>> alan: good evening everyone. we start with developing news in solano county, where two fires burned within a mile and a half of each other and were put out a moment ago. this is an area between dixon and vacaville. a structure burned and sheriffs deputies evacuated some homes nearby. the second fire burned near a pg&e sub substation. >> in other news, a concord park gripped by near of hidden hype bombs opened today for soccer games. the park was shut down after three pipe bombs were discovered earlier this week. we're at the park in concord. seems like parents are still on edge today. >> reporter: but at least we have hundreds of 12 to

14-year-old soccer players here on the field today for the this diablo summer classic. a little apprehension, but at least they're here, despite the bomb threats. this wasn't a normal game day. parents and players had their guard up. >> kind of just look around, 360-degree awareness. mostly i have a nine-year-old kid that is running around here. so i keep him close by. generally i let him wander off but not here. >> walking kind of, yes. >> looking for anything suspicious? >> yeah. >> after all, on friday afternoon, new hal community park was completely shut down as 25 officers, along with the walnut creek bomb squad, and five explosive sniffing dogs, combed all of the acreage for more pipe bombs. one was found friday by a jogger on this trail on turtle creek road. >> the opinion we got from the

experts at the police department were they were constructed in a manner that was consistent with a pipe bomb, and to determine whether or not they were an actual pipe bomb, the substances are taken to a lab. >> the bombs detonated and the crater has been filled in. extra patrols inspected the park saturday morning and the games were on. >> lots of security here, police visible around. they told us not to pick up anything. >> there was an unattended backpack, and the police determined it was some homeless person's belongings. >> parents called the planting of pipe bombs in this park a cowardly act. >> we don't have any suspects and no arrests have been made. >> reporter: so the soccer tournament continues tomorrow. police remind everyone, if they find something suspicious, something out of the ordinary, not to pick it up, not to touch

it, but to notify police. in concord, leslie brinkly, abc-7 news. >> alan: in san francisco, police want to find out of a couple of atm thefts are related. at 3:30 this morning, thieves driving a white man emptied cash from the at the union 76 station in the sunset district. it looks like they wrapped a chain around the atm, hooked the other end to the van's bumper and pulled the front off the machine. a similar theft took place at the atm on market street this morning. police aren't sure how much money was stolen. >> oscar grant's mother sat down for her first one-on-one interview since the verdict of mehserle. the former b.a.r.t. officer who shot her son to death. she spoke with callers during the gospel experience show. >> i think it's a healing process for me as well as those

who was under the sound of hearing my voice, being also getting a healing process. i think that to face what i faced, and what some of the callers has faced, is tragic. >> alan: grants family hopes to see rallies take place to push for the strongest sentence possible for mehserle. >> for us as a community to come together to join hands and to believe and trust that the system will work. it will be a sad day that a sentencing comes back with just probation. we do not see that. we do not believe that. >> alan: the sentence is will take place on november 5th. he remains in the lock -- los angeles county jail. starting today.

vallejo police will be sending out half as many patrol cars, and officers will be doubling up in the cars. the department says it will cut down on backup response time. potential budget cuts and layoffs of the police force has it down to 59 -- 95 officers. california's lieutenant governor is in trouble with the tax collector. the santa barbara county farming business owns the federal government more than $100,000 in taxes. the "los angeles times" reports the irs filed a lean against the property just two weeks before maldonado was sworn in as the second highest ranking public official in california. a spokesman for maldonado say the taxes has to do with a dispute over use of company vehicles. >> a massive search is underway

in afghanistan for two missing u.s. navy service members. nato says they drove away from their compound yesterday and never returned. an afghan official says they may have been culled -- killed or captured. july is the deadliest month of the war in afghanistan for americans. >> veterans from the iraq and afghanistan wars were honored today. an iraqi veteran got to throw out the first pitch. >> oakland a's are my favorite team, and to throw out the first pitch, means a lot to me. especially -- i hope i don't mess it up. >> alan: and not a bad pitch. a little inside. he says it's great to see people support the soldiers who have returned home and those still

fighting. the federal government is now giving the okay to patients in certain v.a. hospitals to use medical marijuana. the department of veteran affairs says the treatment will be allowed in v.a. hospitals and clinics in states where medical marijuana is legal. that includes california. veterans grounds complain that patients could be denied benefits and treatment if they were caught using medical marijuana. but v.a. doctors still cannot prescribe it because the drug is illegal under federal law. next, why a south bay lake is off limits to swimming this weekend. plus, what started a deadly stampede at a famous german music festival. and why the struggle to seal the b.p. oil well has become a cat and mouse game. >> leigh: a pleasant day across the bay area today. some cooling is expected in the next few days. the forecast is coming up.

acknowledge acknowledge 18 >> alan: 18 people were killed and 30 more hurt in a stampede at the love parade festival. the police tried to block thousands of people from entering the parade grounds. the festival continued in order to prevent another stampede. tropical storm bonny fizzled out and efforts to plug the b.p. oil leak are back on track. engineers are hoping they can permanently seal the well before the next big storm hits.

>> reporter: a flotilla of vessels, one of the largest collections of ships since d-day, has returned to the gulf coast to resume clearing the oil spill. for the past few days workers boarded up buildings and locked up equipment as they prepared for the first major storm of the hurricane season. even booms were coiled up. the only thing left in place were an coars that were to heavy to float away. officials say cleanup may have to be halted from time to time because of the weather. >> we're going to be playing cat and mouse during the hurricane season. >> the stormy weather has delayed work on the relief well, which will be filled with mud and cement to permanently kill the leak. the cap used to plug the wellhead appears to have remained intact, and officials believe it should stay that way. back on land, some gulf coast residents are raising concerns about the slow and complicated

process for receiving money from b.p. the administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund told a townhall meeting he is looking into it. >> i will move as quickly as i can to accelerate the process. >> alan: a south san jose lake is offlimits because of an algae bloom. the blue-green algae can be toxic to humans, especially young children immigrant -- it will likely disappearance once the weather conditions change. next, your chance to help make a movie that will premiere at the sundance film festival, and the interesting offerings at the gilroy garlic festival. >> it's been chilly in some

sparts of the bay area. leigh glaser coming up to explain. them.eis no

>> alan: san bruno based youtube is asking you to help make a feature film documents life on earth. the creators of the life in a day movie, want you to capture a slice of your life and submit it to youtube. kevin mcdonald will edit most of the footage into a documentary. the documentary will premiere at

the 2011 sun daniels film festival inns. >> summer time and the gilroy garlic festival can only mean one thing, garlic ice cream, and that's not all. garlic fries and garlic gator on a stick is being consumed by more than 100,000 people expected this weekend at the garlic festival. eight home cooks are competing today, judged by a top chef star. the festival runs from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. at it estimated two tons of california grown garlic will be consumed. if you're looking for something else to do, how bat free concert in the oakland municipal band is celebrating its 99th season, and the final performance is tomorrow at lakeside park by lake merritt.

it features jazz to show tunes. so pack a lunch and enjoy. and leigh glaser here to tell us -- >> leigh: might want to pack a sweater or a jacket. >> alan: really? >> leigh: strong onshore winds. you can see the low clouds and fog starting to move over san francisco, this is from the high definition sutro camera. inland locations, seeing lots of sunshine. and the high today at gilroy, 90 degrees. compared to where we are right now in san francisco, very cool 59 degreesment we have 93 in antioch. 84 in livermore. 57 in half moon bay and the fog is just off the coast. and napa right now, 72 degrees. low clouds will move further inland overnight. a little cool for all of us tomorrow, and then we really start to cool down heading into the first part of our work week next week.

you can see inland locations, plenty of sunshine, and right near the coast, point reyes, half moon bay, the fog sat there. starting to peel away a little bit from santa cruz. here's a look at the overnight temperatures. we bring in a little drizzle as well near the coast, and the bay tonight, as the low clouds and fog will continue to move inland. 53, the expected low for san francisco, as well as napa. antioch, a little warmer with 60 degrees. here's been the setup. low pressure sitting off the coast, that counterclockwise spin. it's helping to generate some of that moisture from south to north. and the live doppler 7 hd picking up some isolated thunderstorms near lake day -- lake tahoe, and tomorrow we could see another outbreak of the dry lightning strikes, and in fact, fire weather watch has

been set up through tonight, throughout the day for sunday, for lightning strikes and the possibility of fire danger, and gusty winds. here's a look at the highs tomorrow. we come down a few degrees. 79 for san jose. cupper teen -- cupertino, 76. 74 for redwood city. san francisco tomorrow, 62 degrees, a little afternoon sunshine. santa rosa, 77. 76 for napa. comfortable numbers on the east bay. 69 for hayward. inland, brentwood and ant york still remaining in the low 90s, but near concord and walnut creek, 80s. and around santa cruz tomorrow, 66. inland locations, gilroy, a little cooler at 84 degrees. the seven-day forecast, a little cooler monday, tuesday, and wednesday. inland temperatures, mid-to-low

80s there. comfortable readings near the bay with overcast in me morning hours. and then warm things up slightly next friday and saturday. >> alan: thanks, leigh. on to shu, and oakland had some pretty decent weather for the game today. >> mike: they got some good and bad news. good news, the win, the bad news, lost their starting pitcher with a bum elbow. we let you know who my mercury moment happend right after our wedding,

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starting pitcher ben sheets on the dl today, retroactive to july 20th, with a strained right elbow. the same el low bowe that was repaired. so a big trading chip off the table. a's hosting the central-leading white sox. bottom two game tied at 2. barton with his second rbi knock, in as many innings. a's 3-2. oakland never looked back. in the fourth, suzuki drills one to left. the umpires concur, a home run. 6-2 athletics. very next batter, jack cust, two jacks on the day, six in the last nine games. the ay's roll. >> the tour de france is all but over after today's time trial as contador holds off andy schleck. the 19th stage is a 32-mile individual time trial.

andy schleck entered the day eight seconds back of the leader contador, and he would lose another 31 seconds after finishing 44th. so schleck takes second in the tour, and contador finished 35th in the stage but extended his lead over schleck to 39 seconds. so barring a wild turn of events, con da -- cone a -- con a do will get the title. >> terrell owens is reportedly close to fining a new team. espn is reporting the rams have gotten very serious in their pursuit of the free agent wide receiver. the bengals are also talking to owens. owens could be signed in the next couple of days. >> the pga tour went from scotland to canada for this week's event, the canadian open. used to be considered a fifth major, and it was a major effort to get around a soggy st. george's country club in

ontario. tim clark entered the day with the lead. he finishes at 11-under with a 69. story of the day was carl petersson, started early. didn't have to deal with the rain. shot a 59. lips out. 10-under 6. canada open record. also 11-under. and american dean wilson with his second on the 18th. sticks it to within a few feet. sets up a birdie. 65 for wilson. minus 15. a four-shot lead. >> back to scotland, third round of the senior european open championship at car news -- carnoustie. corey pave vep entered the day as the leader. long par putt. paven 1-under. everyone is chasing bernhard langer. check out this shot. up against the bunker on 1. hits the wall. amazingly gets up and down to

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told liberal bloggers. that's all at 6:00, so join us for abc-7 news, and we have some delving news to tell you about. another fire this evening. a fire burning on highway 37 in ma -- marin county. the fire broke out at 5:00 6, just about 20 minutes ago. a sky 7hd, several acres burned. you can see. we do not know any details out there, how many structures have burned. obviously we have some crews out there. we will try to give you an update at 6:00. that does it for abc-7 news at 5:00. thanks for joining us. world news is next. see you in a half hour at 6:00. good night. captioned by closed captioning services inc. break