. >> speaking of the a's their closer, grant balfour is going

we have balfour eligible to play. but there's other news in the all-star game. starting pitchers have been announced. bruce bochy still handing the ball over to mets' harvey. he has a -- for more, we welcome in ahmed fareed. >> been a whirlwind so far for them. they've been talking to us quite a bit. they are a handful of local all-stars here, four of them here for the very first time. that is not the case with bruce bochy. he has been here twice now with

. >> speaking of the a's their closer, grant balfour is going to new york. he is a perfect 25 for 25 in save opportunities this season. he will replace bartolo colon on the a.l. staff. ahmed fareed has more on the mid summer classic. >> thank you, henry, a total of six all-star players between the a's and the giants. but four are first-time all-stars here. grant balfour and marco scutaro, madison baumgartner and sergio romo all coming to the all-star game for the first time. >> it's a huge honor to get picked to go to that team. it's the best of the best. so definitely looking forward to it and it should be a good time. >> definitely excited. everything about anything that comes with the title all-star and the all-star festivities and the game and everything. what an honor, you know. definitely feel privileged. definitely feel blessed. i mean, going to the all-star game. it's pretty sweet. >> i got traded to this team, everything's going really well. and now be able to go to all-star game is going to be a great experience and i'm looking forward to get there

a's grant balfour pitched a coreless sixth inning. only athletic to take the field. buster posey the only one to see any action. he struck out in the seventh. >> bummer. >> fun. >> any action on the roads this early. >> some action overnight. there's a good amount of activity and this is the berkeley curve and the maze. 880 at 580, both same thing along the east shore freeway, just opposite directs. overnight construction from 11:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. through july. caltrans could close as many as three lanes through interchange, be prepared until 4:00 a.m. things are clear. we have a new incident on the maps. we'll talk about a south 680 toward 24 or possibly east 24 at north 680. both reports coming in of a three-car crash over there with possibly injuries and ambulance has been called. no slowing. watch activity thwart the walnut creek interchange. tri-valley, a tiny bit of slowing out of the altamont pass. >>> 4:57. breaking news in san jose. officer shoots and kills a pit bull during a parole search. bob redell there talking to police. he'll have a live update.

grant balfour facing russell martin. he grounds out to end this one. 42nd-straight save for belfour. the a's roll over one of the best teams in baseball. >>> sticking with the a's. cespedes will join in the all-star festivities. taking part in the home run derby. the first oakland player in the derby since jason giambi did it in 2001. you hear the a's talking about cespedes. he is tailor-made for that in new york. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. 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. >>> jeff joins us now. you've b

grant balfour honored for being an all-star before the game. in the bottom of the fourth, it's all tied up. derek norris shot to left. chris young coming around. go home, go home. he did go home, and he's just under the tag. two on oakland. top five, two men on for josh hamilton. j.b. schuch scores a run. a pop, this one a double. hamilton, pujols. that would be it for dan straily. a's lose 8-3. >> if i can get through that inning somehow. go out there and keep going, i wasn't able to stop the bleeding. >> we believe and this stems back to last year, we can always come back. so if we get down a little bit, i don't feel any difference in the dugout. that was the case again today. we came back, we took the lead, we lost it again, and then they started adding on. i don't think that for any minute we don't think we can get a couple base runners on, and put ourselves in a position to come back. >> brian wilson continues to make the rounds. looking for a home for the last two months of the season. one scout said that wilson had 93 miles an hour with

the a's grant balfour pitched a scoreless sixth inning. he was the only at lettic to take the field. as for the giant there he is, buster pose circumstance the only one to see any action. unfortunately, he just struck out in the seventh. >>> still ahead, a 5-year-old girl uses crayons and markers to help police catch a bad guy. we will introduce doubt you to and coming sketch artist after the break. >>> so we leave you with an inspiring story for aspiring pee wee artists. meet this 5-year-old girl from texas who is using her talents to help catch the bad guy. angelina rector was outside her home when she spotted a police chase. she got a good look at the suspect and took it upon herself to draw a sketch of the suspect. this is what she came up with. isn't that sweet? her mother says she demand they had take it to police. he did that. now on cis display is at the police department. and for her bravery, police awarded angelina a certificate signed by the chief himself and earned a headline in the local paper, as you just saw. no surprise her

we have balfour eligible to play. but there's other news in the all-star game. starting pitchers have been announced. bruce bochy still handing the ball over to mets' harvey. he has a -- for more, we welcome in ahmed fareed. >> been a whirlwind so far for them. they've been talking to us quite a bit. they are a handful of local all-stars here, four of them here for the very first time. that is not the case with bruce bochy. he has been here twice now with the giants one time before. with the san diego padres. we were able to catch up with him and a couple of his guys earlier today. >> it's not easy, believe me. because you have to try to win the game and do it the right way. and you're going to rook at your guys. >> i'm definitely excited. i hope he gives me the ball. no matter what situation. just to be here, it's a huge honor. >> definitely excited. extremely blessed to be here and be a part of it. it's been fun so far, you know, from the siem we left san diego. they flew us in on a private plane. so that was pretty ah. so. first time i've done that. it was fu

a's grant balfour pitched scoreless sixth inning, only athletic to take the field. for the giants, buster poser the only one to see any action but struck out in the seventh. >>> 5:54. google issuing update to maps app this morning. scott mcgrew. >> ipad users, they get big new maps lots of information on night life and food. and take a look at this. new biking maps for bicyclers, google mapping out thoughts of miles of trails. the map goes past the dog park in campbell. the person in charge of marketing at google glass says the company thought about all kind of ways to talk to the device. you know you're supposed to say okay, glass, before giving a command. google says it thought about listen up, glass, go, go, glass, and clap on. big day for bay area stocks. ebay, intel, reporting profits. ben bernanke testify on the hill. top question that politicians are going to ask. you keep hinting you're going to stop injecting money into the economy and you don't stop. so which is it? remember, $85 billion a month, a month, is created as the fed buys bonds. they say they're