"today in the bay's" george kiriyama talked to one member from the san jose team. believe he hopes that petaluma goes all the way. >> as petaluma continues its amazing run in the little league world series, phil knows exactly what it feels like. >> just throwing the ball and playing baseball. and that we were so focused. that's what i remember about being back there. >> you see, 50 years ago, a group of 12-year-olds from san jose's little league became the first and only bay area team to win the little league world series, a baby-faced phil kagel played first base. >> over the years it's become more and more meaningful to me to think how many people in the world are world champions. >> kagel has a scrap book of memories. >> this is on the plane coming back. >> old newspaper clippings and team photos, autographed baseballs, and even his old jacket which still fits, by the way. >> a little tight but i can do it. >> kagel says it feels just like yesterday he was on the baseball diamond. >> it's hard to imagine it could possibly have been 50 years have gone by. >> not

george kiriyama was at the meeting. >> reporter: in front of the neighborhood watch sign. >> your safety. >> reporter: a neighborhood came together. concerned, frustrated, a little scared and asking the city's police chief for answers. >> folks' home is their sanctuary. it is the place on earth where we should all feel secure. and the fact that somebody entered while people were home made it that much more serious. >> reporter: police say that somebody is this man, 18-year-old justin shing, he is accused of breaking into two homes in the past weeks and one of them police say he entered a bedroom and touched a girl while performing a sexual act on himself. shing faces sexual assault and burglary charges. >> watching out for each other and for our kids, i think, we can do lot to protect ourselves and also to let him know and his family know that we're not going to put up with that. >> reporter: shing is out on bail and at home. literally less than a block from the homes police say he victimized. parents are outraged he is back. the chief says he understands why they are upset. >> the frust

george kiriyama joins us. cops say there isn't much they can do. >> reporter: they realize the police can't be out here every second. they're going to watch the suspect very closely. in front of the neighborhood watch sign -- >> the goal is your safety. >> reporter: a community, a neighborhood came together. concerned, frustrated. a little scared. and asking the city's police chief for answers. >> folks' home is their sanctuary. it's the place on earth where we should all feel secure. and the fact that somebody interested while people were home, made it that much more serious. >> reporter: foster city police say that somebody is this man, 18-year-old justin shing. he's accused of breaking into two homes in the past couple of weeks. in one of them, police say, he entered a bedroom and touched a girl while performing a sexual act on himself. shing faces sexual assault and burglary charges. >> watching out for each other and watching out for our kids, i think. we can do a lot to protect ourselves. and also to let

george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >> that is a great story and some great photographs.hanks, george. >>> now to the latest on the court battle between apple and samsung. tonight, a south korean court ruled the world's two largest smartphone makers infringed on each other's patents when making their mobile devices. the court ordered a ban on the sale of some of apple's ipads and iphones, as well as some samsung devices in south korea. the lawsuit is part of a global fight between the two companies, including in san jose where a decision is expected any day now. >>> her acquittal stirred up controversy and anger. tonight, casey anthony is enjoying her first hours of complete freedom. >>> sexual assault in a park. see the evidence police hope will lead them to a suspect. >>> fighting terror in our ports. a look at new homeland security technology. >>> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. we are tracking plenty of fog and drizzle tonight that could leave us with airport delays up to at least one hour. otherwise in the south bay, we'll start with temperatures in the 50s with a li

nbc bay area's george kiriyama is live in san jose. i can only imagine the security must be top of mind. >> reporter: you're right. this is all about peace of mine and the recent shootings have caused some school districts to look at their own safety policies. as one administrator told me, you can never be too safe or proactive. >> reporter: ben and his 11-year-old son have had conversations about the temple shooting. it is not the easiest thing to talk about. >> you have to be more vigilant today. it is more difficult for the little kids. they don't see the stuff we as adults see. >> reporter: in a few weeks, his son, like many other bay area children, will go back to school. >> you drop the kids off to school, the expectations is that they're in. >> good hands. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the shootings, bay area school districts grg over their procedures. >> the new shootings are a reminder and reinforcement of thing we're always concerned about. other since the columbine shootings. >> reporter: since columbine, they have instal

nbc bay area's george kiriyama talked to one member from that san jose team, yunld better believe he'soping petaluma goes all the way. >> reporter: as petaluma continues its amazing run in the little league world series, phil knows exactly what it feels like. >> and just throwing the ball and just playing baseball, and that we were so focused and that's just what i remember about being back there. >> reporter: you see, 50 years ago a group of 12-year-olds from san jose's moreland little league became the first and only bay area team to win the little league world series, a baby-faceded phil kagel played first base. >> over the years it's become, you know, more and more meaningful to me to think how many people in the world are world champions? >> reporter: kagel has a scrapbook of memories. this is on the airplane coming back as world champions. >> reporter: old newspaper clippings and team photos, auto graphed baseballs and even his old jacket, which still fits, by the way. >> a little tight but i can do it. >> reporter: kagel says it feels just like yesterday he was on the baseball d

nbc's george kiriyama joins us in foster city tonight with this exclusive story. george? >> reporter: well, raj, we do have a lot of upset people in this neighborhood. we have a lot of families with children and they're not happy that just feet away from their doorstep is a man out on bail facing charges of sexual assault and burglary. >> and there's many of us that are not eating or sleeping or anything. >> reporter: timably buzet and her neighbors are having a difficult time doing anything, and they say it's all because of this man, 18-year-old justin shing. he's currently facing charges of sexual assault and burglary. but he's out on bail, and he lives right down the street from the people he's accused of victimizing. >> worried to death that this man is down the street. >> reporter: in just the last two weeks foster city police say shing broke into two homes. in the first break-in investigators say shing stood over a 17-year-old girl's bed and touched her. >> faked as though she was sleeping and hoping that he would leave. and he did after -- he touched her briefly an

nbc bay area's george kiriyama is live in san jose to explain. george? >> reporter: you know, the challenge is to find a safe place where both sides feel comfortable. well, tonight the santa clara sheriff's department says feel free to use their lobby. >> this is a very, very crowded parking lot. >> reporter: on a businessy saturday night you would think a parking lot would be a safe location for a craigslist exchange. >> obviously a lot of people coming in and out of here. >> reporter: but instead a man trying to sell his macbook outside of a pizza shop in fremont became the latest victim of an armed robbery that started with a craigslist ad. the buyer pulled out a gun on the seller. >> it's unbelievable that that would happen. >> reporter: paul burnett has bought and sold things on craigslist, but he's having second thoughts. >> since i've been hearing lately about some things happening, i've been kind of apprehensive about, you know, any kind of things to do on craigslist now. >> reporter: this man can relate. he was going to buy a car off of craigsli

nbc bay area's george kiriyama is live in san jose with more. george? >> reporter: it's a tough time for the san jose fire department. this is station 12, where captain jose martinez worked his last shift in late may. martinez was an 11-year veteran here in san jose, almost 20 years total fighting fires. his death from cancer is quite shocking because it happened so quickly. >> of course very sad. we think about him every day. >> reporter: 2012 had been a good year for san jose firefighter jose martinez. in march he was promoted to captain. his wife, melissa, proudly pinned his badge to his jacket. but then in june his health took a turn for the worst, and on june 19th the shocking news. captain martinez was told he had a rare form of cancer called synovial sar colma, a soft tissue cancer near the joints of the arm, neck, or leg. >> i thought he was going to defeat it, and we all did too. >> reporter: but the cancer advanced quickly, and just two months after he was diagnosed captain martinez passed away. >> it was a big blow. i'm not going to -- all of

today in the bay's george kiriyama reports. >> i had to call my son. not easy. to let him know. >> reporter: kevin mackley is not only the long-time president of st. francis high school but knew captain matt manoukian as a family friend. the death of the captain breaks his heart. >> as devastating a news as anyone could ever get. >> reporter: he and two other marines were shot and killed at a checkpoint in southern afghanistan. disguised in afghan police uniforms, they targeted the marines. >> he's such a wonderful young man, very popular student here. a leader type. >> reporter: manoukian graduated from st. francis in mountain view, star defensive lineman on the school's football team. the marine leader never forgot his roots, returning to his alma mater many times just to say hello. >> that's the kind of young man he was. you don't find these kids with this kind of character, you don't find them very often. >> reporter: the son of two judges, captain manoukian was headed to law school next year with hopes of becoming a public defender. >> what a fabulous young

walk out their door, when they go to the grocery store, that they are safe. >> reporter: george kiriyama, "today in the bay." >> again, state assembly woman will meet with the san jose police chief chris moore about safety in san jose 10:00 this morning at city hall. we'll be there as well. we'll bring it to you. >>> and is a jewelry gang at work? there have been a string of recent armed robberies at bay area jewelry stores. the latest on thursday in san pablo. this is surveillance video of it. the robbery in progress. you can watch the suspects go into the store, demand money, smash the glass cases and grab whatever they want. police estimate they took more than $400,000 in jewelry. stores in oakland, newark, have also been hit recently. investigators are comparing cases and notes to see if any are related. >>> a home invasion foiled by two kids. a fast-thinking 16-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother are being credited with stopping a burglary and, more importantly, saving themselves. fremont police say the kids called 911 after three men broke into their home on nutman avenue thu

george kiriyama, nbc news. >>> a man was shot in the drive-thru lane of kfc. in oakland.fter being shot numerous times, the victim drove his car out of the drive-thru, across busy international boulevard before hitting a building. he died at the scene. a woman passenger was also shot, but is expected to survive. >>> a s.w.a.t. team, hostage negotiator and robot. it wasn't easy, but a affected serial armed robber is behind bars tonight, as the drama unfolded in unincorporated redwood city. there you see the wanted man who kept the neighborhood on lockdown for more than four hours before finally surrendering. tonight we get our first look inside his hideout. we're joined live from redwood city with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a man is behind bars after a community got involved. our camera was allowed inside the home where robbery suspect miguel caballero held police at bay. a man who lived here said the suspect rented the spate next door for four months. he said he had no idea he was wasn'ted by police. please put out a call for help. they released this vi

george kiriyama is live in city hall where a lot of tears were shed and leaders were asked to step up and fix things. >> that's right. there were a lot of tears and there was a sense of urgency from the club tonight. the past couple of weeks were some of the worst they had seen. there was a call for action as well as prayers. >> part rally, part prayer service. it was a community crying out for help and justice. families, some tolding on to pictures of loved ones killed. tears and emotions did the talking. >> i don't know what's gng on out here, but the killing has got to stop. are we safe or not? what is the world coming to? >> the pain is still fresh. her grandson was shot and killed last thursday in a crime wave that saw eight homicides. >> i just want to be safe. i grew up in san jose all my life. i can't believe this was going on. he was the seventh homicide last week. >> they urged the community to work together. >> remember this evening. remember that we are all here to keep us unified as one community against violence. >> church leaders promised a stand inviting the violence t

george kiriyama is live where it's national night out. george? >> that's right. alarming numbers here when you see palo alto with a 63% increase in burglary s. at this current pace, palo alto could have close to 240 burglary s by the end of this year. this and cities nationwide for the national night out. in the warner heights area, these neighbors are on alert. >> we're watch out for each other. things happen like my moms ens out e-mails to the neighborhood alerting them. >> once a year, neighborhoods come together for national night out, the chance for people to get to know each other, something that never has been more important. >> if you know your neighbors and you know who belongs and something is not right, you know what to report. >> a double-digit jump in burglary s in every bay area city. take a look. oakland saw 33% and san jose 39%. a city known for the up stale neighborhoods, palo alto leads the list with a whopping 63% increase. that's 116 burglary s just in the first six months alone. >> it's shocking. >> gloria reid lived in palo alto for 50 years

george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >> progress in lake county where the walker fire has burned nearly 6,000 acres since yesterday afternoon. firefighters say it's 25% contained. hundreds of people in the spring valley area were allowed back home after being forced to evacuate last night. the fire is burning off highway 20 east of clear lake. no word on what started the fire. a wildfire has forced the closure of a stretch of highway 4. the highway is closed near the town of cottage springs. the fire is only about 10% contained and it burned nearly 700 acres. as of now, no evacuations are in order. they blame a camp fire for starting this fire on saturday. >> i case of scary deja vu. it spewed menacing black smoke into the air. the smoke was billowing into the sky. two were into the air and it has the east bay on edge. there is one chemical in particular that has a lot of people worried. the latest fire is under investigation. jean? >> that's right, jessica. it is looking into what started the fire with the refinery in martinez. there was no one hurt and no shelter in place, but the fir

george kiriyama is live in san jose where one of the largest gatherings took place tonight. >> reporter as much as the past few days have been painful for the sikh community, tonight was about prayer and forgiveness. the unity and reconciliation is driving them as their wounds slowly heal. as they mourn and grieve, the sikh communicate in san jose is trying to replace their pain with an inner peace. >> it was sad. it is hard. you think about your own family and i thought about my grandfather who has a turban and a beard and i thought it could have been him. >> reporter: they pray for the families of those killed. the shootings hitting close to home for these. >> you feel for them. you feel like it is a part of your, they're your communicate, yo a part of your community.y>l#(t& >> really thankful to all americans who stood behind us. at this bad time. >> it is not just the indian community reaching out. it is the entire community. it is amazing how supportive everybody is. it just shows us we're all a part of one race. the human race. >> reporter: there are many who hope this will be a t

let's get right to george kiriyama live outside that safeway. >> reporter: this is homicide number 31. a man was stabbed in his chest. at this point investigators are trying to figure out if this person was stabbed inside the safeway or outside the safeway. the man was found at one of the aisles in the center of this market. police telling us there is no trail of blood leading from the outside into the store. this is all happening as tonight, there are growing calls for the san jose police to ask the chp to help fight this crime wave. seven homicides in the last eight days in what was once called the safest, biggest city in america. >> last week was a very bloody week in san jose with the homicide last night, and additional shooting. that's unacceptable. >> reporter: it is also unspeakable to the speaker norah campos who is also a city councilmember. in a letter to police chief chris moore she wrote in part interesting current rise in violent crime is beyond the control of the san jose resources. the rate at which violent crime is escalating in the city of san jose has made me tremend

george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >> you can tweet with her. love the twitter. >>> jeff ranieri, save us. >> instead of me asking people to join our nbc facebook, i'm going to see if she will accept our friend request. let's look at the numbers in the north bay. patchy fog. looking outside right now from our san francisco sky camera. you will see it is fog-free. day two for some of the parents heading back to school for their kids. a fog-free commit in the morning, as well. bring you back to the weather boards. an unusually strong trough of low pressure will develop across the west. it's not going to bring us rainfall. but eventually, we'll see temperatures go down about 10 to 15 degrees in that 7-day forecast. in the next two days, on the coastline, 60s and 70s. a lot of sunshine down across the santa cruz mountains, to the east and the south bay. that will bring us to 80s and 90s. if you like the heat, you have it until thursday. that's when the heat is expected to peak out. then, friday and saturday, things will calm down and cool off. winds