this latest fire. >> this was a near disaster. a near disaster. the next one could be worse. >> reporter: i left messages for chevron and haven't had a response. the bay area air quality officials reported that slightly elevated particles were in the air but sampling only began hours after the fire was out. that does not mean the air was safe. there is a meeting at the community hall in richmond at 7:00 p.m. tonight. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> in the wake of the fire, contra costa county is looking into its alert system. at 5:30 p.m. a company shows tom vacar the upgrades the county might want to start thinking about. police are releasing new

information on a homicide. police arrested martinez high school arrested neutrophil -- michael howard. juan munoz was inside a store when he was killed. police say they can't release details but they told us the stabbing was not gang related. it was one of several homicides this week. >> that cost for our department to call back the off duty motorcycle officers. they came back on duty to relieve the officers. >> as of today there have been 32 homicides in san jose. we showed you the long lines last night, people camping out in front of a new chick-fil-a. and the lines got longer today. ktvu's robert handa tells us not everyone was there for the

feud. some are still mad at chick-fil- a's ceo. >> reporter: as you can see it is still biz e-- busy here at the chick-fil-a. today's opening drew a big crowd of customers and protesters. the doors to chick-fil-a opened at 6:00 a.m. and people began crowding in, some camped over night to get free coupons. >> nuts for chick-fil-a! [ laughter ] >> reporter: for many the food and deals were more important than the controversy stirred up by the ceo who spoke out in support of traditional marriage and sparked protests across the country. some customers defended his rights to say whatever he wants. >> it is his opinion. >> reporter: some individuals

showed up to protest. they said they felt offended. >> he has a audience. moving companies into my community. the press is following what he said. >> reporter: one man who said he was a pastor felt compelled to argue with the protesters. >> i wouldn't say we should step ford and tell them to stop -- step forward and tell them to stop doing that. >> i would never say they shouldn't speak what they believe to be right. >> reporter: now back live here in san jose where a protest started to form an hour ago. as you can see it turned out to be a dozen people. at 6:00 p.m. why a group decided to not take part in the protests. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. firefighters were hard at work today trying to keep a fire from spreading to a house.

flames and smoke poored out -- poured out before 2:00 a.m. this morning. firefighters say the flames destroyed three vehicles in the garage. after very tense moments the family living there made it out safely. >> when we came ov, basely, you know -- over, basically, you know, part of the it garage was up in flames and we were concerned about the family. my sister said he gone back inside to get the family out. >> an investigation is under way to figure out what started the fire. a attorney is under arrest accused of smuggle drugs to an inmate. she was arrested tuesday at the correctional facility. she was meeting with aman who

is awaiting sentencing. -- meeting with a man who is awaiting sentencing. pesticide afogging is scheduled for 8 -- pesticide fogging is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. tonight in brentwood. vector control says it is aimed at reducing the number of mosquitos to lowing the threat of west nile virus. the centers for disease control says it is one of the worst this year in u.s. history and sclera -- and santa clara county spraid. crews are trying to get rid of somersault marsh mosquitos. they they have a vicious bite. man pleaded no contest in the death of a teenager.

tyson dagley entered the plea on a third-degree negligent homicide charge. he was driving on a jet ski when he rear ended another jet ski driven by a girl who died. search crews in yosemite national park recovered the body of a boy from the merced river. last week jacob adams was swept down river with his brother andy. andy's body was recovered that day. teams launched a massive search for jacob adams but it wasn't till today that they found him. he was 50 yards from the vernal fall footbridge. there are new details about the sale of the solyndra headquarters. seagate agreed to buy the facility. today a solyndra bankruptcy filing revealing they were the

highest bidder at $90 million. they will get the land, the fixtures and some of the property. move in day at san francisco state university. students showed up this morning to start hauling things up into the dorm rooms. classes start on monday and all are aware of tuition hikes and budget cuts. >> frustrating. disheartening to hear because having a college education is important. it will effect decisions to go to school. >> first day wraps up tonight with a movie on the law event. at 6:00 p.m. back to school across the bay at university of california at berkeley. what is the status of the uc system? leaders have a different take on it than the students. three people including a baby were killed in a crash on

highway 101. this happened before noon on highway 101. the chp says a car went out of control and crossed the highway into traffic. an suv broad sided the car. two adults and a child was killed. a woman and two children in the suv were also hurt. all lanes of highway 101 reopened an hour ago but traffic is still slow. investigators are trying to determine what caused the car to go out of control. fire crews are making progress on the fast moving ponderosa fire. it is a 28,000-acre fire and it is 60% contained. some residents who were evacuated are able to return

home tonight. mike joins joins us live now. >> reporter: they were able to make progress but there was still tense moments. take a look. >> reporter: before 3:00 p.m. helicopters raced to another spot fire. residents on edge. >> i get more and more serious. the good news is so far today -- [no audio] gave way to this. more isolated spots of fire. p a fire that has burned 8 miles from its starting point. >> this makes me feel a little bit better because it is not moving fast. conditions are so dry that if this fire jumps out of control over lines today, it could burn for at least another square mile. >> we haven't had these conditions since 1999.

>> in an effort to stay ahead, helicopters continue constant water drops. you can see spraying on the trees and on the grounds incase the flames make it here. a few miles to the east there are no evacuation orders yet but homeowners are getting ready. >> i am making an escape route. >> reporter: back here live, 2500 firefighters, including those manning this spot remain on this fire. however, in spite of the concern of residents, firefighters feeling more confident this evening than yesterday when the fire blew up. i said how much more confident are you and he said i think we turned the corner and looking good. back to you. government and

mcdonalds stopped buying meat from a slaughterhouse. the company was shut down because of animal cruelty. mcdonalds says behavior filmed at the plant does not meet the standards they expect. investigators are checking to see if any of the sick cattle got into the food supplies but there is no indication that happened. prosecutors filed charges against two women for animal cruelty. she is charged with felony animal cruelty and her mother with animal neglect. authorities found 50 nuin effected cats -- neglected gats and 115 dead cats. got my rally towel, t hurts and 200 excited fans to cheer

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. in san francisco crews moved quickly to repair a broken water main. it ruptured at 5:30 a.m. this morning. muni had to move slowly through the area while repairs were made. no customers lost water service. now a petaluma where that little league team is three wins away now from becoming the little league world series champion and they are preparing to take the field from the team from texas. ktvu's paul chambers is live in apple at a movie -- live in petaluma at a movie theater.

>> reporter: this is something you will see nowhere else. a game ball signed by every member of the team and they are really excited to see them win. >> reporter: petaluma nationals pride. >> we have the best kids in the country. >> crazy. lot of fun. everybody is super excited. >> reporter: the theme is written clearly, we believe. everyone in town is supporting those young boys. >> all routing for the petaluma nationals. take the world by storm. >> reporter: across town the storm is steaming. >> we embroidered hats and donated time and labor to support the kids. >> reporter: they are making t- shirts for thousands of fans. >> buying 9 t-shirts.

>> reporter: the guys here are stocked with hats. he coached a team that played against them but now he is doing what he can to support petaluma nationals, especially being one of the team's sponsors. >> like the lotto, you know? little league world series, that is what they want to get to. >> reporter: this man is the uncle of one of the players and his brother is the coach. he arrived back from peninsula peninsula -- from pennsylvania this morning. at 6:00 p.m. you will hear more from them. the fans are out here, packed, excited about tonight's game and like i said, i got something you will see nowhere else, a ball signed by the whole team. live in petaluma, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. someone reported seeing a mountain lion near redwood city last night around 9:15 p.m.

the area is east of edgewopark. a auditing is underway to determine if california's mental health dollars are being used properly. a report found tens of millions of dollars have gone to programs for people who have not been diagnosed with a mental illness. it will cost $450,000. the labor department reports new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, up to 372,000. the 4 week average increased by 3,750. this is the second straight week that first time jobless claims have gone up. on wall street, comments from the president made it sound less likely the fed will act to stimulate the economy and as a result stocks went down.

the dow is down 115 to 13,057. the nasdaq is down 20 at 3,053. the s&p is down 11 at 1,402. general motors has plans for a new compact car. they will invest $220 million into ohio factories for a redesign of the car. the current model gets 35-mile as gallon. -- miles a gallon. it is expected on the market in 2014. they are retraining agents after allegations of racial profiling. all tsa agents have to take a refresher course. it will reinforce profiling is not tolerated. they come after agents accused agents of targeting minorities.

>> bad guys come in all different shapes and sizes. >> the program keeps people safe but it doesn't work if they are profiling. let's talk about our weather now, over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. today seemed like yesterday. >> i was going to ask you. very similar. each day. most areas dropped a couple degrees but it was subtle. last night was a deep marine layer, over 2,000 feet. this morning there was fog. the fog, not as deep tonight, not over 1500 feet so we will see a warmer day tomorrow in the avenues, plenty of fog. the fog makes it way over pacific heights to the ballpark, there sagame tonight and it will be -- there is a game tonight and it will be chilly. what happens tomorrow, it pinches back down a little bit and that keeps the fog and the

cool, moist air behind the hills. if you are going a the game, 7:15 p.m., chilly. 58 degrees. 57 degrees by the 9th inning. cold one for the ballpark. take a jacket or just, yeah, you know, jacket. high pressure here. low pressure here. this is why weave been running -- we have been running mild, cool. it has been mild. normally in the newscast we are talking about fire stories, danger. this pattern is not conducive to a high fire danger. good news there. this hangs in for a while. when i come back i will show you the five-day forecast. tomorrow, friday already. we are looking for more of the same. winds west at 15-20 miles per hour and that is better for the folks on the bay. and the fog forecast, there it is, 7:00 a.m., lot of it. friday morning like this

morning. but then it burns off and temperatures warmer as the heat works its way out of the valley. a cool run of day time highs and they will stay that way. bay area weekend is around the corner. we will look at the five-day forecast with the weekend in view. see you back here. hewlett-packard tried to do it last year and they failed. now a leaked memo indicates they will try again. what he happen he happen -- what hewlett-packard is working on. and who got to pick out special supplies just in time for school.

autopsy results found that rodney king was drinking and was taking drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and drown. he died in june at the age of 47. 20 years ago his beating by police led to riots in los angeles. the report shows he had a number of drugs including pcp, cocaine and marijuana at the time of his death. he was in a state of drug and alcohol induced delirium when he fell or jumped into the pool at his home. facebook is responding to complaints about its mobile app with the new update. they released a new version of the app today.

facebook says it was redesigned so everything loads faster. it has new features including the ability to "like" comments. >> hewlett-packard is ready to jump back in. a memo leaked talks about a new mobility unit. hewlett-packard tried to compete in the tablet market last year but ended up liquidating with cheap prices. there was no mention as to what operating system it would use. they are suing dish satellite provider. dish violated rules by calling millions of customers who asked not to be contacted by the company. the ftc said it could bring a fine of up to $16,000 per call.

directv paid $5 million to settle similar charges in 2005. microsoft is tweaking its logo. they unveiled the new logo today. instead of a wavy four square pattern, it is now straight along with the word microsoft. it comes ahead of the new window's 8 operating system that displays the system in tiles. st. anthonys handed out free clothes and school supplies. today was special because the back packs with school supplies were added in. >> we know their need and so we invite them to come today. they signed up and they are here shopping. >> old navy, walgreen's and school bags for kids are among the companies and organizations

that donated today. during the chevron refinery fire, the system didn't work very work well at all. we have the story of an awesome alternative in the bay area still ahead. >> the competition continues to grow so why is america's cup main sponsor worried? >> and the new ktvu ipad app is ready to download, watch newscasts, weather, and video of breaking news anytime and anywhere.

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5:00 p.m. >> leaders say it took three hours for the emergency warning system to warn people about the chevron refinery fire this month and they say that is completely unacceptable. they are looking to hire another company. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar shows us one company that might have just what they are looking for. tom? >> reporter: well, you probably never heard of it but get this, this company is one of the most trusted system providers. >> i can see on a map where the fire happened. >> reporter: they provide mass notification systems to the u.s. military, federal government agencies, including homeland security and microsoft. the need is sky rocketing. >> we are seeing universities, government agencies, federal

and local, state, industrial facilities, healthcare facilities and many more. >> reporter: the system could alert people on any device, from a telephone land line to the latest mobile devices as well as rirens -- sirens. they are the kind of firm contra costa county is looking for to replace the current contactry that he says was a -- contractor that says was a mistake. many residents were informed hours later or not at all. >> we would rather be thorough rather than fast. >> reporter: despite their world class reputation, no one is a shoe in. >> we want to make sure there is all available technology and vendors. technology changes over night. >> keeping up to date is a critical notion of successful communication.

>> reporter: with another firm in san diego and others unnamed, this company will no doubt be in the running. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. pacific gas and electric will work on replacing underground gas pikes. 7 miles of pipeline, the bulk of the work is on main street. pg&e says it is part of the plan to make pipelines safer. >> a 17-year-old drive accused of killing a father and daughter has been charged as a juvenile. the accident happened in april. he and his daughter died after a car hit them. we are not using the driver's name because he is a juvenile. his first appearance is tomorrow morning. a rock star is telling paul

ryan he isn't going to take it anymore. [ music playing ] >> he was telling him to stop using his song we are not going a take it anymore. he disagrees with what paul ryan stands for except for the use of p90x. the campaign responded we are not going to play it anymore. the clamor over president obama's home brewed beer chyme to a head -- came to a head today when asked about the secret recipe. >> it is true that -- [ laughter ] >> true i don't always bring water out here. >> fans started a petition asking the white house to release the recipe. the president has been seen offering it to people. water officials are upset

about plans to serve bottle water. the manager pointed out tap water is a penny a gallon and bottle water costs more. if tap water is unacceptable then they should explain why. an analysis on the presidential campaign finds both candidates are being shown in a dim light. it found a negative rotrail of president obama -- portrayal of president obama and mitt romney in 70% of all stories. >> the pace of the campaign now is so fast, so continuous that what you are getting is a sort of, you know, punching match

back and forth. >> coverage casts president obama in a more positive light in 2008. 31% of stories about him then were negative. they plan to start random drug and alcohol testing on all student athletes. officials say they believe that alcohol played a role in hazing. it prompted officials to suspend the men's soccer season. sonoma state issued a similar policy in 2009. a group has been picked to give feed back on the warriors' plan for a water front arena in san francisco. they want to move to peers 30 and 32 in time for the 2017 season. they will pay $117 million to shore up the peers. they welcomed the move to have citizen over sight.

they want the best possible project. you wouldn't know it by the crowd that showed up for the america's cup races but there could be trouble brewing. ktvu's david stevenson is live with what the major sponsor is calling brutal. >> reporter: it was another big day on the bay for america's cup, though its main sponsor said it is concerned about rough waters ahead. >> reporter: day two of america's cup world series racing brought some close calls. and more than a thousand spectators to the marina green. >> good place to see. >> reporter: while it attracted new fans the main sponsor is concerned about what is ahead next year. >> this is a turning point of america's cup. >> reporter: louis vuitton responsered the race for -- responsered the race for -- sponsored the race for 29

years. he said they should have worked faster to sign up other sponsors. >> when you cannot be sure that you will have huge coverage world wild then it is not worth spending millions of dollars. aaa says the cat amurans will bring 10-20 times today's turn out. >> i am concerned some countries, all the big countries that are important, i am concerned those countries, because they have no team in the game. the 11 boats this week are plenty for the crowd. >> i think it is awesome. great. i never expected this many people to watch it. >> reporter: turn out this weekend is expected 10,000 people per day on saturday and sunday. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson,

ktvu channel 2 news. a new attempt to get more people to vote in california, it would allow people to register to vote anytime, so why are some people saying that is not a good idea. >> prince harry has quite the trip to las vegas, the olympic gold medalist he challenged to a late night swim race. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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for the 7th time new york denied parole to mark david chapman the man who shot and killed john lennon. they denied the replace saying his crimes show a disregard for human life and his release would undermine respect for the law. it would be a big change for voters but critics say it could create big problems. sacramento lawmakers are about to approve a bill that would allow voter registration anytime, critics are concerned that would create more work for election officials along with a chance of prod. prod-- fraud and includes higher fines for fraud. a report on vaccination for children finds that some are at

or above target levels while others need improvement. the centers for disease control issued a report. it says levels of vaccination are at target levels for polio, diphtheria and pertussis but for measles, mumps and chickenpox were below targets. the centers for disease control is encouraging to make sure children's vaccinations are up to date. do you watch all line video on your television? if so you are part of a growing audience. 18% surveyed watched movie via the internet every day. 25% several times a week. ryan lochte said it was the coolest thing to race prince harry in a las vegas swimming pool. we have cell phone video from

the prince harry's birthday party. prince harry challenged ryan lochte to a race and ryan lochte defends his reputation. ryan lochte said he wasn't invited up to prince harry's suit when he was caught naked with women. and i am back here in a couple minutes, your bay area weekend around the corner, i have the five-day forecast ready to go and i will let you know what you could expect. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy.

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. a warning tonight for people who live licorice. a company is issuing a recall because of a dangerous ingredient. ktvu's sal castaneda is here to tell us what we need to watch out for. sal? >> reporter: this is a local company and here we are at a store. red vines is sold across the country but some of this product is dangerous for women and children. >> reporter: american licorice company doesn't know why packages came up with higher than normal levels of led. 1 pound packages of red vines black licorice twists contain twice the allowable levels of led for children 6 and younger. they recalled the product. officials say tests for led focus on things children eat or

come into focus with. >> focus on candy. >> reporter: officials say pregnant women shouldn't eat the recall recalled product is made here. regulators expect the led came from one of the ingredients in the licorice. american licorice company list the ingredients. >> hope they fix the problem. >> reporter: he says he won't by licorice. >> that is problem one of the reasons i stoped buying licorice for the kids. >> reporter: if you have this product the company says you can go back to where you bought it for a full refund. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. an hour-1/2 ago -- hour and

a half ago a meeting to expand the sanctuary. as a result of a deal 20 years ago there is a gap outside the golden gate and along side san francisco. the obama administration wants to an exthe area to the -- an exthe area to -- annex the area to the sanctuary. it is part of the sutter hospital chain. they stopped admitting patients to the unit there. the nurses say it provided a vital healthcare service. >> at one point it was a lucrative unit to have for the hospital and now with current laws it has become more of a burden for them. so they have closed the unit down.

and most of the nurses are no longer allowed to transfer into other units. >> the last patient who is being cared for was discharged monday. many others have been transferred. nasa released a new video of the curiosity rover's landing on mars. this is a high resolution video of the august 5 landing. you see the heat shield. you can see the surface there growing larger in the view. the curiosity is the first space craft to video record a landing on another planet. nasa announced today space x is cleared as the first private company that is certified for missions to the space station. it will begin flights this october as part of a contract with nasa. for so many families summer

vacation days are in short supply. to make the most of the weekend lets go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> a lot of the bay area back in school and temperatures this morning cool as you push the kids out the door. tomorrow morning, more of the same. more fog. there is the fog in the avenues. lot of it. tonight, we are looking for the fog and low clouds to do what it did last night. and it is subtle in the changes. temperatures today were cooler but not a lot. mild weather in the forecast. here is what i am picking up on. august. last few days of august, this cool pattern will persist. the low moves in. temperatures stay cool. what we are seeing is what we see through rest of the month. that is unusual for this time of the year because august can be pretty high fire danger.

the race day winds tomorrow, winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. here is the thing that is good, westerly wind, that is a good direction for racers on the bay. it will be different water texture. and better race day for the people out there. 76 in napa. 75 vallejo. this is for friday. 84 fairfield. east bay, 88. 86 livermore. not a bad day. temperatures tomorrow, edge up a couple degrees. cooler today. warmer tomorrow. 85 morgan hill. 73 fremont. friday, already here, looks like a nice weekend. do not count on the heat. five-day forecast, it doesn't get hot. saturday and sunday, warmest day, mid-80s. not hot. temperatures remain mild. as you head west, it will get

cooler and cooler and jackets will be needed, especially saturday and sunday. seven-day five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, nice one, really is helpful to the fire agencies. cooler for the weekend that you might like. >> thank you. california takes action to prevent a scandal similar to the one that rocked penn state. and a warning for commuters, the bart station where police are seeing a surge in a particular kind of crime.

a spike in robberies at bart stations prompted new warnings about the dangers of plugging in and tuning out. >> try to be alert. vigilant. >> bart police officers went on the offensive today. they were handing out broshoes and speak -- brochures and speaking with customers. they are targeting people, especially passengers who are seated near the train doors. >> easy exit. you can snatch the phones and the doors close so fast. it will be snatched before they realize it. >> police are suggesting people

keep their phones in their purse or back pack. >> people are walking on their cell phones, not paying attention. >> they got the same thing in chicago too. flash mobs that steal phone. >> police are putting more officers on board trains to head off more robberies. police are also helping with the effort, stepping up patrols in neighbors. the senate passed a bill expanding the list on who must report sexual abuse. it is in the wake of the penn state sex abuse scandal where co-workers knew of abuse but failed to report it. only on 2 tonight, we have obtained the video of a warmed

robber taking over a contra costa county jewelry store, coming up the frightening moments moments for those inside. >> and excitement of the first day of cool is tempered by the uncertain future, the role we all play in these students academic dreams.

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> only on 2, four men storm a contra costa county jewelry store and grab anything they could get. good evening. i am. hello. i am gasia mikalian. >> and i am frank somerville. >> julie haener is off tonight. it is the latest smash and grab robbery that has police looking for similar crimes in the area. ktvu's patty lee is live where she spoke to the store owner who was inside when they rushed in. patty? >> reporter: the surveillance camera caught a scene that lasted a minute and a half but it may be enough to solve this crime. >> reporter: four men rushed in, they are pointing guns and st