Of California Community and junior colleges. That agency is moving to pull the plug on city college fit cant meet certain standards by next year. Attorney herera claims accjcs move amounts to pay back for a political disagreement over mission of the state Community Colleges. At at the very same time there was a political debate going on at accjc was on one side of in sacramento. They used the process to produce a hammer on city college. His other target oversees all 112 Community Colleges in california saying its abandoned responsibilities, handing them over to what he calls a wholey unaccountable and private entity. Today is a day after lawmakers voted to audit the accjc and after protests, including this one. Brian mcewan took part in that. We need a leader of this community to to step up for city college. And to be dealing with atros cities, hes done that he says there is still time to Save City College but the board trust gee not sure. This timing of the lawsuit takes a while. City college has a short time. It needs to focus on finishing the tasks that the agency asks for. And n. San francisco, abc 7 news. Santa clara county cracking down on homeless sex offenders. The safe task force conduct aid sweep in the coyote yeek area. Theyre looking for 20 known sex offenders transient sex offenders required to register every 30 days. This sweep is expected to continue tomorrow. Oakland Police Arrested five people this morning part of an ongoing battle against violent street gangs. Police say the suspects are members of a gang responsible for a number of killings, shootings and home invases. This mornings raids were mainly in east oakland. Mainly in east oakland. Acdgq National Park continues to burn, growing to 84 square miles this, afternoon, Governor Brown declared a state of emergency. The fire destroyed two homes and threatening several thousand more. A large section of highway 120 is closed. Conditions absolutely critical. Yes. Spencer christian is here with the latest on that for us. Lets start with live doppler 7 hd. Conditions in the bay area are calm and mild and sunny skies. Over in the area of groveland these are current conditions. Its 87 degrees so not extremely hot but humidity is low, only 13 . That is one element that could be a factor. Winds are calm. That is good news. We dont have reports of gusty winds. We do have smoke in the air because of the fires continuing to burn. Air quality warning is in effect in that area until noon tomorrow so well continue to monitor that for you. Back closer to home well take a look at current readings looking live from our roof top camera, 64 degrees in San Francisco. 23469 oakland. 70s in other locations in redwood city. A look from our tower camera, more temperatures for you. 73 degrees in santa rosa. 77 napa. 78 concord. 80 fairfield. Here is the forecast. Looking at Golden Gate Bridge which is absent of low clouds and fog at the moment. By afternoon, sunny, warm temperatures mid60s to upper 80s inland. Thank you. Police in santa cruz expanding their investigation into a surf6y instructor accusd of molesting students in a surf school. Police looking into accusations the 38yearold also took photos of young girls at boys and girls club in the santa cruz. He appeared in court yesterday but did not enter a plea. There is word from san dag that the mayor is prepared to resign. The mayor has been embroiled in a scanned thal yal that ease reesently came to light. Mayor are you going to resign . It appears this may be the end of the road for san diego mayor bob philner. 18 women have come forward accusing the mayor of unwanted sexual advances. When we posed for the photo a hand went down my back to my buttocks. He just slobbered down my chin he asked me to work without under wear on. A proposed mediation agreement was reached. You can see what appear to be office boxes in the back seat. This scandal led to a lawsuit and even a recall effort. We hope whatever resolution that has been reached does not include payment of the mayor legal fees. All parties refusing to comment in details of the agreement but the former City Attorney says he did meet with his staff just before the Mayors Office will not confess he is offering up a resignation but whatever agreement has been reached will be voted on on friday. If mayor filner does resign from office, a intern mayor would take over with a june election to follow. In Southern California a tour bus carrying gamblers to a gaming casino flipped over, injuring 55 people. The bus went off the side of interstate 210, ending up on its sichld police say theyre trying to figure out what happened. Most injuries were minor and other drivers helped pop open the front window. There was a major melt down at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange today, trading was halted for three hours because of a technical glitch. All trading stopped about 9 15 our time because of a problem with data feed providing quotes. It took three hours to fix so trading resumed just 40 minutes before markets closed for the day. Still, nasdaq infished up 38 points, home to more than 2700 stocks including apple, google and microsoft. Treasury secretary happened to be in Silicon Valley while this was happening. Yes. He, abc 7 News ReporterCornell Bernard is in Mountain View now. He talked about the problem today . Yesterday sh he did. Many came to hear the treasury secretary talk about the economy but wanted to know why the nasdaq had such a big glitch today. Ugs us treasury secretary arrived in Silicon Valley about the same time trading on the nasdaq froze giving investors a big chill. That does shake you a little bit there had been a number of glitches not just today that. Had me worried somewhat. What is that about . The sec have been working on this and kept informed throughout the day. Lu told an audience he had no explanation for the nasdaq nail youre. Sometimes theyre just system failures. Machines break. They need to be fixed to get up and running. But i am glad to say markets are up and running. Reliable technology was the reason the secretary visited palo alto. He toured at and t think tank for innovation. Different companies are working to sprol ducts and jobs. We saw the app economy right . Think how large that is. Now, imagine that going deeper into a economy through Network Service autos secretary lu liked what he saw. Hes touting the president s plan to create jobs, and help indus cities spur innovation. He believes Silicon Valley is the place to start. Still ahead incarceration transformation. Big change Bradley Manning plans to make. Visiting San FranciscoFishermans Wharf can be expensive. One lesson could save you money. And potentially explosive situation that has some residents upset with a bay area refinery. Michael finney taking your consumer questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them here live. You can contact michael on facebook. Com and on twitter at m finney. And taking a look at traffic right now this is interstate 80. You can see for drivers making their way out of the maze heading east its extremely its slow going for drivers on the ritd hand side of the screen. Some making their way towards san francisc the army soldier sentenced to 35 years forgiving government secrets to wiki leaks wants to live life as a woman and begin hormonewn treatments. Bradley manning asked to be refered to as chelsea. Manning sentenced yesterday in the billingest leak of classified documents in u. S. History. During the trial his Defense Attorneys released this photo of the soldier dressed as as a woman. The army says it does not provide gender reassignment treatment but his attorneys are vowing to fight for it. Yahoo overtakes google and emily chang is here with this afternoons after the bell report. Hi, emily. Good afternoon. As mentioned earlier the techheavy nasdaq came to a halt for three hours today due to a technical problem. Meaning investors couldnt trade shares and earlier on Bloomberg Television the director of equity training talked about the breakdown, take a listen. I just think this is normal breakdown taking place. Im shocked that it doesnt happen more often with the volume pushed through the pipes and Everything Else that happens. So its frustrating. I dont think its the end of the world. This is not the first time the nasdaq had a problem with its computer system. Nasdaq agreed to pay 50 million to the government after mishandling orders during facebooks ipo. Stocks closed higher today meantime your bloomberg Silicon Valley index fell. Cbs says its battle with Time Warner Cable drags on. Cbs venting some frustration and said, i quote, i cannot describe to you the frustration i feel at the way these negotiations have gone. Despite the frustration he says cbs will continue negotiating with Time Warner Cable. Back to you. Thank you very much. The average American Family spends 4,000 on summer vacation. Abc news has tips now to save you money and get the most out of that vacation. Nick watt paid a visit to Fishermans Wharf and got expert advice on how to avoid classic tourist mistakes. Whenever you are in the world ask yourself what is two streets over . Youll often stumble upon a natural, real authentic local experience. You can seat full report right here on abc 7. Huge americas cup catamarans getting attention but an 83yearold that docked got 9 most attention. The doe raid is a racing legend. Victory comes 77 years after its first win in the same competition across the pacific. That is when the boat was owned by San Francisco millionaire james flood. Nice wood finish. Yes. Lets talk about the weather. Yes. Good sailing weather, weather for anything today. Weve got lovely weather. A trend developing here. You can see we have low clouds but its basically sunny right now. Up to the north we have thunderstorms that we told you yesterday we can expect. Associate was that low producing wide spread thunderstorms yesterday, here in the bay area things are calm. A live view under mainly sunny skies well see low clouds. It will be warmer tomorrow but well see below average highs again sunday and monday after two daysn3n gradual warm up. Here is a look through those upper level lows producing all of the instability moving away from us. Still producing storms up in the north most part of the state and across oregon border. Now, low continues this northward movement follow animation here, youll see clouds returning to our coast binline and beyond, pushing across the bay. In association with circulation around that low. And then, well see clouds move out of here. Sunny skies from coast to inland and will be warmer tomorrow tharn it was today. Were not talking about a were no h warm up by continual warm up. Overnight tonight look for areas of low clouds and fog. Low temperatures mainly upper 50s. Generally mild night, tomorrow, sunny, warm afternoon, high temperatures in upper 70s to mid80s. 86 in morgan hill. Sunny warm as well with highs upper 70s, 77 palo alto and mid to upper 60s on the coast. 64 in pacifica. 67 half moon bay. Downtown well have a high of 68 tomorrow. 66 in the sunset district. On the east bay, up to 72 degrees at oakland. 78 in Castro Valley z fremont. Inland east bay continuing to warm, mid up toer 80s. 86 concord. 87 livermore, here is the accuweather forecast. A similar pattern on saturday. We will have tomorrow upper 80s inland upper 70s around the bay. Then cooling down sunday and monday. But now back to mid to upper 80s inland tuesday and wednesday, next thursday highs around 90 again. So not much change. Coming up next where die hartd warrior fans will want to be tomorrow. Incredible video of a band of three swallowed up. Well tell you how this happened. And lets go outside on this thursday. A live look at San Francisco skyway. Oh, my. Sticky in both directions. Cars on the left side of the screen are hoping to get on to the bay bridge. Sometime, before dinner this evening trying to get home. Stay with us. Check it out. Check it out. Scout loves to surf on her own and that turned to throating on a now, shes 20. I hate it when animals are better than human activities. Golden state warriors looking for good fans, check out this announcement. Hey, warrior fans looking for biggest fans to start in this years commercial we want everyone, mom, dad, kids and grandparents. Fans will have 30 seconds to show how much they love warriors and how is up to them. A casting call tomorrow. Yes. Registration begins at 2 00 on broadway. The first three will get a chance to audition. For more information go to abc 7 news. Com and. Kelly clarkson cancelled her wedding plans. Naul todays hollywood reporter. A man charged today with stalking after being found living on property owned by jennifer lopez. The 49yearold arrested after found squatting on the singers long island estate. Lopez was not staying in the home at the time of the arrest. Kilt kellykofz clarkson telling family and friends she decided to hell yop. Elope. She says the planning process became too stressful. The news just days after photo with her fiancee. Atrc at last nights hollywood premier for the comedy the worlds end star told us he hasnt had a drink since the birth of his daughter woe have been more than up for the challenge back in the day. I think the most ive had is 17 pints in a wedding. It was guiness. Guiness, if you drink slow you can drink a lot of it. But its no good for you. Its empty calories of for more interviews watch otrc this weekend. Still haetd 4 00 sounding off. A shortage some say is putting Public Safety in danger. Plus. Live on Treasure Island new bay bridge almost open to traffic but on opening day why you might want to leave four wheels at home and check it out on two, instead. Well show you coming up. Plus, kidnapping survivor Hannah Anderson speaking for the first time setting the records straight explaining why she exchanged texts and letters with her kidnapper. Disturbing discovery found near one of queen two weeks from now the new bay bridge should be open and functioning. Its not just cars on it there is a bike path and pedestrian walkway and today, we got a look at what is still to come. Hi, heather. Hi, carolyn. The new bay bridge bike path is a continuation of the bay trail beginning on land atd shell mound and connect all the way to yerba buena and Treasure Island. These are 650 feet installed over the five day weekend closure. A section of the current westbound upper deck has to make way for them. Starting at 8 00 were going to start demolishing back to the ground. The upper deck, which is the web side. The rest of the path is complete, almost to Treasure Island ask will be another year where before the connection is done. The path will be open to the public at 10 00 a. M. September 3. Caltrans has not decided how far people will be allowed to go. If reaching a certain number pedestrians and bicycles might expect a bit of a delay. If you do come wjbk to ride r walk, be prepared for wind. And an uphill trip west. Going to be a trek because of the 2 grade a little bit more than you think it is. Railing is four feet, seven inches high. The path is 15. 8 feet across. Chp asking both bikes to be careful about watching out for each other. Thank you skpf course you can visit abc 7 news. Com for a look at commuter resources and you can explore traffic maps to see where the the worst gridlock is. As soon as it opens were going to notify our twitter follower autos were now 12 days from the opening of the new bay bridge coming up quickly. Stay with us for continuing coverage september 3. Some workers are threatening a strike over what they say is a dangerous Staffing Shortage and a critical part of the countys emergency response. Workers rallied today part of the countys largest union. Saying the shortage is putting the county at financial risk. When our skilled workers are leaving for better compensation elsewhere, and we face challenges recruiting staff, our communities suffer. Dispatchers say theyre working overtime saying stress is posing a threat to Public Safety. Santa clara county saying the new overtime policy was implemented to ensure safety of the public and Public Safety personnel. A massachusetts grand jury indicted former new england patriot Aaron Hernandez for first degree murder. Hernandez said nouj nudge knowledging during a Court Appearance today, he is accused of killing a semi professional football player, two others connected to learn wrez were indicted on lesser charges, however, hernandez pleaded not guilty. His lawyers say the case against him is circumstantial. Hernandez could face life in prison if convicted. Were hearing from 16yearold Hannah Anderson. Its the san diego teenagers First Television interview since being freed this month. The 16yearold is clarifying her relationship with the man police say killed her mother and brother before abducting her. She spoke about the kidnapping and rescue. In the beginning ways a victim but now, now knowing everyone out there is helping me, i consider myself a survivor instead it was august 4, hannah was allegedly kidnapped by the family friend james dimaggio. Police would later find the bodies of her mother and brother at dimaggios burned home, hahn wra responded to questions about she exchanged 13 Text Messages with him on the day of the kidnapping. They were texts because he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didnt know the address or what, like where i was. I had to tell him the address can tell him i was going to be in the gym. Not at the school. She explained why she sent letters. Letters were from a year ago when me and my mom werent getting along well, me and him would talk about how to deal with it and i would tell him how i felt bit. And he helped me through it. They were just to help three through tough time autos horse back riders spotted hannah and dimaggio. Dimaggio was killed by an fbi agent and hannah, returned to her family in Southern California. I wanted to think the worst i wanted to thank the amber alert and sheriff and fbi with everyone that put in their time to find me. The ordeal isnt over for hannah. Dimaggios sister thinks her dead brother could have been hannah and her brothers real father. And she may want to test hannahs dna to try to prove it. Brett anderson insists hes hannahs real dad. A spokesperson says Brett Andersons dna was used to identify ethans remain autos two russian cosmonauts went out for a space walk this week venturing out of the International Space station this morning to replace a laser experiment on the russian sitd of the outpost. Also checking six antennas. Nasa has suspended all u. S. Space walks, investigating last months near drowning. A helmet filled with water during a space walk. Why the flu vaccine may be good for your heart. First, take a look at this video what. Caused a bunch of trees to disappear . Im michael finney. Today taking your questions on twitter and facebook. You can contact me on facebook. Com and on twitter. Ill answer your questions here live a little later. Looking over the bay from mount tam a beautiful Late Afternoon across the bay area, what the weekend is looking like when i come back with the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. And taking a look at traffic right now along the san mateo bridge. Look at the power of this. Not Niagara Falls a spillway in taiwan. Crews had to release water u from a dam overflowing. The storm has batter that had region and blamed for 17 deaths in the philippines and damage in china look at this amazing. This is the 12th Tropical Storm to hit asia this year leaving 575 dead and 340 people missing. Take a look at this. Youre about to see a rising tide, an underwater sink hole swallowing up a grove of trees in louisiana. It appears west of new orleans last year prompting an evacuation. Since then, state and federal asians have been monitoring it. The sink hole is active and expected to grow. Officials making plans for detours around the sink hole for highway 70. Wow. About all of it. I know. Really odd sight. Strange. Lets update the weather forecast. Sunny skies coast to inland a little bit of low clouds near the coastline. Tomorrow, a typical summer time day with high temperatures 80s in the east. Low 90s west up at great falls and denver. 97 down u]je dallas not unusual. Across california tomorrow warm to hot as well, high temperatures into the 90 hz in chico. 108 in palm springs so across the state quite warm. Highs reaching into upper 80s this places like antioch ask livermore. 80 in san jess yeah. Upper 70s bayside locations. Mid to upper 60s on the coast. Heading towards end of the week still pleasant, sunny, dry and mild. Still ahead at 4 00 face book back to school give away. Bay area students get a class boost. Like father, like daughter. The coincidence running in one family. Ill have advice on shopping for a new car. Sit a good idea to take part in those Million Dollar home sweep stakes . In Great Britain charred remains of one of the queens own swans was found barbecued near the thames river. It had been cooked and eaten over the weekend. One of the 200 that live in the area. Until 1998 under a law killing or injuring a swan is classified as treason. Its still against the law to injure or kill a swan. And the incident is being investigated as a theft from the queen. New Research Suggests getting a flu vaccine may decrease your risk of heart attack. Researchers studied 500 people and it is possible the flu makes you more vulnerable to other vaccinations. Well, dozens of 8th gridders getting a valuable back to school gift from a Silicon Valley tech giant. facebook spent the morning at cheesear chavez academy. The social media giant gave 1008th graders new lap top autos its exciting. You get to, in case you have trouble with home work you can search on the internet. A lot of kids dont have one. They need one for school or work or something. Education leaders say standards require students to have Technology Skills but here getting[nl onjoin line can be tough. Many have ipads and smart phones in East Palo Alto theyre lucky if families have a cell phone. Were in the heart of the Silicon Valley its so near, yet so far. Most students face harsh economic reality autos leaders want to provide students for an opportunity for a few tour. I heard about the company. Yes. Facebook isnt stopping here also giving away more than 300 lap tops to other 8th grade students in East Palo Alto. Well what in illinois is interesting. Little hannah came into the world 10 days early, sunday. Not only thark she didnt wait until her mother reached the hospital. Erica gave birth in a gas station parking lot. We had 10 minutes from the house and i it hurt. I said, my water broke so i was like weve got to pull over. She kept tell meeg dont push until the ambulance get here. Dont push. I dont. I cant not. Exactly. Her mom delivered that baby just minutes before paramedic arrived this, situation was deja vu because 33 years ago nearly to the day frank, hannahs dad was an impatient baby born on the side of the road delivered by his father. Its a coincidence. That is a coincidence. Michael finney is here answering questions sent to him and janet m asks can you give advice on what to do when you have a qar a safety issue that the dealership never can reproduce . Can you demand they buy the car back . That is a tough one. No. The answer is no. Youre going to have to get this reproduced. Someone has tibl to see it. It doesnt have to be the dealership f you feel like there is weird business get to it another mechanic. Sheer how it works in the state of california. You get about eight side lines 18 months, four times for a nonsafety issue without a repair. One time with a safety issue without the repair. Before going well. No one has seen it noits good enough. I want you to go to department of consumer affair was a pamphlet on that. You want to get a lemon lawyers opinion on it. Okay. Lisa b asks this question on facebook a nonprofit sponsored the lottery for a 1 million home give away says chances to win prizes is one in 50. Is this true . Can you tell me if its a good idea . And its a kind of gambling. And youre hoping to get Something Back a one in 50 answer of theyre saying have you many prizes have you a chance of one in 50 of winning something. Now i dont know which one youre talking about. Some of these have a 2 million skmous a 5 Gift Certificate to jims sandwich shop. Yes. So you can win. Jeff asks can i get add advice on shopping for a new vehicle . Glad you asked before you went out. Look there. Is no reason not to get a great deal. Go to kelly blue book. Look at the car you want. See how much the dealer paid for it. Both of these web sites can help you. What youre in is in the ballpark. That is where you start negotiations you can try costco. Theyve got a Service Worth checking out fu. Dont like to go to dealerships e mail them. Were armed with more information. Absolutely. And more coming up at 5 00 . Yes. I do. Coming up eating your fiber and liking it. Finding best serials for you excellent. Thank you. Sure. Also ahead the fear this could happen here. Yes. If a refunry moves forward with a plan it says is vital to staying competitive. Im cheryl jennings. Coming up a play leads to the injury of a teen who now says he was attacked. And. What back to school means if youre a college freshman. A range of emo is there a scenario you can envision . No. Not with propane. Its too los to people. Residents concerns only grew after a explosion alt a florida plant. But they say theyre just trying to catch up to competitors in the bay area that others already have propane plants on site. Right now we burn knit furnaces. Something cleaner burning the propane transported off site. Its the storage that keeps the transportation that that is a concern for residents were fighting a big corporation. The company says the plan as been reviewed and the risks are low. The Contra Costa Planning Commission approved a draft. If the full board approves a final plan they hope to begin construction next year. In rodeo, Laura Anthony abc 7 news. Well keep you posted on that. Abc news at 5 00 begins right now. Thank you. The state deploys resources to attack a monster wildfire. Well have a live report as the governor declares a state of emergency. Cracking down on mostwanted criminals and importance of doing this before weather heats up. We have changes on the way getting closer to the weekend. Ill have details straight ahead. Temperatures losing ground in massive blaze burning out of control near yosemite. Good evening. That fire tripled in size overnight containment now only 2 down from 5 yesterday. The situation is so bad Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency and so has the city of San Francisco. One of the camps is owned and managed by San Francisco parks and recreation. Command post wants to use the camp as a staging ground for firefighters and equipment. All the the fire damaged Communications Equipment at hetch hetchy reservoir. But they say there is no problem with water at this time. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. At this. It do not not see. The day began with calmer winds giving firefighters a chance to makeup for lost ground. The fire near yosemite ballooned from 16,000 acres to nearly 54,000. And containment switched from 5 to just 2 . Hoping for variable conditions. A red flag warning. Today its been lifted. One of the areas giving them trouble is hardy flats. The air yil assault. And winding dry force lands. Its one of the main ways for the fire. It saved a camp for special needs kids. Just coming through here and drops its i guess 14,000 gallons of