debate. >> mitt romney's vp pick issues a challenge to president obama, how paul ryan is using family to back him up. complete bay area coverage starts right now. this is kutv channel news at 6:00. >> i'm heather holmes. >> i'm john sasaki, in for ken wayne. >> we begin with breaking news out of san francisco. several people on the bay are being rescued near candlestick point. the san francisco fire department tells us fire and coast guard crews rushed to pull people out of water. there are reports of people were anyway rowboat or possibly kayaks. we don't know the victims' conditions. if we receive more details on the rescue we'll bring it to you during the newscast. hundreds came together to say farewell to captain manoukian, who was killed in the line of duty in afghanistan last week and tonight his friends and family are remembering the man and celebrating his life.

ktvu's patti lee joins us live from outside of the funeral where manoukian is being honored. >> reporter: matthew manoukian graduated from this high school back in 2001 and right now during the services he was described as a decent satellite who had grown- up to become an extraordinary leader and a teacher, who embodied the hope and the courage this community now needs to carry on. a procession of cars and people, streamed into st. francis high school in mountainview. >> hard to go forward. >> reporter: an estimated 1300 people filled the auditorium, to remember the 29-year-old matthew manoukian, who was killed ten days ago an afghan police officer who invited him over for a meal and a meeting. >> not only was he martyred, but betrayed and he was a good, good boy. security was tight because of

the politically charged atmosphere surrounding manoukian's death and the guest list. at least a dozens judges a general and auxiliary bishop were in attendance. the manoukians are a high- profile family community. last captain's parents are both judges, his father with the santa clara superior court and his mother an associate with the state appeals court. both wanted this service to be as private as possible, to honor the memory of a young man who paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> it's a tear in the community, but i want to say it brings everyone closer, but we're already close. >> reporter: now this service started around 3:00. it was supposed to end around 5:30, but it's running a little bit behind schedule. we're told that a 21-gun salute and military flyover should be coming up in next half-hour. . we're learning a 23-year- old soldier from lake county

was one of 11 people killed anyway blackhawk helicopter crash on thursday. the family of richard essex received the news. his aunt says even when he was a child, essex wanted to join the army. she remembers hims a bade bac kid who wanted to help people. we have new information about a deadly overnight crash as an air force reserve airman. the highway patrol says the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. authorities did not release any details on whether that driver was injured. an update to a story we first brought you yesterday a sex offender who authorities say escaped from a mental

institution is back in custody. someone recognized sanders panhandling at san francisco's fisherman's wharf and that person called police. sanders escape the redwood city facility yesterday morning. a bay area congressman met today with the volunteers who gathered to search for morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. more than 40 people canvassed an area that included the reservoir. 15-year-old sierra disappeared last march on her way to school. antolin garcia-torres was arrested in may and charged with killing her. now to our continuing coverage of the shell refinery fire in richmond. the company says there been cleaning up equipment at area parks as well, adding its understandable that parents are concerned. >> we wanted to make sure that parents had peace of mind when they sent their students back- to-school next week, that they would be eating on tables and

picnic tables that were clean and playing on playgrounds that were clean as well. >> the fire has given environmental gropes new ammunition to fight for complete modernization of the aging refinery. chevron refinery it's more than 100 years old and one of the biggest pollutes are in the area. collide trombettas accused the u.s. chemical safety board of giving out misleading information about corroded pipes. trombettas wrote, "that the board is scaring the public with half trudges and misleading investigation. ." the posting has since been taken down. a contra costa county sheriff reserves deputies say he was fired for breaking the police code of silence of the chronicle reports that howard

was incidenced this week without explanation. williams says he was fired in retaliation for reporting that he had witnessed a fellow deputy conduct a dirty dui arrest. williams reporting helped to lead to the indictment of tanabe. the latest dui crackdowns were made by san josi police who caught nine alleged drunk drivers. the san josi area chp cited six drivers and gelrey had four arrests. this crackdown continues until labor day in a joint effort between 13 santa clara county law enforcement agencies. firefighters across california are battling dozens of new wildfires sparked by a series of lightning strikes. >> the hardest hit area was in shasta county where more than a dozen fires broke out. right now the biggest fire is eat of redding. it has burned about 250 acres, but so far there are no reports

of damage or any evacuations. lightning hit parts of the bay area early this morning, coming up in ten minutes meteorologist mark tamayo tells us if we can expect more lightning in forecast. it could be game over for a silicon company once heralded as the future of on-line gaming. yesterday onlive laid off much of its staff and apparently ducked bankruptcy when an unnamed buyer acquired. it the palo alto-based company says it plans to rehire manufacture those manufacture -- many of those workers. the complaint says some features on iphones and ipads, such as digital assistance series infringe on motorola patents. the company is asking the international trade commission to ban import of those

products. apple has not commented on the claims. you can watch ktvu mus cast by down loading the ktvu app and be connected anytime, anywhere. in election 2012 news a war of wards over medicare as g.o.p. vice-presidential candidate paul ryan accused president obama of raiding medicare to fund obamacare while mr. obama countered that ryan's plan for medicare would raise annual costs to seniors by thousands of dollars. christina mutchler with more this from the campaign trail. >> reporter: president obama is in new hampshire. ryan started with medicare. >> you have heard the president has been talking about medicare a bit lately. we want this debate. we need this debate. and we're going to win this debate. >> reporter: ryan's mom betty a retiree who

lives part-time in the sunshine state joined him at event. >> mom, i am proud of you for going out, getting another degree. i'm proud of you for the small business that you created and mom, you did build that! >> reporter: in his weekly address president obama focused on education, after a white house report showed that more than 300,000 education jobs have been lost since june, 2090. june,2009. and at a campaign event in new hampshire, obama delivered remarks on romney's tax plans and addressed medicare. >> as governor romney and his running mate when they are here in new hampshire on monday ask them -- ask them if that is fair? ask them how it will grow the economy? since i have been in office i have strengthened medicare. >> reporter: obama is set to stay in new

hampshire while mitt romney, who was absent from saturday's public events fundraising in massachusetts. christian mutchler, climate channel 2 mutchler. ktvu channel 2 news. the three members of pussy riot were sentenced for hooliganism yesterday for the performance attacking russian president vladimir putin. the case has sparked international outrage over the intolerance of political opposition, including this protest yesterday in san francisco. ohm buyers are in the market for new houses. we'll tell you the lengths that some people will go for a new home. it's a real testimony to the power of the parents. >> an east bay community celebrates a school saved from closure. how parents say they made it happen. also honoring forgotten heroes, why these world war ii veterans have not been

recognized until now. a few thunderstorms early this morning across parts of bay area. coming up we'll let you know if the thunderstorm threat has moved out of town and the temperature changes you can expect in the second half of the week.

. police say a man shot in the face near the raiders- cardinals preseason game last night is expected to to survive. that shooting happened in a parking lot north of the stadium in suburban phoenix. police say the violence appeared to be fan-based, but may have been accidental. the shooter was detained for questioning, but released pending further investigation. friends and family gathered today to say goodbye to a 16- year-old mother shot and killed last week in oakland. taiteanna turner was shot outside of a liquor store.

a memorial fund for the baby has been set up at u.s. bank. so far no one has been arrested in the killing and there is no word on the motive. police are offering a $15,000 reward for information in this case. aspiring home-buyers started to line up northeast bay nearly two weeks in advance waiting for 10:00 this morning when a new subdivision in san ramon put up nine new homes for sale. christien kafton. >> reporter: she knew exactly what home she wanted so she set up a tent and started to camp out august 6th to get her dream four-bed, four bath home with a view. >> i have been here for two weeks because of the particular plot that i'm interested in. it's the one with the view over there. >> reporter: she says a newly built home in the solaire subdivision is worth the mvp and time spent waiting fiscal quarter latest home offered bit developer. >> it's a good investment, and

plus, as i said earlier it's the rate. >> reporter: the homes were sold on a first- come, first-served basis. doors opened at 10, eight of the nine houses were could in contract by noon. this woman says she lost out on two previous offerings, so this time her family paid someone to camp here for two weeks. she says the asking price and the school district here are driving the buying frenzy. >> we have been looking because of the high school, she needs to get -- . >> reporter: realtor mehra says after a slump the market vebounding strongly. >> we're having such a huge migration of people from the south bay, especially san josi cupertino. and i would say 95% of the people are moving here for the schools. and it's affordable. >> reporter: and the rush for new homes is not over yet, this subdivision is set to have more homes for sale in as early as three weeks. they are already anticipating people camping out for that as

well. in san ramon, christeen kafton,- ktvu channel 2 news. it was a day of celebration in oakland as parents and students gathers at a school that they saved from closure. lazear elementary was one of five schools slated to close. however, supporters of the school were able to get approval to convert to a charter school and keep it open. >> it's really an exciting point for the history of lazear and a real testimony for the power of the parents. >> classes at lazear begin next week and as a charter school it will now operator directly with the alameda county school board than the oakland unified school district. the heroses of two california- based regiments were honored today. the first group was a segregated u.s. army regiment made up of filipino-americans and until recently no one knew about them. >> those missions were kept

classified for probably 50 years or so. >> why? >> so it's why nobody has ever heard of us. we were instrumental in bringing down the enemy. corporal alfonso lamata was the key speaker. nasa engineers have targeted the first destination of study for the mars rover curiosity. the target area is about 1300 feet away from where the rover landed. scientists say it's a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain, including a layered bedrock. tonight curiosity will begin to use its powerful laser to study the rock. nasas is it's the first time such a powerful laser will be used on another planet. we have the san mateo county firefighters fund-raiser for muscular dystrophy. mark tamayo? >> looks like a nice forecast, heather and john. glad that worked out earlier

on. you can see right now fog hugging parts of san francisco. earlier this morning, somewhat of a different story. we had thunderstorms pop up across parts of north bay. you can see the latest radar, the bulk of the action just dissipating out to our north. we have the fog developing near parts of coast lien from half moon bay to pacifica and san francisco. this will be a factor as we head into overnight hours. late tonight into early sunday morning. as far as temperatures from this afternoon, they ranged from the -- you can see here 63 in pacifica. warmest locations inland in the 90s out towards fairfield and antioch. san josi 81. for tonight we have mostly clear skies, some coastal fog. temperatures tomorrow, not a big change. the extended definitely going to keep it cool for the beaches and temperatures in the inland spots, no major heat out there. warmest locations mainly in the 80s. overnight lows first thing

sunday morning we'll be in the low to mid-50s, at least partly cloudy skies and the fog near pacifica, san francisco, oakland, hayward and towards mountainview as well. this is moisture left over from what was once a tropical storm. the thunderstorm threat has moved out of town. and higher pressure basically backing off a little bit. so that will cool things off as we head into your sunday. slightly cooler., inland spots on track to reach of the mid to upper 80s. here is our forecast model showing you that the clouds regrouping, the fog regroup coast side. a few patches around the bay and clearing back into the

afternoons. sant roethlisberger rose--for your sunday afternoon, san josi about 00 and san francisco with clouds in the mornings, lower 60s with partly sunny skies into the afternoon. your five-day forecast with the weekend always in view, there is the cooldown for tuesday. then we begin to rebound by wednesday and also into thursday. but heather and john, we kind of lucked out because yesterday at this time we were concerned about the thunderstorm threat and the lightning strikes and potential fire dangers. thankfully that threat has moved out of town. >> and it held off for john and the firefighters. >> perfect timing. >> thank you, mark. children at an oakland charter school will soon have a new playground. that is going to be this school year thanks to a major airline and a bay area charity. more than 200 volunteers rolled

up their sleeves to build the playground sponsored by jetblue airlines and kaboom. >> the children decide what the playground will look i can. they come up the concept and the adults make it finishes. >> the new playground will include rock climbingal, wooden easels and stage for performances. san francisco officials were on hand to re-open balboa park. the park underwent a major renovation including a new play area. crews renovated the tennis cuisinarts, picnic areas and put in new landscaping. the giant goes for a second straight win against the padres. joe fonzi has highlights. and it's a celebration on wheels, the big event for bicycle enthusiasts. [ thunder crashes ]

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. a bicycle celebration is underway in jack london square. earlier cycling enthusiasts were treated to a tightrope and professional bmx bike stunts. it also features new, unique and ventage bicycles. owl proceeds go to the east bay bicycle coalition. pretty coolest and joining us now to talk a little football is joe fonzi. >> football going on and

tonight the 49ers are in houston playing their second preseason game of the 2012 nfl season. it's just before halftime, the texans have just scored and lead the 49ers, 10-6. the raiders last night played their second preseason game in five days when they took on the arizona cardinals. sometimes objective no. 1 in the preseason is to keep everybody healthy. that part didn't go so well the. head shots supposed to be legislated out of the game. tell that to ricky lump kin, who was penalized for that late hit on leinert. the raiders lost 31-27, but a bright spot in both preseason is rod streater of the streater caught and of 19 passes in his senior year at temple. he had seven catches last night and six in the raiders first game against dallas. streater didn't come in with a lot of publicity, but he has got himself ready. >> i made sure i knew the

plays in and out. i made sure if somebody else got hurt and they put me in, i knew the whole playbook. that was the main thing to focus on the plays to play phat because in the end, football is football, regardless of who you play, you have to get open. you have to do your job. >> reporter: what do you think is your best asset? >> having knowledge of the game and also going up and getting the ball with good judgment call and how to throw it down and get through. it is an honor and i have to continue to work hard. i'm blessed to be here and will i will continue to work. >> the giants are in san diego after leapfrogging the dodgers. arias came to the plate, leading off against eric stoltz. homer not 2 on the year for

arias, but the padres have come back in the 3rd inning and scored three runs and now it's 4-1 san diego lead in the 3rd. a's begin play one-half game out of second wild-card spot in the american league. we'll tell you about that tonight at 10:00. >> wow, thank you, joe. sure. our coverage continues with tonight's 10:00 news. coming up, a mount lion sighting and the alert issued tonight and the area that residents are asked to avoid because of that mountain lion sighting. thank you so much for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> we're always here for you on-line at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. have a great evening. >> we'll see you back here tonight at 10:00.

well, i'm upset... but we'll make the most of it. did you pack my travel gym? yes. your father bought an exercise device off the television. he does it every morning at 4:00. only 25 minutes a day. and you can attach it to any doorknob. huh. so, i guess your travel miles were about to expire. well, actually, jerry, we wanted to talk to you about something. am i finally getting a baby brother? jerry, be serious. how would you feel if we sold the cadillac?