along the coastline nice and cool. ou can make plans to have a beach day i think you'd be in good shape. back to you. >> thank you. the president is meeting with troops in el paso, texas, ahead of a big speech tonight about our role in iraq. his plane took off from andrews air force base less than an hour ago. tracie potts has more on what you can expect to see and hear. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. he's expected to call president bush sometime today, likely we're told while he's aboard air force one on the way to texas to address troops at ft. bliss where 7,000 troops have come back to that military installation in the last six months. his speech there beginning the process today of him declaring the end of combat operations in iraq. now we know over the past seven years, seven and a half years of this war there have been 176,000 u.s. troops there. it's down to just under 50,000 now. they will remain in an advisory role. the president today expected not to say mission accomplished as president bush did back

the nice and european police force which very insert interestingly in its charter has complete immunity for anything all its offices are completely munity for anything that they do or anything that in the course of their duties now even the n.k.v.d. in stalin's terror didn't have that protection against against recourse if they did something wrong technically anyway but this is what we're lining up for ourselves and we are destroying our own legal system at the same time the u.k. in certain courses is accused of fanning the flames of nationalism i'm thinking particularly of your invitation to dutch politician gutfeld it's to come to london which caused quite a lot of trouble in the streets during his visit what do you say today's claims we're nation is that we believe in the nation we believe in the democratic sovereign state is the best way to govern affairs in a country in a country that wants to be a country you know united kingdom is is not three different countries in a northern ireland actually want to be part of a union and while people want it works and other countries have a di

the nice tee shot. he would go on to birdie the hole. move to 2 under. the last two to be at 3 under after three rounds. everyone chasing a new leader. nick watney putting for birdie on 11. he finishes at 13 under, 3-shot lead. tiger is 10 back. >>> the earthquakes hosting kansas city. joe cannon back in net for the first time in six games. 35th minute, we are scoreless. not for long. stevenson, the nice pass. one-times it into the net. san jose wins 1-0. that is a good way for them to wrap up the evening. >>> apparently a golfer in the obama family -- it's not the pierr eccheck thut their reaction as we reported the obamas are vacationing on the florida coast this weekend, trying to help coax tourism back to the gulf states. the celebration during a round of miniature golf. sasha hit a hole in one. the first family took a dip in the gulf to prove the water was safe. the white house released this photo today. this vacation comes a week after the first lady took an expensive vacation to spain and faced criticism for not vacationing along the coast. >>> th

past the coliseum. a nice, easy drive. r accident cleared from the high street off-ramp. southbound side a little moisture in the air. despite this gloomy look, we have the forecast coming up in a second and she says summer is right around the corner. >> and when is a nickname more than a nickname? see how fne guy is going to make sure everybody calls him boomer the dog. . >>> good morning, i'm in for rob mayeda, ria taormina here. we will get to warmer numbers, but not before we go through the drizzle this morning. by the weekend we will finally see 90s where we should, but not right now. 56 in oakland, 58 in san jose. as the day goes on, things will be warming up nicely. the air quality is great if there's any activities or things you want to do outside, get outside and enjoy. mid 50s up to the higher 50s at 8:00, by noon, for lunch time, you could probably go outside and enjoy a nice walk. still clouds out there. by 4:00 there will have been some clearing and things will be getting nicer as the day goes on. looking at th

the nice news is, we haven't had growing pains on the nice things like the jobs. or relocation. i think that has been a tremendous zess. it -- success. i think we threw everything but the kitchen sink at these things in the last years because we didn't want to fail in the most critical elements. now that we have learned lessons, hopefully it will be clearer for us to learn this with more efficiency. we are about to implement a data tracking system. september could probably tell you more about this, but this is going to be critical in terms of following up on this. again, it is just going to continue the interagency council work, particularly around fiscal development. it is a tough time for all of us fiscally. that means if we can help phil ginsburg or rec & parks, we are trying to see how we can use our projects to help more than one goal at a time. the community engagement process around these is never over. it is the beginning of the process. the goal really is to get to a place where these developments never feel like an us and them mentality. that really happens if you move

the nicely done. and i have no idea who won but i would bet his team did. that's the sporting life for right now. pretty cool catch. >> absolutely. >> that was incredible. >> should be a wall jumper. >> spider man, should be so good. >>> coming up on tv 36, a scary scene last night for residents in one east bay apartment complex. two men dressed up as police officers invade a home in pleasant hill. tonight at least one neighborhood says he's moving out because of what happened. we'll have the full report coming up in 30 minutes on tv 36. that is our report for now everyone, i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. for everyone here at ktvu2 news, thank you for joining us. have a good night. >> good night.

the 60s. overall a nice week for the last week of august. back to you guys. >> you should know when they said someone has yard work, she means me. we are neighbors and she sees my house and my my lawn. >> you can lose your children in that lawn. >> that's the plan. >> it is 5:10 now. the hunt for two fugitives is over after more than a month's time. see where police caught up with them. >>> and a train teetering on the edge. find out how it got there coming up. >>> and cops make a big drug bust in the south bay. >>> drug agents say a record bust in the south bay took $100 million worth of drugs out of a bay area pipeline. in a gilroy home they found 40 kilos of cocaine, 300 pounds of crystal meth. ajens had to wear protective suits to handle the hazardous chemicals used to cook the meth. three men were arrested. some of the drugs were ready to be shipped to other places in the bay area. agents say it is the biggest bust in santa clara history. >>> the alameda fire chief's free ride at fire pumps is over. kapler says free gas is part of his e

commute right now coming up over the peninsula. nice drive, 101 and 280 coming up the peninsula from san mateo into the city, easy drive. 280 registering 24. that may be because there's some mist and fog and drizzle through the area. we don't see any incidents reported. i'm still going to tell you it takes you about 20 minutes. speeds in the 50s, 55, not a bad area. we'll follow that over the morning. the b.a.r.t. system not reporting delays in the area it is cooler, if you are heading out to the station, maybe bring a jacket. it's august but really fogust because of the fog out there. >> i like that. >> summer is over bebefore it began. >> it's hard to believe. kids back in school. waiting for summer-like conditions, it's not happening. typically we get warmer in october. we will see if that happens, but it's not happening this entire summer. fog at about 1400 feet deep. 50s to start the morning. a good sea breeze as well. we will continue with that most of this afternoon. the stronger winds, the tri valley into the delta. 10 to 21-mil

the salsa. you want to look for nice red, ripe tomatoes. smell it. smell it for great smell to make sure that the tomatoes are fresh. we add that to the salsa. >> ok. i'll do that. >> good job, tracy. >> thank you. >> next, we have cilantro--nice, vibrant green leaves. want to make sure the stems are cut nice and fresh. feels nice and vibrant. so we throw in a little bit of cilantro. >> little bit or a lot? >> a lot of cilantro. >> oh. it's ok. >> down from south, great eureka lemons. i like to mush the lemon up a little bit, get that juice rolling. cut that in half. i'll squeeze a half a lemon in there. >> ok. [indistinct] >> sweet california red onions. that's the best. to really spice it up, we're going to add some of these really sweet onions. >> little or a lot? >> a little. >> ok. ok. [laughs] >> and lastly, to really make sure that the salsa pops, we've got the jalapeno. nice green stems. make sure there's no bruises on them. >> little? >> lots. >> [laughs] you like it spicy. >> great. >> oh, jeez. >> and then, just to make sure that we have th

on that point, i would like to see as people love wheelchairs' is instead of having all of the nice stuff in the boat house is to do something about the paging on the path because it is difficult for people who have mobility issues. that is all i have to contribute. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i have been listening on both sides today to try to find some understanding for myself. i don't see a distinct or clear vision of the direction of what the department's would like. they are separate things. ortega's is coming in with some money to develop capital and to improve things. i have a question about what really needs to be improved. i did not really see the representation of that. it seems seeing subjective as to what we want. do you want to have it be something that is an enterprise situation versus seven years the people who have been running it? those are very distinct. one of the missing parts of this is the evaluation criteria which involves the length of the leases and what money is coming in. icy capital improvements that i don't see what is coming into the city. tha

watch the speeds, folks. we have a nicesy drive so far, that means focus on the safe tty aspects as well as spe. >> always. >> checking in with kris filling in with rob. we have been talking about that mini heat wave. >> if you like what you had yesterday, you will probably like today. you might start complaining by tomorrow. here is a look at the satellite radar. all the moisture up to our north. we have nothing to worry about there. the reason why is this big "h" bringing in nice, warm conditions and breezy conditions. by 8:00 this morning, as people head out in their boxers, it will only be 56. 56 will be cold. 58 by 8:00. noontime, temperatures around 70. particularly in the east bay. 4:00, nice and warm as you head out for the afternoon activities. pick up the kids from school or play hookie from work for a couple hours in the afternoon. >>> the police report from paris hilton's drug arrest has new details about what happened in las vegas. police say they found cocaine in hilton's purse friday night, now we know when o

and i would like to emphasize the recreation side of the department and say that it was quite a nice event and staff put in a lot of hard work and a lot of good will came from it. so my -- i extend congratulations to all the recreation side of the aisle. i also got a very nice letter from the widow of art hoppy thanking the department and the commission for the nice way that they are maintaining and revitalizing the benches that memorialize people and in particular her husband. so i pass that on. i know commissioner lee spent some time at camp mather so i'll ask him to weigh in on the president's report. commissioner lee: i just returned from camp mather yesterday. it was a great couple of days up there. i just wanted to -- three items on my camp mather report. one is i witnessed a lifeguard up there in action. i was at the pool on sunday, actually, at the lake on sunday, with a -- a slow day. and elderly gentleman was having difficulty swimming in the lake. and i saw one of our lifeguards , young man, 20-year-old, a san francisco resident, named emmitt her shl connor, leap into the w

eric said. >> trouble the v conditions on roadways. niced westbound towards the city, 9 minute trip from the macarthur maze to san francisco. you're right the same detail is a nice, easy one, traffic is moving fine in the commute direction headed westbound towards foster city we do want to tell you about some overnight construction in affect at least a 92 between industrial and his friends, to lanes closed until six this morning and traffic is moving fine record is 13 minutes for men still end. you're right from the golden gate is this coming easy foggy out there but traffic is moving just fine deadly at the limit. your trip from novato into san francisco is a 21 minute ride will wrapped up with a shot of the south bay, here is one no one in san jose you can see traffic is slightly thicker. a littlewk more compay headed northbound butwív still s 12 minutes. >> here is another traffic related story this is the first morning the commuters will be using the 19th avenue sell aboutww. here's a look at an off ramp, it highlighted their in yellow

no drums of the golden gate, nice, easy ride. ums between marin and san francisco your ride from the rotor and the city limits clocking in the 22 minutes i 37 to 580 shirts read a minute trip. ride on the westbound highway for a little bit of yellow. but they just aren't speeds are not terrible. the slowest what is about 45 mi.. darya. >> thank you, new details in the killing of fairfield, but garcia. yesterday's a judge sentenced one of the men with a convicted of killing garcia to 50 years to life in prison. defendants hundred todd williams you see here were convicted of the 2008 fatal shooting of garcia. williams was sentenced to the other defendants said they will be postponed as of september 27th. >> a ruptured pipe leaked 40,000 gal. of redwood. nearly 10 times the amount estimated the revised sow was accompanied by test results from the lagoon water which shows the highest levels of chordophone including e. coli. or warning to residents still posted to avoid all forms of contact with the water. including swimming, boating,

congratulations to the nice couple. let's talk and show you what's happening out there around the country, because we are finally seeing the warm-up we've been so anticipating in the pacific northwest. our little storm system is going to kick out here, high pressure is going to build in, and finally, we're going to get winds that aren't off the water, and that's going to warm things up in a hurry. still low pressure sitting in northern utah, southern idaho, a little shower activity associated with that, but overall, the warm air is building in. it's also warm in the desert areas, as you would suspect. unfortunately, the position of this high pressure is not going to end the onshore flow down here in southern california, at least not yet. i think we have to wait for this weekend for you to get the warm-up. so, temperatures with the clear skies are on the cool side. phoenix is 93 and vegas is in the 80s, but everyone else for the most part is in the 50s or the 60s. so it's a cool start to your morning, but this afternoon l

we have a camera at the carquinez bridge. newscast a nice flow of traffic across the span. ve -- you can see a nice flow of traffic across the span. about 18 minutes down the eastshore freeway to the macarthur maze. if you are using the nimitz freeway we have another camera positioned right there by the coliseum. looks good to go all the way up towards downtown. taillights, that's the commute direction, northbound traffic. you can see about 53 miles per hour as you get closer to those downtown exits and mass transit is on time. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. definitely was a windshield wiper morning. misty. i ran to my car. didn't want that whole reversion thing going on this early. low clouds and fog with drizzle around the bay and also for the coastline. this afternoon, sunshine and a little warmer. temperatures ranging from the mid-70s to near 90 degrees. mostly sunny around the bay with temperatures up to the mid- 70s and a mix of sun and clouds around the

, which was written by malvina reynolds about protesting. ♪ it isn't nice to block the doorwaye to go to jail. ♪ ♪ there are nicer ways to do it. ♪ this was a gray-haired 62-year-old woman who wrote this song-- malvina reynolds. ♪ but the nice ways always fail. ♪ so we had, sometimes, songs that had a passionate stance. but quite often, there were songs which had a spiritual stance. and of course, the whole movement to voter registration among the african-american community i was quite involved with. and i went to mississippi in 1964. and one of my most extraordinary memories is singing we shall overcome with fannie lou hamer in the-- in the voter registration times. and of course that was a time of severe threat to many people in the communities in the south, because it could be dangerous for them to go out and vote. did--did you ever feel any danger? oh, yes. it was a-- yes, i--i have. i think--i think life-- life is-- often say, you know, it's-- it's not for the-- the--the amateurs. i think we all experience fears at times, and i think when we take actions in our lives that

he got the nice play there. lopez grounding into the double play.good news. 2-1/2 months ago he makes the national stage with the perfect game. today, not bad. really good. a complete game win, 5-1 okayland. 7 wins and 8 losses. today in alabama, inside the courtroom, a fellow said, i am the guy who gave jamarcus russell the codeine. he said he used the codeine along with -- used it alone and that jamarcus had nothing to do with the drink. he was taken into custody. no word on whether this will be enough to exonerate russell. he got a $30 million parting gift from al davis. 49ers opened their season sunday. al davis is breaking about jason campbell, compares him to jim plunkett. the quote, i like this team a great deal, compare this to jim plunkett, should be pointed out the 1980 team won the super bowl. i like to hear somebody brag about me after 8 games, not during the practice session. round one of the pga. jim gray with tiger woods involved, everything is about tiger. this reporter ran a quote that cory paven said gray misquoted him after hearin

rest of the week -- pretty nice as well. east bay location, you think we are crazy always talking about how mild it is we are typically freezing when you guys are in the 80s. today will continue to be mild and you will be in the 80s. 80s warmest spots inland lower 70s around the bay mix of sun and low clouds around the coast temperatures mid-60s. inland tonight, you know the drill more clouds moving in. patchy fog for the bay and drizzle possible for the coastline. our visibility satellite does a good job showing us who is clear and who is not. santa rosa, still got clouds we are expecting those to retreat back to the coastline. plenty of sunshine for the entire bay area. highs today, 75 santa clara, 74 sunnyvale, los altos, pacifica, half moon bay. east bay mid-80s. antioch and brent wood, 81 danville, san ramon. dublin, oakland 78, 65 berkeley and 65 richmond. napa, sonoma, kentville. 63 sausalito, 72 mill valley and 65 today in san francisco. today we are still cool to mild. what do you mean tracy? cool along the coast but

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in the east bay sprawly the nice weather this summer the 52 discrete degrees.pping back down to the low '70's bay o'clock this evening. watching the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. forecast temperatures run the bay limited sunshine. we're going to see the cool weather continues fought near the coast for the next seven days. also watching wall street and employ readings coming up with a month of july the unemployment rate is to the same at 9.5% the hundred and 31,000 of a loss for the month of july in the united states that and 42 nasdaq at 8000 the 500 down five. stanley roberts takes a look of some of the visible stop signs in this edition of people of behaving badly. >> according to a kron4 viewers the stop sign on the corner of acadian and sarah's san francisco is invisible to a majority of the drivers so i thought i would put the series to the test. let's see a first off this construction vehicle stops the answer is that how this muni bus don't laugh it might stop a committee not about this huge yellow city chefs the truth is, did your peers re

right down the bay 60 staring up, 69 san leandro. niceratures in the inland tummies bay high is coming to the mid-or seven days of the said been nice day as well. we have a warm up coming out by the weekend, we'll check your for gays coming out. update on traffic. >> chocolate is the movie is pretty great speeds you can see all around the toll plaza couple more cars the voice on our last report of pretty grim right is to make your way westbound, those metering lights are offering now city and dirges the minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze into fremont. they look now to read the san mateo conditions are a little bit thicker year but still pretty good ride nonetheless is a major way in the commute direction those bright lights under strain making their way into hayward now just about 13- 14 minutes for men to do and. golden gate, you could see a different story here basically go send out there just a couple cars on the road just 21 minutes and arrive for novato and the city limits. he ride from highway 37 still just a minute trip, w

the other. golden gate, nice easy ride. very few cars on the road with no problems whatsoever under southbound ride this year headed northbound it is also delayed free ride. novato to san francisco 21 minutes. james. >> thank you, a top story the wildfire burning in the east bay kron4 is jonathan bloom has been monitoring the fire and as the latest from walnut creek. >> you can see the smoke billowing up over mt. diablo as firefighters and work through the dark hours to try and contain a well fire that started in the afternoon and as quickly spread. the jury is tough and firefighters initially had churl getting access to the fire because of fallen power lines that they now say may have started the blaze. pga move the power line and were able to send to help. there were able to protect and save one on and say no other homes return to. >> meanwhile this morning the fires have to present contained but it is burned. and 75 a. of spring in a remote section of the files residents of danville, walnut creek are able to see that smok

as we look throughout the day, things warming up nicely. mid 50s by 8:00 in the morning. nch time forecast, you could go out for a walk and enjoy it. things will be nice. 70s in many areas. if not, close to it. the sun will be out. so it will feel warmer than the numbers are. by 4:00, things will warm up to the higher 70s and even 80s in some spots. the sun is going down about 8:00. get outside and enjoy. every day it's a minute or two earlier. i feel like we're almost at the end of summer already and we hardly had it. a look at seven-day forecast, things are warming up day by day. as the weekend approaches, we are in the 90s. as always, the coast a bit cooler but still nice. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. mike inouye is here with a traffic alert. >> we talked about that overturned big rig, bags of dry cement on the back of that rig. a lot of clean-up will be happening. this is airway boulevard, that's where the final report settles, east of portola avenue. you can see the slowing approaching portola avenue overcrossing. two lanes reported blocked. they have a s