north and they issued the severe thunderstorm for the lexington area near san jose. live storm tracker two. that system moved out of the area. this is what is left of it. let's look at it as it looked an hour ago, you can see it here. let's look at the system as it moves off shore. the severe thunderstorm warning was dropped at 5:00 p.m. but we have reports of quarter size hail. the wind was breezy within the cells. we have more of the systems out there. most of it is heading to the south and east. i will be tracking that. when i come back we will go to the latest model to let you know what you could expect tonight and tomorrow. a couple is under arrest after police say they were driving a car stolen from the home of a woman who was killed

inside her home. ktvu's lorraine blanco is live where she spoke to the victim's family today. >> reporter: ktvu spoke with susie ko's son. he didn't have anything bad to say about the person's of interest. police say the couple are persons of interest in the susie ko murder ecase. seattle police -- case. seattle police arrested them for possession of a stolen vehicle. on friday they found her stabbed to death in her home and her car was found missing. >> for the first time we have been working non-stop as a family and with the police and this is the first deep breath we took as a family and as a community. >> we have been working so hard, would want to give the

family some peace. >> reporter: police believe they were involved in a crime spree that started in august when the wife helped the husband break out of jail in san bernardino county. he got into a is out out in los angeles county. the suspect shot and wounded a deputy and then they carjacked a vehicle and got away. they now face charges here in southern california and in seattle. live, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. a explosion and fire at a home sent one woman to the hospital today. this is cell phone video by neighbors. 40 firefighters attacked the fire. four people were at home at the time of the explosion. one woman was taken to the hospital with burns. the other three residents escaped. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the

explosion. embattled san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is back on the job tonight after a fight against ethic charges. ktvu's david stevenson is live where his return could be tricky. >> reporter: mayor ed lee had harsh words today as the sheriff moved to transition back into his job. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi said he was ready to reconcile with the city departments. >> it is a new day. we want to move forward, mend fences. >> reporter: mayor ed lee suspended him. the votes of four supervisors enabled ross mirkarimi to regain the job. >> i believe that they sought out an excuse for an inexcusable act that was confirmed by the criminal courts. >> reporter: mayor ed lee said

there are hard feelings between his office and ross mirkarimi. >> this city requires us to work together. i will continue doing that. >> i look forward to working with the mayor, and the district attorney. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi says his experience over the last 9 months will make him a more effective sheriff for everyone. >> i want to reach out and plan to in a direct and personal way with any of the leaders of the domestic violence community and anyone else who has doubt. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi will meet with the interim sheriff on transitioning into the job. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> if the district attorney has his way ross mirkarimi will have some of his dutying taking -- duties taken away from him.

>> i am calling on ross mirkarimi to recuse himself. >> he wants the sheriff to appoint someone else to over see the duties. they have run domestic violence programs and counselings in jails for years. victim's advocates are disappointed by the decision. >> it is the wrong message. it says that san francisco thinks it is okay to have a sheriff who has been convicted, who admitted he committed a violent act against his wife. >> we asked ross mirkarimi to respond to the district attorney's request but we haven't heard back. right now on www.ktvu.com what ross mirkarimi and his wife had to say. the vice mayor of clayton was in court as the case

against him nears an end. he pleaded not guilty to accepting $160,000 from redwood city company. it was supposed to be a insurance premium but he never turned it over to travelers insurance. closing arguments wraps up tomorrow. >> a rescued sea lion is facing a tough recovery. >> cara liu is live where the sea lion was found and another one may be at risk. >> reporter: here at peer 39 they are keeping an eye out for a second sea lion that may be tangled up in fishing line. >> reporter: rescuers tried to offer the injured sea lion his first meal in more than a day but he wasn't having it. it has been a tough 24 hours.

>> he is mad. he was not happy. he didn't want us to grab him. he doesn't understand we are trying to help him. >> rescuers were called out yesterday after someone spotted him with a strap around his neck. they sedated him and scooped him up to be transported to the marine mammal center. >> as we suspected yesterday, this is a packing strap. >> reporter: he likely got it when he was smaller and as he grew it turned into sanoose. -- turned into a noose. >> he is active and we didn't find any other issues. >> reporter: he will be that marine mammal center for a few more days and he can be seen over the weekend. workers hope to release him as

early as next week. cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. concerned neighbors are getting together in 20 minutes to talk about crime in their area. the neighborhood association has asked police to discuss a spike in auto and home burglaries and how to prevent future crimes. it starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight. officials in the south bay canvassed a neighborhood looking for information about a serial arsonist. investigators handed out flyers near the scene of the latest fire. the fires have been set in trash bins and spread. officials are concerned things could get worse. >> usually it starts off small and we found that people start smaller fires and then they graduate to bigger fires. >> the arsonist is blamed for

eight similar fires. he is calling for a hearing into california's oil refineries, one day after chevron announced one section will be closed for the remainder of the year following the fire in august. the goal is to look into the safety and reliability of the gas production system and its impact on gas prices. prices hit a record high this week. federal auto safety officials are warning about fake replacement air bags. thuns of counterfeit -- thousands of counterfeit air bag have been installed in cars in the united states. they can fail to activate or explode instead of inflating. >> only consumers that had their air bags replaced in the past three years years they be at risk. >> if that is your situation,

officials say you should have a dealer check out our air bag. in california those who install counterfeit bags can face jail time. >> toyota announces its largest recall ever, the danger they uncovered in some of its most popular models. celebrating new funding for job training programs. >> we want to make sure those striving for the middle class have those obstacles removed. >> she spoke in the tech lab. the money goes to train people. in the first three weeks, 380,000 californians registered to vote using the online system. the website allows citizens who

signature is on file with the dmv to submit over the internet. california voters have till october 22 to register for the november election. and ktvu will air tomorrow night's vice presidential debate at 6:00 p.m. and we will stream it live on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. ktvu channel 2 news will follow immediately after. netflix agreed to offer closed options by 2014. they reached the settlement in a lawsuit. captions can be displayed on most of the devices but the company says it is a challenge to offer captions on a broad range of devices. the san francisco giants are still in the game, a big win keeps them alive. the series is now tied up 2-2.

joe fonzi is in cincinnati. >> why experts say sudden oak death is spreading and what you should know about a stain like this.

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. police are hoping witnesses will come forward after a sexual assault. police say a woman walking along the delta trail to the bart station at 6:00 a.m. in the morning was groped by a man with a knife. owners of deafen businesses say they suffered -- 10 businesses say they suffered losses over night. crews responded after 1:00 a.m. flames poured through the roof.

businesses, restaurants, a salon store and others were damaged. >> 8 years of hard work and that is it. all finished. we were doing so well. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation tonight. police say a odor at a east bay storage facility led to a cash of marijuana. it smell was reported on monday. police identified the renter of the locker. they say after contacting him they searched the locker and found 47 pounds of marijuana. oakland is going toe to toe with the government over efforts to shut down a medical marijuana dispensary. they started proceedings in

july. today the city of oakland filed a lawsuit to try to stop that. the seizure would interfere with their system to license and tax medical marijuana dispensary. new informations about sudden oak death. scientists said it is predding again -- spreading again. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler joins us live now. >> reporter: i am on a ridge, look at this. these are oak trees. all these trees now at risk from sudden oak death. >> reporter: experts say sporesf the sudden oak death pathogen -- spores of the sudden oak death pathogen jumped the hills. here the infection of a live oak. >> they are the vector. they carry the pathogen and it

spreads. >> reporter: this map shows how sudden oak death spread over the last 7 years. experts say it established. >> we are terrified watching this disease effect our forest. >> reporter: scientists predicted this surge but there is new hope. >> some of our oaks appear resistant. >> reporter: they are trying restoration. in the mean time there is preventative treatment and it is cheap. >> $25 a tree. youwant to do that twice a year. >> reporter: experts warn homeowners to keep an eye on oak. sudden oak death can kill quickly and falling trees can kill people. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. today toyota launched the largest recall in the company's

75 year history. the recall includes toyotas made from 2007 to 2009. the problem is with the main power window switch that causes fires. owners of the cars should contact their dealer for repair information. the list of recalled vehicles is on www.ktvu.com. that severe thunderstorm warning has been dropped for the mountains. that is dying down but we have more showers possible in the area, just like last night. we have activity coming in over the hill. i will put a picture in here for you. show you the motion. coming this way. some of the moisture could have an impact as it moves in from the east. here is how it looked at 3:00

p.m. today. watch how it explodes. thissis it. big -- this is it. big deal. severe thunderstorm. more showers behind it. that was a powerful cell. more powerful than the cell we saw last night that ended up in san francisco. tonight, this system, we talked about it yesterday, the day before, last week, the same system, they are tough this way. it is big. rotating. pulling moisture off the sierra nevada. that is what i am tracking. this moisture. right there! it is cooler now. i don't expect a lot of activity to give you a thunderstorm. and it is dropping into a lower level. it should diminish the storms

as they move out. but definitely worth watching. we will track that. 10:00 p.m. we will be updating any developments there. this is the high-pressure system. watch where it goes. this way. it lights up los angeles, san bernardino, we worry about fire danger and thunderstorms around the hills outside bakersfield, the san bernardino mountains, southern california. the model keeps us dry. keeps us dry as that system moves out of the area. we will track it for you. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view looks like this. most of this activity should be out of the area by tomorrow 9:00 a.m. tonight will be interesting. back at 10:00 p.m. with updates. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 today's

giant's victory brought fans together here in the bay area. what they are saying about the victory and we are learning about a shooting that left a 12- year-old girl hospitalized. we will have an update on join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. the giants win. how did they do it? sports is next, live from cincinnati. x@ñññé

today the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency said lance armstrong put together the most sophisticated doping program ever seen. he used a banned blood booster throughout his career. they said 11 former teammates provided evidence against lance armstrong. his attorney calls the report a hatchet job. >> mark ibanez joins us now. a big win for the giants. >> i tell you sunday night i like a lot of fans you had to think this is done. they have come back after flat lining and pulled even with the reds. giants in control early on and

putting the pad on it. pablo sandoval, a tape measure shot. 435 feet. two run shot. 8-3. and tim lincecum in relief in control. to say the least. struck out six. definitely had his no joe back -- mojo back and the giants pull even. our joe fonzi is back in signally to -- cincinnati to give us the wrap up. joe? >> reporter: yeah. the consensus is bruce bochy did a great job of managing. managing from backward. he used tim lincecum, the guy who used to be his ace in relief and he talked about tim lincecum's willingness to accept that role. >> has a talent that he does. i don't know part of it was

timmy buying in to what we were doing. he said i want to do anything i can to help the club win. he had a great attitude and carried that into the game. >> reporter: so now the giants have a chance to do something never done before, no national league team ever came from two games down to win it all. they have a chance to do it all tomorrow. joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. mark? >> glad it has been an extended stay for you. a's ready to take on the tigers. 6:30 p.m. start. highlights at 10:00 p.m. that is the sporting life for right now. >> stayin' alive. what is that song? >> thank you. [ laughter ] a's fans taking their seats

in anticipation of the first pitch. at 10:00 p.m. live coverage as the a's hopefully force a game five against detroit. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. @p@p