here's wayne friedman with more what agents have learned. >> sonya, her parents and sister would have been arriving home in the south of france right now. they are refugees from american airlines flight 24 that spent most of the day on the tarmac with 163 passengers on board. >> the pilot came on a couple times and eventually said there was a security threat that they thought was credible. >> a little scary, yeah. we didn't know exactly what was happening. >> the crisis began across the bay in alameda at about 9 a.m. with an unanimous call to the hampton inn and suites. >> my desk clerk received the phone call. lasted about 45 seconds. the phone call went on like say rant. very jumbled. kind of made no sense. the only thing he was able to gather from it was american airlines flight 24 and hijack. >> the hotel called police who alerted sfo police who stopped the plane before it could take off. they sent it to a remote part of the airport, boarded from the rear and removed two passengers in handcuffs. matthew hoffman took these pictures. >> they came in and came in rather quickly and we

from the east bay hills, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> well, our weather is looking pretty good. and we actually last week had a couple of nice days. >> that's right. this forecast though is really gonna flirt with some of the warmest temperatures we've had all summer. so, yeah, we're looking at pretty good heat coming our way. of course, it's not going to last. here it only lasts two or three days and that's typical but what's atypical is the patchy fog this morning. we're used to the dense fog. we've taken a break from that. high definition emeryville, you can see the fog out there but it's not quite as extensive as the east bay valleys. but temperatures are cooler without that uniform cloud cover, that blanket insulating us. we're dropping a few degrees. mid to upper 40s from novato to menlo park. some of the warmer numbers san jose where the fog is just beginning to enter 54 in fremont. so overall everyone trending downward this morning. and so some holes in that overcast that's going work to bring us more sunshine and as a result warmer temperatures today. 9 degrees cooler i

wayne friedman ran across a man who may be described as natural, electric and eclectic. >> there really is an sold chinese proverb that says whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within. anybody can read that but the practice requires effort. >> this is what i have to work with. >> with work being the operative word. on this morning, robert of monetary ra has entered his yard with an 8 by 10 frame seeking inspiration from a perfect plant. >> better known as poison hemlock of socrates fame. >> so be it. because this is where his day takes an unusual turn. robert is the a proposal photographer, his landscapes world renowned. but vistas like these felt like dead-ends. >> i could see my future would feel like my past if i continued to practice black and white landscape work. >> as he enters the dark room, he's yet to use a traditional camera and never will. he lays the plant on a piece of photo paper, hooks it up with an electrical charge and zaps it with 40,000 volts. >> when it does so, the air that surrounds the plant is ionized and gives off ultimate va violet lig

abc 7's wayne friedman has the story. >>> it's always running, the pen tracing squiggly lines in the seismology lab at u.c. berkeley and if you thought the big one was overdue before, what if we told you now the big one just became two. >> one of the basic geological principles is if it happened in the past, it can happen again. >> dr. peggy is one of the few people in this world that can point out the plain in southern california. we knew in 1857 the san andreas fault ruptured there and ruptured big. today a new report came out showing that it ruptures regularly and repeatedly. >> the average for this study that was just published is 88 years. >> and it's been how long? >> 150 some. >> and when it strikes, that earthquake will hit southern california at as high as 7.9, a quake much stronger than the last causing widespread damage, mayhem and probably death. >> the rupture wouldn't actually hit los angeles but we would have a whole lot of shaking. >> brings no reason for northern california to feel more secure. the east bay and hayward fault is well overdue. it could go at any time.

from san francisco, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> doctors in rural parts of california now have a hi-tech way to consult with specialists. govern schwarzenegger helped launch the tell ahelp network yesterday. it will allow doctors in isolated communities to consult in realtime with specialist at major research hospitals. it will give providers access to patients subscriptions and medical records. the project is being financed largely by the federal communications commission. 4:56. just ahead at 5:00, the reason a former hewlett-packard contractor says she filed a sexual harassment claim against its former ceo. a company recalls more than 200 million eggs after hundreds of californians are sickened, including dozens here in the bay area. what you need to know before you sit down for breakfast. and a bay area neighborhood all fired up over former gun shop trying to reopen for business. mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my choles

from the napa valley, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> and talking about the cool weather in wine country, it's still continuing. >> right. nice and sunny in that shot. some sunshine a little today. much more tomorrow and some heat. dare i say that? well, yeah, looks like we're looking sat temperatures into the 90s. we'll call it hot inland by monday and tuesday. right now lots of low clouds and fog. mist and drizzle at the coast. it's in oakland. the fog or low clouds extend locally to the sacramento valley. it's going to be slow clearing today. that means cooler temperatures, a stronger onshore push and it all reverses tomorrow. 59 sunnyvale. good morning san jose, 56 for you. drizzle from half moon bay to san francisco and mill valley and into oakland and emeryville this morning. so low clouds, misted and drizzle. turning sunny tomorrow. cooler than yesterday. no 80s to speak of. we had the mid, even upper 80s yesterday. those are gone just temporarily. much warmer weather arriving next week. today an area of low pressure, surprise, surprise! off the coast. travels inland. and as it do

from the napa valley, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> well, there's a positive to take out of the cooler weather all right right? >> absolutely. we've had very low fire danger and another day of much cooler than average. but on the opposite side of that beginning really monday. but a big warm-up underway tomorrow. sun rising this morning at 6:31, setting at 7:55. emeryville this morning in the dark with the gray skies, mist and drizzle. and that extends all the way to the east bay valleys, the sacramento valley and fairfield. temperatures this morning are cool, in the 50s. and we're looking at numbers just around 60 in sunnyvale. so look for the mist and drizzle to hold on throughout much of the day here along the coast and because of the extensive cloud deck in our east bay valleys, slow clearing today and a cooler afternoon. yesterday we saw some 80s. no 80s in the forecast today. you have to go all the way out to sacramento even to get some low 80s. so low clouds, areas of drizzle and we will see sunshine much sooner tomorrow in the late morning hours. that begins our warm-up and then

recently abc 7's wayne friedman ran across a man that's work can only be called natural, eclectic. >> a chinese proverb says whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within. anybody can read that but the practice requires effort. >> this is what i have to work with. >> with work being the operative word. on this morning robert builterman has been seeking inspiration from a perfect plant. poison hemlock of socrates fame. >> so be it. because this is where his day takes an unusual turn. robert is a professional photographer. his landscapes world renowned. but a few years ago even vistas like these began to feel like dead ends. i could see my future would look just like my past if i continued to practice black and white landscape work. >> now he confines his work to plants. but you might notice as he entered the red safe light in his dark room, he's yet to use a traditional camera and never will. lays the plant on photo paper, hooks it up to an electrical charge and zaps it with 40,000 volts. >> when it does so, the air that surrounds the plan is ionized and gives off