last week. it shoes a cozy and illegal e-mail relationship at the same time when they determined what kind of penalties to impose after what happenedñiç here fou yearsing a. >> we're calling for president peavy's immediate removal and a state investigation into this matter. >> reporter: sam bruno mayor reserved his harshest criticism for president michael peavy. >> he has knowingly and illegally participated in illegal communications as they received fees for the 2010 gas line explosion and fire in our community. >> reporter: it reveals they violated their own rules by receiving privileged information from the utility on its internal deliberations and financial conditions stemming from the pipeline disaster.

in one e-mail after a hearingñr peavy's chief of staff tells a pg and e official, thing you have two ways of going. you may want to chat with your let puig, send back a sweet note saying the issue is moot, answer the simple questions and reject the others. and in another e-mail a staffer gives a heads-up to them on the you talt's financial status. fyi, they notified us they'll be downgrading pg&e's rating by onó not today. >> the utility funded national junkets for which they've accepted more than $230,000 in gifts since becoming president, those have not stopped. >> pg and e responded by saying it holds the employees to the highest standard of conduct. >> what we're going to do is go through all of the

communications and make sure no one fell short. >> they release add statement saying in part they take serious the allegations of eight belles and violations and will evaluate it when filed by the city of san bruno including providing an opportunity for parties to comment. vic lee, "abc7 news." some developing news within the past hour or so. two people have been arrested for what appears to be a series of burglaries in san leandro. one of the suspects was put on a stretcher. it started when a homeowner called police over a break-in. one appears to have an injury to his right leg. it's unclear how that happened. during the investigation policedy covered several homes robbed. >> n the area near clarkñi and harlanç streets and a short ti ago the bomb squad gave the all clear after someone spotted a

possible disease on timothy drive nearñi highway 101. a work was compacting some materials and reported a suspicious looking ñipackage. after closer inspection by the bomb squad they moved the device to the van, detonated it, and cleared the scene. no word at this point on what that device was. çó the contra costa county i investigating a shooting in antio antioch. police say i started when a neighbor found a rifle in the street. one officer tried toç detain a suspect and man took off in an open garage where the officer pulled out his gun and ended up shooting the man several times. the neighbor hearing the gunshots described what he saw when he came outside. >> i tlink were three cop cars and they're pointing pistols aet a suspect and he was on the ground, on the drive way, and he was wearing a tank top and jeans

and i saw blood coming out of his back. >> we don't know the suspect's condition. police say he was response ichb as he wasó being taken to the hospital. the officer was not hurt. meantime an employee at whole foods market helped san francisco police nab a robber who stab add security guard. witnesses say the shoplifter was heading out of the store with a hand bass kel full oofr unpaid groceries. police say the robber took out a kitchen knife and slashed the security guard who tried to stop him. the shoplifter ran into golden gate park and two store employees took off after him. >> they actually followed him from a safe distance while calling in on a cell phone and they led us right to him whuns they got into golden gate park. >> the security guard suffer add n his arm but he'll recover. a man will not be charged after his child died in a hot car. he was likely tired which robbed him ofl common sense.

he dropped two ofñi his childre off to school after getting very little sleep. he continued toçó work after forgetting to drop off the baby at the babysitter. he found him at the end of theç day. prosecutors say it's a tragedy and not a crime. this afternoon mayor ed lee switched on a new traffic signal at the corner of sunset boulevard and yorba street. an elderly man was killed last february crossing that intersection. and in may a woman was severely injured when she was struck by a car. the mayor used t=-y event to place a $500 million trafficç safety bond on the november ballot. >> about two people each week are ee ler severely injured or killed in our city, so these are thingsñ that are p. we know what solutions can be put in place and this is a good example of that. >> the majority of the bond money would go toward muni and transit improvements.

the bond would not wraz property taxes. six east bay cities and the east bay municipality district have reached a settlement to keep the bay clean. under the $1.5 billion agreement, more than 1,500 miles of old sewer pipes likeñr these will be fixed to prevent sewage from getting into the bay. the epa sck overñi the past decade about 2.4 billion gallons of partially treated sewage has entered the water. >> t&m bay is the central natural feature of this region. bay area residents use it for all sorts of activities. for swimming, surfing, sailing,

the city of napa say as 24-inch main ruptured and flooded the street. they capped the leak and no one lost water service. its is the end of the line for students who paid their tuition to attend bryman college. three campuses are in the bay area. "abc7 news" reporter david louis is live from san jose. david, this has left a lot of students stunned and veryi worried. >> reporter: very worried. there were signs two months ago that we covered that they were showing signs of financial difficulty. ten days ago it filed for bankruptcy and then today those doors closed. it was a surprise e-mail over the weekend that beckoned the students to the college administration offices for a closed door meet[ne. when they left they were

clutching brown envelopes contained their sealed envelopes and other paperwork. some knew the school was closing. >> the school closed down about three months ago and ever since then my whole family and i have been saying it's just a matter of time till this happens and it's true. >> reporter: back in may they had to suspect classes when the sheriff's deputies posted an eviction notice in san jose for nonpayment of rent. the landlord's attorney told "abc7 news" that the college was over $87,000 on arrears in its rernt. the dispute was resolve and classes resumed b]há ten days o bryman'sñi parent company filed for bankruptcy. students have been told they won't get diplomas even though they've taken out loans for tuitions from $10,000 to $15,000. >> some are getting transcripts. some people aren't getting anything because they don't have their files. some things are lost. we need to look for another

school. >> reporter: brymanç students have been looking to receive d%5 a federal program may forgive their loans, yet plenty of uncertainty rye mains. >> nowçó i'm working but i'm worried now if i'm able to stay at my work without havingçó any you know, diploma or certificate or anything. >> the school staff would not talk to us, however, several students praised the school and administrators despite the sudden closure. >> i love it. it's a very cool school, good teacher, good manager. i don't know. >> in san jose, david louie, "abc7 news." >> it's a shame. well, a california fugitive and three law enforcement officers wounded. what was behind today's shoot-out in new york city. we have that story ahead. >> a wild fare shows no signs of slowing down and the main artery into the park partially shut down. also hearç supply and dema and the cost of parking at bay area b.a.r.t. stations. >> looking at whether airlines

can hide the real cost of doingi business. >> a lot more to bring tillamook marionberry pie ice cream right nows i'll explode into creamy happiness. wha? oh. tillamook ice cream, tastes better because it's made better.

they do what law enforcement personnel do every day. they have to put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us, and theseñr three men did that. the mayor of new york expressing his gratitude for the service of threeç law enforcemt officers who were shot trying to arrest a fuj till from california. police say the man opened fire shooting two u.s. marshals and an nypd detective when they tried to arrest him in a smoke shop this morning. the man is 32-year-old charles mosterg, a wetting photographer. he was killed during the shoot-out. he's been at the center of a

manhunt for two years after family friend accused him of ammo le molesting their son. a suspect who was handcuffed managed to steal a van he was riding in. according to the fresno bee he was on his way to jail when they had to handle over prisoner. he was handcuff bud heç manage to break the lock on the safety partition, get out, raise the door to the book airing ya and drive away. he almost hit officers who were trying to stop ñithem. he eventually crashed. airñi support and canine units were called in to arrest him for a second time. right now firefighters and air tankers are working on a 2,600-acre blaze inside yosemite 1 it's only 25% contained.w3 it has shut down highway 20. officials are planning on meeting with evacuees tonight. they'reç trying to tear do

dry brush and trees in hopes of stopping this fire from spreading further into yosemite. >> weñi still have tremendous fe activity within the fire and depending on whether winds -- we've got a slight possibility for thunderstorms. these are all factors that can change quickly. >> it's the driest year on record at yosemite and it's shown as they work around the clock to put out these quickly burning flames. that they still don't know the cause of the fireñr that starte late saturday. while activity was minimal sunday night, fire crews are preparing for a possible thunderstorm to come through. >> thunderstorms are a double-edged sword. they can help us with rain. we got some thunderstorms last weekend that dumped a lot of rain. certainly the moisture would be good. however lightning strikes. it's certainly a concern. >> meanwhile tourists are still enjoying the park which is open. they're just having to deal with

>> the smoke wasn't as bad being rerouted driving through the mountain roads again. oh, two more hours, okay. >> and you can see over my shoulder, there is a helicopter that is dipping down into this river trying to bring water to the other side of the ridge where they're fighting the flames. at this point firefighters tell me they're taking it day by day as far as evacuation orders go.ñ they're not commenting if they're going to be lifting those any time soon. reporting near yosemite,ñi veronica mariupomariupol, nbc n full containment is expected friday. some evacuees were allowed to go back to their homes today. the fire was believed to be started from a car burned in a river bed. six square miles, 13 home, 38 other buildings have been destroyed by flames. the nation's airlines have won the first round of battles with airfare adds.

today the house approved a by part san bill that lets airlines advertise the base airline fares before taxes are added. airlines and the pilots and flight attendants' unions argue it hurts business andç hides t extra costs that governmentçó imposes on air travel. so far there is no senate version of this bill. you might have noticed it costs a bit more to park at b.a.r.t. garages. some went up 50 cents. the fee is now $2.50 at stations. it will now cost you $6.50 to park at the west oakland b.a.r.t. station. two weeks ago)zparging fees wen up at three parking lots. while we're talking about your money, a lot of peoplo hae a love-hate relationship with their bank. >> now banks are starting to pay attention to that.

7 on your side's michael finney with the consumer news. >> first they love you, then hate you, then love you again. that's what's happening with middle-class consumers and their banks. u.s. banks are looking to boost sluggish growth revenue by focusing on underserved customers who according to a survey 20% say the greatest growth opportunity is with basic bank account customers. that's up 12% from a year ago. it's the biggestñi increase in y category of customers. now, you may remember that the bank started shedding just these types of accounts just five years ago. recently banks have been trying to woo those customers back, again offering free and low cost checking as a come-on. two mega mergers consumers need to know about today. let's start with the store right down the street. discounter dollar tree is buying the rival family dollar for $8.5 billion. that's a whole lot of dollars. these are the second and third

largest dollar stores. together they could overtake the lead over the dollar store çó sector, that is dollar general. next the two biggest names in house hunting are joining forces. zillo has agreed to buy truvia at $3.5 billion. when you go shop dog you buy name brand or generics. your choice says a lot about you. a new study tracked purchases on pharmacy items and food. the findings, the least informed consumers buy name brands thinking theynb would sacrifice quality if they bought the generic when that simply isn't always the case. for example, nine out of ten pharmacists and doctors buy generic aspirin, the storeñi brands cost on average half of what the name brand products do. >> really. >> the more you know, the more likely you are to buy gentlemen

nation,s. >> that's why we'll listen to you. well, there will be no panning for gold over labor day. the gold rush days always popular when it is hosted that weekend, but this year the drought is forcing the events to be canceled.ç the street in sacramento's old towne is pafbed with 2 to 300 miles of dirt. and they dammann it it every day to keep the dust to a minimum and there's the 100,000 gallons in order the get rid of the dirt. it's a lot of water we can't afford at this time but it's a shame it's cool event. it's been pretty steamy out here, sandhya. >> yeah. we've had hot conditions inland. right now very pleasant out here. a lot of cloud cover on different levels here. we have low clouds, mid and high-level clouds and some of those mid and high clouds may be bringing us some sprinkles as we head into tomorrow.

we'll talk about what's going on with our atmosphere and what may be arriving as we head toward the rest of the workweek. all right, so we have the low clouds and fog at the coast line. we're watching some monsoonal moisture in the south. some heading toward san benito county. could see some the bay area. we'll keep an eye on that. thunderstorms have been firing up in the sierra nevada and because there's a possibility up toward northern possibility there's a fire weather watch until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. dry fool combined with storms not a good combo here. here in the bay area, it's feels more humid. relative humidity up. that's because of the moisture moving in from the south. you can see some of that from our emery ville camera, those high end wispy clouds. 65 in san francisco, 69 in oakland krntly in the 70s.

gilroy, a hot 92 degrees. temperatures are generally down 2 to 10 degrees and we have enjoyed a nice day in the south bay. 82 degrees, a high for today. 75 in napa, santa rose rah, 80s around fairfield, livermore. livermore and concord, by the way, you got up to the mid-90s. you can see this is whatw3 we cl summertime here in the bay area with the low clouds at the bay area bridge. we'll see low clouds,çó maybe a sprinkle. hot days continue inland and more clouds arrive on wednesday. that's when it may get real interesting. for the time being we have this disturbance, this area of low pressure pulling up the monsoonal moisture. it's an active pattern which is why we're seeing some of the mid and high-level clouds in the pay area and there's a sprinkle chance. watch whatñrñi happens. it's a tropical storm now. moving to the west-northwest.

this is actually going to continue to weaken but some of that moisture from tropical storm hernan may work its way up into the bay area. notç a tropical storm. moisture from a dying tropical storm hernan on wednesday. so that's when we may be tracking perhaps some sprinkles, maybe a shower. right now it's too early to right now it's tt ll.rly to we'll just make youñi aware of . >> tomorrow morning, mid 50s to 60s. we're going to keep cloud cover around. could see sprinkles, and a sprinkle chance remains with us. a little warmer. 93, los gatos. 86 in redwood city. a warm one. high clouds and sun. downtown san francisco, a mild day. you're coming up a newçó degree 72. 67 in daly city. in the north bay, 60s coastside but triple digits around clear lake. east bay, 84 inland spots.

it's going to be a hot one. seven-day forecast and it keeps coming mid-90sling mid to upper 60s along the coast. we'll lose humidity. it will make it feel better if you're not used to this muggy feel. dan, cheryl? >> sandhya, thanks very much. still ahead, the return of serena williams. for the first time she's talking about her problems at wimbledon. >> and what she hopes to prove

a judge ruled today the clippers can be sold. the wife negotiated the team's $2 billion sale to microsoft's former o'michael balmer. two doctors foundv: that sterli

had alzheimer's disease. the judge rule thad his wife can take ore the trust that owns the clippers team. serena williams is in the bay area. this is serena looking totally ó disoriented duringñi her double match earlier this month. she could no do simple things like catch a ball. doctors blamed a virus. serena spent three days in bed recuperating. after that she took a mini vacation to refocus. >> i was really scared after >> serena says she is feeling much better. the 32-year-old will compete at stanford this week. this week they announced a plan to reopen a housing co-op for people with hiv. it's añi three-storyñr victoria

home to house people with aids and hiv. it shut down after the man who ran it for two decades passed aw away. the land trust is taking the home off the market permanently. they'll raise $2 million to remodel marty's place with a fund-raiser kicking off this weekend. 99 years young. how do you celebrate the birthday of a man who has a nobel prize for a man who

this is a big night for fans cog up on "abc7 news" at 6:00, the tall grass that's drying out quickly and the public agencies that are letting it happen. a remarkable bay area

teenager and the campus conversation that inspired her to lend a hand with a humanitarian crisis at the ñi border. michael finney with help foç a parking ticket he did not dgserve. >> coming up it's charlesñr to da >> charles towns is ñr99 years d today. >> towns taught at the university andñi received the 14 nobel prize in physics for invepting the laser. the city of berkeley dedicated the day to him. he has a great sense of humor as he joked with his wife. >> have you had any other woman in your life? >> yes. i had a mother. >> oh.ñ >> whatç a smoothie. towns and his wife have been maried for 74 years. she says heñi kisses her every morning and everyñr night and sometimes in between. >> what a nice man.

and great genes. >> he looks great. that's going do it for us. welcome to "world news." tonight, it happened in a flash. >> oh, my god! >> the moment a twister strikes, by day, near a major city. and on a beautiful california beach, bolts of lightning, a dozen swimmers hit. outbreak. the latest on two americans affected with one of the most feared diseases on earth, ebola. the emergency landing, hitting a family walking on the beach. and tonight, the calls for help. >> airplane crash at caspersen beach. multiple subjects around the plane. and shootout. officers down, moving in on a fugitive. and acting on a tip from a tv show. good evening to you on this monday night. as we start this week together,