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Will likely be a Tropical Storm as it reaches california. Dozens of dogs were flown from maui to give them new homes in the bay area. We hear about the rescue and the group that brought them here despite the organizations overcrowding. Cruise will be cut in half. The dmv looks into whether the Robotaxi Companies should be operating in the city. This is after a collision with a fire truck. Good morning. Its saturday, august 19th. Im devin fehely. A quick check of the weather with paul heggen. A quiet start to the weekend around the bay area. We have hilary to the south. This is the remnants of a different tropical system eugene hanging out the past couple of weeks. The moisture and wind energy with hilary tracking in, especially tomorrow. The remnants of eugene will help guide the impacts of hilary away from the bay area. Increase in humidity will be about it. Temperatures topping out about 2 to 4 above average. Mostly 80s and 90s inland. Millions of americans are under the states first ever Tropical Storm warning as hurricane hillary churns to mexicos baja peninsula as a category 4 storm with winds reaching 130 Miles Per Hour. Its expected to make landfall this evening and later the same system could bring more rain more than a years worth of rain to parts of california, nevada and arizona. Communities in Southern California are scrambling to get ready. Michelle shows us how they are preparing for a rare Tropical Storm. Reporter rolls of plastic are put in place as a precaution. Two recent landslides have damaged parts of the Historic Property and the concern is that this latest storm could cause further damage. We are expecting a good amount of rainfall as the storm approaches us in addition to wind and storm surge and other things. In particular, the rainfall. If that rain soaks in, it will destabilize the slope. What we have seen before is if it gets wet, it goes down the hillside. Here is an example of that happening in april. Tons of dirt and debris fell which impacted the train tracks forcing a closure. Officials hope to avoid that this time. Just to the south is another area of concern. Its called cotton point. There is plastic going down on a hillside that recently slid. This is near the spot where the train tracks have been pounded by heavy surf. Hilary, go away. Dont come back. We are going to build up all the sandbags and they will extend much higher. Rosie is listening to the forecast and using sandbags to for the at the identify the front of her restaurant that sits on the beach adjacent to the San Gabriel River jetty. A storm sent water crashing over the rocks and into the beach house. They will go to the fire station and we will start packing them everywhere at all of the openings right below the patio so hopefully it will keep the water from coming in. Reporter crews built in an emergency berm as further protection. A second mini berm is up next to the pier. Several sandbag stations are in place throughout town. Lifeguards will focus on prevention and keeping inexperienced swimmers and surfers out of the ocean during the storm. We have a look back at the last time a Tropical Storm hit california, 84 years ago in september of 1939. A storm dumped 11 inches of rain with wind gusts up to 65 Miles Per Hour. Beach communities were flooded. The storm destroyed boats and washed away homes. The l. A. River spilled its banks and downtown was under three feet of water. 93 people were killed in the storm. President biden says his administration is keeping a close eye on hurricane hilarys movements. Fema has a team in the Southern California area to respond as needed. In sacramento, cal oes learned thousands of lessons from the atmospheric rivers. The coast guard is ready to respond forest discuss in the ocean and inland waterways and channels. But they say its better to avoid rescues. Emergency alerts will be critical. During a time like this, our search and rescue capabilities will degrade as the storm worse sense. Caltrans crews are working around the clock placing water pumps in flood broken areas and clearing storm drains of debris. While Southern California prepares for a Tropical Storm, there is a major Disaster Response in progress in maui. Officials say about 60 of the disaster area from last weeks deadly fire is searched. The confirmed death toll is 113 but is expected to continue. For many the trauma is sinking in. I havent had time to grieve. We slowly getting out of the survivor mode. The head of mauis Emergency Management agency resigned on thursday citing health seasons. He has defended a decision not to activate warning sirens as the fire swept to lahaina. The replacement will be named soon. The devastation has animal shelters filled to capacity with injured and evacuated pets. As betty yu shows us, rescuers are helping some annals that no longer have homes to find a home in the bay area instead. Reporter friday night a plane carrying special passengers landed at hayward executive airport. 40 cats and dogs from the maui humane society. They were in shelters or in foster homes on the island at the time of the disaster. When the fire happened, we knew we needed to do something because all the shelters are full. It was going to be a bigger project than one organization. Reporter jeffrey zurwick helped organize a coalition of six local Animal Welfare groups including the east bay spca and marin humane to help transport Shelter Animals to find new loving homes in the bay area. They partnered with Greater Good Charities to arrange the flight. The shelters are already full but jeffrey says collectively they cant absorb the extra animals to create room for an influx of injured or displaced pets on the island. By moving those animals here, that gives the Animal Welfare teams in maui the opportunity to take a breath, regroup and Start Building the longterm recovery programs that people are going to need there in order to take care of their pets. Steve ferguson said they are full to the brim with animals. Our current situation, we have a handful of kennels available that arent occupied. We rely heavily on the Foster Community to get them out of the shelter and into homes to get them adopted. That is stretched. Reporter berkeley humane said next weekend its hosting the single largest adoption event in the state where the animals will be available and most fees will be waived. It makes me feel proud. We dont get into Animal Welfare to do anything other than just save as many animals as we can. This is important work that we do. This also gives us an opportunity as a coalition to come together so that if there are more disasters in the area in the future, we are better prepared to support each other. Reporter i wanted to introduce you to some of these animals. These are frito and tostido. They will get health checks. If you are interested in adopting, most shelters have online applications. As for the adoption event that betty mentioned, its next saturday from 10 00 to 4 00 at the Berkeley Humane Society on ninth street. Now to the debate over Driverless Cars. Cruise agreed to cut the robo taxi operation in half. Da lin shows us, this follows a pair of crashes that happened hours apart. Reporter this crash happened early friday morning in the mission. San Francisco Police say the crews robotaxi entered the intersection on a green light. The driverless car detected the char comber before the impact and braked. You hear the loud boom. Is someone injured . We rushed over here. The crash so loud they heard it from their apartment one block away. The dodge was completely totaled. I mean, it was wiped. There is fluid leaking everywhere. Airbags were deployed. It seemed scary, you know, fortunately the person was okay. No injuries. Reporter san Francisco Police do not suspect dui in this crash. The human operated vehicle had likely run a red light resulting in the collision. So in this case the Autonomous Vehicle did not appear to be at fault for the collision. Reporter they do believe it was at fault for this collision in the tenderloin around 10 20 p. M. Thursday night. Officers say a San Francisco fire truck was responding to an emergency and collided with the robotaxi at polk and turk streets. No injuries to firefighters. They say the driverless cruise had the green light. Paramedics transported a passenger with nonlifethreatening injuries. The fire engine had lights and sirens and its a reminder that you are required to yield, whether its a vehicle driven by human operator or Autonomous Vehicle. Reporter the collision came a day after city leaders asked state regulators to halt self driving cars. They are not ready for prime time. Im against it. I feel like its a just not ready. Reporter robots dont drive distracted and they dont drink and drive but robots cant think and react fast to Police Scenes like this. This selfdriving car was stopped behind police tapes for about five minutes earlier this week. I dont agree with them. I dont think they are safe. Even if they do promise all of these things, at the end of the day thorough both and they are going to mess up, too. Cruise is looking into both of the incidents. On friday city leaders asked state regulators to pause the expansion of the robo taxi program they approved last week. You may remember when cruise cars became stuck because of a connectivity issue. In another mishap a car got stuck in wet concrete. At the dmv request, the company will have no more than 50 Driverless Cars in operation during the day and 150 at night. The dmv says in a statement that it could suspend or revoke the companys permits if its investigation finds an unreasonable risk to the public. Coming up, wildfires in Washington State are forcing thousands of people to evacuate. The flames have destroyed several homes in one hard hit community. Canadas military assists with evacuation efforts in the Northwest Territory as a fire threatens the capital city in that particular province. A live look outside before we head to break. We will be right back. Goli, taste your goals. [bells tolling] well w well well, whwhat have wewe here . A magical l place. Thatats lookinn to get scsc with bats. S. And ghououl. And cacars in disgsguise. Ive casast quite a a spell n. You u wont belilieve your e [lauaughter] the e spell is c cast. Hallowoween time i is back with s spooktaculular experies inin disneylanand and disnsy califofornia advenenture par [laughter]r] welcome back. Up in the state of washington, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as several fast moving wildfires raced through the state. One of the largest, the grave fire burned more than 3,000 acres and 5,000 people in the community were told to leave now. It is one of 36 fires that erupted in Washington State in just the past two days. Officials say that triple digit temperatures have contributed to the fire danger so far no deaths have been reported. Residents in the capital of canadas Northwest Territories had to leave their homes as another huge wildfire burned nearby. Officials say more than 20,000 people fled the city in less than 48 hours. Firefighters are battling hundreds of fires in the region. The satellite images show some of the flames above the capital. This makes the worst on record fires season for canada with more than 1,000 active burning across the country. Evacuations will continue in yellow knife with the help of the countrys military. Officials say that they plan to evacuate residents in phases using buses and planes. Wildfires are burning for weeks. Officials say fires were sparked by lightning then fueled by dry weather. Hurricane hilary is the big story. A major storm but its over the warmest water that it will encounter the rest of its life cycle and the warm ocean waters that fuel the tropical systems. Moving farther to the north on the coast of baja peninsula, it will encounter cooler Ocean Temperatures and interact with land and both of those factors will slow down the maximum sustained winds associated with this storm. Lets take a look at the forecast path. It will weaken the next 24 hours or so. By the time midmorning on sunday rolls around, we are looking at it down to barely a hurricane. 75 Miles Per Hour sustained winds. 74 is the threshold of a hurricane. Weakening as it tracks into Southern California. It does look like it will be classified as a Tropical Storm. Wind speeds over 39 Miles Per Hour as it moves into california. First Tropical Storm in the state in 84 years, since 1939. The wind speeds are what determine the category as a hurricane, Tropical Storm. But Tropical Storms can produce just as much rainfall as a strong hurricane. That will be the major concern. Look at the estimate of rainfall for Southern California. Widespread amounts. Even around los angeles and san diego of two to four inches of rain. Four to six inches of rain possible for the interior desert locations. Thats where there is a high risk of excessive rainfall. I would bet the under number for the bay area. Just enough moisture sneaking up for an outside chance of a couple of popup showers or a thunderstorm on monday. That will be about it. The winds are a concern. That takes a bit longer to move in. The rain moves into Southern California through the rest of today and into tonight and sunday. Strongest winds dont arrive until midday on sunday. Everyone in purple has the potential of 50 Miles Per Hour wind gusts and that is Strong Enough to result in Power Outages to go along with that significant flooding threat. Futurecast through the rest of today, best chance of popup showers and thunderstorms will be where it has been the past several days. The mountains of california and the high sierra. Look at the moisture surging in, associated with hilary. Notice how it tries to approach the bay area and gets pushed farther to the east. The influence of the other tropical system, eugene, guiding hilarys impact from our neck of the woods. That wont help Southern California. It will be an interesting weekend before the rain winds down on monday. High temperatures reaching a mix of 80s and 90s for inland parts of the bay area. The hottest spots, inland and east bay low to mid90s. Temperatures should top out in the 70s around the bay and 80s for the north bay. Not bad for this time of year unless you go farther north and inland where temperatures are likely to get up farther into the 90s. The sevenday forecast in a few minutes. The staff at a zoo in illinois or celebrating the birth of san angelo calf this week. There may be less than 100 of them remaining in the wild. This calf was the third to be born at the zoo in the past year. He is spending its time with his mother in the habitat. Coming up, a heartbreaking early exit for the u. S. In the world cup. England and spain are the last two teams standing. We have a preview of the championship match coming up. In sports, is there a chance we will see brock purdy in a 49ers preseason home opener . We are hours away from the 49ers preseason opener and no qb by shanahan. Brock purdy could see one or two drives. If he does play, maybe it will quiet the questions about his Training Camp interceptions. He has thrown 10 so far. He had four in 12 games last season. Kyle shanahan is not only unbothered by the practice picks but happy with the throws purdy has made. I like interceptions more in practice than games. One thing brock does, he lets it rip. He is not worried about anything else. He is especially not worried about people counting interceptions. You can catch the niners at 5 30 on cbs. A couple of weeks ago, the giants were in position to be in first place in the nl west. Now they are back 10 1 2 games and not holding on to a wild card spot. Game one against the braves painted a picture. Dave kaplar was suspended. Two runs given up in the first with this rbi double to austin riley. He made it through five and two thirds but an early deficit was more than the giants bats could overcome. Spencer stryder struck out 10 giants batters over seven innings. Giants struck out 13 times in the game and held to two hits. Braves win it 40. Giants lost seven of the last nine and its not getting easier any time soon. Two more games in atlanta followed by a trip to philadelphia before they host the braves next weekend. That does it for sports. Have a great day. Its down to england and spain in the final of the world cup. Kick off tomorrow morning. No matter who wins it will be the first win for either country in the womens world cup and the first time that either team made it to the finals. Spain is a clear underdog but a ton of talent on its side. England wants to win as bad. They have been riding a wave. They won the European Championship last summer and hope to continue that success on sunday. Englands capital is getting behind the team ahead of the big match. 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Hawaiis governor says the devastated town of lahaina will rise from the ashes and a full review of the response before, during and after the fires is underway. Danya bacchus has the latest from maui. Reporter the death toll in lahaina rises to 114 as hawaiis governor and first lady seek to console a state grieving unmistakable loss. We will honor those lost, honor their memories and support the survivors and nurture our hope for the future. Nearly 80 of lahaina has been searched. Crews with 40 cadaver dogs will sift through the rubble for remains. Tragically, its less than a single day for us to lose lahaina in the deadliest fire our country has seen in more than a century. Reporter at least a thousand federal workers are in lahaina and will help determine how the fire started. Our goal is to try to reunite everyone of the lost folks with their family members. As the focus on recovery continues Community Members join together to grieve and demand they be included in rebuilding efforts. We dont want to hear the Governors Office saying that we have a plan for lahaina. None of us got to speak to the governor. Reporter the governor vows to protect the residents in the land of lahaina. Lahaina will rise again. Lahaina belongs to its people. We are committed to rebuilding and restoring it the way they want it. Reporter the lahaina fire was one of four that broke out on the island more than 10 days ago. At least 2200 structures were destroyed. President joe biden will visit missouri reon maui on monday. First the president and First Lady Jill Biden traveled to lake tahoe. They spend the weekend there. The president ial family arrived in reno late friday night. They are renting a private room where they plan to enjoy some rest and relaxation. He will take a break from his vacation at the start of next week to fly to maui then return to tahoe the rest of the week. A crowd gathered outside the reno tahoe airport to watch as air force one landed with the bidens inside. Cars lined up to catch a glimpse of the first couple as they walked off the plane. They then drove to the vacation site. Early on friday President Biden hosted the first every trilateral summit with the leads of south korea and japan. Nancy cordes was at camp david during the groundbreaking meeting. Reporter a historic backdrop for an unprecedented meeting. The leaders of the u. S. , japan and south korea. The world will be safer as we stand together. Reporter President Biden insisted the summit was not about china. And, yet, the three leaders released a Statement Today condemning chinas quote dangerous and aggressive military moves in the south china sea. They also agreed to a series of measures aimed at countering chinese economic coercion and north korea provocation. When other nations see cooperation in the region, they make judgments would they be better off making commitments. Reporter President Biden has been courting these two leaders for years working to overcome a century of mistrust between their nations, a legacy of japanese colonyzation. Today the three leaders agreed to hold annual trilateral summits, step up joint military exercises and establish a threeway hotline to be used in times of crisis. A clear example would be in north korea conducted a provocative test. Reporter the senior director for east asia. We may use the hotline to pick up the phone, discuss with one another what steps we would like to take to respond. Reporter china had a response to all of this today. Attempts to form various exclusive groups and clicks are unpopular, a chinese spokesperson warned. It will spark vigilance and opposition. President biden said that he is hoping to meet with chinese president xi in the fall but there is a new concern for the white house. Officials say that recent missile tests suggest that north korea is getting assistance with its Nuclear Program from russia. The cdc is tracking a new and highly mutated covid strain trying to understand how far it spread and how well peoples immunity will block infections. Its been found in four counties so far including the u. S. Right now some scientists believe the strain is not spread widely but its drawing attention due to the high level of mutation. Some scientists are comparing it to the emergence of the omicron in 2021. The director of the cdc says it should not be a cause for alarm. The suspect in the brutal murder of four university of idaho students appeared in court for a pivotal pretrial defense. Defense attorneys are focusing on the dna evidence at the center of the case. Elise preston was in the courtroom. Reporter uncuffed and in plain cleaves, he walked in a courtroom that he is charged in the stabbing deaths of four university of idaho students last november. The defense questioned the validity of the dna found in the knife sheath. They are demanding more information about the dna from the prosecutors. [ inaudible ] reporter prosecutors say they handed over what they have. We gave the defense everything that we received from the lab. They asked for dna workups on other people. To the extent that they dont have them, they werent done. We cant produce something that doesnt exist. Reporter Police Arrested kohberger at his familys home in pennsylvania in december more than six weeks after the gruesome murders set off panic on the day of the college campus. His attorneys argue he is innocent and was out driving alone at the time of the murders. Is that a strong alibi . No, its not. Reporter Joe Tamborino said its a weak argument. An alibi defense isnt that i wasnt there at the time. You must provide specifically where you were, time, place, also if you have any witnesses. Reporter the victims families were inside the courtroom and optimistic about the proceedings. The trial is set for october. The Writers Guild of america met again with a major Hollywood Studio on friday but no sign of a break through that can bring an end to the strike. The studio presented another counteroffer. The Writers Guild confirmed that both sides planned to meet next week to continue exchange proposals. This was the fourth time that they met this week to try to hammer out a deal. It appears that they are still far apart on several issues. This strike and the sag aftra be strike brought tv and Film Production in the u. S. To a screeching halt. Coming up, a wildfire grows in one of Spains Canary islands. It presents a tough challenge for firefighters. Are you tired of feeling defeated by life . Samuel rodriguez shares how to conquer the storms of fear and doubt, to find freedom to live the life god created for you and to fulfill your purpose. Look at that. A gray start this morning. Thousands of residents on Spains Canary islands have been forced to evacuate as they fight a massive fire. It is near the coast of west africa. Its the most complex fire to hit the island in 40 years. 4500 people fled their homes since the fire broke out on wednesday. High temperatures and a dry landscape helped stoke conditions for the fire at what is normally a popular tourist destination. Forecasters expect more hot weather in the coming days. Hurricane hilary is the big story. A major storm but its over the warmest water right now that it will encounter the rest of its life cycle. Its the warm ocean water that fuel the systems. As it moves to the north on the coast of the baja peninsula and into california, it will encounter cooler Ocean Temperatures and interact with land and both of those factors will slow down the maximum sustained winds associated with the storm. Lets take a look at the forecast path. It will weaken the next 24 hours or so. By midmorning on sunday rolls around, we are looking at it barely a hurricane. 75 Miles Per Hour sustained winds. 74 is the threshold of a hurricane as it tracks into Southern California. It looks like it will be classified as a Tropical Storm. Wind speeds over 39 Miles Per Hour as it moves into california. The first Tropical Storm in the state in 84 years since 1939. The wind speeds determine the categoryzation as a hurricane, Tropical Storm. It can produce just as much rainfall as a strong hurricane. That will be the major concern. Look at the estimate of rainfall for Southern California. Widespread amounts, even around los angeles and san diego of 2 to 4 inches of rain. 4 to 6 inches of rain possible for the interior desert locations. Thats where there is a high risk of excessive rainfall. Look at the estimate for the bay area, less than a quarter inch. Whatever number you pick, bet the under for the bay area. Just enough moisture sneaking up for an outside chance of a couple of popup showers or a thunderstorm on monday. That is about it. The winds are a concern but that takes a bit longer to move in. The rain moves in to Southern California as we head through the rest of today and especially into tonight and sunday. The strongest winds midday on sunday. Everyone in purple has the potential of 50 Miles Per Hour wind gusts and that can result in sporadic Power Outages to go with the significant flooding threat. Futurecast the rest of today, best chance of popup showers and thunderstorms will be where it has been the past several days the mountains of california and high sierra. Look at the moisture surging in associated with hilary. Notice how it tries to approach the bay area but gets pushed to the east. Thats the influence of the other tropical system hoping to guide hilarys impacts from our neck of the s. In Southern California, it will be an interesting weekend to say the least before the rain winds down on monday. Highs reaching up to a mix of 80s and 90s for inland parts of the bay area. The hottest spots, inland and east bay reaching up to the low to mid90s. Temperatures top out around the bay mostly 80s in the north bay. Farther north and inland where temperatures are more likely to get up a little farther into the 90s. We will check out the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Nearly eight in 10 Single Family parents are headed by a single mom. A third live in poverty. Are a north bay womans nonprofit is providing hope. Sharon chin introduces us to this weeks jefferson award winner. We want a count. Get them in stacks of 20 probably 10. Reporter samantha knows thousands of people statewide are counting on her to get them ready for school. Backpacks are hard to buy. Mothers dont ask. If we can provide a glimmer of hope, thats what we do. They are stuffing covid tests into backpacks. Reporter she directs a maze of Community Volunteers and First Responders as they fill 5,000 backpacks with dozens of supplies, to the families of single moms in the bay area, sacramento and los angeles. The annual backpack give away is part of samanthas nonprofit called sparkle. Sparkle is not only what it is inside that you feel when you do good but what you gift when you give someone else that feeling of hope and help and assistance with no springs attached. Reporter samantha who owns an Insurance Agency with her husband started serving single moms in 2003. She began giving away holiday gift baskets. Today samantha stores boxes at her home as they expect to shower about 70 families with holiday gifts. That includes a holiday meal, gift cards and necessities that the single parent has requested like socks and bed sheets. We are able to relieve a burden of she can put a roof over their head and food on the table but no extra money for christmas. Reporter besides backpacks, sparkle pays for enrichment activities. Sparkle supported 100 kids a year with up to 50,000 in scholarships. We launched clean medical grade skin care love. Reporter she supports single moms that plan to expand a business or start a new one. Her nonprofit offers short term into free loans paid back within three years. Sydney james received 10,000 to open a second location for body sculpting treatments. She paid the money back in a year and a half and grateful for samantha. Knowing that somebody like her that i look up to so much believes in me. It helps me find the strength and grit within myself to keep going. Reporter what keeps samantha going is the memory of her paternal grandmother, a single mother of three whose husband left her in the 1950s. You have to tell my story. There are so many women like me that wont ask for help. This is year, what, three, four. Reporter for giving support and hope to single mothers and their families, this weeks jefferson award in the bay area goes to samantha. Samantha hosts the fundraiser called big sparkle brunch tomorrow. This fall sparkle accepts nominations for the holiday gift drive. They provide gifts for several dozen families all over california. You can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award at kpix. Com hero. Doctors are finding a new way to treat cancers. The approach is that less is sometimes more. They are trying to figure out which treatments they can skip and still give their patients an equal chance of beating the disease. Liz cook explains. Reporter amy is a doctor herself. Its not always easy being a patient. She is never without her yarn and lucky charms. A source of comfort during lifes hardest moments. I have my octopus that i got from mexico carved out of a coconut seed and buffalo is strength that helps me. These are the things that i have. Then i crocheted my scarf to be my armor. Reporter she is getting the second round of chemo. A frightening diagnosis discovered by accident. I was going in for a procedure to look at my esophagus. My doctor said you are over 45. Get your first colonoscopy. The recommendations changed. They will put you under anesthesia, do both tests. I woke up from anesthesia and the doctor said your esophagus is fine but i think you have rectal cancer. I was thinking worstcase scenario. What if this is everywhere in my body. Am i going to die. Reporter form i the fortunately the cancer has not spread to other parts of her body. But amy needs to undergo intense treatment. She has been here before. The first was sarcoma in my upper thigh. I spent a year with intensive chemotherapy and radiation and surgery in the middle of it. That was full court press. I did everything before. Reporter intense radiation for her sarcoma left her with permanent nerve damage. I havent walked completely normal license then. One leg is weaker than the other. Reporter this time around the treatment may not need to be as debilitating. Her treatment may her oncologist led a trial that found when it comes to treating many patients with rectal cancer, less is more. Over the years we learned that we can cure patients with cancer. But we recognize that we may be overtreating patients, too much therapy in our zeal to cure the patients. Perhaps we could get away with less treatment if we stepped back. Reporter the trial followed 1100 patients over eight years and found that some patients didnt have to go through radiation to cure the cancer. Its fair to say that every study we do, we look at what are called interim results. Right now we are convinced there is no compromise in patients survival in the risk of recurrent cancer. Over time we will make sure that is the case. But we will see if not having had radiation in a subset of patients may change and improve the quality of life for the patients down the road. Reporter this was welcome news to amy. Im 46. Im not super old. I consider myself youngish and healthyish. If i cannot have to do all three modalities of treatment, this would be great. Reporter amy and the doctor are Still Deciding what she will do to treat her cancer. It depends on how her body responds to chemo. In the meantime, she will continue to crochet. She hands out octopuses to nurses, flight attendants and complete strangers. My positive attitude got me through my last cancer. I am not always as positive as when im around other people but i am trying to experience both sides this time and let myself be afraid but also, you know, get done what hi need to get done and talk to the people i need to so i can make the best decisions for myself. For amy, making others smile is medicine. With cancers among younger americans on the rise, quality of life issues take on added importance. Amy is 46 years old. For more information and to layer an extended interview with one of those doctors, go to our website at kpix. Com. The final weekend of the stern grove festival. They will end the summer with a band that has special ties to San Francisco, the flaming lips. They are actually from oklahoma but the front man attributes the bands success to early shows in San Francisco. That was i in the 8 when notot many othther cities woululd let them perfoform. The love is s mutual sunday august 20th is declared flaming lips day in the city. As to what to expect during the performance for these shows celebrating the pink robot stuff we have giant inflatable pink robots. Talklking about t it doesntt thatat fantasticic. When y you them a and its happening with all the music and lights and lasers, its fun. If you cant make it to stern grove in person, watch the show on kcbw or streaming streaming on the cbs news bay area app tomorrow. Here is the sevenday forecast. Temperatures wont change a lot. An increase in cloud cover and humidity levels as what is left of hilary approaches the bay area. The bulk of the influence is to the east. Clouds and an outside chance of a popup shower or thunderstorm on monday. The rain chance at this point will be running in about the 10 to 20 range. The bulk of the systems impact will be aimed at Southern California. The hottest spots over the weekend, inland in the east bay. Relief can be found on the coast with highs in the 60s. Thanks, paul. Thank you for watching kpix. The news continues on the cbs news bay area. We will be back here tomorrow morning at 6 00. Enjoy your saturday. Narrator today on lucky dog, a middleaged poodle mix is