a phone company may be tangled up in the problems with oakland police radios an the agency's emergency communications. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. oakland officials say interference from cell phone towers may be partly to blame for the ma'am functioning rid yo-- for the radio system. alex savidge is live with more.

>> reporter: good afternoon. afternoon a month of investigating, city leaders -- after a month of investigating, city leaders say the carrier has partially disabled 16 of its towers in the oakland area. the problem of faulty-two -- faulty two-way radios came to a head when president obama was here in july and officials couldn't talk to each other. the fcc has been investigating the issue and their conclusion is that at&t 'cell phone towers have been overpowering police raid -- radios. an at&t spokesman told me this morning the issue is with a specific frequency on their 2-g unit. at&t shut down that -- shut that down. >> the fact there was a problem

as late as yesterday an the -- and the cell phone tower has been off certainly doesn't bode well for the at&t issue as we see it now and fixing the problem. it seems there's larger -- it seems there's larger infrastructure for this. >> reporter: the company that put the equipment in did check for interference but the city investigation found problem was worse when officers got close to any of these cell towers. >> i want an answer. i want a radio system that works just like the communities surrendering us and one that is reliable -- sour rounding us and when -- surrounding us and one that is reliable. >> reporter: no one from at&t would talk to me on camera today. but the company said that at&t is working closely with the city of oakland to see if the issues they raised are -- if they raised are connected to the network. a spokesman tells me the

frequency shut off is only used by a fraction of their customers. they say the more popular networks will not be affected. we're live in oakland, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. san jose police are investigating the city's fifth homicide in eight days. today a source close to the investigation told ktvu news that it is due to an all-out gang war between mexican- americans and mexican nationals. >> the latest killing happened around 6:40 last night on poko way in south san jose. that's not far from south king street and story road. officers found out a 23-year- old man had been shot and taken to a hospital by friends. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. less than han hour later, another shooting happened just four miles away near the corner of north jackson. a 20-year-old man was shot and wounded. he's expected to survive. this is one of several non- fatal shootings in recent days. the homicide total so far this

year in san jose is 29. because of this rise in crime you will see more police in downtown san jose. city officials say many business owners are thinking about leavege the area. starting next saturday, two extra sheriff deputies will patrol the transit mall at st. james park. the downtown association is also hiring off-duty san jose police officers for foot patrols and there is a plan to have private security companies work more closely with law enforcement. a san francisco man recently arrested for a 37-year- old murder is expected in court today for pretrial motions. 47-year-old william payne from san francisco was taken into custody in january based on dna evidence found at the scene. he was 17 at the time of the killing. he's accused of the 1983 strangulation of nicholas crumbley of texas in visitacion valley park. gorge gascon said of the case "justice can be delayed but it

did not -- but it cannot be denied." a state audit report released a few hours ago, questions the accuracy of the projection used to drum support for the voter approved pension reform initiatives. in a runup, measure b, mayor reed identified the projected shortfall to be $650 million. but a new stu state audit falls this figure "unsupported and likely overstated." the report does acknowledge that losing -- rising costs have led to reduced city services. and then may roar read -- mayor reed released the following statement -- a petaluma man was killed this morning when his pickup

truck slammed into a power pole. highway patrol officers say the man was driving along northbound 101, just before 4:00 a.m. when his pickup truck drifted off the road. it happened nort of the atherton avenue exit. police say he was the only one involved. >> we didn't see any skid marks or anything. so it appears as if he fell asleep. but that's not confirmed yet. that accident may have triggered a distraction on the southbound side of the highway where there was a four car pileup nearby. one woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries in that accident. people and businesses near downtown palo alto, they are slowly getting their power back after a big outage this morning. the outage started about three hours ago and affected 2,000 customers on middlefield road, chaning, lincoln and colorado avenues. palo alto utilities, which serves the area, says half of

the power has been restored to those customers. the ponderosa foyer in the northern sacramento valley has grown to almost 20,000 acres. calfire released new numbers shortly after the -- shortly and the fire is now 35% contained. seven homes have been lost and other homes are at risk. there are more than a dozen wildfires burning across california. that's creating a heavy demand on fire agencies and statewide. two strike teams from the oakland fire department have been on the road for seven days. a palestinian chief saided -- a battalion chief said the teams could be replaced. >> if it's necessary, we have the resources but we're not planning on doing that. the america's cup world series practice runs are taking

place today. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us live from san francisco to let us know where people could get a good view of the action. >> good afternoon. two of the catamarans racing are docked right behind us. luna is italian -- the italian boat and the other boat, it's from zee land. the san francisco -- from new any zee land. you can see -- new zealand. you can so a lot of people gathered here. a lot of people are taking pictures of this with their cameras and then they have these beacher seats up -- bleacher seats set up. all of this is near the regatta course. very upclose, very good view of what's going on this week. the teams have been practicing since this last week. they've been doing runs at 1:00, tomorrow they will saturday the first re gat toss and those races will continue through sunday. the skippers of these 11

catamarans had a welcome event this morning at the village. they pose for photos with mayor lee and talked about their experiences. one. members of the or raw cau team vote is a bay area note in-- native -- oracle team boat is a bay area native. >> these courses are about two miles in length and take about 30 minutes in time. it's a real small racetrack. i -- all of these other teams have great sailors. and they will figure it out. >> now, another skipper ben aimsly from are great britain says this course will be challenging. he just won a gold medal for sailing in the olympics and he talked about what peck spaters -- spectators can see. >> you might see a few wipeouts and there will be plenty of action.

>> reporter: the catamarans you are looking at are 45 feet long. these are the ones competing in the america's cup series which is different, we should note, from the race that will happen next year. the catamarans in that competition will be nearly double the size of the ones you see out here. but admission is free for today here at marina green if you want to come watch and later this week if you want one of those bleacher seats you will have to pay about $20 to $30 a ticket. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we have a special section on our website with all of the latest information about the races. find it on the home page of ktvu.com. swimmer diana nyad has quit her fourth attempt swimming from cuba to florida. these are pictures today of the former bay area resident being pulled from the water. her dream of setting a record was thwarted by storms, shark trets -- thwarts, hypothermia

and swollen lips. she's 63 years old tomorrow. she's been trying to become the first one to swim the straits without a shark cage. she's a made three attempts since last summer. the candidate who triggered a political firestorm about rain has a decision to make before the end -- about rape has a decision to make before the end of the day. and we will introduce you to the first in a series of bay area conservation heroes. see how this woman is helping to make an often troubled inner- stick neighborhood better. inster - -- inner-city neighborhood better. wow,

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whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. antioch is whying down on squatters living illegally in short sales or abandoned homes. so listing agents must now certify they are authorized to have water service and they must do so either in person or with a note riced signature. some -- notarized signature. some squatters have been committing -- submitting fake documents in order to start the water service. president obama brought his campaign to the buckeye state. the president spoke on education to a crowd of some 3300 people at capital university in columbus. mr. obama warned supporters

that his republican challenger aims to make deep cuts in college aid. he also speck of the importance of making higher education more affordable. the president's trip to ohio is part of a two-day swing that will take him to nevada. republicannal vice presidential candidate paul ryan is visiting some key battleground states while mitt romney holds campaigns in texas. democrats have taken aim at ryan saying his plan would abandon seniors for medicare. ryan's plan is allowing those 55 and older to stay in medicare but would also offer private alternatives for younger workers. now, barbara lee spoke out in berkeley about ryan's plan to replace the system with vouchers. lee says the ryan plan would increase costs for seniors by as much as $6400 a year.

>> the truth is ryan aplan would do nothing to lower overall healthcare costs. instead, it would simply shift costs to seniors. >> under ryan aplan seniors would be given vouchers to purchase private health insurance or remain on medicare at a lower level of coverage. lee says it will force many into paying more for private insurance and better coverage. she's encouraging people to stand behind president obama's health reform plan. missouri congressman todd aiken is under pressure to step out of the senate race. today, is an important deadline. controversial comments about rape have created an uproar on both sides. campaign trail. gop leaders want him to step aside by tonight so the missouri central committee can easily replace him. after tonight's deadline, it will take a court order to remove his name from the ballot. aiken has made it clear, he plans to remain on the ticket.

federal regulators have shut down a slaughterhouse after an animal rights group released shocking video of an ail mal abuse t happened at the central meat company in hanford. the video shows the cow the being kicked and shocked. new information today about california's state park scandal. "the sacramento bee" says the buildup of leave team led to a bigger investigation that the state's park department was hiding millions of dollars. auditor the found that manual thomas lopez spent some of his bucket cashing out leave through a convert program that side stepped state protocols. lopez received more than $28,000 by cashing in more than 13 weeks of leave time. after a dramatic extra inning win, the petaluma

national little league team is one step closer to a world series title. >> right field, game over! california wins it! [ cheers ] >> and the crowd at the boulevard cinema went crazy after danny marzo hit the walkoff home run in the 8th inning against a team from new jersey. >> i've seen these kids come this way before, always down. they come back and they fight hard. they crawl back in and find a way to win it. >> met luma faces fair -- petaluma faces fairfield, connecticut. the game at 5:00 tonight. if you want to watch it at the movie theater, tickets are $5. if petaluma wins tonight, they would advance to the semifinals on thursday. the winner of that game plays saturday or the u.s. championship. then on sunday, the u.s. champion faces the international champion for the world series title. this week ktvu and our

parent company, fox media group are bringing you the stories of three bay area people who are making a drinks in their communities. they've all been -- a difference in their communities. today bill martin has the story of betty trainer, founder of friends of botikar park, who was instrumental in acquiring the $8 million renovation for the park. >> reporter: when you think of the tenderloin, a neighborhood park is not what you think. but that's exactly what betty wants to change. >> we have a lot of seniors. we have a lot of families who live here and we want everybody to enjoy this area. >> betty adopted the park nine years ago and has worked enlessly to improve it ever since. children love it. but at the moment, the park is only open three hours a day from noon to 3:00 p.m., a park manager must be present for the community to enjoy it. but they hope to have it open from 9:00 to 5:00 once it is

completed. >> i love the people, the park, healthy, a lot of trees. >> reporter: the 1980s vintage park needs a lot of updated. the money will go toward renovating the park they are in need of bike racks, programming events. >> people would say -- it feels -- it's like a tree son like feeling here. >> reporter: so beginning in the fall you, the park will be closed for renovation for approximately 18 months. >> it's just gonna be a treasure for san francisco tenderloin and even beyond that, really. >> reporter: a change the community in the tenderloin can be proud of. bill martin, ktvu channel 2 news. >> betty trainer is one of

three conservation heroes that we'll profile on the news at noon and the channel 2 website. you can vote for your favorite by going to ktvu.com. voting continues through september 24th. the bay area cox conner is serves hero winner will be allowed -- conservative hero winner will be announced october 11th. the runner-up will receive $2500. a cooler pattern is filling into the bay area at this hour. mostly sunny skies across most the district. we're still watching those stubborn clouds along the coast and just inside the bay machine giving you a beautiful -- bay. giving you a beautiful view, we have a robust breeze. still reporting 17 mile-an-hour through fairfield and you can see that gray sky pugging -- hugging the coastline in the city down along pacifica, the west side of santa cruz mostly

sunny, the east side, partly to mostly cloudy. 60s around the bay. 75 in livermore. 74 in concord. 72 degrees in san jose over the north bay, mostly sunny skies. 64 napa. 69 in santa rosa. a cool day in the city, mostly cloudy skies right there up to the marina. if you are gonna be reading that way to watch america's cup, we have a cool, breezy condition there for the afternoon. so for today, temperature also gonna be rolling back -- temperatures are gonna be rolling back. the onshore breeze has picked up. the marine layer is deepening. the two together are gonna, again, bring weather our way today, tomorrow and into thursday. both of those elements brought on by the trough that's moving closer to the coast. as it does, it will continue this cooling trend. so for today, warmest areas is expected to hit just about 89, 90 degrees and then wednesday, thursday could even be slightly

cooler into the weekend temperatures rebound. 81 expected this afternoon for know -- novato. 67 sausalito. in the east bay for today, 69 oakland, 68 san lee's andro -- 68 san leandro. 77, san jose. mid-70s for santa clara and for the peninsula today, 70 san mateo, 74 redwood city, 75 for palo alto. the extended forecast. so, again our temperatures will be dropping by tomorrow morning, the marine layer expected to be deeper than what this morning -- than this morning. and temperatures will rebound in the upper os to near 90 expected with mostly sunny skies saturday and sunday -- 80s to near 90 expected with mostly sunny skies saturday and sunday. >> thank you. >> you are welcome ahead -- how the stock markets are doing

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the morning rallies faded and stock index is now down. very quiet traded. taking a live look at the big board, the dow down 82. nasdaq down 15. s&p down 7. a jury in san jose will soon decide one of the biggest technologies disputes in history. closing arguments are scheduled today in the apple! samsung dispute. apple is demanding that samsung pay $2.5 billion claiming that they stole its iphone and ipad

technology. at the same time, samsung claims apple used its technology. today on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00, you have seen the advertisements. online travel sites offering bargains? thank you for trusting the news. we'll see you the next time news breaks and we're always here for you at ktvu.com.