as far as the red-flag warning that is in place right now for the northern california mountains from lake county towards mendocino county and toward sierra nevada in place react now into sunday morning with a chance of thunderstorms, and the potential for some dry lightning. coming up, i will let you know if the thunderstorm chances linger into the second half of the weekend and break down the final of our next warming trend. >>> in plumas county this picture from the u.s. forest service shows some of the smoke and flames from the chips fire. it's burning in the flumas national forest near the town of belden in the feather river canyon. officials have lifted mandatory evacuation orders. better news for crews near redding. significant progress has been made against the salt creek fire. it's now about 70% contained. full contreatment is expected containment is expected tomorrow. tomorrow. there is no word yet on when the evacuation will be lifted. dozens of homes up in flames coming up at 10:30, the heart- breaking devastation as several fires and triple-digit heat create a dangerous co

the western regionals. hawaii trailing northern california by three runs and down to the final out after an error by the northernrnia left fielder. two runs score but take another look here. it looks like one of the runners did not touch third base. northern california's manager decides to appeal the call. >> which one? >> the second guy? >> okay. so the first thing you do is step off and you're going to -- when he says play, you're going to step off and throw it to cole nice and easy and say that the second runner missed the bag. >> the pitcher tosses over to third and would you believe it, it works. the runner is called out. northern california wins this thing, 7-5. >>> when we come back, a another look at the top stories. an al gay store latches on to its trainer during a show. l gay its trainer during a show. i gay its trainer during a show. g gayo its trainer during a show. at ga to its trainer during a show. o n to its trainer during a show. r gay store latches ony stoore lat with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. >>> here's a look at the weather. in d.c., mostly sunny skies, 87. mostly sunny in at

the areas under the red flag warning lake county, the northern california mountains, the northern sierra and this includes the lake tahoe area. this is the biggest concern as the monsoon moisture moves in. there is a slight possibility that there could be lightning strikes other than the area around the viewing area. i will be back with a complete look at the forecast in a few minutes. ama sph. >> sandhya, thank you. >>> oakland police are putting out a warning for anyone who does their shopping on craigs list. thomas roman is on hill -- on hillcrest court in berkeley with the latest on the robbery scheme. >> it is near the oakland border and this is where one of the latest craigs list robberies took police. police don't know whether they are working -- whether there is an organized ring working or a few individuals. what they do know is these craigs list robberies have spiked within the last couple weeks. >> give me the money or i kill. >> reporter: this man says he was robbed at gunpoint when he responded to this ad on craigs list. the seller wanted him to come to hillcrest court in th

the areas under the red flag warning lake county, the northern california mountains, the northern sierra and this includes the lake tahoe area. this is the biggest concern as the monsoon moisture moves in. there is a slight possibility that there could be lightning strikes other than the area around the viewing area. i will be back with a complete look at the forecast in a few minutes. ama sph. >> sandhya, thank you. >>> oakland police are putting out a warning for anyone who does their shopping on craigs list. thomas roman is on hill -- on hillcrest court in berkeley with the latest on the robbery scheme. >> it is near the oakland border and this is where one of the latest craigs list robberies took police. police don't know whether they are working -- whether there is an organized ring working or a few individuals. what they do know is these craigs list robberies have spiked within the last couple weeks. >> give me the money or i kill. >> reporter: this man says he was robbed at gunpoint when he responded to this ad on craigs list. the seller wanted him to come to hillcrest court in th

that's larger than the state of vermont. in northern california -- >> flames on the road on either side. i looked up, everything was black. >> reporter: zachary pritchard lost his home. and narrowly escaped a raging inf inferno on his atv. >> it was like i was in a black fog. i drove through it. i couldn't breathe. >> 170 miles north of sacramento, fire is ripping through the forests, threatening 3,000 homes and businesses. the red cross set up an evacuation center in redding. the cause of the fire is being investigated. officials said it started after a series of lightning strikes. >> we're going to be going direct on this fire. using our aircraft, our hand crews, our dozers. everything we can to put out the fire. >> reporter: in idaho, more than 1,000 firefighters are trying to save the scenic town of featherville. after a raging blaze consumed 88,000 acres, forcing hundreds of families to pack up and leave. >> everybody is afraid. our nerves are shot. >> division alpha, this is oh-10. >> are you reading me okay? >> reporter: in neighboring wash

the areas under the red flag warning lake county, the northern california mountains, the northern sierra and this includes the lake tahoe area. this is the biggest concern as the monsoon moisture moves in. there is a slight possibility that there could be lightning strikes other than the area around the viewing area. i will be back with a complete look at the forecast in a few minutes. ama sph. >> sandhya, thank you. >>> oakland police are putting out a warning for anyone who does their shopping on craigs list. thomas roman is on hill -- on hillcrest court in berkeley with the latest on the robbery scheme. >> it is near the oakland border and this is whereof the t robberies took police. police don't know whether they are working -- whether there is an organized ring working or a few individuals. what they do know is these craigs list robberies have spiked within the last couple weeks. >> give me the money or i kill. >> reporter: this man says he was robbed at gunpoint when he responded to this ad on craigs list. the seller wanted him to come to hillcrest court in this quiet section to bu

charged and arrested with stealing more than $60,000 worth of computers and personal items from the northern california homes of the late steve jobs. >> and, finally, imagine this. a connecticut woman recently found out she'd been paying the electricity bill for the street lamp outside of her house for the last 25 years. fort senately the power company paid her back with interest in the amount of $10,500. kind of makes you want to check your bill, though, double it. >>> coming, the reds walk-off, double whammies by 1-0 and the yanks' japanese starter tosses a two hitter, plus the wild thing makes his return to the mound. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and this cold front coming down through the northern plains means business. we're going to have some thunderstorms and a lot cooler air behind it. that's coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today," and in sports a southbound full of bad relations between red sox players and manager bobby valentine has turned ugg eed ug. here's fred roggin with all of your sports

you can see showers and thunderstorms flairing up across the northern california mountains to the east eureka. showers headed out of town. high pressure gradually rebuilding. in a few neighborhoods we'll be back into the upper 80s. but we still have an immediate sea breeze and the breezes are back to the 50s to possibly 70 degrees. a big temperature change later in the week. here's our forecast channel. clearing back to near the shoreline maybe a few left over passes near parts of the coast. temperatures tomorrow inlands, the warmest locations right around 90 degrees. oakland tops out around 72. san jose in the 80s at 84 and sunny vale 84 degrees. san francisco some clouds in the morning becoming partly sunny in the afternoon. a forecast high of 69. your four day forecast, temperatures not changing too much into tuesday but there's that warm up. wednesday, thursday and friday and possibly into next weekend there could be an extended week of high temperatures wednesday. we'll be watch tag -- watching that over the next few days. >>> fremont played host to one of the largest fairs on thi

on the satellite the low pressure over northern california brings cool air so it will cool off the bed. look at the numbers for northern california 94 at sacramento tomorrow in fresno will be 102. the relatively cool air will help firefighters at shasta. for future cast, the low clouds tonight now watch tomorrow morning they pulled back to the peninsula. we get a mostly sunny day. for the most part sunshine but not warm up much. out the door to more morning low clouds at the coast the bay partly sunny inland sunny skies and temperatures by 61 at 830 in the morning sfo monday partly cloudy, new york chicago saree new york and denver thunderstorms. 86 @ los angeles sunshine in the southland. 53 at napa 55 at fairfield. 74 in sunnyvale. 80 at san jose. paper 87 @ walnut creek. 62 at bodega bay. the number stay in '80s for the most part seven is around the bay 60s at the shoreline. on saturday and sunday at the numbers come back up in the 90 degree range and land. and pretty nicely, dennis o'donnell comes to mind >>> when we came home from houston this morning driving to the airport the ra

has been charged with stealing more than $60,000 worth of computers and personal items from the northern california of the late steve jobs. imagine this. a connecticut woman found out she was paying the electricity bill for street lamps outside her house for the past 25 years. unfortunately the power company did pay her back with interest in the amount of $10,500. makes you want to check your bill. coming up, the reds walk off and double whammies and the yanks japanese starter tosses a two-hitter. the wild thing makes his return to the mound. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you are watching first look at msnbc. >> welcome back to first look. a season of band relations between red sox players and bobby valentine turned uglier. here's fred rogge in. >> when it rains, it pours. according to reports, a group of players told ownership they no longer want to play for manager bobby valentine. the games must go on and the sox didn't look like they wanted to play. mark reynolds and a pair of homers capped off a 5 five-run sixth. they won it 7-1. the red sox hate to see this. i had rohiroki had

. >> wildfires out west continue to cause problems and evacuations have been ordered in the northern california community. so far, four homes have been destroyed near red bluff and roughly 3500 homes are threatened. the fires are burning in idaho to might as well as washington state. >> they could do with the sort of water we had today. >> location, location, location. some people found over and eight that -- over an inch of rain. reagan national airport is 8 inches below where it should be. we need a good soaking rain. look outside right now on the beach it would normally be a lot more crowded but clouds and rain kept away today. look for the showers to flare up as we move into the overnight hours and tomorrow morning. 78 degrees was the daytime high today. the average is 86. the record with 96 setback in 2002. two point level on the middle '60s and the wind has picked up out of the north-northwest at 5 miles an hour. lafayette elementary school was the jackpot for rain totals. almost 1.25 inches. 0.6 inches in arlington. temperatures are 60 degrees after a high of 77. temperatures are uniform

it was all about a new roller coaster, the old striker will be the tallest in fast as the northern california. it will open in the spring of 2014. >> are you a fan of roller coasters? >> my parents would take me to the boardwalk, so that was my first experience, and those are great roller coasters. >> this special honor for a facebook user from menlo park, >> and an,,,,,,,, ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surprise millions have chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to find out more, request your free decision guide. call or go online today. after all, when you're going the dis

. >>> continuing coverage now to the northern california wild fire, the popped rosa fire in shasta and tehama counties, the fire has now burned nearly 29,000 acres. it has destroyed 84 homes and other buildings and threatens 900 homes and 10 businesses. firefighters say they have it 57% contained. yesterday, governor brown declared a state of emergency for that area. >>> for many colleges and universities in the bay area, this is the day that students return to campus. new at noon, ktvu's lorraine blanco joins us live from san francisco state to tell us why there is mixed emotions about the future of many state schools. lorraine? >> reporter: today is a happy day for most parents, helping their undergrad move into san francisco state today. can you see a long line of cars behind me with families dragging in those belongings but there is some apprehension today as state budget cuts continue to threaten their future. >> welcome so san francisco state. >> reporter: the freshmen 15 pertained to pieces of luggage, not weight gain. it's move-in day for families. >> i feel kind of anxious, ex

and locally, to connect with professionalism, the northern california chapter. they put together class's brought to the bay area, and they are the most local and specific. you can find networking resources and great stuff through that website. >> there is a whole lot more to talk about, but it is 1:30. thank you for coming, and see you next month. thank you very much.

fire officials pressed for the possibility of lightning sparked an fires across northern california. there on high alert because of the increased fire danger. crews and oklahoma have a wild fire under control it is suspected the work of arsonists the fire near luther oklahoma burned dozens of homes deputies are searching for a driver of a black ford pickup witnesses' reports in the driver tossed let newspapers from the vehicle. bigger and better and ready to explore mars, anticipation builds as curiosity set to land on the red planet. >>> we are flunking the test in protecting our children in california >>> the fight to end sex trafficking in california a former facebook exec helps out >>> shocking whether to talk about and big changes ahead the forecast after a break or two. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a group in california tries to do something the legislature cannot do, that what neighborhoods all over the state better sense for prostitution cbs 5 anne mackovic says they're raising awareness to stop sex trafficking >>> these girls need to be rescued and saved their art they are slaves the n

that's why the red flag warning goes up and runs until 5:00 p.m. on sunday. it is for lake county, northern california mountains, the sierra, northern sierra including lake tahoe. the lightning strikes combining with the fuel. they haven't got a lot of moisture this past winter, so those things combining with the strong out flow winds could really push the fires quickly if they do develop. that's the danger there. here in the bay area we are talking cooler weather. low to mid80s in the warmest inland valleys. 68 oakland, 63 san francisco. san jose 77 degrees, partly cloudy and up in the north bay, mid70s santa rosa, napa. cooler than average this time of year. around the monterey bay, 71 in santa cruz, 82 in morgan hill. so there is a slight possibility we will be watching the moisture possibly moving into the bay area. the higher terrain. be aware of that. right now we are not putting in the thunderstorm possibility, but it could happen. cooler weekend, mid80s to low 60s coast side. temperatures hillary cover, coming -- will recover coming back to normal. and downright hot inland on thursday, friday.

not a big fair danger situation but not the case from the northern california mountains to the centralher south. red flag warning tomorrowesday morning. wednesday morning. we lack at gusty winds and low humidity so critical fire weather conditions for those areas. high for your tuesday in the south bay 77 in milpitas. 79 cupertino. low 80's campbell san jose nasty day on the peninsula. palo alto redwood city mid 70's. coast half moon bay 64 degrees. blue sky in the sun set district. 68 downtown san francisco and up into the north bay we go. 88 degrees day in santa rosa. 85 for novato. 82 degrees in virginia hay oh. head out to the east bay 74 degree ins oakland. pretty much right around where you should be of y inland area 86 concord. danville warm day. livermore 90 degrees for the monterey bay 86 inland in morgan hill. 7 day forecast a little dip in the temperatures on wednesday. rising by on thursday but much cooler weather coming friday saturday only low 80's inland well below normal for this time of year. upper 50's coast side. temperatures unday and monday. mike will be here 4:30

not a big fair danger situation but not the case from the northern california mountains to the central sierra including tahoe and further south. red flag warning tomorrow afternoon through wednesday morning. we lack at gusty winds and low humidity so critical fire weather conditions for those areas. high for your tuesday in the south bay 77 in milpitas. 79 cupertino. low 80's campbell san jose nasty day on the peninsula. palo alto redwood city mid 70's. coast half moon bay 64 degrees. blue sky in the sun set district. 68 downtown san francisco and up into the north bay we go. 88 degrees day in santa rosa. 85 for novato. 82 degrees in virginia hay oh. head out to the east bay 74 degree ins oakland. pretty much right around where you should be this time of year. 75 san leandro. inland area 86 concord. danville warm day. livermore 90 degrees for the monterey bay 86 inland in morgan hill. 7 day forecast a little dip in the temperatures on wednesday. rising by a few on thursday but much cooler weather coming friday saturday only low 80's inland well below normal for this time of year. upper

we bay area developer wants to build the northern california. did waves they look at you and some what is a camel doing wandering around the bay area backyards. >>> the ibm deking can as the night off. it's a chicken sandwich mandibles where it is the best fast food around but for others these days that same sandwich is a pretty bad taste in their mouths and consciousness. you guessed it six fillet csi reporter kid still on my people are camping out at a drive-through near you. >>> one person described as a whole since held a party hands covering a few of the is while living in the plant said they are dancing into the night out here and what each had filet like doorknobs are making a political statement. the inquiries the first six plays at the open tomorrow are questions might of been much different. >>> assemblies leaving chifley and they will do a hitter but you think? >>> that being very i don't think that people should be judging a customer based on what he or sheets. >>> by dusk dozens of people set up camp to be part of the so-called first

not a big fair danger situation but not the case from the northern california mountains to the centralierra including tahoe and further south. red flag warning tomorrow afternoon through wednesday morning. we lack at gusty winds and low humidity so critical fire weather conditions for those areas. high for your tuesday in the south bay 77 in milpitas. 79 cupertino. low 80's campbell san jose nasty day on the peninsula. palo alto redwood city mid 70's. coast half moon bay 64 degrees. blue sky in the sun set district. 68 downtown san francisco and up into the north bay we go. 88 degrees day in santa rosa. 85 for novato. 82 degrees in virginia hay oh. head out to the east bay 74 degree ins oakland. pretty much right around where you should be this time of year. 75 san leandro. inland area 86 concord. danville warm day. livermore 90 degrees for the monterey bay 86 inland in morgan hill. 7 day forecast a little dip in the temperatures on wednesday. rising by a few on thursday but much cooler weather coming friday saturday only low 80's inland well below normal for this time of year. upper 5

>>> three dozen homes in the line of fire and the lightning sparked a fire burning out of control in northern california. >>> getting even juicier new allegations of a cover-up. >>> a look the cover and fog it's dark this morning and drizzle >>> process of reopen a stretch of monterey road in san jose to make it dangerous intersections safer with tito's coming up. >>> good morning. it's monday. >>> it's a very big day for the chevron refinery investigators >>> the head of the agency and the probe into the massive fire is going to the plant today. washington and richmond workers have what worked for the weekend to clean up. >>> another investigation continues and a team of federal investigators has been at the site here for more than a week conducting what this interviews and revealing documents and to say their boss the head of the chemical safety board will be here to tour the area. there were five workers injured with minor injuries and more than a dozen barely escaped with a vapor the half ignited on august 6th. the chairman dr raphael calling the incident one of the most serious refinery incidences'

i cover the northern california region. i usually focus on about $350 -- $350,000 of sbe loans. last year, for 2010, i did 43 loans. so we are lending. i usually focus on six different types of loans. start-ups, business acquisitions, real estate purchases with ti's, working capital, a partner buyouts, business expansion. when i am looking at a potential loan, i use the standard five c's of credit. the first one is character. what we are looking for is a minimum score around 640. we would like to say no recent bankruptcy foreclosures, bankruptcies, tax liens. if we see a loan that has been modified, we would like to see a reason it was modified, what ever reason it may be. it cannot be, i did not want to pay that payment any more. the second c, conditions. basically, how precise will the money be used? we are looking at a business plan. when you look at a business plan, that is just a start up. we are looking to see where there will be the need for lending. if you are an existing business, we want to see the money that we give you goes to the growth of your business. the third c

the devastating wild fires relentlessly pounding many western states and dan springer is in red bluff, california, with the latest. >>> a massive wildfire threatening thousands of homes in northern california. about 2,000 firefighters battling the flames to protect three small towns. the ponderosa fire destroying at least seven homes since breaking out side. this is one of a dozen or so lightning-sparked fires we had this weekend and this is able to quickly grow to over 15,000 acres. >> reporter: reporting shifting winds helped keep them away from homes. >> and doing some defense, engine companies prepping the homes and getting ready for the fire's approach. >> and that fire forcing many to leave their houses. >> overwhelming and that is overwhelming. i pray every night and that is not going to take my home. >> reporter: in idaho, the raging trinity ridge fire is threatening the town of featherville. a mandatory evacuation was issued and some residents are staying put. >> and that fire gets out of control and starts coming down, then we will. >> in central washington, firefighters making progress on a wildfire which scorchd dozens of homes. the fire crews say it's 60% contained.

>>> nature putting on a show along the northern california coastline. turing closer than year's past. offering unbelievable views. joe talked to one man whose job it is to find the whales. right now that job is better than ever. >> reporter: not just any day humans can get up close to the world's largest creatures that is unless you ride along with the captain, joe nasar. >> whale watching the best season i have ever had. >> reporter: his daily whale watching excursions with san francisco whale tours this summer have turned up plenty of the giants. >> we've had a tremendous year with blue whales. and an amazing year with humpbacks. >> normal years, nasar travels 30 miles to the islands to the whales' feeding ground. >> they're going out. in a couple hours they're out among the amazing creatures jumping out of the water, full breaches. >> this year, his trips have been much shorter because the whales have been coming closer to shore. >> weave aven've seen them comir to shore, and coastline. >> biologist steve woods says that may be due to the unique curre

they won the northern california championship. they will face the best 11 and 12-year-old from the west regionals. >>> 5:17 is the time. let's check in with sal. >> right now we are looking pretty good if you are driving around the bay area. i want to check out some of the things we normally see. first of all we will start with highway 4 westbound as you come up to the willow pass grade. no major problems coming over to concord. although it's already getting slow. bay bridge toll plaza westbound is light. no major problems getting across the bridge and into the city. and if you are driving on the peninsula southbound 101 looks good from burlingame all the way to the redwood city. across the bay we are looking good on 580 so far. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. a very good morning. we have a little bit of fog today. it's not making a strong surge inland. it's rather solid on the coast. high pressure is a fine line right there. fine line when it builds back in temperatures warm up. yesterday it was in the 80s toward the north

the fire in northern california is one of dozens raging in the west. hundreds in idaho were forced to grab what they could and leave. a huge wildfire there covers over 130 square miles. near park city, utah crews put out flames that came dangerously close to homes and burned righted next to a major highway. and in washington state, better weather is helping crews get control over a 23,000-acre blaze. evacuated residents are now being allowed back into their homes. >> it is going to be a long time for the neighbors in here that have lost their houses. >>> i hope things get better for them, i really do. but for us, should i keep my umbrella handy? >> you are going to need it today, tomorrow and possibly wednesday. what is happening right now is we have the front off the coast. it is affecting florida, from the carolinas all the way up into the new england states right now, but it is going to continue to slide on south. for us right now, we are doing pretty good. we have you are overcast -- our overcast skies. that is holding down our temperatures at this

the main mechanism for the cool off and helping firefighters out in northern california. that is good news. still hot around the ponderosa fire. temperatures will continue to kind of level off in a mild pattern. microclimates tomorrow, you will see what i am talking about, nothing extreme. 70s, low 80s concord. livermore valley. mid-80s. upper 80s. low 90s. a break from the heat. when i come back we will get more specific, we will look at the bay area weekend, and the five-day forecast, we can give you an idea of what will happen. >> thank you. >>> close call, the heavy piece of equipment that came crashing down and what it hit that trapped passengers inside a bus. >> chicken salad at the white house today, what else was on the menu and the guest who surprised everyone. >> you could watch ktvu channel 2 news wherever you are, download our free ktvu app. once installed watch videos and stories from www.ktvu.com as well as watch any of our ktvu newscasts live. >>> a fallen construction rain knocked down utility poles. the operator was trapped for a while. his injuries are mi

but rain in chicago and partly cloudy skies for denver. 90 degrees inland, look at the numbers from northern california106 in sacramento and 110 in redding. overnight lows in the bay area's will be mostly in the fifties. on the east bay we will exceed 100 in brentwood. in the north bay, mid-80s. as look ahead finally by the time we get to wednesday and thursday, the numbers come down to the low 90s and next weekend, even a little bit cooler. >> 106 in sacramento >> it is just smoking >> it is nice being in the city compared to the weather in sacramento. who is the number one in golf right now? we have the answer. >> whether force many of the players at the pga championship to finish their third round this morning. rory mcelroy came out with a three stroke lead before breakfast. tiger woods saves par on three but finished with an even around and could not find much magic behind that. rory mcelroy saved a critical part online and on to and he comes up short on an approach shot and the shot of the day, watch this, and almost flawlessly executed wedge from the bunker to maintain the lead at 10 under par. a

so that trigger for the winds is just here off to the north and is cranking up the breeze across northern californiae bay area. we're going to see high pressure building closer to northern california. we're going to see temperatures starting to warm up. so we'll see 70s to mid 80s. inland come tomorrow. despite the fact that we'll have lots of low clouds. look at the low clouds all the way into stockton tomorrow morning. temperatures are trending a bit warmer as we head towards the afternoon. but by this time, we'll see more low clouds filling locally inland across the bay. dress is layers tomorrow. you can see by lunchtime, warmer than today's high temperatures. right around 1:00 tomorrow. 'eel see 80s coming back. 80s for the south. you'll see the morning temperatures coming on up for your monday. >> temperatures turning warmer. it looks like wednesday through thursday will be the warmest. we seem to be in a sea breeze pattern here. we're going to have warm temperatures for the middle part of the week. and then cooling off as we look at the low clouds come back. cooling off for the weekend, but ov

the 22 year-old driver was charged with drunk driving and hit and run and fortunately, no one was hurt >> a state of emergency declared in three northern california counties. wild fires have forced evacuations, closed roads and destroyed homes in three counties. the ponderosa fire is one of several burning hundreds of thousands of acres in northern california. most of them are started by lightning. >> we are here in a stretch of forest for the fire has already burned through completely charring the base of the tree trunks. with the ashes now cold, there are still hot spots popping up even with the fire long gone which is only adding to the list of concerns for the 2100 people trying to fight the fire. >> firefighters say they're making progress containing the wild fires in northern california. they're building 30 ft. buffers around 200 homes still threatened schmidt >> air tankers are reinforcing the retardant. crews are removing vegetation from houses >> the ponderosa fire has already burned more than 24,000 a., destroyed 15 structures and forced thousands out of their homes. many evacuees are coming to shelters like this one. don and sandra cha

for tomorrow for southern california and for the southeastern portion of california and northern nevada. concern of flooding with heavy rains. obviously this will be an area of concern as we head into tomorrow afternoon and evening just in case you are traveling. the temperatures tomorrow afternoon, a little bit lower than today. 86 in antioch. down from 91 today. 84 in livermore. you are coming down a couple more degrees. 68 oakland and 60 in half moon bay. san jose 78. a few high clouds at times. 81 in santa rosa. around the monterey bay, 62 in monterey where the fog will be sitting. 84 in morgan hill. here is a look at the forecast for the america's cup world series. racing begins tomorrow. i know they will have practice rounds. mid50s to low 60s. if you are going to the marina green make sure you grab your sweater or jacket. the seven-day forecast, slightly cooler tomorrow and then the numbers come up a few degrees on thursday and

the rate reduction because northern california has seen a decrease in ka tas trophies over two years. this fire destroyed 80 homes but this has declined. that meant the total amount decreased as well. there are rates that must ab proved by the insurance commission. all insurance north of fresno will see an average savings of $100 each. there are new rates going into affect december 1. if you or someone you know complained about a lack of leg room in the back seat of a vehicle this is for you. there are folks at cars.com compiled a list and among vehicles 2014 ford flex, and toyota avalon. others making the list for 2012 volkswagon passat, toyota tundra and chevy equinox. cars.com says that these are the cars to avoid if leg room is for you. and toyota cruiser made the worst leg room list. and when i buy a car, i'm going sit in the front seat. >> forget about other people. >> yes. >> thank you. >> and sandhya patel joins us now with the accu-weather forecast. >> and there is another gorgeous day. >> hurricane isaac just made land fall in southeastern louisiana. there is where you can s

the town of manton, about 40 miles east of redding, california. nbc's miguel almaguer has been on the front lines with the firefighters. >> reporter: on the front lines in northern california, crews beat back flames. a race to protect three towns. >> the threat still does exist for more than 3,000 homes. >> reporter: feeding on dense dry forest land, the ponderosa fire has destroyed 20,000 acres. reaching the flames isn't always easy. with so much of this fire burning in rugged terrain that's inaccessible to ground crews, the air attack here is critical. just below the water drops, a valley of thick smoke has forced 2,000 people to evacuate. but not everyone has left. >> here we go. if he's not going, i'm not going. that's my dad. >> reporter: bill shoemaker and his daughter janet thomas have taken their memories off the walls and packed them in their cars. but the 69-year-old just can't drive away from his dream home. >> something i worked for all my life. >> reporter: the ponderosa fire has claimed seven homes, the latest loss in a fire season that's destroyed nearly 1,800 properties nationwide. tonight 35 fires are sweeping across ten western states, nearly s

cloudy and cool in the morning for much of northern california it is smoking 107 at redding 104 at fresno at monterey. 78 at hayward. 84 at cupertino. in east bay in the mid-90s napa 83 at pleasanton 89. 93 at livermore tomorrow. a little bit warmer if you want cooler weather you must wait until sunday and monday the warmest greetings and then will drop below 90. in the meantime sunshine and low clouds at the coast. >>> the little leaguers from petaluma are red hot at the little league world series to rookies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the 16 best the elite teams in the country at williamsport battling for the title one came grabbing the attention of the bay area the petaluma nationals they faced fairfield conn tied in the third inning did bradley smith get enough? a two run homer. he is 6-3 183 lbs.. austin to ready ads insurance with a base hit to right petaluma wins and play sunday at 11:00 a.m. west coast time. how about the a's rookie pitched six innings scoreless for its first major league victory. the a's offense woke up and time cocoa goes deep. this was ruled a double before figure repl

. >> the little league world series is under way in pennsylvania, and today the team representing northern california rallied from a deficit twice. >> california's top of the order. he lifts this one deep to center field. back goes brown. it's over his head. >> and yet, it wasn't enough to win the game. despite today's loss, the sonoma county all stars still have hopes of clinching the title and thousands of fans here at home are watching the team's journey every step of the way. i'm not sure they have any fingernails left. money francis is live in san francisco with the story. so exciting. >> this team has a lot of support here in the bay area. a lot of people in san francisco were watching the game today. that certainly was the case in the team's hometown of petaluma. hundreds of people packed a peeve theater in petaluma today to watch petaluma national play in a second round game of the little league world series in pennsylvania. the sonoma county all-stars rallied twice during today's game against goodlettsville of tennessee. but in the end, they lost the 9-6. the loss came as a disappointment to

the year. while i am in san francisco, i cover all of northern california. this is really the small business of the year for northern california. every year, we look for great, you need small businesses. all small businesses are unique in their own way. the challenge is to find a business that represents the things small business does for the community in ways everyone talks about the only one small business gets the chance to be recognized and honored this year. if i could get rebecca and john up first, so i can make sure you know who we are recognizing here. for sba, we try to recognize the business that is unique in a couple of ways. we look for a business that is financially successful. at the beginning of the 2000's they were doing $10 million a year. they hope to do $60 million a year this year. around a turn-of-the-century, they had a little over 100 employees. now they have 300 employees. it is now a nationwide coast to coast operation with locations in five places across the country. financially, operations best wide -- operations-wise, and hiring. i

cloudy and cool in the morning for much of northern california it is smoking 107 at redding 104 at fresno at monterey. 78 at hayward. 84 at cupertino. in east bay in the mid-90s napa 83 at pleasanton 89. 93 at livermore tomorrow. a little bit warmer if you want cooler weather you must wait until sunday and monday the warmest greetings and then will drop below 90. in the meantime sunshine and low clouds at the coast. >>> the little leaguers from petaluma are red hot at the little league world series to rookies try to get the a's back ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, big news ! verizon wireless is teaming up with xfinity from comcast. now you get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless plus a great offer. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and you'll get up to a $300 visa prepaid card by mail. verizon wireless and xfinity. it's tv, home phone, internet and wireless. >>> the 16 best the elite teams in the country at williamsport battling for the title one came grabbing the attention of the bay area the petaluma nationals they faced fairfield conn tied in the third inning did bradley smith get enough? a two run