>> good morning. >> were you talking about that story before from contra costa county?> yes. >> smoking restrictions. >> yeah. >> well, that was one of the answers in the "new york times" crossword puzzle yesterday. >> was it? did not know that. >> just wanted to let you know that. >> did you get it? of course. but i don't remember what the clue was. anyway. can i tell you what's coming up on the broadcast this morning? you have heard a little about the leaks or two or three or some thousands and thousands wikileaks? all this information out there is very interesting because none of it is particularly new but it is very graphic and it really tells the story of how difficult a fight it is over there in afghanistan. people at the pentagon are not pleased and we are going to speak to a pentagon spokesman at the tomorrow of the show. plus her family didn't know she was a live. we are going to talk to abby gara's aunt who still hasn't heard an explanation for the mix-up. we'll hear from the family also this morning of the young girl who they thought was alive and realized ha

the latino suspect is 5'4" stockiy. >>> the contra costa county supervisors will consider clearing the air around apartments and condominiums looking at an ordinance to ban smoking on balconies, decks, patios and porches and in carports. smoking would also be banned in apartments and condos built after this year. landlords would have to include the restriction in all new leases. the ordinance would apply to all buildings with at least four units in unincorporated parts of contra costa county. >>> tony hayward is on his way out. this morning, bp made it official. it's ceo is stepping down effective october 1. hayward came under fire for comments like this one he made in may about the oil leak in the gulf. >> there is no one who wants this thing over more than i do. i'd like my life back. >> i wasn't involved in any decision. >> reporter: he might get a new job with bp this time in russia at more than a million dollars a year. 54-year-old robert dudley, that man, will be the new bp boss. the first american to hold that position. he almost got the job three years ago but he lost out to ha

>> no. >> reporter: 62 cases of whopping cough have been reported so far in contra costa county. that's more than triple the number of cases from last year. health fishes officials say this could be the worse year for whooping cough. >> we're trying to get everyone who has contact with a baby involved. >> reporter: the vaccine is recommended for anyone six years of age or older. whooping cough is a dreaded disease for children or infants. six babies have diet of whooping cough this year in california. that's why health officials say anyone who is around babies or pregnant women should be immunized or get a booster shot. >> there's an epidemic going on in california, so it's a good idea to get it. >> reporter: we're back live. contra costa residents were unable to make it out here can still get the vaccination for free. the free vaccinations will be going on out here until 9:00. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> today unemployment benefits were extended to 2 million americans who are out of work. the bill extends unemployment checks averaging $300 a week to americans who are out

contra costa county coroner's office id the woman is 38 year-old sean lou. this happened tuesday morning on park and record concord police say they found little bit bedroom and a 10 year-old daughter told them that a mother tried to attack her with a knife and the crew was able to break free >> if a handful of businesses vandalize the low to street in richmond. this happened late last night and early this morning the mcdonald or to replace a five businesses had the windows broken including starbucks and can't express. to of the locations had property stolen traditional blunt allow mcdonnell avenue description of a suspect is described as a black man wearing a dark with sweat shirt and blue jeans. as to take a quick break on the kron 4 news @ 4 live look at the james link if it is bumper-to- bumper in all directions. bay area cities are cracking down on illegal dumping and lungren called for stanley roberts off shows as the next in this edition of people behaving badly. this is a trash bag full of garbage a day at the end of eroded its board. above it a sign

. >>> in the meantime, the contra costa county times reports last week's pro-mehserlie rally will endp costing $60,000. some were count ire demonstrators. >>> members of the community are turning out right now to help a veteran police officer. also, the president was talking about education today defending his race to the top program for schools. and will the bay area see warmer temperatures by the weekend? meteorologist mark tamayo has warmer temperatures ahead. our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> 50 san jose firefighters may be soon losing their jobs as the city deals with cuts. the mayor had tried to negotiate a pay cut. s

there are multiple police agencies out here including contra costa county county sheriff, alameda county sheriff's, bart and walnut creek police all with specialties in bomb search and rescue. they are looking for anything suspicious. this all began two days ago when two-foot long pvc pipes with a detonator and fuse were discovered. bomb squats safely detonated those two pipes then. earlier today, a third suspicious pipe was discovered on a pathway by a man who was walking through the park. now, police were called in immediately and closed down this park. >> the area was sealed off and the walnut creek bomb squad was called out to assess the device that was found. the walnut creek police department used their robot, moved the device and subsequently rendered it safe. there is going to be a soccer tournament starting here tomorrow a two-day event. and it's going to be in the fields behind me. and again, that does heighten our concern that there are going to be hundreds of kids out here playing soccer. that is why we've gone to the lengths of calling in our allied agencies to come out and

in contra costa county, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the americans with disabilities act turnedtoday and there were celebrations in many cities. the acts provide opportunity. >> having the kind of life that i chose, not one that was prescribed for me. >> some of those who's lives have been changed by the law were at san francisco's city hall today. >> i am a person that was born blind, i am a person that has been employed my entire adult life. paying taxing. >> reporter: providing equal access has changed our streets and the entrances to buildings open to the public. it has meant increased cost for many business that business owners we talked to agree that providing access to the disabled is a worthwhile goal. >>> a cool weather pattern has set up again this week. this is reminiscent of what we saw the last week and the week before that and the week before that. it has been a cool summer and it continues this way. we've got fog already is shooting over into lafayette. that starts you off cloudy and that ends you up cool. tomorrow, another cool one just like today. the cooler sum

in contra costa county, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the americans with disabilities act turned0 today and there were celebrations in many cities. the acts provide opportunity. >> having the kind of life that i chose, not one that was prescribed for me. >> some of those who's lives have been changed by the law were at san francisco's city hall today. >> i am a person that was born blind, i am a person that has been employed my entire adult life. paying taxing. >> reporter: providing equal access has changed our streets and the entrances to buildings open to the public. it has meant increased cost for many business that business owners we talked to agree that providing access to the disabled is a worthwhile goal. >>> a cool weather pattern has set up again this week. this is reminiscent of what we saw the last week and the week before that and the week before that. it has been a cool summer and it continues this way. we've got fog already is shooting over into lafayette. that starts you off cloudy and that ends you up cool. tomorrow, another cool one just like today. the cooler s

even if the origin of the electricity is from natural gas- fired power plants and contra costa county, that is fine. >> the fear is that fossil fuel- powered districts and heating and cooling systems could be interpreted to mean that the district is the distribution network within the site. it just seems incredibly over brought. we were perfectly comfortable in clarifying no fossil fuel power plants. i would be happy to consider but i don't know how to articulate it. if you describe this as a power plant but as a district based teaching system, that is possibly what we are getting at. >> that is hard to find out. i ask your support for this as it is currently amended. >> can we take a vote on the power plant language? >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> the motion passes. >> a motion to rescind. can we take a motion to rescind? courts without objection. -- >> without objection. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> the motion fails. >> i have an alternate motion which basically would be the

. >> contra costa county health officials are planning a free immunization clinic here. people we talked to say they plan to attend. >> i take it very serious, i'm a mom of three. keep these little ones healthy is very important to me. >> reporter: at thursday's regular farmer's market and concert now free vaccinations for anyone over the age of 7. >> we're really encouraging grandparents, siblings, care givers, health care workers to all get vaccinated to protect the babies in our country. >> reporter: while many have already had the vaccine, protection dies off. >> they are so small, all that inflammation is too much for them and they die. >> reporter: infectious disease specialist dr. swarburg says parents refusing vaccines are terribly misinformed. >> the risk of getting whooping cough are far greater than the consequences any bad consequences of the vaccine. >> reporter: contra costa county has had 66 cases this year up from 19 last year. it also has many more children who are not vaccinated. grown ups may not know they are carriers of whopping cough. doctors say th

. >> also this morning, smokers in contra costa county could have fewer places to light up.an to restrict smoking around apartments. >> look at the cloud cover as we take a look at downtown san francisco and oakland, cooler than average. i do have warmer weather in the forecast. >>> live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no delays but a major traffic change in hayward that started this morning. i'll have details coming up. >> and first congestion on the bay bridge now it comes to san francisco city streets. city begins to install high-tech meters that will you different prices at different times of the day. thank you for joining us. >> a new deal is on the table in oakland to bring back the 80 police officers laid off earlier this month, but it faces an uphill battle involving sacrifices for the police and residents. teresa garcia has details. >> other city unions have agreed to contribute some of their pensions but police have not. this could include contributing pensions but a lot of it arrests on oakland residents that have to decide whether they want to help the city pu

we expect contra costa county to vote as well. marin county has already voted.ation community focussed in this manner, in a joint effort, it is it takes away any potential advantage of one company over another for not having this thing. of course, the other benefit is that there would be an awareness about the region that this is the first new transportation revenue source authorized by the state in almost 20 years. so we would get the benefit of the press, moving forward. that is something that would be needed. if the polls are correct, this measure may not gather a two- thirds majority. any degree of awareness that we can garner from regional efforts would certainly be helpful to the measure. commissioners, that is as short a summary as i can give you on this issue. we have consultants from emc research, who conducted these polls. these are the ones that did the reallocation of prop k. you may remember that we were able to generate a 75% vote in november. they have a presentation no longer than fi

we're looking at the contra costa county community. it's gonna be slow. there's slow traffic already on highway 4, for example, getting up to the willow pass grade. but there is a crash a little farther back on highway 4 westbound. highway 4 as you come up to lone tree wade. the chp and paramedics are on the scene. the morning commute is gonna be okay at the tom. it's improving after a stalled vehicle on the deck. the traffic was better than it was but it's still slow here. no problems on the other side coming from oakland -- or from san francisco to oakland. westbound 580 slow traffic getting into the livermore valley. after that it moves well into dublin. on the other side of the san mateo and dumbarton bridge, still doing well. here's steve. >>> another big fog bank. everybody says cloudy this morning. i'm not surprised. this all spells cooler. west-southwest fairfield, 22. that's almost half of what it was. it's come down. but look at vacaville, 5. concord, west at 15. the west of 9 is oakland. the sea breeze is still there even with the overcast cond

it's a tough time to be a cigarette smoker, at least in contra costa county.f you want to light up on your patio. that's if the board of supervisors gets their way. today they'll be considering a pretty strict ban on lighting up around apartments and condos. the list of places where you can smoke is actually pretty short. they're talking about limiting it in carports, balconies, porches, decks and patios. this will be written into leases and even be be grounds for eviction if you're doing it. the idea is not to force people to quit smoking but reduce second-hand damage that can see through doors and windows already in places like richmond and martinez have similar bans in place. >> it is 6:50. investigators narrow in on one of the people who may have leaked thousands of classified war documents. >> and we have new you video into our newsroom of a fire threatening homes in kern county. >> our cool summer continues again today. warmer temperatures closer to the weekend. >>> a pentagon spokesman said the military launched a very robust investigation into the mass

the contra costa transportation authority voted unanimously to ask for the money. alameda, san francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties have similar proposals on their ballots. the contra costa times reports the increase would raise $8.5 million a year. >>> 5:07. harvest seasons arrives and drug officers are on the hunt. >> coming up next, can you smell it? how a raid in a remote area of eastern alameda county ended up with a suspected grower dead. >>> and where in san jose you can expect fogging for mosquitos tonight. ,,,,,, "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? it does not carry the opinions... of the man faster... than those of a woman. does not filter out an idea... because i'm 16... and not 30. air is unaware if i'm black... or white... and wouldn't car

billion dollar >> bart has failed to carry out promiseso people who live in alameda and cont costa counties by building stations out to the east. at the same ti they failed to do the retrofit on their infrastructure. >> black shirts are members of a carpenter's union, with they look at the connection they see jobs. >> these folks will go to work and spend that money in local businesses. >> the project seemed in trouble back in february when the federa government pulled $70 million worth of funding because bart violated civil rights laws. a bart spokesman says the issue no longer exists. >> it's been adequately addressed and they inially pulled the fundin if they are comfortable witness, we're comfortab with it. >> but the federal money has gone elsewhere and they have come up with alternative funding including state transportation and bond money and a loan fm the federal government. it would be a driverless system to the airpo in eight minutes. >> and another controversy coming up at this bart board meetg, they are trying to figure out what to do with the $4.5 million surplus. one is reduci

i know you are watching contra costa county, right? i am.'t know if you caught me speaking to the people in the newsroom but they are helping me out -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- every stone, there is not a lot going on here. good. we want to be nice and quiet. let's start in contra costa, highway 4 westbound is moving well up to the willow pass grade. off to a nice start. san mateo bridge looks good. over to the high rise off to a nice start there. traffic moving well on the dumbarton bridge. this is a live look at northbound 280 at the 880 interchange and we are doing very well up into the valley so far. at 5:17 here is steve. >> all right, thank you very much. and we do have a little bit more of a sea breeze to the delta, travis airforce base west-southwest at 22. at this time yesterday it was west-southwest at nine. low clouds are spreading over oakland and berk e. yesterday they were clear. inland it is still hot. 90s and 100s. concord will come down, morgan hill two to four degrees cooler today. still come up in lake co

foreclosures are down 51% in alameda county and 44% in contra costa county. some see it as a sign of economic recovery, michael of pacific international believe that banks are holding back a bundle of foreclosed properties so not to go into free fall. >> instead of dumping them all on the market and ruining the economy. but barely see the drift in the market. they have to come out and there is going to be -- >> some of those that received modifications going into default again. foreclosures have helped the market in a way. >> i think foreclosures have helped because san francisco was way out of control. i think the foreclosures had to rein it in a little bit. >> others would disagree with him pointing out the number of bank owned properties saw a year to year decline suggesting lenders may be clearing a backlog of foreclosures. >> can you handle a few more numbers. we're getting the word that cancelled foreclosure sales set an all-time record last month but that is because banks want to give more modification loans. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> mortgage

and the country's newest national monument is unveiled in coast contra costa county. and a new app designed to help visitors at yosemite national pork. >> leigh: looking live now towards san francisco, we're definitely seeing the low clouds and fog right near the coast. but it is sunny and warm inland. we will run through the current x x [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted, they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in vermont. so i told them about some of the wells fargo online savings tools like my savings plan, which helps them set up and monitor a savings goal. until we found out that maybe her teacher uses certain terms a little bit loosely. rebecca is clearly very gifted. [ banker ] we decided to roll that money into ashley's college account. turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. ♪ >> alan: good news for east oakland which hasn't had a national grocery outlet for 20 years. kroger is planning to

foreclosures are down 51% in alameda coty and 44% in contra costa county. some see it as aign of economic recovery, michael of pacific international believe that banks are holding back a bundle of foreclosed properties so not to go into free fall. >> instead of dumping them all on the market and ruining the economy. but barely see the drift in the market. they have to come out and the is going to be -- >> some of those that received modifications goin into defaul again. foreclosures have helped the market in a way. >> i think foreclosures have helped because san francco was way out of control. i think the foreclosures had to rein it in a little bit. >> others would disagree with him pointing out the number of bank owned properties sa a year to year decline suggting lenders may be clearing a backlog of foreclosures. >> can you handle a few more numbers. we're getting the word that cancelled foreclosure sales set an all-time record last month but that is because banks want to give more modification loans. terry mcswney, "abc 7 news." >>> mortgage rates remain

say they don't believe the fires are connected to a series of two dozen car fires in west contra costa county that began last year. >>> for a second straight day, ac transit drivers had to deal with late buses and a slow commute as unionized drivers failed to show up to work. the drivers are staging a sick out, upset of a contract that  increases their health care cost. today an alameda superior court judge refused to grant a restrain order. more than 200 bus drivers or 20% of ac transit's work force failed to show up to work yesterday and again today. >> same people were still waiting for buses, getting more increasingly frustrated and finally i said, look, we just need to give up. >> ac transit drivers have been working without a contract since june 20th. the proposed budget would help ac transit from closing a gap. and for those looking to ride ac transit tomorrow, sick outs are still expected tomorrow. >>> congress could pass the $34 million extension by tomorrow. helping americans and californias who's benefits have run out. >> we'll be able to go back and automatically file the extens

contra costa county animal services say the boy had walked into gravel where the -- garage where the three pit bulls were kept. you can see the yellow tape there. police still on the scene. the 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. two adult relatives and a younger child were inside the house when the boy was attacked. the pit bulls have been taken by animal control officers. >>> a horrible greyhound bus accident that killed six people in central california. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on northbound highway 99 just outside of downtown fresno. the bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento with at least 47 passengers on board. the highway patrol says the bus struck an overturned suv, then struck a second vehicle, all three vehicles ended up sliding down an embankment and the bus slammed into a large tree. many passengers were sleeping, suddenly found themselves looking for a way out of the crushed bus. >> i crawled out the side. there was a hole in the side. there was a lady in the seat up above, i helped her out. >> the fatalities included six. another 24 peopl

. >> bart has failed to carry out promises to people who live in alameda and contra costa counties byuilding stations out to the east. at the same time they failed to do the retrofit on their infrastructure. >> black shirts are members of a carpenter's union, with they look at the connection they see jobs. >> these folks will go to work and spend that money in local businesses. >> the project seemed in trouble back in february when the federal government pulled $70 million worth of funding because bart violated civil rights laws. a bart spokesman says the issue no longer exists. >> it's been adequately addressed and they initially pulled the funding. if they are comfortable witness, we're comfortable with it. >> but the federal money has gone elsewhere and they have come up with alternative funding including state transportation and bond money and a loan from the federal government. it would be a driverless system to the airport in eight minutes. >> and another controversy coming up at this bart board meeting, they are trying to figure out what to do with the $4.5 million surplus. one

there is protesters from contra costa county met resistance trying to enter the homeownership centerin oakland. they were led in and allowed to fax a letter to the chase ceo of mortgage autos we have today agreed to receive in writing, recommendations so that we'd not interfere with ability to work with customers here. >> this is not a free hand out. only what is fair. >> chase says it will consider rescheduling after reviewing demands. >> the couple is starting a nationwide crusade to convince cities to adopt radiation disclosure laws. san francisco is the first in the country for the law. >> that is right. they're from lafayette, becoming used to meeting with dignitaries. and they're trying to raise awareness about what they see are health risk was cell phones. keep in mind, studies are still open to debate. the industry says all cell phones are safe. >> two years ago, alan marks was diagnosed with brain cancer, he and his wife believe it was caused by two decades of cell phone use. he says a new law is and would have made a difference back then. >> i would have used it in a differ

in contra costa county, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> residents are warned to throw away any grapes in their home gardens. agriculture officials are trying to protect valuable wine grapes from the great vine motta and the state is strained back yard boot -- vine moth and they say destroying backyard fruit can help destroy the moth. >>> officials are ready to ask [ cheers voters to propose a failed tax on medical marijuana and if approved the 10% medical marijuana tax would be the highest in the states. the san jose city council is being done with in the proposal. the deadline is coming up next week. >>> two marin county with the municipal water district is considering dueling ballot measures tonight and one has a pretty qualified for the november ballot and would require approval before the district steadies the idea of building a plant to convert the water into drinking water. at the meeting set to begin in a few minutes they will consider a second less restrictive ballot measure. >>> officials are looking for a thief who stole the catalog and drove up with a 5-year-old girl in --

the contra costa county times says they are writing the number and ordinance.mond may have as many as ten. but the city has no permit system for those businesses and is trying to close them down. the city council may take its first vote at its meeting tomorrow. >>> 7:19. the son of football legend joe montana faces charges for underaged drinking in indiana. police responded to calls about a fight early saturday morning when they discovered a house party near the notre dame campus. they arrested 48 people, including nate montana and several other notre dame players. each was released on $150 monday. the coach says any team-related discipline will be handled internally. >>> back here at home, shots were fired at a teen house party. we'll tell you where it happened and what police are searching for now. >>> more details on the eye- popping discovery as cbs drills another bore -- as caltrans drills another bore. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing

. >> reporter: state law forbids shelters from adopting out pregnant dog, but the contra costa county animal shelter said it has no record of ever adopting out hyashi a pit bull. in concord, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> a suspected arsonist is sitting in jail this morning. police believe travis eugene church hill set fire in a recycling bin in front of sam's market on telegraph avenue. police identified church hill from a surveillance video. the fire he is accused of setting was one of nine authorities say were deliberately set around berkeley in the past week. police appears there is a definite link between the fires. >>> san francisco police are studying surveillance video looking for the vandals targeting trees in golden gate park. dozens of young trees have been cut, stripped, or sawed in half. and a total of 44 trees have been damaged since may. the cuts are clean. and appear to be the work of a hand or power saw. police say they were strategically cut about a foot off the ground so that they cannot be saved. >> sad story. >>> but it might be a good day to hang out in the park. >> i thi

investigators say there's been a total of 24 suspicious car fires in western contra costa county. but they say these two are not likely connected to the others. >>> for the second day in a row, ac transit bus service has been disrupted. the reason, a labor dispute that's prompted some drivers to call in sick. during the past hour, the two sides met in court. jade hernandez joins us now with a look at more and to let us know what's happening. >> reporter: the fight is over a a newly-imposed ac transit contract that became effective on sunday. union operators are not so happy about it. so on monday, 20% of them called in sick. the same goes for today. unfortunately, it's the riders who get caught in the middle. today riders on ac transit experience delays. yesterday riders experienced the very same delays when 20% of ac drivers called in sick. >> it usually come around five minutes to and it came almost an hour later. >> reporter: they claim union members have haggled over a contract since november. now ac transit faces a $50 million deficit. >> union members may not realize that if

wal hurt in critically, good commute for contra costa county riders.ouble we see is for east bay, eastern transit bus riders, another week of delays or no-show buses. get the latest at www.abc7.com. >>> it's 4:54. after a decade of construction, scientists in menlo park have turned on the world's biggest x-ray machine. three-mile long laser that extends beneath 280. richard hart takes us on a drive to discover. >> not every accelerate i've worked out as quickly as this one. >> i think the entire group is excited that this machine has worked as beautifully. >> the machine is a laser, nearly three miles long, crossing highway 280 six stories under ground. first to produce hard x-rays, x-rays that enable to see processes that were only a dream 20 years ago. >> people have been working on images of viruses and we're interested in proteins and dna and things of that sort. >> not just snapshots. it's so fast, that images capture before molecules have time to fly apart. that means the first atomic movie. >> x-rays are so intense we can take holo grams of mole

courthouse drew up to 300 people from both sides, more than hundred police officers from around contra costa county were on hand dressed in full riot gear. mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of oscar grant on new year's day on 2009. it got pretty heated between the two sides. >> it was an accidental killing. that is what i believe. >> it wasn't good enough. >> i don't think he is a murderer that people are trying say. >> one business was boarded out out of fear. >> a well known vietnamese political protestor is in jail. he disguised himself as a woman at a popular singer sprayed with pepper spray. lilian kim has more. ♪ >> in vietnam, he is a sensation, but to pane in the vietnamese community, he is nothing more than a communist agent which is why he became a target during the performance at santa clara convention center. a woman approaches him with a flower but when he accepted he attacked the sing where pepper spray. >> it's an irritant. he was uncomfortable i'm sure for a period of time. for about 15 minute the show was delayed while he composed himself and

. >> reporter: speaking from a visiting room from the contra costa county jail in martinez, he told cbs 5 he came home yesterday morning and learned from his wife that the dogs had mauled his step-grandson 2-year- old jacob, in the garage. >> somehow jacob imagined to get flood garage. i talked to my wife yesterday. both me and my wife do not fully understand how he was in the garage. he was found in the garage. the dogs were attacking him when she found him. >> reporter: hayashi says he was aware of the dangers. he knows the pit bull reputation. >> those dogs were okay with all of us adults including my mother who visits from time to time. but apparently they don't seem to like little children or at least one of them didn't. >> reporter: he said one of his pit bulls had killed his own smaller dog a chihauhau. >> yes. the reason why i didn't get rid of them, i kind of love my dogs and it's kind of hard to get rid of a dog that you love. if i knew something like this would have happened -- [ pause ] >> no more dogs ever. i don't want the liability. i don't want the pain it's causing ever

the contra costa county superror is looking into legislation to try and prevent another attack. san francisco has a mandatory spay and neuter law that was passed after a 12-year-old boy was mauled to death in 2005. >>> firefighters beat back the flames of a wildfire and saved a home in northeastern solano county today. the fire broke out along clement road, between vacaville and dixon, neighbors credited a man with alerting a 76-year-old woman who was alone and asleep when the flames came within a few feet of her home. >> i ran to her house. went to her house, tried to open the door. she wasn't answering the door. another lady came up, and got her out. and the firemen came and helped and got her dog at the end. >> alan: the wildfire burned about 25-acres and destroyed a shed, along with some other outbuildings. one forthof firefighter is expected to recover after suffering from heat exhaustion and smoke inhill -- inhalation. and folks called 9-1-1 after they saw business fire burning but it was a scheduled controlled burn in a field a few miles south of infinon raceway. >>> pare

. >> reporter: the deputy director from the animal control in contra costa county where those dogs were euthanized earlier today told us that that countiy had considered legislation similar to san franciscos to spay or neuter all pit bulls. however, they decided they did not have the resources or the public support to make it work. live in san francisco, back to you. >> for continuing coverage of today's pit bull attack click on the bay area news tab at our home page ktvu.com. >>> now, the downtown san francisco where the police have arrested at least 100 people at a labor protest this evening. >> what do we want? what do you want it? >> now. >> it started at 4:30 when more than 1,000 protestors marched from the 4 seasoned hotel on market street to the grand hyatt at union square. 150 people sat down in the streets and blocked traffic on stockton between post and sutter. the police circled them and arrested them one by one. they expect to reopen the street at any moment now. the workers are demanding hyatt provide better working conditions. a spokesman called the rally a publicity stunt

home sales in alameda county were down 5% just over 1700 homes sold in contra costa county that is 4% decline from a year ago. the median price for a home in the bay area was 410,000. that is actually a 16 1/2% increase than a year ago. >>> well, apple plans a rare news conference tomorrow. there is much speculation the company will address reception problems with the newest iphone. some users of the iphone 4 complained they lose signal strength they refuse to recommend the problem. apple faces competition from other new smart phones such as the tkroeud x and kapt straight and older iphone >> locked on my model right now it. does a lot what i want to do. i will not get the new one because of the problems and i feel by the time i am ready or need to move on it will have changed a lot. so, i may not go with the next one. we will see. >> apple has not commented on the consumer report decision and has not said what it plans to discus at the news conference. >>> fresh express is advising consumers who punched this romaine lettuce salad to throw it sought. it could be contaminated with e.co

stretching from west contra costa county and fremont in alameda county. 1750 people work for ac transite mass of area. the last time there is a strike more than 1977. the judge is set to decide whether negotiations should resume where the new contract should go into effect. possibly setting the stage for a strike showdown. oakland 3 south kron 4 news. >> the bridge officials concerned about small nicks in the middle of the bridge they say they've come up with a plan to prevent future fractures you may remember this from the bay bridge was closed for the labor day weekend? this was the problem of there's crack their the discovered the cracked by our it was repaired it and several weeks later the repair job failed. they had to put a permanent fix kron 4 christine conley tells us they found a number of small mixed on whether i'd bars across the bridge. the bay bridge sidebars are now inspected every three months. inspectors found what the ftc says is a number of very small nicks in the metal the bridge. he's he was tiny nicks circled here in this photo. they're easily fixed by grinding abo

the contra costa county animal shelter said it has no record of ever adopting out hayashi a pit bull. in concord, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> what began as a statement at a santa clara concert is now turning into an international incident. today's court appearance of a local anticommunist activist drew some big crowds from the bay area as well as journalists from abroad. ly tong is accused of pepper spraying a pop star from vietnam a singer said to be pro- communist. today len ramirez asked tong why he did it. >>> reporter: ly tong saluted before entering a small room for our jailhouse interview still wearing a bandage from what he said was a brutal takedown by police. >> they knocked my head against the wall and they said do in the resist and charged me to with resisting arrest. i didn't do anything. >> reporter: last sunday the freedom fighter wore a flappy hat and disguised himself as a woman to go to a con sort by vietnam pop singer dan hung in santa clara. youtube video showed he came up the stage offering the singer a flower but unleashed a surprise stream of pepper spray to hung's ey

>>reporter: all took place unthe watchful eye of contra costa county mobile field force. coalition of local police officers trained for tense situation. >> it did get heated but officers are trained pretty well to know when to step in and when to let the dialogue tichbility i think based on the results of what happened today, it was pretty successful. >>reporter: before the demonstration began all superior court proceedings ended at 12 noon. police canvas the neighborhood for rock or neglect used as projectile. the owners of this dry cleaning business board up the window and hired security guard. but there were no arrest and no property damage. at 4:30 the grant supporters march to the bart station where the rush forced bart to shut down for about 20 minutes. >> this wasn't the first time we have seen messerly porters actually come out physically and demonstrate. there was some heated and passionate arguments out here. but it was all kept under control. reporting live in walnut creek creek, abc 7 news. >> thank you allen. >> 11 is south bay resident under arrest tonight a

contra costa county is clamping down on smokers. the tough new restrictions being proposed... you may no longer be able to light up. and... the future of cars at san jose's "plug-in 20- 10" conference. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news early edition ... beginning >>> on the "cbs morning news," g here's a look at today's weather. sunny skies and pleasant conditions will prevail across the northeast. in the southeast, the weather remains hot and humid with a chance of thunderstorms and parts of the northern plains could see severe thunderstorms. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. bp shakeup. the ceo is on his way out and an american will take over the job of trying to make good on the gulf oil spill disaster. >>> and more secrets. the obama white house faces new troubles in the already troubled afghanistan war after a huge leak of secret pentagon documents. >>> the leak of classified documents marks the latest chapter in the age old conflict between freedom of the press and national security. jeff greenfield takes a closer look at the issue in the age of the

. >>> voters in contra costa county will be asked to pony up more money for road work. a proposal to increase car registration fees by 10 bucks will be on the november ballot. the county transportation authority voted unanimously to ask for the money. almeda, san francisco, san mateo, and santa clara counties have similar proposals on the ballot. >>> it was a real tragedy in the central valley this morning. at least six people are dead, and many others injured, after a greyhound bus crashed in fresno. and nick james shows us it happened in the middle of the night, and i guess most of the passengers were asleep, nick? >> that is right. it happened about 2:00 a.m. so they were jolted awake by the collision. 99, highway 99 in fresno is shut down for hours and hours. it has since reopened. and as we pan back across, you can see the bus, it is up there on the tow truck, covered with the black tarp. finally ready to be hauled away. about 10 hours after impact. chp calls it one of the worst crashes in recent mem rism the front of the greyhound bus obliterated africa reasoning

the contra costa county animal shelter said it has no record of ever adopting out him a pit bull. in concord, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> a local anticommunist activist accused of squirting a singer with pepper spray says he's ready to spend some hard time in prison. his bail was reduced from $100,000 to $75,000 during a hearing today. sunday the self-described freedom fighter dressed up as a woman to get into a concert in santa clara by an entertainer from vietnam. youtube video shows him spraying the singer in the eyes. the vietnamese sends entertainers to the u.s. to soften anticommunist setments in the community here. >> why did you choose to assault another person rather than another method? >> i have no choice. he attack us. >> he faces five felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon. his lawyer says his client will be able to make bail. >>> a soccer tournament will go on tomorrow in a park where a potentially deadly pipe bomb was found today. somebody discovered it in a wooded area. it is the third explosive to turn up in the park in just three days. >> reporter: you'r

the contra costa county animal shelter said it has no record of ever adopting out hayashi a pitbull., cbs5. >>> a local anti-communist activist accused of squirting a singer with pepper spray says that he's ready to spend some hard time in prison. lee tong's bail was reduced from 100,000 down to $75,000 during a hearing today. sunday the self-described freedom fighter dressed as a woman to get into a concert in santa clara by an entertainer from vietnam. youtube video shows tong spraying the singer in the eyes. tong believes the vietnamese government sends entertainers to the u.s. to soften anti- communist sentiments in the community here. >> why did you choose to assault another person rather than another method? >> i have no choice. he attacked -- >> tond faces five felony charges including assault with -- tong faces five felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon. >>> last night we told you about somebody killing hundreds of thousands of bees. well, tonight the victims are trees, dozens of young trees that have been cut, stripped or sawed in half. 15 elm and sycamore sa

the agency serves alameda and contra costa county. san francisco the crime rate is dropping violent crime has dropped in the first six months of this year. violent crime is down 10 percent compared to the same period last year. and down 20 percent compared to 2008. homicides are down 4% and in 2009 homicides dropped 55% from 2008. the police chief said proportionally those are the lowest homicide levels since they've seen since the 1950's. christine shows us what officers is the reason between save receipts and san francisco. >> crime is dropped in every category according to the police chief. the mayor's office credits the drop to the news so endorsement strategy that allows officers to target hot spots. officers are saturating key areas in the city like you see on this map. the western addition. a few hunters point, visitation valley and western edition. we recently saw the strategy at work what officers were deployed to the bay view an ankle side district after several several high-profile attacks like this on an elderly members of

. >>> contra costa county had considered the law for spaying, but did not have the resources. >>> polini was arrested wednesday morning. they say he had a pistol, handcuffs and a police baton. and that his car was equipped with strobe light, a siren, radio and even a prisoner screen. police say polini may have pull over drivers here in the bay area and asked anyone with information to come forward. >>> vacaville today are police are warning to bank of america users that they've found a skimmer. it may have stolen information from at least 58 customers. people who use the atm how old carefully check their bank statements. >>> was it arson? authorities trying tonight to figure out what started a fire that contained a half dozen vehicles parked in the long term lot. some of the owners still have no idea their cars are a total loss. >> reporter: an airport shuttle driver witnessed a shuttle bus on fire and called 911. six vehicles were totaled. >> the fire department arson investigators came in because of the special circumstance. >>> that van is leased to a peninsula man. >> reporter: sourc

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