be vulnerable to vandals. another business located along -- says shoppers avoided the area last monday so they had to shut down monday due to slow business. >> one employee here called -- to pick her up because they closed. >> most say they want to avoid protestors but one rider sympathized with the causes. >> no problems are caused and no one will care to make the change. if they don't do this, it's not going to stop. and the bart police are going to keep victimizing poor people and homeless people. >> newschopper 2 can give you an aerial view of this area now. no protestors have shown up just yet, but bart spoke men will not allow protestors to disrupt the train service tonight. the twitter page told the protestors to stand on the platforms, not move and hold the banners saying why they're there. and bart deputies say they'll have extra police on the platforms and volunteers wearing vests to help direct traffic if there is a problem. i want to bring you back out live here at 7th and market. san francisco police officers, about a dozen, across the street have been here for about a half hour right now. we're live at the civic center bart station, and if there is any problems for commuters, we'll bring you back out live and let you know what you can do to avoid the problem. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. commuter chaos is becoming something of a monday tradition in san francisco. let's give you another live look now, right down in the civic center bart station there in the platform where riders are waiting for the next train. this is the fifth consecutive monday that protestors have staged anti-bart rallies. total of 8 protests since the shooting of charles hill back in july. bart has closed stations eight times during the protests. we center this live camera on the platform, also jade up there on market. we're keep watching the situation and update you throughout this newscast. in other news tonight, two men accused of murder in the death of a three-year-old oakland boy pleaded not guilty today. investigators say lawrence denard and willie torrance were aiming at a known drug deal they're in a drive-by shooting when gunfire hit a boy. their next scheduled court appearance is a pre-trial hearing in october. relatives of admonish 'ol le wore shirts with her picture on it to a brief court hearing today for the woman accused of killing le. that woman, gisele esteban, did not appear in court. a judge scheduled her next hearing for monday, when she could be assigned a public defender and enter a plea. president obama officially sent his jobs bill to capitol hill today and once again challenged congress to get americans back to work. >> i told congress that i'll be sending them a bill called the american jobs act. well, here it is. >> president obama waved the pages of 447 billion-dollar jobs package, surrounded by teachers, military veterans, firefighters, and small business owners. the president says they are the types of workers who will benefit from the plan. >> this is a bill that will put people back to work all across the country. this is a bill that will help our economy in a moment of national crisis. and this is a bill that congress needs to pass. >> while the president launched his new bill outside the white house, inside his top budget aide explained how the president plans to pay for the jobs measure. he unveiled a $467 billion companion bill, which calls for a shared sacrifice. >> as we're going through the process of dealing with paying for jobs and growth package and reducing the deficit, the most fortunate have to be part of that. >> the so-called pay for plan slashes tax deductions for people who make more than $200,000 a year, and families earning more than $250,000. it would also end some tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. the president said next week he'll lay out another new plan to cut the nation's deficit. republicans have been quick to point out that the president's jobs plantains elements their party has rejected in the past. >> the president's jobs plan is to try those very same policies again, and then accuse anyone who doesn't support them this time around of being political or overly partisan. >> some g.o.p. lawmakers say they are open to some of the proposals in the president's plan, but they say they are skeptical that the proposal will have any significant impact on the overall jobs market. bank of america announced major job cuts today, as many as 30,000 in the next few years. ktvu's tom vacar joins us live from alameda with a move many consumers say is unfair. >> reporter: b of a was saved by a $45 billion taxpayer bailout. now it says these rounds every layoffs are just phase one. with its 5700 branches and 37 states, bank of america is the nation's largest. it currently has 288,000 employees, after having laid off 6,000 since the first of the year. now another 30,000 positions will be gone. >> what is happening is the bank is bleeding out from the self-inflicted wound. bank bought countrywide this, predatory lender a few years back. >> in a statement they write -- >> they've announced that executive compensation will not be affected whatsoever. >> i can't even comprehend that amounts of money. and you think about how many families -- i think it's just selfish. >> i remember hearing bonuses they were giving out to the high-end guys, and that should have been on the grounds for the people. >> i think it's a shame. and i think people should go to other banks. maybe smaller banks. because why should they get all the money and lay off their employees? one man in financial services sees it as inevitable. >> they're going to have to downsize a little bit, the same way we have to tighten our belts. >> but he thinks executive compensation should be downsized. >> it's a slap in the face to people who feel they helped keep the bank alive. >> all those closed branches that will come will dump a lot of real estate on an already glutted commercial real estate market. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. yahoo's fired ceo has resigned from the company's board of directors. after her firing last week, carol bart said she would remain on the board. but in a interview she called foale directors a bunch of doofuses for firing her. a spokesman says she resigned from the board friday. stock market languished this day as investors worried about the european debt crisis. over the weekends demonstrations like this one against austerity measures in greece point to the unstable situation there. a late rally brought stocks into positive territory for only the second day this month. and all the dow closed up 68 points, nasdaq finished up 27 points. ousted libyan leader moammar gaddafi has a new message for his followers. that message was read on syrian tv today. in it, gaddafi, who is still in hiding, called on his supporters to not give up. this as rebel forces surround one of his last holdsouts. libya's national transitional council says an interrim government will be announced as soon as next week. the council also says it's working to unite all troops under its leadership. the pilot of an american airlines flight became alarmed by passengers going in and outs of the rest room several times. some passengers said they didn't know their plane was being followed by fighter jets. >> little unnerving but i guess i'm glad i didn't know at the time. but we were all a little nervous about traveling on september 11th. >> jets escorted a frontier airlines flight also after two passengers spent an extraordinary amount of time in the bathroom. if passengers on either flight were rested, and coming up at 5:20, washington's reaction to a secure 9/11 anniversary. for the second time in two months, cargo is recalling its turkey products in. august the company recalled 36 million pounds of turkey because of a samonella outbreak that sickened 107 people. now a sample tested positive for the same strain, so cargo is recalling 185,000 pounds of turkey. no illnesses have been reported this time. we posted a link to the recall alert with the product information on the front page every ktvu.com. we could be hearing about more meat recalls next year. the usda is planning to begin testing meat for six less common e.coli strains. the testing begins in march. inspectors only focus now on the most common strain of the bacteria. a man is driving the first volkswagen of its kinds in north america, the 2012 passat diesel. the car was especially designed for north america and a system acted the new plant in chattahoochee, tennessee. a road project in san jose is designed to bring traffic relief to a very congested area. but the remedy could cause driver headaches first. >> i'm back in 10 minutes and show you were storm-tracker 2 has thunderstorms popping up on east of here and the fog and when it will return to your neighborhood. two men convict of the brutal kidnapping of an oakland couple 17 years ago learned their sentences today. oakland police say kevin barnes and dewayne ewing shoved the victims into the trunk of their own car back in 1994, drove them to atms to get cash, then beat the husband and raped the wife in the back seated of the car. the case went unsolved for 13 years, until dna evidence links the men to the crimes. both agreed to a plea deal in july. today barnes was sentenced to 30 years in prison, ewing to 25 years. prosecutors in san francisco decided for now not to file charges against a gaelic football player accused of putting another player into a coma with a vicious hit during a game in june. authorities arrested 26-year- old patrick power thursday on suspicion of felony assault. but they released him friday after prosecutors discharged the case spending further version. the irish player suffered a severe brain injury and has since improved and is now in rehab. a major project promises smooth sailing on south bay roads, but only amp a long bumpy ride during months of construction. this is what is happening in san jose where workers are getting readies. here's where it is happening, on almaden expressway near branham and blossom hill road. robert handa is there now. >> reporter: it's easy to see why there's so much congestion, highway 85, shopping centers and housing built around roads not designed for so much traffic. the long-awaited almaden improvement project is up and running. the federal funding in place, crews began the $8 million project that will among other things add exit lanes and turn lanes and widen roadways in an area that includes the almaden shopping center, oakridge mall and in all 185,000 vehicles drive through daily. >> it will take you a good 45 minutes to get through also. >> so is this good news about the construction? >> yes, because it's like a double-edged sword. >> the bad? for nine months on weekdays construction will go from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., resuming from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. then saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and sundays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and construction will now run into the holiday shopping season. >> it's too much, especially at christmastime and holidays. they've got to get traffic cops out to direct traffic and some of the shopping center areas didn't want to close exits which would have helped traffic. >> but today the county said workers will stay out of the way. >> they know that during the christmas season they've got to pull back and not be working in front of some major commercial outlets. >> still the county is asking people it avoid driving in the area, if at all possible. to find out how to get updates on the construction and traffic conditions, go to the web links at ktvu.com. robert honda, ktvu channel 2 numbs. contra costa county officials say they found a fourth group of mosquitoes this year infected with west nile virus. they discovered the latest insects near sellers and chestnut treat in brentwood and four additional infected birds, bringing the total to 15 this year. an oakland apartment went up in flames over the weekend now the center of a homicide investigation. firefighters say they found the burned bodies of a man and woman early yesterday morning inside the apartment on coolidge avenue. witnesses told officials they saw two people running from the building with gas canisters. police believe the victims may have been killed in a drug- related dispute. wildfires continue to rage through remote parts of kern county. the command chief complex is made of four fires and has burned almost 24,000 acres near the community of arvin. it's threatening 2300 homes and is 30% contained. the teen fire complex consists of five fires near tehachapi. it's burned 7,000 acres and is 92% contained. a massive wildfire near austin, texas is now burning 34,000 acres and destroyed almost 1600 homes. yesterday people lined up fire supplies, many still unable to get back to their neighborhoods and see if their homes are still standing. they study lists and maps of burned homes. schools served food to students because so many families had no kitchen to make meals. when our chief meteorologist says thunderstorms here, everybody's ears perk. bill, that could be the case. >> well, most now east of us. and that is the concern. but they're serving up shots as we show you the fires in kern county due to lightning strikes. look how lit storm-tracker 2 is. reds and yellows is most likely cloud-to-ground lightning and you're getting lightning strikes. here's the upshot. around south lake tahoe, towards mono lake and yosemite, some thundershowers. but what we're seeing with these now is a lot of rain some there is a floodwatch in effect. see where it is, from truckee, getter lake tahoe area all the way south. so we're having lightning strikes but seeing significant amount of rain coming out of the cells. so that's the upshot because if you have lightning strikes, at least the ground is wet. that was not the case on friday or even saturday. but a better deal today with more moisture coming out of the sky. thunderstorms remain in the mountains through tonight. and probably tapering off when the sun sets. outside right now, temperatures warmer than they were yesterday at this time. it's not hot but warmer. fog cleared from the coast so folks at lind mar and el granada, the sun is out. lot of fog for you this summer. temperatures are in for the month of august, and it's -- most cities a good three to four degrees below average. it was a cool august. last year a cool august as well. these are forecast overnight lows. fog is coming back. it's going to burn off quick tomorrow. i think we might get breaks again tomorrow at the coast. it's feeling like fall. as you wake up in the morning, some areas are finding temperatures in the upper 40s. that's up around foresthill and st. helena. here's the system i'm tracking. that is significant -- significant cells, and that's why there's a flash-flood watch in effect for lake tahoe area. and for us, most of that looks like it will stay east of here. most of it on friday night, remember when it drifted this way? not the case. we're not going to have an issue with it. slight chance our valleys could see it some but most of that is dying out as it comes across sierra. when i come back at 5:45, we'll look, at the forecast temperature for your neighborhood. 5-day forecast, with your weekend in view it, does include interesting fall-like changes. see you back here. >> thank you, bill. serena williams was fined today after yesterday's u.s. open final. the american tennis star was fined $2,000 for losing her composure during the match, which she lost. she was docked a point for screaming during a play against the winner, australian sam stowser. then later given a code violation for yelling a little a umpire. the penalty could have been worse. she is already under probation for outburst during the 2009 u.s. open. it's the fourth time in a month a san francisco cab driver has been robbed. tonight the one thing the robberies have in common. plus it's open to the public now, the experience at the 9/11 memorial today. and what you need to remember if you're planning a trip there. and remember this rembrandt owned by a san francisco company that was stolen in los angeles? then returned? tonight, a new mystery surrounding it. we don't suddenly stop our vigilance the day after. the vigilance continues. >> white house press secretary jay carney said the obama administration is relieved that the 10-year anniversary of the september 11th attacks went off without incidence. he said based on information retrieved from osama bin laden's compound, al-qaeda had been interested in launching an attack on the u.s. during the commemoration ceremonies. the threat was real and remains under investigation. the ceremonies to honor the victims of the september 11th attacks are over, but today members of the public had their first chance to look at a new memorial that's changed ground zero from the site of devastation to a reflection and remembrance. >> it's a wonderful feeling to know that we're with these beautiful souls. >> the new york mayor greeted visitors at the september 11th memorial and museum. but today was not about dignitaries or official ceremonies. today the first average americans experienced the 9/11 memorial. they took in the reflecting pools and waterfalls and ran their hands over the names of the victims in described in the panels around the pools. >> i'm actually very honored to be here today. it affected the whole country. >> it's a place to come and honor and remember their loved ones, but it's also a place to be filled with hope. >> 3,000 people killed on september 11th and pays tribute to the six people killed in the 1993 bombing of the world trade center. now if you want to see the memorial, you'll have to plan ahead. the tickets are free, but because of demand you have to get them online. and we checked and found visits to the new memorial are booked up already past halloween. a private internment ceremony marks the burial today of the remains of those killed 10 years ago when flight 93 went down near shanksville, pennsylvania. it came after a public ceremony yesterday marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. almost five hundred family members, police, fire and emergency workers attended today's private ceremony at the national flight 93 memorial. the coroner has had custody of the unidentified remains for the past decade. los angeles sheriff's department says it has not determined if stolen artwork is actually a real work by rembrandt. we first brought you this story last month when thieves stole the small drawing from a southern california exhibition. they then dropped it off at a church. the piece, called the judgment, is owned by san francisco based institute. which values it at $250,000. the institute is standing by its assertion that it is real, even though it has not shown the paperwork to prove it. a series of robberies in san francisco is causing taxi drivers to be on high alert. we'll tell you what areas are targeted and why police think one man is responsible. >> it's quiet and it saves you money on gas. coming up, the newest electric car company to hit the bay area. it's turned into a dangerous stop for san francisco cabbies. now another taxi driver has been robbed and police are hoping surveillance video will help them catch the armed robber. for the fourth time in about a month, a san francisco cabbie has been robbed in the west edition. janine tells us where the latest attack took place early this morning. >> reporter: the foot of market, you see a lot of taxi drivers pull up and drop off tourists. but police say this man responsible for this series of robberies is no tourist. he possibly lives in the area he is targeting. taxi driver francis had no idea earlier today a foale cab driver was robbed on the same street he was driving on. >> usually they put a memo that somebody got robbed like that. and there's no memo in the company. >> police say at 2 a.m. a 56-year-old cab driver picked up a man at 18th and castro streets and asked to be driven to divisadero and geary. but during the drive he asked him to take him somewhere else. >> he held a knife to his throat and took the cash from the cabbie. >> since july eight cab drivers have been robbed and since august the fifth time since a cabbie has been robbed at o'ferrell and beadman streets. another man is may be responsible for other robberies. >> we think it's the same person, and that he in fact -- the last two robberies were probably committed by an accomplice. >> police have looked at surveillance video taken invited the tackees but say it's too blurry. gonzalez, who was robbed on the job years ago, says he is going to take precautions. >> i don't know, maybe trying to stay away from this area. why should i risk my life if things happen like this in here? >> police say o'ferrell and beadman is a quiet neighborhood with not a lot of foot traffic, which is why the robber asked to be dropped off there they believe. the robber is a black man, in his 40s or 50s, 5-foot 9 inches tall, weighs 210 pounds, and was wearing all black clothing. authorities in oakland say there cook a connection between a police pursuit and a shooting. a chp officer spotted this car speeding on hyde street at 1 a.m. there was a chase. a gun was found at the scene and police are investigating whether that gun was used in a shooting in the area. the two people in the car are being held by police. benicia could soon see dozens of new jobs. it's all because of a los angeles company's venture making electric cars. >> reporter: aside from the horn and applause, the electric pretty car rolled up without a sound. >> great power, easy to understand. >> the electric car company has partnered with am port, which will assemble the vehicle that is plans at the end of this year. >> 36-kilowatt battery pack, 50% larker than anyone else in the industry. >> the cars have zero emission. >> it gives folks an opportunity to reduce their environmental footprint without forcing them to make unnecessary sacrifices. >> the -- seats five people and is $35,000 with incentives. it's products like 32 helping put the green tech industry in the fast lane. >> we have a very efficient automobile that can meet almost all of the demands of the urban environment, people going to work, going to the store, taking their kids to soccer. >> officials are hoping to sell from 50 to 100 jobs, mechanics are need. >> the working on an electric car versus gas one, how different is that for you as a mechanic? >> it's clean. you don't get your fingers dirty. >> coatedda hopes to get the clean cars on delivery by the end of this year. volkswagen announced today it's voluntarily recalling more than 30,000 jettas. the company says the tail pipes installed on the cars before they were sent to the dealers stick out too far and pose a possible burn risk. owners are asked to take their jettas to the dealer for an inspection. the recall affects years 2011 and 2012. on the campaign trail today, mitt romney picked up a key endorsement from a former opponent. >> governor romney is a individual with deep experience and success in turning around the economy and turning around the job outlook, not just for his state but he has deep private sector experience. >> former minnesota governor tim pawlenty pulled out of the primary race last month after a third-place showing in the iowa straw poll had will serve a national co-chair of romney's campaign. >> i'm very concerned that our president has pursued labor policies that are destructive to industry, to hiring, and to job growth. and those policies are one of the reasons why america is having a very difficult time coming out of this economic slowdown. >> right now romney and other g.o.p. presidential hopefuls are taking part in a tea party debate in florida. a new cnn orc poll shows texas governor rick perry has opened a wide lead in the primary race. 30% of g.o.p. voters said they prefer perry. 18% back romney. 15% said they would vote for sarah palin even though she's not entered the race. 12% say they'll vote for texas congressman ron paul, and just 4% back minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann. same-sex marriage is already banned in north carolina, but voters in that state could soon take it one step further. supporters of the ban gathered in raleigh today as lawmakers discussed an amendment on the 2012 ballot to reinforce the ban. forkers say defining merge in the constitution as being between a man and woman would help north carolina against legal challenges by same-sex couples married in other states. the air force rotc program is returning to yale university. it will join navy rotc restored at the connecticut campus in may. both were banned at yale in 1970 over the war in vietnam. in april, stanford invited rotc back on campus there. it's another first for gabrielle giffords he she and her husband are about to do. and gas prices are going up. how much more we're paying at the punch and it's a rare sight, whales, blue whales, feeling the spotlight on the california coast. we'll show you where. 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ground on market street, heading from civic center to powell. we'll stay on top of the situation with our newschopper 2 and our ground crews and have updates for you throughout this newscast and coming up on the news at 6. gasoline prices nationwide went up the past month. trim a's fuel gauge report shows the average fries and 3.65 a gallon basketball, a nickel higher than a month ago. but nearly a dollar a gallon higher than a year ago. here in the bay area the average -- oil prices rose today on u.s. markets after an up and down day driven by competing economic forces. the downward pressure came from worries over the debt crisis, slowing europe's economy. upward pressure came from a report significant developing nation will likely increase demands. at the end of the day prices were up 95 cents a barrel to close at 88.19. your eating habits maybe the same next year but your grocery receipts may not be the u.s. officials say the unseasonably hot summer is damaging this year's corn crop. corn is used in many staple items such as cereal and soft drinks, and that means prices for groceries could shoot up. officials say it will take about six months to see the effect at the grocery store. congress faces a friday deadline to settle on a budget deal to keep funding the federal aviation administration. one of projects that would be affected is a construction of the new air traffic control tower at oakland international airport. congress reached a temporary deal last month. the faa plans to be at oakland airport tomorrow afternoon to lobby for permanent funding. people who complain of hearing a constant ring in their ears may not be hearing anything at all. uc berkeley announced today researchers looking into treatments for tinnitus discovered that the ringing originates in the brain, not the ear. the brain is making up for damaged ear cells that detect sounds. scientists are turning their attention on how to retrain the brain, not to produce that ringing. new research released today shows insomnia may be a family affair. the study center a canadian university says people are two- thirds more likely to suffer from insomnia if a family member has the disorder. researchers also say insomnia may be genetic. more findings will be presented this week in quebec city. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is about to give her first tv interview since the shooting spree left her with brain injuries. she and her husband agreed to sit down with diane sawyer. she was shot in the head in january. six other people were killed in the shooting. exciting for kids to watch, but wait until you see what researchers say spongebob squarepants is doing to little once. >> we'll track thunderstorms around lake tahoe and get to your bay area forecast with highs for tomorrow. bay area researchers are raising concerns over a possible link between bpa and cancer. bpa is a chemical found in some canned and plastic containers. scientists at california pacific medical center reported today that bpa is able to turn on a critical switch in cells that could cause them to become cancerous. researchers say cells exposed to bpa can also become resistant to the anti-breast cancer drug. are certain tv shows to blame for your child's attention troubles? how researchers are feeling a popular cartoon character to illustrate their theory. >> reporter: parents should pay attention because the theory is fast paced tv images live up children beyond their ability to control themselves. researchers say it's the pace of the spongebob cartoon that watching just nine minutes impairs youngsters' brain functions. >> the kids that watch this very fast paced cartoon immediately afterwards had a lot of difficulty planning things, executing things, and delaying gradification. >> this child psychiatrist says this can lead to behavior problems. although the study was in four- year-olds, she says all developing brains responds the same way. some 10-year-olds today told me spongebob is their favorite. parents say they discourage cartoons. >> i have a hard time watching cartoons. i feel overwhelmed. so that's why i -- don't want her to do it. >> it's not like real life. even watching something on video that's real people moving would be different than something that's a cartoon. >> maybe something a little more educational or counting numbers or sesame street, something like that. >> researchers said the fast paced cartoon changed scenes every 11 seconds. the educational cartoon she used as a happy control much smaller, one-third as fast. >> somebody at the door already. >> dr. davies recommends parents must have children watch choose even slower paced programs such as mr. rogers or sesame street. the children's tv often is not calming. >> some tv shows were actually make kids rev up a little bit. >> study has flaws, it was small only 60 children, and did not measure any long-term effects. still, it may encourage parents to monitor more carefully what their children watch. uc berkeley has a plan to pay for its online education project. the san francisco chronicle reports that it wants to get non-uc students to help foot the bill. the university needs about $6 million to fund cyber courses, ranging from climate change to game theory. but it's raised a little over a 10th of what it needs some they'll consider selling 7,000 spots in the courses to non-uc students, possibly in china. a new report says recent college grads watts are having a tough time paying back their federal loans because of the economy. the latest numbers from the department of education show a dramatic 25% increase in the number of students defaulting. the number of defaults increased from 239,000 to 320,000. it looks like beer drinkers are paying more attention that their health. researchers found that full calorie beers, about 145 calories a can, are becoming less popular and that light and ultra-light beers which have about 100 or less calories have taken over half the market in the last three decades but light topped the lists of popular beers with sales doubled those of regular budweiser. we have some of the stories we're working on for ktvu channel 2 news at 6. >> the bad news along the delta keeps getting worse. up in at 6, the alarming rate of fish dying in the waterways and why that's only a fraction of the problem. also ahead, summer isn't even over but signs of christmas are already cropping up at bay area stores. the hope retailers are hanging on this year's shopping season. plus why the government told solyndra no just one day before they shut down operations. these stories and much more coming up in about 10 minutes. some neat pictures to show you here, a pod of blue whales is making for good whale watching in santa monica bay. are. >> wow, wow! look at this, guys! >> that is impressive. they get to be 100 feet long or more. helicopter news crew from los angeles spotted the giant and endangered whales as they came up for air this morning. whale watchers say the pod has been in the bay for about a week. this is the second year in a row blue whales have feasted on criminal within a mile of king harbor. >> so pretty to watch! let's go to bill now, it's quite a sight. >> i love seeing the blue whales. i think one of biggest mammals on the planet. and to see them in clear water, outstanding. here we go, outside. what i want to show you is the mountains. there's the satellite loop. over the last few hours you see the thunderstorms popping up. that's what is happening in the lake tahoe area and in response to that the national weather service issued a flash-flood watch, in green here, for the getter lake tahoe area. i assert this is a good thing in that we're seeing a lot of rain with these thunder cells. this is a very wet system up there. and it's not going to be up there just today. it sticks around again tomorrow. it's going to be around tomorrow afternoon and then again on wednesday afternoon. the west slope of the sierra nevada. so today's highs look like warmer than yesterday. tomorrow's highs are going to be maybe a little warmer than today. slight warming trend started yesterday, works its way into tomorrow. wednesday about the same. but subtle changes. mid-60s on the coast. it's sunny out along the easts right now. the cliff house are looking out at blue sky. mid-60s in the oakland hills tomorrow. low and mid-70s. 80s as you head out in the inland bay valley and when you get the picture, not 100's but lots of mid and upper 80s. livermore, morgan hill, gilroy, up towards santa rosa you'll see low 80s. so starting to feel like fall. we are in a fall feeling pattern, especially with this tropical moisture lingering. let's do the computer model. we can watch for the cloud cover for the area, and lake tahoe area for the thunderstorms. and you know when they like it, in the afternoon. 42 tomorrow, nothing, nothing. and then afternoon, bomb. it's the heat. the heat warms the ground. it rises and there you go, more rain, that's tomorrow afternoon, and look at wednesday afternoon. does it again some if you're traveling to mountains, be prepared. for us it's a nice day, warmer than today. temperatures are mostly the upper 80s. you'll see some -- or mid-80s and low 80s. you'll see loss of 70s right around the bay. your 5-day forecast, with your weekend in view, is just eyeshots. changes. air quality looks good. >> is this where we're supposed to be? >> it where we are supposed to be. just waiting for summer and it's not happening. >> if gets hot? september, october. >> thank you, bill. contagion went viral at the box office this weekend. the warner brothers thriller about a deadly and quick spreading virus grossed $22.4 million in its debut, bumping the help out of the top spot to number two, with close to $9 million and weekend. mixed martial arts film warrior came in third, with 5.2 million. old san francisco icon now looks brands new. how crews overseas are helping restore the samuel 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[ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. one of san francisco's oldest icons is stepping back in time. a century owned windmill is being restored to its powerfuller beauty. and today crews put its crowning glory in place. >> enjoy the windmill once it's complete. i hope the public really appreciates this new feature in the park. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime project. >> keeping the proud moment for the crew working to restore the 106-year-old whipped mill. today's ceremony replaced the mill's 64-ton copper dome. it recently was turned from holland where a expert brought and back to its former glory. the windmill has stood for decades near ocean beach. but the salt air, sea spray and the century took its toll. >> it was installed as a functional element, but over the years has become an iconic elements for golden gate park and it's dilapidated. >> we had to deconstruct t put it back together, and it's been technically challenging. >> the windmill and the dutch windmill to the north once pumped the water that irrigated all of golden gate park. now that a modern watering system is in place, this windmill may help fill the chain of lakes at the west end of the park. many donors helped the city of san francisco fund the $4 million restoration project. crews hope to have the samuel murphy winds milling up and pumping by next summer. coming up in just 90 seconds, christmas comes early. the outlook retailers hope is right as they roll out the christmas shopping season. that's right, in september! mandatory overtime and no vacation, the budget move putting firefighters in a tough spot. what they want city hall to do to balance the safety of the city and fire crews. just eye calm commute tonight. at least so far, we're monitoring the protestors who have caused station shutdowns for the past several weeks. may rush in to burning buildings to save lives. now they need help. the battle that firefighters say is just plain wearing them out. good evening. it is become a weekly