number of people who sought medical help after the chevron refinery fire help. tara moriarty joins us with new information. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. that's right. 9,000 people have been treated at area hospitals. pg&e wanted to examine a pipe that was supposedly looked at to be replaced. >> they will look at the corrosion of the pipe. they can take it and make sure

the pipes are the right construction. >> reporter: the fire broke out sending a giant plume of smoke thousands of feet in the air. most of that matter blew up in eastward. and while automated calls went out to more than 18,000 people some 160,000 live in the areas directly affected by the warning. so the county admitted it could do a better job in that apartment. in the days afterward, nearby emergency rooms were packed. >> people were angst usually concerned. many people went to the emergency program because they were concerned and they -- room because they were concerned and three wanted to get some reassureance. we're told next tuesday the

board of supervisors wants another update from the county health services department so they will be providing more information with regards to the after effects of the chevron fire. live from martinez, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. a state-wide computer problem is leading to long lines at dmv offices in the bay area and acrossles state -- across the state. the systems went dune around 8:00 a.m -- down around 8:00 a.m. affecting not only this office but others. this has office been hit the hardest because there's so many that the california drivers are looking to visit. two wildfires continue to rage in lake and colusa counties. but there's some relieve for people living in the area. the so-called wye and walker

fires are bushing east of clear lake. they've not americaed but calfire is treating them as one incident and there's still no word on how they started. so far, they've been 7,000 acres and firefighters have them 30% contain. all evacuations in the spring area were lifted. however they remain in place around will bir hot springs. >> the fire is moving east. there's not a lot of infrastructure around it. just a lot of open brush that's not bushed in decades. that's critically dry right now. that's why it's burning so quickly. >> about 500 homes were threatened. three were destroyed. one other was -- one other was destroyed. >> everything gone. >> alameda and contra costa

counties have -- severe conditions . >> the conditions there slightly better. already hot and dry about 95 degrees. 15% relative humidity. the wind is a variable one it's been light. that's good news at least for the firefighters. it doesn't push the fire any faster. the relative humidity, 102. at 2:00, that's critical. a little bit close to sunset, 8:00 and the relative humidity will begoin inch back up. for today, a light wind, very hot, very dry for the-s -- for

the firefighters there trying to get control of the fires. we have a cool pattern in the works. i will have your extended forecast coming up. an unhealthy air alert has been issued for lake county because of all of the smoke from the fires. air quality officials say the smoke can be especially hard on young children, senior citizens and those suffering from asthma or other respiratory conditions. the air quality is expected to remain poor throughout the fire area until the fires are completely out. there is a fire burning in plumas. that's 12% contained -- contained. and in san diego county, that fire has burned over 2300 acres. calfire says it consists of four fires and is only 5% contained. and in central washington state, a wildfire has burned at

least 2600 acres. hundreds were forced to evacuate their homes. but so far, no injuries have been reported. a visit with federal officials comes on the heels of a very violent day in san jose. the mayor tells us it's an unfortunate quince debt but he says one murder -- coincidence but he says one murder is too many. >> i heard shots. >> reporter: this monday afternoon, a murder in san jose ended up being the first of two sheetings that may be gang-

related. >> we just don't know at this point. >> reporter: just a few hours and a handful of miles away a drive-by shooting in the 2300 block of denaire sent a young man to the hospital. investigators are looking into the motive for both shootings. so far this year there have been nine gang-receipt laid murders. that's up from six but still less than those in 200 before the gangs task force. >> gangs-doctors is a contributor to overall homicide rates. that's one area we know we can bring the rate down and we've done that in the past. we'll do it again. today mayor reed will join

justices in the rotunda. >> you have two homicides in one day, that's a horrible thing. the homicide rates are up from a year before. we remain one of the safest cities in the country. the new conference will take place at 12:45 including several members of the community. oakland is hiring an outside firm to investigate a shooting that investigated one officer ajob. at first, the police chief said franks should be hired and then an independent review showed his high been in injureddened and i -- the police department

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this afternoon state senators will hold a hearing on the safety of the bridge. the sacramento bee says a worker changed the test results. but caltrans says a number of other tests have shown the concrete is safe. the death toll is expected to rise from a mass suicide bombing in afghanistan this morning. authorities say 14 bombers attacked people in the normally peaceful province where this occurred. 27 people are confirmed dead and more than 100 are wounded. police were able to capture

three of the bombers whose explosives did not go off. oakland police are on duty to make sure that oakland occupiers don't move into a library on miller avenue. the protesters came out peacefully and no one was arrested. they had cleaned up the building, stocked the shelves with donated books and dubbed it the people's library. councilman oscar day la feign ta funte had this message -- >> we will not tolerate people taking over these bizs. if they have -- businesses. if they have idea, they should come to us first.

president obama is on his second day of a campaign bus tour through the key swing state of iowa the at a rally, mr. obama took aim at mitt romney's opposition to tax supports for win power. >> governor romney said let's end the tax credits for wind energy production. let's get rid of them. he said that new sources of energy like wind are imaginary. >> with iowa at the center of wind energy production in the u.s., the president focused much of his attention on the topic of renewable energy. he told the crowd that home grown energy is creating new jobs in that state. >> one promise he kept was with regard to energy. he said if he's elected president and his policies get put in place, the cost of

energy would skyrocket. that's what he's kept. >> mitt romney criticized president obama's energy policy. the governor is wrapping up a multi-state bus tour in iowa. meanwhile, paul ryan, is courting voters and donors in colorado and nevada. the food and drug administration has approved a new flu vaccine. each year, the fda works with other federal agencies and global health experts to design a vaccine to protect against the three strains most likely to cause the -- to cause the flu. there's been a lot of burglaries in palo alto this year but one is getting extra attention. that's because it was at the home of the state steve jobs. the cofounders's home was -- the apple cofounders's job was

vandalized july 16th. the man was arrested for the crime on august 2nd. officials say it's unlikely that the robber knew it was jobs' home. the official grand opening is this friday for the say mate -- for the casino. >> saturday we had two drunk that were passed out cold on my lawn. they tried to get up and they fell down getting up. i finally helped them get off the property. >> from the dealers to the game's tendants to the servers that brick the alcohol, everybody is out expected and taught to pay attention to overintoxication. >> the manager says they are

helping people sober before before they leave or find a ride hole. the neighbor is trying to -- home. the neighbor is trying to find a fence to put up in the meantime. customers are urged to reduce their energy consumption, especially during the date afternoon and evening hours when demand for electricity peaks. they want people to turn off the air conditioning when any were not home and restrict the use of practices. let's go -- let's go to rosemary for more on today's forecast. good afternoon to you. we have a pattern taking place that will take thege off the heat we've been dealing. at this hour, a few degrees cooler. in the delta, 5 to 10 below.

through fairfield, 20 miles an hour. napa and fairfield, 5 to 10 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday at this hour. 70 degrees in napa. 75 in concord. mid-60s san francisco as well as second. we have 50s at if the coast. the low cloud deck and the fog will remain there. 84 degrees outside your door. san jose one of the only spots checking in a few degrees warmer than we were a day before. in any dash in any place we'll see this -- in any case, we'll see this trickle in. you can see this, these are drifting in the south. that moisture wrapping in that's been bringing us the very hot weather. you can see this over tahoe, isolated showers. here at home, we'll be partly cloudy to mostly clear would.

the -- cloudy to mostly clear. so, not as hot, especially inland. we have clouds. but mostly clear skies expected for the afternoon and then for the afternoon as well. a few degrees of cooling. 88 for santa rosa today. 85 for todd you -- still a very hot, dry day in the clear p, lake -- still a very hot, dry day. 98 for livermore. 99 in brentwood which is city a closely -- toasty day but not as hot. 93 for morganhill along the coast. it will be a good yay.

82 he degrees expected. there's the extended forecast. as we move through wednesday into thursday, the temperatures are down in the upper 80s to the -- and in time for the weekend. 80s for a fun -- at this point, it looks like we'll be without the thunderstorms. that could change. we still have audes. >> thank you. some 600 selected students this morning received a if free backpack and school supplies to help kick off the upcoming school year. the league handed out the backpacks ages 5 to 10 at the richmond one step use center. it's part of the event to benefit kids in the area. there's lunch and a clothing give away. pg&e and private donors give the fun away.

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well, stocks were edging higher today, mixed a little bit as we head to the closing bell. right now you, the dow is up 12. nasdaq is down slightly and s&p is up 1. one of the reasons for the

slight increase in stocks, the new report shows an unexpected jump in consumer spending. the commerce department says that retail sales rose almost 1% in july. that's the biggest increase in the last five months. analysts say lower gas price, stronger job growth have contributed to boost consumer confidence in the economic recovery. homeowners in the bay area are planning to call for a freeze to foreclosures today. a protest is planned in a few minutes at 12:30 on maxwell avenue in oakland. protesters want to stop more foreclosures from lapping before the homeowners bill of rights goes into effect. since 2007, there have been more than 10,000 foreclosures in oakland. americans are using their credit cards more. transunion says the average american credit card debt is now close to $5,000. that's up 6% from this time

lost year. and americans owed a total of $725 billion in car loans at the end of june. that's up 5..7% from last year. tv sitcom fans are mourning the death of arnold horshack on the show "welcome back kotter" alongside a very young john travolta, the nasal-voiced brooklyn teen was often seen with miss hand shooting up to answer a question in class. he died in new york of an apparent heart attack at the age of 63. we're monitoring the

massive dmv computer outage. we just got word that all computers are back up and running. at 5:00 what we're learning about other websites that are being affected. thank you for trusting the news. be sure to join us at 5:00. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. from reaching new heights.

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