uphill, but winds shifted, forcing the fire towards the mobile home park. it could have been much worse. >> fortunately, there was some defensible space. some of the neighbors and the homeowners association had done some brush clearance around their homes. that had helped the firefighters as well. >> reporter: one man, upset with the response time, threw an object at a firefighter and was arrested. newman says these firefighters are her heroes for saving her home. >> these boys, they have there, i've never seen so many police officers, sheriffs, and i'm just glad they are here. they did a great job. >> reporter: the man that was arrested will face assault charges. but the big question now, how did the fire start, and that is something investigators are still looking into. christina rendon, ktvu channel 2news. chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now. it wasn't particularly hot or windy, but as we saw, the fire danger is very real. >> i think that underscores where we are in the state of

california with, this record drought that's occurring. it doesn't take much to get fires going. we had temperatures today that weren't that warm, humidities relatively high, but a couple days ago, we had the 105, 106- degree temperatures, so the brush is dry, fuels are very dry. let's take a look at what we have out there for conditions of the fire, at the time of the fire. highs were in the 70s. that's not bad. look at the humidity, 40%. that's relatively high, and the winds were not gusting as they were yesterday. so despite a lack of prime fire conditions, this thing got going. we had a couple fires yesterday, too. it was windier yesterday. but the idea being, it's our fire season, mediterranean climate, try summer, meaning we'll see a lot more of this. it wasn't even a high fire danger day. when i come back, i'll be talking about your bay area weekend forecast, and in that forecast, fire danger is going to be elevated. we'll have all the details on what you can expect both saturday and sunday. breaking news out of contra costa county, news chopper 2 is live over the scene of a crash. as you can see here, it involves a big rig into an

amtrak train. this happened just about an hour ago at the location here of market avenue and soto street in north richmond in unincorporated contra costa county, just west of rum rail. the train had 131 passengers on board when this happened, no one hurt. all those passengers still on the train. as we take a look at this live picture from news chopper 2, you can see exactly what happened. a truck right into the side of an amtrak train, clearly both vehicles stopped. investigators are working to figure out exactly what happened and why. again, this is the situation in richmond right now, at soto and market, actually north richmond. steer clear of that area, if you can. keep in mind that scene is going to be active for quite sometime. a man struck by an amtrak train in richmond yesterday has been identified as 37-year-old michael schumacher. coroner's office says it appears he was accidentally hit and killed, but it's still not clear what he was doing around the train tracks.

the train was going from sacramento to oakland and it hit shoemaker as it approached the richmond station. muni is back on track, after an incident involving a disabled light rail vehicle. it happened at the westportal station around 3:30. the area was briefly evacuated and trains were being rerouted. no injuries were reported and operations got back to normal shortly after 4:00. san jose police are investigating a deadly shooting which began as a late night street fight involving as many as a dozen people. officers say people armed with baseball bats and shovels got into a brawl shortly after 10:00 last night, near spartan stadium and happy hollow zoo. one man told us he saw a group beating a man, then chase him into an apartment complex. during the melee, shots rang out and a body was later found next to a stairwell. >> when the officers got here, there was nobody left from that original altercation. all they found was the victim. >> depressing, especially it's right nearby us. so me and my family are

thinking about probably moving. >> the shooting victim has not been identified, but police say he was between 15 to 20 years old. the area is known for gang activity, but it's unknown if the incident was gang-related. at the san leandro marina today, first responders reacted to a mock emergency in which a plane bound for oakland international airport went down into the water upon approach. operation splashdown, as it's called, helps prepare crews in the event of the real thing. >> reporter: from news chopper 2, you could see the staging area at the san leandro marina, a lot of action at what's normally a quiet area. rescue boats headed out to the scene of a drill centered on the scenario in which a plane goes down in the water. >> it's a huge plane. it's in the water. and there's smoke. >> reporter: emergency crews say last july's crash at sfo of anation an asia anna airliner

was an example. >> it is part of our preparedness plan at oakland international airport. >> reporter: more than 100 people from 25 agencies took part in the test, part of response and rescue capabilities on the water, as well as command and control of the situation from land and air. >> this is a training event, training opportunity. it's not an evaluation. there's no clip boards, no check list, no scores, no winners or losers. >> reporter: today $drill comes after table top exercises. crews say there is no substitute for getting out on the water and seeing what happens before the real thing. >> we know that incidents like this can happen and it really tests this sort of a response to this kind of incident, but it represents any large scale event that would happen in the bay area. >> the results of today's exercises will be evaluated and

crews will practice again at a full simulation drill in september. a former bart police officer cried on the stand today, as he testified in a wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting death of oscar grant. these are sketches from the testimony earlier this week. today, he testified, as he did at his own trial, that he meant to use his taser, not his gun on new year's day 2009. he broke down, as he described realizing he had shot grant. oscar grant's father is seeking unspecified damages in his lawsuit against the officer and bart. four years ago, a jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter. he served one year in prison. we have new developments in the case of a san francisco man charged in an explosives case. ktvu has obtained a new grand jury indictment filed against ryan chamberlain. as our david stevenson first reported last week, investigators found a 22- caliber gun with its serial number filed off in his san francisco apartment. the indictment includes felony

charges that chamberlain possessed an unregistered weapon, as well as another destructive device. his defense attorney has said chamberlain needs mental health treatment. chamberlain is set to be back in court on monday. in iraq today, insurgents captured two towns northeast of baghdad and the united nations humans rights chief says her office is getting reports militants in the city of mosul have rounded up and execute you had iraqi soldiers and civilians. president obama today spoke of military assistance, but as reporter justin gray tells us, he was firm about not sending u.s. troops back to iraq. >> reporter: no troops on the ground, but options like air and drone strikes are on the table, as president obama tries to deal with the growing crisis in iraq. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options. >> reporter: the pressure is building for the u.s. to step in and take action, with the terrorist group isis seizing a growing number of iraqi cities

and moving towards baghdad. >> the united states will do our part, but understand that ultimately it's up to the iraqis, as a sovereign nation, to solve their problems. >> reporter: republicans in congress say the president isn't doing enough. speaker of the house john boehner issued a statement in response to the president's remarks, quote, both congress and the pentagon have been warning the white house about the worsening situation in iraq, but for months, it has done almost nothing. senator john mccain says the president should fire his entire national security team. >> this is one of the gravest threats to our nation's national security since the end of the cold war. >> reporter: president obama says the iraqi government is now asking for help, after previously resisting offers. >> this poses a danger to iraq and its people and given the nature of these terrorists, it could pose a threat eventually to american interests as well. >> reporter: president obama says no decisions will be made immediately about u.s. actions. he says they are gathering intelligence so that any military option would be targeted and would have an

effect. reporting in washington, justin gray, ktvu channel 2news. u.s. involvement in iraq started more than a decade ago. u.s. and allied troops invaded in march of 2003. the goal, in part, to disarm saddam hussein of weapons of mass destruction. saddam hussein was captured that september after he was found hiding in a will ho. he would eventually found guilty and hanged. wmd were never found. troops remained. in 2007, the u.s. deployed 30,000 more troops to iraq. the last troops left years later, in december of 2011. violence began to escalate in january of this year, when al- qaeda-inspired militants known as isis captured the city of fallujah. then three days ago, isis took over the second largest city in iraq, mosul. half a million people fled, while security forces abandoned their posts.

now, isis vows to march onward to baghdad, the capital of iraq. our coverage continues on ktvu.com. you can watch the president's entire address about the crisis in iraq. just look for it under hot topics on our home page. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is back on u.s. soil after being held by the taliban for five years. bergdahl arrived in texas just last night and checked into an army medical center in san antonio. army doctors say bergdahl looked good and that it will be up to him when to reunite with his family. they are not rushing what they are calling bergdahl's reintegration into army life. officials say they were focused on bergdahl's mental and physical health and nothing else. >> anything surrounding the controversy of his disappearance is not part of reintegration. that will be addressed in an investigation done by the department of army after reintegration is complete. >> two letters apparently sent by bergdahl during his time as

a -- the content in them may not be entirely his own. . >> when you're at the county fair, you have to eat fried food. or do you? the bay area county pushing to make the midway home to healthier foods. >> then, windows smashed in with concrete. >> these are anarchists who have a problem. >> why the coffee shop's owner says he was targeted twice by vandals. >> and next, just 10 feet from the door, but he couldn't escape the flames. the investigation into what sparked a deadly fire. no. this is tap water. i can't leoh.ou buy this. crystal geyser please. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source.

welcoheyback. really? kiss your abs goodbye. cardiologist to check stand 1. crystal geyser alpine spring water? toucé. crystal geyser. always bottled right at the mountain source. . investigators are trying to determine what started a deadly mobile home fire this morning at the fuscia court mobile home park in unincorporated heyward. firefighters say when they arrived, the mobile home was engulfed in flames and thick smoke. one person inside wasn't able to get out in time.

firefighters found the man's body just 10 feet away from the front door. neighbors tried to help before fire crews arrived, but the flames were too intense. >> i banged on it, hollered for people to call the fire department, went and turned off the gas and pulled out a hose with the help of a neighbor. we couldn't control anything. >> authorities have not positively identified the victim, but neighbors say the man who died was the homeowner who lived alone. new at 5:00, these pliska debts are promising to protect and serve in a bay area city that has already made good on the promise to these rookie officers. another police academy class will graduate tomorrow from the criminal justice training center at napa valley college. but among this graduating class, a young man whose training was paid for by the vallejo police department.

>> sergeant! >> sir, sir! >> reporter: police trainee jake estrada has come a long way from his old job. >> i was a modesto almond farmer. >> reporter: but when he graduates this weekend, he will make history, as the first person to ever be recruited and sponsored by the vallejo police department. >> it's a family-oriented department. the camaraderie is great and i'm happy to be a part of it. >> left, right. >> reporter: sponsorship means vallejo pd picks up the tab for his training, a big change for a department that has spent recent years making dramatic cuts. >> historically, the vallejo police department has never been in a position to do that. >> reporter: but vallejo says it's not just focused on hiring, but on hiring the right people, a mission that's led them to three more sponsored recruits. >> sergeant, sir! >> reporter: these cadets have one thing in common. >> serve for eight years in the marine corps. >> i served in the u.s. army

reserves. still am currently. >> i serve for 13 years, ma'am. >> march! >> reporter: the military is just one more resource the vallejo police department says it's tapping into. >> i think it's the least that we can do, considering the sacrifices that they have made on behalf of this country and their families. >> reporter: but the training center says more and more veterans appear to be making the transition to police work. >> each time we have a good number, and that number tends to be increasing right now. >> reporter: recruits say in the field-- >> today i want you to talk about marijuana, come up with every name for marijuana you can think of. >> reporter: -- and in the classroom, military discipline serves them well. >> it's really a foundation where i can keep learning. >> i know my military background helped me here. >> reporter: whether they were farmers or veterans, vallejo hopes these future officers will be part of a rebuilding. whether they are here to fulfill a dream-- >> inside i was in kindergarten. >> it's been a dream of mine ever since i was a little guy. >> reporter: -- or to stay true

to who they are. >> i'm second generation to serve at vallejo. >> i knew i wanted to serve and protect. >> reporter: the goal is to commit to them now so they will commit to vallejo. >> making vallejo a destination versus just a stop-over. >> sir, thank you, sir! >> reporter: vallejo police say this is just the beginning. their first trainee graduates on saturday. the next three will graduate in october. and three more will start here in july. in napa, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2news. chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now to tell us we can expect things to get warmer this week. >> they started to warm up today, ken. temperatures increased from yesterday. they bottomed out yesterday basically. we had a cool week after the heat early in the week, then cooled off, 25 degrees. temperatures today came back up today. that's the trend towards the bay area weekend, good news for most of us. even at the coast right now, mostly sunny conditions at half moon bay. it's breezy at the coast, not as windy as last night. real windy last night at this

time. breezy conditions in oakland, 14 mile-an-hour out of the west. fairfield, not hutch. fairfield at 13 miles an hour, sustained. that's nothing for this time of night, for this time of year. you would expect fairfield easily get to 25, 28 miles an hour this time of year. temperature in san francisco right now, low 60s with wind gusts at the airport up to 30 miles an hour. that's down. last night, wind gusts at the airport to 45 miles an hour. so the winds are less. that's helped temperatures come up today. there's going to be even less wind tomorrow, less of a strong onshore flow. we'll see temperatures come up a little bit more. it's not a heat wave. it's just warmer. still and breezy tonight. mostly sunny tomorrow. sunday, very similar. next week, temperatures, as you would expect, start to cool down. we're mostly concerned about our bay area weekend. san francisco right now, 67. san jose, 75 degrees. it's beautiful out there right now. plenty of sunshine. suspect the fog will creep its way back to the coast in the next 12 hours or so. so we should see patches of it tomorrow morning. you see it trying to show up

here, but a good, strong fog bank is having a tough time forming. don't expect it back tomorrow. i think you'll see sun, tomorrow afternoon, a little fog moving into the area, temperatures beginning to warm, a little warmer than today. sunday, very similar to this. 88 in fairfield tomorrow. 90 in antioch. still enough of a seabreeze. it's not hot-hot. remember earlier in the week? 105? livermore? 86 in gilmore on saturday. warmest day of the weekend. right now, saturday looks like it might be a little warmer. sunday, not a bad day at all. then cools down monday, tuesday and wednesday. so a story we did earlier, talking about the fire danger and stuff out there, today and yesterday, we had those fires. conditions weren't -- it's not hot. it's moist. it's -- it just underscores, again, this is the most intense drought in recorded history in california. >> right. >> really, fires this time of year are just -- this whole

season, even with non-fire conditions, they will be an issue. >> that's why we take it so seriously. >> yeah, we have to. >> thank you, bill. crews in the north bay are searching for a 9-year-old girl who wandered away from a camp site. the girl was with family members at samuel p taylor state park when she went looking for a water bottle. she left around 12:15 this afternoon and hasn't been seen since. the marin county sheriff's department has launched a search for the girl. ktvu crews have just arrived. we'll keep you updated on this story as it develops. san francisco is reportedly on the short list for a possible u.s. bid to host the 2024 summer olympic games. the city by the bay, along with los angeles, boston, and washington, dc, are still in the running, according to a source familiar with the u.s. olympic committee's decision- making process. but the committee still has to decide if it even wants to make a bid to host the games. the international olympic committee will make a decision on whether to host the games in

2017. the bay area's largest transit agency is moving forward, but without its employees. time is running out for the two sides to reach a deal in muni's contractor dispute. >> now a check with julie for what we're working on at 6:00. is primary security an effective substitute for police? >> it makes us all feel safer. >> is the questions after one neighbor is zip tied and robbed, while the men paid to protect him were just blocks away. >> also, he taught himself out to play piano watching youtube. how a bay area teen is turning to the internet again after being accepted to one of the country's most prestigious music programs. these stories and more, coming up new at 6:00. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures.

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. today, san francisco muni says it's sticking with its contract offer, despite backlash of drivers. >> we're also basically increasing their pension by 5%. so if you look at the wage, plus the pension benefit, it's -- i believe it's a pretty significant benefit. >> the sfmta board held a special meeting this morning to discuss the contract. muni says union representatives walked out of an arbitration meeting last night. under the current proposal, employees would contribute 7.5% of their wages toward their pension. operators would receive an increase of just over 5% in their base wage to offset the cost. now, union members have rejected the deal, saying they believe their wages would go

down, which muni denies. >> we want to go back to the table. you guys are refusing, pushing us into a lopsided arbitration process. we're asking to go back to the table. your team misstated the facts on the pension. >> muni says the drivers are the only city employees that don't pay their employee retirement contribution. if there's no deal by the end of the fiscal year on june 30th, drivers' wage increases and benefits would stay the same for another year. a federal judge has ruled a group of linkedin customers can move forward with the claim that the company violated privacy rights. the mountain view-based professional networking site is accused of accessing customers' external e-mail accounts for contact e-mail addresses and soliciting business from those contacts. a u.s. district judge ruled that while customers consentedded to an initial endorsement e-mail, they did not agree to let linkedin send additional e-mails when the initial message was ignored. linkedin says it will continue

to contest the claim. former owner of the dodgers takes the stand in the bryan stow beating case. the role he says he played in ballpark security the day the giants fan was brutally beaten by dodgers fans. >> the solution to one problem on the delta has created a whole new one. the warning for this summer's boating season. >> whooping cough cases are spiking, prompting health officials to declare an epidemic. we'll show you how bad this year is shaping up to be and tell you what doctors want you to do to help slow the spread. bulldog: [yawning] it's finally morning! i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event ends sunday. i'll have first pick from the huge selection of tempur-pedic mattresses. then, i'll get to choose $300 in pillows, sheets, and other free gifts. on top of that, up to 48 months interest-free financing. hurry! mattress discounters' tempur-pedic bonus event ends sunday. mmm, some alarm clock you turned out to be.

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. he was appalled at the criminal behavior the night giants fan bryan stow was brutally beaten, but doesn't assume responsibility. a los angeles jury today heard more testimony about the night of stow's beating. this time, from the dodgers former owner. reporter christina gonzalez was in court today and tells us what was said on the witness stand. >> how are you today? >> reporter: former dodger owner frank mccort testifying in the negligent suit filed against him by bryan stow, who was badly beaten in one of the dodgers stadium parking lots in

march of 2011. inside the courtroom, mccort repeatedly tried to distance himself from the daily operations of the dodgers and the stadium, especially security, which stow's attorneys are blaming for his injuries. two men were sentencedded to prison after pleading guilty to the assault. >> like all dodger fans, i was appalled at the criminal behavior of sanchez and norwood. make no mistake, they are the parties responsible for this tragic incident. >> it's easy to say, yeah, they did it. but the fact of the matter, is he is totally responsible for their being out there and no security checks whatsoever. >> reporter: mccort denies that in court, but also admits he was not intimately involved, saying, for example, that he didn't know the security watch towers in the parking lot where the beating happened had been empty since the year before. he says he didn't know that

lights hadn't been upgraded in 30 years. even when it came to the attack, mccort said he wasn't aware of details until sometime after. he wouldn't talk about that outside. stow's father did. >> i just have to shrug it off. these are things he's saying for, for the cameras are, for the, maybe to go into the records. but if he would come out honestly and say what's going on in the court, it would be better for him, i think. our concern is brian. any concern about how brian's doing. >> again, that was christina gonzalez reporting. bryan stow was not in court today. the trial resumes on monday. controversial l.a. clippers owner donald sterling is using a new legal strategy in his fight against the nba to keep his team. sterling's team of lawyers reportedly hired four private investigation firms. their job will be to dig up dirt on the nba's former and

current commissioners and its 29 team owners. a person with knowledge of sterling says investigators will examine the league's finances and look into whether other owners ever made any off- color jokes or racist or sexist remarks. new jersey governor chris christie stopped over in san francisco today to campaign for a gop candidate for california governor. governor christie is on a national tour to raise money for the republican governor's association, one he heads. as david stevenson found out, bay area republicans say the party needs to work hard to win our state's top office. >> thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> you're very welcome. >> reporter: for the second time this week, san francisco saw the visit of a prominent republican governor. >> great to meet you, too. thanks for having me. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie on a fund-racing trip for the republican governor's association. >> i'm going to really encourage other blue state governors that are republicans

to be coming out here and helping neil. it's an important thing to do. >> reporter: important because to beat democratic governor jerry brown, he says he'll need to win over democrats and independents, even in one of the nation's most liberal cities. >> we're down to 2% registered republicans. we're going to have to earn a lot of votes in san francisco. >> republicans tend to be hiding in the city. it's important to show that there are some people. >> reporter: some san francisco republicans say they felt ignored by the state party. >> i did not get one piece of mailing about republicans statewide elections. >> reporter: the two disavowed statements made earlier this week in the city by republican texas governor rick perry, equating homosexuals with alcoholics. >> i would say i disagree with him and i don't believe that's an correct analogy. >> reporter: a number of republican governors association fund raisers, including a $10,000 a plate luncheon at the hopkins hotel. he's set to end the day in park city, utah with another rga

fund-raiser. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2news. new at 5:00, the solution to one problem along the delta has created another, and that's prompting a warning to those who boat along a popular waterway. a sticky, slimy mess is clogging discovery bay and the state's division of boating and waterways says there's nothing they can do about it this summer. ktvus katie utehs is live in discovery bay to explain why this year's problem is untreatable. >> reporter: people are pulling out aquatic weeds by the bargeful. you can see behind me along the levee, weeds left behind by high tide. the division of waterway can't treat the weeds this summer, but a new law may help change that in the future. >> sticky and pretty gross. >> reporter: nick perry raked aquatic weeds for three hours this morning at discovery bay's yacht harbor. >> this year was probably worse than previous year, but we still got the whole summer to

go. >> reporter: normally the state's division of boating and waterways treats the bay for the weeds, but this year it's at an acceptable level of 20%. instead, curly pond weed, which has moved in-- >> we can't kill it. >> reporter: boating and waterways says they don't have permits to treat the weed either. assembly bill 763 signed into law last year may cut through the process. the goal is to control invasive weeds before they wrap around propellers and ankles of swimmers. >> my motor overheated, so we had to let it cool down. backed it up and cleared it off, but it's a real problem. it will take your boat out. >> reporter: and it will likery remain a problem because ab 763 won't be implemented in time for this summer. the division of boating and waterways plans to schedule a town hall meeting this month to discuss the new law and the

weed issue in general. when the town hall meeting is set, we'll pass those details along to you. katie utehs, ktvu channel 2news. news chopper 2 is over the north bay. that's where crews are searching for a 9-year-old girl who wandered away from a camp site. the story we brought you a short time ago, and we have ktvu crews on the way. the girl was with family members at samuel p taylor state park when she went looking for a water bottle. she left around 12:15 this afternoon and hasn't been seen since. the marin county sheriff's department has launched a search for the girl and, as you can see, that's video from news chopper 2 over the scene at samuel taylor state park. you can see that you've got paramedics there and a search effort apparently coordinated there at a headquarters, as they look for this missing 9- year-old girl. we will keep you updated on this story as it develops. smoking is falling out of fashion, but there is one trend that's still putting teens in

danger. the risky behavior many bay area teens are taking part in. >> these maps of metal tubes are the latest sign of progress. we'll tell you how the next big bay area construction project is doing and why you can expect your commute to get easier. oh chris, did you remember to pay the dog sitter?

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accusing another student of raping her at stanford, improving efforts around sexual assault and providing advice on the school's process. . a teen accused of using fake credit cards to rent a luxury home and exotic sports car may face more charges. the sonoma county prosecute says he plans to file three more charges against this teen, 19-year-old monanad faces charges of grand theft and vehicle theft. the charges stem from an incident in june. investigators say the teen rented a mcclaren sports car and booked a multimillion dollar vacation home in san jose. he is being held in the sonoma county jail on a $1 million bail. while he was in jail, he spoke to ktvu about his plans for the future. his interview is on ktvu.com under hot topics.

families and supporters held a father's day rally in san francisco today, asking immigrations and customs enforcement to release detainees while they seek asylum in the u.s. two sisters from honduras and an unrelated man from guatemala have been held in texas for months, the activists say, although they have no criminal record. the wife of one man living in san francisco says he's been in detention since february. [ speaking spanish ] >> all the children would like for their fathers on father's day and my daughter is sad because she can't have her father here so she can give him a present. >> we contacted an immigration spokesman in texas, where the three are being held. he says because of privacy laws, ice can't provide us with any information on the detainees. bay area teens are taking better care of themselves, but there's one glaring weak spot where they are still putting themselves at risk. >> when you're at the county fair, you have to eat fried food. or do you? why vendors at the san mateo county fair are offering

healthy options. >> back right after the break, your weekend is here. it's going to warm up. how hot will it be in your backyard saturday night? heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures.

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el cerrito police have arrested a group of people accused of beating up and robbing a cyclists on a bart walkway off san pablo avenue. police spotted the group not far away at south 45th and wall

street. five teenager boys and two adult men were all arrested. >> i know in the last few months, as i've walked this way, i, i've seen stolen wallets, envelopes that had notes. you could see that if people steal something, this is where they go to go through it. >> police say the attack had a lot of similarities to several coordinated incidents around the bay area known as wilding. however, they say this was not a wilding attack. state health officials warned today the number of whooping cough cases has reached epidemic proportions in california, bringing the total to more than 3400 cases this year, more than all of last year. whooping cough is also being blamed in the deaths of two infants. health experts urge all pregnant women to get vaccinated and say parents should vaccinate infants as soon as possible. summer's almost here. that means it's county fair

season. we all know what the food at the fair is like. for the most part, fried and on a stick. but the san mateo county fair is trying something different this year. as john sasaki reports, it's not all unhealthy anymore. ♪ >> reporter: the county fair winds down in san mateo this weekend. >> on your mark, get set, and go! >> reporter: so you'll have to race to get here. and save your appetite, because there's plenty of food for everyone. >> the fried gator? >> reporter: for the first time in the fair's 80-year history, the choices are not just your typical fried fare food. >> why would you want to miss out on the fair and be tempted by all this when you know, okay, i'm on a diet, i could go have something good. >> reporter: with a grant from the usda, the county requires all vendors who sell entrees to offer a healthy choice. they must meet certain standards, limiting calories, include fruits or vegetables and be prepared with low fat cooking methods. there's grilled chicken, pizza salad, and at the southern

comfort kitchen, a healthy cajun choice. >> we just won most outstanding food award at the fair. >> reporter: they offer new orleans fried catfish, even alligator, but also seafood gumbo. >> we like it because it's an alternative from the corn dogs out there and the fried foods. we like to do a good gumbo, with crab, celery, onions, bell peppers. >> reporter: this family had teriyaki chicken and beef from thai cuisine. >> it's important. we're trying to eat healthier. it's a good position on. >> reporter: officials are also pushing fair goers to commit to eating more healthful foods such as vegetables grown right here in the county. >> leaks, artichokes, fava beans, an opportunity to taste them. >> reporter: of course people will eat fried entrees and desserts, such as funnel cakes and fried oreos. as the county dietician says, eating this kind of food is okay, as long as you don't eat

too much. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2news. >> if you're planning to head to the fair, what can you expect weather-wise? bill martin joins us with a look at our forecast. >> could you hear gasia making all those noises? >> i had a fried oreo! >> i'm way over here and i could hear her! >> i had a fried oreo 10 years ago and i still remember it! >> the weekend will be great for the fair or anywhere around the bay area. fog is gone from the coast. temperatures will increase from where they were the last couple of days. these are the highs today. warmed up a little bit from yesterday. it will warm up a little bit more tomorrow and stay about the same on sunday. temperatures will be quite nice for your bay area weekend. there's no fog along the coast. i suspect we'll see patchy fog there as we go into the evening hours, really patchy fog, not something that's going to stain itself for much of the day tomorrow. that means tomorrow you'll end up in the beach area, plenty of sunshine. 14 mile-an-hour winds at oakland airport right now. winds at san francisco have been gusting. not like yesterday, though. they are gusting to almost 30 miles an hour, which is very typical for this time of night.

walking to the bay area micro climate, upper 60s and low 70s in san francisco. you'll see mid-70s, upper 70s berkeley, fremont. inland and bay valleys, mid and upper 80s. this is the warmest spot, correlating with brentwood and antioch. most of us tomorrow, in the hot spots, in the mid and upper 80s, slightly warmer than today. here's the high pressure center that's going to do it. it's strengthening a bit, shifting over top of us. this is what happens. the low went through and temperatures plummeted. low leaves, the high comes back. that's how it, woo. inlabd temperatures on the weekend, mid and upper 80s. saturday will be the warmest day on the bay area weekend. sunday will be nice, but saturday will be the warmest day. 87 in napa tomorrow. air quality is going to be pretty good this weekend, too. you'll be able to have your barbecues, good weekend for that. 90 in pittsburg, 90 in antioch. saturday, warmest day of the

week. sunday, not much different, very similar to these numbers, but slightly cooler. 69 in pacifica. 72 in san francisco. so air quality, okay. fire danger, as we pointed out this morning in marin county, doesn't take much. even though it's not that hot, it's not going to take much to get the fire thing going if we have it. we'll be watching tomorrow this weekend and tracking any kind of situation. going into the weekend, that's what you want to see. then it starts to cool down on monday and tuesday. bay area five-day forecast with the bay area weekend always in view, because gasia's always thinking about food and the weekend-- >> both! [ laughter ] >> looking at the fair food pictures, it's good stuff, but are you kidding? looks bad for you. and gasia's, like, i want that! >> i'm going to the alameda county fair! for me, it was a once in a summer treat. if you're going to go-- >> what would you get? >> get the good stuff. >> lemonade, corn dog. i'm a traditionalist.

thank you, bill. risky behavior. the new numbers that reveal what teenagers are doing and not doing that could get them in trouble. >> also ahead, if you think the bay bridge was the last of the really big highway projects in the bay area, well, think again. . >> back now to julie haener in the newsroom with more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> a high school dropout who grew up surrounded by violence. >> i've been shot at twice. >> the journey that is taking a bay area teen who used youtube to teach himself how to play the piano, to a music school where graduates get grammys. >> plus-- >> a man zip tied and robbed in his home, while neighborhood patrol was just blocks away. it wasn't the only crime in the area this week. we look into the effectiveness of private security trying to compensate for police. >> these stories and more are coming up in about 10 minutes at 6:00.

. the plan calls for housing, retail and office space on about 2300 acres near the north concord bart station. concord city council members selected the firms from a list of eight developers. the navy is set to begin transferring land to concord late next year. development could begin a year to a year and a half after the transfer. a west oakland coffee shop owner is standing his ground,

after vandals targeted his store. ethan ashley swept up shattered glass this morning, as he prepared for another day of business. he's trying to put what happened last night behind him. surveillance video shows at least one masked vandal hurling chunks of concrete through a window. the attack comes the day after the city planning commission gave the green light to a controversial redevelopment plan for the area. >> anarchists who have a problem, and anarchists feel a special connection to this neighborhood because of the lack of services and the presence of garbage everywhere. so i, i don't really understand their perspectives. >> ashley believes the vandalism is retaliation. he found a twitter post by an anarchist group this week, urging opponents of the plan to fight back by vandalizing businesses. a few weeks ago someone tagged the building with profanity- laced graffiti. ashley put up his own graffiti, saying he feels safe. a troubling new trend among

u.s. teens putting their safety at risk. the centers for disease control and prevention surveyed students in san francisco and other large urban school districts for its annual youth risk behavior survey. it found nationwide more than 41% of high school drivers admitted to texting or e- mailing while driving. however, in san francisco, that number is significantly lower, about 20%. the governor's highway safety association says teens need to know the dangers of distracted driving. >> just a second of taking your eye off the road can completely change your life, can destroy lives. >> now, the survey did find cigarette use among teens was down, dropping to its lowest level since the cdc began its survey more than 20 years ago. new at 5:00, it's one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the bay area. and the next big construction project to help smooth the commute is making good progress. the $1.3 billion transportation project is expected to revolutionize traffic on highway 4. ktvu's tom has the

update. >> reporter: this will be a major game changer for transportation and bay area business growth. highway 4, one of the nation's worst commute headaches will no longer hold that dubious distinction by the end of next year thanks to contra costa voters, the massive project going full steam ahead. >> you're going to take an antiquated four-lane facility and make it a modern 10-lane facility, so you're going to add capacity. >> reporter: capacity means less hassle. >> all of a sudden it starts attracting businesses to the area. people that want to create jobs, they go to where the land may be a little cheaper, start their business, can get labor. they have skilled labor. >> reporter: everything being done is done on a huge scale, as construction of the flyovers connecting highway 4 to the antioch bridge approach illustrates. when these 12-foot wide, 100- foot steel columns are finally buried in the ground and killed with concrete, we will never see them again.

but the columns that will rest on top and the highway that will rest on them will be pretty much impervious to any earthquake mother nature can throw at them. ebart, a light rail extension of big bart will have an extension by 2017. this week, construction and railcar manufacturing contracts were extended. the right of way to lay track is already in place. >> this is an area that has supplied a little under 10% of the housing needs for the bay area over the last two decades. so now hopefully the jobs will come to the eastern part of contra costa. >> reporter: despite all this construction, the entire widening project has been done without loss of existing lane capacity during commutes and working hours. reporting live, ktvu channel 2news. . now at 6:00, the effectiveness of private security in oakland neighborhoods under new

scrutiny tonight. why some say the private guards are not making a difference. >> hundreds of marijuana plants seized, after investigators busted what they call a sophisticated growing operation in the south bay. what else was found at the scene? >> he says he's been shot at twice and never thought college would be an option. but now, one self-taught young man from east oakland is getting the opportunity of a lifetime. . good evening. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm ken pritchett in for frank somerville. breaking news out of marin county, where a 9-year-old girl is missing. news chopper 2 was overhead, as search crews scoured samuel p taylor park. authorities say the girl is vacationing here with her family from new mexico. she is said to have walked away from a camp site where she and her family are staying. that was around 12:15 this afternoon, and she hasn't been seen since. her name is ida rothschild.

more than 80 people are scouring camp sites on the ground and by air, looking for any sign of the girl. the search becomes more urgent as each hour passes and the sun begins to set. we'll, of course, keep you updated on any developments as they happen. new at 6:00, private security close by, but not enough to prevent some recent violent crimes in oakland. at least two robberies in broad daylight this week have some questioning the effectiveness of private security paid by residents to patrol their neighborhoods. ktvu's eric rasmussen heard from both sides of the debate today, live now in oakland with the recent crimes raising concerns. >> reporter: julie, in one of those cases, intruders used zip ties on a man while they robbed him in his own home. despite that, the extra eyes and ears of private patrol have helped, but others are yet to buy in. 2:00 in the