at the white house, vern glenn, kpix 5. >> and coming up in sports, you can hear more of vern's report from the white house including his interview with buster posey. >> that's the ultimate pep talk. >> from the president, you better pay attention. >> even though he is a white sox fan. >> we won't hold that against him. >>> coming up in the next half hour the surprisingly candid comments regarding sexual orientation and religion. >> it's a great modern way to look at things especially for the catholic church. >> how the pope is reaching out to gays. >> developing news out of hawaii where tonight, tropical storm flossie threatens to bring flooding and powerful winds. >> and how a single robber got away with $136 million worth of jewels. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bay area catholics... after pope speaks openly about homosexuality. >>> evangelical means equality. >> now at 6:30, a surprise after the pope speaks about homosexuality. the statement by pope francis caught reporters and catholics off guard. on the papal plane as he returned to the vatican from rio, the pope held an impromptu news co

our own vern glenn took a heart-stopping ride on great america's new "gold striker" >>> vern glenn roller coaster master! summer vacation arrives along with the bay area's hottest new attraction. he took a heart-stopping ride on the roller coaster. it's a ride to remember. kiet do says if you want to ride it now, you have to wait. >>> reporter: when you're working, the last thing you want to hear all day is someone else not working. [ screaming ] >> reporter: the problem with great america's newest roller coaster is that it's about 500 feet away from this office building. [ screaming ] >> reporter: much of the hooting, hollering and screaming, i'm looking at you, vern, can be a problem. shortly after the coaster opened in june, audio technicians were spotted on the building's roof. sound levels were slightly above the limit. why not tell your neighbors, look, it's a roller coaster. that's what people do. they scream. >> we're happy they're screaming a little bit on the coaster. we're happy they're enjoying it and making noise. the reality is we want to be a good part of this community. >>

i can't believe vern glenn shut down the roller coaster. [ laughter ] >> he screamed so loud! >> his office is like, is that vern glenn? >> there are going to play that video over and over! >>> hot temperatures around the bay area today. the 6th day of triple digits heat. you know what? you want to save a little energy? bake some cookies? not in the oven but in your car. that's what some of the kids did here. kiet do's children baked the cookies in the car. the dough didn't take long and they kept watching and before you know it presto. they were done. maybe a little bit doughy but still not bad. then it's looking like another day where you can come some of those cookies in your car, as well. looking tasty on the summer afternoon. around the bay we are starting out with patchy dense fog. it's going to stay hot with the heat warning commit. trough of low pressure promises to bring cooler air as it dives into the bay area but not until friday. mother low clouds and fog for the weekend. hot 100s in the central valley, as high as 111 degrees in fresno. be very careful in the sierr

in washington, at the white house, vern glenn, kpix 5. >>> well, a major automaker wants to zap some of tesla's energy. bmw is rolling out its own electric car and the price may shock you. >> reporter: i'm ken bastida in downtown livermore where they are getting ready to host the world series -- world series in livermore. we'll have that story when we come back. >> it's not exactly the loch ness monster. still it's hard to explain, though. strange sight in san francisco bay. ,, toward peace tonight. they've accepted secretary state john kerry's invitatio break brea e >>> israeli and palestinian negotiators are taking a step toward peace tonight. they have accepted secretary of state john kerry's invitation to dinner. it's the first face-to-face meeting between israeli and palestinian officials in nearly three years. >> just the fact that the secretary of state can not only resume negotiations but sustain them, i think i might have something. >> the two sides are at odds over four major issues, including the building of israeli settlements and sharing the city of jerusalem. >>> a mili

vern glenn got up. >> i flew back with my brother just to come here and see the ceremony. it was pretty cool. it was really cool. huge giants fan, grew up going to the stick, then they moved. it was wonderful to be here. >> that was vern clean at glenn at the white house. >> on the lawn almost. >> absolutely. he had the presidential gesture going. brilliant stuff. >> see you at 11:00. ,,,,,,,, ,,,, [ male announcer ] how do you do a summer clearance the dodge way? first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪ ♪ the dodge summer clearance event. right now get 0% financing for up to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. >> michael, since it is your 15th anniversary at the company, i thought it might be appropriate to begin the festivities with a 15-minute round of applause. >> i like it. >> followed by a 15-minute moment of silence. >> i don't know. is it classy enough? >> jim, enough with the classy, okay? >> i just feel like after 15 years at this company-- and bravo, by the way-- that we should celebrate with a very

that is vern glenn. he took a heart stopping ride on the roller coaster. you can see and hear one ride to remember. kit doe says if you want to ride it, you'll have to wait. kit. >> allen, people will have to wait at least one more day. the only noise we can hear are the hammers from the crews who are working to make this ride quieter. it is a roller coaster that is basically too much fun for it own good. when you are working, the last thing you want to hear all day is someone else not working. problem with great america's newest roller coaster is that it's 500 feet away from this office building. much of their hooting, hollering, and screaming. i'm looking at you, vern, can be a problem. shortly after the coaster opened in june, audio technicians were spotted on the building's roof. sound levels were slightly above the limit. >> why not tell your neighbors look, it's a roller coaster, that's what people do. they scream. >> we are happy they are screaming on the coaster. we are happy they are enjoying it. we want to be a good part of this community. >> eng

our very own vern glenn sat down with him one on one. >> reporter: number nine, golden state warriors, how does that sound? >> pretty good. jersey looks pretty good. saw it in the locker room today. so really excited to put the jersey on and get to work. >> reporter: no pressure. you're just only the missing piece, huh? at least that's what they say. >> no pressure aall. >> come out and win a couple of games. >> it's more exciting me playing under pressure you know. i think we were ranked pretty high last year when i was in denver. we didn't start out too well but we did what we had to do, met expectations except for the play-offs. lost to a pretty solid team and now i'm part of that team. >> steph curry is like the second coming of jesus christ. [ laughter ] >> seems like the most loved man on earth right now. >> steph curry, i know is your boy. but second coming of jesus christ? >> steph has done a great job for himself in establishing that reputation which is well deserved, great human being. you know, just can't say enough about the type of person that he is. and just enjoys the g

our very own vern glenn sat down with him one on one. >> reporter: number nine, golden state warriors, how does that sound? >> pretty good. jersey looks pretty good. saw it in the locker room today. so really excited to put the jersey on and get to work. >> reporter: no pressure. you're just only the missing piece, huh? at least that's what they say. >> no pressure aall. >> come out and win a couple of games. >> it's more exciting me playing under pressure you know. i think we were ranked pretty high last year when i was in denver. we didn't start out too well but we did what we had to do, met expectations except for the play-offs. lost to a pretty solid team and now i'm part of that team. >> steph curry is like the second coming of jesus christ. [ laughter ] >> seems like the most loved man on earth right now. >> steph curry, i know is your boy. but second coming of jesus christ? >> steph has done a great job for himself in establishing that reputation which is well deserved, great human being. you know, just can't say enough about the type of person that he is. and just enjoys the g

. >> he knows how vern glenn looks right now. they look the same thing front seat -- >> gold striker is now cleared to run through the end of the season. i like the quote from one worker every time i hear screams it makes me smile. >> have you ever been to the boardwalk in santa cruz? >> oh, yeah. >> when you're on the beach you can hear them on the big dipper. it's oh, my god, you know? >> you know fun is being had. >> half the fun. >>> if i still think ashton kutcher isn't cut out to play steve jobs, observe here. here's jobs on the black and white cover of his biography and these kutcher in the new technicolor movie poster. pretty uncanny. some are calling the resemblance unbelievable. >> hm. >> who would have thought? >> jobs follows the apple cofounder's journey from college dropout to tech legend. it opens in theaters august 16. >> there he looks less like him there. >>> she is a symbol of pride and strength and after a one- year hiatus, lady liberty is back in business. we'll be right back. ,, Ñáçwçñ >>> how about a g

here's vern glenn with the highlights. >> good morning, everybody. he has the right to change his mind, and, man, he has in the past. so until he signs his name on the dotted line and he has until july 10th, it ain't going to happen. who am i talking about, folks? i'm talking about dwight howard. nba free agent heavyweight yesterday after wading through five teams announced he will take his talents to the houston rockets. contracts cannot be signed until the 10th. but with howard going to texas, where does that leave the warriors? well, they went ahead and picked up andre iguodala from the denver nuggets, $48 years, four years. they traded richard jefferson, brandon rush to utah, along with two picks. tommy malone and the a's, they keep steamrolling along. kansas city, malone went 8 1/3, four strikeouts. they win 6-3. giants on a 1-0 lead against the dodgers last night and that was giant's baseball for the night. wow! how about a bases-clearing triple by juan uribe. he had had a record seven rbis for the night and the dodgers put double digits on the

our own vern glenn took a heart-stopping ride on the w "gold striker" roller coast, at great america in santa clara...last week. and you can see -- and hear -- it'se ride to remember... but the brakes are on the n gold striker....apparen tlyt may be "too much fun" for 's own good. the ride is next door to an office building. turns out, the screams from thrill see are above legal sound level so great america is finishi work on a sound- suppression tunnel to quiet the noise. t america has some inspectors scheduled to che out the ride today. they hoo have the gold striker roller coaster open for the july fh weekend. two first ladies came face face-- in africa... michelle obama and laura bu appeared together at a wom's conference in africa yester they entertained a small gathering while swapping sts about life in the white hou. "michelle obama: absolutelyi constantly get asked, especy in the first term, are you like laura bush, or are youe like hillary clinton? and ' like, is that it? that's ali -- (laughter) -- laura bush: exactly the problem -- ever said -- reporters -- are you hillary

same age as vern glenn senior. that will do it. i'll talk to you later. >> thank you, vern. >>> we go to fenway park for a play of the day. we have red sox and padres. bottom of the 9th score tied not anymore. jonny gomes launches a pinch hit walkoff game winning home run that lands in the monster seat. it was his second walkoff against san diego's luke gregorson and it's our play of the day for the petaluma native and former as jonny gomes. >>> 5:25. bart managers and union leaders still working on a compromise today and we have the results of a new kpix 5 opinion poll about which side is to blame. >> and police believe someone is out to poison dogs in one bay area city. i'll tell you where and how that person is poisoning those dogs. that's coming up in a live report. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes coul

vern glenn caught up with two white house employees who grew up giants fans. >> i was just in san francisco, flew back last night with my brother just to come here and see the ceremony. >> it was pretty cool. it was really cool. huge giants fan, grew up going to the stick, then they moved. so it was wonderful to be here. >> unfortunately, the giants are 12 games under .500, 10 games out of first place, they were not granted a presidential pardon. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> thank you, dennis. play of the day, last night in oakland, brett lowry with a ballet move the pirouette before throwing out josh donaldson to first. not enough to beat the first place as. they beat up on the jays 9-4. >>> a san jose state alum has won the senior british open. mark wiebe clinched the victory on the fifth play-off hole using a superb approach shot from the rough to set up a two- putt for a par besting his play- off rival bernhard langer of germany. he led by two shots in the final hole of regulation but settled for a double bogey. >>> 6:24, trucks erupting in fireballs. how employees escaped

we still have vern glenn and sports coming up right after this. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery? that's the ticket! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> the bidding for dwight howard is over? >> i can dream, can't i? what if i said 6'110", 7 footedder? dwight howard a golden state warrior. snow. no. be they made a free agent splash today. warriors will soon have andre ewing iguodala under contract. it's 4 years $48 million and to make it happen the warriors traded three players to the utah jazz to make the necessary cap space freeing $24 million to go after iguodala who instantly becomes the best perimeter defender and a threat to drive the lane and boy, i

vern glenn caught up with two white house employees who grew up giants fans. >> ist i was just in san francisco, flew back last flight with my brother just to come here and see the ceremony. >> it was pretty cool. it was really cool. huge giants fan, grew up going to the stick, then they moved. so it was wonderful to be here. >> unfortunately, the giants are 12 games under .500, 10 games out of first place, they were not granted a presidential pardon. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> thank you, dennis. 5:24 now. play of the day, last night in oakland, brett lowry with a ballet move the pirouette before throwing out josh donaldson to first. not enough to beat the first place as. they beat up on the jays 9-4. >>> it's 5:24 right now. we continue to follow developing news from florida. a propane plant explodes sending a fireball into the air. what we know about evacuations this morning. >> plus -- >> what do we want? >> contract. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> and yes, a bart strike looms even closer. why a deal could still be blown to riders coming up. >> reporter: i'm sue

same age as vern glenn, senior. that will do it. i'll talk to you later. >> way to bring it, vern. >>> fenway park our play of the day. red sox, padres, jonny gomes the pride of petaluma launched in a pinch hit walkoff game winning home run into the monster seats. it was his second walkoff against san diego's luke gregerson and our play of the day from petaluma, former oakland as jonny gomes somewhere in the pile. nice. >>> alligators and inflatable boats apparently don't mix. >> a woman in florida learned that the hard way. >> i think i went down the wrong thing. i meant to go the canoe kayak trip. >> she was alone in her inflatable kayak when a gator took a bite out of it. she managed to paddle to shore before it went flat but more danger was lurking there! she called 911. >> alligator attacked her boat. >> oh, oh. >> she is in an inflatable and there were two others there. >> he didn't get me but i'm stuck and there's two very large alligators out here and i can't kayak. i'm -- i'm -- i'm sinking. >> it's like a horror movie! an

very mild, very pleasant, reminds me of vern glenn. he will be here after a break. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ...good for oakland... a's d red sox...the top two teamsn the american league >>> as finally getting some people in the house. >> you get the red sox in town. look out. >> open the doors, just let the red sox nation in. >>> hey, this is good for oakland. as and the red sox top two teams in the american league meet in moments at the coliseum tonight. here was the scene just a little while ago. i ought to know because i shot it. a lot of reacquaintances from players of the both sides. red sox come into the three- game series with 57 wins most in baseball and the as equally as hot ahead of the rangers in the a.l. west by a game. by the way, the as swept the sox here last year. >>> now, the most popular red sox player here wore the green and gold last season, that's petaluma native jonny gomes. not in the line-up because ortiz is dh'ing tonight. you might see him saturday. gomes in a utility role with boston is hitting .235 with six home runs many dramatic t

glenn talked management into going to washington, d.c. to cover the giants at the white house. we'll have that story coming up tonight in our 6:00 news. have a great day. >>> time for the play of the day. from the links of the canadian open in oakville, ontario, mark wilson with an impressive shot from the rough. amazingly, the ball lands, takes a good bounce, hits off the pin and right into the hole. it was brandt snedeker though who won the tournament. >>> a parade will move through downtown livermore tonight to mark the start of the intermediate little legal world series. >> yes. the parade will start at 6 p.m. and go down first street. it ends at the bankhead theater where teams will gather for a ceremony. first game in the tournament happens tomorrow at 9 a.m. at max fairfield. organizers have also announced a partnership with the oakland as. >>> 24 minutes after 6:00. coming up, a "sexting" scandal takes its toll the new shake-up for anthony weiner's mayoral campaign. >> an effort to free survivors from a mangled bus in italy. what

. >>> somehow some way vern glenn talked management into going to washington, d.c. to cover the giants at the white house. we'll have that story coming up tonight in our 6:00 news. have a great day. >> and we wish you the best of luck. >>> play of the day from the links of the canadian open in oaklandville, ontario. mark wilson with an impressive shot from the rough. it lifts, glides and arcs and strikes the pole. amazing. it goes in. hit the pin for an eagle but it was brandt snedeker who won the tournament after all. >> nice there, though. >>> 5:24. coming up, path to peace. talks resume today between israelis and palestinians. is there a real hope for a solution? >> reporter: bart and its unions are a week away from their negotiation deadline. we'll tell you where both sides stand and the new information on how much employees really make. ,,,,,,,,,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school, ne

it turns out screams coming from thrill seekers like vern glenn is above the legal sound limit so great america shut down the roller coaster. crews are working on sound suppression tunnels to lower the noise. they hope to reopen the gold striker ride by the 4th of july weekend. >>> that is news. weather and traffic coming up next. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network and connect more wi-fi-enabled devices at home. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse high speed internet starting at $14.95 a month. or ask how to get your choice of a kindle fire hd, sonos play:3 or xbox 360 free with other qualifying internet offers. [ male announcer ] get more speed for wi-fi gaming, more reliability than ever and more connectivity between devices. [ female announcer ] so call to get u-verse high speed internet starting at $14.95 a month -- or ask how to get your choice of a kindle fire hd, sonos play:3 or xbox 360 free with other qualifying internet offers. hurry! offer ends july 27th. [ male announcer