>> i switched over from kaiser healthcare plan and the bluecross was just real expensive copays t seemed like the prescrijtses are getting -- i had to -- i have to pay like triple what i paid prior. >> reporter: what du end up doing? >> going to work full-time instead of part time and my coverage got dropped. >> reporter: many are concerned about falling you through the cracks. the california department of insurance says anthem bluecross can now raise rates an average of 13.4%. it had asked for 39%. the feller family of san ralph tell told ktvu their anthem bluecross rates had gone up 80% in one year and their daughter who has cancer saw her rates triple. the family reacted in shock.

>> stream lawmakers have sat on their hands about this. >> reporter: some consumers wonder about the timing. >> i just think the way the economy is going right now to try to increase anything, especially like healthcare coverage for people in san jose has just gone crazy. >> reporter: county hospitals, including dmc, are also watching, because they will absorb those who end up with no insurance. back to you. we're learning that almost 2700 people in antioch are brought power right now. we don't know what caused the outage or whether it's related but we know it's hot out there and for the latest, we go to bill martin? >> it's hot out there frank. especially inland, 103, 104.

the hot spots, along the bay, oakland, hayward, temperatures down 10 to 20 degrees as fog moves up the coast. you can see the area to the left, it's weakening, the fog. it is weakening. right now i have fog off san francisco's ocean beach. i've got fog coming in around the golden gate bridge. let -- let me zoom in closer. i will show you what we're talking about. it's gonna show you that the fog kind of making its way through the gate. that's the main mechanism for some significant cooling tomorrow. here is a live camera shot. we can show you that and a little bit of a glare from the sufern. with those winds we're transporting some higher humidities to the fire zone. my colleague ken pritchett is near the curry fire, where yesterday it was a real problem. how is it doing to today, ken? >> reporter: well, right now we're standing atop a hill

overlooking the curry fire. we're here so we can keep an eye on some of these small columns of smoke remaining that are coming up from the inside of the burn zone area. this is also a location right behind us where we've seen a pair of helicopters making waterdrops all day long. from newschopper2 you can get a -- you can get a better look at the curry fire. you can see the 300 acres that have burned as a result of this fire which started late yesterday afternoon. cal fire said the curry fire right now is 90% contained. a pair of helicopters continue to work the remaining hot spots of the curry fire today. this small upwell of smoke was a farmhouse. the only structured threatened by this bi fer -- wildfire. the home was undamaged.

by this afternoon, the main task of inmate crews working this rugged terrain was to put out any remaining flames. >> they were just making sure that nothing pops up in one of the oaks or the grape vines that could be hiding from us. >> reporter: battalion steve is with a cal fire strike team. he says as of this afternoon the fire was essentially surrounded but it was changing wind patterns and the spark could reignite the curry fire. >> right now the wind is starting to come up. the heat of the day is behind us. the humidities are down. with the wind and stuff we're just making sure the fire is going to stay where it is going to stay. this is the curry fire at its peak yesterday afternoon, fueled by dry vegetation, winds and triple-digit investigators.

-- tipple digit temperatures. cal fire says whatever the cause the lesson from the curry fire is clear. a mild summer means very little when the temperatures spike. >> all it takes is unone or two very warm days and you get a fire like this. >> cal fire said there were 200 firefighters on scene. of those, two firefighters suffered very minor injuries. cal fire expects the crews to remain on the scene for another 12 to 24 hours. that's when they expect to have 100% containment on this fire just east of mount diablo in contra costa county. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. the heat is creating problems again today for b.a.r.t. riders after nearly crippling trains yesterday. about 31 train cars lost their air conditioning today while there are no delays reported right now, that wasn't the case earlier today. and today's problems came after a third of the trains yesterday saw their ac systems overwhelmed by the heat and malfunctioning equipment triggered system wide delays.

a third of the fleet has older air-conditioning units but fail when the temperatures reach above 95 degrees. >> that would be when you want them. but we're in the -- we don't always have hot days all of the time. >> b.a.r.t. says it would like to see state funding restored so it can upgrade the systems. pg&e says an increase in power-generating capacity is keeping northern california from the blackouts that were experienced ten years ago. some of those shortages were blamed on energy companies whose manipulation of the electricity supply bankrupted pg&e and resulted in fines and prison sentences for some energy brokers. pg&e says 18,000 megawatts of new power have been added to the system since two. >> investing heavily in renewable energy but also seeking to build renewable

systems. >> the state has mandated 20% toward renewable source es. you can go to ktvu.com where you will find out more about the hot weather, how to stay cool and any power issues. just click on the hot weather tab. meg whitman today released a new political ad accusing sacramento of incompetence. >> sacramento, mismanage the, infective. siliconsilicon valley gave us apple, intel, ebay. >> on "mornings on "mornings on 2" today, the gop candidate for governor blamed arnold schwarzenegger for waiting too long to take action on the budget crisis. she also said the state capitol is filled with career politicians and needs some fresh blood. >> in silicon silicon valley dom plex problems spur and in sacramento they seem to have an inability to get anything done.

one week from tonight, ktvu will be airing the debate between u.s. senate candidates barbara boxer and carly fiorina, randy shandobil will be the moderator. you can watch it right here at 7:00 p.m. on september 1st. the action -- this woman will begin a 12-year term on the california supreme court in january if voters approve. she's 50 around the daughter of farm workers. she would be the high court's first philippine gnaw american justice. california's whooping cough is growing.

it had seven times the number of cases during the same time last year. so far this year there have been 3300 confirmed cases statewide. health officials are urging parents to vaccinate their children and themselves to prevent the spread of the disease. oakland's board of education is meeting at this hour and had likely vogt to close seven childhood development problems because of budget problems. >> save our schools! >> they demonstrated outside the school headquarters about an hour ago. they say the closures would lead hundreds of students without before and after-school care. >> now we're worried where are our children going to be when school lets out. >> the school is working on placing students from the centers into various after- school programs but some parents are skeptical a plan will work. a labor dispute prompted garbage workers to walk off the

job today with the warm temperatures. this is not a good time to have garbage sitting out on the street. for more we go to maureen naylor live in san carlos. maureen? >> reporter: frank, it's not a pretty thought or smell here with these full garbage containers throughout 11 cities in san mateo county. the two stuffed trash bins here were supposed to be emptied this morning. today, is that why they haven't picked up my garbage? >> reporter: she was unaware that service for fer tosh dash for her and other san mateo residentings will be delayed for the next two days because of a worker strike. >> i don't know where i will put it. i will probably have to put it in the gas bin until friday. >> reporter: they walked the picket line in front of allied waste services services in san carlos after their ongoing contract talks with the company failed yesterday.

>> they are trying to take awa our pensions and cap our insurance. we settled on a pay raise but they still don't want to fix that. >> in an unexpected move, 250 garbage collectors and clerical workers from the union also walked off the job in solidarity. we were a bit surprised by that and frankly disappointed that the union would do something that would have an impact on our customers because waste collection is a health issue. the company says the lockout will enjoy 30,000 residential pickups. >> we've had enough criticism here at the picket line. but sometimes you have to do what you to have to do and hopefully bit for the better of the people. here is a look at the revised schedule. the san mateo residents will have their trash picked up on friday. friday pickups will be delayed until sunday. in the meantime, contract talks

continue. reporting live from san carlos, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco mayor gavin newsom hit the road today to announce the city aany partnership with toyota. the mayor took the new prius plug-in hybrid for a testride. san francisco has received two of these hybrids -- hybrids as part of the program and a new charging station that's been put in. >> we've got to get people out of the old combustion engine vehicles. we've got to get people into these new state of art, cleaner vehicles. a toyota executive said san francisco was chosen because it's a leader in innovative planning. american also hit the road this labor day weekend. that's the word from triple-a. the auto club is predicting 34.4 million americans will be traveling this weekend. that's almost an increase from last year of 10%. the average trip, 635 miles round-trip and 91% of the people are predicted to drive.

triple-a says more americans are ready to take a vary -- take a vacation but the bad economy is keeping them closer to home. weak was on the -- weak was the word on wall street. analysts say bargain hunters helped things recover. the biggest jolt to wall street came from the new home sales report from july which showed a 12.4% drop from june. 276,000 new homes were sold last month. that's the lowest number on record. year over year, sales were down 32.4%. industry analysts had expected to see an increase this comes a day after realtors said existing home sales dropped 27% in july. today marked the 56th day california has been trying to operate without a budget.

some students will not receive their aid checks on time. some campuses and state university will be able to advance the funds to students but community college students relying on the aid may be unable to enroll. >> some students can put the money up front. others can't make the payment. and if they can't make the payment, they can't get into law. lawmakers are getting ready to head home if from the -- head home from the bank. there's word of a loan modnycation bust. some customers claim they got something for their money. ali is facing one charge of

elder abuse because the alleged victim was over 65, among other charges. a man is in the hospital tonight with his jaw broken in two places after he and his date were attacked and robbed at a san francisco tourist attract shufn. the incident happened early saturday as the sunnyvale man and redwood city woman enjoyed the view from coit to youer with. police say two attackers knocked the man off a wall and punched and robbed a woman. police are still looking for the attackers. free councilling is being offered to people who websited a suicide to people last week during a concerts. s authorities say a man leaped from his death from a roof on to a building. the band had just finished a song. the band has now arranged for pay low alto volunteer counseling center to offer any counseling to any traumatized concertgoer. bob dylan is getting ready to sit the -- hit the stage

tonight in san francisco. but getting tickets to this evening's performance came with a catch. david stevenson is live to tell us what fans had to do today. >> reporter: you can see the 3,000 bob dylan fans streaming in. they've been waiting up to five hours. ♪ >> reporter: the thousands of bob dylan fans lining market street say it's a must-see show. >> i always come. >> reporter: what's different tonight about the concert, it's ticketless. fans lined up at noon and waited five hours to pay $60 in cash for generalled a mission seats. this process eliminates scalping and saves processing fees. >> it came from bon's damp darblg dash bob's camp and he's played a number of shows around

northern california. is -- i guess they really wanted to do something special for the fans. >> there are fans na are working all day and won't be able to get here. >> if you want a ticket, come buy one, pay cash, go into the theater. >> reporter: this man says the concert's unlikely to revving lukesize the ticket -- revolutionize the industry.. >> fans come from all all over the world. even if bob is not great, we had a lot of fun anyway. >> reporter: promoters have beefed up security for the cash- only concert. it's not entirely ticket free.

fans will get a commemorative ticket to remember the show. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. well, more on our weather now and in some spots around the bay area, bill, it was much cooler. >> yeah, quite a bit cooler. some areas warmer. those were the inland spots like livermore and concord. still in the low 100s. as we head out to the coast and bay certainly cooler because of this. the fog is working its way up the coast. the fire danger goes down. the air quality gets better. you can see the fog making it through the golden gate bridge right here. you know what? tomorrow, much cooler. daytime highs are gonna be a good 10, 15 degrees cooler. so a mild coast. the next couple of days with the fog returning. it will be warm inland 80s. upper 80s maybe a low 90 or too but not the 105, 106, 107 we've seen over the past few days. moving across the bay area tomorrow. a lot of 80s. now out in walnut creek.

cooler could coast already today. further cooling inland tomorrow. south on the peninsula here at mountain view. it's gonna be a cooler day, significantly cooler a good 15 degrees cooler. the fog will be showing um in the morning. by lunchtime, almost 70. 70 degrees with good air quality in mountain view tomorrow. 78 in napa. 88 in fair feel. these temperatures are certainly cooler than they have been. today, 100s all throughout the day -- all throughout the valley. 78 in campbell, 79 in san jose. cooler weather pattern headed our way. what that means is right in the bay area weekend, more fog, more clouds, some wind and an unusual weather pattern heading our way. there might be an outside chance for a sprinkle.

i put a chance sprinkle. got you looking. the main impact from this system will be cooler weather, wind but maybe a sprinkle on sunday. but definitely an unusual -- to get the heat like this and go right back to a well-below- average pattern. the fire danger drops off significantly tomorrow. >> that would be unusual to get the showers in early. >> it's out there. but we'll see. the u.s. epa announced new rules to keep california waters healthier. large cargo ships and cruise ships will not be allowed to dump sewage within three miles of california avenue 1600 miles of coastline. parents playing with their kids on the rocks near crissy field were pleased to hear about the clang. >> no, i never would have thought about that. it's very disturbing. >> the epa will take public comment for 60 days and the new

rule could be in place by the end. year. coming up -- operation care and comfort. thousands of volunteers showed up today to show how much they care about the troops away from home. droiiiid.

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dozens of volunteers turned out in the south bay to help sort and pack packages for the troops overseas. members of "operation care and comfort" say even though combat troops are leaving iraq. those left behind still need help. there's still 50,000 troops in iraq and they close the all of the stores, the military stores. so these guys and girls are asking for things like toothpaste and hygiene things that we take for advantage. >> they have shipped 675,000 pounds of care packages overseas since the start -- since their start back in 2003. troops will be so happy to get all of those packages. >> uh-huh. mark joint you now. -- mark joins us now.

incredible for the giants. >> one of the most incredible comebacks in their history. unfortunately, no comeback victory but an april maizing game. dusty baker and his son in town to watch his team tee off early. the first of two home runs. reds build a 2-1 lead. giants come back, a 6-1 run, juan uribe's three-run jack cut the deficit. the beat goes on andres torres and the highlights, a shot in left field, two runs score. it's a 10-10 ballgame. giants took an 11-10 lead. pablo made an error in the 9th inning that helped the reds tie it. in the 12th inning, that ban again, a shot to right off barry zito. giants had run out of pitchers by that time. he had to come in an emergency

pitch and the giants fall shy 12-11. amazing game. tiger back in new jersey preparing for another tournament event for him. his divorce final this week and for the first time publicly, he took -- he talks specifically about na. >> it's a sad time. we're going through that. as far as my game and practicing, that's -- that's been secondary. >> do you have any regrets. >> my actions led us to this decision and you know, i've made a lot of errors in my life. that's something i'm gonna have to live with. >> all right. the as, by the way, not to forget them. they are in cleveland and handling the innings 6-1. about in the middle of the game. that's the sporting life. we'll have highlights at 10:00. >> they actually ran out of pitchers? >> they ran out of relief pitchers and barry zito had to come in and unfortunately got

tagged for the loss. one run short. >> one run short. thank you, mark. coming up we're learning about more vandalism at golden gate park. on bay area news at on tv36, first dozens of trees were cut down and rosebushes. today our camera was there when golden gate officials uncovered another crime targeting redwoods. that's at 7:00. that's our report for now. >> i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. have a good evening, everyone. >> good night.