ties and they pistol whipped her. >> reporter: they gave us this sketch of the female and said her involvement helps investigators. >> see if there is similar robberies that occurred. similar mo of using the female to get the door open. >> reporter: they said they took 35-$50,000 in merchandise. >> we know that they took gold jewelry and out of the safe they took other gold jewelry and took gold coins and started emptying trays. the robbers fled in this white car but then set it on fire and sped off in another vehicle. today the first car was examined. >> it was stolen a month ago during a residential burglary in san jose. >> reporter: we have been told that information led to new leads on the suspects and some items from the vehicle have

been sent for analysis. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. police are meeting right now to discuss a officer involved shooting this afternoon about 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the police headquarters. the man was taken to the hospital by ambulance. authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to a kidnapping suspect who is on the run. this man, 19-year-old marcos hernandez abducted his girlfriend and their daughter at gun point last night from an apartment. an amber alert was canceled after the victims were found safe in oakland. >> investigators are interviewing the victim. what we can tell you the victim and the daughter was found in good physical condition. >> police say marcos hernandez

is considered armed and dangerous and believed to be driving a silver 2006 ford focus. he could be in sacramento county. the summer sun is creating triple digits in the bay area and a flex alert has been issued asking residents to reduce energy use. ktvu's ken pritchett is live in one of the hot spots today. ken. >> reporter: when we look that temperature sign at this bank at 5:00 p.m. it said 99 degrees. it ticked down to 98. it is certainly hot here in walnut creak where there are cooling center and they will be used frequently by the end of the week. . the pool was a popular

place. they say they may come back. >> hot day certainly pushes us to come here. spend $9 and have fun in the water. >> reporter: this is the senior center and it is one of the cooling centers. >> wonderful. >> reporter: the program director expects people to take advantage of the senior center it is open to everyone. not everyone can escape the heat. >> residents moved here and they don't have air conditioning and we worry about them. >> reporter: we are just at the start with warm days ahead. they issued a flex alert, urging people to conserve power and they recommend running appliances after 6:00 p.m. let's go to mark tamayo in the weather center with more on the

hot temperatures. >> today a 40-degree temperature range. fog showing up here. dense fog, especially doug of the golden gate bridge, pacifica and half moon bay. as you head inland, hot temperatures, livermore right now 99. concord 96 degrees. here is a look that highs from this afternoon. triple digits, concord, fairfield, antioch, livermore 103 degrees. morgan hill 101. hot temperatures in the forecast, coming up when the timing of the next cooling trend pushing in. residents lined up to seek compensation from chevron from the health effects from the chevron richmond refinery fire. ktvu's cara liu is live where they are opening up a help center. >> reporter: this is being set up right now. a live look. this is where one of the

adjustors will be set up. there is another one like it down the hall. these are the hours. and then this room right here is set up, 50 chairs inside for people as a waiting room. people are being asked to bring medical documentation if they have it. >> scary. >> reporter: she was at home two miles from the chevron richmond refinery fire. she is one of thousands who plan to file a claim. >> my thing is, not so much the money, the health issues later on. look at all the millions they are making and now they went up on the gas. we have to pay for this mistakes? is that right? i don't know. >> reporter: she is worried about the effects of the smoke. >> my son's neck was starting to swell so we have to take

them to the hospital. >> reporter: both women were lined up looking for information on claims. that lawyer sells us he heard from 3,000 potential claims in the last few days. chevron told us we intend to compensate our neighbors. >> reporter: this help center will serve the same function as the hot line. they are trying to have adjustors respond to claims within three days. doors open at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. officials admit they misrepresented some findings on the chevron richmond refinery fire. officials tracked 23 compounds and reported that none exceeded state levels or posed a health risk. but a experts reviewed the data

and noted one compound can irritate the eyes, nose and lungs. >> it did exceed the levels by california. >> they admit they made a mistake but said the level is not unusual even without a fire. the smoke did pose a risk to people in the area but they add the sample from the fire won't be analyzed for two more weeks. chevron says 2200 people called the hot line to file claims. here is the number, (866)260- 7881. and stay with www.ktvu.com for complete coverage of the chevron richmond refinery fire. you can watch video of the fire and find out more about the health impacts. a huge cocaine bust. officials say an airborne crew

noticed a speed boat. the cutter deployed two small boats and a helicopter to intercept the speed boat. they confiscated 4,000 pounds of cocaine. regulators are slapping google with a fine for privacy violations. today they agreed to pay $22.5 million without admitting guilt. it involves their advertising network that could track people after assuring users they wouldn't be monitored. they said no personal information was collected. facebook is asking users to help track malicious e-mail scams by reporting. they steal personal information by duping users into clicking on e-mails. now users can forward the e-

mails to fish @fb.com. they will put the fake sites on a black list and hopefully they will be removed entirely. san jose leaders took a bike ride today. they are parl of a redesigned project to make streets safer. >> it is an effort to get beyond the span beyond -- beyond the crowd. >> other changes include lore speed limits for automobiles. the 560 different special funds came under scrutiny today. they held a hearing on the matter. the director said multiple audits are underway to figure out how the parks department could have hid $54 million in

the past 10 years. her team is working closely with the state controller to audit all of the state's 560 different special funds. california's olympians could soon be exempt from paying state taxes on their medals. legislators introduced a bill to change the code that treats medals as income. california represents 25% of the entire united states olympian delegation. with a look at how the olympians are fairing you can go to www.ktvu.com. environmental experts had good news about the health of lake tahoe. researchers found the clarity improved last year. even after the monster winter of 2010 and 11 and the heavy snow smell the clarity improved by 4.5 feet and the fire had

little empath on water clar -- little impact on water clarity. what a grand jury calls this an insult to passengers. >> their punts were gun -- parents were gunned down the generous 50 the children are getting to provide them with a better future.

santa cruz please officered a 13-year-old boy a place in a youth outreach program hours before he was shot and killed last night. he was leaving his grandmother's house when he was shot. police say he was involved in gang activity and the shooting may be related to gang violence. police also say they found a stolen white van that might be associated with the killing but they are still looking for the

shooter. police hope surveillance video will provide clues in a shooting that killed a young mother. tatiounn turner was with two males and a female last night. witnesses say two men parked their car, ran around the corner and started shooting at them. one of the males was hit and taken to the hospital. tatiounn turner died while trying to get into her car. she leaves behind a daughter. three children who were orphaned when their parents were killed received help from the san jose police department. the department raised $6,000 for the children. today they presented the children with some of the money in the form of gift cards. a relative is now caring for the children who are 4, 7, 8. no arrests have been made following the killings on north

7th street. muni riders who hate turning around trains part way through their route just got support. ktvu's rob roth is live in san francisco with the grand jury report released today condemning the switch backs. rob? >> reporter: towards the end of the community, and many riders are hoping they will get home without enduring switch backs. >> reporter: he has a disability and relies on muni. he says at least every other week he and other are forced to get off before it reaches the end of the run and get on a new one. >> they don't give you noticed. >> reporter: the grand jury did not mince words in its report criticizing muni for using switch backs to improve service times.

quote, officials show a callus disrecord for the welfare of riders -- disregard for the welfare of riders. >> i am left standing who knows where. >> reporter: there is no evidence it improves times. >> they got a lot of things wrong. some of the findings are, you know, are really far off. >> reporter: muni says it reduced the number of switch backs. and that sometimes the practice is necessary. >> if we are backed up because of a fire, truck blocking the tracks or because we had a vehicle break down and we get backed up, we can rebalance the service, space it out. >> officials say they have been upgrading necknology and getting newer -- technology and getting newer trains. >> reporter: the grand jury

report recommends they consulted other agencies that don't rely on switch backs. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. the newest addition to san francisco's upcoming midmarket neighborhood is now open for business. >> one, two, three. [ cheers and applause ] >> mayor ed lee was on hand for the grand opening on market street. the spot serves coffee and sandwiches. state senators approved a bill to increase fines for nail polish that is mislabeled as non-toxic. the bill author says most manufacturers are labeling their projects correctly but

the finds are needed for a few bad actors. what is now being called the largest recycling facility on earth opened up for business today. they say this new plant will process up to 110-tons of waste an hour. and will handle all the commercial waste from businesses in san jose. >> a lot of people realize we wecycle plastic and aluminum but -- we recycle plastic and aluminum but there are a lot of other things. >> the mare said the center will -- the mayor said the center will help them reach their sustainability goals. today is a spare the air day and tomorrow also. pollution levels could reach an unsafe level tomorrow. ktvu's mark tamayo is live in

the weather center where he is tracking the weather conditions. >> another round of triple digits for parts of the day area tomorrow, bit of haze out there with the high pressure building over. capping the pollutants but we have the cool end, that is the fog coast side, south of the golden gate bridge. and we have a breeze that is keeping the coastal beaches, and neighborhoods cool, in the 60s. wind gusting to 27 miles per hour. here are the current numbers. you can see mid-90s inland. still hot towards livermore. 99. topped out at 103 this afternoon. san jose at 83. san francisco checking in 63 degrees. headlines for tonight, we have this, clear and mild, coastal fog developing. tomorrow just a little bit cooler. no major changes for tomorrow.

weekend still hot numbers inland. we cool off by the second half of the weekend. high pressure still in charge. this has been strengthening. thunderstorms developing towards the sierra crest. and they could be happening this weekend. for us we have the warmer air mass and the on shore breeze. temperaturestemperatures inland near 100 degrees. warmest locations 104 tomorrow. saturday will be warmer. and then we cool off beginning sunday. especially into next week. here is our forecast, fog regrouping coast side, especially south of the golden gate bridge. this will be dense tomorrow morning into the afternoon hours, clearing skies. partly cloudy skies for the beaches into the afternoon. here we go, 90s, warmest locations around 100 degrees. outside for tomorrow, day one looks good. no major heat towards golden

gate park. forecast highs for friday afternoon, already friday tomorrow and still hot numbers over the hills. upper 90s to triple digits. san jose 89. sunnyvale 80s. san francisco patchy fog in the morning, temperatures in the upper 60s. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, saturday still very hot. triple digits out there inland. away from the coast. if you want the heat we have relief for sunday and monday of next week, the real cooling. >> nice. thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. a big loss for one high school football team, even before the season starts. >> a high school prank that went too far, several bay area high school students will not return this year, what they did and why police are involved. >> plus it is not shell shock but one turtle is causing a to-

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a new emergency rescue facility that san francisco airport will reduce response times. mayor ed lee and other officials were on hand for the grand opening. the facility is a first of its kind on the west coast. it will house several rescue boats that are already in the water. previously the boats were on land. mark ibanez is here to tell us about the giants eand the a's -- giants and the a's. >> a good road trip that might have been a sensational road trip had it not been for one pitch. beltran to the plate, one on in the first and he just smoothly, effortlyless drives it out of the -- effortlessly drives it out of the park. both teams had sacrifice flies. 3-1 final. there is your loan giant

highlight. a liner to right. good catch by hunter pence. a 5-2 road trip and the giants still up in the west by one game over the dodgers. pga championship. and on every occasion till he wins another biggy, tiger woods will be topic a-1. nice, clear conditions in south carolina. tiger woods 3 birdies in a row on the back 9. this on 18. 3 under 69 for the day and three back. your shot of the day, patty harrington. aa monster putt. he is in the hunt, 2 under par and they are all chasing this guy. he will just flat out stick that thing on the green. 6 under 66.

one shot lead. and women's soccer, team u.s.a. avenging their lead by beating japan 2-1. the women's water polo hauling home gold. they beat spain. that is the sporting life. >> great news. >> local hero. >> mark, thank you. you could call them post cards from mars, tonight at 10:00, new images from the red planet and what scientists are learning from them. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.