Claremont canyon area of berkeley. The area is flush with trees including tall eucalyptus. Something kauffman and neighbors think should have been removed years ago. But money from fema has yet to come through. There is delay in that. Were very afraid that the fema will give the money only for trimming the trees and not removing them, which would be a disaster. The eucalyptus thought to be a major contributor to the Oakland Hills fire that destroyed 3,000 homes in october, 1991. Over two decades, uc berkeley and regional parks initiated programs to clear fire hazards, including many eucalyptus trees. Having tall trees for shade results in a lower fire risk. Dan garcetti is leaving the charge to save an estimated 1 million eucalyptus in the east bay hills, he says clear cutting two wo not reduce the fire danger. It increases the risk because it promotes growth of species such as hemlock, poison oak and thistle that, thrive in open, sunny environments a fema spokesperson says the agency helps to have a environmental study for its fire Hazard Mitigation plan completed by the end of the year. In berkeley, abc7 news. And what a great day to be at the beach. Here is a live look at santa cruz beach. Temperatures hitting nearly 80 there today today, tomorrow are spare the air days so know that. Spencer christian has more on the coming heat wave. Spencer . Its warmed me up temperatures rise, air quality declines which is why we have spare the air days you can see we have sunny skies across the bay area now. And its certainly a warm afternoon. Here is a look at high temperatures so far. These are not the final official highs for the date, yet. 87 degrees inland 88 in livermore, lots of 80s around the bay, including 81 here in San Francisco. Its going to be hotter tomorrow and day after. We have a heat advisory in effect for virtually all of the bay area except for coastal areas there. Tomorrow afternoon through wednesday evening, high temperatures around the bay will be into 90s, 95 to 100 inland. And there is a risk of heatrelated illness. Looking live from our roof top camera, a look at the second consecutive spare the air day coming up tomorrow, poor air quality in inland east bay ask santa clara valley. Medium at best over the remainder of the bay area. As ozone pollution increases at ground level. Wednesday looks like probably another spare the air day as well. That will be the hottest day in our forecast period ill show what we can expect in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. Spencer youre very cool with that fire engine behind you. Were going to try owe find out what that is going to. With heat there are Major Concerns in addition to phone shall fires including a high profile cycling race. Heat has people looking at their calendars and shaking their hed. Not normally in may. No. Were just starting up. We can have eight inches 12 inches. Today, were starting at five. Clear out the space now z talk to your family about your evacuation plan. Figure it out now. You know . What papers youre going to need Fire Department will keep an eye on people at tomorrows amgen race. Spectators say it will be tough on racers. Think start from 11 00 and then, theyre going to end up on Mount Diablo Frank morato plans to trail racers tomorrow, hes planning for a very hot day. No big concerns from us. It will be hot. Theyll feel it. Were tracking weather. Becky hopkins is considering opening a Senior Cooling Center this week where people without air conditioning can gather and keep cool shes surprised this is being discussed. We dont think about this until mid june. Its earlier than usual. Trails are beautiful but hot as an oven for next couple days advice is get your work outdone early in the morning a void heat of the day, especially because its early in the season. In pleasanton, abc7 news. When its hot outside, its just unbearable in the car. This animation shows how quickly a car heats up day. Make sure your child is out of the car when youre at your destination and teach children never to play in, on, or around cars to lessen the chance of them walking inside without your knowledge. Parents should keep keys out of reach of children. When youre ready to go, make sure metal on the seat belts are not too hot before you buckle in your child. All very good tips find out how hot etc. Going to get on the weather app. Its free to down load. Sky 7 overhead as federal agents seized a large piece of marijuana today the operation probably would have been successful if it had been smarter. Vic lee joins us with the story. Vic . Here is the boat. You can see the gas tank out there. The feds towed this boat here to the parking lot they dont have a street value on it yet. But there is a lot of marijuana aboard this boat. All neatly packed this is the 8th confirmed landing of a boat to San Mateo County beaches since march, last year. We believe the vessel landed here under darkness. And there is a pick up crew waiting to take the narcotics from the vessel on to their vehicle. The smugglers loaded the suv with 42 bales of marijuana, 1200 points. That was their down fall. Appears the vehicle is too heavy. And couldnt make it out of the sand. Investigators believe there is no mothership off the coast that loaded the pot on to this boat. The huge gas tank and twin mo r motors indicate the way across the coast the name plate came from the state of sinaloa. I dont think you can go from mexico. To here. You have to take it down to the beach. Federal agents say theyve noticed more landings here in San Mateo County and believe the pressure of the intradiction is driving the smugglers farther north. Vic lee abc7 news. Sky 7 is live in richmond there was a small fire just a short time ago. You can see one engine had to respond. Rich beyond says there was a small fire on a lube oil line leading to a fan in a steam boiler. Chevron saying they handled it internally. Humbolt county sheriffs say there is a possibility illegal marijuana growers were behind a Poisoning Death of a lab mix named mixeso. The owner published a study in 2012 concluded rat poison used on illinois marijuana farms may be sickening and killing a type of weasel. A judge in nevada sentenced a Cal Law School graduate up to four years probation and monthly work at an Animal Shelter for beheading an exotic bird during a drunken night in las vegas in 2012. In court he apologized to people affect and to the state of nevada streets in fremont reopened after a crash that sent three people to the hospital including a child and a Police Officer. Investigators say the officer was responding to a call when involved in a crash with two other vehicles. The officer is out of the hospital. A female driver and child in her sedan being treated for nonlife threatening injuries and should be okay. Still ahead at 4 00 where this massive explosion happened and what led up to that raging inferno. Local cops and firefighters square off in a yuk yeen competition. New at 4 30 debate over how wide streets should be for new neighborhoods in San Francisco. Michael finney is going to take your questions live later. Tloosh r. Taking a look at traffic very thick going to the bay bridge right now. Less going southbound. Its already getting jammed up so frightening scenes in New Hampshire a house exploded following reports of a shooting involving a Police Officer. S. W. A. T. Teams and firefighters surrounded that Burning House in the town of brentwood. Shots fired reportedly just before the fire broke out in the home. No word on what caused the explosion during the fire. One Police Officer injureed and in serious condition. Just incredible. Bracing for another week of hot temperatures here, over in the rockies theyre digging out from three feet of snow. The storm snapped power lines from wyoming to nebraska. Some drivers had to abandon their vehicles. 2000 people hit the slopes the only key area still open in colorado is arapahoe basin. Residents in iowa are cleaning up from tornadoes and you can see one twister in this video. Take a look from a deputy patrol car camera. 17 tornadoes hit those states. With damage to homes, businesses and power lines. In texas pan handle firefighters have a handle on a major wildfire that destroyed 75 homes and broke out yesterday, burning about 1500 acres and forcing hundreds of people to get out in a hurry. No one has been hurt. And responding to hot spots and smoldering buildings fire center pd a mobile home community. Washington monument is open to the public officially opened today. And then, visitors allowed back nearly three years after magnitude the quake forced it to close for repairs. Today, after years of impressive well managed work and a generous gift from david rubenstein, visitors will be able to visit the top and survey with wonder our nations capital. David reubenstein donated 7. 5 million for the repairs visitors will be able to examine new exhibits on the top floor the project completed on time, and within budget. Thanks to donations and equal amount from congress. Never been there. Its well worth a trip. There is a special top chef competition today the challenge making tasty meals out of food found in Disaster Preparedness kits. San francisco Police Officers faced off against firefighters from the city. They had 30 minutes to prepare meals on a camp stove and had to do it with long storage pantry items like dried pasta, canned green beans and tomato sauce even spam. There it is. Its important to have things set up. So you have an area where you can keep food throughout the year and change it up whenever dates go bad. We want them to be prepared. The cooks came up with tasty dishes Salvation Army set up the cook off, urnling the public to have 75 hours worth of food and water. Just a great reminder. Those look delicious. Lets take a look outside. And Spencer Christian. Lets go to live doppler 7 and see how warm at this moment. Its quite warm, you can tell there has been a hot spell. Looking towards ocean beach, its 73 in San Francisco now. Mid80s in oakland and san jose. 90 in gilroy. Another live view over part of the bay there. 86 in santa rosa. 86 novato. 88 fairfield and livermore, concord, 86 degrees. Looking west, these pkt features tomorrow another spare the air day. Second one. Heat advisory in effect two days well see temperatures approaching perhaps exceeding 100 degrees inland wednesday. Satellite shows High Pressure building in. That brings with it a hot air mass. Notice winds light on shore flow this afternoon, that will continue into evening. Winds will swing around. We have an off shore flow going to warm up locations along bay shore line and inland. Nine atomorrow, 96 wednesday, around the bay area, thee days will be hottest in the forecast period. Temperatures dropping on friday. 84 in san jose on friday. Further cooling across the area. Tonight, expect clear skies and mild conditions low temperatures into low to mid50s some upper 50s in locations. In antioch. Tomorrow, sunny, hot, highs into low to mid90s. Low 90s on the peninsula. 91 in mountain view. On the coast mid80s. At civica. And daily city. Downtown San Francisco, 88 tomorrow, 84 in the sunset district. North bay 92 in santa rosa. 95 in napa. On the east bay shore line, 90s in oakland. 91 down in fremont. Inland east bay, highs into mid90s. 95 walnut creek and livermore. 96 in antioch. Here is the accuweather forecast. Hotter as i mentioned earlier, wednesday, that heat receives just a little bit thursday but not a lot inland. By friday, cooler weather, then over the weekend more clouds and much more comfortable weather. So you might want to limit your exposure to sun and heat. Thank you. Coming up a family fight involving one of the hottest celebrity couples. Then celebrating abc news, Barbara Walters a special honor after getting ready to retire after 50 years in television. Back in a moment. A family showdown between jayz and sisterinlaw solan solange knowles. The 27yearold can be seen screaming and kicking jayz as a bodyguard does his best to hold her back. Beyonce doesnt step in until the end of the video. Representatives from both parties have not commented oh, brother. Its semi finals tonight on dancing with the stars. Five couples are left each will perform two unlearned dances. Yes. More now from l. A. Five couples remain in dancing with the stars. They may have topped a score board but know there is a new round of challenges. Were trying to figure out what is possible. And its an incredible experience sitting in is kenny ortega. I think guest judges give an outside perspective that is nice. So i do see improvement. Having a judge watch the show, just, i dont know. Give an honest opinion. Its nice to break it up. They will rise to the challenge of performing to music by legendary and modern american icons. I got it today ways like really . Really . Okay. Its an amazing song. I love the song. I dont know. Its going to be interesting. We have jazz. Artists may have five talented brothers. That is just it. The round begins tonight at 8 00 here on abc7. In los angeles, abc7 news. Will be a great show. Now, after two hours of dancing with the stars its season fin nal kwlee of castle followed by abc7 news at 11 00 still ahead on abc7 news at 4 00 first reported images of those kidnapped girls in nigeria. What the terrorist leader wants from the government. Plus. I was baited. That is not the way i talk. Donald sterling tells his side of the story. His wife sits down with abc7 news and what she believes cause that had racist rant. The fight over streets in San Francisco. How wide should streets be in the new neighborhood . [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. Whats this . Its uverse live tv. With at t uverse. You can watch live tv from your device. Hey. Hey. Anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. So you wont miss a minute of the game. Call now to get a uverse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. Guaranteed. The government of nigeria says it will not negotiate with a militant group that kidnapped nearly 300 school girls. A new video from the group purports to show some of the girls and young women covered in hijab and reciting prayers in arabic. Demanding the government jail dozens of jailed militants but Officials Say it will not pay for the girls release. This is a crime against humanity. Demonstrators continued to gather in the capitol demanding the government do more. Nigeria deployed two Army Divisions to hunt for the girls. Several nations including the united states, britain and france offered help or sent experts. Donald and Shelly Sterlingest changed coowners of the l. A. Clippers are doing the First Television interview since the racist rant scandal. Mr. Sistering sat down with cnn. Im apologizing and asking for forgiveness. L. A. Clippers owner asking for a second chance, telling Cnns Anderson Cooper he is not a racist. Am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years . I love my league and partners. Its a terrible mistake z ill never do it again. The 80yearold billionaire is showing public contrition two weeks after the comments posted online stirred yut rage. It bothers me you want to broadcast youre associating with black people. A day after his estranged wife sat down with Barbara Walters i dont really think he is a racist. The nba and team owners are now considering whether to strip him of the franchise. Shelly sterling who owns half the team says shell fight to keep it in the family. Its my passion. I love it. Its my leggas yes to my family. Mrs. Sterling says she wants a divorce from her husband her husbands rant, she said was the final straw. He said i dont remember saying that. I dont remember ever saying those things. What did you think . I thought he had demenia. The nba says the vote to remove him will apply to Shelly Sterling under league rules her attorney vows to fight that interpretation in court. You can see walters entire interview tonight on world news. At 5 30. Clay aikens chief democratic rival for a North Carolina congressional seat died suddenly today. Aiken led 71yearold by 361 votes last week. North carolina Elections Officials were counting after sentee and pro visional ballots and could not call a winner because the count was owe close. This morning chris co fell in his home and died. It appears aiken will run in november. The abc7 news i team preparing for an unprecedented look at something called the dark net. You cant get there from google the secret place for guns and drugs and more are a challenge for law enforcement. One dark net user says hes in the concerned about getting caught. Do you ever worry police is setting up an account . Not really. Its never crossed by mind i dont think police have the knowledge to do this kind of stuff. They struggle to Learn New Technology and has a first interview with a researcher who wrote the program that maeks it possible. That is tonight at 11 00. You dmot want to miss that report. Two views of Public Safety are on tos play in San Francisco today fire david versus pedestrian safety. How widening city streets could affect each. There has been a hearing here the fire chief talking about how challenging it is, including the narrow streets for fighting fires but some worry widening streets could put pedestrians at risk. A new San Francisco community is rising. Thousands of homes are being built in a plan approved in 2010. After three years of meetings. But now, the project is on a rl and the Fire Department is stepping in. Were designing a community so about 30,000 new people into the community. Why not get it right the first time . Supervisor scott weiner says its more than just a technical issue. It will have real impact. It will require that sidewalks be cut back. It will be a longer crossing distance for pedestrians. We will have wider roads, leading to faster traffic. Which will lead to more accidents. Major arteries vary in size, but the standard is 20 feet. The Fire Department wants 26 feet for new neighborhoods. And points to fires like in mission bay. Those sheets are 52 feet. Were asking for half of that to be able to have two apparatus side by side. But supervisor weiner not buying it the Fire Department gets to fires just fine. And does a fantastic job keeping the city safe. He says theyve expeermented before with widening streets these though it transformed from a residential boulevard into a pseudofreeway. Whatever happens with this project, could affect others in the pipeline. Coming up at 4 00 researchers unveil a robotic arm with a unique skill set the question is, will it catch on . Tonights special ceremony honoring some oakland students for a job very well done. Im michael finney. Today 7 on your side just ahead. So. Im still taking your questions. You can contact me right now on facebook. Com michael finney, then, on twitter at m finney. Ill answer your questions here live in just a little bit. Im Spencer Christian from. Our east bay hills camera, sunny skies into the coast and its getting warmer, actually hot ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. Taking a look at the Golden Gate Bridge on a gorgeous day. Back in a moment. Check this out. A robotic arm that could give Major League Baseball catchers a run for their money. Instead of spending hours they developed a system where the arm could be moved in realtime by a human that teaches it how to catch the arm uses a camera, tracking system to refine movements and snatch objects in mid air. Then, there is this striking video. A group of caribou floating down a river on ice. You can see a dozen animals rapidly floating down a river in yukon a second group comes into view the woman told News Agencies this actually happens every year when the ice breaks up the animals usually jump to shore. That is wild. Just going for a ride. My goodness. That ice wont last ten seconds in heat weve been having. We might look for wishful passing ice over the next couple days its going to be hot, hot, hot. Its all really warm right now. And sunny across the bay area, here is a look between some of todays high temperatures so far in records for the date. You can see no one is close to a record today. Closest is san rafael. 88 degrees, 12 degrees below record for this date. Oakland, 0 degrees below record for this date. Tonight, sunny, mild, 70 degrees at game time, dropping into mid60s later during the game. Tomorrow, looking for showers into the eastern third of the country. Sunny skies and hot in the south west including virtually all of california. Highs mid90s in chico and sacramento. Here in the bay area, well see highs tomorrow rising into mid90s in our inland locations. Low 90s around the bay. And low to mid80s on the coast. Just tomorrow, wait until wednesday youre going to have hot weather. Thank you. Still ahead at 4 00 how a family is using social media to stand up to school bullies. Plus. Huge honor to have this building named after me. I may change the carpets. A big honor for Barbara Walters as she retires from abc news revealing what she calls her true legacy. Im michael finney. Can you arrange a craigs list transaction at your Police Station . The answer next in my q and a session. [ barks ] whoo mmm oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. Start exploring at followyournola. Com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans second imported case of the res pritory virus in the u. S. Has been confirmed and belongs to the same virus family including the common cold and sars. The cdc is not releasing the location or background, the first case in indiana involved a male Health Care Worker living and working in saudi arabia. Its caused 800 deaths word wide since 2003. No vaccine exists a minnesota mother taking action to fight bullying inspired by the support received after posting a video of her daughter on facebook. Tell me how it makes you feel. Makes me feel sad and scared. And i dont like it. I know. Poor sweetie the video of a tearful anna describing the bullying shes endured has been viewed tens of thousands of times. The 8yearolds mom said harassment has gone on for months you tell her youre stronger than that. Youre better. Its okay. I know. Do you tell them theyre worth something they feel like theyre worth nothing. The family claims she went to the principal five times to complain about the treatment but nothing was done video led to a facetoface meeting with administrators but the family says it did not go well they plan to hold a rally to draw attention to the issue of bullying. The missouri senator is hoping st. Louis rams decision to draft michael sam will lead to changes in state law. Sam broke down in tears because he became the first openly gay player to be drafted by an nfl team. Mckas kill calling on Missouri State lawmakers to pass missouri nondiscrimination act or mona for short, making sexual orren investigation and gender identity protected categories in the state human rights statute. Right now, a individual can be denied employment in missouri because of sexual orientation. Modern family with our parent company, a. C covered the cost of marriage licenses today and wedding ceremonies in city hall in new york city. The actors will be exchanging vows on the show, announced news during an appearance on good morning america. You can watch the modern family season fen naly wednesday, right here on abc7 ins 9 00 p. M yes. Friday will be Barbara Walters last day as a regular on broadcast television. Hard to believe. Yes. This afternoon, abc news headquarters was renamed Barbara Walters building. Walters says of all achievements, inspiring others is her most treasured i hope a played a small rov role in paving the way for many of you fabulous women here tonight i cant tell you how much pleasure it gives me when a smaller young woman calls up to me and tells me of her achievements. That is my legacy. The last day on the job will be this friday. Hard to imagine regular tv without her. She says shes going to figure out what to do with her free time. Abc news will look back at her career on a twohour special this friday on 2020. Tune in for that. Michael finney is here answering questions and here is a great one. A question from a twitter user. Can craigs list transactions be done in a Police Station for safety of the seller . What a great idea i dont know why that couldnt be. Most Police Departments have a public lobby. Therefore, you can go there to do it. I know back east, there have been Police Departments have advertised and said you should come to our department if youre going to do a transaction. The theory being if something goes wrong theyre there and bad guys arent going to show up they do it in milwaukee. People show up and go to the police department. Boy do it you might want to call ahead sure. This is a question from a witness twiter user. A store has been selling expired food. Is this a Health Concern . Almost never. Its almost never a danger, just doesnt taste as well or may not be as strng. Let me go over date markings you see. This sell by state tells a store how to display the product for sale you should buy it before the date expires when you see a use by date, its recommended for best flavor or quality. Not a safety date. Use by date, youve seen. That use by date. Last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality. The data determined by the manufacturer. However, when it comes to food almost every expert says its fine if canned. Somehow just rubs you the wrong way. Yes. Stewart pe mailed when i report a do not call registry violation, what happens . You know, they kind of put it to the side. They dont investigate individual issues. They look for a whole group of them coming together. They can see a lot of them, that is when they get on top of it and why its important everyone report. Because then track trends. Thank you. Coming up next, bucking the trend. A ceremony honoring hundreds of eechlt bay students for being a success. Coming up, chp on the lookout. Officials say theyre worried about karma one of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. Sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. 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You probable liz recognize cheryl from dancing with the stars. Her mother is also an accomplished dancer. We have more ffgs on instagram now more than a thousand African American students will be honored tonight for academic achievements. More on why the president is playing close attention to what happens in oakland schools African American male students meet once per day in this room to take a Manhood Development class one mentor writes quotes on the board we will do better than this. We hear about the school the prison pipeline but there is a school to College Pipeline as well. Brendan anderson is with the African American male achievement office. Advocating for them, empowering them and their parents. Building relationships with their teachers they learn about who they are, what they will need to succeed in life. Today, the program is in 16 middle and high schools in oakland Amir Williams admits African American teens face distractions. Just dont let them distract you what you need to do do, what you know is right the president announced an initiative to help young men of color succeed in school he consulted with the office the white house continues to work closely with that office. Amir has a solid 3. 0 gpa and today, he and a thousand African American young men and women will be honored for working hard in school. Marnice green says helps her boost her confidence. It has an impact. When you tell me i can do something, im going to set my mind to it the ceremony takes place tonight in oakland. That is aum for now. Thanks for joining us at 4 00. Abc news at 5 00 begins right now. Cal fire getting ready for a long, hot spring and summer. Ill have temperatures coming up. Thank you, sandhya. Also, three cars mangled, two people hurt. One roadway, open. The plans of smugglers that got stuck in the sand. Trying to get everybody trained up. Cal fire gearing up for the summer peak level now when its still spring. Staffing begins beefing up now because of the hot weather. Good evening. We have Team Coverage on how hot it will be. First combination of winds, dry brush and temperatures creating a recipe for fire danger. Abc news and what cal fire doing bit for the first time, wayne . Good afternoon. You can see the plane loaded and fuelled and ready to go. This base opened today. That is six weeks earlier than usual. Here at 90 above normal in terms of fires state wide maybe youve noticed what a week ago had been green is turning brown. Theyre paying attention here. It could be a long season. Could . Will. Cal fire opened today a month and a half earlier. Fire season presence and accounted for what happened in the first day . Same thing, show up to work. Make sure equipment is ready. The chief runs the race. If you look up over a fire and see a twin tailed vietnamera spotter plane there is a good chance hell be in it, quarterbacking the attack. Cal fire set up planes within reach within 20 minutes. They will drop this stuff, a mixture of watt arer, mostly salt, plus dye as fire retardant. As the summer gets busy crews may load planes 20 times per day a thousand gallons per load. Keith and his crew, busy men. Its a game where every second counts. Great look at how they do that job. Sandhya patel is outside. Enough of a sea breeze, tomorrow things are going to change. Advisory goes into