a chilling account of a narrow escape from the flames. test. force-mac. the wild fire that swept into a town in a chilling account of a narrow escape from the flames. a child was a bit in the face. witnesses tell us what happened. the police act that set off a stampede. pushed by gusty winds a fast-moving grass fire is damaged -- has damaged one home. the quick action of an off-duty firefighter saved one woman firefighters are not sure whether the fires were deliberately set or not. it could've been a lot worse. firefighters made quick work of the flames in the town of dixon. >>reporter: a grass fire or maybe four separate fires started in

a short period of time. when he they deliberately set or did one fire to spread? the fields burned quickly. firefighters focused on protecting property. this caravan of firefighters headed to the substation. it was not damaged but the heavy winds had residents worry. >> the wind is changeable. we had a crazy wind blowing today. >>reporter: a pickup truck and a car and a motorcycle burned. one major complaint that some property owners don't keep their fields cut load as required. >> there supposed to be least 30 feet of bare ground. most of the people out here don't do it. >>reporter: an off-duty firefighter driving to the area saw the smoke and ended up making a rescue. >> i couldn't get out. >>reporter: this is the house that is now heavily damaged.

at this driveway it was fully engulfed with black smoke. >> i parked my car and walked up to it i heard screaming. i took off and ran up the driveway into the younger lady was out and the older lady was indoors. she wouldn't come out because of the dog and i picked her up and pulled her out. >>reporter: they worked quickly and without air tankers. with the light [ indiscernible ] that we have we could have a big fire. the correlated attack and we were able to quickly knock it down. >> a few fire crews remained on the scene. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. door-to-door in warning that

cities could close five fire stations. the union rallied at when it threatens stations. they say closing the fire houses would mean an increased risk for public safety. the union says it offered concessions that are identical that the police officers offered and the city approved. that proposal would save the city 54 jobs. they're hoping that a $2000 award would help lead to an arrest. it was started late on july 7. the jungle gym was destroyed. witnesses say they saw juveniles in the area just before the fire. how they are patrolling that city and they need changes. >>reporter: the problem are

fewer offers his and more dangerous confrontations. today there were only six officers on duty in the city of alejo. there is a population of almost 117,000. so starting today the police officers are doubling up, two officers in every patrol car. there has been an increase in armed robberies here and one officer isn't always safe when responding on his or her own. >> we cannot protect its citizens if the officers are not safe. >> the streets are dangerous now. you don't want to be out there by yourself. >>reporter: with only a few cars patrolling the city, some people are worried that no one is safe. >> we need the policeman just in case something goes wrong. you need somebody to protect you. >>reporter: the police have been trying this out often on for the past couple of months and save their response time for calls has become longer but they are doing their best. >> our job is to protect the

community. if people think they can get away with crime because there's fewer of us, that is a chance they shouldn't take. >> there is nothing for people to do. there's nothing for the use for the kids to do. and losing officers is a bad thing. >>reporter: earlier this month the department announced it was suspending its canine and swat units for 90 days to balance the budget. that takes effect later on this month. they say a known gang member died after being shot up to 15 times. 24-year-old terry dawson was shot early this morning while he was in a car. he drove about three blocks before he crashed and he later died at a hospital. police beefed the murder is being related. so far no arrests. (are looking for gunman who opened fire at a party last

night. two people were shot inside an apartment on 83rd avenue. a 13 no boy was shot in the abdomen and is critically injured. a 12 or 13 no girl was shot in the-foot. police do not have a clear description of the shooter and they are still investigating a motive. another pit bull attacked and this one was in oakland. this attack happened on 82nd street. a neighbor who does not want to be identified said the pit bull that a 7-year-old girl in the face after the owner asked if she wanted to pet the dog. >> he is holding the dog on the caller and all of a sudden the dog lunged at him and it in the mouth. >> they say that the little girl was taken to the hospital. animal control took the dog

away. a gruesome find a link to the drug wars in northern mexico. investigators have discovered 51 corpses in a series of tips that may be a dumping site for victims of the violence games. the site was discovered near a trash dump. monterey has been the scene for many drug wars. nearly 25,000 people have been killed. an intense search is underway for two men in the us navy. they disappeared friday. c-charlie daggett shows us the area where it happened. >>reporter: this is a low card. this is where two us sailors have disappeared from the massive air and ground search is underway to find them. taliban representatives told cbs

news they have been taken to a secure location. us military confirmed that two navy service members left their base and disappeared into province. local afghan chief tried to stop the sailors vehicle but we kept going they opened fire and the troops shots back. the only us soldier to be believed held is boat from idaho. he disappeared into thousand nine and has only reappeared on video. while they search for the serviceman, others come under attack. although troops survived this raw -- roadside bomb attack with minor injuries, the military said five soldiers have been killed in separate bomb attacks on saturday. last month was the deadliest since the war began. now american troops can only hope that the two missing colleagues can be found alive.

open a player took time out to honor veterans of the war in afghanistan and iraq. players posed for photos and signed autographs. one war vet who lost both of his legs in an explosion got a very special honor, when he says -- and he says he will remember it for the rest of his life. >> we are going to watch the a's game. the oakland a's are my favorite team. >> he was also given a personalized team jersey. the death toll has risen to 18. they say that 80 people were injured in the chaotic scene. richard reports on the mayhem.

>>reporter: despite the tragedy, the music never stopped. in late afternoon with a deadly crash in the crowd at the edge of the festival, authorities fear announcing emergency might make it worse. the music fans were caught under a highway overpass in a bare concrete tunnel. it was both engines and exit. when something set off a panic. one account that it was a loudspeaker warning there was no more space and telling people to turn around and leave. but they couldn't. they were trapped in what quickly became a fatal suffocating jam. some tried to climb their way out. >> it was a blockade says this man, a frenzy. by luck we were pushed out of print but many who failed were trampled and help could not get them into the crowd thinned. with emergency workers attending the injured, police simply set it had been chaotic.

>>reporter: the love parade is a one-day festival and it has been held in germany for two decades. this was its first year at an old railroad yard. struggling -- the city was struggling to cope with the crowd three times its size. >> a new gold rush and a new law has set off a gold dredging spree in oregon. a downstream disaster and this is that hundreds of people running for higher ground. there's a lot of sunshine and most places today. here comes that frog again and cooler temperatures are on ,,,,,,,,

suction dredges for environmental reasons last year -- gold miners set their sights on s --and set in the way. there seems to be no cure for gold fever. gold miners set their sights on southern oregon and set in

motion a gold rush. 1200 permits have been issued. that is up 30 percent there has been a 6 percent increase in permits taken up by californians. along with california's new law and the high price of gold and a bad economy it has more and more people interested in gold flecks. are they getting rich quacks some say yes and some say they are having fun. work is continuing to work on the gulf of mexico. tropical storm bonnie only caught a minor delay. kelly reports that the cap installed over the wellhead continues to hold. >>reporter: 1 by 1 the unmanned submarine toward lowered back down to the ocean floor. the storm never got bad enough to force all of the ships to be paid to state in place and check the pressure readings throughout the night. the well is still in good shape and for now they can get back to work. >> we will play a cat and mouse game for the remainder of the

hurricane season. >>reporter: the forecast looks good enough and bp can try its luck with the static kill within days. when the ships used to burn oil would instill pump heavy mud down through a series of pipes and into the well. it will be followed by concrete to form a plug inside the wealth pie. if it works, bp would still go ahead with the relief well and drilling into the cases at an angle and then pumping mud and concrete to fill the space between the casing ended the actual welp i. the well would be permanently sealed. >> the process could begin tuesday. that's the day the bp meet with investors. even before the storm threatened, grant i was or is starting to take down some of its defenses like this boom would choose to stretch the entire 7 miles of this beach. they haven't a single large amounts of oil wash ashore here in more than three weeks. still oil is just 5 miles from

louisiana's coast with larger slicks farther out. across the gulf region cleanup crews are now out of place and trust in bp is so low in some places, local politicians to solve the storm evacuation as a ploy to lead for good. >> i have called law enforcement and the sheriff and i said i am ready to mobilize our flotilla and we will stop them. >>reporter: bp says the company will stay put until the gulf is restored. that concert was to raise money for a marketing campaign to bring tourism back to this area. there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. >> a warning signs are sounding

in iowa after a dam breaks but a 300-foot section of the dam opened up this afternoon. it sent a catastrophic flood of water downstream. fortunately everyone downriver was ordered to evacuate before the dam broke the it happened after a night of extremely heavy rain. meteorologist will join us with some cool weather. >> things will be a bit cool. there was a lot of sunshine and some fog is starting to creep in the day. so tomorrow will still see some pretty warm to hot spots. they're becoming more isolated and we could still see some '90s. also inside the day we will see some 80s in oakland. the 50s and 60s out towards

the coast line. low clouds and fog in the conceits moving in the right now. not only tomorrow but also the next few days could we will watch that deep in an attempt will be coming down. right now it's 68. as we take it to the night tonight low cloud and blog should reach everyone. we're going to see that summer sunshine but it will take some time getting here. were starting out with fog in the morning. pretty good search of clouds overnight. it looks like a pretty thick and it will burn off slowly. temperatures will be down a few more degrees the numbers are expected to be like this. as you head inside the day you with the 60s and 70s. moving well up into the 80s

into places like antioch in brentwood. the next couple of days that temperatures will be coming down. i guess that's acceptable. thank you. runners getting ready for tomorrow's san francisco marathon were loading up on carbs. the prerace pasta feed was at one marketplace offer. the race begins 5:30 a.m. there will be street closures in some areas through the afternoon. evening is wilbur and there is a push to save him from the slaughterhouse. the case of the homeless hawk

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combat the european grapevine mosque at the mouth was discovered in napa county last year but repression of vineyards are treating their vines for months and are not included in the request. the debut of a weekly farmers market could signal a new direction for the troubled facility. it's bringing fresh, nutritious food to an area that has little access to it. it has recently taken heat for array were two people died from drug overdoses but the officials say they want to serve the local community. >> this is a good example of what is happening at the cow palace. we are very dedicated to doing a better job connecting with our community and the people that we serve. >> chophouse manager says they are working with the developer to bring in a supermarket and other businesses that will bring in money to improve the facility.

>> it's a real-life version of struts web. an abandoned take what the community to come to the rescue. what does it take to save wilbur? >> i've never seen anything close to this. >> he was running straight and he was causing damage to someone's property. we saw a large hawk and he's been with us ever since. >> normally this story is a sad ending. pigs are often sold at auction or sent to slaughter that everyone knew that wilbur was something special and not just because of this size. >> it was love at first sight. i fell in love with this guy. >> she had is the connection with their nearly half ton take and she knew the kids that visit her richwood also. they'd normally only taken rescue horses, she had to stay this pig. >> is very clean and he loves

to be scratched and he is a mighty fine cake. they don't have the resources and that's where you step in. they studied money for this page and to -- build him a home. we want to do one that he will be happy with and he will be able to have a good life. >> and with community support it certainly is in the cards for the supersized pay. >> in sacramento this is wilbur. this one was kind of cute. >> and everyone thinks of

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straight start tonight... christian, start t in arizona. the heist picture on the giants right now is madison bumgardner. it was a scary scene in the fourth. he shoots a file into the giants dugout and he can't get out of the way integrity he lisa dugout on a stretcher. he is conscious but will spend the night in an arizona hospital. as for the game, one blows it open in the seventh with his first grand slam of the season.

the giants win 10-4. the a's got back to 500 after pounding out 13 hits and beating the white sox 10-2. he homers twice and then he picks up his sixth win. before they gained eight put being sheets on the disabled list. he missed all of last season after having surgery on that same double. carl peterson came up one touched short. he shoots a 60 to move into second place. alberto all but clinched his third tour de france. that should be emotional ride for lance armstrong. he is like 23 minutes behind. bill should be emotional for him. >> that is that for us. we'll be back at 11:00. also the news is always on c

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