bay area communities in the line of fire. tonight, how the wildfires in the west are putting a strain on resources here at home. good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> i'm brian hackney. kpix 5's christian hartnett is live in san leandro where the alameda county fire department has been busy this summer. >> reporter: they are one of the many local agencies with firefighters and fire engines out in northern california near fresno battling fires away from home and it isn't even considered peak fire season right now. but cal fire says this summer has proven to be one of the more difficult summers across the state when it comes to wildfires. a lot of help has been called. as of yesterday, 12,000 firefighters were battling 17 wildfires in california. half called in from fire districts across the state. alameda county fire says it's all hands on deck during these times. >> so we're daily evaluating

our capability, we're going to take care of our homes, communities and the state of california. sometimes we have maxed the department and we have to protect here and take care of our personnel. >> reporter: many agencies have limits on the amount of resources they can send out. alameda county fire, for example, has about 17 firefighters dispatched across the state to help fight wildfires right now. and their limit is somewhere around less than 30 firefighters. plus agencies and firefighters from out of the country are even helping battle fires across the western united states right now. firefighters from australia and new zealand have even been called by the u.s. forest service to help. live in san leandro, christian hartnett, kpix 5. the "tesla fire" east of livermore is 85% contained tonight. it's burned 2700 acres since wednesday. and the "jerusalem fire" in lake and napa counties is 98%

contained. that 25,000-acre fire destroyed 6 homes. all evacuations have been lifted. a sacramento man who tackled a shooter on a crowded train is out of the hospital tonight. spokespersons stone an off-duty -- spencer stone an off-duty serviceman was slashed on the hand and back. president obama called him today to comment him for his courage along with the two buddies he was traveling with. one is a fellow service member from oregon. the other is a student from sacramento. meanwhile, mark kelly shows us we are getting a clearer picture tonight of how the terrifying events unfolded on the train. reporter: these are the moments just after passengers scared for their lives took down the suspected gunman before he could kill. take a look. the suspect face down on the train, hands and feet tied. >> he went unconscious, i think. >> reporter: these three men tonight heroes, helped stop the shooter from left to right americans anthony sadler from pittsburg and now a senior at sacramento state.

alek skarlatos who served in afghanistan plus british businessman chris norman who jumped in to help american spencer stone tie down the gunman. >> he cut spencer behind the neck. he nearly cut his thumb off. spencer held him and we eventually got him under control. >> reporter: stone, an air force serviceman also from sacramento, was seen here leaving the hospital for a hand injury having been the first to risk his life and tackle the gunman. >> reporter: if anybody would have gotten shot it would have been spencer. >> reporter: the three americans, friends, were enjoying a summer trip in europe when a gunshot rang out on their train ride from amsterdam to paris. spencer tackled the suspect and alek wrestled the gun away. the mothers are grateful their sons will be coming home alive. >> when i talked to spencer, he said, i would have been killed if it wasn't for alek. >> i talked to alek and he said the same thing. if it wasn't for spencer i'd be dead.

>> reporter: french investigators have not confirmed investigators haven't confirmed the suspect identity but he is believed to be a 26-year-old moroccan with ties to radical islam. french officials can hold him for the next 96 hours. mark kelly, kpix 5. >> a facebook page is set up to pay tribute to the three americans. the person who created it said this page is about these three guys restoring my faith in humanity. the page picked up over 1,000 likes in just a few hours. san jose police are looking for a driver who hit and killed a man and took o the victim a man in his 60s was found dead this morning near king and story roads and nobody saw the car that hit him. meanwhile, police in petaluma say look at these two. they are suspected of using a stolen credit card to buy $15,000 worth of gift cards at the target store on kennilworth drive yesterday. police say that they may be driving a black suv.

and the city of san francisco is taking a new approach to fighting graffiti. suing the vandals to cover the costs. they are starting with a woman who calls herself cozy terry. she is accused of defacing city property all over town. the city says as the property owner it should be allowed to seek damages, in this case $54,000. a judge will have the final say on whether the case can proceed. school leaders in san jose state are making sure students return to a healthy environment. all tobacco products and ecigarettes are banned from campus. the change comes after a big push from students in a referendum last year. 80% of the students said they supported the ban. campus police are issues warnings to offenders this semester. after that, they will face a fine. excitement and jitters high today on the cal campus in berkeley as thousands of freshmen moved in. classes begin this coming wednesday. carts were loaded with all the

college essentials, and prized possessions from home. >> i brought a skateboard, some pillows, a flag, t-shirts and pants. >> move-in events are taking place all weekend to heiple incoming freshmen get oriented with college life. still to come, donald trump takes aim at a new target, his big issue with mark zuckerberg. >> plus, 49er football kicks off tomorrow at levi's stadium. but there's a problem. why some members of the opposing team may refuse to take the field. >> and no vacancy. the picturesque bay area city that just voted to ban "airbnb" that just voted to ban "airbnb" and that's next. (explosion) (groans) you want that to go again sweetie? the thing burger. welcome to denny's. fantastic 4, only in theaters. aa chance to try somethinglook. different.

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donald trump has a new target in his battle over immigration. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg. trump wants to curb the work visa program that has helped bring thousands of engineers to silicon valley. zuckerberg is part of a group of executives who want to increase the number of work permits. florida senator marco rubio who is also running for the gop nomination is pushing a bill to do just that prompting trump to refer to him as zuckerberg's personal senator.

zuckerberg's pro immigration advocacy group released a statement calling trump's proposals absurd. many bay area cities have been trying to figure out how to handle short-term rentals like "airbnb." sharon chin tells us one town is handling "airbnb" by saying, no. >> reporter: if you are planning to rent a place in tiburon you have fewer options starting in the fall. the town council voted 3-2 to amends an ordinance and ban people from renting out their property for less than 31 days. that's good news for cliff and nancy, who aren't happy with the growing number of vacation rentals over popular websites like "airbnb" and others. >> i just think that this type of neighborhood, this community, that it is kind of private. >> reporter: in tiburon, 5 homeowners are registered to rent their properties short term. three more homeowners applied for permits but neighbors objected with complaints like these. >> just have a lot of traffic in and out and often it adds to

the traffic problem they already have in tiburon and belvidere. >> more bedrooms you have, the more couples come in, the more people come in the individual parties come in. >> reporter: but matt shakes his head. >> just to get short sided -- i just think it's short sighted from people that are -- don't understand how the "airbnb" rental community works. >> reporter: matt rents his two- bedroom houseboat in sausalito when he is out of town. with sausalito and now tiburon passing rental restrictions, matt says the county is closing its doors on a great opportunity. >> i think there's people that come here from all over the world to see marin county because it's beautiful. >> reporter: the ordinance banning short-term rentals will take effect in october. in tiburon, sharon chin, kpix 5. >> well, business is booming at the port of oakland. in fact, it's so busy, some shippers want to start working weekends to help clear the growing backlog. at least four shippers want to open the gates to truckers on

saturdays. that would require approval from the federal maritime commission. and terminal operators need to make sure they have enough hands on deck to make it happen. if it all works out, saturday hours could begin later this year. the dallas cowboys are headed to the bay area to play the 49ers tomorrow but some of their stars, cowboys, not the 49ers, may opt not to take the field. it's the latest issue in a series of turf troubles at the new stadium. the turf was replaced -- why are we seeing taylor swift? it was replaced after her concert last week. the cowboys will test it out buffalo game. jerry jones suggested some starters will sit out if it's not safe. kpix 5 is your preseason home for 49er football. our coverage starts tomorrow at 4:30 with the 49ers preview and kickoff is at 5:00. it is 15 feet tall and comes with its own missile launcher. the bay area robot gearing up for an epic battle across the

ocean. >> bring some rain! sure isn't any on the long range look and there are some changes on the way. the forecast after a bre,,,,,,,,

a couple of bay area men have built a robot that looks like it belongs on a battlefield rather than a "star wars" movie. this 15-foot robot called the mark 2 will be doing battle

with a robot from japan. this is no joke. one arm is a missile launcher. the other is a cannon. the creators want to eventually build a whole league of gladiator robots. >> we just want to have a giant fighting robot sports league. we want to realize that vision of huge robots battling each other. on top of that, we do want to prove to people that this can be done. >> the mark 2 weighs 12,000 pounds and costs about $200,000 to build. the battle with the japanese robot is supposed to happen next year. >> the battle of the titans as we go outside in the bay area today. a lot of people went outside in palo alto a fine day to hit the festival of the arts in palo alto. they do that annually. it attracts about 150,000 people with 300 different arts and crafts, booths, and you couldn't ask for finer weather. it's so much fun. and then after awards, at the

stanford theater they are showing sci-fi flicks tonight. can't remember what they are. i think it was the, um, mind if i look it up? [ laughter ] >> i just had it on my phone. but anyway, the stanford theater has been rejuvenated. it was back in 1998. and they show a lot of the classic old movies. the time machine hg wells and forbidden planet. concord 76 degrees. oakland 65. livermore 79. san francisco 61. santa rosa 71. that would be ideal, arts and crafts and a good old movie. low pressure off the pacific northwest and high pressure over the desert southwest, it's a perfect corridor bring in the low clouds in the morning and a pretty good sea breeze, too. in september the low will bring the first blast of autumn air in the bay area. it will be on the long range

models. not much rain yet. tomorrow low clouds offshore and over the peninsula and as the day goes on clouds fall back to the shoreline and a few high clouds tomorrow afternoon. that would be about it. it looks like a nice day again even as the low clouds whoever behind coit tower. mild through next week. chinatown street fest this weekend in oakland. 72 and sunny and mild. tomorrow palo alto 81 at the fessingively of the arts downtown. mostly sunny skies at the festival of the arts. the 9ers playing dallas and we have a game time temperature of 80 degrees. it will be sunny and warm. vern glenn will tell us who the man in the hat was who coached them in the 60s and 70s. >> tom landry! >> too easy. 69 degrees in san francisco. concord 83. 81 san jose. 73 at oakland. down in the south bay, the numbers will be mostly around 80 degrees. 80 sunnyvale.

80 palo alto. 86 morgan hill. 81 san jose. over in the east bay it's going to be nice. temperatures with plenty of sun 83 degrees in concord. 84 ptsdburg. 92 brentwood. 76 at petaluma and 80 in santa rosa. by ukiah, it's still warm 91 degrees. extended forecast we are going to be looking for the usual night and early-morning low clouds into mid-morning near the shoreline. 90s thursday and friday but not hot. this guy occasionally, whoo! off the scale, vern. [ laughter ] >> hey, we got 49er runningback jared haines when rugby and american football collide. american football collide. and we got the giants who ,,,,,,

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baseball up top. when i woke up today, the giants were a game and a half out of first in the west. 40 games left! and a chance to step closer today. back at pittsburgh, top second, brandon crawford facing his soon-to-be brother-in-law garrett coal. this was no family matter! starling martay, excuse me! a great grab. mike lee made his first start back off the dl. bottom fifth, one to jeung hoe gong. this one a solo shot tied up the game at one. two innings later gong! again.

the rocket off hunter strickland put the bucks up 2- 1. next inning, a wild pitch allowed matt duffy to tie the game up at 2. 9th inning, martay at the plate, walkoff final 3-2, giants fall to two games back if the west. pga golf. guess who is making a move. tiger woods wyndham, a share of the 36 hole lead looking for more today. birdie effort at the par three 16th. wasn't until the 18th he had his only bogey of the day. third straight round in the 60s at 2-under 68 two shots behind the leader jason gore winless for 10 years. and at 18, it was a nice one. sets up a birdie.

he finished up with an 8-under 62. after gaining 120 all purpose yards last week against the texans, 49er runningback jar rid haines gets ready for a second nfl game tomorrow night. just a tough run last week against the texans. racked up 120 all purpose yards. head coach jim tomsula wants the former rugby superstar who put that career on hold in australia to play in the nfl to just focus on learning american football. >> doesn't need any money or fame. what does he need? he just needs to continue doing what he is doing and learning the game of football and playing and not trying to carry a country on his back. i just want him to just focus on football and the game and keep it right there and play. >> i'll be seeing the australian camera crews out there at levi's stadium tomorrow. now time for something really

different. this 11-year-old is on target already the best young lady at her craft. you're hitting the center every time. it's effortless. maxine mccormick. 11 years old and at this recent ceremony in long beach was named not just all american, you're looking at the greatest female fly caster of all time. >> i was really excited and i never thought i could do it. but yeah, i was really stoked. >> reporter: no woman in the country is more accurate than this 7th grader. the san franciscan did it in record setting fashion at the u.s. nationals achieving the highest grade ever for a female fly caster. not only was she the highest scoring woman, she was fourth overall. right behind her dad glen. >> i was always thinking about maxine how she was doing, if i

was just a point or two ahead of her because i didn't want to fall behind my own daughter. [ laughter ] >> and as it stands, the margin was what? >> one point. >> right. >> up and down. >> reporter: it didn't take long to respect what she does. >> high like here. higher. >> reporter: higher? >> that's lower. >> reporter: no? yes? >> kind of. >> reporter: like that? >> use your shoulder. >> reporter: i am using my shoulder. >> you're using your elbow. >> reporter: get there, baby! oh!! look at that! look at that! i hit the green one! get in there! >> patting myself on the back. i was out there for a half-hour

before i finally hit one. she gets out there two or three times a week two to three hours at a time with her coach, chris, and she just practices her accuracy and no one is more accurate than she is. >> this is women's overall. she is 11. >> but the u.s. nationals, this was just a packful of men and then this pint-sized girl entering it. and she finishes fourth overall. and the top woman. >> she is probably straight "a" student and all of that. ,, oh, yeah. [female announcer] during mattress price wars at sleep train, save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get interest-free financing until 2018 on tempur-pedic. plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. don't miss mattress price wars at sleep train.

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