord, walnut creek, livermore, and in through san francisco, 68 degrees. garvin, the seven-day forecast, we are going to see more of the sun rise mornings for a couple days to come. >> craig, thank you very much. >>> former usda official shirley sherrod will meet this week about a new job offer. vilsack will offer her a civil rights outreach position at the usda. sherrod was forced to resign last month after a blogger posted excerpts from a speech she gave in march. those excerpts made it look like she was a racist. the naacp, the white house condemned the remarks before hearing the full context of the speech. all apologized. she is grateful for the opportunity, but she wants to know what became of her old position. >> i wanted to know why is it that he didn't offer me the state director -- the georgia state director position again. what happened? you know, to make that a door that's totally closed to me? i would love to get some answers to that. and many others want to hear why, a

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it's a great -- you know, you boast about it. >> reporter: admission to that big clothing sale in sonoma is $2. we put more information about it on our website, cbs5.com. if you have a consumer question or complaint, call our hotline 1-888-5-helps-u. >>> all right, julie, breaking news from los angeles county tonight. a wildfire is forcing people to evacuate their homes. live pictures from southern california. this is the angeles national forest. fire started just a couple hours ago near the town of vie area mow. in that short period of time, the fire crews say it's exploded to 80 acres total, no injuries reported. no word on what caused it or when they are going to get this contained but this is the angeles national forest. >>> well, stay out of the water here. it's the alert at the south bay anyway. one lake for the rest of the summer, almaden lake is closed because algae is still blooming. the lake's been closed for almost a month now. that's when the algae started to show up. we are told it can be toxic. that's why swimming, boating and fishing off limits at least through labor day.

the fdic took over snow that valley bank in sonoma, and uth creek and pacifica and lass padres bank. and so far this year, 118 banks have failed nationwide. >>> another recall because of the bad eggs. a southern california company is voluntarily recalling eggs from a iowa farm because they may be tainted with salmonella. the fda is still investigating what caused the outbreak but as terrell brown report, some experts blame the government for not doing enough. >> reporter: it is one of the largest egg recalls in recent history. this week alone more than a half billion eggs have been recalled. now the food and drug administration wants to know what caused the salmonella outbreak. >> we want to say that the fda is aggressively investigating this rather large outbreak of salmonella illnesses. working closely with our partners at the cdc and the health department. >> reporter: the hillendale farms of iowa is the second farm to issue a recall of 170 million eggs under five brands. the cartons are stamped with the plant numbers p1860 and p1683. and so far, more than a thousand people have b

today we had near record heat day and 69 degrees in half moon bay to 99 degrees in concord and also in sonoma, night fall here in the bay area and we have crystal clear skies, but you can bank on heading on out the door tomorrow morning is a very mild start to your day. coast will be clear, we'll have some clarity all the way from the coast through the bay into our inland areas. temperature-wise in the 50s and the 60s, now what to expect during the day? triple digit heat, some very dry conditions, and hazy air quality. in fact it will be the second consecutive day of spare the air. you will see a bit of a continuing h the atmosphere from the east bay into the santa clara valley. a special heat advisory is in effect. livermore average high 103 degrees, santa ariza 84 but instead look at the triple digits, sort of 98 trees and will be nearly 20 degrees above normal in san francisco. so if you want to kind of divide it off remember, 80s closer to the bay, water, and then around the bay into the 90s, into the santa clara valley to the north triple digits to the south and north as well as we enter

sonoma 44. that is outside, but still -- [ inaudible ] >> -- 50 degrees. 33 tahoe, yet trey truckie. 48 ukia. then 50s up and down the coast. 50s, 60s threw the interior. that system moves out tomorrow. we will see high pressure build in. a cool pattern has carried into monday. sunny, warmer weather, especially in land as we get to tuesday, also wednesday, and then thursday. but again another system to cool us down by the weekend. today breezy, warmer, 60s, 70s, 80s inland. tonight clear skies, cool again. tomorrow then warmer -- [ inaudible ] >> -- on friday, pam and dave. >> okay. enjoy it while it is here. [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- girlfriend of one of those trapped miners got a huge surprise. ♪ [ music ] >> -- why today is a critical day in the efforts to rescue those men. ♪ [ music ] >> -- police say three quiet nice neighborhoods have been plagued by high risk behavior. i will explain when the morning news continues. ♪ [ music ] [ inaudible ] it has 35% of your daily