paying special attention to a toyota minivan. that was the first vehicle that caught fire. 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

at this point, investigators are paying special attention to a toyota minivan which was the first vehicle that caught on fire. 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 e

officials believe th fire begin in a toyota minivan that had been parked in lot since july 1. flames spread to half a dozen other cars. surveillance ceras were working but officials say no camera was pointed to the area where the fires burned. >> all the cars that wer affected, but the main car, it looks like the entire interior has been gutted. >> no one was injured. 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 crim

at this point, investigators are paying special attention to a toyota minivan which is the first car to catch fire. >> because it's the car was in a damp area, investigators are coming in. >>> time now 62:45. hours of debate ended last night with the oakland city council deciding against a plan that could have brought $28 million due to medical marijuana tax hike. they opted for a tier plan. 5.2% tax on medical marijuana dispensaries, 8% tax on cultivate tors and up to 10% on the facilities that sell marijuana for recreational use if the voters approve it in november. the council plans to revisit this issue at a special meeting scheduled for monday afternoon >>> the north bay city has a new distinction this morning. sonoma county is now the second gayest metropolitan area in the country. the study looks at census numbers to find the area with the highest percentage of same sex couples. san francisco leads. santa rosa ranks number 2 with 7.6 gay couples per thousand. that's 56% higher want national origin. portland, maine; boston and seattle round out the top 5. >>> charles rangel say

officials believe the fire begin in a toyota minivan that had been parked in lot since july 1.lames spread to half a dozen other cars. surveillance cameras were working but officials say no camera was pointed to the area where the fires burned. >> all the cars that were affected, but the main car, it looks like the entire interior has been gutted. >> no one was injured. 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 police 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 garcia has the latest from the chief. >> good morning. today the chief wanted to ensure that the community gets their message, that the police department has heard them. what what he is doing, he has redesigned assignments to do three top assignments, gangs, drugs and guns. and they are did you say cussing the status of safety. number of homicide is down but pre

officials believe it began in a toyota minivan parked in the lot since july 13th. spreads spread and surveillance cameras were working and officials say no cameras were pointed at the area. >> all cars were damage that had were affect but the main car looks like the interior has been gutted with fire. air bags are deployed. it's just looking like a loss now. >> total loss and mess. the good news, no one was injured. 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

the toyota minivan has been there for a week. they believe the fire started in the van but still don't know how. the damage severely damaged five other cars and melted the front end of a seventh vehicle. >> right now we don't know of anything unusual. we'll review the surveillance tapes. right now, it is a mystery as to what caused this fire. >> reporter: the fire was first spotted just after 12:30 this morning by a shuttle driver at the long-term lot. security was notified and 911 called. firefighters put it out quickly and the arson investigation got underway, as did efforts to reach the owners of these cars through dmv records. the owners are likely on tom kind of trip out of town. >> it's a huge concern. the safety and security of everyone at the airport is our number one priority. for this to happen on our facility is a great disappointment. our number one concern is to find out what happened and make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: it took a few hours to get all of the cars cleared away but this is not over. the

officials believe it started in a toyota minivan. the fire spread to five vehicles. the parking lot is open for use. >> there is. >> we have to challenge a status quo accepts billions of dollars in waste as a cost of doing business. and enables us to leave more under performing programs to survive, year after year because that is the way things have been done. >> this should help prevent taxpayer money from being sent by mistake and should down the on number of checks written for the wrong amount, wrong people and for the wrong reasons. and almost $400 for every man, woman, and child over five. >> there is a major decision from the gulf coast tonight. owe fishes have reopened 26,000 square miles of gulf waters to kmernl fishing. the cap stopping oil from leaking out of the well will stay closed if ships evacuate because of a pending storm. the officials believe this will be safe to leave unmonstered while tropical storm bonnie passes through on saturday. bp stopped work on drilling as a precaution because of the storm. >> governor schwartzeneggar introduced a nominee

the ones behind that worker there which is toyota minivan, you see the air bag deployed.that is where the main fire started. with all the cars parked closely to each other, it's lucky somebody spotted the flames. an airport duty manager says the fire started in one car and spread to half a dozen others burning mostly the engine compartments and front ends of the cars. the car is a total loss and does appear suspicious. they want to review video to see if the cameras saw something unusual. >> unfortunately they are not focused on the entrance and exit lanes but we'll see anything we can look at. >> car in which the fire begin is believed to have been parked here since july 13. they will look at license plates of cars thatered and exited. the cars are being towed away. tows those returning from those travels are not going to be pleased that they have to deal with all this damage, as part of insurance that covers it. >>> thanks a lot. we have developing news in san francisco's marina district where crews are working to reestablish water service for customers. a water departm

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. one person said his was a rental. investigators say they will tow all of the cars to an undisclosed location to begin the forensic examination to try to figure out what happened and whether this was the work of a criminal. kron 4 news. >>> a pretty nice day out there. today the fog peeled back to the coastline even off shore in the north bay. i

i toyota cnn minivan was the first vehicle that caught on fire and spread the six others here sfo longparking 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 orders have alerted about the damaged vehicles one person said his was a rental. investigators say they will toll all the cars to an undisclosed location and to begin their frantic examination to figure out exactly what happens to whether this was the work of a criminal. to reset kron 4 news. a four >> ucsf federal prosecutors say use social security numbers of fellow ple

the toyota sienna minivan it was the first vehicle that caught on fire and spread to six others hereo 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 was a rental. investigators say they will tell all the cars to an undisclosed location to begin the forensic examination to try and figure out exactly what happened and whether this was the work of a criminal. to reset kron 4 news. >> sunny skies through most of the bay area this afternoon. a liv

. >> reporter: the sheriff's investigators are paying special attention to a toyota sienna minivan thatwas the first vehicle on fire. it is leased to a peninsula man. the sources tell us all of the vehicles had been here for at least a few days. the people who park at this long-term lot were surprised when they heard about the fire. >> i probably would not want to park here but we don't really have a choice. >> does not concern me. it was a fluke. probably an individualized case somebody trying to get somebody. >> reporter: the airport officials say they are trying to use dmv records to contact the registered owners of the vehicles but not having luck. investigators say it may take days before they know the cause of the fire. at the san francisco international airport, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> coming up here on bay area news at 7:00. anticipation is building as one of the region's poplar food festivals is set to get under way. what will the weather be like for the garlic festival in we will have the forecast for gillroy and the area where you live. >>> and bay area news at 7:00 is on ai

. >> officials say the third investigation is on this car, a toyota seinna minivan and caught on firet the others on fire. it had been there since july 13th. the owner has been contacted and is in europe and had no idea why his car with start on fire. he has no reason to believe that somebody did this on purpose. and some of the other vehicles were destroyed, this s u v was so hot that it melted the windshield. and investigators are calling this fire suspicious but no accelerant to start the fire and arson investigators are beginning to inspect these vehicles. the dmv and the plates are all identified, collected, and three owners have then notified. one person says that his was the rental car. investigators are going to tell all of these cars to begin forensic examinationsbegino and this was begathe work of a trip criminal. forensics will it take these cars away. >> and with the center of media attention, will have more on the latest the firing of shirley shirad. >> and also, the san mateo bridge, and with your lights on! it is socked in with fog. 7:43. we will be right back. >> we ar

a toyota cnn minivan it was the first vehicle that caught on fire and spread to six others cheered ass long-term parking lot thursday morning. the ban is 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 that someone did this on purpose. this video is of some of the other vehicles destroyed. he see this as uv has said the fire is so hot it 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 the plates off from all the cars have been collected and identified. in total three owners have alerted about the damage to vehicles one person said his was a rental. investigators say they will tell all the cars to an undisclosed location to begin the forensic examination to try and figure to exactly what happened and whether this was the work of a criminal. to reset kron 4 news. >> developing story were follow

a toyota siena minivan is the focus of this investigation. still trying to track down more details about that. now, police are investigating. we're told they are looking at surveillance tape. nothing that focuses specifically on this one spot in the long-term parking lot. but certainly they will look at that tape and see if it shows any kind of suspicious activity in and around the fire. if you are headed to sfo and wondering whether the long-term parking loot is a place to -- is a safe place to park your car, the parking lot is fenced. it has the attendant but obviously we expect there will be meetings. they say if that changes, they will let us know. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> well, hayward police are telling ktvu they are heading now to oakland. that's where a missing 14-year- old autistic boy was found safe just a short time ago. there were concerns about this young man, matthew bonds and his safety after he vanished yesterday. but this morning, a station agent at the 12th street b.a.r.t. station recog