there is someone running around killing people. >> crimes are happening after they meet a person at a bar and take them home. however the crimes often go unreported for various reasons. >> they don't want the world to know they are gay. embarrassing to realize you had too much to drink and the person who went home with stole this and that. >> reporter: police say the only way the crimes will stop is when people report them. >> by reporting things you may or may not improve your chances but you will absolutely help somebody else down the line. >> reporter: here is the sketch again. a white male, 25-30 years old. slim built. last seen wearing a black t- shirt. if you know anything call san

francisco police. live in san francisco, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. prosecutors said the man accused of killing his girlfriend inside their home has killed before inside the same house. he pleaded not guilty to murder for the june 26 killing. prosecutors say he also killed his brother in the same house 26 years ago. death was ruled an accident at the time but now that it has been submitted as evidence investigators are taking another look at the case. prosecutors plan to charge a teen as an adult for shooting and stabbing his friend on monday. investigators say he attacked his friend after a long argument over a online gaming session gone out of control. the victim is expected to survive. he is being held on $2.5

million bail. parolee behind bars fall aoing a -- following a man hunt that began this morning when officers responded to a domestic violence report at a hotel. he was threatening his girlfriend. police ordered a shelter in place in the neighborhood while they searched for him. he was later found at a house and surrendered at 9:00 a.m. this morning. a retirement home was evacuated as police searched for a man with a gun. the manager says an employee saw an armed man walk inside the facility. the man was never found. a domestic violence suspect was arrested on the stanford campus after he escaped a patrol car. the suspect was first arrested 1:30 a.m.

this morning at a residence on campus. resderous were told to lock their -- residents were told to lock their doors and windows and he was later found. a wildfire began around 3:00 p.m. this afternoon at county road 88 and road 6. this video is showing the flames moving across the dry grass. the land is mostly agricultural. it burned 150 acres and growing. another wildfire near interstate 5, 16 miles north of redding. it started on the center strip of the highway yesterday afternoon and now grown to 500 acres. 100 homes have been evacuated. dozens of commercial buildings and other structures are at risk. this fire is only 20% contained. a ruptured gas line hit too

close to home for the san bruno neighborhood where a explosion happened two years ago. ktvu's david stevenson is live with the questions being raised about it. >> reporter: it happened across the street by that stop sign near the puddle. officials are now looking looking for answers. >> i could smell it but i didn't know what it was. >> reporter: he and his neighbors in san bruno were evacuated this morning. a construction crew ruptured a pipeline. a few feet away from a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed 8 people. >> think you might be reliving this. the neighborhood is still rebuilding from that explosion.

keepsakes mark the spot where several people were killed. today's evacuations opened up old wounds. investigators and pg&e say a backhoe operated by contractors broke the gas line. the contractor was laying a new water line. >> this is exactly why we go out and work with contractors all over california and tell them the importance of utilizing safety techniques. >> reporter: they did not return our call but pg&e says the contractor may not have followed proper procedures. >> it was marked and the contractor appears to have utilized a back hole where it is safe to use hand bigging procedures. >> reporter: pg&e capped the

leak 45 minutes later. the line has now been repaired. reporting live in san bruno, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. the california nurses association threw its support behind the governor's tax hike proposal. governor jerry brown was on hand to accept the endorsement and the donation to the campaign to pass proposition 30, it would raise sales tax for 5 years. >> choice to invest in our schools too, protect local -- schools, to protect local schools. >> the governor said the endorsement is important because they could mobilize other nurses in support. facebook is taking a bite out of the california budget. revenue from the ipo was

expected to generate 1% of the general fund next year. but instead of rising it is plummeted. it only closed higher on the initial day of trading and down to historic lows for the last 5 days, $20.04. tomorrow bikes will be own board bart trains during the commute. ktvu's sal castaneda has the details of how this once a week 30 day experiment could become a learn term -- long term solution. >> it will take effort to make it work and make certain it applies fairly to everyone. >> reporter: officials want to find a way to accommodate bicycle riders without making it difficult for anyone else. they say they are happy with the experiment. >> we know ridership is growing on bart, this is going to help

more people combined. >> reporter: some worry they will take up too much room, cause delays or interfere with wheel shares. this is why they will --tually chairs. -- wheelchairs. this is why they will study this. >> any support we can get, it is awesome. >> reporter: she suggests having a designated area for bicycles. >> i definitely support people who ride bicycles but for ease of customers maybe having separate cars that are specific for bikes only would be the best solution. >> reporter: the findings of experiment will be presented to the bart board of directors later this year. they will decide what the policy will be in the future. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. two bay area retailers

posted positive sales numbers today. gap announced its figures rose 10% over last year. beating expectations of 4% increase. and ross stores reported robust sales for july. same store sales grew 7% last month. they are projecting a profit of 81 cents a share on august 16. a organization is expanding by adding 100 new jobs. mozila is the creator of firefox. the foundation has signed a lease to expand its offices. new figures released today show applications for jobless benefits rose last week by 8,000 to 365,000. that is less than what was

predicted. the report for july is due tomorrow. san francisco teachers reached a deal with the district that includes more school days a year. they say the agreement includes 3.5 more school days. and calls for a decrease in furlough days. both sides agree to increase furlough days if the ballot measure fails. the school board is moving forward on a $260 million bond measure for november. the money would be list for a list of 45 projects. it would pay for a new element school, new classrooms at other schools and new security cameras. a national drug shortage means some things like pain medications are in short supply, the measures paramedics

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the california supreme court upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of killing four people at his former high school in 1992. eric houston was convicted at opening fire at lindhurst high school when he was 20 years old. he held 80 students hostage for hours. yesterday they ruled he received a fair trial and there was overwhelming evidence he planned the killing. >> reporter: apple is accusing samsung of corrupting the jury. apple's attorney asked the judge to impose a penalty on samsung after they published material not allowed as evidence. samsung's attorney says they have a right to state their side publicly. recalling salad because of

possible listeria contamination. they contain onions that are part of a separate recall. so far no illnesses have been reported. for a list of the salads go to www.ktvu.com. bay area paramedics are making due with the minimum today because of a nationwide shortage of medications. ktvu's ann rubin is live with the way paramedics are make sure care is not compromised. for a few weeks the stock of morphine was so low some didn't carry any. fortunately the ambulances did so paramedics are bearically getting what they need -- barely getting what they need. >> this one we are out of. >> reporter: these drugs are the tools of their trade, tools that are now in short supply. >> like a mechanic not having the right wrench. >> reporter: the problem, a

national drug shortage. created by a perfect storm of r production. pain medications are in short supply. >> we have approval for a drug to replace. >> reporter: they have been scrambling for solutions so they look for different packaging but that isn't always good for paramedics. >> if you change the dosic on a day -- doses on a daily basis you increase your chance of errors. >> reporter: emergency crews are allowing different concentrations concentrations and substitution and they have discussed using expired drugs but say they haven't had to make changes yet. another measure, keeping a bear minimum on board.

>> we may only have enough to treat one or two patients. >> reporter: still it is enough that patient care won't suffer. on a national level, they are trying to come up with a long term solution. in the mean time the shortages are a fact of life for first responders. live, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. the chp is issuing a summer safety reminder, be cautious about children left in cars. the temperature inside a vehicle can reach a deadly level within minutes on a typical sunny day. they ask anybody who see as child inside a car left unattended to call 911. tough tight for firefighters, the hot dry weather and the rocky terrain are making it difficult to

contain a fire threatening structures. 25 families are under evacuation orders. the chips fire began on sunday and consumed four square miles so far and only 5% contained. with the start of america's cup weeks away there is word the u.s. will face just four challengers. organizers held a conference today in san francisco. when san francisco offered to host the race 14 teams expressed interest but today a french team pulled out. >> without a doubt the climate proved challenging and that is the reason that, you know, one of the main reasons that there are four challengers and not eleven challengers. >> despite the smaller event they expect $1 billion to pump into the local economy and

create 8,000 new jobs. it was warmer today. temperatures the next few days trend down as we move towards the bay area weekend. the fog is where you expect it to be. over night lows include fog in most bay area neighborhoods with a cooling trend today that will lead into the bay area weekend. highs from today, one of the warmer days of the week. equal with a couple days ago. livermore 98 degrees. 96 antioch. 96 fairfield. highs tomorrow will be cooler inland and that cooling trend continues. the big story will be the cooler weather, not cold, but more fog, nights and mornings. more fog and temperatures instead of mid-90s, mid-80s. the forecast, the high pressure is sitting to the south of us,

strings up tropical moisture. tomorrow it doesn't get here but it does for the weekend. that could trigger a few dry lightning strikes. summer time, last thing you need is dry light with the fire danger where it is. we will be watching. it is a developing story. the models are aggressive in bringing moisture through the area but mainly to the east of us. tomorrow morning, fog there it is, 7:00 a.m. stays along the coast. the heat begins to work its way back into the sally -- valley. 80s. we get a cooler temperature foot print for friday. saturday is the same, cooler. sunday as well. not cold. just not as hot. 90 in fairfield.

87 sausalito. fire danger drops drops off. and you will sleep better. especially in brentwood, highs tomorrow 93 degrees. that is cooler than the upper 90s. 87 gilroy. 88 morgan hill. along the coast, fog. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, shapes up like this, temperatures on the weekend, not bad, subtle changes. the chance of thunderstorms is a big deal, especially if it pops up lightning strikes. >> that is a fire concern. >> absolutely. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. current and former cal athletes in london. what is behind the olympic success stories and if you think being a teacher doesn't pay one, what one did to receive $3 million. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36.

the giants losing steam, mark ibanez is up next with what the giants struggled with today as they took on the mets.

mark is here now with sports. the giants were doing so well

but not lately. what is happening? >> you name it. alarming in a word. the way the giants played on the home stand. losers of 7-10. you can't do that and want to be a contender. the mets kicked their tails this afternoon. barry zito takes the loss. first inning it didn't go well. jason way a two run single. 2-0 new york. big day for ronny cedeno. melky got a glove on it, can't make the play. five rbis on the day for him. the giants only run a sac fly by hunter pence. 5-1 the final. a's will try to snap a two game skid tonight against toronto. yoenis cespedes looked like a huge gamble to spend 30

million, many predicted his lack of polish would catch up with him, hitting over .300, exceeding expectations. they are 44-28 with him in the lineup. fred inglis finds out the key, his great ability to adapt. [ speaking foreign language ] >> all about adaptation, watching the pitchers. in the morning was hard for him, he couldn't find the way to try to, you know, connect, recognize pitches, so he has been working about. now it feels better. >> call it an embarrassing win for team u.s.a. basketball win. carmelo anthony 37 of the points. no one ever scored more than 156 total points in the history of olympic basketball. good, but, you know, ease up a

little. that is the sporting life. easy thursday. >> thank you. last night we told you about the broken caltrans road censor problem, that is just the beginning, they are spending $12 million of your money on traffic cameras this year alone, at 10:00, what we uncovered. take a break from the olympics and come over at 10:00, you will get all the news you need, we will see you tonight at 10:00. soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

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