l. he was a friend before he was a soldier. >> a good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville >> and i'm julie haener.

>> the u.s. defense department says that a roadside bomb in afghanistan has killed a 21- year-old soldier from napa. army specialist chase stanley graduated from napa soldier. he was among four soldiers who died in wednesday's explosion. ktvu's amber lee has the story. >> reporter: friends tell us that chase stanley enlisted in the army while he was a senior here at napa high. he left for the military four years ago and was due to be discharmed this summer. >> he was deployed in 2007. >> he remembers his goal of joining the army part of his adventurous spirit and recklessness. >> you know, he was an amazing kid. you put in front of him and he had to get up in three seconds and do something. >> reporter: he had already served 15 months in iraq when he was deployed to afghanistan

in december after the army extended his tour. friends say that stanley was ready to come home but was willing to do more to serve his country. >> that's something that he thought was courageous and a man should do. that's something that called to him >> reporter: the department of defense said that he was killed two days ago along with three other soldiers. the army says that insurgents attacked the soldier's vehicle with an ied. >> family and friends can't help but think that he should have been here with them had the tour not been extended. another friend shows us their high school yearbook. they started posting messages on facebook. >> it's upsetting because we found out exactly what happened yesterday. a friend of mine told me and that was really hard. we want to remember him in the light that he was, not as he is

now, as a soldier. he was our friend before he was a soldier. >> reporter: friends told us that stanley had hoped to become a dozer operator for cal fire. he was due to come home in three months and take a trip with them to las vegas. they say they'll still go. it will be a celebration of chase stanley's life. reporting live here in napa, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. the disens defense -- the defense department released some disturbing figures. the suicide rate range from drug and alcohol abuse to financial problems to domestic trouble. they recommend soldiers to seek help. here in the bay area, one army veteran seeking help from ac life builds and the veterans administration program says that those programs are actively reaching out to vets. >> kids coming home from iraq,

they are really working with them, really trying to get the programs in. >> president obama has proposed an increase in spending for veteran services that could lead to the creation of more assistance program. last year, a record 244 soldiers committed suicide. family members have identified a man found shot to death late this afternoon inside a parked car in south berkeley. it happened about 5:10 this evening. police say they received multiple calls of shots fired and responded to melvius street and the tent city known as aroundyville. officers found it the victim over slumped over the wheel. the oakland man said that the his mother identified him as 29- year-old marcus moseley, jr. of berkeley. this is berkeley's fifth homicide of the year.

apple ceo steve jobs took to the stage to explain the antenna problems and a phone fix. he says that we are not perfect but and he apologized but says that the problems with the iphone are overblown and he says that other smart phones are not perfect either. >> reporter: frank, after that press conference wrapped up, people started showing up at apple stores like this one here in san francisco. this was the product that many people were asking about in pleasanton, an eye phone fix that apple will start gig ut for free starting next week. the cover is supposed to go around the iphone 4 and is supposed to stop the problem. if you hold the iphone like, this it can cover up the

antenna and it drops the call. that was the same point apple ceo steve jobs made at a rare press conference this morning. >> we are not perfect. >> reporter: jobs says that apple's smart phone competitors are not either. he showed a video of other phones losing some of their signals when held a certain way. >> right now, to the best of our knowledge, it's not possible to make a smart phone that does not have weak spots. >> reporter: when asked why apple did not act sooner to address the complaints. jobs says that the company needed time to study the issues. >> part of the role as the leader of the smart phone industry right now is to educate. to educate, we need data and that's what we have been doing over the last 22 days. >> reporter: the solution, give customers a free bumper to cover the antenna. some people found out how to get one. you get one and you register

with your i tunes account which, if you have an iphone already, you already have one. >> this is a step that's going to just calm a lot of people down. and they're going to say, okay, i have a bumper or i had a bumper, anyway, now i gate free one. >> kent german is senior editor at the tech website c net.com. >> apple realized they had to do something. >> customers were split on whether they thought that apple did enough to address the problem. >> it didn't bother me. they're going to fix it. it's apple. >> reporter: do you think you will buy another iphone in the future? >> i don't know. >> the iphone is an amazing product except for the phone part of it. >> reporter: now, if you don't want to wait until next week to get your free bumper, you can go into the store and buy one our self. that costs about 30 bucks and apple will reimburse you later. at the press conference this morning, steve job said that if anyone is still unhappy with

the iphone 4, they can return it for a full refund and break their at&t contract if they are still not satisfied with the product. >> and we post add link to apple's information on how to get a free bumper case. just look for the web link section on ktvu.com. a bay area website editor has agreed to pro right prosecutors with information about the disaexperience of en iphone 4 prototype. an apple engineer lost a phone at a bar in redwood city in march. a man who found the phone and sold it to the tech website gi.izmoto which posted the pictures and specifications. am demanded an investigation. on wall street, it was ugly today. that's how one stock trader described today's big drop in the market. the dow lost 2621 points.

dis appointing earnings from bank of america and citigroup and a drop in consumer confidence triggered the selloff. >> cafornia released the june figures. the employment department figures put the jobless rate at 12.3% for last month. that's town 12.44% in may but still higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.5%. while the job numbers may not have raised spirit in the south bay a grand opening did. a new store gave some sense that the south bay's economy is on a comeback. ktvu's janine dela vega report from san jose. >> reporter: ross opened a new store in downtown zonings. some say that's a promising economic sign. >> i got the shoes, dress views. >> reporter: jamie moore took a

quick break to shop downtown. >> you know, just helping the downtown area and the business joos the san jose redevelopment agency says it was aggressive in attracting the chains into the downtown location. in fact, upgrading the downtown experience. the stories providing 50 jobs. 50 jobs is 50 jobs and right now that means a lot to those 50 people who are filling those jobs and to their family. >> the state's employment department reported that the employment rate was 11%, less than the 11.7% it estimated a year ago. state labor officials say this is the first time in more than three years that the unemployment rate turned out less than predicted. maybe a turning point. that hardly makes a trend but hopefully that will be the sign of things to come. >> reporter: jobs in the retail industry have held steadry. workers at the unemployment

office and career center in san jose say they are so busy trying to help people file claims and look for jobs. >> it's been really lots of very short term temp jobs and nothing really lasted very long. >> one piece of good news the federal bureau of labor statistics say its average weekly wages have increased by 8% three years ago. recording from downtown san jose, janine de la vega ktvu ktvu. you can see how the nine counties stack up. sol know county had the -- solano county had the highest rate at 12.1%. the u.s. senate is expected to vote next tuesday to extend unemployment benefits to millions of jobless americans. the bill would restore those benefits through november. about 2 1/2 million unmany employed workers have lost their benefit since the last

extension expired in may. the bill stalled in the senate when democrats came one vote short of the votes needed. but by next week, west virginia's new senator who replaces robert byrd is expected to be on board up next, thousands gather for a final farewell to a university chancellor whose impact went far beyond campus san francisco police chief says that crime is down. why some residents say that the numbers don't tell it the whole story and we are learning how a few laid off oakland police officers may find policing work in oakland.

san francisco's police chief issued the city's mid- year crime report, hailed it as good news. the crime is sharply down from a year ago when he came on board. and he used the occasion to blast a proposal by the count. >> the mayor hired me with a clear mission ant mission is make san francisco the safest large city in the country. >> reporter: gascon said that his department is making progress. the sfpd report that from january to june of this year violent crime dropped 20% from the same period in 2008 and 10%

from 2009. >> the department's figures indicates that rates and homicides are down 4% while burglaries, arson and personal thefts are down 12%. >> i offered to you that that equates to 4400 families in our city and county that were not victimized this year. >> reporter: the decline in violent crime mirrors a national trend although more needs to be done to make the city safe, says critics. the announcement comes after a shooting and two separate robberies in which the perpetrators used guns and a knife. april spears says that she believes that the crimes here are underreported. >> i see more police presence, but i don't really see crime dropping as much. >> i think that's really simplistic to say that foot beat equate to community policing. >> reporter: the chief today dismissed as, quote, laughable,

the ballot initiative to make foot patrol a primary force of policing. >> if i am mandated to put foot beats in every community at any level, i may not have the freedom to be able to move people around and deal with any immediate lead. >> that is absolutely absurd. san francisco is not los angeles and the tactics that they are beginning to deploy are very reactive like in los angeles where that deployment is from a moving car. >> chief gascon credits crime tracking capability for the continuing decline in violent crime but the department is facing a loss of 75 offices through attrition with no new academy scheduled. the department plans to train citizen escorts to help fight crime in the. in their neighborhood. the cash strapped city of vallejo has asked officers to

hold off on a raise to avoid layoff. the police officers association made an offer to help the city but vallejo officials say that's not enough and only would defer the costs until later. the city has worked to redo a contract with officers. vallejo filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy. a few of the oakland police officers who lost their job this week may find work protecting some of the city's youngest residents. oakland school district police may launch a summer camp at cole middle school and it's staffed by officers. anticipating the opd layoff, the camp held three positions open. >> it's an opportunity for to us hire police officers from oakland who know the city and come work for us. so i'm trulily pleased that we are able to hire at least three. >> new officers are expected to be ready to go in a month.

oakland police schools say they will offer summer camps at several locations next year. thousands of people turned out on the campus of santa clara university to attend funeral service for reverend paul locatello. the 71-year-old jesuite priest died monday of pancreatic cancer. lloyd lacuesta is in santa clara with our report frank, a receptionist underway tonight at santa clara university after a final farewell to the long-time president of the school. some 100 jesuite priests, two bishops and reverend paul locatelli's family formed a procession walking the same path that the father took before he left as president of the jesuite school. some 2,000 people came to

remember him. >> close friends say that father paul would have been humbled by tonight's service which brought together the rich and power fflt bay area. he scared for every square inch of this campus. >> reporter: father sonny manuel was a friend for many years and said that father locatelli left animprint. >> he built mi buildings from it the student affairs building, the roy prayerry, the business school, you -- the library, the business schools. you look around this campus and paul's imprint was everywhere. >> he would frequently stop to just chat with students. >> he really wanted to know my life and where i came from. >> reporter: he is credited fund raising that saw endowments during his tenure go from $77 million to 700 million dollars. >> he brought the university to

the major league. i mean there has been such a transformation, not only in terms of our endowment. he increased it well over five fold, was very involved in the community. >> he was a man with great vision and a man that embraced everyone. >> wooden crosses in front of the mission church symbolized the father's dedication to what he called the three c's, conscience, competence and compassion. the crosses are for jesuite priests murdered in he will salvador. he embraced a program in that country to help students understand poverty and social justice. >> i saw him the night before he died, around 8:00 at night i thanked him for all he had done for me. i told him that his work as a chancellor was over but he had a job in heaven. his work is not over. >> reporter: when his body was

brought on campus, it was the gardeners on campus who served as his pall betterriers. he touched everybody. coming up right after the break, new oversight the california oil spill that still holds the record. and temperatures just a little bit cooler today. we had 90s. more fog at the coast tonight that will impact the bay area weekend. i'll have the details.

displamplets b.a.r.t. police can expect some changes now that the governor has signed a lou authorizing the creation of a civilian oversight board. governor schwarzenegger signed the bill last night.

it comes as a response of the b.a.r.t. shooting off an unarmed suspect by johannes mehserle. it calls for a review board to consider discipline any action. >> it gives us another place to go when we need to check up what's going on. they look at our training. they look at our policy. they look at the investigations why did the officer do this? why did the officers use a taser? how come he didn't use the night stick >> reporter: the new law is set into effect january 1st, exactly two years after oscar grant's death a san francisco judge today allowed a man convicted of stabbing a 15-year-old girl and a 60-year-old man to withdraw his insanity plea. 29-year-old scott thomas will now face a possible life sentence for the may 2007 stabbing. thomas was convicted in march

of attempted murder for the attacks outside twin peaks bakery in san francisco. he had been relaced from san quentin a day earlier. investigators say that the death of a man was heat related. the 54-year-old was taken to card medical center when he died. temperatures reached a high of 99 degrees on wednesday. officials say that karillo was tossing heavy boxesof grapes on the truck when he died. he is one of 44 deaths investigated across the state, heat-related deaths. park rangers spotted a poddy in the surf at around it:00 2 this afternoon.

the man is believed to be 62- year-old jack taylor of river bank which is in stanislaus county. a third man was identified, 65- year-old michael opportunity also -- michael fuentes of river bank. the ongoing labor dispute between a c transit and its labors may be heading to arbitration. the union made the request after the a c transit board impose add new contract last month aimed at cutting almost $16 million. the arbitrators might be selected as early as next week. a c transit said it has not yet decided whether to appeal today's ruling a ruling over the battle of paying state workers minimum wage. where the matter stands tonight just feet from the caldecott tunnel in highway 24,

scientists are finding camel feet and fossilized bones.

welcome back. we have fog pushing inland. that is the indication that things will be cooler tomorrow. we had more fog today. temperatures came down a few degrees. we have even more fog tonight. that means temperatures will come down a few more degrees. again, more fog on sunday. we have fog right now, fog trying to move into santa rosa and pete -- petaluma. i'll give you more on what to expect in your neighborhood. governor schwarzenegger lost a round in court as he tries to leverage a new budget deal. he tried to reduce the pay of

most state workers to the federal minimum wage of $7.50 an hour. >> sacramento superior court patrick marlette turned down governor schwarzenegger's latest petition. the governor is trying to get the state controller to pay the minimum wage until lawmakers approve a budget for the current fess call year. it is my direction to deny the and racial for the tro on the basis of the balance of arm. >> the state controller argues that technological controls prevent his office to change. >> the controls that we have, with the antiquated payroll system currently in the system cannot respond. >> but the governor's administration is not buying that we take a somewhat

skeptical view of their inability to handle certain reductions that we've asked for now. >> reporter: state workers in oakland today say they could not have made it through the summer if their pay was reduced to $7.25 an hour. >> i would have to talk to my landlord and verizon and tell them to wait for my money because i have to wait for them to give me my money. >> reporter: many state workers say that their payroll is being used as leverage to get a budget deal finalized quickly. >> yes, we were the pawn. >> reporter: the governor made a similar request in 2008. the state controller refused then. the governor sued and won by the time that court ruled, the 2009 budget had already been set. so the governor's office says that the law is on its side. the judge did set another hearing for the pay issue on july 26th and there will likely be another hearing in august if the state budget has not been set by then.

in oakland, christian captain, ktvu channel 2 news. the nonprofit foundation that supports cal state stanislaus disclosed it paid sarah palin $75,000 to speak last month >> it's not clear why the foundation finally revealed the amount after refusing to disclose it for months. palin's contract had a confidentiality clause that prevented divulging the fee. the secrecy around her appearance sparked an investigation by the storm's office. the event raised more than $300,000 that will go toward scholarship now to the gulf of mexico where there is some uncertainty tonight as engineers try to determine if bp's new containment cap had should off the flow of oil. the cap stopped the oil for the first time in all three month. but midway through today's i testifying gritty test, the pressure inside the well was not as high as expected than could be the sign that oil

could be leaking elsewhere. bp so far has found no sign of leak elsewhere. the white house is expressing cautious optimism. >> this new cap will be able to contain up to 80,000 barrels a day, which should cap actual nearly all the oil until the well is killed. >> bp is digging two relief wells to permanently seal the leaking well and the first of them might be completed before the end of this month. gulf coast residents are expressing mixed reaction on the capping. on one hand, they believe the oil stopped gushing. on the other, they recognize it could take up years to clean up the spoil. but the gulf leak is not the worth one in the nation's his from time to time one in california holds that record. ktvu's rita williams reports.

>> reporter: so far, so good but is it good enough? the oil cap is still holding back the black crude that's been gushing. >> it's good. that's a real relief for us and our tri. >> reporter: while it's no cops laying to gulf coast victims of this disaster, it's not the largest accidental oil spill of all time, at least not yet. that record was set almost 100 years ago and it was not on water but on land. right here in california. and it was california's richest producing county. so-called dry hole charlie woods drilled deem one last time and hit pay dirt. black gold gushed like a guyser a half mime to the sky for the next 18 months. >> of course, they were

primitive, no blowout preventer, nothing. when it came, you had to run for yoir lives. >> 9 million-barrels in all, way more than twice the greatest estimate of spilled oil now in the gulf. the pressure of the gusher was so great that the cap of wood on beam was blown away. findly, they built a sand world around the oil well. finally, the oil blew it self out in 1927. now a his storic marker sits on this spot. it happened about 100 years ago and we are still here. we are living, breathing, still driving automobiles. >> which brings us back to the bp oil spill. it has been a total nightmare. how do we get back to where we were before the day that the oil spill happened? >> reporter: a question that will continue to be asked and

answered long after the gulf gusher is plugged for good. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. we want to clarify a point in last night's story on privacy and your medical records. what those records are stripped of identifying information, patients right now do not have control over their use or sale. that goes not just for electronic reports but for paper records as well. thanks are getting hot tonight in oakland as the crucible bring the heat with a new stage show. and the unusual way two california women discovered they have west nile virus.

unidentified women in stanislaus county learned that, after donating blood, that they had west nile virus. counselors notified the women that they had been infected. the women were not hospitalized. doctors say west nile virus is common it at this time of the year in the central valley and the delta. >> donors could be coming up positive once or twice a week. in fact, today, i know of four

positive blood donors in california. >> the california officials say that right now, the two stanislaus county women are the state's only confirmed west nile virus cases this year. santa clara county is planning to spray next week in san jose. the planned area is payne avenue on the north, san highway 17 on the east and writtencon and butt avenues on the south. adult mosquitoes collectd in that area last week tested positive for west nile virus. the fogging is scheduled for july 22nd at 11:00 at night. the largest artificial turf company in the united states agreed today to reduce the amount of lead in their product to settle lawsuits the state of california has brought against them the state filed the lawsuit after testing found that the lead levels were more

than ten times more than allowed. the companies pro missd to substantially reduce the amount of lead in their products but do not admit anything wrongdoing. in news of the world tonight, in iraq, at least 29 people are dead and 22 others injured following a hotel fire late last night in the country's kurdish region. officials blame a short end in an electrical circuit to start the fire. many victims suffocated because the hotel did not have emergency stairs. in mexico, a drug gang rounded a car, packed explosives into a police truck killing two officers and injuring nine others. it was just the latest in the string of violent attacks in the city. in the past day, police sphrowptd remains of 10 people.

in germany, pop singer pink is recovering following an accident in nuremberg. she fell after cracked her head after she was not properly strapped. the crucible is back and instead of the annual fire arts festival, it is putting on a cabaret, appropriately titled "heat". the night's event featured theatriccal stage shows. the crucible decided to take a break from its traditional outdoors festival because it said that last year's event draped its resources. >> up next, an up close look at what crews are finding.

and is this warm weather going to stick around? our chief meteorologist will be back for the complete bay area weekend forecast.

crews digging out the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel are making a remarkable discovery. jana katsuyama has the report. >> reporter: cop struck workers are clearing out what would be the fourth bore but they are not just digging holes through the rock but also digging into the past. >> you have to work pretty hard to get it out. >> using only a block hammer, levi plat is a paleontollologist. >> thinks where we found the leaves and the fish >> and this new tunnel dig is turning out to be a gold mine

of sorts with all kind of fossils. we found 500 specimen from over 400 different locations. we found fossil fishing, fossil leaves. >> the team also discould have had sea urchins. california law requires that any large construction have paleontologist on site. and cal tran thought they would. >> when they dug the first and second bores, they were not back there, they are finding fossils and turning them into the foreman who would turn them over to the university of california uc berkeley. the museum still houses those fossils from the earlier caldecott excavation. >> you will get a real good

hint as to what was like about ten million years ago. >> today, the museum director took us into the back room to show us some of those fossils. >> >> the caldecott collection is small but includes everything from ann shell horse teeth to baby mastondonte tusk, another animal long gone from the area. >> this is the tibia, which is the lower leg bone of a rhinoceros. >> this is a rye none ross? >> yes, they lived in the bay area, too. >> reporter: it costs about $35,000 a month to maintain. crews eventually will dig down, possibly unearth more. >> if you drive on highway 24 and you are stuck in traffic trying to take get through the tunnel, take a look at the

geography. >> the paleontology team is just expected about what other pieces of the past they might find. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news the effort to ease traffic congestion for east bay commuters may prove to be a stly one for cal tran. regulators proposed fining cal tran $50,000 for failing to prevent creeks from getting polluted. state regulators warned cal tran multiple times that it was not dog enough to present runoff from the project. penalties are expected to be discussed in october. the temperatures in your neighborhood tonight are colder than they were last night. we have a pretty good sea breeze going, a lot of fog at the coast and moving into berkeley up towards albany hill. we want to point out the current conditions.

in sacramento, 73 degrees. lets gea to this live wind reader, buoy at the delta. you have a pretty strong wind coming off the water. look at how that transpired. this cool air will get all the way toward the davis area. temperatures are going to be cooler tomorrow, not close, just cooler. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow take off, i don't know, 4, 3 degrees off the hot temperatures inland, maybe 2 degrees off the temperatures around the bay. coastal sections will be mostly in the low 60s, upper 502s. gradual cooling. both days are going to be great. not a problem. just going to be gradually cooler. yesterday and today, the warmest days of the week. yesterday was warmer. temperatures now start to trend down as we move into next week. san jose downtown, good air quality. a little fog when you wake up, up to 88 degrees in downtown

san jose. the hot weather has been hot. that high build from the desert southwest is built all week. today was pretty hot. temperatures are trending down. look over here. you know, 90s inland, low 90s and upper 80s on sunday, low 90s. it's cooler, not going to be just as hot. when you notice is a little bit more fog at the coast. new cooler environment because tomorrow morning's forecast has the fog. all the way to con court from napa. and we're going to go into vacaville and fairfield and provide us a cooler day on sunday. that's the whole game right there when you get a bigger push of fog. that tells you you are not going to be doing 110, 103. you will find hundreds in the valley away from the cooling influence of the breeze but that's up in reading, towards stockton. look at these numbers.

94 in danville. for my money, just about right. fire danger up but not crazy high. forecast along the coast. the five-day forecast 2 that is just basically not cooling but a nice weekend ahead next week. frank and july. >> we have not had any long stretches of the pink yet. >> thank you, bill oakland's annual blast expo got underway tonight as some of the festivities of the workers on diverse were hop in order.

19th am expo kicked off. they kicked off by honoring diversity workers. this is to promote african american businesses, jobs and music and continues tomorrow and sunday at the oakland colyseum. mark is off tonight. bret is here to tell us about the giants on a hot roll. they went into the all-star game hot and they are still hot. >> they are still doing it. >> hot, hot, hot. this is all about pitching. giants scored just three runs

in the first two games against the new york mets but it's three more than new york tallies and et appears that pitcher bare zito got his groove back. before the game at at&t park, jon miller was recognized for excellence. he will be honord in cooperstown. aubrey huff avoids the tag, 1- 0, giants. launching this hit. the fans have got to like that. giant win 1-0. they stay 2 1/2 of a t and t. >> this is the first time that they said the inner city all year. kevin kouzmanoff had a hit off

zach greinke. brit yoish only golfers beat the course thursday but today, st. andrews teamed up with mother nature to frustrate the best player in the world, except for one, louie oosthuizen. he has a lead over america mark cal can he calcaceia. remember the first round leader, mcelroy? well, he shot a 66 yesterday. how about today? he shot an 80. >> and tiger woods is 8 shots back of oosthuizen. tom watson was 5 over par and

missed the cut. this is electronically his final race here. 8,000 horse power time machine, the 4 seconds to go 1,000 feet. the elimination finals is set for saturday afternoon. that's the part as we see it for this friday night. these are the major league drag races. you can see them. smell them, feel them and you can certainly hear them. >> 300 miles an hour. >> 0 to 60 in .4. >> you need ear plugs. >> you better have them. >> you bet. >> and that is our report for this friday night. i'm julie haener >> and i'm frank somerville. our coverage continues online on ktvu.com. have a great weekend, everybody. >> good night.