routine at the church, members pray outside where stone statues are but today flowers take up the empty space after the statue was stolen from the church and its followers. >> mainly they are sad and maybe angry because people want to know why. >> reporter: police say it was stolen thursday night or friday morning. the search faces the police department. it was a brazen crime, the statue was bolted down and there is evidence they tried to take another statue as well. >> the church wouldn't expect someone to steal, especially being across the street from the police department. >> reporter: it was bought for $7,000 when the church opened in 1995 from a shop in italy. >> the emotional and sentimental value is worth more

than money. >> a church is a church. you shouldn't be stealing from it. >> reporter: the church plans to set up a security system. investigators hope the threat was a misguided prank but it is grand theft felony. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. a developing story out of san francisco right now. there is a surf revue going -- rescue going on. we are following this developing story. we have a crew on the way and will bring you more details as soon as we get them. in southern california a wildfire engulfed a home. i want to show you live pictures. this is 90 miles southeast of los angeles. the volcano fire burned 400 acres and threatening several

other homes. there are no mandatory evacuation orders in place. the fire is 20% contained. both on both sides of the chick-fil-a same-sex marriage debate are taking a stand. we flew over the chick-fil-a set to open next month in san jose where same-sex marriage supporters gathered. it was organized after mike huckaby declared today chick- fil-a appreciation day. he called on supporters to go to the restaurant. ktvu's ann rubin is live in fairfield where the restaurant has to close early. >> reporter: chick-fil-a normally would have stayed open till 10:00 tonight, but instead they closed their doors a few minutes ago, with all the demand they are running out of supplies. they served 1500 people with the lines running a hour and a half but customers say it was worth the wait to show their

support. this was a part of chick-fil-a appreciation day. they brought in extra staff, ordered extra food but still overwhelmed. some traveled up to 100-miles to get here. >> i believe in free speech no matter how you feel and we death have different opinions. -- we both have different opinions. >> we don't want to spend two hours in line waiting. >> reporter: that somewhere else was not the blue frog next door. we spoke to the owner, she said she lost a day's worth of business with all the chick-fil- a supporters blocking access to the restaurant. live in fairfield, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. a woman who was beaten and sexually assaulted in richmond in january has died from her injuries. police identified the victim as sun kwon. a resident at a assisted living

home. she was on her morning walk when she was attacked. police still have no suspects in the case. new criticism for oakland police. this time about mishandling city money as the department implements high tech crime fighting tools. ktvu's rita williams is live now. >> reporter: another day, another negative report about the oakland police department or so it seems. >> reporter: this one slams the department for squandering $2 million on underused technology. >> we did not set out to squander $2 million. this is $2 million over a period of time. so, you know, my job is to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> $2 million that has gone

down the drain. >> reporter: she started the audit a year ago when problems surfaced about faulty police radios. she found 4-12 system the department paid for were never used. one more under used. >> reporter: the under used was the so-called shot spotter system, the deal had one person monitoring shots so they paid more to upgrade the system and now each police car has its own monitor. these cameras they wear on their chest started with a $1.2 million system with cameras on police car, now scratched. >> the system was broken. that opd has been mismanaging technology. >> reporter: the department learned from the audit and already started making changes.

>> policepolicepolice officers are not that technical so we hired a consultant. >> reporter: when i asked about morale he blamed the media for reporting only the bad and not the good police officers are doing. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. police are calling a prank brought out the bomb squad. four two liter plastic bottles exploded this morning. the bomb squad was called in. investigators say while this appears to be a prank, if someone was hit the injuries could have been severe. we showed you this cash of weapons found inside a man's car. in 7 minutes, the agency joining the investigation and what is next for the man being held. flags flew at half-staff

today in honor of a fallen national guardsman. he died last friday in afghanistan. he was a medic who joined the national guard in 2006. he is survived by his father and two brothers. bay area researchers say there is a reason to get more sleep. new tonight, ktvu's john fowler joins us with the link found in a first of its kind study. >> reporter: never before been shown outside the laboratory, losing sleep weakens the effect of vaccines. >> reporter: people know about too little sleep. >> when i don't have sleep i kind of -- >> reporter: what keeps you awake? >> work. thinking about politics. >> reporter: lack of sleep disrupts your immune system. >> doesn't surprise me at all. i feel like i am coming down with a could right now.

>> reporter: the sudy show -- the study shows that people who get less than 6 hours sleep are 11 times more likely to have an inadequate response to vaccines. he used this risk censor to record when people slept. the study found sleep deprived healthy adults failed. >> the fact it had long term clinical relevance was remarkable. >> reporter: findings are applicattable to any -- applicable to any vaccines. adequate sleep is key for disease protection. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news.

a green transit program has received a new round of funding. the transportation commission awarded easy go richmond $343,000 grand. the program launched in january and operates from hilltop mall and the village. offers free or low cost shuttle rides, bike sharing and car rentals for residents. ktvu learned that a caltrans program that is supposed to give you real time traffic information is broken. take a break from the olympics tonight and tune in at 10:00, at 10:00 the implications our findings may have on the fundings of our roads. tonight at 10:00. netflix agreed to pay a $9 million settlement after being accused of using customer information. the company kept and disclosed records such as what move

movies customers watched. you can find more information on www.ktvu.com. facebook says its carbon foot print is the equivalent of one medium latte a year. they have a billion users world wide. facebook says its greenhouse emissions totaled the equivalent of 225,000 homes. they say it may get worse before it gets better. canine units received new equipment today. >> officers from oakland, redwood city and the pacifica

police departments received bullet proof vests. today several teams held training exercises to demonstrate the design of the vests. deadly in-fighting, the gang war that is forcing police police officers to save criminals from themselves and the new help surgeons are getting to focus on the work at hand. >> and there is fog out there but it won't make it into a lot of neighborhoods. it will be hotter tomorrow, i will show you how hot.

we are following developing news in oakland right now. firefighters are looking into a

explosion at a underground pg&e vault. witnesses say flames shot into the air from a man hole on webster street. it happened an hour ago around 5:00 p.m. tonight. there are no reports of injury. and more developing news in san francisco, two children needed medical attention during a water rescue at ocean beach. one child was transported to the hospital and a second child was given oxygen at the scene. three ambulances responded to the scene. we are working on more information about what is going on. the fbi joined san francisco police investigating what a homeless man was doing with a cash of weapons. police displayed guns, rifles and knives they confiscated from his car. he was living in his jeep when he was arrested july 21.

investigators say he appeared to pose a threat. >> other statements recording the fact he might want to harm his family so the decision was made he would be bound over. >> his next court date is tuesday. street violence is erupting at a startling pace in one san francisco neighborhood. ktvu's rob roth is live in the city where this time the violence is pitting gang members against each other. >> reporter: the boys and girls club runs summer camp here at the visitacion valley playground, the same neighborhood plagued by gangs. >> reporter: more than 100 children come to the camp at visitacion valley park. but with only six shootings since june involving visitacion valley gangs they are being extra cautious. >> we keep the kids closer than

we would normally keep them. the children go about the violence but the counselors fear the children accept it. >> it is our role to make sure kids understand this is not okay. >> reporter: the most recent shootings were in this neighborhood not far from visitacion valley. two members of the same family were shot. police say they are still looking into whether the shooting was related to gang violence. he says the shootings are happening within the gangs. >> they are not guys that can't talk to each other. couple weeks ago they were friends, within the same gang, if you will, and now all of a sudden four of them have been killed since saturday. >> reporter: police stepped up patrol but those involved in the violence need to bring an tend to the bloodshed. >> we will try to save them

from themselves. >> reporter: he is asking the visitacion valley community to step up and convince those involved to stop before someone else gets hurt. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. 24 hour fitness is up for sale. goldman sax has been hired to handle the sale. they are expected to bring in $2 billion. it is the largest chain in the u.s. a report shows u.s. businesses hired more workers than expected in july. adp says private companies added 163,000 jobs last month. the report suggests hiring may be picking up after a sluggish spring. a major victory for hewlett- packard today in a lawsuit against oracle. a judge ruled oracle violated the terms of an agreement when

it decided to end support for hewlett-packard's servers. they want $4 billion in damages. for the first time ever a hospital got the chance to use a state of the art surgery equipment. the medical center includes a high definition image linked to the surgeon's cameras. the surgeon conducting today's surgery said this new technology will improve all aspects of the process. >> it does help improve patient time, surgeon confidence and demeanor which is better for everybody. >> the equipment is the first in northern california and among the first three in the state. it was hotter inland today. you can see the fog, it is

shallower, that heeded up the -- heated up the valleys. in the avenues, golden gate park, marin, fog, pacifica has fog. you see how it is there, stuck there? that is how you know it will be hot tomorrow when the fog isn't pushing inland. live picture of the fog. notice how it is not hitting the east bay hills? it will try tonight but expect another very warm day tomorrow. as we look at the forecast, looking at temperatures today that were warmer than yesterday. temperatures tomorrow, warmer than today. going up and then we cool it down friday, saturday and sunday. over night lows in the 50s. highs in the inland valleys mid- 90s. coast low 60s. for the rest of us, upper 70s,

mid-80s. the forecast for the fog to stay compressed. all the pollutants get caught up in the area we breathe, but no spare the air day. fog tomorrow, on the coast. burns it back like today. you see the heat in the valley coming this way. thursday, your warmest day of the week. friday, trends down and saturday and sunday as you will see in the five-day forecast. 97 clear lake tomorrow. 82 napa. 92 fairfield. 93 pittsburg. good air quality and fire danger, the conditions, the winds, the temperatures are not that horrible for firefighters but what is horrible, we haven't had rain. we are always under a high fire

danger but the weather conditions won't be a huge problem for firefighters. 81 mountain view. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view shapes up like this. cooler friday after the warm up tomorrow and saturday and sunday, mild. temperatures trend down. very, you know -- [ talking at the same time ] >> perfect i think. >> yes. good summer time weather. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 it is being called the funeral procession but not because someone died, why someone are walking through the streets of san francisco and when it comes to good deals for college, one school is among the top three in the nation. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. keeping children safe and secure online. the new ways the government wants to protect them and how parents will be asked to participate.

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officials are proposing a update to online privacy rules to protect children from marketing. marketers would need to have consent before collecting

information from children under 13. tracking children's browsing habits would also be prohibited. the first laws were passed 14 years ago before the age of smartphones and tablets. mark ibanez is here. >> the hottest team in the month of july in all of the major leagues but this is august 1. we are newt used to -- we are not used to this. no hitting to be seen and the rays get out of town taking 2-3 from the no longer hottest team in baseball. a's trying to stay with it. brandon inge leaves the yard. a's still in it. carlos pena goes deep himself, he also had a double. the homer. and it is a 4-1 final. a's on the short end. players, no matter what in

sports always have a particular image of themselves and it doesn't always lineup with what managers think of it. brandon was one of the best warriors off the bench last year and a top shooter in the nba, after signing a two year deal, he no longer thinks of himself as a back up. >> i am coming in trying to get the starting job at the three slot. been working hard all summer to built up on that. >> all right. they don't mess around in nascar. three weeks after testing positive for a banned susitance he was fired -- substance, he was fired. he is now in rehab. his career in jeopardy but he has ever intention of returning and giants fans excited about

the -- [ talking at the same time ] >> hunter pence tonight, his debut. [ talking at the same time ] >> highlights at 10:00. >> thank you. and we know a lot of you are watching the olympic, but you need to get the news, the 10:00 news is here, so come on over, what you need to know including the weather so you don't have to stay up too late. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.