>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> increased pressure for more civilian review and oversight of a bay area police department. that's one of the top stories. good afternoon. i'm torre campbell. but first, a fatal accident in

antioch. we have not heard back from the railroad company. how this plan may sway a judge. good afternoon, noelle. >> reporter: they've been talking about police reform without implementing that reform. they will take control of o.p.d. out of the hands of the city. before that happens, a group of community leaders try to get support for a police oversight commission.

>> we're the most violent and dangerous, but it's just passing the buck. >> reporter: the police officers' association president said a police commission would be redundant to other oversights already in place, but a report was critical to occupy demonstrations and questioned the ability for its own officer conduct! the report said clearly this is clearly understaffed, facing a crime tsunami here in oakland and the officers were overworked. you need to address those base issues. >> reporter: he said o.p.d. is facing understaffing issues. they should have 1200 officers but currently has 646. one of every seven of those is out injured right now. >> this is an ever shrinking

police department and crime rising in the city. >> reporter: there's an academy schedule for 55 cadets this summer and another academy that's tentatively scheduled but that's not been budgeted yet. noelle walker, ktvu news. they used an assault weapon and the vick is now listed in very serious condition. it's not clear what led up to the attack. investigators are talking to witnesses as they search for the gunman. three bay area police departments are getting a boost from the justice department. heyward police will receive $3.6 million from a federal grant. told you yesterday at noon the plant plans to hire more

officers with that money. 220 departments across the country are receiving money from the community-oriented policing federal grant. high temperatures and low humidity continue to hamper firefighters battling inside western states. near colorado springs, the wind- whipped waldo canyon fire grew to 2 1/2 times its size overnight as wind gusted to 60 miles per hour over tender, dry terrain. the burned area went from 6400 acres to more than 15,000 this morning. more than 32,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. it includes part of the air force academy. in utah, search and rescue teams went out to assess damage by a wildfire there. discovered human remains east of the town of fairview. 1100 people have been forced to

evacuate their homes in sanpete county. state fire officials it is 15% contained. all of these huge fires have firefighters in california working hard to prepare for our own fire season. from the air attack base, going to show us the machinery they'll use. tara? >> reporter: it's just one of the pieces of equipment they'll use this fire season when fires rage out of control like the one in colorado right now. it scorched 10 square miles, jumping firefighter lines and pushing crews to the limit. here in sonoma county, cal fire

showed us where the fire retardant goes. >> 600 gallons a minute and the airplane carries 1200 gallons. very slippery. >> reporter: they know all too well the risks. hot temperatures and high winds make conditions rough. >> it's hot to drop the retardant. it will float so you can to compensate for that. >> reporter: jim has been flying air tankers for 27 years. what are the other challenges? >> turbulence, low visibility, smoke. >> reporter: troops have tackled a dozen fires. their territory? all of california. >> i have a bank of radios here and they're all patched in through these three consoles. we have the ability to transmit on these radios. >> reporter: they decide how to be aggressive in squelching

fires. the hecticness depends on the weather. >> you may have seen ignitions where fires are starting, based upon the rainfall, we're probably behind what the historical average is that equates to how dry the fuels are. the fuels drier are more readily available to burn. >> reporter: barns called the worst fire. >> the oakland fire. not because of our safety but because of the devastation on the ground. >> reporter: what was it like looking from above? like a bombed out city. it was an emotional event to see all of that devastation where we knew people had died. >> reporter: crews can relate to what firefighters are going through in colorado, physically and emotionally exhausting. if you'd like to learn more information about how to prevent fires at your home,

these are available in the city. tara, ktvu, channel 2 news. a scary scene after two vehicles were set on fire. the people are now under arrest in this case. the city of stockton has cleared the way to be the biggest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy, between today and friday. city council last night voted to adopt a special bankruptcy budget. the city is facing a $26 million short fall. some residents and city employees spoke out against the bankruptcy plan last night among other things, cuts city employee compensation and retiree benefits. people are intending the kickoff of the google developers conference. heard big news about a new android tablet. the company unveiled a 7-inch to compete with the kindle

fire. it will target the lower end and cost $200. microsoft recently announced its own entry into the tablet market and to reveal more details about the operation. ,. apple is back on top with a legal battle in samsung. they ordered samsung to temporarily stop selling its galaxy tab 10.10 computer. they consider the claim that samsung illegally copied many design featurers of the ipad. they're posted a $2 1/2 million bond in case it loses this case. the freeway off ramp shut down in oakland after a big rig explodes in flames. what the driver did after the truck caught fire. finally getting warmer in parts of bay area. mark will be here to talk about

the forecast. >> bay area police target illegal fireworks ahead of the fourth of july. 6tá

there were fireworks bust

this morning ahead of the 4th of july holiday. the cost of fire and sheriff's department, the cal fire raided two homes, the result of an extensive investigation. officers hauled out hundreds of pounds of illegal fireworks, many are the type professionals use in their shows. >> these are loaded with about a 3-inch shell that basically shoots up in the air and explodes and extremely dangerous. something professionals use in their shows. >> two men were arrested and expect to face felony charges. investigators are trying to determine if the stash of fireworks at the home is linked in any way. an unexpected fireworks show in west virginia. an illegal fireworks stand caught on fire outside a bar over the weekend. no one was hurt. the explosions lasted 30 minutes. investigators say a spark from

an extension cord may be to blame. the stand's owner is facing criminal charges. redd wood city police arrested two men in charged with car arsons. they were torched off of lyndon street. they were able to identify the suspect after looking at surveillance video from the nearby gas station where a witness remembered a man buying gas to fill a gas can. police found the suspects near the scene. they're identified as 23-year- old morris pena and 36-year-old raul gomez. berkeley fire responded to a fire this morning. the one armed fire was reported after 7:00 a.m. it took firefighters about 40 minutes to control the fire. we're told no one was hurt and the cause is under investigation. the chp is investigating a big rig fire that briefly fired off the oak ramp in oakland.

it was 5 from north 880. ktvu's alex explains that. >> reporter: this tractor trailer burned. the market street off ramp was closed briefly as the crews put water on the fire. traffic was also backed up for a short time. the driver of the truck told me he was on the freeway headed to the port of oakland when his engine started making noises. his son described what his dad did next. >> he got off of this exit here to see what was going on because he saw smoke under the truck and when he got down, he thought he couldn't even get out. he said he was seeing fire all over. >> reporter: the driver eventually jumped out and he was not hurt during the ordeal. fire crews caught a break because they were able to keep the flames from spreading to the fuel tank. kevin smith, also a fuel driver, was sleeping in his cab

when the fire broke out nearby. >> woke up, saw a bunch of flames and the guy told me to get the heck out of there. flames are about six or seven feet high. heard a couple of explosions. >> reporter: but in the end, the trailer and the goods inside were saved from the fire. a tow truck cleared the rig and cal tran moved in to clean up. the ramps have since reopened but it's unclear what sparked the spire in the engine of the truck this morning. in oakland, alex savage, ktvu, channel 2 news. there could be a big traffic delay. there's a plan to rebuild the david street and marina boulevard at interstate 80 starting in november. at the same time, cal tran will begin a project freeway below to widen it and add car pool lanes. engineers expect until take three years part of a $100

million project to improve the freeway from oakland to south of marina boulevard in sandreando. the u.s. navy plans to blow up near the road. the demolition project will last about an hour. you may hear faint sounds and see a puff of smoke in the area but the navy said there will be plenty of safety experts on hand to make sure there is no danger to the public. today, more strike authorization meetings will be held for a lucky and safe mart student employee. the contract ran out and negotiations with management failed. union leaders say there's several sticking points, the biggest is the company's refusal to keep their benefits in place. voting began yesterday and will

end on friday. the california carpenter's union is protesting outside of a builders' conference in san francisco. the blue homes, which is production facilities in the bay area, has refused to recognize their union. blue homes is an exhibitor at the pacific coast builders conference going on at the center. the board of supervisors unanimously has a new labor deal for county workers. it gives nurses a combined pay raise, a 1.5 increase on july 1 and another 1.5% next year. hospital clinics are the only county labor group receiving wage hikes rather than cuts. it will come from cuts elsewhere in the health service agency. congress is close to an agreement that would prevent a doubling of students loan interest rates under pressure from the white house. senate and democratic leaders say they're optimistic about a

deal to prevent a rate hike to take place on sunday. without action from congress, interest rates on subsidized stafford loans would double from their 3.4% for 7 1/2 million students. men dressed in very little clothing have been walking the streets of san francisco today. the goal is to encourage the public for the fifth national suit drive. the campaign collects gently used business attire for those who cannot afford to purchase a suit. >> these suits are going to stay local, go to charitable organizations and help the unemployed get better jobs by dressing for success. >> if you'd like to help, donations are accepted at men's warehouses at five bay area locations. well, it was a very nice wednesday afternoon. temperatures warming up. nothing too extreme for today, but if you can see, mostly

clear skies. we'll translate to a few upper 80s and work your way inland. looking for the fog in the bulk of the activity and looking off shore, but a few patches in the county coastline and about half an hour ago, visually, a few patches coming out so we could see a few more patches develop later on today, tonight, and into your thursday morning. forecast headlines for today, we do have this. lots of temperatures on the warm side except for the fog. a little cooler on thursday and the weekend. morning fog out there and cooler for saturday and temperatures begin to warm up a few degrees by sunday. here is a look at some of the current numbers. you can see the low 80s to fehr field that conquered already. san francisco downtown, 64 and san jose in the upper 70s and 77. high pressure command of our

weather and the storm track up to the north, remember last week we tracked a few rain showers mostly to the north of the bay area. a completely different story for today. as i mentioned, the warmest day of the week is a patch or two developing parts of the shoreline. 60 to the beaches, 70s around the bay and the warmest locations inland from 85 to 88. here is our forecast models taking you into the afternoon hours by 5:00 and showing patchy fog developing here and an increase in coverage as we do head into the evening hour. maybe a few patches locally. the result is that everybody clears off for thursday into friday. forecast highs for this afternoon, that's where san rosa and temperatures check around 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. here is a look ahead at your 5-

day forecast. a little bit cooler temperatures for your thursday and bottoming out at 4:00 for friday and saturday, but still upper 70s inland and then our next warm-up scheduled to begin. we have options today with the 60s, 70s, 80s, a few spots around 90 degrees. >> thank you, mark. there is a new effort underway to remove plastic to increase the number of drink tap stations around the city. developers install water filling stations and drinking fountains in new renovated buildings. they intend the reduce the amount that fills up in landfills. if approved by the board of supervisors and signed by the mayor, the law will go into

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despite lingering fears about europe, stocks are up. previously homes in may and durable goods went up as well.

dow is up 105 and s&p is up 9. not far from crockett, you can see several acres burned. asked cal fire to respond. no word on how it started or any injuries. it does not appear to be near residential areas. again, pictures near crockett, more on our web site and later newscasts. the red cross is looking for help to reverse a critical shortage of blood. the red cross is holding a blood drive on central avenue. the bus will be parked in front of dan's produce until 3:00 this afternoon. the organization said its inventory is about half of what it was this time last year. donors can donate at red cross centers in oakland, san jose, and other bay area cities. many people couldn't

believe their eyes when a dog got stuck 30 feet up a tree in averton last thursday. the terrier was chasing a raccoon. they were amazed to see him in the situation but used a rescue harness. thank you for trusting ktvu, channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we'll join you at 5:00 and we're here for you mobile at ktvu.com.