don knapp, cbs 5. >>> a scorcher in some areas. erika martinez with the weather. >> 103 for santa rosa today. livermore rather. santa rosa was 102. temperatures very hot. cooling down by tomorrow. i've got my extended forecast coming up. but tonight those cooler temperatures are certainly a welcome relief. >> thank you. >>> tonight investigators are trying to determine if fireworks sparked a fire that scorched dozens of cars. the fire broke out this afternoon in south san francisco at a car rental lot on mitchell avenue. linda yee shows us the damage from the lots. >> reporter: 300 cars parked here at this rental car lot. witnesses spotted some of the cars in flames. no one saw how it started but there are strong suspicions. >> there were reports of fireworks but unknown at the time it was actually popping of the vehicles or fireworks. >> reporter: high winds forced firefighters to chase the flames. >> when we arrived we found about 10 yeeks on fire. the wind blowing in the northeast direction that it is was catching the grass unde

don knapp on the gas smell that has neighbors worried. don? >> reporter: ann, when you stand in this neighborhood near ground zero and recall the inferno that roared through here not quite a year ago you can understand why some folks are uneasy and why the smell of gas triggers fears. >> somebody is not telling us something. that's what i'm feeling. i'm feeling very uneasy. >> reporter: kathy and her family live just 12 houses from the site of the blast that killed eight of her neighbors and claimed nearly 40 homes last year. silverman says she remains concerned about her own family's safety. when she came home yesterday she saw pg&e crews all over the neighborhood at a new dig that opened up an old capped off pipeline. >> it is obvious to me that something is not correct if there are that many pg&e people out there. >> how many were there? >> like i said, at least 50. at least 50. >> reporter: pg&e says it stopped work on retrieving a section of the unused pipe installed in 1948 when neighbors reported smelling gas. >> they had done some work

don knapp tells us what is giving drivers away, don. >> reporter: dana, you know that when traffic is heavy on the bay bridge, we all drive slowly, when traffic is light, we're apparently driving much faster. no one knew how much until the sensors gave us the speed. take a look at the traffic. now two years ago, after a tractor trailer rig went over the side and fell about 200 feet, killing the driver, caltrans installed warning signs and lowered the speed limit. also they installed detectors for speed. they also did heavy speed enforcement. now as driver elizabeth says, just about everyone is driving faster. >> in the bay area generally people tend to drive way faster than the speed limit. and i notice that chp doesn't stop you unless you're going above the flow of traffic. >> reporter: so it's back to doing it the hard way, enforcing the speed limit with speed patrols. last time they did this, they obviously were able to lower the speeds. that's one way you get people to pay attention, you make them pay. and the paying hurts. dana. >> ab shutly, don knapp, thank you. >>> the first p

. >> don knapp is in richmond with the climbing crime stats, don? >> the spike in violence this month alone has prompted a renewed effort to get the violence under control by targeting gang members, the people police believe responsible for the crimes and going after this. >> a shooting and killing spike has frustrated richmond police in their battle to reduce homocide. just days after announcing a crackdown another shooting saturday night left a 20-year- old dead and a 29-year-old hospitalised with serious injuries. increasing violence in richmond has now claimed 9 lives just this month alone. >> up until the month of june we had 6 homocide for the year which was, i mean, incredible for a city like this that we have seen multiple homocide over the year so, you know, it's really been disturbing in the last two months the number of homocide we have had. >> reporter: the latest shooting raises the rads to 21 for the whole year. summer camp children were playing, took the life of a 20- year-old man, in what police say is a tinning rivalry between north

don knapp shows us what makes this oakland company so attractive right now. >> the glamorous star power of the san francisco bay area produced some of the favorite consumer products. ipods, ipads, computers, and smart phones, but the maker is lower tech. oakland's clorox company. the offer is nearly credible or adequate and turned it down and made a stock plan to fight the takeover. clorox bleach, toilet bowl cleaner, pinsol and kitty litter. what is it about these products? everybody uses them and the company keeps selling them and making money. according to clorox, the company's increased dividends. >> even though it's not policewoman rouse, it's a well one operation that could he see some investment potential. >> uc berkeley hospital says clorox is known as a friendly company. clorox gave olders a 43% return and 10% for the s & p 500. what's icon up to? >> some have speculated that perhaps he is looking to start a bidding war for this company. but it's not clear that those companies are interested. they haven't made a move. they haven't reacted really to the takeover attempt by carl

don knapp on independence day for the world's newest country. >> dancers here in san jose celebrate a historic day. the creation of a new nation of south sudan. it is essentially a line in the desert sand that promises peace and an end to the civil wars that killed 2 1/2 million. >> i love many of my family members. >> wars that led to the lost boys of sedan who fled to avoid -- by marching thousands of miles to other countries. gabriel was just six at the time. >> something that looked like a nightmare, but it is here and we have another country within sedan. >> used military force to take the oil and mineral resources of south and bought weapons to repress the people. when peace efforts failed, a separate nation. it is hoped hospitals development and schools. >> i think now this outcome should be effective. it should be effective and it should look into the future as two sovereign states. >> the lost boys and other immigrants say they have hope for the future. >> they all want to go back if they can and bring the toin towns and gifts their perspective into a new country. >> in san j

don knapp, thank you. >>> more than 5 dozen san jose police officers lined up today to turn in theird badges. in all, 66 officers were layed off as a way to help the city balance the budget. the uniformed officers gathered outside to shake hands with and to hug the departing officers. those we talked to had a variety of emotions as you might imagine, ranging from fear for people living there to anger. >> personally i think it's been a slap in the face because we made a commitment 2 1/2 years ago to lose a job for 30 years and do it to the best of our efforts. >> we can't go out and serve the city. that's what i wanted to do my whole life. born and raised in san jose and now i can't talk to citizens. >> today was also the last day for 25 officers who accepted early retirement. other news making headlines around the bay area now, an oakland man is under investigation for 21 rabbits found living outside his apartment in filthy, crammed conditions. a neighbor called the spca to report the animals. the rabbits crowded in two small cages at an apartment complex. some of them were deformed

don knapp is at gaylord's where the holdup is the talk of the neighborhood. don? >> reporter: and you got to ask yourself, what would you do? you're sitting in gaylord's, sitting on your computer, and some guys come in and pick up the computers and run out the door. would you get up and chase them? well, that's what some of the folks at gaylord's did. there is not normally much excitement in gay -- gay gaylord's piedmont avenue but late friday night, things perked up. >> a cop pulled up to get his nightly coffee and there was a pop sound. it sounded to me like it was just a cap gun or something. and somebody screamed get down. and everybody hit the floor. >> i was scared. i mean i just heard the gunshot. and the girl pam that i was working with said get down, get down, and we were down behind the counter for a minute and what do we do now? >> this woman says she saw three teenaged boys casing the place when they made their move. >> they seemed a little fishy. they looked a little odd and they walked in and they all of a sudden all three of them grabbed laptops, of

. >>> summer has arrived with a vengeance, and just in time for the july 4th holiday weekend, don knapp is at the alameda county fair in pleasanton, where they are celebrating the grilling season in a big way. don? >> reporter: grilling season, the biggest way you can imagine, ann. what you're looking at behind me now is an historical moment, as they flip what they hope will be the world's largest hamburger. they actually had to create a special rig to do this and they hopefully will get it over and maybe not break it up before they get that record. they are trying hard now. uh-oh, looks like a little smoke here, not good for spare the air day. but they have got it turned over. now if they can just get the fire up to it in place, we'll have it. looks like they have done it! let's see how they put this all together from earlier today. unless you're on a ride with the wind in your face, the alameda county farrakhan be pretty hot. as these folks have the hottest job of all, trying to cook up the world's biggest hamburger. you don't slap this patty together between your hands. you slap your

back to you. >> don knapp in san francisco, thanks. >>> two homes in walnut creek nearly destroyed by fire this afternoon. it started just before 4:00 in the area of creek dale and castle glen roads. five acres of brush burned before firefighters got it contained. itst not clear if it started as a house fire and spread to the brush or the other way around. and a wild fire that threatened structures in morgan hill is fully surrounded tonight and firefighters hope it will no longer spread. 27-acres of grassland burned, but no buildings. some workers were in the area and say they saw the fire start. >> it started off in the brush up here, so they were hard to see at first. the brush was 8 feet high and as soon as that wind picked up, anyone that knows this area knows it's real windy in the afternoon. within five minutes, it spread to over an acre. >> firefighters will be out there all night in case there are any flairups. >>> a cyclist who collided with a truck in san francisco yesterday has died. now police are staying 25-year- old nancy was riding east on mission when she made an illeg

don knapp on a community with a distrust for law enforcement. >> today is for you. we want to invite folks that are here to put up names of folks that you lost. >> the police shootout that ended with the death angered many in the bay view. >> who polices the police, right? what we're seeing, you know, over the last few days is a number of different stories coming out. >> now the medical examiner is finding that suspect harding who was wanted in connection with a murder investigation killed himself as further inflamed community response. >> this man did not do that. >> you don't think he shot himself? >> no, he did not. i know for a fact he did not. >> the suspect's gun is missing, apparently picked up by a man in a gray striped hooded sweatshirt. police say the different caliber of the fatal bullet proves the gun was not a police weapon. the graphics used in the amateur video were created by the photographer. >> the gun is in your right hand and you turn to fire, again under your arm, your gun is going to be mid sternum. the officer shot, hit the suspect in the leg,

don knapp, thank you. >>> merchants in one east bay steed are hoping that their online coupon programestimony locals to spend their money in their hometown t concord's chamber of commerce is trying with try it local.com to offer disdoubts of up to 90% on local restaurants and services. it's higher than most other coupons, the payoff is most of the money stays in concord. >> our businesses will gain new customers so it's a win-win for everybody. >> this is new so we're just waiting to see how it turns out. >> it's not clear if a small web site can compete with megasites like group on. other cities like stockton and campbell have tried similar sites and haven't done well against the competition. the concord chamber of commerce officials believe that they will succeed. >>> other news making headlines around the bay area now. the coast guard continues to search forth a windsurfer who went missing near coyote point off the coast of foster city tonight. around 5:00 the 62-year-old woman told her husband she was going wind surfing and would be back in a half hour. search crews went out aroun

four our survivors made it home to the bay area yesterday and they gave don knapp an earful about the ship's crew. >> reporter: four survivors returned one week after leaving for a fishing trip to baja. they left no doubt about what they think went wrong. >> the captain was a criminal jack ass. he had no idea what he was doing. the storm comes 25 degrees from the port side. he goes straight down. if he would have turned into the wind then, i was a sailor before at one time, if he would have turned into the wind -- he sunk us, in other words. i didn't see the crew. nobody came around to wake us up, give us a life vest. >> reporter: they share their story of survival against long odds. >> we got through it with just the will to survive. all of us went into the water at the same time. it was just black. we treaded water until it was light. and just tried to stay afloat. tried to stay alive. >> i have three people to credit for saving my life. one was sean shattuck a person who is still missing. he alerted dave and i that the boat was listing. and so three of us got out of there but i don

don knapp is in walnut creek where temperatures hit triple digits today. >>> it's not unusual to see these temperatures, but just a few weeks ago in june it was raining and we were wondering if summer would ever come. well, it has, and people have scattered looking for ways to stay cool. the hot holiday weekend put a lot of people in the pool while others headed for shade. phil sims sent the kids to the pool while the family members tossed meat on the grill. >> we sent the kids to the raging waters, and when they coming be, the food -- come back, the food will be ready. >> this is a spare-the-air day. bad air is being trapped. no one is saying don't barbecue, but do it with consideration. >> it's better to use your gas grill. thatthat's less polluting than charcoal. if you're going to use a charcoal grill, it's important to not use lighting fluid to start it. >> use public transit and give the car a rest, if you can. it was predicted we would get a break sooner or later and the bad air would blow away. now the spare-the-air day has been canceled for the fourth of july. >>> lake tahoe

don knapp explains what maria shriver wants from former governor schwarzenegger and who she has hiredke sure she gets it. >> reporter: after 25 years of marriage and a decade-long dark secret, it's over. maria shriver has filed for divorce, checking the box that says simply irreconcilable differences. she's asked for spousal support and joint custody of their minor children, 13-year-old christopher, and 17-year-old patrick. they have two older daughters, 19 and 21. the couple's image was shat erred in early may, when the revelation that schwarzenegger had fathered a son 13 years ago with the family's long-time housekeeper. the former governor apologized and publicly hoped for a reconciliation with his wife. >> we both love each other very much. we are very fortunate for have four very extraordinary children and we are taking one day at a time. >> reporter: schwarzenegger took full responsibility for the hurt he caused, saying he was truly sorry. apparently that was not enough for shriver, who hinted in may that the marriage was over and appealed for advice on youtube. >> i would like

don knapp is in walnut city. >> reporter: we were wondering if summer would ever come. it had. 100 degrees in walnut creek. no one is out. they're inside somewhere or in a cool or they've gone some place to get school. this is one way to beat the heat heat. frolicking in the water. others headed for shade. bill sims sent the kids to the pool while family members tossed meat on the grill. >> we sent the kids over to the raging waters swimming pool. when they come back, the food will be ready. >> reporter: you hate to say it when everyone is grilling, but this is the spare-the-air day. the heat is trapping bad air, including wood and grease smoke from the barbie. do it with consideration. >> it's better to use your gas grill. that's less polluting than charcoal. the other thing is if you're going to use a charcoal grill, it's important to not use lighter fluid to start it. >> use public transit and give the car a rest, if you can. they predicted we would get a break sooner or later and the bad weather would move away. they've canceled the spare-the- air day for the fourth

don knapp on what she wants arnold to give her. >> after 25 years of marriage and a decade long darkt's over. maria shriver has filed for divorce checking the box that says simply irreconcilable differences. she's asked for spousal support and joint custody of their minor children, 13-year-old christopher and 17-year-old patrick. they have two older daughters. the couple's image was shattered in may with the revelation that schwarzenegger fathered a son 13 years ago. he publicly hoped for a reconciliation with his wife. >> we both love each other very much. we are fortunate we have four extraordinary children and we are taking one day at a time. >> schwarzenegger took full speedometer for the hurt he caused, saying he was truly sorry. aapparently that was not enough for shriver. >> how did you find your transition? personal, professional, emotional, spiritual, financial? how did you get through it? >> shriver moved out of the family home earlier this year and hired divorce attorney laura wasser before schwarzenegger's affair went public. including those of britney spears, angelina jo

don knapp on independence day for the world's newest country. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: dancers here ine celebrate an historic day. the creation of the new nation of south sudan. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: it is essentially a line in the desert sand that promises peace and an end to the civil wars that have killed 2.5 million. >> i lost many of my family member due to war. >> reporter: wars that led to the lost boys of sudan who fled to avoid con description as child soldiers by marching thousands of miles to other countries. gabriel was just six at the time. >> so something that looked like a nightmare but i'm happy that the new day is here and we have another country within sudan. >> reporter: he says the sudan government had used its military force to take the oil and mineral resources of the south, then bought weapons to repress the people. when peace efforts failed, southern sudan voted to become a separate nation. now if the nation creation holds, there will be a government and military to protect the people and it's hoped hospitals, development and schools. >> i think now this outc

don knapp got an earful from the men about the ship's crew. don. >> reporter: dana, we are hearing some laughter from inside pete's house here in nevada. pete is enjoying the manhattan his wife promised him over the phone. it's not a joyous occasion. the fellows told us they had spent the day talking all the way from baja to here about their ordeal and being concerned about the companion they left behind. >> it happened to us -- you have no idea what he was doing out there. because the storm comes 25 degrees from the port side. he goes straight down. if he would have turned into the wind, i was a sailor before at one time. he would have turned into the wind, he sunk us, in other words. nobody came around and woke us up or gave us a life vest, nothing. >> four survivors returned. one week after leaving for a fishing trip in baja. they have no doubt about what they think went wrong. >> we got through it with the will to survive. all of us went in the water at the same time. it was pitch black. we treaded water until it was light and just tried to

don knapp is at the cafe. don. >> reporter: that's right.s about this time last night when those young thugs went to the place behind me and ran outside. they certainly didn't expect people inside to chase them. when they did, well, it got interesting. here's what happened. >> there's not normally much excitement on piedmont avenue. focus quietly sipping lates. late friday night, things perked up. >> a cop pulled up to get his nightly coffee and there was a pop sound. it sounded like a cap gun or something and somebody scream, get down, and everybody hit the floor. >> i was scared. i mean, i heard the gun shot and a girl pam said get down. i'm like okay. we were down behind the counter for a minute. what do we do now? >> she says she saw three teenage boys casing the place when they made their move. >> they seemed a little fishy to me. they looked a little odd and walked in and they just all of a sudden, all three of them grabbed laptops. customers got up. one of them tackled one of the guys. >> with two laptops and an ipad, the teens headed

don knapp on what she is asking for and also on who she hired to make sure that she gets it. >> after 25 years of manche and a decade long secret, it is final. maria is filing for divorce. she asked for spousal support and joint custody of their four children. they have two older daughters, christina 19 and katherine 21. the glamorous couple image was shattered in may. the former governor apologized and publicly hoped for a reconciliation with his wife. >> we both love each other very much. we are very fortunate to have four extraordinary children and we are taking one day at a time. >> he took full responsibility for the hurt he caused, saying he was truly sorry. apparently that was not enough for shriver who hinted in may that the marriage was over and appealed for advice on youtube. >> how did you find your transition? personal? professional? emotional? spiritual? how did you get through it? >> viver moved out earlier this year and hired divorce attorney, laura wasser before schwarzenegger's affair went public. her role in the dissolution of celebrity marriages, including those of

don knapp on a community with the distrust for law enforcement. >> today is for you.e folks that are here to put up names of folks that you lost. >> the police shootout angered many in the bay view. a community with a history of police distrust. >> that's a question. who polices the police? right? what we're seeing over the last few days is a number of different stories coming out. >> the san francisco medical examiner is finding that suspect harding who was wanted in connection with a murder investigation killed himself has further enflamed response. >> you don't think he shot himself? >> no, he did not. there were people out here. live witnesses. >> although the suspect's gun is missing, apparently picked up by a man in a light hooded sweatshirt. the different caliber proves the man was not a police weapon. the graphics used in the video were created by the photographer. >> gun is in your right hand and you turned to fire, again under your arm, your gun is going to be mid sternum. the officer hit the suspect in the leg. imagine an instant pain pole would cause the p

. >> they gave don knapp an earfull about the ship's crew. don. >> reporter: he is in his home.resumably he has had the man hat an, came out a while ago and said he is talking, talking, talking, the men who pulled up were talking about their ordeal, about survival, and about the men they left behind. four survivors returned. one week after leaving for a fishing trip to baja. they left no doubt about what they think went wrong. >> the captain was a criminal jack as, he had no idea what the heck he was doin' out there because the storm comes 25 degrees from the port side, when he goes straight down. if he would have turned into the wind then, i was a sailor before at one time, if he would have turned into the wind and -- he didn't know in other words, i didn't see the crew, nobody came around and woke us up, gave us a life vest, nothing. >> reporter: happy to be back but sad end the companions left behind, nothing. >> we've got through it. just with the will to survive. all of us went in the water at the same time, it was pitch black, we traded water until it was light and just tr

. >> reporter: in rich mondays, don knapp, cbs5 news. >> ron and the former long time spokesman for san francisco international airport has died. wilson spent 43 years working in various capacities for the airport. he became the airport spokesman in 1979 and was so familiar to television viewers that he was often recognized as he walked through the terminal. after leaving sfo in 2002, he became an aviation consultant. ron wilson was 70. >>> a bay area teenager is among a group of teens attacked by a bear in alaska. they were hiking in the wilderness area about 120 miles north of anchorage as part of the outloor leadership program. the -- outdoor leadership program. the hiker reportedly came upon a mother brown bear and her cub and she attacked. one of the injured is victor martin of richmond. two of the teens suffered serious life-threatening injuries and two others are in serious condition and three sustained minor injuries. >>> as norway mourns the more than 90 lives lost in friday's terror attacks, new details tonight about the possible motive. randall pinkston has the story. >> repo

don knapp shows us when it comes to what the debt ceiling deal should include, a majority of americans agree with the president. >> on the debt ceiling, should it involve compromising? >> i'm not going to give you a very good answer on this one. >> no one knows what the debt ceiling debate is about or what a debt ceiling is. >> what should be done? >> um, i think from what i understand about it anyway, we are borrowing money. >> sort of. and if the debt ceiling isn't raised, dire financial consequences are predicted. president obama is trying to reach a big deal with republicans. >> we can't let politics stand in the way of doing the right thing in washington. >> but politics are standing in the way. who is to blame? in a new cbs poll, 49% blame republicans for inaction. 29% think the president is responsible. a final deal will have to involve compromise most americans say. 69% think president obama needs to compromise. 85% say republicans have to make concessions. only 11% say republicans should stick to their guns. last week, house speaker john boehner said republicans won't budge on

. >> in oakland, don knapp, cbs 5. >>> free to all women.lth recommendation that is being called historic. >>> and more than just spotting a fake ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, birth control. >>> a group of doctors and health experts want to give millions of women in the united states free birth control. an independent medical panel today recommended that health plans offer a range of contraceptives for women without copays. it should be considered a preventative service because half of all pregnancies are unplanned. women with unwanted pregnancies are less likely to receive prenatal care. >>> it will now take more than a muscle to be a bouncer in california. state law now requires bar and nightclub security guards to go through 16 hours of professional training. the idea, to teach them to handle a wide variety of situations involving alcohol and violence. experts say if bouncers make the mistake during an incident, they leave themselves vulnerable to lawsuits. >> this is a big liability issue here, so if you don't know the ins and outs of what you sh

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don knapp shows us there are signs they may be released soon. >> reporter: the two imprisoned mentiont been seen since february when they last appeared in an iranian court. a woman was released from the same prison last september. >> the first time we heard from our investigators that we were going to court was over 22 months ago. so shane and josh and all of the rest of us have been waiting for this and hoping for this for a long time. >> reporter: the three were arrested while hiking on the border of iraq and iran july 31st 2009. the two-year anniversary of their arrest and beginning of the religious month of ramadan where prisoners are released. >> this has been about waiting for the court hearing. >> reporter: the attorney for the imprisoned men says the charges are irrelevant and inconsistent with the facts. there is no clear border to violate. but there have been hopes raised and dashed before says one of the brothers alex. >> it is breaking our hearts and hearts of people all around the world. >> i was shown compassion and released almost 11 months ago and we pray that the time

. >>> don knapp tonight shows us we are hearing from survivors about how they made it. >> reporter: exhausted and sun burned survivors of sunday's ship wreck are helped aboard a helicopter by mexican naval personnel. >> i praise good for letting me be here today as well as the rest of the survivors. >> reporter: michael's brother is missing. he wants to be sure the search continues. >> i was in the water for 16 hours and i was okay. so given this is the third day there is still some hope. >> reporter: california state senator saying he has a promise from the mexican consulate. >> beginning this morning my staff and i have contacted the mexican consulate and today they assured me they will do everything they can to continue the search for survivors. >> reporter: good news for families who are hoping against hope the missing fishermen are still afloat somewhere in the warm waters. a tour guide and eight crew members say they were saved by a dozen bottles of soda floating in a cooler. victor lee who is also a cousin of ange explained why the men in his family will survive. >> we don't give up. s

don knapp is at the alameda county fair in pleasanton, where they are celebrating the grilling season in a big way. >> reporter: very big way. it's not unusual for them to cook up hundreds of pounds of meat for burgers at the alameda county fair, but hundreds of pounds of meat in a single burger? that's what's going on here inside that box. the reason? try to make the world's largest hamburger and raise money for charity. unless you're on a ride with the wind in your face, the farrakhan be pretty hot. as these folks have the hottest job of all, trying to cook up the world's biggest hamburger. you slap your hands into a tub of meat and pack the custom- made burger form. >> we need to break the 590- pound record, which is set from canada. we are starting with 600 pounds of ground beef, and then we're then cooking that for 10 hours. >> reporter: because the burger starts out at about 600 pounds or so, you climb right up on the grill to get the cooking started. to be sure it gets cooked, you wrap it with aluminum foil. everything about attempting to grill a world record burger is a challe

. >> at the civic center don knapp, thank you. >>> two lawmakers want to stop government from passinging circumcision. they say their bill is in response to san francisco's effort to put a measure on the november ballot. they say if the san francisco measure passes it could open the door for other cities to also ban male circumcision. supporters of the ban say circumcision is unnecessary. block >> it's a violation of the human rights and bodily genital integrity to operate on a healthy patient without that patient's consent, regardless of gender, all children deserve the right to the bodies with which they were born. >> last month a coalition of jews and muslims blocked a lawsuit to block the measure from the ballot saying it would vy late first amendment rights. >>> other bay headlines, in walnut creek two homes went up in flames and a third was damaged in creek dale and castle green roads. 5 acres of brush also burned and they say the fire started by downed power lines or in a shed near one of those homes. in front of the grand hyatt. as one of 9 rallies [ chanting ] >> san francisc