. the grand father of the boy mauled by the dog and i'm live in oakland where there's a distinctive smell in the air. i'll have the details coming up. good afternoon, i'm tori campbell. the man arrested in the dog mauling death of his grandson

is speak egg out from his jail cell. the concord police made the arrest on two felony charges after the boy's death. here's more. >> reporter: just hours after being brought to the county jail in martinez, a soft spoken grandfather spoke out about the attack that killed the grandson. >> my wife found my grandson in the garage mauled. i don't know how long he was in the garage because i wasn't at home. if i was at home, it wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: the 51-year-old was not at home at the time of the attack and says he doesn't know how jacob got into the garage.

>> reporter: there were a total of five pit bulls at the home. neighbors told ktvu that the dogs scared them, but the grand nor says he never saw the dogs acting aggressively toward the children. >> >> reporter: still, he admitted that a year ago, one of the dogs killed the family ease chiquaqua. he said he kept all of the dogs because his son wanted him to. >> keeping the

>> reporter: hyashi says he was warned that doing an interview might put his life in danger, but he said he wanted to do it anyway. he is facing two felony charge in little jacob's death.

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police released the name of a man shot and killed in front of his home this morning right after he returned from work. they have identified the victim as a 53 -year-old. the shooting happened outside the home just before 2:00 a.m. the neighbors said they heard gunshots and when they looked outside, they saw him lying in front of his car. they said he was a pleasant person who kept to himself. >> he is a kind man. he doesn't mess with anybody. he goes to work and comes home. >> homicide detectives are trying to determine a motive for the killing. criminals have been keeping the police busy in oakland.

nine customers inside the green bubble restaurant were robbed just before 11:00 last night. the restaurant was robbed as well. there's no word yet on the discorruption of the suspects. two years ago, there was a take over of the restaurants. and is police were involved in a chase. taz police pursued the car, the riders opened all of the doors and jumped out. the police caught up with the driver of the car. he was arrested. police say the car was stolen. things are getting back to normal between bart's line and the airport. service was interrupted for a short time because of reports that a man was on the track. witness say they saw a young, white man with a mohawk jump

onto the track and run toward the station. bart de activated the rail while they searched for the man. >> right when i was half way down the steps, i saw him jump in and he fell and got back up and ran down the track. >> you know, there's 5 million people in the bay area. there's going to be some people do something like this. >> the bart police did not find the man and bart service was restored after about 40 minutes. >> investigators are on the scene of a house fire. firefighters found a large marijuana growing facility up on the third floor. paul chambers joins us now good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon,

tori. when the wind blows, you can still smell marijuana in the air. the fire spread to all three floors. now, around 5:15 this morning, oakland firefighters responded to the call of a fire at this building. firefighters say the flames were come frog the backside of the building on the first floor and quickly spread to higher levels of the apartment building. >> we chased the fire onto the second floor and discovered a marijuana plant on the third floor. >> reporter: now, chief usher said his crew had to battle the fire on different floors. once on the top floor, that's when firefighters found dozens of pot plants in dozens of stages of growth. >> the third floor, there were extra rooms in there and both of the

ktvu news has learned that there was no axel rant around any of the cared burn ned the car fires. at this point, investigators are paying special attention to a toyota minivan which was the first vehicle that caught on fire. police at sfo have no plans to increase security at the airport parking lots. during the past hour, the case against barry bonds

continues but no trial date was set. the court is concerning the accusation that he knowingly used enhancement drugs. today's hearing comes one month after prosecutors lost a crucial fight in the case. the judge barred them from using positive blood and urine results. veteran news man daniel shore has died at the age of 93. shore spent the bulk of his career on cbs news and was on president nixon's enemy list in the 1970s. he left cbs to teach at uc berkeley and joined cnn the year before it went on the air.

in recent years, he worked on the radio. a spokeswoman said he died at the hospital after a short illness. today, we learned the identities of the six people who were killed in the bus crash in fresno. the authorities are saying that the three women died after the suv flipped. a bus ran into them and the bus ran down an embankment, hitting a tree. the bus driver who had driven for greyhound for 33 years was killed. two ladies from mexico on their way to visit relatives were killed as well. people who appreciate the beauty of the park are shocked over the vandalism. 14 young elm trees and one

mature sycamore were sawed down. >> i think it's absolutely dispickable. this park is a gem in san francisco. someone cutting it down the disrespectful. in all, 44 trees have been destroyed while others have been uprooted at the base which can kill the tree. park officials say they have no suspects or motives. a teenager from stock ton has been charged with vandalizing a ride. he drapinged a property onto the car. nobody was hurt, but the crash caused about $5000 in damage. the ride had just debuted last month after a $9 million

upgrade. most of the shipsality the site of the bp oil spill have been ordered to evacuate ahead of tropical storm bonny. bp and the government have decided to leave the cap in place. they believe that even unattended, it will plug the well. meanwhile, bp has asked the public for suggestion in cleaning up the oil spill and a former coast guard representative has said magic clean up dust. right now, it's one draw back because the dust looks like sand. let's check in with mark

tamayo. is it starting to warm up? yeah, it's starting to warm up. the temperatures are in the 50s to right around 60 degrees. right now, we can show you what's happening with storm tracker 2. fleer the shoreline, here's a closer inspection right now with the clouds in close range. it looks like downtown, maybe just a partly cloudy condition, but still, the fog bank right around ocean beach. here we go closer todayly city and half-moon bay, keeping the neighborhoods on the cooler side. we are expecting the pattern over the next two to three days to pull back near the shoreline. the sunshine is breaking through the clouds and san francisco is on track to reach the lower 60s this afternoon. in fact, this was the time lapse. we had complete overcast. look what happened just within

the past hour. the clouds lifting with the mostly sunny skies with the clouds pulling back to the shoreline. today, a little bit warmer than yesterday. we will be cooling things off, especially by monday into tuesday of next week. current numbers, you can see san francisco updated. fair field, 76. we have a bit of a breeze 15 to 20 miles per hour. as far as the temperatures, here's the track of the temperatures by the coast. there's the red con tore, the warmest location in the upper 80s to right around 90-degrees and tomorrow, we will have a few more 90s show up. in fact, here's the latest weather pattern, the temperature have been warming up a little bit over the last 24 hours. we have the shoreline -- clearing fog around the bay.

here's the plan for this weekend if you are heading out of town, partly cloudy skies for the north coast. thunderstorms for the lake tahoe area. partly cloudy skies into the afternoon and here's the heat in palm springs, 110 degrees all weekend long. back here in the bay area for this afternoon, here's the depiction of the forecast model. partly sunny by 4:00 this afternoon. there's the temperature range between 60 to 90-degrees. san francisco 63. concord, 87. fair field, around 88. hayward, 81. san jose, lower 80s. these temperatures will check in about 3:00, or 4:00 this afternoon. here's a look ahead at the five- day forcast. saturday will be the warmest day of the up coming period, still keeping it cool coast fide with the fog a factor in the morning. sunday, still a pretty nice day, but we continue our

cooling trend on sunday and we really kick it in on monday. tuesday, the warmest locations only in the low to mid 80s. outside just in the past hour, clouds an hour ago, but now complete sunshine. >> so, what is this doing for our fire danger? >> no red flag warnings. usually in july, we would be talking about that. that's a good sign. >> that is fortunate. >> thank you. marc. starting tomorrow, there will be half as many police officers. the officers will be required to ride two to a car for their own safety. there is a warning today from the vacaville police about

thieves stealing personal information at an atm. a card skimmer was used and it's an electronic device that attached to an atm. the information is used to create fake cards. they may have stolen information from as many as 50 customers. we are learning more about the man arrested at the end of a big man hunt along the bay in sals lee to. 30 officers searched for a fugitive considered armed and dangerous who was found hiding between the docks. it happened after an officer recognized him riding in a car. the driver pulled over, but the fugitive took off running to

the dock. >> well, there's concern about the people on the boats as to whether or not everybody would be all right or he might take a hostage or not. >> he alluded police for more than two hours spending time in 60-degree waters. he has outstanding charge where he is accused of throwing a bottle and striking a girl in the face. you can find the video at ktvu.com. still ahead, disappointing news for fans of the iphone and the mayor says he will not wait to

taking a live look at the big board on wall street, a triple digit gain right now. the big reason, a big sigh of relief. all but seven of the european banks have passed the stress test that show whether they are strong enough with the debt crisis. s&p is also topping the 1100 mark for the first first time

in a month. today, apple announced a new delay in the availability of the white iphone 4. less than a week ago, the president, steve jobs, said it will be delayed. there was a memo saying that they are more challenging to make. major chuck reid says he will ask the city council to put the ballpark measure on the november ballot and he will do it without the blessing of major league baseball. a special committee is still investigating the option which includes a possible move to san jose. the giants say that would violate their territorial rights to the county. coming up on ktvu channel 2

news at 5:00, we'll have an update on the random crimes. plus, ford motor company reported profits. ironically, the turn around comes a little bit too late for some bay area dealers who recently closed up shop. thank you for watching, have a great weekend.