reporting live in richmond, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> keep your lawn really green, and some parts of the bay area, you may get a violation letter, and soon higher rates. >> fog and cooler conditions today. the parts of the bay area that could see warmer weather tomorrow. >> and next, from undercover to on the street. the staffing plant in one area police department, and why some officers say it could make it more difficult for them to catch some of the worst criminals. ♪ 737. 737. right there? you guessed it. how do we save on operational costs? with the world's largest fleet of boeing 737's. one of the many ways we bring you $69 airfares. limited time sale fares starting as low as $69 one-way. if it matters to you, it matters to us. book now at southwest.com. ♪ >>> new at 10:00, new evidence of a severe staffing short an at san jose's police department. specialized officers will be forced to work once a month on patrol. the move that's never been done before. >> reporter: gasia, this week, the police chief sent out this summer staffing memo. essentially, many officers

heather holmes is live now in san francisco, with where some union members stormed out of the meeting. >> reporter: this was the first opportunity for the rank and file to be filled in. some members are clearly upset, telling me this is no better than the first one. we know how that went, they soundly rejected it. all muni riders can do is sit back and wait. >> the last thing people waiting for the 71 bus on market street want to go through is another muni sick out. >> reporter: early last months, hundreds of riders called in sick. bus and streetcar service was significantly affected. so word today that a tentative deal has been reached is what casey want today hear. >> sounds like good news for everyone, right? >> reporter: maybe not. >> to be honest, i don't know everything. >> reporter: operators and fair inspectors learned the details tonight. the deal, which former mayor willie brown helped broker over the last two weeks includes a 4.75% cost of living increase. the offer also includes a 9.5% boost in pay to cover what employees are going to have to pay for their pension. >> it's

reporting live tonight here in berkeley, i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> at 9%, alameda county sales tax is already among the highest in the bay area. the only other bay area county at 9% is san mateo. santa clara and san francisco have sales tax rates of 8.75%. contra costa county sales tax is eight-point 1/2%. >>> more troubles for former alameda council member lochlear wrote on facebook, can't believe it myself. thought the stars were finally going to let up on me. i will make it through again. she was addicted to meth and went to rehab. nadia lockyer had an extramarital affair. she resigned as supervisor. >>> and protesters are calling for justice for lopez. he was holding a replica bb gun that looked like a real rile. the d.a. announced she is not going to press charges against that deputy. friends of the boy say this case is not over. >> antonio guerra was one of 50 people that attended the justice for andy rally. >> i think he should have been guilty. but they're trying to take it off of the -- and put it on andy again. >> reporter: one on one, people came forward

heather holmes is live at a city council meeting where the refinery's future is at stake. >> reporter: that meeting at this late hour is still going on as expected. turn out was huge for tonight's city council meeting that's why it was moved here to memorial auditorium. as supporters and opponents of this project made their cases. public pleas for chevron's $1 million upgrade of its richmond refinery. >> i'm here tonight as a west contra costa county resident and as environmentalist. >> reporter: sheila is hoping to side with the chevron. >> we also agreed to look at 11 and look at greenhouse gases. >> reporter: it will increase environmental to $90 million. up from the original proposal of 30 million. >> some though argue that that's still not good enough and they believe that chevron should adhere to all of the planning commission's organization. >> with the adoption of alternative 11 our emissions will go down. >> reporter: the main component of the project is replacing a 1960s era plant with more modern technology. it would give the refinery a crude oil. the project has the suppor

heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there were tense moments at a hospital in fremont today after the staff was told parts of a bomb were found on the property. it happened at washington hospital and mowry avenue and the hospital beefed up security after making that discovery. a device was found in the main hospital. local law enforcement and the fbi examined it and confirmed it had the makings of an explosive device. a spokesperson for the fremont police department tells us the hospital made the discovery several days ago but didn't call them until yesterday. >> we sent an investigation out to look at the items, confirm yeah, the items were suspicious. we then took possession of the items and then are now investigating why the items were left there. >> police say there is no threat. right now they're trying to determine or figure out if the device was abandoned property or if it was left intentionally to cause concern. >>> new restrictions on watering lawns are now in effect in bunege os. -- binecia. john sasaki breaks down the latest impact of the drought. >> reporter: this is n

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i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. international monitors have arrived to secure the site but say that armed separatists are hampering their access. they were only able to walk around the crash in groups and they were tracked the whole time. meanwhile, international leaders are saying whoever fired the missile must have had powerful help. some say russia was involved. >> this is not the russian-led terrorist who pressed the button. this is someone well screened report world leaders are pointing the finger towards moscow to find answers in the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. >> the surface to air missile had to come from russia, the training provided to operate that surface to air missile system most likely came from russia. whether the russians knew specifically about this incident or not, i don't know. >> reporter: u.s. officials from president obama down are hesitant to blame russia directly for the loss of the airliner. but at the same time, they are making connections between the crash and the fighting in ukr

good evening i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken pritchett in for frank somerville. >> it's not clear if the driver stopped to talk to police. we have a crew on the way to the scene in san francisco and we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. >> if you have to get to the city tomorrow. this is the site you will see. interstate280 is back in business. 10 hours early and 280 is open ahead of schedule. debora villalon has what this means for the upcoming deadline. >> reporter: horns are heard after the chp opened the 280 before time at 7:00. not tomorrow morning which caltrans had set up for before. >> reporter: this is where a seismic had to be replaced. doing that work in stages by closing lanes would have caused miles of back up. >> it would take six months so it's better to do exactly what we did. which is close it down, get in, do the work and get out. >> i got it, i got it. >> reporter: not that it wasn't messy. subcontractors worked the site. southbound over memorial day weekend. that time they finished two hours from the deadline. now they know better. w

good evening everyone, i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. dozens of pelestinians and 13 israeli soldiers were killed in fierce fighting today near gaza. >> tonight israeli defense forces blew up tunnels claimed to be used by hamas to launch terror attacks. earlier israel's ground offensive killed dozens of civilians and forced dozens more to flee gaza. they blame hamas for the deaths of civilians. >> we try to target the rocketeers we do. they want to pile up as many civilian deaths as they can. >> the thing the enemy did not admit is the missing of one of their soldiers during this operation. >> reporter: hamas claimed it captured and israeli soldier. the hamas spokesman says the fate of that soldier is now up to israel. pelestinians cheered at news of that capture. >>> john kerry is heading to the middle east to help capture a seize fire. >> debora villalon live now in san francisco where police kept a really close eye on dualing demonstrations today, deb. >> reporter: heather we're at congregation emmanuel. it is the city's largest synago

. >>> good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. we have team coverage of this fire tonight. firefighters weren't taking any chances when a grass fire broke out in fairfield. they quickly called four alarms to try to stop the flames before big winds fanned them out of control. fire temporarily closed highway 12 and forced some people to evacuate. conditions tonight were good for a big fire. >> reporter: everyone though the grass is mowed it's still dry. that's why firefighters say they took a big approach. neighbors say the smoke was much worse than their cell phone footage shows. at one point the grass fire threatened some 20 homes here on james street. >> police officers came to the door and said to get out. it was scary. very scary. >> reporter: irma handell said she grabbed her purse and her dog. >> neighbors were yelling there's a big fire and everything. after that my husband was out there watering everything. >> reporter: afternoon conditions included wind, high temperatures. that brought help from over one dozen other depart

. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes. this new fire is burning where napa, yolo and solano counties all converge, the monticello fire at the monticello dam near the southeast shore of popular lake berryessa. and 30 moils from where another fire forced evacuations earlier this week. right if any highway 128 is closed as crews continue to fight this massive blaze. we have live team coverage for you. our meteorologist mark tamayo is track the weather conditions as firefighters work through the night, but we begin our coverage with ktvu's debora villalon live in yolo county. >> reporter: heather, take a look. can you see how the ridge behind us is glowing a bit tonight. the monticello fire just 30% contained in one day it's grown bigger than the butts fire which is almost out on the opposite side of the lake. a red glow over the foothills west of winters. dramatic, but representing real danger. >> can you tell me if there is an engine? >> reporter: this evacuee grabbed her pet and cleared out in the middle of the night. 40 ho

. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes. two men have now been arrested in connection with the confrontation. outside san francisco's at&t park and tonight we get a firsthand look at the violence through a cell phone video and patti lee. >> reporter: this cell phone video picks up moms before a 27-year-old oakland woman steps in to defend her colleague. two men in confrontation at 2nd and king street. there is muffled track talkin' and for a moment it appears both groups might walk away and then something likely words causes the oakland woman to turn. as she steps forward, she is blocked by one person, and hit by another. she lands on sidewalk, knocked unconscious. >> are you kidding me? you are going to defend your family. >> martha morales was happy to hear that the woman is now out of the hospital and the man police say is responsible is now in jail. police spokesperson albie esparza says 42-year-old anthony rucker was arrested and could be charged with farting the fight along with assault and battery, even though police

. >> i'm heather holmes, two days have now passed since malaysia airlines flight 1 was shot down over eastern eucaine, but only in the past few hours have international teams had access to the rural crash site and they have started the painstaking process of trying to locate and romove the bodies of the 298 killedded. ktvu's patey lee has monitoring the developments and the challenge of investigating this crash. >> reporter: heather, the crash site is controlled by the very rebels suspected of taking the plane downle and today it became clear that the pro-russian militia was delicately hindering recovery efforts. that prompted a swift and stern response. >> victims of the crash are carried from the site, placed in bags that they are left by the road to be collected. the scene is gruesome after two days, bodies are starting to decompose. >> we have very incensed about the site. we need to retrieve the human remains as fast as we can. >> more than half of the victim were from the netherlands and today an emotional dutch prime minister called on russian press vladimir putin to force rebe

. >> i'm ali rasmus and heather holmes is off tonight that wildfire is burning out of control and calfire says the sand fire burned 4,000 acres east of highway 49 near the town of plymouth in amador county. 700 homes in the area are being told to leave of the today you could see dry trees and brush bursting into flames in a matter of seconds. calfire says the fire is moving east, away from the area's vineyards. tonight that fire is 20% contained of five homes and seven other buildings have been destroyed. . >>> and today crews helped the owners of a local retreat center badly damaged by the fire/rescue their 200-pound tortoise. they had to leave the tortoise named abe as the flames raced through rancho cicada. about 40 guests and employees were able to escape safely. >> mark taco is following the heat in the bay area and the heat these firefighters are going to be working through. >> we start with ktvu's debora villalon, who has the story of bay area firefighters who are helping out on the firelines and deb, you are at the morgan hill calfire command center. >> reporter: that is right, ke

heather holmes in berkeley now with the allegations of cramming and what customers need to know. heather-- >> reporter: frank, cramming is when businesses stuff unauthorized charges on to consumers bills. and now the federal trade commission is taking team mobile here to task over that practice. team mobile targeted by u.s. regulators. >> i think team mobile is a pretty good company. >> reporter: the fcc claims that the thing that the company is good at charging bogus charges. this charge was found on page 123 of a customer's bill. >> it looked to us like team mobile was trying to get away with a fast one to rip off its customers and that's just not right. >> reporter: mark tony of san francisco based the utility reform network tells me he's not surprised by the allegations. >> unfortunately it happens all the time which is why customers need to read their bills every month. >> reporter: but who really reads their bill? >> not closely enough apparently. >> reporter: customers did complain about the phony fees. but team mobile failed to act collecting as much as 40% of the charges.

. >> i am heather holmes. the fire grew to four alarms. it burned on highway 12. both lanes of the freeway were shirt down for some time but within the last hour some lanes were reopened to traffic. we have live team coverage. meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking the conditions but we begin with ktvu's cara liu who is learning new information about the evacuations. >> the weather conditions posed a challenge for firefighters out here in fairfield today. it took 2-1/2 hours to get the fire under control. and right now they are ballparking it at 10 achesser. it started -- acres. it started about 2:00 p.m. there is a lot of dry grass, temperatures were in the 90s. there were homes nearby. the fire did jump to the north side of highway 12. firefighters did bump this up to a four alarm fire enlisting the help of a strike team as well as a half dozen other area fire departments wanting to know as many resources on it as possible. 20 homes on james street were revacuated at one point for a -- evacuated at one point for a while. >> dry grass. very fast spread of fire rig

. >> >> i'm heather holmes. >> mark tomeo has been trackinged weather. >> >> take a look at the rainfall totals. numbers did not add up to much you can you see trace amounts to 1/100th of an inch. showers are fast-moving. still enough to add drops to the windsheild and roadways as well. as you can see, a lot of activity toward the sierra, look at the lightening strikes to our east at lake tahoe for the southern sierra. we had the clouds streaming into the area. you can see coverage out there in parts of the north bay. mainly for the northern part of the region. what has been happening over the past 12 hours, a south easterly flow, to the north bay and san francisco as well a closer inspection of the radar coverage. basically, can you see the rain showers toward santa rosa, this one cell, yellow indicating a heavier rainfall -- starting around the napa area, approaching glenn ellen and sonoma. it's not clear, yet, in fact, the coverage has been increased over the past two our three others. not as much coverage to show you for this part of the region, but we still have quite 0 bit of activ

reporting live tonight here in san francisco, i'm heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> a warning tonight forpeople to stay away from a watershed area in napa county. the napa county sheriff's department says it will issue misdemeanor citations. neighbors have complained of trespassing setting fires and graffiti. >>> water users already pay a base rate of $3.37 per unit of water. but a surcharge of up to $2 per unit can be tacked to be the bills of single family households that exceed water use levels. those who don't go over won't see a difference. a flat surcharge of 46-cents will be added for apartments, business schools and government agencies. the district approved the surcharge to help offset a drought related budget shortfall. >>> and the fog along the coast is trying to work its way back in. it cleared up this evening for a time. but it'll be back. it's patchy right now but it'll be back in full force tomorrow morning. 82 in fairfield that was the high. 82 in antioch. doesn't seem that warm really for this time of year but just remember these humidities in these inland bay valleys are

. >> and hello everyone, i'm heather holmes. cal fire is in day two of its fight to contain the 7,000-acre monticello fire and tonight crews are getting some help from bay area firefighters. that fire is located off of state highway 128 and solano and owe low counties near the southeast share of the lake. and it's burning just east of where another fire, the butts fire started just a few days ago. ktvu went into the fire zone today and she joins us live there with the challenges facing both crews and drivers. christina? >> reporter: well, it hasn't been a happy day for travelers that are headed to the lake from state highway 128. they are getting stopped right here at pleasant valley road as fire crews continue to battle that fire in the rugged hills behind us. water drops by air are key to helping cal fire ground crews get the upper hand on the monticello fire burning southeast of lake we arest is a. the closure of state highway 128 at pleasant valley road the forcing boaters to -- is forcing boaters to pull over and turn arnol