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Wait a minute. I am old. First music video on mtv. Thats right. It was the first day in 1986. A lot of us remember that moment. Thanks for joining us on the 9. Mike and sal are enjoying the day off. Dave and alex here. Good to be here. Where did you put the sun . Its somewhere out there. Maybe steve will find it for us. We know San Francisco police today are investigating a smashandgrab burglary that happened at an antique store. It happened early this morning on jackson street. Thousands of dollars worth of antiques were stolen here. Ktvus Paul Chambers just received some new video from inside that store. Reporter it appears it was a smashandgrab robbery here today. Let me show you, this is where the criminals went through. The window is boarded up. On the other side is the case where they stole the items. They are estimated at 35,000. This happened in the 400 block of jackson street in San Francisco. Take a look at these photos. So far these are the items that are reported stolen. One is a set of four georgian sterling candlesticks dated to 1771. A covered butter dish, and a sterling silver picture and service set. The owner fears that the criminals may take the items, melt them, and sell them. One thing the criminals left behind is this flashlight, which is still on. If you know anything about this case or this situation, youre asked to call San Francisco police. Paul chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. Well, this morning bart police are investigating whether its officers used Excessive Force while arresting a robbery suspect last week. That 22yearold man was arrested inside the embarcadero station in San Francisco on friday afternoon. At least two witnesses posted video of the arrest online claiming the suspect was treated unfairly by the officers. Bart says those officers were wearing body cameras during the arrest and that that footage is going to be used as part of an investigation into this incident. Later this evening a Panel Discussion on policing the police is being held at glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. It will take a look at the use of force by Police Officers across the country as well as recent recommendations made by San Franciscos Blueribbon Panel. That panel was created in may of last year by District Attorney George Gascon to investigate things such as police use of force as well as the culture of the Police Department and internal discipline measures. Recently, it released a long list of recommendations to improve accountability, fairness, transparency, and oversight. Last week here on the 9 we spoke with dr. Joseph marshall, a member of the San Francisco police commission, about those recommendations. I think when folks look at, you know, the list of things that they are recommending, and we are going to take everything to heart because we want to do that, you are going to see a lot of things have already been done and they were in motion before the Blueribbon Panel started. So we are going to keep going, keep moving forward, and i want folks to understand that that has definitely happened and will continue to happen. We asked him if there was anything specific that had been recommended the department is already doing. Use of force was the biggest one. Use of force. You know, they made some recommendations specifically about, you know, getting a use of force policy. We had done that. Its a very, very good policy, and i think thats the biggest thing. Again, its a long list of recommendations. Well look at them and we will see. But i think thats the biggest one that folks got to understand, that thats a new way of doing policing in San Francisco, and at the heart of it is the policy that you use. And we changed the policy. This morning here on the 9 we are joined by two members of this evenings panel. We welcome w camel bell and judge la doris kordell. Thank you both for joining us. Sure. First, can we talk about the fact that one of the overriding themes of the report was that there exists a bias towards people of color. How much of the conversation do you expect that aspect to control tonight . Ill start with you, judge kordell. Thank you. Tonights program is really going to be interesting, and it is absolutely timely. We are certainly going to be focusing on policing and policing the police, and we are going to look at specific findings made by the Blue Ribbon Panel and im holding up the report that was issued. There are 81 recommendations in this report that are preceded by findings that we made over a course of several months. So we are going to be talking about one big issue, im sure, and that is bias. Racial bias in policing. So, for example, in San Francisco, africanamericans are 6 of the population, but in terms of officerinvolved shootings from 2010 to 2015, africanamericans were the victims of 20 of officer involved shootings. Also disparities in stops, searches and arrests with represent to race, African Americans and latinos in San Francisco. I want to stress San Francisco is not unique, that this issue is a pervasive one around the country in Police Departments. You have been on the 9 before. You shared your own story of what happened to you at a coffee shop in berkeley where you were unfairly treated because of the color of your skin. If i can ask you, is there anything that can come out of tonights discussion that might change peoples minds individually who feel as though they have been targeted either by a waitress or by a Police Officer because of their skin color . I mean, i dont know if we can accomplish that in one evening. Thats a pretty big goal. I think we have to get used to having this conversation. And the thing that troubles me about this is the police have to be in the room for the conversation. And the active police members. I think thats the biggest thing. Until either the current members of the police understand that this is a real conversation that needs to be had, i feel troubled by hearing mr. Marshall talk as if he is like, we will accept some of the things, but were going to look into it. These are real issues. Thats why people are talking about defunding Police Departments. If seems like if you are not going to treat the community well, the federal government should not invest funds in you. The police union called your panels 81 recommendations a Kangaroo Court and essentially came out and said well look at it. How did that make you feel when you got that response . Well, i am sad to say that i wasnt surprised. I am certainly decision pointed by the response. Before the ink was dried, the police union gave a thumbs down this report. Officers in San Francisco, they were asked to participate in this program, to be on the panel, and that didnt happen. So thats very, very sad and it shows that there is a resistance and we are going to have to work to knock down that resistance. Tonight is going to be a major step in trying to do that. One of the things we talk a lot about is skin color. Is race. Do we talk too much about it . Do we not talk enough about it . No. I think, i mean, maybe people in my Community Talk too much about it. But i think as a whole, as a country we have never had a National Conversation on race. Every time, you know, even president obama tried to initiate that conversation when he got to the white house, talking about the officer who arrested him, and he got pushed back so much that he had the officer over for a beer on the white house lawn. Until we are brave enough to have a National Conversation on race that involves everybody, we are going to be having these little conversations on race that arent powerful enough. I think its indicative of the fact that the police feel powerful enough to say no to an invitation about a panel about better policing in San Francisco. They feel they can say no to that and its not a problem. We have given them too much power and too much respect. Your report recommendation, among many other things, better training, tracking and discipline of Police Officers. How long do you think Something Like this will take to achieve . Weeks, months, perhaps years . So i am not quite clear. Are you asking about the training for officers . The implicit bias training . I am talking about the training. I am talking about the tracking of officers actions and im talking about the different discipline tactics that you recommended in your report. Right. So there were a lot of, as i said, 81 recommendations. My view, all of them should be implemented, and there are some that are more important than others. The training of officers, getting them to more relate to the community, which Means Community policing, which basically means Police Officers need to be out of their cars all day and need to be walking the community and getting to know people. So all of this is going to take time. But i will tell you all of the recommendations, if they are implemented, they are doable in our lifetime. We just have to get cooperation on both sides and Community Police politicians, Everybody Needs to be involved in making this happen. Clearly, a lot of interest. A soldout program tonight at the commonwealth club. I thank you both for joining us here on the 9. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Again, it is a sold out program tonight. We will report on it tomorrow morning. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, it is a distracted driving course like one you have not seen before. Coming up, what happened when alex tries on whats called a drug suit and takes the wheel. Plus, more controversy on the campaign trail. Backlash over comments made by donald trump and a warning to Hillary Clinton from wikileaks. N from wikileaks. Keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side keep on the sunny side of life keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side keep on the sunny side of life we are checking stocks. We can see that stocks have fallen since we checked in on them earlier on mornings on 2. The dow is down by 50 plus points. S p on the negative side. Nasdaq lower than it was earlier. We are learning more about the two emeryville Police Officers who were almost hit by gunfire a few days ago. They were on foot patrolling the area near pixar studios when they saw a bullet ricochet off the ground near them 8 00 friday night. Police found a 9millimeter bullet lodged into a nearby building. No one was hurt. A little while ago, this morning on mornings on 2, Emeryville Police chief Jennifer Tejada told us she didnt think the shooting was targeting her officers. It just illustrates that, you know, we have to be vigilant. We have to protect our officers. Make sure that they have the training and the equipment to protect themselves. We are operating in a climate where they feel like there is a target on their back. So even though this was what i believe not targeted at them, its just a reminder of the dangers of this profession. Later this week on wednesday, chief tejada will fly to washington, d. C. To be at the white house. She will be talking about policing strategies with other Police Chiefs from all over the country. Its been a weekend of backlash over Donald Trumps comments following the speech at the Democratic National convention from the father of a fallen muslimamerican soldier. If you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably maybe she wasnt allowed to have anything to say. Plenty of people have written that. Thats trump speaking out this weekend. In addition to that issue, trump is speaking out about the schedule of the upcoming president ial debates. Kristin fisher has the latest from washington, d. C. Reporter we are now less than 100 days away from election day, which means that from here on out its about the battleground states. Right now the latest polls show trump and clinton deadlocked in states like ohio and pennsylvania. Donald trump is kicking up bipartisan backlash on the first full week of the general election campaign. His comments about khzir khan who attacked him at the dnc are being criticized by everyone from the Republican Leaders of the house and senate to Hillary Clinton, who was asked about this controversy repeatedly yesterday on the campaign trail. And then to launch an attack as he did on captain khans mother, a gold star mother, i dont know where the bounds are. I dont know where the bottom is. Reporter as clinton wraps up her two day bus tour through ohio and pennsylvania, trump is preparing to hit the same states today. His campaign is also planning to meet with the commission on president ial debates after trump complained that two of the debates are at the same time as nfl games. You know, Hillary Clinton wants to be against the nfl. Like she did with bernie sanders, where they were on saturday nights when nobodys home. Reporter but the bipartisan Debate Commission is pushing back. They claim the schedule has been set since september, and so was the nfl, who trump claimed sent him a letter. Over the weekend a spokesman tweeted out that, quote, while wed obviously wish the Debate Commission could find another night, we did not send a letter to mr. Trump. The first debate is two months away. Something else to watch out for. A possible october surprise from wikileaks. Its founder said it will release more documents about clinton sometime between now and november. In washington, kristin fisher, fox news. In response to the conflict in dates with the nfl game, this morning on mornings on 2 we asked you would you watch the game or the debate . A number of responses. People writing to you . Emily hall says id watch the debates first. If its the 9ers or raiders playing, i would watch that later. Its not the 9ers or raiders playing. No, kevin brown says depends who is playing. We have some answers for you. One of the games is falcons versus saints. Thats monday, september 26. The other game is giants packers on sunday, october 9. So not local teams involved here. Again a lot of people speaking out about the game or the debate. We will check more of your responses on twitter at 9 30. Use the hashtag ktvuthe9. Donald trump is also denying he has any relationship with russian president Vladimir Putin. He did that during an interview with george stephanopoulos. I just want to clear this up because you did say on three different occasions you had a relationship with him. Now you say there is none. I dont know what it means by having a relationship. I mean, he was saying very good things about me. I dont have a relationship with him. I didnt meet him. I havent spent time with him. I didnt have dinner with him. I didnt go hiking with him. I dont know i wouldnt know him from adam except i see his picture and i know what he looks like. In the past, donald trump has praised the russian president , and Vladimir Putin has called trump bright and talented. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says his organization will protect its sources and will not reveal how or from whom it received internal Democratic Party details. Those emails indicated the dnc favored Hillary Clinton and possibly undermine bernie sanders. The nearly 20,000 emails led to the ouster of the dnc chair congressman Debbie Wasserman schultz. U. S. Officials say the russians were behind the hack. Clinton says that that would amount to russian interference in our elections. We would not tolerate that from any other country, particularly one with whom we have adversarial positions. And for trump to both encourage that and to praise putin despite what appears to be a deliberate effort to try to affect the election i think raises National Security issues. Assange responded to clintons statements saying she, quote, is auto trying to undermine our publication, trying to draw attention away from the fact that she conspired with Debbie Wasserman schultz, her former Campaign Manager who was head of the Democratic Party, to subvert an election in the united states. Coming up on mornings on 2, employees of the Santa Clara County court system are picketing this morning. The chance of a strike and how its affecting business today. Usiness today. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Some workers in Santa Clara County are pretty angry today and say they are ready to go on strike. They work for the county court system and they held a protest early this morning. Ktvus janine de la vega says the issue here is money, and she explains how it could impact the courts. Reporter these Court Employees are already going to be late for work because they have been picketing for two hours. They say they are underpaid and understaffed. [ crowd chanting ]. Reporter these Court Employees are clerks, janitors, and legal researchers who say they have not received a pay raise in eight years. Last week their union voted unanimously to strike. They decided to picket this morning at heys mansion in san jose because the chief justice there attending a conference. Workers wanted to get her attention and hope she intervenes so a strike could be prevented. The strike authorization vote was unanimous. In my 20 years of doing this work, i have never seen a unanimous strike vote. Its very serious. The impacts to the courts will be significant. Reporter there are about 350 Court Employees who make up this union. A spokesperson says a strike would have a great impact on the court system in Santa Clara County. No new negotiations are on the table right now, and we are told a strike is imminent. We have reached out to a Court Spokesperson for comment, but have not heard back. Reporting from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu fox 2 news. Happening today, the case against a man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar is back in court. Trial for Antolin Garcia torres, which had been delayed for months is scheduled today, but it may be delayed again. You will remember sierra lamar disappeared in march of 2012 on her way to school. Her body has never been found, but prosecutors say there is evidence dna evidence linking her to garcia torres. Also happening today in just a couple of hours the big announcement is expected about the future of the track and Field Program at San Jose State University. The program was discontinued back in 1988 because of the reallocation of university funding. Now, two of the most prominent athletes in olympic history, john carlos and tommy smith, will be there when this announcement happens today. You will remember they made history at the 1968 olympics for taking a stand for human rights. Smith and carlos are among the many track and field athletes who trained at San Jose State University during the socalled speed city era. Well, activists angry over the sentence that a santa clara judge handed down in the brock turner Sexual Assault case are taking action today. Judge aaron persky tensed turner to six months in jail rather than giving him more jail time. Today supporters of turners victim will submit a change. Org petition with more than a million signatures of people demanding the removal of the judge from the court. There is also a separate push to recall judge persky. Almost 50 law professor are opposing efforts to remove the judge. They say it could make judges feel pressured into making legal decisions based on public opinion. Calfire is reporting the soberanes fire is still burning in monterey county, burr the pace of the but the pace of the fire has slowed. Its burned through 40,000 acres. Some 300 firefighters have been taken off the fire lines since yesterday. 57 homes have been destroyed and 2,000 others remain threatened this morning. The fire is 18 contained. Calfire says it could be at least a month before the fire is completely out. Just one of a number of fires around california. Also a fire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in fresno county. This is the goose fire. It started over the weekend on saturday afternoon south of the town of prather. Now, the flames have engulfed 1800 acres and the fire is 15 contained. There were tripledigit temperatures in that area, and also strong winds. Of course, that hampered the firefighting efforts. Coming up on mornings on 2, a warning to keep your head above the water. Do not open your mouth. Up next a new study out that warnings about Serious Health risks in the water in rio days ahead of the summer olympics there. Plus, check this out. Taking on a new hobby at the age of 60. We will introduce you to a woman inspiring people through her love of figure skating. Skating. Lets check twitter one more time. We are talking about a couple of the upcoming president ial debates and how those dates are falling on the days and times of a couple of nfl football games. Which would you watch was our question today. Howard says speaking about the nfl debate schedule, he says thats why they make dvrs. I couldnt agree more. You can have your cake and eat it, too. Watch them both. He actually says as well, he adds they should reschedule to the middle of the week, the debates. Interesting. We appreciate it when you talk with us through twitter. Use the hashtag ktvuthe9. This picture behind us, this live picture, if you will, clouds, overcast skies. Different than what we saw last week, steve . Many ways that is true. Last week inland was extremely hot. That will not be the case this time. The coast last week didnt get in on the warmup. The inland temps rocketed up into the 90s and 100s. Livermore last week, which was baking, this week some of the forecast highs still warm, if you will, in wednesday. Then a big drop thursday and friday as low pressure digs on the west coast. That will ramp up that fog. Its lifted up on on shore wind oakland west at 7. Hayward air Terminal West at 9. The delta west at 16. It was up to 30 early, early this morning. 60s on some of the temps. 50s on others. The temp difference in 24 hours a little cooler for some. About the same for others. A little warmer oakland sfo. Thats because of that southeast breeze and also the cloud cover. No thunderstorm activity up in the sierra. That got pushed out. Thats the system off of vancouver and seattle. Another one coming in behind it will usher in a cooler pattern this week. 60s, 70s, 80s. Not so much today or tomorrow or wednesday, but by thursday, friday, and into the weekend temps go below normal, you guys. All right. There you. Thank you. There will be more in the way of Police Patrols along a marin county trail why Mountain Bikers found a homemade spike strip on the ground. How some say this is a connected to a long running dispute. Reporter there are so many beautiful trails here in marin county. When we spoke with people this morning about this, they say thats the problem, is that its getting crowded on the trails. In terms of the person who found this homemade spike strip, he says this was a harsh message that really could have hurt somebody. Now, lets show you what this spike strip looked like. It was posted on facebook by a Mountain Biker. According to reports, he was one of two bikers riding off a trail in the white hill open space preserve last tuesday. The Sheriffs Department says it was found on private land adjacent to this open space. Its described as four feet long with 30 rusty screws sticking out of it. The riders who found it say it was fastened to the ground with 7inch spikes. The rider reportedly took it om so other Mountain Bikers wouldnt get hurt. Its unclear this morning who left it there or how long its been there. In terms of this bigger issue, some say its about sharing the trails between Mountain Bikers, hikers, and horse riders. We understand sharing the trail has been a point of contention to certain degrees for years. Its really a shame because were so fortunate to live here in this place where there are so many open spaces that we can enjoy. I am a Mountain Bike rider, a road rider a horseback rider, and a hiker. We have to be polite to one another. We have seen over the years rebar pounded into the trail facing back up. There is a lot of different boobytraps that people put out there. Reporter now, Mountain Bike groups and hiking groups here in marin county have come out denouncing the spike strip that was found. There has been other reported obstructions on the trail, including unauthorized signs, logs on the trail. As you heard, even reports of rebar on the trail as well. We heard from the sheriffs who say they are aware of the spike strip. Its being investigated by the park ranger for the marin county open space. Could be destructive and dangerous. Thank you. All right. Well, we are a couple of days away from the beginning of the olympics in rio. The summer olympics. There is a new Associated Press study finding the waterways of rio are as filthy as ever. Researchers found the water is contaminated with raw sewage. Look at these pictures. And filled with dangerous viruses and bacteria. There is an important warning to the athletes who will be competing in rio. Reporter the ideas is that the athletes maintain minimum contact with the water. The researchers say 1400 athletes are in danger of becoming violently ill in the olympic events taking place in the water. The Associated Press tests, also they are warning tourists you could be potentially seriously endangered if you spend time on the beaches of rio. And in the meantime, added security for the Australian Team at the Olympic Village in Rio De Janeiro because thieves made off with Laptop Computers and other personal belongings from the teams headquarters over this past weekend. This comes after a tension filled week in which that same Australian Team refused to occupy its building. They cited gas and plumbing leaks as being Major Concerns and electrical shortages and dirty rooms. Lets bring it back home and talk about two local runners who won the San Francisco marathon. 27,000 people took off at 5 30 yesterday morning right along the embarcadero. Matt haines styles was the first male finish with a time of over two and a half hours. Tori tyler of oakland was the first woman to cross the finish line at 2 hours 15 minutes. San franciscos hills, as you can imagine, proved to be challenging. I kept trying to push up the hill and Gain Momentum going down the hill. I felt it on the legs by mile 20. By then you have to keep pushing forward. The hills are kind of fun in the sense that you really lose yourself a little bit because you are going up, you focus on the pain, and going down you try not to fall over. I love it. People from 87 countries took part in the 39th annual race. A bay area woman is inspiring others with her favorite activity of figure skating. She has been doing it for quite some time. She didnt start until she was 60 years old. She hasnt let anything keep her off the ice ever since. [ music playing ]. Reporter all you have to do is watch connie curry skate and you will feel her joy. Its such a deep, rich feeling. Its just a wonderful feeling. It feels so good when you have it right. Reporter she has been doing it for 17 years. Its busy out here. I need to catch my breathe. Reporter an achievement that is even more remarkable when you realize she didnt lace up her skates for the very first time until she was 60 years old. My 95yearold father was living with us, and i asked him if he had any regrets in life, and he told me his regrets. Then he said to me, what was my regret . And i went, you know what . I never learned to ice skate or wear one of those pretty dresses. I want to wear one of those pretty dresses. And he turned around and said, whats stopping you . Go out there and rent some skates and go tomorrow. Reporter she went, and she fell. Hard. It scared her. But she gave herself a little lecture. When you were a kid, you used to like to throw yourself in the snow. And i remembered that feeling and i got back up and went out on the ice and i have been loving it ever since. Reporter there was no point you said bucket list . Check it off the list . Do you just you kept on trucking . City. Reporter and at 77. Her list of things to do only seems to grow. After learning to skate, she tried freestyle, then seven years ago she started ice dancing. Three years ago she entered her First National competition. John just choreographed a program that i am going to compete in vancouver in an international competition. Its my first one. Reporter john dowding is her coach. Left, right, left, right. Reporter he is a threetime Canadian National champion. And in 1980, he competed in the olympics. I do it because of the passion. Connie is such an inspiration to me and all other skaters around that just makes you want to do it. Reporter and that passion is inspiring. Do you feel like you are an inspiration to people who watch it . I am starting to experience that. Reporter the reaction from others have been profound. To have the crowd respond the way they did, standing ovation. But because of the thrill that she brings, the enjoyment she brings to skating and shows that to everybody else, because you can tell when she is skating and performing she is loving it every minute. People say if she can do it, i can do it. Reporter did you think at any point, she is 70, maybe we wont be doing some of the things she wants do . She is going to out last me. She has so much energy. Yeah. Reporter she just you lift her. There is no fear . No. As long as she has confidence in me, i have confidence in her. Reporter have you always been so brave to try new things . Yes. What i know into my heart, when i am doing something i love, 90 of the time i feel safe and secure. Reporter it takes dedication. Predawn hours on the ice. Practice four days a week. Her husband will tell you connie tackles ice skating like she does life. She owns her own business and is even taking banjo lessons. She is practicing that day and night. [ laughter ] reporter which led me to my next question. What are you going do at 80 . I am going to be learning something new. Reporter anything you cant do . Yeah, be a perfect figure skater. I am going to try to get it right. Reporter you are on your way. Claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. Love it. I am impressed. Yeah. All right. This year driving skills for life introduced the global tour to help teach new drivers how to be good drivers and make good decisions while they drive. They use free handson ride and drive courses and classroom material. The course focuss on handling the car, recognizing hazards, speed, and space management. So far driving skills for life has reached 800,000 new drivers of all ages. By the end of this year, it will have reached 1 Million People in 35 countries. Now, one of the additions this year is called the drug driving suit. Right. This new suit helps teach people the dangerous effects of driving under the influence of illegal drugs. There is a graphic here. It comes with weights that go on your neck, your elbow, your wrist. Those weights restrict your movement. They also alter your sense of balance. You also pop on a pair of glasses that give you that blurred tunnel vision you would get if you were truly under the influence. Sound familiar, alex . Yes. A couple weeks ago ford brought us the drug suit to ktvu and they came by the station and had me try it on, as you can see from these photos. We took a little ride around the parking lot. I got behind the wheel after putting on this suit. It mimics the effects of what its like to be under the influence of drugs like cocaine or heroin or ecstasy. And it was quite an experience. I mean, first of all, i could barely i honestly could buckle my seat belt and get in the car, let alone trying to drive around the parking lot. We took a ride around the parking lot. I was very careful. Were you near my car . Which one is yours again . , no, no. We went slow through the parking lot. It was amazingly challenging. You have tunnel vision, so you cant see on your periphery. I had these weights. Making any movements with the Steering Wheel was difficult. Its hard to imagine someone going at freeway speeds in that kind of condition. And the difference here is that you are driving and you know you are impaired. Right. You were taking it easy. Sure. There is selfawareness of that. You are not the person leaving the party at 2 00 who says i can get home, this is not a problem. Your awareness changed what you were doing, along with the weights and the vision . Absolutely. Yeah. Exactly. Thats a good point. I put the suit on and i know in my mind that i am sort of under the influence, so to speak. But i am being much more cautious as im driving. Youre right. Someone who is actually under the influence or is high on drugs and behind the wheel, they are not going to have that same level of caution that i did when i was doing my spin around the parking lot. Very eyeopening. Very similar to what we have seen with the drunk driving. Right. With the texting and driving. We have had those stories on ktvu where you try to send a text and see how it impacts your time to react. Sure. We have put much more information about the ford driving skills course for you on ktvu. Com. Head over there. Click on web links at the top of our home page and you can learn a lot more. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, dozens of volunteers consider it a labor of love. Finding pets that are lost and getting them back to their families. Up next the unusual steps they sometimes have to take in order to get a happy ending. The business of making wine in the napa valley, we are live with Katherine Hall of hall wines on her new book about everything that goes into the bottle. Lifes sharing a meal. And a kitchen with room for everyone. Spend 4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15 back at the ikea kitchen event. Lifes sharing a meal. And a kitchen with room for everyone. Spend 4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15 back at the ikea kitchen event. Honey, is the internet back yet . Yes i need to let her know that i like this i like, like, like, like. I havent seen a movie based on a comic book in so long. I know. Were over here internet people get high Speed Internet from at t. With over 99 reliability. At an everyday price with no extra monthly fees. Keep calm, you internets on. Well, welcome back. In 2003, katherine and craig hall acquired the st. Helena winery, and they reopened it as hall st. Helena. And in 2005 they opened a second location in rutherford. Now they are coauthors of a new book. A perfect score. The art, sul, and business of a 21st century winery. They are hitting the road for a book tour. This morning we are joined live on the 9 by Katherine Hall. Thanks for joining us this morning. Thanks for having me. Tell me whats harder. Creating the perfect wine, or creating a book with your husband . [ laughter ] it was challenging to write a book together. We had a lot of fun. We do business together, so writing book is just a continuation of that. Was your goal to achieve this kind of success with your wines . You bet. You go into it with that goal . Absolutely. So i grew up in this business. My dad was a grower in mendocino. But always my goal was to make the best cabernet we could make. So we started off trying to find the best vineyards, get the best team, put it all together. It took us 20 years. Then guess got a perfect score. Now i have two. Maybe more to come. That is great. Even the winery itself, and we were talking about it, one of the most beautiful locations. The setting for it, it goes with this perfect score. Thank you so much. I mean that. So wine is about so much more than whats in the bottle. Its about the experience. Its about the memories that go into it. And so we really try hard to make our wineries, when people come visit us for hall and walt, which is our pinot noir brand in sonoma, we want to make it fun. The title of the book, a perfect score, have you two 100s. Thats great. Other people say i hate the facts that people are choosing a wine. Oh, this 96 must be better than this 89. Do you think we focus too much on that score . Well, only when my wines arent a perfect score [ laughter ] yeah. Actually, i think that you look at a lot of Different Things when you choose a wine. You look at the price. You look at the maker. I look at the label to see if its pretty. I mean, i am just being honest. Right. But if you dont really know much critics have very good pallets. They look at a lot of wines. They do it blind. So im guided by scores in many ways, too. What would you recommend to somebody thinking about getting into this business . What have you learned over the years . Oh, my gosh. Its a journey of love. I would recommend it to everybody. Thats a lot of what we talk about in the book. So this is a perfect score. The art business and soul of the wine business. And its a journey thats wonderful into this lifestyle as well as the business. This is a business that is a business, but its also art. Its about agriculture. Its about local politics. Whats the most challenging thing from a business standpoint . The flexibility. So you dont always get a perfect climate on a harvest. You dont always have good luck. You have to be very agile in the way you sort of make a wine every year. And then you just got to have a lot of luck and you got to have a fabulous team. Katherine, as we wind down, can someone who is not an expert really get something out of the book as well . Thank you for asking that. Absolutely. I mean, this book is, you can learn about wines. You can learn about how to taste wines. You learn about the people behind the wines and all of that. But absolutely. Wine is a lifelong journey. And the more you learn about it, the more you read about it, the more you enjoy it. I am hoping that a perfect score does that for the people who read our book. Do you ever long for the quiet days of napa valley when you started . That scene has changed in the time you have been doing it. It has so changed. Its still very peaceful. A lot of people who come to the napa valley try to hit five wineries in a day. Dont do that. You want to really enjoy the beauty of the valley and the beauty of the wines that you are trying. Thank you so much. What an inspiring story. A perfect score. We will be right back. Thank you. Thank you. Just into our newsroom, reports of smoke inside an inbound tunnel at barts civic center station . San francisco. We know the San Francisco Fire Department is on the scene. Bart is telling people to expect delays t could have a huge effect if it is a major problem. San francisco fire heading that way. Inbound means you are heading to millbrae or sfo as your final stop. The situation itself is at civic center. A very, very busy stop in the heart of San Francisco. We are sending one of our own crews working on getting more information and updates for you at noon, if not before. Well, the new miss teen u. S. A. Karlie hay will get to keep her crown despite controversy surrounding her use of racial slurs on twitter in the past. Some of her old tweets resurfaced shortly after she was crowned in las vegas. She apologized saying she was going through personal struggles. The Miss Universe organization said the language she used was unacceptable, but the organization is committed to supporting her growth. Two teenage boys are in custody. They are accused of going on a crime spree in vacaville. They were 14 and 16 years old. Police say they robbed several fast food restaurants and gas stations. They had knives and guns. All of the businesses are on the same street in vacaville. The armed robberies occurred during the past week. As far as vacaville, we havent seen this type of violent type takeover style robbery at this age. Now, no one was hurt during the armed robberies. The Police Arrested the two young suspects over the weekend after talking to several witnesses. A Central Valley Animal Rescue group says they will do Everything Possible to get lost pets back where they belong with the people they love them. That includes finding a way for an owner to coax a dog or cat out of hiding. Come on, pretty girl. Thats a recording of lulus owner. A long haul truck driver. She got out of the truck at a truck stop. He searched but couldnt find her and eventually had to leave for the rest of his route back to florida. Thats when lost and found pets 209 stepped in covering the area with flyers, talk to business owners. They searched for the missing dog. They used that recording of her masters voice. When i called him, what . What . I said we have her. She is safe. We did. Everything we could think of. We did things we hadnt thought of. We collectively came up with ideas. What didnt work, we tried something else. And then it did work. The volunteers put lulu on a flight home. Her owner says he was worried about her right up until she got off the plane. The group has been around for years. Its had more than 7200 happy reunions. The 49ers held their first full practice of Training Camp over the weekend. It is the first season under new head coach chip kelly. The story is going to be the battle for the starting quarterback position. Yesterday both of the quarterbacks, they shared first team snaps. I think first and foremost is just who can move the team the best. Thats what, you know, youre looking for. Which quarterback can handle what theyre doing and get the team in the end zone. The great part about it is i think we are confident in both those guys. The 49erss first preseason game is in two weeks against the houston texans. All right. After a post allstar break slump, the giants have won two games in a row. Matt cain started against the Washington Nationals yesterday. Pitched five no hit innings. It was just his third start since coming off the disabled list. Manager bruce bochy took him out after 93 pitches. Madison bumgarner came in to pinch hit in the bottom of the fifth. He hit a double off the wall in right center. Then Jeff Samardzija was brought in. He scored on an error on a hunter pence grounder to third. Watch this throw to first. It goes to new jersey. That gave the giants a 20 lead. They went on to win 31. By the way, it was matt cains 100th career victory. The as, they had been on a roll this second half of the season, but they just got swept by the cleveland indians. It was another rocky outing for sonny gray. He gave up eight hits and seven runs in just three and a third innings. By the fifth inning the indians were up 80. That wound up being the final score. Harry potter mania still alive and well as people rush to see the new play. Harry potter and the cursed child hit shelves in london midnight on sunday. It played in london after potter mania piqued. It was amazing. People will do whatever to get tickets to see the show. It is so good. Amazing. This book will be the last based on the boy 100sard. It comes nearly 20 years after her first harry potter book was released. Harry potter fan . Not a huge began. Whoa to be honest. I read the book. I can watch the movie. A good chunk of time to get through those books. This is true. 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