the fire must have been burning for a while because before anyone called 911 consider how big it was. the chief tells us six units were likely destroyed and all six lower units sustained water damage. >> firefighters are facing dangerous conditions tonight. a red flag warning is taking effect right now. mark tamayo is here to tell us more. >> the strongest winds of the fire season right now, a concern for tonight and friday morning. take a look at the wind speeds right now. these are sustained reports. winds northeast in santa rosa 15 miles per hour. fairfield, winds out of the north at 20 miles per hour. 5:00 p.m. wind gusts 38 miles per hour. the winds coming in out of this directioning and that trend continues for tonight and

friday morning. more reports for sfo, san jose, winds 15 miles per hour. the fire danger, the red flag warning in place right now. started -- right now, 6:00 p.m. for the north bay hills, the east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. winds pick up, topping 40 miles per hour for the bay area hills. above 1,000 feet, delta. low humidity levels 10-20%. coming up we will look at the timing of the winds, when the warning expires and highlight the warmest day of the week. >> because of that fire danger and the concern over it tonight prompted some areas to add extra fire crews. ktvu's john fowler is here now with that part of the story. >> reporter: station 87. the most recent of 7 contra costa county fire stations that have been closed because of budget cuts.

it is across the street here in pittsburg from open space and homes. a neighborhood that tonight because of these conditions is in peril. >> reporter: gusty dry winds, dry grass and brush. snug against this neighborhood where people tonight are worried. >> reporter: he lived here 30 years. fire station 87 a one minute drive away. the next nearest these firefighters at station 86. a crucial 6 minute drive farth away. -- further away. >> initial response is critical to keep it a small grass fire. >> reporter: he says they warned supervisors about the dangerous. one of seven fire stations closed this year, $17 million in budget cuts. because of the extreme fire

weather now -- >> today we will open it, 8:00 p.m. tonight,er short term during -- tonight, short term during the red flag warning. >> if they could open it for one day they could open it forever. >> reporter: the county said it may close another fire station but last week backed away from it. staffing is 2/3 of safe levels and they say disaster is just a spark away. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. we are counting down the days till bart workers could walk off the job for a second time. there are 7 days left for them to strike a new contract deal. the two sides have only come to one agreement about how pensions will be handled but not how much that will cost. bart and the unions stay haven't come close to agreeing

on three sticking points, pay, pension costs and healthcare. >> yesterday the unions made their third counter proposal on the economic package. and so far bart has yet to give us a new economic package in the last 53 days. >> we are still split on four year contract versus a three year contract. that is very important to us. >> the two sides are split on the length of the contract as you heard there. the unions want three years, bart wants 4 years. >> commuters are not shy about pressing their feeling -- expressing their feelings. ktvu's mike mibach is live with what bart commuters want. >> reporter: voicing their frustration, saying time to shake hands and strike a deal. >> reporter: bay area rapid transit owning and closing

doors since 1972. >> the thing i like about bart, fast. >> reporter: pleasing some and not pleasing others. >> i would like to see more presence of law enforcement. >> dirty. >> reporter: knowing that we know more about what is going on in the mind of bart commuters if there is a strike next week. tonight we take you up to the 10 10th floor. in this building that is where we find jim, president and ceo of the counsel. >> let's not have a strike. let's get it done. let's not be like washington. >> reporter: they polled 500 residents living in counties where bart travels. employees should accept the contract offer and avoid another strike, 26% said they should continue a negotiate even if it means another strike. >> i take note of the public feeling about this. >> negotiations is a give and

take process. >> reporter: union representation and bart management. >> a similar scene commuters seen too many times. too much negotiating in front of the camera. >> they had plenty time to work it out. >> feelings are intensifying. >> reporter: one last minute for you, over all opposition to a strike -- [no audio] >> we lost audio there with mike mibach. stay with us on www.ktvu.com for the latest on the bart negotiations. we will keep you posted on any progress in those talks and we will also help you negativeigate your commute in by chance there is a second -- negativeigate your commute if by chance there is a second strike. the governor signed a measure in los angeles today. the new licenses will not be

considered federal identification. california is among several states issuing liquor licenses to illegal immigrant -- driver's licenses to illegal illegal immigrants. it will be changing application forms. the dmv is considering changing the look of licenses. norses at john -- norses at john muir voices to accept a deal. it includes 7.5% pay increase and strengthens nurse to patient staffing. the nurses retained a key provision of their healthcare

plan. happening tight now, sharks -- happening right now, sharks fans are celebrating the start of the season. downtown san jose. the season kickoff rally started before 5:00 p.m. you can see a lot of people gathering showing team spirit, all ready for the new season. the san jose shark at the canucks at 7:00 p.m. tonight. and the oakland solceium. we are 24 hours away from the oakland a's first western division game against the tigers. oakland is in the national spotlight and raising questions about whether the colosseum could handle the crowds. ktvu's rob roth went inside to see the reparations. >> reporter: by this time tomorrow the colosseum should be packed and loud as they get

ready for the playoffs. >> reporter: today workers were trying to make this aging stadium presentation. the biggest changes up here, the third deck is no longer covered with a tarp. that adds 13,000 seats. all 48,000 tickets are sold for friday and saturday's game against the tigers. >> added deck should really help. when it gets loud the place feels like an earthquake here. >> reporter: you can still get tickets from online websites but they will cost you. you see that area in left field, that is standing room and people are asking $60 a piece for standing room. with so many people here the question is will the stadium's plumbing hold up. three times this season it backed up and over flowed. officials say the back ups were caused by people flushing

improper items items down the toilets. but no one wants a repeat of that. >> they are isolated situations. we don't anticipate there will be any issues. but certainly it is not something that we would hope. >> reporter: some fans areoping it restores -- are hoping it restores pride to oakland. >> i think it is wonderful and we need more activities like this. >> reporter: we met a couple from detroit. >> both cities have a reputation of being the tough town. >> the parking lot will open at noon tomorrow, the gates open at 4:00 p.m. and everyone expects it to be rocking. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i am sure it will be rocking. ktvu caught the teams practicing today.

mark ibanez will be here with what the teams had to say today as they look ahead. twitters plans to go public. they unsealed their filing today. they will seek to raise $1 billion. according to the documents, $253 million in revenue for the first half of this year. that is more than double from last year. twitter lost 69 million in the first half of the year, that is close to its total loss for all of last year. >> you saw this video from capitol hill today. coming up after the break, hear from a law maker who was there and two dogs attacked this boy, what happened to those two dogs today.

there are new developments out of washington, d.c. where this car chase ended in gunfire. capitol hill locked down and the woman behind the wheel of the car was shot and killed bitless and secret service and the -- killed by police and secret service. >> ktvu's gasia mikaelian spoke with a congressman about the quick reaction of capitol police. >> reporter: joining us now is east bay congressman. you were at your capitol building office today, tell us what happened. >> i was in the office with my staff and there is a paging

system in the capital and it went off and we were told there was gunfire on the capitol grounds and stay away from windows and doors and shelter in place. it was terrifying. we did and for an hour we remained there. >> we were able to show viewers on. >> joe: at noon while you were speaking to us live the scene outside your building. did you know there were so many police and so much activity outside of the building where you were? >> no. we did not. we were working away and the grounds has three house buildings on the house side, independence avenue. not until the paging system went off could we watch on television the chaos outside. but we were largely just trying to stay safe and away from the doors and windows. >> reporter: have you seen

aperture video that came out this afternoon of the driver idriving away from -- driving away from police, have you seen that? what did you think? >> reporter: i watched that video off the floor of the house with a number of other members. you know, it was disturbing. it gave you chills to see the police trying to stop the driver and just the araddic driving. -- erratic driving. it reminds you they stand guard and put their lives on the line every day. we are grateful for them but we are reminded how grateful we are when you watch that video and you see they are on the front line in the way of danger every day. >> reporter: today's incident comes in the middle of a government shut down.

how will not today effect the work that government still has to do? >> these police officers, the brave men and women who stand guard, they are going unpaid right now so they are putting their lives on the line and they are unpaid, that is an example of how urgent is it to get our house in order for us to pass a budget and end the games the republican leadership are playing right now. fund all of the government and get every federal worker back to work and make sure they are also paid. >> despite the differences i am sure there is relief tonight. thank you for joining us. attorneys for the suspect in the sierra lamar case are seeking more times. defense attorneys say they need more time to go over documents.

the judge scheduled a status update for november 15. she was last seen on march 16 of 2012. he was arrested on may 21 and charged with kidnapping and murder. he hasn't yet entered a plea. her body has never been found and volunteers still hold searches every saturday. a new development involving a pit bug attack. the two dogs that malled a 10- year-old boy have been euthanized. he suffered serious injuries after the attack. they decided today the dogs should be put down and the owners decided not to appeal. her son face as series of surgeries to repair damage to his head and face. the winds into pick up right now. they continue to be the big concern for tonight and friday

morning. fire danger is a big concern as well. lot to be concerned about. red flag warning if the bay area hills, north bay, east bay, mountains and this was the view earlier this afternoon. peak that over 2500 feet. very strong gusts expected for tonight. and early tomorrow morning. as far as the current wind reports right now, they have been picking up. fairfield sustained 20 miles per hour. oakland 14 miles per hour. and more neighborhoods, san jose 15 and sfo sea breeze kicking in 18 miles per hour. winds pick up tonight, especially after 8:00 p.m. and into friday morning. wind advisory in place till 3:00 p.m. friday morning for the north bay hills, east bay hills. these are the winds that are boosting the fire danger. i expect strongest winds 7:00 p.m. tonight till 7:00 a.m.

friday morning. you can pick out current temperatures, 60s and the 70s. livermore 73 degrees. and shows reporting clear skies and a current temperature aff70 degrees -- of 70 degrees. tomorrow lower 80s by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. over night lows tomorrow morning will be in the 50s for santa rosa and san jose. antioch 54. morgan hill 50 degrees. high pressure off shore. low pressure to the east. the pressure difference create as river of air and that is wind tonight and tomorrow morning. with that friday, full sunshine. warmer, 70s and 80s. here is our forecast model. wind gusts for tonight and friday morning, the strongest winds expected -- strongest winds expected, livermore 23 miles per hour. winds back off by late tomorrow afternoon and type tomorrow night.

-- tomorrow night. 70s and 80s. everybody up 5-10 degrees into friday. oakland 81 degrees. san jose lower 80s. fremont 82. san francisco not a cloud in the sky. 78 degrees. here is your five-day forecast, temperatures peaking saturday and sunday cools off coast side. more cooling monday and tuesday. increase in wind speeds today and they will trend higher over the next 12 hours. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 back to san francisco where friends gather for a mother struck and killed by a car at a park. and a company behind popular internet products the victim of hackers. the warning for customers. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. 24 hours away from game one as the a's take on the tigers in the american league division

series. we will hear from both teams as they hit the field to warm up.

mark is here now, everyone getting ready for the a's tomorrow night. >> for a's fans it has been a

long wait. they have been off since sunday. they are in a position where they are not just happy to be in the playoffs, they respect odo damage against the tigers as they -- they want to do damage against the tigers as they work out. tigers eliminated them last year but the tigers are the team they got going against this time around. took 3-4, fred inglis asked branded moss what that did for them at the time. >> we know we are a better team this year. we matched up well against good teams this year. last year we would get shut down. i think we are a better team. better prepared this year. we will play the best baseball we can and so are they. it will be a good series. >> this afternoon there are some guys that just come alive in the post season. this is one of them. carlos beltran. blasting a shot for the cardinals in a 7 run inning.

the third against the pirates. that is his 15th post season home run in his career. that ties for third with babe ruth. 9-1 final. the cardinals in front. mean time, speaking of a long time since they played. 49ers will have had a 10 day rest before they take the field against texas sunday sunday -- sunday night and the defense colin kaepernick aware of their talents. >> great front 7. play hard. play aggressive. they have great motors. we have to be prepared for. offensive line will have to be geared in and handle business. >> colin kaepernick there. our high school football game of the week as the voting is in and we will highlight that game tomorrow night. that is the sporting life.

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