the petaluma nationals, the all-star team that went to the world series, is here at the oakland coliseum tonight to meet the real players, to meet the oakland a's and sit in a luxury box and really get a feel for what it is like to be on a big league field. this team made national headlines and really did well in the little league world series by coming in third place and the kid who pitched in that amazing game where they came back and almost won, he told me being here is a dream fulfilled. >> we are here, not a lot of kids from petaluma get to go out into the oakland coliseum and, you know, stretch with the oakland a's and get their autographs and stuff. i love that so much. >> i think that is part of your job title, to give back to the organization your with. also give back your home town. i'm a little bit more by as for my home town is smaller than others and you stick your roots up there >> that was the a's outfielder johnny gomez. he helped with the cost for parents to travel, for their hotel bills and airline tickets and he really pitched in where a lot of major leaguers may be ha

lillian kim is live in the oakland hills with a look at the damage. reporter: this is the sculpture vandalized sometime between last night and this morning. someone cut off five of the sculpture's metal bars. it's unclear the motive but it's likely they were taken with the intent to sell. this memorial is officially called the oakland fire storm memorial garden, and it is wired for security. there's lighting, a siren, and a video monitoring system. the community that maintains the memorial is hoping surveillance video will help them identify the person or people responsible. they're waiting for a call back from the security company that operates the camera. this isn't the first time this happened. the sculpture has been vandalized twice before. it's designed -- it's prominent part of the memorial garden and represents the regrowing of trees in the area after the fire storm of 1991. that's when fire destroyed 3,000 homes and killed 25 people here in the oakland hills. >> a bit angry. this is like kind of dancing on the grave of those that died. and an

the oakland a's are going up against the baltimore orioles. not only that, the fans are excited because it is star wars night at the ballpark. j.r stone is doing is live outside the stadium. what are they giving people? >>catherine: we will have to come back to him. if looking at the golden gate bridge on this lovely sunny afternoon, traffic is moving just fine in both directions. the bay bridge toll plaza, the same story, traffic is flowing well and once again, we will give you the best seat anywhere to watch one of the most exciting events of the year, the kron4 blue angels live. this is all a part of fleetweek. we will bring you all the sights and sounds hosted by mark it is happening saturday october 6th at 3:00 p.m.. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad w

so i am not really sure if they have already got plans in the works but i hope that the oakland a's, most importantly, stay here. >> other cities may be able to offer new stadiums the money cannot buy you love. we are expecting the mayor to show up any moment, we're at her first stop where she is gone to visit six businesses in this neighborhood, we know this whole week we'll wrap up when the a's host the orioles this friday. >> thank you very much. >> i plan to turn an abandoned building into a work of art >> stocks moving higher today, right now the dow up 69 points, that is good news, many investors spenexpect the federal reserve to revive the sluggish economy. good day on the dow. >> good day outside. >> i took a walk and it is gorgeous out there. >> was it breezy? >> not on battery st., maybe on the bay. >> there's some fluctuation out of the west and southwest, because of the southwestern and it will keep the temperature along the coast and the bay down the right there, outside, looking out from dublin off of inspiration drive toward mt. diablo, nothing but seamless sunshine. a

burning on norfolk road in the oakland hills. we have news chopper 2 on the way. >>> governor jerry brown presented california's highest public safety award to a california firefighter. states attorney general kamala harris was also on hand as he received the award for rescuing two elderly people from a fire in 2011. he praised him for rescuing that couple. it started in san francisco's china town. he crawled across a ladder to break the couple to safety. >>> there is word tonight of salmonella found in cantaloupe. ktvu's cara liu is live with how investigators found the contamination. >> reporter: right now officials are trying to put together a list of all the retailers that sold the cantaloupe. if you have one at home, check the sticker and see if it was part of the recall. >> reporter: 28,000 cartons of cantaloupe are being recalled after they found salmonella during testing. they were sold between august 27 and september 10 in california and 20 other states, as well as mexico. the recalled cantaloupe are from central califor

the oakland hills. it is a single home fire. what we know is it's burning on norfolk road. that's near marlboro terrace. it's near the top of the hill near grizzly peek. we have one single family home burning in the oakland hills. obviously weather is a concern. we did see some of that fog rolling in that jeff showed us in san francisco. that could help as well. single family home burning in the oakland hills near grizzly peak. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> still to come, getting around the bay a whole different way. the taxi service that will give passengers a new perspective. >>> plus, more than just a smart phone. apple's new phone isn't even out yet but is powering other tech companies, we'll show you. >>> tsz a case police in elk grove say they've never seen before, an 11-year-old put in charge of his disabled mother and now charged with criminal assault. our sister station in sacramento has more tonight. >> inside this courtroom a tiny 11-year-old boy appeared today to

oakland coliseum and stretch with the oakland a's and get their autographs. that is so cool. >>> petaluma his team finished 5-to an end ceres + the heart record to 10 the sea after coming back from a 10-5 deficit a parade honoring the team this sunday. this weekend marks the beginning of football season for many high schools and colleges in san jose was more than the first kickoff reporter mark sayre says at trivia into a war hero. >>> the castro valley trojans kicked off the game and celebration of the light that and legacy the scam honors the man who could be the most well- known of all servicemen killed in afghanistan at tillman he played for leland and this is the first annual at tillman legacy klass said that small meri said the support from the school means a lot to the family. >>> the sadness and negativity this is a positive thing >>> tillman turn down a $3 million contract from arizona cardinals and join the army rangers in aftermath of 911 attacks he was killed in action in 2004 and was a case of friendly fire. rudy perez said teammate >>> the man o

the angels won 7-1. the oakland a's were swept three straight. thank they're still one game up in the second wild-card spot valentine may be in his last month but he is not going down quietly. >> you do get the impression that maybe you have checked out >> what an embarrassing thing to say. if i was there, i would punchy in the south. how does that sound? does that sound like i have checked out? >>gary: in the erotic, his final match of his career against one martine. he won the first set but he ran out of gas. he is retiring because he said i have done all i can. the last anyone the open was in 2003. he made four other grand slam finals but never one another. at 30 years old he will retire to stay home with his wife. >> a lot of ups and downs and great moments. >> i appreciate your support along the way. >>gary: good luck to him. >>gary: as the reno williams is on to the semifinals in the united states open. >>pam: have a good evening. we're back at 11:00 p.m.. i'm done! "are you a cool mom?" i'm gonna find out. [ female announcer ] swiffer wetj

the oakland a's against the mariners at the oakland coliseum last night. >>robin: we have some really nice weather on tap for the weekend. it is going to get hot. dealing with the heavy fog it is dense and extensive and affecting visibility in some places like the north bay and along the coast. >> if you have a chance for the evening, clear with mild temperatures. >> possibly some records said over the next couple of days each. and we have '90s and places like fairfield. san francisco in the '60s. perfect baseball weather for tonight. here is a look at your extended forecast. it is going to get hot. do not linger in the sun for too long over the next couple of days. things will start to cool down by wednesday of next week. >> authorities across europe are bracing for more protests over government spending cuts and tax hikes. in athens, greece, a huge crowd protested against budget cuts aimed at satisfying international creditors. scattered violence on wednesday with police firing tear gas at demonstrators. and portugal you into called people out to demonst

if 14 in the thriller against the yankees. the oakland a's to a 9-5 lead. the game ended and heartache for oakland a's fans. the yankees won 10-9 in a 5 hour 43 minute marathon. >> the oakland a's are looking good. >> the weather is looking good for tonight. here is a live the view from mt. tam. nice, clear skies. the fog is out there but it is all at the coast. 70's at walnut creek. milpitas, 70, cupertino mid-60s. daly city is cool at the coast. for tonight, clear skies and fog at the coast. the >> san francisco will be close to 70, 76 insanitary, upper 70's and low 80's in the north bay valleys. looking ahead at the 7 day around the bay, temperatures are coming down a little bit theory ifs >> we will see more fog on a wednesday. after wednesday we will see some offshore winds that will clear with a fogged bringing in sunshine in to tom rogers will warm bath in cds by the day fee, '90s inland. face >>vicki: a drama starring clint eastwood, here's a preview of not showing. >> it also stars just instantly. >> and jacob dylan hall plays a young helicopt and

one of the oakland a's, this is tough to watch, one of the oakland a's is in the hospital this morning after he was hit right in the head by a line drive. mccarthy was on the mound. my gosh. unbelievable. that was in the fourth inning yesterday when he was drilled. macarthury did not lose consciousness but remains in the hospital. it looked like it caught him on the back of the head. he was able to walk off on his own power so, so far it looks good but for safety reasons. man, a big tough skull. >> the way those balls are hit. let's check the morning commute. how are we looking? >> a lot happening though it's very early. light volume overall. pretty standard flow but we had an earlier incident that has cleared. here this has not reopened. closed at bear creek road. still working on the cleanup, southbound lanes are not opened. damian trujillo will continue to give us updates. may be a while so. if you're not familiar with bear creek and summit road stay away from the area. this is not completely clear but moving, west 580 out of the altamont pass. a live look shows you things on the ea

their 20s-40's >>> the now petaluma national team honored today by the oakland a's at the coliseum a chance of a lifetime, the team when on the field today to stretch with the pros and play some catch and get autographs. this happen before they a's red sox game this evening for the little leaguers it was something they will never forget. >>> not a lot kids from petaluma get to go out to the oakland coliseum and stretch with the oakland a's and get their autographs that is so cool i love that. >>> petaluma is little league team finished 5-2 in the world series that lost a heartbreaker to tennessee after making an amazing comeback 15-5 deficit this scored 10 runs in the sixth inning a parade honors the team set for sunday. this week in means the start of football season for colleges and high schools in san jose it the celebration was about more than tonight's first kickoff mark sayre says it was also a tribute to a war hero. >>> the leland high school tigers and castro valley trojans kicked off the game but a celebration of a life and legacy this game honors amanda could be the most we

the oakland a's keep half gave read in the wild-card race. >> one oakland native has defended his use super middleweight belt against chad dawson hot area he remains undefeated at 26-10. as da lin tells us the win is just as important for oakland as it is for the rising star screen >>da: he was fighting of the oracle arenas, even mayor jean quan was in attendance. >> on 3 award was fighting for more than its share in ship, he was fighting for his hometown of oakland. >> this is going to the oakland on the map. >> the 2004 gold medalists have plenty of supporters. >> he could have taken his title around the world but he kept it here at home. we're going to show them love tonight. >>da: even the raider nation took the black hole into the region. they know the impact of this side extends well beyond the sports world agreed qr >> this kind of fight only half as unlikely is. i a.m have the freedom of people to think of oakland as a source friendly town. >> the mayor says the support from the reward will show the nation that oakland loves its athletes in sports teams. she wants to show the

what you're going to see is the fire at the oakland west station. at about the time the fire occurred they all rushed to the front of the six car train. ambulances were called to the oakland west station. an emergency rescue train was immediately dispatched from the center tube. the passengers then had to sit on the train for 45 minutes while they waited for help. they were brought out of a passage way and there they were put on to another train that had been sent to pick them up and taken to the westward station. >> did it appear people were going to panic. >> people were a bit concerned about panicking, yes. >> you panicked? >> i was in the back car when it exploded. the first thing i saw was an explosion. the second was an explosion and fire. wow i can't describe it. >> which car were you on? >> the very last car. >> reporter: you're seeing now some of the oakland firefighters who were brought out. they came out on the san francisco side. they had to go all the way through the tube. they were having problems finding the blaze because by the time

the oakland a's are trailing detroit. >> the oakland a's win of the then-4. make that 12-4 for this final. they're now tied with the orioles for the playoffs. >>gary: dave danceable be moving on to his 11th market in 13 years are casting the minnesota tumbrels nba games. back to more alex smith. the story around these pots, a cheap shot, it looks like it. all the ended up with was a laceration on his nose. there was no fan of the call. " horse >>gary: their raiders and the steelers. several local television, the raiders are off to such a bad start. it will be locally televised. their raiders are going to be four point underdogs. the last time they met, roethlisberger was fined $25,000. >> we have to be able to come out and play with energy, play with passion. there obviously a well coached team. >> it seems like every year or every couple of years, you know it is one to the fist fight all four quarters. >>gary: camden, just walking in a room and putting on a uniform, no one looks better than him for the new era giants as a team took apart carolina. when we co

against a depleted secondary of the oakland raiders. a lot of injuries to the corners, have been forced to play on the corner position but there have been no pass rush to help you'd that secondary for the raiders. >> ian: here is the pass distribution for pittsburgh. wallace the leading receiver with four catches for 57. miller the two touchdowns. but basically everybody available to roethlisberger he has gotten involved. maybe leonard pope will pop that receiver mark. a flag -- >> dan: false start against the steelers. bad way to start the second half. >> referee: offense, false start, 68. >> ian: that's penalty number seven against steelers costing them 45 yards. oakland does not have a penalty called against them. >> dan: what? you got to be kidding me. the raiders? no penalties playing steelers? >> ian: that's real. that's fact right now. >> dan: that's amazing. >> ian: you mentioned marcus gilbert he looked banged up. dell vin becharm is in at right -- kelvin beecham is in. he played left tackle, he was called on the penalty. roeth

close to the area where the oakland hills fire began just so devastating for this area. >> if you're familiar it's near strajmore drive. and confined to one home at this point. >> there is some amazing video >>> new video, more than 33,000 people in 17 villages being evacuated after a volcano erupted this afternoon. the fuego volcano is located just 10 miles from the city. and that is just 25 miles southwest of guatemala city. interest there is a cloud of ash a half mile into the air and there is' series of explosions coming from this volcano as well. >> police in kentucky are remembering micky hart. he's wanted for an assault allegedly occurring on saturday after a performance in harrisburg, kentucky. police would not provide further details but he told abc 7 news i'm baffled by this claim of assault and any accusation or claim against me is false. and without any basis whatsoever. >> and the guitarist carlos santana is ready to tell the story of his life and career. and this book is due out in 2014. and will be published by the company putting out a memoir by keith richards two yea

today we're talking about the oakland a's. they're hoping to get on your radar by selling tickets to the playoffs even though they're not guaranteed a spot in the postseason. >> that's a way to put the good vibrations out in the world. marla tellez is going to explain everything. from the sound of things, tickets right now priced very fan friendly, i guess, assuming they make it in, right? >> reporter: that's right, jon. good morning to both of you. welcome back, laura. let's just say it will potentially cost you more to go to the movies and buy a bucket of popcorn than it will to see the green and gold play in the playoffs, according to the oakland a's website. tickets starting as low as just $15. yes, $15. it's been a long time since the oakland a's have been in this playoff position. right now they're on top of the wild card standings with a two-game lead on baltimore for the top american league wild card spot. that's despite losing to the orioles last night 9-5. their series started friday night right here at the coliseum

interference to the system. >> the oakland point man on the radio system says the interference is coming from at&t cellphone towers. >> when the officers get within a half a mile of a cellphone cites the experience problems. >> he says that after at&t shutdown service at the cellphone towers and for bell, and 15 other at&t sites, things got much better. >> we are inside of a building in oakland, downtown oakland, and it works fine. >> at&t turn down the request for an interview but a spokesperson told us that these statements are inaccurate, and according to oak hill police officers association president, >> after we were told that this at&t problem had been rectified, officers in the field, serving the citizens, were again reporting radio outages. >> so what is going on? >> it is easy to blame someone else. >> this engineering consultant says that claiming at&t may be a way to distract attention from other issues. >> clearly the problem has multiple dimensions, a little bit of too much old stuff and not well thought out new stuff, and poor training. >> some answers may be in a consultan

and just ahead, the red hot oakland a's are hot pink. we'll show you thou oakland a's have become heavy hitters in the fight against cancer. >> the red hot oakland a's stepped up to the plate to help strike out breast cancer. the team raised more than $53,000 as part of their annual breast cancer awareness day. the money was raised through ticket sales and memorabilia and donated to three cancer organizations in the bay area. more than 500 survivors joined the teams before the game for a special ceremony. among them nbc bay area's charl hurd on the field as the a's donated $5,000 to the friends ever faith organization honoring the late ktv channel 2 reporter faith fancher. over 14 years the event raised more than $1 million for breast cancer education and research as well. now speaking of the a's, let's bring in henry for a look at that. hi there, henry. >> hello, kris. that was a great moment out there, by the waxt get this who is the hottest team in baseball? your oakland a's are smoking hot. looking for their 9th straight win this aft

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the oakland a's,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> were tied! unbelievable >>> again these little leaguers will never forget the team from petaluma made this comeback against tennessee in the world series, even though they tied the petaluma nationals did lose. they came home winners mike sugerman shows us how thousands came not to show their support in petaluma. >>> they are still celebrating over there, it is town pride how often does a team go where this team went. maybe once in a lifetime. this stuff you think about before 9 and off to sleep a parade in your honor and your hometown with everybody cheering you on. this was no dream, the last in a run of unbelievable events of the dream stretch of baseball and civic pride >>> this is amazing and wonderful a lot of people that never heard of petaluma now the whole united states knows where petaluma is >>> petaluma is the eighth capital of the united states can you name the city in tennessee that beat petaluma? probably not but it has put the town and kids on the map. >>> and at this cool the sea

have the giants who will be playing the arizona diamondbackseat and the oakland as taking on the angels at the same time. you could see congestion around the ballpark this afternoon. now take a look outside at 101 through san rafael. turning out to be such a gorgeous day. in one wants to drive. this would be a good day to bike. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. obviously a holiday. would normally be at the height of the backup. but it is perfectly clear into san francisco. no delays on highway 4 through baypoint in the pittsburgh area. westbound traffic, the highlights you see as you drive toward concord. that is looking good. 7:26. check in with rosemary. >> good morning. another beautiful day. today starting out like yesterday. not dealing with patchy fog over the north bay. have it along the coast, and it is dense. giving a live look there at alameda. the on-shore breeze very light, almost nonexistent this morning. a look at temperatures today, upper 40s in the north bay valley, spots, 50s out there and around the bay. looking at noon-time numbers, low to mid-60s at the

. >> vandals damaging the oakland hills fire memorial. somebody cut through the -- cut through and stole five metal bars saturday or early sunday. this is the third time since 2010 the sculpture has been damaged. >> a peace march will start in san jose at 11:00 this morning, it still start at the safeway on white and story roads. it was the scene after deadly stabbing. >> two are dead after a suicide car bomb rammed into a u.s. government vehicle in pakistan. this happened in northwest pakistan 120 miles from the country's capital. two pakistani bystanders were killed in the explosion which happened in just after the u.s. embassy vehicle was leaving the consulate. 19 others were hurt including twoç americans. >> american forces suspending training for new recruits in afghanistan and will now be rescreening all 16,000 members of the force. the change coming after a string of violence by insurgents. 45 nato service members died this year because of insider shootings. that's when insurgents pose as members of the afghan police force and th

the >>> oakland students earning a's in helping the environment. katie marzullo joins us from brook field elementary to explain how. >> reporter: there's plenty of reading, writing and arithmetic taught here. the students are also learning hands-on, how to care for their environment. the school day starts with breakfast in the 4th grade class. it is what happens after breakfast that is special. >> we just put our breakfast in the right bins that shows the pictures. >> reporter: no trash chance they meticulously separate waste in the classroom and in the cafeteria so that nothing goes to waste. >> they understand the environment stays clean and by composting and separating they help the environment. >> reporter: part of green gloves program. nearly half of the schools in the oakland unified district are participating and in doing so the district is diverting more than 41% of solid waste from the landfill. >> we take the scraps and take them to a recycling facility and create compost and return that back to the schools for their gardens. we close the

this is the best season for the oakland a's and a long time, the team has a shot at making the playoffs. as >> this is the most exciting time for oakland a's fans. it is the most exciting team ever. they came out of more where. >> supporters are so optimistic despite a rocky start to their season. >> i a.m a raiders fan to the end. >> people and sentences are watching the diamonds -- the giants david diamondbacks. if >> i'm feeling pretty good. we're going to the world series. >> they will likely win the division. >> would go to the a's games and the giants games. right now we live in one of the best baseball cities in the world. >> some are hoping the book. teams make it all away to the world series. >> i was born and raised here and i remember the world series, the battle of the bay. coffee death >> i a.m ready for a victory. i'm feeling excited and feeling amazing. the bay area is a wonderful place. we are ready for the teamsters win. >>vicki: it did not look to get out there in arizona. the diamondbacks rookie pitcher lasted eight innings and drove in four runs beating the giants 10

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and 3000 homes in the oakland hills were burned two decades ago. this is the third time this culture has been vandalized since to death in 10. >> the san jose sphere >>brian: it will they at the coast today but it was hot inland with temperatures making it into the mid-90s, although it up to 95 95 in fairfield. livermore was 4 degrees shy of 100. eighties in the south bay and north bay. it was much chillier at the close. costs doffs here is a live in view looking out at the dumbarton bridge. we have a clear skies as look to the west although we will begin to see some fog pushing into the bay after midnight tonight. at midnight look for their size and fog hangs out at the coast and then towards san francisco and oakland. it will be gone by 9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m. with the exception of the fog at the beaches. sunny and warm for the afternoon. >>pam: it has been a brutal summer for gasoline prices but those prices could drop this fall. quarks a santa cruz has a no roller-coaster going in at the boardwalk. a look at the special feature that makes it diff

and goal for oakland inside the one. mcfadden had 64 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. came inches away from second touchdown of the day. three tight ends in this formation. second and for oakland. on a give, mcfadden runs in to a brick wall and loss on the play. >> dan: just don't understand that call. you are literally two inches from the goal line, your quarterback is 6'5", 235, good old quarterback sneak here. you take the ball back away from the line of scrimmage, penetration now we've got steeler hurt at the bottom that have pile. i just don't understand that call at all when you're so close to the goal line. >> ian: injury on the play, will allen the veteran safety. annou. it starts with brothers. not the ones who share your dna. the ones you choose. the ones who haven't called you by your real name in years. who know the story behind a broken bone, an ill-advised tattoo or why you have a weakness for women named jennifer. add a round of miller lite, and you've got miller time. because everything's better o

. >> oakland beard jean quan making a push to keep the oakland a's and the raiders in town despite the fact of both teams share one of the oldest stadiums in the lead. >> the population is moving east in oakland is in the heart of that theory >> there's also been talk about their raiders plane at the 49ers future stadium and a joint venture. the mayor said she has been in talks with owner mark davis. >> the raiders want to stay here. mark has made that very clear. we have been talking. >> as for the oakland a's, the owner has been a vocal on his desire to take the team to sao jose. >> the mayor is still very tight-lipped about where the money would actually come from to pay for two new venues. >> leaking of tomorrow morning we will see fog and low clouds. by the lunch hour, a lot of sunshine expected. temperatures will be sitting in the '60s, '70s and '80s. but eat young, mostly 60s indicated by the green on your screen. temperatures tomorrow morning mostly in the '50s and warming pretty quickly. '80s by noon. afternoon highs will be bringing us nineties and the warmer spots indicated

no one was injured. >>> the creators of the oakland fire storm memorial say vandals attacked one of the memorials. memorial officials say it's the third time vandals have defaced a structure that memorize 25 firefighters that died during a fire. >>> officers joined to honor frank ryan. he was battling a blaze at st. patrick's cathedral last thursday when he suffered a heart attack. several of ryan's colleagues are determined to remain at his side. >> first couple of nights they slept on the linolium. we realized they were doing that so we got them cots and pillows and they're going to remain here and they sleep here overnight. >> reporter: ryan is a 15 year veteran of the department who will turn 42 next month. family members say she's showing signs of improvement and are optimistic he will pull through. >>> evacuation orders say they are still in effect for areas around the community of cavello. the lightning sparked fire has now burned more than 64 square miles since it began back in august 18th. it has already destroyed seven homes and tonight it's threatening 21 more. fire officials

it could help the oakland a's to make it into the playoffs. j.r stone spoke with fans about the excitement surrounding the team. >> the team is now in a fight for a playoff spot. when it goes to the percentage of seats sold, the athletics are 21 of out of 30. >> let's put you on one more time. >> it is all in good spirits and good taste. >> if you were not able to make it out to the day's gains, as they flee the orioles on saturday and sunday be fiesta de at the coliseum. >> visibility is still pretty good this hour. the fog will return shortly. details on that in your weekend forecast coming up. >>pam: coming up, presidential candidate mitt romney is sparking controversy with a few comments he made today. >> the department of fish and game are crediting a branded technique of cleaning oiled animals. i will tell you what it is. >>pam: parents and concerned citizens are volunteering time to help a school in menlo park that went up in flames earlier this week. they lost a classroom and office space during an overnight fire. the fire is not consi

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something positive going on in the city. >> reporter: the mayor says it is one more feather in oakland's cap. >> we are one of the most beautiful cities we are the most diverse. we are the third most literal city. we keep making the coolest city in america. >> reporter: the weight-year- old won gold and tomorrow night he is defending his title. hbo agreed to have his fight in oakland. >> once you get out here, great restaurants, good people, i mean people actually enjoyed themselves who came all of the way from the east coast. >> reporter: outside city hall school kids play dodge ball, the teacher says he appreciates the fight being here. >> it is good for business in oakland and good to know oakland has one of their own fighting. >> reporter: back with the champ and his daughter, he shared his message with the city's young people. >> i believe everybody has something to do. some kind of talent or something they are good at. find out what that talent is and stay focused. >> reporter: ward's fight is tomorrow night. we are live, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, union workers are st

players were honored by the oakland a's at the coliseum. the kids stood on the field alongside their major league heroes for the national anthem and they had a rare opportunity to shag fly balls in the outfield. >> definitely one of the best days of my life so far. >> and why is that? have you always wanted to do that? >> i've always wanted to be on the field with an mlb team, and it's come true. >> it's amazing to be here. it's my favorite team, and probably a lot of others's, and it's cool to see all the players. >> for a's outfielder and petaluma native jonny gomes also arranged for that luxury box for the boys and their families to catch the game between the a's and red sox. >> the parade starts at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. the route will start at warm-up park, go through town and end back at the park. each player will get to ride in a convertible. the event includes the presentation of a city proclamation and community barbecue. >>> the petaluma little leaguers were treated to a pretty good game in oakland. they cheered as jonny gomes c

out with the oakland a's to. the oakland a's and by the league champions to come out here and warm up before friday night's game. some of the players said they were in on and grateful for this amazing opportunity and the amazing ride the behalf of all this. >> our bid weather story tonight, and extreme temperatures this afternoon in our inland valleys greek temperatures down 20 degrees of for what we saw yesterday in places like concord and livermore. a strong sea breeze when will keep the fog of the forecast into tomorrow morning. 60s for the most part through our east bay stores. cooler along the coastline. qr a look at your extended forecast some attempt to of the cooler side wins out of the north expected to pick up sunday and monday. that will mean less fog and warmer temperatures, especially inland. >> this is the owner of a viking cabinet and in pittsburgh. his scrap wood was found illegally dumped here at of the memorial park in antioch. hong highs cause house shall cough 6 6 he >> a year but commodore st

you can see our temperatures in the 60s, san francisco over to oakland but not much after reach of the ocean air conditioning. we're still well into the 90s around fairfield and livermore, so we've got the onshore winds but nowhere as strong as the last couple of days. the trend will continue tomorrow. we'll see our valleys into the upper 80s and mid 90s, maybe even into tuesday before midweek we'll see inland cooling and not much change on the coast. you can see the low clouds during the day, even down toward santa cruz. but again, a compressed marine layer, and maybe misty skies but inland not much effect of that sea breeze especially the south bay and east bay. satellite view shows you the cirrus free of thunderstorms. we have a few clouds but most of the moisture from what used to be hurricane ileana continues to weaken. moving to the west winds are easterly, keeping most of the moisture away from us as opposed to the westerly winds to the west of california. you can see the low clouds for the morning they will stay on the coast during the day, not much low clouds inland tomorrow m

>>gary: right now the oakland a's are leading the angels 2-0. their raiders will have a new player hiking the ball. he suffered a concussion in monday's loss to san diego. the raiders still think the can come back but just in case they have signed another rookie. carson colmar, no question, the raiders have to play better than they did on monday. the raiders are a 2.5 point favorites. it's >> the guys will be rested and we will be ready to play this game. we are excited to get back on the field. the guys are ready to play after monday night. we are not thinking about eight times and change. >> the 49ers are having rallies in san francisco. the purpose of the rally is to sell team gear. the main thing is to move the merchandise. or robert griffin is the nfl player of the week. it is the first time a rookie quarterback makes his debut in received the honor. it is always an honor when they can put something together in corn. it is an intricate corneille's located just outside of denver. >> and jim calhoun is retiring he is already and and the hall

and from the freeway, you could see the fire was coming pr the oakland berkeley hills, the very same area that has a painful past. >> as we were driving up we saw the helicopters ahead and knew it was more serious than we were hoping for. >>. >> reporter: gary firestone says he got a call from the uc berkeley police saying he had better check on his home. it wassen fire. >> the fireman said that it probably started in a storage area. >> there was enough there to generate a huge response. >> the fire keeps moving. and there's some areas where it can move underneath the floor boards and stuff. i don't know exactly what that's called. they're punching out holes inside the house to chase the fire. >> for some people, the fire took them back 21 years ago when a small grass fire turned into an intern know. the origin of that fire is literal lili five blocks away from this home. almost all of the homes in this area burned to the ground. >> it's unsettling for everyone. just look at the peoplearound the street. it's good they got here in time before it started to jump. >> it puts you on edge

is line in oakland with what this -- live in oakland with what she is doing. >>> the camera looks like this, it was stolen but all the bride wants is this. the disk. the chip that has all her wedding photos on it. >> reporter: she says all she has from her wedding day is memories after the photographer had all his stuff stolen. >> our photographer was on his way to the airport to go to d.c., he stopped in oakland in the evening and when he came back someone picked his lock, popped open the trunk and took his equipment. >> reporter: it happened on september 8. the thief took his suit case, inside the bag, memory cards containing all of the photos, hundreds taken that day. all the bride has is a few snap shots. >> you can barely remember who you talked to so the photos are what is there. we have family, those photos mean something to me. >> reporter: that is why she e- mailed us to help to get the word out. >> we are basically looking on craigslist, anywhere, pawnshops, ebay. >> reporter: he is a list of the stolen equipment. a camera, a macbook computer, gateway computer and a memory ca

funding. >> under the threat of sanctions oakland mayor testified today about the state of the oakland police department >> judgement. >> today was the deadline for the mayor to appear at a federal deposition. a group seeking to have the department put under federal control is under their own october deadline to submit documents. >> certain -- she will [inaudible] answer truthfully and we will take it if there. >> civil rights attorneys say oakland has failed to carry out court ordered reforms, following the corruption. >> today the nfl held up a controversial end to monday night football. it's fueling a larger call for the league to end its labor dispute. we have the latest controversy. >> reporter: many fans and experts seem to think the officials missed two things on this final play of monday night football. first we will try to show you a push in the back on this packers defender and then of course many think the seattle receiver never came down with the ball and fans here said they hope it mean its the in, fl will finally find a way to get the real referees back on the field. >> i

the first of tenet tough games on the road did not go so well for the oakland a's in detroit. a day griffith's 6-0 to start his career. everything going his way until tonight. >>gary: a grand slam. that is home run no. 40. the oakland a's are now one game of on the orioles and a wild card race in currently playing in seattle. again, for the oakland a's, this is a tough one. detroit, then the yankees and texas. >> he was suspended for wearing i'd laugh with a homophobic slur in spanish. the president of nfl films died today at the age of 69 after an 18 month battle with brain cancer. it was his father a disabled with one camera in the early 1960's that persuaded pete roselle to let him run highlights. >> being in an accident and then being able to go out and have fun, doing something i love doing, it was good that i was able to go out there and make plays and get the win. >>gary: remember andre carter? once upon a time he was like alden's met. he is now a free agent and the raiders are going to take a look. he was a no. 1 draft choice and then it bounced around. his season was

at the oakland zoo. voters are being asked to pay more to support the zoo. but if they do not then mike sugerman tells us that animal rights activist who sold his video say that the zoo should reconsider keeping the big cats. >> last week we showed you how the oakland zoo was campaigning to pass tax measure a one. a dollar per month parcel tax for 25 years, to fix up the oakland zoo animal quarters at no one park. which, by the looks of things really need to be fixed up. >> these cats are very dangerous. but chain-link is my friend. >> the conditions are bad, but are they as bad as shown here? >> certainly the conditions that are shown in the video are unacceptable. to me the situation looks potentially unsafe for humans and certainly into named for animals >> we talked to catherine doyle who is in a group that is critical of the zoo, but she said that the oakland zoo is among the better ones that video made her shiver. >> you cannot tell a whole lot from a video often times. >> she is the director of an

even at the 70s at the coast. pacifica, 70 degrees for you. 80 in oakland. a little hot inland, 96 in livermore. your full forecast, seven-day outlook in a few moments. i want to check your drive. here's anthony. >> thank you. we do have an accident still on 80 eastbound and that's in the east bay around willow avenue on the off ramp. there was a deer struck. this is about 20 minutes ago so it's being cleared from that location. also in the north bay 101 southbound is slow, there was an accident about five minutes ago and that's slowing traffic heading into the city and so also we're looking at 101 south just north of there continuing to slow and if you are traveling this morning headed in to work or school, if you have school, oddly i don't know if you do, maybe an online class, dumbarton bridge is still closed until tomorrow at 5:00. >> thank you. speaking of that, workers have been at it all weekend and crews say they are making progress on the dumbarton bridge. the seismic retrofit. work to replace an old joint is going smoothly at this point and the pro

field, the oakland space and science center and the state capital. all of those flyovers will take place between 830-930 in the morning. they're not giving any set times it but you are expected to be there in that hour with your camera ready to roll if you can't would like to get some shots of the shuttle. if you are not interested in seeing these, make sure you keep your eyes on the road while you're driving because they do not want this to be the ultimate distracted driver experience. they say it really is a sight to see. >> so just pull over and take all the pictures you want, ok? sorry, >> on sorry, i didn't hear you. what did you say? >> i thought we were going to sound >> i did too. it's funny how this works on live tv. >> hopefully will get a nice clear day to check it out. >> tomorrow when it comes to l.a. at around 11:00 in the morning but we don't get as much time as you guys do. you guys get one whole hour of flyovers. >> thank you so much. >> now it is time to find out more details about the bay area flyover. it will pass over the golden

in the oakland hills, as well as monterey bay aquarium, before the endeavour heads back to l.a. later this morning where it will be retired at the california science center. people arriving here should know traffic is going to be pretty bad in and around moffett field on 101 and other area freeways. no more car passes to get in, they've all been handed out. nasa advising if you want could come here it is free you need to bring identification. but use public transportation an and ellis gate. right now traffic moving in the first of thousands here at moffett field, john alston, abc7 news. >>> san francisco police investigating officer-involved shooting that sparked riot by dozens of demonstrators. more than a dozen riot police officers stood outside the station until midnight. protesters marched through the district making anti-police comments truth the march. earlier investigators say a plainclothes officer shot a suspect who pulled a gun on him. amy hollyfield will have a live report with more in 30 minutes. >>> san rafael restaurant boarded up this morning after an suv smashed

it is the oakland raiders' home opener. j. r. stone is outside of the coliseum and some people have been building since sunrise? >> not just some of these, a lot of these fans! sense to p.m. but they have been out here by the stadium since early this morning. let me show you and the distance. all of these fans i am telling you about. since-- 2:00 p.m. you can see it is at least dozens and dozens leasttents.. out here fans are excited about the oakland raiders getting back into the action card and talking about the traffic you can see 66th avenue in is slow going. however, it is better than it was a couple of hours ago i left san francisco and it took me over two hours just to get to the coliseum your we have been in the midst of this for most of the day. kron 4's for haazig madyun has been talking about the other elements of this story. >> toll readers! >> this is--go ra faniders radiers! >> this is season opener were cannot go to better the mess. >> with the season opener, a new coach we welcome this. >> it is a new era with al