Creek course were asked to shelter in place. Our breaking news continues now on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. And sky 7 hd was over a brush fire that broke out just before 4 00 p. M. In the Guadalupe Park of san jose. Burning near the 300 block of west julian street, west of highway 87. Fire crews were able to knock it down pretty quickly. No word on how it started or whether anyone was hurt but we have not heard of reports of anyone being hurt. And this certainly is not the only fire burning tonight. Lets head to Southern California. Ive never seen a fire behavior so extreme. And it may only get worse. This fire burning in San Bernardino county just explodes inside. Typically overnight a fire will actually decrease in its intensity but in this case, because of the strong winds, the fire continued to burn. Fire Officials Say the fires here and throughout the state are just unprecedented. It is to the point where explosive fire growth is the new normal this year. You are looking at a live picture from the sister station kabc. We love that. It is called the bluee map. Cut fire, and it is burning in the cajon pass nearin san berna los angeles. Authorities say the fire has burned 47 square miles and that is almost the size of San Francisco. You are looking at live pictures right now of the blue cut fire. It is raging out of control despite the efforts of 1300 firefighters. They are doing everything they can. More than 34,000 homes and some 82,000 people are under evacuation warnings. Abc 7 News Reporter let hesia juarez is on the fire lines and filed this report a short time ago. Reporter im standing on lone canyon fire road watching this fire all morningcreeping o has gotten into the canyon where it is starting to burn and were starting to see possibly a little bit more anxiety in the firefighters here as they are now really really concerned because this fire has reached reached down into that canyon and not far below it are those homes. There is a hotshot crew from Santa Clarita and they are known as the bear divide and they have two bulldozers that they have been building breaks but as weve seen on the fires where my colleagues rob mcmillan and leo stall are, the fires have been just jumping any fire lines they have been trying to put in. So it is not known if those fire lines are really going to hold, especially with the winds weve been expe. But you could see right there, Circle Mountain being kmum consumed by fire and getting into the lower vegetation. And it is burning upward, not so much into the canyon or down into the valley itself. Now that was a report filed a short time ago from her from our sister station kabc and our coverage continues on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. Now to the fire burning in lake county. Today the man accused ever setting it, damin pat ilk appeared in court for the very first time. Melanie woodrow tweeted out this photo of him during the hearing. Reporter she joins us live now at the Lake County Sheriffs Office with details on what happened. Melanie . Reporter well this is where investigators interviewed pashilk after he was arrested, according to the probable cause document, he was being surveillanced by those investigators since july of 2015. They supposedly had video of his car at 17 different instances of roadside arson and in one instance a witness reported seeing pashilk or the driver of the vehicle throw something out of the window of his car. He entered the courtroom with his back turned to cameras after he passed out in the hallway. He told the judge he was okay and mumbled yes and asked if he understand the charges. The clayton fire is the most significant fire he is accused of setting. Im just surrounded by all of this turmoil and it is not right. Reporter he is charged with 12 counts of arson and one count of attempted arson. According to the probable cause document, his vehicle was spotted on 17 separate occasions of roadside grass and brush fires. Between july 2nd, 2015 and august 13th, 2016, the date of the clayton fire and only then did investigators have enough evidence to establish probable cause. You have one shot at this. If you take your your shot too soon, you jeopardize bringing somebody to justice who truly needs to be brought to justice. Reporter two days after the clayton fire during his interview at the sheriffs office, he could not provide an explanation to being at the ignition sites of the fires. The deputy d. A. Said he denied involvement and did not express any remorse. The deputy d. A. Said investigators do not have any evidence he intentionally targeted anyone, nor do they have a motive. The deputy d. A. Said investigators believe he was acting alone. He has a courtapoint attorney. If found guilty he could serve the rest of his life in prison. He is being held on 5 million in jail. A plea is set for september. In lake county, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Here is a map to show you where the clayton fire is burning. More precisely it is near ukiah, 90 miles north of San Francisco. It broke out on saturday and is 40,000 erics and flames have destroyed 175 structures. This afternoon cal fire lifted the evacuation for a portion of lower lake east of highway 29. About 25 2400 firefighters are actively battling the wildfire. And they are among the 10,000 firefighters battling plays blazes a blazes across the state and forcing nearly a hundred thousand people out of their homes. Download the app to stay on top of the fires burning across the state andenible push alerts to get up date as they happen. People in emeryville couldnt believe what they saw. A gunman leaning out of a car window and opening fire. Eric thomas is there live with the story tonight. Eric, that is unbelievable. Reporter it is a strange and bizarre and scary picture. But the fact is two people were shooting each other. The picture we are talking about, emeryville released that. It is stunning and they hope it will lead them to the shooters. Lets show it to you right now. A gunman hanging out of the window of a white foreign car, possibly an in finity blasting away at the occupants of a gray vehicle that you cant see in this picture. Sky 7 hd captured the scene shortly after 11 30 this morning between 45th and 47th on adeline. There were at least two shooters and they shut down to recover what they called numerous shell casings with this amount of gunfire going back and forth, police say it was a miracle that no one was hit. One park vehicle was hit and that is the only damage that were aware of right now. We are not aware of any injuries. No one has reported being injured and there are no reports right now of any gunshot wounds. Reporter this is the picture again. Seeing the man leaning out the window of the passenger side of the car and firing. Since this was aa residential area with homes on both sides of the street, police are taking this seriously and that that shooter, if you recognize him, or that car, Emeryville Police would like to hear from you. Live in emeryville, eric thomas, abc 7 news. Two people in San Francisco were hurt in a headon crash that sent one of the vehicles into the garage of a Day Care Center. It happened on judson avenue near detroit around 4 30 p. M. The red honda hit the silver suv sending it into the back of the silver car which then forced the suv into the garage door. The suv rolled back into the street. There were no kids inside of the Day Care Center at the time. Very lucky thing. Emergency crews took both drivers to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Hayward police are searching for the man who opened fire while robbing a couple. The married couple in their 40s was walking near florida street and dolphin lane around 11 45 when the robber approached them with a gun. Took their cell phones and then shot the husband for an unknown reason. The suspect described as a tall black man in his 40s took off in a red suv with gold rims. The victim was taken to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. His wife was not hurt. An al ammo man faced charges of posing as a wealthy investor to swindle hundreds of thousands of dollars from people. You are looking at ward caldwell. He is charges of fraud and elder abuse and one of the victims is 90 years old. She met caldwell at church in walnut creek and gave him 171,000 after hearing he donated money to the church. But he pulled a fast one over the church. He gave them two checks, a total of 150,000 and told them he was donating that to the church. But not to cash the checks until his settlement came through. Prosecutors say caldwell was convicted of security frauds before. They also believe more victims will come forward. Still ahead tonight, a tugofwar over a computer. What is going on in this Surveillance Video . And also what looks like a guy waiting in an apartment lobby is a whole lot more than it appears. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee is on the case. Im abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel and our hot spots in the mid to upper 90s. Changes are ahead. Ill have details coming up. And another live look at the five raging in San Bernardino county. It is large and out of control. Abc 7 news californias clean air laws are working. Weve cut toxic pollution. Were seeing fewing cases of asthma in kids. And the new Clean Energy Economy has created more than half a million jobs. Im tom steyer. Just when were making progress, the Oil Companies are trying to weaken our clean air laws. But we can stop them. Send them a message. Were going to protect our kids not their profits. And every day you promise toor protect them. Love. Off is here to help with proven protection against mosquitoes. Trust our family to protect yours. Sc johnson, a Family Company San Francisco police are looking for a couple tagging the alcoholo and richmond neighbors and theyve gone some good video. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee is live in the cal hallow neighborhood to show it to us, vic. Reporter this is a district in the city that shows you could live anywhere in the city and still see graffiti. Now the one that was painted on that Apartment Building behind me has already been painted over. But the Security Camera got a great look at the graffiti and the suspects. Take a good look at the couple. The images are as clear as day. The video from the Security Camera perched at the entryway of the laverne apartment on greenwich and fillmore, tagging the walls of the doorway. It is across the street from venerable balboa cafe and next to plum jacks limber store. Police believe they are responsible for graffiti in the area and richmond. Here is more graffiti on tenth and geary and on 12th and geary another nasty one. With the words being said, it is very antiwoman and very racist at the same time. Police believe the two are the taggers. We believe he is familiar with the area and may be a resident and anybody who sees the Surveillance Footage or the photo of the suspects, they could identify him. It is a disgrace. It is not good for the neighborhood. Reporter a building near this man just got tagged. A freshly painted house up on vallejo and two blocks long just scribbles of nasty graffiti. And the Police Department have an antigraffiti unit and if you know who this couple is, call them. They may be charged with a hate crime. And police are asking for your help in identifying this burglary suspect caught on Surveillance Video stealing a compute fresh an apartment complex community center. It happened on may 1st at about 8 30 in the morning. The man wearing a distinctive zipup hoodie with a b. On the front and used a pry tool to force his way into the center and they are offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person involved. A teenage girl discovered dead 37 years ago this month in las vegas may have spent time in california. A pollen sample from jane does clothing indicate she may have spend time in california before arriving in las vegas in 1979. Authorities believe the teen was between 16 and maybe up to 25 years old. She was wearing this jewelry when she was found. Anyone with information about this cold case is asked to contact the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. And on to some consumer news. If you try to use rewards points to boom an international flight, some tickets cost more than others. Michael finney has great advice. Michael . I sure do. A group called travelers united is pointing out what ive been preaching all along, not all frequent flier programs are created equal. Some airlines charge you fees in addition to miles for overseas travel. It is up to the airlines but some allow you to use miles for all or nearly all of the costs that come with a flight and others only allow the miles to be used for the cost of the flight itself. Not for tax and the fuel charges and the like. So before signing up for a program, check the rules and the cost associated with the travel that comes with it. Should you be able to sue your bank over an illegal fee . Chances are you cant right now. A new study found nine out of ten bafrns forced banks forced customers to give up their right to a jury trial in a dispute and seven out of ten wont let customers enters a courtroom at all. The account agreements call for mandatory arbitration to settle complaints. Now many of the same contracts that restrict customers rights still allow the banks to sue them customers. Target said today it will provide single stall restrooms in all all stores to avoid controversy over the transgender policy. They announced shoppers and employees are welcome to use restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. The conservative American Family association responded with a call to boycott the store. Today the retailer said it will spend 20 million to add single stalls at any one that anyone could use in all stores that dont have them already. Dan and kristen, back to you. Thank you, michael. Well San Francisco is intensifying the effort to make sure homeless members of the Lgbtq Community have access to city services. Abc 7 news was at social hall sf as the mayor ed lee toured a special edition of project homeless connect. That is a onestop event for Homeless People to ged get medical exams and glasses and even massages. And todays event included ages focusing on gay, lesbian and transgender communities and the groups make up onethird of the San Francisco homeless. The number one and two reasons that weve heard for lgbtq homelessness are being kicked out of your home by a family no longer accepting and having to leave home. This is the third year San Francisco has held a project homeless connect for the Lgbtq Community. About 500 people obtained the services. A great story here. A daly city man put his own life at risk to save one of his neighbors from a fire. Police shared this video on facebook. You could see kyle lee being honored by police chief Manuel Martinez today. Officers say he grabbed the ladder and climbed to pull a 6yearold girl from a balcony off a burning home on skyline drive. Lee and three victims of the fire all suffered smoke inhalation on august 4th and he is okay now and that 6yearold girl owes her life to him. What a brave guy. Good for him. Lets turn our attention to weekend forecast. Were watching the wildfires. Hot in the areas. Not much of a break for them, dan and kristen. Right now a nice breeze across the bay. People are out and about, biking and walking. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd. Its a great day to do any of those things but the fog is sitting near the coast and the marine influence is not reaching some of the inland areas or down in Southern California where they are battling the fires there, too. So it obviously a bad thing. And if you look at the sierra nevada, there are thunderstorms and showers. Some of the thunderstorms could spark for fires so keeping an eye on the area. From our sutro tower camera. San francisco in and out of the fog. It is 63. Oakland 67. Mountain view 75 and 57 in half moon bay. Here is my view from our abc 7 news exploratorium camera at pier 15 and you could see the fog over Treasure Island already an the breeze is shaking that camera around. So we are in for some changes starting tomorrow. Mid70s santa rosa and napa. Fairfield 91. Concord and livermore in the low 90s. Highs so far in the hottest spots, vacaville 98 and livermore 96 degrees. Here is why the coast is comfortable from our mt. Tam cam, the fog is sitting there and it is around tomorrow morning for most areas except inland, coastal drizzle. And cool coast and warm inland and it is a spare the air alert for tomorrow. Check out the hazy skies from the walnut creek camera. This is why we are dealing with a spare the air tomorrow. Poor air quality inland east bay and you are looking at moderate air quality if you could use mass transit, that would be helpful. Tomorrow morning when you get going, temperatures will be begin in the low 60s for some of the inland communities and the rest in the 50s and there will be fog around. The hourbyhour forecast will show you the foggiest conditions around 8 00 a. M. Will be primarily in the north bay. The east bay and the peninsula and San Francisco. So really youll have to allow that extra time for the commute because it could be slowgoing because of the fog and we may have drizzle as well. In the afternoon the fog hangs around at the coast, inland areas seeing the sun. And here are your highs for thursday. They are coming down a few degrees. 88 in gilroy. 87 morgan hill. 82 in san jose, 78 sunniville and 76 in redwood city. And mountainview 68 and cool and foggy in pacifica and daly city. 59 degrees. 65 downtown San Francisco. North bay, 76 in san rafael, 75 vallejo and 81 in santa rosa and if the east bay, and inland, it is warm but not as hot as today. 88 in walnut creek and concord. 92 in liver mord and 94 in antioch. Highs highs come down, low 90s inland and low 60s coast and saturday close to average. Fewer 90s on the board and on sunday well drop inland areas at least in the east bay into the upper 80s. So a nice change of pace. Accuweather sevenday forecast, low 60 toss mid90s for your thursday and cooler on friday and really for the weekend. Well keep the summer spread going but by sunday upper 50 toss upper 80s and cooler for all areas and that spread of 50s to 80s will carry us through the first half of the workweek next week but i know you are not thinking about that, you are just thinking about the weekend. One day at a time. One weekend at a time. Thank you very much. China takes a quantum leap forward in attacking cyber criminals. And that is next and then on world news. Fire on board more than 500 told to dand a band on told to abandon ship and jumping into the water and were there tonight and the wildfire there in the west and ryan lochte is ordered not to leave brazil after new questions after he said he was robbed at gunpoint. Ill see you right here for abc 7 news. Thank you very much. And the legs turning heads in the east bay. New at 6 00, the story behind this statue soon to be a 55 foot tall news woman. That story and more coming u n america thought our pancakes were pretty special. But we knew we could do better. So we did. We made dennys new pancakes 50 fluffier with fresh buttermilk and hint of vanilla. If you disagree, the cakes are free. Thats the dennys loveem or theyre free guarantee. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded suv of the century. I am totally blind. I lost my sight in afghanistan. If youre totally blind, you may also be struggling with non24. Calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. China released this video today of a rocket blasting off in the desert carrying what the communist government is hailing as the First Quantum communications satellite. It was five years in the making and analysts say the technology moves beijing far ahead in the drive to acquire a highly coveted asset in the age of cyber espionage, hackproof communications. A federal lawsuit filed to block a state law preventing most people from carrying openly in public. A court ruling ruled that county sheriffs could require applicants to show specific reasons such as a direct threat to obtain a permit for a concealed gun. They rejected a request to reconsider the ruling. A fire that destroyed 43 home this is time raft last year started at an illegal marijuana growing operation. State Officials Say the rocky fire was sparked by a faulty water heater near a site where a hundred plants were being grown. That fire burned more than 100 square miles. Two suspects are believed to have fled the country. Now how about this photo from the u. S. Department of interior. It is a Lightning Strike that looks a lot like a dinosaur. Specifically a t rex. A spokesperson said the photo was taken in july of 2013 in arizonas bet fied Petrified Forest natural park. I see a certain a certainent. Or what happens when backpacks have to go californias clean air laws weve cut toxic pollution. Were seeing fewing cases of asthma in kids. And the new Clean Energy Economy has created more than half a million jobs. Im tom steyer. Just when were making progress, the Oil Companies are trying to weaken our clean air laws. But we can stop them. Send them a message. Were going to protect our kids not their profits. When it happens where you live. The abc 7 news team covers your neighborhood. oose the news that matters where you live. Choose the team that works for you. Reporting live in lower lakes. Choose abc 7 news. Im ama daetz, coming up at 6 00, fires are burning around the bay area and throughout the state. Crews just put out this one in san jose a short time ago. Well update you on all of them at 6 00. And also the napa earthquake two years later and the new effort to determine why the quake was to destructive. And from 7 on your side, a bay area Truck Drivers dream of a new rig was dashed, but that was just the beginning of a sixmonth long nightmare and that and more coming up in half an hour at 6 00. Getting backpacks delivered to schools was a big problem for a oakland nonprofit until they called lyft. Abc 7 was at Oakland Technology exchange as dozens of lyft drivers answered the call to volunteer. 4500 backpacks filled with School Supplies were waiting and they stuffed them in trunks and the drivers were more than delighted to help out and delivered them to 80 district schools. Im a native of oakland and i feel strongly about children and families and i want to do what i can do to give back. Backpacks will be handed out to students in need. The first day of classes in oakland is next monday. No tip required. It is awesome. That is great. World news tonight is coming up next. Im kristen zse. And im dan ashley, for all of us, we appreciate your time and hope to see you again in half an hour. Byebye. Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. Fire onboard. More than 500 passengers and crew told to abandon ship, racing down chutes, more than 100 injuries. The raging wildfire tonight in the west. The state of emergency at this hour. More than 80,000 residents racing from their homes. And in the south tonight, the death toll from the floods. Authorities say the worst devastation in this country since sandy. Breaking now. Brazilian authorities ordering american swimmer ryan lochte and another swimmer not to leave brazil, amid new questions tonight about their story of being robbed at gunpoint. And this surveillance image. Is the order too late . Donald trump and the major shakeup tonight. And late today, trump getting his first classified briefing at the fbi. Asked beforehand, do you tru
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