four firefight terse are sent to bay area hospitals after two fires break out, one in the north bay, the other in san francisco. good evening. i'm ken wayne. and hello again, everyone. i'm heather holmes. we begin with that destructive fire which sent four firefighters to the hospital. the four-alarm fire broke out shortly after 4:00 at 404 center street. it appears that the fire began in the building's attic.

crews quickly arrived at the scene as flames shot out of the post office. smoke could be seen for miles. people gathered across the street. wind made the fire difficult to control. the two firefighters went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. that fire tonight is under control but the cause is under investigation a three-alarm fire in the san francisco district. it start after 6:00 tonight in a single family home on rondell place. fire officials say it spread to a nearby apartment building. there are no reports of injuries to civilians but two firefighters needed medical attention. >> we had two firefighters injured. one because of exhaustion and the other because of laceration. minor injuries. they are both okay. >> reporter: rescuers went door to door making sure that

everyone was out of their apartment. there is no word yet on what caused this fire. >> tens of thousands of people converged converged on outside lands concert. a lot of changes were made, a lot of that sparked by complaint from neighbors because of noise, trash. >> reporter: the concert is still going. you can still hear the music. thousands of fans blocked the golden gate park for the outside land fess value. fans say that the downsize from thee days to two days is a

disappointment. >> it's fun. neighbors complained about loud music. thousands of fans streaming in and out and parking illegally. it seems like many of the party goers heard the complaints. >> actually, i planned ahead. we parked yesterday and we just took the bus here. we're going to plan a two-day thing. >> reporter: this year, chris come almost and many of their friends took steps to minimize their impact on the neighborhoods. >> i think collectively, we are trying to make it a little bit better because this is a great event, for a good cause for the recs and parks department. >> keith lives less than a block from the park and says that more people seem to be taking public transportation and has seen fewer cars parked illegally. >> i think it's great to cut the concert down to two nights. this thing is not meant for a three-day concert. this is enough festival

location. >> reporter: but with thousands and music pomping into the night, in years past, they have felt the groove. >> it keeps me up all night. >> because the music is too loud? >> yes. >> reporter: so far, people who live here say that outside land has been realmly good neighbors. >> i guess they are okay because of the pressure. >> reporter: we talked to san francisco police earlier this evening. they didn't have any reports of any arrest. the concert gets underway again to. some of the big acts set to take the stagings social distortion and kings leon. for more on outside land and other events taking place, go to ktvu.com and click on the weekend extra cab neither top of the pain. san francisco police arrested the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a bicyclist. the crash happened at masonic

avenue. police say both the car ant bicyclists were going south on masonic when the cars hit the bike. the 21-year-old male victim died at the hospital. the 38-year-old driver left the scene but police found his 1989 mercedes a few blocks away and arrested him and charged him with vehicular manslaughter. the ongoing battle over same-sex marriage in california is now in the hand of a federal appeals court. as ken pritchett reports tonight, both sides have now filed motions requesting the higher court side with them. it >> gay marriage advocates scored a major victory but it was not complete. keefe juan vaughn walker found proposition 8 unconstitutional. he ruled that gay marriage could see supervise but not until this wednesday giving opponents time to appeal. i would say if you are planning on having your wedding on the 18th, don't put down any nonrefundable deposits. >> reporter: the decision is

now with the 9th circuit court. prop 8 supporters want an emergency stay to put gay marriages on hold. last night, y marriage supporters filed this motion saying their opponents do not have standing or the right to ask the courts for a stay. >> the question becomes, if proponents of prop 8 to have a specific injury, then it's not clear that they do under current law. >> reporter: governorgovernor schwarzenegger and attorney general brown had that standing but both decided not to take that standing. >> you have county clerk recorders they should be representing the people they serve which did vote for proposition 8. >> i wish that the 9th circuit

is going to continue to stay. >> the 9th circuit court of appeals will be decided if the gay marriages can resume. the larger question on the constitutionality will not be decide until that case is heard and that's not expected to happen for several months. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. and as that wednesday deadline approaches, be sure to stay with ktvu channel 2 and ktvu.com. we will bring you the decision as soon as that happens and we will have much more information on our website. authorities identified the two people killed yesterday in a small plane crash in the sierra. the piper cherokee went down yesterday in a heavily wooded area near immigrant gap. the victims are 31-year-old brian grant mccullough of san at that cruz. the f.a.a. says that the plane took off from watsonville, landd in auburn and took off

again and crashed shortly after that a hiker discovered the plane yesterday afternoon. it's not clear when exactly the plane went down. >> napa county fire officials say that a lawnmower sparked a fire near calistoga. the fire burned for about 10 hours. firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to homes. crews fully con taint flames this morning. cal fire says that authorities have not decided whether to pursue charges against the man who was operating the lawnmower. vallejo police are looking for two suspects wanted for murder. warrants have been issued for 37-year-old alfonso mastes of vallejo and his girlfriend jessica gonzalez. 3-8d-year-old st. nick stanley was found shot to death in a truck. investigators believe that maises was the gunman and is

considered armed and dangerous. police ask that if you see either suspect to call 911 immediately. drivers in the east bay are relieved they can now use a bypass road to get around a giant sinkhole. the new two-lane road in richmond opened this week until now, getting into and out of a neighborhood near via vevde drive and el port drive was difficult. drivers had been squeezing by on a single lane road. crews expect to fill that hole and have the entire area fix by next spring at least one member of the golden gate bridge board of directors says that people who walk across the bay area's most famous landmark should pay a toll. joanne sanders does not say how much the toll should be but wants the money to go building a proposed suicide barrier for the stand. cost estimates for the barrier which would be a large net flung underneath the bridge are

about $45 million. drivers headed from san francisco to marin county could have some headaches. shut bound ramp will be closed. work is said to begin any moment now and will last until 11 tomorrow morning. motorists are advised to expect delays. construction on doyle drive is expected to last another three years. president obama and his family visited the florida panhandle today as part of a weekend trip to support the tourism industry hard hit by the weekend gulf oil spill. >> obama had a hole in one at a golf course. the president only managed to make par. gulf coast beaches are clean, safe and open for business. the president is hoping that the first family's visit will boost tourism in the region during his gulf coast trip,

the president clarified his recent remarks supporting the right of muslims to build a mosque around ground zero. he said that muslims had the same right to freedom of religion as everyone he is today, he said he was not commenting on the wisdom of putting a mosque that particular location. my intention was simply to let people know what i thought, which was that, in this country, we treat everybody equally in accordance with the law, regardless of race, regardless of religion of the i was not commenting and i will not comment on thes which.com making a decision to put a mosque there. i was commenting very specifically on the right that people have that date back to our founders. that's what this country is about. >> until last night, the white house had remained silent on that virntion issue. a shooting in buffalo new

york left four people dead. 8 people in all were shot around 2:30 in the morning when gunfire erupted outside city grill. it's reported that the crowd was told to leave the downtown restaurant after a fight broke out inside. police say 25-year-old keith johnson is in custody and charged with four counts of second degree murder. authorities are still asking witnesses to come forward. >> we want to prosecute this individual to the fullest extent of the law. in order to do that, i have to have a strong case in a court of law and for that, we need all the witnesses that were there. >> three of the victims died at the scene. one of the victims was a man from texas in town to celebrate his wedding anniversary. a spectacular electrical fire tonight in washington, d.c. lit up the sky and little yoked heavy smokeless than two blocks from the white house. an underground transformer on f street suddenly caught fire sending flames shooting sky ward and smoke pouring off the side of the historic willard

hotel. that hotel and the w hotel near which were evacuated. no word on what caused that transformer to catch fire. having a party during the summer is nothing unusual but this one is aimed at saving an office ear he is life green median along the east bay street got cleaned up but it was not city crews doing all the work. we'll explain. and a bizarre story out of vacaville where a boy goes missing inside his own home.

hundreds of people gathered to help save the lives an east bay police officer. the officer is undergoing intense treatmentfamily and friends are doing their best to support. >> most of the time, officers are working to protect their community. but, tonight, these officers were protecting one of their own. it's a fundraising party for martinez police officer. he was diagnosed with non- hodgkins lymphoma last year. he has faced radiation and now he needs transplant. >> i want to give back. i have two young sons that are

ready to go out and move on with life. i'm lucky. i have a donor out there that can help me and i can have that chance. i'll go out there and try to be a donor to try to save somebody's life. >> reporter: police officers from martinez and various area agencies came together to help raise money. because he exhausted all of his sick leave, he has received more than just his money. >> in order to continue to get a paycheck and benefit, employees from not only city police department but city hall donated their own time so that brian can continue to get a paycheck and maintain his benefits. >> reporter: especially tough in a down economy. peterson says it shows how tight this community is. >> people donated anywhere from 8 hours to 80 hours of their own time and not sick time, vacation and comp time. it's actually money that could be in their pockets. >> reporter: in all, hundreds of people turned out including

other emergency personnel. kerry stuart is a captain with the contra costa police department district. >> i worked with him on numerous calls and all police officers, they respondd to sick calls. they help us out as much as they can. for that, we want to support them. >> reporter: sergeant carter learned this week there is an exact match who is willing to donate stem cells. he is willing to start the stem cell process this thursday at stanford medical center. john sasaki, cust ktvu several dozen volunteers took to the street, or more specifically, between the streets to clean up. the project organizers say that the volunteers were trying to help city maintenance crews during a time layoffs and budget cuts. >> the face of oakland is parks and medians. in fact, people driving through

oakland who don't know see the medians before anything else. if medians are a mess, then people think that the city is a mess so we need to help them out >> reporter: the organizers urged all oakland residents to take responsibility for the parks in their neighborhood to pick up liter. there is now a new way to keep up with what's new with facebook. the palo alto company now has launched its own video streaming area. facebook staff will make announcement and offer live chat with company engineers. and actress america fereira was featured on the site. facebook uses live feed technology to facilitate communication. the california legislature

has passed a measure to make it a misdemeanor to impersonate somebody on the internet. the resource area for teaching toasting the san jose event. one elementary science teacher was glad to get some get more common place teaching aid. >> it's wonderful to have everything not one packet and you don't have to go out and get the good variety. i think it's wonderful that they offer such a thing to interest students. >> there are about 9,000 raft members around the bay area meg whitman has written her

campaign another eight-figure check. california state reported this weekend that whitman made a $13 million contribution to herself boosting the total amount she has given her own campaign to $104 million. whitman's personal fortune is estimated at $1.3 billion. her democratic opponent, jerry brown, so far, has spent about $700,000 out of his political war chest of $24 million a vacaville father called police to help find his young son who had been missing for almost three hours. but when officers arrived at the home and what they found, that actually led to the father's arrest. laura cole has the story. >> we found it disturbing, to said least. >> reporter: this is why. a house of filth, rooms cluttered with clothes everywhere, garbage on top of bar gagne. a ladder partially blocking a child's ped room and officers can't even get through the hallway.

>> there was food, trash, piles and piles of clothes, other items, spider webs and foul odors. >> reporter: officers would never have ended up here if dad had not called them in the first place. 38-year-old vincent rush called vacaville police after his three-year-old boy had been missing for more than two and a half hours. >> he appeared to be distraught and upset. >> reporter: when officers get inside, they are concerned. >> that the living conditions in the home were not safe, sanitary or healthy >> reporter: the search ends where it starts, inside the house. the boy safe and sleeping in a bedroom. hidden under piles of clothes and crash. and that's when officers arrest rush for felony child endangerment. >> we were looking for vincent. >> he is not here. >> reporter: are you married to vincent? >> reporter: as this man walks to his truck, he identified himself as the suspect's friend. >> what happened is a travesty. the man just wants to know

where his son was. >> comes came and after that, i saw him in the back of a cop car. >> reporter: neighbors had no idea this boy was living in such disgusting condition. >> that's kinds of scary. >> reporter: scary that a child was lost in his own home amongst the filthy mess. he had no choice but to live in. >> that was laura cole reporting. three other children also lived at that house. they are now in the custody of child protective services. u.s. combat troops are heading home by the thousands as the deadline nears to get out of iraq. we'll check in with some of the troops as they get on the train. and heavy equipment from the u.s. arrive in russia to help fight wildfires. get ready to have a cool down in the five-day forecast. more on that coming up.

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last. 250 u.s. troops are coming home from iraq by august 31. the group flew south of baghdad leaving behind a country that faces many challenges, including an unstable government and continuing violence. >> reporter: joyful smiles and lots of relief that the last combat brigade in iraq is back home. about 250 soldiers from the fort stryker brigade second infantry division left baghdad and will be reunited with shank r anxious friends and family. it's part of president obama's plan to bring all troops out of iraq by the end of 2012. >> we are going home. we are looking forward to the reinterrogation back home with our family. >> reporter: overall, vial fence iraq has ebbed from the

peak of sectarian war. the town of samarra, a triple bombing killed several iraqi police officers and wounded almost 20 civilians. >>. >> insurgents also appear to be trying to take advantage of a vacuum as iraqi politicians squabble over positions in a new government. more than five months after an inconclusive march 7th election. iraqi authorities estimate the number of civilians who died in bombing and other attacks nearly doubled in july to 396 from 204 in june. and the balance of power in iraq is so fragile that if it unraffles, military experts warn that iraqi military forces will not be effective. in other news tonight, it in russia, two huge flames packed with u.s. firefighting equipment landed today in moscow as the country battled

wildfires. the fire around moscow has subsided and rain helped clear thick smoke around the city. but firefight are still burning in russian forests which are among the largest in the world a device exploded close to a cool that officers were cord oning off after receiving a threat. two 12-year-old and 2 eight years old were hit by debris but were not injured several. and in pakistan, two more u.s. helicopters arrived to assist in relief effort against staggering flood. 20% of pakistan is under water right now. 20 million people are affected. weeks of monsoon rains have triggered the worth flooding in

memory killing almost 1400 pakistanis and destroying almost 900,000 those. americans are staying aquay from what was a big party city. coming up, just how safe is tijuana? we'll hear two opposing viewpoints. and could local residents be shopping with coin but with acorn? what one council member is proposing. the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800.

expect can police showed off five suspected gang members who they say brutally killed five mexican police officers. the five men were put on display in mexico city. they belonged to the la linea gang which carries out enforcement activity for the

juarez drug cartel three. other men were also arrested and charged with kidnapping three prominent mexican journalists, two of them was rescued and the other was set tree. the city of tijuana is wondering where all the americans went. since drug violence, many americans are staying away. despite a state department warning against visiting continual na, the man in charge of security there insists that tijuana is perfectly safe. >> there are very few san diegans in tijuana these days. no shopping or eating. the streets are empty. tijuana's violent reputation scares away many daytrippers. >> i think the real tourism killer for baja, california, has been the violence. >> reporter: that's what tijuana police chief wants to change. >> he says that tijuana is safe. >> i can tell you as the one in charge of security that tijuana

is safe for visitors. he is given credit for cleaning up the police force and its streets. over 5230 police officers have been removed for engaging in what he calls inappropriate activities. >> i remember in 2008, i had up to 10 complaint daily. >> reporter: things different, he says. >> definitely, i can say to you at this time that it has been a long time, maybe a year or more perhaps that i do not receive a complaint by a foreign citizen. >> reporter: dr. shirk does him credit for a job well done. >> he has taken a very tough stance. my sense is that the number of criminal complaints probably has gone down from american citizens primarily because of the number of american citizens going into baja, california, has dropped dramatically. >> reporter: according to dr.

shirk, tijuana and baja are in the same boat. >> unfortunately, what happens to tijuana affects san diego and vice versa. >> reporter: san diegans understand that, like any other city, it does have its crime but he believes that it is under control. [ through interpreter ] >> tijuana is like any other city. it has its problems. of course, it has, just like any other city but it's true that tijuana is an option and as much for visiting, diversion, investment or simply a place to have fun. president obama's border czar was in arizona touring u.s.-mexico border talking about the new legislation providing 600 million dollars to bolster security. alan bolesom says that the money will be used to hire 1500 new border patrol agents, custom inspectors and other law

enforcement officials rchls thinks not about turning on and off the problem. this is about coordinating the activities of law enforcement so that, overtime, you can deal with this issue. this is going to happen in arizona. >> the money will also fund two more unmanned aerial drones to monitor bordering aivity. search first a nevada gold mine have found the remains of two missing miners. a mine spokesman says that the two men have been missing. they were riding an elevator when the shaft broke loose. nevada ranks asthe world's fourth largest world producer behind south africa, australia and china. santa cruz has given

tickets to people camping on the lan. the demonstration targets santa cruz's new camping ordinance which prohibits sleeping outside and city property. david hosier from washington state was arrested after another protester accused him of stealing a bed roll. a form he oakland city councilman wants the cash strapped city to have its own money. wilson rile, jr. said that such a currency would help businesses and would give residents reason to shop locally. he calls this alternative current si for residents. or acorn. it would be access part of a new identity card. the oakland money idea has not yet received the oakland city council crowds turned out today in

oakland's historic laurel district to celebrate the summer. the am laurel street fair took over sell blocks between 35th and 39th avenues. the area was filled with music, booths, craft, a ping zoo. this year marks the 11th year the popular festival has been held. the toured of california in the sierra? found out more about the possibility of cyclists pedaling california's fame nuss mountain range. and will we finally, finally see a warm up? >> so, ah, your seat good?

got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru.

we have been talking about cooler weather so much over the past few weeks, it feels strange that we are talking about a little bump in the numbers. nothing major. you can see the rain still keeping it cool. oakland topped out at 67 degrees, concord at 80, san jose at 73. warm spot out towards antioch. a lot of events happening tomorrow. can you see in san francisco for the giants' game three. partly sunny skies. temperatures mainly in the lower 60s and that breeze will kick into the afternoon hours. could be around 5 to 70 miles per hour. and outside lands, at the golden gate park, you can see come morning, heading to the park, the cloud out there fact to, 58 degrees. by 3:00, only 58 degrees.

by 7o, keeping it cool for the main theme here. bring the jacket out towards strange. >> weather story is this. fog increases over night. things will be cooling off once again. forecast my for tomorrow, 752 as you head inland and the warmer locations in the low to mid-80s by around 2 or 3:00. look what happens by tuesday to wednesday. this weather system moves. once again. this air afterlow pressure will see an increase in fog. temperatures increase a few grease, no major heat wave inside. here is a look at the

afternoon. pulling bag. more sunshine inland, partly sunny, say, around parts of the day. san jose, 76 degrees. at least by here is a look ahead. we go the other direction for tuesday, wednesday and thursday with those readings mainly in the low to mid-80s but it is pretty hard to make a forecast pretty exciting here in the bay area because these are minor challenges. a little bit warmer and a little bit cooler. you guys get bored with me. >> never. >> we always try to look exciting. >> inland will not change. >> okay. >> we are excited about something that feels like summer. >> in september, we are working on it some of the world's top cyclists may be coming to lake tahoe as part of an amgem tour

of california. officials are proposing bicyclists start in tahoeend in the squa valley. the plans are expected to be announced next month and making history in minnesota. we have the highlight displment and pablo sandoval goes deep for the giants. we'll have all the action coming up next on sports wrap.