deliberate in open session. the leader of an anti violence group plans to speak before the commission. >> for us to be out there i think is really critical that people learn a little more every time we speak out. >> reporter: the commission will announce decision sometime today and the board has 30 days to make its decision. it will take 9 out of 11 to remove him from office and that decision will likely come in october. >> this morning we're getting a look at the suspect in five armed robberies in redwood city and the north fair oaks area. take a look at the video. police say the robbies -- robberies happened at a gas station. in each case the suspect pulled out a gun and demanded cash. anyone with information is asked to contact redwood city police. the national little leaguers will play first game

today at noon. ktvu channel 2 reporter alex is in petaluma. >> reporter: it will be in william's port pennsylvania. it will be on national tv and the big screen. you can see the signs here at the ticket counter. the proceeds from this event will go to help player's families with travel expenses. and quite a few people here to cheer on their local little leaguers. >> it's out and the game is over. unbelievable. >> reporter: this past weekend they won the west region beating hawaii. 12 and 13-year-old boys. they are playing in the little league world series. yesterday they got to take part in the world series parade.

the little little team is the first to make to the world series since 2002. tell have their work cut out for them and entering a double elimination 16 team tournament. their first game is noon today. playing the team from fairfield, connecticut. live in downtown petaluma, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the giants will have to play the rest of the season without one of its biggest stars. melky has been suspended. the news stunned fans who have embraced the milk man. the mvp leads the league in hits and second in batting average. we spoke with excon who thinks baseball's drug testing is not tough enough. >> synthetic testosterone abuse, that's the most widely used drug in professional

baseball. >> there are 44 games left in the giant's regular season. cabrera could come back if the team makes a post season run. the giants may have seen it coming. rumors of the suspension have been circulating for the past few weeks. they are determined to move on. >> going to be one of those things we have to get past and move forward. we have games to play and still in the hunt. just got to continue to play good baseball from here on out. >> he has lost more than just his salary. as a free agent, cabrera might have made as much as a $70 million contract. now, he might get a one year deal. he released this statement. quote, my positive test was the result of my use of a substance i should not have used.

i am deeply sorry for my mistake and apologized to my teammates, the giant's organization and the fans for letting them down. we have posted more articles at ktvu.com. also the complete story plus slide shows and another on the other major leaguers who have tested positive for drugs as well. ktvu.com. now, continuing coverage of the chevron refinely fire. the first lawsuit has been filed in the case. the suit was filed on behalf of 8 people who claimed they suffered health problems. more than 1,000 people have contacted his office and he is heading a group of attorneys to prepare a class action lawsuit. >> since 1991, there has been a number of explosions, release of

sulphur into the air and this community has born the brunt of it. >> chevron says it has received 9,000 claims that are not related to this lawsuit. meantime, the refinery fire investigation continues. one industry energy group tells us chevron could have to close the refinery for up to 6 months to repair the damage. they say they won't speculate on a time line. cal fire says the two wildfires burning are 70% contained. full containment by monday. the two fires have burned 7900 acres since they started last sunday. two homes and an out building have been destroyed. two more residences were damaged. cal fire has announced a statewide burn ban suspending all residential burn permits on state control land due to the

high fire danger. residential burn permits, forest management, hazard reduction. cal fire says the burn ban will remain in affect until there is significant change in weather conditions or until the end of the fire season. 4:36 and later this morning we're going to get a look at what will be used to hold together the new eastern span of the bay bridge. construction teams will be lifting 35,000 tons of steel on to the bridge. transportation officials will give a presentation on how the process will work. tom will have more on that at 5:00. check in with sal for complete look at traffic early thursday morning. >> hello, pam. good morning to you. traffic is moving along well if you are driving on the bridge getting into san francisco. no major problems on the 80 freeway westbound as you head out.

there is construction work eastbound in that center divide not causing a big traffic jam but just letting you know it's there. toll plaza looks nice with no major problems. if you are driving in the south bay, northbound 101 traffic also looking good. let's go to mark. >> good morning to you, good thursday morning. and the cooling trend did move into the region. there is a bump in the numbers for today. warm numbers inland. low 90s out there. tomorrow partly sunny skies . thicken up the high clouds and this weekend a few extra high clouds and temperatures will be cooling off by sunday. as far as current numbers updated you can see 50s out there and holding on to a few 60s. san francisco, 57 and santa rosa 53 degrees. here's the current fog pattern out there. the clouds hugging the coast and even a few

patches headed into the bay. hayward mostly cloudy skies. we also have a bit of a breeze toward fairfield. this is sustained wind speed one of the stronger wind speeds this morning. up to 28 miles an hour. for the coast, we'll break it down for you this morning. bundle up out there. temperatures into the afternoon hours, not much of a recovery. partly cloudy skies. right around the base, patchy fog by 3:00 mostly sunny skies. and around the inland spots, clearing skies into the afternoon hours. here's the warm end, upper 80s to lower 90s this afternoon. about 3 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday's highs. 93 degrees. and look ahead your five day forecast with your weekend always in view, temperatures into friday holding steady. we thicken up the clouds for friday. we're

going to take a look at the thunder storm chances that could develop across the state. they are fading but we'll have more details in a bit. >> high winds forced the cancellation to control the spread of mosquitos. wilber avenue, east 18th street and hill crest avenue. they will treat storm drains after 14 dead birds tested positive. time now 4:40 and more facebook stock could come up for sale today. early investors were barred from sharing shares back in may but now they can sell if they want to. closed at $21 yesterday. down nearly $17 from ipo price. see what happens when the markets open up in a couple hours.

washington insiders think vice president joe biden should be replaced. what president obama thinks. and sara palin's choice for vice president. the show of support and love last night. >> moving well on westbound 24. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. >>hhhd

good thursday morning. time now 4:43. take a look at the current fog pattern. clouds back on the coast. coming up, the temperature change you can expect for this afternoon. >> suspected serial killer is looking for a new legal advisor this morning. the 78-year-old is accused of murdering 4 women between 1977 and 1994. he announced he has fired his

advisor after four months. he wants the county to pay for a new advisor. he is a millionaire and does not qualify. the trial is scheduled to begin in november. police have identified persons of interest in three sexual assault allegations at the outside lands music festival. three young women were assaulted saturday and early sunday morning. one in a wooded area of golden gate park. another near a set of white tents. and a third near the festival windmill. alcohol and drugs were involved. >> we believe that our victims weren't at the state of mind to give consent to have any type of sexual intercourse. >> the special victim's unit has requested dna and evidence from the persons of interest and the victims. investigators are preparing to contact the concert

organizers. a man suspected of groping a woman is now facing charges. 36-year-old samuel lions was arrested tuesday just minutes after the incident was reported. he was wanted in connection with another groping incident and suspected in the battery of a teenager. investigators are trying to determine if lyons was involved in any other incidents in the area. a man with occupy oakland could head to jail for vandalizing police property. convicted for his role in a protest last november. he smashed the front window of the recruiting and internal affairs office causing $6,000 in damage. he could be sentenced to 16 months behind bars. time now 4:46. a governor at odd s with president obama is in a controversy. executive order yesterday in response to

the obama administration's new immigration program. now, she ordered state agencies to deny driver's licenses and other benefits to illegal immigrants who obtained work permits under the federal program. >> there were questions about what the agencies were going to do. perfectly clear so there's no misunderstanding and that's how a governor handles things in their state. >> to qualify for the new federal program, immigrants must have come to the u.s. before the age of 16. they have to be in school or join the military and have no serious criminal record. this morning president obama is calling joe biden an outstanding vice president and downplaying calls to replace him on the ticket. come after biden told a virginia crowd that included hundreds of african americans that mitt romney's plans for wall street would put back quote back in chains. accused of obama of running a

campaign of hate. the president says his remarks only mean consumers will suffer if republicans succeed in appealing wall street reforms. a judge is upholding state's voter identification law and now legality will be decided by the supreme court. requires voters to show a valid photo id before they are allowed to fill out a ballot. you need to prove who you are to fly on a plane. so why not while you vote? opponents say the law will discourage young poor voters who support democrats from voting in the up coming presidential election. 4:48. gathered together to bring him home for the last time. the body of captain matthew arrived at sfo last

night. police, guard riders, family members and comrads he is supreme courted his body to the funeral home. before his arrival, they gathered to remember him with love and pride. >> he really like the iraqis. he made it a point to understand the culture. he read books like crazy. he could tell you intricacies about law. >> he was killed last week on his 4th tour of duty. he was scheduled to come home in december. the funeral will be held saturday afternoon. gay rights and conservative groups are condemning an attack on a christian organization. suspect is accused of walking into the headquarters of the family research council and opening fire. a security guard was injured and still able to wrestle the gun man to the ground. witnesses heard him criticize the conservative group

before firing gun. the guard is expected to recover from his injuries. the group has been vocal in supporting chick fil a's stance against same sex marriage. starting at 9:00 this morning, cal trans will be restretching. delays of up to 30 minutes are expected. work on the project started in mid june. should be completed by early fall. 4:49 is the time. sal, hopefully they can finish all that before some of the folks have to get kids to school. >> i think, pam, school starts earlier these days. remember when we were young it started in september. >> my kids, next week. >> we'll see what happens with that. good morning. let's take a look at the commute today. first day of school for cal bears. go bears. westbound 24 as you head up to the tunnel.

that traffic is moving along well. no major problems on the way through the tunnel. let's go to the toll plaza in oakland, westbound traffic looks good on the way to san francisco where a small delay to pay the money. westbound 80, traffic between vallejo and richmond, that looks good. let's go to mark. >> good morning to you. good thursday morning. starting out with some patchy fog hugging the coast. i should mention the wind pretty strong out toward fairfield sustained to 25 miles an hour. temperatures are in the 50s to lower 60s. here's the set up for today. complex weather pattern. high pressure returns to northern california for today. warm things up a little bit. inland spots low 90s. we have this weather system on shore and another feature to watch. we have bad images here to show you.

tropical depression hector this will be approaching california and the bay area for friday and saturday. got some extra high clouds. will feel muggy by tomorrow afternoon. we were tracking thunder storm chances. there is a chance of thunder storm friday night and saturday morning. those be chances are beginning to fade. but with that pattern in place, we have to keep an eye on that. here's our forecast model showing you fog hanging out in parts of the shore line. look what happens into tomorrow. here we are tomorrow afternoon showers and thunder storms developing out towards the sierra. big batch of high clouds into saturday morning. this is when we could have isolated shower or thunder storm. tiny chance into saturday morning. and decreasing clouds by saturday afternoon and evening hours. today minor changes out there. temperatures on average 3 to 5 degrees warmer than yesterday.

that means the warmest locations on track to reach the low to mid 90s. oakland 72. san jose 3:00 this afternoon we're thinking 82 degrees. and more neighborhoods with san francisco 67. and mountain view in the upper 70s. here's a look ahead. five day forecast with your weekend always in view and the weekend approaching. temperatures holding steady into friday. thicken up the clouds friday into saturday. cooler temperatures sunday into monday. we'll take a look at the at that low forecast. -- tahoe forecast. >> 4 million baby seats being recalled. the problem that led to babies falling out of those seats. and grape harvesting begins. the reason why this crop could be the best in years.

cçrrú welcome back. time now is 4:54. there is a recall of 4 million baby seats you should be aware of. the bumbo baby seats, they are designed to be used on the floor. some families are putting them on tables and beds and the baby can wiggle out and fall. 20 children have ended up with fractured skulls. they

will provide a kit that provides a strap that keeps the baby in place. find out how to get one of those kits. the annual grape harvest is underway. they are excited about this year's crops. after a year of disappointing harvest, the warm weather has helped the grapes to mature. this is one of the best crops in years. >> we really are looking towards a spectacular vintage and i'm excited to be making wine from this fruit. >> grapes are being harvested for sparkling wine and red and white wines won't be ready for 3 to 4 weeks. let's check in with sal for traffic. >> we have a new crash westbound 24 near the cross roads pablo area. westbound 20 fork. there is a little bit of a slow down and the police and fire department are on the

scene. also looking at the commute here on 80 eastbound, they are doing a traffic break now on east 80 approaching university avenue. you can see they are holding traffic to get the road workout of the way. should clear up rather quickly. now 4:56 let's go back to mark. >> good morning to you. and we're advertising a warmup and right on track for today. the warmest locations this afternoon on track to reach upper 80s lower 90s. oakland 72 degrees. and five day forecast with weekend always in view. a few extra high clouds for friday and saturday. we do cool things off for the second half of the weekend. coming up, we're going to track a weather pattern change and highlight the lake tahoe forecast in a few minutes. >> coming up next, the big day has arrived for suspended san francisco sheriff.

the critical -- take a look at the tape that could lead to an arrest.

we're live at san francisco city hall where we're expecting fire works this morning. the critical decision that could determine if the sheriff keeps his job.

>> in redwood city police believe this man is responsible for five armed robbies. give you the latest on the investigation. >> a man arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse. how the case is connected to a day care center. >> 70 wildfires burning in the west including dozens here in california. what could make the matters worse today all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. >> good morning. we have a nice day in the forecast for this afternoon. starting out with low clouds and fog you would expect coast side and around the bay. clearing back to the shore line. today will be a touch warmer than yesterday. these are all small changes. low 60s all the