complete bay area news coverage starts right new. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >> is he going to be the next vice president of the united states. this is the ticket. mitt romney announces his running mate in paul ryan hits the campaign trail running. good evening, i'm ken wayne heather holmes is off tonight. after weeks of speculation mitt romney app announced wisconsin congressman paul ryan is his running mate. in our election 2012 coverage, jennifer davis joins us live

from washington, d.c. on details on why ryan's background will bring the economy front and center in the campaign, jennifer. >> reporter: hi, ken, after the end of this first full day of campaigning between romney and ryan, the duo said it was a really good day, a high-energy day, full of big crowds and certainly things are changing for congressman paul ryan right now, who is going to be spending less time on capitol hill and a lot more time on the campaign trail. day one on the republican ticket for congressman paul ryan started in front of the u.s.s. wisconsin an ode to his home state. >> real solutions can be delivered, but it will take leadership and the courage to tell you the truth. >> reporter: raucous and rejoicing crowds met the duo at the key battleground state of virginia. >> today was a good day for you, i have to tell you. it was also a good day for america. we have taken the next step to

restoring america's promise with paul ryan. >> reporter: he was born in janesville and a catholic. as republicans celebrate the election of the 42-year-old 7- year congressman the grow up base is also thrilled its new ticket represent and economic alternative to the president. new name on the ticket made it clear he is ready to attack on that front and more. >> president obama cannot run on this record. it's a terrible record to run on. >> reporter: joe biden called ryan to congratulate them, but others released their first negative ad about him. >> it's clear that paul ryan has been the leader of an economic theory that is designed to say let's really help the rich people and put more burdens on the middle- class. >> reporter: this bus tour for mitt romney has been in the works for quite a while, but now that someone else is joining him on the trip, they have added an extra stop. romney and ryan will swing by

wisconsin tomorrow for a homecoming rally for ryan. live in washington i'm jennifer davis, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on congressman ryan. he served 13 years in the house and currently heads the budget committee. his bill containing drastic cuts in the federal budget failed in the house. ryan is a catholic and is against abortion under any circumstances. the 42-year-old is the father of three. his wife janna was a tax attorney in washington, d.c. when they met. president obama previously blasted congressman ryan's signature budget plan during a speech back in march. >> it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans and it's really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly veiled social darwinism. the obama campaign today released a statement saying, "romney tapped in ryan someone

who share his commitment to the flawed theory that budget but thing former wealthy and placing greater burdens on the middle-class and seniors will somehow deliver a stronger economy." here in the bay area, there was mixed reaction. >> i think the democrats will be happy, just because now they have some fodder to go after. >> first impression, he seems like an intelligent candidate. >> if we're going to get things in order, we have to get definitely a fiscal conservative. >> he is ultra conservative and wants to cut the budget to the point that i think it harms franchise. >> while democratics attacked ryan for what they call his his extreme budget," they hope to convince voters that mitt romney is committed to small federal government and lower deficits. people have been weighing in on mitt romney's choice for running mate on our facebook panel and you can join the conversation by liking us at ktvu channel 2. tonight oakland police and

the highway patrol are investigating a crash that killed a woman hit by a chp motorcycle. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live with what investigators are found so far. >> reporter: ken, the sergeant who hit the woman is now on paid-leave. we're told just like any officer involved in a shooting would be. at this point the chp says there is no indication that he did anything wrong, but there are still a lot of questions about exactly what happened. we found more people walking across the middle of mcarthur avenue in west oakland, the same place a woman was killed when the highway patrol says she ran in front of a chp motorcycle. >> the sergeant attempted to evade, but it was one of those things he can could not evade the pedestrian. >> reporter: the pedestrian, a 45-year-old woman was transported to the hospital, but did not survive. chp sergeant was not seriously injured. >> how fast was the sergeant going?

>> approximately 30 miles is the speed limit on west macarthur boulevard. that is the statement he gave us. >> when i heard the officer was only going 30, i said that couldn't be true. >> reporter: long time west oakland resident did not witness this crash, but he and others tell us that they see pedestrians motorists taking chances here. >> people cross the street here. >> reporter: cars go pretty fast? >> yeah, the highway patrol always goes fast through here. >> reporter: the chp says the woman who was hit was wearing dark clothing and not in the crosswalk, but it's not clear why she stepped into traffic. >> were they impaired or a suicide attempt? those are the kind of them we investigate. >> reporter: the sergeant was on duty at the time of the crash, but about to take the on-ramp to 580 to go home. people at the scene said they had seen the woman before. she has not yet been

identified. also last night a driver in contra costa county was killed after allegedly making an illegal u-turn. police say the driver of a purple geotracker crossed double yellow lines during the turn. a red toyota camry collided with her car. the 30-year-old woman from san josi died at scene. another victim was hospitalized with minor injuries. new video of a fatal accident on interstate 580. investigators say the driver swerved to cross all lanes of traffic to take the tracy cutoff. officers say the car pub out and hit a light pole. a chp spokesman says the two men in the front seat are alive because they wore seatbelts. the man in the backseat who was not wearing one died at scene. a san francisco bart

station was shut down, causing major delays after a man was struck by an incoming train. a bart spokesman says the train operator sought man on the tracks and tried to stop, but says there wasn't enough time. >> it's not clear why the person was in the trackway. bart police are investigating and hopefully they are able to interview the person, should the injuries permit that. >> officials have not released the celebrity of the victim's injuries. the accident forced many trains going to the east bay to turn back. trains from stations south of glen park ran through without stopping. oakland police are investigating a double shooting that killed a man and injured a second. police say just before 6:00 a.m. a street fight broke out on birch street near 89th avenue. someone opened fire killing a 22-year-old man and hitting a 24-year-old man in the leg. the victim was taken to the hospital. the one who was injured, according to police, both victims lived in the area and may be related. no arrests have been made.

federal investigators are focusing their attention on a pipe at the chevron refinery in richmond. as ktvu's patti lee report theorize looking into what caused monday's big fire. >> reporter: the u.s. chemical safety board says a dozen chevron workers were lucky to escape the fire without serious injury. >> these workers were actually engulfed in a flammable vapor cloud. >> reporter: they say the cause may be a pipe that leaked and say it may have been adjacent to a section of corroded pipe that was replaced last september. the plan is to inspect the pipe at an independent lab. investigators say a look at industry practices shows a similarity with the tosco alone fire in martinez back in 1999. >> they both involved maintenance efforts on a running unit, i.e., a leak occurred and a survey or attempt to repair without

shutting the unit down. >> reporter: chevron is conducting its own internal investigation while correspondenting with four cooperating with four others and focused on richmond residents. today's hundreds of people filed claims against chevron. >> chevron spokeswoman says it's looking at longer term plans, but like the investigation, the details will be revealed in time. in richmond, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on the number of people who have filed claims against chevron. according to the oil company as of noon today, 4936 people have filed claims over the phone with chevron. the company says it has taken another 660 claims in person at

the community service. bay area prices have jumped since the chevron fire, today triple-a average rose more than $0.20 in just the past week. some bay area fire crews have headed up to plumas county to battle an out of control wildfire of it's grown more than 30,000 acres. the contra costa protection area has sent fire crews north to help in the firefight. despite that the fire remains less than 10% contained. the inland neighbors in the bay area spend another day wrapped up in the heatwave. it's the third day in a row that temperatures have soared above 100 in livermore are the mercury topped out at 105 degrees. today was also the third spare-

the-air day for the bay area, but there is no air advisory called for tomorrow. meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now. >> ken, a temperature range of over 40 degrees across parts of bay area from 60 coastside. as you head inland the excessive heat around 100 to 105 degrees. vacaville. and what is causing all of this? a big area of high pressure kind of nosing back into california. the sinking air is warming air and has been warming since basically wednesday into thursday and as a result, triple digit heat in the forecast. this high has to weaken to bring the cooler temperatures. coming up we'll let you know what when that move back into your forecast area. for more on bay area

weather heat to ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. they are going wild in petaluma, the north bay team that is heading to the little league world series. hundreds of homes threatened by an out of control wildfire near fresno and what is making the situation even more difficult for firefighters. and volunteers hard at work at a bay area hillside, the criminal acted that damaged a memorial dedicated to those who served our country.

. new at 10:00 is there excitement in the air in the north bay. the petaluma national little league team is heading to the national little league world series. cara liu is live in petaluma. >> reporter: ken this is one of the spots that people were watching the game and let me tell you this place went crazy as petaluma became one of eight teams to advance to the little league world series. petaluma national took the little league western regional championship. >> every kid who has played in game, this is their dream and kids that we know, we talked to, we played with, we had sleep evers with, they are there. >> reporter: craig jensen

knows most of the people. >> reporter: a hometown cheer glued to all six innings played in san bernardino tonight. >> i have lived here my whole life and just knowing that people see petaluma, california, that is where i'm from. kind of coomb fans called the win bittersweet, saying that the game was won on a questionable call, but they say this is a talented group with a good work ethic and they know how to plays a team and they deserve to go to the little league world series. >> i'm so proud of these boys, i could cry. they are just there -- they are phenomenal boys. >> reporter: and i spoke with one of the coaches by phone just a few minutes ago and he tells me that the kids are really excited and the coaches and parents are just a little numb, saying that everybody is happening so quickly.

they only get a few hours to celebrates before before they hit the road tomorrow morning. cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details after today's exciting game, the 12 and 13- year-old players are scheduled to ply back east tomorrow morning. they are first game is scheduled for thursday in pennsylvania. they are set to play the fairfield american team. that is from fairfield, connecticut. smoke and flames broke out in the east bay overnight where a fire destroyed several garages at an apartment complex. it started in concord at argyll drive. firefighters mansioned to managed to limit the fire to detached garages and no word on what started the fire. new development in the

beating death of tyler grande. 31-year-old anthony josi ruiz of vacaville was arrested on suspension of manslaughter. police say grande was beaten during a large party on july 4th on garden circle in vacaville. he never regained consciousness and was taken off life support. we're learning more about the plan accused of opening fire in a colorado movie theater killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. the university of the illinois released documents from the application to its neuroscience program. holmes wrote, "as we fascinated of the complexities of long last throughout seemingly arriving out of nowhere into streamless --." he decided to go to the university of colorado and dropped out of that program in june, a month before the shootings. first lady mish eel obama visited aurora hospitals thanking the staff for the care

of the victims of the shooting. mrs. obama met with the survivors. the first lady was set to attend a fund-raiser to her husband in denver tonight. a big rig accident in southern california meant some drivers were stuck in their vehicles in triple digit heat. it happened on highway 101 in calabasas, los angeles county. it blocked the road for hours backing up traffic for miles in both directions. there is no word on the condition of that driver. in fresno county a large fire has forced hundreds of people out of their homes tonight. 200 homes are under a mandatory evacuation order. the fire is burning northeast of fresno near the town of alberry. with the temperatures reaching 110 degrees, several firefighter were treated for heat-related injuries. the fire started a bit after

noon today there. is no word on what caused that fire. tens of thousands of people gatheredded in golden gate park for the outside lands music festival. ♪[ music ] the foo fighters performed last night and tonight bay area heavy metal band metallicca payed. also norah jones, alabama shakes and the honey island swamp band. tomorrow is the last day of the festival. among the two dozen acts to perform, fun takes the band at 1:30 and jack white is set to perform and motown legend stevie wonder closes out the festival with his performance at 7:20 p.m.. grief tonight in iran. twin earthquakes devastate part of the country. why authorities are urging people to spend the night

outside. a dust storm moves across phoenix, the other extreme weather condition facing parts of arizona. another day of triple-digit head in and of itself, coming up the weather ching we have and the updated five-day forecast that does have a change in the timing of our cooling trend.

. panic and grief in northwestern iran has twin earthquakes leveled half a dozen villages and claimed the lives of at least 180 people, the u.s.g.s. say the larger of the quakes measured 6.4 and the second, 6.3 struck a few minutes later. tonight rescuers are searching for people trapped in the rubble. authorities are urging people to spend the night outside as more than 40 afternoon shocks rocked the area. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is preparing for a worst-case scenario in soyia a chemical attack by the government of president bashar al-assad. >> that is a red line for the world.

what would that mean in terms of response and humanitarian and medical emergency assistance and of course, what needs to be done to secure those stocks from ever being used or falling into the wrong hands? >> clinton announced the u.s. and turkey acreating a working group to assist the opposition to assad andic an end to the civil war in syria. clinton left open the possible of a no-fly zone, but did not describe any specifics on what help the syrian opposition might get. in other news of the world from afghanistan comes word that six american servicemen were killed in two separate attacks. both tacks happened yesterday in the helmand province. among the day bay area native 29-year-old marine captain matthew manoukian a graduate of st. francis school. manoukian's mother is a judge with the court of appeals and his father is a superior court judge in santa clara county. in india, police say they

fired into the air and used baton during clashes, but they denied the protesters were killed by their bullets. the muslims had taken to the streets to protest the killing of muslims in ethnic rioting in the northeast part of the country last month. >> we just spotted a massive hammerhead shark that is circling around him. >> a tv news helicopter found a man floating in the ocean after his boat sank. rescues he say he was treading water for about 20 hours before he was spotted. two other men were on the boat with him when it went down. one was rescued, but later died. the other is still missing. the rescued fishman was taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia. a massive dust storm rolled through parts of arizona today. here is what the haboob looked like in the phoenix area. you can see the massive clouds

of dust rolling right over the mountain range. the dust storm was part of another hot day in the area. some communities reached 110 degrees. meteorologists are hoping temperatures will drop down to 100 by the end of next week. the soups of classical japanese music filled the air in concord at the annual japanese summer festival. food booths had plenty of delicacies while others came to the flower arranging. there is taiko drumming and other arts. the event continues tomorrow. there are 4,000 crosses on this hillside in lafayette and why volunteers are out adding dozens of new crosses to the national. a bank robbery suspect makes a quick getaway in the police officer's car and how the robber got behind the wheel in the first mr. place glavine reminder to get ktvu news to go on our cell phone. download the ktvu app and click

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. the highway patrol is investigating a fatal accident on interstate 280 in san francisco. last night a mini van struck and kill a pedestrian. the pedestrian was reportedly with a dog, but it's not clear yet whether the dog was hit. police shut down all northbound lanes at one point and traffic was backed up for hours. a lafayette hillside that is turned into a makeshift shrine for american soldiers was vandalized. as john sasaki, reports how hard-working volunteers went to repair the damage. >> reporter: a hot day in lafayette was no match for the dedication of

these volunteers they toiled in the sun for hours, digging, painting and installing new crosses at this memorial for america's recent casualties of war. >> it's just really gives them a more deeper sense of what the true cost of the war is, and what it means to have someone, especially a young person sacrifice their life for their country. a week ago someone vandalized 70 crosses. >> i thought i would come and when i saw the vandalism, i thought that would be a double reason to do it. >> reporter: although these volunteers believe it was bored young people causing trouble, they were still offended by the destruction. >> why would someone destroy it? just some stupid teenaged vandalism i guess. confused people. but that is not going to stop

us. >> reporter: opponents desecrated it and some intense demonstrations followed. now it's primarily a tribute to the lives lost in afghanistan and iraq. >> it's good to remain us that the dogs of war are chomping again. there is a strong contingent who wants us to get into another war in erach. >> reporter: 4,000 crosses stand here in lafayette i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. police in a marin county neighborhood say people should be on alert for a pg&e impersonator. the man was wearing a safety- type vest and said he was from pg&e and wanted to be let inside to check the home's heater. the man finally left anyway vehicle that did not have pg&e markings. the man's description is described as a blackmail in his late 30s or early 40s, 5' 150' and about 220 pounds. on the central coast a

suspected bank rob i is facing serious charges after police say he stole a police car and hit numerous vehicles and a pedestrian . it happened in santa barbara county. when the officers arrive on a suspected carjacking the man jumped into a police car and hit two parked trucks and a pedestrian. a passenger in the truck suffered serious injuries. the man was eventually arrested and is behind bars tonight. new at 10:00 a pleasant hill man braved the cold waters of lake tahoe for a solo swim to raise awareness of the strife in the african nation of congo. keris dahlkamp planned to to swim from south lake tahoe though king's beach, but after 11 hours he changed course just short of the finish line.

still dahl camp raised $5,000 for the congo connect youth initiative project. back-to-school time is almost here. today in san francisco there was a back-to-school carnival that included fishing games and homemade miniature golf game. they were given supplies and girt cards from payless shoes stores. organizers say they want kids to have fun as they get ready for school. >> we feel it's important for a child to be excited to go to school and make that first day a memorable first day. >> the salvation army says it's always in need for schoolbooks and anyone interested in donating can call the salvation army. nasas a newest mars rover curiosity is getting a software upgrade and how the new software will lepthe mission on the red plate. and the warmer temperatures are about to turn a little bit in the other direction. ktvu's meteorologist mark

tamayo is next with how much of a cooldown that some parts of bay area will see tomorrow? must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at&t. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible.

. astronomers say the skies will be filled with shooting stars as part of the annual perseids meteor shower. this year you can download an app to count the meteors you see and send that information to nasa scientists. astronomers say we should expect one shooting star a minute and best time to watch is just before dawn. and if you want to watch the meteor shower you want to get away from city lights and also the fog. dense fog has been a factor in the coast and pushing into the buy. there you can pick out the big

blanket of clouds moving into parts of san francisco. that is a layer of holt air above it and as a result it's compressing the marine layer and dropping visibilities. livermore right now checking in at 79 degrees, but here is the current fog pattern. you will notice the clouds hugging the coast from pacifica to half moon bay and sausalito. for the meteor shower tonight into sunday, you want to look to the northeast sky and we could have meters on average about 40-70 per hour. so pretty neat sight out there once again if you get away from the city lights and also the fog. temperatures from the this afternoon, you can pick your temperature from 59 from pacifica to 9 89 in san josi. we do have this, areas of fog

as we just showed you for the coast and bay. tomorrow some very hot numbers inland, but we bring in cooling in the long-range forecast. high pressure of course has been in command of our weather over of the past few days and once again tomorrow. maybe a little cooler, but the hottest locations will be hot, in the upper 90s to 100 degrees. the forecast models delayed the cooling trend that wouldn't kick in until probably wednesday or thursday. temperatures inland in the upper 90s, probably touching 100. once again the dense fog hugging the coast and into the afternoon hours, the clouds clear back to near the shoreline. and then inland, there we go with the upper 90s to right around 100 degrees. warmest locations around 100- 101. a little bit cooler, but still some hot numbers inland. once again we had that big

temperature range to talk about tomorrow afternoon. oakland mid-70s. there you can pick out the triple heat towards antioch and livermore. and in san francisco for tomorrow, day 36 outside lands. definitely want to bundle up with temperatures in the 60s at golden gate park. your forecast and this is a little bit of a change. we delayed the cooling trends as you can see still hot numbers inland monday into tuesday, but finally the fog wins out as you can see wednesday into thursday, cooler temperatures. ken at least we have options in the bay area. temperature range pretty impressive, nearly 50 degrees across parts of region. >> it measures out to one mile per degree. if you go ten miles it goes 10 degrees cooler. >> you could do basically a weather experiment with the thermometer and tracking the degrees with each mile. >> i have my story idea for

monday. >> thank you, mark. masa engineers began a software upgrade on the mars rover curiosity at the jet propulsion laboratory. nasa says curiosity needs the new software because the current system focuses on the landing mechanism. the updated software will focus on the day-to-day activities as it roams the surface of mars. we have new video coming into the ktvu newsroom, firefighters at milpitas are fighting a fire at the landfill. the landfill is near highway 37. the fire was first reported around 8:30 this evening. crews say it's only burning garbage at this point and not threatening anything. no word on when the fire might be put out or even how it started, but firefighters do tell us this much,, "it's

pretty stinky," is what they say. coming up, the a's continue to battle for the wild-card as they face the white soxs and the giant's offense wakes up, but was it enough to get the win? we'll tell you next in sportswrap.

. good evening everyone and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sports watch the loosey-goosey a's are probably having too much fun to worry about the standings, but they are still come up with clutch hits and still in the hunt for a playoff spot. it was the tale of two dugouts in chicago. the a's doing bernie, while the

white sox did the three stooges thumb in the eye gag. tied 2-2 in the 3rd inning. based loaded, two outs and norris rips the double down the line, bringing in yeonis cespedes, 4-2 oakland. white sox come back to tie in the 5th inning. solo homer by flowers ties the game at 6. white sox thornton hangs a foul ball for petaluma it's pride and joy jonny gomes. cespedes scores again and they win it today, 9-7. a's are currently tied with tampa