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lack of support for oscar grant since the bart police officer shot and killed him on new year's day 2009. but we have seen few vocal supporters for the man convicted in his death. simon perez says that will change next week. >> reporter: there will be a rally at the superior court building in walnut creek. the rally is being organized on facebook but we don't know how many people are going to show up. but preparations for crowd control have begun. >> it's freedom of speech so i have no problem with them rallying? > >> reporter: crews may or may not show up for the johannes mehserle rally. >> i supported law enforcement but there maybe issues later in the evening as there was a couple of evenings ago after the ruling. >> i don't think it's a good
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idea. but people have a right to express their opinion. >> i think it's a bad idea because of the unrulingliness. is that what walnut creek represents? >> i'm not sure. >> oh, my god the white people are going to get together and the black people are going to get -- show up and make an issue out of this. my gut reaction and i shunted feel this way but this seems to be about white against blacks and it's a shame. >> it's an effort to overcome the negative press that brought in the riots or the -- i don't know that you would call it a riot but the disturbance that took place a week ago. >> reporter: a lot of people thought our coverage was bias in the favor of the grant family. >> my son was murdered. he was murdered. he was murdered!!! >> reporter: lauren wrote to us saying, all i ask is there are
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two families in this and thus far i have only heard murder from one side. >> just like he faked a cry on the stand, he is sending out a fake letter to the public! >> reporter: chuck told us, if you truly wanted to be balanced and appropriate in your coverage of the verdict and its aftermath, you would interview mehserle's family, friends and lawyer. we reached out to mehserle's family and friends in los angeles. they chose not to speak to us. and the judge put a gag order on all the lawyers. again, that pro-johannes mehserle rally is set to take place here at 2:00 on monday. allen, nobody knows how many people will show up but they say that it could last for about three hours. >> thank you, simon perez. what's your opinion of the mehserle verdict? our exclusive eyewitness news poll found that 64% of people in the bay area either agree with the involuntary manslaughter conviction or think mehserle should have been convicted of a lesser crime. 34% told "survey u.s.a." mehserle should have been convicted of a more serious crime.
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bart police will soon have someone looking over their shoulders. the governor signed a bill to create an independent auditor to investigate complaints about bart police. it also sets up a citizen commission that can make disciplinary recommendations for bart police officers. an east bay assemblyman authored the bill. >> this is how government is supposed to work in response to clear concerns that were expressed by the community. >> this starts january 1 and it was of course brought about by the oscar grant shooting. governor schwarzenegger is mobilizing hundreds of national guard troops to california- mexico border part of a federal effort to combat drug trafficking and illegal immigration. president obama has called for 1200 troops to support federal agents along the entire u.s.
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border. governor schwarzenegger is deploying 224 california guard members for as long as a year. it's the second time the governor has ordered guard members to the border. he backed a similar federal effort in june of 2006. republican gubernatorial candidate meg whitman now backtracking one of her immigration view. during the primary campaign, she said she should send state and local official into california businesses to look for illegal immigrants. now her campaign tells the "sacramento bee" she would hold off on that plan until the federal government comes up with a fail-safe way for employers to verify workers' status. by law, immigration workplace checks are a federal duty, not a state responsibility. california's unemployment rate fell slightly last month. it dropped 1/10 of 1% to 12.3. the national unemployment rate also fell to 9.5%. despite the drop, california lost jobs in june for the first time this year. that's mostly because temporary
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census worker jobs ended. the unemployment rate can fall even when there are job losses as people give up looking for work or go back to school and are no longer counted. 200,000 state workers got good news today. they are not getting pay reductions at least not yet. a judge rejected the governor's lawsuit that would have forced the state controller to pay employees the federal minimum wage. it was to deal with the budget deficit. the judge said it would cause too much harm. but he will let the lawsuit continue. so if there is no budget passed soon, those workers could still eventually face pay reductions. hot day all over the bay area. and in some place really hot. roberta has a first look at weather. >> it was hot inland. high temperatures anywhere from 95 degrees in livermore and concord to 100 degrees in brentwood and in pittsburg as well as in morga hill. the high temperature at the coast today, 63 degrees. see the areas of low clouds and
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fog, that kept the temperatures down to unseasonably cool levels. compare that now with our inland highs, look at this mount vaca where the high today was 97 degrees there. now, when you have that contrast, we call it microclimates. and clearly, our weather stations are indicating that comes into play. pittsburg 95. morgan hill 90. san bruno socked in at 57. san francisco right here at the richmond district 56 degrees. heading to at&t park for tonight's giants baseball action, barry zito on the mound, have your jackets. i know that's hard to fathom when you come from our inland areas and you have been experiencing the triple digits. but the cool conditions all associated with the very deep marine layer roughly 1,000 feet deep, tomorrow morning it will stream all the way inland a good 40, 45 miles. it will back off to the coast by lunchtime keeping the temperatures in the 60s there. otherwise, 88 degrees in san jose. temperatures tomorrow couple of degrees warmer than today in some locations. 95 in san ramon, 97 degrees in
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brentwood, otherwise 80s and 90s will be common across the northern portion of our district except closer to the bay of water where do you have 60 in stinson beach. sunday hotter than saturday. i'll pinpoint that coming up next. thank you. we are not perfect. that's what a.m.'s ceo steve jobs said today in a rare news conference on the iphone four from. two lost prototypes to a due boo that didn't go as plans to complaints over drops call, the new phone has faced a lot of pr problems. julie watts shows us the remedy offered today was a plastic band-aid. >> reporter: it's been a hot topic at the apple store. a flop and a free fix. while it's what steve jobs said that has everyone talking it was a special guest appearance today that has many folks singing. ♪ [ music ]
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>> reporter: steve jobs opened his conference with a youtube son and went on to blame the media for all the hoopla for what's been dubbed "antenna- gate." >> if you read the architect, -- >> if you read all these articles, you would have thought, jesus, at least half our customers called in to complain or ask questions or be angry. >> reporter: it turns out only one half of 1% of iphone 4 customers have complained. at least according to apple. that's how some outside the apple store --that's got some outside the apple store feeling sorry for the tech giant. >> they pick on them. >> reporter: to a certain extent, cnet's brian fong agrees. >> now that they are so big and mainstream they have to answer to a lot more voices that they haven't had to before so now that apple has finally showed one of the first chinks in their armor, everybody was ready to go at it. >> reporter: it's aching in their armor that jobs says they -- it's a chink in their armor that jobs says they have known about for a while. >> we knew that if you gripped
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it in a certain way, the bars are going to go down a little bit just like every smart phone. >> reporter: he did provide examples of similar phones with the same issues and called it a challenge for the whole industry. but it's something he failed to mention at the iphone 4 unveiling weeks ago. >> it turns out this is part of some brilliant engineering which uses the stainless steel steel band as part of antenna system. >> whoo! wahoo! [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: so today in an effort to keep customers happy jobs announced apple will give away free iphone cases. that should alleviate the issues of dropped calls when users come in contact with the controversial external antenna, an announcement that has many outside the iphone stores singing the same tune. >> free stuff is great. >> reporter: and for those who don't care about free stuff apple's fanboy has a song for you, too. ♪ [ music ] >> let's sing the song, if you don't want an iphone 4, don't buy it if you bought one and you don't like it bring it back >> reporter: catchy tune, huh? well, as it turns out, many people aren't bringing them back. in fact, only 2% of the more than 3 million iphones sold have
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been returned to the store because simply put, many people aren't having problems with them. but that said, juliette, everyone does qualify for a free case until september 30th. just head to the apple website. you can order yours there but don't come into the store because they won't be handing them out here and yes, you will get a refund if you already purchased one. >> thank you, julie watts. >> that song is going in my mind over and over again. >> reporter: i'm going to be singing it for the next week. my photographer keeps rolling his eyes. i can't stop singing it. >> it's catchy. >> thank you. hewlett-packard is now closing its long-time cupertino campus. the computer manufacturing giant will transfer several thousand employees to its palo alto headquarters over the next two years. hp has gone through consolidation and layoffs over the past several years. the cupertino mayor says the announcement is a major blow to the city's tax revenues. murders, robberies, all types of crime, san francisco
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is seeing fewer of them. today the mayor and police chief gave a report card from the first six months of the year. for january to june the total violent crime dropped 20% from 2000, 10% from 2009. >> last year we saw 54% decline in homicides in our city. it was among the lowest homicide rates we had in over half a century. >> listen, public safety is a journey. it's not a destination. and we have to continue to get better at what we do every day. >> the u.s. justice department recently award san francisco the outstanding local police department award. it recognized the department for the practices it used to reduce violent crimes such as the zone enforcement strategy, dedicating more officers to areas with more crime. well, after months of requests, denials and investigations, we are finally learning just how much sarah palin earned when she spoke at a northern california university. the event made history.
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and not for palin's speaking fee. so the water actually falls on the paper and goes straight through them kind of like a sponge. >> they paved paradise and still helped the environment. the bay area sidewalks that actually recycle water. standing room only at a bay area conference on the dangers of sitting. why you should get out of that chair right now! but don't touch the remote. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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her fee was a sarah palin was paid $75,000 to speak last month at cal state's stance sla her fee was a source of widespread speculation and criticism in the months before her appearance. until today the university foundation remained tight- lipped about the contract. palin was the headline speaker
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at the school's 50th anniversary gala. the evented raised more than $207,000 making it the most successful fundraiser the school has ever held. carpoolers on the golden gate bridge will have to go paperless beginning next week. today was the last day carpoolers could pay the $3 toll in cash. the only accepted form of payment starting monday is going to be a valid fastrak. drivers with three or more passengers have to go through a staffed toll lane with the electronic pass to receive the reduced toll. otherwise, you'll be charged the full toll. pedestrians might notice the difference but after sidewalks are improved in a san francisco neighborhood, they won't be the only ones who benefit. on the "green beat," linda yee shows us the ecofriendly work that's under way. reporter: it's not just any sidewalk improvement project. leeland avenue's business district is one of a handful of streets in san francisco
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getting a green makeover. concrete pavers are replacing parts of sidewalks. during rain storms, they will help save the environment. >> the water actually falls on the paver and goes straight through them kind of like a sponge. and also the pavement underneath is per veous so all of the water that falls on this area will go into the ground an infiltrate into the ground water. >> reporter: some of the rainwater is also diverted and recycled. these curb cutouts are designed to take in excess rainwater, which flows into these street planters and irrigates trees and shrubbery. at the same time the dirt and plants act as natural filters cleaning out any pollutants like oil from that stormwater. so overflow goes out a second cutout and cleaner water ends up in the storm drains. >> it also keeps the water from going to the wastewater treatment plant and into the bay which lessens that burden on the system as a whole. >> reporter: another advantage,
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it controls street flooding. >> i think it's good because as far as everything going green now and it's just every where's, you know, the rain runs over and it becomes crowded with water puddles and floods. >> reporter: cesar chavez street is notorious for flooding. next year it will get the agreement treatment. city engineers think it could be less wear on streets and underground pipes. old infrastructure is causing sinkholes. streets are caving in without warning. leeland avenue is a $4 million project. but it's the first of many more city streets going green. in san francisco, linda yee, cbs 5. what can keep you more hydrated than water? it's not an ice cold drink. that's in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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area. water may be the
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first drink you reach for to quench your thirst. but charlie a shows us, ther temperatures sizzling in parts of the bay area today, water might be the first drink you thought you might want to quench your thirst. but charlie d'agata shows us there is a hot drink that researchers now recommend instead. reporter: so you're in the gym, feeling the burn. you're hot and dying of thirst. the first thing you would want to grab is a big bottle of water, right? >> just want something cold and refreshing i would think, yeah. >> reporter: but british researchers say you would be better off sipping a nice cuppa tea. doctors say they want to bag the common myth that tea is dehydrating. >> i think because tea contains caffeine, there is a thought that caffeine might cause the body to lose fluids but when you drink in moderate amounts of tea that appears not to be the case. >> reporter: researchers took two groups of men. they served one tea over 12 hours, the other the same amount of water. they ran tests and found tea drinkers were even more hydrated than those who drank water. doctors aren't sure why.
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but in a nation of total tea junkies, they are proud their beloved brew beat out plain old h2o. >> he is english, so it's a british thing. so i'm not going to knock it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: so next time you're feeling a bit parched, go on and put the kettle on. doctors say a little spot of tea can do a whole lot of good. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. a standing room only medical conference at stanford university. the topic, the dangers of sitting. experts gathered to talk about the health risks of inactivity. brian noonan shows us it's in the a problem we can afford to "sit" and ponder. reporter: no exercise? eating poorly? lack of sleep? now add sitting too long to that list for a unhealthy lifestyle. >> could lead to obesity,
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diabetes. >> reporter: tackling the topic. >> when you talk about multiple days of continuous inactivity. >> reporter: at stanford researchers are discussion the long-term effects of sitting. >> when people stay still for a long period of time, that things can start to change in their body either metabolically or through their muscles, and this looked like something that could actually print a health hazard. >> reporter: some of our habits in question? television watching. being in the car. and working at the office. >> get the questionnaire, occupation, as a intervention site -- >> work is a big part of this whole thing. >> even though i'm also running around at work a lot of times i am just sitting at the desk and working on the computer all day. >> reporter: short-term solution for all you sitters? >> it's the idea that if you're doing it for long periods of time you need to get up and take breaks and we can certainly help change the environment so that that becomes easier for people to do and it becomes more acceptable for people to do. >> reporter: chairs were available to attendees but many
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chose bouncy exercise balls, knee bending back chairs, and just old-fashioned standing. >> it really did raise the energy level in the room. i was being able to get up and move around and have that be an accepted thing. >> reporter: researching the sitting seminar in stanford, brian you end, cbs 5. >> look at you sit there is. >> i don't want to stand up. >> i need a bouncy ball. a huge sign of hope in the bay area. a store's grand opening in a place that hasn't had one in decades. what we are having is a dog special. [ barking ] >> looking for a new companion? an offer that's hard to refuse but you have to act quickly. ,,,,
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penney across the street a root store and right there where the balloons are where the new ross s&p where woolworth's was for decades. with ross coming in it's like a department store is getting a fresh start. reporter: when the doors flew open at ross a new era of downtown department store shopping returned to san jose. >> that's great for me because we only work right around the corner here. i don't have to worry about going out, you know, once i go home. >> reporter: there were big lines on this, the grand opening day. shoppers arrived and departed on foot which is rare for car- dependent san jose. for downtown workers, the store brings convenience and value. >> it's the one time i can come on my lunch hour, get what i need and continue on. >> they have a variety of things you can buy in here. you don't have to go from store to store. >> reporter: downtown san jose does have restaurants, specialty stores, even a few small men's and women's clothing shops but nothing on this retail scale. a representative of the downtown association says ross hits a sweet spot. >> to have a national retailer
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set up shot on first street kind of goes back to how it used to be before the expansion to the suburbs and the hole in the doughnut and the suburban flight in the 50s and 60s. >> reporter: the decline happened in san jose. the new ross store occupies what used to be the old woolworth building one of the many department stores that departed. it also signals the return of retail jobs to san jose's core. catalina lives downtown, and needs a job that she can bike to. >> this is very good area. and the location, because i live here. >> reporter: she took out a ross application today. and with the new store opening up today, it will mean a few new jobs. but juliette, only buy 50 people will find jobs at the new store. but they hope that with this ross coming in, it will lead to sort of a chain reaction and other department stores will take a risk maybe and come down
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to downtown san jose. >> yeah. hopefully business will be good. len ramirez, len, thank you. a bay area soldier has been killed in afghanistan. 21-year-old chase stanley died after insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an ied. three other servicemen were also killed in the attack. stanley was based at fort bragg, north carolina. 37 americans have died so far this month in afghanistan. gospel music fans in oakland are lining up nearly a week in advance to pay tribute to a local music legend. pastor walter hawkins passed away last sunday. it was after his two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. the grammy award winning oakland native who is best known for the hit song "o happy day," some fans began lining up last night in the hopes of getting free tickets to a musical tribute that isn't scheduled until next week. >> right now, we're all here to honor hawkins. it's more than 1,000 people here. and i been here since 9:00 last
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night. and so it's been a wonderful experience. >> the tribute concert is set to begin at 7:30 tuesday night at the paramount. tickets are on a first come, first served basis. the theater is hosting a memorial service by the way wednesday at 11 a.m. if by chance you have been looking for a new pet, this is a deal that's hard to refuse. jennifer mistrot shows us the bay area animal shelter that's looking to adopt out animals quickly and the price can't be beat. reporter: heather is looking for a new best friend. she is doing some early window shopping before this weekend's pet adoption fair in santa rosa. sonoma county animal control is looking to find homes for over 50 dogs packing these cages. the shelter is making a marketing move to ease the crunch. >> we are having a dog special. >> reporter: all dogs for $25.
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the price includes spaying, neutering, shots, even a leash and collar are thrown in. adoption fees can normally top $150 so this is a great deal. on top of that some of these pooches are purebred. >> jack russell, beagle. >> reporter: the bad economy has affected them. owner is your renders and strays have doubled the head count here. >> it's stressing the staff and animals to have that many dogs out there barking at each other. >> reporter: finding these pups new homes even at a bargain price will save the shelter cash on care and food. >> $25 a dog is such a great deal. you could spend a lot more on getting a new puppy from breeder. it's totally worth it. i'll be back for her if daddy approved. >> take that dog up to the front office, he got adopted.
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>> reporter: exactly the outcome everybody is hoping for. in santa rosa, jennifer mistrot, cbs 5. the adoption fair will be held in santa rosa at the animal control shelter tomorrow beginning at noon. 25 bucks, take two. >> go for it. >> no your kids would -- [ laughter ] >> we're good. but we should. yeah. >> the right families will, i'm sure. the oil stopped for now. but why bp may need to open the cap over the damaged oil well in the gulf. the big shake-up in the nation's capital and could be more to come. we'll explain. the yankees honor the boss and the "voice of god" tonight in the bronx. and it was an end of an era at st. andrews. tom watson plays the final round at the old course. that's coming up in sports. for the ride of your life. wipeout in waves of tender turkey and crispy bacon. gaze upon the rad rainbow of voluminous veggies and cool, sea-green avocado
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this is a live underwate not so good news in the gulf of mexico tonight.
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we have a live under water picture for you. the containment cap is still working. but manuel gallegus shows us tests are not quite as encouraging as everybody had hoped for. >> reporter: the new containment cap is on but results are less than perfect. the government says tests will go ahead for at least another six hours. then it will reassess whether bp needs to re-open the cap and let the oil spill out again. >> we are looking for indications that would lead us to believe there might be leakage. >> it's important that we don't get ahead of ourselves here. , you know, one of the problems with having this camera is that when the oil stops gushing everybody feels like we're done. and we're not. >> reporter: the oil company says so far, it's paid out over $200 million in claims to fishermen and merchants across th gulf. it's putting some cash in the
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possibilities of gulf workers. >> oil, tar ball sludge -- >> reporter: mississippi commissioned trinity yachts to build ten of these small skimmer boats. workers used to building big ships can turn out one of these in five days. >> we are building them right near mississippi. our operators are all mississippi residents. >> reporter: the nimble boat can respond quickly to reports of oil. the crude sticks to the conveyor belt and water filters out. >> the great advantage of this boat, it's 30 feet long, eight feet wide, we have the capacity to pick up 1200 gallons of oil and sludge. >> reporter: the government is promising 1,000 skimmer boats in the water by the end of july, just part of the massive effort to try to return the gulf to what it onc was. manuel gallegus, cbs 5. people woke up to a surprise in d.c., magnitude 3.6 earthquake in rockville, maryland, felt by people in several states away. utility companies reported no
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troubles and the quake did not damage any roads, bridges or the subway system. >> did you feel the earthquake, mr. president? >> i didn't. >> it felt like an earth mover or truck was going by the front of the house. >> when you heard it was an earthquake? >> then it was like, okay! [ laughter ] >> scientists say it's the strongest earthquake to hit the d.c. area since the government started keeping records in the 1970s and there may be more in store. smaller aftershocks could hit the region over the next few days. well, he got his nickname because he is a big guy. now the panda has an important message for kids about staying healthy. why he says he is uniquely qualified for the job. even at this hour working a 40-degree temperature span within 40 miles of the bay area. the effect all this fog will have on your weekend forecast as eyewitness news continues right here on cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,
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name something truly awful. [ bell dings ] microwave pizza! awful! [ buzz! ] [ show announcer ] now there's red baron pizza by the slice. unbelievably good pizza from the microwave. red baron. bring home that pizzeria taste. association, the organizatin hopes they listen to.. a pa. all right. if kids don't listen to the american heart association, the organization hopes they listen to a panda. today in san francisco, the popular baseball player for the
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giants took time away from the diamond to teach a heart healthy lesson. rick villaroman hit a home run with the kids. >> reporter: it's an american pastime as traditional as mom and apple pie but some kids are having too much apple pie. >> over 12 million children are obese or overweight. >> reporter: that's nearly triple the rate since 1963 and worse? >> if we don't get kids healthy right now, they may not -- this generation may not out live their parents. >> reporter: so the american heart association has teamed up with your san francisco giants to get the word out to young people. yup, that's pablo the panda sandoval trying to round the bases. he may seem an unlikely candidate but who better than a panda -- man who has had to work at it himself. it's no secret you struggled with your weight your set. does it make you uniquely qualified to address the kids in that regard? >> ya. we are finding we teach a little bit with the kids, a
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little bit more, that's what we're learning. and keep working that. you have to get down. you never give up. you have to keep working hard. >> reporter: that's the message here at the mission cultural center, eat right and exercise. it's also time to sign autographs and answer questions. >> how much money do you make? >> a lot. >> someone asked about his favorite foods? >> especially lasagna. >> reporter: okay that one is probably not on the top 10 list of healthy foods to promote but this one is. >> you got to eat vegetables. >> reporter: and as far as exercise is concerned, better to do as he says not as he does. >> why did you choose baseball over soccer or basketball? [ speaking spanish ] >> he doesn't like to run a lot. >> reporter: at least he is trying. and a little support does go a long way. >> it's important to give you a little support with the kids,
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you know? you got that support, your family and all that stuff, your friends, but right now the kids need -- >> sandoval to right field. >> reporter: so it would seem that pablo sandoval gets another run batted in at least as far as the mission cultural center is concerned. in san francisco, rick villaroman, cbs 5. inland the best time to run was before 8 a.m. >> mm-hm. >> can i just say. >> i ran at noon today. >> oh, gosh. >> and it was 93 degrees. but that was after a swim so it was cool down. >> you did the swim and then run. >> you didn't bike? >> it's a brick workout. >> the biking is at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. temperatures today were actually anywhere between 95 and 100 degrees inland. not really as hot in many locations as the computer models projected but nevertheless, it was the summertime weather pattern with at least a good 30-degree temperature span. there you have san jose where today's high was 83 degrees. now, actually san jose should be at 85 degrees. but they were recipient of more
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of a southerly surge from thunderstorms over the yosemite area. now compare san jose to this. ocean beach, wow! socked in at this hour. all these clouds are now gradually pushing onshore and will invade at&t park for tonight's giants baseball action. it's going to be a blustery night at the park. now, currently temperatures, san francisco 55, mill valley 58. compare that with the almaden valley in san jose at 86 degrees. notice how the neighborhoods vary dramatically. brentwood at 97. the satellite suggests that the clouds are parked up next to the coast. this marine layer, watch it right there, it's trying to finger its way under the golden gate bridge. it's roughly about 1,000 feet deep. now, as far as your pinpoint forecast, the computer models, we edit them together and come up with this prognosis and it does suggest we'll be socked in by tomorrow morning. well, we have official sun-up at 6 a.m.
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clouds retreat back to the coast. we'll only see some partial clearing in areas such as stinson beach, dillon beach should remain socked in throughout the weekend. it's a getaway friday throughout the central state. triple digits sacramento, stockton, merced, modesto, fresno, manteca. 70s in lake tahoe. thunderstorms in the yosemite area. and your tahoe forecast does call for upper 70s on saturday and a dry forecast all the way through monday. your pinpoint forecast, coast 60s. 88 in san jose and los gatos. 94 campbell. east bay numbers with the westerlies up to 15. 96 in walnut creek. 97 degrees for the outside number in brentwood. 70s in el cerrito through the alameda area. 85 in petaluma tomorrow, best advice sonoma at 94 degrees, and remaining pretty cloudy in stinson beach. sun will be the warmest day of the -- sunday will be the
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warmes of the weekend, 98 inland. a very deep marine layer returns us to seasonal readings tuesday through friday. okay, here's a great contrast for you. chris, she sent me this picture from dillon beach. notice how socked? she said it was very drippy with fog. at the same time i took this picture inland, livermore, lake del valle, and it was 96 degrees there at that time. we want to see your summer fun photos. keep them coming to cbs5.com. only in the bay area can you guys have this kind of a contrast within 40 miles. >> absolutely. all right, roberta, thank you. we are seeing unprecedented spending this election year. in some cases, the candidates are pouring their own money into their campaigns. hank in sunnyvale wanted to know when candidates lend money to their own campaigns, are they allowed a tax break? that's this evening's good question. >> reporter: meg whitman spent
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a reported $71 million of her own money to win the republican nomination for governor. more precisely, she loaned her own campaign that money. >> it's a direct loan towercam pain and hopefully you pay -- to your campaign and hopefully you pa i it back. >> reporter: this political consultant says it's a practice that's becoming more and more common. in fact, her opponent steve poizner did the same thing. >> legally there is no hindrance to it. you know? any candidate can decide to fund his own campaign. sky is the limit. for a governor's race the limit is 24,000 for donations. but for yourself, no limits at all. >> reporter: wang says you can't use that money as a tax write-off, but beyond that, you can pretty much do with it as you please, including paying yourself back when other donations start to pour in. >> the fact is, any money that gets contributed to her is up to her discretion how she wants to use it. if she wants to pay it back,
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she will pay herself back. but honestly i don't think she will. you don't blow -- you don't pop in $50 million, $100 million, just because you want that money back. >> reporter: i need your good questions, send them to me at cbs5.com. a bay area soldier killed in afghanistan being remembered at home. tonight on eyewitness news at 10:00 on the cw and 11:00 on cbs 5, people who grew up with 21-year-old chase stanley talk about the soldier and the friend. we have a new leader at the british open and the nhra makes its yearly visit to infin john. >> you step on the gas you go juggamafugga, that's the pgers have for cuss words. >> last year anton brown a first win of 2010. >> say that again?? here's a look at what you'll find right now on cbs5.com. apple offers the free fix to reception issues with the latest iphone. if you missed it, watch this
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how's your boy. >> rory? >> sewed a bad day. >> i think you said you were going to call him. you probably interrupted his sleep. >> i'll send him a text. >> rory mcilroy shot a 9-under 63 in round 1. today he found out why majors are so tough to win. the 21-year-old shot 80 and is now 11 shots back. safe to say the weather was more of a factor for round 2. south african louis oosthuizen's round he shot 67 to get to 12 under. phil mickelson's struggle across the pond continues. at even par, lefty made the cut by just one stroke. so much for tiger's new putter being the difference. he shoots a 1-over 73 and is 8
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shots back. john daly went down the leaderboard after an opening round 66, he shot 76, ten shots back. it was an emotional scene on 1 as tom watson made the walk over the bridge on 18. the five-time open champ missed the cut in what might be his final british open at the old course. >> the wonderful, wonderful experience playing the old course one more time. the last time probably. that to me means a great deal to me to have been define by the british open championship or the open championship. and st. andrews is just the -- the epitome of open golf. >> yeah. he almost won it last year. through 36 holes, my guy lee westwood in the best position to win. tour de france... with nine stages to go, the riders wil take any help they can get e armstrong's not exactly goig out with a bang... the 7-tie
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tour de france with nine stages to go. the riders will take any help they can get. lance armstrong's not exactly going out with a bang. the 7-time tour champ lost time to the leader for a third straight day and is now 32nd overall after today. we go to the finish. alberto and joaquin are neck and neck. no need for the polaroid. rodriguez edges contador, takes the stage andy schleck has a 31- second lead. the yankees return to work for the second half minus two franchise icons. george steinbrenner and legendary p.a. announcer bob sheppard died this week. the team held a pre-game ceremony to honor the two plen. >> mr. steinbrenner, mr. bob sheppard cared deeply about their responsibilities to this organization and to our fans. [ applause ] >> mr. steinbrenner and mr. sheppard both left this
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organization in a much better place than when they first arrived. >> 2010 hasn't gotten the way a nhra driver expected. he was winless and involved in a crash that killed a spca todayer. >> it's one of those deals when you step on the gas, you can feel your stomach in your backbone, your eyeballs in the back offer head, step on the gas and go juggamafugga that's a pj version for cuss words you know what i mean? so once you do that by that team you went 300 miles an hour in 3.8 seconds. >> reporter: an tron brown made the move to top fuel dragsters in 2008 sweeping the western series in just his second year. >> your ton fuel champion! >> reporter: but it's been a rough year for the nhra, two driver deaths in the past two months, last february brown's rear tire broke loose from his
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top fuel dragster killing a spectator. >> no matter what you do, you think it gets better as the days go on but you don't you know what i mean because you always think what if i did this or that? you look back at the accident and there is nothing that any of us could have done. i finally came to terms two that. that was hard for me personally as a driver saying, why couldn't i just shut off or did this? but i couldn't tell. i never been in a race car before where a tire breaks off a car. i look at it all the time and say why wasn't it me? i put myself in harm's way in the cockpit every day. i know what i signed up to do. they didn't sign up to do that. and i think that's the hardest part that i take and -- and -- what the families are going to be missing, you know? that somebody's mother, sister, aunt, you know? you know, daughter, you know, so -- or grandma, that he was the part that hits home all the time for sure. >> of course the nhra has developed a new hub an drive system to try to alleviate these problems of the wheels coming off. as with any new technology it
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takes some time to get it implemented. >> but i learned a new word. >> juggamafugga! >> you got that down right atray. >> i wrote it kind of phonetically. [ laughter ] >> that's the clean version. >> kim, this is just in, there has been a justin bieber sighting at at&t park. >> oh, wow. >> so all those screams you're hearing across san francisco... >> they are not for lincecum? [ laughter ] >> or zito on the mound. [ laughter ] >> no. >> check it out. >> that's for our younger viewers. >> absolutely. >> he tried to cover up his little moppy hair do with a tunic because it was so cold but they still spotted him. >> good-bye, tom. >> he you at 10:00 and 11:00. ,,,,
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