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The plague bacterial infection. Park Officials Say two squirrels died from the disease. The camp ground will shut down so workers can treat the area. The pictures show workers treating another area after a child became ill after visiting the park. Health Officials Say the risk to human health is low. Today the Sheriffs Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. They say Deputy Carlos francis drowned. He was paddleboarding and kayaking. Somehow his sister and the friend ended up in the water. The sister was okay but francis thought his friend was struggling. He jumped into the lake to help but drowned trying to do so. He was our colleague and frie friend. We are proud to say he was a deputy sheriff. His family says he was a talented athlete who played college and arena football before joining the Sheriffs Department. The man he was trying to help did survive. The San Francisco board of education will hold an emergency meeting tonight for students who finished school but are being blocked from getting a high school diploma. Reporter dan, the board is expected to take matters into its own hands this afternoon and issue diplomas despite state law requiring an exit exam. Both state lawmakers and local leaders think this is bureaucracy at its worse with students caught in the middle. Let me break down the issue for you. This is how it goes. The state legislature is in the process and expected to pass a bill that would no longer require the exam as requirement for High School Graduation but the bill wont reach the governors desk until this fall. As it stands district legally cannot issue diplomas until students pass an exit exam. The state cancelled the july exit exam date expecting the bill to pass. For example there are about 104 students in San Francisco who need to make up or retake the test but cant. Many run the risk of losing college admission. The superintendent says majority of kids involved are low income students or immigrants who already overcome incredible barriers. These students have in many cases cobbled together the Financial Resources to go to the university and to be told that we will have a solution in october so just go to Community College or just take a semester off and then you will know is just not acceptable. Reporter the school board is expected to vote in favor of foregoing the exit exam requirement. The superintendent does not expect back lash and says the board should step up for these students. The emergency meeting takes place at 5 30 this evening. We will head inside and talk with a student involved and have more details for you live at 6 00. The red cross is trying to find places to live for 20 people burned out of their homes in oakland. The blaze broke out about 2 30. It burned a business and spread to a neighboring duplex. Crews knocked down the flames within an hour. Several apartments and businesses were destroyed. The jerusalem fire keeps growing. Cal fire says the fire charred more than 24,000 acres. On the plus side the blaze is now 52 contained. More than 2,000 firefighters are still working the blaze. Crews hope to have it fully contained next week. Crews are trying to get full containment on the rocky fire. Firefighters have it 95 contained for a couple of days now. They hoped for full containment earlier this week. It burned more than 69,000 acres. Cal fire is blaming car exhaust for sparking last months big fire. Investigators determined the exhaust ignited the grass and spread so quickly. The fire broke out on july 22nd and burned more than 8,000 acres, destroyed one home and two outbuildings before it was stopped. Fire a big concern with temperatures hitting triple digit temperatures. High fire danger is likely with us through the weekend as temperatures spike a bit. Here is live doppler 7 hd. We have sunny skies across the bay area and notice a wide area of northwestern u. S. Covered by red flag warnings for high fire danger including northern sierra and northeastern most corner of california where red flag warning remains in effect until 8 00 this evening. Conditions near the two fires up north the rocky fire and the jerusalem fire temperature in the area 88 to 90 degrees and relative humidity down to dangerously low 14 . Winds gusting at 13 Miles Per Hour. The two fires now cover a combined area of nearly 150 square miles. Bad news for firefighters. Wind gusts are likely to increase significantly during the overnight hours. We will see dry gusty winds between 25 and 30 Miles Per Hour during Early Morning hours not likely to taper off until mid day tomorrow or tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. San Francisco Superior Court judge denied an injunction that would have shielded three physicians for prosecution for administering lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients who want the right to die. Reporter an emotional outcome for at least one terminally ill woman and her supporters. Judge earnest goldsmith decided this issue belongs to the legislature and not the court. I am disappointed but i want to make clear that my crying does not reflect that i am hopeless because i am not. Reporter she is one of several people fighting for the right to die in San Franciscos superior court today. Attorney Katherine Tucker is representing physicians who support her wishes. Tucker and the other plaintiffs attorneys were seeking an injunction to protect the physicians from prosecution for giving a lethal dose of medication to a mentally competent terminally ill patient. We represent physicians who have patients who are dying horrible deaths who want the option of a peaceful death. Reporter the Attorney Generals Office along with the San Francisco District Attorneys Office argued it was not a decision for the courts. So there is no Court Decision that still stands that found there is a fundamental right to physicianassistant suicide. This is extraordinary relief that we have enormous, far reaching life and death implications. And this court defers to the legislatu legislature. Reporter a former Police Officer and attorney and she says she believes it is a civil right. Along side odonnell. A terminally ill bay area woman who fought for her right. We were outraged that we had to move to oregon in order for her to have the ability to pass away peacefully. So far odonnell has not chosen to move to a right to die state but plaintiffs say she wants to move close to her family and continue to fight. Thank you. A san mateo woman who advocated for california to change its right to die law has passed away. Jennifer glass posted a viral video of her body transformation during a year of cancer treatment. Her husband posted she died peacefully. She was 52. Happening now the desperate search for teachers. The Oakland Unified School district is holding a job fair for potential candidates. Oak lpd is one of several cities experiencing a shortage of teachers. Lyanne melendez joins us with more. Reporter you know people still have one more hour to interview. The job fair ends at 5 00 this evening. If you miss it, they will have another one on wednesday from 1 00 to 5 00 at district headquarters. Dozens of candidates showed up for todays job fair. Oakland unified is hoping this will help find many qualified teachers. School starts in about a week. I know i want to work with youth. Reporter people came from all different back grounds and levels of experience. Recently graduated from college to folks that have quite a bit experience in education or in teaching maybe in other School Districts and other states. He already worked at another School District but wants to move closer to oakland. Credential for about 12 years so i want to go where needed. Reporter oakland needs to hire about 70 teachers. This shortage is going on in several districts in california. Baby boomers are retiring and pink slips given year after year discouraged many people from continuing or getting into the field of education. The number of credentials awarded in california dropped severely during the years of the great recession. We are going to be much closer. We will definitely be much closer and we are going to get as far as we can and then we are going to continue this work. I think he would be a really good fit. Tony was offered a position as a teacher at sequoia elementary. He has a few days to think it over. In oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Still ahead at 4 00, new video of the devastating explosions in china taken by an american living nearby. He thought he was going to die. First live to Southern California where a grass fire is burning out of control. History in havana. We will take you to the reopening of the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them live a little later on. Just search on facebook or twitter to aask finney. Going nowhere fast in both directions. At least the sun is shining. A new sea chance to tryew look. Something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. The 2015 cadillac srx. Lease this from around 339 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Cal fire is battling a growing fire. This is a live look from above a 150 acre fire in the hills. Crews are calling the terrain burning medium to heavy brush. No one has been injured. No evacuations. About 130 firefighters were involved on the ground and in the air. We will keep an eye on the fire and let you know if it starts getting close to homes. The death toll is rising after this weeks massive explosions in china. At least 56 people died, 700 were injured including a firefighter who was rescued after 32 hours. Abc 7 News Reporter has the latest. Reporter new video of the deadly explosions in china captured by american Dan Van Buren when he saw the first blast and then the other. I didnt know if the building was going to fall down. Around the epicenter a warehouse, dozens of people lost their lives, hundreds of others were hurt including this 19yearold firefighter, one of dozens who rushed in to battle the initial flames found just today more than 30 hours after the blast, buried beneath the rubble. Many others are still missing today as small fires continue burning around Containers Holding a mix of toxic chemicals. Crews in hazmat gear testing the air quality. Chinese authorities insisting it is safe. You are worried about the possible healthy effects . No. She says i just feel lucky to still be here. Reporter investigators are trying to figure out the cause. Police believe the water used to fight the initial fire may have created an explosive gas when mixed with chemicals. Production at the tesla plant came to a sudden stop after a Crane Operating knocked down a power line. Sky 7 hd shot this video of the crane truck. Tesla ended up sending thousands of workers home. The auto maker says nonfactory workers continue to do their jobs from the offices in palo alto. Pg e is working to restore power to the plant. The recall is for the jetta, passat with model years between 2010 and 2014. The Traffic Safety Administration Says debris can rip a cable that keeps the front air bag powered. Volkswagen is working to fix the problem. The white house is launching an official Music Channel with two music play lists. It says president obama created itself. Remember that . He was pretty good. It will be on spotify. The evening play list includes sounds of al green, beyonce and Billie Holiday and justin timberlake. This marks latest step by the white house to boost presence on social media. Get ready to beat the heat or try to reprieve from it. Inland for the next three days. Its going to be quite hot. Here is a look. It is pretty warm in some areas right now. Sunny skies prevail right now not even a hint of marine layer right now. 24 hour temperature change indicates most locations around the bay area only seen temperatures go up or down a degree or two except the north bay where santa rosa is seven degrees warmer than this time yesterday. Here is a view of the golden gate which you can see from our east bay hills camera. It is 71 degrees in San Francisco. Oakland 75. 76 in mountain view. San jose 78. 82 morgan hill. And this is a view looking out over San Francisco. A lovely view. 88 degrees in santa rosa. Napa 82. 87 in fairfield and concord. Blue skies over the calm, cool waters of San Francisco bay as you can see from our camera. These are forecast features. Warm to hot in the next three days. Speaking of threes we see triple digit temperatures inland the next three days and then that means increased fire concern and will be monitoring fire conditions for you throughout the period. Here is the satellite radar composite showing departure of the upper level low making a run for the canadian bord. Big hot air mass will continue expanding westward going to raise temperatures for much of the state tomorrow including the bay area. Our computer model indicates highs tomorrow up to about 101 at antioch. 98 at livermore. And heat will be more widespread on sunday and perhaps higher. Look for temperatures to break the 100 degree mark on sunday at fairfield, concord, antioch, livermore and 100 degrees on sunday. You can see a very warm weekend, a warm on one on the coast, hot one inland. Overnight mild, mainly clear. Breezy in the north bay. Low temperatures generally low 60s. Tomorrow look for sunny and warm to hot conditions. South bay to upper 90s. Maybe up to 100 down at gilroy. Peninsula highs 90 degrees at red wood city. We see mid to upper 70s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco a high of 78 tomorrow from the north bay valleys. 95 santa rosa. Over in the east bay 90 Castro Valley and inland east bay will sizzle upper 90s to near 100. Here is the seven day forecast. Temperatures will start to moderate until middle of next week. The intense heat will taper off a little bit by next tuesday giving way to mid 90s. We wont see temperatures dropping down to or below 90 until the end of next week. We will be prepared. Thank you. Coming up next a group of boaters encounter a big whale. Turns out the whale needed their help. Plus are you crazy . Are you out of your mind . New after 4 30 the dads taking drastic action to teach daughters a lesson about dangers of social media. Taking a look at traffic in san jose on highway 101. Arent you glad you are home now . Watching all of this if you are waiting for anybody it is going to take a long they wont stay Young Forever. Music f rforever you gersion but for 60 years theres been a place where we can stay forever young together. Dont miss the Disneyland Resort diamond celebration. Forever you g with an allnew electrical parade, fireworks spectacular and more. May you st y come see it all dazzle like never before. Come feel forever Young Forever you g Close Encounters dont get much closer than this. Ivan was fishing with friends in australia when he spotted a whale in trouble apparently looking for help. A plastic bag and fishing line were stuck near its mouth. Ivan got close enough to remove the bag and captured the special moment with some selfies. Well done. I couldnt believe it like we were just laughing like did not believe what was happening. A once in a lifetime experience for a great picture and to help a friendly giant in need of a favor. Wow. That is incredible. Two bay area landmarks are listed among top 15 in the world. Alcatraz number eight on travelers choice landmark list. It was the top choice for destinations in the united states. The Golden Gate Bridge number ten on the list. And making the list trip adviser examines reviews from travelers during a year long period. The religious monument topped the list for 2015. Also the taj mahal. Today kicked off d 23 expo in anaheim. This expo gives disney fanatics a sneak peek from big movies. The World Disney Company welcomed eight new members including susan luci. There were exclusive movie panels and presentations. Many people dressed up in favorite characters and costumes. Disney the Parent Company of abc 7 news. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00 a historic moment more than 50 years in the making. The reopening of the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Remaining defiant. You will hear from the tv star who lost daughters in an International Custody dispute. Stay in oakland. This is where we belong. Later on waving the flag to keep the raiders in oakland. Does t bills got a very tough 13lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. This golf course is electric. Live from the kgo tv Broadcast Center this is abc 7 news. Making headlines where you live a San Francisco School Official meeting about students unable to enroll in college. Those students did not complete the exit exam. State education officials cancelled the test because of a debate about the exams effectiveness. Working to ensure students can still go to college. Two children killed while sleeping in a tent at yosemite after a tree limb fell on them. The incident is under investigation. Laura anthony will have an update live coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Today is the Graduation Ceremony for the San Jose Police academys 23rd and 24th graduating classes. David louie tweeted this picture of some graduating recruits. The next phase of u. S. And cuba talks on full normalization is set to begin next month. Secretary of state john kerry spoke in havana and said both sides will need to come together and negotiate. Reporter a moment in history more than 50 years in the making. Today the u. S. Flag raised above the American Embassy for the First Time Since 1961. Cuba and the u. S. Broke diplomatic relations in the midst of the cold war. Secretary of state john kerry in havana. This is truly a memorable occasion, a day for pushing aside old barriers and exploring new possibilities. Reporter u. S. And cuba have restored full diplomatic relations reopening embassies in each others capital. Gop president ial candidate marco rubio talking to a new york audience about the castro regimes violations of human rights pointing out that no cuban regime critics were invited to the ceremony. Their explosion from this event has insured it will be little more than a propaganda rally for the castro regime. Reporter kerry scheduled to meet dissidents separately and spent time with cubas foreign minister who reiterated full normal ties depends on lifting embargoes. At the moment there is no current discussion or plan to change arrangement with respect to guantanamo. Reporter kerry says talks will start mid september. The reopening of the u. S. Embassy in cuba led to heated exchanges in miamis Little Havana neighborhood today. Anticastro demonstrators ripped apart a symbol of the revolution. Police arrived to try to calm the crowds. Reaction to todays event certainly mixed. We have been betrayed again by the united states. This is not the first time. They have sided with castro. The freedom of cuba has been betrayed. The people who were not protesting say they were there simply to show support for change. U. S. Officials say there are credible reports that isis terrorist fighters used a chemical weapon this week and isis most likely used mortar or rocket shells to launch mustard glass. The officials believe it was likely a small amount of gas and not a massive chemical weapons attack. Authorities lifted the state of emergency in ferguson, missouri after shootings during protests to mark the anniversary of a black teenager killed by a white Police Officer. It was a Third Straight night of calm but county Officials Say police will remain vigilant. Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested. 18yearold Michael Brown was shot and killed in august. That officer was not charged. The shooting triggered a National Black lives matter movement. New York City Police shot and killed an armed gang member during a six hour standoff. The incident began with a man barricaded himself inside his home. The wounded firefighter is expected to survive. Actress Kelly Rutherford says she is fighting for her children and other parents. Today we hear following a judges ruling that sent her children overseas. Abc News Reporter has more cht. Reporter talking about her International Custody battle for the First Time Since the judge ordered her two children to go back to monaco to live with their father. The star sharing her frustration. I walked into a courtroom where everything felt like it was already done. Reporter her 8yearold son and 6yearold daughter both american citizens are back with their father. A new york judge making the decision tuesday after accused of kidnapping the children when she disobeyed a court order by not sending them back to europe last week. I was accused of things that i was not able to defend and kidnappings where no one knows where the children are. The battle began six years ago with rutherford agreeing to share custody when they divorced. When the u. S. Visa was revoked and he had to leave this country a california judge ruled that the children live with him in monaco temporarily while he reapplied for a visa which he never did. The attorney claimed he agreed the children would come back to america if he didnt get a visa. He violated an American Court order and the saddest part of the story is that no American Court seems to give a damn. And the attorney tells abc news he will not respond to latest round of false statements. The case returns to court in monaco september 3rd. Still ahead can any pet be a Service Animal . Just ahead a confrontation between customers, a man with a snake refuses to leave a restaurant. I am michael finney. Ask finney is ahead. I am taking questions on twitter and facebook. Ill answer questions here live in a little bit. I am spencer christian. We can see there is no marine layer. No cooling sea breeze and temperatures on the rise. I will have the this is amazing. A missouri couple walked into a restaurant with a socalled service snake. It happened and upset other customers inside. You can see the snake in the photo around the mans neck. He had the snake around her neck first and it started to slither off of her neck down into the booth behind her. She was pulling it and i just started trembling. The snakes owner told Restaurant Management the reptile was a Service Animal and helped with depression so they allowed him to stay. The american disabilities act defines dogs only as Service Animals. Wow. Lets get a check of the weather. Here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. Looking at conditions across the 48 states tomorrow it will be sunny and hot i mean hot everywhere. Highs of 96 at fargo. 91 at minneapolis. 98 in dallas. Over in the southwest 115 degrees expected high at phoenix. 93 the high at Salt Lake City and across california look for heat, as well. Highs of 101 at sacramento. 99 chico. 98 yosemite. 115 down at palm springs and here in the bay area it will be warm to hot, as well. On the coast we will see highs in the mid to upper 70s. Great day for the beach. Around the bay upper 80s to about 90. And inland areas will sizzle to about 101 and looks like sunday is going to be even hotter. Get ready for a very toasty weekend. Skies will remain sunny. If you want some beach activities this is the weekend for it. Thanks very much. And still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, the strong reaction to a social media experiment. How easy it can be for strangers to target teens. A sure sign of trouble between neighbors in an ongoing dispute. Im 7 on your sides michael finney. How do you get your Facebook Page unblocked if you cant get anyone on the phone . I will answer that question and do you like the passaaadd . Its a good looking car. This is the model rear end event. The model year end sales event. Its year end its the rear end event. Year end, rear end, check it out. Talk about turbocharging my engine. Youre gorgeous. What kind of car do you like . New, or many miles on it . Get a 1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 passat models. Or lease a 2015 Passat Limited Edition for 189 a month after a 1000 bonus. Same plan. New phone. Or a new plan. And a just in case. Add a new line. Or three. And unlimited talk and text for unlimited tweens. Take a carrier store detour at target, and upgrade to a shiny new everything. And now when you buy a phone, get 20 off your target run. All things mobile. All in one place. Former minnesota governor says donald trump and Bernie Sanders are shaking up the president ial race big time. We have a government in washington that is broken clearly and it needs to be shaken up and trump is doing that and so is Bernie Sanders. I look at both of their campaigns and i see great parallels to my campaign in minnesota where the media attacks you at every direction but yet the people stand and support you. Trump, the gop front runner has been called for jury duty. He reports monday in manhattan. Senator sanders has surged in recent polls against hillary clinton. A warning for parents about your childs safety online. A social experiment posted on youtube is getting a lot of attention showing how easy it can be for strangers to target your teens. Some find it disturbing but others say it teaches a very valuable lesson. You are watching a 13yearold girl meet up with a complete stranger she met online. From facebook. Remember . Reporter what he doesnt know is that this is an experiment and her father is waiting close by. Are you crazy . Are you out of your mind . That guy she is meeting in the park after texting with him, a youtube star known for silly and outrageous pranks. This one caught the attention of millions of parents now asking if their kids are also at risk. Did it turn out as you thought it would . I didnt know it was going to work and i knew it was a big video when i showed it to my mother and she cried. Reporter to begin he made a facebook profile posing as a 15yearold boy. With the parents permission i friend requested three girls. Reporter after texting and chatting he told the girls he wanted to meet up. First you recruited parents . None of the kids are going to talk to you. I dont think she will open the door. She said i think my dad fell asleep. You can come now. You are 12 years old. Reporter the dramatic video sparking a barrage of social media comments most saying it is hard to watch but needs to be seen. We have the parents of jenna. Reporter young girls trusting an online stranger. I cant believe this. Reporter what started as a light hearted experiment sparking an urgent conversation. What do you think the experiment will mean to people . Just so everyone can show this to their kids and see the live events happen. He said he reached out to six girls in the experiment and three did back away and cancelled their meeting. That is eye opening. A months long feud in a texas neighborhood has come to this, a very different for sale sign. The homeowners have dogs who bark so they say he has complained several times and installed a camera pointed into the backyard. The dogs owners created a sign after get a 121 ticket in the mail because of the barking. We are hoping the sign would maybe make him realize that he has pushed us too far. We didnt know what else to do. The neighbor has not come home to comment. The city considers it a real estate sign and because it meets standards cannot force homeowners to move it. Time now to ask finney. Michael finney here to answer questions sent to him. I paid my credit card down. When does the bank have to give me access to my full credit line . Anytime they want. Normally how it wurbs is as soon as the money is posted to your account your credit line moves back up. So if you have 1,000 and you pay 400 it should move back up. They dont have to do that. There is no timeline. There is one big rule, though. Just because they move it up they cannot charge you an over the limit fee. Your limit is still your limit. If you have a 1,000 dollar limit and they havent replenished it they are still not allowed to charge you the fees. Monica emailed i have been living in my apartment for about a year and raised my rent from 1325 to 1,425 is that legal . Most cities here do not have rent control and as long as they give you a 30 days notice sometimes 60 day notice then they are allowed to raise it. Most cities here have chosen not to protect renters. Twitter user tweeted this question. My facebook account has been blocked for a week and i am not able to get a response or help from a real person. Any ideas . Quit trying. Most of the online companies, facebook included, have very, very limited ability to phone in. However, facebook if you go on and check it out they have a place where you can ask any question and end a note to a person who will read it. They will not talk to you about it generally. Even we start with email and go that way. It is hard. You cant get them on the phone. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Still ahead, the government approves oxy contin for children 11 and older. Jane king has todays wellness report. The food and Drug Administration approved the powerful pain killer for new use in children ages 11 to 16 who suffer from severe chronic pain. Most pain medications are not approved for children. A sudden dose can lead to overdose and death. The fda is requiring only to give to kids already nchlthsz. It takes 20 minutes a day. The study found moderate exercise had a lot of benefits, diabetes management, lower hypertension as well as prevention of Heart Disease and certain cancers. How do you know when you are working out too hard. Symptoms such as nausea, blurry vision are red flags. Drinking lots of water and making sure your blood sugar doesnt drop too far will help in preventing those problems. And Consumer Reports says many drug prices risen dramatically especially generics. The magazine says a third of respondents say sudden and large increases has happened to them and recommend shopping to different pharmacies. From the nasdaq i am jane king. Here is to your health. Coming up next the 2015 season begins tonight for the raiders but could it be their last in oakland . Members of the raidernation fear their team is as good as gone. Then new at 5 00 a family asks how police could mistake a hand drill for a machine gun. What they want from San Jose Police department. And why traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge is about to backup big time. Those stories and more at 5 00. A new season brings a new look. A chance to try something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. Take advantage of our summer offers. Get this low mileage lease on select ats models, in stock the longest, for around 269 per month. Shark tank at 8 00. Join us for abc 7 news at 11 00. Two sold out shows tonight and tomorrow. Sky 7 hd flew over earlier today and you can see the massive stage setup for performances. Santa clara Police Issued a traffic advisory tonight and tomorrow. If you are in that area you can expect and count on traffic and delays along highways 101 as well as surrounding surface roads. Expect slow traffic on 880 because the raiders are in action at the coliseum. Fans are out there demanding action on the new stadium to keep the team from moving. Wayne freedman is live with the story. They would rather be thinking about football than politics cht you see the stadium, this is the last year of the lease. They want a football only facility and are threatening to move to los angeles. You probably know this story. Its an old one and a new one and it is back again. It looked and felt like last year at least for fans. Is this a swan song . I know they are going to go away. It is the football version of star crossed lovers. The raiders open the exhibition tonight with no guarantees that they might not be playing in los angeles. The team wants a new stadium. Negotiations between the city, county and raiders and outside developer continue but details are sketchy. I am looking at it as making sure they want what they need. Reporter to a fan base that wants them he represents the county on the coliseum commission. He is president of save oakland sports. The raiders have not done well in 12 years yet have had sellouts and now this year this is one of the highest ticket sales so far. When the nfl says we are going to move the team because there is not fan support that is totally false. Reporter big time sport in a Big League City and that is how franchises play the game. Off the field it is about stadiums and revenues. Everyone else stuck in the middle. Got to follow the money. Money is not in oakland right now. Reporter wayne freedman, abc 7 news. Thank you for joining us. Im cheryl jennings. And im dan ashley. We appreciate your time. Stay tuned. Abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now. I hear a loud crash. That crash was a tree limb that killed two children while they were sleeping at a popular camp ground in yosemite. We are live with the very latest. Pay, pensions and the police department. A new deal critical to keeping cops in san jose. An emergency meeting that could determine whether thousands of students get to go to college. How one man just got a new job that cans to his skills and because he watched abc 7 news. Very sad day in yosemite. Loved ones grieving, park officials devastated by the death of two young campers. The youngs administers died when a tree branch fell on them when they slept in their tent. It happened in yosemite valley. Laura anthony is live in yosemite with the story. Reporter you said it, Yosemite National park is teaming with tourists from all over the world. It is hard to believe that something so tragic happened in such a beautiful place. It happened at 5 00 this morning in the very popular and crowded upper pines camp ground. Its just beyond Curry Village for those who are familiar with the park. We have very limited information so far but what we do know is that these two young people, were asleep in their tents at 5 00 in the morning a limb from a black oak came crashing down. Here is what one witness told us about the loud noise that it made. I heard a loud boom almost like a gunshot when it came down. I heard a woman screaming at the top of her lungs and i knew something was wrong. Reporter and again we have very Little Information about who these youngsters were, where they are from. We are hoping to learn more from park officials. Of course, this is not the first time that someone has been injured or killed here at yosemite from a falling tree limb. At this point it is hard to know whether the drought, the dryness, the dehydrated trees, whether that played any role. We will be here and gathering information and will have more for you tonight on abc 7 news at 6 00. Live at yosemite, laura anthony, abc 7 news. The last person killed by a fallen tree in yosemite was a 27yearold concession worker in 2012. A wind storm dumped a tree limb on to his tent. In 2013 one was working as a counselor near yosemite. East bay woman died when a tree crashed into t

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