now at noon a judge is considering a continuance in the case involving two men convicted of murdering a 3-year- old boy in oakland. dozens of lightning strikes were reported across the area knight into this morning -- overnight into this morning. we'll te you the -- show you the damage and steve paulson will tell you if there could be any more rare thunderstorms in the system. and treating people with seriously mental illness. the law signed by mayor ed lee. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. a very unusual sight for july,

after more than 25 lights were recorded across the bay area overnight. our cameras caught lightning near at&t park early this morning as well as the east bay. there were some reports of damage, including this tree that was reportedly struck by lightning in kentfield as well as several small fires sparked by the lightning. and with the lightning also came some scattered rain. this is video from solano county. the wet weather mostly tapered off by midmorning. now ktvu's steve paulson is here to tell us if any more is on the way. are we done? >> not yet. i will show you why. i stepped outside. it's not florida. but boy, it sure feels like it. hot and humid under mostly sunny skies. most of the thunderstorm activity was about -- from about 4:15 to 6:00 a.m., really lit up in marin county. we'll take you back 12 hours along the half moon bay, el granada, daly city and then also into san francisco and then right over marin county.

mill valley, san rafael, just got hammered this morning. just woke people up. it scared them. things have calmed down. there is a little pit of rain to the northeast of napa. that's not doing much. the tropical clouds which are responsible for this, also a little spin in the atmosphere moved off. we get a pretty good break. you can see the line stretching from sacramento to stockton. the temperatures are really warm. humidity is way up there. you have 70s and now that we have so much moisture in the air, it is hot and humid. what i want to show you is coming up from the southwest. see the little spin in the atmosphere. that could give us another round of thunderstorm activity. at least some kind of showers. we'll start to see some clouds building up. there's a few hints of showers i will show you that coming up. we're not done yet but we're on the back side of it. it was a deadly shooting that outraged the community. the death of 3-year-old carlos nava killed by a stray bullet

during a drive-by shooting in east oakland nearly three years ago and right now the two men are awaiting their sentence who were convicted. tara moriarty was in court as the men prepared to learn their fate and she joins us live. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: the court is in recess until 1:30. the judge is actually considering a continuance as well as a new trial. that's a new development. no sentencing for den -- denard and torrence. the defense is pushing for this. apparently there was a phone call from denard's cousin saying they got the wrong shooter. the jury found them guilty of the oog shooting that -- of the shooting that killed carlos nava. the boy was being pushed in a stroller in front of his mother in front of a pizzeria around

lunchtime. investigators say torrence was driving and denard fired the shots that killed nava. the killing sparked outrage in the community because of carlos's age and the fact that the shooting happened in daylight. noelle walker will keep us posted and will have much more on 5:00 tonight. we're live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. today, san francisco is enacting a state law that supporters say will help people suffering from severe mental illness. ktvu's sal castanedo is live inspect city to explain how laura's law will work. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. many who are advocating for the law say the streets of conviction will be much safer because of it. the mayor signed a law this morning which will force some mentally ill people to enter outtreatment. the mayor and other leaders say this is an important step to get people the help they need.

those termed mentally ill who have been jailed or hospitalized twice could be forced to enter treatment. a judge under the advice -- under the advice of a doctor would derm the course of action. >> laura's law does not force medication on the back end. it simply produces a court order that says you need to take it. the results if you don't do it are some type of psyche ward, incarceration or what have you. not forced medication. >> reporter: but many who advocate for the homeless or mentally ill are against what they call the criminalization of mental illness. they say this law goes too far in taking away the right of people to determine their own treatment options. more treatment on the front end, they say is a better approach than forcing treatment on the few who become violent.

>> so i think we're addressing this at the wrong end of the scenario where we're trying to address people who have had violent illnesses when really we should be trying to work people now who are suffering from mental illness and get them involved in the systems, get them involved in treatment. >> reporter: before being approved, some city supervisors added amendments. one was to force the city to re- evaluate the law after three years to see if it's working. now this law is being considered in other counties. it's also in effect now in a couple of other counties as well. live in san francisco sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. now to developing news out of the middle east, the federal aviation administration is prohibiting all u.s. airlines from flying to the tel aviv airport in israel. this comes one day after the state department issued a travel warning encouraging all u.s. citizens to avoid any nonessential travel to israel. the 24-hour flight ban comes after hamas rockets exploded

one mile from the airport. today israeli air strikes hit more than 70 targets in the gaza strip, including five mosques and possibly a hospital. while both israel and hamas are vowing to keep fighting, social security, john kerry, and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon, met with egyptian officials in cairo today to push for peace. kerry said he's not just working on a possible cease fire agreement but is also looking for ways to deal with the underlying issues. the secretary of state announced $47 million in humanitarian aid for palestinians. 600 palestinians and 29 israelis have been killed in the last two weeks. president obama is expressing his condolences today to relatives of those killed on flight 17. he stopped at the netherlands embassy in washington, d.c. where he signed a condome lens book and told people there that we are all heartbroken. most of the remains of the 298

people killed have arrived by train in kharkov. that's part of ukraine still controlled by the government and not separatists. militants handed over the black boxes to authorities. and today they gave malaysian officials access to the crash site. >> while that's one step in the right direction, international investigators led by the dutch still need immediate and full access to the site. >> dutch officials had taken the lead in the probe but still have not gained full access to the crash scene due to fighting in the region. tonight, around 9:00, president obama is scheduled to arrive in the bay area for a quick fund-raising visit. he's expected to spend the night in san francisco before heading to los altos hills tomorrow morning. tickets range from $10,000 to $32,000. san francisco police are investigating a deadly shooting in the south of market neighborhood. officers got a call about gunshots at 6th and harrison

streets after 5:00 this morning. but when they arrived at the scene, they could not find a victim. shortly afterwards, the victim showed up at sf general and later died. police had one car taped off that may be part of the investigation. but so far no arrests have been made. in stockton. a $10,000 reward is being offered in the search for the driver who dropped off three men involved in the deadly bank robbery and high speed gun battle. stockton police recovered a four door dark colored sedan near the bank of the west. it was captured on surveillance video near the bank. investigators are still looking for the driver. yesterday, the soul surviving suspected bank robber made his first court appearance in the case. a 45-page criminal complaint was filed against 19-year-old jaime ramos listing dozens of charges. >> count 15 is the same charge, attempted murder on a peace officer, alleged occur to -- to

have occurred on the same date. >> if convicted, he could face the death penalty. he's scheduled to be back in court next month to enter a plea. two accomplices and a hostage were killed in the gun battle that followed the bank robbery. b.a.r.t. is now enforcing rules that ban people from sleeping or lying down at b.a.r.t. stations. b.a.r.t. police say this chaotic incident two years argue when smoke kill filled -- filled the station clearly knows why this is needed. right now b.a.r.t. police are focusing on the powell street station but do plan to expand the crackdown systemwide. some say this is unfairly targeting the homeless. water cops could soon be coming to one bay area water district. the vote scheduled for today and how much it could cost to hire people to enforce the new water conservation rules. a recycling truck driver now being hailed a hero of

sorts. the unusual rescue that saved the lives -- saved the life of a homeless man.

san francisco firefighters carried out an unusual rescue this morning. freeing a homeless man who was trapped inside the back of a recycling truck. this happened around of:30 this

morning -- 6:30 this morning at 16th and irving. firefighters say the homeless man had been sleeping inside the dumpster when a recology cardboard recycling truck picked up the dumpster and poured the contents into the back of the truck. after a few minutes, the truck driver heard the man banging on the wall and dreev to the fire station for help -- drove to the fire station for help. he managed to survive. >> the good news, cardboard can be cushiony and the truck did partially compact, but obviously not enough to -- to injure the man in a real serious way. >> the man was taken to san francisco general hospital with a shoulder injury but he's expected to be okay. chp investigators say speed appears to be the leading factor in a deadly motorcycle accident in santa clara this morning. the crash shut down two

northbound lanes of highway 101 for about two hours this morning. investigators say the 23-year- old rider tried to pass a big rig but collided with the rear end of that truck and was hit by several other vehicles. witnesses tell police the motorcycle was speeding moments before the impact. >> preliminary report is showing that -- that the motorcycle collided with the rear of the big rig. we have several witnesses that place the motorcyclist at speeds over 100 miles an hour. >> officers say no one else was cited. they are looking to see if drugs or alcohol may have played a role in the crash. san francisco police say they believe a couple has been breaking in and stealing from several startup companies in the city, and now there's video police hope will lead to an arrest. this is surveillance video from the corporate office of build zoom on mission street. employees say it shows a woman entering the building newspaperrerrous times. she's shown with a man at one point and then on julyth she

returned and stole laptops. another company says it shows the same woman breaking into their building. more controversy about native-american names and sports teams. 49 members of congress have called on the washington redskins to change the name. now a group wants high schools with similar mascots to do the same including some in california. justin gray is live in our washington, d.c. bureau where a california teen told his story this morning. justin? >> reporter: nearly 200 california schools have native- american mascots. now a 15-year-old california teen says it's time for that to change. dakota brown is a member of the california miwok and a football player. one of the teams he plays is

the calaveras redskins. the red skin is considered a racial slur. just last month, the u.s. patent office canceled the trademark calling the team name disparaging. >> down on the field, you hear it from the crowd, go red kins. but also -- redskins. but also from the opposing teams, kill the redskins and scalpel them. it's very hurtful to hear the comments. >> reporter: a report was released today calling for all teams with native-american mascots to change them. the washington redskins has refused to do that. we reached out to another team macing this challenge, the braves. a spokeswoman there says they feel comfortable with their team name. justin gray, ktvu channel 2 news. bay area firefighters are having to fight several major fires in washington state. the carltop complex fire has -- carlton complex fire has burned

379 square miles, making it the biggest wildfire in state history. more than 150 homes have been destroy. cooler temperatures are helping. firefighters from silicon valley are there helping those forced from their home. later today, the santa clara water district is set to vote on -- on whether to hire temporary water cops. the water cops would evehiclesly hand out fines to those who are wasting water. many have been cutting by 20%. but water use in santa clara valley is only down about 12%. a new now protects millions of residents who have let their lawns go dry and brown because of the drought. the law prohibits homeowners associations to slap drowns for not watering their lawns. the legislation does not extend to local governments.

it affects residents who pay into a homeowners association accounting for nearly 5 million housing units across california. i was just telling tori, it's 75 degrees out in livermore. it's also 75 degrees at sfo. every temperature except san francisco is in the 70s. santa rosa to san jose, on july 22nd, that does not happen very often. we may go another 10 or 20 to not see that happen. usually there's a big difference between the coast and the bait. the humidity is between 53 and 61%. i've been saying a couple of times it feels like florida. i think rick sent me a message saying more like tampa. st. petersburg, whatever works. twin peaks picked up .08 in precipitation from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. coming downg in the city -- coming down in the city. >> a lot of reports of thunder and lightning earlier this morning along the san mateo

coast. peninsula south, san francisco, daly city, right up into that rin county -- marin county around the 6:00 hour especially around san rafael, marinwood and mill valley. there is a tiny little guy out around baypoint. that's the only one we can find. i want to draw your attention to a spin in the atmosphere. that's the key. we've lost kind of the moisture but the humidity is high, the sun is out. the angle of sun is still high. that little ripple coming up main give us another round of clouds, showers, possibility. i mean, it was better this morning. you can see there's still a couple of things popping up here and some of this might develop later on. otherwise, it's a mix of mostly cloudy, partly cloudy. the tropical clouds moving off to the north and east. we're kind of losing that energy source. there's one piece that has to rotate through. the fog bank has gotten maxed out. nothing to support it. 70 in santa rosa. 73 napa. concord, 71. livermore, 75. 75 sfo. 74 mountain view.

72 san jose. everyone is really close here. 77 la fayette. 74 pittsburg. 77 brentwood. san ramon, 723 -- 73. palo alto, 73. foster city is warmer than palo alto. and la honda, 71. 76 in belmont. kind of strange weather. there is a little breeze. fairfield, 20. south at napa, south at sore, south at concord. a little warm pattern there. one big low off vancouver continues to send in a lot of rain to the pacific northwest but that's kind of drawing up the moisture we had today. it has to take one more system probably again my guest within in marin county and a mix of sun and clouds. it's humid, muggy. a few showers are possible. temperatures are near average to maybe even above coast and bay, yet inland, they are way bea low. there are signs it will start to warm up probably after tomorrow. i'm not completely sold on it but it looks like inland

temperatures will warm back to the 90s. the humidity i don't think is going anywhere, tori. just -- the ocean temperatures are really warm. they are in the 60s. the city can't cool off. >> that's good for hair spray sales. [laughter] >> there you go. >> thank you, steve. >> any time. collapsed homes and crashed fire trucks in the street esof san francisco. fortunate -- street of san francisco. fortunately, it's part of a hollywood movie being shot. we'll tell you what an actor says about being in the bay area. we can measure, plan and install it for you. yea, let's do that! ikea. professional kitchen services at a low price.

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solid earnings from a range of big companies including comcast, hock lead martin and chipotle are helping nudge the markets higher. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 67. the nasdaq is up 28. and the s&p 500, right now is up 9 at 1983. this afternoon, san francisco supervisors are set to decide whether a soda tax should be on the ballot in november. the proposal calls for a 2 cent per ounce tax on all sugary drinks. sport drinks and juice drinks would be taxed. eight of the 11 city supervisors said they will back the proposal. if it passes and voters approve it, it could raise $31 million a year for nutrition and physical education programs. uc berkeley researchers are working on a laser sensor that could completely change airport security. the researchers say it works

like a smoke detector but for explosive materials. the later beam is 100 miles smaller than a human hair and ten times more powerful than current bomb-detection technology. >> they are so tiny that one can make millions of them and dispurse into a big structure like an airport and other places. >> the devices reportedly outperform bomb-sniffing dogs and are easy to place in wide open spaces like airports. researchers say it's likely to take three years before the sensors would be available to use in other places. and filming for dwayne the rock jonson's film continues. newschopper2 was over san andreas near hyde and lombard. in the movie, johnson reportedly plays a helicopter pilot who scours the state looking for his daughter in the aftermath of a massive earthquake. johnson posted this picture on saturday when he arrived at sfo

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