just 21 and a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan... how the napa soldier is being remembered by friends and family. a young girl dies in a south bay apartment fire. how neighbors are reacting to the news of the tragedy in their midst. he wanted his life back....and it appears he may get it. what is expected to be announced tomorrow about b-p's embattled c- e-o. . he wanted his life back and what is expected to be announced by bp's embattled ceo. >> come on, man. >> and the eve of another workweek, why computers want to know about the transit surveys, the news starts right now. good evening. the taliban now claims it killed one of the two u.s.

sailors missing in afghanistan and kidnapped the other. a napa county soldier was laid to rest today after fighting in afghanistan. >> reporter: jim served four years in the army and 15 months in iraq before going to afghanistan. he was killed there 11 days ago at the age of 21. he died july 14th along with three fellow soldiers when an ied destroyed their vehicle. he went into the army and did service in iraq. >> he had everybody's back and he will definitely be missed. he was a great guy and we will always love him. >> reporter: 15 g.i.s have been killed in afghanistan just this past week. with at least 50 americans dead according to military times

online, meanwhile a hunt continues for two missing u.s. navy men. taliban claims one man is dead and they want to exchange his body for two insurgent prisoners. >> we focus on the return of these two individuals. >> reporter: the two servicemen were headed back to their base in kabul when they apparently ran into taliban fighters. they are searching for the navy men when they disappeared in kabul. >> it serves to remind the challenges we have and also the service and sacrifices that so many make. >> reporter: army specialist shay stanley is back home of a making the ultimate sacrifice. >> he did anything they told him to, he was just always willing to sacrifice for other people and he made sure the job

got done. >> reporter: as evidence of tough times ahead, documents printed in the new york times said, the taliban is stronger than at any time since 2001. they say the war is hand strung. they will not count this counterinsurgency as an out period. they are not contradicting anything that is known about the war but a lot of people say the administration has tried to be transparent and this information shows they were not. well an 8-year-old girl visiting has died in a san jose apartment fire. it broke out this morning on the 1600 block of hamilton avenue in willow grove.

the fire damaged 6 apartments. >> it is something that is hard to witness. >> reporter: but dozens who live in this apartment building witnessed a fire that killed an 8-year-old girl. >> i just started crying. >> reporter: the two had just moved in days ago, they woke to screams coming from an apartment across the pool. >> you can see an orange fire something you would see in a television show coming out the window. >> reporter: six minutes after 911 was called, they found most of the seven people staying in the apartment had made it out. one girl was trapped. she was in the back bedroom. the firemen pulled her out. >> reporter: that girl and other other people were taken to the hospital including one woman who appeared to have fainted in shock and there the little girl was pronounced dead, in a complex where most

people knew each other, the news hits hard. this man had just seen her. >> the little girls were going to some kind of an event and they all had little dresses on. >> reporter: on what turned out to be the 8-year-old's last day. six apartments are vac waited -- evacuated today and those who can get in are not sure they want to. >> it is hard to be here knowing that happened and knowing it happened across the way, i feel really bad for the family. >> reporter: at least one neighbor we spoke to criticized the fire department's response time and that could get worse, they are slated to close the end of this months. a seven-year-old oakland girl continues to recover after being bitten by a pit bull.

the dog lunged at her when she tried to pet the animal. the owner offered to let her pet the dog. she will have to undergo surgery and no word on whether charges will be filed. a teenager has drown swimming in a popular lake. robert mailed den that dough was swimming about 15 minutes. he was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. they were in gay relationships and were received back into theee advantage jell call -- advantage gel call lutheran church today. >> affirm and renew... >> they were among the first gay lutheran pastor to be added

to the clergy. they require gay clergy to be sell bait -- sell bait. >> i am happy to be recognized by the church. >> the congregation voted to keep him and others have worked in other ministries but not as pastors. the may be getting his life back after all. a senior official says tony hayward may be out of a job after all. here is how gulf residents are reacting to the news. >> reporter: the bp's ceo is expected to step down sometimes after monday's board meeting. a spokesperson says tony hayward remains ceo of bp. his replacement is said to be

bob dudley. he was considered in 2007 but lost out to tony hayward. he is american born. as news started circulating, the governor's point man for the spill reiterated his top priority is sealing the runaway well. >> my job is to focus on unity of effort and i will do that regardless of who is in charge of who i work with. >> reporter: but all talk inevitably turned to tony hayward. >> if it sinks it is your fault. >> reporter: he has come under sharp criticism for things he said about the spill. now that he is out of the picture, crews are trying to permanently seal the well. dozens of voters here in mississippi, fishermen expect to get the call any day now from bp to resolve the cleanup

work. >> anything we can get, we will take it. >> reporter: people who live along the gulf coast hope to get their lives back. they used a plug to stop the gushing oil which has been in place for the past ten days and starting tonight they will remove the temporary cap, clean out the tunnel and put in a mile of new lining. they have to work quickly to avoid anymore weather delays. >> that pipe in the relief well is the most important item we are working on. >> bp says the completion of the relief well now looks possible by mid-august. they will plan for more delays. the agency is accusing drivers of staging a sick out but it's not true. neither appears to be bulging

after talking to both sides. >> reporter: caught in the middle of this labor dispute, 250 transit ders, last week some buses were late, others did not he who up at all. one thing they agree on, the service is just horrible. it is a daily scramble, they say they have been dancing all week. driving one week and then in a middle after shift to change and relief other operators. >> i am not used to driving 172, getting off another 72 and picking up another 72. that is three different schedules on the same line. >> reporter: they blamed the problem on the contract dispute. >> they are facing their worst budget deficit in history $56

million. there is no money from the feds, there is no money from the state, property tax dollars are down. the only people who have not are the union and we need them to step up to the plate. >> reporter: but the drivers union says transit is the problem. >> transit pulls the contract and they are saying we are not going to negotiate with you and this is what you have to do. they do not have enough bus operators to work with. we are not on a something out, we are dark sick out, we are working to the best of our ability -- sick out, we are working to the best of our ability. >> i don't know what happened, but the bus went into the yard, continuing the run and the run is out until 9:30 tonight. >> reporter: drivers say what they are doing is chaotic an

unsafe. >> the union knows they are being dishonest when they say otherwise. the routes are the same, the service is the same and the drivers are participating in a sick out and the only thing it is hurting is the passengers. >> in the meantime, passengers are getting impatient. later this week the union is going to court in the hopes of forcing transit to rescind the contract after talks broke off but ac transit says if that happens a lot of weekend service could be eliminated and drivers could be laid off. >> all right, thank you so much. last minute negotiations have averted a strike by hollywood teamsters. they erected thousands of drivers. studios offered additional

incentives to keep them rolling. they offered a potentially crippling strike that would disrupt many across the state. people were out and panicked people inside. anger still boiling over, what residents of los angeles county want to do next to the leaders with their super sized salaries. and one of the bears former top leaders says the time has come. and the time has come for the heatwave but it doesn't look like we are headed that way, we have cooler temperatures on the way and we will have that forecast coming up. [ son ] i'm a good son. dependable. i call my mom every week.

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val in germany. panic came over the crowd when officers tried to prevent more people from entering. some people tried to escape up a medical stair -- metal staircase, the organizers say the event will not be held again. pope benedict xvi spoke about the tragedy in his weekly address and he asked everyone to remember the victims in their prayers. the l.a. town made national news when the super sized salaries were uncovered. they will uncover what they plan to do to those leaders tomorrow. >> reporter: residents marching on a mission today, visiting the homes and businesses of the mayor and three city council

members making $100,000 for that part-time job at city hall. >> it is outrageous. >> reporter: together she and her husband make 7 $5,000 a year and support a family of 6 on that. that is 2 $5,000 less than those part-timers at city hall. they joined the march, carrying scenes saying stop the fraud and two adults went to their homes. they urged the mayor and two city council members to resign. >> i want a job like that. >>reporter: it didn't appear any of the targeted council members were home. i knocked on doors who were accessible but neighbors say they left hours before they came here. a rally and march at city hall and tomorrow night, the showdown here. residents get to voice their

opinions at the city council meeting. residents will face them and talk more later. former san jose police chief is backing up the november ballot to legalize marijuana. he has now researched the institution for prop 19. he said legalizing pot could actually deter people from smoking it. >> if a young person is trying to get marijuana, they can get it easily because they are dealing with drug dealers, but if they try to something something that is regulated, they have to produce identification showing their age. >> reporter: he says marijuana

laws take valuable time away from more serious laws and turns people into criminals. a unique way to expose children to music. they held their 8th annual concert in the park. it includes a petting zoo where kids can have a hands-on experience with an instrument. this is a celebration of mexico's bicentennial. a graduate student returning his first marathon ever. 25-year-old keith becker posted two hours 23 minutes and 28 second and it was a new record for the race. marie carson won on the woman's side. 23,000 people took part in the 32nd annual event. they said keep running because it was chilly, right?

>> yes. that is where we are at tonight. moving on overhead into san francisco and into the bay, it is a little bit thicker out there tonight. we will likely see some drizzling along the shore. temperatures will be down to 53 degrees. 70s and 80 inland and only 50s and $60 out towards the coastline. 50s and 60s at this hour and high pressure is breaking down and guess what, this trough will camp out on the coastline and we have some cooler air coming our way. we are well below the average through the middle of the week. we'll see some sunshine and temperatures are running cooler all around the bay area. we'll see 60s and 70s and the far reaches will be through the

bay. temperatures will continue to drop below normal as we head to wednesday and thursday and we will warmup towards next weekend. leonardo decaprio dreaming of another hollywood blockbuster, turning garbage into gold, stay tuned. "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees.

the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you?

tries to knock leonardo dicaprio's movie out of the top t does she do it? . at the box office, angelina jolie tries to knock leonardo decaprio's movie out of the top spot, does she do it? close, but inception was the number one movie for the second week in a row. the thriller featuring leonardo decaprio is someone who sneaks into somebody's dream. angelina jolie's spy caper turned out $36 million and toy story rounds out the last five.

the price is $2.73 and the average price for a gallon of regular was $3.10 and baker has the lowest rate at $3.02 per gallon. they set sale from the san francisco bay. they sailed into the sidney harbor hoping to raise awareness about plastic weight. the boat made several stops -- several stops and it was towed to the country's maritime museum for a welcome ceremony. which baseball team is behind them, the giants go for the as, and they make some noise doing it, highlights are next. ♪

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back in may, curt suzuki had a serious win over boston in chicago. a bad pit stop opened the door for jamie mcmurray and goes for a second victory of the year. lance armstrong bid farewell in the tour defrance finishes in third place and wins the yellow jersey for the third time in four years. >> would you like to talk about your very cerebral game day tonight? >> it is deep. we have an "m" i.t. guy, yale guy, it will be a deep discussion on game day. >> all other athletes except for you? >> do you call poker playing a sport? >> i definitely think it is.

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