condition. 4:29 let's go back to the desk. happening today oakland city leaders will hold a news conference to discuss the growing problem of violence. paul chambers joins us from the scene. >> reporter: the community came out last night to honor her. there are still candles burning at this hour. members of the community came together to show their support and honor judy solomon. >> she is my only sister and her mother our mother died when judy was 17. and it has been a tough life for her. >> reporter: now solomon was described as a passionate person who cared about animals and professional pet sitter. it was while she was picking up

neighborhood dogs on wednesday that she was shot and killed a few blocks from her mom. a place recently solomon was working to protect. she and other residents were working to bring private security to the area. yesterday we spoke with one woman who's dog was in the car with her. >> and if lucy could talk, she would tell you what happened yesterday. >> reporter: now today the community will come together once again, but this time with leaders from oakland city council and community activists. that part of the story and what will happen to solomon's chihuahua in our next live report. >> thank you. a man accused of using pepper spray top force his way into a home onofre hospital is on the loose this morning. police say the suspect rang the doorbell at a home yesterday evening. when a woman answered, he allegedly doused her with pepper say. investigators say he got into a fight with a man and shots were

fired. a swat team then responded but he managed to escape. the family at the home were not seriously hurt. the suspect is described as a thin 30-year-old latino man with a long bushy ponytail and goatee and tattoos above both eyebrows. it happened at about 10:40 last night. three people were inside the cab and one person was in the suv. police say they are all expected to survive. and the cause of the crash is still being investigated. the san jose fire department posted four photographs on its twitter page of a car crash late last night. the vehicle slammed into two trees. the driver was trapped inside and firefighters had to use the jaws of life to remove the person from the car. we have not yet received word on the extent of the injuries. an apartment fire has forced a san jose family to seek temporary shelter. the one alarm fire started around 10:30 last night on

north third street. the fire was brought under control. no one was injured and the cause of the fire is also still under investigation. firefighters in contra costa county are making sure a grass fire does not flair up. the fire burned 120 acres of open fields at the former naval weapon's station. the fire broke out around 1:00 yesterday. firefighters say it was pretty difficult to put it out. winds were clocked at 30 miles an hour. firefighters burned foilage as a barrier to make sure flames did not spread further. part of the port chicago highway was shut down briefly as well. >> do we spray down the grass or leave? thankfully it didn't cross over. >> a couple pig rigs parked across the highway got scorched. there are no obvious signs of what sparked the fire but past fires have come from brakes of

trains rolling through the area. construction crews may be moving forward with the quick fix for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. special materials designed to make sure the new bridge will be able to withstand a major earthquake will be ready early next month. however there will be a number of safety reviews in the weeks ahead. >> this idea of using the shims sooner will be vetted. but there have been no decisions made. >> it's still possible the new bridge could open during the labor day weekend as originally planned. negotiations are set to resume at 9:00 this morning. there are growing concerns the two sides won't be able to reach a deal before the august 4th deadline. bay area transit leaders are working to hiring charter buses

for commuters. but it would take 8,000 buss to carry the passengers bart normally carries each day. a hayward woman is under psychiatric care this morning for failing to feed her child for two days. a woman claims she was being held against her will at a local motel. the 32-year-old suspect appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine. they found three children all under the age of six years old in her room. a roll over crash that killed her five-year-old daughter a mother is facing manslaughter charges. she was not paying attention when she went on to richmond parkway on may 20th. investigators say she swerved to avoid another car and her suv flipped. the five-year-old girl was ejected and crushed by the vehicle. police say neither her nor the other's children were wearing any seat belts. a 13-year-old hayward girl

is being credited with arresting a suspected burglar that broke into her house. the girl was babysitting her younger -- when she heard a strange noise. she realized someone was rummaging through the garage. her mom who didn't want to be on camera shares what happened next. >> she called me. mommy there is two guys in the backyard that are trying to get in the house. i told her call 911 and i hung up and i called 911 and headed over here. >> police say they got to the house in time to seat two men leaving the backyard. they chased and arrested 22- year-old quentin and have strong leads on the second man. a former uc davis police officer involved in a pepper spraying incident two years ago is seeking disability insurance. pike was fired last year after an investigation. his case is scheduled to be

heard in sacramento next month. tonight crews will spray for mosquitoes in east san jose to stop the spread of west nile virus. the fogging begins around 11:00 p.m.. east of interstate 680 in the foothills. about a dozen dead birds have tested positive for the virus. a couple mosquitoes in the neighborhood were also infected. the county says the fog like spray is not toxic to humans or pets. time is 4:37. let's go to sal. keeping an eye on traffic. happy friday to you. >> happy friday. we are doing pretty well out there. we are looking at all the commutes. you can see traffic is going to be okay. starting off on interstate 80 westbound it looks pretty good. the marine layer is out there. it means you might run into fog in some of the areas if you are drives through. let's move along and take a look at the commute here on westbound bay bridge toll plaza. it is light. no problems getting into san francisco. if you are driving in san jose

northbound 280 does look good all the way up into the valley. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a very good morning. we have a lot of low clouds around. what we call coastal eddy. that also helps enhance the fog bank. what was a very shallow fog bank is a much bigger fog bank. and it's starting to make its move. 50s for many. cool off. es are starting to still mid 60s though. most locations concord 57. fairfield 56. again very active down toward the desert southwest and up into reno. pretty good thunderstorm activity. you can still see that tropical moisture swinging around. and from palm springs to san diego back over to l.a.. we have some to the east. we have tropical clouds to the south. over us though things are pretty quiet. little low is moving in toward the california coast. that is helping to enhance the fog bank. cooler pattern is on the way. today it will continue all the way into the weekend. it looks like we will level off

on sunday. breezy and cooler. morning overcast giving way to sunshine. still warm. there will be a few areas into the 90s. my forecast zone goes from the oregon border to raleigh. temperatures did top out two days ago and you will see temperatures slide down the next couple of days and hang out there. a lot of 80s inland. 60s and 70s by the bay and 60s for most of the coast. the same law firm that took pg&e to court in the san bruno pipeline explosion will handle the chevron richmond refinery fire. some 15,000 people sought medical treatment. now the city of rich command has hired a law firm for damages from the fire. chevron says the city's decision to sue does not change the company's commitment to economic development in richmond. and the energy company haler burr ton will bleed guilty to destroying evidence.

executives admit to throwing out test results. haler burr ton will pay a $200,000 fine. the company joins bp and transocean in admitting to oil spill. coming up the flight of asiana 214. good morning golden gate bridge traffic looks good heading south. look at 'em.

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vandals have targeted the lincoln memorial. it happened a few hours ago. police in washington, d.c. are looking for the vandals that splattered green paint on the

base of president lincoln. the memorial on the national mall will be closed until the park service can clean up the paint. that is expected to take a few more hours. in a story you will see only on 2 ktvu has learned about a possible threat emergency responders and passengers face after asiana flight 214 crashed. one source tells ktvu 45 pounds of yellow phosphorous was in the cargo bay of the jet. >> we dealt with an engine fire and we did have come extension into the aircraft. could phosphorous if it was there lead to worsening conditions, absolutely. but to my knowledge we never saw indications of that. >> the ntsb sent us an e-mail saying the shipment was yellow

foster which phosphor. the ntsb has new information about the airline's jet that had is a nose gear collapse. there is video showing sparks flying as the plane skidded down the runway. it appears the nose gear hit the runway. that is the opposite of what is supposed to happen. an investigation into spain's worse train disaster is focusing on the train's engineer. the train was going twice the speed limit when it crashed last wednesday. authorities now say 78 people were killed including one american. the train's engineer is still in the hospital. there are reports he posted a facebook picture of a train speedometer last year and bragged about going 100 miles an hour. there is a big cleanup ahead for a pizza restaurant in ma have tea -- novato after a

car slammed through the front door. about 60 kids and adults that were set to attend a benefit dinner had not yet arrived for the event but three people in the car did suffer for minor injuries. organizers moved their fundraiser to a new location. many across the country are joining a boycott of russian vodkas. supporters say it's a protest against the recent moves against gay's and lesbians. stolic is the most popular russian vodka in america. >> the owner called me and told me we are taking down the absolute. >> but others say they are targeting a company. not russian leaders. and the stolie website has a letter from the ceo saying it opposes the actions of the russian government. the oakland city council

held a special hearing that lasted late into the night. many people spoke in brook's favor. six council members voted not to censure her. she broke city ruling by hiring and paying staff in her district in east oakland. we are hearing from anthony weiner allegedly sent explicit texts to. >> he is saying one thing to me and saying another thing to his wife and saying another thing on the campaign trail. i don't know who the real anthony weiner is. >> she talked about her relationship with weiner on the tv show inside edition. she says she first contacted wean never 2011 -- weiner because she was a fan. as their six month online relationship sizzled weiner became more controlling. oj simpson is pleading with a parole board to let him go.

he deeply regrets leading five men in the armed robbery and kidnapping of in las vegas. we know wham caused a mass -- we know what caused a hassive wild fire in california. it was caused by an electrical equipment failure on private property. the fire in river side county started on july 15th and forced the evacuation of several thousand people. the fire burned more than 27,000 acres and destroyed more than 23 structures including seven homes. a pungent party begins today in southern santa clara party. it's the gilroy garlic

festival. there will be a competition from chefs from san jose state and cal. and tomorrow amateur chefs compete in the great garlic cook off. carla hall hosts the show down. there is plenty of food on gourmet alley. this is the festival's 35th year. we'll have a live report from the garlic festival coming up at 5:30 this morning. time is 4:48. right now let's go to sal. how are things in vallejo? >> we have an overturned truck on highway 37 at 29. or 29 at 37. i want to put it on a map for you here. this truck is on its side and traffic will be effected. although it's a little bit lighter than usual right now because it's so early. you should know about it. this truck is going to be there for a bit until they clean it up. that is the biggest item we have going on right now. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is moving along welcoming into san francisco. no major problems on northbound

280 getting up to highway 17. that traffic is moving along very nicely. now to steve. all right, sal, thank you. well, a much stronger and bigger fog bank. it's gone from 1,000 to 1500 to 1700 feet. so it's starting to clear those coastal hills. cooler as it lifts this will not cause as many issues. it was pretty thick on the golden gate bridge. 50s on the temps or 60s. temperatures are a little cooler here. there is a pretty good fog bank here. big time thunderstorms up in reno yesterday. well actually along the sierra nevada. over to reno. had pretty hefty boomers. things are starting to come dawn. the beat goes on from arizona to southern california. palm springs and san diego dealing with those tropical clouds. we are not. we had a few of those. you can see them off in the distance. when you get a little low coming in, that is not a pattern. that is good for bringing in

the tropical clouds. a cooler trend takes us today and ride into the weekend. morning overcast. sunny and warm inland but not as hot as it has been. sometimes ukiah and vacaville can take another day. but it's on the way. 60s and 10:s and some -- 70s and some low 90s. we will see temperatures continue to slide down inland. 80s look like to be for most inland locations we go into the weekend. and probably early next week. coming up. more on his lunch this afternoon with children of the world. getting married later in life. new survey revealing why americans are waiting longer to tie the knot.

welcome back. over the next few hours the pope will continue to mark world youth day activities. the pope is rio this morning. he will hear the confessions of four young people. he will offer prayers. before the traditional lunch with young people. fewer couples are getting married and those that do are waiting longer to tie the knot. the rate has dropped by almost 60% since 1970 and the average

age for a woman getting married is 27 years old. i always thought i would be married and have kids by the time i was 25. so it was just a matter of time of finding the right person. >> couples with less secure jobs tend o hold on on tying the knot. time is 4:54 now. let's go back to sal. again with the overturned talk in vallejo. >> that is right. that ramp southbound 29 to eastbound 37 is shut down because of this overturned truck. and chp just issued a sig alert. they think it will be there for awhile. the ramp from northbound 29 to 37 is not effected. but the ramp from highway 29 south to eastbound 37 will be closed for some time as they clean up this overturned truck that is there.

it's an overturned big rig. i'm not sure if it was hauling anywhere else. this is a look at the commute on interstate 880 in oakland. north and southbound the traffic here is moving well in both directions. we're also looking at the san mateo bridge traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive through. scene i do want to mention one more thing about that big rig, i just red the line here they did request medics to that scene. so someone may be injured in that crash. 4:55 let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a very happy friday morning. a little cooler inland. lots of low clouds and fog. the gray skies are in on most of the bay. a little spin right there. that definitely helps the fog plus an upper level low coming in, enhancing that. what was fog down here is not coming up, up, up. a lot of 50s compared to the 60s. we have a couple clouds. there is plenty to the east and plenty to the south. we are dealing with low cloud

deck. roaring sea breeze out to travis. gusts to 32. that is a screaming message for a cooler pattern. look at san diego and palm springs all dealing with that tropical cloud cover. ours almost did it. but it just missed and produced shower activity. breezy, cooler. morning overcast. sunny and warm inland but not as hot as it has been. i know if you're watching up in clearlake or middle town you are saying it's still hot but it will start to cool down. inland areas will begin to slice off some of the 90s and get back into the 80s. we will take that back into the weekend and go into a holding pattern. smart phones continue to grow in popularity. shipments hit 230 million in the second quarter. samsung had one-third of all smart phone sales with 76 million. and apple came until second overall with 31 million shipped. but that was just 14% of the

total market. the lowest percentage since 2010. oakland city leaders get ready to hold a news conference on the violent crime program. bart contract talks resume in a few hours. we'll tell you about the plan b. if there is another strike.

a beloved dog walker shot and killed on the streets of oakland only wanted more security. two people in the hospital after a high speed chase in martinez. what happened just moments after the driver lost control. fraud at the grocery store. action being taken to protect customers. good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning. july 26th i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. do you think steve knows about friday? >> he better know about friday. >> well the inflection of pam's voice told me everything we need to know. we have friday fog bank as well. it will also make an impact inland. inland temps will cool down.

more 80s than 90s. 60s and 70s near the water. here is sal. this is highway 4. you can see westbound which is the headlines coming toward us. traffic is looking good. eastbound. we have a lane closure there. two people were injured if a high speed chase early this morning in marty these. officers tried to pull over a car for reckless driving. the driver led officers on a chase and crashed. two people were in the car both were hurt. the helicopter took one of them to a hospital near fairfield. and so far we don't know their conditions. at 5:00 let's go back to the desk. in a few hours oakland city leaders will hold a news conference to discuss the city's growing violent crime program. it will be held in oakland's maxwell park neighborhood. ktvu