Place at this very moment. The fire broke out in this twostory, fivebedroom home shortly after 2 30 this afternoon. Many were away shopping, but they called them to let them know to come home. The fire spread to another home. She described her reaction when she saw her house on fire. It was pretty awful. Reporter video shot by a san jose firefighter showed how much smoke billowed from the two houses. There was immediate concern it would spread house to house, not just on hampshire place but to the houses behind them. Were all safe and thats the important thing. Reporter the fire was raised to a fivealarm response, bringing in units from surrounding agencies. Firefighters were concerned that it would set off additional embers and soon became a reality. It started fires on the left and the right. We were able to gain control of the house on the righthand side, but it gained control of the home on the lefthand side, so that home is partially damaged. Reporter the occupants and the owner of the rented house where the fire began would not talk to us. Investigators have not determined the cause of the fire. No residents or firefighters were injured, however, residents have been told they will have to wait until tomorrow to see if any valuables can be salvaged. Monica said the fire had her valuables previously. I didnt have many, anyway, and the others, if they do go, they go. A fire destroyed one home and seriously damaged another. The fire broke out on a house on melrose avenue near 46th avenue and quickly spread next door. Downed power lines made an added danger for firefighters, and pg e had to shut down the power. The homes burned for more than an hour. It was so big, like all these houses was on fire and then it caught up to the house. Look at it. Theres nothing left. My husband and i, we started our marriage there 25 years ago. Devastating. 18 people are displaced, eight of them children. No one was injured. Raymond shrimp boy chow was back in court today. The Chinatown Association leader pleaded not guilty this morning to new charges of racketeering. He is accused of using the town for a wide range of criminal activities. They said they are merely repackaging a bunch of old charges. This is old stuff. Just aid bunch of counts and maybe well get him on sgch something. The charges also went to gee. He is accused of charging for political favors. An environmental scientist tells the Sacramento Bee that up to 20 dead birds were collected yesterday in the pocket canal. The disease can spread quickly when the birds overpopulate ponds and wetlands. Another outbreak has been reported in San Bernardino county. We look at the chances of an asian bochulism breakout here in the area. Its another hot day inland. Feeling nice and breezy in San Francisco, but its a different story inland. You can see we have some clouds offshore contributing, no doubt, to the cool breeze that were feeling here close to the coast. Meanwhi meanwhile, look over to the sierra where we have a widespread outbreak of thunderstorms from susanville south down to blue king and lake tahoe and points south of tahoe. And as a result of those storms, we do have a flash flood in effect in that area east of tahoe over to nevada until 10 00 this evening. Up to our north, there is still that flag warning in effect in parts of Southern Oregon until 8 00 today. The concern is that fires may be triggered by lightning strikes. At the moment were not seeing lightning strikes in the immediate red flag area. Back to the bay area, we see low clouds near the coast, 65 degrees in San Francisco right now. 73, san jose, 61 half moon bay. Heres some low clouds over the golden gate bridge. 79 in napa and 96 degrees at fairfield, concord and livermore. One more live view for you from our rooftop camera looking in the direction im looking. This is the first forecast, partly cloudy, mild this evening, mostly sunny. Early tomorrow morning mild and hot with highs reaching into the upper 90s. Ill have more a little later. In los angeles, the cleanup is under way with that massive water main break that spewed 8 million gallons of water all over campus. Heres what it looked like yesterday and now today. The repairs will take a lot longer than originally expected. This is a live look at the broken pipe. The university is asking people to stay away as they try to pump out all the water. Kirk hawkins joins us live at the ucla campus with more now. Kirk . Reporter larry, right now there are still some detours and closures in place, and city officials wrapped up a News Conference a short time ago. They are now saying it could take at least 48 hours until this neighborhood and the campus of ucla returns to normal. The streets of los angeles transformed into a raging river. That sinkhole is getting bigger and bigger, its only getting worrors. Reporter a central water main burst, creating a 15foot hole and sending gallons and gallons of water into a busy street at a rate of 35,000 gallons per minute. All of this coming at the height of a historic california drought. When you have this amount of water, its like a flash flood. You never know whats going to happen. Reporter ucla legendary Pauley Pavilion recently renovated. Crews will survey the extent of the damage after working around the clock. The flood of water also trapping hundreds of cars in uclas underground parking lot, firefighters even having to rescue five people. Outside the campus resembling a water park, the staircase a wading pool, this woman taking a friend down the sidewalk. Now, fixing the location of that leak is a very complex process. Thats because Officials Say two very large pipes broke, and thats adding to the delays associated with this whole cleanup and repair process. Live in los angeles, kirk hawkins, abc news. Back to you. Kirk, thank you so much. We have found millions of gallons of water leaking into the bay because of a broken pipe. Coming up at 4 30, well show you how much is being lost and why there is no rush to fix it. A member of San Franciscos Fire Department is credited for tackling a car thief because of chaos on the city streets. Police say a man stole his construction truck, hit several cars as he drove across the city. Police spotted the man driving the wrong way on 11th street. He jumped out of the truck and started running, officers chasing, until a Department Staff member happened to see the ruk us and stopped the man. The Transportation Agency board has approved a new contract with the muni operators union. Todays vote ends a labor dispute that ended with a threeday stickout that created a mess for commuters last month. The new contract gives operators a 4. 25 raise over three years and requires workers pay into their pension plans. The pay raise goes into effect in october. Golden gate bridge drivers can expect lane closures for several days starting tonight. The bridge is being prepared for the installation of a movable median barrier in january. The bridge district says various lanes will be shut down beginning at 9 00 p. M. Until 5 00 tomorrow morning to allow for new lane striping leading up to the toll plaza. Drivers will see a number of available lanes at the toll plaza reduced from eight down to six and those closures may continue next week when the modifications of the toll plaza will then begin. Still ahead at abc news at 4 00, playing possum to help raise two baby critters. Also, the Home Invasion robbers, they chose the wrong house. They were not prepared for exactly who lifrd theved there. New at 4 30, medical experts warn about the Ebola Outbreak happening right now in west africa. Michael finney taking your questions as always. You can contact michae michael michaelfinney. A little bit heavier traffic heading heading to berkeley and around a man put his own life on the line to protect his family. Four Home Invasion robbers broke into a home in an upper neighborhood. The glass broke, he heard his mother scream and he came running. The former College Wrestler attacked the first guy he saw, put him on the ground, went after the others and they ran off. I think they saw an opportunity to come in the house and establish a dominance, but they walked into the wrong house. I went to go chase him and i got about almost to the door where i saw my leg go limp. I looked down and theres blood everywhere and i got shot in the leg. He did get shot, but he is going to be okay. The bullet went in and out without hitting the bone. Carlos said he would do it again if he has to protect his family. Incredible. For a few hours, california hays its first openly gay governor. Governor jerry brown, gavin newsom and steinberg are all out of state leaving Assembly Speaker tony atkins is in charge. Tony is the first elected gay speaker. He is left in charge until he returns. He tweeted this photo, one of my first responsibilities today as acting governors was to make sure the dogs got their morning walk. He is on Jimmy Kimmel Live and that airs tonight. People keihn ind of on edgey after a fastmoving fire burned about a dozen acres yesterday. Theyre now putting restrictions on park goers. Heres the story in san jose. Reporter Mother Nature is showing all the obvious signs fire danger is high. But if thats not clear enough, there are also manmade signs all throughout the park. Today an additional warning from rangers. Thank you for calling. Fires of any kind are not allowed in the park on wednesday, july 30. Reporter the danger became very real yesterday when a threealarm grass fire started near the park on sierra road. This wasnt a careless hiker but a car accident that sparked the flames. People who live in the area are very a ware of the dry conditions. I live right here, so yeah, we always try to be careful, and when we smell something burning, we look around. Alan rock park will be hot today with temperatures reaching in the mid80s, but the humidity will be high. The weather conditions are not so extreme that the city feels compelled to close the gate, which they do from time to time in the summer. They see other park workers around, so they know they have a responsibility to protect it. It gets hot here, and they just dont have the manpower to watch people and make sure people are behaving properly. If i saw somebody putting their cigarette out on the ground or something, i would be mad because i love this park. Reporter you can always call city of san jose or check out the website to find out if allen rock park will be closed for the day because of fire danger. Its going to be a real problem throughout the rest of the summer because of the high temperatures. Lets go to christian now with the latest on the forecast. We have some high temperatures around bathe bay right now, mainly inland temperatures. In embarcadero, we have sunny skies with high temperatures. Lets move on and take a live view from our fso camera. You can see the clouds near the coast stacking up rather high, as a matter of fact. Partly cloudy and mild tonight. Hot inland for the next two days, highs in the upper 90s to near 100 in some spots with slightly cooler weather coming in this weekend, but just a slight cooldown. Were still looking at remnants from what was Tropical Storm arnon, and another Little Development were watching here, a little cluster of clouds and moisture offshore that may or may not, depending on what happens with this area, play into our forecast over the next few days, so well just keep watching it to see what develops. Right now were looking at mainly clear skies inland tonight with fog in patches near the coast and some areas of fog pushing locally inland. It will be mild again but not quite so mild as a couple nights ago. Well see low temperatures tonight mainly in the upper 50s to right around or just about 60. Hitting mid60s in places like antioch. A little bit less warm than the last few nights. Tomorrow wont be less warm that happen today. Well see high temperatures in the south ranging from the upper 80s to mid90s. 98 santa clara. On the peninsula it will be nice a and warm as well with temperatures in the 80s. 68 in pacifica, 70 at half moon bay. 73 in south San Francisco, 69 in the sunset. North bay along the coast, look for the 60s in Stinson Beach and upper 80s to santa rosa to c calestoga. Over in the east bay, well see high temperatures of 78, 86 fremont, and the inland east bay once again will be our warmest region in the bay area tomorrow with highs in the upper 90s. At walnut creek, antioch, livermore 89. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast, well not see much change before friday. Monday will probably be the coolest day or the least hot day inland with highs reaching only 90 degrees, but well see temperatures rebound a couple degrees tuesday and wednesday, but certainly a more seasonal and more comfortable range of highs will grace us beginning on saturday. The next two days are going to sizzle inland. Thank you so much, spencer. Two baby possums are growing up strong thanks to the care at the san jose rehabilitation. This video is from wild care. The brother and sister were found on the side of the road in marin county. Their mother had been hit and killed by a car, and the two babies were found alive and well in their mothers pouch. The threemonthold Little Critters are being cared for at wild care, a Rehabilitation Center in san la salle. They will be fostered for a few more weeks before being transferred to an outdoor facility. They are kind of cute. Do you know a young person making a difference in the bay area . Kids 5 to 18 have until tomorrow to win 1,000 at the place where they volunteer. People like 10yearold alexander collected more than 2200 books to donate to other kids. He spent his summer installing and maintaining free libraries. Up next on news at 4 on00, hes been a superstar as captain torpedo. The special food menu that allowed some people to go to the ballpark today for the first time. New at 4 30, women in one country having a big laugh after a politicians controversial remarks. And checking your traffic in walnut creek, this is at 680, and traffic on the lefthand side coming toward us is going north toward concord, and its a little heavier that direction, a little better if youre headed to the so we now know what 49ers star vernon daifrs is talking about when he tweeted this movie poster of himself when he said, with acting comes great responsibility. Im captain torpedo. Heres the new film with the title character. Tied up. You killed torpedo boy. Oh. Intense. Straight to dvd. Davis bleeped a clip on his twitter account. Word is captain torpedo is a short superhero action comedy made by the Company French mustache. Thats a comedy production company. Its kind of outrageous. You can see it on our website, abc6. Com. We have a link there. Theres nothing more linked to baseball than peanuts and cracker jacks, but to kids with peanut allergies, that can be a harmful combination. Pnc park made part of their stadium a peanutfree zone. This made fans with peanut allergies like anna dorsey to finally attend a ball game. Because we knew about her allergies, we had to avoid situations that were dangerous. This is my first time to be able to come here with my daughter. Theres Nothing Better than a baseball game. Families that have peanut allergies were able to go into the sweet lobby entrance to avoid contact with the residue. They have had two peanut free days this season. Today in the fourth inning, jody mercer of the pirates hit a ball that went right into a womans beer. She was startled for a few moments but did not appear to be injured. Notice shes wearing a 12 jersey. Or is it 42 . I dont know, but its blue. I thought it was the seahawks, they wear the 12. No, its 42 so it would be in honor of jackie robinson. 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Thats because workers are almost done with the bay tunnel project. You can see one of the tunnels behind me. Once its complete, that old leaking cast iron pipe will no longer be used. Video from sky 7 shows where the pipeline is leaking, just east of palo alto, pumping fresh gallons of water into the bay every day. Thats about 6 gallons more than they discovered the problem years ago. Weve tried every temporary repair we can think of. Reporter the Public UtilitiesCommission Says its not a quick fix. He says theyve tried rewielding and replacing bolts, but nothing has worked. A solid repair would require cutting out the pipe and replace it, part of a multimilliondollar project that wouldnt be worth it. Instead theyre working for the bay city project. In the fall, were taking it off the line and the tunnel will replace it and we wont have any leaking problem. Reporter the project is part of the hedging system. Alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. Today the peace corps pulled its volunteers from three african nations hardest hit by an outbreak of the ebola virus. Were also learning two of those volunteers have been isolated after coming in contact with an e ebola victim. Reporter fears are increasing that ebola may spread. Two american aid workers are in serious condition after contracting the deadly virus in liberia, the front line of this outbreak in west africa. Dr. Kent brantley works for samaritans first, a north carolinabased charity which announced it would take away all personnel from liberia. He knew the danger he was placing himself in, and he willingly and voluntarily decided to do that. Reporter more than 1200 people have contracted the ebola virus in western africa. Experts are calling this the largest outbreak ever. Nearly 7,000 people have died. The disease isnt spread like the flu. It requires direct contact with bodily fluids. Were pretty confident that normal isolation protocols in u. S. Or western style medicine would prevent transmission. Reporter still, the cdc is urging all doctors here in the u. S. To be on the watch from anyone traveling from that region that may show symptoms including fever, rash, vomiting and diarrhea. The american widow of a liberian Government Official who died of ebola last week is speaking out. She says her husband had planned to travel from africa home to minnesota next month. Weve already lost patrick and were losing tons of people there. We dont need that killer to come here as well. Reporter the peace corps says it plans to pull its 340 volunteers out of sierra leone, liberia and guinea. But today the state Department Says at this point it has no plans for any travel restr restrictions for the region. Karen traverse, reagan airport. There are no plans to change or cancel an upcoming summit of African Leaders in the summit despite the Ebola Outbreak. Over 40 leaders are expected to meet with president obama next week. The president is getting regular updates on the outbreak. The u. S. Is condemning the shelling of a United Nations school on the gaza strip. Three artillery shells tore through the school which was sheltering some 3,000 displaced citizens. 3,000 were killed, 90 wounded. One u. N. Official called the shelling unacceptable. We have notified the israeli army 17 times of the precise cordinants of this school because we wanted it protected. We were told there were 3,300 people in that facility. The shelling was just hours after the shelter was closed for the night. Two new attacks have pushed the Palestinian Death toll to above 1300 in more than three weeks of fighting. The violence came after israel had announced a fourhour ceasefire. The secretary general of the United Nations is calling for an immediate stop to the sighting of the Malaysian Airline site. They have been unable to go investigate because of the continual fighting in the area. They are lining the roads to the crash site with land mines, making it impossible for investigators to do their job. The flight was shot down three weeks ago killing all people on board. The tragedy and problems all investigators are facing has prompted an emergency meeting of aviation officials. The groups met yesterday and are already calling for governments around the world to be more honest and quick about information for safety of their skies. The group plans to ask for new u. N. Rules to govern antiaircraft weapons like biological or chemical weapons. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, how a california teenager is keeping his smile after battling two different types of cancer. But first, extreme water scene. Wait until you see what this group can do on the water. Im michael finney. Q and a is just ahead. Im still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. You can contact me right now at facebook. Com michaelfinney and on twitter finknee. Our camera shows storm clouds on the lake. A stormy afternoon in that region. Ill give you more weather in just a moment. That was pretty, this is downright ugly. This is the traffic in downtown San Francisco, and it is gridlock, bumper to bumper in is that cuter than the baby possums . It might be. In taiwan shes playing her dog like a musical instrument. She tickles her pups tummy in time to the music. The dog takes his feet to the beat and she plays it like a guitar. Thats fantastic. I did not know you could play your dog. Ill try that tonight, see how louie likes it. We could watch this for an hour. Heres another cute dog video. A couple in florida recently got a new life jacket for their puppy, but theres a problem here. Its too heavy. Hes rolling around on this thing, and hes too small for it. They pick him up again. Can he stand now . He doesnt want to move now. I think there is a little weight and balance issue going on there, but for the moment, right side up and the tail is wagging just a little bit. Confession, i bought louie a life jacket yesterday. Can he stand up . Yes, he can stand up. He can swim on the weekends. Better than that guy. Anybody who has ever tried to water ski knows how difficult it can be. Yes, but how about this, being bare foot and being pulled by an airplane. Three from florida held out for a video shoot. These guys are amazing. How about the guy flying the plane so low . Well, its a seaplane, i guess, but really . Now were just showing off. Okay, hes doing pushups in the water there. This is absurd. But whats even more, is that when they get started, they have to actually grab the rope as the plane flies by. Thats incredible. This is not cgi, this actually happened . Yeah. Theyre going 40 miles an hour. Whoa. That is insane. Not everybody is going to be able to do this. When you go waterskiing this weekend dont try that on your own. As Clint Eastwood said, and i tell this to Spencer Christian almost every day. Spencer, a man has to know his limitations. First i want to show you a most amazing sunset picture sent to us this is from yesterday from newark. Its amazing how dramatic and beautiful some clouds can make the sky appear at sunset. This is just a memorable picture. Heres a look at live doppler. Clouds over the coast right now, sunny over the bay and inland. The fasnational picture for tomorrow. A little showery in the east and thunderstorms in eastern oklahoma into parts of arkansas, maybe even the northeastern corner of texas. It will be hot in the southwest, but what else is new. In california as well, look for triple digit readings, fresno, palm springs, 87 in los angeles, 99 in yosemite. Here in the bay area, it will be another rather warm to hot day in many of our inland locations in places like livermore, antioch and fairfield. Upper 80s in the bay and upper 60s on the coast to warm to hot day tomorrow. Still ahead on abc news at 4 00, a politicians comments spark an online protest. Why women are laughing out loud. Striking gold. One familys good fortune found at the bottom of the ocean. Which Credit Bureau should you contact if you discover a breach on your credit card . Breach on your credit card . Answers to that and more cominws r count these days. Thats why they have lots of ways for you to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. This week relish the taste of summer. Fresh sweet corn is 4 for just 1. 00. Ranchers reserve tbone steaks are a mouthwatering 6. 99 a pound. And nabisco oreo cookies are only 1. 99. Theres more savings to love. At safeway. Ingredients for life. Is it the biting . We need to break up. Cuz i can stop . No i love you and your show. Its cable. Customers are more satisfied with uverse. Switch and we can Stay Together forever. Forever . Ow. Im not gonna lie to you. Its also the biting. Break up with cable. Choose uverse tv from 19 a month for 2 years. We have a look here at some of the top stories trending on our abc 7 News Facebook and twitter feeds as well as abc7news. Com. Today everybody is talking about the video we first tweeted last night, a little girl devastated to learn that her cute baby brother would one day grow up. You can see the video on our facebook feed. Another top story, crash test results on 12 small cars, including the nissan leaf, the l and the countryman. We ever more details on the results on our website, abc7news. Com. This will make you appreciate living in the u. S. Women in turkey have taken to social media to protest comments by the countrys deputy Prime Minister who said women shouldnt laugh out loud in public. In response, hundreds of women have been sharing photos of themselves smiling and laughing on twitter, instagram and other sites. The deputy Prime Minister claimed that not laughing out loud in public was among the requirements of being an honorable woman. A prominent women rights activist said its hard to believe that women have to respond to such petty comments when they have so many more serious things to deal with. An Online Campaign to help him get new teeth surpassed his goal. He was just nine when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Then three years later, he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After aggressive treatment, doctors said he was free of cancer in 2004. But then he had other problems. My teeth would fall out and new teeth wouldnt grow in. Something we didnt expect. I always told him one day at a time. Thats how weve always kind of taken it. Insurance doesnt cover dentures. So the family went to the internet to raise money. In just 24 hours, 204 people contributed on line, raising 16,000, surpassing the campaigns goal of 11,000. A florida man literally struck gold when he unearthed a priceless artifact from the bottom of the ocean. The treasure was discovered at the site of a shipwreck that occurred nearly 3,000 years ago at fort pierce. Its the missing piece of a necklace that was discovered at the same site in 1989. Aaron schmidt took video of the new find last month during a Scavenger Hunt with his family. The trinket is a spanish artifact and used by a priest. Even Treasure Hunters have to pay their taxes. Michael finney is here answering questions sent to him by facebook, twitter and email. First kquestion, michael, comes from julia m. She e mailed and said i had two stores charging tax before the coupon. Are they supposed to charge tax twice . There is actually two answers to this. If the coupon came to the store, they are to charge you no, i got it backwards. If the coupon came from the store, they should deduct it before they figure out their tax. Thats because thats the real price of the item. If the coupon comes from the manufacturer, that means the store is going to get the money and someone has to pay the sales tax on it, and thats you, so they do it for the full price. Carolyn j. Emails, if i have a Security Breach on my credit card, do i have to contact all three Credit Bureaus . Thats a great question. Theres two answers for this. It depends on what you want done. If you just want a fraud alert, it doesnt freeze your account, your account still being seen by whoever wants to see it and all that, then you only have to tell one of the three major reporting agencies and then they tell the other guys. If, however, you wanted a freeze its called a security freeze, then you have to tell each of the three major reporting agencies. Now, the good news is here in the state of california, because ive actually been a victim of fraud, you dont have to pay for it, and in other states you do. John l. E mailed, when can i request my provider to unlock my phone . Good questions today. Theyve all signed an agreement, all the major phone companies have signed an agreement that goes into effect this upcoming february. What it says is they have to unlock your phone. They all agree to unlock your phone after your contract is up and youve paid your final bill. So for most people it would be two years in, then they have to unlock it if you request it, but you have to request it. I just went through this. You did . Oh, yes. Did they do it . Let me just say a thirdparty provider said we will unlock your phone for a fee. If youre in the middle of a contract, you have to buy out your contract, which can be costly. And this is even if youre a customer with them for ten years. So its about 100 to 150 to unlock your phone using an outside party, and it gets done but its expensive. They dont make it easy if youre in contract. Thank you, michael. I feel like a junior consumer guy. Up next, the shack running out of cash. The Electronics Chain and the bay area is part of it. Coming up at 5 00, a popular restaurant is just saying no to children. And why a second restaurant is feeling the fallout. Plus, boom and bust and back again. They may be making a tonight on abc 7, the middle at 8 00, followed by the goldbergs, modern family, another episode of the middle. Mcdonalds is making fish mcnuggets. Theyre tofu with a mixture of minced whitefish and a medley of vegetables. Theyre delicious. Theyre served with a ginger sauce on the side. Its reports that its chinese meat supplier has been selling expired beef and chicken. But these new tofu nuggets were planned before the scandal. Fans of the product like the fact theyre healthier and they are meat free. When is the last time you went to a radio shack . If its been a while, you might be surprised to learn the retailer has fallen on hard times. There is a fix in the mix here and it starts in the bay area. Ben is live on market street. Ben . Reporter radio shack has been lagging the last few days, in fact, today it hit an alltime low of about 65 cents a share. Its no surprise the company is going for an extreme makeover and thats what you see over here. Theyre having a grand opening makeover with products youve never seen at radio shack before, products that you see in the bay area. Walk by a radio shack store and this might catch your eye. Built by a young startup, spiro is not just smart, its magnetic in its ability to attract customers. It goes really, really fast, so when it is on display, people definitely notice it. Reporter but notice this. The whole front of the store has changed. No longer the old brands you grew up with. These are all startups, like ruminate, the toy for young girls. When we were literally packaging things ourselves, back then we were shipping a couple thousand, now were going to be doing over 100,000 units. Products like these could be just the ticket for a retailer who voted to stay relevant. For years it was a place to buy wires and resistors, a place you could tinker. It still is, but in a different way. Centers and entrepreneurs, and were working with a lot of those folks to get their product in stores. Reporter in some cases, products you cant find in other stores. Its a way to check up on your aging parents or grandparents to live by themselves. No cameras, just sensors that show when they open the fridge or go out for a walk. They shied away from Big Box Stores and went with radio shack because they agreed to give their employees special training. Its something the elderly is involved with and they need someone who is well knowledgeable about what the product is. Reporter some people are skeptical. Do you think they can turn it around . I have no idea. Maybe if they bring shaq back as their spokesperson. I cant believe i just said that. You did just say that, yes. Thank you for joining us on abc 7 at 4 00. Now up is cheryl and dan. The heat is starting to kill california birds and everyone is being asked to help them out. Were going to show you how. Plus watching your home go up in flames. A heavy fire in san jose and why it put such a strain on city resources. Critics say its like playing whackamole and why some say the homeless provide a valuable service. He goes on a joyride and runs into several cars which finally put an end to the impromptu obstacle course. State wildlife Officials Say ducks and geese are dying from this drought and they say the problem may only get worse. Tonight theyre putting out an urgent call for the public to help. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im cheryl. Thank you for joining us. Dead birds are turning up in the sa san jose area and it may be all because of the drought. Leanne is here to explain why. Leanne . Reporter this is the pa palo altos area where hundreds of birds died due to the same kind of bocculism and killing them here in the state. Let me explain how it works. The bacteria that causes avi avian bocculism releases a toxic from, for example, maggots that carry this toxin, and thats part of the process again. But this year the drought is making things a lot worse. Some of the wetlands are dry. There are fewer places with water and birds are forced to move to other locations. So now we are seeing a lot more birds concentrated in overpopulated areas of water. Now, once that bocculism spreads, fish and wildlif wildlife officials start seeing a lot more dead birds. They have already identified dead birds in the area near the oregon border, and also in sacramento, and they anticipate this will spread. And its really sad to see the birds once they have this disease. They become paralyzed, unable to lift their heads, and its often fatal. With the current conditions, we may see a lot more birds dying, and it may repeat year after year until the drought starts to abate. Reporter and this will continue to spread, so fish and wi wildlife is asking that if you see such symptoms or dead animals, report it immediately. Now, ppl