water site which was completely camouflaged, they put trees and branches over it and things like that. >> reporter: they warned operation mountain sweep which has been underway in seven states since july 1st, the total hall, more than 40,000 plants seized on public land and the 480,000 plants have been ceased on land in california. it puts the value at $1.1 billion. >> reporter: they also recovered 51 tons of trash. >> reporter: they also used pose sites to -- pesticides to kill road dens. it is important to clean them up. >> they were eating the suns, they were -- skunks they were

skinned. >> the number of pot plants seized has declined. >> reporter: when the grow site was raided the men working it were gone. the operation has netted 40 indicted and they are linked to mexican drug cartels. ktvu channel ktvu channel 2 news. they are now at the center for interference for oakland police officers. they are concerned about oakland communications, rob? >> reporter: this cell phone tower is one of several and at&t is checking to see if they are interfearing with radio frequencies. oakland technical specialists are certain they are causing radios at times to go dead and they have pinpointed some of the reasons 16 cell phone

towers are operated and owned by at&t. >> faux found teinerence into our network. >> reporter: at&t hazardousabled its lowest frequency for 2-g customers and has received no complaints from the public. the investigation in testing is ongoing. at&t is working closely with the city of oakland to understand if the things they have earned is a problem. >> they have so many sites. >> but it is not the entire problem? >> we are investigating multiple sources and at&t is one of them. >> they have experienced dead radios at the times and perhaps the problem is more extensive. >> we have a system clearly that does not function as it is supposed to. >> those sites are a very small portion of the sites at&t has themselves as well as other car

years and we are continuing exam all sites. >> city officials say they don't know how long the investigation will take but cell phone companies will have to change anything that interfears with the public cell phone system. gaylord, it left five people dead in just eight days. two shootings happened last night near mcquery, less than an hour away, another shooting which left a 23-year-old man dead. the second shooting would you add 22-year-old man and he is expected to survive. for a wants the city's police chief to deal with all the violence which has left 30 people dead. they are asking him to quote to acknowledge to the california highway patrol that the current

rise is beyond the control of the san jose police department's resources. that would allow them to request assistance and put more officers out on san jose streets. despite all the recent killings, the task force said in his view, violence is not escalating. >> what we have is typical of the violence we see out there. it reaches homicide levels and we make the larger issue out of it the fact is, there is young men and women being stabbed daily. >> they are trying to stem the violence. >> and police are looking for a man who groped a woman downtown. the victim told police she was going to a parked car when an east indian man reached under her clothes and grabbed her. the man was wearing an orange

varsity coat and ban tile sneakers. a state audit caused projections to be unsupported and likely overstated. they say those who approved them may have been confused by the various figures released by the city. they cited pension contributions could rise to $650 million by 2015 and the auditor said that figure would be 320 million if other assumption were taken into account. >> the resolution will add credit for service between august 22nd and november 27th. they found they might take advantage of that bonus. they estimate a savings of $504,000 over two years. and they are fighting city

hall. this time, it is an action that is supposed to keep more caps on the street. sal castaneda is live in san francisco with the fee that cab drivers say could push them out of their jobs. sal? >> reporter: well, frank, i am inside a yellow cab in market street and i am being driven by ollie. he said it is already a tough job and now they say the city is trying to stick their hand in the cab driver's pockets once again. since 2010, taxi medallions can be sold. the driver hits $20,000 and they get a 15% driver fee. they want to approve the new permanent protesters program raising the cost at $300,000 but the city wants a third of that back in a transfer fee. that is 100 grant out of the drivers' pocket. >> a successful pilot program

is basically being tossed out for something that is really a money grab. >> the city says, the new program will still be a good deal for cab drivers until they didn't have a way to sell them at all. the city needs to pay for infrastructure and to make sure there are enough on the city streets for everyone. >> they will enforce legal taxies including muni and traffic engineering and the city will stop issuing new medallions all together. >> i can't change the rules of engagement in the middle of the game, they make it up as they go. >> now, i have already done the impossible, seemingly impossible by getting a cab here from san francisco at rush hour. they say it is better than nothing. they came up with a compromise

to perhaps change the city's mind to get more from the city in what they say is a very, very tough job. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 morning news. -- ktvu channel 2 news. and san francisco's bay area neighborhood, in front of the middle school, they briefly kept from entering and there are no bay view residents working to repair that school on silver avenue. >> we need local contractors, plus we need work from the community. >> the school district said it encourages contractors to make sure workers are hired but also says it is foreign higher contractors based on the lowest bid. and the current performance

ranks the scores and changes it to 40% or less. the state would give them a task of developing new guidelines including measures of achievement. how about this, petaluma is pulling away, where hundreds of very anxious france watching a do or die game. >> frank, if you don't want to know the score, turn away. right now it is 4-0 and we have nothing but dedicated teams tonight it is do or die situation for petaluma nationals. [applauds] this was the crowd turning a double play with runners on first and second and the team was facing no outs. he strikes outright there, this is a second meeting between

petaluma nationals and they beat this team from connecticut 6- 4. >> today they packed the field from hundreds of miles away. >> they watched it and russia grabbed it and went out there. >> petaluma winds and if they do they will play again on thursday and their dreams of winning is over and coming up in about 15 minutes, they will have more highlights and more going on in this game. live in petaluma, ktvu channel 2 news. closing arguments began in the patent trial between apple and samsung. they told jurors that samsung was in crisis when the iphone came out and stole the iphone's design. they say it is not against the law to be inspired by your

competition. jury deliberations are expected to start tomorrow. and they have gotten a boost from at&t. we covered east bay stand out events like this one in 2010. they offer one stop help with everything from one stop housing. they will get it from at&t from next month's event at the alameda fairgrounds in pleasanton. and new help for the people affected by the refinery giant chevron. >> why bay area scientists are surrounding the alarm about ocean a sid occasion. -- acidification. >> and we will have a big impact on tomorrow's highs and i will have a big i am -- it will have a big impact, we'll see you at 6:20.

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. they are struggling to get ahold on that fire which was sparked and charred almost 20,000 acres and are threatening thousands of homes. it has already destroyed several and the fire is 3 5% contained. a new website has been launched to help homeowners get reimbursed -- reimbursed. several are receiving bills for $150 for cal fire services. the tax association said the fee is really an illegal tax and they are now launching fire tax protest .org to inform them

how they can protest that fee in court. and the help center will be open tomorrow through friday at the richmond community heritage on fred jackson way. chevron said they will stop taking new claims this saturday but they will continue to take paperwork on existing claims until friday august 31st. the new statewide mettle database can report purchases of metal and stolen property to law enforcement. it will help trail suspected criminals and they will pay $300 per year for that database. the world's changing seas are cause for serious concern. new at 6:00, the help and science editor, live in san francisco with the one idea that could work to save the waters here, john? >> reporter: the scientific cysts tell us the biggest problem facing the planet is

the change in the ocean and that time is now running out. half of earth's food, half its oxygen comes from tiny sea creatures. they are at risk as are fundamental reef ecosystems. california academy of science said c02 from burping forel fuel makes sea water a sid dick. destroys it sea creatures and they say they are acidifying now faster than the last 300 million years. >> that is alarming. we have nothing to tell us about it. it is urgent. >> that is cause for certain and a cause for action. >> greg said creatures cannot

adapt fast enough, humans must adapt aggressively. put a scrubber on the smoke stack with calcium by carb nate -- bicarbonate. >> it is our planet, we rely on it to survive and we need to figure out how to do this and how it live in a sustainable way here. >> scientists say we don't fully understand ecosystems but we are forced to tanker with them out of desperation. they say if bee done do anything, our future is dangerously uncertain. >> senator barbara boxer toured the site in san jose. senator barbara boxer brought her there to the valley to hundred secure a federal grant

earlier this year. it is estimated at 2. $3 billion. try delta planet is letting people know about temporary service changes. they are being moved with street construction and they are being moved one block west, the eastbound stop is being moved one block east to o'hara avenue. the bus rides use those stops. and kids going back to school, more kids going back to school tomorrow and then more kids next week so we are getting back to school and it feels like that and weather is not that hot, we have a nice sea breeze and winds are blowing out of the west out in the pittsburgh area and we have some strong winds. it's just mild and a very nice pleasant day. temperatures down, subtle changes for the most part but what we had yesterday and

today, what we are going to see tomorrow, these changes are so subtle you will not notice them. some places are cooled down and tomorrow they will drop a couple of degrees. you may not even notice it. what i am looking at is thunderstorms that were here over the weekend, that is why we had these big fires, they are east of the sierra nevada and that set some tropical moisture and it is volatile. it is lingering behind and we could see elevated parts of precipitation. it is really a far out shot and we will keep an eye on it at 10:00. for the most part, the moisture is east and forecast for the fog, there it is across the san bruno gap and it is right in the livermore valley. it finds a low-lying spot and the cost has a low-lying spot in san bruno the fog squeezes

through. it burns off rapidly and we end up tomorrow a lot like today and temperatures in the 70s and 80s for most of us. it is a mechanism for pressure. the winds on the bay for the america's cup races tomorrow will be blowing 15 to 20 miles per hour and they have a southwest kick for them . be great as always but that's not the ideal wind. you want a northwest wind or sale. out passed the clayton area, you might pop a 90 in modesto and most of us will be in the hot spots, these are forecast 80s where you live. 85 in livermore. san jose tomorrow. 84 in morgan hill and on the peninsular, temperatures on the mild side. we don't have red flag warnings and this weather is nice and

easy for firefighters. we'll see some more and this is in the highs and you can certainly get into that but not this week. >> thanks. gas prices are continuing to rise as we head towards the labor day weekend holiday. in oakland a gallon of unled cost 14 cents and in oakland san jose, up now a fraction and san francisco actually saw the gallon go down slightly. they are keeping americans from make holiday travel plans and aaa estimates 30 million people will travel from their home from august 31st to accept 3rd. that is up last years since late 2007 and they also plan to spend 74 $9,000 up from $702 last year. coming up on bay area news at 7:00, a battle over millions in the south bay, we

will look at whether the demand to create local parks are being met. one bay area county is considering layoffs and closing a courthouse the proposal was laid out at a public meeting. >> join atherton 7:00 on television 36. action today on the bay as the first leg of the race gets ready to set sail. x íú

. the america's cup race began as the racers set sale for the official race which starts tomorrow. join us for the america cup including video on the water. and how great is it that little legal sports is beginning tonight. >> and all over the country they are now three outs away, they are moving another step closer to the big one and he hit it to short, another play by will lucas, the first run of the game, will lucas, the kid with the no hitter and smith,

coach's son dead center field, way out of there, a 3-run homer and we are in the bottom of the 5th inning. 4-0 so they need three more outs whenever they play 6 innings and in the meantime, they are trying to make a little news on the field by acquiring steven drew in the lineup, he is reunited with the diamondbacks, bob melvin andrew having it willing so far, hitting under 200 and he is happy to get a fresh start and stay in a race for a fresh playoff spot. >> you know getting to play for him a couple of years when i was young, you know it is a good start, a good fresh start for me and you know it is one of those things, you play for a team for seven years and everybody heads in different directions and i am happy to be

here and hopefully i can help this team win. >> the a's are making room for weeks, game one of that series, giants are behind madison madison bumgarner. -- madison bumgarner. >> go petaluma. >> you can watch all of newscasts live, and video of breaking news any time anywhere. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.