Uphill. The elevations rages ranges for critical area for fire behavior. It is going to be hot. Officials say it is critical to take good care of yourself and check in on neighbors or people with Health Problems and they suggest you put off exercising to cooler part of the day, avoiding the hottest part of the day. Keep yourself hydrated. Firefighters are hoping people will be extra careful the next few days but they are on high alert and are ready to go in case something goes wrong. We are reporting live for abc7 news. Crews are looking into what happened when there was a massive fire at a landfill in san jose. We have the details. A wave of smoke filled over the landfill arching across to the fields below. It started as mulch was piled a dozen feet high. It is on fire and spreading and floating through the air. The winds delayed one of the 11 responding engines. They were able to stop the secondary fire before it spread. The captain expects it will take 24 hours to extinguish the sanitary landfill fire. If you look below you see a field of grass and we hope that the grass does not catch on fire. The moisturestarved field added two layers of complication and another is access to water. Crews must hookup at the high dramatic half a mile away, wait for the thousand gallon tank to fill, and then race up the hill. It is the only way to get water to the fire. And there is exhaustion, the firefighters have battled a dozen other fires. We are starting the fire season early. This womans husband put out a fire here two years ago. He did not use the Fire Department and he can control everything. San carlos officials will meet today to discuss options during the drought. Officials will consider asking residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 20 percent. San carlos is the latest bay area city to ask residents to conserve after state regulate lates recommended this in response to the drought. The meeting is at 6 30 at city hall. San jose police are looking into what sparked a stabbing that sent a man to the hospital. Police were called to ambassadorrer street near grand boulevard at 9 00 last night and usual forces say a man with several stab wounds went to a home in the area seeking help. The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. Investigators followed the blood trail to a vacant house a few blocks away on Michigan Avenue can they believe is where the stabbing actually happened. A Football Player accused of attacking a man and dog are due in court. The 20yearold cal safety kicked the mans dog and punched him in the face repeatedly during an altercation on tuesday near campus. According to the Football Players attorney the victims dog attacked first and drew is suspended from the team. New developments in the Donald Sterling scandal. The l. A. Clippers owners apologizing since the ban for life from the nba in an interview with cnn. Donald sterling says he is not a racist and believes he is entitled to one mistake. This comes as the estranged wife spoke with Barbara Walters saying she will fight to keep her half of the team. What does the team mean to you . It means a lot. I have been with the team for 33 years. Through the good times and the bad times. It is my passion. I love it. The nab says that Donald Sterling ownership of the l. A. Clippers terminated and so is shellys ownership. More on Good Morning America at 7 00 a. M. There are numerous errors in how pg e determined which lines would be tested or replaced following the explosion in san bruno. The Public Utilities commission ordered pg e to review records after the 2010 explosion. San Francisco Chronicle reports new statute audits show among 20 sets of records, documentation on 11 was missing, wrong or filled with inconsistencies. The state ordered the utility to cut pressure on a gas line after it was discovered it was operating at a level the utility could not justify. Oakland Police Officers unprecedented stretch of mandatory overtime has caused concern of Public Safety and departmental morale. Officers have worked the equivalent of two extra day as month for the last year and a half and is it expected to continue another ten months. That is when the department expects to have enough officers to adequately staff the patrol division. Too much overtime could leave the officers fatigued. Officials say they have not seen any negative impact from the widespread overtime. The Washington Monument will reopen to the public in a couple of hours following nearly three years of repair. This is a look at the 130yearold landmark on the natural mall going through a restoring project since 20 continue when anarch left 150 cracks in the memorial honoring george washington. The exhibits have been installed at tonight 550 stall stone monument and visitors can ride in an elevator to the stop top and lock out. We will have a report from washington, dc, at the top of the hour. Are you ready for the heat . Mike . The breeze we had yesterday will not be around today. This is as cool as it will get during the Morning Hours this week. I hope you slept well. Temperatures are midtoupper 40s palo alto and menlo park and foster city, lowtomid 50s in san bruno and san mateo and belmont and lowtomid 50s along the east bay shore to san jose at 54 and 49 in los gatos and we have low 50s around livermore and concord and 59 in antioch and money 40s around fairfield and napa and santa rosa and 51 in larkspur and 44 at half moon bay. Today, temperatures are going to remain the same through the Morning Hours with total sunshine and 70s around the coast and topping out at 88 at 4 00 to 78 around the bay to 68 at the coast and 64 to 80, still, our stretch through the 7 00 hour so the evening hours will be warm. Tomorrow and wednesday the heat is going to peak in the east bay and Santa Cruz Mountains and sleeping on tuesday and when night will be tough. In the east bay, we have good news because there are no accidents but this is closure due to caltran work with three lanes taken away until 5 oclock this morning. For another 20 minutes, you will see the closure in place. At the san mateo bridge and the drive coming away from hayward to foster city this is 11 minutes with no delays reaching foster city and when you get to 101, the peninsula is looking clear and accident free, as well. Matt and kristen . A mothers day a woman will never forget and the lifesave gift show received in the bay area that is helping her beat the odds. You will see her story only on abc7 news. No one told winter the season is over and we will show you the incredible challenge for drivers in one part of the nation. A change for north bay covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Members governor and other officials are surveying damage today after a tornado swept through the southeast part of the state. The hardest hit area is located 130 miles west of omaha with buildings destroyed. Threws were thrown on to cars and damaged power poles. Schools are closed today in the area. A different type of Severe Weather in colorado a spring blast of snow. The storm dropped a foot of snow in some areas with self feet expected in the Higher Elevations and several inches in denver where snowplows have been working all night to prepare for the commute. The National WeatherService Expected similar weather through the end of june. Day 30 of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial in south africa that was supposed to last only two weeks. Is psychiatrist for the defense testified today that the celebrated double amputee has an anxiety disorder and caused bit amputation of his lower legs as a baby and his mothers habit of sleeping with a gun under her pillow. Oscar pistorius is charmed with shooting and killing his model girlfriend, ever testify, in his home last year. He claims it was an accident and he thought there was an intruder in the bathroom. Oscar pistorius, according to the prosecutors, intentionally killed her after an argument. Video shows some of the 276 nigerian girls abducted by a militant group. They are wearing muslim head dresses and are reciting the first verse of the koran. The leader says they have converted to islam released by a french news agency. The leader says they will were held until all the militants have been freed. The united states, britain, france, china, and spain are supplying experts to help the Nigerian Government find and return the girls home. A Silicon Valley bring back our girls vigil is head tonight to support the kidnapped girl. It will be underway in palo alto on the corner of University Avenue and emerson. People are asked to wear red. A young mom celebrated mothers day from hospital after a successful heart transplant the she developed a rare heart condition after the birth of her daughter. We have the inspiring story you will see only on abc7 news. I am feeling great. Great. Mary is weak and can hardly speak but says this is the best mothers day. Ever. I couldnt ask for anything else. Wonderful. The 26yearold is recovering from the icu in California Pacific Medical Center with a new heart. She developed a rare heart condition eight years ago after giving birth to her daughter. It turned into congestive heart failure. She was put on a heart transplant list in the winter. The odds of a match were not good but friday night they called with the news. I was calm. It took five hours and the 8yearold daughter never left her moms side. I was excited and kind of scared at the same time. Now how do you feel . Really happy. We dont put paints on a heart transplant list until we think they have less than a year to survive. Leslie campbell knew mary did not have much time. We could not get a better mothers day best than a suitable donor heart and the opportunity to raise her daughter is amazing. Awesome. I love my daughter. She keeps me going. She thanks the team of doctors and the anonymous donor. It has given her a chance to spend many more mothers days with her daughter. In San Francisco for abc7 news. Great mothers day story there. We had a nice mothers day yesterday but we are going to be heating up. Absolutely. The winds kept us comfortable but they will be gone tomorrow and today and the heat will build because of that with no free air conditioning coming our way. Here is a look at live doppler 7 hd hard to find a cloud out there let alone any type of moisture with our visibility unlimited. No need to worry about fog. Look how calm it is as we look from the exploritorium to the port of oakland, taking the ferry this morning it is going to be fairly uneventful weather wise. Calmer and warmer conditions today and the heat wave and reports of possible tomorrow especially wednesday and possibly on thursday and milder highs and comfortable nights coming this weekend because tuesday night and wednesday united is going to be hard to sleep especially if you do not have air conditioning. Upper 80s through most of the santa clara valley, and los gatos and morgan hill and gilroy, lowtomid 90 the warmer areas today. We will have midtoupper 80s on the peninsula and millbrae is 81, the more comfortable spot and midtoupper 70s along the coast to nearly 80 in downtown in south San Francisco and midtoupper 80s through the north bay valley but mid70s at your beaches and lowtomid 80s through most of the east bay shore but in hercules it is 87 and the warm weather is upper 80s to nearly 90 degrees throughout the east bay valley. Tonight, still pretty good sleeping weather with temperatures in the 50s, low 50s around napa, santa rosa, the rest of us in the upper 50 to low 60s. The nights will be warming along with the days as the High Pressure moves in, stagnates our air, and, in fact, today is our first summer spare the air day so whatever you can do to not burn gasoline, charcoal and the light is appreciated. Unlike a winter spare the air there is no burn ban and the sevenday forecast shows 100 inland and wednesday, mid90s, mid80s along the coast and 20 degrees cooler by saturday and sunday. Roller coaster temperatures. Would you want to burn on a day like this . Exactly. Drive time traffic 580 from tracy to dublin is clear at 25 minutes and highway 4 at 14 minutes antioch to concord and through mar in, 17 minutes to make it into San Francisco. We do have this accident in walnut creek as you make the drive from Pleasant Hill and it is southbound along 680 with a live picture of it and walnut creek camera shows a lot of activity at the offramp with a fire truck there and we have c. H. P. Units on scene and an ambulance so possible injuries with a solo spinout causing a low down as spectators make their way beyond treat. Now, the Golden Gate Bridge shows much quieter in the southbound direction and northbound side from time to time you could see cal tran trues picking things up. A new bay area commute option is a success and here to stay. Golden gate bridge directors have approved making the 7 30 larkspur ferry into San Francisco, permanent. They hoped for 250 passengers. Instead they acknowledged 365. There was only the 7 50 and 8 20 which were sold out and forced people on to buses. The ridership has increased 6 percent in the last year. Putting californias new standardized exam to the test and student whose have taken it say it is coming up short. A pilot of a small plane make an Emergency Landing in livermore and why he was detained by police at gunpoint. Riding San Franciscos muni is safer. That is getting the credit for are you ready for the heat . No. Ait is coming whether you like it or not. Here is the bay bridge with traffic moving well. There are some brake lights. We have a hot week ahead. The rollout of californias new computerbased system of standardized testing is not getting an a. The Los Angeles Times reports there are ditches. Students have recorded problems with log in and a system shutting down because of inactivity while the student read a long passages and problems with freezing and not saving 6 the answers but it is part of a pilot launch but it officially goes online. We are a day away from seeing the best bicyclists return to the bay area in the third leg of the tour of california. The race continues this morning with stage two that features individual time trials over 12. 5 mile route. Stage one was 120 miles that started and ended at the capital yesterday. Today is 1308 from san jose to mount diabolo climbing almost 11,000 in elevation from start to finish. The final stage is sunday . Southern california. I imagine the climb and the work we will have. Mike . It will be really hot. Especially on mount diabolo. The inland valley could push the midtoupper 90s tomorrow so those guys will be drinking plenty of water. Here is a look at what is going on today, both teams this town start with oakland, 7 05 first pitch and 73 at the coffee cove and taking on the white sox. Across the bay, Atlanta Braves taking on the giants and dropping down to 64. Both days are full of sun and stars and a very height breeze. It will be comfortable. If you are traveling away the central valley, 90 today and a dry dusty 90 and 66 at lake tahoe and 75 in monterey and a nice day from 17 mile drive and nearly 93 in palm springs. Leyla gulen . Relatively quiet around the bay area especially 680 with a picture of what is happening in a moment, but, first, we will show you what is happening along 80 away from albany to the maze and from fremont to san jose 14 minutes and 280 from 101 to cupertino, 11 minutes and now, walnut creek, where there is a lot of activity and emergency crews are on the scene after the solo spinout that crashed and along 680 near treat and it will take 30 minutes for the tow truck to arrive and remove the vehicle and other debris left on the scene. That will cause spectator slowing as you make the commute through Pleasant Hill into walnut creek and down to highway 24. Now, another look at emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge with traffic running smoothly and we had early construction there and it looks like it is wrapping up. Matt and kristen . In oakland, three people are injured after a car slammed into an east oakland home. It happened yesterday afternoon with one person trapped in the car. Firefighters cut off the top of the car and pulled the person out using the jaws of life. Two others were injured. A pilot will return to remove a small plane he was forced to make an Emergency Landing in landing in a field at laboratory year afternoon. A witness caught the scene on camera. Officers taking away the pilot. Reports were that security approach him after he landed with guns drawn. The pilot was deattend because the facility is a high security area where scientists develop nuclear weapons. Witnesses say they hear the plane sputtering before landing and they say it appears the pilot was trying to avoid homes. No one was hurt. Crime is down on mew necessary because of the San FranciscoPolice Department putting officers on board. The transportation age reports that 30 percent drop in crime since october. That is when officers began riding with 700,000 muni passengers each weekday. Smartphone theft declined 77 percent from a high last may of 109 phone reported snatched from muni riders. 12 million federal grand made this possible. A San FranciscoSupervisor Committee will vote on a program to allow more events like farmers markets or cultural gatherings with the Program Proposed by the mayor will let nonprofit groups take over management of selected public plazas such as Holiday Plaza downtown or in the castro. The groups will maintain the plaza and hold up to eight event as year in the open spaces and they would have a streamlined process with lower fees. The bay area is bracing for a heat wave and we are live with what you need to do right now to get rid for triple digit temperatures. I will never do this again. L. A. Clippers owner speaks out and is begging fans and the nba for something. The Washington Monument reopens after being badly dam by an earthquake three years ago. I will take you to that live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good morning at 4 59. I am kristen sze. I am matt keller, a lot of people enjoyed mothers day weekend and we had nice weather. We are practicing doing this. Can someone do that for me . Fan each other. Good morning, everyone, i am going to tell you about the heat coming our way. You can see it on live doppler 7 hd the pressure is here and the air is dry with no clouds and there will be no breeze to keep us cool today. That will allow temperatures along the coast in San Francisco to be fairly mild and midtoupper 70s and we could touch 80 in a few areas. Inland, 85 to 90 so it is warmest there. Around the bay is warm, at 81 to 89 degrees. We will look at heat advisory ahead. Leyla gulen . Hope everyone had a wonderful mothers day and i saw a lost comments on facebook that said every day should be mothers day which is true. Happy mothers day. We are starting off with a couple of citizens across the bay area and the first is in Pleasant Hill driving into walnut creek southbound at 680 near treat we have activity in the area that is not blocking lanes but it could cause