-sfo car fires, vehicle catches fire in sfo long- term parking lot, spreads to five others, 'll have a li >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning. it's thursday, july 22. imagine getting off a long flight and your car isn't in the parking lot? wow, somebody's car, wow, somebody's car got burned. oh, is that my car? wow, that's my car! >> and the car next to it. >> a bunch of cars catching fire in the long term sfo parking lot. we'll have a live report. >> at the state fair cal expo in sacramento two armed robbers stole $100,000 from the catering office at closing time. they are still looking for the two people. >> it will be interesting how they got in, in the first place. >>> the bart board today voting on whether to temporary reduce train fares. we'll tell you more about that. >> elizabeth joins us, following this deadly bus crash. >> we saw our first live pictures a little while ago a fatal bus crash as many as five people killed and 20 sent to the hospital. some of those critically injured. north

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live at sfo, was it an accident? >> good morgue, i'm meteorologist kristine hanson, cloudy and kind of chilly out there. we've got good news for people waiting for summer-like weather. >> live look at bay bridge toll plaza, no delays but could be in a.c. transit. >> i'm kristen sze. we have breaking news from the central valley whereas many as five people may be dead after a collision between a greyhound bus and a minivan. it happened about 2:15 this morning. there were 35 people on board that bus. they were traveling from los angeles to sacramento. ambulances are on the scene, all the northbound lanes of highway 99 are closed right now. we'll have more on breaking news as we get it. five people may be dead in this crash. >> fire investigators are zeroing in on particular car as a major source of an overnight fire. half a dozen cars went up in flames. teresa garcia is live at the airport with the latest. >> these flames were spotted by a parking lot attendant who flagged down police. take a look at the damage. arson

so much so, 40-minute delays on arrivals at sfo.y cloudy conditions inland with a few areas of low clouds so similar conditions for the morning for the bay area. this afternoon, plenty of sunshine expected all locations, more sunshine inland, mild temperatures, highs in the mid-80s. mostly sunny around the bay and a mix of sun and clouds along the coastline. here's a look at coastal highs today. lower to the mid-60s. lower 60s in pacific can, 65 half moon bay. inland mid-70s, 76 in santa clara, 76 san jose, 81 los gatos. up and around the bay with 73 in fremont, 71 degrees in union city, and richmond today 64. 65 degrees in berkeley. 68 in oakland. the 80s -- walnut creek 81. 83 danville, 82 san ramon. the mid-80s in brentwood and antioch. north bay locations, 73 santa rosa and petaluma. cool temperatures. 47 in novato. 75 in -- 47 in novato. 75 in san rafael -- 74 in novato, 75 in san rafael, lower 60s in san francisco. self self warming up through sunday. monday through wednesday temperatures starting to nudge back down they are g

. >>> also -- >> reporter: a mysterious fire in sfo's long-term parking lot. a minivan spreads its fires and we'll have the latest investigation coming up. >>> san leandro police called out the s.w.a.t. team right behind the police department near california and la fayette avenues a block west of east 14th street. police say a man lived in a house there. there was a brief standoff when the man did not respond for calls for him to come outside but he eventually surrendered to police. no one was hurt. people in the area said they've seen the man around that he might have mental problems. >>> investigators this noontime are trying to figure out what started a fire early this morning that burned up six vehicles in the long-term parking lot at san francisco international airport and damaged a seventh. as claudine wong reports, they are considering the possibility, it was arson. >> reporter: sources tell ktvu, the burned vehicles in sfo's long-term parking lot have been there for days. the toyota minivan has been there for a week. they believe the fire started in th

delays at sfo, 52 minutes for arriving flights. another cool one. >>> a major security breach at the state fair. how police say thieves got away with $100,000. >>> and i'm bob redell live here in oakland. what's next for ac transit bus riders who could be entering what would be their fourth dave sick-out. we could find out. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >>> forget man versus nature. how about whale versus boat. hear about the couple who survived after a 40-ton whale tried to hitch a ride right on top of them. >>> here's a live look at the broken oil well at the bottom of the gulf. the cap is still holding tight. but it may have to be pulled off. nbc bay area's charles had lock is leading our continuing coverage from venice, louisiana. charles, mother nature may toss the relief workers a curveball on this one. >> that's right. just as bp is tantalizingly close to permanently killing this well and ending this catastrophe in the gulf of mexico, at least as far as the flow of oil is concerned, mother nature is intervening. t

flight delays by the way into sfo airport for arriving flights. about a half hour or so. 56 right now san jose. also with overcast skies. 56 in oakland. southwest wind at 13. fairfield southwest winds up to 26 miles per hour this morning. the low clouds will stick around even mid to late morning for inland valleys. bottom line is the all day long seabreeze, our temperatures today are not going to be living up to july standards inland. look at the numbers. mid to upper 70s san jose. low 80s out toward the tri valley. north bay 70s for petaluma. still some 90s but you have to head up to lakeport or yukiya to find the warmer temperatures. the weekend ahead we start to warm up into the mid 80s inland beginning saturday and sunday. back to you. >> not too warm. looks good. >>> lindsay lohan is set to check in but it is far from a resort. we'll update you on her 90-day trip to jail coming up. >>> and in san jose, overtime pay after eight hours of work is a reality for most people but not for farm workers. perhaps that could change today. why farmers say

it happened right here in sfo's long-term parking. the parking attendant spotted the flames about 12:30 this morning. firefighters got out here, got it out pretty quickly but the damage was already done. certainly this is a big concern for the airport. >> this is very disappointed that something like this would happen. that's what we want to find out what happened working with the arson investigators and the sheriff's office through the investigation, it's gonna be very disappointing for a family coming home from, home from, a pleasant vacation and they find their cars destroyed. >> we don't know if the police have been able to contact the owners of the car. they may be out of town and may be more difficult to reach. we do know that the sheriff's department is leading this investigation and they will be taking the toyota siena, where the fire started, to a secure location so they can conduct a full investigation to try to determine how this started. obviously, there are concerns because, you know, you got a parked car. that's cool on

police at sfo say they are not planning to increase security at the airport parking lot. >>> it is 8:32. hours of debate ended last night with the oakland city council deciding on a new way to go about taxing marijuana. they opted for a new tiered plan which includes a 2.5% tax on medical marijuana dispensaries. an 8% tax on cultivators and up to 10% on facilities that sell marijuana for recreational use if voters approve that in november. >>> the council plans to take up the issue again next monday at a special meeting. >>> oakland's police chief is turning to the federal government for help in dealing with violent crime in the city. chief anthony batts says he will meet next month with the u.s. attorney general's office and the fbi. after 80 officers were laid off lasting with, he's had to put investigators in patrol cars. so he's asking for the federal government's help to assist

arson investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire at sfo. it damaged numerous cars and may have started in a car that has been there for quite some time. teresa garcia joins us live. >> that car has been parked here since july 13. let's take a closer look. it's the one with the air bags that is deployed where it begin and spread. it was shortly after midnight where necessity flagged down a police officer her at long term outdoor lot. all the cars are being in towed away. they were close to each other and it's lucky someone spotted the flames so damage didn't spread further. manager said the fire started in one car and spread to half a dozen others. >> engine compartment on all the cars have been damaged but the main car the entire interior has been gutted with fire. air bags were deployed, its total loss right now. >> one of the top questions, accident or arson? >> that is what the arson verse are finding out. it's not common for cars to ignite on their own. >> the arson investigators will be reviewing surrounding surveillance video to see i

at sfo, jack bush, kron 4 news.is just in to the kron 4 news room and part is still going forward, they just announced of spending more of the money to pay for the project. 484 million of the bart money between the oakland coliseum and the report of the elevated rail system. part of the stimulus money will be packeused. even though advocs opposed it. >> and ford purges of bay bridge tower. and brand new animation how this will work. from caltran explained the cheap transportation reporter mark jones. it opened on the operation. >> here, you can see that we're putting in a tower cam. there are two different lifting mechanisms that are going to be involved in this operation. the tower is there to bring up the equipment. and this is called a trance jack gentry. it is a system that brings on a trans jack. and it has a cable that goes down and lives the heavy tower and puts them into place. and the structure is put into place to hold them up and we're going to put a bring a barge in. to connect the pieces of the tower an

that was sfo. only one. everyone else was way below including santa rosa, which was about 20 and livermore about 15. so very cool afternoon highs. one to about 19 degrees below average for this time of year. does look a little warmer not a lot but a little warmer towards the end of the week. big thunderstorm activity erupted near reno yesterday, reports of lightning up towards quincy, northeast california and boomtown, i spent a week there one night. had numerous reports of hail, so anybody treling up there keep an eye on the sky because there have been a lot of thunderstorm activity. for us it is a lot of low clouds and fog. around 2500 feet, so low overcast, sunny, breezy, our observer michael in the city said he had to turn the heater on. so 60s, 60s and 70s. and for this time of year put this down in the old weather diary because it usually is inland not this cool. 50s, livermore concord 57, 51 tahoe, 90 in las vegas. another cool day down in southern california, pass 0 rob less yesterday was 75, san lui

sfo says there are no plans to increase security in the long term lot. >> consumer news now. washington mutual bank is long gone, but left behind a trail of unclaimed money. >> that is right. thousands of customers have cash coming. maybe you. michael finney is here with the story tonight. >> we love trails of cash. who doesn't? there is a lot of cash, too. $90 million in california just sitting and waiting to be claimed. washington mutual was bought out by chase bank back in 2008. many customers left their money in wamu accounts. those unclaimed accounts have since been transfered to fdic and now... the fdic is turning that money over to the unclaimed property department in each state. about 350,000 customers in california alone are entitled to claim their part of the $0 million. they have 10 years to claim it to. find if you're one of them go to the california state controller's web site. and there is a link on our web site. a study shows 51% of housing counsel yerls say the president of making home affordable rez program isn't working that wex a survey of 53 mortgage couns

. >> you details today in the fire that destroyed several cars in a parking lot and sfo.al dealers have been contacted about their damaged vehicles and as theresa and an arson investigation is under way. official >> so kron 4 news they are a investigation is focused on this car. the toyota sienna minivan it was the first vehicle that caught on fire and spread to six others here at sfo long-term parking lot thursday morning. the van has been there since last week on july 13th. the order has been contacted. he reportedly said he has no idea why is car would start a fire and has no reason to believe that someone did this on purpose. this video is of some of the other videos and cars destroyed. the ssc has the fire was so hot it melted the windshield. investigators have called fire suspicious they said they have not found any excellent to start the fire. arson investigators have been called in to begin inspecting the vehicles. dmv plates from all the cars have been collected and identified. in total three owners have been alerted about the damaged vehicles one person said his

details of a fire that destroyed several cars said sfo.l dealers have now been contacted about the damage to vehicles this concord to recent reports officials are now calling the fire suspicious an arson investigation is now under way. >> officials of kron 4 news the investigation is focused on this car right here. i toyota cnn minivan was the first vehicle that caught on fire and spread the six others here sfo long- term parking lot. the van has been there since last week on july 13th. the owner has been contacted and is in europe he reportedly said he has no idea why his car would start a fire and has no reason to believe someone did this on purpose. this video is as of some of the other vehicles destroyed. see this as you the the fire was so hot to melted the windshield. investigators have called the fire suspicious but they say they have not found any accelerant to start the fire. arson investigators have been called in to begin inspecting the vehicles. dmv plates from all the cars have been collected and identified. in total three ord

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watch for delays at sfo. they usually come in about 6:00. cool breeze for us.ost of this afternoon into the evening hours. and into tomorrow morning as well. your daily planner continues with some 60s by noon at the coast. only mid and upper 60s in warmer spots inland. 5:00 p.m., a couple of 80s. sunset at 8:26. seven-day forecast, 60s in san francisco today. 77 san jose. we'll continue with this trend right through the weekend. back to you. >> well, it is christmas in july in copenhagen, denmark. santa's helpers are meeting to discuss going green this christmas. the big crowd gathered to see the santa parade in the july heat. more than 120 santas from europe and the u.s., canada and japan are in the danish capital for their annual conference. they are changing the decoration on the famous walking street. this year, they'll be environmentally friendly. >>> time now 6:26. new hope for bay area preschools this morning. we'll show you why they will not close after all next month. >> details on a survey filled out on the deepwater horizon are out this morning. see

bay valleys, concord and livermore, elsewhere the fog has made it across to hayward and fremont and sfo now. as we head out this morning, it is a little cool. fog is shallow deck and we'll be looking at a slower burnoff and dense at the coast. keep that in mind if you are headed out this morning. 60 in oakland. 61 in mountain view. pat in san jose and 58 in concord. highlights, fog and low clouds this morning. we'll see warm temperatures inland and that will allow numbers to climb into the 90s again. it will stay cool at our coast but by monday and tuesday, everybody cools off. this is what you have to expect the deck of low clouds and fog is entrenched at the shoreline. then stinson beach, still foggy. half moon bay looking gray, due to the stronger sea breeze. this morning, everybody is waking up to the fog but by about 9:00, 10:00 it pulls back. by 11:00 everyone should see sunshine and san francisco temperatures are running shy of average, in the 60s. 70s around the bay and comfortable 90s relatively speaking instead of triple digital temperatures. sacramento, hundred today, 104 in

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a suspicious fire gutted 6 cars parked in the long-term parking lot of sfo. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: it is the end of the road for six vehicles that were parked in the long term lot at san francisco international airport. their engine compartments toast. >> a lot of people are going to be unhappy when they come to get their cars. >> let's hope they have their insurance paid up. >> reporter: this siena in section s10 is where the fire appeared to have started around 12:30 a.m. it received the most damage. the entire interior is burnt. the air bags deployed. a parking attendant initially tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but called firefighters as he watched it spread to five adjacent cars. >> the fire is put out quickly. unfortunately, the damage is done by the time the fire department got here. >> reporter: airport official spent the morning trying to contact owners, people in for a surprise, getting sympathy today from drivers whose cars weren't burned. >> major bummer. major. >> reporter: and from people who heard about the fire, nerv

delays, arrivals sfo around one hour you are travelling early this monday morning, you might want to call and see what is going on. low clouds, fog possible drizzle for the coastline later on today another cool day around the bay area, mid-80s inland, 60s around the bay, lower 60s for the coast. call it groundhog day, tuesday and wednesday, a lot going on no major changes until thursday, friday, saturday and sunday temperatures are closer to more seasonal highs this time of year. >> warmer. >> tad. >> back to you guys. >>> it is 6:03 a.m. >>> ac transit riders east bay bracing for what could be another week of service disruptions ann is in oakland with the latest from the drivers union and management. good morning. >> reporter: good morning we have seen several ac transit buses roll up to these bus stops here behind me across from city hall in oakland so that is a good sign but no body knows what to expect that is the problem and it is a safe bet that ac transit riders all over the east bay can expect more delays this week. last week, about 200 ac transit drivers called in sick each

into sfo. i'll keep you posted. they usually come in right about 6:00 in the morning. this is the satellite loop. all the entire west coast if you are inland, some sunshine. if you are right by the coast, all of that fog all the way down through, say, point concepcion. there's actually a little spin right off the coast sending that cooler air to us most of this week. for today and into the weekend, we continue with mild temperatures. highs are going to sit in the 70s and 80s. by the way, typically we have 80s and 90s this time of year. some of the warmer spots like concord get to 100 degrees this time of year. the fog at the coast. not the case right now. enough wind is coming in to cool us off. good air quality for the entire bay area with the cooler conditions coming through. the daily planner for today. notice we start off with 50s and 60s. we don't warm up very much by the time we get to noon. still some wind coming through. 5:00 p.m., a couple of 80s out there. but the warmer spots, you'll

. >> are some detectives are looking at a suspicious fire at sfo.stigators are looking for. >> it is going to be a bad homecoming for seven cars parked at the long-term parking lot it sfo. it was just after midnight with firefighters and found six of the cars fully engulfed in flames. the seventh was damaged but not destroyed. the first have been locked and ben and a lot since july 16th. you can see that the front had been the s u v have been melted. and the front of the vehicle is scorched from intense heat. arson investigators from the cemetery sheriff's department are looking into the fire as the bullet-sam terrace strips and is unlikely that it is eight accident. san mateo. and the surveillance cameras, it is half over here, but not where the fire burned. they're going to be investigating this surveillance video to see if anything is suspicious. at the airport is trying to contact and touch in touch with them for their return from a trip. >> we are following this developing story, and there appears to be dozens of people blocking stockton. with

we have delays on arrivals at sfo around an hour. and low clouds and fog and maybe even a little drizzle for the coastline. temperatures in the lower to the mid to the upper 50s. plenty of sunshine inland today, highs in the upper 80s. that's falling from the mid-90s yesterday. mix of sun and clouds around the bay with temperatures from 59 to 74 degrees. and linger low clouds and fog. let take a look at that fog. this is our trueview. it is based on model data and it does a really good job of showing us what we are expecting to happen with the clouds and the fog and when we're expecting sunshine. around 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., you can see the clouds, eventually around 9 and 10 pushing back to the immediate coastline. so some sunshine santa rosa and concord around mid-morning in san jose and some partial clearing around san francisco. still going to keep a few low clouds in the forecast and along the coastline again still expecting some clouds as well to around midday around 3:00 in the afternoon. temperatures will be impacted by those clou

many of those clouds are low clouds and that's why we do have delays at sfo. one-hour delays on arrivals. so the clouds, fog, marine layer have moved farther inland. that's why we have curbed our temperatures. they are not as warm. upper 70s inland it will take a while to get the clouds out of here and for the sunshine to warm everything up. mid-60s around the bay, lower 60s for the coast. we will finally warm up in time for the weekend. >> maybe our hi-5, chopper will be able to fly. >> who are they? >> maybe ymca in oakland? i could be wrong. i'll ask my producer. back to you. >> thank you. >>> getting laid-off oakland police officers back on the job, is what the city is trying to do. but there is a catch. let's go to anne makovec in oakland this morning, where the city council voted last night to put a parcel tax plan on the november ballot. not only a paris the tax but several other taxes. here's what the city council passed last night. the council voted 5-3 to put a parcel tax on the november ballot in effect for three years. at $360 for four years it wou

in fact, it could be a re rough home for some passengers out of sfo. turns out their cars were destroyed in a fire. damien shows us the damage. >> reporter: the cars were in the long term parking lot, several destroyed by a mysterious fire. the car owners, they could be half a world away not knowing their car is charred. the cars were parked next to each other in what administrators call a cluster. just after midnight, a parking attendant noticed the fire and sdiledd dialed 911. preliminary reports tonight show signs of arson, but if they determine the fire was no accident, the sheriff's office will begin a criminal investigation. six cars were destroyed. a seventh parked nearby was damaged by the heat. sfo says the parking lot does have surveillance cameras, but not at the location of the fire. they say the incident is all very unusual. >> right now we don't know. that's what the fire department wants the arson team to look at because it's highly unusual for a car parked in an open air lot on a cool damp night to ignite on its own. so they want it fin

the rest of the delays now clearing up bay fair to richmond and sfo and daly city. those have cleared as well as any on the pittsburg bay point line. major delays reported but it sounds 20 minutes to maybe a half hour now, they're expecting things to grow. eastbound the drive is smooth over through that area but westbound is your commute that's starting up right now. you see the slowing at the edge of the screen. pretty till cap, but heavier than normal already coming to 15, 16 minutes for the drive out of the altamont pass. this is patter son pass road. really won't affect most of our commuters. we'll have a crew heading there. chp should have it cleared soon. fremont moving smoothly, around the bend 6 will 80, around mission, a car repairing a flat on the right hand shoulder, should be cleared soon. i'll be there on saturday, the fremont festival of the arts. come see us, i will not be in the giant inflatable peacock. sunol, a live shot shows you traffic starting to building as that sun comes up through the area and we've got a report from rob that the freshly pai

an arsonist strikes at sfo. >>> and all it took was a disguise out of the movies. the show-stopping heist at the california state fair. >>> speaking of heists, guess who was the highest paid local athlete? i'm dennis o'donnell. and he lost his daughter. how a father finds peace in coaching. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, cars on fire. now >>> in recent year several bay area communities have battled arsonists with a particular taste for setting cars on fire. now six more cars torched. but as anne makovec explains, the scene of the crime this time, very different. >> reporter: it is the end of the road for six vehicles that were parked in the long term lot at san francisco international airport. their engine compartments toast. >> a lot of people are going to be unhappy when they come to get their cars. >> let's hope they have their insurance paid up. >> reporter: this siena in section s10 is where the fire appeared to have started around 12:30 a.m. it received the most damage. the entire interior is burnt. the air bags deployed. a parking attendant initially tried to put out the f

this is video of the damage done it was 1:00 in the morning when the cars that the fire we tacked sfoon mike mccarron he says they're doing everything they can to contact the vehicles owners and tell them what happened. >> registration information going to the dmv get the information try to contact them through their homes there and if we cannot get them try to get someone else who can get hold of them. to let them know about the situation of workers. at this point they have towed most of those cars out of a lot but they're still continuing investigation they will be looking at them arson investigators are looking at video surveillance of the entrance to see if they can figure out what started this fire. want to get a look of the traffic, george has had some hot spots any trouble now. >> pager on the drive for highway 8808 is the worst hot spot of the morning, the right so found we had to proms and another at stevenson a little bit later on both of those crashes are cleared but look at the slow traffic there remains here this of fun ride is jammed up to hayward and then is to continue

people like this, sfo, flight arrival delays during the time but not widespread this morning. we'll keep an eye we may get through the morning hours without flight arrival delays into sfo. let me go across the screen and reached to the computer, let's talk about our temperatures and what to expect when you step outside. we still have mountain view, warm spot at 60. napa at 52 mid to upper 50s in rest of our neighborhoods. mostly clear in gilroy and 49. extra sunshine today, you may notice in the south bay, east bay valleys, step outside, cloud cover not nearly as widespread reaches extra warmth. bay and coasts will see the clouds tonight and it will bring stronger warmth in through tomorrow and friday. low pressure that has been semi permanent all summer, either this one or hoot one dropping down and another one after that in between us where we get warming trend and that is exactly we'll what we'll have. it will push inland and that will mean less of an influence. start in the south bay, temperatures will hit the mid to upper 70s in most neighborhoods. around the bay, bay bre

a little more sunshine but temperatures cooler than average and delays are still being reported at sfo of nearly an hour. we'll talk about warmer weather in the forecast. >> thanks. and the biggest wedding in the summer. details are leaking out about chelsea clinton's ceremony. >> and a nine-yeaold >>> united airlines is aproposal apologizing after a nine-year-old boy was forgotten at one of the most busiest airports. he finished visiting his father in san francisco where he was going to chicago and then to canada. they left him in o'hare for eight hours. he missed his next flight. he called hi mother using a prepaid cell phone. he said he watched the same video all day and given all mcdonald's to eat and he a vegetarian and they yelled at him and other kids. he is back with mom now and united says, they are going to provide a refund for the child care free. >> you of to blanket you have to pay for but abuse, no charge. >> he got out of san francisco because of the cold, i guess. >> it' a lot warmer in chicago and parts of the east. you can see the reason why, clouds are lming from eme

sfo still mist to be found around the area through about 8:00. temperatures in the low to mid-50s.ovato, 54. same thing with pleasanton along with los gatos and we have about 58 in san jose. accu-weather seven-day forecast, afternoon sunshine everywhere fep except for the coast and temperatures pretty close to today. >> live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, friday light traffic. there is a critical mass at 6:00 and giants game so we could see delays. golden gate bridge you might find some fog. look out for very thick fog in daly city and chp has issued a fog advisory for highway 1 and skyline boulevard. even though we had a few accidents and stalls this morning, traffic is looking pretty good. transit systems reporting on time but watch out for those a.c. transit delays. >> thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >> we'll be back with a local update

sfo 68. 91 the record. oakland downtown 70. 95, 1977. santa rosa 77. that is the forecast for the fairgrounds. [ inaudible ] >> -- 82. our average though is 83. mountainview 73, that is be low average. and san jose 77,. [ inaudible ] >> -- coast is cool, inland gets hot, though, 90s to 100s on the desert but 60s to very very low 70s on the coast. they have had a cool july. low clouds will kind of get chewed up after this system goes through. high pressure looks like it wants to build in. today a summer pattern. inland sunny and warm after the fog. the coast is kind of -- [ inaudible ] >> -- not that warm. temperatures 60s or very low 70s. fog, drizzle, then sunny and warm for some but a very foggy morning coast and bay, watch out highway 1 -- [ inaudible ] >> -- around 3 bay, inland then you find 80s mid to a few upper. if you just -- if you just have to get over there to santa cruz and cap atalla 65 to 75, morning fog gives way to sunshine in the afternoon. >> 6:09. up next a somber milestone for three uc berkeley graduates who are detained still in i

. >> arson investigation happening this hour at sfo. fire destroyed 7 cars there overnight. we're out there and have the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: good morning, dave. tow truck crews making quick work of this. they are in the process of towing away the fourth of 7 cars, arson investigators have spent hours out here and have targeted their focus the the damage is significant. we don't know what started it, but we know parking attendant spotted the fire after midnight, called 911, but six cars suffered heavy damage and others suffered minor damage. right now, the airport is trying 20 get ahold of the owners of these cars. they are doing it by getting license plates and running them through the dmv, but clearly these people are on a trip somewhere so it's unclear how difficult it will be to get ahold of them. investigators are going to look at surveillance tapes and want to see if there's suspicious activity in and around this parking lot at the time of these fires or shortly before. the parking attendants didn't see anything suspicious. but we will continue to

police at sfo have no plans to increase security at the airport parking lots. >>> during the past hour, the case against barry bonds continues but no trial date was set. the court is concerning the accusation that he knowingly used enhancement drugs. today's hearing comes one month after prosecutors lost a crucial fight in the case. the judge barred them from using positive blood and urine results. >>> veteran news man daniel shore has died at the age of 93. shore spent the bulk of his career on cbs news and was on president nixon's enemy list in the 1970s. he left cbs to teach at uc berkeley and joined cnn the year before it went on the air. in recent years, he worked on the radio. a spokeswoman said he died at the hospital after a short illness. >>> today, we learned the identities of the six people who were killed in the bus crash in fresno. the authorities are saying that the three women died after the suv flipped. a bus ran into them and the bus ran down an embankment, hitting a tree. the bus driver who had driven for greyhound for 33 years was killed. two ladies from mexico on th

flight arrival delays should be announced any time by sfo because of this cloud deck. usually they announce them in about ten till 6:00. check out flight tracker at www.abc7.com. take a look at temperatures, they are cooler also. fairfield, napa, san rafael, san francisco in the low 50s, we have mid-50s in most other neighborhoods, 60 in mountain view, warm spot and los gatos, 52. temperatures are all over the place, watsonville at 49. to some clouds around monterey and salinas, mid to upper 50s there. clouds moving into gilroy, around 50 right now. warming trend and mainly be confined to our inland neighborhoods, especially the east bay valleys. warmth will spread through the bay tomorrow and into the weekend. starting to jack our temperatures up to normal conditions except for the coast. what we are watching is an area of low pressure, yesterday that moved away and allowed extra sunshine. taking the jetstream and how it's dragging to the north and that is allowing the warmer air from the desert southwest to back it's a way into our neighborhood and that is why it wil

sfo, cried bush, kron 4 news. >> treasure island, there are to be looking at the four legs of the bay bridge suspension to our next week. abhorred you can see that they built a large box, and the eastern open. with traffic flowing through wednesday, thursday, the first peaceful put into place, here. with this new animation, the will to one leg, per week. first-animation. and there are 400 holes, and those holes pecked to the slide down exactly on 400 steel rods of the foundation. at the new bay bridge, mark jones, kron 4 news. >> and as if he did not have enough to worry about, the threat is a natural weather system. and vicki liviakis if this is a new setback? or containing, cleaning up the oil spill. right now, a tropical depression but it is gaining strength and soon to become a tropical storm barney. bp is deciding weather to evacuate dozens of ships. >> as you know, there's a storm brewing. we are working closely with the national hurricane center to see if it is going to build into a store and what path it will take. as we've explained numerous times. if we have a storm that thr

sfo says right now it has no plans to increase security in the long term lot. >> oakland's new police chief is giving updates on what he is doing to keep oakland residents safe in the wake of recent poli layoffs. the update comes hours after the city recorded its 47th homicide of the year. a man was shot to death at harmorn and seminary avenues. teresa gara has the latest from the chief. >> good morning. today the chief wanted to ensure that the communy gets their message, that the police department has heard them. what what he is doing, he has redesigned assigents to do three top assignments, gangs, drugs and guns. and they are did you say cussing the status of safety. number of homici is down bu preventing crime rather than responding the aftermath is harder. with the layoff of 80 officers. days before the layoffs, many office were involved in what the chief is calling a successful operation dealing with crowd control and looting after the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the bart officer shooting case. in order to, the chief says he has to prioritize the work first. >> we're not

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hayward and oakland still patchy conditions but even sunshine at sfo. we're at 75 degrees in antioch. another hot day inland. in san francisco, looking a little brighter, 57 and 64 in redwood city. this morning, low clouds clearing early. it will be a warm day inland and fog and cooler temperatures on tap for tomorrow. here is the picture, you'll notice mount tam clearing out. palo alto and all the east bay except right around the bay. the fog is getting stripped away rather quickly, big dome of high pressure continues to edge up right along the shoreline. still hot in san diego, los angeles while we have the influence of our sea breeze for most of the bay area, but by tomorrow, everyone will enjoy cooler weather, although it hasn't been that warm. breezes will -- look at sacramento, 98. yesterday it was hundred. yosemite 96. tahoe asset record of 90, today, 84. most of the numbers come up a few degrees in the south bay, 87 in campbell. 90 in los gatos. and you'll see low 80s in redwood city and palo alto allowing for the temperatures to respond and eve

a little more sunshine but temperatures cooler than average and delays are still being reported at sfo of nearly an hour. we'll talk about warmer weather in the forecast. >> thanks. and the biggest wedding in the summer. details are leaking out about chelsea clinton's ceremony. >> and a nine-year-old oprah: sarah jessica parker. >> ah! oprah: susan sarandon. >> yes! oprah: meryl streep. brooke sheilds. lisa kudrow. and emmitt smith. >> it was strong. it was a strong feeling. oprarararararararararararararara >>> united airlines is aproposal apologizing after a nine-year-old boy was forgotten at one of the most busiest airports. he finished visiting his father in san francisco where he was going to chicago and then to canada. they left him in o'hare for eight hours. he missed his next flight. he called his mother using a prepaid cell phone. he said he watched the same video all day and given all mcdonald's to eat and he a vegetarian and they yelled at him and other kids. he is back with mom now and united says, they are going to provide a refund for the child care free. >> you of to blan

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. >>> new details in the fire that destroyed several cars at sfo. several of the owners have been contacted about they be damaged vehicles. and officials are calling the fire suspicious and an arson investigation is underway. >> reporter: officials tell kron 4 news their investigation is focused on this car right here. a toyota sienna minivan. it's the first that caught on fire and spread thursday morning. the van has been there since last week on july 13. the owner has been contacted and is in europe. inside he reportedly has said he had no idea why his car would start a fire and has no reason that someone did this on purpose. this video is of some of the other vehicles destroyed. see on this suv, the fire was so hot it melted the windshield. investigators have called the fire suspicious but they have not found any accelerant to start the fire. arson investigators have been called in to begin inspecting the vehicles. dmv plates from the cars have been collected and identified. in total three owners have been alerted about their damaged vehicles. on

you have flight arrival delays at sfo and it' going to slow the warming trend.e're going show you where it hits today. >> plus, park officials say they caught the bear that went on a deadly attack at yellotone. how one survivor says she got the animal to go away. and new feature of the iphone 4 that is catching the atteion of the porn industry. >>> inopt monitor wildlife officialhave captured a female grizy bear at a campground near yellowstone park. they believe it's the same bear that killed a man and injured two people. officials say one bear ran through a campground. a person woke up just before the bear bit her on the arm. she reamed and then her survival instinct kicked in. >> something insidhe said i want to live. i just told me, play dea i went totally limp. as soon as i went limp i could feel his jaws get loose and then he let me go and he went aw. >> a frequen camper says his recove will take time but she doeslan on camping again. >> how many could go limp when a bear has got us? >> that would be difficult. >> run. >> they run faster than yo >> take a

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only sfo was one above. they came in at 72 and average for them is 71. slightly cooler today.re is so much fog in there. oakland 65, way bow lowe average. santa rosa yesterday 64, i went 68 today. phil, one of our loyal viewers up there just asked me when do you think the sun will come up out here? that is a great question. 68, 83 is average, so that is far below average. mountain view 70, seven below average so if you are thinking my goodness this is a cool pattern, well, it is. 50s for everybody, low, mid to upper. just throw a blanket over everybody. speaking of blankets, boy, i tell you, that cal breeze last night, yes, indeed, three dog night, almost. vegas 90 degrees already. again if you travel up towards five or heading up towards tahoe keep an eye on the sky. you can see those thunderstorms popping up. a low there will keep that fog bank churning right along, so low overcast, then sunny but breezy to windy at times. deaf fiblghts below average. 60s along the coast, 70s for some, when concord comes in at 70 and danville 71 that is cool. morgan hills 77, cool up towards

this morning, 50s outside, the main problem, san francisco, is the low clouds, 55 right now, checked sfo airport, some arriving flights being delayed 45 minutes due to low clouds, call ahead expecting folks coming to town at sfo airport. saturday breeze will keep us mild this weekend, mid-80s inland, 60s and 70s most of the bay area including san jose, 77 the high, mid-80s morgan hill, 60s for san francisco and oakland, inland that is where you find some 90s, out by sacramento and chico. there you go the weekend looks pretty mild. i think we will turn a little bit warmer toward the middle part of next week. back to you. >> thanks so much, rob. >>> the time coming up on 6:42, an ipad for kids, not quite. but scott mcgrew shows something pretty close, this week's gadget friday. >>> the social event of the year. we will get the buzz from washington on chelsea clinton's we will get the buzz from washing[ female announcer ]on's jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have

we have delays on arrivals at sfo around 40 minutes because of the fog.ling this morning, call ahead. inland a few areas of low clouds partly cloudy conditions. temperatures ranging from the lower to the mid to the upper 50s. this afternoon, sunny skies yeah, today's highs near 90. mid-70s in our warmest spots around the bay with mostly sunny skies. sunday and low cards around the coastline with temperatures ranging from the low 60s. 64 half moon bay. 60 in pacifica. inland 74 in palo alto, 47 in mountain view 76 in sunnyvale. 77 in santa clara. san jose 78. mid-70s in fremont. upper 70s in milpitas. 65 in berkeley, 69 in oakland. inland temperatures in the 80s. yellow moving to orange. nice contour map showing us the shading depicted by the different temperatures. 80s in dublin, livermore and antioch and brentwood. 70s in napa and sonoma. 57 in petaluma. 74 san rafael. 62 san francisco. other parts of the state. look at that. 58 in eureka, 91 in ukiah. 63 in monterey. 92347 redding, 92 in sacramento. just shy of 100 degrees in fresno. 82 degrees in lake

. >>> a 9-year-old boy on his way from sfo to his mother's house in canada is left stranded for hours in an airport. find out what united airlines is saying about the incident. >>> a warning has been issued to voters leaving the bay to watch out for whales. whale watchers say their numbers are staggering. >>> the death of a well known former member of the oakland raiders, a teammate tonight remembers jack tatum. >>> a lot of fog at the coast, cleared off this afternoon. it's coming back tomorrow. temperatures though will start to increase a bit. i'll have the latest, we'll see you back here in a bit. >>> tonight the pentagon is investigating whether an analysof pages of documents about the war in afghanistan. defense officials say private manny was accused of giving evidence to wikileak. the justice department is joining the pentagon in the investigation. >>> united airlines has apologized to the parents of the boy who was stranded in the airport for eight hours. united employees fail to get the boy on his flight to canada. he was on his way to his mother's hour from his father's home

www.kron.com >> and also, arson detectives are looking at a suspicious fire at sfo. jeff bush, shows us the damage and what investigators are looking for. >> it is going to be a bad home coming for seven cars owners at the long-term parking lot it as f zero. it was reported just after the night when firefighters-s f o. a seventh car was damaged but not destroyed and officials say the first car was locked. it is ben and a lot since july 16th. one of the cars here, you can see the front of the sdp, the windshield melted into the dash and the heat of the flames melted. >> investigators are looking into the fire and they say that the fire is suspicious and it is unlikely that fire was an accident. there are security cameras and unfortunately there are not any over here where the fire burned. by investigators are going to be looking at the video from the front gate to see if there's any suspicious activity caught on tape. >> most of these drivers to not know the fate of their vehicles and they're trying to figure out who these owners are to to get in touch with before the