secondary, evaluated again and booked. >> reporter: reverend salvatore cordileone, a san diego native was a bishop there. last month the pope picked him as the new archbishop of san francisco. >> christ by his death redeemed us. >> he is anti-gay marriage and the fact he is in san diego catching a bus is hypocritical. but typical with the church. >> he has to be forgiven by god. >> reporter: in his statement the archbishop-elect says he

was driving home from dinner with his mother, had been with friends in san diego and said he was pulled ovat the check -- over at the check point but he did not say how far above he was. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. tropical storm isaac is picking up strengths in the golf coast and it is expected to turn into a hurricane by tomorrow. already the strong winds whipped florida. in key west flooded streets, and more red cross volunteers, including 11 from the bay area are heading to the gulf coast. tropical storm isaac is expected to come ashore in louisiana tomorrow. it skirted by tampa florida triggering a change in course for the republican national committee. that is where ktvu's ken pritchett is live. >> reporter: tropical storm

isaac had its impact today. the question is when a hurricane isaac further disrupt the convention interfering with mitt romney's big night on thursday? >> reporter: the republican national committee was underway but it was a brief session, 10 minutes, enough time for remarks and a pray before recessing. blame it on the weather, it was the fear of tropical storm isaac hitting tampa that caused the gop to cancel the first day of the convention. california's delegation took it in stride. >> reporter: 3 days instead of 4 levels the playing field for democrats. >> the media wasn't planning to cover monday anyway.

>> reporter: he says the bigger concern for republicans is what tropical storm isaac projected to become a hurricane does from here and when. >> when there is a building storm that is heading towards new orleans, i think the visual is problematic. >> reporter: mitt romney's speech could move from thursday to friday. he says moving the speech may be necessary. >> he may. he may have to. if he does, he does. >> reporter: tomorrow is a full day, that is when they will vote to nominate mitt romney as their choice as their candidate choice. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> meg whitman has no plans to accept a white house position in a potential mitt romney administration. he said he regards meg whitmans with the perfect person for his

cabinet. she might be interested in a advisory role and she is committed to staying at hewlett- packard. the wife of mitt romney is getting secret service protection. as of friday she now has agents assigned to her. it is a standard practice. mitt romney had it since the fink of the year. ktvu channel 2 news' coverage continues, ktvu's ken pritchett will be there live. the san jose police department ordered six schools to be locked down after a bank robbery. robbersed up a -- robbers held up a wells fargo bank. the robbers took off towards the schools and that is when

they imposed the lock down. they arrested one suspect and the second suspect at 2:30 p.m. firefighters took an hour to put out a fire this afternoon. flames broke out at 2:30 p.m. in a building on jersey street in noe valley. all the residents got out safely. the flames spread but firefighters put out the fire in 40 minutes. no one was hurt and investigators are trying to find out what caused the fire. a broken gas line forced the evacuation of several homes in san francisco. a contractor digging on 26th avenue ruptured that line after 8:00 a.m. this morning. pg&e shut off gas they while repaired the line. 30 customers were without gas

for an hour. and everyone was allowed back in around 9:00 a.m. a suspicious package was found in a garbage can this morning. streets were closed. 30 rooms at a hotel were also evacuated. the bomb squad determined it was not harmful and people were allowed back into the area. also in san francisco, what started as a cell phone robbery ended with gunfire, a school lock down and 5 people in custody. the school is on church and valley and ktvu's david stevenson tells us how it was an app that helped police catch the suspects. the shooti happened down this alley way. it led to a school lock down before police arrested five people in a cell phone theft

ring. >> reporter: the first day of class turned scary after a officer involved shooting. police say it began with a cell phone robbery at gun point in the ocean view district. the victim used an app that enabled police to track the phone to two suspects in this noe valley neighborhood. she drew her gun after police say he reached towards his clothe. the suspect got away after the officer twisted her angle. by pinging the phone police tracked down two men. one man was found in a car's trunk along with the victim's cell phone and credit cards. >> the fact that more than one cell phone was found would indicate they were -- that was their business. stealing cell phones. >> reporter: they recovered two

hand guns and they arrested two men. three were detained. this morning police performed cold shows asking victims and witnesses to identify suspects. students went to class shaken by the police activity. >> i think what was scariest was he is familiar with the colorado shootings and now it is here in our neighborhood. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 p.m., what a witness saw and heard that police officer said before the officer fired a round. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, the hazmat is on the scene at a motel where a woman was found dead, possibly from a chemical exposure. at the hilton garden. authorities have not said what the chemical might be but they say there is no danger to the public.

a jury cleared a law maker of one drunken driving charge but dead locked on the other. they found him not guilty of driving under the influence. but they could not agree on a charge of driving with a blood alcohol of over the limit. prosecutors told us they will decide by september whether to refile charges. apple is asking to stop the sale of 8 samsung smartphones in the united states as a result of the verdict. that would include the galaxy s4g, several others and thedroid charge. a jury last week found samsung copied features from apple's technology. and coming up at six, the

verdict could be just the beginning of the battles. the company that apple may be targeting next. apple stock rose 2% today. closed above $675, up $12.46 a share. climbed as high as $680 a share at one. mix day for stocks, the dow is down 33 to 13,0124. the nasdaq is up 3 at 3,073. the s&p is down 0.69 at 1,410. a suspicious fire outside of a daycare center has sparked an investigation. it happened at 6:45 a.m. this morning. in the rear of the facility on tennessee street. a spokeswoman said the flames burned part of a handy camp ramp and it appeared someone tried to put a fuel through a vent under the building but it did not catch on fire. the national transportation safety board released a report on the fatal crash at the reno

air race last summer. the aircraft involved in the crash underwent too many modifications to be safe to fly. the plane was falling apart during the race. it plunged into the stands killing the pilot and 10 spectators. and injuring 64 others. >> without understanding how it could effect the plane then you are playing russian roulette. >> the pilot did not notify officials of all the changes he made to the plane. the man who is known as the american taliban testified the government is forcing him to sin and violating his rights. he is serving a 20 year

sentence in indiana. in court today he said prisoners are alud to eat -- allowed to eat, play cards but only allowed to pray together once a week. the park here is set for a major transformation all to honor little leaguers. how you can participate. >> and i am back here at 5:20 p.m., tracking the fog, i will show you where the fog will be tuesday morning. see you back here 5:20 p.m. íú

petaluma. petaluma. >> the petaluma nationals receiveed a hero's welcome home today at sfo. they are back after that exciting third place finish at the little league world series.

the players and coaches headed home to petaluma in style. a white hummer. once back in their home town the celebration continued for the pride of petaluma. ktvu's christien kafton was there as the community cheered the team. he joins us live now from petaluma. >> reporter: the petaluma nationals little leaguers are back home and their town could not be prouder of their boys. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the petaluma nationals stepped out of their limo and into the lime light, getting the welcome reserved for the pros. >> i just want to say thank you for all the support. you are the bomb! yeah! >> reporter: he says the team is adjusting to their new reality. >> man, it is really cool, actually. like when people come up and ask for your autograph, it is

like you try to think, why do they want my autograph, what did i do. >> reporter: the city of petaluma came together to support the team on its trip to the little league world series. the manager said he is proud of how well the boys played and how they handled a heart breaking loss saturday. >> tough to get 11 runs in a inning but they got 10. i was proud of how they came back the next day. as for the fouch -- >> reporter: as for the future, they will be back on the diamond tomorrow. >> he will be in a tournament next weekend. we will miss sunday for the parade. >> reporter: right now we are at the park where the parade starts and end. this weekend is going to be a grand slam. live in petaluma, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news.

today was the first day of class for schools in oakland. before the break the district was hit by budget cuts and protests but officials say today's return to the classroom went well with 37,000 students. budget cuts forced them to close 5 schools last june with one converting to a charter school. today a new school also opened. a 19-year-old is facing charges today. authorities arrested him last friday after serving a search warrant. they found evidence he robbed a man he met on a marijuana selling website. the california slaughterhouse at the center of a animalculety investigation is -- animal cruelty investigation is back open with approval.

they were shut down last week. officials say the company agreed to a number of corrective actions and that 450 employees were told to come back to work today. the video prompted several places to stop buying meat from them. the shaking continues in a southern california town that was hit with earthquakes over the weekend. hundreds of earthquakes shook the imperial county town yesterday and dozens more today. no one was hurt but the earthquake damaged buildings and 20 mobile homes. it could last for days but they do not indicate a big one is on the way. >> we have never seen it followed by activity. >> the two strongest earthquakes hit yesterday, 5.5 and 5.3. a trail is being closed for

three days. the trail was closed starting today to make way for construction as part of a seismic upgrade for the water transmission system. it is an emergency and supplemental water supply for san francisco. >> time now to check on our weather. let's head over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. it was really nice today. quite a difference from the weekend. >> huge difference. some temperatures warmed up 10- 15 degrees over yesterday. warmer today. you noticed that. less fog at the coast as well. you will see what i am talking about, outside the gate, clearing by the cliff house, sun trying to come out. winds that golden gate bridge is gusting to 25 miles per hour right now. fog coming into the east side

of san francisco within the next couple hours and temperatures cool accordingly. tonight, nice, mild evening. what happened over the weekend? the marine layer stretched out, 2,000 feet and all the cool air came in over the hills. temperatures yesterday cooler than today. this week, it will pinch down a little bit. no spare the air day but we will see a shallow marine layer. less cool air and that allows temperatures, tuesday, wednesday, thursday to be warmer than over the weekend. these are subtle changes. a few meters, 10-20 meters. changes the temperatures. tuesday morning the fog comes back. the model is weak but i anticipate fog down into santa

cruz. i don't think it will be like yesterday but there will be fog here. more than the model shows and temperatures tomorrow nice, similar to today. maybe warmer. maybe cooler along the coast. but most places tomorrow will be warmer. the heat is still in the big valley. 90s there. most of us tomorrow 70s, 80s. mid-80s. tomorrow warmer. checking on the hurricane, or tropical storm, category one, tuesday at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, central time off the coast of new orleans. i will track that for you. big deal. in the gulf, this is where there is a lot of oil, a lot. thousands. they were trying to set up the situation where they could move them out of the way or closing them down. big story. i will have that at 5:45 p.m.,

weekend forecast and the five- day forecast. the faa considering a change in what devices you can leave on on a plane. and the person accused of causing this and driving away is under arrest tonight and it is what authorities found that led them to the arrest. >> the new ktvu app is ready to download. watch newscasts live, traffic, weather and breaking news anytime, anywhere.

a driver is facing dui charges after accused of causing this incident in oakland. it happened at 12:30 a.m. this morning. investigators say the driver hit the fire hydrant and left the scene and then hit an embankment. they are sure they have the right person because the hydrant was found underneath the car. hertz said today they are buying the stock of the dollar thrifty auto group.

changes begin today for a busy downtown san francisco bart station. the entrance to the powell street station will be shut down for 6 years part of the construction project which is expected to be completed in 2019. riders will have to go through the fourth and market street entrance. >> bart's new extension received cash today. california transportation officials approved $40 million for that project. it is the fourth of six installments they expect to receive. the first phase will run from fremont to san jose. the faa is taking new steps that could allow passengers to use devices from gate to gate. they are forming a committee to review the policies on

electronics. you know you have to turn your computers off because of interference. but officials also say that the ban on cell phone use during flights is not going to be reconsidered. the death toll from saturday's explosion in venezuela rose to 28 today. they started when a gas leak sparked the explosion. 150 people were injured. the refinery processes 900,000- barrels of crude every day. refinery fire investigators held a community meeting today, that is still ahead. >> a low flying helicopter has been drawing attention in the skies over oakland today, what it is doing and why authorities

say it is nothing to worry about.

. complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. concerned residents pack a meeting looking for answers about the chevron refinery fire but many walked away disappointing. it was a chance for people effected by the fire to hear from investigators. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live to explain why so many people did not hear what they were expecting to. >> reporter: and it is who wasn't there that raised eyebrows. >> reporter: residents wanted to know what investigators found so far. >> i am interested in what has been going on. >> what type of chemicals were

released, are they harmful. >> i hope to find out what was in the smoke. >> reporter: the common answer was still investigating. >> investigations last 12-18 months. >> in our haste to provide information as soon as possible we are indicated we are not seeing anything. >> after 30 years of saying the same thing i come to the conclusion the district is lying. period. >> reporter: they showed up to answer questions, one did not, cal-osha. they chose only to submit a statement. two years ago they pronounced all of california's refinery's safe. >> they are being told to shut up or they don't want to provide the information. >> reporter: we learned due to

damage of the facility investigators still have not examined the failed pipe. >> i have not put my hands on that pipe. >> reporter: they inspect once every three years and this -- >> chevron changed its sulfur content in 1998 to a higher content and the -- there has been three fires since then. >> reporter: the air district says the damaged unit is ladened with asbestos. he has a new job, he has been named police commissioner in baltimore. he was police chief in long beach before coming to oakland. that is howard jordan right there. he left the job last october after conflicts with mayor jean

quan. he starts in baltimore on september 27. bart police are crediting the swept action of a -- swept action of a worker. he noticed the man trying to use a credit card with a woman's name on it. the worker immediately called police. police identified the man as derek pits. police say he got the credit card from a purse he stole. the california supreme court over turned the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering two brothers in their san jose store in the 1980s. miguel angel bacigalupo was sentenced to die but the supreme court ruled that prosecutors failed to hand over key evident. prosecutors could retry had penalty phase or allow the sentence to be converted to

life without parole. officials are expected to have a wildfire fully contained by tomorrow. it consumed 43 square miles and destroyed 150 structures, including 52 homes. several hundred homes are still at risk. the fire was caused by lightning 9 days ago. don't be alarmed if you see a low flying helicopter this week. ktvu's ann rubin tells us what the helicopter is doing. >> reporter: the helicopter was reading radiation levels over the oakland hills area today and while it drew attention here officials say it is part of a new study and no cause for concern. >> reporter: you might have seen it or heard it flying 300 feet off the ground. >> flew over our house.

my mom said it flew over 5-6 times. we thought they were looking for someone. i was nervous. >> reporter: it is not looking but testing. this helicopter is getting a reading of normal radiation levels around the bay area. if authorities know what normal levels look like, in the event of a disaster, they will recognize what that looks like too. >> this will help us determine to see something that shouldn't be there. >> reporter: it is equipped with two pods, they take readings and transmit them to a laptop. the pilot will fly each day. university of california at berkeley professor says certain buildings will register radiation. >> the change from the time of

the date to night am -- time of the day to night. >> nothing to be concerned about. we will be out of here in five days. >> some of our neighbors were calling each other. we are all good? yeah. i am happy we are good. the project already mapped levels in new york, washington, d.c., seattle and las vegas. ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. the food and drug administration approved a new hiv treatment. the drug was developed in the bay area. it is a once a day treatment to control hiv. it is for use in adults who haven't previously been treated for hiv. 90% of patients had no

detechable level of hiv -- detectable level of hiv after use. he called the shooting friday appropriate since the officers were told the gunman killed a man and then pointed his weapon at officers. two officers killed hill. stray bullets caused injuries to 9 bystanders. the officers are on desk duty. new information about people who start smoking smoking american when they are young. >> and the inspection for work horse, why 737s are now under scrutiny.

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a new study suggests that smoking marijuana at an early age could experience a drop in iq. a report shows 23% of high school students hear in the u.s. said they smoked marijuana more than those who said they smoked regular cigarettes.

>> new evidence that a lack of sleep could be linked to a reoccurrence of breast cancer. those who reported less than six hours of sleep were more likely to see a more aggressive breast cancer occurrence. more research is needed to determine why a lack of sleep could cause it to return. if you want to quit smoking, consider exercising. subjected who added exercise to their stop smoking problem had more success. the federal aviation administration orded inspections of late model -- ordered inspections of late model 737. 297 jets need to be fixed.

they are advisorying them to move ahead -- advising them to move ahead with the repair. whenever we are confronted with a storm, hope for the best. >> tropical storm isaac could turn into a hurricane, the steps the gulf coast is taking as the storm moves in. >> i am back here in a couple minutes, the fog is breaking up at the coast, i will let you know what he could expect as we look that five-day forecast, back here in just a couple. cçrrú

more now on tropical storm isaac. the latest forecast calls for it to strengthen to a hurricane and hit louisiana tomorrow night. how cities are getting ready for the storm. >> reporter: tropical storm isaac blows through the florida straight. besides winds, rains, leaving 60,000 in the dark, forecasters say the system could grow into a hurricane as it heads towards the gulf coast where it is expected to make land fall tuesday. evacuation orders are in place. >> i think we will be okay. tropical storm isaac will have winds of 90 miles per hour when it hits land.

a state of emergency in louisiana, mississippi, florida, alabama. >> we are likely to see the land fall tuesday, wednesday morning. >> reporter: it threat toons bear down on -- threatens to bear down on new orleans. officials say levies can handle stronger storms. >> people taking responsibility for themselves and their families so emergency responders can take care of the people who can't take care of themselves. the storm is blamed for 2 dozen deaths in haiti and the dominican republic. the storm stalling out once it makes land fall which means they could be days of heavy rains and winds for much of the

area. in new orleans, fox news. >> for where isaac is headed next, our chief meteorologist bill martin will show us more. tropical storm isaac is effecting more than the republican national committee. it may push gas prices higher. bp, shell and exxon evacuated some oil platforms. oil refinery are also bracing for impact. they produce 40% of the country's oil supply. a explosion in venezuela is also taking a toll. >> $3.75. this is the highest price we have seen for this day in history. >> as you heard, gas prices could be the highest they have ever been during a labor day

weekend. a great service on our website, find the least expensive gas by going to www.ktvu.com. once there, click on the business dab and choose consumer -- tab and choose consumer. gm is planning a shut down of its plant that makes the chevy volt, the reason, slow sales. they expected sales of 60,000 for the hybrid but through july they only sold less than 11,000. he plans to idle the detroit plant for 4 weeks in september and october. 1500 employees have been informed along with suppliers. >> authorities in napa say a man drowned ovthe -- over the weekend. the 24-year-old was boating on

saturday. his friends say he dove into the lake and disappeared. yesterday divers pulled his body from the water. he would have turned 25 today. the pentagon has begun to review a book written by a navy seal who promises to tell the story on the raid that killed osama bin laden. it is called no easy day. he was part of the team that raided osama bin laden's compound aand killed him. he signed a -- and killed him. he signed a secrecy agreement when he became a navy seal. new york senator wants $61 million added to the spending bill that is being negotiated in congress. he said the dome fell into serious disrepair, has 13 cracks in it. right now the money is not in the house version of the bill

but in the senate version. we will talk about our weather, it is beautiful but first tropical storm isaac. >> in the golf as it moves on. i have a model here. we could check the progress for the next 24 hours. we will take the computer. here we are, monday 5:00. i move it forward. tuesday, this is central time, 2:00, you see the eye of the storm, winds 200 miles per hour. off the southeast tip of louisiana. in the new orleans area. and then it moves through. that system will linger for a while. thursday and friday, you see it rains for a bit and the winds move off. new orleans will have a good shot at getting hit. i will have the latest models tonight at 10:00 p.m. what it will effect is travel plans. winds along the coast right

now, 25 miles per hour. at the golden gate bridge. next couple days, temperatures yesterday were cooler. today warmer. tomorrow warmer. next day, cooler. it is a subtle weather pattern. warmer than yesterday. this low pressure is dominated by the high pressure coming in from nevada, and we are looking for a more seasonal kind of weather pattern. 80s and 90s inland. but we will stay below red flag warning. a typical summer pattern. fog long the coast. long the coast, clearing. 89 in fairfield. 79 in richmond. tomorrow, kids are going a school, all of them are in school, weave got cool start in the morning and highs tomorrow,

heading home, 86 in morgan hill after a start of 58 degrees. warm. 87 gilroy. long the coast, fog is there, pacifica, daily city, today it is mixed out. that time of year. you noticed this. the last couple days it felt like fall. we got into this fall-like weather pattern. feels more summer tomorrow. last couple of days it had a bite in the air. in the mean time, a nice week ahead. real even pattern. subtle changes. >> nice, too. thank you. a foreclosure fight, the demand activists are making to save the homes of 8 families. íú

organizers of the first ever america's cup race are happy with the turn out over the weekend. 150,000 people came out over the past 5 days to see the world series. the turn out exceeded previous races in san diego and newport island. and a couple of local teams swept the event. two oracle boats split the titles. this year's burning man festival is underway in the

black rock desert. it attracts tens of thousands of people every year who gather for a week long celebration of human expression. they put together unusual camp sites and art collections. the event wraps up with the burning of the band ceremony on labor day. rally outside of a san francisco financial office to protest proclosures and e-- foreclosures and evictions. they demonstrated at the doors of an investment firm and a mortgage bank. apple has one victory under its belt but that could embold the computer maker, coming up, the giant that apple could go

after next. >> and california conserves get a boost, the call to arms for republicans gathered in florida tonight.

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00

p.m. >> good evening. i am heather holmes. >> and i am frank somerville. apple is taking its victory over samsung and hoping to turn it into a product ban on some of the devices that the jury said includes stolen ideas. ktvu's robert handa is live with the signs that this could be just the beginning of apple's fight. robert? >> reporter: we are inside the mobile store in san jose, a popular place with lots of selection but not as much soon if apple gets its way. >> reporter: he decided to buy a samsung product even after apple won last week. what he didn't count on is apple's demand, that some samsung products be banned from the u.s. market. >> i just switched to samsung and i am like oh, no. >> reporter: he