Parking lot when a man in a pickup truck stopped, offered him marijuana and asked him to get in. The student immediately went to the office to report the incident. School officials called police. Its scary. Its scary because my child comes here. You never know. Reporter the Redwood City School District sent out an email to parents saying what happened. Kennedy middle School Officials called home and teachers spoke to students in class about the incident reminding them what they should do if they see or experience something suspicious. I always tell them to go to the office. To be office. After this news are you more cautious . Yeah. Reporter Redwood City Police are looking for video hoping the suspect and his truck were caught on camera in the area. Parts are not taking any chances. Are you doing anything different. Well, im bringing my kid to school. Dropping him off in front of the school. Reporter he normally walks . Sometimes. But not anymore. Reporter police say they are also trying to put together a sketch so they can get the publics help in tracking down this suspect. Matt keller, abc 7 news. The San Francisco man accused of killing an sf state student is in court. The 30yearold pled not guilty this morning for shooting 20yearold Justin Valdez after the two got out a muni streetcar last week. The judge denied bail. Prosecutors say the suspect is a threat to the public and could kill again. Investigators say they found survivalist gear and an arsenal of weapons and 20,000 in cash after searching his residence. The Catholic Church invited the community to pay tribute to the men and women of all faiths, police, fire and Emergency Response people this morning. Noncatholic chaplains were also invited to bless the people who the church considered guardian angels. At store in union square has been hit by smash and grab thieves. A display window at ice breaker Clothing Store on post street is boarded up. Investigators say somebody broke the window overnight and grabbed everything inside. Police got an alarm call around 11 30 last night. The store manager across the street says his store was also hit twice in the last month. Smashed one of our windows, came in, stole stuff, came back, exactly a week later, did a different window. Another handful of stuff he stole. Hes in, hes out, only take himself about a minute. The manager says surveillance cameras captured the suspect wearing dark clothing, a hood and a hat. Police are reviewing the video to try to identify him. B. A. R. T. Riders are waiting to see whether b. A. R. T. And its unions can reach a deal before threatened strike which could happen a week from friday. Amy joins us live in oakland where those talks are getting underway. Any progress yet . Reporter yes. Theyre starting at 11 00, cheryl, they tell us they are closer than when the cooling off period began. We asked are you close enough . They said they dont know. Today the bargaining teams plan to tackle some big issues money, wages, pensions and health care. And that is where it gets pretty sticky. The progress i can report right now, is that we did make an offer to the district yesterday. We will not characterize the details of that offer until we get a response from the district. I dont think it serves any purpose to go round by round on update. We want to keep a Free Exchange of ideas going. Lets hope we can find a negotiated settlement before the strike deadline. Reporter this was the scene back in july, b. A. R. T. Workers on strike. This is before this cooling off period began. B. A. R. T. Unions say they do not want to strike, but say if theres no contract they could hit the picket line next friday. Not a lot of time left. At this point what we do know is they cant agree on how long the contract should be. At this point the union is insisting on a threeyear contract. B. A. R. T. Management wants a fouryear contract. So they still have a lot to discuss. Live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. There are negotiating sessions between b. A. R. T. And the union scheduled every day except sunday through that 60day cooling off period that ends next thursday, the last day talks are scheduled. Day two of the government shutdown. A white house official says president obama has invited congressional leaders to the white house for a meeting today. Katie is live in the newsroom. Reporter that meeting scheduled for 2 30 this afternoon. House speaker John Boehners office says its a sign that the president may be backing down. But an obama advisor says the president will be urging them to pass a spending bill. This morning the fight over the Affordable Care act and who is responsible for the shutdown continues on the house floor. President obama has already bullied the house by threatening to veto these important bills to to protect our veterans, keep d. C. Schools open and preserve and open our national parks. This is day two of the Affordable Care act. The sun came up in the east. No one was forced to go to the post office for the prostate exam. Reporter across the country people are angry. We want to work reporter in the south bay, quiet shock. We were all told to come back from the field. Reporter Research Geologist and most of his colleagues at the u. S. Geology survey in menlo park are furloughed. The Ames Research center is also scraping by with a skelton crew. If you call there, a recording will tell you the facility is closed. The Silicon ValleyLeadership Group is not taking the shutdown lying down. 50 members are in washington, d. C. Trying to explain to lawmakers how this uncertainty can scare investors. Expansion plans can be put on hold. Consumers dont buy as much. Reporter nothing could hold back a group of world war ii veterans from mississippi on a mission. They broke through barricades at the world war ii memorial at washington, d. C. I wanted to see what we fought for. Reporter harry reid said he talked to speaker baoehner this morning asking him to pass a temporary resolution while they work out their differences. Republicans are looking to fund parts of the government while the government is shut down. Katie marzullo, abc 7 news. This States Health care plan is called covered california, its website is running again today after being shut down most of the night to fix glitches. 5 Million People overwhelmed the website called coveredca. Com. New cal centers throughout the state fielded more than 17,000 calls from people who wanted to sign up for health care under the Affordable Health care act. Many ran into busy signals or extra long wait times. If youre patient and you would like more information, we have posted a link for you on our website. The former Santa Clara County supervisor is set to be in court this afternoon. Is he asking that a public defender be assigned to the case that emerged in june charging him with creating a Fake Campaign mailer in 2010. He says he is no longer able to pay his own legal fees. He resigned last march after making a plea deal involving misspending public funds. He has yet to be sentencedtor tha for that. The peninsula city where a homeowner found a Mountain Lion in his backyard. And how getting even with an ex could land you in jail. And a major setback for surfers and other beach lovers. Its shaping up to be a mostly sunny day around fire investigators think a fire broke out in the attic of a house this morning. Attic had been converted into a religion room. The homeowner and three family members, all adults, got out safely. Prosecutors are considering whether to file criminal charges in the death of a young Asiana Airlines crash victim hit by a San Francisco fire truck. The District Attorney has a report from the sheriffs investigation. The Fire Department called it a tragic accident. The 16yearold was one of three teens from china who died after the crash after San Francisco airport on july 6th. She had been covered with Firefighting Foam when a fire truck drove over her. Autopsy findings presented to her family this week revealed she had fatal injuries to her head and pelvis. There may be an odd smell lingering around newark for the next few days. Evergreen oil is doing Maintenance Work on its refinery on smith avenue and cherry street. The work will continue through tomorrow. Crews are cleaning the refinerys equipment. There are homes nearby. The company said it will do its best to reduce the smell. Theres been a legal setback for a group of surfers and environmentalists who sued to regain access to Martins Beach in san mateo county. The road to the beach has been off limits since 2008 when the entire property was bought to a new owner. Protesters call that gate illegal. Our Media Partners at the San Jose Mercury news report that a judge will likely rule in favor of the owner, the cofounder of sun microsystems. Attorneys had argued that the beach had always been private property. Breaking up is hard to do, especially when youre ex posts nude pictures or videos of you on the internet. Californias now banning whats being called revenge porn. Governor brown just signed a law making it illegal for people to post compromising images of their exes. L lawmakers say the problem is going viral. Violators could face up to six months in jail plus a 1,000 fine. Can you believe that . You need law for that . Oy yoyyoy. Look who is here. Spencer in the morning. Thank you very much. The laws of meteorology tell me were in for a warming trend, that also means, as we look out over San Francisco that fire danger is on the rise. Ill have more on that with our red flag warning and the accuweather sevenday forecast in a moment. And a hollywood bombshell today. The actress who claims Frank Sinatra is the father of her grown son. Plus a whole new spin on dine and dash, why it may be okay to walk out of a restaurant before your bill ever arrives. Send us your fain photos at a Mountain Lion warning on the peninsula after a big cat was spotted early this morning bay homeowner in the burlingame hills. Police say the Mountain Lion was seen in the backyard on margarita avenue, but was last seen running towards skyline boulevard near highway 280. If you hear the wail of sirens along the san mateo coast about an hour ago no worries, it was just a test. The county ran its first monthly test this morning since upgrading the warning sirens last month. The new system allows officials to make voice announcements and continually selfmonitors and alerts technicians to any malfunctions. The tsunami warning sirens cover 30 miles of coastline. 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You can see we have clear skies from coast to inland. Sunny and mild already. But the danger in this mild and breezy condition were in now is high fire risk. We have a red flag warning in affect now for the bay area hills from thursday evening at 6 00 to saturday morning at 6 00. Now this is at elevations of 1,000 feet or higher across the bay area. Winds will be gusting 35 to 45 miles per hour, generally with stronger guests above 2,500 neat. Humidity rather low, only 10 to 20 . For the next couple of days, bear in mind we have high fire danger but also some beautiful weather. Here is a live view looking out across the embarcadero. 64 in San Francisco. 66 in oakland. Upper 60s at san jose. Los gatos, 67. Another view from the east bay hills camera it is 69 in santa rosa. 63 in napa and novato. 72 at antioch. One more live view from our Central Tower cam looking out over San Francisco. Sunny and mild this afternoon a bit breezier tomorrow. As i mentioned, high fire danger from thursday evening into saturday morning. Satellite radar composite image shows a dip in the jet stream to our north a pool of cool air moving over us it is reinforcing this breezier pattern as the jet stream is flowing almost directly over us. Setting the maps in motion, continuing through the evening into tomorrow. It will remain breezy. Skies will remain clear. Once again breezy. With a strong and increasing winds, the low humidity and the increasing temperatures over the next couple of days, we have high fire danger. By friday, the center of High Pressure fixing itself up to the north that will give us a dry, gusty, warm flow of air from land to sea. High temperatures will be on the rise friday and saturday. For today, well see highs there the afternoon in the south bay in the mid to upper 70s. 75 in san jose and the peninsula. Breezy and mild on the coast. Upper 60s half moon bay. Downtown San Francisco a high of 69. Upper 70s in the north bay from santa rosa to napa. East bay highs, low to mid 70s. The inland east bay will see upper 70s to around 806789 here is the sevenday forecast. How about overnight lows first. Lows in the low to mid 50s. I almost skipped over the lows. Now the sevenday forecast. Temperatures in the upper 80s inland by saturday. Mid 80s around the bay. Mid 70s on the coast. Saturday almost a summerlike day. Thank you very much. Tom clancy, bestselling author of the hunt for red october and other best sellers had died. The 66yearold passed away in baltimo baltimore. He was known for writing meticulous thrillers involving political intrigue and military tactics and technology. Several of his books were made into hollywood blockbusters. Today former secretary of state colin powell said i enjoyed all of his books but had a special feeling for clear and present danger because he said in the acknowledgment in the book he got the idea from conversations we had. 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