ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live in brentwood where west nile is worse than it was last year. john? >> reporter: they are expected here in about 40 minutes to prepare for the fogging tonight. officials said west nile virus shows no sign of slowing. >> reporter: our camera was there as a technician found mosquitos in this pool behind a vacant house. >> the warmer weather kept west nile virus still going. we are getting reports. >> reporter: another bird testing positive today. frozen for further analysis. 66% higher than last year. and the fraction of mosquitos with the virus, four times higher. again, it is warm weather. >> they lay eggs more quickly, grow more quickly. it causes the virus to produce more quickly. >> reporter: positive mosquitos, in the eastern part of the county. two human cases, nationwide 130 dead. 3100 sick. millions infected who don't know it. the human risk is low, it is hard to prove a human vaccine effected. >> there is no way to know they will end up being exposed to west nile. >> reporter: it is up to us to protect our selves. treat or emp

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is here to explain. >> reporter: should you have your babyt home, refuse some of what your doctor recommends, say the urge parents to be more in charge of their child birth. >> reporter: two dozen demonstrators, moms and babies, delivering a message. >> make choices. >> reporter: they say child birth is not a medical emergency, women should have a greater role in the decisions. children will benefit. her first child by c-section. >> drugged up and she was just taken. >> reporter: her second a home birth. >> i had absolutely no control. i -- i -- everything was done to me. it wasn't my birth. it was another day for them. >> reporter: the u.s. is 34th for mothers surviving child birth. 38th for newborns surviving. u.s. births are the most expensives. >> i think bottom line, it comes down to money. >> reporter: they were not protesting against the hospital, they do a good job during birth but here and elsewhere it could be better. health and science editor john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> three members of a san jose family were injured toda

. -- john fowler. >> a warning of impending parrell. >> we're out of here. hey, bob. i got to go. >> they have to turn their truck outside this dirt trail for the fire is jumping the lines up ahead. >> let's go! there's the fire right there. >> yeah, i know. >> cameraman, john, park ranger guide and i are in the last car. >>> it's impossible to describe the heat, the smell, the sound of a wildfire. >> [ fire ] >> our only out is through the fire. somewhat subsided now. the only casualty, a forest truck abandoned. he cooley described what happened. >> the backfire built up momentum and spotted over the line before the main fire even got there. that's one of the risks that you take when you build a backfire, set a backfire. and on the other hand, backfiring under those kind of conditions is the only way to contain the fire. >> sometimes the biggest challenge in tv news is tell a story when you weren't there to get the pictures. watch this next report that john shot with his brother bob back in 1989. and pay close attention to his skill at making you feel as if you were

only on 2 tonight, john fowler is in albany with how young athletes can help themselves. john. >> reporter: doctors say that sports injuries among young people are skyrocketing but now there's a new way to help prevent those injuries. sierra cunningham is getting a sports assessment. although she's not injured, her doctor recommends physical therapy. it's part of a new kaiser permanente program. healthy athletes strengthen and improve body mechanic. >> we hope it reduces injury rate. >> reporter: the program kicked off today in a symposium of kaiser sports medicine physicians. >> to know that ahead of time it makes it easier for me to evaluate them and say, you're not quite sure where you should be before you go back to your activity. >> reporter: partnering is tomny john who is known for elbow treatment. >> yearlong football, yearlong basketball, yearlong soccer, i'm against it all. >> i think it helps with the strengths and weaknesses as a child. >> stretch after the game, drink lots of water and stay active. >> reporter: kaiser is working on a smart phone and tablet app

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has more. >> reporter: you can see the occasional bit of plastic on the beach but volunteers cleared beaches from santa cruz to monterey. >> reporter: in a warehouse they call the trash lab researchers went through a tiny fraction of the 8-tons volunteers picked up. >> our beaches are bees used heavily and we are still leaving stuff behind. >> shoes, socks, cans, bottles, all kinds of stuff. you name it, we can find it on the beach. >> reporter: they are on the look out for debris from the japanese sunomy. -- tsunami. >> someone was eating on the beach and left it there. >> 1.5 million tons swept out to sea from japan. officials said a dozen confirmed from japan. none in california. >> it is a big ocean. much can sink. it is phenomenal that individual items will find their ways to the shores. >> reporter: researchers were identifying dangerous stuff. >> getting a better understanding of the hazards out there. >> reporter: scientists are hoping to convince manufacturers and policy makers to protect our oceans from our trash. health and scien

john fowler. >> the fda is issuing a warning to people who used internet pharmacies. the fda said the vast majority of them are fake and may be selling counterfeit drugs that could hurt consumers. they have launched a national campaign called be safe rx to alert the public to the danger. the fda said many internet pharmacies sell fake drug that are contaminated, past their expiration date or contain no or to much active ingredient. some contain toxic substances like arsenic or rat poison. >>> smoking scenes were up in some of the biggest kid movies last year. the number of smoking scenes in g, pg and pg13 rated movies increased by more than a third last year compared to 2010. >> if we see this rising, rising, rising i guarantee you what we will see is more and more kids smoking and more and more people dying. >> the anti tobacco group legacy which funded the study wants those movies to carry an r rating but the motion picture association said that it doesn't encourage teen smoking. >> leaders of a youth football team being select investigated on an alleged bounty scan

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live to tell us what consumers need to know. john?porter: lead anictive life, could end up -- an active life, could end up with pain. >> reporter: joggers call this the cleveland cascade. it could be tough on the knees. >> sore. kind of sore and hurts to move. stiff. >> reporter: many people use a cream like this. but the fda said some creams caused burns. >> warm. it gets hotter as it stays on your skin. >> no, like icy hot gets hot and cold. >>> the fda says products contain menthol and the higher the menthol, the worse the burns. >> maybe they had an allergic reaction. >> reporter: he says menthol in high concentrations like 10% can ear state sensitive tissues. >> may burn and be irritating. >> reporter: he points out the second and third degree burns were rare, rarer than being struck by lightning and people react differently. >> i have tried it but it don't work for me. >> reporter: the fda today cautioned people to read and follow the label. never cover the treated label and stop using if there is irritation. it is possible burn

ktvu's john fowler is live in the news room. >> reporter: charles dowd is 69 and disappeared between denver and chicago. >> reporter: we got this video in. charles dowd's family flew to omaha to pass out flyers at the train station, asking residents to help search for him. >> he was excited about, you know, the trip. and this is just a shocking, shocking turn of events. >> reporter: amtrak says his bag and cell phone was found on the train in chicago. as the train neared omaha a conductor reported a man acting confused. >> they won't tell us any more. if he was confused, then why didn't -- there must have been some way to monitoring him better -- monitor him better. >> reporter: his wife says he has medical issues. his medicines could cause confusion. they will continue the search tomorrow in nebraska. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >> officials called off a search for a missing san francisco man who fell into the napa river yesterday during a fishing trip. he was fishing with a friend on green island. the friend who does not know thew swim is the -- know

john fowler tells us the specific flight path and also some of the best places to go if you want to seeit. >> reporter: there should be spectacular views from chrissy fields where good crowds are anticipated. >> we got to see the last launch of discovery. >> reporter: these travelers had plane tickets to new york tonight but changed plans when we told them about the shuttle. >> definitely staying. we're going to stay here and watch for -- i mean if it's one in a lifetime opportunity yes. >> reporter: it's the sort of shuttle victory lap. now to leave east bay tomorrow around 8:50 a.m., flying low over sa kra -- sacramento. then the low altitude. >> the last time we're going to see a space shuttle in the air. >> reporter: nasa will host a pajama party tomorrow. coleen conan bought tickets today. >> i remember being a child and watching take offs. it's sad it's going away. >> reporter: youngsters of all ages are excited. >> i've never seen a space shuttle before. >> it's historical. yeah it'll be worth it to see it. >> reporter: police and the highway patrol are warning drivers not to sto

john fowler tells us the specific flight path and also some of the best places to go if you want to seeit. >> reporter: there should be spectacular views from chrissy fields where good crowds are anticipated. >> we got to see the last launch of discovery. >> reporter: these travelers had plane tickets to new york tonight but changed plans when we told them about the shuttle. >> definitely staying. we're going to stay here and watch for -- i mean if it's one in a lifetime opportunity yes. >> reporter: it's the sort of shuttle victory lap. now to leave east bay tomorrow around 8:50 a.m., flying low over sa kra -- sacramento. then the low altitude. >> the last time we're going to see a space shuttle in the air. >> reporter: nasa will host a pajama party tomorrow. coleen conan bought tickets today. >> i remember being a child and watching take offs. it's sad it's going away. >> reporter: youngsters of all ages are excited. >> i've never seen a space shuttle before. >> it's historical. yeah it'll be worth it to see it. >> reporter: police and the highway patrol are warning drivers not to sto

our health and science editor john fowler brought us this report. >> reporter: we tend to forget b.a.r.t. was not the first. the key system ran all along the east bay even to san francisco. it was killed off in the postworld war ii automobile boom by tire and auto makers. the b.a.r.t. idea sprung up even while key train was in e if -- was in use. they invisioned something like this. nothing so grand had ever been tried and the idea stayed in the dark for another decade. until state legislators formed the bay area rapid transit district in 1957 and gave it the power to levee taxes. in 1859, with the key system long gone, engineers started to form the system to free san francisco, alameda and contra costa. voters narrowly approved $3 million for construction. 30 years ago as an experimental train clankered through, they started breaking streets in san francisco. in 1968 channel 2 reporter charlton cordell told us about the b.a.r.t. tunnel. during the times, one of america's longest. reputed the only project ever to lose money. in san francisco water and mud 100 feet underneath the financia

john fowler. >> now here say look at the numbers, currently nine confirmed cases of the virus linked to yosemite since mid- june. three of the people have died. the park has tried to contact 260,000 people who stayed in the park overnight this summer. even if they stayed in areas not linked to the virus. >> california health care is going digital. coming up at 6:15 the incentive the state is offering doctors to turn paper records in to digital. >> with very developing news now. police in san jose investigating a suspicious suitcase that was found near a bus stop near snell and captain roll expressway. it was found at about 2:30 this afternoon. the bomb unit was called in and officers shut down part of snell avenue. those who live in the area are being asked to stay put while police investigate. >> occupy protesters gathering in oakland tonight. cara lieu is here to say this demonstration isn't about the 99% but the protesters own message. >> reporter: the last of the group that was out here in the the plaza dissipated just a few minutes ago but the message was about their right to pr

john fowler live on mount diablo with what campers need to know. > experts say that the oak and pinewood land is a favorite for the rod entities carrying the virus. deer mice eat these pine cones. there may be as many as 200 or 300 mice per acre here

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live to tell us where the best spots are to see it. >> reporter: the very best spot may be right where i am standing because the shuttle is to make a low pass right over the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: there should be great views from chrisy field where big crowds are expected. >> we got to see a shuttle launch. >> reporter: they had plane tickets for new york tonight but changed plans when we told them. >> definitely staying. we will watch for the -- if it is one in life time opportunity, yes. >> reporter: tomorrow the shuttle flies low over sacramento tomorrow and then a bay area fly by. >> the last time we will get to see a space shuttle in the air. >> reporter: they hosted a party and a program tomorrow at 1500 feet this is right at flight height. >> i remember watching, you know, it take off when i was younger. sad to see the program go away. >>> the flight path is hayward, east bay hills, goad goad, monterey -- golden gate bridge, monterey and then los angeles. >> never seen the space shuttle before. >> historical, yeah. >> re

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john fowler tells us what seismologists say the bay area can learn from what happened in costa rica.r: a traffic camera 87 miles from the epicenter showed violent shaking for about 40 seconds. across costa rica, people fled shaking buildings. one man died of a heart attack. this bridge collapsed into a river, but the powerful earthquake showed remarkably little damage. >> this was an expected earthquake. >> reporter: the usgs gee physicists say they hit this area -- costa rica scientists have warned about today's quake for a decade, urging stronger building codes, and putting into a web of instruments in the region. >> we're going to learn a lot about the nature of this earthquake from what our colleagues are doing. >> reporter: u.s. seismometers. >> i see this as a triumph of costa rican geoscience. >>> a federal crackdown on marijuana growing has uprooted more than 1 million plants. in all, the crop was worth $1.5 billion. the u.s. attorney's office in sacramento county released the figures. they happened in arizona, california, idaho, nevada, oregon, and washington. >>> motorola s

john fowler tells us what seismologists say the bay area can learn from what happened in costa rica.er: a traffic camera 87 miles from the epicenter showed violent shaking for about 40 seconds. across costa rica, people fled shaking buildings. one man died of a heart attack. this bridge collapsed into a river, but the powerful earthquake showed remarkably little damage. >> this was an expected earthquake. >> reporter: the usgs gee physicists say they hit this area -- costa rica scientists have warned about today's quake for a decade, urging stronger building codes, and putting into a web of instruments in the region. >> we're going to learn a lot about the nature of this earthquake from what our colleagues are doing. >> reporter: u.s. seismometers. >> i see this as a triumph of costa rican geoscience. >>> a federal crackdown on marijuana growing has uprooted more than 1 million plants. in all, the crop was worth $1.5 billion. the u.s. attorney's office in sacramento county released the figures. they happened in arizona, california, idaho, nevada, oregon, and washington. >>> motorola

john fowler looks into a twice that harnesses the power of microwaves and reminds us of the old adagebuyer beware. >> reporter: 29-year-old catering megan bufford says she wanted to lose some inches. the altschuler center advertising a lipotron that reduces body fat. >> i've lost several inches off my waste. >> reporter: each treatment costs $108. alexander said it felt warm. promoters of the device say the machine's microwaves are heating fat cells deep underneath the skin. >> the fat is releaseed from the fat cells, through the course of the week the body starts to eliminate them through the limph system. >> i've been told by the people doing this that it's safe and effective. >> reporter: not according to the fda. we're told the device manufacturing began to get approval five years ago. >> the fda denied clearance and said they needed to provide more data. >> reporter: a state complaint last month against dr.alt schuller. >> they may not mart this device because it does not have approval from the fda. >> there is a federal investigation but admits the company is doing nothing illeg

john fowler looks into a twice that harnesses the power of microwaves and reminds us of the old adage, buyer beware. >> reporter: 29-year-old catering megan bufford says she wanted to lose some inches. the altschuler center advertising a lipotron that reduces body fat. >> i've lost several inches off my waste. >> reporter: each treatment costs $108. alexander said it felt warm. promoters of the device say the machine's microwaves are heating fat cells deep underneath the skin. >> the fat is releaseed from the fat cells, through the course of the week the body starts to eliminate them through the limph system. >> i've been told by the people doing this that it's safe and effective. >> reporter: not according to the fda. we're told the device manufacturing began to get approval five years ago. >> the fda denied clearance and said they needed to provide more data. >> reporter: a state complaint last month against dr.alt schuller. >> they may not mart this device because it does not have approval from the fda. >> there is a federal investigation but admits the company is doing nothing ill

john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu.com has a complete section dedicated to 9/11.ust look for the tab on the front page. >>> contra costa county today reported its first human case of west nile virus this year. a woman suffered a mild case of the virus last month and is recovering. vector control says it doesn't plan to fog in the area where the woman lives. officials say she is from the central part of the county but wouldn't say exactly where. fogging is still scheduled for thursday in the brentwood and discovery bay areas. >>> the threat from the oriental fruit fly in the south bay has now passed. four fruit flies were found in traps set in july and none since then. tonight was the deadline. an infestation of the oriental fruit fly may have caused a quarantine of fruit. >>> it was an undercover operation targeting drug dealers in some of the city's most notorious neighborhoods. john sasaki tells us how operation safe schools is helping protect young children in san francisco from some of the hard core drug use they see every day on their way to school. >> report

john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu.com has a complete section dedicated to 9/11.look for the tab on the front page. >>> contra costa county today reported its first human case of west nile virus this year. a woman suffered a mild case of the virus last month and is recovering. vector control says it doesn't plan to fog in the area where the woman lives. officials say she is from the central part of the county but wouldn't say exactly where. fogging is still scheduled for thursday in the brentwood and discovery bay areas. >>> the threat from the oriental fruit fly in the south bay has now passed. four fruit flies were found in traps set in july and none since then. tonight was the deadline. an infestation of the oriental fruit fly may have caused a quarantine of fruit. >>> it was an undercover operation targeting drug dealers in some of the city's most notorious neighborhoods. john sasaki tells us how operation safe schools is helping protect young children in san francisco from some of the hard core drug use they see every day on their way to school. >> reporter:

fowler. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. watch coverage of the democratic convention from charlotte north carolina. live on c-span. speeches from past democratic national conventions. john f. kennedy, lyndon johnson, bill clinton, harry truman. >> on c-span, a lot of the shows that i like watching our book tv. anything live. things that are court rulings. you want rock and unfiltered. it is unfiltered. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> and john f. kennedy except in the nomination for the nomination for pretty -- president. he won the nomination on the first ballot. his speech is a box 25 minutes. [applause] it was my great honor at the 1956 democratic convention and i am delighted to have his support and his a vice in the coming months ahead. let me say first that i accept the nomination of the democratic party. i accept it without reservation. and with only one obligation -- to devote every effort of my mind and spirit to lead our party back to victory and our nation to greatness. i am grateful too that you have provided us with such a strong platform to stand on and to run on. [a

bush and senator john mccain, founder of no labels which is a nonpartisan group seeking to solve the nation's problems. and also here, returning is democratic strategist donnie fowler. donnie has been political strategist almost every democratic presidential campaign since running al gore's field operations. he now runs his own consulting firm. dog patch strategies. great to you have both back inside "the war room." we previously asked you to submit what you think would be the toughest questions. what you think they would be most afraid of. mark, i'm going to start with you. the first question that you submitted was this one. if mitt romney were asked after the attacks in libya you struck out immediately with what appeared to be an overtly political response. should you have demonstrated some reserve? you think he's going to be afraid of that question. how should he respond? >> i think it was a pivotal moment in the campaign. we had a foreign policy crisis and there's been traditional notion that politics stops at the water's edge. he and his campaign had a very trigger response to that that looked very political. i think -- i think it shifted a lot of people -- we