safety employees are not recognized for what they actually do to protect us. >> reporter: for officer some morgan, he says yesterday's shooting is a reminder of how fragile life really is. >> it causes us to bring life issues into sharper focus, making sure we're living life to the fullest, making sure we're letting our loved ones know that we love and care about them. >> reporter: officer youngstrom still on life support at this time. his family lives in the fairfield area. tonight a silent vigil is scheduled for 7:30 at the ridgeview neighborhood park in fairfield. and we learned more today about the moments that led up to the shooting. the contra costa sheriff's department says that officer youngstrom had already pulled over on to the shoulder of interstate 680 in alamo responding to a call about a dead deer.

that's when officer chp officer pulled over that jeep wrangler for an obstructed the license plate. officer youngstrom then waved the jeep over and spoke to the driver inside for less than a minute. without warning, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot youngstrom. that's when the second chp officer ran up the embankment and shot the driver, who later died. today we learn that the drivers name was christopher boone lacy. investigators have already searched his northern california home. eric rasmussen is live in corning, california, where he spoke with neighbors who witnessed that search. >> reporter: and lacy's home is about 16 miles from here, an area called rancho tehama. the neighbor says christopher lacy was a computer programmer. he was three hours from home

when officers pulled over his green jeep wrangler for an obstructed license plate. christopher lacy was armed with a semi automatic handgun and two fully loaded magazines. >> looking at the dash cam voorks it shows that the officer and lacy had a short conversation. then without warning, lacy pulled out a gun and shot the officer in the head. >> reporter: lacy's next-door neighbor bob did not want to show his face, but he says lacy was a computer programmer, quiet. >> any guns in the house? no. he's gone. he's working in the bay area someplace. >> reporter: detectives removed six computers from lacy's home and are examining them for any possible clues to a motive. while some law enforcement sources suggested lacy may have

been part of a survivalist movement, his neighbor says he saw no unusual behavior. >> he wanted to survive, not in a radical way, just in a normal way. he was planting vegetables in the front yard. >> reporter: and lacy's neighbor told me that lacy bought his home here in tehama county less than two years ago for $35,000. he says lacy's move here from the bay area was in part, he says, because of the cost of living. we're live in tehama county, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> stay with us for updates and join us for the 10:00 news for the very latest on kenyon youngstrom's condition and a vigil set to start in about an hour and a half. opd, the chp and the u.s.

marshals all teamed up to try and solve this case. officers arrested a 16-year-old in east palo alto around 11 a.m. today for the attempted murder of a highway patrol officer back on july 21. the officer was not hurt. three other people were arrested within just a couple of days of that incident back in july. and coming up in ten minutes, protesters say the police are lying. what they're saying and the reason vallejo's police chief says his officers are the ones at risk, in the wake of a fatal shooting of a suspect earlier this week. two suspects were arrested at gun-point today after leading chp officers on a high- speed chase through the east bay. it all started when a chp officer tried to pull over a stolen vehicle. the driver took off, eventually ditching the car. the suspects, a man and a woman, ran into a san leandro neighborhood. chp were able to arrest the two

about 25 minutes later. nature sent a very loud message today that the nice summer weather is taking a break. [ sound of thunder ] >> a storm cell swept into the bay area this morning, and lightning strikes caused several fires today, although in remote areas. firefighters say they are keeping a close eye on the situation. here is a live look at mount diablo, which is under that red flag warning. bill martin joins us live in the weather center. >> definitely, unsettling weather pattern out there. right now you can see some tropical moisture. looks like san diego, as you look at that live picture. this is what the result of that moisture is. you're getting scattered showers, widely scattered, throughout the bay area. we've had that going on most of the day. this is what i'm worried about up here. see up in the mountains?

this moisture bumps into the higher terrains, explodes in reds and yellows. that's enhancing the storms. tonight, as we go through the evening hours, we've got a good shot at some overnight lightning in the bay area, not just in the central valley, as some of this moisture bumps into the higher terrain here. from about 11:00 tonight till about 5 a.m. thursday, this is one of those nights with that red flag warning that we could really get a lot of lightning and a lot of thunder, so it's something we're watching very closely. i'm back here in just a little bit. i'll have the latest computer model. tonight at 10:00, that's when stuff will start to go on. we'll have the latest models at that point as well. i'll see you back here at 6:20. there are new details tonight from chevron ant the massive refinery fire in richmond. in a report released today, the oil giant says more than 21,000 people filed medical claims after the fire on the evening of august 6. officials say

their analysis of the plume found no toxic substances in excess of safe limits. but they do not test for a compound that can cause irritation. chevron is analyzing a white cloud that appeared in the plant just before the fire ignited. the whistle blowers were wrong, according to a new state assessment on the integrity of pg&e pipelines in san bruno. our consumer editor is live with that and also the changes pg&e has made to its emergency response plan. tom? >> reporter: well, it took the state about eight months to come up with this major new finding. last february, some pg&e whistle blowers alleged that pipeline inspections were noncompliant with state and federal regulations. so the public utilities commission investigated and today it concluded there were no incidents of noncompliant inspections. >> our findings were the same

as the public utility commission, that our work was exemplary and had no issues whatsoever. >> what it means to me is that we're taking real, tangible progress towards our goal of becoming the safest utility in the united states. >> reporter: whenever there's a major loss of gas line pressure, one person will be in command while other team members will have specific duties. 911 will be notified immediately and there will be constant troubleshooting as well as periodic drills. >> we'll be able to respond as effectively as possible. >> reporter: but the utility reform network says that's just talk. >> the troubling thing is we only find out how effective an emergency response system is when there's an emergency. there is no other way to know. >> reporter: pg&e says it now has solid records on all

pipelines and has verified pressure safety factors in 2,000 miles of pipe. >> a lot of pg&e pipeline needs to be repaired and replaced. >> reporter: and that $5 to $10 billion bill. the president was set to speak to as many as 74,000 people in an outdoor stadium in charlotte, north carolina, but with severe thunderstorms in the forecast, the speech is being moved inside the convention center where the rest of the nominating events are taking place. california attorney general harris is addressing delegates right now, and in the next hour, massachusetts candidate

elizabeth warren will speak to delegates. tonight's keynote speaker is bill clinton. you can watch all of this streaming live on our website, www.ktvu.com. and ken will have a live update on the 10:00 news. community outrage erupts outside the vallejo police station today in response to a fatal officer-involved shooting. hundreds of people who worked for the city of san francisco may be cheating the system. i'll tell you how they got caught and how the city plans to rectify it. we invite you to watch ktvu channel 2 news at 5 every day. complete bay area news coverage.

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the family of a vallejo man shot to death by police accused police today of lying about the

circumstances of his death. relatives of mario romero and others protested outside the vallejo police department. inside, the chief said romero had reached for a pellet gun that looked a lot like a real gun before he was killed. it is the fifth officer- involved fatal shooting this year. police say ecstasy pills were found in his car. we've learned that nadia lockyear will be in court on a felony drug charge. the orange county district attorney's office says lockyear was arrested eight days ago. she pleaded not guilty to the charges. lockyear is currently in a rehab facility. she is the estranged wife of state treasurer bill lockyear. hundreds of san franciscan

workers are taking part. >> reporter: it helps with the water, but it also helps with the sewage bill. 46% of the people currently enrolled in a program do not qualify. and of those, more than 400 are listed as city workers. san francisco public utilities commission says hundreds of city workers may have violated the community assist program. >> we found that the addresses on record with our city record employee database matched up with people enrolled in the program. >> reporter: the program is designed to help less fortunate people who qualify by discounting their sewage bill by 35% and their water bill by 15%. a recent audit shows that the eight-year-old program has some issues. a little less than half of the

participants qualify. it's possible that the city workers are not intentionally cheating the system. >> they may been listed on the address as far as their records with the city, but they may be a renter in an apartment where the owner pays the bill and maybe the owner qualified. >> i think it's just an all- around bad situation, and people are just looking for others, their pockets. >> reporter: some people think the city workers should get a stiffer penalty. >> pay the money back and fire them. >> it's stealing. they should lose their jobs. >> reporter: the puc is requiring everyone who does not qualify to fill out this paperwork, verifying their income and listing the number of people in their household. a controversial new proposal in san francisco would

target chronic alcoholics by forcing them into recovery treatment. it's a joint effort and it targets chronic drunks who repeatedly miss their court dates. every time a person misses their court date, they would be held in contempt and forced to complete fave days -- five days of alcohol treatment at the jail. second harvest food bank unveiled their new location today. the cypress center on north first street nearly doubles the size of their operating space. the building was a donation. >> it goes to the most basic need. unfortunately, in one of the richest places in the world, we have hungry people. they needed a big building. we had a building and we said go for it. >> second harvest is one of the largest food banks in the nation, providing food to 250,000 people each month in the two-county region.

a raging wildfire in colusa county is now just 10% contained tonight. two fires have now merged together, burning about 3200 acres. cal fire says an evacuation warning is out for the remote cortina reservation. rain showers are a mixed blessing for fire crews as they fight a wildfire in the san gabriel mountains. there are concerns about dry lightning sparking even more fires. tonight, the williams fire is 48% contained. we've got some scattered showers out there right now. that moisture is going to be here for the next 24 hours, hence the red flag warning. i suggest we could also see thunderstorms in the santa cruz mountains as we go through tonight.

the activity is very light right now. we're not seeing yellows or reds, like right here. but late tonight, early tomorrow morning, we have a shot at something like this. despite the cloud cover, we still got into the mid and upper 80's in the inland valleys. this is extremely unstable air. that's why that red flag warning goes into effect. the computer model didn't show green, but remember i said? hey, listen, this stuff is unstable. it wouldn't take much for something to happen. this stuff is absolutely unstable. it could easily trigger off a thunderstorm. that's where we are tonight and through tomorrow, till about noontime. the best bet for one of these should bees in the bay area is probably going to be between midnight tonight and 3 or 4 in

the morning. the computer model sets us up at 10:00 tonight. the green is up here. the model is not used to this stuff. this is not a typical scenario. i do know there is a lot of subtropical moisture and this is unstable. it's in the area between 10 and 3:00 in the morning. the big story really right now for us is the next 24 hours. forecast highs tomorrow, 87 in fairfield. i bring it up as a big deal only in that the models aren't suggesting it's going to explode, but this is the kind of thing that can explode. i'm back here tonight at 10:00 and we'll have a completely new set of data models. right now i'm pretty confident with this forecast. we'll keep an eye on it.

the main concern is for fires, because we just don't need lightning strikes this time of year. >> no kidding. >> thank you, bill. california energy officials celebrated a major milestone today at an emergency conference in sacramento. for the first time ever, more than 1,000 megawatts of solar power energy were sent into the energy grid during the heat wave. the goal is to harness renewable energy. coming up at 7, on tv 36, chp officers with heavy hearts after yesterday's shooting. one officer explains why there is never a routine traffic stop. some call it the google maps of life itself. findings that may reshape what we know about the human body, at 7 on tv 36. san jose is playing hard ball. the fight is city is waging to try to uncover who is behind efforts to keep the a's from moving to san jose.

some tough talk today from san jose's mayor in the city's fight to try and get the a's to move to san jose. the mayor says the city has now

filed a court order to now find out who is backing a community group called stand for san jose. he believes the giants are quietly supporting that group, which has filed suit to try and block a downtown stadium being built for the a's. >> but for the giants, the a's would have been able to move to san jose a long time ago. we'd probably have a stadium up by now. >> the giants currently have territorial rights to san jose. a major league baseball committee has been studying that move for three years. the a's are on a streak. not a good streak. three in a row. >> i think we got a little spoiled. we're not used to this. suddenly, they kind of jammed things into reverse and have lost three straight to a team they could not afford to do that against, the angels of anaheim. a three-game streak concluded today. they were able to get kendrys morales at third. that's about the best thing to

happen to them because it gets worse. erick aybar ripped one off the head of brandon mccarthy. happy to report he appears to be okay. a's report this evening that he will be held overnight in a hospital for observation but he appears to be okay. the a's lose the ball game 7-1 and they're headed off on the road. end of the line for one of america's top of the line tennis players. roddick announced he would retire following this grand slam event. an emotional roddick and his wife rooting him on, to no avail. juan martin del potro resuming today. he comes on strong. roddick, a former u.s. open window and one-time no.

1 player in the world is retiring at the age of 31. giants are up for the weekend against the dodgers. they close out their series tonight against arizona. full highlights tonight at 10. >> thank you. before we go, we want to let you know that in just about an hour, a vigil will be held for officer kenyon youngstrom, who is still in grave condition on life support after being shot yesterday morning. we'll have an update on the gathering and what we're learning about the shooting and the suspect tonight at 10. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.

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