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been slashed on 50 vehicles. we have new information about the search for the person responsible. amber. >> reporter: we just got an e- mail from berkeley police advising me that will are now 60 plus vehicles that have had their tires damaged. we're going to move over here and show you that both tires on this honda have been punctured on the driver's side. >> we found this berkeley man putting a spare tire on his minivan. he said he was trying to leave for work. >> how did you get to work. >> called a friend and got a ride. >> reporter: police said they received dozens of calls today all in a 17-block area near the oakland city line. many were along california street. two vehicles in oakland also had their tires slashed. >> it was some kind of puncture tool. it could have been a very small

porket knife and/or an ice pick. >> the vandalism took place sometime between 8:00 last night and 7:00 this morning. >> it could be a thrill seeker, someone who is out for revenge or someone who has mental health challenges. >> the family just arrived from new mexico last night. the relocating here so dad can look for work. instead, he is filing a police report after finding a slashed tire on his rental truck. >> i'm not a rich man, yeah, so this is tough. >> his brother-in-law also had his tires slashed. >> are you angry. >> well, actually, perplexed more than angry. >> police told us they are chasing down leads. they say an arrest may come as early as tomorrow. reporting live in perkily. amber lee -- live in berkeley. a san jose police officer is under arrest tonight for

allegedly having sex with two teenage boys. a 44-year-old is charged with unlawful sexual conduct and with providing alcohol to a 15- year-old and a 17-year-old. >> we have concerns that there may be other victims out there. we don't have any specific information to lead us to believe there are. >> he was fired from the san jose police department back in 2008 after being convicted of covering up a dui crash involving another san jose police officer. but he was later reinstated. he is currently being held tonight on $100,000 bail. a an amusements park worker is facing child pornography charges tonight. investigators say they found child pornography on his home computer. police say they do not believe, though, that he is part of a ring or that he month lessed any children but the

investigation is still open. the park owners told us that no one has complained about his behavior. three construction workers are in serious condition tonight after tons of wet concrete fell on to them at a synephrine construction project. just minutes after the accident -- the concrete was being poured onto the roof. witnesses say three car pen terse were injured. >> basically that whole section of liquid concrete along with forms and other boards fell on them and knocked them down three flights of stairs. >> a fourth man suffered minor injuries. osha is investigating and told us that the building site has not had any previous accidents or safety violations. they have deny it again. -- done it again. they have lost another

unreleased iphone. we are live in san francisco and tells us it was found where else in a bar? >> yes, sounds familiar. this is a restaurant and bar where an apple employee left something behind. this is known for fish tacos but it's margaritas are more likely why people forget stuff. >> every day. credit cards, phones, even computers. >> and last month, a prototype iphone 5 for then on a -- forgotten on a friday night. >> this appears to be too many drinks. >> reporter: apple must do real world testing before selling a new phone. >> you can't just walk around the campus and say i think this works here so i think it will work everywhere. >> only last year, there was an

unreleased iphone 4. it was sold for $5,000. this time the finder probably didn't realize what he stumbled across. >> there was an ad that offered the phone for $200. we think that's where it ended up. >> sold and still not recovered. >> they love the attention. >> this iphone fan is started to suspected publicity stunt. >> seems like they do an intentional leak like this with a pending are he -- release every time. >> but apple is image conscious. >> a lesson for apple is keep track of your 20-something engineers who go out drinking on a friday night. >> they want to be more famous, of course. >> they he are joan iing the -- they are enjoining the north right. the iphone 5 is rumored to be

launching in october. that amber alert we told you last night ended this morning after a driver spotted the vehicle and called the highway patrol. officers pulled over a 34-year- old at about 430 this morning. he's accused of abducting his 13-year-old daughter. the girl was in the car and appeared unharmed. now it's if latest on hurricane irene. the damage senate -- estimate from eight starts top $7 billion. the river islely residing but there is still flooding -- slow lire seeding. president obama plans to visit patterson on sunday. vermont is also hard hit. helicopters delivered supplies to residents to all but one of the 13 towns cut off. hundreds of bridges and roads

are gone. some wonder how long the spirit of community will last. >> in the aftermath of irene, blood donations are down. there is a move now to step up donations. the oakland blood bank for example is hoping for an additional 300 units in the next two weeks. because of the storm, some 3,000 blood collections were cancelled and the problem continues. after irene has stopped, of course, now there is low just call colleges so collections on the east coast have remind lower than expected. >> the bay area actually has to import about 20% of the blood we need. additional donations made here can also rude the amount of blood imported. the solar plant abruptly shut down today and laid off 1100 workers without warning. it's a big fall, even the president had high hopes for

the company celebrating green technology. >> when he visited here last year, president obama said these were the jobs of the fit. >> did not see it coming. it just said that they are closing down all operations and she'sing everything. >> very sad, unexpected. just -- a sad day today. >> the company's ceo released a statement saying raising increment alcapital in this environment was not possible. this is an unexpected outcome and is most unfortunate. that plus cheap chinese labor and rapidly changing technology did them in. >> the product three years ago was state of the art, where now the lower priced products from china made us obsolete. >> vice president joe biden says the obama administration remains committed. >> we're either going to lead

or follow. and if president kennedy had listened to those voices, we would have never reached the moon. not fully grass -- grasping global warming does not help. >> if we're not going to count the environmental damage -- >> plus low wages and massive government subdecember -- subdid is make china's cheaper than america. why the technology was unique. the company made these things that look like fluorescent light tubes. they also patented a technique that required on a fraction of the power used. today's announcement was the latest in a number of economic blows to fremont and

its workforce there. the muni plant closed costing 4700 auto workers their job. today, at least one recruiter from a nearby high tech firm showed up to do some prospecting. >> they are thankful. they are all looking for jobs. they got hit with a brick when they walked in this morning. >> fremont officials say they may consider a policy to require a company some sort of notice before they close their doors. back here in ten minutes, i got a forecast where temperatures are on the increase. i will show you those cities that will warm the most. former giants' star barry bonds catches a break. the owner of this hotel in oakland paid someone to burn it to the ground. we found out the shocking things he said about the people who could have been killed and the undercover sting that

exposed the plot.

>> a fire forced a family to find a place to stay tonight. we first brought you the story live, and it started on the first floor porch. the exact cause is still under investigation. two of the four units were destroyed but firefighters were able to save one and no one was hurt. today, a millionaire hotel owner in oakland was sentenced to two years and three months

in prison for plotting to burn did you know one of his own -- burn down one of his own buildings with people inside. we have the exclusive undercover video and also new insight authorities never shared about the case until now. >> reporter: this is the moment authorities say richard singer paid to burn down his own hotel i was all recorded on hidden camera. >> something to just get going. -- . [ audio difficulty ] -- >> it was a check for $1,500. his seven high story hotel was home to many people who couldn't afford to live anywhere else but it was facing a long list of code violations and mounting lawsuits who documented what many called unlivable conditions. last november, he asked a member much his property management team to burn the place down so he could collect

on amulet million dollars insurance policy. >> he was looking to hire what we call a torch, someone he would liar to burn down the -- hire to burn down the building. >> he drew up this contract worth $65,000 to try to cover his tracks but he did not know the man he hired had already gone to federal authorities. >> this is where that informant met with him at his office in san francisco. they talked about money, how to cover it up and even ways to throw off firefighters to maximize the damage. >> that included calling in false alarms in the day before the arson. -- [ audio difficulty ] -- [ audio difficulty ] >> you might wait until a commercial comes up before you go. >> most of those tenants had

already left or been evicted but he asked about the four or five people who were suing him and would still be inside the hotel when it burns. [ audio difficulty ] >> the man was going to kill us. >> this 69-year-old says he and others would have had little chance to escape. >> how you going to burn a building down with people in it? what, everybody going to be gone? you got people in wheelchairs, come on, man. >> not long after this exchange when singer handed over a down payment for the arson, authorities arrested him at his $1.6 million home. >> we couldn't reach anyone at the house to talk about it and he did not respond to our requests for a jail house interview, but the atf agents who handled the case told us he was not acting out of disperration. >> why do you think somebody

like this was willing to commit this cream. >> it was just greed. >> now, he -- it has a new name and new management, who showed us two recently renovated floors. >> fixtures, light figures thursday. >> but downstairs where it's attached to a restaurant, people are still talking about what could have happened if it wasn't for the informant wearing this hidden camera. [ audio difficulty ] >> to prevent that type of violence where people's lives are saved is very satisfying for our organization. new video tonight as oakland police investigate another homicide on a city street. it happened about 7:20 tonight. someone shot a man who was

sitting in his car. details are sketchy but it appears the shots were fired from outside the vehicle. there is no word on the victim's identity or the motive for the shooting. the father of the man expected of killing a councilman last weekend thinks his son is responsible for another killing. the santa rosa press democrat reports he told investigators his son is likely to blame for the death of another man. he describes his son as antisocial and did he losingal the ---- a man hunt is still ongoing. a san francisco cook died today after being shot in the head early yesterday morning. he was shot while taking a breakout side the restaurant on 19th street in the mission district of san francisco. police say two men walked up to the cook and then one of them

pulled out a gun and shot him. investigators believe the gunman miss took the father of two for a gang member which they say he is not. oakland police are asking for the public's help to finds a missing woman who may be at risk of suicide. this 41-year-old was last seen on july 24th in oakland. she's described as 5 feet 4 inches tall, 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. she was last seen driving her mother's honda civic, 3 lgh 668 is the license plate >> barry bonds is off the hook. they dropped the counts of making false statements. the i don't rememberer giants' slugger was convicted of one count of obstruction of justice. he will be sentenced in december. he faces a maximum of 10 years.

we tried to talk to the former san francisco giants' employee today who is accused of embezzling money from the team's payroll but there was no answer at her door. robin oh connor allegedly embezzled a million 1/2 dollars. we have been told that she has agreed to return at least some of the money. she's expected to appear in court at the end of next month. tonight, firefighters have gained a lot of ground on that motor fire. a burning motor home is what sparked that fire last thursday. the blaze has since consumed 5200 acres of trees and brush. all evacuations in the area have been lifted and the highway 140 was reopened to traffic yesterday. the fire is 85% contained. temperatures on the increase. fog on the decrease. right now, these are the highs

from today. right now outside the the fog is clearing along the coast. the winds are starting to come northerly. the highs today will be eclipsed by highs tomorrow. it will get up to the 90 in some spots. clear conditions we're looking for an increase swell, not an normal swell it's a little more dangerous because it's coming out of the south. santa cruz, anybody facing south, you're going to know some pretty big surf tomorrow right through the bay area weekend. along the coast, upper 50s and low 60s. out in the bay, about 70 degrees. you're going to find 80s out in the valley, out towards antioch. warmer tomorrow, a warming trend on the way. we got dangerous surf, air quality is going to get a little dialsy as well. -- diols -- golden gate bring officials

said today they plan to close part of the eastern sidewalk starting september 13th for earthquake retrofitting. bridge managers are set to reopen the western side walk on saturday september 10th. an organization that gives young kids support is now in need of financial support. this provides on doesn't seem to have much in common with the big brothers and big sisters program but there is a connection.

. budget cuts in washington may force children to wait years forgetting help.

ken wayne is live at san quentin prison to explain what the $700,000 in cuts mean for many young lives. >> we know the inmates behind those walls are convicted criminals but it's easy to forget that many of them are also parents. 13-year-old taylor smith's father is behind bars. >> i wish he was there but he's not. >> so instead of a full-time dad, she has a part-time big sister. >> she's like appear who has more knowledge than i do. >> we discuss what is positive, what's negative about the choice she can make. it's really an opportunity for her to really think about what's going on and what she can do and what role she plays. >> boys, school, everything. >> the federal government realized, oh, if we give funding to these programs, then we might be able to help keep these kids from following in their parents' footsteps. >> but now that funding symptoms at the end of

september leaving more than 100 bay area kids with an incars rated parent on a waiting list to get their own big brother or sister. andrew's mother has seen a big change in the behavior of her 17-year-old since he's connected with big brother david. the two of them like the challenge each other. >> i'm scared to go to chucky cheese, but. >> why is that. >> because i've never done it before. before you, i had never been to chucky cheese. >> the big brothers, big sisters say they want to continue to help kids so they are appealing to the public. they say one simple connection can change a young life and community. >> those kids seek attention and they are going to seek attention from whoever it is, whether it's the gang member down on the basketball court or big brother who is showing up and saying i care. >> while fathers and some mothers do time, their children are facing their own challenges. some kids will never see their parents again.

but with a big brother or sister, at least they have an adult who is not only a positive role model but also a friend. live at san quentin. for more information on big brothers, big sisters, visit our website, scroll down the front page and click on "web lispings. it's left a 2 1/2-year-old girl without the ability to explore the world on her own. >> because of a rare genetic disorder, this little girl needs a $3,400 custom built walk irrelevant to get around. but on sunday night her family left the walker outside her home and disappeared. they are heart broken that someone would take something so important to their daughter. >> please bring it back to us. nothing will happen to you. >> i can only think that someone could not possibly have known what it could be for.

because -- i can't -- i can't believe that anybody would. >> police are asking anyone with information about the theft of the little girl's walker to please contact them. three years after the former governor furloughed state employees, an appeals court has ruled he had the right to do so. during the 2008 budget crisis, they refused to furlough 15,000 employees who worked for elected office holders claiming the governor lacked the constitutional authority. the court disagreed. at one point, governor schwarzenegger furloughed 300,000 state employees. current governor jerry brown signed a law to keep contraband away from patients in mental hospitals. under the new law, cigarettes, cell phones and cash also won't be allowed in. sponsors of the new law hope it

will reduce violence between patients as well as staff. blow gun darts being shot at ducks. more competition for the ipad, the company offering a new tablet computer and it can do something an ipad can't.

an injured duck with a dart sticking right out through its head. this isn't the first time something like this has happened. >> reporter: some residents tell me they choose to live here because of the peaceful, tran quill setting. however, that serenity has been violated by vicious and cruel

attacks on ducks in this lake. tonight we spotted this duck with a 6--inch blow gun dart in its head. as many as five birds were peered with darts last week -- pierced with darts last week. >> this is incredible. you see -- >> this came from one bird that had not lived. >> it was horrible. it looked like a porky pine. it was in pain he couldn't eat, couldn't move. >> wild rescue is going to try an capture the wounded ducks tomorrow. we talked to its director on the phone. >> -- [ audio difficulty ] >> we are not going to use nets. >> they sayst blow gun is illegal in california and harm will ducks -- harming ducks

violates the my great torii bird attack. >> it's something that has to stop. >> reporter: another resident worries about who could be hit next. >> if they are powerful enough to hit those ducks, what if it hits one of the kids that play around here. >> reporter: wild rescue is offering a 5 how dollars reward for information leading to arrests and convictions. back in march, it responded to darts in ducks three miles from this location. but no one was caught. president obama is coming to the bay area next month. the white house says he will be stop will here on september 25th as part of a west coast visit. there is no exact word on his schedule, but you can expect some official events and fundraises. he had delayed campaign raising trips. there is late word today that we learned that the

president has given in to john boehner. he agreed to deliver his jobs plan next thursday, september 8th. he had wanted to do it the day before. but boehner objected because it would have conflicted with the presidential debate. the u.s. justice department today filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop at&t's row posed purchase of t mobile. it would steve he will competition and raise phone rates. it would result in americans facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality production. sony unveiled it's new tablets today. at an event in berlin, the chief executive showed the two models. the basic tablet will go for about $500 and goes on sale in mid-september. there is a smaller tablet that can actually be followed would

up. it won't be available until later this year. both will be running on android systems. on wall street today, the dow closed up 53 points. the nasdaq gained 3. today ended a miserable month for the market. the dow lott almost 5% of its value. each. a professor is about to become the newest member of the california supreme court. >> the vote to confirm. [ applause ] >> the three members of the commission unanimously confirmed him today. he will take the oath of office tomorrow. president obama had nominated him to the federal appeals court but several republican senators blocked his nomination last year. bart introduced its new general manager to the public today. as we report, public scrutiny is nothing new for her.

>> reporter: they voted 8 to 1 this morning. >> the vote was to a a point her as the general manager. >> she's described as a straight shooter. she says she's looking forward to it. >> sounds fun to me. >> as they came under fire in 2008, for leaving town and -- this is what she said at the time. >> i don't operate a snow plow so i was looking at the news reports and stayed as close touch as i could. >> she said she would have handled the storm differently. >> i think we made a switch in policy which was the reduce the use of salt and use substitutes for that. we didn't get all the ice removed in the beginning and the ice started to build up. >> i can appreciate somebody who learns from their mistakes and figures out how to move

forward. >> as she faces challenges finding dollars for repairing the image of the police department, she wouldn't comment on bart's division ---- decision to turn off cell service during a protest. >> i just stop and talk to customers. i kick the rails, i guess and talk to commerce. >> reporter: she will earn slightly less than her predecessor. >> she's expected to start her new job? about three weeks. wikileaks begins finger pointing. the controversial site is blaming a company for a security breach. some warming an increasing temperatures and an increase fire damage. one is calling for peace, the other is calling for violence. the conflicting reports from two men claiming to be the son's of libya's former leader.

david pettitte retired today -- petraeus retired today. he was honored at a ceremony in virginia. he warned against big cuts in military spending saying it

would undermine the versatility and flexibility of u.s. forces. next week he starts his new job as cia director. wikileaks is blaming somebody ems. they are accusing a reporter four the guardian newspaper for revealing the password four the cables. the reporter has dismiss ed the allegation. there are conflicting reports tonight from two men claiming to be the sons of qadaffi. one called for all of loyalists to fight to the death. the other man is reportedly ready to negotiate to stop the bloodshed. meanwhile, qadaffi's whether business are still unknown. rebels think they now know where he's hiding. in trip flip services are

getting back to normal -- tripoli. one place that's been hurt by the lack of water is the zoo. workers there are trying to keep the animals alive but say they have had trouble getting food and water because they are still fighting in the area. in germany, a 21-year-old albaynian man confessed to killing two u.s. airmen in march. he made the admission at the start of his trial saying he had been influenced by radical 0

0 president david chu walls one of the killing anyway tears on hand today. -- dignitaries. residents say they are happy they have something to look forward to. it takes a certain kind of bravery to protect and to serve. a new program now is putting veterans to work on a much different kind of front line. john gallagher served 10 months in iraq. >> i was an infant try man so i didn't have a lot of drop

skills. >> he joined green corps, a new program that links veterans with the potential of forest service jobs. >> i've wanted to do this for a long time, fight fires. >> the veterans on this crew are downing trees and clearing brush on the charred slopes where the fire burned in june of 2007. 3100 acres burned. 242 homes were destroyed. four years later, randy moore with the u.s. forest service says the service is far from done. >> we have a long ways to go. >> if you look off in the distance you can see what is a countless number of dead standing trees. that area of the burn zone has been virtually unchanged since the fire. >> in the year after the fire, restoration work moved at a quick pace. but a lawsuit slowed the work to a crawl. >> we are doing what we want to

do. we're not doing it at the pace and scale that we would like to do it at. >> he says it would take another three years to restore this place. manpower is needed. veterans turned foresters can help. >> it's been awesome. things are starting to warm up out there, less cote -- coast alfog tonight. you can see it's a little fatter there. you see they rode -- eroding away here. it's actually kind of mild outside right now. we've got some mid-60s in parts of the bay air. we are looking for some patchy coastal fog, it will be back. but because it's -- it will

burn off very rapidly tomorrow. the bottom line, the weather headline here is warmer. you many notice it along -- you will notice it. it leaves, the low pressure and the winds starting to north north easterly. when the winds good this way the temperatures go up. is this a heat wave, no. is it warmer than it has been most of the summer, yes. it's been a very cool summer. not up per 90s, mid-90s at best. but still nice. fog forecast along the coast, they are kind of struggling to maintain itself. at 8:00 a.m. you have some clearing. that's just how it's going to be the next few days. a little bit of fog here and there, but clearing. forecast highs tomorrow. there is the heat in the valley. a little bit of fog at the coast. each day, the 90s are going to start coming this way a little more.

forecast highs tomorrow, warmer than they were today. they will be very similar to what we see on a -- see on friday. now clear lake -- fire danger will come up. we are in the heart of fire season. this is when it happens. we're fortunate in a way that we haven't had a big fire winds. but it's still dry as heck. and when you get numbers into the 90s, you got to worry about brush fires. we will be watching for brush fires around the bay area. when you get into august and september, it's been dry for a long time. so the five high day forecast shows a much warmer pattern. it's not a heat wave but it's more keptly warm than it has been. we have not had a very hot summer. good football weather for the weekend because college football starts. >> yeah, thanks, bill. a warning tonight following a mountain lion sighting on the

peninsula. it was spotted twice this morning near -- college on farm hill boulevard. the first citing was at 5:00 a.m. the second about an hour and a half later. they are most active attonce and again at dusk and at night. officials say they know now how pelicans are being injured. sea lions are attacking the birds. four had ton euthanized. they say the marine mammals are competing with the pelicans for fish. see lions bite the birds. half of all americans over the age of two drink sugary drinks every single day. only 37% of children crank sugary drinks every day back in the '70s. that doesn't include diet drinks. the american heart association says sugary drinks can lead to

oh bowsty and type two diabetes -- obesity. the undead were out an about in the south bay. their goal, to make sure others get fed.

>> march of the living dead is part of a food drive and fundraiser. hundreds turned out for it, many in costumes. they were encouraged to bring can or nonperishable food know days. it featured a movie screening. they did get into it. marker highs now with sports. big move by the giants -- big move by the giants. >> you got to do something, anything. it might be a coincidence, maybe a little too late, but the giants don't let the door hit you on the way out routine with the underachieving tejada gave the team a little added extra pep and the frustration at times has been, you now, big time for the giants. but necessity break out of it

in this -- they break out of it relatively early. keepen injury. and back to backers somebody notify the coast guard. this is the third time the giants have had back to back homers this year. madison bumgarner shut down the cubs. that is a career high. allowed on two hits. but get this, arizona wins their 9th straight. giants still down six in the west. but how badly did think want to rid themselves of the two overpaid veterans. the rosters can exhibits expand to 40 tomorrow. the team could have kept them around but the giants wanted to make a statement. they didn't want aaron rowand or tejada around no matter what. they were willing to swallow about 15 million to show them to the door.

rowand has under performed. tejada was a $6 million mistake for this year. burrell who has seen lots of players are atic lates. >> it's tough. i've known aaron half my life, and -- but, that being said, it's -- this isn't a hobby. this is a business. we get paid to win. unfortunately, some moves had ton made. >> well said. in fact, moving on to the a's, fair to say nobody really wants to be in cleveland on a wednesday night for a 16-inning ballgame. but the home plate umpire took that notion just a little to the extreme as you will see. prior to that, another reason you don't want to be in cleveland on a wednesday night. look at all those bugs. the umpire even has them in his eyes. everybody is struggling, except this guy. jack hand hand. former a. look at that thing.

third direct. two homers. in the 16th inning, with base hit to right. -- out at the plate. however, the umpire rules him safe, end of ballgame. wish you could have shown the replay on that but ---- because he was clearly out. >> guess he wanted to go home. >> thank for joining us.

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