Structure burn, you can see it right there on fire. This fire started around 3 30 this afternoon and quickly devoured 150 acres. The fire is burning north of santa rosa between highway 101 in the town of lower lake. Joining us on the phone is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire, thank you and give us an update, please. The fire is in lake county, off rocky creek and morgan valley. Its north of santa rosa in lake county. Conditions are now, the fire is at 150 acres, plus. So this fire is growing rapidly. Its a fastmoving fire. And the terrain is in the heavy brush and timber. Suzy, why is it moving so fast . The wind or terrain, or both . Its both. So winds are 11 miles per hour, but we know that terrain is dry and drought ridden. So you know the fuels are heavy. And there is a lot of brush up there. Talk more about the evacuations. Because this is a quickly moving fire. Were in the initial attack phase. We do have evacuations. I dont have a clear area of what areas are being evacuated. I would like to remind homeowners that are making calls into the call center, if youre feeling threatened by the fire, were asking them to go head and leave their homes and evacuate. Take no chances. What about the response . Can you give us a sense of what youre able to put on the fire . Six air tankers and dc ten ordered to respond to this fire. 200 plus firefighters for the initial attack, Additional Resources are on order to the fire. So far, no injuries that we know of at this point . No injuries have been reported into the call center. The fire is 0 contained and like i said, its a fastmoving fire. Well, good luck to the crews and everybody who lives in its path. That is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire, thank you. This fire burning north of santa rosa, in the town of lower lake as we look live from sky 7 hd. Were getting photos of the clear lake fire on social media now. Here is a photo taken from the lake. And another abc7 news viewer took this picture from clear lake oaks. If youre a safe distance from the fire and have photos or video just share them on social media us. If youre in the clear lake area and yu can see the smoke, post the photos or video with the hash tag abc7now. Good evening, new video. A San Francisco man claims he was a victim of Excessive Force when he was slammed to the ground by police during last months pride celebration. Vic lee is live with the story youll see on abc7 news, vic . San Francisco Police have yet to respond to this story but 24yearold tony nguyen says he was concerned lease were using Excessive Force during pride week demonstrations. He says he became the target of an officers violent actions. Saturday, june 27th. Protestor and police tangled outside of a club after the pride march. I decided to get fresh air to breathe. Reporter this is what nguyen saw. Officers on top of a screaming woman, trying to restrain her. Nguyen walked closer. A Police Supervisor was nearby. I said youre using Excessive Force. Its unnecessary. He tried to slam me down to the police car like a bunch of other cops joining, trying to take me down to the ground. I was telling them i am not resisting arrest. You know . Reporter officers occurred nguyen and took him to a police car. He said asked one of them what am i being charged with . I was told, i have no rights. The video speaks for itself. Nguyens turn, kate. He saw a woman being hurt and he, you know, acted as best he could in a nonviolent way to just address this. Reporter prosecutors told abc7 news they decided not to charge nguyen. But nguyen wants to pursue this complaint of Excessive Force, regardless. This was his First Encounter with police, he feels his rights were violated when he tried to do the right thing. Vic lee, abc7 news. A 15yearold will be charged as an adult in the kidnap and murder of 8yearold madyson middleton. Police say Adrian Jerry Gonzales lured the little girl to his apartment before killing her. Chris is live with the story. Chris . Reporter the suspect is being held at the Juvenile Hall here in santa cruz. He will make a Court Appearance tomorrow, those who knew him say they never thought that hed be capable of committing such a horrific crime. A Small Community is heart broken over the loss of one of their own. Were like a big family. Its supposed to be what it is. Just, devastating. But, like, its family. Reporter 15yearold Adrian Jerry Gonzales, known as aj, has been charged in the murder of his neighbor, 8yearold maddy middleson. Police say maddy knew and trusted aj, which is why she followed him to his apartment. Were trying to preserve our right to a fair trial. The details and facts and circumstances of the case will come out in court. Reporter detectives found maddys body in a recycling bin. This video the day of her disappearance shows aj playing the song mad world on the piano. The lyrics the dreams in which im dieing are the best ive ever had. When he came back, my brother said he found her and i heard one of our neighbors saying how come nobody is calling 911 . And we found her. It was like. Reporter aj has been charged with one count of murder as well as special circumstances involved of kidnapping and special charges. We have charged this individual with the crimes for which he is responsible and there is no plea deal on anything. Reporter because aj is a juvenile, the Death Penalty is off the table. However, he does face life in prison if convicted. The man accused of killing five people in a modesto home was in court today for a pretrial hearing. Martin martinez appeared on homicide charges in a different case related to the death of a toddler last fall. He is charged in the death of 2yearold christopher ripley, who suffered head injuries in september and died two days later. Christophers mother, dr. Amanda crews was martinezs exgirl friend, she is one of five people murdered inside of a modesto home earlier this month. We want to turn now to the whether. Temperatures were so hot today, allen rock park was shut down. In Alameda County, people hit the beach to try to beat the heat. You can see theyre having fun while staying cool. It wasnt quite as hot today in San Francisco. Drew tuma has a look at the weather. Hi, spencer. I mean, hi, drew. Its okay. Youre used to saying it. The records were set. 108 the high in antioch. 107 in livermore, that is just one degree shy of tieing the record this year. 76 in oakland. 70 in San Francisco. Half moon bay, 65 degrees. You can see onshore flow kicked in today compared to yesterday. A live look from our sutro tower cam, yes. Here comes natural ac. Were on the way down from the heat. Cooler air is headed our way tomorrow, that is friday, the accuweather forecast in just a few minutes, dan . Thank you, spencer, i mean drew. Ha, ha. How are people beating the heat . Well have a look at what people and pets are doing in the east bay. Reporter everyone loves a dip in the pool. At contra costa Animal Services. And victoria says nobody likes a hot car. It gets me hot in a car. I couldnt imagine being a dog without having a voice to tell them, im hot. Reporter which is why Animal Services has a new poster campaign. Were trying to get them to stores and putting out cards. Reporter it explains drastic temperature spikes. Remember the dogs. Reporter because of a mall in concord, shopping is where people go to beat the heat. Iets probably in the 06s. Very comfortable. Reporter a water balloon fight is part of making incoming freshmen comfortable during a twoday orientation. Everything we do is team building. Reporter it doesnt feel like football season here and because it is hot, theyre doing a modified practice today. The good news, they have a few more opportunities to practice before regular season starts. In oakland, abc7 news. Hot weather isnt helping the there are a dozen major wildfires burning across california now. Sky 7 hd is live over one of them. Lets take a look at lake county near the count of lower lake. This fire burned one home and 150 acres and it is quickly spreading this afternoon. There are immediate evacuation orders in the area. And the wragg fire in napa county continues to threaten more homes, 150 acres reignited, forcing evacuation. The fire burned almost 7100 acres and it is 80 contained. Still to come here at 6 00, the tragic mistake by an elderly woman that took the life of her 89yearold husband. And an oil slick discovered off the Southern California coast that has already been hit by an oil spill. When you buy new smoke female announcer right now at sleep train, get up to 48 months interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Save hundreds on beautyrest. Or choose 300 in free gifts with Stearns Foster. The triple choice sale is on now at sleep train. A new sea chance to tryew look. Something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. Take advantage of our summer offers. Lease select cts models in stock the longest, for around 399 per month. Latest now on that rapidlygrowing wildfire in lake county. This is the scene from sky 7 hd. Flames destroyed at least one home at this point. Evacuations under way in clear lake north of santa rosa. The fire started around 3 30 this afternoon, devouring 150 acres and sparking smaller fires. Well have updates on abc7 news at 9 00 and on abc7 news at 11 00. Hundreds of Police Officers are expected in oakland tomorrow for the funeral of lane Police Officer scott lunger, weve learned governor jerry brown will attend the memorial. Viewing is underway at the chapel of the chimes on mission boulevard in hayward. These are live pictures. The public can go in until 9 00 p. M. He is being remembered for his love of baseball. Tony jackson says lunger would get off his shift and sleep in his car to play ball later in the morning. Each morning i tap my roof, how are you doing . Still with us no matter why wr were at, on the field, off the field. A lot of contribute United States are being paid to sergeant lunger. The Alameda CountyPolice Department will take over services in hayward so Police Officers there can attend the funeral. Today, we heard from haywards police chief. Allen wong was there and joins us with more. Reporter the chief could not thank the community enough for the outpouring of support. You can see there are hundreds of flowers and cards lining the front of Police Headquarters had here for fallen Police Officer lunger, today, the chief said investigators are not looking for more suspects and positively linked a suspects vehicle to the scene. Her mind is mostly on tomorrows funeral for sargent lunger. That is where the public will hear friends and family talk about the positive impact he had on the community as an officer and volunteer. People are asking what more they can do for the department. For answers show your support by lining the streets as the procession goes by. Attend the open service, make it a celebration of life that he would be proud of. We know that scott really liked the ceremony yil part of things. He liked it big and bold. That is how we intend to do it tomorrow to honor him in a big way. Law enforcement way. Because one thing we wont want scott to be is disappointed. The 15 year veteran was also an assistant varsity girls soft ball coach in berkeley. His team is expected to attend wearing the other uniform he loved. The procession starts at 8 45, Funeral Service is at 10 00. And theyre expecting about 8,000 people, but there could be more. Reporting live from Hayward Police headquarters im allen wong, abc7 news. Thank you. And sargent lunger will be laid to rest with full honors tomorrow. The procession route will go up mission boulevard, turn right on foot hill boulevard, then left on a street, continuing on to 880 to ora cle arena. The east bay procession begins at 8 45 a. M. The Memorial Service is at oracle arena, scheduled to start at 10 00. Well be posting some of the mostpoignant moments on our abc7 news twitter feed and facebook page. New concerns in Southern California after an oil slick appeared a thousand yards off the Santa Barbara county coastline. We are live with the latest what. Is going on . Reporter were going on the beach. Officials dont know if this is a naturallyoccurring oil seepage or a spill. From the air, large sheens of oil is seen about three miles long and two miles wide. This man is covered up to his knees in oil after riding his kayak through the slick. It was just so much. Ive never seen that coating, so much area. Reporter ron hud ons kayak is also covered. Ive gotten a little bit of stuff on there before, but nothing like this. Reporter tar balls are visible and peoples feet are covered in tar. Max picked up a big blob. Ive never seen anything like this. Reporter coast guard helicopters are trying to figure out where it is coming from. We werent able to identify any potential source. Reporter however, there are pipelines in the area. We havent heard of any facilities losing oil. Reporter the sheen is a dozen miles from the site of a massive spill that began on may 19th. That oil ended up on l. A. County beaches. Its disturbing there are some accidents in such a short period of time. Reporter todays slick left life guards to shut down the ocean to swimmers. Its not cool. Not cool. This is supposed to be the day at the beach. Reporter yes. There is a great beach. Were making the best of it. Reporter it is a beautiful day. And the good news for the beach goers the ocean is now back open. County Officials Say the water is now safe to be in. As for the oil in the water Officials Say that it is so thin, that they cant use skimmers and traditional methods used to clean up an oil spill so theyre waiting for it to naturally dissipate. Live from goleta, alex michael son, abc7 news. Alex, thank you very much. Time to turn to weather. Drew is here and it is hot now. It is hot. Everyone is going start to feel the nice onshore breeze tomorrow, so its only downward from here on out. Next couple days. Live doppler 7 hd showing you a quiet picture. Want to take you to that brush fire ongoing about 150 acres now. Its hot around clear lake. 97 degrees now. Relative humidity bone dry at 10 . This green return is the smoke. A southwest wind four miles gusting to 11 at this hour. Outside we go. Live look from our mount tam cam. Clouds are coming in, going to bring cooler air over 24 hours, 65 in San Francisco. 71 oakland. 78 mountain view. An jose, 82 degrees. A similar picture from our east bay hills camera, were warm in spots. Napa, 77. Novato, 82. Fairfield, 100 degrees. 96 in livermore. Refreshing site from our south beach camera showing you nice bay waters. Forecast calls for fog to return overnight near the coast. The heat will ease tomorrow and as heat eases humidity will be on the rise friday and that could initiate an isolated shower by the end of the week. We have a beach hazard to talk about throughout the rest of the evening. Live doppler 7 hd showing thu hot air mass over at this hour. Were watching moisture in Southern California. This is what is going to try to creep north over 24 hours and increase our humidity. Future weather picks it up tomorrow morning. You will notice humidity going on the rise through friday morning, increasing cloud cover. We can touch off an isolated shower, light in nature. The heat eases and humidity will be on the rise. Overnight, going to be another warm night out there. Partly cloudy skies, falling into mid50s to mid60s across the bay area. Looking at highs in the south bay, 86 milpitas. 80 san mateo. Pacifica, up to 66 degrees in the afternoon. 64 daily city into the north bay. 87 santa rosa. 88 napa. 83 in san rafael. San Francisco May get a second shot at hosting the olympics after all. Mayor lee says his staff has had preliminary internal thoughts about hosting the game. Boston pulled out due to the cost. Giants ceo as been involved in past efforts and says organizers would look into possibilities if the opportunity were to arise. Were open to discussions but not necessarily purse suing the same thing we did before. Everything changed but were open to discussions about what might work. Mayor lee who signed a city budget today says hes more focused on warrior as rena and a housing bond. The u. S. Olympic committee wants to get ready by september. Starting today, people can get free wifi in san leandro, expected to be the fastest in the country. Still to come on abc7 news at 6 00, evacuations underway and the fire continues to spread. And were keeping progress on stop signs. Female announcer youre on the right track to save big during sleep trains triple choice sale. For a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interestfree financing on a huge selection of tempurpedic models. Or choose to save hundreds on Simmons Beautyrest mattress sets. You can even choose 300 in free gifts with sleep trains most popular Stearns Foster mattresses. The triple choice sale, on now at sleep train. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep we continue to follow our breaking news, youre looking live from sky 7 hd this, wildfire continues to race towards homes near clear lake. So far, flames destroyed at least one home and is moving quickly. Take a look at the smoke. Yes. Its rugged terrain and windy out there. Its a bad combination. The heat is fuelling this fire. The fire broke out around 3 30 and grew to 150 acres and is still spreading. Firefighters face tough conditions. Steady winds are pushing flames to very dry brush and timber. There is no containment on this fire right now. Officials are evacuating the area and evacuations have been set up at Highlands Senior Center from bowers avenue in clear lake. Just look at the size of those billowing smoke clouds coming up into the air. Its amazing. Again, one home hz been burned and more are threatened. Well keep you updated but its a serious situation you can see live. It is. And were seeing more photos from your view of the clear lake clear. Abc7 news viewer elizabeth sent us this picture from davis street. You can see how much smoke the fire created so far. And luke shared this panoramic view of the fire. Thank you, to everyone who sent pictures. If you have photos or videos you share them with abc7 now. Some San Francisco bicyclists say outdated traffic laws are bad for them and drivers are proving their point tonight but following the rules of the road like everyone else. Its happening on the route known as the wiggle. Carolyn tyler is live to explain what is going on. Reporter well, dan, San Francisco is known for its street theater protests so there has been quite a show here tonight. Lots of bicyclists doing what is right, to try to prove its wrong. Theyre obeying the law to protest the law. Stopping at every stop sign, hoping to back up traffic. A challenge to one Police Captains crack down on bicyclists who roll through, especially on this popular bike corridor known as the wiggles. You can maneuver easily. Its easy to treat it as a yield sign and be safe. Reporter but the mayor is not sure. Im willing to have conversations about the highest level of safety. I cant accept one entitys point of view. Reporter activists it takes resource as way from the deadly traffic violations but the police chief does not think officers are out of line. I would suggest were not overenforcing on bicyclists with only 1 of the tickets going to bicyclists. Reporter but one supervisor calls these over the top. Its one thing to break the law to break the law blatantly. Its another to yield through a stop sign when there is no one else around. Reporter she plans to look into crafting legislation like so called idaho stop. A law these San Francisco activists are pushing for that allows cyclists to yield rather than stop when they see this sign. In San Francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. An 84yearold martinez woman killed her husband this morning after hitting the gas pedal on the car instead of the it happened this morning in martinez. Reporter from sky 7, you can see where the toyota ended up after breaking through a wall in the garage. According to investigators the 84yearold yvonne catrell was trying to reposition the car. She is claiming she stepped on the accelerator instead of the break. Reporter because the husband, the 89yearold glenn was pinned underneath the car. Certainly, drugs or alcohol did not appear to be a factor in this related investigation. But you know our condolences. We feel for the family. Reporter the husband was alive and talking in the ambulance but later died at john muir medical center. She was not physically hurt. University of california president Janet Napolitano testified on capitol hill. Shes talking with lawmakers about sexual assaults on college campuses. Napolitano says training to deter assaults should begin on the first day of school. Every freshman reporting this fall will receive the same training throughout the system. And that training will then include all other students, faculty, and staff. Student committee is working to provide resources for victims of sex crimes. University of california system paid napolitanos predecessor the year after he stepped down from the presidency. According to a spokesperson, confirmed that udoff continued to earn his salary 12 months after stepping down under the terms of the contract. He made nearly as much as his replacement, who earned 585,000 in 2014. Abc7 news learned the u. S. Attorney for Northern California is stepping down. Hague served as u. S. Attorney since 2010. Her term expires in november of next year. Well, coming up here new smoke detectors may cost more. However, they can end u u now, to the latest on that rapidlygrowing wildfire. This is a live look at the scene. You can see the flames and that thick smoke coming off of it. The flames destroyed at least one home. Evacuations are now underway in clear lake. The fire started around 3 30 this afternoon, burning 150 acres. Well have updates on abc7 news at 9 00 and 11 00. This is a very good time to talk about smoke detectors. For years, theyve been fairly easy to disable. A new law that takes affect this month ends that. Michael finney is here with a look at the changes. Yes. Its going to cost you more but i think its going to be worth it. When you buy a new smoke or Carbon Monoxide detector youll find theyre a bit more expensive because of a new law. Reporter for years, its been too easy to disable fire aharms in your home. I have to admit that i take them out often, when they start beeping. Wakes up the kids, always happens in the middle of the night. So i take them down and take batteries out. Reporter in september, 20133 women died in a fire in pitsberg. Smoke detectors were in the house but batteries had been removed. Not only were the smoke alarms not installed but there were no batteries for them to operate. These five devices would have made the difference. As of july 4th, stores can no longer sell the detectors can removable batteries. These sealed compartments cost more. Its a 30 increase. But you can be safing in the end because you dont have to pay for replacements every six months. I think where theyre going to save not only financially but because of the environment. Were reducing the amount of battery. This law went into affect a few years ago but stores had until this july to conform to e new rules. To see my reports go to abc7 news. Com and select 7 on your side. Just ahead a programming competition like no other. Yes. A hackathon with a of all video Game Characters there might be none quite as famous as mario. It may be hard to believe, but this year, hes turning 30, meaning hes older than the world wide web. But Jonathan Bloom found out that did not stop him from throwing a party at one of the webs biggest companies. Reporter he may be a super mario expert but hes never played at this level before. Because this level didnt exist. Despite those sound affects. It allows players to make their own stages. Reporter where better to test it than headquarters of facebook . This is great. Yes. Reporter facebook has long been known for hackathons but is a contest of a different sort. What enemies do you want them to beat . Those are new questions for them. We should have a bad guy. Reporter using the touch screen, they place bricks, coins and mushrooms in a way only dreamed off. Growing up you have views of a dream job. I want to make marios. Reporter this comes with a healthy dose of nostalgia. At the super plumber sem brats his birthday, who can help but think of about they were smaller. The music is the same, too. It triggers memories. Reporare playing to win. The winning stage is going to have a chance to upload a stage to represent facebook so that is going to be available for everybody. Reporter nintendo is releasing it in september. We look for Game Companies to partner with, were looking for where the west of the best is and it doesnt get much better than nintendo. In sunnyvale, a big loud test to being place for one of nasas po jekts of the future. Lockheed martin engineers used a small charge to see how a panel separates from the space craft moments after liftoff. As you saw here today, inside of the successful win, well go back, look and see how it will perform. This is very important. Without separation, the panels will not be able to deploy. This video shows the orion in other tests. The space craft will play a test to transport from the moon and mars. We want to give you another look at that large fire burning in lake county. We have seen it grow since 6 00 p. M. These are pictures. Weve seen one home burning and evacuations are under way in the towns of lower lake and clear lake. This fire started about 3 30 this afternoon and burned 150 acres. That was the last estimate, and sometime ago. It is hot and dry up there with a high of 103 degrees today. Low humidity. If in the area and in a safe spot, you can share those with us on social media. Use hashtag abc7 now. Just a perfect plume of conditions. Lets get to drew tuma for the forecast. Drew . Were tracking the conditions now. Its anything but ideal. Air temperatures around the fire you can see is 94 degrees off the high of 103 this afternoon. The relative humidity, bone dry at about 12 and now, a light wind at four miles per hour. But that light wind can cause a fire to spread rather quickly. The wider view is quiet, hot out there now. Temperatures up the century mark in fair fooemd. 71 in oakland. 65 in San Francisco. And san jess yeah, temperatures of 82 degrees. So wider view, were going to watch moisture in Southern California trying to work north in the form of increased humidity on thursday. When you see a trend wipe away inland. Were at 90 in antioch. 77 oakland. And 89 in san jose. So the accuweather forecast shows you humidity rising on friday and into the weekend. Well see increased cloud cover saturday and sunday. Thank you, drew. Sure. Talking a little baseball today . Yes. It was 76 and spectacular at at t park. Look who is in first place now. Jake peavy, and good evening, giants lead of another set on their rotation. At this moment, this second, giants are tied for first place. Kids, theyre loaded up with sleeping bags for the annual slumber party. Roll me, dad, im tired. Jake peavy had his best outing coming back from the dl. Hunter pens, 4th inning, going to test penss arm. Its a bad idea. Tagged by matt duffy, you do not run on hunter pens. He eats kale salad, every day. Peavy no decision because this game is scoreless into the 7th. The giants on the board. To the wall on center, duffy trying to score from first base to have a play at the plate here and youre safe. Giants score five in the frame. A base hit to right, here comes hector sanchez. The throw gets away. And sanchez is safe. Giants taking two out of three from milwaukee in this game. 14th shut out of the year for the giants. They tie the dodgers both teams at 56 and 45. L. A. Playing the as tonight. Dodgers adding to rotation, working on a deal requiring pitcher matt latos, the 4 and 7 record but pitched better coming back from the dl and had a set against the giants in the past this, deal is not done yet and could turn out to be a three way with atlanta. The warriors have decided to promote from within, replacing alvin gentry. He has been working his way up, and coaching the ladder, the son of bill walton and moves up now to lead assistant, jerry collins, a stanford man on the bench. Soundsike patriots owner bob craft was among those that figured tom bradys suspension would be refused if the team did not go to court. Now, he regrets it. Big time. Craft is livid that commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the four game suspension and apologized to fans today for not continuing his fight. The decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. I want to apologize to the fans of the patriots and tombrady. I was wrong to put my faith in the league. And Players Union is appealing that suspension. College football season is almost here. The pack 12 coaches visited espn. David shaw think this is going to surprise people. And the coaches talked about their respective quarterbacks jerry goff. He just continued to mature. Hes got more comfortable with his offense. And does a good job spreading the ball around. The next step is going to be to get his completion percentage up. High 60s, low 70s. Is he one of the best quarterbacks youve ever coached . Hes a great leader and a team guy. Very unselfish. He played with an energy that was infectious to the football team. That is what we need from kevin. He plays the way he plays at the end of the year, his future is bright and our future is bright. Thank you, larry. Well, join us tonight at 9 00 on coffee tv 20, san joses murder mystery. Who shot a 61yearold man walking on a quie street . And a fast moving fire is ripping through brush tonight, and one home has been burned. Well have the latest on the fire burning in clear lake. At 11 35 its jimmy kimmel live. That is this edition of abc7 news. We appreciate your time. Im dan ashley. Im ama dae female announcer right now at sleep train, get up to 48 months interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Save hundreds on beautyrest. Or choose 300 in free gifts with Stearns Foster. The triple choice sale is on now at sleep train. [phone ringing] dunder mifflin, this is pam. Sure, can i ask os calling . Just a second. [phone ringing] jim halpert. What . How did you get this number . Stalker. Katie and jim met in the office