units. >> reporter: fire chief paul smith says with the warning expiring this morning, the timing for the drill couldn't have been better. >> we've been on heightened awareness and i think the drill this morning brought out the best, because they realized how important it is to be prepared for something like this. >> reporter: firefighters say even though the warning has been lifted, it doesn't mean we're out of the woods yet. hot, dry weather means conditions are still dangerous. >> today is the first day those winds will subside a little bit. however, the winds the last four or five days has been drying the vegetation out. doesn't mean the danger is over. until we get our fog back into the bay area, we are still at increased danger. >> reporter: oakland hills and around the bay, people took advantage of the nice weather. for many, that meant cookouts. with the danger high, they're caution when it comes to cooking. >> i'm mostly making sure i'm

by my grill. i keep that pan under it. what i'm going to do now since i'm done cooking, i'm going to let my ashes burn down and throw ice on there, water, scoop it out. >> reporter: fire officials are urging anyone who sees smoke to call it in, so any fire that starts won't burn out of control. you may have noticed it was warm out there. let's check in with mark. warm in the city today. >> san francisco fog-free. lower 80s. san francisco topped out 83 degrees this afternoon. the strong offshore winds have backed off, but still very warm, especially this time of year, when you get a weather pattern like this, fire danger, though we don't have the red flag warning still a concern. temperatures from the 80s, 80 to 87 degrees. red flag warning now in place towards southern california. here in the bay area, mostly clear skies and another warm day tomorrow. here's a look at the current

numbers. it's 71 degrees now in san francisco. san jose 76. another warm forecast for your sunday. i'm tracking shower chances on the five-day. more on that coming up. red flag alert remains in effect for much of southern california until tomorrow. fire crews in several counties scrambled to put out brush fires. this is a 15-acre fire that shut down the junction of interstate 5 and the antelope valley freeway. that's highway 14, about 90 minutes that freeway was closed. winds were gusting to 65 miles per hour. to our continuing coverage of the u.s. government shutdown, which is now in its fifth day. here's a live picture of capitol hill in washington. earlier today congress held a saturday session on a measure to pay furloughed workers, but there is no apparent progress toward a larger deal. today's action will allow federal workers to get back pay

when the government reopens, wherever that is. the vote was a rare sign of bipartisanship. republicans are insisting on defunding obamacare as a condition of passing a spending plan. democratic leader nancy pelosi today called on house speaker john boehner to allow a vote on a clean bill, something she says some republicans support. >> right now enough republicans have publicly stated their support for a bill that could pass and be on the president's desk today. >> meantime, defense secretary chuck hagel says 400,000 defense civilian employees will be called back to work monday under a law that allows the pentagon to contempt furloughs for those who contribute to military readiness. u.s. capitol police say a man who set himself on fire has

died. he poured gas lean on himself and set himself on fire yesterday. police say the motive isn't known. tonight questions about whether a u.s. military expiration in somali led to the death of a senior leader of the alshah bob group. "the new york times" reports new york seals carried out the raid, and the target was killed in a fire fight. however, the times says its sources say the seals were forced out of the area before they could confirm that killing. reports tonight that u.s. forces captured the leader of al-qaida linked to the bombings in nairobi in 1998. the bombings in august of that year killed more than 220

people and wounded thousands more. media reports say this man was captured alive and is now in american custody. the fbi had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. i tell people all the time to get here, put it on their list and get here. >> steve earle drawing thousands to the park. >> five days before another possible bart strike. how today's talks went. >> then governor brown signs a controversial immigration bill. how it could affect the future of undocumented inmates.

another bart strike could be five days away. bart and the unions have only until october 10th to make a deal. bart met with negotiators today with little progress. they debated the length of the contract. bart says there's an $89 million gap on compensation between the two sides. pension issues have been resolved. negotiations ended there afternoon, and -- this afternoon and will resume monday. music lovers are flocking for the blue grass festival this weekend. how the family of the late founder plans to keep this free festival going. ♪ >> reporter: the sound of blue grass filled golden gate park today. ♪ >> reporter: and hardly strictly fans felt like dancing. dozens of different bands

playing six stages with no cover charge. >> it's the best thing you can hear live for free. >> it's amazing to see they put this together and not charge. >> reporter: the late warren hellman started the festival. his granddaughters, who performed today, say it's about the music. >> there's no agenda with it. nothing we're trying to prove. we're trying to give people an experience. >> reporter: for 13 years this festival has been free, and the hellman family plans to keep it that way. they have footed the bill for at least the next decade. it typically draws about three- quarters of a million people, meaning no place to park and congested streets. but justin tores who lives a block away, says they're the only problems he sees.

>> more mature crowd. quiet and nice. ♪ >> reporter: singer steve earle plays here every year. >> i tell people all the tile, you know -- time, you know, to get here. put it on their list and get here before it runs out. it will end some time. >> reporter: for hardly strictly fans, this festival is a gift they hope will keep on giving. ♪ >> reporter: alex savage. >> if you want to find out more, go to ktvu.com for information on the festival, including more of steve earle's performance you just saw, and tomorrow's lineup, scroll down to hot topics. california republicans meeting in anaheim this weekend to talk about tragedy for the next lex -- strategy for the next election including who will run for governor.

now the field is wide open. >> it's no secret jerry brown has been around for a long time. but of course we can win. >> jerry brown is the candidate to beat. jerry brown is the one that's destroyed our state by raising taxes. >> democratic consultants say the gop will need the deep pockets of a meg whitman and star power of an arnold schwarzenegger to beat jerry brown. the bill authored by san francisco assembly man tom amoto allows them to detain them only for serious crimes. immigrants arrested for minor crimes but otherwise eligible for release, must be released from custody. >> what we're doing here, we're not using our jails as a holding vat for the immigration service. where they see important matters, they can take action. but california, we're going to

stick to our own business. >> california district attorney's association opposed the bill, saying it could release potentially dangerous offenders. governor brown is marking a milestone today. he is the state's longest serving governor. he served for two terms before term limits became the law. brown is now three years in his third term. he has not declared if he'll run in 2014, but if so, that would be for an unprecedented fourth term. how apple's new ceo today remembered steve jobs, two years after his death. >> plus, a new twist in a motorcycle road rage incident caught on camera. why some police officers could now be in trouble. >> the bay area in the clear now. i'm actually working on another warm weather forecast. coming up, the timing of our next cooling trend and when

shower chances resurface on the five-day forecast.

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there are reports tonight that at least three new york city police officers were among the motorcycle riders involved

in that road rage incident earlier this week. cbs news reports three officers have come forward, though it's unclear if they saw the altercation between the bike riders and a man driving an suv. all of the officers were off- duty at the time. two other riders are in custody, but no charges have been filed in connection with the case. happening now, people on the gulf coast are getting ready for the arrival of tropical depression karen. national hurricane center just announced the storm has weakened to maximum winds of 35 miles per hour. but karen is still expected to bring significant rain and potential flooding to low lying areas tonight into sunday. >> the update on that status of karen basically a few minutes ago, dropping from a storm to a

depression. here's the latest on live storm tracker 2. current position about here to the south of new orleans, to the south of louisiana. this will be the eventual track heading into sunday and eventually monday as well. could be brushing parts of the southeastern louisiana coastline as we head into sunday afternoon. here in the bay area we are in the clear. some patchy fog developing near parts of the coastline, mainly south of monterey bay. subtle change you'll notice into sunday. onshore breeze. we'll cool things off for the coast and around the bay. another warm forecast for sunday. bigger changes next week. cooling trend and a chance of a few light showers. overnight lows, with decrease in the wind speeds, dropping back into the lower 40s for santa rosa. san francisco, 55 degrees. tomorrow morning will be cooler than this morning. high pressure still in command of our weather, so warm sunday. 70s and 80s again.

here's the cooler weather system moving in monday and tuesday. kicks in by wednesday. by wednesday we introduce the chance of a few scattered light showers across the bay area. main impact for us, more cloud cover and a drop in temperatures, especially by tuesday and wednesday. tomorrow starting out the day in the clear. look at this forecast model generating a few extra high clouds by mid- to late afternoon, moving in from the south and west as well. forecast highs for tomorrow, still another warm temperatures. 80s for santa rosa. oakland, 82. livemore at 86. these temperatures check in about 3:00. santa cruz lower 90s today. a lot happening for tomorrow. hardly strictly blue grass. temperatures on track to reach the mid-70s. maybe a few extra clouds in the

afternoon hours. mostly clear skies tomorrow and mid-70s. kickoff at 5:30 with more sunshine out there for the niners game at candle stick. evidence of our cooling trend monday, and tuesday partly cloudy skies. slight chance of a shower into wednesday and partly cloudy skies on thursday. ken, this is the time of year we talk about the beach weather and fog-free conditions once again, beautiful this weekend. tomorrow a little bit cooler. >> thank you, mark. computer visionary steve jobs died two years ago today. tim cook, who replaced jobs, sent out a tweet saying he would take time to reflect on his friendship with his former boss, and in his words, the dent he made in the universe. he told employees jobs would be proud of their success. he died in 2011 after a long battle with cancer. coming up next, first pac

12 win as they take on the cougars. plus, rising with the sun. what inspired this sight in the southwest desert today.

with a predawn roar this morning, more than 500 balloons rose into the skies above albuquerque. the international event draws balloonists from around the world to float through the southwestern desert skies. it isn't without risk. one passenger broke her leg this morning when her balloon made a hard landing. check in now with joe, and see how the sports teams are flying today. >> not enough televisions for all the things going on now. pac 12 showdown getting under way tonight and didn't take the cardinals long to get going. opening kickoff for a touchdown. both teams undefeated. 7-0 stanford early in the first quarter. will be a struggle all year. the bears couldn't score a point. throws long for harper, harper is just a little bit open. that will be an 89-yard touchdown pass to close them within 2-points in the second

quarter. threw for 489yards. harper had 13 catches for 216. but the bears couldn't stop the cougars. before half time, mason comes out of the back field and feels like the whole cal defense has a shot at mason, but no one brings him down. cougars went into the locker room leading 21-15. bad tackling cost cal again in the second half. hanging with the cougars for a half, they get outscored 16 points in the second half. washington state improves to 4- 2, with the win. mike mcintyre trying to return colorado to football relevance. may get the buffaloes there. but today they had a tough duty of taking on second ranked oregon. lets one fly for addison. 75-yard touchdown pass.

put up 29 in the first quarter. 57-16 win as they stay perfect in five games. number six, georgia dodged a bullet today in knoxville. overtime the volunteers went in front. howard loses the ball. they reviewed this. officials got it right. the ball was coming out before howard got there. touchback. tennessee gets no points. all georgia had to do was kick a field goal. that's what they did. 4-1with a 34-31 win. tennessee 0-2. take a look at alabama, wide open in the end zone. what a catch by white. tide wins 45-3. veteran and a rookie battling at the oakland coliseum now in game two of the divisional series of verlander

and gray are both dealing zeros. in the 5th inning, scoreless. earlier today, red sox took a lead in their series, with tampa. david ortiz, big reason why ortiz gets the fenway park excited, solo homerun. boston had already scored once in the inning. rays had their moments, but red sox able to pad the lead. 5-3until this one drilled down the left field line and off the monster. red sox extend the lead to 6-3. in the 8th after the rays again pulled within two, ortiz who struck again. only question about this drive, fair or foul? they rule it fair. the red sox go on to win 7-4. they take a 2-0 lead in the series. will try for a sweep in st. petersburg monday. rain has been causing problems all weekend in the president's cup. u.s. team assured itself of

taking a lead into the final round. two more delays today in this event, which matches a u.s. team against the rest of the world, with the exception of europe. team of mickelson and bradley. that punt by mickelson helped his team with a win. tiger woods from 238 yards out, par 5, 15th, sticks the shot. makes the putt for eagle. goes two up on scott. needed to go to 18 to wrap it up. birdie. he and woods prevail by one. afternoon session, international team got off to a strong start. coming out of the bunker. went need to putt. three shots up, or 3 up that is, with six to play. u.s. making noise in the afternoon as well. johnson with his approach at

15. doesn't need to putt, either. gets an eagle. johnson and dufner win. u.s. leads 11 and a half to 6 and a half with four matches to be decided before they go to tomorrow's 12 single matches. that's it for now. sharks playing tonight. >> never stops. thanks, joe. >> coming up, we'll have team coverage on the a's as they try to even their playoff series against the tigers. thank you for making ktvu your source for news. we're always here for you online at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. see you tonight at 10:00. captions by: caption colorado, llc. (800)775-7838. email: comments@captioncolorado.com

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