. dozens call for the release of their friends from an a iran prison. >> the candidates were invite bud few attended. a forum in san francisco aimed at voters in the faith based community. >> and the details hushed but the clintons talking about their daughter's wedding at a new york estate.

>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2news at six. >> good evening. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. it was a year ago today that three berkeley graduate was captured along the border of iraq and iran. they said the capture have nothing to do with the issues. we are in san francisco where people are calling for their release. >> reporter: this is an anniversary that nobody wanted to recognize. one year ago those three hikers were captured by iran. today their friends are using these cranes to call for their release. some 75 people marched around the mission district with a message of freedom. >> freedom for the hikers in iran. >> reporter: they want the iran government to release the three

students. >> i know they -- they care about the world and what's going on pretty much a travesty. >> understand we can blame only you for the continued detention of our friends. we can blame only you and we can fight only you. >> reporter: the day started with eye a ralphly that highlighted the lives of the three captives. this is it a friend of josh's. >> he has a strong vision for the world. that vision is of cooperation with all the peoples of earth working together to make a better future for all it's sad do is think about her there alone in her cell, she visits with her friends for two hours a day which gives me hope but mostly i think about the struggle she is facing. >> free our friends. >> reporter: they make the

point that they are friends -- as much as anything else they are friends opposed united states foreign policy. >> they have always been independent minded critical of those things of foreign policy. they are ambassadors of peace and goodwill. >> reporter: the group also stopped at a park and though they say they feel closer to seeing their friend's freedom iran is not indicating an end to the struggle is near. live in san francisco. >> fire crews quickly put out a small brush fire that sent smoke across highway 580. the fire onto westbound side of the freeway broke out around 10:30 p.m. a one lane of traffic was closed as firefighters confronted the fire. they had it out in about ten minutes. the cause is under investigation.

fire crews near palmdale in northern los angeles county are gaining ground on a massive wildfire thats have burned 14,000 acres. the crown fire is 62% contained today but has destroyed nine structures and it's still dangerously close to scores of other homes. investigators say the fire may have been sparked by workers hammering on bolts to remove a tire rim. north and kern county cooler weather has helped crews get a handle on two wildfires. they are both 80 to 85% contained. >> the highway patrol investigating a hit and run involving a charter bus and a car east of the bay bridge toll plaza. they believe a big rig hit a car that struck a charter bus carrying about 35 people at 1:30 this morning. several were taken to the hospital. the accident closed severaller several lanes of traffic. three young men charged with attempted murder after a

robery and stabbing left a 40- year-old man with life threatening injuries. police say the man was approached by about 12 people before being robbed, stabbed and beaten. authorities have not released the identities of the victim or the suspects. police say the suspects under arrest are age 17, 18 and 20. police say they are looking for more suspects. san francisco police are also investigating the early morning shooting of a young man wearing a bullet resistant vest. he was in a car near taylor around 3:30 when another man shot him. witnesses said the shooter said to the victim i told you i was coming, before he opened fire. paramedics cut the victim out of the bullet resistant vest before taking him to the hospital. he is in critical condition. >> oakland police have released the identity of a

haywood man killed in east oakland on friday. the 45-year-old was shot in the 100 block of mcarthur. the tattoo artist was in the area visiting friends when a gunman walked up and opened fire. he died at highland hospital a few minutes later. no arrests have been made and police have been unable to determine a motive. in san francisco today it was supposed to be a conversation with the candidates for governor but only jerry brown talked. we are live to explain. >> reporter: organizers of the forum said they invited candidates on both sides, republicans and democrats, and not just for the governors office -- for other races to attend the forum and address issues important to the faith based community but few of those invited accepted the opportunity. the event was called a faith

forum held this afternoon at san francisco christian center in the mission district. the candidates were asked about the role faith played in their lives but there were few to speak of. jerry brown came, meg whittman wasn't. >> i would like to see what somebody like meg whittman had to say. >> . >> i'm disappointed in a lot of them that they aren't here and not particularly meg for whatever reason. >> reporter: the whittman campaign cited a scheduling conflict but refused to be more specific. >> didn't work in the overall schedule. >> reporter: the forum wouldn't have put brown and whittman face to face but brown didn't pass the chance to make hay of her absence. >> i would like to know what role religion has played in her life. >> reporter: after accepting two other debates the whittman campaign has been critical of brown for not accepting an october 2nd debate in fresno.

brown said that was designed to fit whittman's strategy. >> she operates on what meg wants meg gets. she has a debate in fresno at 5:00 o'clock on saturday afternoon in spanish. that is her idea. >> reporter: three debates scheduled to take place weeks before the november investigation. a poll shows brown with a 37- 34% lead. that despite lopsided spending with brown still waiting to spend his campaign cash. >> i find it astounding that after spending 110 spending it's still a tied race. >> reporter: as for the first debate in the race right now that's scheduled to take place less than a month from now. whittman and brown will face off december 28th and united states davis. ken pritchett. >> a group of motorcycle riders donated school supplies to children in san mateo.

members of the owner's group gave dozens of backpacks filled with notebooks, pencils and paper to the medical center as part of the first school supply run. organizers hope the backpacks and a thousand dollar check will help families hit by the economic down turn. >> what's it going be? a meal on the table or a backpack? we want to take that decision out of the mind. >> the medical center will distribute the supplies. kid's have a special place in the hearts of the rider who for the last 19 years have been collecting toys to donate at christmas. >> another fundraiser across the bay area is aimed at helping out police dogs. pet food express is hosting all day pet washings to raise money to buy bullet proof vests for police dogs. the cover your canine fundraiser takes place today and tomorrow at all 34 pet food express stores in the bay area.

it comes at a time with budget cuts shrinking dog units. >> we are here to change it. a lot of the reason is because they are expensive. >> they raised $71,000 last year during the first fundraiser. this goal is to collect $100,000. >> it's a critical weekend for engineers trying to plug that broken well in the gulf. also violence breaks out in the mideast after months of relative calm along the border. >> who came out to the big wedding for the former first daughter. >> clouds pull back to near the shoreline. outside we have patchy fog near san francisco bay. minor changes but could be talking about at least in the five-day,ly have that coming up in a few minutes. what this droid does will change how you do movies.

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. in news of the world in gaza a funeral held for a top hamaas military commander killed in an air strike. the man died and a dozen were hurt in the air raid. the attack came after hamaas launched a rocket attack on an israeli town. it's the sharpest escalation since january of last year. two strong quakes in iran hit the country in the last 24 hours of the the first happened in northeast iran. a 5.3 hit the agricultural area at least 200 were hurt. then then morning in southern iran a 5.6 hit leveling brick buildings and hurting dozens of

people. the federal government mobilized the government to battle wildfires that have killed at least 30 people in western russia. it's the worst heat wave in 130 years with temperatures tomorrow expected to reach 104 degrees. the heat and fires have destroyed a 5th of the wheat crop and closed moscow and other areas in a haze of smoke. it's a big weekend for bp and the federal government with crews preparing to shut down the blown out well in the gulf of mexico. company officials say the two step operation is expect expected to start in a few days. the plan is to put heavy mud and cement in the well cutting off the leak for good. it'll be followed by two relief wells. while bp appears confident in the operation the government is taking a more caution approach. >> we shouldn't be writing any obit for this event until it's

sealed and we have no more oil on the surface of the water and know where it's gone to. >> reporter: bp plans to start the static kill monday night or tuesday. it may be done in as little as 24 hours or could take days. >> a greek based company pled guilty to dumping oil and waste into the san francisco bay. a judge fined them $750,000 for the illegal dumping. a coast guard inspection last february, the ship had be bypassing pollution control equipment and dumping waste overboard. >> a company has been given permission to go ahead with the world's first human trials of a stem cell therapy that could let paralyzed people walk again. the treatment injects stem cells, it's hoped they will stimulate damaged nerve cells to produce a substance that

insulates nerve cells letting them carry impulses. the fda had held up trying while it reviewed studies for side effects. new research suggests children who live in damp water damaged homes may be more likely to develop nasal allergies. the study followed nearly 1900 children for six years. it found those who lived in homes with dampness or mold problems were more likely to have nasal problems, sneezing a runny nose. they point out the findings don't prove cause and effect and it's still possible outside factors could explain the link. >> lot of people decided to go fly a kite today in berkeley. the yearly kite festival at the marina had a special guest. the consulate general of san

francisco, japan. he marked an important event, 2010 is the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first official japanese ship to cross the pacific. it continues tomorrow at ten. >> that's none of those kites look like the one i flew as a kid. let's check in with mark and looks windy. >> yeah. that's right. bit a breeze with wind around ten to 20 miles an hour. ideal kite flying weather into the second half of the weekend. right now on the maps, we are watching that fog bank. you can see clearing out there, especially for the man rain county coastline. also for a part of san francisco but looks like the eastern half closer to downtown. golden gate bridge, the fog bank closing in, once again pushing back in. we can show you this, the

golden gate. just to the left of the screen. a nice 72 degrees. you can see the range from 60 pacificca, 89 antioch. san jose 78 degrees. really not a big change from yesterday. here is the weather story for you. cool coast and warm inland for sunday. fog returns in the short term. a bump in the numbers, spot forecast for tomorrow in san jose, 7:00 56 degrees. by 12, 69, by 3:00 the afternoon high in the upper 70s. 79 degrees. the weather system up to the north the main player over the past few weeks keeping the temperatures in the bay area on the cool side. this high rebuilds and as a result the inland areas, especially by monday into tuesday, could be up a few degrees but here is the plan for tomorrow with patchy fog. could be breaking up with

partly cloudy conditions and around the bay clearing skies and there is that breeze with winds approaching 20 and inland the warmest locations on track to reach the mid to upper 80s. in fact here is a look at the forecast model. the plan tomorrow morning, areas of fog focused coast side around the bay. then in to the afternoon hours clouds back to near the shoreline revealing partly to mostly sunny skies and there is the temperature range for most of the bay area, upper 50s to the 80e. santa rosa 79, fairfield 84, vallejo around 74. oakland in the upper 60s. these numbers not a big change from today. san jose in the upper 70s and morgan hill 86 degrees. no extreme heat for tomorrow. not expects much in the way of 90s, warmest locations could just be touching 90. san francisco 63 with skies partly sunny. here is a looka health temperatures just a little bit. warm you up a one degree from

monday to tuesday and the warmest locations in the upper 80s to lowest 90s. we will cool off for wednesday and thursday. its been a very difficult month to be a weather person and saying the same thing over and over. just minor warming over the next few days. >> we would like it to heat up a little bit. >> can always count on august and september. keeping our fingers crossed. >> we may get really hot. >> don't want that. >> yeah. thank you. >> two people are dead and one was hurt after a crash on an east bay highway. . it happened on the byron highway. both lanes highway are closed at this hour. the highway patrol said it'll be closed until about 8:00 tonight and they are urging drivers to find other routes. >> gm saying strong public interest has prompted to boost

production of the volt. they will have a production ability for 45,000 vehicle its in 2012. that's up from previous plans for 30,000. they also increased the markets in which the car will be sold from three to seven which includes california. dealers started taking order this week. it's priced at about $41,000 and can go 340 miles on a single battery charge. ? it's official. chelsea clinton is now married. she married her long time boyfriend along the hudson river. the former president and his wife released a state helicopter saying they watched her get married with great pride and overwhelming emotions. the build up had watchers flocking to the small village. more than 400 guests reportedly

attended the evening ceremony and among them the former secretary of state. officials say the area will remain a no fly zone until 3:30 tomorrow morning. >> basketball legend on the hard court in san francisco today. how he and other volunteers helped young kids perfect their game.

. george the iceman, the nba hall of famer spent the afternoon with the young athletes at the shapes and preparing youth clinic. the program started earlier this month, wrapped up today at the center. it focuses not on on basketball but promoting health. >> always nice to get a treat from someone like that. let's talk about other treats and that's being san francisco giants. what a win. >> if you were there you got treated that's for sure. going to go down as one of the giant dodgers classics. meets in another meaningful

midsummer contest. a scoreless battle in the 7th. zito puts one in the strike zone. blake making him pay. homer number 11. zito has a era under two in his four starts against the dodgers this year without anything to show for it. in the 8th buehrle made sure he didn't get a loss. two outs he lines a pitch in to the left field seat. it was just the 4th giant hit of the day but put them in front 2-1. moto removed any drama when he struck out martin. putl dodgers down, he got the win by retiring all five batters he faced with wilson still sidelined 2-1 giants. they went right down to the wire before making a couple of trades to beat the deadline. they addressed a major need in getting lopez from the pirates. to get him, they gave up pitcher joe martinez and out

fielder who was playing in fresno. giants also made another deal that got them ramirez from the red sox, pitching prospect going to boston. senate a's trying to stay with in striking range of the al west. they are in chicago leading the white sox in the 8th. victoria had a great way of celebrating her birthday. she took on top seeded samantha of australia. it was all her winning the first set, now it's match point, she again with the similar winner. she takes a second set. she earns the right to play in tomorrow's finals against the winner of today's later match. we will of course have that for you. all the rest of the sports tonight at ten. see you then. >> giants looking good. it's -- you can't argue with

that. you look like chad who shut them out at dodgers stadium last week and is he on a role and you pull one out. >> you know you are going well. >> thank you. >> sure. >> coming up tonight at ten among the stories we are following includes this one. dramatic video has come out of a robbery in vallejo. why the store owner went public. . and. >> and a man attacked in delores park. that and more tonight at tech ten. >> that's the report for now. >> for all of us here, thank you for joining us. hope to see you at ten. good night. >> goodnight.