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This springtime scorcher and some record heat. For second day unseasonably warm weather descended on the bay area from the coast all away to the east bay. It has a been this hot in the east bay area in months. Bill martin is on our weather center. Bill what neighborhoods hit those record highs . Oakland did break a record High Temperature today, very warm. How warm wasnt, was, how hot was it . Check out San Francisco they hit 90 degrees today that is hotter than vegas at 82 and 87 degrees in phoenix. It is hotter in San Francisco, that does not happen very often. Theres a record in oakland today, there were a lot of high numbers but oakland set a record. Santa rosa had an issue with their sensing device, that shouldve been a record but the Weather Service is accounting it. Ninety in antioch, 95 in morgan hill. Heres where we are right now, you can tell its going to be another warm one tomorrow. This time of night we have temperature still in the mid and upper 80s. We are headed for mor
Calmer and 64 this evening. Inland, no fog, no clouds no worries, 59, and private and warm and 84 at 4 00, and over at cost it will be more sunshine and hazy and lowtomid 60s. Speaking of waiting on platforms we have 47 bart trains running on time, ace train is three minutes late and ace trains three and five are on time and other mass transit, no delays, and into San Francisco we have another stalled vehicle northbound 280, this sounds like it is the second of the morning, and as you are trying to make the drive you will find it. Across the bay, metering lights are turned on early. Here is a look from the golden gate bridge, the drive is moving along smoothly away from the waldo tunnel and as you head into San Francisco no delays, northbound, no problems. Thank you, we have breaking news, San Francisco police are still on scene of a serious accident in the Richmond District. A hand was pinned under a car at a gas station at 24th avenue around 3 30 this morning. Police took the driver
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Right now. Take a look at what happened in asia overnight, as well. A lot of these headlines hitting as japans market was opening there. That was the first sign that argentina was not going to be able to make its payments. As you can see right now, the nikkei closed down by about 25 points. The shanghai, though, was up by close to 1 . Among todays tests for the u. S. Markets, we have economic numbers, more earnings that will be hitting. At 8 30 eastern time, we will be getting the weekly jobless claims numbers. Polled economists were filed last week, up 21,000 from the week before. When it comes to earnings, Oil Giant Exxon mobil, Conco Philips are both reporting. Mastercard and kelloggs, those are among other names that well be expecting today. Right now, lets get over to michelle with a roundup of some of todays other stocks to watch. A number of companies posting results last night, becky. Revenues came in just shy of expectations and the company is cutting its full year forecast fo