our fire prevention vehicles, we had some issues that came up in the press regarding our unleaded vehicles prior to 2000. they don't have what's called a vehicle recovery system. 90% of our vehicles in the department are diesel fuel vehicles, but for the unleaded prior to 2000, we've been able to now get rid of most of those. they have heavy mileage, well over 150,000. so, we replaced eight of those vehicles with hybrids, smaller vehicles, i believe they're ford focuses. that's great. and we're going to do some more of that in 13-14. and then we're also going to order i believe 10 engines. we have on order 10 fire engines and then there will be six trucks, aerial trucks coming in 2, 2 and 2. so, it's a good time in terms of replacing some of our fleet and we're very pleased to see that. >> i just want to, of course, stress the importance of a need to, and i know you know this of all people, but the ambulances that we have in the city clearly need to be replaced, probably even more of a rapid pace than they currently are. so, i'm really happy to see we're moving in that direction. thank you

unleaded paints are simply more expensive, and i have to admit that we're having trouble competing wither imported paints. >> reporter: despite the announcement of the ban health experts warn that nationwide action is still urgently needed even though paint may be lead free in the future, playground and furniture still painted with leaded paint still form a risk for these children. >> a volcano has erupted in southern japan covering the nearby city with ash. residents in kagoshima have used umbrellas to protect themselves. the volcano erupt regularly causing a state of alert. >> reporter: gentlemajamaica han warned to get their doping testing in line. drug testing procedures in the county were inadequate. there have been a number of drug scandals involving jamaican athletes in the last few months. 4 x 100 simpson failed the drug test and a month later veronica campbell brown tested positive for a banned diuretic. shthey expect action to be taken quickly. jamaica can be declared non non-compliant with the anti-doping code, and they'll decide on a further course of action. >>> on to footb

unleaded pints are more sensitive.re having trouble competing with imported paints. >> this by the announcement of the ban health experts worn that nationwide action is still needed. even though paints may be lead free furniture still contain risks. >> more tapes have been released from former penalty richard nixon. they were reported by the same hidden tape system that helped force his resignation in the watergate scandal that. here he talks to secretary of state henry kissinger about inviting the chinese premier to the white house when china was still considered an communist power. >> here's what's coming up. ♪ ♪ >> drawn in by the dance how latin america is enticing people from europe, where the economy is looking rather flute--footed. >> former world number unchair perfect have a serves up a shock. we're back in a momentum. this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire

at this station in l.a., where unleaded is going at $4.07 a gallon, it cannot come down fast enough. >> it is a hassle. you plan your week because you cannot drive as much as you want to because you can't spend as much as you want to. >> for now, the trend is good news for mike, who owns a fleet of ice cream trucks in l.a. and has held his wallet ever since california average $4.67 last october. >> businesswise, it is a matter of life or death. as it gets close to five dollars a gallon, i have to think about doing something else with my truck. hurricane season could throw a wrench in things if one should take aim at the gulf coast. the price of gas good job $.20 -- could jump $.20 to $.40. the mean up, your maryland lo [ telephone rings ] good evening, this is flo. [laughs] yes, i'm that flo. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. call 1-800-progressive. >> if you are a bacon lover we hope you made it to nebraska this weekend, where the first was held toest benefit the salvation army. bacony booths had unique treats and a bacon cooking competition. the festivals have be

but it runs on regular unleaded gas, gets up to 35 miles per hour. >> and it's the future mobile. >>gallons per mile? >> yeah, yeah . >> it's a transition. >> yes, it is. it's what's next. and weather-wise, another cloudy morning tomorrow. we'll take a peek over the city. bay bridge there. mostly cloudy skies outside. a cloudy foggy start once again. temperatures below normal once again. livermore, beautiful day. we're wrapping up july today. look at the rainfall totals. it's exactly normal! zero for livermore, san francisco, or san jose. it was a dry july. we will start august off on a dry note. mainly sunny skies by the afternoon. another day below normal but pleasant. 77 will be your high on friday. that'll be the one day you'll notice the difference in temperature. we'll be going from tomorrow to friday. otherwise we're in a holding pattern weather-wise. not much is going to be changing. onshore flow will be with us because of a low pressure system to the north. milder temperatures, more sunshine. but as soon as that moves out over the weekend, a new area of low pressure moves in

the cost for unleaded $3.90. in oakland drivers are paying $3.77. and in san jose drivers are paying an average of $3.76 to fill up. >>> the warriors plans to build a new waterfront arena in san francisco is months behind schedule. new city documents show the team could miss its 2016 target opening day. has gob up by $50 million. they say the arena will be ready for the start of the season. >>> some san francisco 49er fans are getting -- fans got so excited they had to call in extra security in last nights game. >> three rowdy fans tried to run on to the field. that forced to bring in bike cops that were outside the stadium. meantime during the game collin kaepernick -- gave the 49ers a 10-0 lead. he was so excited about the touchdown he busted out the touchdown dance. 49ers would go on to win. oakland raiders are preparing for their preseason finale. it's one last chance for terrell pryor. matt flynn will not play in thursday's game. the two quarterbacks have made tight competition. >>> time is 4:39. coming up late night scare on the peninsula. the

the national average for unleaded is $3.54 down 9 cents from a month ago and 20 cents from a year ago. so what's going on with the consumer. why are they feeling the pinch? > >consumers react to price increases not decreases not what the price itself is. so what we're seeing is a big increase in pessimism related to the previous runup in prices that we saw that happened in late july. people when we surveyed them in early august they still had that in their minds and hopefully with the recent price decreases people will feel better. because when you get into the fall i think all retailers are looking for happy customers and more in the way of sales. > >it's amazing though, you do see so much hinging on gas prices so how do they cut back for instance? > >well i think what they do is, different customers do different things. some may buy gas so frequently--instead they may get $10 of gas a couple times a week---never really filling up. it's not really what i think anybody wants. sometimes they may cut back on trips too where you'll see they combine trips. they may come to ths store and t

triple a reports a gallon of unleaded gasoline tumbled 7 cents during the past week...phil flynn a fox business news contributor and oil trader with price futures group is with us this morning. good morning phil. > >good morning and it's about time. > >it is about time. what's driving down prices? > >a couple of things...you know, all of that refinery maintenance we were talking about all summer about expanding refining capacity, the us has the most refining capacity they probably have had in over 30 years. that means that we're producing gasoline at a record pace and we have a lot of gasoline so that's driving down prices. now i know there are people in some parts of the country that say hey our gas prices aren't coming down because of regional issues. but in the big picture nationwide they are starting to come down and hopefully this is a sign that they're gonna come down for years to come. > >what about crude? crude has been climbing, there's a lot of growth in china apparently that's driving crude higher. what do you think about that? > >i think that at the end of the day that crud

in a check of prices at the gas pump-- the average for a gallon of unleaded it $3.54 down 3 cents from last week. president obama hits the road this week starting in upstate new york. he'll take a bus tour through buffalo, syracuse and binghamton to discuss higher education.after new york, he hits scranton,pennsylvania. on the agenda: the importance of college education, and proposals to reduce the cost.critics say the rallies are making it harder to come to a fiscal deal with congress. the speeches come before an upcoming debate over the federal budget and the debt ceiling. boeing is said to be secretly testing a new way to build jets.the seattle times reports-- next month engineers will test advanced automation in building the soon to be launched 777x.automation could drastically reduce production time. friday-- the wall street journal reported.. boeing traced an electrical wiring problem in 3 dreamliners to a supplier.the issue was noticed during maintenance on 787's owned by japaneser airline ana holdings.a boeing official tells reporters it does not impact the jets performance. re

it runs on unleaded gas and gets 35 miles an hour. >> so if you don't like the traffic on 680, up you go. >> love it. >>> 4:56. trouble in texas. george zimmerman has another run-in with the police. what the man in the middle of the trayvon martin case told a police officer. >> reporter: with days away to a potential bart strike we wanted to know if bart's proposal would be enough for the average employee. we'll show you the numbers we crunch ourselves. tried the online thing... which uh, i dunno. i, i guess i'm just hoping for a caring and nurturing relationship, you know, one th...one that's going somewhere. uh, like i, i take them where they're going and they buy me chevron with techron. i mean, yeah, you know, what can i say, i'm a, i'm a romantic. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. alright, now i just look desperate. >>> made $500 during the strike. >> that's a lot of money. >> bart's chief negotiator on the defense as we move closer to a strike. >> union reps told us still no movement whatsoever on the major issue

u got there because some unleaded grandma who never saw the inside of a college campus put their bodies on the line in alabama and mississippi and sponsored you up here. day we face continuing challenges. what do we want? we want the congress to rewrite a voting rights act and we want to protect our right to vote. they are changing laws all over this country that congress needs to make federal law that will get through this congress and deal with what the supreme court has done. right now in texas and north carolina and other places they're coming with all these voter id. well, we always had id. why do we need new id now? we had id when we voted for johnson. we had id when we voted for nixon. we had id when we voted for those that succeeded him, carter, reag why when we get to obama do we eed some special id? but i'll tell you what we're going to do. when we leave washington, we're going to go to those states. we're on our way to north carolina. we're on our way to texas. we're on our way to florida. and when they ask us for our of r id, take out a photo met gar evers, take out a photo

currently an average gallon of regular unleaded is going for $3.45.edicting a short-term spike of about 10 cents per gallon. >>> friends, family, members and colleagues who considered themselves both said good-bye today to mickey dean, the cameraman shot dead by a sniper a couple weeks ago covering the conflict in egypt. he worked for our sister network, britain sky news. people remembered him as kind, funny, and brave. >> mick died as he lived, doing his level best, doing his best to open the eyes of the world to injustice, doing his best for his mates, doing his best to get that story on-air, whatever the pressures. he was, i think, a true warrior of television news. >> many people here, including our own jonathan hunt, had worked with him, knew him very well. he will be missed. his son echoed the remarks you just heard describing his father as a superhero. of course, jonathan was a former sky news correspondent. that's how they knew each other. he worked closely for dean for several years and considers him one of the greatest men he's ever met. >>>

and it runs on regular unleaded gas. >>> in trenton, tennessee, the speed limit signs read 31 miles per. strange, yes. but it's not a mistake. back in the '60s, city council members couldn't decide whether it should have the speed limit should be 30 or 35 so they made a compromise, 31 miles an hour. people are so intrigued by it the mayor says it's put trenton on the map. >> kind of cool. >>> 5:55. next half hour, coming up a glimpse at life in a cleveland house of horrors. diary entries so how three women were lured into captivity as their kidnapper prepares to tell his side of the story in court. >> reporter: and another bay area bart strike is getting closer and closer. we'll give you a look at bart's current proposal and how it would affect the average employee. ,, ,,,,,, good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look

you got there because some unleaded grandma who never saw the inside of a college campus put their bodiesline in alabama and mississippi and sponsored you up here. [applause] today we face continuing challenges. what do we want? we want the congress to rewrite a voting rights act and we want to protect our right to vote. they are changing laws all over this country that congress needs to make federal law that will get through this congress and deal with what the supreme court has done. right now in texas and north carolina and other places they're coming with all these schemes, voter id. well, we always had id. why do we need new id now? we had id when we voted for johnson. we had id when we voted for nixon. we had id when we voted for those that succeeded him, carter, reagan, bush, clinton, bush again. why when we get to obama do we need some special id? [applause] but i'll tell you what we're going to do. when we leave washington, we're going to go to those states. we're on our way to north carolina. we're on our way to texas. we're on our way to florida. and when they ask us for our vo

where unleaded is going for $4.70 a gallon it's can't come soon enough. >> it's a hassle. you're planning your week because you can't drive as much as you want to because you can't spend as much as you want to. >> but for now the trend lower is good news for mike who owns a fleet of ice cream trucks in l.a. and who has held his wallet since california averaged $4.67 last october. >> this is a matter of life or death. closer to $5 a gallon, have to think about doing something else with with my trucks. >> reporter: here is the big variable. we are in hurricane season right now and if even one storm approaches the gulf coast we could see prices at the pump jump by 10, 20, 40 cents a gallon. however come 2014 they're predicting we could see gas prices hit three year lows. >> that's what we want to hear. >> and coming up re. >> don't you move, he's going to get you, get you, get you. >> the rodeo at the missouri state fair drawing outrage for openly mocking president obama. >> and lea michele's first public appearance since the death of cory monteith. her emotional tribute to h

you got there because some unleaded grandma whoever saw the inside of a college campus put their bodies on the line in alabama and mississippi and sponsored you up here. today we face continuing challenges. what do we want? we want the congress to rewrite a voting rights act, and we want to protect our right to vote. they are changing laws all over this country that congress needs to make federal law that will get through this congress and deal with what the supreme court has done. right now in texas and north carolina and other places they're coming with all these schemes. voter i.d. well, we always had i.d. why do we need new i.d. now? we had i.d. when we voted for johnson. we had i.d. when we voted nixon. we had i.d. when we voted for those that succeeded him, carter, reagan, bush, clinton, bush again. why when we get to obama do we need some special i.d.? but i tell you what we going to do. when we leave washington, we getting ready to march. we're going to go to those states. we're on our way to north carolina. we're on our way to texas. we're on our way to florida. when they ask u

and i was appointed commissioner three years ago, it is an amazing sight to come see the ships unleaded, cargo move, how it gets on the right track. fifth we have in a p.m. terminal . the most modernized terminal in the united states. a lot of those are done by computer. so it is all grains controlled by computers that to this amazing stacking and three stacking. it is an amazing operation. that is a good way to describe it. >> host: sitting in front of the elizabeth river here. give us the lay of the land. but the river behind us. tell us, where are we? >> guest: obviously very centrally located here and the united states and the east coast. from open ocean. that chesapeake bay. a very large -- the largest -- second-largest bay and the united states. and the elizabeth river is where the majority of our profit flows. it is where three of our four -- one is -- well, two of them. richmond is also. >> host: a lot of history with the james chair, elizabeth river in this area. how has it changed over the years? >> guest: well, this used to be an army base. in 1909 this was a federal army bas

aaa reports the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is 3.56.he bay area, san fransisco 3.97. oakland is a dime lower, 3.87. san jose a penny cheaper. >>> we have a happy ending to a story we told you about about a partially paralyzed dog in richmond who had his wheelchair stolen. this is smoocher and on friday someone stole his wheelchair from outside his owners home. yesterday a woman named sandra gordon contacted smoocher's caregiver to say she had a dog wheelchair she wanted to donate. she said she lost her own dog to spinal cord disease this week and after seeing our story about smoocher she knew what she had to do. >> i had an incredibly special dog and he continues to affect people and change people's lives after he's left me. >> gordon says it all seemed meant to be and that the wheelchair did not even need to be adjusted. as for smoocher, his owner says he was especially glad to be back on those two wheels. >> he looks happy. >> happy and smooth. >> taking off in that wheelchair and it may be a good day for smoocher to get outside huh?

the nationwide average for a gallon of regular unleaded at 3.59 a gallon. originally they expected the average at $3.40 right now. 1.3 million americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles this labor day weekend. >>> firefighters are turning to technology to battle a wildfire burning out of control. the rim fire has been raging for nearly two weeks outside yosmite national park. miguel almaguer is in california with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. an entire city of firefighters, some 5,000 men and women arrived here at base camp but today one of the most effective tools in fighting and analyzing this fire actually comes from the air. at dawn, some 300 miles away from the rim fire, a predator drone will be launched by the california air national guard and cal fire. nbc news was given exclusive access as video was beamed directly to firefighters on the ground. they can track flames, hotspots and pinpoint access to attack this blaze. the drone's path is used by the boots on the ground to slow the exploding blaze in the wilderness. the fight for

you got there because some unleaded grandma whoever saw the inside of a college campus put their bodies on the line in alabama and mississippi and sponsored you up here. today we face continuing challenges. what do we want? we want the congress to rewrite a voting rights act, and we want to protect our right to vote. they are changing laws all over this country that congress needs to make federal law that will get through this congress and deal with what the supreme court has done. right now in texas and north carolina and other places they're coming with all these schemes. voter i.d. well, we always had i.d. why do we need new i.d. now? we had i.d. when we voted for johnson. we had i.d. when we voted nixon. we had i.d. when we voted for those that succeeded him, carter, reagan, bush, clinton, bush again. why when we get to obama do we need some special i.d.? but i tell you what we going to do. when we leave washington, we getting ready to march. we're going to go to those states. we're on our way to north carolina. we're on our way to texas. we're on our way to florida. when they ask u

where enou unleaded is going for $4.70 a gallon it's can't come soon enough. >> it's a hassle. you you're planning your week tart plannin because you can't drive as muchr week. as you want to because you can' want to because you can't spend as much as you want spend as much as you want to. t. ♪ >> reporter: for now, the trend lower >> but for now the trend lower is good news for mike who owns owns a fleet of ice cream trucks in l.a. and has held his fleet of ice cream trucks in ever since california l.a. and who has held his wallet since california averaged $4.67 $4.67 last october. >> businesswise, this is definitely a matter of life or death. as it gets closer to last october. $5 a gallon, i have >> business wise, this is thin doing something else with debt -- definitely a matter of trucks. >> reporter: here is the big variable -- life and death. in hurricane season right now. experts say if even one storm as it gets closer to $5 a approaches the gulf coast, gallon, i have to think about doing something else with my pe trucks. pump >> reporter: here is the big variable. we ar