of the fire in bakersfield that was caused by a small plane crashed in bakersfield. it is rugged terrain there are high and high winds in it made it difficult for firefighters had so far 12 homes have burned in that area now >> to flooding and hurricane hurricane whkatia, is a big hurricane she is increasing in strength and eat keeps it out to sea and away from the state's we are seeing flooding from what is left of tropical storm lee you can see the heavy rains making its way into the northeast there is a possible tornadoes touching down. this damage was done outside of a dilemma wheatlantas is an alabama 10 in. of rain and to letter miles west dealing with 16 or drought. here you see there'd director of fema taking a tour of connecticut to look at the damage the white house has an estimate of $1.5 billion in this area of connecticut alone. in the meantime we have had a lot of nice weather and now we're going to have a heat wave. >> this is a view from our roof cam room and we have a lot of fog out there we are having delays at s f 0 of 56 minutes in oakland all fli

broadway in bakersfield, i like it. >> and food. i love it. thank you so much, ryan. >>> here's an early morning look at headlines and entertainment. attention kate middleton fans. you won't be seeing much of her for the rest of the year. england's "daily telegraph" reports she's basically in princess boot camp. her husband prince william is said to be insistent that kate is properly prepared after his mother's unhappy start in royal life. and while she learns about government, national institutions and dealing with the media, her appearances will be limited. >>> wikileaks founder julianne saa assange is getting a taste of his own medicine. a publisher is releasing a draft of his autobiography without his approval. >>> and promoting his upcoming film at a recent wrestling event, hugh jackman took what was supposed to be a playful poke at a wrestler. now the wrestler tweets that jackman actually broke his jaw. i guess he didn't get the memo that he was supposed to movie punch not knock the guy out. i guess he's been in too many of those "xmen"

this is video of the comanche fires southeast of bakersfield. crews are also working to put out a fire southeast of bakersfield. over all more than 25,000 acres across the country have burned. officials say the fires are caused by lightning from thunderstorms yesterday morning. >>> the evening commute tomorrow could be another long one for b.a.r.t. riders. scenes like this have become common place on mondays. b.a.r.t. is now warning that demonstrators could disrupt service again at its downtown san francisco stations tomorrow. passengers are being urged to make alternative plans. groups seeking the disbanding of b.a.r.t.'s police force had been organized these protests including one for tomorrow -- tomorrow evening. >>> a white house officials confirms the president is set to send congress the new bill tomorrow and call for swift passage. the $447 billion plan includes lower social security payroll taxes and new hire, new spending to hire teachers and rebuild schools. the president is also scheduled to visit ohio and north carolina this week to

. >> reporter: cbs 5 has also learned new creations has run into legal trouble in bakersfield. the target stores went to court and got a judge to ban the group from soliciting at any target store in the state of california. new creation says the organization is definitely legitimate, that they have raised $7,000 so far for a youth center and food pantry in oakland and that he plans to open it in the next few weeks. he also says it's his free speech right for his group to fundraise in marin and has no intention of stopping. >> i love the way that the people in marin county love, you know, and help and give out and i would like to say thank you to all the kind phrase -- donors who have been out there supporting our organization and keeping faith in our organization. >> reporter: new creations volunteers come for just a couple of hours a day and go back to oakland. customers are warned they are not sure if they are legitimate and be careful. they are considering legal action. >> i was going to say. has anyone filed in our area a civil suit that we know of? >> reporter: not that we

fires in bakersfield, look that areas now. bakersfield north. down to los angeles. see that red area, that's a flash flood warning for heavy rain down there. strong cells. we have significant thunderstorms on highway 80. near truckee. and last night we had a big cell move down the canyon over paradise and they got hammered. lot of cloud to ground lightning. there is rain coming out. we are not seeing the big fires we could. there is more thunderstorms in the forecast today -- tomorrow. the fog has been a player and continues to be a player. beautiful inland. 80 concord. 66 napa. it is cold in san francisco. cold stenson beach. fog is back in tonight. winds on shore, 20 miles per hour. that will promote further cooling. the winds pushes that moist air inland. just because you don't have fog, doesn't mean the coal air isn't getting to you. the marine layer gets pushed inland tonight. we are looking for another cool day tomorrow. overnight lows in the 50s. upper 40s north. up towards clear lake. days are getting shorter. highs from today. watch what happens. everybody

the canyon started yesterday morning after a small plane crash just south of bakersfield. one person died in that crash. 600 firefighters are now on the scene. people who live by the fire have been evacuated and at least one home has again destroyed. >>> 1,100 acres which was burning is now fully contained. everybody has baseball to make it back home safe. two mobile homes were destroyed in that fire. >>> wildfires are devastating texas this morning. coming up how tropical storm lee fanned the flames that consumed thousands of acres. >>> well back here in oakland thousand gathered to remember the city's thousands of homicide victims. >>> a wooden cross with was carried and the group lit one candle for each person killed in 2010 and in 2011. the foundation also helps relatives of victims, they handed outback packs of schools supplies and they want to make sure the children have the support they need to stay in school and help break the cycle of violence in their community. >>> thousands showed up to celebrate gay pride in oakland the second annual oakland pride was held dow

forecasters expect the storms to continue throughout the day near bakersfield. >> our meteorologist, is here with our accuweather forecast. >> we are beginning to see a little bit of sunshine in the east bay. but the weather feet that you are brought the thunderstorms south and east of us, drifting a little bit further north. here in san jose, maybe the risk of a thunderstorm today. i'll explain coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, tropical storm nate is approaching mexico this ú ú ú ú >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> welcome back, everyone. it's 9:20. you see president obama there. he is in savesville, pennsylvania." this is a live shot in savesville. he has been shaking hands, taking pictures with a number ever the families there as part of the ceremony. 40 marble slabs in inscribed with the names of the victims. that monument dedicated yesterday. a fallen ceremony held today. many of the victims of flight 93 were from the bay area. we have been profiling several of them throughout this newscast. >>> turning our attention now to tropical storm nat

no homes have been damaged and the evacuation warning does remain in place in areas southeast of bakersfield. crews say some of the fire could be completely contained in the next few days. >>> and wildfires also continue to burn out of control in texas tonight. the update on where flames are now threatening homes. [ male announcer ] at the safeway pharmacy you can get a flu shot with no hassle at all. i don't even need an appointment. [ male announcer ] it's about as easy as flu shots get. get your groceries and a flu shot, all in one trip. at safeway. and you'll get a bonus. you get 10% off your groceries. [ male announcer ] save 10% on your groceries when you get a flu shot. that should make you feel better already. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> in national news, an unbelievable story. an 85-year-old man, this man survived three days trapped in his car in temperatures above 90 degrees, no food, no water, happened near san antonio, texas. robert porter, he says his car rolled back, pinned itself against that tree, trapping him. his battery was worn down from honking his horn for days.

forecasters expect the storms to continue throughout the day near bakersfield. is that what you are saying? >> yes, that's right. with the heating of the sunnening things could get more intense. plenty of low clouds out here. we are talking about some sunshine on the way, a cooler day today and the look ahead coming up. >> thank you. also coming up, tropical storm nate approaching mexico this weekend where powerful winds are already causing damag çwçwçwvo$ beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >> tropical storm nature has weekend as it heads toward mexico. it has maximum winds of 60 miles an hour. it's a slow-moving storm. many fisherm

next year in the pacific division and face off regularly against teams from stockton las vegas and bakersfield. tickets go on sale next monday. >>> 4:50 is the time so let's check in with sal to look at traffic this morning. >> traffic will be busy on the golden gate bridge they just started switching lanes over southbound 101, don't worry traffic is moving along nicely as well. westbound bay bring coming into san francisco no major problems onto the upper deck. if you are driving on highway 4, westbound highway 4, this is a good time to get out there, traffic is moving along nicely getting up to pittsburgh, 680 traffic also looks good from the venetia bridge to concord and walnut creek. moving onto the east shore freeway on 80 westbound as you head out to the mcarthur maze, watch for road work along these stretches, we had road work on the dumbarton bridge, these roads are closed for another ten minutes or so. traffic is moving nice in hayward city even over 17 over the santa cruz mountains and even on the cupertino it looks good. we have slowing on highway 1 pacifica getting up to daily city

the fire was in the bakersfield. it was a single engine cessna that went down. in this blaze burned a house and then grew to nearly 5.5 square miles with the dry, hot and windy conditions. 600 firefighters were working to contain the blaze. a >> in the bay area we have weathered to enjoy this holiday afternoon. it will be a nice one. belize is following all that in the weather center. >> here is a look at the bay bridge approach. overcast conditions to start a labor day off the bench in the afternoon her nine the morning. he clear orders are sort of similar to yesterday's. a few degrees the upper 80s is the warmest we will get today. here is a look at your labor day forecast. as we head into the afternoon upper 80s in land and '60s at the coast. mostly sunny today and the fog will rebuild around 8:00 p.m.. here is a look at the fog right now. it is building the north bay, peninsula, the east bay and portions of the livermore valley down through san jose and morgan hill. a lot of cloud cover to start your morning off. here are your current temperatures. into the

california people had to get out after a small plane burst into flames when it crashed this is near bakersfield when it was a single engine cessna that went down it grew to five and a half square miles may for bad conditions. >> time now 6:17 a.m. and if you have outdoor barbecue plans you will have a great weather >> this is a shot as the sun starts to rise we were socked in this morning it is not affecting visibility we have a heat wave taking into tomorrow. you can see all the fog coming in from santa rosa. a current look of temperatures right now upper 50s and 60s afternoon highs will provide us with '70s and '80s. we're going to steer clear of the '90s. we could hit the '80s into sonoma fairfield is one of lot warmer locations that temperatures will soar by tomorrow into the '90s and upper 90s for tomorrow and wednesday. as we head towards friday we will start a cooling trend once again time right now is 6:19 a.m. >> we're not looking at any traffic our hot spots. because it is a holiday you can get a break on parking meters in sampras's killed but that is not the case here is a list parki

well, if you are watching us on kgtv in bakersfield, california, see masks and swords at an exhibit featuring all things warrior at lethal beauty samurai weapons and armor. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> here is an early look at this morning's entertainment headlines. the on again/off again romance between cameron diaz and alex rodriguez is reportedly caput. a source close to a-rod tells "us weekly" they broke up because the actress is too busy with her career and the yankee slugger wants to focus on his game. >>> scarlett johansson appears to be the latest victim of a nude photo hacking after multiple naked cell phone pics of the actress showed up on various websites wednesday. an fbi spokeswoman tells e news the agency is on the case. >>> former "happy days" stars henry winkler is getting royal recognition. queen elizabeth has given him title of honorary excellence of the british empire for his work with children. >>> and finally, remember the white house gate crashers, the salahis? tareq reported his wife michaele a member of "the real housewives of d.c." missing on tuesday. tur

oregon, washington, idaho, montana, southern california all reporting major fires including one near bakersfield started by lightning originally. there are smaller fires burning in oklahoma and even the state of minnesota. >>> we'll take a break. when we come back, the newly released jackie kennedy tapes and why none of us may ever think of the former first lady in quite the same way again. >>> and later, another day of remembrance as an important new memorial now goes public for the first time. >>> we are back now with the voice of former first lady of the united states jacqueline kennedy recorded and kept secret for decades until now. jackie kennedy was famously private. unlike even minor celebrities today, she never wrote a memoir. shortly after the assassination of her husband, the president, she sat down with historian arthur schlesinger, jr., and spoke with candor about her husband and other major figures of the era. the recordings are a part of the new book, "jacqueline kennedy: historic conversations on life with john f. kennedy." on friday, after we purchased a copy at a bookstore we sh

the canyon fire started around 11:30 morning after a small plane crashed just south of bakersfield. one person died in that crash. about 600 firefighters are on the scene right now in 90- degree heat. 650 homes are threatened. evacuations are in place and at least one home was destroyed. >>> a wildfire that burned more than 1,100 acres in san cern deano county -- san bernardino county is contained some 6,7008915 homes were evacuated there but everyone has been allowed back. two mobile homes were destroyed in that fire. >>> the san francisco symphony begins a year-long centennial celebration this wednesday. ♪[ music ] >> the party begins with a gala at davies symphony call for the first night of the 100th season and it will end 11 months from now next august. they plan to invite well- knownperformers and orchestras from around the world for guest performances. the orchestra will hold a free outdoor concert this thursday at noon. >>> the plaza was fill would bicyclists today, not critical mass. it's the gear to san francisco. the series of races will take place all day ending with a 4

no homes have been damaged and the evacuation warning does remain in place in areas southeast of bakersfield. crews say some of the fire could be completely contained in the next few days. >>> and wildfires also continue to burn out of control in texas tonight. the update on where flames are now threatening homes. hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [ together ] it's an unbelievable deal. well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet for the unbelievably low price of just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need at a great price. you can chill online at a park. here, pidgie, pidgie. [ pigeon coos ] and surf the web at your favorite bookstore. our internet at home includes access to the entire national at&t wi-fi hot spot network on the go. [ female announcer ] go to the website below and get high speed int

the fires near bakersfield posing problems. there is a lot going on there. obviously.nks to water-dropping helicopters, some improvement. we'll keep you posted. jon: from raging fires to dangerous rip currents. the remnants of tropical storm maria creating chaos a along florida pwoefps. lifeguards pulling more than 70 people from dangerous surf. maria molina is live in the fox extreme weather center. even a storm hundreds of miles away can do that. >> reporter: we had katia that didn't make landfall in bermuda or the east coast, passed right in between the two, that's where all the rip current problem started and the large surf and large swells. now we have tropical storm marie a relatively weak storm. the center of it is to the west, it's very disorganized, a lot of wind shear pushing the thunderstorms to the east of the center of the storm and it's forecast to remain over open water and the center of it will move to the rest of bermuda. another very similar track to hurricane katia. this one is expected to remain relatively weaker than katia. i don't think rip curren

the fire burning in a rural area south of bakersfield has destroyed one home already and continues to threaten hundreds more. an estimated 3500 acres of steep mountainous terrain has burned so far. 600 firefighters and 11 air tankers are battling the fire tonight. at least one person died in a small plane crash that sparked that fire. but authorities do not know at this point how many people were on board that aircraft. there have been no reports of injuries from the fire. >>> in the gulf coast, tropical storm lee made landfall tonight, dumping as much as a foot of rain. officials downgraded the storm to a tropical depression this evening. they say after causing severe flooding along the coast, the storm weakened as it moved inland along louisiana and mississippi. tornadoes and flash flooding are now feared across the tennessee valley into the appalachians where the storm is headed next. and the tropical storm came right on the heels of hurricane irene. that storm caused damage all along the east coast, and today the president paid a visit to one of the hardest hit areas, patterson, n

if you went to a movie theater in bakersfield or somewhere in the san what king value might be met withos, dogs for k okees served. he started circling and the migrant camps in 1938 and this is where he ran to the old radicals who have a sense of the bigger picture as they saw it. as joe klein described it in woody's biography, these old radicals would mutter have coherent about the capitalist, rich bastards and reach into their pockets and pull out a battered old red card that proved they had been members of the wildest, most violent, julius and disorganized gang of reds ever to strike fear into the hearts of the american bourgeoisie. industrial workers of the world. i don't know why he uses the past tense. that is my membership card. really trying hard. lot of people think they were wiped out in the red scare of 1919-1920. they weren't wiped out. just went underground to await the invention of the internet. you can pay by direct debit. guthrie was infected by their humor and cynicism and day care but particularly the song of a saying out of their little red songbook to fan the flames

the largest blaze the so-called canyon fire south of bakersfield started sunday when a small plane crashed. nearly 9,000 acres have burned and at least 12 homes have been destroyed. overnight folks in nearly 200 homes were told to evacuate. firefighters are battling at least two other smaller blazes. >>> recovery efforts under way in georgia this morning. tornadoes damaged about 100 homes. the storms hit yesterday afternoon. some of the worst damage was just north of atlanta. one man suffered minor injuries. this couple was on the road when the twister hit but managed to get out alive. >> the sky started to get dark, and i said, maybe we should turn around and go back the other way. which turned out to be a bad idea. >> and so we turned around. and when we did, it just began to -- you could see the swirling, and all of the branches were hitting, and we stopped. >> the car started to shake. and next thing you know, there's huge limbs just flying across the road. >> the twisters were generated by the weather system that used to be tropical storm lee. tornadoes were also reported in alabama.

it was caused by a small plane crash south of bakersfield. one person died in that plane crash. 600 firefighters are battling that fire now, at least one home was destroyed and some residents have been evacuated. apollo alto -- a palo alto man is accused of setting a u hall truck on fire and eight trucks have gone up in flames. he is accused of walking out of that facility and 18 gas tanks were found in his car. >>> it may be the first known video right after flight 93 crashed in pennsylvania. it had 46 people on board when it crashed and the man who has taken this video has since died and wants to remain anonymous. >>> we will have a special called 9/11 a decade of change. we will have life reports and it will exam the way we live our lives, our broadcast is at 6:00 p.m. this sunday september 11th. >>> causing widespread panic through false twitter posts. they say they took children hostage and parents raced to pick up their kids. they are facing 30 years in prison and one suspect denied he started the tweet. he claimed he only tweeted what

the canyon fire, east of bakersfield, it's burned more than 8600 acres. it's only 10% contained. 12 homes are destroyed, two firefighters have been hurst. residents in 170 homes have been evacuated and hundreds of more have been told get ready to leave. another southern california wildfire has already burned at least 500 ache eches. this one started in santa clarita yesterday, near a barn. it's burning -- it's burning closer to ranch houses. there are no evacuation orders yet. this fire is 30% contained. >>> mareky casey black elementary school was built last year but the school never opened because of low enrollment. this month, the district officials will decide whether to open the campus for the next academic year or lease it out. >>> the all right -- all right. it's 8:38. it's been a rough morning. let's go to back to sal. >> we've seen slow traffic almost everywhere. people have been noticing it on this tuesday after labor day. let's go out and take a -- this is really kind of brutal traffic all over the the -- all over the place. getting to the bay

weather alert, firefighters in central california holding the line on three major wildfires near bakersfieldour. the wind and fear of lightning strikes makes the job even tougher. casey steegal has more on this. >> reporter: yeah, megyn, a very large area, in fact, impacted here when you talk about fires burning in more remote areas. structures are threatened, but no homes have been lost in that particular region as of yet wish they could say the same thing up in washington state near the oregon border. look at this, at least 18 houses have burned in the town of goldendale along with some 4,000 acres of land. folks doing anything they can to defend their properties, but for some it was just too late. >> i'm still in shock. i'm devastated. i've been building up my place for to year -- 20 years, and it's all gone. i'm going to pull myself up by my boot straps as best i can. >> reporter: wow. a rare weekend electrical storm in central california to blame for igniting at least 50 small fires near bakersfield. the dry brush just wasn't a match for all of that lightning. a series of fires have bur

campaign of the statewide xenophobia so it's an atmosphere in which if you went to a movie theater in bakersfieldamps around 1938, and this is where he began to run for the radicals that had a sense of the bigger picture as they saw. and again, as joe klein describes it in his biography, he says these old radicals around the campfire mudder have coherently about the capitalist, the rich bastards, and then they would reach into their pocket and pulled out a battered old red card that proved they had been members of the wildest most violent julius and completely disorganized gang of redds ever to strike fear into the hearts of the american bourgeoisie to read industrial workers of the world. i.w.w.. a lot of people think that they were wiped out in the great red scare of 1919, 1920. we weren't wiped out, we just want to wait for the invention of the internet. so it's i.w.w. and you can pay by direct debit. anyway, and the infected guthrie with their humor and cynicism and anger but particularly the songs they sang out of their little red songbook to fan the flames of discontent and all of the songs

it started this morning after a small plane went down just south of bakersfield. one person died . >> the federal government today issued a neuterror warning ahead of the 10th anniversary of september 11th. small planes the focus of the alert. >> reporter: terrorists intent on using small planes to carry out an attack on america. that's the word from the fbi and homeland security. it's a warning that jefa wells is taking seriously. we caught up with her as she got her plane prepped for take off. she said she as watches for anything unusual. >> if you see something hanging around the airport. what's going on, where are you going? if you did hear something strange maybe that would be something. >> reporter: operatives are still trying to get -- they issued a government warning that terrorists may look to load a plane to carry out an attack. they believe there are a good number of safe guards in place to keep terrorists out of flight schools. >> the process is so intense of going through the background check, they get fingerprinted, you have to do a lot of paperwork.

the canyon fire started after a small plane crash south of bakersfield. one person died in that crash, 600 firefighters are now on the scene. people who live by the fire have been evacuated and at least one home has been destroyed. >>> a fire in san bernardino county is now fully contained. it started on interstate 13. two mobile homes were destroyed in that fire. >>> lee is losing steam as it has been downgraded to a tropical depression. it dropped to 35 miles per hour but the storm still dropped more than a food of rain in louisiana. while they are holding out, some of the areas are flooded. it comes from spinoff tornadoes in alabama. the center is over and in the next couple of days they will cross alabama georgia and tennessee. >>> well it could bring more and nearly 4 5,000 homes still do not have power clean water is also a concern. the city of vermont has enough water in its reservoir to last three weeks. volunteers have come across the country to help. >> we have been brought up here and you really want to give back and for me i was sitting in ohi

crews were focused on one major fire neither bakersfield. there were as many as 50 small fires started in kern county when a series of thunderstorms brought frequent lightning. >> lightning strikes have ignited six wildfires in northern california since friday including one that burned 33 acres of park land near mount diablo. another burned 1,000 acres near stockton. firefighters across california were prepared for this weekend's lightning strikes in part because of warnings from meteorologists of mike nicco and others. are we going to get more of those conditions today? >> i think they will stay in the sierra. that was one event for us. we got it once. the possibility is out there but i don't think we'll see a repeat. that was pretty special what we saw friday. it freaked a lot of people out. being in the weather, i don't understand that but that is why i'm here. areas of low pressure and those are going to bring us an of shore wind and because of that it looks like we're going to have warmer weather especially inland. let's take about thos

are three, twoo southeast of bakersfield. officials say lightning sparked owl of them offer the weekend. fires now cover about 87 square miles. firefighters have evacuated several hundred homes and one school district canceled classes. in texas some residents of the wildfire areas were allowed to return this their neighborhoods today outside austin. many found there was nothing left but ashes. more than 1500 homes were destroyed. as of today the largest fire was 60% contained there is one sign of normalyy as some schools reopen. >> a few thousand in marin are in the dark. pg&e said 3500 lost power around 8:30. so far pg&e has not determined what caused the outage. three locations affected, south nevado boulevard, east of highway 101 and west of highway 101 in the indian valley area. pg&e has a new ceo who is facing a daunting task. anthony earn replaces peter darby who stepped down in april. he needs to rebuild the utility's reputation after the san bruno blast. he wants to settle victim claims and admits customers may have t

one person died on board the plane it happened near bakersfield one house burned to the ground this wassingle incidents as now that went down it grew to five and a half square miles 600 firefighters are still working to get an appointment >> our attention at the bay on this labor day what this afternoon will look like if you're heading outside. >> this is a shot from our mt. tam cam ranh you conceive the lights of the city out separatthere. in termsf the fog you can see where it is this morning along the coastline and the east bay area you can see it moving through the san bruno gap current temperatures are in the '50s and '60s. temperatures this afternoon will be in the '70s and '80s. whe temperatures will jump tomorrow. mostly sunny conditions and it starts to cool down by frying time now 5:17 a.m. >> holidays mean a break from traffic him this been sent francisco meters are enforced street sweeping are enforced and wanted to our parking limits. the residential parking permits are not are not under scrutiny today light traffic no commute hardly at all. the golden gate bridge hardly an

are three, twoo southeast of bakersfield.ficials say lightning sparked owl of them offer the weekend. fires now cover about 87 square miles. firefighters have evacuated several hundred homes and one school district canceled classes. in texas some residents of the wildfire areas were allowed to return this their neighborhoods today outside austin. many found there was nothing left but ashes. more than 1500 homes were destroyed. as of today the largest fire was 60% contained there is one sign of normalyy as some schools reopen. >> a few thousand in marin are in the dark. pg&e said 3500 lost power around 8:30. so far pg&e has not determined what caused the outage. three locations affected, south nevado boulevard, east of highway 101 and west of highway 101 in the indian valley area. pg&e has a new ceo who is facing a daunting task. anthony earn replaces peter darby who stepped down in april. he needs to rebuild the utility's reputation after the san bruno blast. he wants to settle victim claims and admits customers may have to p

faa records show the plane is registered out of bakersfield. >>> and the removal of four dams is at issue. three of the dams are in northern california, the fourth is in oregon. the interior department says removing the dams won't reduce water for agriculture but will dramatically improve wildlife in the region. the secretary of interior must give a thumbs up or down on the plan. if approved the dams would be completely removed by the year 2020. >>> and the area around the bay should clear up tomorrow. let's look live at what is happening over the berkeley hills. today for a third day in a row, it is under a spare the air alert, because of the high temperatures and light winds, this was the 7th alert for smog issued this year. >>> and california cities holding the top five spots for the most smog in the u.s., riverside is at the top of the list, based on the number of smog and alert days in 2010. this is followed by los angeles, fresno, and bakers field. they are looking at legislation to decrease air pollution. >>> and a hot one today, we have chief meteorologist bill meyer. >> yes, fog

a massive wildfire continues to threaten hundreds of homes in a community just south of bakersfield. it's all happening right now in the town of at that hatch pi. fire officials say the blaze charred 4700 acres of dry brush and threatens 650 homes in and around several canyon communities. authorities in curtain county say the fire began when a single engine airplane crashed in that area yesterday morning, killing two people in the plane. the fire is 5% contained at this hour. >>> an unusual red tide along the sonoma coastline has a lot of people paying attention, including health officials. the concentrated ranges from fiscal being mill cove. undergoing a population explosion. some red tides produce natural toxins harmful to fish, shellfish and other marine life. shellfish from red tide areas is not safe to eat. this particular tide has already killed sea stars in sonoma waters. it's being closely watched by health and game officials, particularly in the oyster rich waters. no toxins have been found in ma rin county right now. >>> let's bring in jeff ranieri. we've got beautiful weat

the fire near bakersfield has destroyed a dozen homes and doubled in size. 8600-acre fire has also burned 15 outbuildings and three rvs. it's only 10% contained. >>> more competition for the ipad. the latest retail giant that may be joining the tablet wars. plus... >> just wants to get out so he is thrashing around and kind of like growling. >> a bay area family's prius torn to pieces. the culprit behind the rage. >> and the market opened just minutes ago. let's take another look at the numbers. and they are not good. down 259. the dow just minutes out of the gate. nasdaq, s&p also hurting. we'll get an update from kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks to find out what's going on when we come back. a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden ga

at least one person died when a single engine cessna went down in the canyon south of bakersfield. and more than 400 firefighters are working to try to contain that blaze. >>> 6:06. >>> lawrence, starting off on this monday, heating up this week. >> it looks like a great week ahead. it will get hot in spots around the bay area today. kind of similar to yesterday. if we're going to see low clouds and fog this morning. and that should give way to a little sunshine as we head in toward the afternoon. warming trend is in effect. yes, it is going to get hot. as we head in toward the next couple of days. temperatures by the afternoon, warm to hot inland and upper 80s in toward livermore and 86 in concord, and about 80 degrees in san jose. and sunny there. and 65 a couple of passing clouds. some sunshine, into san francisco and plenty of clouds out toward the coastline. the next couple of days, the high pressure builds in and the temperatures soar and could reach triple digits inland as we head toward wednesday and slow cooling as we look toward thursday and friday and much cooler over th

that small plane went down south of bakersfield. it sparked a stubborn blaze that spread to more than 3500 acres. >>> the appeal trial for amanda knox is now underway and it should continue every day until the next decision is reached. this was the scene earlier in the courtroom there. knox and her family are holding out hope that her murder conviction is overturned, opening the door for amanda's return home. chapman bell is live in italy this morning. >> reporter: craig, what we have today in court is a battle over forensics, a battle which began over a month ago before the court took its summer recess when a team of independent forensic experts testified in court there were over 50 breaches of international forensic protocols used in the first trial to convict amanda knox and her then boyfriend. these range from sloppy evidence galtering techniques to dna analysis on two key pieces of evidence that were used by the prosecution in the first trial to tie amanda and her then boyfriend to the crime scene. now, this really put the pros

i live in bakersfield which sits on the san andreas fault.hey will get one of the big earthquakes and you cannot even count on help. we may have to give up something according to the republicans like social security. i am really worried about obama getting in this year and i will get whatever i can. i am on social security now. it is not much but i may give $10 per month host: let's hear from jen who gave $200. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to thank you guys for bringing up this very important topic. this is the source of democracy, really, the fact that small donors will get involved. it is the most important thing you can possibly do even if it is $10 or $15. our government is basically currently broke, in my opinion. i'm a surgeon and i work very hard. i have worked hard to get to the point i am currently. i am in an underserved area and they consider me ultra-wealthy and i really think we need to work on this and i think we need to get all the incumbents out host: who donate $200 to? caller: ron paul. host: was that the l

one school district was close a day into fires are burning south east of bakersfield. third is in the northern part of the county. >> we still see thunderstorms and sunny skies over san francisco and sunnyside for--sunny skies for the entire bay area. as for our current conditions, temperatures are warmer in some spots this afternoon. warmer in the inland valleys, warmer in the north bay temperatures are reaching the 80's but a little cooler for the bayshores, '60s and '70s there also '70's in the south bay, 74 of san jose 76 in los gatos. a couple of groups--of degrees down from what we saw today. temperatures are running below average for this time of year. we do have a warm up in store i will let you know when it will move in coming up. >> and world news and 75 people are dead this is after an explosion on a gasoline pipeline that was running through a slum in kenya. authorities said the death toll is likely to rise. 75 bodies pulled from the side of the explosion. more than 100 people rushed to hospital with severe burns, no word on what caused the gas line to expl

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the canyon fire started around 11:30 yesterday morning after a small plane crashed into south of bakersfield crash. about 600 firefighters are on the scene right now. people who live near the fire have been evacuated. at least one home was destroyed. a wildfire that burned more than 1100 acres in san bernardino county is now fully contained. it started on friday and the cajon pass on interstate 15. about 1500 homes were evacuated. but everyone has been allowed back. two mobile homes were destroyed in that fire. >>> 7:34. an in -- in contra costa the community is hanging banners to honor american troops iraq and each of the bannersers features the photo of a soldier. the nonprofit founded by a discovery bay man whose son was killed in iraq paid for the flags to be installed. >>> well, the army is investigating the death of a livermore schedule who contracted rabies. 24-year-old kevin shoe maker served with the -- shuemaker served with the military company in afghanistan from may 2010 to may of this year. he died last wednesday in america -- in new york, where he was stationed. a report says t

in size to 8600-acres, flames from the so-called canyon fire, destroying a dozen homes south of bakersfield, with 650 more homes in the line of fire, hundreds of firefighters backed by some of the big jumbo jet tankers are working hard to bring the flames under control but they certainly have a big job ahead of them with only about 10 percent of that fire contained. jon: from raging fires to violent winds, a close encounter for one georgia couple after driving into the path of a tornado spun out by the remnants of tropical storm lee. their car, completely crushed by a falling tree. the driver says they are lucky to be alive. >>> in atlanta, where forecasters say as many as five tornadoes may have touched down, leaving widespread damage, forcing folks to spend much of their holiday cleaning up, that city, now under a flash flood watch, with a whole lot more rain expected tonight. >> over to louisiana now, where entire communities are surrounded by water, flooding is a major problem in livingston parish. tropical depression lee, leaving behind a real mess there, and even though that storm has

it's starting to fire up near bakersfield and south of fresno. so some of these could wrap back in.e already had the clouds. probably not, probably not but it's going to be close. all coming around a low off southern california which will sit and spin. then it's going to get kicked along by our first cold front of the season. first day of fall. sunday will be our first cold front. temperatures will go from way up on inland temps. they'll go way down on sunday. there will be a good 25-degree drop on some of these temps as we head towards sunday. because of those showers, high base showers and possibly lightning in central california and maybe down towards the santa clara valley or can take cruz mountains, we have a red flag warning out. some of these can produce some lightning. also up in the sierra valley. 66 already in livermore. it's been a hot week out there. they had two days of 100. yesterday was 98 degrees. napa 59. san rafael, the city is at 54. oakland dipped to 55. what is going on at the oakland airport? they've been running about 5 degrees cooler than downtown oakland for

fires burning, in fact, in the state at this hour and flames chewed up about 7,000 acres, near bakersfieldia. and that is about 112 miles north of los angeles. evacuations only on a voluntary basis for communities in that area and we are happy to report, crews are making progress because the fire is at 60% containment. now, a second blaze in that area burned about 23,000 acres. that one, 90% contained. and, then, just to the northeast of there, flames ripping through kern county, california into the near nearby sequioa national forest and there were as many as 50 fires that started in kern county alone on saturday, because of those unusual thunderstorms moving through there, bill. that lightning mixed with the dry vegetation from drought-like conditions, not a good combination in the golden state. bill: you listen to people talking about... they don't know where the wind is coming from it gives you an idea of how variable it is. what is happened outside of california, pacific northwest. >> reporter: we have talked about the devastation in texas and the pacific northwest dealing with fires,

. >>> checking stories across the country, near bakersfield, california, a huge wildfire is 95% containeded nearly 15,000 acres, destroying homes and businesses. a plane crash that killed two people actually started that fire. >> three, two, one, zero. and liftoff of the delta 2. >> and in cape canaverel, florida, after two delays, nasa launched its newest unmanned moon mission. two satellites will orbit the moon and study how it was formed. >>> and in indianapolis, two national guard vets taking on a new mission, marriage. he proposed right there in front of family and friends. she said yes, by the way. the couple plans to get married within the next six months. >>> this is the day after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. and within that decade, osama bin laden is dead, other arab nations are protesting for change, and thank god there hasn't been another catastrophic attack on u.s. soil. but the war isn't over. so will we ever have closure? cnn.com opinion writer bob green says the war almost guarantees a succession of mornings after without end. bob is joining us live f

. >>> a small plane crashed, burst into flames, then ignited a fire near bakersfield, california.es had to be evacuated because of the fire. >>> a plane skidded off the runway in ottawa. all passengers and crew members were fine but the plane sustain a lot of damage. >>> a record number of visitors are expected to visit buckingham palace this year. numbers are up because kate middleton's wedding dress is there on display. >>> so it is a tough question for today's consumer -- buy your new gadgets now or wait until a more advanced model hits the stores. the average consumer spends months just researching the new smartphone or a computer that they want. but when it's time to buy, will the product that was shiny and new already be a relic? we get some advice from technology guru daniel seaburg. daniel, as i did the research and heard the phrase "analysis paralysis," this is a real term. it is a process by which consumers are too overwhelmed with choices to move forward and it is a problem when it comes to technology. meanwhile, we could have group therapy for the fact that we could pr