in oakland, craig devro, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> officials of the california state fair said today despite concerns about financial struggles this year's event was a big suck sea. the fair wrapped up last night with a total attendance of more than 741,000 people. which is up 10% from last year. the increase comes after a five- year slide and officials credit a change in the date of the event. they moved it up by one month to make sure children and families could enjoy the fair before school starts, people also may have been lured by 25% discounts on promotions such as free attendance for children on tuesday. >>> a new below to the california economy. the well known company that says it is moving more than 500 jobs out of the state. >>> why a vote in the u.s. senate could keep thousands of california teachers on the job was postponed today. >>> new information today reveals a health li na could face people eating meets, people which meats like hot dogs and bacon could face. . >>> ktvu.com, complete bay area coverage. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic o

craig devro has this report. >> this short video tape was taken by an upstairs neighbor. it shows a man in the same house putting together several cylinder rick will objects. he wants to be known only as robert. he walked in on what he thought was the bomb in the making. >> fuses coming out of the end of it, black and red wires, he was seeing the end of it off with silicon, you know. kind of looked like four pieces of dynamite all taped up together. >> reporter: robert says police later admitted to him that when the call came in police thought the accusation might be exaggerated until they saw the video tape. >> that's when the bomb squad came. >> that was their reaction. >> that was pretty much their reaction. >> the man who lives in the house across the street says the members of the s.w.a.t. team pulls off his screens. >> they brought in their sniper rifles and they were watching out the front window there. >> reporter: the suspect eventually surrendered. the neighbors say it would have happened sooner but the police couldn't find a vietnamese translator. they later de