what happens today and talk with frustrated parents. a brand new gold rush as gold continues to rise to historic record prices. we show you who's cashing in for the big bucks. [music] >> our developing news is happening right now in oakland, for the second day in a row, and oakland school was placed on lockdown because of violence in the area. charles clifford is live in oakland with this developing situation. >> right now you are looking at a live picture of horace mann elementary school near college avenue boulevard. it was put on lockdown about 10:15 a.m. about 2:00 p.m. parents started showing up trying to get their students out of school. there were several hundred parents some of them were getting upset some saying that they not received any notice or phone

call that their kids are being kept inside of the school. about one hour ago they started giving the kids out one by one but there were a lot of upset parents that one of the school to do a better job of communicating with them. >> they did not call me at all. i am mad about that myself on did not go off, i am up here with all of this chaos and for what? >> about half an hour ago all the kids were released and most of the parents have left, there are still a few stragglers showing up to pick up their kids but the police are still in the neighborhood in investigating the incident that happened about 9:30 a.m.. >> around 9:30 a.m. oakland police surrounded this house looking for suspects in a series of violent home invasion robberies believing the suspects to be armed, the swat team was brought in here, you can see a sniper staging at the house across the street for hours the police tried to communicate with the suspects using bullhorns and phones, after

several hours they were able to get four of the five suspects to surrender peacefully but the fit the suspect got stuck in the attic of the house and fire fighters as well as a chain saw had to be brought in the suspect was freed in taken into custody but the investigations continue what portions of vicksburg avenue that was blocked off officers continued to search a nearby residents they believed to be linked to the suspects. >> back alive, you can see that there are still police in the area there are a few streets closed down around college in foot hill. the school is pretty quiet most of the parents have gone home we will stay here and keep an eye on things and bring you the latest for now live in oakland, charles clifford with kron4 news. >> we will talk with you later, nearly one year after a gas pipeline exploded in san bruno where eight people were killed and 38 homes were destroyed the national transportation safety board has completed its investigation and it is

blaming pacific gas and electric not only for putting a faulty pipe into the ground before having an adequate inspection program to detect problems with its network of pipelines. we have team coverage and we begin with dan kerman that has details on the hearing. >> phlogopite, flawed operations and flawed oversight. it was not a question of if this pipeline would burst, it was a question of when. >> they have put the blame squarely on pacific gas and electric company for last september's gas and pipeline explosion that destroyed 38 homes and killed eight people. >> the pipe installation and the quality of the welding was inadequate. >> not only did they find that pg&e installed a substandard in poorly welded pipe, but they said companies in adequate pipeline integrity management program was to

blame for not finding the problem before the explosion. >> that could been detected when the pipe was related to the ground if they had properly inspected it or use the right techniques and they could be detected if they hide aesthetically tested the line, if they had done line inspections, there were a lot of opportunities missed by pg&e. >> this with the san bruno neighborhood look like after the explosion. the ntsb is also putting blame on the california public utilities commission for poor oversight of pacific gas and electric. >> you can not placed a blind trust and an operator that does not deserve that trust. as a former california gov. famously said when he was president trust but verify. >> the ntsb has also come up with more than two dozen recommendations not just for pg&e will for state and federal officials all with the goal of trying to

prevent something like this from happening again. we will take a closer look at the recommendations coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m.. i am dan kerman with kron4 news. >> pg&e officials are saying that they're taking this hearing to hard. the pg&e president released a video statement and here's what he had to say. >> a lot of their findings are very similar to the independent review panel findings that was a part of the ctc process. as we said before, the knowledge--we knowledge that we have a lot of improvements that we need to make it have been working on them for the last of much and we will continue to work on them. in order to make sure that the system is safe, we have to continually look for ways to improve our process and our procedures. >> in san bruno today, construction on this home

on earle street near the explosion is moving along as you can see in the video, the walls are up and crews are beginning to work on the inside of the home. the home owner edward, he says that he is encouraged to see the progress. here is the man in his own words on pg&e and how this past year has been a tough one. >> i was very happy with what happened they deserve what they got. for a long time they took forever to check really what went wrong for this but in the long run this company that they deserve. i miss the people i lost some friends they were great friends of mine will never see them again, and this should never happen to anybody. i now wish this on my worst enemy. it is just sad to see what happened grief over what, lives, that is what it is. i cannot even sleep at night the only time

i sleep good is in the middle of the day because i know i can run out somewhere at night you hear a boom, and yukon you do not know what to do--you hear a boom and you cannot run out. and after something like this ever bite is wants to go home, everyone is tired in the community in the does want to go home. >> just across the street and other family has not been so lucky they're still battling to try and rebuild their home. we will have that story tonight on kron4 news at 6:00 p.m.. california assemblyman jerry hill represents the 19th district that includes a san bruno. we like to be your response to first of all today's statement by ntsb. >> thank you for allowing me to be a part of the show this evening. debra i believe said it correctly it was flawed piep--pe--pipe

and it was flawed operations not have the proper things that they should have and it was flawed oversight and that is where the california public utilities commission really did not oversee this utility and gave them free rein. >> were you satisfied with piccinni's response today? >> i was not satisfied, i believe there were just doing lips service, they have done this before we have heard nothing new in terms of recommendations today. all of these reforms that we're talking about now, in line inspections all of that those are all recommendations that were made to pg&e in 1981. 30 years ago there were told the same things that they had in quite--inadequate record-keeping, in adequate maintenance and we saw a couple years ago and

explosion and then unfortunately last year in san bruno. they have not listened to what had been told before follow the recommendations and that is what the federal government and state regulators need to come in and play a strong role and not allow the influence, and that is where we have seen this, i saw one month ago in sacramento and he genie tried to kill part of the deal and they were successful in removing some of the bill that i had with safety is an issue their rate of return should be based on safety they did this in washington in 1970 to allow a grandfather clause and the federal pike law--pipe law that it did not require pressure testing of that line in san bruno. >> now if you do not have confidence in pg&e do you now have confidence in the puc? >> i have a lot more confidence because the three new members the ec now i

think are going in the right directions and they want to do the right thing. >> have they been too cozy with pg&e? >> absolutely. as mentioned today as well as in washington they have turned a blind eye. they have allowed the utility to run their own course of action. >> pg&e has presented a plan almost $1 billion for upgrades that they want the rate payers to play--to pay, not the shareholders. >> i think that is wrong, the $1 billion is closer to $2 billion, and they installed a pipe that was inferior and we paid for that and they did it in an inferior manner and they did not maintain the pipe in the net loss the records that would have required them to do extensive testing and replacement of pipe, now they're trying to get us to pay for that i think that is wrong because they should pay for because they have been negligent all along.

>> which customers do with this new information? >> we are putting pressure on the cpc to act responsibly i think as long as the public can continue to make their voices heard at every opportunity that is important and that is what we should do. >> thank you for your insight today responding to the report by the ntsb. we have more resources about the pipeline explosion, the investigation and reaction all on our web site at kron4.com. >> a live look outside from the bay bridge toll plaza not a cloud inside, sunny skies over oakland the closer to coastline. the san mateo coastline fall this building over into san francisco and temperatures are a lot cooler as a result of the stronger seabury's wins this afternoon. only 55 degrees in half moon bay, 62 redwood city even the inland valleys have taken a big hit

out there, temperatures mainly in the low 80's and 70's down in the south bay. the wind is pretty breezy at this afternoon mainly sustained in the teens. right now the wind is at 60 m.p.h. in san francisco, 15 mi. per hour in oakland and redwood city and the same antioch. the fog will return into the evening it will stay there until the nightclub our star to scale back into the bayshores. tomorrow morning patchy to dense fog, the afternoon shebeen clear skies. we have a change in store later this week and i will tell you how warm it will get coming up. >> new at 5:00 p.m. devastating flooding in the wake of i rain. we shall the dramatic images of the rising waters in the northeast. also, fighting the west nile virus in the south bay. we will show you where they will be sprang tonight to kill potentially dangerous mosquitos. >> a lot of people were arguing and fighting.

>> a california mother accused of attacking her child school principal and why the police said the mother got so violent. @

>> bridges washed out and rolled on, a pizza parlor push 20 ft. off of its foundation and >> it was like niagara falls. >> in vermont broke were turned into raging rivers this woman saw the water coming in almost did not make out. >> this big wave stopped me and i was going downstream and slammed into my neighbor's house. i ended up

writing the way out. -- riding the wave out. >> the vermont national guard is using helicopters to airlift the surprise. >> people running food and water, we were bringing in supplies to them, water and food and diapers and formula and various other items. >> of all the states and new jersey, new york and vermont are suffering from the worst flooding. the rock hill river overflowed its banks, and in new jersey... >> 9 river locations have reached or past record flooding levels. >> hundreds of people have been rescued from the river, one man tried to escape last night. >> it was too deep it was scary, i opened the door and would look like it was my height, so i had to close the door and i waited until

the morning time. >> i read has put new pressure on fema that has had to cope with the record $10 billion in disasters this year. they now say the only have about $800,000 in the emergency fund right now and that means that some projects like the top missouri will have to be delayed. in oklahoma city a while fire has forced dozens of families to evacuate tonight you can see buildings burning here at least two homes have been destroyed, utility poles have been lighting up like matchsticks and people in 82 square mile area have been told to leave the heat wave has made conditions right for grass fires of power is out for thousands of homes and businesses a 75 year old woman in indiana accused of shooting and killing her son-in-law the police say the man's body was found in her home on sunday authorities are not releasing details yet on exactly what happened neighbors say they cannot believe it and one of them said that she talked with the woman's son after the shooting an arrest.

>> i said if there's a thing that joe and i can do just let us know if we can help with anything but they say they don't really know anything. >> the woman remains in jail tonight. >> it was cooler out there today and the cool weather will continue into tomorrow. oakland in the low '70s tomorrow but the upper '70's by thursday, 80's by friday of san jose near 80 degrees tomorrow. the inland valleys will start to feel that heat into the latter part of the week. 93 on thursday and 90 yen on friday. the fall will get less extensive through each of the dais. --days. >> down in the south bay the 7:00 hour watch how what skills back and dissipates. the 10:00 hour hovering over the north bay and along the coastline. it is just

squeezing down and we could see a little more fog into the afternoon but we should see some more clearing as we head into thursday temperatures will look like this tomorrow and will see it on the mouth to cool side depending on where you are mainly in the '70s for the south bay pretty comfortable there. remaining on the cooler side for the inland valleys in the low eighties for the most part places like antioch and pleasanton. '60s and '70s for our east bayshores 63 in berkeley. also in the '60s and '70s for the peninsula. and steak and a bit cool on the coastline. this is a look your kron47 they're around the bay forecasts. it will not see much fall as we head into thursday and friday. warmer temperatures all the way around stay with us will be back after this.

the >> take a look at this better described as train surfing to yell and then jumping on the site of the moving train dragging their feet and when the train is out in the open the can him out in front reaching up to hit every bar and pole along the track kind of like a checkpoint and then he jumped on the 20 ft. long legs before he almost was hit by the concrete block and he was dangling from the bottom of the train this is definitely a do not try this at home kind of stunned. visitors to the car of state fair are sinking their teeth into eight navigate sandwich. >> it tastes like a grilled cheese sandwich but a little bit crunched year. >> they also serve scorpions, it's an alligator. the chef says that he is yet to receive any complaints from

customers. take advocate this, five tiny kids whether tropical storm arlene and little girl discover them floating in a box the kittens are now being bottle fed and are up for adoption when kitten has been named irene and arrests have been given names from the 2011 tropical storm list. and more news after the break. [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service,

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>> in richmond shooting spree injures 4 people one in critical condition at

this hour. i we've been--i will use the big board to show you where this all happened. it happened around 920 last night a 19 year-old man was critically injured no suspects or lead in that one and then at 10:40 p.m. a shooting outside of the 76- station right there near imperial ave. now as i do so, you can see that the gas station and look at all the circles all of the place that indicates how many shots were fired police say that it looks like a car stopped at the gas station and shot up a group of people. police found one victim at the gas station another at the 40 flaged motel on top of the roof. he told police that he was on the roof of the motel to escape the gunfire. injuries are not life-threatening the other people that were with the victims of the shooting

they tried to drive away but they hit the motel and ruptured a gas line. pg&e had to come and take care of that. police say that a black car was seen leaving the gas station shooting. as we move on to the third shooting, that would happen on i 80. that was a couple of minutes after the second shooting here the police say female victim was shot as she was driving she had just merged onto i 80 and she is expected to be ok. the police say that they're working to see if these three shootings that happen within the hour and a half of each other are related. >> skills are and the south bay and they are targeting the insects carrying the deadly west nile virus. weather permitting they are supposed to do the ground here tonight and to other neighborhoods. the south

area is bordered by many places as well. rob fladeboe explains what the miskito fighters will be doing and why. >> if it is not to windy especially equipped trucks like this one will be spraying insecticide over the area. while no west now virus positiveness skills were found in the treaty zone, the discovery of positive miskitos and the surrounding area means that the risk of infection remains high and more fog been is needed. >> we did once own last weekend that was a success somewhere between 50 and 80% knocked down. no virus after the fogging. however

in the so-called controlled or comparison areas that we set up to the north and south there were more positive mosquitos. >> they say neglected or green swimming pools may be to blame. a recent reconnaissance of the area turned up some 63 pulls that our prime breeding ground for the mosquito larva. and they found three positive dead birds indicating that the virus is active in on the move. >> we start to see multiple birds died off it suddenly becomes very easy to find infected mosquitoes and once those mosquito are infected they're like hypodermic needles they represent a direct risk of human infection with the virus. >> transmitted by mosquito bites it causes mild to severe flu like symptoms and in some cases it can be fatal. no human cases have been reported so far and none of the highly susceptible chickens here

have tested positive either, is expected to continue as needed through september. in san jose and rob fladeboe with kron4 news. >> a man was arrested a suspected of secretly photographed in a woman in her own bathroom. this is the suspect, he is the neighbor of the victim. the belmont police say they used to camera phone to take a picture of the woman undressing through an open window. when she noticed, the suspect fled, but he was later called by the police he faces one misdemeanor charge, lawyers for the suspected gunman in the arizona shooting rampage were and the court today they wanted to stop the forcible medicating of their client he is accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others including the congress moment gabrielle giffords. they say the decision about

medication is for prison officials to make but his lawyer says that that is up to a judge he is found incompetent to stand trial because of his schizophrenia he has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges in the shooting in tucson. in a judge ordered a new psychiatric evaluation for a souvenir shop owners suspected in a double homicide san francisco police say that he shot and killed two people that work at a neighboring business back in january. this is video from the scene. he pleaded not guilty. they are now seeking to overturn that decision. new details about price the gold it is hitting an all- time high. the value of gold is more than double what was back in 2008. today, the price of gold hovered above the $89 mark. after surging to a historic high of $99 back in august. to put it

into perspective the price to go was to run to $55 per ounce in 1999. now, the high price in the demand for gold is turning into a booming business. aubrey a keynote tells us how and who is cashing in. >> people are clearing out the jewelry boxes to cash in on their zero gold. >> rings and court hearings that and i have a match, chains that may be broken something that they could to the back of the jury box and maybe forgot about. >> while selling jewelry is one thing, >> people just need extra money and this is a fun way to make extra money. >> a pair of east bay women have made it their business to buy into the gold rush fever. everything can be done in the comfort of your home. >> we are sitting with them, testing it, and weighing it out right in front of them we're not

taking a step in bringing it in the other room. we are weighing in out separately in giving them an offer. >> the price of gold may continue to go up but one thing is clear. >> i do not think it is a trend, obviously gold is going for a lot and now everyone has gold, there will always be colder around. >> selling in now even more than they would've gone a couple months ago it would be worth the investment. >> coming up essex p.m. how to make sure that you get top dollar for your gold. >> a live look outside downtown san francisco starting to see the fog aging into the city already. temperatures have been cooler as a result not just coast side, although into the inland valleys. the sea breeze when has ushered in some cooling to the bay area 74 san jose 60 in '70s for the bayshore. antioch is

the warmest location temperature door down for the most part it is a little bit warmer and navato and oakland 6 degrees cooler than 12 degrees cooler and settles a. he will be a little bit chilly overnight tonight into tomorrow morning temperatures mainly in the '50s but we will see spots in the north bay where the temperatures will be towards the lower 50s. by tomorrow afternoon the temperature will be about the same of what we saw today. the later afternoon hours upper 80s for fairfield, and we have a big warming trend next door to round out the work week i will have details coming up on that and a little bit. >> we have heard this before but libyan rebels are saying that they're closing in on moammar gadhafi. they are giving an ultimatum to the regime loyalists. various members of the family had escaped to

algeria this is moammar gadhafi is why. rebel demand that they return to libya saying he should not be granted asylum in the first place. japan has yet another new prime minister. this makes a six in just five years. now allow people in japan sound pessimistic sang i do not expect a lot to changing anytime soon. the quake and tsunami back in march was japan's worst disaster since world war two. >> a stock and woman behind bars suspected of assaulting a school principal. they said happened after the woman is a plan their son. they said the child's mother attack the principle of making racial remarks, parents at the school say the new dress code is very controversial. it >> last week allowed people

were arguing and fighting and standing up saying that is not our children have to wear uniforms it is just more money that we have to spend. >> this is the suspect as she faces charges of battery and threatening her school. a former nba player is accused of murdering a young woman the police arrested the former los angeles laker guard today. this is video after he was taken into custody he was boarding a flight at john wayne airport in orange county investigator said he shot and killed the 11 mother on august 19th in an apparent retaliation.

and >> now we have a governor out there saying a couple months ago we met and i want to be accommodating. we are getting this yo-yo effect. i think the fed's air on the side of caution months ago the market was crashing and then the fed said that they would do everything they need to the economy starts looking better and then ben bernanke backed off and then it was just a ultimately nicer that the fed will be in our corner. consumer confidence did fall. >> but that seemed to not hurt the market much. >> consumer confidence issue is tricky because it is not really a great indicator of the future of

the stock market began, it is showing you that people think that we are back in the 2009 level of the economy. >> another winner home prices. are they beginning to stabilize at all? >> this is one i wish we could have a new word like partner part loser. now we are down about 5.9% san francisco about 5.4% boston 2.1 l.a. 3.4. throughout this lesson you think these are horrible numbers talking call was a winner. when a month-to-month basis of the fall is down one-tenth of a percent so short term it does not look like we're even close. >> you were saying that meeting another word, and if there is a loser we need a new economic word. >> it is called sub

pression this is an analyst that i follow a multi- billion berry says it is a new leave it for us ultimately it will not be a depression the economic growth will be there but did not expect any new jobs. people will continue to lose their jobs are at very few so will feel like a depression but suppression i think it is great the see if it catches on. >> and a final winner starbucks were they doing now? >> i found a company a couple years ago that does the single serving cups and starbucks signed on and they will start rolling about a nov. at wal-mart and starbucks stores you'll be able to make your own single cup perfect temperatures in your own home.

>> i insist on saying small medium and large. >> they are both winners. >> thank you see later on. >> the fault is stuck on to the coastline this afternoon especially the sad tale coastline. the fog is pushing into san francisco already the sea breeze winds have kept it cooler today a special for the inland valleys as we head into tomorrow fog in the morning sunny and mild in the afternoon most of that will clear later this week all the fog will clear out and temperatures will be a lot warmer. as for the fog tomorrow morning will see a fairly widespread fog into the morning hours of the the north bay and down to the delta and then and valleys also the bayshores. and later in the morning it will start to pinch back to the coastline. we see a little bit in the north bay and of course the san mateo coastline is starting to

condense back down and 1:00 hour still along the coastline but we could see some breaks into the afternoon along the san mateo coastline. we will certainly see some breaks into thursday. temperatures about the same tomorrow a couple degrees warmer in some locations 79 san jose 78 redwood city. 71:00. 83 livermore, 87 antioch, 83 concord, 82 in san rosa and 67 in san francisco. but your extended forecast a more difficult to mount temperatures before things start to heat up. the in and valleys in the upper 90s in the third san friday it will also be in the '80s they site along the coastline. again, cooling slightly into the weekend and next week. >> i am here with your entertainment headlines actress and activist and daryl hannah was among the more than 100 people arrested outside the white house today she was part of a group protesting a

pipeline expansion project known as keystone that was banned from canada all the way to the gulf coast. she refused to get off the sidewalk when asked by the park police and look in handcuffs the decision on the project is expected by the end of the year. angelina chihli is setting the record straight about her personal life in an interview with vanity fair she says that she and her partner of six years brad pitt have no plans for a secret wedding and she disputed reports that they're adding to their family already parents to six children she says the they're not expecting in they're not in the process of adopting. check this out, prince harry partying in up at a nightclub in croatia last weekend. he was dancing on the edge of the pool he decided to take a plunge and died in fully closed. the 26 year-old continued to dance after his dip in the pool the night club marketing manager said the plan on selling cups of the swimming pool water the prince harry swam in. stay with us, more news after the break.

the >> of the grilled cheese sandwiches and technology if you do have something cool to show you the finder and creator of the flip video camera has opened a high-tech restaurant and the bay area has only been open one day and it is really popular there is a line of about 40 people out the door. it blends high tech with an eatery. it is really interesting one of the things he is doing is letting the customer spree order on their smart phone before they arrived at the restaurant and then you take your smart phone, so the code that you have ordered in your food is ready and you can walk out with your food or sit down with it is really cool. the sure to tune in at 8:00 p.m. i will feature this in my tech report. gabe slate with kron4 news.

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>> at 6:00 p.m. this last is their fault kron4 scours through a new report that blames pg&e for the gas line explosion that destroyed a san bruno neighborhood. what they're accused of doing wrong, the reactor with the residents had to say about all. parents worried when an east bay and other-- elementary school was put on walked down. >> up the storm is gone but the recovery is just beginning hurricane i read

caused enormous floating in several states we show you the damage it was being done to clean it all up. >> a scorching report against pg&e for last year's gas line explosion in san bruno, eight people were killed and 38 homes were destroyed a federal committee is putting most of the blame on pg&e. we have team coverage tonight we begin with dan kerman that looks at what the ntsb identifies as the causes of the accident and what changes should be made to prevent this from happening again. >> it was my question if the pipeline would burst, it was a question of when. >> the national transportation safety board has put the blame squarely on the gas and electric company for last year's explosion in san bruno that destroyed 38 homes and

killed eight. >> an adequate pipeline integrity management program was to blame for not finding the problem before the explosion. >> that could of been detected when the pipe was laid in the ground if they have properly inspected it will use the right techniques and a cut of the detective if they had hydrostatics retested the line if they had done line inspections, there were a lot of opportunities missed by pg&e. >> they also issued more than two dozen recommendations among them the required automatic shut off valves, remote-control valves in high consequence areas requiring that all pipeline is constructed before 1970 be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test. requiring that the pipelines be reconfigured to

accommodate in line inspection. they recommended that the cpu seat conduct a comprehensive audit of pg&e operations, and pg&e has been told to conduct threat assessments using a revised risk analysis method. >> they said that pg&e exploited weaknesses in a lack safety system and that they continue to have a lack of confidence in pga these ability to provide good for information. >> pg&e released a video responding to the federal safety panel's conclusion today the company's president says that pg&e has spent the past year making fun of changes to its operations and it adds that they will implement the recommendations. >> we and knowledge that we have a lot of improvements that we need to continue to make. we have been working diligently on those of the last 12 months and we will continue to work on them

because in order to make sure that the system is safe we realize that we have to continually look for ways to improve our process and our procedures. >> continuing our coverage of the blast and the aftermath today we took our cameras to the scene to show what looks like nearly one year after the tragedy. this is near the site, as you can see pg&e crews are working to remove what is left of the pipes in the area they have rerouted the pipes to steer clear of the neighborhood as you may remember, eight people lost their lives in the explosion and more were injured there are now more than 12 lawsuits concerning this blast. many family members suing them for wrongful death suits and asking for damages. teresa estacio shows one family that is still struggling to recover and rebuilt. >> for loretta and her daughter it has been a very painful year. take a look, while the neighbors have

begun to rebuild a lives by having crews construct new homes to replace those burned in the blast, they have been waiting and waiting to move forward. >> the hardest part is money coming out of our pockets to build this house. we are just waiting. we want to have improved so that we can get the retaining wall up and in our house it should be starting to. >> the two of them have lived in this neighborhood for more than three decades. >> we will die here from had this house since 1963. >> for now they're living in a rental and they just want to return home. >> we are not comfortable where we are at in is really hard for us right now. we will be happy when this is done over with. >> the mayor of san bruno

is in washington d.c. he also heard the final report today, the mayor says that he will join with lawmakers to push measures to replace the aging pipelines and increase inspections and require the emergency shut off valves. he says that pg&e problems go beyond the workers that conduct the inspections. >> there was a huge corporate problem not so much with the people in the street that did the work, but the people that were in charge with the investigation and what could happen with the pipe. the people in charge of maintaining and operating the system and from our regulatory standpoint is very disturbing. >> despite the reports today's information did not seem to hurt pg&e stock it fell only 225 today closing at $41.93 per share. on to other news now, a school lockdown in the east bay is

all because of a police standoff close to the campus. horace mann elementary school has been on lockdowns about 10:15 a.m. at about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon the parents were allowed to begin picking up their children. >> right now you are looking at a live picture near college avenue and foothill boulevard after nearly nine hours the oakland police department is still out here i could see the officer's going door-to- door in the neighborhood and they are working less on hundred yards away from horseman elementary school as you said maureen kelly tells us the one of the first things that the school officials did this morning was to make sure that the kids were safe. >> the lock down started around 930 component a hit with kids being kept inside of the class's away from windows parents started showing up after hearing on the news about a plea standoff happening a few blocks away to find a note

on the door. some parents were upset that they cannot put their kids out of school right away. >> it is crazy i do not want my baby out here i do not want her to see any of this mess. >> we understand that parents want to reclaim their kids because they feel that the kids are the safest when their with their parents but at the same time we have responsibility not for just one kid but for the hundreds of kids at the school. in order to ensure their safety we have to do the systems systematically. >> some parents understood there are just that nonetheless. >> i'm just tired of the violence and this happened about a block away from school and elementary kids. we need to change things and have an education for our kids instead of violence. >> as a precaution parents had to line up and get their kids out one at a time and they were required to show their id's to prove that they were authorized to pick their kids up. many parents were aggravate with the process but others agree that it was the right thing

to do. >> i am happy that i can retrieve them under state matters and that is all that matters. >> the oakland police say they practice with these types of situations saying that there are two to four lockdowns per week during the year. >> here you can see video of the standoff that caused the school to be locked down in the first place oakland police surrounded the house on melrose street and this started about 9:30 a.m., they were looking for suspects in a string of violent home invasion robberies because the suspects were believed to be armed, the swat team was called in. in total, five suspects were taken into custody oakland police are continuing to search and other home in the same neighborhood for evidence connected with the suspect. >> now to an armed robbery and kidnapping in morgan hill. it was a nightmare for an elderly man, police said two men used a gun to force a 73 year-old into their car and then they robbed him repeatedly. the police are

currently searching for two suspects, this is all according to the morgan hill police department last thursday at 1:00 p.m. that is what it all started, the elderly man was just walking in this parking lot right here near the dollar store on moderate growth. one of the suspects came up from behind him pointed a gun at his back and force him into a car that the other suspect was driving. that was in the war model great for door vehicle. they drove the victim a couple blocks down to the gas station right here. now that is where they took the man's wallet and then they drove him down the street again just about 1 mi. away at the wells fargo bank right here at moderate and east main. one of the suspects took the victims atm card and went and got cash. meanwhile the other suspects stay outside and told the victim, the 73 year-old to walk into the bank and withdraw money. the victim complied and then

walk back out. they got back in the suspect's car, sadly, we are not done yet they then drove back to the original scene of the crime, the dollar to restore parking lot remember that? the suspects said they would then follow him home, they said get your car, we will follow you. he lives on live oak road, that is about 4 mi. away. but they followed him, once he was home the victim was robbed of more money, and cash from his house the suspects threaten to kill the man and his wife did that call the police. there are two suspect sketches and will bring them to you tonight in the 8:00 show. for now this is a serious situation and the police are asking for your help if you know anything about this kidnapping and robbery. >> new details about yesterday's bart protest only two arrests were made, police say that those two were trying to protest on the platform and the bart police say that about 40 people showed up to protest

and there were no reports of injury or property damage and all the stations were able to remain open for the commuters. >> this just in, you are looking at images taken outside of sacramento. >> to workers were working at the appointed time one has an injured leg and the other not to seriously injured this happen right near sacramento at the family fun part and officials are saying that while they were working on a ride that was not in use, it was not in use, the crane as you can see collapsed, the one worker has a leg injuries and will bring more details on this as we get it. >> very similar conditions expected tomorrow a big warmup to round out the work week with very little fog in the bay area i will have

details coming up in just a minute. ♪

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we're taking it further. ♪ the >> two days after hurricane are green swept through the north east, the death toll now stands at 42. millions of people are waiting for the lights to come back on tonight in some rivers are still rising. >> bridges washed out and wrote gone, a pizza parlor push 20 ft. off its foundation. >> it was like the airport falls. >> it turned babbling brooks into raging rivers and this woman saw the water coming almost did not make out. >> this big wave stopped me i was going downstream i slammed into my neighbor's house i ended up hitting ground and then began to ride the wave out and that was the last thing. >> hundreds of towns are

car from the outside world. >> the vermont national guard is using helicopters to airlift supplies. >> people are running out of food, water and other basics so we are bringing in supplies to them, water, food, diapers and formula and various other items. >> 9 river locations have reached, or past record flooding levels. >> hundreds of people have been rescued from the rising river one man tried escaping last night. >> it was too deep it was scary i open the door and the war look like it was this high, so i closed the door and i waited until morning time. >> i read has put a lot of new pressure on fema that

has had to cope with the record $10 billion in disasters this year. they now say they're only about $800,000 in the emergency fund that means like some projects like rebuilding joplin missouri will have to be delayed. >> it will stay on the cooler side tomorrow by the end of the week it will start to heat back up. 71 degrees but on thursday back into the 80s by friday, san jose nearly 80 degrees into tomorrow afternoon, 85 on thursday 87 on friday and our inland valleys will start to fill the heat at the end of the week. 93 on thursday and 98 on friday and the reason why we will see virtually no fog later this week but tomorrow morning it will still stick around up to the north bay and are bayshores in the delta and the inland valleys it will be pretty much everywhere tomorrow morning the scaling back over the 10:00 hour just over the

north bay and hugging into oakland and the peninsula. then back to the coastline for the afternoon we should see a few sun breaks along the coast we could see a little sliver of fog hanging on the san mateo coastline as we head into thursday no- fault expected into the afternoon, temperatures to are virtually the same as will be sought today a couple of degrees warmer in some spots. in the character and a forecast again, one more day of the cool to mild conditions before things really start to heat up. not expecting a lot of fog into thursday and friday none at all. now we will start to see returns slowly into the weekend and i will bring slightly cooler temperatures. >> president obama was to mark the upcoming 911 anniversary by doing something good for veterans of war. he was at the

american legion national convention today and he began by slitting every man and woman that had warned their military uniforms and 9/11. >> we salute the extraordinary decade of service rendered by the 9/11 people the more than 5 million americans that have worn the uniform there were there that september morning having in listed in a time of peace, but the instant the transition to a war footing. >> the president taking the unusual step of lobbying the private sector to hire veterans. he says he wants to see 100,000 new jobs for veterans and their spouses. >> to get this done i propose a returning hero tax credit for companies that hire veterans, and a wounded warrior tax for companies that hire the unemployed veterans with a disability.

when congress returns from recess, this needs to be the top of their agenda. >> we find out more today about the president will be doing on the upcoming 9/11 anniversary he will visit three spots where the plane struck new york city, the pentagon and pennsylvania and he will wrap up the day by speaking at washington's national cathedral. stay with us more news after the break.

the >> today scene and announced that it has acquired a personalized digital magazine for apple's ipad tablets computer they learn about readers taste and create a personalized magazine reading experience of the more you read, the more finely tailored it becomes cnn has no intent to change the format it may be used to help the company

customize itself on the other mobile or tablet devices and flicker just launched a new privacy that allows users to specify so that viewers and friends can view the tap. and you can see that they a sign photographs taken within the physical radius as accessible to different groups of contacts this should give users more peace of mind about who sees what and who knows where they have been. the ill-fated tablet pc has found a second life albeit a short one, two weeks ago the company announced that it is ending production on all mobile hardware including the touch pad, soon thereafter prices for the device or drastically slashed leading to high demand that retailers cannot keep up with so bhp spokesperson said the company planned on producing one last run they with us, more news after this break.

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>> and washington d.c. the ntsb has completed its investigation into last september's pipeline explosion that killed eight and destroyed 38 homes. they have laid much of the blame on pacific gas and electric they said not only did they put in a substandard piping but they also had and an

adequate inspection program and as a result could not catch the problem for this accident. i and dan kerman with kron4 news. >> victims tell kron4 they were happy to hear federal authorities take to piccinni for the enclosure. the cn has been a difficult year trying to recover from that day. this person that owns this home says that he is glad that he is able to rebuild the home. he says that he very much mrs. his neighbors that lost their lives and he says this area will never be the same. >> mayor jean kwan along with the police chief anthony batts have both had different ideas on what could be done to solve the problem. new had my 8:00 story out to get closer look at new york, los angeles,

and philadelphia. i will show you what they did when they had high homicide rates and problems with gangs, but that is in my 8:00 or. reporting in the studio i'm j.r. stone with kron4 news. the >> and san jose police said that prostitution is increasing i'm standing here on first street and police say this is one of the busier areas for this type of activity, early this year the department is of their unit that tackles prostitution after more than 60 officers were laid off. police are now working overtime coming in on their days off to tackle street prostitution i am told there has been no discussion to bring back the unit. >> and san jose the battle against west nile virus is heating up for the third time this summer, ground fog he will get underway late tuesday night across of fortified my area near highway 85, the action comes after both dead birds and

the skills track in the area tested positive for the virus as many as 60 green or neglected schools have been discovered their prime breeding grounds for mosquito larvae. no human cases of west now have been reported this year. >> the creator and founder of the flat video camera is really popular gadget has opened a new high-tech restaurant in the bay area called the melt. he is doing really cool technology thing to direct my tech people pre order their food from their smart phone. they can order their food from the melt on their smart phone show the cashier a cold, and you're giving your food is really fast, convenient and interesting for more information on the kron4 got, look for my tech page. >> a modern-day gold rush happening all of the country as the demand for gold goes up is skyrocketing to more

than doubled since early 2008 this month the gold prices hit an all-time high at $99 per ounce. now people are finding treasures in the jewelry boxes and at next turning precious metals that have forgot about into money. here are some tips on how to make sure you get top dollar for your gold. >> anyone that comes in to sell the gold or julie--or jules right now get profit. >> 9 san francisco the buy and sell gold, silver and rare coins. >> it is good to know what carrot, forking care, take care and a carrot >> this diller says that they should look for dealers that sell 75 to 85%. consumers can do the math to know how much their gold is worth. >> you can do the algorithm

on the catch a letter home, find out what 14 k is which is 58.3% take the price of gold and multiplied by that and then multiplied by a percentage that you are looking for like 80 percent or 74% of the price and then see you give to the closest to that. >> it is but to compare prices. >> sharp around fry nomograms your goal ways. call places and see how much they are willing to give you. bring in anything that has gold, silver dirty clean i did not care. >> are big with a story a bit warm up towards the end of the week tomorrow will be similar to what we saw today starting with from the conditions and cooler temperatures as we head to thursday 78 in oakland and 80's by friday. san jose gets even more, 87 on friday and of course the in the valleys will release of the heat. lowliest marble low 90s on thursday and upper

90s into friday afternoon. war on temperatures tomorrow very similar to what we are today '70s and '80s in the south bay '70s and '80s for the bayshore, 87 antioch a degree or two warmer in some locations 67 san francisco 83 concord and 73 in vallejo. we will see much warmer weather as we head into thursday and friday and reaching the upper 90s to protect the inland valleys as we see little or no fog into friday morning. temperatures into the 80's for the bayshore. hitting the '70s along the coastline. we will see temperatures cool down slightly as a result. >> today on the facebook fan page a lot of 49ers were talking about the wide receiver michael crabtree she--suiting up. check out the, of the day.

>> stay tune with sports we have more news after this break. @

>> the state department is sent to issue will be a final ruling to allow pipeline expansion from central alberta to the gulf of mexico the decision is expected by the end of the year. the actor and o'neill was honored with the star on the hollywood walk of fame doing by his two television wives one from modern family and the other

from married with children his star is in front of a tsb shoe store that is appropriate because his role on married with children was a shoe salesman al bundy. and in sports, breaking news on the 49ers front vern has that good news and what is up with this giant few recent wins, and so many having problems how they respond, vern is up next with the reaction.

>> before the matter is that down to business finally giving running back franco or a new deal, he held out for days because he won a contract extension and became frustrated in camp as a three-year extension said to be worth $21 million to

13 1/2 million in guaranteed money the team is reportedly one to make official tomorrow and the 49ers plan at san diego thursday night. he is third on the rushing list and this his seventh season he is coming off of a hip injury that has forced him to miss the last five games of the 2010 season but that is not all. the two is back on the roster. michael crabtree from the physically unable to perform list, his injury forced him to miss all of camp. the coach expect some to get up to speed quickly it did not rule out a complaint on thursday night. >> he is a football guy, release more really good in the meetings his participation has been outstanding casting that will bode well for him. and hasten his ability to get back into the lineup. >> last night michael veeck became a rich man again for the second time in his career he has a $100 billion contract he got a six year deal from the eagles that

will pay him $40 million guaranteed. the eagles have been to the super bowl twice and lost both. they have fully invested in the quarterback to get in there and in some circles they have been called a dream team because of the off- season talent that they have acquired. markovic has served 28 months in prison because of his dog fighting scandal, and he is back on top. that is the deal, and we go from that to this. will the national west be over before the diamondbacks get here on friday. the giants making a case for it, last night was the worst loss of the season. tim ticket deep times, for the first time in his career, the giants lost seven to nothing and are five back to the diamondbacks. >> we did talk about changing things up and now the meetings that we have. it was something different we wanted to see fit to bring this up. >> every game from now as

important. >> apparently in vallejo, check out the new edition, a baby giraffe was just born already six-foot two with a name, they went with brandon belt. the giants' rookie nick name on the team is baby giraffe. that is a nice and namesake stores from the folks as six flag to discovery kingdom the a's are doing business in cleveland and progressive field is where we go. this is a shot of that a's tried to keep the indians at bay but the former athletic jack would have nothing of it. a to run shot, the indians would lead six to one, that is where it stands right now. the if you're scoring at home that is the sixth home run of the year. and one french open champion but not so lucky. the no. 1 seed

showed no sign of any kind of trouble. he won the first set, and led 521 before his opponent conner had to retire from playing. on the women's side, she is the french open champion and it was bye-bye and she fell to 53rd ranked it. the parents with multiple athletes, asia we can jammed with multiple sports? this is a place that we found in hayward. but the size of this, 80,000 sq. ft. one room, seven nba courts, this call dream courts they opened their doors a few months ago, it includes 10 more in the courts, 17 volleyball courts, six football and soccer fields, personal trading retell and tutoring centers. all of that is under 1 400,000

square foot complex a dream of the founder teresa banks. >> we needed a place to be to train athletes the right way. i did not expected to be such a big project i found this building and fell in love with it and it grew into this enormous project. >> coming up this week in a three-time nba slam-dunk champion nick robinson will be in hayward he now plays for the oklahoma city thunder at least when they ever start playing again. when we come back almost overlooked the world's best track and field athletes one of them went to high school right next door to kron. the world championships are here in south korea and the track insider market is here in the studio to break down. now mark works for the half moon bay review and covers really heavy on the track and field and the sacrifices

that you have to make to the here, do not move went to you hear a story in a moment.

>> we are back with mark for your a sports reporter i track and field insider, before we keep going you would be in correa covering the world championship right now. but your allegiance and ties to half moon bay are so tight why are you there? >> up for high school football. >> you cannot miss happen the football. >> let us go to the issues. what happened? >> he defroster he can clear the out of the block if you take closely to the gentleman next to him it looked like he was stuttering a little bit his feet were not complete the set. they could call blake

for the false start. >> now i am thinking of all of these pieces done that nbc produced. now this guys out. >> how about to make a television? >> now the other intriguing story she's tried to do the double on the women's side. >> she finished second in the 400 ran a great race is still up for the 200, her heats are on thursday. she's a three-time world champion and 200, and this time she goes to london where not sure yet if she is still thinking about doing the double that has not been debt crisis by woman wants by man. >> and now she and then went to sacred heart prep right here next kron. >> you did not even know that she was a stand-up. i remember when she ran across country.

>> there she is wearing die rich right now. >> there she is winning at the state track and field championships the 1500 me here i mean the 1,600 m champion. >> she is another one to look for in london. now here are a couple more to look for. maggie and alisa >> she is easy to spot in a race or whatever color she will run with a flower in her hair. and maggie, she is local and when she was running track she was a 200/400 person and she went to college in they say let us make an 800 m runner out of you. >> so tell me this about track and field, is at the point now where it is almost like losing its following? we have about 50 seconds for this one. he used to be a

huge steel. >> i think everyone is more interested in other things, track is still a great sport i get a kick out of it, the athletes are wonderful to be with. >> attractive to for you, unless we have some happened on the football. track and field is his game, we will see you at 8:00 p.m. thank for to an end. ♪

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the just-released beverly hills housewives 911 call. >> taylor's tearful words heard as her husband's body was found. >> i'm brooke anderson. >> and i'm kevin frazier. >> "the insider" is on. >> my friend just hanged himself. >> i need my psychiatrist. >> the dramatic call for help with taylor sobbing in the background. >> come here, taylor, it's all right. it's all right. >> the man's daughter is here. >> i was there with taylor. it was terrible. >> a physician friend, eye wi