in the works in walnut creek. it is tied to last week's vergt in the bart police shooting trial. tara moriarty joining us live. she has the details on all of this. good morning, tara. >> reporter: well, good morning, dave. according to facebook at least 100 people are planning on showing up at this rally scheduled for monday. this is perhaps the first one of its kind in support of former bart police officer johannes mehserle and people from oscar grant's support now say they too plan on attending. police are gearing up for the demonstration which promises to be an emotionally charged one in front of the courthouse from 2:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. they have spoken to the event's key organizer to nen ensure a peaceful protest. 1 man said he doesn't plan to show up at the rally but he does support the idea. >> i want to support our police officers in all agencies and i dpreef for the grant family and their loved ones, again, it is a complicated situation and a lot of hard feelings on many sides for a long time. >> reporter: he was convicted july 8th of involuntary manslaughter for killing oscar grant on new year's day of last year at a bart station. walnut creek police are planning for the worst but they do not expect anywhere near the level of the sometimes violent protests and looting that happened in oakland. now no one knows why walnut creek was chosen as the city to hold the rally and police are not offering up any details. on monday if you are here you probably want to avoid the courthouse. we are live here in walnut creek, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> oakland police just released photos of some of the looters who damaged downtown oakland businesses last week after the johannes mehserle verdict. police want your help in identifying the people you see here in these photos. several businesses were looted including the sears department store, a footlocker store and several small family owned businesses. business owners who were effected, they are also asking anyone who has photos from that night to give them to the police. >> whoever got the video, whoever got the pictures you know what i am saying you can identify the person who did it you know what i am saying, thanks a lot, you can help us out a lot, you know what i am saying -- [ inaudible ] >> -- to a 66. see all of those foes release by the oakland police department by going to our channel 2 website ktvu.com. we have posted them on the oakland riot tab. >> 6:03. san francisco police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death -- [ inaudible ] >> -- body of a woman in the parking lot of a hotel on scott and lombard shortly after midnight. the manager describes the person as a white woman in her 50s. investigators are trying to determine exactly how she died. they are not ruling out the possibility it was a suicide. an overnight police investigation stopped muni trains in both directions for nearly an hour. it happened before 11:00 in the castro district. police were chasing a suspect when they shut down the line because they had safety concerns. it is believed they were looking for two men who might have been robbing passengers. no word on any arrests. >> 6:04. this morning in the gulf of mexico that new cap that bp just put on its broken oil well appears to be holing. the pictures from be low 5000 feet underneath the sea show no oil gushing out. bp is making sure the cap is handling all the pressure. we expect to hear from the president about all of this at 6:30 this morning. more on that live from our washington, d.c. bureau in a couple of minutes. early this morning there was a shake up in our nation's capitol but it had nothing to do with politics. a small earthquake hit just outside washington, d.c. they felt it as far away as west virginia and pennsylvania. it was centered in rockville, maryland and measured 3.6, the shaking started after 5:00 a.m. washington time. there are no reports of injuries or damage but a lot of people were start telled by that unush shaking. >> firefighters in solano county are busy this morning watching for flare-ups from a grass fire in venetia, the fire started 3 yesterday afternoon in the 1400 block of goodyear road along 680. fire officials believe it started when a tree fell against a power line and that caused a spark. the fire burned about seven acres and was out in about an hour. no injuries or damages were reported. >> time now 6:05. well sheriff's deputies near tracey say they want to know what happened to a small herd of horses found dead and dehydrated. a driver noticed those horses lying in a field long interstate 580 west near mountain house road. in all five horses were found dead. two were still alive but they are very weak. a veterinarian says their condition is fragile. she also says the animals appeared to be well fed. >> they were well nourished, it wasn't that they were you know without food, but water, lack of water is what killed them. >> investigators say a trough on the property was bone dry. it may have been empty for three or 4 days during which those temperatures reached into the high 90s. sheriff's department is trying to figure out whether the water to the trough may have been shut off and l the sheriff may file criminal neglect charges. >> we now know the names of all four fishermen involved in this week's boating accident. the coast guard says they died after their boat capsized in the waters on wednesday. his body was pulled from the water that days a was melvin cox. one body washed ashore yesterday morning and one body is still missing and presumed dead. three are from riverbank, one lives in arkansas. >> ac transit drivers say they are angry a new contract will be imposed on them. this morning a judge will hear arguments about the union aimed at blocking their board of directors from enforcing that contract which takes effect on sunday. that contract was approved on june 30th without a vote by the union's 1700 members because contract negotiations had reached an impasse. ac transit is advising its blows to stay on the job until the court makes a ruling. >> 6:07. let's head right back out to sal, who is keeping the roads -- an eye on the roads -- [ inaudible ] [overlapping speakers] >> -- and dave, yeah, we are -- we are doing pretty well on this friday and that is exactly what we need on a friday. traffic is doing very well on 880 north and southbound. chp is reporting light conditions around the bay area so far anyway. we will let you know if that changes. look at 237. usual ailing we have a little bit more traffic here but right now it continues to look good. if you are on the peninsula the road censors are giving us green almost all over the place. a little bit of slow traffic on 92 coming up and over the hill to half moon bay and the other way around. on the south bay commute so far so good with northbound and southbound 101 doing very well. at 6:08 here is steve. >> sal, thank you. good morning and a happy friday everybody. well, a little change here today. yesterday there was hardly any breeze at all. fairfield west-southwest 21, gusting to 29. vacaville last hour southwest seven, napa west at six. that is more than yesterday. low clouds filling into the north bay. yesterday they did not do that -- very little and also over the bay. yesterday at this time it was clear. fog just on the coast and barely on the san mateo santa cruz. so it is there. still shallow. not going to make a push but the mere fact it is is a signal that unless you are far inland it is cool for some. the city, i got -- [ inaudible ] >> -- i did, seriously. i mean most of the temperatures i take very -- [ inaudible ] >> -- almost 90% of them yesterday were spot on but the city, that fog just beat me. i would rather forecast rain than fog, i really would. 64 for the high today. low clouds and fog. always some sun. breezy and it is a sea breeze and low clouds and fog now banked up on the coast and some of that again is moving inland. that was not the case yesterday. santa rosa cloudy. 89 yesterday, we will go 85 today. down three for the city. 67, 64, walnut creek 96 to 91, a sea breeze out that way. oakland 76. we will go 70 today. the airport has been running warmer than downtown which is kind of unusual. san jose 89 yesterday, we will go 86 but sunny. 50s and 60s, 56 in the city, a couple of locations mission bay officially 56, 61 san jose, 62 livermore and concord. 92 las vegas, 90 palm springs, thunderstorms erupted in the desert yesterday and some today. sacramento scwoif. ukia 64, near 100 degrees, it will take another day. a system spinning towards southern california drawing up moisture right there. it will miss us but maybe towards salinas you might see clouds in the distance. coastal fog. sunny inland, warm to hot to cool for some. 60s by the coast, 60s, 70s around the bay, 80s 90s inrand to near 100, some areas will come down 2 to 4 degrees compared to yesterday's highs, so still hot, just probably not as hot as yesterday. fog, sub, still warm to hot. temperatures starting to trend downward, that will continue sunday-monday, claudine and dave. >> 6:10. officials of apple have invited reporters to their cupertino campus this morning, they are expected to talk about the complaints about the iphone 4. it has been selling well but complaints about reseption problems have been dogging apple. consumer reports says it is not recommending buying the iphone 4. now the wall street journal and bloomberg are reporting apple engineers knew about the antenna problems a year ago but steve jobs liked the design so much apple went ahead with the development. it has left a lot of consumers wondering what exnext. >> the short-term fixes i guess are okay but i think it is better if they come out and explain what the underlying issue is and if they are coming to come out with a fix tell us they are going to come out with a fix and take your time and come out with a good fix. >> apple sold plil ons within three hours of the release but since the problem starts emerge inch apple stock has dropped 7%. >> 6:11. next on ktvu morning news california nurses attack meg whitman on her home turf. [ inaudible ] >> -- stop -- [ inaudible ] >> -- so much drama. >> reporter: and coming up bp has just released some brand new information about early tests on its new containment cap. ♪ [ music ] good morning u to. welcome back. time now 6:14. so far so good this morning in the gulf of mexico. that new cap on bp's broken oil well seems to be holding. ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau, she knows all about that. good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. that's right, we do have some brand new information this hour. bp hassous announced it is encouraged by early tests on that new containment cap. there are no signs at this point of -- of any type of leak. let's take a look now at these before and after scenes from the bottom of the sea. the picture on the right is what we have watched for more than 85 days on the right is the new dome that seems to be working but there are still a lot of tests that need to be done. >> we are far from the finish line here. we mav got a lot of work to do. we will be here for a long time. >> reporter: there are still fears of an explosion from too much pressure or a rupture on the seafloor. we will keep on top of those test regulars and also president obama is going to talk about this within the hour. we will have that here for you on ktvu. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:16. the long awaited financial reform bill now goes to president obama for his signature. the senate passed the bill yesterday on a 60-39 vote. almost two years after a financial meltdown sent the economy into a recession. the bill puts new regulations on lending practices and expands consumer protections. >> it provides certainty to everyone from bankers to farmers, to business owners, to consumers. and unless your business model depends on cutting corners or bilking your customers you have nothing to fear. >> he is expected to sign it as early as wednesday. >> the mothers of the three uc berkeley graduates imprisoned in iran are hoping may soon be set free now that a controversial iranian scientist is back in iran. he arrived yesterday. he is a nuclear scientist who claims the u.s. kidnapped him. the u.s. claims he was a willing defector, the mothers of the american hikers sent a letter to iran's top legal official pleading that their children be set free before the first anniversary of their capture at the end of this month. >> hundreds of nurses marched through atthere ton in a protest targeting meg whitman. [ chanting ] >> the nurses protested outside her home yesterday. the union, which has endorsed democrat jerry brown, says whitman's announced plans to layoff 40,000 state workers and streamline labor rules would end up effecting nurses as well but not all nurses agree. >> this is a mean-spirited woman, there is no question about that, and nurses take care of the most vulnerable and what she is doing is going after the most vulnerable. i think it is unfair to target her. she is saying the whole state. and our state needs to cut back. >> she was campaigning in southern california. >> sal, what is happening in marin county. >> we are just checking it for you -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- looks good approaching the 580 interchange from navato to san rafael in good shape. westbound bridge traffic on 580 looking good. westbound bay bridge traffic moving well into the city. and this morning's drive is going to be okay driving on northbound 880 past the coliseum. the weekend forecast with steve. >> on this friday morning a little couple of changes here. subtle changes and they lean towards cooler. you can see why overcast conditions over oakland, some of the low clouds over the bay, that means cooler. thunderstorms are possible down there. for us there is also more of a component of a delta breeze. the city has just -- [ inaudible ] >> -- 64 on the high side today. there is always sun but temperatures look like they will stay be low average, which is 68. cool coast, mild for some and hot for others. 64 pleasanton, 60s cupertino, gilroy and san martin. that tropical cloud staying in southern california. that system will help usher in a cooling trend. still warm to hot inland. when you get a west-southwest wind gusting to 29 at fairfield that is a delta breeze. 90s for some. 80s around the bay. 60s and 70s closer to the coast. a cooler pattern starts to take over. inland areas will feel it by sunday into monday, claudine and dave. >> u.s. video game sales fell for the second month in a row, a 6% decline for the same period last year. some analysts blame a light slate of new titles while others say gamers are waiting for the release of two new motion controllers later this year. red dead redemption remained the most popular but tiger woods pga tour 11 was a disappointment. the san francisco business times reports the bay area restaurant business is on the upswing. there have been several upscale restaurant openings so far with more expected. the paper reports the planned restaurants represent 10s of millions of dollars in construction costs and hundreds of new san francisco jobs. >> our time is now 6:21. we are moving into the peak of fire season. coming up we are going to show you some of the fire hot spots. >> a surprise -- [ inaudible ] >> -- is not happy about it. ♪ [ music ] >> -- looking pretty good heading to pleasanton, fremont and the sunol gradech we will tell you more about the morning commute on a friday coming up. ♪ [ music ] [ inaudible ] traffic looking nice. the bridge traffic looking nice coming across the bay. back to the desk. >> sal, thank you. high temperatures and lightning have sparked at least eight fires in riverside county. take a look at one of those fires. this one is burning near the town of hammette. two sheriffs deputies were hurt trying to rescue a woman from a burning trailer in lake yeltsin or, in the san fernando valley temperatures near 100 degrees are causing unstable weather there sparking storms. southern china is bracing for a typhoon already brahmed for the death of 38 people in the fill a peens and has left a trail of destruction. this storm was downgraded to a tropical storm at one point. the weather men are saying the storm is getting stronger again. packing 75 mile an hour winds. it is expected to hit landfall tonight. sonoma county is having minor aftershocks after a pair of small earthquakes rattled that region yesterday. the latest hit around 1:00 this morning. it registered between a magnitude one and two right near the geysers. that is where a 3.9 quake hit just before 5:00 last night. a 4.0 quake shook the area near santa rosa yesterday morning. so far no word of damage. >> time now 6:25. well, his company's name is on the home of the golden state waiorsout but or e cal ceo already eelly son will not be the new owner. instead they surprised everyone by winning that bidding war. that bid was $450 million, a record breaker for an nba franchise. one of the people involved in brokering the deal says there is a simple reason why he lost out. >> they waited until the last possible moment where we were literally hours away from signing a deal and put in a slightly higher bid. i believe morally and ethically when you have a handshake dale with somebody it is not right to renig on it. >> he issued this statement, although i was the higher bidder they decided to sell to someone else, in my experience that is unusual, however, i wish them nothing but success. >> it is a terrifying outbreak of violence, police in vallejo investigating a three week string of daily shootings. >> reporter: in three and a half hours apple will hold a press conference. >> also we will be live from new york. we will see how investors respond to this week's news. claudine will have all the numbers. ♪ (announcer) we all want to stay active. we don't want anything... ...to slow us down. but even in your 30s... ...your bones can begin to change. overtime, you can begin to have bone loss. calcium and vitamin d work together to help keep your bones strong. and yoplait gives you... ...20% of your daily calcium... ...and is the only leading yogurt with vitamin d in every cup. keep your bones strong every day... ...with yoplait. we are waiting for the opening bell. earnings did come in from citigroup and bank of america. their reports show lower revenues. another stock to watch this morning google. itshares are falling because its earnings came in below what analysts had estimated. a change from the positive earnings we have seen from gc and morgan chase, all have come in better than expected. that will effect the numbers for you today. >> we will watch it all and say good morning to you, thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news, i am dave clark. >> i am claudine wong, pam cook has the day off. time now 6:30. >> officials at apple, they are planning to talk to reporters this morning. they are expected to address the trouble with the new iphone 4. complaints have been piling up about reception problems. jade hernandez -- [ inaudible ] >> -- with that story. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. this has been a long week for apple. a bloomberg report has a senior engineer reportedly claiming he told apple ceo steve jobs about this antenna issue before the iphone 4 release and consumer reports is not recommending the iphone 4 to its consumers. and so this is where we are today. apple has called a press conference, unusual to say the least. we are live at apple headquarters, and in hours they are going to hold that conference at 10:00. they have come under fire from customers, experts and even been sued since the iphone 4 was released. it has had antenna issues. for those of you unfamilia