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Video. A traffic stop turned into a pursuit with this suspect chasing into this garage with police behind him. Police say they used a taser and he was unaffected by it. Police say the 32yearold martinez struggled with officers. He was able to break free of the officers and run into the kitchen where they were able to get ahold of him. Both had their arms around his neck and then they drug him inside of the house and shut the door. This man in the garage and a friend of martinez gives a different account. They drug him inside of the house and closed the door and i could hear them tasering him and beating on him the whole time. I heard three or four more tasers. Reporter police say he resisted arrest and bit a officer and backup officers arrived. As he was handcuffed, they realized he was not responsive. All of the officers have aeds in cars and we immediately started providing lifesaving measures, including cpr. Reporter police say martinez d died at the hospital. And his mother said he was murdered. He didnt die in the hospital. What do you think happened . They beat him up. They murdered him there in my living room. And he said his 6yearold daughter watched it all. He had convictions for assault and drugs and other Violent Crimes and his family said he was trying to get his life together and had a job and leaves behind a 15yearold son and 8yearold daughter. Three officers are on leave as the d. A. Investigates the death and results of an autopsy are expected to reveal why martinez died. In pittsburg, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. Well the soberanes fire burning near big sur has turned deadly. A bulldozer operator was killed overnight working the fire line in Monterey County. The fire has scorched nearly 24,000 acres. It is only 10 contained so there is a long way to go. It has destroyed 20 homes since it broke out on friday. Cal fire estimates another 2000 are still threatened. This as firefighters here and in Southern California work to contain the flames. Here is abc News Reporter ray ram undie with the latest. Reporter shock and awe across the west as plumes of smoke billow in the california skies. For days the sight of endless orange and yellow flames and today a sign of progress. It looks like were just starting to turn the corner on this a little bit in that we had a large burnout operation. Reporter 3000 local and forest firefighters working feverishly to contain the massive and stubborn flames. 18 homes charred and those allowed to return back home thankful to have something to return to. I unlocked every day and i unlocked every gate so the Fire Department or anybody that needs to come threw to save the house could do what they needed to do. Burning 37,000 acres so far, in california near big sur, eight hikers lost for days assisted by firefighters to safety. They found the hikers where they were putting in fire control lines. Reporter and now growing concerns for air quality across california as a haze of smoke hovers over northern california, panic over respiratory disease and other complications. And the combination of Climate Change and drought and record heat waves will lead to more wildfires which will have a longterm impact on peoples health. Reporter the California Lung association said air quality has improved but longterm effects are possible and the heat isnt letting up. Temperatures are expected to remain in the high 90s and even into the tripledigits through thursday. Abc news, new york. Well the heat continues to be an issue for firefighters all across the state. Spencer christian is here now with the accuweather update. Yes, i am. Ill ask you to look at live doppler 7 hd but first i have to run inside of my area here and click on another control and here we go. Live doppler 7 hd shows low clouds at the coast and sunny skies over the inland and the bay on this hot day. It is a hot week all week long. And highs so far, 101 degrees at livermore and fairfield. 103 at concord. 108 at aentioch. 105 in ukiah and more tripledigits coming our way. The view from the east bay hills camera and current temperatures. 63 in San Francisco. 73 in oakland. So comfortable in most locations around the bay and near the coast. But as you could see in our inland areas, still sizzling right now. Over 100 degrees in fairfield and concord and upper 90s in other inland locations. Overnight temperatures not decreasing. Of course we wont see hot conditions overnight but remaining mild, especially in the inland areas where temperatures will just drop into the mid60s and low 70s in some locations by 7 00 tomorrow morning and then ready for another warmup tomorrow. Ill give you a look at just how long this heat wave will last in a few minutes. Dan and ama. Thank you, spencer. California is being urged to conserve electricity. They have declared a flex alert for this afternoon and evening. Summer heat is driving up demand for electricity and the state is urging californians to conserve if they can. This the website. The orange line shows Available Power in the state and the blue line is the demand. Peak demand started at 2 00 and will end at 9 00 tonight. And it is day three of the Democratic National convention and more of the partys big names are making their appearance on the podium. Lets take a live look at the Wells Fargo Center in philadelphia where gavin newsom is at the podium and well take a listen in now. Well fight for you. Over the next hundred years. Because no matter what people tell you, that is what america is all about. Thats what makes america great. Thank you all. Lieutenant governor speaking in philadelphia. Both the president and Vice President will speak tonight, pushing for the election of Hillary Clinton. The first female nominee of a major party. Here is abc News Reporter karen travis with a look at todays big controversy. Trump putting the dnc email hack front and center in the race for the white house. Im not going to tell putin what to do. Reporter the campaign and officials pointing the finger at russia for the hack of the dnc email server. Federal officials believe they gave the emails to wikileaks in an effort to influence the president ial election. And in a stunning statement, trump today encouraging russia to do it again. To clintons own server. Russia, if you are listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Reporter the Clinton Campaign firing back saying trumps comments now escalate what was a political matter to one of national security. And at the dnc tonight, an allstar lineup. President obama, Vice President biden, and clinton running mate tim kaine. Exactly 12 years ago today obama making his National Debut with this dnc key note address as a candidate for senate. There is not a black america and a white america, and latino america, and asianamerica, there is the United States of america. Reporter tonight the president will reflect on where the country has come since then and make his case for why clinton has the experience, toughness and smarts to take his place in the white house. Expect a clear contrast to trump and tim kaine in the biggest speech of his political career. I would expect to hear two things. Which is spanish and scripture, both are regular parts of his stump speech and both a big part of his appeal. There is also a focus on gun violence tonight. Remarks from the families of victims and survivors of mass shootings, including former Congress Woman gabby give orders. Abc news, philadelphia. And the speakers include prominent democrats. And governor jerry brown will address the delegation and expected to speak later in hour. And you just heard gavin newsom and judy chu and Maxine Waters both from Southern California will also speak. A san rafael man is on a mission at the dnc. He arrived in philadelphia this week in a gandhi mobile to spread a message of peace. Reggie aqui is covering the dnc and ran into richardson. So this year who is gandhi puppet support. He is supporter bernie. Do you think he will come around for Hillary Clinton . I mean gandhi puppet. I think so. It is not a vote of conscious, it is a vote of practicality. And then it is back to the gandhi mobile for the trip back to the bay area. He gets reaction from those who see gandhi in the window. Well be live at 5 00. And Laura Anthony and reggie aqui will be there all week for you covering the convention. A site for the president s library has been selected. On jackson park on the chicago south side for the library and president ial center. A formal announcement is expected next week. It is close to the university of chicago where the president once taught and home to the Chicago Museum of science and technology. And still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, big flames from a deadly fire. The investigation into what happened this morning on interstate 880. The opportunity is just something that, you know, to do is in a larger venue like, you know, houston, just something you cant say no to. After just a few years, San Francisco unified leader is stepping down and moving on. Where he said still needs to change here. And new at 4 30, changing the focus in the Police Department. Oneonone with San Francisco interim police chief. And taking a look at live traffic at 4 11 this wednesday afternoon. The San Francisco skyway well, it is a mess as you could see. Tic the Highway Patrol is investigating what caused this fiery accident early this morning along 880 in san leandro. A truck hauling motor oil burst into the flames and the driver was killed. Why the driver crashed is still a mystery. Amy hollyfield has the story. Reporter the aftermath is tough to look at. A man died in this crash. The big rig he was driving is hardly recognizable. There was so much damage, investigators didnt even know what he was hauling. It spilled and could be dangerous. Initially we didnt know what it was carrying. Any markings or placards burned up. Reporter here is a look at fire that broke out when his truck hit the concrete divider. The driver was not able to escape and was killed. Investigators havent found any skid marks. There is no indicators of another vehicle being involved yet and there is no vehicle indicators of a brake application or anything being applied before the collision. Often when this occurs, it could be someone falling asleep or having a medical issue. Reporter it happened at 4 00 a. M. On northbound 880 in san leandro. Investigators had to shut down one lane and the davis offramp. They got the debris cleared out and the lane open by 8 00 a. M. But the backup by then was extensive. This is i880 through the east bay so even on a good day traffic is miserable through here. Reporter they estimate that about 1,000 gallons of motor oil spilled here so the hazmat team has to remove and replace all of the soil that absorbed that oil and also flush out the sewer system since some of it spilled down the drain. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Now to some amazing pictures out of napa. The Police Department posted these photos on its facebook page. Could you see the car resting on the support wires of a power pole. Isnt that wild . This caused a brief power outage near comes and imola. The driver is suspected of drink driving and was arrested. San francisco Public Schools are losing their superintendent. That is right. He has accepted a position to lead the School District in houston. He took over the San Francisco unified School District four years ago. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez is live with more on his accomplishments and why houston. Reporter this is a man who pulled out of the race for superintendent of los angeles schools back at the beginning of the year. Well, he told me houston on the other hand is a good fit. He said he wants to do some of the things hes done here, but at a larger scale. Houston is the largest School District in texas. Of course, much bigger than San Francisco unified. In between meetings, the superintendent of San Francisco Public Schools, richard car anza sat down to discuss the reasons for accepting the houston offer. When the opportunity to go to houston came around, i did my homework. And the work that they are doing around equity and the work they are doing around language, the work that they are doing around meeting the needs of all students. Reporter he recently divorced and said being single again offers him a chance to spend more time at work. A superintendent in the field is worth two in the feet. Reporter hes been known to shadow students and drop in on teachers. During his four years as superintendent, suspension rates went down. His team focused on pouring more resources into underserved communities and he got Silicon Valley more involved in the classroom. He said his greatest achievement has been to increase the Graduation Rates among africanamericans. Besides raising salaries for teachers by 12 over three years, he agreed with the union on how teachers are evaluated. We are able to have a teachers Evaluation System that relies on teachers performance and not on test scores of students. On the lighter side, he is known for his love of mariachi music. And so are you more of a Cielito Lindo person for yes, i could do those kind of songs but a ranchero roromantic. A piece of my heart will stay in San Francisco. Abc 7 news. A drivering Technology Company is cutting ties with tesla. Mobilize said it will no longer work with the care maker. It is used in the crash avoidance system the announcement comes after the system caused a crash in may killing the driver. You are looking at social media by the driver. Tesla said the car auto pilot feature did not recognize the white truck in the bright sun and the stock closed up 5 today. And if you think you seeing a lot of electric cars on the road, you are right. Last month california porch purchased more than the rest of the United States combined. Americans purchased 13,000 electric and plugin vehicles in june and nearly 7200 of them were bought by californians. In fact, since 2010, california has accounted for 46 of electric car sales in the United States. It is official. Apple has sold the billionth iphone. Tim cook made the announcement in cupertino this morning. The picture provided by apple. It is a big deal for any company but a big deal nor the iphone which isnt even 10 years old yet. Yesterday they reported another decline in iphone sales. This year was the first time sales had been down since the iphone debuted. Lets go back outside and talk about really stifling hot weather. Certainly. Lets get to Spencer Christian for the accuweather forecast. Earlier in the week, we were hoping for or expecting a break in the tripledigit heat by the weekend. And now it looks like we may have to wait for the end of the weekend. Here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have sunny skies and hot conditions inland. Although it is comfortable where i stand here near the coast as we have the cooling low clouds at the coast as you could see here at the golden gate bridge. The forecast features tomorrow. The fourth consecutive spare the air day. Air quality is declining in some parts of the bay area throughout the week. Wide range of temperatures could be expected through saturday and this intense heat will ease by sunday. Overnight, look for a fog at the coast moving over the bay but not very far inland and low temperatures in a mild range of upper 50s near the bay and low 60s low to mid60s in the inland east bay. So mild and perhaps uncomfortable overnight. Here is the fog forecast animation. Just limited fog around the bay early tomorrow morning, about 7 00. A lot of low clouds and fog at the coastline of course. And so then after 8 00, well see the fog that is out over the bay pulling back to the coastline, giving us another hot day inland. Hazy conditions in the south bay as more smoke from the fires to the south move up into our region. And of course fog will linger at the coastline. High temperatures tomorrow in the south bay will be in the mid to upper 80s down to san jose with a high of 88 and then upper 90s in morgan hill and gilroy and low to mid90s in the los gatos area. On the peninsula, highs of 82 at redwood city and 84 mountain view, upper 50 toss around 60 on the coast and downtown San Francisco a high of 67 tomorrow. Up in the north bay, 91, 87 napa and 76 at oakland. 64 at Castro Valley and the inland will have numerous tripledigits from fairfield to antioch to livermore. And before we get to the sevenday forecast. Air quality once again, i mentioned tomorrow is the fourth consecutive spare the air day. Good near the coast and central bay but the valley will once again have the poorest air quality. Here is our accuweather sevenday forecast. Notice tripledigit heat in our inland areas will not wind down until after saturday. Even on sunday, well still see mid and maybe mid to upper 90s inland but then the temperatures continue to moderate into next week. And although it is warm into next week, the intense heat will have dissipated by then. Dan and ama. Thank you so much, spencer. 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Thousands have signed a petition asking the commandant of the corp to give him the title before it is too late. Hes doing daily dialysis because he is in in kidney failure. Hes honestly, he is the toughest kid ive ever met, he is the toughest person ive ever met. He returned home this week on hospice care. His parents say their son has gone through more hardship than many marines have endured. Golden state warrior Anderson Varejao will likely miss the olympics because of a back injury. He was diagnosed with a small disk herniation and that means he will sit out the games. He is a main stay of the Brazil National team for years. He signed a one year deal to return to the warriors next season. Hundreds of kids watching their first giants game today got an extra special treat. We were at at t park at 200 kids and families paraded around the field. The kids belong to the junior giants which sponsors leagues in california, oregon and nevada and many of the kids today came from the central valley. This was the first giants game. Look at them wideeyed. And being on the field, that left a giant impression. It is really a great thing to see everything. It is like, you wish that in a game you could stand right there on the back wall. Some kids got an extra surprise. Each picked a willie macaward winner and they could take a picture near the pitcher mound with willie mccovey. They will invite more players to the games throughout the season. What a special day for the young people. Definitely. Abc 7 news continues. Coming up, changing the focus of the San Francisco Police Department. Right now, im focusing on getting the department to a better place and getting us to calm waters. Abc 7 sits down with the interim chief tony chaplain and what he wants to see happen. And the man who tried to kill Ronald Reagan is released. Why doctors say he is okay to be back out on the street again . And the Fire Suppression effort taking a bite out of its tfrom the old way off buying and selling cars. Introducing beepi, the radical new way to buy sell cars, all online. Carefully inspected, guaranteed and delivered right to you. If you never have to step foot on a dealership lot again, neither should they. Beepi. Com zero to happy. Taking a look at headlines at 4 cl 30 and it is the bigges day in philadelphia and some will speak to delegates tonight. The president and vp joe biden are in philadelphia and will deliver their pitch for Hillary Clinton. Lets take a live look at the Convention Floor in philadelphia. All of the people are packed in. And barney weaver is speaking right there. And democrats from california will speak. The governor will take the podium soon and we saw gavin newsom earlier and tim kaine was caught checking out the stage earlier today. He will deliver as what is seen as the biggest speech of his political career tonight and well have the latest. In big sur, a bulldozer operator was killed overnight while on the fire line in monterey count. The soberanes fire has scorched nearly 24,000 acres and is only 10 contained. New evacuation orders have been issued in the county because of that growing wildfire near big sur. The cal fire spokesperson tweeted the news an hour ago. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen is covering the latest from the fire lines. Hell join us live during abc 7 news at 5 00. San franciscos acting police chief has been on the job for 60 days and now hes already have success in implementing changes his predecessor put into motion. Vic lee sat down with acting chief chaplain and joins us now with that. It was a very candid and wideranging interview in his office. He said he is satisfied with the progress of the reforms hes making but he also said he still has a lot of work ahead. And of course, i started with the obvious question. It has been two months, what has it been like . Busy. Dealing with the budget issues zblfrm reporter acting chief chaplain is about 80 through the use of force policies and the creation of time and distance in deescalation. In the two months since he has been chief, three incidents have been diffused without using lethal force. A man with a gun barricaded in a chinatown apartment after a daylong standoff. Another man with a gun earlier this month taken into custody in the tenderloin district after another tense standoff. And just yesterday, police using less lethal force to take down a teen armed with a knife. I think it is the Guiding Principles for the new use of force policy was a huge part of it. Weve been talking about how these things are going to help us out. But now you have actual factbased situations to show that these things are working. Reporter when the mayor appointed chaplain, the use of body cams was already becoming a reality and now they, too, are being implemented. Getting the body cameras rolled out. We have some of those out on officers in the field right now. It is in the training process. Reporter he is fully aware that he has to gain the trust of the Diverse Communities his department serves. He meets with Community Leaders every chance he gets. How would you describe the conclusions that youve come away with . There is a lot of support out there for police. There is a lot of support for the rank and file. Reporter but he also knows about the increasing anger over officerinvolved shootings. One of the things im looking at is a way to get the Publics Trust in the process of officerinvolved shootings and subsequent investigations. Reporter abc news has learned the state attorney general is working on a plan with cities, most notably San Francisco, to have her Office Investigate officerinvolved shootings. Chaplain would not comment on it but he did seem to embrace the concept. One of the complaints i consistently hear in the community is they dont want us investigating ourselves. Reporter as to whether chaplain wants the permanent job, he said hes been too busy to think about it. Vic lee, abc 7 news. Right now, in baltimore where the state attorney dropped charges against three remaining officers involved in the death of freddie gray. An unarmed black man. Ray raimundi has the latest developments. In the shadow of memorials, a gag order lifted and baltimore state attorney now sharing her thoughts. We do not believe that freddie gray killed himself. We stand by the medical examiners determination that the death was a homicide. Her officer charges against the three remaining Police Officers charged in the death and marking the bitter end to one of the most closelywatched Police Prosecutions in america. We could try this case a hundred times in cases just like it and we would still end up with the same result. Reporter she charged six officers last year after 25yearold gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while being transported in the back of a police transport. We stand behind her prosecuting team. Reporter since may, three officers were found not guilty of all charges, including one officer who faced the serious charge of seconddegree murder. Were pleased that the criminal charges against officer miller, porter, Sergeant White have been dismissed. Reporter today the Baltimore City fraternal order of police and with all six officers an attorneys standing behind responded. The Baltimore States Attorney Office had an opportunity to do an in depth investigation and they did not. The baltimore fraternal order of police say all but two officers are already back to work and the remaining two should be returning to work shortly. Ray raimundi, abc 7 news. The man who attempted to assassin ate Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Mental Hospital and live with his mother. The ruling on John Hinckley jr. Comes 35 years after he shot and wounded president reagan and james brady outside of a washington hotel. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of in sanity. Doctors have said for years that the now 61yearold is no longer plagued by the Mental Illness that drove him to shoot reagan. The suspect in the mass stabbing attack at a facility for the disabled in japan is asking to be judged innocent on grounds of insanity. Police transferred the man to the Prosecution Office today. The 26yearold made the plea in a letter he sent prior to yesterdays attack that left 19 people dead and 25 others injured. Authorities released the Surveillance Video of a man driving up in a car and carrying several knives to the facility. The letter that he sent to the parliament in february outlines the plan and said disabled people should be put to death. An investigation by French Police has concluded that security measures in nice were appropriate on the night of the deadly bastille day attack. 84 people were killed, hundreds injured. The interior minister faced accusations that his office tried to cover up the lack of security. The city of orlando wants to turn the site of the pulse nightclub massacre into a permanent memorial. Flowers and candles and other tributes line outside of the club where a gunman killed 49 people last month. Pulse recently created a nonprofit charity, one pulse foundation, to fund an aid in the construction of a permanent memorial. So still to come here on abc 7 news at 4 00. Which is worse, being overweight or smoking . Doctors weigh in on which issue you should tackle first. Im Spencer Christian from our east bay hills camera looking out through mt. Diablo, sunny skies over inland areas where temperatures are rising and air quality is declining. Lets go back to the Democratic National convention in philadelphia where governor jerry brown has taken the stage moments ago. Lets listen in. You wouldnt know it by listening to donald trump. Last week at the Republican Convention for 76 long and painful minutes, trump conjured up a host of dark threats, but never once mentioned the words Climate Change or Global Warming. He represents a party with officials who have been banned from using those words in florida and who else who knows where else. Trump says Global Warming is a hoax. I say, trump is a fraud. Trump says, there is no trump in california. I say trump lies. So it is not surprising that trump chose as his running mate a man that denies such a thing as evolution. Rarely in American History have two parties diverged so profoundly. Even the nonothing antiimmigrant party of the 1850s did not stray this far into sheer ignorance and dark fantasy as have the republicans and their leader donald trump. Our candidate, Hillary Clinton, couldnt be more different. While trump talks and talks and talks, hillary does stuff. She fights for us on the big issues. As secretary of state, she paved the way for the historic paris agreement, an agreement which 200 nations, including china and india, enthusiastically embraced. And mr. Trump, he says the world be damned, im tearing it up. Hillary is the one who launched the climate and filter coalition, a group of nations taking action to reduce black carbon and other superclimate pollutants which cause severe heart and lung damage. And for her first day in Office President Hillary Clinton will do what is needed to combat Climate Change and lead the clean energy revolution. And yes, we do need a revolution. And we are listening to governor jerry brown at the dnc. This is a live look in. He is talking about trump calling him a liar. Fiery language from governor brown. And you are going to hear more fiery language were told from president obama and he will call out donald trump directly a number of times in his speech, we understand. All right. Lets move on to the hot weather. Brutal. Spencer christian is here with the latest. Still hot inland and we have this pattern that will continue right on into the weekend. Here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. This is nice and pleasant here where im standing along the embarcadero in San Francisco because we are close to the cool coastal fog but tomorrow statewide look for hot weather in the interior sections of the state. High temperatures of 108 in chico. 103 at sacramento and yosemite, and 110, 116 in palm springs and numerous locations inland with temperatures at or above 100 degrees from cleveland dale to fairfield to antioch and livermore. And as we look ahead, here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. We have three more days of tripledigit heat in the inland through saturday. Sunday temperatures inland finally ease up just a bit. Notice cooling have begun before the weekend around the bay. And the coast will remain pretty constant. Into early next week temperatures will be if a seasonal range. That will be nice. Thanks, spencer. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, a star scholar moving up in the world. My goal is to start my own private equity firm to invest in the businesses of tomorrow. Meet an east bay student with a love for investing in himself and others. Im seven on your sides Michael Finney, baggage fees make a lot of us angry but there is good for 11 years abc 7 has celebrated student achievement with our star scholars program. We recognize 7 Bay Area High School seniors for their achievement and awarded each with a 1,000 scholarship toward his or her college education. Lyanne melendez introduced us to an east bay student with a love for investing in himself and others. We could expand tesla into japan. Meet a young businessman from fremont with lots of savvy and passion for investing. My end goal is to start my own private equity firm to invest in the businesses of tomorrow. Reporter the graduation will step on to Berkeley Campus as one of 200 Incoming Freshman awarded the prestigious regents scholarship to help guide his success while studying business and economics. Business is a twoway street. You have businesses, yes, making money and at the same time solving a problem and by investing in the businesses we could contribute to a better tomorrow. And that is what he hopes to accomplish. The reason im so captivated by investing because i think investing in finance is the key to contributing to solving many of the problems plaguing our world. This financedriven student also invested in irvington studentrun newspaper, the voice. Not just to write, but to keep it going. It was struggling to pay for printing and pay for many things. I influenced a new system of advertise that turns things around. I asked him to stay around. He is not interested at all. Reporter he is a problemsolver and loves to achieve a lot of things and like many kids his age he needs to let loose. His solution, bicycling and hiking and dancing. The recognition for my four years of hard work and beyond. Go bears. Go bears. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. And watch our abc 7 star scholar special on saturday at 7 30 p. M. To learn more about this years winners. Do you know a changemaker in your community. They could apply for a 500 Service Grant for the kmun community grant. Go to our website and find a link on abc7news. Com. And airlines are trying to make it up to passengers after the computer outage last week. And Michael Finney is here to tell us how. They are getting a free ride, or half of a free ride. Southwest said it is providing vouchers to some passengers affected by the massive technical meltdown. The vouchers are good for 50 off a future domestic flight. There is a lot of fine print. Make sure you read it. All of this comes with an apology from the airline ceo for the Technical Glitch that snarled traffic for four days and forced cancelation of 2300 flights. Thousands more were delayed. And many passengers were stranded in long airport lines. Southwest would not say exactly who qualified for the half off coupon or how many will receive them. The airline is sending them out right now. What if you get on the plane and your baggage doesnt. It could be annoying. Especially when you paid a hefty fee to check the bag. And now there is a remedy. A new federal law said Airlines Must refund your baggage fee if your luggage is lost or delayed by more than 12 hours. It will be up to you to make a claim for that refund and the faa has one year to put that rule into effect. If your kids play video games, you know the danger, they could inadvertently spend money on inapp purchases. But parents are entitled to refunds by kids made on facebook. The ruling came against the social network and claims children didnt realize they were spending real money when they used fake money playing games like farmville or be jewelled. The judge ruled the children are protected by California Law against exploitation of children under the age of 18. Dan, back to you. Thanks, michael. Well if you are trying to break a bad habit, which should you tackle first. Quitting smoking or losing weight in doctors say stopping smoking should be the first healthy step you take even if you also need to lose weight. A study said smoking carries a higher risk of heart attack than obesity and people who quit smoking reduce the Heart Disease one to two years after quitting. Well stay with us. Abc 7 news at 4 00 continues. Fire danger very high this time of year. In the north bay, goats are being used to prevent the spread of wildfires. A look at how it works is just ahead. And coming up on abc news at 5 00, the problems when you drink and drive. They can sometimes affect an entire neighborhood. Scientists sniff out a new antibiotic and it is under your nose and the big gift as players get ready for the soccer allstar game in san jose. Those stories and more when we see you at 5 00. See you at 5 00. But ama its tfrom the old way off buying and selling cars. Introducing beepi, the radical new way to buy sell cars, all online. Carefully inspected, guaranteed and delivered right to you. If you never have to step foot on a dealership lot again, neither should they. Beepi. Com zero to happy. Hush my darling. Dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] hush my darling. [snoring. ] dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Coming up tonight on abc 7 at 7 00, abc news will carry live coverage of the Democratic National convention. At 8 00, it is the full hour of the goldbergs, followed by modern family and blackish. At 10 00 it is jeopardy and wheel of fortune and abc 7 news at 11 00. San jose firefighters were on the scene of a grass fire this afternoon near yorba bena high school. The fire burned less than two acres and no homes were threatened. It is now under control. In san rafael, fire officials are asking for 100 feet of clearance between brush and structures. They need it for the offense space in this high danger fire season. As to how they are getting some of the space, Wayne Freedman joins us from san rafael. Wayne . Reporter this is a way to fight a fire, the natural way. And in san rafael theyve been doing it this way for three years. Hard to believe with the brush over my head year he yesterda was over five feet tall. And this is now an ideal stretch of road. Where the work crew has moved on. Yes, we are calling these 250 goats a work group. Do you ever go back to a goat and say you missed a spot. I dont have to. That is Dave Davenport from the Parks Department and he brought in the goats that have eaten through 15 aches of fire and flood prone brush in less than a month. This grass was tall. This was five or six feet. Not any more. Gerald mcdaniels who managed the vegetation for the Fire Department has watched his problem areas get chewed away. It is desired. Because the stuff they are eating doesnt look too good. They are certainly quiet about it. Reporter just a few feet away steven knew nothing about the goats behind his office until he opened the back door and saw them there. You are saving gas on dump runs and saving fuel on back and forth, yeah, you want the the labor force out there and creating employment but sometimes it is not practical. No breaks or lunch break. They are having their lunch break right now. Just watching, it is enough to give a guy indigestion. Abc 7 news. And thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4 00. Abc 7 news news at 5 00 begins right now with dan and kristen. Were protecting our homes. Reporter and you could see just how close flames are getting less than one block away. This fire near big sur has now killed one person and shows no signs of slowing down. Plus im gavin newsom and im a proud democrat. The Lieutenant Governor at the Democratic Convention and were live as the president prepares to make his case for his onetime rival. And it is a good School District and a great city. He is no longer referring to San Francisco. Why a beloved school chief is heading out. Plus the local soccer players about to get a big surprise. Abc 7 news starts right now, with live, breaking news. We begin with breaking news that could cause some havoc for the evening commute. This is a live picture of the backup on the harrison onramp to the boy bay bridge, shot moments ago. Protesters have marched to the on ram and blocking cars. Sky 7 hd is over the onramp to check the ramp. That is a key entrance to the bridge for San Francisco commuters heading to the east bay. So it does have the potential to cause severe backups but we are getting word from our viewers that the motorcycle officers have made their way there and traffic is just now starting to move again. As you could see from the picture as well. And they are also telling me via twitter that it appears to be janitors out there doing some protesting for the group but that, once again, it is now flowing. It is looking like things are thinning out. Im kristen zse. And im dan ashley. To our other top story, the big fire near big sur. Right now the firefighters are doing structure protection. Fighting the soberanes fire on the ground and from the air. We are finally getting the first good look at this fire from sky 7 hd and you could see it is massive. Tonight mandatory evacuation orders are in place in the areas closest to the massive fire burning in Monterey County north of big sur. Here is another stunning look at the smoke as seen by sky 7 hd. Look at that. So far the flames have killed one person and destroyed 20 structures, 2,000 more are threatened. The soberanes fire is currently 36 square miles or a little more than twothirds the size of San Francisco to give you a real perspective on that. The fire is only at 10 containment. Chris nguyen is live in salinas. How are firefighters faring out there tonight . Reporter well the number of personnel has jumped to more than 3000 which indicates the magnitude of this fire. Meanwhile were learning more about the man who died overnight and the conditions that he was facing at the time of the accident. This view from sky 7 hd shows the massive cloud of smoke