east contra costa cut 16 jobs and closed three stations in june in brentwood, nightson and bethel island after voters rejected a partial tax measure. >> -- the grant -- morning -- and -- be able to -- back up -- that -- >> there is no word yet on which fire stations may re- open. >>> and some of those east contra costa firefighters were busy this morning. coming up in nine minutes the story of a house fire and how a family pet played a role in getting a neighbor to safety. >>> an alarming discovery in one community. a growing number of dead bats with rabies. we have this report live from there to explain what is being done about it. good afternoon. >>> hi. the city is putting out these warnings here telling people they live among bats and some of them are rabid. the last one was found here in the middle of the street. the call of nature draws people to san francisco's neighborhood but sometimes nature gets too close. >> we are on the lookout for anything -- >> they posted warning signs about rabid bats. 5 have been found here in the last another months. the most recent was last week. bel

the district closed stations in brentwood, nightson and bethel islands after the failure of a proposedarcel tax. last night fire chief henderson said average response times have increased from one to five minutes to locations in those station areas. the board is considering the addition of volunteer firefighters as part of a solution. >>> a grass fire along i80 led to lane closures and major traffic back up. fire officials say flames scorched 15 acres. the highway patrol shut down three lanes causing traffic to back up for miles. the highway patrol reopened all lanes shortly before 2:00 this afternoon. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the city of san jose is now the largest city to use a private neighborhood network to make it easier for the city to reach out to its residents. the system is called next door and lets residents communicate with each other in a close network in which access and neighborhood is verified by address. with the city's involvement, city officials will network about crime and news. while still officials will able to send messages out they won't

the closed stations are in brentwood, nightson. >>> frys has agreed to settle a sexual harassment casevisor in washington was fired after reporting an assistant store manager for sexually harassing a younger sales associate. a lawsuit was filed in federal court and frys agreed to the settlement instead. the money will be split between the fired supervisor and the fired employee. >>> they wouldn't reveal which company due to federal rules, but they say that the company withheld electricity to drive prices higher. they say it is not a repeat of the early 2,000 when energy traders went wild and took billions from excess profits. >>> officials fined six bay area hospitals for allegations of putting patients at are risk. the facilities are kaiser hospitals in san francisco and south san francisco, menlo park surgical hospital, st. francis hospital in san francisco, st. mary's fran and stanford medical center. the violations ranged from improper cpr procedures to leaving a foreign object inside a patient during surgery. you can get ktvu news to go, just download the ktvu news app and then yo

the closed stations are in brentwood, nightson. >>> frys has agreed to settle a sexual harassment case supervisor in washington was fired after reporting an assistant store manager for sexually harassing a younger sales associate. a lawsuit was filed in federal court and frys agreed to the settlement instead. the money will be split between the fired supervisor and the fired employee. >>> they wouldn't reveal which company due to federal rules, but they say that the company withheld electricity to drive prices higher. they say it is not a repeat of the early 2,000 when energy traders went wild and took billions from excess profits. >>> officials fined six bay area hospitals for allegations of putting patients at are risk. the facilities are kaiser hospitals in san francisco and south san francisco, menlo park surgical hospital, st. francis hospital in san francisco, st. mary's fran and stanford medical center. the violations ranged from improper cpr procedures to leaving a foreign object inside a patient during surgery. you can get ktvu news to go, just download the ktvu news app and t