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. a 2-month-old child is dead and the parents wound. now police are looking for two gunmen who opened fire on a vehicle in east palo alto. comforting a grieving san francisco fire department and how the city is uniting after the loss of two firefighter. >> pg&e intentionally puts abeast bay pipeline under a high-pressure test and we'll tell you what the company is trying to do. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is kutv channel 2 news at 5:00. >> good evening, i'm ken
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wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. >> the tragic shooting death of an infant is prompting a strong response from east palo alto police and from city leaders there. a news conference wrapped up just about 60 minutes ago. ktvu's janine de la vega was there as they give new information about the status of the baby's parents. >> reporter: heather, we were just told by police that the mother suffered a gunshot wound to her back from trying to shield her children from those bullets. she and the children's father are now in serious condition at stanford hospital and police just released these two sketches of two latino men they believe are responsible for the shootings. police spent the day going door- to-door in this neighborhood on wisteria drive, seeing if anyone knew more about the two men who opened fire on a family of four. officers say the family, who is from redwood city was leaving a baby shower held at this yellow
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house when two men approached their mini van. >> the gunshots erupted and they saw their infant was struck by a bullet. the parents got out of there as fast as they could and tried to get the baby to medical care. >> reporter: the baby boy died at the hospital, but his 3-year- old brother survived unharmed. the suspects ran away. charles laurie lives next door to the home. >> it was a regular get together with kids playing and to go from that and hear everything that has happened, you are just, like, i am in complete shock. >> reporter: investigators say the evidence shows this was a targeted shooting. witnesses described one suspect as a latino man in his mid- teens to mid-20s,5' 9, 120 pounds and the second suspect is also latino, 5'9, 120-pound. weapons were found, but they are unsure if it's related to
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the current investigation. >> i'm very optimistic about this investigation and i'm hoping that the community will step up and give us tips. >> reporter: police say if you recognize either of the men from these sketches that you can call police anonymously with a tip. police are offering a $25,000 reward that leads to any information that leads to the capture of these killers. reporting from east palo alto, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. the family of a missing bay area nursing student is asking the fbi to take a lead roll in the search for the missing 26- year-old michelle le was last seen in hayward. hayward police are currently lete'd leading the investigation, but a spokesperson for the family says it has concerns. after police waited four days after le disappeared to hersh her apartment. the fbi was not available for
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comment today. oakland police tell ktvu that one of the victims is hospitalized tonight in critical condition. the other two men also were taken to the hospital with non- life-threatening injuries. no arrests have been made. we now know the name of the victim of yesterday's shooting in oakland. police say 50-year-old leo dunson was shot around 2:30 in the afternoon in the 2900 block of hide street. sources tell ktvu that dunson was shot in the head execution- style. police say they still don't have a motive for the shooting and no arrests have been made in this case. santa clara deputies say a 83-year-old woman was robbed and beaten inside her home this weekend of the it happened about 8:40 in the eastern foothill as burden of proof san josi. organizations say the man posed as someone from a pest-control business and forced his way inside the home, attacked the woman and then stole several pieces of jewelry before
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leaving in a white cargo van. death of two san francisco firefighters this week has cast a shadow over the city and touched the lives of many who don't even know the victims. ktvu's patti lee is in san francisco with how people are showing their grief and u.s. here in the lobby of station 26 is a growing makeshift memorial. you can see two chairs with the gear and helmets of the two firefighters who died. they are surrounded by flowers and cards. this one from a boy named henry who just wanted to say thank you and goodbye. at station 26 in diamond heights, firefighters greeted a community offering condolences. >> i want to thank you. >> we're sorry. >> thank you. >> reporter: the inthe line of did they death of vincent perez, who died thursday and anthony valerio, who died saturday morning are hitting
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home in a way that many say they didn't expect. >> we have a baby, that kind of loss or something happening in that family seems even more emotional. >> reporter: the crew could not grant interviews today, but told us this outpouring of support often in the form of food. >> thanks for the fruit. >> i washed it. >> reporter: really does help. >> some coffee and bagels for the crew, because at the same time, the crew is affected by the loss as much as the immediate families. >> reporter: oscar bazurto and his daughters drove up to show their respect. all day fire crews from the bay area dropped by, sometimes offering silent changes of support through handshakes and hugs. right now investigators have still at the scene of the fire. the street blocked off as they search for answers. about an hour ago, first-
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responders returned from a mandatory debrief session that focused on the incident and individuals with counselors on- hand to help them with their loss. reporting live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco's museum dedicate to the citi' firefighters is considering how to pay tribute to those two men lost to thursday's house fire. among historically artifacts that muslim has a list of fallen firefighters. the cureator says the museum wants to make that into a permanent memorial that honors all of the city's fallenger including police and sheriff's deputies. it's uncertain what tribute can be created for anthony valerio and vincent perez. this coming friday at saint mary's cathedral starve said that the time and details about the service are not yet available. while the investigation will take weeks, the two were apparently caught in what is called a photograph fire, caused by superheated gases. we put together a slide show of some of the images from
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the memorial there at station 26, as well as pictures from thursday's devastating fire. just go to ktvu.com and click on the "sf firefighter" tab. 30 years ago today the centers for disease control issued a report describing the first cases of theilitiness that could come to be called aids. within days the cdc says it was flooded by calls from doctors across the country with reports of a puzzling disease. since then 600,000 people have dade of aids in the us and the government estimates 18,000 people still die each year in the united states. world war the figures are staggering an estimated 25 million deaths since 1981, coming up later in our program, ktvu's maureen naylor takes us back to the 1980s to remember what that time was like in the bay area, in one of the areas hardest hit bit disease. we look at history of aids, including the giant leaps forward in the fight against aids and the challenges that
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still remain. again that is coming up at 5:30. well, wile parts the bay area got a much-needed albeit break from the rain, others were not so lucky. this was the scene at about 1:00 this afternoon in clyde near concord. take a look. as you can see about a foot of rain flood have thes there. witnesses tell ktvu news a heavy downpour hit the area, lasting only a few minutes, but as you see there, leaving behind a lot of standing water. wet there, but not nearly as wet today as it was yesterday. some neighborhoods could still see a downpour and ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo in the channel 2 weather. >> ken, still lingering rain showers out there and in the storm center we're tracking and still a factor for tonight and tomorrow morning on live stormtracker 2, this is the loop over the past couple of hours. you get an idea with the progression from the south and heading to the north, the latest imagery we have light shower reports in parts of north bay, napa reporting light rain.
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also towards sonoma county. nothing too major. as i move the maps you can see more enhancements, the yellows and reds showing up and this is associated with the area of low pressure that will be moving to the south of monterey bay overnight, but showers will swing around us, especially between 8:00 and 10:00 this evening. with the showers on the increase and a chance of a few thunderstorms, here is our forecast model. i will put it into motion for you. you notice by 8:00 this evening we could be tracking more rain showers moving in from the south and heading to the north. look at what happens by 10:00, the coverage on the increase, primarily target the inland east bay, but the showers could happen anywhere across the bay area with once again, a thunderstorm popping up as well. coming up, i will let you know how long shower chances remain in our forecast and i will let you know when warmer temperatures finally move back into the bay area. we'll tell you where pg&e is testing its gas transmission lines today and where they will be testing later this week. thousands of the country's
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top athletes make an escape from alcatraz, the event that brought them to and from the rock. you now have a chance to dine with the oracle of omaha and how you with win lunch with warren buffet and also help a bay area organization.
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. pg&e crews scrutinized a section of gas transmission pipeline today, trying to head off disasters before they occur. ktvu's christien kafton in newark, where crews put the 2' pipe under extreme pressure. >> pressure. >> reporter: pg&e crews began the test at 8:00 this morning, bringing the internal pressure of this underground transmission line up to 778 pounds per square inch, 1.5 times the pressure it's normally subjected. >> what you are seeing is the test head that is attached so that we can insert water into the pipe and monitor the
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pressure. >> reporter: crews prepped this site for a, we're venting the natural gas, digging up the end of the 2-feet wide line and welding this piece to it. finally this morning crews pumped 100,000 gallons of water into the three quarter mile line and watched for the slightest variance for eight hours straight. we have true crews walking the line, monitoring the line here and this is again all to verify the safe operating pressures of our pipelines. >> reporter: hughes has lived in this neighborhood his whole life. >> i found that the pipe was right in front. i thought it was two houses over. >> reporter: he kept in constant contact with the crews and he is grateful that the tests are being done. >> you wonder that you have a big gas line in front of my house and wonder if it's going to do the same thing as san bruno. it looks like a newer pipe. >> reporter: this testing will be wrapped up by the end of the day and pg&e will test another
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section in south san francisco tuesday morning. in all they are hoping to test 150 miles of pipeline by october 31st. newark, christin kaston, ktvu channel 2 news. the environmental protection agency is sponsoring the first-ever look at wetlands. according to the marin independent journal scientists will be taking sample as long the shore at china camp at the marian headlands and it's hoped that the data collected will guide decisions about how to maintain, protect and restore wetlands. today's weather didn't stop athletes from around country from making their escape from alcatraz. the yearly triathlon including swiming from the rock to san francisco, about a mile and a half or so, an 18-mile bike ride and 8-mile run. easy; right? that is hard enough, but some folks had an extra challenge to overcome. one competer from seattle has only 10% vision and had a
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friend guide him along through the course. >> we swam from alcatraz and biked in san fran and run on the off-road extreme. oh, my gosh. oh, my legs. they are dead. i'm dead. >> organizers said about 2,000 people participated. the event started 31 years ago back in 1981. mississippi governor haley barbour was on the hot seat talking strategy for next year's presidential election. >> the fellow agrees with you 80% of your time is a alie and not 20% traitor and it was amazing how many people didn't agree with reagan on thnks and voted for him every time. we have to be like that. >> the republican governor said today on "facing the nation," that his party's winning candidate could still be largely unknown. he expects the field of g.o.p. candidates to be more complete
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in the fall. well, new job numbers are out tonight and president obama's top economic advisor says reality isn't as bad as the data suggests. today on abc's "this week, austan goolsbeeby says while the numbers are still low, president obama has created jobs and kept the country out of a secondgression. >> we have shifted in the economy from a rescue phase, which is government-directed, to a phase in which government policies have -- we have got to rely on government policies that are trying to leverage the private sector and give incentives to the private sector to be doing the growth. >> republicans though disagree. how speaker john boehner says the president needs to work things out with the g.o.p. to stimulate economic growth. leon panetta is one step closer to succeeding robert gates as defense secretary. the senate arms service committee is set to hold a confirmation hearing on thursday. panetta was sworn-in two years
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ago as cia director and as a former california congressman who represented the monterey area and served as chief of staff to former president clinton. warren buffett has put himself on the auction block to benefit the glide foundation. the minimum bid is $25,000. although for the past three years the winners have bid more than $2 million. buffett says given those prices he lets the winner pick the conversation topics and also jokes that he doesn't leave a tip. well, speaking of other auctions, fans of '80s television show "dallas," got a chance this weekend to bid for some history. actor larry hagman and costar linda gray rode horses to saturday's auction on wilshire boulevard. items from his collection,
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including his boots and director's chair. >> there is so much stuff in there. each one has a story. this is fun. i don't want to see it go. i don't want to shore that stuff and let somebody else have. it i want somebody who pays for it have it. [ laughter ] >> the 79-year-old also star in the 1960's hit "i dream of jeanie." the top item today was a silver saddle that fetched $80,000. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 a desperate effort to save communities in arizona is underway right now. the scene today as crews battled two massive wildfires. and officials in germany now think that they have a likely culprit behind that deadly e.coli outbreak. a volcanic eruption sends thousands fleeing from their homes and leaves travelers stranded.
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. six firefighters were injured this weekend in brooklyn, trying to put pout a fire in a building undergoing renovation. one was struck in the face by tricks sent flying when a wall collapsed. according to some reports people who live nearby may have waited as long as two hours before reporting this fire. 44 fire engines responded, more than a dozen apartments in a building next door were damaged. there is no word on what started that fire. arizona firefighters are trying to save communities from massive fires that have now
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consumed more than 380 square miles. the largest, the wallow fire is the third worst in state's history. today governor brewer called the fires horrific. casey stegall reports. >> reporter: two major wildfires on two fronts burning in arizona. governor brewer commenting on the size and scope of the flames near the new mexico state line. >> it was absolutely frightening. it was unbelievable. >> reporter: the governor visiting a command center after a helicopter tour. emergency crews are plotting their strategy on what is known as the wallow fire, now the third largest in arizona's history. >> the expansion of the smoke we saw first, the white smoke and then the black smoke. we were able to see fire in some spots on the ground that was so smoky, it was very difficult to see the fire. >> reporter: the 1144,000-acre
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fire near the white mountain community of alpine is forcing residents and vacationers to leave the area at a loath near the town of greer. >> scary and i see black smoke and panic, you know? >> reporter: the threat of fire putting summer business on hold in a tough economy. >> it's very devastating to a lot of families and people who work up here and the whole community. >> reporter: many are voluntary evacuating and one vacationing family from tucson not taking any chances. >> we got ourselves ready to go my wife took a lot of pictures last night of the contents, so that this morning we were ready to go. >> reporter: the second blaze is known as the horseshoe 2 fire and crews are slowly making degree on it, but not before destroying more than 100,000 acres and forcing two communities in that area to evacuate. in los angeles, casey stegall, fox news. more trouble tonight in the midwest as heavy rainfall
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raises the missouri river to levels. in south dakota volunteers spent the weekend sandbagging. six reservoirs are now near capacity. the army corps of engineers says the rivers has spur passed flood stage in dakota dunes. state officials are not issued mandatory evacuations burb say hundreds of homes are now threatened. much the same tory in iowa, where volunteers also helped with sandbagging efforts. nearly half of the residents in hamburg have been ordered from their homes. officials say crews are working to repair levee breaks along the missouri river, but they are unsure of where all the incoming water will go. the cost of recent natural disasters in missouri is in the billions of dollars and experts say that will translate into higher insurance premiums, a boost in utility rates and dropoff in retail sales. cash-strapped missouri could be forced to make drastic cuts to schools and government to pay for emergency services.
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the recent rash of tornadoes has one up a current pricetag of $8 billion. german officials confirmed that bean sprouts are the likely cause of a deadly e.coli outbreak. at least 22 people are dead and 2200 you others are suffering from the infection. agricultural officials say different kinds of sprout from one farm in northern germany have tested positive for the bacteria. authorities said shethy haven't ruled out other possible sources for the outbreak. it's the deadliest e.coli outbreak in current history. outgoing certificate of defense gates said that the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan would begin as early as next month. he visited troops in kandahar and top of their questions was when withdrawals begin? gates said it's a matter of strike the right balance of security and letting the troops come home. >> frankly, we're going to probably start that discussion when i get back from this trip.
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general petraeus will make his recommendations and it will really on the conditions on the ground, how many actually begin to leave. >> gates thanked the soldiers for their service and said, "they are the best our country has to offer," he also express optimism that osama bin laden's death will bring peace to afghanistan. this is gate's final visit to afghanistan before he retire. in other news of the world tonight, syrian protesters clash with the army. syrian television reports at least 20 people are dead, hundreds charged the border in golan heights on the anniversary of the six-day war, which israel took control of the border area. warning shots failed to deter the protesters and then troops opened fire. israel's military is accusing the syrian government of inciting the demonstrations. kenya's capitol is reeling from an explosion that killed at least one and injured
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dozens. a condemned building near a gas station blew apart. some witnesses blame a missile for causing the blast and others say a leaking gas tank caused the explosion. kenya has been on edge since the death of osama bin laden. there has been threats from a militant group operating out of nearby somalia. >> the puyehue volcano formed a plume of ash six miles high, the alerts began yesterday when strong earthquakes shook the area. the chilean emergency office says it recorded an arth of 230 tremor and how far. flights were canceled and more than 3500 people continue to stay in shelters tonight. immigration advocates are now challenging the findings of a state-funded study that shows illegal immigrants eat up some $4.5 billion of the state's budget. the nonpartisan study found that the majority of money went to educate the children of parents who are in the country
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illegally. about a billion goes to incarcerate undocumented residents. and $75 million goes to medical care, but immigration rights groups says the majority of immigrants do pay taxes and those dollars are not been factored into the study. >> undocumented unas well as citizens and legal permanent residents make up one-third of the labor force. in addition, to, that they also contribute to our economy in regards to income taxes, as well as purchasing power. >> it is estimated that at least 2 million undocumented immigrants live in california. horse protection advocates are challenging an ageold idea that wild horses came from european settlers. the group "in defense of animals," is bringing its case against the bureau of land management to federal court saying that today's horses are genetically linked to horses that roomed the west 1.5
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million years ago. they trying to end the round up of wild horses on the open range. the body of 3-year-old william kim was found yesterday during a search on a beach just south of fort bragg. kim was from los angeles. he had been missing since may 28th, when he and another diver became caught in rough surf. the us coast guard rescued the other diver. authorities are now waiting autopsy results for an exact cause of death. today marks 30 years since the federal government issued a report on aids. we talk to those on the medical front lines about the disease, past, present and future. from wine to gardening, some spent the day from learning from the pros obhow to do-it-yourself. >> oh, my gosh. >> here we go again, a bounce house gets air button and this time in new york the. the video of the moments that injured more than a dozen
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. 30 years ago today doctors in san francisco were trying to figure out what was killing young gay men in the city. ktvu's maureen naylor shows us how san francisco babe aware of a previously unheard of illness called aids. >> reporter: the time was 1981, and san francisco as castro district was ground zero as the aids emdemmic swept in epidemic swept in and claimed lives.
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dr. havlir recalled what it was like in the 1980s when no one knew why young men were die. >> there wasn't a lot of time to reflect on what does this mean? because one man after the next was coming into our emergency room, couldn't breathe, had a new kind of pneumonia and we needed to respond. >> reporter: in these halls she says she learned courage and compassion from the many aids paints who died in the prime of their lives. >> i say my name is steve williams and i have hiv. >> reporter: thanks to medical advances, steven williams was not one of them. the 44-year-old diagnosed with hiv in 1999 now counsels newly diagnosed hiv-aids patient. the thing that i try to say all the time is that you must take your medication, because if you don't take your medications you will become resistant to it and it doesn't work all the time-while the disease in the past 30 years has moved from a death sentence to a chronic, treatable condition, doctors stress that
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the epidemic isn't over. >> we know that hiv infection is unfortunate rattily expanding for each new person that we're putting on therapy, more than one person is getting hiv infection. >> reporter: remaining challenges include how to expand therapies to more people, and finding a cure. >> i think we're going find that in the next five to ten years a vaccine may take a little longer, but we have made more strides in hiv and aids than in my other disease in reported history-and steven williams says those strides for him mean a brighter future. in san francisco, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. a sad ending to a story bewy brought you in april. we learned today that a young georgia man who became ill on the way to disneyland suffered an aneurysm. he was brought to stanford and
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contracted rare skin disorder that left him blistered all over and blind. this mother miguel's mother contacted us to say that he died last thursday. apple worldwide developer conference kicked off tomorrow with ceo steve jobs who has been on medical leave since january is expected to make a brief appearance. jobs is expected to introduce appleez icloud computing service, allowing users toker to is their information on the internet instead of a hard drive. the annual conference for software developers runs through friday at the moscone center. there is word that sonoma county tourism is enjoying an upswing. hotel occupancy is up as people come to sample the area's very good wine and food. another bright is go is the home of charles schulz. hundreds of people came together to celebrate the do-it-
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yourself spirit. today was the final today of sunset magazine's education make it your own celebration," in menlo park. those who showed up today said there is no shortage of things to do. >> oh, we're just looking at the garden things and plants for sale and enjoying the appetizers that they are giving away. >> i love coming here. it's always very enjoyable. >> the annual event is now in its 14th year and organizers say they hope it inspires people to be innovative and unique. the miracle on the hudson plane was put on a giant flatbed truck heading to an aviation museum in north carolina. pilot sullenburger safely transplane after a flock of birds struck the plane's
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engine. everyone on board survived. terrifying moments in new york after three inflatable bounce houses with children inside sideline went airborne, take a look. >> oh, my gosh!. >> well it happened at a middle school soccer tournament yesterday in ocean side. several children were playing inside when they floated up and crashed back down. 13 people were treated for minor injuries. well, ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 returns, shelters come together to find good homes for these little critters and why this year's adoptathon is even more important than years past. also comimg up, ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo with when the rain clouds will move out and temperatures will go up.
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. just an amazing story of survival to tell you about now. following the tornado earlier this week in massachusetts, i want you to meet shadow who now has the nickname "superdog, "the 6-month-old puppy was friend the family's house. the yesterday morning shadow was found without a scratch. >> he jumped all over us and licked us and he is doing great. he is tired and hungry, but besides that, he is in great shape. >> shadow was actually found underneath the roof of the house that had been destroyed. officials say the dog was just too scared to come ut. eventually a state trooper had to go in and bring the dog out. >> this weekend's wet weather means believe it or not more snow for the sierra. we want to show you a look at interstate 80 in truckee. you can see snow way back there in the background on the mountaintops. a winter weather advisory is
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expected to go into effect tonight and snow levels are expected to drop below 7,000- feet. that would be just below the summit at donner pass. amazing that we're still talking about snow and rain. let's check in with our meteorologist mark tamayo and a lot of people want to know when the rain is finely going to move out. >> we're approving sunny events, but right now we have rain showerses to talk about and even the possibility of a few thunderstorms. right now on live stormtracker 2 i can show you what is happening out there. a few light showers in parts of north bay, towards sonoma county and napa reporting light rain. we'll move the maps to the south. this is basically the circulation and, in fact, i will put it into motion. this is all associated with the storm center that is just to the south of monterey bay. as we're going shift the maps to the east, you can see severe cells close to merced. this is heading towards livermore and the concord area.
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so the next hour, how fast and a half possibly we could see showers redevelop and also thunderstorms. so with that, this evening we'll be unsettled. the shower probability on the increase and also thunderstorm chances as well. first, though, i want to show you a look outside at san josi, showing you mostly cloudy skies, currently 60 degrees. a benefit a breeze out there, wines 20-23 miles per hour. we'll have more activity on live stormtracker 2 radar least over the next two to three hours. tomorrow, party to mostly cloudy skies. the extended forecast, a dry pattern and warmer apparent as well of the here is the area of low pressure we have been tracking for about three to four days. right now finally heading inland to the south of monterey bay. we have to get the rainfall out of here, get the low from monterey county to nevada and that will be happening over the next 12 hours, especially heading into monday morning. least in the short-term, still
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an unsettled weather pattern. some clouds and showers and a chance of a few thunderstorms out there. tomorrow some moisture would work its way into the region and with, thatly hold on to lingering clouds and still a chance, only a chance of light showers, primarily for tomorrow morning. here are the details on that winter weather advisory for the sierra. this kicks in at midnight and lasts until 5:00 p.m. monday. snowfall on the order of 2-4" and snow levels at 6500-feet. here is our forecast model right now at 6:00 with the rain showers on the increase, like i showed you. at 7:00, by the evening hours, this creole could be targeting livermore, concord and antioch. tomorrow morning we hold on to the possibility of light shower. skies becoming partly cloudy by mid to late-afternoon. the forecast, tomorrow morgan at 7:00, 50-55. by 12:00, mostly cloudy and then by 3:00, partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. san josi will go with 68
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degrees. san mateo, 64 and here is is your five-day forecast a look beyond to your weekend temperatures warming back into the 60s and 70s by thursday and friday. heather and ken, do you want me to talk about more rain for the second weekend of june? >> not really. [ laughter ] >> we're done. i think everybody is done. >> the storm door is just about shut. >> good. thank you. animal shelters in the east bay took part in a pet adoptathon at the oakland animal shelter. folks showed up for a chance too adopt dogs, cats and even bunny rabbits the event is sponsored by maddie's fund, which gives each shelter between $500 and $1500 for each adopted pet. shelter officials say money raised during last year's adoptathon was critical because of budget cuts. well, coming up, the oakland a's try to avoid a weekend sweep in boston. and the giants play another close game against the rockies
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in their attempt to get back into first place. john foesi and sportswrap is up fonzi and sports is up next.
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good evening everyone and welcome to this early sunday night edition of sportswrap. players continue to land on the dl, runs come at a minimum, but the begins at continue to get incredible pitching, which translated into i atight win at at&t park. ryan vogelsong with an earned run average of 1.6. giant's little sensitive about things like that these days. tejada with a nice play. and row huff catches an elbow
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in the face from tulowitzki and the giants in no mood for contact intentional or otherwise when it comes to their fielders. ianetta finds the seats in left- center after he stayed alive in a 2-strike pitch called a ball. vogelsong matched up with jason hammel gianting getting the inning going and to matt lidstrom and this time they score burris. the giants once again make the formula work and they take the sears with the 2-1 win. vogelsong has allowed one round or fewner his last simple starts. no sunrise, the fans have taken to him. >> you know, if you are struggling and the fans aren't behind you, you are probably going to do worse. it's awesome. it's awesome. and i mean, i keep saying it's
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the best thing you can ever experience. i wish everyone could have a chance to experience what i'm going through right now. it's awesome. i can't say enough about them. >> in the midwest this is like a dodger fan and a giant fan sitting next to each other. worked out well for the cardinal fan. 10th inning of a 2-2 game, pujols takes rodriguez deep. pujols 13th homer and his second straight extra innings walkoff, st. louis a 3-2 winner. >> the a says just finished games in the big east. it's been a frustrating stretch. anderson trying to prevent a second consecutive sweep. crawford got one with 3-run shot for crawford and 3-0 boston lead. a's chipped away against john lackey.
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kouzmanoff is over the barry, 3- 1 game. and then in the 4th, it's 3-2 and barton ripped one to right. suzuki comes home from 2nd. bottom of the 4th, two outs and one on,ed a drin gonzales got into an anderson pitch and takes it the other way over the monster and the it's 6-3 win. it's onto baltimore, but it's dropped the games seven games behind texas in the al west. and things haven't been a lot better for the angels of late then they have for the a's. 18 on the year teixeira. roger federer currently possesses more grand slam
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championships than anyone in tennis history. federer ended the novak djokovic streak in the semifinals. nadal in the far cut for a point that speaks volumes about these two in this tournament. federer so close to winning the point, but unable to close the deal. he must have started to feel that nadal always has an essence. nadal won the first set 7-5 and nadal mixing it up with power. nadal won the second set, 7-6, federer won the third, 7-5, but the fourth set, no contest, nadal at championship point will wrap up a 6-1 set and federer hitslon. it's the 10th major championship for nadal, his sixth french open. he is the second youngest player to get to ten majors. federer the record-holder with 16, but nadal re-establishes himself as the game's king of clay. still to come on this sunday sportswrap, a result in college rugby that doesn't
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happen often and it's almost world cup soccer time for the women. a statement by the team when we come back.
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. you always know golf's us open is right around the corner when they play jack nicklaus' memorial tournament in ohio. mickelson for eagle on the 15th hole of the it goes and mickelson ended up nine strokes behind the winner. steve stricker put himself in great position with three sub70 rounds and then started the day with birdie obvious the first two holes. even when stricker was in trouble, he made the most of it. watch this effort on the bunker at 12 to save par. rains came and halted play for two and a half hours. when they got it going again, stricker made two bogeys on his last six, including this one at 18, but it was good enough to hold off jobe and kuchar by a
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stroke. stricker in good formal for the open in two weeks in d.c.. if you have been to the gas pump you know all about conserving fuel and that was the main theme in the nascar race in kansas city and a backdrop was the confrontation by car owner richard childress with kyle busch after the truck race. it was ruled he did not violate. dale earnhardt, jr. spinning out, but in position to make a run on leader brad keselowski. keselowski on fumes, but able to hold off for the win. you don't often hear this result, but the cal rugby team coming up on the short end of the score. cal is already the ncaa champion, but playing in the quarter fines of the sevens invitational tournament. utah with the sprint tolgoal.
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another impressive try by the utes. this time around in the sevens, cal is knocked out of the tournament by the utes. the us women's soccer team in it's final tune-up before the start of the world cup played in new jersey. here is the only goal, cheney threads the needle. us hangs on 1-0 and opens epagainst north korea in dresden, determinany. that is it for this early edition of sports wrap. >> thank you, joe. a wildfire has broken out in isabella. the fire started near keysville and says no one is in immediate danger. firefighters are being joined by air tankers and helicopters to try to put that fire out. >> we will of course be following any developments on that story as well as any developments into the fatal shooting of a 2-month-old baby boy. all of that coming up tonight
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on the 10:00 news. our crew right now is at a vigil that is currently taking place for the infant killed overnight. police are still out searching the neighborhood where the shots were fired and what police are now calling a targeted shooting. of course more on that and mark has another look at our forecast, hoping no more raindrops. >> getting better over the next few days. >> sound goods. >> thanks everyone. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne and and for everyone here at ktvu, thanks for joining us. our next newscast is the 10:00 news and we're online all the time at ktvu.com. >> good night. >> good night
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