. new information tonight about the deadly explosion at a research and development company. what investigators are looking at as a possible cause. >> oh, i mean it's out of

control. >> newly released 9-11 calls from this weak's natural gas explosion in customerriono and what pg&e is doing this weekend to make sure that neighborhood is safe. >> lining up outside of city hall, the unusual street fair in oakland that is renewing debate over legalizing marijuana. >> complete bay area coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. investigators have recovered critical clues inside a menlo park. the membrane technology building is red-tagged after yesterday's blast of the investigators say 56-year-old adrian martin was transferring a mixture of gases including methane from one canister to another when the gases explode. martin was killed. within the hour, the company identified the second employee

injured as jenny he. cal osha investigators are looking at the possibility that the canisters were overpressurized. in the statement the company president expressed simpthink for martin's family and says, "mtr is cooperating fully with authorities and cannot comment further until reliable information is available." new at 6:00 tonight santa clara county officials released the 9- 11 call reporting a natural gas explosion at a customerino condo cupertino complex. >> do you see the flames? it's out of control. >> the owner of the condominium said she smelled natural gas before wednesday's blasted, but did not report it. no one was hurt. pg&e has its crews found six more gas leaks in that area. the utility says pipes in the area are meadow an older

plastic that can get brittle over time. the utility told us today that those leaks have been repaired and it will replace all of the pipes on an expedited way. so listen to the entire 911 call from cupertino, go it our website, ktvu!n firefighters say they found a man dead inside a burning apartment in san francisco just before noon today. our crew got this video from the third floor of an apartment complex on mcallister street. firefighters say they spotted smoke coming from underneath the apartment door. the man was found dead in the kitchen. ason says that fire appears to be accidental. >>. >> a shooting in oakland this afternoon has left a man dead. the shooting happened around 4:00 p.m.. police found one man dead.

ktvu received reports that a second victim has been hospitalized. a crowd gathered as police cord beyond off a large area to begin the investigation. we'll have more teils on this shooting tonight on the 10:00 news. the solana county corner has identified the murder- suicide victims. afirstt today, outside oakland city hall, that is where a marijuana street fair is taking place. ktvu's debora villalon is at the event to tell us how the city is handling the two-day event, attracting thousands. >> reporter: there are still two hours to go and behind us tents loaded with all things cannabis and even medical certificates for those in need. if you burn it, they will come

and people waited for hours in line. no one under 18 and medical documents required. >> a carry this with me to prove that i'm legally sick enough to smoke weed. >> reporter: and smoke they did. clubs showed, but didn't sell. >> there are recreational users. i won't kid you about that, but will there are many, many qualified patients out there and a lot of them are still in the closet because of the taboo. >> reporter: no taboos here and plenty of cannabis commerce. books and clothing, how to grow your own. this mother and son traveled from southern california. he is intrigued by a marijuana career. >> because of it being illegal and because it's kind of that little loophole and there is still a lot of money to be made. >> the more they legalize it, the more money we make. >> reporter: when bonds are the

family business, there is always a festival. >> i just came from seattle with the hefner festival and that is one of our big shows of the year. >> oakland led the way nationally licensing and taxing dispensaries, but still organizers asked the media not to show pot-smoke at the seat of government. >> do not take a photo of someone directly in front of county hall. >> reporter: orders from the mayor. >> it's not in a we don't want the picturebur we try to keep this area of city hall, this public area free of smoke. >> reporter: one of the most popular booths the joint- rolling context. the winner gets a year's supply of papers. now oakland police are he here on the perimeter and there has been some concern about people driving away impaired. but so far, no problems. we're live in oakland, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. the highway patrol says it

has seen an increase in drunk driving arrests on the first night of labor day weekend. officers conducted a checkpoint in san mateo county and the chp says it arrested 468 drivers on suspicion of dui statewide last night, compared to 436 at this time last year. 826 those arrests were right here in the bay area up from 77 the year before. three people were killed in accidents across california the. the chp says two of the victims were not wearing seat belts. people along the east coast will be dealing with the aftermath of hurricane irene for weeks and months to come. in patterson, new jersey the passaic river is finally receding. ivan brought the city its worst flooding in a century. president obama is scheduled to visit the city tomorrow. meantime resident as long the

gulf coast are bracing for their own storm, tropical storm lee is already causing problems on the gulf coast from texas to florida. craig boswell. >> reporter: good evening, to you, ken. we have had bands of rain come through and breaks in between. that has been the key in new orleans, because it's gives the pumps time that they aren't had the heavy flooding that they thought they would get with tropical storm lee. some cities have taken precautionary evacuation measures and some outside of the levee protection areas have evacuated as they could get up to 20" of rain. >> the break in the weather has given our pumps the opportunity to catch up and they did so very, very quickly. >> reporter: state as long the gulf coast are bracing for lee. so far sporadic downpours have caused some minor flooding in low-lying areas of new orleans. >> hopefully this might might

move away and you can see the gulf is getting rough and rougher and we want everybody safe. >> reporter: it brings back memories of katrina. >> we lost everything and so after that, not too worried about this one. >> reporter: shoppers in biloxi, mississippi are scanning the store shelves and anticipating their needs. lee is promising heavy rains, which means these people may not be able to make another trip for days. >> we hear it's 18" of rain, but we want to be prepared. >> reporter: the storm is also impacting oil prices about half of the gulf's normal daily production has been cut by 600,000 barrels and now some drivers are noticing the new price at the pump. >> i have seen it go up $0.10, $0.15 within a four-hour range. how do you explain that? >> if you are going somewhere and need to get there, you have to pay for it.

>> reporter: tropical storm lee another crucial test for the city's levee protection and pump system, as all of this heavy rain could point out some flaws as gustaf did labored in 200. lee is going to continue to be a threat here for at least 36 hours. live in new orleans, craig boswell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> san francisco may ed lee opened new campaign headquarters in the castro and richmond districts and spent the day meeting merchants and neighbors in the neighborhoods and tolled them he will focus on creating jobs for san franciscans. he is facing off against more than a dozen other mayoral candidates. >> pay beautiful labor day weekend at china camp state park and the last one at china camp state park and others across the state. >> sarah palin may not be stumping for votes, but that doesn't stop her from speaking out today and what ideas will help the u.s. out of its

economic crisis? and the annual event to strikeout violence takes on added significance this year. the special guest at tonight's giant's game. . bay area neighborhoods cooled off and coming up, the fog pattern you can expect first thing tomorrow morning and the challenges ahead for the holiday weekend.

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. dominique strauss-kahn is leading back to france. the former director of the international monetary fund was mobbed by photographers at new york's jfk airport as he ands a or his wife headed torte terminal. he was cleared of rape charges, but still faces a civil lawsuit by a hotel maid accusing him of sexual assault. it's unclear whether strauss-

kahn will return to the imf or french politics and until his arrest he was considered the front-runner in france's 2012 presidential race. a labor day without a camping trip to a state park? next year could bring the closure of dozens of parks across california. and mike mibach. deer on the grass, cyclists on road and this is a saturday morning at marin county china and camp park. >> in our backyard and livering in an urban part it's important. >> reporter: this is the last labor day weekend for 70 state parks and 25% of them will close their doors on july 1st, 2012, to save $22 million. the question now is what exactly will these parks look like come this time next year? >> there is a big concern about vandalism, theft andf in wilderness areas. >> reporter: california state

parcs is looking into public- private partnerships to raise money to keep some of the parks open. >> we absolutely look for private partners to help, but keep in mind we're not going to name a park after a company. we're not going to put up advertising in our parks. >> reporter: but they are looking at donations from wealthy residents. in marin county, one businessman wants to bankroll an effort allowing volunteers to staff the samuel p. taylor camp ground and in sacramento, pension legislationion calls for state parks for government agencies? >> you may have a state park next to a federal park, so the national park service runs and maybe a comanagement agreement to keep that park open? >> reporter: china camp is a valuable getaway, but even those who use it understand the decisions that had to be made. >> if i had to choose education for my son versus recreation in a park, i would choose education, i think, any day. in marin county, mike bibach. >> searchers are combing yosemite national park for a

man who disappeared. the missing man is 6-year-old gene hall from washington state. he was last seen on tuesday at the vogelsang high sierra camp. as we reported missing thursday when he didn't return to his car. authorities believe hall may have been climbing the challenging vogelsang peak. 65 rescue workers have now searching for him in that area on the ground and by helicopter. . the public and presidential hopeful jon huntsman isn't take a break this holiday weekend. huntsman isn't the only one in the cree primary state this weekend. fellow g.o.p. candidate mitt romney will be in concorde tomorrow to speak at a tea party rally. . sarah palin certainly sounded like a candidate today, speaking at a tea party event in iowa. the former alaska governor blamed president obama for the nationing's debt and says tea party principles will help to

pull the country out of financial crisis. president obama is calling on house and senate to put their differences aside and extend the bill that he says would save hundreds ever thousands of jobs. >> there is a lot of talk in washington about creating jobs, but it doesn't help when those same folks turn around and risk losing hundreds ever thousands ever jobs just because of political gainsmanship. >> in mishis weekly address the president urged congress to extend legislation to fund highways and mass transit projects. that law expires at the end of the month. president obama says without it, thousands of construction workers and their families would be affected. this comes after news that job numbers and unemployment remained the same in august. that is the weakest reading since september of last year. crews are making good progress on a wildfire in southern california. the fire started in the median of interstate 15 in the cajon pass closing the busy route between los angeles and las vegas. fire is now 60% confined and

officials lifted evacuation orders today. it destroyed more than a thousand acres along with two mobile homes. well it's the labor day weekend, let's check in with meteorologist mark tamayo to find out what the weather is like for people who have outdoor plans. >> outdoor plans, heather and ken, want to bundle up for the morning hours, but in afternoon, the fog bank pulls back. the fog hugging a good portion of the bay area coastline and so the beaches are cloudiest point reyes to ocean beach and already patches heading into the bay, moving across the golden gate bridge towards the bay bridge as well. a look outside and we can slow you this looking towards the foggy san francisco bay and temperatures today cooled off a bit. and not much change in the temperature department for tomorrow. right now looking at towards san francisco bay and air temperature of around 60 degrees. tonight fog will be on the increase and breezy conditions

out there for sunday and into monday. clearing skies to near the coast and then a little bump in the numbers in our extended forecast you will see in a little bit. overnight lows getting chilly in the upper 40s for santa rosa, napa, 58 and san josi in the mid-50s at 55 degrees. tropical update, katia has weakened, but we'll watch this into next week, the forecast track still a bit uncertainty. tropical storm lee with winds of 50 miles per hour moving into louisiana. you can see the heavy rain bands. the key problem with this it's a very slow-mover, only moving 4 miles per hour and result, you can see the yellows, which correspond to rainfall amounts topping 10". that is why they do have rainfall expectations at least on the order of 10-15", a few isolated amounts could approach 20". so this is the rain forecast model for the remainder of tonight into tomorrow. back here in the bay area, not much in the way of change here,

but we have a cooler weather system moving in from the north and with that, the beaches on the cool side around the bay. clouds partly sunny and warm temperatures, but still a bit of a breeze. the forecast model showing you fog tomorrow morning widespread at 7:00 for sunday and clear back to the coastline. so patchy fogs for part of san francisco. more sunshine as you work your way inland and temperatures not a big change from today. a few neighborhoods cool off a few degrees from today's high. oakland upper 60s. these temperatures will check this in around 3:00, 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. san francisco forecasted high of 65. here is a look ahead, your extended forecaster with the remainder of your holiday weekend in view. temperatures on monday, not much change for labor day. then we pull back on the fog and as a result temperatures warm up for tuesday into wednesday. so heather and ken, just in time to go back to work and school. weather conditions improve, more sunshine and warmer

temperatures. >> thank you, mark. san francisco giants are joining forces tonight's with community activists to strikeout violence. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in san francisco, where how the family of injuredfiant's fan bryan stow got involved. >> reporter: bryan stow's mother was here and was expected to throw out the first pitch, but bryan's dad did. the family represents their son, a giant's fan beaten outside of dodger's stadium opening-day is still recovering. today marks the 10th annual strikeout violence day. they held the day honoring survivors of violence and groups committed to stopping it in the community. an hour ago we caught up one group, an organization which helps domestic violence victims. at tonight's game group volunteers are selling $1 raffle tickets for the the chance to win a signed, giant's jersey. >> it's not about any one

particular cause. i think it's that we all come together and all trying to work to create a violence-free community. >> i like the jersey. >> reporter: this couple may win one of these jerseys if they are lucky and told me that they walked away feel going about helping a group that was reaching out to the community. we're told that it has the largest volunteers, 150 volunteers and we'll have fine numbers of on la casa reached and proving that giving can be more rewarding than you think. reporting live from san francisco, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. well college football season kicks off today and cal is back in action against fresno state. >> holiday weekend favorite in swing, the north bay and how one city celebrates all things art this holiday weekend.

. it was a celebration of art in sausalito today. 59th annual art festival kicked off at marinship park. thousands are expected to enjoy live entertainment, food and wine and thousands of original pieces of art from all over the

bay area. in fact, from all over the world. venteddors at thevendors say today's turnouts with a surprise. >> it's nice to see people out here buying art again. it makes me happy. >> the sausalito art festival continues tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. too 6:00 p.m. and between on monday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. well, there are certainly a lot of happy stanford fans tonight. huff, joe? >> a lot of people happy about what time of year it is. since stanford rolled over the team in the orange bowl and it changes maybe i will jim harbaugh's decision to take the 49ers job and one thing that didn't change is the quarterback. he shredded san josi state. what kind of the day was it for san josi state? andrew luck the preseason

heisman trophy favorite. 10-0, stanford. luck went back to his more conventional way of scoring in 2nd quarter. stands in and finds the 13-yard throw to make it 17-0. luck threw for a pair of touchdowns and 175 yards. cardinals' defense got in the action as well. ball comes owe and scooped up by henry anderson with a lot of field in front of him. he goes 37 yards to the 1. cardinals took it from from there and whether the dust settled, stanford won in i rout, 57-3. >> cal is kicking off its season at candlestick park. the bears 7-0 before rallying in front. new quarterback with the throw that jones pull downs for the score. bears scored 19 points in the 1st quarter. right nowner this the 3rd and cal is leading 26-14. the do-or-die weekend continues tonight at at&t park

for the giants. tim lincecum on mound against the division-leading diamondbacks. a's lacking for things that point it a better 2012. scoreless with the mariners in the 4th until cliff pennington drills the pitch down the line to score hideki matsui and des jesus. that was plent for brandon mccarthy, who pitched the 3-hit shutout. this wooz pro-football count dyne and college football and we'll have that t-all tonight on sportswrap at 10:00. >> thank you, joe. coming up on the 10:00 news, if you are planning to enjoy this holiday weekend you have plenty of company on the roads. law enforcement is looking for drunk drivers and tonight we'll go along with the chp as they crackdown, tonight on the 10:00 news. >> that is our report. >> i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes and for joe and mark and all of us, thanks for joining us tonight. our next newscast is the 10:00

news. hope to see you then.