as ktvu as john sasaki reports the couple died when their plane crashed last week in utah. >> reporter: the sanctuary at danville's presbyterian church was filled with people who came to say goodbye to a beloved lafayette couple. >> you left us way too soon. life will never bet same and we'll miss you for the rest of our live. >> reporter: 59-year-old peter and 57-year- old mono died last week in a plane crash. >> they dated in high school and college and got married shortly after. >> reporter: he was a developer and bank director. she an interior designer. they were parents to three grown children, matt, mike and kathleen. >> my dad had such a great passion and enthusiasm for life. he loved his worth he loved skiing. he loved flying. >> she always wanted us to take the time to spend with me. she really knew how to enjoy the moment. >> reporter: the couple had touched so many lives that not only was the sanctuary full, but so was an adjoining gym. >> they meant a whole lot to a lot of people, businesswise, churchwise, communitywise, they had a lot of integrity and a lot of people loved

john sasaki. >>> a power outage hit parts of san francisco tonight affecting more than 10,000 customerscific gas and electric said it started just before 5:00 this evening until western edition, and laurel heights neighborhood. pg & e says it has restored power to some but nearly 3,000 customers remain in the dark at this hour. there's no word on what caused the outage or when full service will be restored. >>> so you know it's the cool down today, you will notice it more tomorrow everyone inland where temperatures could be coming down 10 degrees, 8 degrees. cooler as we head into your friday. here's what's happening right now, you know it's going to be cooler because right now in liver mother it's running a few degrees cooler than it was last night. the winds are coming offshore and they are pretty significant. gusting at 25 miles per hour. that's driving that moist clean cool marine air on shore. drops the fire danger, cleaning up the air and cools the temperature. sunday will be a little bit warmer but as we go into the weekend and beyond into the next week we're going to be in this

john sasaki. >>> a power outage hit parts of san francisco tonight affecting more than 10,000 customersc gas and electric said it started just before 5:00 this evening until western edition, and laurel heights neighborhood. pg & e says it has restored power to some but nearly 3,000 customers remain in the dark at this hour. there's no word on what caused the outage or when full service will be restored. >>> so you know it's the cool down today, you will notice it more tomorrow everyone inland where temperatures could be coming down 10 degrees, 8 degrees. cooler as we head into your friday. here's what's happening right now, you know it's going to be cooler because right now in liver mother it's running a few degrees cooler than it was last night. the winds are coming offshore and they are pretty significant. gusting at 25 miles per hour. that's driving that moist clean cool marine air on shore. drops the fire danger, cleaning up the air and cools the temperature. sunday will be a little bit warmer but as we go into the weekend and beyond into the next week we're going to be in this patt

as ktvu's john sasaki found they are not the only ones against this project. >> no more cages we need jobs. >> reporter: it was a mall, but passionate protest against san mateo's soon to be built jail. >> people can achieve jail because that is the option that is left to thim. >> reporter: protesters say the $155 million to build the jail and $40 million to run it annually should be use instead to help improve the lives of young people. >> i think if they are doing this that we're committing the resources that we need to educate our children to the confinement of their parents. >> reporter: jail has been in the works for seven years and the county board of supervisors approved it because of serious jail overcrowding. board president says the county is always looking for ways to reduce the jail population. >> we want to put in programs, greater programs than we can do now because of the overcrowding and lack of space and see if we can do the wraparound services to help people rehabituate and rehabilitate. >> while the operators made a deal to sell the building to the droit the, they ar

movie fans started camping out this morning, john sasaki has the story. >> reporter: all these peopleed up for the dark knight here in walnut creek it is showing on 11 screens. and now not even 11:00 p.m. and eight of them are sold out. fans of the cape crusader jumped in line at 11:00 this morning. >> we got our tickets a month early. we're going to be doing this, we're going to be all together today. spend 14 hours together. >> reporter: it's the third and final installment of this christopher nolan created series. some fans came out dressed as batman and bane. >> it's the last one and it's really cool. i think everybody kind of likes superheros everyone though some people don't admit it. >> reporter: any time a comic movie hits the movies, flying colors comics sees a spike. >> the way he does that is by taking on every bad guy in sight. >> reporter: back at the theater, one option was a batman marathon from 6:15 to about 3:00 a.m. >> i've never done this a marathon but i figured if i had to pick one this is the one to do. >> there's people lined up outside already, so you might as

movie fans started camping out this morning, john sasaki has the story. >> reporter: all these people are lined up for the dark knight here in walnut creek it is showing on 11 screens. and now not even 11:00 p.m. and eight of them are sold out. fans of the cape crusader jumped in line at 11:00 this morning. >> we got our tickets a month early. we're going to be doing this, we're going to be all together today. spend 14 hours together. >> reporter: it's the third and final installment of this christopher nolan created series. some fans came out dressed as batman and bane. >> it's the last one and it's really cool. i think everybody kind of likes superheros everyone though some people don't admit it. >> reporter: any time a comic movie hits the movies, flying colors comics sees a spike. >> the way he does that is by taking on every bad guy in sight. >> reporter: back at the theater, one option was a batman marathon from 6:15 to about 3:00 a.m. >> i've never done this a marathon but i figured if i had to pick one this is the one to do. >> there's people lined up outside already, so you m

ktvu's john sasaki live in oakland. you've learned that there could be more mailings out there. >> reporter: we are standing outside oakland police station and through my sources i confirmed that five east bay police departments received one of these envelopes. someone sorting the mail saw a suspicious envelope and while unfolding it they saw a white powder. >> they're going to be able to rule out that this substance is not anthrax. >> reporter: after an evacuation, the hazmat team determined the substance was flour. they then called other police departments. >> i think it's a person that has an issue with law enforcement. i don't know why but it's a weird pattern. >> reporter: hazmat teams took no chances before learning the subject was harmless. u.s. postal inspectors and the fbi are trying to track down the sender. >> there's state statutes that have been violated, it is very, very serious. >> investigators said little about the letters other than none had a return address. each contained a note and all were postmark

ktvu's john sasaki tells us walnut creek is joining other cities with an app that allows you to feed the meter without having to run outside. >> reporter: diners and shoppers come and go all day in downtown walnut creek. and each time they park they have to feed the meter. >> sometimes you're lucky and you find some change under the seat and throw that in and then you're always worried about whether it's going to run out or not. >> about 30% of drivers feed the meter with a credit card. but in a couple of months it'll allow customers to pay with their cell phone. >> that's fantastic, i just had to dig for quarters. i have a phone right here. >> bringing downtown walnut creek into the 21st century. check out my new app. >> reporter: it will allow payment by phone, warn users their time is running out and offer one more convenience. >> if you find out that your blind date is going better than planned and you need a little more time to add to the meter you can go to the app and add time to your meter remotely. >> reporter: at pyramid ale house this is welcomed news. >> the staff is disa

ktvu's john sasaki tells us walnut creek is joining other cities with an app that allows you to feed meter without having to run outside. >> reporter: diners and shoppers come and go all day in downtown walnut creek. and each time they park they have to feed the meter. >> sometimes you're lucky and you find some change under the seat and throw that in and then you're always worried about whether it's going to run out or not. >> about 30% of drivers feed the meter with a credit card. but in a couple of months it'll allow customers to pay with their cell phone. >> that's fantastic, i just had to dig for quarters. i have a phone right here. >> bringing downtown walnut creek into the 21st century. check out my new app. >> reporter: it will allow payment by phone, warn users their time is running out and offer one more convenience. >> if you find out that your blind date is going better than planned and you need a little more time to add to the meter you can go to the app and add time to your meter remotely. >> reporter: at pyramid ale house this is welcomed news. >> the staff is disappea

john sasaki tells us why some people feel all of this is a false promise. john?>> reporter: frank, as you can see, it is a quiet wednesday night here on the uc berkely campus. but summer session students are here, and are relieved that their expensive tuition will not rise in the fall. uc berkely's plaza was bustling with students. some are taking classes just for the summer, but many full time students are here as well, which is is not cheap. >> probably more than $20,000. >> for the next year of school. >> i think so, yeah, with the room and board and fees and books. >> reporter: many students seem grateful tuition has been frozen. >> i think it's a good start. >> reporter: they also called on voters. yes votes from students are not necessarily guaranteed. >> unfortunately, i feel like this is, for me, it's beneficial, for my parents it's obviously like they're going to have to pay the taxes are going to be raised as well. >> i would probably get behind that, assuming that a both the sales tax and b the income tax weren't exorbitant. >> i think it's horrible, b

ktvu's john sasaki live in oakland. you've learned that there could be more mailings out there. >> reporter: we are standing outside oakland police station and through my sources i confirmed that five east bay police departments received one of these envelopes. someone sorting the mail saw a suspicious envelope and while unfolding it they saw a white powder. >> they're going to be able to rule out that this substance is not anthrax. >> reporter: after an evacuation, the hazmat team determined the substance was flour. they then called other police departments. >> i think it's a person that has an issue with law enforcement. i don't know why but it's a weird pattern. >> reporter: hazmat teams took no chances before learning the subject was harmless. u.s. postal inspectors and the fbi are trying to track down the sender. >> there's state statutes that have been violated, it is very, very serious. >> investigators said little about the letters other than none had a return address. each contained a note and all were postmark

john sasaki tells us why some people feel all of this is a false promise. john? >> reporter: frank, as you can see, it is a quiet wednesday night here on the uc berkely campus. but summer session students are here, and are relieved that their expensive tuition will not rise in the fall. uc berkely's plaza was bustling with students. some are taking classes just for the summer, but many full time students are here as well, which is is not cheap. >> probably more than $20,000. >> for the next year of school. >> i think so, yeah, with the room and board and fees and books. >> reporter: many students seem grateful tuition has been frozen. >> i think it's a good start. >> reporter: they also called on voters. yes votes from students are not necessarily guaranteed. >> unfortunately, i feel like this is, for me, it's beneficial, for my parents it's obviously like they're going to have to pay the taxes are going to be raised as well. >> i would probably get behind that, assuming that a both the sales tax and b the income tax weren't exorbitant. >> i think it's horrible,

our john sasaki is there. he just updated us, still it is only 10% contained. governor brown is sending out additional firefighters to supplement calfire crews already on the front lines. >>> the san jose fire department announced today it has been awarded almost $9 million in federal money to pay for more firefighters but that still won't solve the department's staffing problems. new at 6:00, ktvu's robert handa with the uphill battle there for firefighters. >> today the san jose fire department did get some much needed help. money to hire more fire fighters and it comes at a good time because firefighters are spread thin. we have been reporting on a series of suspicious fires here at this park. and residents want fire fighters to protect them and figure out who's causing the fires. sarah kline does not feel safe at home anymore. many residents say they believe the fires are connecting to several homeless encampments. >> really feels invasive. the people in the very back got it worse. they hear fighting, yelling, they smell smoke a lot as they're cooking out t

john sasaki tells us why peter and mona branagh had such impact in the community. >> reporter: the sanctuarylle's presbyterian church was filled with people who came to say goodbye to a beloved couple. >> you left us too soon. life will never be the same and we'll misses r you for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: 59-year-old peter and 57-year- old mona branagh died last week in a plane crash in utah. >> peter and mona were a team and they dated in high school and college and got married shortly after. >> reporter: he was a developer and bank director. she an interior designer. they were parents to threw grown children, matt, mike and kathleen. >> my dad had such a compassion and enthusiasm for life. he loved his work. he loved skiing. he loved flying. >> she always wanted to take time to spend time with her. nothing made mona happier than nice bowl of oatmeal. >> they meant a whole lot to a lot of people. businesswise, churchwise, communitywise, they had had a lot of integrity and a lot of people loved them a lot. >> he did not work to become wealthy, but to use resources to love god. >>

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. police are trying to locate one of four children reported missing. a relative called to say she was taking care of three of the children. the whereabouts of the 16-year- old is unknown. a boy was taken to the hospital after a babysitter said he was unresponsive. police arrested the babysitter and mother and father. >>> for the 6th time this year, police fired their weapons on duty. the latest shooting left a 44- year-old man dead. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live where the shooting happened. ken? >> reporter: it is biz as usual here in this. police were responding to a domestic violence when they found the suspect. officers tried to use non-leth force, even knowing the man had a -- non-lethal force, even knowing the man had a gun. >> reporter: marshall tobin being processed for evidence. she heard the shots. >> we could hear multiple shots. all week long, up till the forth of july. >> reporter: 100 yards from the parking lot is this apartment building where police received a 911 dom

john sasaki tells us these fires come just a few days after the fire department was forced to make anful decision. >> reporter: we were passing by and beat most of the fire crews here to brentwood boulevard just after the fire started. it was around 4:15 and caught residents off guard. >> i looked out my back door i said oh my goodness. i seen the flames. i ran out there and i seen the men throwing dirt and i give them one of my hoses. >> reporter: we are here doing a story about another fire. >> we're definitely seeing the impact of having half the resources we had four days ago, five days ago. >> reporter: residents rightly guessed it took firefighters about 10 minutes to respond. in the meantime residents battled the flames. >> i was already out in the middle of the fire literally in the middle of fire trying to put it out. >> of course the closer the couple of stations and the loss of personnel kind of puts it back on the mental ballot. >> reporter: last week, the city closed three of its four fire houses. >> we're living within our budget and what people saw for responses last n

john sasaki tells us these fires come just a few days after the fire department was forced to make a painful decision. >> reporter: we were passing by and beat most of the fire crews here to brentwood boulevard just after the fire started. it was around 4:15 and caught residents off guard. >> i looked out my back door i said oh my goodness. i seen the flames. i ran out there and i seen the men throwing dirt and i give them one of my hoses. >> reporter: we are here doing a story about another fire. >> we're definitely seeing the impact of having half the resources we had four days ago, five days ago. >> reporter: residents rightly guessed it took firefighters about 10 minutes to respond. in the meantime residents battled the flames. >> i was already out in the middle of the fire literally in the middle of fire trying to put it out. >> of course the closer the couple of stations and the loss of personnel kind of puts it back on the mental ballot. >> reporter: last week, the city closed three of its four fire houses. >> we're living within our budget and what people saw for responses la

the controversy involves cows and goats, john sasaki has the story. >> reporter: we're standing in the edge of the open space a jewel fort by residents. but this time of year dry brush like this has neighbors concerned and someone to see a bovine solution. 178acres of open space sit in walnut creek next to lafayette. it's home to wildlife and used to be home to hundreds of cattle. >> it brings a whole different aspect to living in the suburbs. makes it very bucolic, very beautiful, they keep the fire danger down. >> reporter: cows like these used to provide that important service, mitigating fire danger by grazing. >> the cows here were a great method of keeping the grass at a short lenght. >> you can see that, they reduced the fire danger. >> reporter: but the city decided to stop that practice two years ago because of complaints of damage caused by the cows even attacked on people. >> it's steep terrain, so it's hard to manage the cattle then we were having conflicts with the users. the people and the cattle. >> reporter: instead the city has been mowing the high grass and will be br

the controversy involves cows and goats, john sasaki has the story. >> reporter: we're standing in thehe open space a jewel fort by residents. but this time of year dry brush like this has neighbors concerned and someone to see a bovine solution. 178acres of open space sit in walnut creek next to lafayette. it's home to wildlife and used to be home to hundreds of cattle. >> it brings a whole different aspect to living in the suburbs. makes it very bucolic, very beautiful, they keep the fire danger down. >> reporter: cows like these used to provide that important service, mitigating fire danger by grazing. >> the cows here were a great method of keeping the grass at a short lenght. >> you can see that, they reduced the fire danger. >> reporter: but the city decided to stop that practice two years ago because of complaints of damage caused by the cows even attacked on people. >> it's steep terrain, so it's hard to manage the cattle then we were having conflicts with the users. the people and the cattle. >> reporter: instead the city has been mowing the high grass and will be bringing in

john sasaki is there tonight with new information about the fire, john. >> reporter: frank, the fire lines are just over there but it is extremely remote with no easy access. governor jerry brown has called in the national guard to help fight this fire. i just talked to calfire 10 minutes ago who told me there was a flair up in yankees jims about an hour ago. this fire is now 10% contained. the robbers fire has been burning since wednesday afternoon in steep hard to reach terrain near forest hill in placer county. >> because it is so dynamic, remote and rugged we are preparing for anything especially in these rugged conditions. >> reporter: there are 5,000 firefighters hitting it from the ground and air. thousands of firefighters who are here on stand by took off to the fire lines about 3:30 this afternoon. >> we were a contingency group. if it starts threatening homes, that's why we're here. >> reporter: no home was damaged and none was in imminent danger. but 150 people mostly in the yankee gyms were evacuated. the forest hill veterans memorial hall is certaining as the evacuation

live in san jose, i'm john sasaki. >>> apple's third quarter earnings report fell short of expectations. slow growth and over all revenue everyone though profit rose. company stocks tumbled in after hours trading. netflix made $889 million in revenue in its second quarter. that's a 90% drop from last year but in line with analysts expectations. netflix warned it would lose money as it expands. >>> and stocks are down for a third straight day as economists. nasdaq dropped 27. >>> uc berkeley is joining harvard and mit in offering free online courses this fall. the university of california will provide two classes in artificial intelligence and software engineering. a nonprofit group called ed x will host the classes on its website. ed x officials say 154,000 students registered for its first free classes that were offered by the massachusetts institute of technology this past spring. >>> the u.s. secretary of labor was in san francisco today to hear what the city has done to help create jobs for young people. major ed lee says the city has reached its goal to provide summer jobs to 5,000

the event started yesterday and our own john sasaki strapped in for a ride.an athlete about the fund-raiser. >> i think it's wonderful that they do it. because it gives us athletes the money, too. it's not just the athlete that's doing it, but also for other people who want to participate. >> we're going to have much more on today's event in a live report in our 9:00 hour. >>> matt cain takes the mound in philadelphia as the giants look to take game 2 of their series with the phillies. tim lincecum getting back to lincecum mode picking up his fourth win of the season yesterday. he had help from brandon crawford, bases juiced in the sixth, and bye bye baby. that, folks is a grand slam. the giants won it 7-2. game 2 at 1:00 today, right here on ktvu. and the a's now 5 games over 500 for the first time since april 2010, and they got there with another walk-off win last night at the coliseum. all star closer ryan co giving up the game's tying run. brandon moss picks him up in the bottom of the inning hitting the game winning single with two men on. a's win 3-2. i