the >> >> pam: this o-c-d patient opens up like never before. and -- already -- four million people are listening. wait until you hear what he has to say about his disorder. and the love of his life. >> pam: i'm pam moore. a full hour of your prime- time news at eight. starts right now. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: we begin tonight at 8 with a developing story. burglars posing as utility workers. and tricking residents. in order to get inside their homes. >> pam: kron 4's jeff bush is live in oakland. with reaction from one of the elderly victims affected. jeff? crackle >> reporter: has lived and is home for half of his life. he never expected like anything like this to happen. this is a quiet neighborhood and usually a whole lot never goes on here. 12 man posing as pg in e workers came to his upper front door. he went to the front with them once not away to the house and stole about $4,000 worth of jury. the jury had sentimental ballad value. what he took was more the money was sentiment. >> we lost our security airlifter 45 years and never fell worried about anything. never had problems here but suddenly to have something like this happen is upsetting. but you still feel very insecure. >> reporter: pg&e says the workers always have a clear identification. >> pam: growing hour by hour. the huge fire west of yosemite has shut down the main access to the park the flames defying an army of firefighters on the ground and in the air thousands of campers and residents forced to grab what they can and leave. >>"i have 50 years worth of memorabilia in this house and its very difficult to choos >> pam: now more than 15 a. in size pure in only 5 percent contained. evacuation orders are in place. >> reporter: you can see behind me this is just one of the hot spots here. 15 mi. out side of yosemite take a look at this huge bone of smoke. just how bad this fire is. this fire is so bad that firefighter state is created its own weather system. now i'm told that there more than a hundred firefighters in the air and on the ground. more than 4000 people have been evaluated. nine of the structures have been destroyed. 16,000 a. have been destroyed. the good news so far is that is under investigation reporting near the entrance of use in any part kron 4 news. >> pam: >> pam: new at 8. a letter from a serial killer. >> pam: women. joseph naso reached out to kron four. justine waldman is here with what the letter says. >> reporter:here is the letter. in it naso. writes in all caps. he points a finger at other people he says had motive to kill one of his victims. >> reporter:convicted killer joseph naso wanted to share with kron 4 news a few things he sayshe was not allowed to talk about during his murder trial. >>ripping/opening naso sent kron 4 this letter from the marin county jail. the 79-year old's note focuses on the murder of roxene roggasch.found dead in fairfax in 1977. naso's letter states the police investigation showed there were other people who could have killed her. >> reporter:starting with her pim he writes roggasch the her pimp just got in a fight about money. then naso calls attention to a man he called a rival pimp >> reporter:he writes. that man was known to abuse woman. that pimp also. he says wanted "to do something to hurt" roggasch's pimp his enemy. >> reporter:then naso's letter points a finger at an oakland man who once, he says, assualted roggasch. >> reporter:and then he blames the lack of dna evidnece collected from the crime scne because it was not being used in 1977. this is not the first time naso has sent a letter to kron 4. in previous ones, the former photographer insited on his innocence and on the incompentce of investigators. >> reporter:in the new letter naso finally writes "there remains questions and doubts." >> reporter:naso signed the letter "joe." and sent it the day before a jury found him guilty of murdering 4 woman in the 70s and 90s. >> pam: what is next for naso? >> reporter:he'll be back in court on september forth for sentencing. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. the letter. he sent ot kron website. kron 4 dot com. >> pam: he kidnapped 16- year old hannah anderson and killednow the family of james children. >> pam: tonight catherine heenan takes us through the strange new twist. in a tragic story. crackle crackle >> catherine: a burning building with the bodies of ethan anderson and his mother >> catherine: dimaggio left that behind as well as a life insurance policy worth more than 100=thousand dollars. the beneficiary: the paternal grandmother of his kidnap victim, hannah anderson. >> catherine: now dimaggio's sister lori is requesting *dna samples from both hannah. and from ethan's remains. a family friend says she wants to know if jim was actually the children's biological father. >>"there has been a lot of rumors that jim might be the father of either or both children. we find it very strange that he has left all this money without any explanation. it states specifically that he didn't want to give it to either parent cause he didn't trust them." >> catherine: in a cnn interview while hannah was still missing. anderson's father brett, said dimaggion was a platonic friend to the anderson family, who called him "uncle jim" >>"he basically became part of our family. we were just basically good friends." >> reporter: >> pam: a judge is ordering a former s-f-o baggage handler. to pay up. george reyes pleaded 'no contest' to felony embezzlement and theft earlier this month. the 45-year-old must pay 21- victims. a total of more than 30- thousand dollars in restitution. the amount for each person ranges from 150- dollars. up to six- thousand dollars. united airlines had received more than 50- complaints about stolen property. >> pam: an investigation revealed. reyes was working at the time of the thefts. he was arrested after a police sting. that pinned him with stealing planted items. including i-pads and purses. >> pam: counting down to the shutdown of the bay bridge. now just one week left. until the temporary closure. >> pam: here's what you need to know. the bridge will close at 8:00 -pm on wednesday, august 28th. workers will then transition the old roadway. to the new eastern span. the new bridge will re-open five days later. on tuesday, september third at 5:00 a-m. the day after labor day. kron 4's dan kerman joins us live on treasure island. with what you need to know so you don't get caught up in the closure. dan? >> pam: >> reporter: to do that they have to shut it down it will be reporting from the bridge and people making plans right now not caught up in the closure. >> reporter:no matter how many signs there are, or news reports about the upcoming bridge closure, there is always someone who has no idea what?s going on >> reporter:at a news conference wednesday chp officer sam morgan says next wednesday night?s closure will be like this one in february of last year, >> stay with the bridge begins to get close to begin to be closed you will see chp workers perhaps doing a growing traffic break and will probably also see personnel assisting with the line closures. either way leave early if you can and try not to be one of the last to cross the bridge on wednesday night. >> because clothes and run a pam obviously you do not want to roll through there at 8:00 p.m. last time before late in they did not quite make it through the closures. so they were stranded in san for cisco and had to make it all around san francisco to make it home. >> we have designated server officers to patrol the pedestrian portion the open side of the bay bridge. >> reporter: few have the support among the bay to get across using one of the other bay area bridges. the idea is you should be at your destination by 730 as early as 730 or later. maybe at 830? either way, the chp advises to give yourself at least an extra and try not to be one of the last to cross the bridge wednesday night >> reporter: now we want to show you what it's going to look like when you drive on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. this is traveling eastbound.coming out of the tunnel heading towards oakland. you can see the big tower right. the bom >> reporter:these views courtesy of caltrans animation. now we'll check out the wesbound drivingnow these palm trees are not september 3rd when it away. >> reporter:the current western spanthe other big change is when have the s curve anymore. ride.with great views weeks. happening right now in the south bay-- the santa clara county fogging to help control mosquitoes carrying west nile virus. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford is live in san jose. chuck what are the area's they're fogging tonight? >> reporter: then set amount mosquitos house and said that what the west now in paris and this need for his. google first so we could show you what the work is happening all across l.p. the spirit happening in the blue area as you see in the south to the east of interstate 80. to the north dixon wrote and guadeloupe river. it runs for several hours the fault that they use is not toxic to people and asking because of the virus because of the sole active to avoid mosquito bites and clean up standing water on their property. for now that is the very latest charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: it is a story you will only see on kron 4-- stanley roberts has been following the states attempt to remove people. who have been tearing apart bay area freeways, from the inside out, >> pam: he is looking at the high -tech measures being used. to combat what is an ever growing problem. in this edition of people behaving badly. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. the billhighway patrol come on down, >> reporter:the california highway patrol has to deal with more than just traffic enforcement they have to deal with this too i just saw you go in there come on down >> reporter:people who have made the inside of the 280 freeway their homes, in this case they are removing the people inside >> reporter:who else is up there with you and usually the answer is no oneexcept this time caltrans brought something to make sure it's a remote camera that is designed to look inside the freeway caves for people and any possible booby traps inside they can see bicycle parts and all other types of debrie, this is a power strip that appear to be connected to a power source >> reporter:inside the caves they have found fully functioning air condition units, playstations consolsm laptops and even flat screen televisions >> reporter:in many of the cases the people living inside have removed the electric wiring to get electricity all at taxpayers expense >> reporter:oh and did i mention that the space inside these caves are no more then three to four feet high at best but extend for hundreds of feet lenth wise >> reporter:these holes were created by engineers were used for freeway inspections but vandals ripped off the metal plates and moved inthe chp had just cleared out these holes the day before and as return so to keep from playing this cat and mouse game engineers have a plan to seal them up permanently but here is the problem there are litterly hundreds of these caves from san francisco to san jose so this 22nd and iowa location is the test spot >> reporter:they just to make sure that they don't aciddentally seal someone inside the freeway when they finally close the holes >> reporter:in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news >> pam: an oakland woman slams her car into a neighbor's garage. catch on fire. kron four's philippe djegal has more on the accident that people living inside the home say could have been a lot worse. this is the end result of an 89-year-old woman, failing to stop at a stop sign, and >> jacqueline: i will tell you about those threats and the north bay tonight coming up next look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? 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".he was aggressive." >> pam: antioch police say the dogs are unliscensed.and not vaccinated. they are currently being quarentined to make sure they don't have rabies. the dog's owners would not comment when approached at their home today. "nats of 911 call". >> pam: still ahead-- >> pam: the 911 call that captures the terrifying moments a gunman opens fire inside an elementary school. plus: what dr. phil tweeted. that's drawing outrage online. >> reporter: coming up and sports colin kapernick could he be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all times? all the sports for the head >> pam: we're learning more about the suspected gunman who opened fire at an elementary school in georgia. police say michael brandon hill had a number of weapons on him, including an a-k-47.and nearly 500 rounds of ammunition. when he barricaded himself inside the school's front office. new tonight at 8-- a new 9- 1-1 call that captures the sound of shots being fired. >> can you get somewhere safe?".put the phone down. " >> pam: no one was hurt. >> pam: hill eventually surrendered after exchanging gunfire with authorities. he was prepared to die. facing multiple charges. >> reporter: will and rod you will see this old see the patient lies more coming up >> pam: + this is one welcome to school speech like you've never seen before. >> jacqueline: we're still going with a low pressure area off the coastline. we could get some activity baltimore about that coming up. at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you dont know can hurt you. what if you didn't know that it's smart to replace washing-machine hoses every five years? what if you didn't know that you might need extra coverage for more expensive items? and what if you didn't know that teen drivers are four times more likely to get into an accident? 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" >> reporter: >> pam: it's not hard to see why the video has gone viral. selby is a sophomore medical engineering major at georgia tech. >> pam: video of the speech has received over 340- thousand hits since being posted monday. >> pam: i can't one-man mark moreland hit in and they launched in the air crashing into a creek. >> he was hitting signs and the medium the car was going to decide and i saw him just hit the creek. >> >> pam: u-s stocks take a dive after a volitile day of trading. the closing numbers. next. "closing bell" >> pam: now for today's market update. a volatile trading day today on wall street. it was the dow's sixth >> pam: straight day of declines. and its worst losing streak in more than a year. here are the final numbers. >> pam: the dow fell 105 points. the nasdaq dropped 13 points. and the s-and-p 500 fell nine. hook >> jacqueline: off shore producing a lot of lightning strikes at this hour with a low pressure system spanning all so slowly off the coast line. not moving very much foot slowly to the north. directing a round right off shore the bay area about here parrot beacon imagine that this moves to the enormous this bill to the proper route and clipped the north bay. with a red flag warning in effect until 11:00 tonight. mainly in the north bank. so here's a look at fault tracker for the 6:00 hour tomorrow morning by the 10:00 hour we're seeing very little clearing. temperature was in the south bay upper 70's and 80's. 78 for san jose. 80 still and the '80s in pleasanton and antioch. 66 for san francisco and '70s and '80s for the north bay. little warmer up there tomorrow containing warming into friday but into saturday and sunday the sea breeze wan's will cause more fog and cooler temperatures. >> pam: , sports and it's a painful day at the ballpark for the giants and a's, up next (male announcer): now, the orchard supply sports report with gary radnich. >> reporter: welcome back everyone!welcome back everybody. if you like baseball.and had the day off. .you had options. both the giants and hosting day games today we begin at the coliseum. bottom 1st, no score coco crisp - takes the first pitch of the game thrown to the a's and sends it over the wall in right 1-0 a's crisp: 11th home run bottom 4th, 1-1 tie brandon moss with an opposite field home run 20th of the season a's take the lead 2-1 a's top 6th, 3-2 a's >> reporter:a.j. griffin on the mound brendan ryan lines one that gets by donaldson at 3rdone run scores.another runner headed homegonna be play at the plate.catcher stephen vote gets undercut and goes down hardbut hangs onthe runner called safemariners take the lead >> reporter:vote was okay - which is a good thing because he's there only healthy catcher right now final- 5-3 a's notes: a's lose series, now 2 games back in the al west, 3 games up in wild card >> reporter:now as for the giants. .no pitching, no hitting. no chance today versus the red sox. an absolute annihilation at the ballpark this afternoon. >> reporter:red sox fans always travel well.sox in first place in the american league east. >> reporter: suzuki became the third player in baseball history to have 4000 hits when he singled off are a dickey of the blue jays on the first beginning. the early 13th of those of the only players to reach that milestone he's 40 and has one more year left on a deal. s so he would need to play beyond those contracts. >> reporter:his regular season is all but overbut could be back for the playoffs. that's arsenal's laurent cosell-knee getting kicked square in the face by fener- bachi forward pierre way- beau during a champions league match today in istanbul the arsenal trainer called it the worst cut he'd ever seen and cosell-knee was, >> reporter:the 49ers host the vikings park.look for the starters to play about a half and then rest up for the regular season opener against the colts september 8th. full practice today in santa clara - that's frank gore hitting the sled. colin kaepernick wearing the "don't touch me" black jersey nfl cuts are coming.from 90 players down to 53 over the next 10 days. new wideout jonathan baldwin should make the squad - that's him wearing randy moss's old number 84. here's baldwin on his new qb. >> i'm working family flattered that he came up and said that but have not played the entire season yet. >> reporter:now earlier today today espn football analyst.and former eagles quarterback ron jaworski raised some eyebrows when he said he thought colin kaepernick could be one of the greatest quarterback's ever. kaep's response? >> reporter:one raider note.it looks like ray guy could finally get his due and get elected into the pro football hall of fame.guy is a senior nominee for the 2014 class.and senior nominees usually get in. >> reporter:guy has been a finalist seven times only to come up make it, and we'll know next february when they vote - he'd be the first punter ever elected to the hall of fame. >> reporter:.on to golf.and that can only mean. tiger woods. >> slipped on a soft that it will stick and as one of those things about sleeping at the hotel i did not want to push it so adjusted easy. >> reporter:the louis vuitton cup finals.on the bay today.best of 13!!! races number four and five today. today these are the 72 footers for luna rossa. new zealand's boat, called "emirates" with the red sail. and emirates took both minutes and the second by 1 minute, 28 seconds. the kiwi's now hold a commanding 4-1 lead in the seriesfirst to seven wins advances to next month's america's cup to face larry ellison's team oracle >> pam: and denied everyone see at 11 tonight everyone