it all started when a war was stolen at a gas station with a child inside. a few minutes later the child was found at barrett avenue and 41st street. later the car was recovered at 39th street and clinton avenue. ktvu's christien kafton joins us now with the latest on this case. good afternoon, christian. >> reporter: well, good afternoon. this is the gas station where this whole car theft and kidnapping investigation got underway. take a look right here. you can see if you take a look here through the window that there are a pair of police officers in there. they are bringing back tape. they had those this morning, trying to dub them over looking for clues about their suspect. police say the victim and his daughter pulled into this gas station this morning. the father got out of the car to pay, left his five-year-old daughter in a car and that is when a mini van pulled up alongside and the unthinkable happened. one of the suspects from that vehicle gets out and gets into his cadillac. our victim had left his keys in the car and the suspect takes his car and

far away from where a 5-year-old girl was dropped off at -- after being taken in her car from a gas stationthis is what happened. the parent, the father, went in to put gas in, left the child in the back of the car near carlson and immere yul. that car was taken with the little girl in it. a little while later that he found the girl safe. now that he found the cadillac. it has big, gold rims and gold trim. the police are on the scene. christien kafton is on the scene. we'll have a full report coming up. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> one man is now in custody following an overnight shooting in downtown san rafael the it happened around midnight near 2nd and west end avenue. the shooting prompted a massive police response. officers from several marin county law enforcement are searching. he's accused of shooting one person. the condition of the victim of the shooting is not known. >>> early saturday morning, police tried to pull over a car believed to have been carjacked. but the driver with one passenger inside took off that led police on a chase. that car crashed on arkansas stre

it was and gas station her dad left the keys and that led to pay for its gas. this morning father paulson to the gas station he has his five year-old daughter in the backseat. he goes into the forest-leaving the keys and the vehicle. all white dodge van pulls up one suspected that the vehicle and gets into the victims' vehicle and takes off. probably not knowing the five year-old was in the backseat. they drop the five year-old off a short time later. on roosevelt avenue. we received a call about 715 st. louis park here the person calling had seen the vehicle on the news or seen the reports on the news that they were looking for the vehicles appeared suspects were gone at the time. we are looking for black male with a black cat that's the only suspect information we have at this time. >> in richmond police are looking through surveillance video where that car was found. the five-year old girl is safe and she has been reunited with her father. >> another developing story out of antioch's of mylonite three people were shot one fatally investigators believe the sh

this bolero station is one of three gas stations in the neighborhood that close. it also some other businesses to more extreme measures like to cook this one over a year. this is a dry cleaner and you can see if i zoom and they're boarded up the windows they also hired a security guard to keep watch. other businesses like this development here with a selling condominiums the stayed open all they did was removed the street signs they had to add an front advertising business. >> web producer kimberly has been keeping an eye on the comments from our viewers. >> of our viewers are questioning the motives and tiny behind the rally christine rights this is a sad story at the thickness of we woke up that day with the intention of killing a man i also believe he did it on purpose. while we slept as this one this really makes no sense if anything needed to be held before the verdict so show some support to the officer. what calling him officer or former officer and a dressing him as in made naturally get it right. visit our web site on www.kron4.com. >> a man who shot offi

now-- [ inaudible ] >> -- gas station there. is kind of between 580 and 880 if you know the area. a lot of people stop to get gas there. likely have been a lot of people who saw what went on and again we do have a reporter on the scene now gathering information. >>> let's go to the traffic. westbound bay bridge that is beginning to back up a little bit but nothing major so far at the toll plaza. northbound 10 bun looks good approaching the 80 split. here is steve. >> lots of gray hover the bay. the fog will win out for most of the week. fairfield west-southwest gusting to 20 -- [ inaudible ] >> -- 29, gusts up to 37, napa west at ten. they are overcat. santa rosa west-southwest at three, even though they are cloudy. sun slowly for some as that fog is very very stubborn, cooler and breezy tomorrow into wednesday and not much change really toward the end of the week, make warmer inland but not by much. pretty good thunderstorm activity firing up over the sierra and northeast california. most of that should move off eastward but th

, bp gas stations, mostly outside california. inside california, arco stations that little bp local go on the sign. really, the boycotts hurt mom and pop gas stations who simply have a contract to buy their gas from bp but otherwise no association with the company there is this push to rename stations aamco. the american company was bought by then-british petroleum and then merged into the company that became bp. nothing creates more angry e-mail from me than what i am about to say. >> the boycotts don't hurt bp, there is only so much gas in the system in northern california. you go not to bp, you go elsewhere, they will run out of gas and they will have to buy the gas from somewhere, buying it from bp, supply, nobody hurt except the mom and pop stations how weren't mad at any watch this is a fungible resource, what happens in the situation f you want to do it do it. >> not as effective. people use a certain amount of gas no matter. what you bye it from one place, they are just going to have to replace it and use bp gas to do it.

the station across the street is one of three gas stations in the neighborhood to some other businesses are extreme measures like to do with this one this is a dry cleaner and you can see if i assume and the bay they boarded up the windows. they hired a security guard to keep watch. other businesses like this development right here where the selling condominiums they are staying open while they removed the street signs out front. >> here's a map of the area where the rally is being held right now it's right of the dmv on north broadway. right now the road is closed from north broadway over the civic. stay with kron 4 and www.kron4.com will continue to follow the very latest in a rally at walnut creek pier will bring you developments throughout the newscasts. we're learning details tonight about a man involved in a shoot out this past weekend at oakland and less several lanes of by 480 closed in the subject in the hospital. this is byron williams from a prior arrests were learning williams had an extensive criminal history including armed robbery he is currently in the hospital and kron

this they have and the person who drove him to this gas station in a white dodge caravan probably had no idea that their decision to steal a car would end up in kidnapping. a much more serious offense. live in richmond, tracy grant, "nbc bay area news." >> thank you. still ahead tonight at 6:00, the jail break that's actually legal. the important ruling today involving apple's iphone. >>> i'm scott budman. a bay area biotech company gets good news for its drug to fight cancer. we'll tell you what happens next. >>> also ahead, one family's miracle becomes another's tragedy. the stunning medical mix-up that turned the tables for two families. >>> plus, salaries gone wile. the six-figure city salaries that has the attorney general investigating. >>> and good evening. i'm chief meteorologist chef ranieri. temperatures well below average with plenty of 60lls and 70s today. we'rwe tracking the cool air. k will last and a look at travel delays coming up. those people are happy 'cause they're gonna have a good time, and they've got extra money in their pocket. those are happy passengers. how

conference of legal counsel anticipated lilt gas station is defendant. the commission will now then retire into a closed session.

zooming by-- but staying with the speed limit as you zoom by the gas stations. you love filling up once or twice a month. do you want joe to write this story? krugman: yeah, 'cause i'm a weird guy and i actually understand statistics. and therefore, i'm probably gonna-- i'm not gonna react like normal people. - but that's-- - lowe: i will. and if you tell me there's a tiny possibility of a catastrophic event, then i'm going to be like most people and say, "oh, my god, that could be me." tapper: what are you gonna do? you drive - your kids in it. talk to each other. - yeah. yeah. well, are you driving the kids to school? - yeah. - tapper: she doesn't go 85. he does. are you gonna drive the kids to school - at 85 miles an hour like a maniac? - yeah. - yeah, probably. - see, i can't sleep at night. leslie, are you no longer gonna drive your i-care car? - ( sighs ) - are you gonna stop driving it? - no, i'll keep driving it. - tapper: you'll keep driving it. - are you gonna worry a lot? - tapper: are you gonna put your kids in the seat? eeeee-- that's tougher. if it

. >>> in london, protesters have forced dozens of bp gas stations to temporarily close.ctivists with the environment group green peace shut down pumps at 10 gas stations. >> we want to send the message that it's not enough to just sack hayward, what that need is a new strategy. they promised beyond petroleum to get into cleaner energy into renewable energy. >> reporter: bp announced it lost $17 billion in the second quarter of this year: >>> california is one step closer to winning a share of $3 billion for school reform. california is one of 18 states and the district of columbia that have been named finalists in the second round of the final run to the grant coalition. two states, tennessee and delaware were awarded a total of $600 million in the first round. >>> one bay area county wants to get tough on smokers. a potential that could cause people from lining up in their own homes. >>> and the council will make a key vote tonight that may determine business at the now closed nummi plant. what this droid does will change how you do movies. with blockbuster on demand, t

impersonating a cop, carrying a concealed weapon. 27-year-old taken into custody monday morning at a gas station. he was sitting in this black crown victoria rigged to look like an under cover car, including strobe lights and a dash board computer, inside were badges, a police radio and baton. investigators say it's easier to get that stuff than you might this. >> strobe lights. and spot lights. and yae. you name it. they're available online. i can't see anything that is not available. >> investigators are asking anyone who. >> fed lal unemployment checks will be in in the mail in just a matter of days. the president signed a bill to restore benefits to people out of work six months or longer. checks are coming. a flurry of strong earnings reports says realtors hoping companies will step up hiring soon, which will mean more homes sold. the national association of realtors is optimistic despite the report showing sales of previously occupied homes fell 5% in june. >> and federal stimulus money to buy and rehabilitate foreclosed properties. as abc 7 reports, first fires are now moving in. >> repor

police arrived drama begin about 20 minutes earliewhen the girl's father went tpay for gas at a 76 gas station at imperial avenue >> ner good idea to leaf kid in the car but not leaving the keys in the car eith. >> the car was fod abandoned. they are treating the case as a kidnapping even though they suspect the thief didn't realize the child was in the car when he stole it. >>> pengon is trying to fure out how much damage has been done by the 92,000 war documents that have been leaked. the documents ar largely intelligence reports from soldiers in the field. there is a bay area link to his capture. >> 92,000 reports cover six years of classified communications by diplomats and soldiers in the field. they paint a harsh picture of the war in afghanistan. the found of wiki leaks believe they show evidce of war crimes. >> it shows the true nature of this war. >> taliban has attacked aircraft with heat seeking missis. also isi helped insurgents in afghanistan while accepting billions of sut ai >> it's the currently complicity isi with militant groups including the taliban >> the government of the

. >> most gas stations in the country have run out of fuel with truck drivers on strike over the past four days. the greek government says that the strike is crippling the country and issued an order for the truck drivers to return to work. they demonstrated in front of the greek ministry of transportation. the situation remains tense, they remain the set against the european union's effort to break their monopoly on trucking. >> david cameron made, india and turkey. he said that it was important to speak frankly and clearly. this was indicating that pakistan was supporting terrorism. comments or criticize saying that they weren't for regional peace. there was angerer sparked in israel. a 40-year-old woman has confessed to suffocating her children. a woman and her husband where are arrested in france after the bodies of the babies were found there. >> life in a quiet village has been shattered. police found the bodies of several babies at this home. they were killed by their mother. none of them were premature pregnancy is. >> you would think that these things happen somewhere else. n

drama begin about 20 minutes earlier when the girl's father went to pay for gas at a 76 gas station at imperial avenue. >> ner good idea to leaf kid in the car but not leaving the keys in the car either. >> the car was found abandoned. they are treating the case as a kidnapping even though they suspect the thief didn't realize the child was in the car when he stole it. >>> pentagon is trying to figure out how much damage has been done by the 92,000 war documents that have been leaked. the documents are largely intelligence reports from soldiers in the field. there is a bay area link to his capture. >> 92,000 reports cover six years of classified communications by diplomats and soldiers in the field. they paint a harsh picture of the war in afghanistan. the found of wiki leaks believe they show evidence of war crimes. >> it shows the true nature of this war. >> taliban has attacked aircraft with heat seeking missiles. also isi helped insurgents in afghanistan while accepting billions of sut aid. >> it's the currently complicity. isi with militant groups including the taliban. >> the gov

an a police officer noticed a vehicle sitting near a gas station monday morning. police say the 27-year-old mark polini was talking on a mobile radio. the officer approached him. >> sitting in the drivers seat wearing all black. black pants with dark black shirt. and he was also carrying -- wearing a baseball cap with chp logo on it. >> the car was like a police vehicle. front, rear strobe lights, siren. police labels, a dash board camera, a computer and a prisoner screen. police say the crown vic was almost identical to one of theirs. investigators found some soft porn as well as duct tape, making them wonder if he may have been involved in sexual assaults. the sheriff's office is interested because he lives in san jose. we went to his home, but no one answered the door. so how do you tell if the officer pulling you over is a real cop? sheriff spokesman rick sun says ask for officer's id card. >> usually the id card will have a photo, officers rank, name, and the agency that they work for. >> how easy is to get police paraphernalia he had? a local store sells pol

investigators say they believe the sampras and hit three restaurants and all, the starbucks and a gas stationtretching from san papillote avenue in richmond. >>> caltrans kicked off construction work today for the replacement project and san francisco. this shows what the project is designed to look like when it's finished about two years from now. the city is receiving $80 million in federal recovery money to help pay for the work and caltrans says that is creating 6,000 jobs spread the budget also includes pedestrian pathways and bicycle trails winking the interior. >>> a controversy is leading lights of commuters asking lots of questions pick for the third straight day dozens of ac transit called in sick and greed that the district has imposed a contract and they face a $56 million deficit and say pay cuts are needed. we have the latest. >> reporter: more than 230 ac transit workers have called in sick most are bus drivers. they report minor disruptions in service and some say they have noticed the change. >> the bus driver that was trading was new and he did not know the route and there w

and the city has a bunch of old gas stations. >> rarer. >> and this is bay shore boulevard. >> (inaudible) next to the plant. thank you. and these are something whose time is come and gone. you don't see too many of these unless you are driving in rural idaho driving and i like this and who is the designer? the designer is it owner's son and we have permanently recorded. >> in the good days you didn't need to be an architect to design something. >> that's right. owner's son. >> he didn't even have a name. >> he didn't need one. >> here is another one. >> portero. >> and built for $600 and a steel frame building and used as a shop. they don't sell gas there and but it's there and according to the records and we have all these old records. let's see where do we go? and this one -- >> and that's the best one. >> okay. this is down at howard field. what's up dog? >> used to be on pacific and they wanted to tear it down and everyone went up in arms and they cut off the bottom and dragged it underneath the freeway and abandoned it -- >> temporary storage. >> and now it's a hot dog stand. >> and

. >> it started here at this arco gas station on 52nd street friday at 3:13 a.m.. that's when oakland police got the call the man had jumped onto the hood of the woman's car. police described as a tent carjacking investigators say the woman and her young daughter were able to drive away from the suspect. however well on their way to the scene at zero p d got a call about a deranged man entered the emergency room here at children's hospital with a gun in his hand holding a nurse hostage. oakland police arrived and send in their negotiating team within minutes investigators say they were able to convince the suspect to release the nearest, put down his gun and give himself up without anyone being injured. the suspect and expelling 49 year-old to trowel broad neck turned out to be the same man suspected of a tent in the carjacking just before running into the emergency room at children's hospital according to witnesses. he was taken to local hospital itself for a mental examination and was later placed under arrest for attempted carjacking false imprisonment and being

a man was taken into custody monday morning at a gas station. he was is go ahead in a black car rigged to look like an undercover police car. inside they found badges, a police radio, handcuffs and police baton. those items are easy to get, they say. >> the spotlight, you name it. especially nowadays, i can't see anything that is not available. >> investigators are asking anymore who might have been been pulled pulled over by him to call the santa clara police department. >> a federal judge will want barry bonds to answer charges that he lied to a grand jury. he faces eleven charges. prosecutors claim he lied in 2003 when he said he never knowingly took steroids. bonds was supposed to go on trial last year but the case was delayed after the judge barred prosecutors of using two key pieces of evidence. >>> chuck reed will ask the city council to put a ballpark initiative on the ballot. he has been waiting for a decision for a special committee appointed 16 months ago to study the option of the a's moving to the south bay, but a baseball source to

neighboring businesses including three gas stations and a restaurant shut down by 1:00 p.m. there seemed to be little threat to anyone's property. those who support mehserle say the justice system has spoken and time to move past the anger. >> i appreciate initially some of the outrage and opinions, but you speak them and you move on. but this yelling and this -- this is like a reverse racism. >> but those who see the just system as unjust say the only way they are hurt is by raising their voices. >> it's going to keep going on. >> reporter: there were no arrest. this rally was publicized on facebook. some people started making their own mosts. some happy are unhappy as what they see as a poor turnout. >>> and checking headlines around the bay area tonight. a teenage boy on vacation from pennsylvania died today when he fell from a cliff. the 17-year-old was hiking with his family along the coastal trail. he fell between 400 and 500 feet when rescuers arrived his father had already climbed down to him. not yet clear how he lost his footing. >>> trans sit is warning riders --

investigators say the man stole a cadillac about 5:40 this morning from a gas station on darryll son -- carlson boulevard with a 5-year-old girl insigh. the gillary father had just went inside to pay whether a -- the girl's father had just went inside the station to pay. he left his daughter in the car. some thieves came up and took the car. the girl was still inside. she was found a few blocks away. police say the little girl appeared to be unharmed. they also say this is an important reminder why you should never leave your keys in your car. >>> the highway patrol today said the suv driver involved in last week's deadly greyhound bus crash was drunk. the chevy trailblazer overturned before being hit by the sacramento bound bus in sacramento. 18-year-old sylvia lopez garay was behind the wheel. friends and relatives saithe had been trier -- say she had been to a party prior to the crash. the chp says she had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit. >> san francisco is installing 200 new parking meters that it hopes will make it easier to sign. there will be gps devices used. >>>

it happened at 5:40 this morning at this gas station on carlson boulevard and imperial avenue. he went to pay for gas and police say he left the key in the ignition. a man hopped out of the front passenger seat of a white dodge caravan and into the cadillac. both vehicles sped away. >> what we believe is that this spontaneous criminal opportunity presents itself and the suspect took the car not knowing the child was in the back seat. >> the police say ten minutes later several people called 911 saying they spotted a girl standing alone near the corner of 41st street and roosevelt avenue. she said she made a noise and when the man be saw her back there they both screamed. officers reunited the little girl with her father and the police found the car abandoned a few blocks away. not only facing charges of car theft but kidnapping. they are not looking to blame the child's father who is also a victim, but he did break a state ordinance prohibiting a guardian from leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. >> for parents to avoid this type of ordeal they need to understand their respo

mark polini was taken in pa custody at a atascadero gas station.e was sitting in a car that was rigged to look like a police car. inside were badges, loaded weapons, handcuffs, police radio and a police baton. investigators say those items are easy to get. >> strobe light, spotlight, you name it. they are available online. i can't really see anything that is not available. >>> investigators are asking anyone who may have been pulled over by polini to call the police department. >> they will set a new trail date for barry bonds to answer charges that he laid to a grand jury about using steroids. he faces eleven charges, prosecutors claim that bonds lied in 2003 when he testified that he never knowingly took steroids before a grand jury investigating the balco lab. he was supposed to go on trial last year but the case was delayed after the judge barred prosecutors of using key pieces of evidence. >> dozens of hotel workers face charges after being arrested in front of grand hyatt hotel. hundreds of protestors blocked the street in front of the hotel

the thief took the car from a gas station at carlton and imperial, not knowing the girl was in the backt. they dropped her off nearby about 20 minutes later. the car is described as a 1997 black cadillac with a license plate of 5301-ddp. it is a disabled driver plate. police are looking for the stolen car and the thief. >>> 6:27. facebook 101 and how to tweet. the meeting coming up that could change what your child is learning in the classroom. >>> one type of drug addiction is quadrupled in the past decade. see the steps you can take to stop it in your nei >>> just about 6:30. one bay area company taking a big hit over something investors should have known if they had done their homework. >>> another rough week ahead for ac transit riders. we're live with whether it is going to get better anytime soon. >>> if there are fewer of the transbay buses online that may mean more cars. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. time for a quick check of your monday morning forecast, checking in with rob. >> let's take you into san jose, we have some

investigators believe he was the same man who forced a woman out of her -- and stole her car in a gas station just minutes before. he is charged with car jacking and false imprisonment and being an exfelon in possession of a firearm. >> police released a surveillance image of a man wanted for two attempted bank robberies saturday, july 17th. first just after 9:00 in a wells fargo bank. the second about 90 minutes later in a wells fargo on 40th street but the suspect never got money there. is a $5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. >> palo alto police release aid sketch of a man wanted in a string of home burglaries has been seen outside of the homes with a boy about 10 years old and have taken place within the past two weeks. are. >>> a wildfire in los angeles county is threatening 2000 homes and structures. and this afternoon it's now burning close to a palmdale neighborhood. this is a live picture. >>> about 5% contained and that is where leo stallworth joins us with the latest. leo? >> this is a beast. and in this community, of palmdale, just beyond homes you can see here

. >>> a trip to the gas station is a little less painful. gas prices are down nationwide.verages 2.72. california drivers are paying the most, 3.13 a gallon. gulf coast has the lowest prices at 2.55. gas and in is usually high in the summer driving season but americans are right now holding on to their cash in this tough economy. >> vacation, what is weather going to be like, lisa? >> one guess -- for june and july, no big warmup in sight. high definition emeryville, lots of clouds making their way into the east bay and a lake burnoff will allow for temperatures to stay cool. in fact below average. right now we're looking at 53 in san francisco. 59 in mountain view and 55 in livermore. and low 50s in the north bay. highlights, low clouds this morning with cooler temperatures today. especially inland and we'll look for chilly numbers at the coast with no clearing at all. this is the fog, bat 2,000 feet deep, it will take till noon or 1:00 to burn off. gray start in the east bay and temperatures are coming down across the state. 95 in sacramento. low 80s in los angeles. look

the first was taken from a 76 gas station at 9th. police say someone tried to take the machine by wrapping a chain around it, attaching that chain to a vehicle and driving it out of the wall. >> it appears a similar crime took place on market and 7th. investigators are still trying to determine if money was inside the atms and if so how much. police tell ktvu the suspect vehicle may be a light van reported stolen out of hayward. >>> two days after a deadly greyhound bus crash in fresno, the highway was at the great america amusement park in slay checking tour buses and vans for safety violation. there's no indication that the fresno crash that killed six people was caused by bus maintenance or driving. it's important to make sure buses and vans are properly main tan a -- main tabbed -- maintainedded a and operated. it's usually pretty catastrophic and disastrous. >> the chp conducts 1900 bus and vanums in the bay area every year -- and inspections in the bay area every year. >>> well, that familiar odor has not returned to gilroy. th

it's owned by convenience retailers which operate a gas station. negotiations are in progress to purchase this property. the second station site in china town is at 933 to 949 stockton street at washington. this property is owned by norman pechan, inc and owns a property management company and residential units and again, negotiations are in progress. over the last several years, people have asked why these two locations? mta studied locations at part of the process. early in the phase two planning, all station access points for the project were provided in sidewalk areas within the public right-of-way and studies were taken -- undertaken to evaluate opportunities for locating station access points and to minimize disruption to the congested sidewalks and pedestrians traffic along the project corridor. four station sites were looked at within the moscone area including for access and the fourth street was the preferred location. in china town, six different sites were looked at. two created off street location so the vast number of riders will be ab

. >> when he came out of the gas station or when he saw his car driving away, he realized what was going on immediately called 911. >> reporter: police say the car thief got on the highway and got off two exits lateer to get rid of the girl. about a half hour after the car was stolen, a woman found that little girl here on the corner of 41st street and roosevelt avenue and called police. >> she was doing fine. we had amr come and check her out and make sure she was okay. she was. >> then the car was found parked and locked, a few blocks from there, on 39th. >> they're always dumping cars, especially if there is a drug house on the corner, over there. you can tell, the little darlings are out of jail and they dump the cars in front of my joint. >> reporter: the good news in this case, everything of value is accounted for. >> this world is getting crazy. >> reporter: and the thief described only as a black man in a black hat who was initially riding in a white dodge caravan is still on the loose. >> it is scary. he is by himse

. >> either when he came out of the gas station or when he saw his car driving away he realized what was going on, immediately called 911. >> police say the car thief got onto the highway and got off two exits later to get rid of the girl. about a half hour after the car was stolen a woman found that little girl here on the corner of 41st treat and roosevelt avenue and called police. >> she was doing fine, we had amar come and check her out. make sure he was okay. she was. >> reporter: then the car was found parked and locked a few blocks from there on 39th. >> they are always dumping cars, especially there is a drug house on the corner over there, you can tell the little darlings are out of jail, they dump the cars right in front of my joint. >> reporter: the good news in this case, everything of value is accounted for. >> at least the child is safe. this world is getting crazy. >> reporter: and the receive described only as a black man in a black hat who was initially riding in a white dodge caravan is still on the loose. >> that's scary. s

no one else but you and your neighbors the stores won't be open, they won't have any power, the gas stations't going to be punching gas, they won't have any power. they say 72 hours, that's optimistic. >> so let me recap this. there are three sort of -- ther are three areas of earthquake issues we need to talk about today. the one is how do we prepare to reduce the impacts of an earthquake before it happens? the second the how do we respon to an earthquake? that's a tiny little area but a huge problem. what do we do for the first two weeks. it's dramatic but a small piece of it. the third one is how do we recover? what is the recovery program? how are we going to rebuild. everybody looks at the two week period after the earthquake and devote all their time, money an energy. we're ready and can respond to the earthquake. that's a small piece. the big piece is how do we reduce the impact. going back to the slide, every time you're doing work in your house, you can incorporate earthquake safety. here's someone doing wiring. while the wall was open, they put up -- >> it's almost impossible when

neighboring businesses including three gas stations shut down by 1:00 p.m. we talked with david chigras who owns this bar and grille sent his employees home but stayed there himself. >> they said come home but absolutely not. >> why not? >> i want to control what is going on here as far as my building is concerned. >> reporter: but everything remained calm, police had no arrests, and at this point it looks like a lot of the protestors, most of those people are going home, and at this point it seems as if we have more police here than we actually have protestors. allen? >> all right. ann notarangelo in wall income creek. thank you. >>> meantime it's been a violent 24 hours in oakland gunfire erupted four times, chewing a drive-by shooting, a wild freeway shooter, and a sniper apparently targeting police officers. the most dramatic was the police shootout an on 580 with a heavily armed suspect. we have learned that the shooter, byron williams, was angry about what he called a left-wing agenda by congress. simon has the criminal history. >> reporter: we're stan

you may be familiar with we require conditional use authorization for the closure of gas stations and there are difficulties with that. commissioner antonini: sure. thank you. >> the historic preservation commission did meet yesterday and the only item that i think that would be of note would be the certificate of appropriateness for rebuilding the carriage house and i have to report that it was -- we only had six members and it was a split vote, so the commission will continue that item until we have a full commission. no decision was made. with that, commissioners, we can go forward to your consent calendar. item 7 is the consent calendar considered to be routine and would be acted on by a single roll call vote. there is no separate discussion unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff requests, and in that event that matter would be removed from the consent agenda and considered as a scheduled item at this or a future hearing. let me call it into the record if you don't mind. the item is item 7, case 2010.0183c for 601 clayton street. it is a request for a conditional

the father left the keys in the ignition when he went into a gas station to pay, police found the girl alone, more than 2 miles away, the car was found separately a few blocks away. police are still looking for a suspect. >> taxpayers revolted and, tonight, they got results. the action falls on huge salaries in one small california town, the drastic cuts leader 6s are now imposing on themselves. >> to buy or not to buy the electric cars of the future, silicon valley, is now the right time to get on board. >> am i phone users rejoicing tonight. what they will be allowed to do with their phone and why apple is not happy about it. . >> with temperatures 18 degrees below normal feels more like the month of may rather than july. the warm-up, the day to expect it, the pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues on cbs5. ,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we ne

so far the code works only for the standalone machines, like the ones outside gas stations. he's director of security research and says he not only got the money but the account information of people who used the atm. >>> we've seen police on foot, on horseback, even on bikes. now scooter cops? san francisco pd is giving these electric scooters a two-week priority officer richard lee says it takes $62 a day to run a cruiser. the scooters run six to eight hours on 44 cents. lee says the vehicles are already used airports and police departments in southern california. >>> to news for your money, we want a look at the early trading this morning, courtney reagan live at cnbc headquarters with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. futures are higher this morning, which is good news because we saw wall street snap its win streak wednesday. markets dropped first on a worse than expected report on durable goods in the morning. then a tempered forecast on economic conditions from the feds came in the afternoon and certainly didn't help matters. europe in positive territ

so far the code only works for standalone machines like the ones outside of gas stations. director of security research says he was also able to collect the information of people who used those atms. >>> we've seen police on foot, horseback, even bikes. but, now scooter cops? san francisco pd is giving the electric scooters a two-week trial. officer richard lee says it takes $62 a deal to run a black-and-white cruiser. the stand-up scooters run to six to eight hours on 44 cents. lee says the vehicles are already used in airports and police departments in southern california. >>> well, facing the inevitable. just last week, the social networking site facebook passed an incredible milestone, 500 million users. but our next story isn't about adding users. it's about losing them. nbc bay area's garvin thomas looks at the delicate subject of death on facebook. >> reporter: there is a way it has always been, the wake, the funeral, the burial and, well, that's really it. after that, final resting spot tend to be pretty lonely places. ♪ times, of course, they do change. and seeing

there is a car parked outside of a gas station. the car was searched and the suspect was taken into the county jail on charges of impersonating a police officer. >> investigators now say arson does not appear to be a cause of a fire that destroyed six cars international airport. officials believe it started in a toyota minivan. the fire spread to five vehicles. the parking lot is open for use. >> there is. >> we have to challenge a status quo accepts billions of dollars in waste as a cost of doing business. and enables us to leave more under performing programs to survive, year after year because that is the way things have been done. >> this should help prevent taxpayer money from being sent by mistake and should down the on number of checks written for the wrong amount, wrong people and for the wrong reasons. and almost $400 for every man, woman, and child over five. >> there is a major decision from the gulf coast tonight. owe fishes have reopened 26,000 square miles of gulf waters to kmernl fishing. the cap stopping oil from le

authority say a man driving a black cadillac pulled into the gas station with his daughter just after 5:30. when the father got out to pay for the gas, he left the keys in the ignition. a minivan pulled up and drove off with the child inside. neighbors a few miles away called police to report an abandoned 5-year-old girl. >> we were quickly able to link the two, the father and daughter reunited. i can't imagine what it would be like to not know where your child was for that long. >> the child was not hurt. the car was later found nearby. now, this story is a reminder about how you should never, ever leave your keys in the car with your child because, as you can see from this story, it only takes seconds for something like this to happen. >> it's being charged one of the largest leaks in military history. tonight more fallout after more than 90,000 classified war documents were posted on a liftle-blower -- whistle-blower website. among tens of thousands of pages of what appears to be classified military reports leaked on the internet, highly sensitive information about the war in afgha

you know, but rather than going to a gas station. >> reporter: the crowd tonight also saw a preproductionoyota plug in, expected to be in showrooms next year. industry analysts say electric cars will require 5% of the nation's electrical generating capacity. >> electricity to power vehicles is much more efficient to power vehicles that we'll have 50% reduction. >> the cost of electricity is only equivalent to buying gasoline at 70-cents a gallon. that's why you would do it, you would plug it in because there's 1/4 of the cost of gasoline today. >> reporter: the obama administration has set a goal of getting 1 million electric cars on the road by the year 2015. charging stations are also planned. live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new developments tonight in a string of arsons. up next, two new fires even as the suspect is sitting in jail. >>> Ñ >>> a week after the arrest of a prime suspect in a string of arson, two more fires were deliberately set last night and early this morning. the fires were in two bins. last thursday police arrested 25-year-old travis churc

so when a third of the gas stations use nozzles consumers will have to worng grip. >> if there is a danger and it causes some sort of, you know, harm to someone whether it's environment or individuals, i'll deal without the clip. >> it's rid dick list they take it off. and this is pops by itself. >> also tells me sometimes, gas will start coming out of the bmt brant. >> i like the clips. i can stay in the car when it's chilly out. like in aspen. >> yes. >> like today's weather. >> yes. >> this is cooler than where you should be at this time of the year. this is a deep marine layer, 3,000 feet deep. >> there is a few of the marine layer from our camera. marine layer is now at 2600 feet was 3,000 this afternoon. it's directed to continue to deeper tonight. there is the valleys from san francisco, you're socked in. not much hope for sun today it kept temperatures down. in san francisco, there is 58 degrees, 57 in half moon bay. mostly 60s unless you're out towards antioch where you do have 70 ss. wide spread low clouds tonight looking at warmer days starting thursday. and there is is low clou

you know, but rather than going to a gas station. >> reporter: the crowd tonight also saw a preproductionoyota plug in, expected to be in showrooms next year. industry analysts say electric cars will require 5% of the nation's electrical generating capacity. >> electricity to power vehicles is much more efficient to power vehicles that we'll have 50% reduction. >> the cost of electricity is only equivalent to buying gasoline at 70-cents a gallon. that's why you would do it, you would plug it in because there's 1/4 of the cost of gasoline today. >> reporter: the obama administration has set a goal of getting 1 million electric cars on the road by the year 2015. charging stations are also planned. live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new developments tonight in a string of arsons. up next, two new fires even as the suspect is sitting in jail. >>> it's the stuff of yard sale legend. a $45 garage sale find now worth millions. coming up, why this is not a story of easy money. >>> a week after the arrest of a prime suspect in a string of arson, two more fires were delibera

. >> you may have noticed trips to the gas station are a little less painful. prices are down nationwide. a gallon averaged 2.72. california drivers pay 3.13 a gallon. gz gulf coast has lowest prices at 2.55. it's usually high in the summer season but analysts say americans are holding on to their quash. >> california health officials say the state is in the midst of a whooping cough epidemic and they are urging children to be vaccinated. there has been 1500 confirmed cases so far. that is the most since the 1950s and five have been fatal. infants are most vulnerable and they recommend vaccinations at two months, four months and six months and a booster at about three and a half years of age. >> they cough and cough and they basically suffocate and sometimes they stop breathing. >> contra costa health services department will hold a free clinic in concord on this thursday. clinic will take place from 4:00 to 9:00 at the music and market event. >> they are reporting a major breakthrough in the fight against aids. scientists say they created a jell that cuts the r