stabbing on monday. the police tracked him to the hotel at 8:30 monday morning. around 11:00 a.m. he fired a shot. they closed the highway leading to traffic jams. early this morning the authorities installed this metal plate in front of the gunman's window and reopened the freeway. throughout the standoff they were continued to talk to him but contact seized this morning. they boarded a -- bored a hole in his room and saw the body. >>y no officers were injured. the public at large remains safe. >> reporter: the police evacuated 40 hotel guests including this man with a flight to new zealand tonight. >> i want to get my stuff to get on to my flight. >> reporter: after the discovery fbi s.w.a.t. team members came down off of the roof tops. the officials say it could be several days before they know how much in overtime and other expenses this standoff cost

taxpayers. reporting live in san rafael, ktvu channel 2 news. california's attorney general announced the arrest of two attorneys believed to be involved in a mortgage scam that preyed on homeowners drowning in debt. we have more on the red flag that every homeowner should watch out for, paul? >> reporter: the state attorney says the jailed attorneys contacted roughly two million potential clients across the country and defrauded 2500 out of millions in a scam that was supposed to provide troubled relief for their mortgagees. >> are they going to -- mortgages. >> are they going to keep receiving calls? >> reporter: this man and 17 other people are accused of cold calling homeowners asking them to join a lawsuit against mortgage lender who's kramer other ands say approved inappropriate loans. they promised them to get them out of forechosure by having an attorney represent them and

renegotiate their interest rates or even give their money back. >> they suggested by joining this lawsuit that the banks would have to pay. but the only people who paid were those homeowners roar the suit says they paid between $4,toy to $10,000 into the scam. but hudd officials offer the same service for free. >> don't wait to get help. talk toa hudd-approved counselor today. these are trusted experts who will sit down and work through the best course of action. the group preyed upon financially-strapped people. >> a lot of homeowners, hardworking people. people who believe in the american dream. they have been deeply disappointed. >> reporter: the jailed attorneys and others are facing charges that include false advertising, unfair business tras and telephone solicitation. the man accused of beating a former priest says he wants his day in court.

it turns out that is what he is getting. a judge today set an october 17th trial date for 44-year-old william lynch. he is facing felony assault and elder abuse charges. he pled not guilty. he is accused of attacking gerald linard last year as the jesuit center. he says he sexually abused him and his brother when they were kids during camping trips. >> from the beginning williams talked about wanting his day in court and wants to talk about the incident and what happened and he always said from the beginning he would not plead anythingy he wanted his day in court. >> if found guilty he faces four years in prison. we checked with the coast guard a short time ago. there is still no sign of a man missing in san francisco bay. 52-year-old butler disappeared last night when a canoe over hub turned on the northeast side of treasure island. two friends with him made it out of the water. they say butler stayed near the canoe to try to retrieve keys.

the coast guard and others used boats and helicopter to search the bay area cities. several developments in a missing woman in aruba are putting new suspicion on her traveling companion. the press says just two days after reporting gardener missing he tried to collect on a 1 1/2 million accidental death insurance policy that he took out on her. he says that gardener disappeared while the two were small -- two were snorkeling. janet napolatono unveiled a new policy. she says a change would allow federal agents to focus on deporting convicted criminals and those with a national security or public safety threat. under this new policy the federal government will make a case by case review of about 300,000il almost immigrants who face possible deportation.

for the first time today president barack obama called for syrian president to step down saying that his call for dialogue ring hollow while he is quote imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering his own people. the president also issued a new executive order freezing all syrian government assets. and stops americans from investing in that country. syria has been rocked by clashes between the government and pro democracy protesters since march. >> the transition from democracy in syria has begun. it is time for him to get out of the way. >> the leaders of great britain, canada, france, germany are also calling for him to step down. a fact-finding mission reported that 1900 people have died during all of the unrest in syria. it found that the syrian government committed widespread human rights violations against

civilians including torture and the execution of children. the u.n. group says in victims were pulled from their hospital beds. the university of california and the berkeley police department laurened this joint patrol last year. the department say that the joint south side safety patrols main kpharpblg is to surpress violent crime. however, officers will phobe us on unruely parties and off campus parties. thousands of uc berkeley students are moving in. this is a look at last year's move-in day. the school says about 7800 students call this year another 3900 will live in campus apartments and family housing. classes are set to begin one week from today. autopsy results are in on a sacramento man and his young daughter, the subject of a statewide amber alert. according to the sheriff's department, both suffered

gunshot wounds. 2-year-old madeleine was shot twice but her cause of death is pending because of toxicology reports. her father died of a self- -inflicted gunshot wound. their bodies were found last saturday near placerville. investigators say he abducted the little girl during a custody dispute with her mother. earlier this week a family member said the two died from carbon monoxide poisoning. now, the stock market. today was not for the faint of heart. the markets dropped big time as concern of the global economy triggered a drop off. the dow fell more than four00 points today. weak economic data here in the united states and renewed fear over the european debt crisis weighed heavily on investors. at the close the dow was down 420 points at 10,990. the nasdaq closed down 131 points at 200380.

coming up -- 2,380. coming up we will look at what you lost today and the advice bay area financial advisories are doling out. one of the so-called founding fathers of silicone valley is changing things up. hewlett-packard announced it is getting out of the tablet business. robert honda is live with the reason behind this move and how it will impact the rest of silicone valley, robert? >> reporter: we are in front of the palo alto garage where hp and silicone valley started and the philosophy of progressing with the times began. it could lead the company in yet another direction. >> reporter: a law school graduate stop using her computer years ago. >> i think the desk top computer is for office jobs now. >> reporter: hewlett-packard may be thinking the same way. they started the company in 1939. expanding into numerous areas including the personal computer in 1968. today, they want to spin off of

the pc business and bid there 10 million to buy a british software company. >> the process with all of these companies is ongoing. the ones that survive like hp are the ones that can catch the wave, can figure it out and move forward. >> reporter: catching that wave is what the chief squad is dog. the fast-growing computer repair company in downtown san jose, like hp started by college students, saw them moving away. >> we are seeing more iphones, research in motion phones and android phones. we need to gear ourselves working on those to make sure that in the long run our company is sustainable. >> hp is moving the software rides the wave because activity and maintenance will be web based or on the cloud such as the remote management software. >> where we can remotely secure a network and work on it, log in, take care of the network. in the past the old way that

software, the hardware basically you would be done and out of business. this one, we can load it up on another machine and you are up and ready to go. >> reporter: and hp does not want to ride ever wave. they plan to drop the tablet and smart phone products. an exclusive look inside of a san francisco iconas it undergoes a massive make-over. i am back here in 10 minutes, i have your friday forecast. it including more fog and a cool down.

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. a bill was drafted after the newly higher san diego state received more than his predecessor. the bill says if the csu raises tuition fees than campus presidents can not receive a

pay raise for two years and the bill goes a step further. >> if you are going to increase the salary it will be capped at 150% of what the chief justice of california makes. >> the bill would also give the governor the authority to override a university's president's pay hike by executive order. napa valley college is no longer serving food in its kaf tearia due to budget cuts but students will not go hungry. the college is starting up a food truck pile program. there will be six food trucks on campus monday through thursday. 15 food trucks in all are participating in the program. trucks will pay the school $50 a day to operate there on campus. san francisco politics and the police want drivers to slow down around schools. the city installing the first 15 miles an hour sign outside of peabodyy elementary skaod today -- peabody elementary school today. each of the 200 schools will

have three to four signs. >> the speeds and routes around our schools are dangerous. they need to be slowed down. >> the city reviewed studies from as far away from london to reduce accidents near schools. they are hoping to reduce pedestrian accidents by 50% citywide by 2020. a massive makeover is underway. david stevenson is live at golden gate park where he went inside of the historic dutch windmill, daveid? >> reporter: that is right. we got an exclusive tour today as construction workers got this historic windmill ready to turn again. nine years after it was stripped down to its bones this golden gate park windmill is getting a new lease on life. >> really exciting at this moment. >> reporter: the windmill is one of two built just across from ocean beach in the early 1900s. both were originally used to pump in freshwater from deep under ground to irrigate park

plants. decades of deteariation prompted the park officials to dismantle it in 2002 and ship the parts to the netherlands for repair. >> the slate siding was coming off of the sides. the the $4 million if city and state the windmill is about to go spinning again. >> crews installed tiles for the siding but the centerpiece is this 64ton cap for the tower. created by dutch contractors it is coated with hundreds of yards of chopper sheeting that will turn green over time. it is secured inside of this enormous moveable shed. the tail is getting exposure to the elements. construction crews say it has been a one of a kind job. >> it has been a lot of fun for all of us. one of those things that you just never are going to be able to do again. >> reporter: the crews the

lift the copper in place in september but it it the not turn until next year when the sails are installed. not pump water or generate electricity but recreation and park officials hope it will get people talking about green power here in the park. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. animals around the world are fleeing global warming. a new report shows 2,000 species of abmals are rushing from the equator. they are moving at a mile of a year. they moved more than 1thrive miles in 21 years. u.s. weather data show that the past was right on record. once that fog burned off today it turned into a nice day. over to our chief meteorologist it is looks like a fog bank on the coast right now? >> yes. it is going to get fatter,

sticker, pushing farther inland. here is the image. with that, big push of the marine air which we are seeing already. look at that. san francisco, market, foggiy. towards south san francisco and over towards the airport. pacificca has not seen the sun all day. same with half-moon bay. what i was saying is that fog is making the push inland. the temperatures tomorrow are going to drop a good 10 degrees. major, yes, major cooling tomorrow. instead of the upper 80s, low 90s that we saw today, we are looking at temperatures tomorrow in the upper 70s and low 80s. in the hot spot, it is cool on the coast. you will not notice it on the coast side but temperatures coming off five and 10 degrees. yes, a lot of fog tonight. maybe drizzle as it pushes up the coastline. fog is going to go all of the way up towards napa and ant kwrobgs.

antioch. fog will be out there it will be for cooling heading into the weekend. the upshot, the bay area fire danger has been moderate for this time of the year. tell help. today was warm. yesterday, warm, heading into the weekend. the temperatures will trend down. the lows tonight. foggy when you get up. i know a lot of people take the dog for a walk and kids for swimming but 53, 53 in oakland you can see by these temperatures in fairfield. it will lay over the bay area and moderate all of the temperatures. so, instead of seeing the big swings like today we will see more of, you know, cool coast and mild everywhere else. as we match through bay area microclimates low 60s out on the bay. middle 60s in berkeley and

towardsy fremont. 73 degrees. out towards -- towards fremont, 73 degrees. out towards the upper 70s. where are there oftentimes, 100 degree readings, look at that. 78 degrees. forecast model. 33 degrees. tomorrow, 80. when we come back i will have the spectacular numbers for your neighborhood and look at the five-day forecast in your weekend view. avoiding the antidrunk driving cam pain today. the 25 representatives the 25 ages that are stepping up their patrols through labor day weekend. checkpoints and recovering dui patrols will be in effect well before the september 5th holiday. the sheriff's office is planning two checkpoints next week. graphic images on seug ret packs are a turnoff for smokers. they were less likely to buy packs with those photos on them. here are some of the pictures

now. researchers auctioned four packs off to 400 package. one had a text only message, one that covered half of the pack and a third had a cancer and the forth featured the same sex and photo for plain pack. left out in the cold. >> my initial reaction is that i can not believe they would treat us like that after all of the work we put into that place. >> what some workers say what happened to them after the plant shutdown and the big settlement that was just announced today. newspapers thieves, winding up behind bars. what is leading to the threatened is leaving people empty handed

. some extreme couponners are getting in trouble with the law. police say they are starting to arrest people who are stealing the morning newspaper to get their hands on the coupons. it is part of a trend of extreme couponing. they make big punches for a few dollars. we checked with the san francisco chronicle and the san jose mercury news, both tell us they are not seeing this problem happening here. attorneys for seven disabled former east bay autoworkers today announced a multimillion class action agreement. the workers say toyota and the former nus mmi plant left them

out in the cold when it came to severance payments. >> i can not believe they treated us like this after all of the work that we put into this place. >> i have carpel tunnel both of my wrists and i had a head injury and back injury. >> they shut their doors two years ago. they received severance pay. but many received little because they suffered injuries. many lost $38,000. >> it was an extra blow to a vulnerable group of workers forced back into a job market with -- that did not recognize or value their skills as autoworkers. >> today, local attorneys and the equal opportunity announced a $6 million settlement with toyota. seven workers, the class representatives, will receive $10,000 each. attorneys fees amount to $600,000 and the remainder of

the money will be divided among 500 to 1,000 disabled former workers. toyota issued a statement today that reads in part quote prior to nummi's close ear we provided $280 million to fund support for salaries and hourly team members. they went on to say they are not liable we are pleased that all parties reached an agreement. the settlement must be approved by a federal judge. new homes are coming to the east bay. the hammering and the drilling are underway at this housing site in dublin. they dug the first shovel of dirt in the ground-breaking ceremony today. the project will provide 198 new market-rate homes and 180 affordable apartments. the congressman noted that the

project will create 860 jobs. more than 160 of them permanent. >> it speaks a lot for the them to move forward with this project and supply housing and different housing and that will benefit the community and the people that live here. >> they hope to have a grand opening for the two communities in early 2012. wells fargo is the owner of sunnyvale project. they took over the project neglect foreclosure after no one bid on the property during a auction yesterday. the city released a statement saying the move allows the wells fargo to transfer it to an approved developer that would finish the project. these firefighters have never put out a wildlands fire. but, today they finally got their chance. we will tell you why and what is unique about this group. >> new information out today from the ntsb about the pipeline explosion. the agency looked into nearby sewer work could of caused stress on the pipeline. we will tell you what it found. ñ

. a group of laid off firefighters is back on the job today and it could not come at a better time. let's go now to ktvu live in san jose. you will tell us how the worst of the fire season is actually right around the corner. >> reporter: that is right. so far it has been mild. but this is all part of a fire training exercise. it took place here at santa theresa county park. you can see the vegetation here is dry t. is so ease tow break up this stuff. and this -- that is why this fire burn here at the county park was just great practice for some of the firefighters that never fought a wild lined

fire before. the fire slowly grows eating away at acres of dry land. fire instructors keep feeding it. >> we are lighting fire on purpose so that the recruits can practice putting it out. >> reporter: 22 fire recruits marched out to attack it. it has been awhile since they suited up. they were part of a group of 49 fires were were laid off last year. they funded bringing half of them back and they need a refresher course. >> some of them went back to school and some have not had training for this year. >> reporter: it is the first time learning to fight a wildland fire. it is a skill. 25% of the fires they respond to during may and october are brush and wildland fires. twopbs is raging each recruit gets a chance to putting it out. fellow recruits trail behind practicing an important skill. they are using tools to rake in the embers towards the burn ground. this prevents the fire from

sparking back up. >> it is 1,000 degrees when you are standing right there. maybe hotter. for some of them they never done anything like this before. so, it can be exciting and dangerous. >> reporter: county park officials welcome the fire burn training because it gets rid of the weeds. so far fire season has been mild. they say it is great practice in preparation because they expect it to heat up in september. reporting live in san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. arson investigation is underway in fremont after a fire wases set at a junior high school there. it was started after 7:00 last night in the locker room area of the gym at walters junior high. firefighters were able to contain the flames at the back of the building. even so the flames cost $100,000 in damage. classes for the new school year are set to begin next wednesday. the principal says the classes will not be effected as a

result of the firism the ntsb released new reports into the san bruno pipeline explosion. the reports from the ntsb detail cal cue hraeugs used by researchers -- calculations used by researchers saying vibrations from a nearby crew caused stress in the line. the reports do not draw any conclusions as to what led to the blast that killed eight people last september. the new reports will be talk about when the ntsb meets later this month. lead investigators will present a draft of their final report to the nfsb on october 30th. san brunos mayor and city manager are both planning attend. on the campaign trail today. republican rick perry ran into hecklers. at a stop in port smith, new orleans. a mother had a little boy talk about evolution. he told the boy in texas

schools teach both evolution and creationism. another man yelled at perry as he left the gathering. >> stop attacking middle class families. >> the governor met with diners at a coffee shop in dover, new hampshire. he pushed for job creation and more spending cuts. fellow republican campaigned in south carolina. she repeated what is her seug nature rallyying cry. >> we are going to make a barack obama a one-term president. it is going to happen. >> she is on a bus tour. she promised the crowd to work to appeal the health care restorm package. to do that she said she will elect 13 more senators to get a majority. >> president barack obama is on martha's vineyard starting a vacation. this is the third straight summer the barack obama family vacations there. they will stay on the 28-acre state with a basketball court

and private beach access. the aide told the reporters the president will meet frequently with his economic advisories while on vacation and prepare for a national address on jobs and the tkef sit that he will deliver after labor day. a bill drafted in response to the firestorm over sarah palin's speaking contract is on the way to the governor's desk. they would add contracts with public university to public records law. it took a judge's order to get the csu status law foundation to release the contract with her. she headlines a campus fundraiser last year. governor schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill twice during his term. governor jerry brown wants to keep high speed rail on track in california. he told the editorial board he will appoint a commissioner to fill a vacant seat on a pie speed rail authority board within days. governor brown says he wants to help america think big again. a gop lawmaker says high speed

rail is just too big. >> the jetsons are a cool idea, too, we don't have that technology available and we have not found a way to afford this technology. >> the project come under intense scrutiny for growing costs. a recent report pegged the cost of just the first section of the system at double the initial estimate. a goodwill basketball tour through china ended in a brawl today. oh! >> reporter: players from the rockets mobbed the georgetown university player after a hard foul. the game was tied at 64 when everything spiraled out of control. one player was hit by a chair. the coach pulled the team off of the floor after the chaos. the crowd threw water bottles as the players left the court. the vice president attended a game yesterday but was not at today's game. life-saving medications can be tough to find unless you are willing to pay for them. the gray market that is

emerging for some of the most sought-after prescriptions and who is calling on congress to stop the price gouging. the iphone, what deal apsell close to signing -- apple is close to signing

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cases of legenares disease is going up. but dying from it has gone down. cases tripled in the last decade. 3500 cases in 2009 compared to 1100 in 2000. the cdc officials think there may be more cases because there are more elderly people. deaths related are down because treatment of the disease has improved. as hospitals across the country deal with shortagees of drugs a new report shows companies are stockpiling medicines and then overcharging hospitals. the report was issued today by a group representing thousands of nonprofit hospitals across the country. they say the gray market drugs have been marked up 50 times their original cost. a heart medication that usually costs dollars 25 a dose, -- $25 a dose was marked up to $1200 a dose. >> no question that when you have these huge mark ups this is going to increase the cost and that cost will get passed

on to every individual that has to go into the hospital. >> some members of congress are expressing concern that the gray market drugs are not safe and they announced this week that they are launching an investigation. apples iphone is headed to china. he meet with apple's ceo and both agree they want to launch the iphone there as soon as possible but did not give the time frame t. would use their exclusive network interface. china mobile has more subscribers than any other carrier in the world. sports fans can check in at their favorite events. the smart phone app lets them check in or alert their friends when they arrive. until now it let them check in at places like restaurants and bars. now you can check in at a sporting event or concert as well. the national institutes of health is changing how it awards grants after a study show few black researchers are receiving those grants. a two-year study found white researchers are more likely than blacks to receive funding n . response the nih is adding

50 minority researchers to the grant review manels. two groups will be investigating what caused the discrepancy and looking for bias in the grant review process. even if you don't have a penny the market there is a impact on you. the psychological impact and the financial impact, still ahead. in 10 minutes i will have the forecast. for your city, for the bay area weekend. i will see you back here. @wñ

. as we told you earlier stocks dropped big time today after a flurry of bad economic news. more people are joining the unemployment ployment lines, home sales are dragging down and there are also major economic concerns in europe. you see the result there at the end of trade. the dow down almost 420 points. the nasdaq off 131 points. >> that plunge in stocks triggered jitters among investors. tom vacar is live in san francisco with how those who do not have a sent invested in stocks are invested. >> i tell you what, what is interesting about this is it is not just here in the financial district but we took a beating today. we all took a beating today the latest in the long line of them in the hands of our own debts. >> reporter: the bad vibes began before the market opened when the megainvestment bank, morgan stanley, decreased the growth estimates for the u.s.

and europe for this year and next. >>and they said that united states and europe are dangerously close to a recession. >> individually and collectively the european union and its member nations are in deep debt trouble exposing banks worldwide to possible defaults. at best most of the world's economies are stagnant. >> that was just fear that we are going from a slow growth to no growth and negative growth. >> without exception usually decisions about money made under pressure are bad decisions. >> reporter: financial educator and journalist valerie coalman-morris says this is no time to panic. >> the best time to sell is in a rising market. the best time to buy is in a declining market. get your son conscientious and your stamina together and ride out these ups and downs. >> even if you don't have a penny in the market golden gate university consumer psychologist says you are impacted. perhaps financially most certainly psychologically. >> people that do not have money nethe market can see all

of this volatility feel like the world is out of control and unsafe. they are going to then cutback on their spending. when that happens, then, we all know the economy suffers greatly. >> in dollars and cents if you had $50,000 in a variety of stocks this morning you now have $46,000 and so it goes. ktvu channel 2 news. gap offered a disappointing outlook. they earned $189 during the last quarter. down from $234 million a year ago. gap, that includes old navy and banana republic is the nation's largest clothing chain. they have been offering discounts to increase sales. analysts question how the stores will fair during the holiday shopping seasonnism the economy helps people who want to work in the school season kick start their job search. 30 minutes ago the county office rapped up the first ever

job fare. they found a one-stop opportunity for positions now open in the county's k-12 schools. >> we are seeing a mix of folks here at the fare. both those who are seasoned teachers looking to re-enter and those starting out as new teachers wanting to know what the opportunities are. >> the fare provided onsite interviews, computer access, inforphaoeugz teacher credential -- information and teacher credential alley and how to ace an interview. animals stuck at a shelter may have new homes. the city's animal care and control unit was partnering with pet food express. that company is going to showcase the animals at the store on market street. the program encourages potential owners to adopt the animals at discount rates. the first time they are partnering with a private organization. a 32 foot tall stubgture is going to be reinstalled at the airport this afternoon. the conquest of space was

removed as the airport renovated terminal two. a large crane is brought in to replace it at the international terminal. back to our weather now. nice day today over to our chief meteorologist, bill, it sounds nice but colder? >> that is right, frank. a big cool down as much as 10 degrees going into friday. the fog is big out there. more fog than we saw last night at this time or the night before. the whole bay area or san francisco county of san francisco but for the fringees here by the ballpark covered in fog. a lot of folks wearing down jackets on twin peaks in the outer sunset t. has been cool and continues cool along the coast. inland we saw sun. temperatures upper 80s, low 90s. more fog tomorrow. goes well inland. with that big push of fog and slower burnoff day time highs tomorrow as much as 10 degrees

cooler. not going to be cold, not going to be freezing cold staying about the same. inland, instead of 90 you will go 80, 82. the forecast, fog in the bay area across the city over to oakland and over in hayward as well. you are going to see right down the peninsula in mountain view. a lot of things. drizzle we have been sees. today, near 90, high pressure center and the low pressure center interacting. when this low pressure center stays up here like today it is a little warmer. when the low pressure center drops down tracking south right now it drops down like that look what it does. it lifts up the marine layer. it dries that fog inland. there you go. that is the mechanism and that is the result, tomorrow, that fog. for friday, saturday, cooler. sunday, warm up a little bit. tomorrow morning you wake up

cloudy, 59 degrees. lunchtime at 65 degrees. a beautiful shot there. redwood city, down there it really is pretty especially when the fog clears and the sun comes out. the fog and the low clouds tomorrow morning looks like this. that is the biggest footprint of fog we have seen in the last couple of days. hence a cooler day tomorrow. and the subtleties, are subtle. yes or changes are subtled. the forecast in the valleys, don't see the reds anymore tomorrow. right? remember, reds up here towards sacramento. you are looking at mostly 80s, middle 80s. the forecast highs, 80, 82 in fairfield. 83 in antiiac and brentwood. the changes have been small. a little cooler, warmer, cooler, warmer. tomorrow, it will be 10 degrees cooler in the inland valleys. you will notice. in san francisco you will not notice much tomorrow. the five-day forecast with the weekend in review.

there right there. if you are not hearing the fire trucks up and down the street, not hearing it -- a very low fire season for us that has been nice. >> yes. you have been talking about that and today a front page in the chronicle about the same thing. >> yes. >> thank you, bill. getting married will not improve your health but help you live longer. new research from 90 previous studies of 500 mill whereon people found single men face a 32% higher risk of death than their married counter parts. the mortality risk is 23% higher for single woman. researchers say in the worst case scenario single men die 28% sooner and single women die 15 years earlier than their married counterparts. poor health benefits, less income and a lack of the social support built into a marriage. sports director will join us live next with the latest from the raiders camp. also, heading home. the skills that this football

player has regained after merging from a coma and what is next for his treatment

. mark mcgovern was released today from the hospital. when he was discharged before noon. he was injured and went into a coma after another player reportedly knocked him down at a game in june. he can now walk and talk. he can even kick a ball. he will be going to outpatient treatments here in the bay area until he is well enough to return to his home in ireland. >> mark joins us now and giant fist in action as we speak. >> yes. it is looking all right so far. they try to get their act back together and earn a split with the braves. a place they have a historically have a problem

winning. he does not do all that well in hot, humid weather. it looks like tim is on his game so far. it is 0-0 game. and lincicum with a strike out in the first and then in the 2nd another runner going and another strike out throw out. he pegs the man at 2nd base. there you have it. they goring to the top of 3rd inning. no score yet. the 49ers and raiders who are winless both kind of depressing losses, actually, in their exhibition openers somebody is going to win this time around as the raiders up in napa prepare to meet the 49ers and i think the defense probably saw a little of the saints against the 49ers. they might be ready to tee off on the 49ers and their quarterback. of course, last year the raiders lost twice, once in the regular season, once in the preseason to the 49ers and that is a particular fact that they have not forgotten about particularly their quarterback,

jason campbell. >> we played them in the preseason. a game i got hurt in and then the regular season. they are a good defensive football team. they always will. >> the coach will get us ready to go. being back here, you know, experiencing it firsthand is something that i will be ready for on saturday. >> we are aware of what happened in the past last year. we are competitors we still like to go out even though it is the preseason and get wins. hopeful he we go out there this weekend and take care of business my want to win but i want our team to play well. and i need to see the improvement that i am looking for. >> all right, that is a game that you can see right here on ktvu channel 2. saturday, the 49ers hosting the raiders at candlestick park. we will have the preand post game activities right here for you. in the meantime that is the sporting life right now. back to you gasia and frank. >> yes. get the snacks ready. >> preseason as good as it gets

for exhibition football. >> thank you, mark. [ laughter ] the nfl preseason returns to ktvu next. stay tuned to watch the philadelphia eagles take on the pittsburgh steelers on their home turf. we will be back for the 10:00 news later or tune into bay area news at 7:00 on tv36. thanks for joining us everyone. x>zx/x/z8x7x7 x @wñ