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karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> 4:51. yesterday afternoon, nice, warm. today, do we retreat? >> in a few areas, a few degrees. but maybe not noticeable until this weekend when the real cooling trend moves in. we have minor fluctuations in the next few days. a lot has to do with the cloud cover that you're seeing here. some days is thicker like today. some days is non-existent like yesterday. you can barely see the top of the bay bridge. i suspect there is drizzle along the coast also. talk about the temperatures stepping out. 48 in san rafael. 61 in antioch. everybody else in the mid-to-upper 50s. cloudy conditions around the monterey bay. inland to salinas. mid-to-upper 50s there. not as cloudy around gilroy, 51. the highlights, sunny this afternoon. near normal high temperatures. minimal changes through friday. and then more clouds and cooler weather as we slip in to the weekend. for today, here you go. one degree cooler in concord and san jose. same in oakland and san francisco. one to two degrees warmer than fremont and santa rosa. that's how negligi

karen travers has the latest. >> tampa police say the 17-year-old meticulously planned his attack for the first day of school next week. >> he also mentioned his desire to cause more casualties than were suffered at columbine. >> yesterday, he was arrested for plotting to set off bombs at the former high school. the target, 30 students and two assistant vice principals. but they prevented another school massacre. tuesday night, police got a lead to his apartment. >> they indeed found a manifesto written by jared that outlined minute-by-minute to include debt kating explosionive devices through the school. police say he acted alone. he was expelled in april and had not enrolled in classes last year. he has been arrested four times on charges from marijuana possession to carrying a concealed weapon. there are pictures of him with machete and a knife. freedom high school 2100 students are scheduled to start school as planned. >> the government investigates the company that just downgraded the u.s. credit. coming up, the allegation that has s&p under scrutiny. >>> pope benedict begins a f

karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> the turmoil on wall street cost the california public employees retirement system $18 billion. the value of calpers stock portfolio lost 7.6% since july 1 but made back some of the losses in yesterday's rebound. calpers is the nation's largest public pension fund. they see the stock market decline as a chance to hunt for stocks at bargain prices. >>> 4:35 now. the san jose city council voted to keep paying city employees indefinitely when they are called up at the military reservist. media partner, the "san jose mercury news" reports recent audit recommended a time cap on how long the city would subsidize a tour of duty for city reservists. they recommended restricting employee to five-year subsidized leave. yesterday, the city council voted unanimously to extend the military leave program indefinitely without any limit on how long soldiers can be away from their city jobs and still get the equivalent of the full city salaries. >>> the redwood city fire department is asking property owners to check the water, sprinkler and the pipe system every da