by the way, it's not just redwood. cypress, cedar. >> one of the largest structures in san francisco is made up with alaska cedar. >> let me ask you here. anybody know where this very large structure made of alaskan yellow czar, a beautiful -- cedar elegant structure. anybody know? you know? >> at&t park? >> at&t park. give this man a ticket to the ballgame. because down at the ballpark -- >> is a coke bottle made out of alaskan cedar. >> it's a giant coke bottle with alaskan cedar ribs and pat was involved in it and -- >> they fabricated it and sailed it down the bay, weighed about 150,000 pounds. it's a big coke bottle. >> and what do we have here? what can you tell us about this stuff? >> treated material that we use for framing, for decks. people use this for decking. right here, it looks like it's treat on the ends. which i guess you're going to get to treating cut ends on material that's freshly treated. that's the new stuff though. >> yeah. >> and this is treated with copper sulfate which forms a reaction with a

accident in redwood city, three lanes block. we'll have an update on that and the rest of the morning commute. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. low pressure system spinning over the bay area keeps clouds and chance of showers in the forecast along with, you guessed it, cool temperatures. you knew that. we'll take a look at today's highs and when warmer weather will be moving back into the bay. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> next time you get a new driver's license it really been a new driver's license. anne makovec is in san mateo with a look at what the dmv has planned. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. from teenagers trying to buy booze to undocumented immigrants trying to find work, this new driver's license is going to make it a lot more difficult to use a fake id. here's a look at the brand-new california driver's license, which will be unveiled today. it's going to be more high-tech with several new secures features like a

. >> 2:25 tuesday afternoon at redwood city's fair oaks community school. pickup time. but these parents, along with those at more than 100 bay area schools, are facing a choice. not just take their kids home for the day, but take them away for good. and send them to what at lest the state considers a better school. >> because kids only get one chance to get a good, quality education and kids should not be bound by joeing araffi. >> reporter: gloria romero wrote the act. students can now transfer to any school in any district with a higher api score. a fair oaks student need only go g. two miles into menlo park to find a school with an api more than 200 points higher in a district that spends hundreds more per student per year. >> we assume we will get applications to our school district. >> this is menlo park's superintendent. and while he may expect to get transfer requests, here comes the first roadblock open enrollment faces. >> you'll welcome with everybody with open arms? >> well, not necessarily. >> reporter: the new law says districts must accept transfers, unle

we do have another hot day on tap. >> i'm actually on skyline near redwood drive. this part of skyline it is windier that my last location which was by tunnel road. the wind has picked up. you can see that leaves are green but the ground is very dry brush. this is what concerns a lot of firefighters. low humidity and high temperatures with the wind picking up big could get dangerous. >> we have word we had a fire in redwood road in the parking area. apparently it's out because you been looking for. but not surprising that a small fire. >> they usually have other guys patrolling the area that's why they can jump on the fires quicker. they'll on high alert. >> good to hear we could not find it and there is one report that the fire is out. yoli monitoring the fire appeare >> this in the filing an injunction against a gain in the city what police believe are responsible for robbery's and murderers. we don't know which one will receive an injunction it restricts the ability for people named to commit crimes within the safety zone. this injunction will be announced at 10

will go with a live look at of redwood city. emergency crews still on the scene traffic barely getting by we will get the latest on this from traffic desk in a by we will get the latest on this from traffic desk in a moment. serving on the board of goldman by we will get the latest on this from traffic desk in a moment. sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ebay, whitman paid herself $120 million right before the company laid off 10% of it's workers. we're choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter? omangry peasants can mess up a i parkcar really bad.tle at "medieval knight fest". matt, my mercury agent, helped me file a claim right away. turns out mercury not only saves me money, but they also cover medieval mob damage. they got my car fixed in no time. call 8

elsewhere around the bay, livermore and san jose, just over a tenth and redwood city. but oakland picked up a third. live doppler 7 hd shows most of the wet weather to the north, santa rosa and off to the bodega bay. winds are increasing. wind advisory until pga. parts of marin county are getting until 5:00. away are looking an additional one to two inches and it will end by later on today and the look at the week ahead which includes more rain. >> we would like to see and share how the rain is affecting you. just send your video to ureport powered by youtube. the upload side is ureport at

it's near the intersection of redwood and pine hurste. firefighters again remind us the fire danger is very high on this very hot and windy day. there is an example. >>> definitely. tara is in for sal. she say there is is a traffic hazard in dublin. >> yes, we have a truck stuck in the center divider because it has a blown out tire. right here at the 680 and 580 split. this is in dublin. and of course take it easy if you're going through this area. it has not cleared yet. >>> to the bay bridge toll plaza. things getting heavier here. still not too bad of a commute as you make your way on through. highway 4 we were talking about this earlier. you can say on the right hand side there. construction crews they will be working on a path. you can see that it is in the opposite direction of your commute. westbound traffic not having any problems whatsoever. 6:10 here is steve. >> thank you very much. these are wind observations. calm, calm, calm. there is very still conditions at the surface. hardly any wind at all. when there is a hint of a bre

redwood city residents may see even more red light cameras. the council is looking to install more cameras. a civil grand jury questioned the system's effectiveness on traffic safety but pointed out they were generating significant money. two cameras at busy whipple avenue and veterans boulevard are expected to net redwood city $325,000 this year. >> today elections officials are expecting to mail automatic thousands of corrected ballots. they received miscoded and vote by mail ballots with some races missing completely. after investigating a complaint, they found nine precincts were miscoded. more than 2700 voters across alamo, danville and pleasant hill were impacted by the mistake. a political fire storm has erupted in san jose over a youtube.com video showing a candidate taking out signs. they sent out a mailer saying he broke the law. the video shows councilman ol various are questioned by police about the no on measure v. this would change the way arbitration is done between the city and its public safety unions. the campaign says what o

a fuel spill in redwood shores up to $158,000 now. officials still don't know what caused a pipe to rupture august 25th. a firm hired out by the city to find out what happened says several possible causes are being looked into. it sent more than 48,000 gallons of raw sewage into residential streets and homes. >> budget cuts at caltrain will meet higher fares and fewer trains next year. the board approved a price increase of 7%, 25 cents per zone. the fare from san francisco to san jose will go up by 75 cents. the cost of a monthly pass increases $20. the board voted to eliminate four weekday trains from the schedule from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. all changes go into effect january 1st. >> fleet week is getting into full swing. you probably already heard or feel the blue angels roaring. >> the navy's precision flight team did practice runs over the bay area yesterday. they'll practice again this afternoon along with a full air show rehearsal. that air show will perform starting at 1:00 both saturday and sunday and the blue angels themselves fl

and up by about 80 in redwood city. mid to upper eighties on the inland valleys, so it will be nice ball was there. it will stick out by much of this week. monday or tuesday 1 weather persists. still in the eighties for wednesday and thursday. it will be cooler by next when >> state. see you at age 11.theb next when >> state. see you at age 11.theb the11 see you at the 11:00 so when his account ran low we just transferred funds. i just hope the language isn't a barrier. bonjour. [ mom ] my ryan can be very shy. [ male announcer ] from linked accounts to citi mobile we make it simple to manage your finances. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. can it keep an eye out for itself, literally show and tell you where it is when you don't even know yourself ? droid can with lookout mobile security, one of thousands of free apps for the droid x and droid 2 by motorola. available on the ever-expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what droid does.

at 6 degrees in a redwood city, up three degrees in san jose. all weather had clients pay attention to the offshore here we have fog to the north shore looks at the coast as saying about a fog over night nothing to major though mostly those high clouds and course some coastal fog carried five to 10 degrees warmer each day into the weekend and by next week will cool and at fog back. we'll talk about jerks the forecast and topical fleet week in just a moment to >> carried california finally has a budget even though it's about a hundred dollars lipdayst doesn't include new taxes or fees the budget defers a $2 billion payment to schools and community colleges next year even so look at this the university of california and california state universities will get $5.5 billion that's more than the got last year. the new budget makes no new cuts to social services to >>. meanwhile the governor stopped in san jose today where he called the new budget success which meets the goals he was aiming for >>. it's a terrific budget it is happening these last four

on the peninsula, 91 at redwood city. close to a record, low 90s for you guys. low to mid-80s around the coast. downwn san francisco, upper 80s. low to mid 90s in the north bay valleys. 80 sunshine at beaches. 80 at monterey. mid 90s around gilr, that could possibly be a record high. tonight temperures slightly cooler than this morning. it won't be quite as brey so it will allow cool air to sink in. area of high pressure move over, still with the clockwise flow taking away our cool ocean air pushing it well offshore and then by tomorrow evening, we'll get the surge back and noticed a little bit of cooling at the coast. that will start to spread inland on thursday and friday. so we'll get a cooling trend then bause the sea breeze is back. the big drop in temperatures when it feels like fall is the cold front coming in from alas. unfortunately the rain will stay to the north so until 6:00 tomorrow morning we still have a red flag warning for high fire danger. >> an east bay mother of four who wants to remain anonymous is offering to be a donor to save the life of

on the peninsula, 91 at redwood city. close to a record, low 90s for you guys. low to mid-80s around the coast. downtown san francisco, upper 80s. low to mid 90s in the north bay valleys. 80 sunshine at beaches. 80 at monterey. mid 90s around gilroy, that could possibly be a record high. tonight temperatures slightly cooler than this morning. it won't be quite as breezy so it will allow cool air to sink in. area of high pressure move over, still with the clockwise flow taking away our cool ocean air pushing it well offshore and then by tomorrow evening, we'll get the surge back and noticed a little bit of cooling at the coast. that will start to spread inland on thursday and friday. so we'll get a cooling trend then because the sea breeze is back. the big drop in temperatures when it feels like fall is the cold front coming in from alaska. unfortunately the rain will stay to the north so until 6:00 tomorrow morning we still have a red flag warning for high fire danger. >> an east bay mother of four who wants to remain anonymous is offering to be a donor to save

put these other questions to well no but if you're a skeptic john redwood just ahead. today i'm talking to the right honorable john redwood who's a member of parliament and also needs of the conservative policy group on economic competitiveness he was also someone who was instrumental in keeping britain out of the euro zone john redwood thank you very much for talking to r.t. now you're a euro skeptic explain to me your reasons for that well i'm skeptical about how much european government we need and want. as a british democrat i believe that most of the big decision should be taken by an elected parliament in the united kingdom and as many decisions as possible should be dedicated to individuals families or levels of government within the united kingdom so i am skeptical about the need and purpose of a lot of european government at the measure nine level if something requires global agreement with and our systems for global treaties and global agreement global government if something needs a national government we have the institutions it's quite difficult i think id

upper 50s san rafael, oakland, fremont, livermore, redwood city, half moon bay. everybodelse inw to mid-60s. monterey 59. breezy today. mixte of sunshine and clouds. isolat shower is possible at our highest elevations but it's probably maybe better wednesday than today. mainly down acros the south bay and into the monterebay. those two areas looking for that to happen. a brighter weekend. let's talk about how today's going to be different than yesterday. actually warmer in santa rosa, about 5 degrs warmer with northerly winds. everybody else with the westerly winds, same in san francisco, concord, oakland, redwood city. 1, 2, 3, and 4 degre cooler than yesterday. from alaska to baja, bringing in the fast breezes and the cooler air that we'll experience today. also bringing in stormy conditions over to the sierra. still winter weather advisies for yosemite up to sequoia. here at home, clouds linr with upper 60s to low 70s. mountain view as you head northbound through the peninsula, mid to upper 60s. we'll be near 60 along the coast today, downdown 62 for south san

kron temperature 69 san francisco, 63 oakland and redwood city. mid- 60s hayward, the upper 50s livermore. as we take into the afternoon we could jump up to 95 two-seater rosa, the upper 80s there now. san francisco little cooler today at 82. a bit of a breeze kicking and that will help cool as of, along the coast 7593 degrees is you had done the peninsula will be hot redwood city, and hayward. we do have a red flag warning in effect for the rest of this hour, you'll continue to see than the factory and do the north bay and east bay hills. guests can get to 20 mi. per hour is really dry. that excess of he running is no larger in effect for downtown san francisco but instead of along the bay shoreline along oakland, hayward, fremont, san mateo. temperatures expected to get to '80s-'90s. that continues to allay the clock. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a cooling trend beginning toman really started to cool up by the weekend. there >> get. still hotspot free, traffic is getting along fine. creek project bay bridge toll plaza nice, easy

mid to upper 60s low 60s by the ocean 67 mateo, closing in at 70 degrees for redwood city. low to mid 60's for the shore. but the sun shining more abundant troops in the afternoon hours. mid to upper 60s a close to '70s for antioch with the height of 69 degrees in the south bay. upper round 70 here too, san jose with the temperature of 69. the weather pattern lately, has been unsettled and wet, but things are beginning to change in the other direction. in fact it will get a lot more write the guess we go into the beginning of next week. temperatures get into possible lay you eighties tuesday and wednesday with '70s around the bay it will be much nicer around the we. the weather system, >> time out would protect talk with a slate. >> i have the greatest telling gadget to show your. it is new, it is called a bubble fogger i will turn it audit show you what it does. a bubble fogger is a mix between a bobble any fog machine. it sends out zero bottles filled with fog. the baubles look like floating ping-pong balls. when the bubbles pop you get a group of smoke. it is fun to pop

i live in san mateo went in redwood city and this will be a part of it. i've been to about 30 games i don't have a ticket today i like watching it on tv but i'd rather be down here. >> the seven years ago where along for the world series is the atmosphere different? >> it seems a lot different. this seems like the people who have been here when their kids are here now and be part of the spirit >> a leave you with this in know you're a fan when you can find black and orange socks and he is proudly sporting them. and going inside and get more people to come out here and give us their thoughts on giants fever. >> think you for the update and the thoughts on this starting pitcher matt came. >> it's exciting to start off these three games at home. it will be fun to get this thing started. to trying take it as a normal start get the routine as normal again of relaxing and enjoying it. just so good: and take a nervous off. >> today start at 1:19 a.m. p.m. tomorrow game for 57 and then the 21st at 457 if necessary game 6 and 7 will be back in philadelphia this sa

but to still singing current temperatures look like this 51 redwood city and san francisco 56 oakland. 52 fremont, 54 san jose. afternoon highs temperatures are similar to what was are yesterday's 75 sandra's as 69 san above, 72 vallejo, 74 freeway and fairfield. greta city, monday, fremont 75. 76 antioch and livermore. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. continuing with that fog today than we see a significant drop in temperatures as we make our way into thursday. mr. to see those storms come in bringing us a chance of showers, wet weather in our forecast for saturday. sunday. and during temperatures in the mid-70s inland high sixties around the bay high fifties at the coast. james. >> and ion wall street, stocks are rebounding after yesterday's sell. the dow was up a hundred and 60 points that is by high so far. a hundred and 60 points to the good side yesterday we sold off about a hundred and 60 here we have made we lost on tuesday and one of the big drivers this morning was really airline stocks we heard from boeing is opposed to 837 million in third quarter profit going

it is nfl for redwood city and temperatures in the low sixties for monday. into the afternoon we are warming up into the low 80s for santa rosa and it is still staying into the '70s also into richmond. it is 66 degrees and a noticeable cool down in san francisco. is totally clear to continue to get cooler as well. it is keeping in the low 60s and down into the south bay for the '80s. here's your seven day around the bay. check it out, saturday will be the one our of the two weekend days and by sunday looks like it will be down into the upper 70's. upper seventies around the bay and upper 50s and the coast. it is not until tuesday or wednesday that it will start heating up again. but his head down to the newsroom. >> we're following of the latest pictures where we have a lot of rain. east are in st. mary's maryland. at we are filling up on some of torrential downpours. it has claimed five lives. they're coping with the streets that are flooded. i'll get you those numbers in a moment. five people are killed in traffic accidents in north carolina jacksonville a

station 16 is what they are looking to merge or share services with redwood city or cal services. i asked the mayor would anyone lose their job? he would not say one way or another. we'll have more at 5:00. live in san carols, i'm paul chambers, channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. >>> today is an important deadline before the november second election. if you want to make sure you're about to vote but the problem is not getting people to vote. good afternoon, jane. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is it. you have until midnight to register. the worry for election officials today voter apathy. they worry it will turn into lower turnout. we found vote by mail is up by a few percentage points in the last midterm election in 2006 and only 13% of registered voters cast in mail in ballots and in 2006, 11% had and this year they see a trend emerging. this year voters will tackle the question who will be california's next governor in deciding the fate of several proposition measures including one which addresses recreational marijuana use in the state. voters will also decide whether they

more showers off the coast moving into redwood city. and light showers pushing into the oakland area also into parts of berkeley. forecast, seven-day forecast, let's take a look at it. light showers expected during the day. a chance, 20%, with mostly cloudy skies. 50% chance of heavy rainfall over the weekend, saturday and sunday. could see up to two inches in our wettest spots. where would that be? the north bay. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, sunshine with temperatures making an attempt to rebound. back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up in our next half hour, the giants will have to win it in philadelphia. >> and they will! we'll talk about game five coming up and reaction from the players, as well. >> and a whirlwind tour around the bay area for president obama. he is waking up here this morning but flying out later. we'll tell you where he is going and how much he raised during this trip coming up. ,,,, ♪ [ female announcer ] there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou.com, where you can find a

redwood city northbound 101 at woodside road, we have a traffic alert three lanes blocked and glass and plastic debris all over the roadway. we'll give you an update on this plus earlier ace train delays, that's all coming up in a few minutes. here's tracy with a check of your forecast. >> thanks. low pressure system kind of stalled out over the bay area. that will keep us with a fair amount of clouds today. a little sunshine and even a chance of a shower. but how will it impact your temperatures? hm. we'll take a look at today's highs in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> next time you get a new driver's license it will be a new driver's license. anne makovec is in san mateo with a look at what the dmv has planned. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. from teenagers trying to buy booze to undocumented immigrants trying to find work, this new design which is going to be unveiled this morning is going to make it more difficult to use a fake id. here's a look at the new california driver's license. a bit more high-tech with several new security features like a laser engrave

upper 50s san rafael, oakland, fremont, livermore, redwood city, half moon bay. everybody else in the low to mid-60s. monterey 59. breezy today. mixture of sunshine and clouds. isolated shower is possible at our highest elevations but it's probably maybe better wednesday than today. mainly down across the south bay and into the monterey bay. those two areas looking for that to happen. a brighter weekend. let's talk about how today's going to be different than yesterday. actually warmer in santa rosa, about 5 degrees warmer with northerly winds. everybody else with the westerly winds, same in san francisco, concord, oakland, redwood city. 1, 2, 3, and 4 degrees cooler than yesterday. from alaska to baja, bringing in the fast breezes and the cooler air that we'll experience today. also bringing in stormy conditions over to the sierra. still winter weather advisories for yosemite up to sequoia. here at home, clouds linger with upper 60s to low 70s. mountain view as you head northbound through the peninsula, mid to upper 60s. we'll be near 60 along the coast today, d

to the san jose group said rosa 71 degrees with cloths and sunshine upper 50s and 60s at the coast, redwood city is closing in on 70 degrees mid- 60's for the easter short with rich man and that chances for passing showers here for the east bay there is a vocational sunshine and possibility for an occasional shower as well. here is the seven day around the bay we are sending a little bit want to start of next week wet weather returns on thursday to friday >> thank you. this check-in. >> ok, there is this big exhibit so who invented it impressionism? is it possible that it was the japanese? we will talk about that coming up. that it was the japanese? we will talk about that coming up. jerry brown. who raised the gas tax as governor, and pushed for higher sales taxes? jerry brown. who tried five times to raise property taxes in oakland? jerry brown. who supported higher statewide income taxes? jerry brown. and who says, if elected, he'll ask voters for even more new taxes? jerry brown. governor jerry brown, again? hide your wallet. ♪ the turn will make you think. ♪ make you re-examine you

. >>> the two are touring an aftercool program in redwood city as we speak. they will appear at a fund raising event later tonight. >>> a strange incident to report involving a spouse of a member of the u.s. supreme court that abc 7 news is breaking nationwide right now. two weeks ago, justice clarence thomas wife ginny left a voice mill to her husband's former nemesis anita hill asking for an apollgy. he testified that he made sexually provokative messages to her. it said i just wanted to reach across the air waves and the years and ask you to consider something. i would love you to consider an apology and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. give it some thought and pray about this and come to understand why you did what you did. >> coming up at 6:00 we will have a response from anita hill and ginny thomas. >>> a new method of voting in east bay elections could put an underdog in offense. >>> also, it is -- in office. >> is this too close for comfort. you be the judge of a 747 buzzing the golden gate bridge. >>> one more nice d

shores of cold quite a bit this afternoon 15 degrees cooler oakland and the same amount of cooling for redwood city. warm and our own inland valleys. tomorrow morning more extensive fog and it will be in the north bay by 6:00 a.m.. will scale back but it will take a couple hours and we saw this morning. adm the fog he could see her sitting run the bay shore still oakland and hayward, san francisco and back to the coastline where it should stay for most of the day tomorrow. it captures will be cooler because i marine air coming off the ocean is going to affect our bay shore as but it will make its way into our inland valleys. 10 degrees cooler there tomorrow temperatures about 80 degrees. it 76 napa, 69 oakland, 64 san francisco and 77 in san jose. the boy to continue to see our onshore winds coming on and off the ocean. he did see the pattern here with the clouds. and this will develop into another storm that could actually give us some rain. here's a look at future cast you can see in the early morning on sunday into the afternoon chances of rain in the south bay and inland. it will stick wit

redwood city may 58, los gatos 57. by 5:00 p.m. thursday showers coming to the north bay and then about friday 9 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. moving into the bay area and the peninsula. by friday at 10:00 p.m. we see widespread showers and those widespread showers sticking around until saturday morning at 8:00 a.m.. by 5:00 p.m. dry in and out but we will see rain in the north bay. sunday widespread showers 7:00 a.m. and then by about 4:00 p.m. drying out so we will be all clear for halloween. topping out into the '60s, 63 san rafael, 67 antioch, 65 mountain view, 68 san jose today. your 7 day around bay showing as clear conditions today tomorrow, a chance of showers thursday rainy friday, rainy saturday, morning showers sunday clearing it up sunday evening good in dry monday. >> the morning commute is over and done with no more hot spots. quickly looking at the bridges your first this san mateo bridge no problems in either direction of highway 92. problem free ride throughout the morning. no delays at the toll plaza and no overnight const

i know you are watching problems in redwood city. what is happening there? >> we have a driver that possiblely fell asleep at the wheel. there could be a branch blocking the roadway or a tree perhaps. but there is nothing showing up exactly on our maps yet. we know it's not an issue as of now. right now we are going to head out to the east shore freeway. a smooth ride as you head head southbound. no proems. up next we have a shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. a ghost town there for awhile. a few cars are starting to trickle in. and finally 280 near san jose the lane on the left there is southbound as you make your way toward downtown. >>> we have mostly clear skies. a little bit of fog. patchy fog up in minute see toe county. a little breeze on the coast and some of the higher elevations. it's all signs for a sunny and warmer day. fog is get pushed to the south. what is there is shallow. it could be thick if it's there. sunny and warmer. 70s 80s and 90s today. san jose at 60 degrees. napa center fell 54. airport with northwest at 10 miles an hour. 30s up in

six homes and the redwood shores lagoon. a private consulting firm says there was no evidence of pipe corrosion, so it must have been some buildup of pressure. several possibilities are being looked at. and cleanup is ongoing. the tab so far? at least $150,000. >>> in san bruno, residents paused to remember the victims of last month's fire and explosion for an impromptu memorial. about 100 people gathered at the spot where the pipeline ruptured, four weeks ago. the fire following the blast killed eight people, injured dozens more and destroyed 35 homes. crews are expected to finish the cleanup by monday. >>> the san bruno fire and explosion caused an estimated $55 million in damage. and governor schwarzenegger is appealing the federal government's decision to deny disaster funds to san bruno. the governor sent a letter to president obama, asking that fema reverse its decision. fema has agreed to reimburse california for up to 75% of firefighting costs, but nothing else. >>> time now, 8:47. alaska was hit by a strong earthqua

it is a brush fire inside redwood regional park. firefighters say it's just a half acre, shouldn't be too much trouble to knock it down but we will have to wait and see and hope for the best because we do know the red flag warning is still in effect. kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> thanks, kris. >>> all right, 6:09. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. a live look shows you more cars hitting the roadway but no metering lights just yet. we're hoping these cars to a relatively low number and we'll see what we can do. a reminder that it's a spare the air day so we're encouraging folks to use mass transit. no delays of 49 trains on time, it is a spare the air day, that's why we encourage mass transit under the water instead of over the bay bridge. that does not mean that transit is free. that is not in the budget so plan on paying your toll getting onto the bart system. the golden gate bridge, no major issues, a nice, smooth drive from the north bay. guys, back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> we want to check the forecast

current temperatures in the '50s and '60s, redwood city '60s through oakland, hayward, a south bay your afternoon highs today cooler than yesterday to continue and that trend for the weekend. 82 santa rosa, 73 novato and san rafael, a san francisco 66, your redwood city temperature 76, along the coast 64. in the south low 80s. 7 day around a day shows as a cooling trend. which involved a few degrees each day. sun warmer inland temperatures, sunday and monday will only be in to the mid-70s upper 60s around the bay along the coast struggling to get into the '60s. >> we are not tracking hot spots for your morning commute easy conditions at the toll plaza traffic along just fine. headed west bound to of this city's those made during white's nine minutes from the foot of the maze in fremont street san francisco. san mateo bridge all is clear here taillights towards foster city no problems where delays in either direction across the span. quiet at the golden gate bridge traffic building but still moving at the limit right now says bound ride novato into san francisco 23 minutes highway 37 ove

they're all over the bay area from san jose to redwood city and bruin and on over to livermore. take a look at jackie spear's question. she was quoted yesterday asking -- you can see it for yourself -- would the leaks have been found if the california public utilities commission had not ordered this inspection? pg&e says it inspects its 2500 miles of pipe every year per department of transportation regulations and it does so by airplane using high-tech detection devices. now, 2500 miles of pipe, if you straighten it out and lay it out from san francisco east, you'll get to new york city. that's how much pipe we are talking about. so it's going to be -- an extensive inspection and they do it every year. they did a second after the san bruno explosion. there's going to be a meeting today to discuss that report. live in san bruno, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> turning to politics, first lady michelle obama will head to southern california to campaign for democrat senator barbara boxer who is in a tough race with carly fiorina. mrs. obama helped raise $2 million at fund-raisers in

on the peninsula, 66 redwood city, los altos. downtown san francisco, 61 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. and in the north bay, you see the ranges barely beginning to approach in the afternoon. 66 santa rosa. east bay communities, low to mid 60s. 64 oakland, hayward. head inland and temperatures hover well below average. 67 concord and pleasanton. 68 degrees in liver more and monterey bay 63 degrees in monterey. the accuweather seven-day forecast. a cooler forecast. chance of showers late afternoon early evening tomorrow lingering into the wee hours of friday morning. more rain coming in over the weekend and that systems that are developing for the weekend look a little more wet. monday, breezy, but dry. slight upward trend by the middle of next week in terms of temperature. >> thanks. >>> stay with us. coming up, something is in the air with apple. we're going to show you the new products the computer giant unveiled today. >>> and major hurdle cleared for a billion dollars casino resort on the east bay shore line. [ male annou

million in donations because of faulty seal, contract disputes and other problems with the group in redwood city. the contractor. they say they mismanaged the project and is trying to make them the scapegoat. >> an 8-month-old baby is waiting for a life saving liver transplant. nicole carter is in sacramento. her mother is making a nationwide appeal for a donor and there may be one. heather ishimaru reports. >> a liver disease keeps her bile ducts collapsed. her doctor says she'll probably die in the next several months unless she can get a transplant from a living donor. mom, tina carter, has been sleep in a cot by her daughter's bed since last friday. >> so happy and she smiles and just wants to talk. just a little sunshine ball. >> nikki has been coming to ucsf off and on since may. she's back this time because her condition suddenly worsened. >> they were hoping we had time to get a pediatric liver but it's not that case no more. we are running out of time and i need an o positive liver and what they'll do is take half of the left lobe. >> tina is the wrong blood type but she's going to

about 61 redwood city. monterey bay, low to mid-50s even in line with salinas and slightly cooler and clear in gilroy at 47. slight rain now. it will taper during the afternoon hours only to return tonight. that's our last push of rain as it will fade saturday afternoon. we may have rain in the north bay sunday but everybody will be dry sunday afternoon into the evening hours for trick or treating. quick look at temperatures. mid to upper 60s from the north bay valleys all the way over to vallejo, concord, oakland, palo alto. we have a few handful of 70s antioch, livermore, fremont and san jose. temperatures mid to upper 60s around the bay. even morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. tonight you can see the rain shield becoming more impressive in its intensity and the real estate it covers. low to mid-50s as you head out the door tomorrow morning. here we are 5:00 this morning. watch as we head into the noon hour. how the rain starts to taper just a little bit. and then during the evening hours it's almost gone

redwood in the 50s and 60s by 8:00. by noon upper 70s to low 80s around the bay with mid to upper 80s in our valleys. by 4:00 sunshine but still about 70 degrees in half moon bay with 78 san francisco. mid to upper 80s throughout the bay. low to mid-90s in our valleys. accu-weather seven-day forecast, the cooling that hits the coast today will move into the bay tomorrow and into our inland valleys on friday. still looking at that dramatic 20 degree swing by sunday. sunshine and slightly warmer early next week. frances, you have an update? >> yeah. occasionally you have to look out for a deer but this time it was a sofa. someone dropped a sofa in southbound 680 and a cash crashed into it. chp is at the scene. they've cleared everything to the shoulder but injuries have been reported, however not slowing traffic down. look out for that on your way to work this morning. as we go outside, you'll find a much quieter start this wednesday morning. very different from yesterday. we have a lot of accidents all morning long. west

redwood city upper 50s. inland salinas low 50s. cool spot 52 gilroy. highlights, sunny, record heat likely again today. fire and heat danger through tomorrow and it will feel like fall friday, saturday and sunday. still looking at that significant temperature drop. we'll be near record highs today, santa rosa at 96. fremont today 91. oakland 89. those are 8 and 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. san jose, that 93 which is 4 degrees warmer than yesterday would tie a record. concord would be close to that 94 and san francisco about 4 or 5 degrees away from a record high but 87 is 7 degrees warmer than yesterday. let's go over the red flag warnings in case you're just joining us and missed us the top of the show. until 6:00 tomorrow morning through the north bay mountains, east bay hills and the diablo range and the extensive heat warning now starts at 1:00 this afternoon all the way through 8:00 tomorrow evening. highs in the 80s and 90s and lows in the 60s and 70s. that's why it's going to be tough to cool down in those areas. all right. what we're seeing

redwood city possibly a record high. low 90s on the peninsula. 20 degrees cooler with low 70s on the coast. 82 downtown san francisco. mid to upper 80s from south san francisco and sausalito. increasing clouds and mid-70s at north bay beaches with low to mid-90s inland valleys. same temperatures morgan hill, gilroy, hollister. 72 monterey and low it mid-80s watsonville. low to mid-50s the north bay valleys through the coast. upper 50s to low 60s for the rest of us. seven-day forecast. notice the temperatures dropping around the bay and more so along the coast again tomorrow. that cooling will hit our inland valleys friday. temperatures back to average saturday. actually below average on sunday and then slightly warmer monday and tuesday. if you have a weather video or whether pictures you would like to share, we would love to see them. upload them or e-mail it. here's frances with a couple accidents. >> yeah, mike. a developing hot spot in the south bay because of an accident blocking two lanes. north 101 in sunnyvale at

. >> and orange like my eyes from watching doppler ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bill in redwood city says "i want to look like >>> if you don't know what you're gonna be this halloween, it's okay, you're not alone. i didn't know either until i got this email from bill redwood city who said he didn't want to look like everybody else. what's out there that is different for halloween this year? that's tonight's good question. >> trick or treat. >> here is the thing with halloween. somewhere along the line it changed from "let's get dressed up and scare people" so"let's get dressed up and look like something or somebody trendy." >> every year there is a movie ha people are after or something in the news. >> you know somebody is gonna show up at your door or party this year dressed as lady gaga or a chilean coalminer. but nobody is gonna dress up like this. >> major tom. >> this i dig. i really like this one. >> inspection is the owner of san francisco's costume party. he says don't go trendy. everybody is gonna do that. there's too much competition out there. instead, go classic, and you won't go wro

redwood city now sporting 73 with a nonexisting extent breeze that wind ever so gentle in san rafael. santa clara at 73. temperatures are uniform across the district. and walnut creek east bay 79 degrees. we do have another game tomorrow. this time around, it's at 4:59 in the afternoon hours. 59 degrees partly sunny skies. we will notice the thing up of the marine layer come game time and the winds will begin to increase off the ocean as well 10 to 20 miles per hour. now, tonight if you are out and about the numbers range from the 50s along the seashore currently in san francisco, it's a very cool 57 degrees, 60s bayside, 70s inland. tonight partly cloudy, patchy dense fog. 47 degrees from cotati and santa rosa. storm track to the north of us. this is a really complex weather pattern for the next several days. we're still under the influence of high pressure giving it one more sunshiny day o wednesday, back here we are developing subtropical moisture. first off, here's your fog product. looking at the low clouds and fog in the bay area tomorrow morning, then gradually clearing out. lo

san jose, mix of sun and high clouds. 68 in millbrae. 72 degrees in redwood city. palo alto, mountain view, mid60s near the coast. you are pretty chilly today, and i don't expect much change tomorrow downtown san francisco, 62 degrees. in the north bay, 68 in san rafael. 74 for santa rosa. in the east bay, anywhere from the mid60s to the low 70s. inland communities, cooler than average. 75 in concord and 76 for livermore. and around the monterey bay, 61 in caramel and 67 in salinas. here is your seven-day forecast -- a dry wednesday. mild and hazy around the bay and inland. a chance of shower beginning on thursday afternoon. friday looks okay. there is cooler weather. and then saturday into sunday, that system looks pretty strong for this time of year. we are expecting a soggy weekend. >> goodness. thanks, sandhya. >>> okay, giants playoff fever means a homerun for some homeless pets. >> we'll have that story when we come back. insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. insanity is doing the same thing over and over again

we are going out to redwood city. and in this redwood city neighborhood, there is one house halloween decoration that are the talk of the town. he began creating this papier- mache' halloween dragon a couple of months ago and it sits on his roof and over the phone with us is aaron. good morning, aaron. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> good. thank you for joining us. i have so many questions for you. [ laughter ] >> why did you decide to create this halloween dragon? >> uhm, i don't know. i just, uhm, we were out camping this last august and i just decided thinking about disneyland and i remember the dragon over at the fantasmic show there and always liked the scary part of it where it is very subdued and stuff and i thought, yeah, i'd like to do something like that and try to theme it for halloween or something and we just started from there. >> that's cool. the video we are looking at now is actually video you posted on youtube so people can do a youtube search and check it out if you want? >> yeah, my wife put

further south 73 for redwood city, same through hayward. we had a system yesterday it is well to our east now. it is bringing some sprinkles to lake tahoe. but today we will stay dry and keep dry weather through your weekend. it will stay cool today and then warming it up by friday partly cloudy over the next couple of days mostly sunny as we start to clear up. getting up to 74 degrees and maybe even more warmer sunday. plenty of sunshine and that continues next week. let's get a check gone traffic. >> you can never get too much traffic or weather. not tracking and the hot spots in the long run the slowdowns have cleared out. we can see the back up breaking napup. my guess is tha0 minutes we should be able to clear it out here. it is sluggish for you commute through san jose 101 north but also improving conditions here for the north bound ride. heavier traffic right between the guadalupe parkway and highway 237. next the commute on highway 92 san mateo bridge. like traffic now in both east and west. no longer any delays coming across 92 it

keeping it in the '80s there redwood city, hayward, fremont. temperature is about 72 degrees for half moon bay. with those warm temperatures we have a five-year weather watch, tonight-tuesday to monitor temperatures to promote more than today. but even see some gusty winds of pushing into the north. nearly low humidity as well. also we have an excessive heat watch in effect, taking in tomorrow through tuesday. you can see the highlighted area from daly city northward. hi stop putting to the '80s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. to maul warmest day of the week, hot weather expected to last right on through your wednesday, upstart to warm in and the cooling trend will continue. let's check in with george to has a look at our traffic. >> what had been a hot spot on the nimitz freeway, set up because it is unexpected in the morning to you would find delays heading " oakland international airport. but we do still have some slowing here in this up and direction, not as bad as it had been, of the problem is it's a little sooner than it di

across the bay though redwood city we have one of the cooler spots redwood city 51. the hills around los gatos, 49. most of us mid to upper 50s. monterey bay and inland we have cloud cover and mid to upper 50s. as far as your highlights, pockets of sunshine. we see a little today and those evening light showers. best chance of rain will be this weekend, especially saturday and to a lesser extent sunday. dry again when the weekend ends monday, tuesday and wednesday. what's happening? we still have an area of high pressure holding on barely. but you can see the front starting to make more of a march towards us. that's going to bring us the chance of showers. the bulk of the energy is going to pass to our north. that's why it's just a chance. saturday and sunday the bulk of the energy moves over the top of the bay area. that's why we'll have periods of rain. possibly a half inch to inch of rain possible. probably half that as you head into the south bay. that's where we'll start our temperature watcher this afternoon. mid to upper 60s for you. on the peninsula mid-60s.

either cal fire, menlo park, san mateo or redwood city could take over. each agency must detail the type of services, how much it would cost and whether it would hire san carlos firefighters. 24 positions are on the line. many are looking for other jobs. the city leaders are moving fast. they want the agencies interested in taking over the fire service to submit their proposals by december 3rd. for more other top stories, let's go to terry mcsweeney. what have you got, the beard or the panda hat? >> the rally going on now. wear it tuesday afternoon. who cares. the bar is open at the public howls at at&t park. the party beginning well before game time. take a look. the crowd slowly growing as they get ready for today's 1:19 start of the playoff game against the philadelphia phillies. some people here don't even have tickets. just want to watch it on tv out here to be close to the action. just found out there are 3,000 tickets still available on subhub, some for as little as $59. standing room only but you can find tickets as well under a hundred on craigsl

you can watch that full interview with john redwood next hour here on our t.v. at eight thirty pm moscow time. now reduce reuse recycle it's a slogan that's not really caught on in moscow with just fifteen percent of the millions of tons of garbage produced getting a new lease of life but burying the trash isn't a permanent solution either because space is running out parties or groups going over looks into why the problems are piling up. when alexander and his family moved to their flat ten years ago that you from the thirteenth floor it was so impressive the whole city before them but soon this hump turned into a hill blocking the view of a whole district it became so big they thought it was a new ski resort but instead it turned out to be a mountain of waste but afterward i was shocked i have children someday they'll have cancer as well i will they be able to live here if these mine terms continue growing if nothing is done soon the full city will be surrounded by them this is how it works first a giant pit is dug in the ground the waste is distributed in iso