>> new fallout over the refinery fire in richmond. the repair that might have prevented the disaster. >> more pain at the pump. the other factors driving the rising gas prices. >> he will divide and distract this country to win an election by default and we will not fall for that. >> is being called a game changer on the campaign trail. the new face on the gop ticket and hallam mitt romney kept the big announcement out of the headlines. >> we have a lot to talk about

in the next hour. we will continue with the conversation about paul ryan. he will give us his input >> also talking pension reform, this will be a big subjects in sacramento over the next few weeks. one of the guys over a major plan to overhaul the whole system, we will have our conversation with him coming up >> a fire affected an entire community >> recent maintenance work is coming under scrutiny at the chevron refinery in richmond. that fire sent hundreds of people to the hospital and now the department investigating it says corrosion might have been a factor. after an inspection last year a pipe very close to the one that ended up faltering that day had been replaced but the one that failed on monday was not >> we want to understand very carefully what that decision making process was. the 12 in. pipe was corroded

and that begs the question if there was more corrosion >> more than one dozen refinery workers were exposed to toxic vapors and could have easily been killed when hit ignited. the full investigation is likely to take months. some people are pointing the finger at chevron and others for a sudden rise in gas prices. bay area prices have topped $4 per gallon in the last week. there are only a small number of companies refining oil in california but one woman has written extensively about the industry the reality is that we have not seen any change in the actual supply of gasoline hit gasoline stations. we had a fine amount of stock when the incident happened in there was no reason for the very same day for gasoline prices to go shooting up. >> she says it is only one of several factors including the

rising cost of crude oil. we made easy for you to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood. click on the pump patrol to get the bay area best prices. >> the latest poll for the national democratic party is earning the support of the under voting democrats generation. it says doing so will attract young people to the party and it also calls for a repeal of a federal law that recognizes marriage between a man and woman. mitt romney selection of paul ryan to be his running mate might reshape the presidential race. it will likely bring debates on a number of issues. >> ryan stepped off the retired battleship uss wisconsin and on to the national stage, energizing the conservative base and injecting substantive

issues into the campaign >> there are a lot of people in the other party who might disagree with paul ryan but i don't know anyone who doesn't respect his character or judgment >> as chairman of the house budget committee the seventh turn from wisconsin has handled fiscal responsibility. cutting trillions of dollars of recessionary spending and reforming the tax code. as he put it in his first speech, >> we are on an unsustainable path that is robbing america of our freedom in security. it doesn't have to be this way. >> beyond energizing the base which has been lukewarm to mitt romney, he can also help pick up support in key swing states including wisconsin. the president one wisconsin by 14 points in 2008. recent polls show a decline in his support. he now leads by six points in wisconsin. all ryan and mitt romney spent

the rest of the day in virginia. >> he will divide and distract the country to win an election by default and we will not fall for that. >> for all the enthusiasm on the right, the morning was not perfect. he had a little trouble introducing his running mate >> join me in welcoming the next president of united states, paul ryan. >> it was the same mistake that then senator barack obama made four years ago when introducing joe biden >> the next president, the next vice-president >> this morning mitt romney did not realize the gaf right away and went back to the podium to clarify. >> every now and then i'm known to make a mistake. i did not make a mistake with him but i can tell you that he will be the next vice president of united states. >> we found out a little more about how mitt romney came to make the decision. he called brian 10 days ago and

told him that day but on august 15th learned that he would be the nominee and the rest of us found out on saturday. >> congressman ryan went through considerable lengths to keep his election secret >> point was to keep the decision out of the media. ryan slip through airports in casual clothing, a baseball cap and sunglasses. last friday out of his home he walked through the woods behind his house to avoid a reporter >> two people died in a free car crash on highway 680 in san ramon near the crow canyon off ramp. one car started leaking gas and another caught on fire. that accident shut down traffic for five hours this morning >> the glenn parked bart station

is to reopen after a train hit a man yesterday. he suffered life-threatening head injuries. there were closures in both directions for a couple of hours. a passenger snapped this photo has passengers waited for normal service to resume. you can see long line of people waiting for transportation there. the collision is the second such incident on bart tracks in 24 hours. another man at the lake merritt station in oakland was hit and survived the collision. he was taken to hospital for treatment >> latest word on oakland's troubled police radio system is that frequent interference. the radios have failed frequently. the bay area news group reports the fcc has opened in enforcement investigation

literally agency about the interference. >> coming up, the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates. >> and wild fire forces hundreds out of their homes. a careless act that may have started the flames. >> a new call to war as a bay area politicians use a legal loophole >> we have another nice day under way for the bay area with fog along the shoreline but the heat is on. we will catch a break.

>> firefighters have contained 20 percent of a brush fire northeast of fresno that was started by a cigarette tossed along the highway. the flames spread across 150 a., 200 homes were evacuated and traffic was closed on for lands of the highway as a precaution. it will be another hot day for the weather in the bay area >> the big question is how long

will it last? it looks like we will have hot temperatures for a few more days. sunshine around most of the bay area, it is a little bit foggy along the coast. it is now 60 degrees in concord, 64 in livermore. 50 in santa rosa, but the temperatures will be warming. >> a good sunday morning after a very hot saturday. numbers reach more than 100, 110 at the pinnacles which is 25 mi. south of hollister. plenty warm in the bay area with 104 in livermore. another day of warm weather as the high pressure continues. we will be seen temperatures drop down a degree or two by monday and tuesday but out the door, it is cloudy along the shoreline, partly cloudy skies around the bay. some fog and low clouds will be

pouring through the gate and over into the east bay. last night at the walled o'grady was effectively raining. there was so much fog that it was raining. only about 300 yds but was actually coming down and the visibility was down to about 200 yds. futurecast shows the fog and low clouds will pull back to the shoreline leaving england under warm temperatures again, not quite as warm as yesterday. the bay area will be in the low 80s and inland will be near 100 degrees again today. the overnight low tonight will be 56 with westerlies about 25- 30 mi. per hour. new york city has partly cloudy skies.

the time lapse of the eastern pacific shows we have low clouds along the shore and at the shoreline there will be a big difference, a 20 degree spread between pacifica and san jose. 85 in milpitas and 82 in hayward. brentwood, near 105 today. excessive heat warnings posted for the san lockean valley because there are temperatures expected between 103-111 in the big valley. he ate in sonoma, 63 at bodega bay. downtown san francisco in the mid-60s. the warmest greetings fall down into the 90s by wednesday. usual fog and low clouds and by next weekend, it inland will not manage better than the mid-80s. have a great sunday. >> in today's coverage, the gop

ticket is now said. >> cbs five political analysts show is joining us with more on how the spokespeople for both campaigns see this picture of paul ryan. >> the spinning is happening fast and hard this morning. on face the nation a few minutes ago we had representatives from both campaigns and a big surprise, they are both looking at this from their own self interest. the mitt romney people see this as a bold choice >> that is funny >> that is the word they're using because they say rahm not only wants to go after job creation but is committing himself to fiscal reform and that he will be the real change can it. the democrats not surprisingly are looking at congressman's publications that he has, the

book that he wrote about the path to prosperity which is about reforming entitlement programs and tax codes and there is lots of meat for them to pick at in terms of criticism and they have definitely focused on medicare reform and the tax changes that will favor the wealthy. this will be a class warfare kind of election and ryan actually plays into the democratic narrative. the end result is that they both cannot be right and it remains to be seen whether or not ryans choice will help governor romney it or not >> congressman ryan has a record himself on the chair of the house budget committee, he is behind some controversial proposals, how is his record on the committee going to play? >> i think he actually has a good record as far as that is concerned and on a personal level he has had a bit of a duel going with the president for the last year or two. he spoke forcefully against him

in some of those meetings saying to his face that your reforms cannot do much. $40 billion per year is not much when we have trillions of dollars of deficit. what you have done is for show but doesn't make effective changes. obama gave it back to him on a personal level when he invited ryan and others and gave a speech but was very critical of rhine's proposals to his face and i would not save his personal but is kind of personal so romney is getting someone who's not afraid to be confrontational with the president on a national stage and i think he gets kudos for that in the republican party. at the end of the day allot of rhine's proposals are about big changes and asking questions that need to be asked. medicare needs reform, we need to look at social security but at the end of the day these things still threaten benefits that people to vote today received >> is a huge voting block when

you talk about people concerned about medicare. is that the wise political move for him to be trying to reform that system? that is the question >> you need to ask those questions, and democrats do as well but one of the things i think republicans miss the point on is that it is not easy to change these kinds of programs and still maintain political power. seniors are a very powerful political group. the american association of retired persons is an enormous lobby and seniors are as diverse as any other group but on issues that affect seniors, but they vote in lockstep and they give money to campaigns and their turnout numbers are huge and they study the issues. you go against that group at your own peril in this country. many of the proposals that ryan is putting out will threaten seniors. democrats will lead on that and

definitely fan the flames. it will be difficult for romney to do that unless he starts making concessions in saying he is really not a fan of that part of ryan's plan and the man he does that, obama will say now you know what is like for me. the problem for the wrong people is they are promising change will happen now but the kinds of changes they are going after will take decades to achieve. >> thanks for that and we will continue to watch this. >> before the sikh temple shooting there was the colorado movie massacre >> how that could mean big changes for hundreds of thousands of gun owners. a very controversial proposal, we will talk about it next.

>> the feds are inviting competition from school districts for millions of dollars of education grants as part of the education department's race to the top program. to qualify districts must show how they will use it. districts have until the end of october to apply. >> hundreds of california, thousands of california gun owners could be forced to

register their guns or even modify them. a lawmaker first took action after a cbs five reports that we aired in may but as allen martin reports he upped the ante this week. >> the gunman in the colorado movie massacre fired off most of his shots with an ar-15 semiautomatic rifle equipped with a 100 round magazine purchased legally had a gunshot. here in thrall for india state assault weapons was limit you to make 10 round magazine with some exceptions but you can own and ar-15. is a military style weapon with all the features that california law bans. you can buy it legally as long as it has a bullet button that allows you to quickly detach a magazine even though under california law detachable magazines in combination with other features are illegal. under california regulations

written to enforce the law, the bullet button makes the magazine fixed and therefore illegal because you need the tip of a bullet to detach it >> that assault weapon is in part of the band >> senator leland yee introduced a bill that banned conversion kits and devices to make the button easier to use such as this magnet. these days you do not need a do-it-yourself kit. all the major gun manufacturers make them with bullet buttons built in so the senator is amending his bill >> with the new thing there is a lot of support out >> in the new language the definition of an illegal detachable magazine now includes one >> the change would be that a bullet button weapon is in fact part of the band and therefore

you cannot in fact possess that particular kind of weapon unless you make certain modifications so that the dangers features are not part of it >> it also called on the attorney-general to amend the state's regulations and bring them back into conformity with the law. >> everybody sense that there was a wink wink going on and that the bullet button was in fact ok >> after three months of no common the attorney general now says, i applaud the legislature's interest in expressing this problem and support efforts to pass legislation to reform the laws of original intent. it is a call to war for california's gun rights lobby. >> these are real problems >> gene hoffman is president of the cal guns group >> the people who bought these could now be felons and that is a real issue >> because if the bill becomes

law gun owners would need to register and modify their rifles. beginning next july gun stores in california would no longer be able to sell them >> it would take very serious reconfiguration or maybe destruction of a firearm to comply >> senator reese says he is ready for battle >> i think in the capital, people now realize that we need to do something about these assault weapons and if there is a widely kids in this ban we need to plug the hole >> several lawmakers have already signed on as co-authors including senate president pro tem care of steinberg but leland yee says support so far has not been bipartisan. >> coming up, we will take another look at the pension

reform debate in sacramento. it will really be heating up over the next several weeks. >> a congressman from wisconsin now on the republican presidential ticket. how the race for the white house could be affected >> remembering the victims of the movie theater shooting in colorado. the act of kindness that is helping others feel, we will be right back.

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some say chevron should've seen it coming a former employee sounds of this federal of this year's focus on what may cause the refinery fire. a gas price spike in the bay area the role the refinery fire is planning at the rising prices of the pump. mitt romney makes a big move announcing his v.p. running mate the wisconsin lawmaker making waves ahead of the presidential elections welcome back. good morning. we have a lot to talk about the next half-hour pension reform will be a huge subject in sacramento the next several weeks with bold proposals and talking to one of the man behind it. were talking little leaguers from petaluma added to the little league world series

and pennsylvania taking a look at that coming up. a local blocker makes it big but first more in the refinery fire from last monday. workers for seconds from being killed and the pipe safety is being considered. the fine but it's it shut let and the cause of the is and what causes people filing claims learning that recently its work is the coming under scrutiny. we think this incident really highlights some of the performing maintenance on a running operating unit like this one. greta the finer at the refinery in richmond on monday sent hundreds of people to the hospital and to file claims against the company. this book came over my house and i had to be rushed to hospital because i was panicking. more long lines of the help center and more anchor torch run. and now the federal department investigating the fire said corrosion could be a

factor in it after a refinery inspection last year and a nearby pipeline was replaced the the one that failed last monday tripping flammable liquid was not. from when i understand is that decision making process was the 12 in. pipeline was corroded so was there a question was the corrosion on this one. this and worked at the plant to the '70s greta they're just making money to use our resources to do they want to do with that and not taking care of me a sense of the place. could also say more than a dozen refiner workers were exposed to toxic vapors could easily been killed and nick knighted a guy with seconds to spare. we agreed to serious incident that warrants a thorough investigation and we are cooperating with regulatory agencies committed to a better understanding the incident. the investigation will take months the mistrust of the

country company could last much longer than that. why wait till it gets worse and do something about it now. bay area residents such as complain about the health impacts of the fire also sticker shock at the gas stations with prices dropping $4 a gallon on average last week a jump of the quarter and just seven days. some say companies are using the fire as an excuse to hike the prices and chevron blames in part to the rising cost of crude oil. who made it easy for you to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood at cbs san francisco dot com the best bay area prices. a u.s. navy ship collided with an oil tanker earlier today in the persian gulf accident left a hole in the side of the uss porter but nobody was hurt either boat. the collision with the oil tanker happened at 1:00 a.m. local time and causes under investigation. volunteers and color broken up with the way to get people back to the movies after the deadly

shooting rampage they've been raising money to donate tickets to strangers to mike otherwise stay away. thousands of dollars collected and set a mark commercial return for some. my oldest daughter had a friend there was shot three times the back of my youngest daughter at the last minute made the decision to go to different theater. receiving the tickets they've been humbled by what they call an act of pure kindness also cited the first lady met with some of the victims and medical staff that treated them. of the republican ticket is set for november with only the formality of the nomination to go. mitt romney elected the wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his running mate he's in a seventh term in the house backed it out bunton virginia the republicans took the hint campaign trail and immediately attacked the president's economic policies.

now we're witnessing a nation in debt further and ducked and deeper in despair and now we have a country or after the recession this so-called recovery is the worst racing and 70 years. mitt romney and ryan made several campaign stops in virginia and north carolina, the day. after a monthlong recess the state legislature is back in session this week. greta they have very big issue to resolve and billions of taxpayer dollars at stake. how the legislature plans to reform pensions. we have a number of priorities but first on the list is the pension reform we talked a lot about it but let's get it done. the senate president promises a plan that he would only can tell the legislature will manage a ton public employee pension plan. a big the next week or two you will see billions of dollars

of the course of the next 30 years are reducing formulas for new orders and changing some of the rules that have allowed for some abuse and that the same time to make sure that we don't take everybody down to the bottom here. seen it democrats ran an impasse with governor brown in july that the latest decision to sutter said it's not true in fact he says that are very close to an agreement. what happened in the middle of july is that we just needed more time to work to the details we really were not far apart from the governor in my view. he and the eldest pension reform plan nearly 10 months ago and wants to increase the retirement age for new state employees to 67 and have everyone contribute 50 percent of the cost of their pension and put a cap on the retirement benefits these types of plants of have some unions on edge.

it does make me nervous we haven't seen the language. they worry that the pension reform will not translate to accommodate all the different types of public employees. formulas are different from firefighters and the police officers and other different formula for the teachers collective bargaining is the law of the land in the way we reformed pensions in the past. ballots in the budget and the pension promises to state workers taking a look at the pension reform debate with the assemblies assistant majority leader with a conversation with alan next. exciting time for students and storms seen a family spending as much as they used to for back-to-school shopping. a blockers' dream come true a trend of my transformed into a book deal. started out with the usual fog and low cloud cover along the shoreline but then another warm day again today but were

looking for a break in the bay area when and how much when we cover the forecast coming up.

as we said before the pension reform will be a big deal for sacramento lawmakers this week. the assembly member does a earlier serving as the assembly's assistant asking us to tell us how close the assembly is to agreement. been working in the conference committee and pensions for six months since the governor is come out with his 12th point plan putting the final touches on a right now in negotiations with the governor's office and the committee to get it right before it goes to the floor of the assembly and the senate. a lot of people a weary with the debate because with been talking about for years and there's just no action are we to believe there's going to be action this time round will try to convince people that we are going to do something and i think people be very surprised and gratified by the work we've done them very optimistic right now we're down to the details is the potential that everything will fall apart at

the very end this a very controversial issue always the potential that things could come apart the the republicans very early on said they supported the governor's plan we feel there's a strong chance that they will recognize that it's actually putting into place with the governor suggested we do expect some support. also talk of this being a political father in the cap of people trying to push the plan something we read the to see before widespread support the tax initiative in november. i think it should look at it as part of the effort to say to the states in the residence ever in our house in order me ask for new tax revenue people what to say and look at this and senate were doing what we need to really be stable and unstable economy suffered talking about for the economy and for education people what to see that essentially what we're doing scanning rican and saving

money long term and having sustainability going forward the works for everyone. we already have pension reform moves in san jose few months ago episcopate the plan that we would see statewide to outpace other locally. and think what you see is it's much more comprehensive plan including state county city and special districts so it's much work on a comprehensive agreement greater amounts of public employees and it and it would be in my estimation much more comprehensive talking about tens of billions of dollars saved in the next couple of decades. there has been a lot of fear of how we're going to milt with a and the other cities but rather than trying to do it county by county this would be state wide. with the legislatures of us only three former weeks away the key issues that great that you're focusing on

i think some of the final key issues are trying to figure out the proper approach for the age of when people will be retiring with special needs of public safety versus others in the whole idea right now there's two things we are debating as to whether we have a hybrid plan shift the risk of higher paid workers to a defined contribution plan as opposed to a defined benefit of the risk is shifted off the taxpayers to the folks higher paid workers or whether we have a cap to say it cannot earn over a certain amount and pension so that we don't have what we call the cadillac pensions that was the assembly member alan on this committee in sacramento with six members to legislators to democrats and one republican from each house the six of them trying to get to the finish line in the next three or four weeks to get something else

down. but obviously it's hard and have a split like that. we will follow it for you and the next several weeks. a sweltering day across much of the bay area this week and expect more hot temperatures later on today with a live look up side with the sun shining some areas along the coast are still foggy this morning that should clear up the temperatures in the mid '50s and upper 60s and some areas. it will get into the '90s years the forecast. greatcoat a good sunday morning and am very hot saturday with members richmond when it degrees up to 110 at the pinnacles of 25 mi. south of hollister smoking down there plenty of warm in the bay area with one of four and the more than another day of warm weather as the high pressure continues to the west coast.

we will see the temperatures dropped down a degree or two by monday and tuesday but out the door what it is cutting along the shoreline to look for part of the cloudy skies in the bay area mild in the morning but sunshine sending data inland. last night it was effectively raining with some much fog the moisture squeezed out by the trees that it was raining on one a one for 300 yds but it was actually coming down and the visibility is down to 200 tourists and the colgate bridge and future cash to pull back to the shoreline later today leaving the inland under warm temperatures again not quite as long as yesterday that they will be up they're along the coast mostly cloudy and chile in the bay area and the low 80s and inland near when degrees again today.

if your hitting out on monday expect cloud cover lax sunshine with the rain for chicago and new york city is partly cloudy skies. we have just got some low, cover along the shore and the pinpoint the the shoreline a big difference between that and in the and 20 degree spread between pacifica and san jose. near 105 today in print but excessive heat warnings posted to the san joaquin valley because they're expecting temperatures between 103 and 111 today. for us not so bad 80 degrees and cinnamon 63 at the stake they and downtown santa does commit '60s and as you look ahead the warmest greetings fall back down

to the low 90s by wednesday the they remained in the 80s in the of the usual fog and low cloud cover in by next week and inland will not manage better than the mid '80s. have a great sunday. there is a safe bet that there's a blog about any topic the only a very elite few become the topic of water cooler conversations. sitting down with the mill valley woman who turned to blog about her favorite things into a cult sensation and now a best- selling book. life may be a ball of cherries but for emily its cupcakes and kashmir. it was definitely a hobby something and never thought would turn into anything. the 29 year-old five years ago was working a typical 95 i was working at my day job crunching numbers and doing things that wasn't passionate about greater she started writing and taking pictures of things she loves like food and fashion.

started writing every day and stuck with it. what began from her first riverscape quickly became more than just a hobby. are a spotted the first time of the market and a girl came up and said high that was a moment when i realize things are picking up. quitter with over 100,000 viewers a day and over 1 million new visitors a month and several industry awards she has turned logging into a bonafide career. rippon not content that hopefully it and spires of time trying to put something out that people feel like they want to go dress a certain way or spend more time in the kitchen could this year is gone from the web pages to a hardcover book. fl ♪ give me more credibility down the line these days to cannot through a stick in cyberspace without having some sort of fashion and lifestyle block and a block and yesterday's that faster than the cook of a mouse

that emily continues to stay above the trend. pay attention to weather like some of them drawn to and that's helped me become really successful. her fans and mostly twentysomething women she hopes in addition to fashion and food the she is inspiring her followers to pursue their passion. i was in a job like was awarded a creatively inspired and to be able to find something that i created for myself and anyone can do that. grill the book is that on the best-seller list nationally for several weeks she is hoping to the continued success about the book of the blog will lead to making products with the cupcakes and kashmir brand. critics have the suspicion that it's a lot of work. smashing out eight to one home run to the giants cheering on some hometown

heroes and how they look for the little league world series coming up next.

progress on that big fire in the central valley the far corners of contained nearly one- third of the fire burning near fresno was started by cigarettes tossed along highway 160 is today in 200 from three evacuated. gearing up for one of the most expensive times of the year a back-to-school kids dressed in new clothing and carrying fresh school supplies if their parents can afford it. estimated the spending spree will amount to $80 billion this year. and met with city the k-mart store sees a bump in business. it's like over three and a trust because the plot for the whole year. some parents spend more

than zero thousand dollars of supplies and clothing the back- to-school season second only to holiday shopping for consumer spending. the a's came from behind in the late innings in chicago and the giants pounded the rockies at at&t park and in north bay city is sending a team to little league world series. we dedicate this one to the folks of petaluma. he could not be more proud of the nationals this morning is today san bernadine a west region finals the national soap 74 young into left field and gets away it goes all the way to the wall coming to scornfully the seven to six but hold on the claimed the second quarter didn't touch the bag and the umpire agrees and they went. they go to the little league world series and face fairfield

connecticut thursday at noon. the a's down seven to six the what sox last night the pediment native and is the one to win this 19 to seven the giants and the rockies gets and dislikes seeing how a party of the year king gets the wind and the giants beat the rockies 93. the third round pga championship tied with shops like this why he shares part of the lead with nasty weather interrupted the third round play finishing up this morning in the final round a little bit later on. coming up on cbs 5 after the round rat been upper the last picture for the year and came to a later on on cbs 5 we recap the giants and a's and set the table for the balance of the week.

have a good day everybody. the game at noon on thursday. another look at our top stories this morning including the details of the chevron refinery fire and what they prevented the whole thing.

a look at this morning's top stories of federal and visitors to the pipe corrosion may well have been a factor last week's fire at the chevron refinery in richmond. and nearby pipe was replaced last year after an inspection and the pipe that failed was not. mitt romney selection of congressman paul ryan may create sharp distinctions with president obama. a last look outside the

window for our weather. it's going to be another hot day around the bay area with a live look at the city of san francisco with the fog starting to move out in the temperatures are coming up. upper 60s in some spots like livermore and santa rosa. it is probably one of the best examples of the dog been a man's best friend. diego served in iraq said the not bombs for his partner but they were separated after their service and it. he had been searching for him for five years and set the dog is saved his life with times and he can count had to raise money a petition to convince the air force to let him to adopt the dog and bring him home. he now gets to be taking care of by the man he protected for over 40 missions. he looks like one happy dog. thanks for joining us this morning.

how wonderful day.