now at 11:00, it's san francisco's most iconic craft brewery running out of steam. a big announcement expected tomorrow about anchor brewing company. >> the city needs to keep this alive. so many other things are dying here. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> anchor brewing company has survived the 1906 earthquake, prohibition, and threats of bankruptcy, but the legendary san francisco brewery could be on the vefrj of a major change just weeks after announcing cuts, the parent company was expected to make an announcement tomorrow about

anchor's future. and as our betty yu reports, they've already given employees instructions on what to do first thing in the morning. >> reporter: we expect to hear an official announcement from anchor brewing company on wednesday. already some loyal customers are anxious that signs point to this 127-year-old company shutting down. a couple times a week you'll find best friends lori and chris at anchor public taps. they said an employee who wants to remain anonymous believes its closure is imminent. >> even before i lived in california, everyone knows anchor. it's an american institution. it seems like a shame if that goes away. >> reporter: i was acquired by sapporo usa in 2017. its roots date back to the california gold rush. its production facility is located in potrero hill. on tuesday, employees received this email to join its president for a meeting wednesday morning about the company's direction, regarding

its closure or sale, its spokesperson said to kpix 5 we are not able to comment on this rumor. there is another rumor that the company will be purchased online as well, thus, unfortunately, we have to wait until an official, accurate announcement is made. what was your first reaction when you heard that they may be closing or sold? >> wanted to cry. it's -- it's such an institution. it just -- this city needs to keep this alive. so many other things are dying here. somebody needs to come in and save it. >> reporter: last month anchor brewing said it would significantly cut its distribution and it's canceling its signature christmas beer, a longtime tradition. it's why this tap room is decorated for the holidays, since the company is selling the christmas ale in july. >> the fact that they're not going to make these beers anymore is just insane to me. like if that happens, i will be devastated. >> reporter: what will you do if this place is closing or

closed? >> revolt. >> revolt, she said. okay, so that all hands meeting is set for 9:00 a.m. we will keep you posted and let you know what comes out of it officially. okay, it is unnerving to wonder if it is safe to breathe the air or touch surfaces outside, but that is what people in martinez are dealing with tonight after a cloud of black dust fell over the city. as katie nielsen reports, it's the second time in less than eight months residents have been warned about a release from martinez refining company. >> all the stacks where they do the releases, those are down that way. >> reporter: john taylor's home is practically in the shadows of the martinez refineries with tanks visible from his front yard. that's why he says this morning's report about a petroleum release was so concerning. >> there's a lot of dust here now. >> reporter: according to the contra costa health department, around 8:30 this morning, the martinez refining company notified them of a release that

lasted problthsly one minute. it's an end stage product of the process and is black, looks a lot like soot. sometimes it can contain heavy metals, which can be hazardous. that's why incident response teams went out into the nearby neighborhoods today to take samples of the dust that coated everything from cars to trash cans. >> because this is mostly -- and because the release is not continuing, right now we do not believe there are any health impacts that would be experienced by the community. however, we are asking people to avoid close contact with it. >> we moved in knowing that the refinery was here, but our understanding and our expectation was that they were operating safely. this is yet another accident where there has been a release of something that we need to now not touch and not breathe. >> so the other incident that we mentioned was back in november. the refinery released clouds of white dust for hours. health officials say it took

six months for the soil testing results to come back for that incident. i talked to martinez's mayor earlier today. she said the city had to roll out its own community alert system early because of today's release and stressed the company needs to do more to notify people quickly when something goes wrong. warning people about it is one part of this. the other part is it just keeps happening. a congressman told the chronicle today the refinery needs to operate safely or shut down. people are frustrated about this happening so often, but is closing the refinery or taking any kind of action in that direction even realistic. >> that may not be totally realistic in this instance, however, it is absolutely important for us to continue to push for them to operate safely. and the refinery has said that this is not how they want to do business, but the way that they've been doing business has made it really clear they need to change the way they do things. >> so just to repeat the messaging about today, people

who live near the refinery in martinez today being warned to hose anything down that's covered in dust, and don't sweep it. that would kick the dust up into the air, and it could be unsafe to breathe. test results on the dust samples from today are expected to come back later this week. well, you always hear police warning bystanders do not step in and intervene. don't take down suspects on your own. wait for us. but one man in vallejo used mixed martial arts to stop an arson suspect. the man told police he saw someone deliberately setting fire with a flare at the intersection of admiral callahan lane and turner parkway, so he jumped into action. the guy said the suspect ran across the street and got into a black tesla, and you can see by the photos, the tesla was still plugged in at the time. before the guy could get away, the bistander, who is trained in mma, pulled him out and used a double arm bar to detain him until police got there. the fire grew to about

the size of 11 football fields until crews got it under control. and officers say they found more flares inside of the tesla. police in southern santa clara county say they have nabbed a serial arsonist there who confessed to setting up to 15 fires. 32-year-old daniel is suspected of even more than that. the two cities have had nearly 30 suspicious fires since april, including that burned down a housings project. but the activity really ramped up this month. since yesterday, several witnesses reported seeing him either starting fires or breaking into cars. he managed to run away three times before finally being arrested this morning. okay, and since we are talking about a warm-up, we obviously don't want to see anything related to anyone setting any kind of fire intentionally or otherwise. >> so our temperatures already took a jump today. a look at where we topped out live over

the santa clara valley. temperature in livermore up to 96 degrees. in general, inland temperatures a mix of 80s and low 9 #130s. around the bay close to average temperatures. a couple degrees above normal in san francisco. tomorrow we're going to continue with the normal july pattern. temperatures within two degrees on either side of what is average for the 12th day of july. so a mix of 60s, 70s, and 80s, the very warmest spots in the low 90s. well into the 90s beginning friday. that's when our excessive heat watch goes into effect. those inland high temperatures range from 90 degrees to up to around 105 degrees for the hottest spots, especially saturday and sunday. that's going to be the peak of this particular heat wave. so it's important to think ahead, have a plan to stay cool, stay hydrated, make sure you're checking on anyone who might be a little sensitive to heat-related health problems, because we are going to be just sweating it out as we head through another hot weekend. once again, like the last heat wave, this one is peaking friday, saturday, and sunday. we back down quickly next week.

we'll check out the full seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you so much, paul. firefighters in sonoma county were stomping out hot spots earlier and this evening from a brush fire near cloverdale. it erupted off of highway 128. there are a couple of vineyards in that area, but no evacuations were necessary. the state is giving san francisco a million dollars for an unusual drug testing program. they're not testing people, they're testing the drugs the people are about to take. the money will fund four new vans that will operate on city streets and at community events, and basically they'll check recreational drugs for lethal additives like fentanyl no questions asked. why was furniture raining out of hotel room windows on the vegas strip? the bizarre hostage stand-off at caesar's palace. plus, an aggressive sea otter takes a chunk out of a surfboard in santa cruz. what happened to that poor guy when

he tried to return his rental board. and the ultimate irony for a group of reporters covering a story about a swimming pool.

furniture, trash cans, cushions, and other stuff from a hotel rained down on the vegas strip today during a bizarre hostage stand-off at caesar's palace. a man held a woman hostage in the room on the 21st floor for hours this morning until security responded to reports that a man was arguing with a woman and pulled her into a room. now, they had no idea if he was armed, and at one point the man broke a window and started tossing things out. imagine how scary that was. he threw everything from an entire desk to a coffee maker, basically emptying the room out the window. the pool below had to be evacuated. people were running for cover. a s.w.a.t. team eventually took him into custody. the woman held hostage was uninjured and luckily the furniture that fell down from the room did not hurt anyone on the ground below. okay, if you see a warning sign up at a beach, your first thought is probably a shark. lot of people are scared of sharks, but in santa cruz, surfers and swimmers are being told to stay away from a

particularly aggressive otter. it was spotted scaring a surfer off of his board on sunday. it's at least the fourth time that same otter has squared up with a human. local photographer mark woodward has captured the angry otter in action several times in the past few days and had some intel for us about what happened to the poor surfer and his rental board. >> he went to return the board in san jose, and he was a little bummed because he had a $250 deposit, and sports basement was good enough to waive the fee once he showed them the video of what happened. >> thank goodness he had the video. i would have said, yeah, right. fish and wildlife says this out ser a 5-year-old female, was seen acting the same way in september. it could be a hormonal surge or could be the result of the otter maybe being fed by humans. they're trying to capture and relocate her so that she's safe and everybody around is safe. >> so it's somebody else's problem, essentially. >> it's somebody else's problem. i feel bad for the

poor otter. >> i did not have aggressive otter on my 2023 bingo card. >> it was like chomping too. >> yeah. >> you know? >> no thank you. >> can you imagine the poor people watching this who are already afraid of sharks. oh man, otters. >> otters. that's a significant otter. >> it was. take a look at what's happening weatherwise. let you marinate in that bad joke. normal weather july pattern tomorrow and on thursday. decent onshore breeze helps air quality tomorrow. more on that in a second. the heat dome is going to take over beginning friday, continuing saturday and sunday. it just means sinking air, just more atmosphere piled up on top of us and as that air sinks it compresses the air at ground level. that heats it up. we add in an offshore wind at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere. a wide range in temperatures over the weekend. 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and low 100s in the forecast by saturday and sunday. let's take a look at the trend for livermore, which is one of the hot spots as we head into the

weekend. near normal temperatures tomorrow and thursday. a big jump on friday, and then there's the peak of the heat wave. temperatures approaching 105 degrees saturday and sunday. and then backing down pretty quickly, even slightly below average temperatures, indicated by the forecast data wednesday, thursday, and friday. we'll see about that. take a look at the record high temperatures compared to what we're forecasting for saturday, which is the peak of this heat wave. for the most part we're a decent ways away from record territory. the exception is livermore, 104 might threaten the record of 107. 83 degrees is the forecast high for oakland on the warmest day, and the record is 88 degrees. so that should remain safe. we'll keep an eye on it. returning to the air quality, that onshore breeze tomorrow is going to set us back into the green category. yellow dots in the east bay and santa clara valley today. good air quality tomorrow, but then as that heat dome builds, it's a pattern that traps urban pollution. so moderate to unhealthy air quality possible into the weekend. right now it's just fog. a lot of it. looking out

from the mark hopkins hotel, and it is dense. that marine layer compressed by the weight of the atmosphere on top of us. that makes for dense, dense fog. temperature stands at 55 downtown. the warmer spots inland hanging on to the upper 60s. eventually you will drop to the 50s as the fog continues to spread inland. the fact it's a compact marine layer means it's not going to spread too far into the inland valleys and will dissipate quickly, backing up to the bay by mid-morning, the coast by midday. mostly gray skies along the coast for one more day. there are those low to mid 50s for most of us to begin the day on wednesday. highs tomorrow very close to normal for this time of year, within a degree or two on either side of average. low 60s along the coast. mid-60s in the city. 70 for oakland. the warmest spots in the low 90s. temperatures reach their peak over the weekend, which means 70s in san francisco. you can definitely handle that. t-shirt weather in the city for a change. low 80s for oakland

saturday and sunday. near average by tuesday of next week. a three-day streak of alert days friday, saturday, and sunday for inland parts of bay area. that's our excessive heat watch. and then back down to normally hot temperatures by monday and tuesday of next week. the real heat will be inland in the east bay over 100. just head to the coast where temperatures will be in the upper 60s. vern, i know the coastal folks love it when i say just go to the coast. >> yeah, no problem. hey, straight ahead, who is this guy? we got some unfinished football business. and can you believe it? the 93rd baseball all star game has come and gone.

okay, it is an evening of very busy sportscast, please stay until the end. but first, please stay until the end -- >> stick around, especially until the end for this one. >> but first we got to talk about baseball. >> got to talk about baseball and the midseason classic, the all star game, is in the books. it tried to be as interactive as ever. multiple in-game

interviews, umpire cam, eye-popping all star worthy plays, all in the great northwest. how about the local guys? well, giants alex cobb and duval introduced at seattle's t-mobile park for the national league. cobb was the first to ent ter game. called in to pitch the fourth with the game tied at 1-1. got randy to wave at strike three. cobb got out of the inning without giving up a hit. representing the a's, brent rooker. red hot to start the year and showed off his power here in the sixth. this one carried and then bounced over for a ground rule double. set up the american league to take a 2-1 lead. bottom of the seventh. duval tasked with keeping it a 1-1 game and did that. struck out hometown hero julio rodriguez on a 101-mile-per-hou r pitch. duval gave up just one hit in his lone shutout inning. the game was won in the eighth. one on for pinch-hitter elias diaz. swung on, gone for the

rockies, a two-run shot was the difference. diaz was the mvp for the national league as they won for the first time since 2012. won the all star game 3-2. well, sara donchey called for it on last night's 11:00. >> i was going to say, you might have struggled with the home run derby, but i feel like you'd be better with this. >> well, i was a running back in my younger days. >> we'll get clips for the next show. >> clips, well, tonight we delivered. shot on eight millimeter film, my last high school football game. a running back for saint christopher school, richmond, virginia, on a november afternoon, 1979. >> you ready, champ? >> i've been ready for this my whole life. >> oh, the rudy reference. okay, i formation, versus crosstown rival collegiate. a pickup of eight yards. our only chance that day was the ground

game. i went off tackling here for another four yards. collegiate, though, they were ready. bigger, better, and then we went to pass protection, could not hold off the cougars defense. then a pitch right. and there was nothing there. my football career ended in a 35-14 loss. and sara, that was a long time ago. we started off the year 6-0 and lost the last three games. my entire time at saint christopher's, we never beat collegiate. years later, you know who played for collegiate? >> who? >> quarterback russell wilson. >> all right, so, you know, threw osmosis -- also it was a top ten moment in our heart, vern. i did ask for him to play the music underneath, and it was just everything that i wanted and more. >> i'm glad -- i'm here to entertain you. >> i know, you are. i make him tell jokes during the commercial break. >> look at that. black and

white. >> yeah. we'll be playing this at the all station meeting next week. thank you, vern. tonight people in one california neighborhood are being warned to keep a close eye on their small animals after someone else's 15-foot pet made a run for it.

countless hollywood actors could soon be playing the same role as striking workers. the sag aftra union set to hit the picket lines as early as thursday. they want an increase in pay and health and pension plans and more residuals from streaming content, especially shows and movies that are hits. if you're thinking aren't actors already rich, industry experts say mostly no. >> for every tom hanks, for every george clooney, jennifer lawrence, there are thousands of actors who are working in middle class and are trying to survive in cities like los

angeles and new york, in particular, on wages that are not enormous. it's a salary pyramid. >> a federal mediator has been called in to help the deadline to reach a deal. it's just over 24 hours away. a quick note, the people you see on local news here in this market are all members. remember, the hollywood writers are also out on strike right now. so a prolonged dispute could first sink the fall season and later movies. well, people in the l.a. suburb of chatsworth are being warned to keep small pets inside after somebody else's pet got outside. >> big mama is about 15 feet long. you know, about eight inch in diameter. this is where big mama comes at night. >> okay. on the morning of july 4th, big mama the python's family checked her cage and she was not there. not good. the family says the python is a star in the community and friendly toward people. >> she's an animal that has

been used during parties to showcase and to educate people about reptiles. >> mmm. okay. the good news, big mama just ate, so her owner says she won't need another meal for several weeks. a snake rescuer is on the job to bring big mama back home. okay, you can have it your way at burger king in thailand if your way involves an insane amount of american cheese, like the whole thing. this melty monstrosity is an actual menu item there. they're calling it the, quote, real cheeseburger. only there's not actually a burger under all of that. it's 20 slices of cheese between two buns. i don't know. all right, still to come, the awkwardly arranged news conference that brings a whole new meaning to the team press pool.

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okay, i'm sure you guys have gotten this question before, but like when you're out and about working on stories, people will come up and ask what it's like to be a reporter in the field. >> which i rarely do. >> right, sorry. he's only in the building, everyone. >> i like to give him a mic and go, go ahead. >> i'm an indoor kitty. >> he's an indoor cat. okay, my answer is usually sit not glamorous in any way, shape, or

form. >> not at all. >> it includes standing around and waiting at press conferences especially. we've all stood or sat around a podium like this waiting for someone to say something about the story of the day. sit all very routine, except for one particular news conference in baltimore this week. >> whoa. >> no. >> whoa. >> yeah, that was a setup at a news conference for local media. they were about to start when, boom, all of a sudden the splash pad water fountain thingy it was set up on top of turned on and everyone had to move out of the way. the story was about a local swimming pool being renovated. >> did they do it intentionally? >> you know? it could have been the greatest pr marketing stunt for any local news conference ever. >> or the worst, because they're never going to cover anything that agency does again. >> if you're a department head, you don't care if everybody's okay, is the camera okay. >> is the camera