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on to others. good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. it all started when a home under construction went up in flames. ken wayne is at the scene and tells us the homeowner might still not know tonight that his home is a total loss. >> reporter: firefighters dodged a bullet here tonight. all the conditions were here that firefighters thread. heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as

well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. another neighbor says he watered his lawn to keep the fire from taking his home and says he learned something about

his neighbors. >> i was watering my home with neighbors i did not even know. >> reporter: so you learned something about your neighbors. >> right. it is not the end of fire season. that typically runs through october. live in concord, ken wayne. ktvu channel 2 news. a marin county man was arrested today after leaving his baby in a hot car while he was at a bar. fairfax police say the baby was left in the car near the iron springs pub and brewery in fairfax while the father was drinking inside. when confronted by witnesses, police say he rolled down the windows a bit then went back to the bar. 47-year-old sergei was booked on suspicion of child cruelty. that baby is now back with his mother. for the third time in a week there's been a homicide in san francisco's mission district. a neighbor took this photo of police at the scene. a man was shot and killed on camp street near 16th street in guerrero shortly after two o

which 2:00 this morning. the name of the victim, an african american man has not been released. police don't believe the death is gang related. police say they plan to hold a mass action at the powell street station which could lead to more problems for commuters. >> reporter: that's a member of feminist against cops. aboveground a handsome of protesters stood silently holding signs. a member of no justice no b.a.r.t. summed up his reasoning on why the b.a.r.t. police department should be disbanded. >> b.a.r.t. doesn't have a fire department. why do they have a police department? why does b.a.r.t. spend money on maintaining a police department when they do such a bad job. >> reporter: service was not disrupted but again that could

change on thursday when protesters plan to block the fair gate. once again this year a lot of drivers have learned an expensive lesson about drinking and driving. lloyd lacuesta road along with a chp officer today and he's here now to show us what happened, lloyd. >> i just have less than two hours less for the maximum enforcement period. but the chp is not letting up in its campaign to get drunk drivers off the road. the the wail of the siren was heard often. watson said he clocked this car going 85 miles per hour. last night he said he stopped two intoxicated drivers and

sent them off to jail. >> he was.119 was his blood alcohol level. even after he got him in jail he didn't feel he was drink. >> with alcohol the first thing to go is judgment. so that's why a lot of people think that they can drive safely. sobriety checkpoints seemed as common as bar-b-ques this weekend as police focused on getting the drinking drivers off the road. >> even if we don't catch every single one. just having us out there is a deterrent. they see our patrol vehicle, they slow down, they change their driving habits. a lot of times just that fact alone will save lives. >> reporter: a first dui conviction can cost $1,000. 96 hours in jail and a suspension of a driver's license. penalties rise after that.

a third dui will classify a driver as a habitual offender. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu news. more details now about the number of dui arrests officers made during their crack down. statewide the highway patrol says its officers arrested 1,300 drivers from friday night to this morning. that's 29 more in the same period last year. supporters of same-sex marriage are planning a sit in tomorrow before a state supreme court hearing on proposition eight. amber lee is live in san francisco to explain why this legal battle is far from over. heather preparations are under way for tomorrow's hearings. there are these no stopping signs posted in front of the courthouse. same-sex couples tell us they plan to hold a protest on these steps. >> we were one of the lucky

ones to be married with pride. >> reporter: they plan to hold these signs and join a dozen other same-sex couple. >> it's not fair in california to have marriage haves and marriage have notes. >> reporter: tomorrow opponents will be arguing before the california supreme court. the issue is whether the sponsors of the ban can appeal the federal court ruling that found prop eight unconstitutional. law professor roroy little said it's pred your already has a draft. >> i think they have a draft opinion that the proponents have the interest. >> it's about the initial process as a whole. and to make sure that somebody

will be permitted to defend the vote of the people. >> reporter: the lengthy legal process is a deliberate reason by the court. >> it's important that you do it slowly. and let people get used to it. that's what they're doing, they're allowing pool to get used to it slowly. the reporting live in san francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >> labor day was a day of action for members of a hotel union in san francisco. members of unite here local two marched near union square today calling on the hyatt hotel chain to allow all of its employees to organize. the hyatt has been working with its employees for two years

now. >> it's a set of hotel bosses who think that workers are just machines and commodities rather than people who need to live and breathe and raise their families and have a legal standard of living. a grand hyatt spokesman told us that local 2 continues to add demand and won't allow a vote on the current contract. workers of solindra are now fighting back. the workers are now filing a class action lawsuit against solindra arguing that it violated the law the of giving a 60 day notice. but solindra says there's an exception if the company is looking for financial gain

which it says it was. european markets also fell today, analysts say right now there is so much uncertainly and feel around the world that imsres tors don't -- investigators don't know what to do. the blast claimed the lives of eight people, destroyed four homes and damagedded another 70. at 6:00, the city will host a ceremony at skyline college to remember those victims. while there has been progress none of the destroyed homes has yet to be rebuilt. work has started on seven homes, crews have finished repairs on four homes and 10 more have permits for major work. the ntsb lasted four weeks for a series of missteps that resulted in last year's exexplosion. wildfires have burned hundreds of homes in texas and

authorities say they are not even close to getting them urpd control. some 6,000 people have been evaluated and 264 homes have been destroyed. governor rick perry and flew over the bastrop fire while returning home. >> this is just mean looking as i've ever seen. at least 63 fires have broken out since yesterday and there have been two deaths. parts of texas are bone dry from the worse drought there in six years and the flames are being pushed by high winds. lee has now moved north and whipped up tornadoes in texas. in mississippi and louisiana the system dumped 1 inch of rain. so far the flood control pumps

in no more questions are doing their job. lee hoeded to the millionth mt. a death here at napa state hospital has people here in the facility and the surrounding area concerned about their safety. plus this is what it looked like. if you thought today was beautiful. just wait until tomorrow. rosemary orozco.

another security breech at napa state hospital has workers and the community on edge tonight. in a story you will see only on 2, john sasaki fells us what happened this time that could allow dangerous patients to escape. >> reporter: napa houses hundreds of forensic patients. right now one patient has keys that were taken from a staff member yesterday. this woman used to live here and has family that still does. >> they should be careful. stuff. because i know the police officers here have a lot on their hand too. >> reporter: the staff member suspected of stealing the keys are extremely dangerous. >> they could come off the unit

because they have the bk3. >> what does that mean for your patient? >> it could put us at risk. near by residents are not so confidence. >> it's creepy. you don't want anybody in these neighbors over here or god forbid the kids playing in the front yard getting touched up. >> it raises a big concern because i have kids. i wouldn't want the keys to fall in the wrong hands obviously. i hope they would pump up the security and everything. >> reporter: everyone in this situation. some residents remained more concerns about safety inside the hospital. >> i don't see those keys releasing a flood of people into my neighborhood. >> reporter: in napa, i'm john

sasaki. the two -day-old canyon fire continues to burn out of control tonight. the fire has consumed nearly 48 48 achers. that fire began yesterday when a small plane crashed on to a farm killing the two people on board. a more than three year effort to ward off invasive mussels from east bay reservoirs appears to be working. officials checked boats and even paddle boats for any sign of mussels. they have yet to spot the

mussel since their effort began back in 2008. the rapidly reproducing mussel choke water pumps. two water reserves have grown since they were reintroduced. now some of those elk are eating grass set aside for rafrplgs. officials are now looking at new fencing designs to keep the elk out of their industry. new at 10:00, drivers are noticing some new street signs that have been put up. these are not your ordinary signs. ktvu debra villalon tells us why these signs are very important. >> reporter: sean died at the

age of 23 and it describes his infectious smile. on this 4-mile stretch there are 25 more. >> july reu has been touring the country. i'm not even sure where he is. >> reporter: jonathan is home. >> the last time i gave him a hug right there. that's the last time he left. >> reporter: nine months into his deployment joey was killed. he was 21, newly married. >> i raised him as a parent, we did everything together. >> reporter: his father left the construction business and set up a nonprofit in the name of his son. >> our goal is to have every one of them have a banner. >> reporter: greg brought this collection of 26 fallen all with bay area roots to town. a few hundred others exist. it's a traveling memorial and a touching one. >> if you can connect with

them. it'll tend to give you more of a reason to remember. that's really what we talk about here is never forgetting. >> reporter: not everyone who passes will stop to read the tributes but for those who had -- >> we were very saddened about the ages of these young men. it's hurtful that these young men have lost their lives. >> they've been noticed by a lot of people. there's going to be those who get it and some who don't. >> the families get a smaller banner to keep. the street signs cost about $445 each. some people have stepped up and offered to sponsor a few more. we're live in discovery bay, ktvu channel 2 news. >> good evening to you, hotter temperatures in the weather

headlines for your become tuesday. it's not going to be as extensive as we have seen. widespread 50s as we start the morning. and some of us could ago the khully reach our dewpoint meaning that radiational cooling could add to some of that fog -- and some of us could actually reach our dewpoint meaning that radiational cooling could add to some of that fog. mid- and upper 70s expected for the inland east bay. temperatures expected from the upper 80s to mid-90s. expected to head to the medieval the expect this heat to last and we'll even give you a sneak peak at the weekend.

we're pleased to report that the dystrophy foundation raised more than $2 million. and that helped push the nationwide total to more than 61 degrees dark. this yore's tell pope was shorter and jerry he weus puz not part of it. well he's calling it the wall of shame. why a man is posting pictures of business and their garbage online.

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>> it's a labor day this picturesque coastal town won't soon forget. just before 7:00, authorities raced out of their command center right here in fort brag chasing down a lead in the death of a councilman. >> we consider him very dangerous. this man is in the woods, we're sending our police officers in there every day. this guy in our mind he has one thing to accomplish and that's to escape apprehension. >> reporter: both the sheriff and the district attorney for mendocino county were here today. over seeing the 50 local county, state and law enforcement officers searched for aaron bassler. matthew coleman was killed two weeks earlier. yesterday two deputies say

bassler was spotted near his mother's home. an area authorities say he has lives with and knows well. >> apprehension that's all we want. authorities say they are searching round the clock, they say they want to find aaron bassler before he kills again. some lake tahoe residents are turning to facebook in an effort to protect bears. a man has created a wall of shame on facebook to get businesses to secure their trash bins by posting photos of those who violate the local trash ordnance. the new strategy came after a bear became a threat and had to be put down after eating out of a food bin.

>> hugely successful. we've had a number of business going from noncompliant to embraced trash. speaking of bears, a pleasanton man says he has a very good excuse on how his prius was totaled. a bear broke into his car last sunday when it was parked outside his cabin. then he says the bear got stuck and shifted the car into neutral. it went down the driveway into a wall and into a neighbors cabin's porch. mccarthy says after the crash the bear got out of the truck and ran into the woods. amazon is testing a new look. we want to give you a sneak peak. the redesign was confirmed today. this new look gets rid of the current block. the wall street journal reports

the change is meant to make the web side easier to november gait. there's just no release from her in my heart. almost 10 years since 9/11 and bay area families recall the day they lost their loved ones. the new estimate tonight from the white house on how much hurricane tka much damage hurricane lee caused.

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on the quiet of cypress lawn cemetery where chong feels closest to his sister. it's been ten years and closure has not come. >> there's just no release from her in my heart. i mean she's always going to be with me. >> reporter: on september 11th, 2007, betty yon who grew up in san francisco was head flight attendant on flight 11. that plane was the first taken over by terrorists. betty called the ground with reports that america was under attack. a short moments later, terrorists crashed the plane into the new york towers. >> i have to deal with the fact

that i wouldn't on her plane to help her. >> reporter: word of what had happened with that plane started to reach those on flight 93. wanda grain who grew up in oakland was a flight attendant in that plane. and her twin city says that she is still not over it. >> i just have talks with her, i'll say celebrating another birthday. i'm hanging in. >> you still feel a sadness i think every year. largely because you know you're reminded of it every year from a national level. but it's also a time for

rejoicing as well. >> reporter: the family know the cliche is true, life really does go on but 9/11 is a part of history and some of the changes that happened especially in airports are still in place. it's part of the legacy left by those who died that day. >> i was going some where and somebody was complaining because they had to take their shoes off. and they had to take their shoes off. i said would you rather be dead? you know take your shoes off. >> because of her and other flight attendants and the passengers on board those four flights, it's because of them. that these policies are now in effect. and i feel kind of proud for that actually. >> reporter: the families of wanda green and betty young plan to fly to new york to participate in the ceremonyless. they say they will carry great

sadness and great pride. another of the heros of flight 93 was andy garcia portola valley. today to commemorate the tenth anniversary, his family held the walk and bike event. garcia was one of the people that fought against the attackers and forced the plane to crash. >> telling stories about my dad to my little kids and teaching them about who he was and the things that were important to him. those are all really priorities for me to carry that on. garcia left behind his wife and two daughters. today's event is also close to his birthday. garcia would have turned 72 on august 28th. in southern california a lot of people came together at the richard nixon presidential library today to remember those who died.

>> ♪ hundreds of people spent their labor day at the presidential library where artifacts from 9/11 are now displayed. a reminder of sunday september 11th, ktvu news will air a special program called 9/11 a decade of change. we will have live reports from new york, washington, d.c. and shanksville pennsylvania. we will also examine a lot of changes we've seen since that attack. our live broadcast is at 6:00 p.m. on september 11th. the government put a number for hurricane irene, $1.5 billion. irene caused damage all the way from florida to the carolinas. irene comes as a federal government was already strapped

for paying for other other disasters. the effort to save a cherished tree is facing a deadline tomorrow. the oak tree named granny is sitting on the path of a planned water line. the utilities commission would like to cut it down. but if a park is created as some neighbors have suggested, well the puc will tunnel under the trees roots. residents have until tomorrow to tub sit their plans. neighbors say that they are okay with limited access to the park. this is the biggest crocodile ever. weighs as much as a small car. we'll have more of these incredible pictures in just a moment. a noticeable leap in temperatures expected for your back to work tuesday. coming up in 10 minutes what the models are showing for your neighborhood. also with a big speech from the president set for this week

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candidates to be san francisco's next major hit the pavement. afterward avalos explained today's significance. >> we expect that voters would now after labor day start to be more attuned to the messages of campaign. >> reporter: state senator leland yee met voters while

standing beside signs in english and chinese. adachi met with voters. a dutch company suspects iranians of hacking their website. hackers have high jacked hundredsover security that gives their clients undetected security effort. the attack could only be carried out by a large internet company or a nation. in other news of the world tonight, in japan a deadly typhoon is the latest disaster to hit that country after the earthquake tsunami and nuclear accident. landslides washed out roads and bridges. the government promised as much

help as quickly as possible. in libya, rebel leaders say they have documents proving chinese companies shipped weapons to gadhafi through algeria in violation of the u.n. arms embargo. gadhafi wanted them but no weapons were actually delivered. in egypt, former leader mumbarak arrived in a stretcher to court. outside the court people fought with police when they couldn't get into the trial. many egyptians want mumbarack not just convicted but executed. we want to show you pictures of what is one of the large education saltwater crocodiles ever found. take a look at this. it is 21 feet long and it weighs more than a ton. this male saltwater crocodile was captured in the southern philippines. villagers had been hunting it there for three weeks after

people saw it kill a water buffalo. they also suspect it killed a fishermen. it took seven people to pull that al bay alligator out of the water and then a crane to remove him. the temporary city east of reno has grown so large it can clearly be seen from space in this satellite photo. this year was the largest burning man ever with 53,000 people taking part. every labor day weekend artists take their creations to the festival in nevada. a 40-foot high epegy of a man was set on fine. labor day is supposed to be all about the worker but it has a different tone for the millions of unemployed. what people want to hear from

president obama for a week. >> our meteorologist rosemary orozco is going to tell us how hot it's going to get.

this year labor day took on a different meaning for the millions of americans who are unemployed. ktvu's john fowler talked to some of those people about what they hoped to hear from the president when he unveiled his job's plan on thursday. >> contra costa county, more unemployed than any other in the bay area. out of work a year heather rush is frustrated. >> i need a job that at least gives me $8 an hour. >> reporter: in detroit, president obama signaled a federal jobs program. >> we have roads and bridges across this country that need rebuilding. we've got private companies with the equipment and the manpower to do the building. we've got more than one million unemployed construction workers

ready to get dirty right now. >> that's not going to cure our economy. those are government sponsored jobs they never really invigorate the economy. >> carol haymire says better would be to cut taxes. >> nobody wants to be in california, it's very unfriendly to business. >> reporter: and for this family they say it's all about jobs. everyone though who have jobs say they still struggle. >> health insurance is hurting us. cost of health insurance. so trying to make ends meet has been tougher. >> reporter: cristina kervick's company is gone three weeks a phoábt. >> we're grateful but it's very difficult. i prefer he had a job that was local. >> reporter: special ed teacher ryan crawl. >> you take out these exorbant student loans, then you get a

job for a year then you're let go. >> reporter: everyone we spoke to say there's change needed now. researchers have brought some of the best paying jobs of the future and registered nurses came up on top. with an annual income of $65,000 a year. and a projected 2.2% increase by 2018. accountants and auditors came in second followed by analysts, computer engineers, physicians and surgeons. the ranking is based on the bureau of statistics. one coastal community in particular isn't ready to see summer end. capitola was buzzing for tourists for the holiday. it's a great look for

businesses. one business owner we spoke to said that it's not quite back to business as usual. >> summer was off a little bit. i think that's a tie up of some of the stores that moved to other locations, and we're still seeing a drought. we are gearing up for hotter weather as we return to work tomorrow and we're already seeing some of those chains take place. clear skiens across the region. even the peninsula at this hour and the marine layer now 1,000 feet so it has shrunk. patchy fog is what we're looking at. many of us will be waking up with sunshine pouring into our windows. sunny, weather -- take a look at what we're expecting, we

were sitting in the mid- to upper 80s our hot spot for tomorrow. some of those hot hot areas may be near the century mark by the second part of the afternoon. your sat lie radar we will be with mostly clear skies. we have that subtropical moisture coming in from the south. it's over in los angeles county tonight. we're not seeing it for now but by the week we'll be pulling that. the forecast high shows you tomorrow morning when we break up it is going to be just patchy out there and that's going to be eat. by 10:00 11:00 it's off the coastline. patchy dense fog a possibility as well. temperatures in the overnight hours early tomorrow morning sitting in the 50s. 60degrees expected mountain view, 54 degrees in san francisco. afternoon highs going to be a

warm one. we mentioned it earlier by five, 10 degrees warm ethan er than we saw it today. 70s for the east bay. seven san leandro. 95degrees pleasanton. 96 for livermore. nine # morgan hillful so a $10 difference. 70-degree in the city and widespread 50s nearing 80 degrees tomorrow for santa cruz. the heat will be on tomorrow as well as wednesday. and then thursday into friday notice just a slight cooling that will take us all the way into the weekend. by the week weekend, mid- and

upper 90s expected. a unique bike race converges on downtown san francisco. how this decade's old tradition played out in the city today.

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over a five block section around levy strauss plaza today. the metro girot desan francisco. the competition was first held 37 years ago at then it was known as the grand prix of san francisco. bike riders competed in one of ten levels. professionals raced 54 laps. some giants fans finally smiling a little bounce by the giants. >> they need a lot of more bounces. >> right. >> not much the giants really can do nowadays expect win and wait. there's seven days game back of arizona with 25 games to go. they need to get hot. now pablo and the giants were in san diego. sandoval had a face to face meeting with his bat. apparently they bonded. because first-inning the panda, watch him smash this solo home run. 1-0 and is he the giant's mvp

this season or what? baumgartner pitched 8-1/3. gets the victory. but back to pablo. he starts the fourth with another hit. bryan wilson agrees with me. curt gibson and his d backs are still on a roll. they played in colorado and this is arizona's big rookie paul goldsmith. they beat the rock keys 5-7 to stay ahead of san francisco. arizona has won 12 of its last 13. the a's keep playing hard despite having no chance for the play offs. today they put their four game win streak on the line. in kansas city crossed it. god

godzilla the eight. hopefully led 4-3, a's had four hits but scored six ones. things got ugly in the night. bailey pitches, alex gordon doubles down the right line. that's going to bring -- nats are going to bring it in. you just knew that the championship was destined. and all you got to like that. now the leader chez reevie leaves the put to clench the victory. he was the only golfer without a bogey until that point.

reeveie and simpson both birdie the first hole. web simpson went to second part of the year. he's excited, i'm excited, her young boys. not so much. >> serena williams puts on a hurt for his birthday. serena wins to reach the women's quarter finals. here's the match point, car line woznieki also advances. sanga was literally having a ball today. sanga advances to the quarter finals. you play roger federer next. that is sports as we see it for this labor day night. >> 21 games left for the giants, they're seven out. they have a chance? >> it's definitely not in their own hands anymore. they're going to have to continue to win. but somebody is going to have to beat arizona. the giants and the arizona only play three more times and that's just not enough to make up for it on your own. so they're going to rely on

other people that's usually the padres and the rockies. right now the rockies are not helping. the padres are not strong. and kerzig has won 12-14. >> they're on a roll. >> they're just that good. i didn't believe in them. i'm now beginning to be a believer. >> giants hanging by a thread. >> thanks, fred. be sure to join the ktvu morning news beginning at 4:30. and you can always find coverage online ktvu.com and with ktvu's mobile app. thanks so much for joining us everybody.