from downtown petaluma the highway 101. jackie sissel is alive and petaluma. jackie where the deer in >> you see this is a private environmental cleanup company they're sitting up, getting those of our men's suits on. they will continue the cleanup i am about a mile east here's that about their river itself is over there. you can see the booms of this set up they say that it will take a good part of today may be even longer than not to finish the cleanup berkshire the been monitoring the water sample taking samples and monitoring those levels to make sure they're still within reason i saw a few fish and game officials not too long ago so far not too much from life but obviously it's very important to get this cleaned up as quickly as possible what they're planning on doing is taking this big vacuum truck that they have on site. what they want to do so could the remainder of the gas and oil. unless other ricardo was killed and his body was found in their homeland hercules more than a week ago. police think that the elder sales was the incident by this man confi

reporting live in petaluma, jana katsuyama, k. to. >> a man scaled a 60 story building late this afternoon and police arrested him just after he finished his klein. he is a daredevil who calls himself "skyscaperman" print he is known for stunts and have scaled the tallest building in the us that used to be called the sears tower in chicago. officers were waiting for him at the top of the williams tower today. they probably took him into custody but not before he unfurled an american flag preaching made the climb using ropes and suction cups. >>> police are investigating the body of a man that was found. there was a large pool party at the hotel and some 400 people were at that party. police say they heard shots but did not see exactly what happened. the body of the 26 old man was found in some bushes behind the hotel on gateway boulevard. police say he was from the antioch brentwood area. investigators are back at it two days sifting through mounds of trash searching for any signs of frederick seles. >>> the 35-year-old man is a m

. >>> crews still cleaning up an oil sheen stretching two miles on the petaluma river. >>> good morning. it's tuesday, september 7. i'm john kessler. >> i'm sydnie kohara. good morning, everyone. let's get you out the door and take a quick look at traffic and weather before you head out on the roads after a long holiday weekend. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning. san rafael, they just opened a couple of minutes ago all lanes of southbound 101 approaching sir frances drake boulevard. fire crews have been out there since 4:00 a.m. working a small brush fire but right now the fire is contained. all lanes are open. a fire truck was blocking the right lane for the last hour or so. small delays out of san rafael. the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic light this morning heading into san francisco for your back to work and school commute. that's your traffic. let's get another update on your forecast with lawrence. >> all right, elizabeth. big changes around the bay area today. of course we have plenty of that summer sunshine yesterday, high pressure overhead. but now a trough of low pressu

reporting live in petaluma, petaluma, allen wong 7 news. >> thanks allen. >> all right 2 reports involving state politics now first the governor's race heating up this labor day. democrat jerry brown releases his first television ad and republican candidate meg whitman picks up major endorsement. more on both event from laura anthony. >> as governor he cut waste. got rid of the mansion and limbo. pwunl wreath balanced. >>reporter: with this ad the jerry brown for governor campaign officially hit the air waves. the 30 second television spot touts brown 40 year career in california politics. and vision for the future. >> we have to live within our means. we have to return power and decision-making to the local level sought big question is which path forward. >>reporter: at campaign stop in fairfield brown said he plans to keep his ads focused on him. at least for now. >> the fact that this race is so close it tells me that they are not listening to the other side right now. so there's an openness to hear what i have to say. >>reporter: brown tv ad debut coincide with his appearance at mainly

on the petaluma river. >>> good morning. it's tuesday, the 7th of september. i'm john kessler. >> i'm sydnie kohara. good morning, everyone. it is 5:00. let's get a quick look at traffic and weather. you have to get out the door and after this long holiday weekend, come on, you can do it elizabeth, good morning. >> i know, good morning, guys. yeah. we're off to a rough start. we have a couple of things going on. heading out of downtown san jose, first reported northbound 280 at ray street, a car hit some sand barrels, debris on the road. chp just changed the location slightly to it may be reported southbound 280 near bird. so we're continuing to watch this area. we'll give you an exact location here coming up. in the meantime, traffic heading out of downtown san jose so far looks okay approaching the 880 interchange. fire crews are working a small grassfire in san rafael. we'll have more details on that coming up. in the meantime, here is lawrence with a quick forecast check. >> folks, i hope you enjoyed yesterday. a lot of sunshine around the bay area. that s

by some kayakers to some of the sheen on the water near the petaluma and marina. the fire department along with fish and game responded by turning boone's as his father and hides into the water, investigators say the smoke came from there is being dismantled for salvage officials say it's unclear how much is both the sheen to stretch for least 2 mi. manner of kron4 is easy to resume the man about opposition to do so. >> was a tug there was a negative view shared. the tugboat and barge company dodgers far from here their basic science and practice spokesperson for the doorman said that part of their investigation is finding so did the company owned the tugboat has a permit to dismantle here next to the river. over the phone and ask representative of the company that owns the tugboat the same question. >> to give a permit to do this work? >> i can i give you any information. >> it isn't possible fines for a while clean-up operation there could be criminal charges if the investigation reveals that they did not go to the proper channels before starting to cell was ope

a tug boat leaked oil and fuel into the petaluma river. some things are still in question, including how much oil spilled. >> reporter: just a short time ago we spoke to people from the department of fish and game. we're over here by the petaluma bridge, just a short time ago we could see smart plumes of oil. we are upstream from where that leak occurred. but the tide pushed it inland. the fire batallion chief does say that they are worried about environmental impact. officials say that the sheen right now is estimated to have spread across about a 2-mile area. we could see the gear oil floating on the surface up and down the river. for about nine hours, the fire department has been placing booms frying booms -- trying to keep it from spreading. >> the area where the leak started from, boomed off, we're also currently working the spill into the basin which is the area of the downtown area of petaluma. >> right now a clean up crew has been called in to try to get the oil out. the department of fish and game is investigating whether the alam

in petaluma, i'm alan wang, abc 7 news. >> 4:34. suspected gang member barrientos will be in court this afternoon to face charges in the shooting of a fremont police officer. officer todd young has undergone several surgeries since being shot in east oakland on august 25th. he remains sedated in intensive care and the doctors expect him to make a full recovery. young was working undercover when he was shot trying to serve an arrest warrant. police captured barrientos as he walked towards the mexican boards. the association will hold a blood drive in officer young's honor today at the block bank of the redwood. blood banks record a 50% increase in donations since the officer was shot and the call went out for donor east drinks may be more expensive in san francisco. imposing a new fee on liquor and wine wholesalers and distributors to make $15 million a year. it would help the city pay for problems caused by alcohol abuse including unpaid ambulance bills and emergency room visits. >> transit advocates will give $102 in cash to random

this is a slew that connects to the petaluma river. around the bend there is a tug boat being salvaged. they're using a vacuum truck to suck oil from the spill. and department of fish and game says it leaked about 200 to 600 gallons of oil. the owner apparently knew it was leaking and had an oil boom around but the department of fish and game says the stood tide drew oil out into these wetland as long the petaluma river causing an oil slick stretching about two and a half miles. to downtown petta loouk luma. there is a series of four booms placed in front of the creek protecting these wetlands. a biologist has been trying to assess the environmental damage. we hope to have his report for you tonight at 11:00. reporting live in petaluma abc 7 news. >> alan, thank you very much. police investigating a fatal shooting at the w hotel in newark happening during a private pro football season kickoff party at the pool. police say the victim, a 26-year-old was in an overflow party in a hotel parking lot. police arriving at the scene reported he

reporting from petaluma,jana k atsuyama. >>> volunteers will return to a site tomorrow. police think he could be the fifth victim. search crews found no sign of him. police say his body may have been put in a dumpster in a hercules business park. yesterday, volunteers found a letterhead with the address of the victim. >> that's real concrete evidence they are in the right place. >> police shot and killed valde m oro. >>> police have been busy pulling over impaired drivers. the california highway patrol says 162 drivers were stopped. san mateo county reports 172 arrests. >>> senator obama went to wisconsin to speak on a new plan. republican policies led to the recession, he said. he also said his plan to rebuild and modernize the nation's transportation net work would put america's back to work and the president lashed out at the gop in some unscripted are remarks. >> they are not always happy with me. they talk about me like a dog. >> as for the transportation plan, the president is proposing to spend $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and airport runways. republican

reporting from petaluma,jana k atsuyama. >>> volunteers will return to a site tomorrow. police think he could be the fifth victim. search crews found no sign of him. police say his body may have been put in a dumpster in a hercules business park. yesterday, volunteers found a letterhead with the address of the victim. >> that's real concrete evidence they are in the right place. >> police shot and killed valde m oro. >>> police have been busy pulling over impaired drivers. the california highway patrol says 162 drivers were stopped. san mateo county reports 172 arrests. >>> senator obama went to wisconsin to speak on a new plan. republican policies led to the recession, he said. he also said his plan to rebuild and modernize the nation's transportation net work would put america's back to work and the president lashed out at the gop in some unscripted are remarks. >> they are not always happy with me. they talk about me like a dog. >> as for the transportation plan, the president is proposing to spend $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and airport runways. republican

crews are working to soak up the last few gallons of oil into the petaluma marina. about 0 p.m.- noon, a depressan12:00 p.m., tho soaked up, and experts were observing that a tug boats was being a selvage when this leak occurred. and alexia with the department of fish and game is on the phone with us. exactly but can you tell us? can you tell us what happened? >> actually, the investigation is still on going with what happened. this tug boat was being dismantled, recycled, and a leak happened and why? still ongoing. >> and 80% retained how much from the beginning? >> the work crews are estimating 200-600 gal. and the only exact quantification could only happen at the end km >> is there a way of life threat? >> in the oil poses a hazard to of live especially birds. a little bit of the oil could compromise the others. and then they could undergo hypothermia to harsh conditions on their feather. >> and where is this blocked off? >> the north, the south, and crews are asked to not use any water craft. >> and any charges or fines be brought up because of this? >> if you

of gallons of oil in the petaluma river. the boat leak anywhere from 200-600 gal. of in june while. it doesn't appear to be threatening wildlife right now. it spread from about 2 mi. from downtown palo mud to highway 1 01 they're trying to investigate the cause of this bill today and decide whether charges are warranted. >> they're trying to figure the shot and killed a man. they found the body last night on gateway boulevard there are at the hotel sunday night to break up a pool party well there at the scene they heard gunshots but couldn't find business. they believe the victim may have been shot at the party police say there are 3-400 people at the hotel pool party they are trying to determine if the hotel had proper permits. >> thursday's plane crashes killed three people we are now being told its third victim has been identified 73 year-old william he was the actual pilot of the plane went down after takeoff 92 year-old robert bormann the owner borman steal also was killed along with his girlfriend. >> world as we are f

28 in downtown petaluma. >>> well, we got the same old story in sacramento. the big deficit and overdue budget. only this year we broke a record and not one to be proud of. >>> man, is it tough to find a job out there. jobs seems to be keep disappearing every day but there are industries that are hiring. this is one of them. i'm simon perez in san francisco. i'll tell you about it coming up. >>> and why some drivers may find themselves out of their car warranty because of changes coming at the gas pump. unemployment rates when it comes to veterans, no one fights harder than jerry mcnerney. when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state commander dave norris endorsed mcnerney. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i'm honored to approve this message. thanks, dad. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes as

down the petaluma river down to where highway 1 01 crosses the river right here. fishing game says that sheen is now gone which is still going to see boom in this area just as a precaution. for the fifth day in a row investigators are combing through an east bay landfill worth using to give up their search for this named frederick sales. he's been missing since the body of his father ricardo was found in a hercules home more than a week ago. please believe ricardo sales was bludgeoned to death by efren valdemoro and made responsible for as many as four killings. efren valdemoro was killed by chp officers it through high speed chase last week. christine conley is live and to its board. >> no close down today the search of the landfill is over with chris will be back at 80 and tomorrow in the biggest clue they found so far a piece of letterhead that had hercules' address on it so they know their surging in the right to address. this is a massive landfill there searching through about 1 a. of trashed looking through. lets roll some video and walk you through the sear

it happened at d street and petaluma boulevard south. witnesses identified the hit and run driver's vehicle. it's white with a two-toned burgundy stripe. >>> alameda prosecutors filed new charges that injured a police officer lat month in a shooting. police say officer todd young was serving the search warrant when he was shot by andrew barrientos. investigators say that the other suspect, sierra, picked up barrientos after the shooting and agreed to help him. police relatived him in a car driven by silva. barrientos and silva are due in court on wednesday. >>> in a letter to thomas rig, superior court, the family said they don't want the trial moved. >>> just four days after a dead whale was found stuck on the bow of a container ship entering the bay, another dead whale has washed up to a bay area beach. authorities are trying to figure out what to do with the carcass. david stevenson is near ocean beach with this story. >> reporter: even as marine biologists search for the cause of death, the u.s. national park service is now trying to

. >>> crews are back at petaluma river cleaning um an oil leak. the oil has spread across the two-mile stretch of the river between downtown petaluma and highway 101. the leak was first noticed yesterday morning. the source is this old tugboat that's being torn apart as scrap metal. so far 600 gallons of oil have made it in the river. there's no reports of harm. but it's still unclear how long the cleanup will take. >>> the future of three schools, kennedy, olinda, and grant school, are on the chopping -- are in question tonight. the city of richmond came up with $1.5 million to keep the schools open through this school year. tonight richmond city council will be voting on whether or not to continue funding the schools. >>> a martinez high school student was injured this morning by another student who had a knife on campus. it all started just before 8:00 a.m. at hogan high school on rosewood avenue in martinez. school district officials say the 17-year-old was involved in some sort of altercation with another student who pulled a knife. he was ca

those temperatures slightly warmer than yesterday. 74 in petaluma. moving closer back down to the bay, of the in mill valley. 62 in san francisco. and 6 degrees in sausalito. seven-day forecast, so tomorrow, no major changes thursday, friday a little more of the same. but check out the weekend. saturday and sunday, cloudy skies, yeah, especially inland. with a small chance of a passing shower. best chance north bay north of the golden gate. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. let's take a check of today's top stories. >>> sarah shourd has reportedly been released from prison according to iran state television. there are no further details or confirmation of her release. shourd, her fiance and a male friend have been in custody for more than a year accused of spying. >>> muni trains and buses apparently operating normally in san francisco this morning. flyers appeared last weekend urging muni operators to stage a sickout today through friday but neither the transit agency nor the operator union expects it to happen. >>> san fr

southbound 101 approaching petaluma boulevard south. three to four cars were involved in this crash. and so it's a little slow there as you head past the accident scene. it sounds like chp is still on the scene there but off to the shoulder again. not blocking lanes. and at the golden gate bridge, hey, no fog. that's a different story from the past couple of days. so visibility is great all across the span. a quick look down the eastshore freeway, we have no delays interest ashby all the way down towards the macarthur maze. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. well, good morning! it is the middle of the week and today is a day of change. changes with your temperatures. here's a look out toward the bay bridge and that's our sunrise coming up over the east bay. clear skies out there this morning. and not a cloud in sight. we are going to warm up quickly today and that's why we're expecting triple-digit highs. a few degrees shy but close enough. here's a look at what you can expect out the door.

we talked with petaluma fire chief who says atop's owner mr. kim sue said he brought the boat here thursday to salvage for scrap metal. >> it would have been required on approval to have a permit and would have been required to have a city business license. >> reporter: the fire chief tells us there's no record of atop applying for a permit or license and no way fire officials would have issued a permit for this operation. >> we would have paper work on file with an approval and the operator would have a copy of that approval as well. >> at this point there's no record of that? >> there's no record, no. >> reporter: we went to atop listed address, but when we arrived we found this. an apartment building, with a room number instead of a business suite. so far no one from atop has returned our calls. the company is paying for the clean up which could take weeks to finish. officials say when this investigation is complete, atop prc could be facing fines or even criminal charges. reporting from petaluma, jana katsuyama. >>> and the effort to -- the

it happened on a street in the petaluma knew municipal airport. witnesses at the scene say they saw several suspects running away. police searched the area using dogs but were unable to find them. >>> san jose police say the city is putting residents in danger by eliminating the department's gang and violent crime unit. they held a news conference near the spot where two young trick or treaters were attacked by gang members last year. they say cutting the unit will leave people vulnerable and afraid in their own neighborhoods. >> these impacts should not be tolerated and our residence deserve a police response that attacks this playing on our community. >> the poa took out a full-page ad blasting the decision. the mayor and some members of the city council supported the elimination of the unit because of the budget problems. >>> fremont's closed nummi auto plant is about to begin its rebirth. tesla takes over the plant october 1st. 40 tesla employees are working in an office set up in the old nummi parking lot. they fired 30 former nummi employees

we talked with petaluma fire chief who says atop's owner mr. kim sue said he brought the boat here thursday to salvage for scrap metal. >> it would have been required on approval to have a permit and would have been required to have a city business license. >> reporter: the fire chief tells us there's no record of atop applying for a permit or license and no way fire officials would have issued a permit for this operation. >> we would have paper work on file with an approval and the operator would have a copy of that approval as well. >> at this point there's no record of that? >> there's no record, no. >> reporter: we went to atop listed address, but when we arrived we found this. an apartment building, with a room number instead of a business suite. so far no one from atop has returned our calls. the company is paying for the clean up which could take weeks to finish. officials say when this investigation is complete, atop prc could be facing fines or even criminal charges. reporting from petaluma, jana katsuyama. >>> and the effort to -- the

long sheen on the petaluma river yesterday is still under investigation. the state fishing company is looking at companies dismantling old tugboat the tron figure out if it was thought to carry crews are still on the scene of this bill kron 4 moreen tally shows you what's been done. >> >> what you're looking at is part of the metal on this old have been stiffed away by this giant piece of heavy equipment. the soil cleanup crew is doing this so they can get in and washed away more of the old oil that is left on his boat. these workers have been using steam to loosen up the drive on all oil and these hoses you see here, are basically a giant vacuum. sucking up oil and water into this big tanker trucks are to be hauled away. the trying to get this tug cleaned of as much oil as possible by high tide some more oil doesn't wash off the boat and into the water water right over here if you can see one of the many wounds that have been put out to hold the oil back. these weapons you see floating in the water our big squares of absorbent material meant to set up oil

from a tugboat into the petaluma river. that leak has created a sheen two miles long. >> we will prepare to remove the tug from the water area tomorrow and get it out of where it's creating problems. >> the leak happened when a couple of guys tried to salvage that tug. those men will have to pay a private company for the clean- up. they also may face criminal charges. >>> how much would you pay to get to the airport faster? half a billion dollars? simon perez on a big public project coming under new scrutiny in this day of budget deficits. >> reporter: bart wants to build a monorail to get the riders from coliseum bart to oakland international airport. but is building that monorail system the best way to spend taxpayer money? one group says no that you could get here just as fast on a bus and it would be a whole lot cheaper. >>> reporter: this is the way it's done today, to get to oakland international airport bart riders must leave the station and lug their luggage onto air bart the dedicated bus line to the airport. >> i

. >>> a two-mile long oil sheen in the petaluma river was being traced by a tugboat. the fire department says the oily smear was first reported near the petaluma marina near 8:00 this morning and the spill is estimated at under 600 gallons. cleanup will last another hour or so and resume in the morning. no wildlife is believed to be harmed. >>> searchers spent another day looking for a missing man who may be the fifth victim in an east bay killing spree. 20 searchers have been digging through an acre of garbage. it's a slow and tedious task but they have reason to believe it will eventually pay off. jodi is learning why the police are focusing on this landfill. >> reporter: police say there are three reasons they are searching the dump. the trash from a hercules business park where they found the car of one of the victims was taken to the to the landfill and that's close to one of the murder scenes and the suspect used to work at that very business park so investigators speculate he could have disposed of the body in one of the dumpsters. but we also learned today the

i know it's in petaluma, parts of petaluma. oakland, 87. down 10 to 77. san jose, 96. i'll go 88. but the low clouds are there. tahoe was down to 39. they've been in the 90s. it's been hot. reno was 9. 50s, 60s up and down the coast. it will still be hot for another day. see the little spin in the atmosphere. that will be boot scootin' on into the pacific northwest. that -- that's right. boot scootin'. that's going to lift that fog. low clouds, fog, sunny, and warm. 60s on the coast. by the way, santa cruz, the tubes are there at the santa cruz beach and boardwalk for two shows. 80s, 90s through the interior. fairfield, 92 today. cooler on the weekend, here comes a big cooling trend and possible rain on wednesday for lake county and mendocino county. dave and tori? >> thank you, steve. >>> we're continuing to follow this morning's chopper crash. it happened two hours ago on southbound 101 in salinas. these are live pictures of the scene. dad, sometimes i feel like we're different. are we? we are different, son. we serve teriyaki bowls. delicious steak or grilled chicken on a bed o

because it is so hot some locations have cooling centers and one of them is petaluma. we want to give you the address. 320 north mcdowell boulevard a nice cooling center and small pets are allowed. that's good news. we'll take a look at your seven- day forecast coming up and we'll see when the hot weather will be saying bye-bye and cooler temperatures will be moving in. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:31 now. a 6-year-old girl is being treated for gushed wounds after an attack on her home early this morning being treated for gunshot wounds. oakland police were called to the home on seminary avenue around 2:00 a.m. they arrived to find the girl wounded in the shoulder. she had been sleeping in her bed. it appears more than one person opened fire on the outside of the home. >> it's very alarming considering, you know, that this family was just inside asleep. again, it's definitely appears to be a targeted incident and extremely unfortunate that a 6- year-old child was hit while asleep. >> the girl's injuries are not considered life-threatening. according to the police,

north bay location, 97 san rafael, triple digits from santa rosa, petaluma, sonoma and 99 in napa. another hot one. tomorrow, temperatures will cool off for the entire bay area. we will continue to cool down thursday, friday, saturday, sunday and monday. if you're in petaluma, you're looking for ways to beat heat there is a cooling center located at 320 north mcdowell boulevard. it will be a nice air- conditioned room and you can bring small pets except reptiles. that's a look at your weather. back to you. >> thank you. that's good clarification there. no reptiles. [ laughter ] >> that's what it says. >> all right. thanks, trace. >>> time now is 6:19. here's a look at some of our top stories. a 6-year-old girl is being treated for gunshot wounds on her home early this morning. police say more than one person opened fire on a house on seminary avenue. the girl was struck while sleeping in her bedroom. her injuries are not considered life-threatening. >>> the san bruno explosion is the focus on capitol hill today. california senators will testify at the hearing. they are pushing to d

reporting live in petaluma, this is 7 news. >>> okay thanks. former chief executive of hewlett-packard mark hurd has a new job tonight. larry ellofson has named him as other kill co-president and director of the company. he signed resigned after an investigation into his personal relationship with a contractor turned up some questionable expenses at h p. he replaces charles phillips former marine and investment pwaevrng. phillips was in the news earlier when the ex mistress put pictures of them together on billboard around country to embarrass him. >> wildfire tlaengt 1,000 homes in colorado tonight. >> latest on that. also ahead the church event military calls a threat to national security. >>> and the change that would make it a little more expensive to grab a drink in san francisco. all that coming up. then later on "nightline". >> i'm cynthia. coming up next on "nightline". sex assault on campus. wide spread problem that too often goes unreported. we go inside a tragic case at a new york school. >>en [ female announcer ] it's the jcpenney l

two men trying to scrap a boat caused an oil spill in the petaluma river. they say these men brought an old vessel to the petaluma marina to cut it up. well, they say, when the men sliced the boat open about 100 floods of oil spilled out. the men did not have a permit to do that work. >> there was still what appears to be bunker oil inside the boat, they cut through the hull, let the bunker oil out in the water and that's where we're getting our release from. it's unbelievable. >> fire crews say they have contained most of the oil. the two men who scrapped the boat now have to hire a private company at their own expense to clean it all up. they could also face criminal charges. >>> well no brakes from politics on this labor day and, today, the president came out swinging. his counterattacken the republicans and his latest plan to create jobs and stimulate the economy. >>> those sky high salaries in the town of bell, we now nowhere some of that money was coming from. >>> plus, they have something very common in developing economies is helping small business

chico up to 101. 95 in petaluma. when will we cool down? we look at the forecast highs still very hot. typically around 80 for a forecast high. throughout the seven-day forecast, we will be well above average, but we will notice better air quality for tomorrow and temperatures starting to cool down to 87. >> thanks a lot, jennifer. one of the most popular and historic music venues will open for the first time in several months. floods ravaged the grand old opry in may. today in the bay's jay gray shows us how high water couldn't wash away the country resolve. >> the waters of the cumberland are calm. just below the surface. painful memories still linger. >> we had 10 people die in nashville and 10,000 properties damaged. >> one of those belonged to clair beach. >> you walk away and you don't know how much you are going to lose or how much it's going to be under water. that is a difficult moment. >> she is still sorting through the damage, but after four months, she will be back home for the first time since the flood. on the same day ironic

petaluma 49. sonoma 49. wood acre in marin county 49. then woodside peninsula and lost altos at 49. 49 in tahoe but 39 truck ee. the system that came by right there is on its way out of here. there's one more little gap. just a little one. little shaver up there has to clip the northern part of the state. that will keep us from warming too much. but after that all signs point towards high pressure being large and in charge by the weekend. but until then it's going to be a cool day after a few patchy clouds, sunny, breezy, 60s and 70s tomorrow morning it will be cold. upper 30s in the north bay but then start to warm it up gradually on friday and then look at that. weekend sunny side up and warmer with 80s and 90s. pam and dave. >>> well, taking state budget talks on the road. why negotiations are coming to the governor in los angeles. >>> which bay area city has the worst roads in the country. that's ahead when the morning news continues. >>> well, good morning to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're fo

and from that maritime influence, expecting more sunshine and temperatures today in the mid- 70s from petaluma, sonoma and napa. seven-day forecast, here we go. tomorrow more clouds expected. chance of showers in the forecast sunday. i know allen has a baseball game he is going to. he already hit me up for the forecast. small chance of showers. monday and tuesday, improving conditions. and then wednesday and thursday, a mix of sun and clouds. speaking of a chance of showers, "hawaii five-o" will premier monday at 10:00 and there is a chance of showers in hawaii, conditions will be in the mid-70s as far as your temperatures. i thought in order to really cover this story, we should be in hawaii. but that didn't go through. ♪ [ music ] >> you put a purchase order in for that? >> still waiting to hear back. >> you still gave us the forecast. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> showers. >> showers. >> no rain delay for the ballgame. >> no. >> all right. good. >>> all right. today on cbs, the world stops turning. ♪ "as the world turns" ♪ >> after 54 years on daytime tv, the final episode of "as the world

patchy fog in to the fourth day in to petaluma also think this san rose m. morgenthau. we continued to see a list quickly. staying clear in the north bay and having tortured and o'clock hour will mixed out dissipating towards 11:00 a.m.. your temperature is right now still and the '50s in san francisco 55 for san rafael 56 in sawill warm up to 78 in sa rosa today napa fairfield concord into the low 80s also into low eighties through the low livermore valley. livermore 82 degrees, 70 around the bay. the 7 day around today shows a cooling trend of and then the reverse of what you expect. much warmer right after the official first day of fall. >> will again be the latest on this san bruno gas line explosion. pg & e is preparing to release a list of 100 high- risk natural gas line segments and san jose keith leaders have already been told two of those lines are in the north part of the city. pg&e also says milpitas also has two pipelines of concern. the california public utilities commission asked pg&e for the list, which could be released as thought early as monday. the sa

petaluma at 48. stanford. palo alto around 48. when the low clouds come in some of the temperatures may go up. clayton-gilroy 49 degrees. 30s in the mountains. 40s, 60s from eureka to fresno and a lot of fog has formed in southern california and it's all in advance of that system. a little spin in the atmosphere and that has to dive over us. a part of this will eject out but the next couple of days cool is the rule. fog and sun. some sun. there will be higher clouds. cooler, breezy at times. up to about 20 at fairfield and even oakland and sfo15 to 20. it's getting there. 50s, 60s and 70s. that's it. we had 80s yesterday. we say goodbye to those for a couple of days. maybe by thursday we'll get inland definitely friday and saturday but tomorrow 8:09:00 p.m. we can say hello fall. >> time now 7:10. a beached whale will be buried today by san francisco park service workers. that dead whale washed ashore on ocean beach. it's a 50-foot carcass that was found close to loton. marine biologists are collecting tissue sample and say the ca

should be in the low 70s this time of year plenty of cloudiness this morning. 73 in petaluma. east bay, 62 in richmond and 74 with afternoon sun in union city. down by the monterey bay, holding on to the cloud cover until about 11:00 and sunshine, look at the temperatures coming up just a little bit right through thursday. then increasing clouds and chance of showers through saturday. >>> head over to antioch where aware 4, you hit the brake lights around lone tree and picks up. the normal slow and go traffic out of antioch. as you continue on 1242, live shot, traffic is moving very well. no delays heading through the san ramon valley. and through the caldecott, looking good down to the bay bridge toll plaza, no delays. all bridges are delay free. as we check out north bay ride, just a little more cars right now but overall southbound commute great out of novato. you can get the latest conditions as they change by going to our website any time at www.abc7.com. >> wal-mart unveils a new cell phone plan and apple could be working on a new ipad. >> jane king this morning's money

down the petaluma river. highway 1 is there one crosses the river. right there, 80 percent has been soaked up so far. >> and take a look not a sight you see every day or anywhere else for that matter. spider dan, continues to climb this skyscraper, the fire department have a rescue team has been called in. just as a precaution. this millennium tower is over 54th tall and the is too high to reach but he will press them once he gets to the top. spider dan is from lake tahoe and declined a handful in the past and even released a memoir earlier this year. >> a live look aside from the golden gate bridge. plenty of sunshine right now and temperatures are nice, mild close to the coast. warm to the rest of the bay area it is been a warm labor day out there today. temperatures in the north bay are in the low 90s, and even in the south bay. starting to cool close to the coast with 77 in san francisco, 62 degrees and half moon bay in this cooling will be continuing and dramatic. this searching fog up the san mateo coast tonight and into the bay shore for tomor

the green is the 60s--and with temperatures blanket and petaluma, inland, and the east bay shores temperatures already in the 80s and that will continue until 2:00 p.m. and even at 90's in a sunspot later in the afternoon. santa rosa, 90 degrees, 78 in san francisco, 90 degrees in concord. inland, will see the low 90s again, and low 80s for the bayshore. a marginal increase their and upper 80s low 90s for the south bay. kron 4 7 day around the bay and a warmer weather will continue which is through the weekend and it is going to be warm, dry, sunny, coalm with a triple digits, and seven is on the coast. >> now, your is stanley roberts with some of people behaving badly. >> this group of people walking confirms what i have been saying the last four years. people in the bay. do not think these signs of life to them like this sidewalk closed. this was shot down with demolition taking place on howard street. these signs are warning people to stay clear. workers, equipment blocking the sidewalk and most people to walk around. even as a city bus, approaches. at one point, there were two different sa

>> this is kron 4 news at 5:30 >> our big story, and oil spill in petaluma. workers are cleaning this up, the final stages, 200-5 and a challenge from a bart. the resulting a tugboat. from a dutch barge. >> let me show you on google earth, this is the source location on hopper street, legal street in petaluma. a full shot, like philake hills streett check, 2-mile stretch of sheen with a high 101 crosses the river. and what we've been told to this point is that 80 percent has been soaked up. >> the fourth day and a row, at an east bay landfill is being searched for a man frederick sales has been missing since the body of his father cough ricardo sales was found more than a week ago, he was blunter death by efren valdemoro and we are going to-blundere bludgeoned, and efrn valdemoro was killed by the seat the last tuesday night with after a high-speed chase by the chp-- >> and christine? >> police say they've wrapped up the search for frederick sales with no clues. or any sign, yet. looking over here, they're looking at this huge landfill beyond these hills. thr

. >>> we have new information tonight about an oil spill in the petaluma river. the state department of fish and game now says an old tug boat leaked oil and fuel into the water. the spill created a sheen that stretches for about 2 miles. a clean up effort is now under way. officials say as much as 600- gallons of oil have spilled. an observant boom has been placed on both side of the sheen. it does not appear wildlife has been affected. we will have a live update on the spill on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> journalists are now allowed to bring cameras back into the state assembly. but there was not much to see today, even though the state budget is 68 days late. lawmakers have hit the road. last week assembly guards started enforcing a rule banning reporters from filming on the assembly floor. the assembly speaker reversed the vote after complaints. >>> a new study finds california and the nation remains stuck between a recession and a recovery. the report by the california budget project says the economic downturn has been especially hard on 16 to 24- ye

us take a look a neighborhood by neighborhood what we are expecting. 100 degrees expected in sonoma, petaluma, and with the coastline and . because of that fog. with 87 degrees and a san mateo, 85 degrees in san francisco, and on the bayshore, 89 degrees in oakland. richmond, berkeley, 85 degrees. this is where will of the triple digits, 102 = concord, pittsburgh, and 105 = livermore! plenty of triple digits in length and even the south bay. los gatos, 104 and morgan hill of 103 tomorrow afternoon. san jose, 98 degrees and i mention of a warm, dry air it does not want to budge. the computer model does not have been moving until wednesday. would still upper 90s along the bay shore. and a little bit more comfortable along the coastline with the 70's toward and big relief as we approach wednesday thursday and towards the weekend more seasonable, with 80s inland, 70's close to the coast. , livermore is one of the hottest spots in the bay area with temperatures up in the triple digits. and why? >> here in livermore, and downtown at this popular place to get relief from the heat. at 2:00 p.m., the

pet how many ma -- petaluma, 94. but the high heat is in the east bay valleys. 100 goings expected for pittsburg, 101 for antioch, 100 for you guys in danville. 99 for concord. and we'll carry that heat down towards morgan hill. high heat for our monday and tuesday. remember, tomorrow is another "spare the air" day, and then those winds start to shift to more onshore, cooler wind direction, as we head into wednesday, thursday, friday, gradual cooling, a little more comfortable for you. in the 80s, and 60s at the coast. and low clouds and fogs. >> carolyn: the heat is here for a few more days. mike shuman told us he's grumpy and is going kick it off with the radars. >> mike: i'm hot but not because of the weather. being a kicker, you're sit and watch and then you're expected to kick the game returner, in arizona, janikowski has that situation and was wide left. gradkowski getting the start over campbell. threw for 255-yard, one score and a pick. game tied at 7. 16 seconds left in the second. mcfadden finds pay dirt. r

mid-70s in petaluma. mid- to upper 70s in sonoma and napa. 70 in san rafael. 73 in kentfield. 62 in sausalito and 62 degrees in san francisco. couple of days away from the middle of the workweek. today, no major changes other than just we detailed for you. more of the same wednesday through friday. temperatures cooling down to the 70s as highs on the weekend. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:20. let take a look at our top stories. a lawyer for sarah shourd says the uc-berkeley grad has been released from custody in iran but she is actually still in the prison finalizing details. meantime, iran's judiciary says the detention of shourd's two american friends shane bauer and josh fattal has been extended for two months. >>> a section of the gas pipe line that exploded in san bruno last week was lifted last year as one of the top 100 highest risk line section in the pg&e. that's one part of the investigation of the explosion. >>> still no sign of a sickout on muni. but

north bay, lower to the mid- 70s, santa rosa, petaluma, sonoma and napa. 69 novato and san rafael. the lower 60s in sausalito and san francisco. seven-day forecast. so for today, temperatures are pretty much on par with yesterday. but they still remain up to 10 degrees cooler than average. tomorrow no major changes. a mini warmup wednesday and thursday but don't get used to it. temperatures will cool down friday, saturday, sunday. >>> pg&e is under orders to check all its natural gas lines in california. the state public utilities commission is also planning to appoint an independent panel to investigate last week's pipeline explosion in san bruno. >>> people whose homes were damaged or destroyed should find out today when they will be allowed to see what's left. yesterday police escorted people to nearly 300 other homes in the area. most were allowed to stay in their homes. others were able to check things out, gather belongings and leave. >>> sure shourd could be set free from an iranian prison as soon as today. sarah shourd's lawyer is waiting for word that bail of half million

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a nonprofit paid for the condom machines. >> fishermen on some parts of the petaluma river will have to cast their line somewhere else for the time being. the department of fish and game has banned fishing in the area where a tugboat leaked up to 600 gallons of fuel on monday. the no-fishing zone extent between the pay run street bridge and highway 101. this ban is precautionary. no evidence any wildlife has been harmed by the still. >> the san francisco charter high school, the first of its kind in california, plus academy is the state's first five-day a week hybrid of online and in-class education. students receive 80% of their instruction online and 20% in traditional classes. teachers monitor progress and offer assistance when needed. like any other school, classes run from 8:00 until 3:00. >> the real difference and what's new is students can go at their own pace and the teachers help them when they need it. no more sitting in a long class being bored. here you go at your own pace. >> nearly 50 students are enrolled so far at flex academy. classes started yesterday at the st. fr

parts of the north bay, into triple-didn'ts in santa rosa. 94 degrees, and 5 in pe -- and the 5 in petaluma it will fake awhile to bring the temperatures down in the mid- 90s. it will not be the triple i didn'ts tomorrow. the hottest day of the next seven. >> lauren, thank you very much. >>> the much anticipated vote on tax cuts. what congress has voted to do or not do. >>> heads down! stay down! >> is-- this is a scary landing. what passengers had to deal with last night. ,,,,mm, my water just broke! which is really exciting... except i'm at a grocery store. i was just standing here with a carton of oj, and all of a sudden, it was all over the floor. the water, not the oj. and i'm not near my doctor and i'm not really sure what i should do... [ intercom ] clean up on aisle three! [ inhales deeply ] ugh. [ male announcer ] when the unexpected happens, you need a health plan you can trust. 3.4 million californians trust us with their health coverage needs. blue shield. --including u-c berkeley's >>> a sobering analysis of the current state of the economy. two renowned economist say that the

>> the department of fish and game says so far no wildlife has been affected by an oil spill in the petaluma river. crews worked overnight to remove the remaining oil from anology tug boat that leaked over 600 gallons yesterday. officials say the sheen which stretched for about 2 miles mostly evaporated. the crews will remain on the scene until the area is restored. >>> word is starting to surface tonight about possible negligence, we'll have more on that tonight on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> police have released a sketch of a man they believe is a firebug. he's described as a slender latino male, 19 or 20 years old. the fire's first started in may, they involved outside debris, dumpsters and vehicles. in one case, a man sleeping in a car had to be rescued by fire crews. >>> at this hour, firefighters are working to contain a 700- acre wildfire burning in humble county. it has already consumed one home. the fire which started yesterday is burning on buckeye mountain just east of petrolia. right now officials say it's only 5% contained. no injuries have been reported, the cause is un

of gallons of oil leaked into the petaluma river on monday. will that will has a mostly clean up, the tugboat was a source is still in the water. kron4 shows us why they have not been able to remove it. >> getting this tugboat out from where it is behind me is turning it to be no easy task but state department of fish and game says it will be least two days before it is completely clear it is turning into such a big job that is shut down operations for today so they can reevaluate. earlier today you can see the header worker here using a blowtorch he was working to cut this vessel into clique 3 pleases. they might still go ahead with that plan but they did not feel safe to continue today because the winds have picked up their worried about spork sparks and trading a fire hazard. it will reevaluate whether or not they need to bring in bigger more powerful machinery to call of this 92 tug from the bay. you can see the still have booms in place. that is to get any oil the midwest. there is to morgan's in place just a little further down. they wil

similar events took place in san francisco, menlo park, and petaluma. >> alan: mass