Harden. I wont say hes a troublemaker at all. That will be the last person boy think anyone is after. Tas him. A moved here from berkeley. From the looks of it its a pretty nice neighborhood but cant judge a book by the cover. This neighbor does not know any victims but shares their anguish and wishes for more police. Until they canko investigate and get rates up, have enough investigators to be a deterrent to this kind of thing, things arent going to change. We have not yet heard from ples on this case all day long. Just about a half hour ago, though, the mobile command center pulled up down at the end of the block. We understand police will be canvassing the neighborhood and perhaps well learn more later this evening. Thank you, heather. Two young men could spend their lives in prison, convicted on all counts for brutal gang rape of a teenaged girl in 2009. Abc 7 news was in the courtroom when the verdicts were read and joins us now from martinez. Laura . These verdicts were three and a half years in the making and difficult for all involved. These two young men were tried together and in the end, judged by different juries they were convicted on the same counts and face a long future behind bars into is justice. Prosecutor says the guilty verdicts against two mainf players in the gang rape case reflect brutality of the crime. Some details are not suitable for audience buzz if youre dragged with out clothing on across pavement while being kicked and beaten, you can imagine types of injuries suffered. A 20yearold and 22yearold were both found guilty on three felony counts, forcible rape, sexual penetration and forcible oral copulation in concert with bodily injuries. The victim left the dance early on octoberfa 24th, 2009, she started drinking with a group of teens and young men in a courtyard and repeatedly raped and beaten im not diminishing issues with regard to jane doe but at the time this is a devastating time for the montanyo family. A very difficult case. A lot of witnesses were either on drugs or alcohol. He did not want to say so, one juror told us what struck him was how young many of those involved were at the time. The ages is thing that made it difficult for everybody. Theyre all young kids. I think all of us have kids. Seated in the front row a group of Police Investigator whos worked on the case from the beginning. I know many officers are at the hospital. Kind of carry that image in their minds. So i know it was important to see the defendant being held accountable. They will be held for sentencing. In martinez, abc 7 news. The university of california has a new president tonight, first woman to holdym that job. Outgoing Homeland Security secretary is taking the reigns of the 10 campus system. Abc 7 news is in the newsroom tonight. Not every one is celebrating this appoint oomt that is right. Let me tell you napolitano known as a pirn who can fix anything and government and that is why in part the reason selected her to lead the uc system. But as head of Homeland Security shes been controversial because shes maintained an aggressive policy of deportation. Now some uc students were folk volcano kbral that today saying shell bring that mind set to different campuses. Immigration is ec sore issue among some students. Four were cited today and released because they refused to leave the meeting. Now, napolitano entered the room. The regents say hes shees been a leader in ever position held. The only person voting against her appointment was the student regent. Documented or undocumented we wem come all students to the university of california. Were in the business of education. I will be an advocate for that in sacramento and an advocate in washington, d. C. Her base salary will be 570,000 more than what she makes as secretary of Homeland Security. Still, it is less than what president udoff was making. The reason wanted to make it clear they offered napolitano the same salary but she refused. In fact her compensation is 10 less than udoffs. She starts in september. Thank you, leanne. A massive brush fire brurning in burning in Southern California continues to grow. The fire burning in idyllwild just west of palm springs in z. About 100 miles east of los angeles. Abc news is live tonight where the latest. Rob . Were here at the command post about five miles from idyllwild. Idyllwild is in that direction there more toward where clidz are over there. You can see that big plume of smoke back there. The concern is that the fire is burning off into the wilderness its a couple miles away burning along side idyllwild. That is why 4,000 people have been forced to evacuate. The main sent jer at hemit high school. 900 people slept here overnight. Just takes twoc hours. It was ready, set and go. Now, they wait, and hope. That firefighters will get a handle on this wildfire and save their homes. I want to know what is going on. Because we knew theht region so. Where is it snou we want to know. Its not in idyllwild. People werent the only ones fleeing. Its been busy. Ever since last night. They just keepc coming and coming. This family brought four dogs and two cats to the animal shelter. Ease dwree manage four dogs and two cats on you3 own property but when youre not at home, and youre staying with other people, or trying to figure out whatu youre going to do, its difficult. This shelter is packed with animals right now. Dogs, cats, chickens, goats, a bunny, a frog, and two horses. One of the horses had its mane sinked. Singed. It was really close. It had to be within mere feet. Luckily they made it out alive. And good news is the Fire Department says not a single home burned since then. The fire burning along side the town of idyllwild. Residents there hold their breath. Breath. Numbers in this fire acres burned. 15 containment. The Fire Department says they were able to make Good Progress today, residents can only hope. conb thank you very much. The San Francisco gang banger will spend his life in prison after pleading guilty today to 25 federal crimes. The 23yearold admitted his role in this triple murder int 2010. And hew3 several other members of the 500 block c street gang were looking for rivals to attack. In addition to three counts of racketeering, murder, each of which carry mandatory life sentences order yeez pleaded guilt grow conspiracy, obstruction of justice and using a firearm. In oakland this man has been arrested for attempted kidnapping after allegedly grabbingc a 6yearold boy at a bus stop that happened in a parking lot. Police say he asked to boy to give him a high five then grabbed his arm. I was arrested. Tomorrow, the coroner is expected to announce the cause of death of a crash victim that was hit by a fire truck. The report willym determine whether she was still alive when the airport fire engines7 rolled over her as it attended to the crash. Nine people are still receiving care in the hospital. Two in critical condition. As for asiana, theni bills are adding up. The airline is paying sfo 15,000 to store the wreckage of the plane for National Transportation safety board investigators also paying for the cost of the clean up. Well, brace yourself for another heat spell. Sandhya up next with the forecast. Ill show just how hot goitsing to get inland making those weekend plans. Here is what i can tell you. There will be a place to escape the heat. ncxdlpc÷u seahawks fans have in mindxd for newrs stadium. A judges ruling in a marin county oyster farm fight that has both sides claiming victory tonight. And talk together astronauts aboard International Space station about the incredible nfl isnt isnt here and fans are mixing it up, niners placing special bricks at the front door of their new stadium but saek hawks fans are throwing in bricks of their own. Abc 7 reporter Cornell Bernard has been on the football field today and joins us live. This stadium hasnt opened yet. There is a lotkop of fan controversy. Compliments of the Seattle Seahawks fans determined to make the mark on the new home. Brick . Be a part of the new leviu stadium. Bricks are being sold and for a price, your message will be a part of the front. Just imagine seeing this. Go, hawks . Rival seattle fans want to leave their mark, too. Your children dont want to see some. Seahawks. Yes. Talking smack about niners . No. As a niners fan, i dont think anything throws me off in San Francisco. A couple innocent bricks i think it could be a cool thing. Really . Message board read it is abuzz with fans looking for money to buy a brick or two to razz 49er faithful. Theyve reportedly raised 700. Were excited about attention to sell these brick autos but a sea hawk message . At ac 49ers stadium . We hired fund lays fundraisers limited they look at everything to make sure there is aq message that meets the community, fan experience. Bricks tells buyers it reserves the right to refuse to print messages. The seattle fan whoc started the brick idea admits hateful messages will probably get shot down so well keep it positive at the niners door step because there is a such a thing as carrying a joke too far. co both sides claiming victory following a judges ruling on the drakes bay oyster company. Abc 7 ns reported interior department rated the farm to close because its harming the local environment. The company insists that conclusion is based on bad sigh yents, now a judge ruled the oyster farm can continue to operate while it appeals the closure order. However, the judge says drakes bay must comply with ordersym to clean up plastic debri, remove Invasive Species and stay away from harbor seals in this area. The weather weve been having may be contributing to the spread of west nile virus. The Vector Control district says a dead crow nound alamo tested positive for the virus. The district Officials Say hot weather allows mosquitoes to develop more quickly into adult mosquitoes. That is how it is spread. Theyre urging people to dump, orw3 drain standing water in the yard. Youve heard that before. And use repellents containing deet or oil ofg lemon eucalyptus. Its going to remain hot here. Yes. Sandhya patel is in tonight with the forecast. Were going to continue to see the heat at least inland communities throughout the weekend. So today, wide range of conditions, 94 in antioch. 57 pacifica. 37 degree spread well continue to see. Let me show you live doppler 7. Carryc over right on into the first half of the weekend. Live doppler 7 showing you fog coast. Not in a hurry to leave soon. You can see it here from our camera, very nice view of the shallow fog layer about 1400 feet deep now. San francisco 61. Its 67 in oakland. Still into 70s mountain view, san jose. Half moon bay, cool spot with fog, 55 degrees. Nice day out in lake tahoe nice day out in lake tahoe area, record heat expecteda fri into the weekend f traveling there upper 80s for your afternoon highs. Santa rosa, 77 its 88 in livermore, santa rosa, nice day. 81 was the high. Foggy morning for the coast. Heats up inland into weekend and looking at mild conditions like hot weather have you a place to go here in the bay area. At least into summer time. Coastal areas remaining cool. Cool air mass shifted and were watching this hot air mass over Desert Southwest tracking heat and humidity. At Dangerous Levels from mid west to east coast this hot air mass is across the country will be going away into the weekend but that will see heat at least through saturday. For us, saturday is when temperatures will hit the peak as that hot air mass over Desert Southwest, not humid, just hot and dry, shifts our way so well go with hot days inland both friday and saturday. Highs for saturday around the western u. S. You can see here w las vegas. Heat going to extend out towards redding as well. 106 degrees. ÷u . [ and by sunday sacramento sees temperatures fall but hot in redding palm springs into triple digits. Coming up the highlight from emmy nomination autos how a company is making hollywood history. Back in a moment. Revenues for google are up but ad rates are down from last year. That is a sign google is having trouble with the transition to smart phones and tablets. Google stock fell about 4 of its value in after hours trading. Net flix made history in hollywood today. House of cards became the First Program not broadcast on Network Television or cable to be nominated in a major emmy category. Net flixs arrested development was nominated for three comedy emmys. There was a big celebration in south africa today on Nelson Mandelas 95th birthday. Mandela he could not be there for the celebrations hes still in the hospital in critical, but stable condition but there are reports he smiled and nodded in his hospital bed today. Many honored mandela by performing acts of charity for 67 minutes symbolizing 67 years of public service. A celebration is scheduled for this sunday at 3 00 in berkeley. There is more still to come tonight here on abc 7 news. First up violent trayvon demonstrations in oakland. Asking what would Martin Luther king do to ensure these protests are peaceful . Mortgage rates ease a bit this week but still, way frup a year ago. Im michael finney. Ahead what it means to you. Also here biggest city ever to file for bankruptcy protection. Stay with us Oakland Police trying to track down vandal whos damage property during protests over the weekend. Police just released new images to abc 7 news that were taken from Surveillance Video saturday night in oakland. You can see the reflection of one man police say smashed windows. And here is another image this is another man accused of violence during protests. Hundreds of demonstrators took to streets after a jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the murder of florida teen Trayvon Martin. Most nonviolent but in oakland late in the night a small group of people began breaking windows and spray painting on to buildings. Police released three other images last night. To see them you can go tourtoour web site a photo shopped picture of Martin Luther king junior in a hoody is getting a big reaction. The picture has gone viral prompting abc 7 news to reach out to a man when was in dr. Kings inner circle way back then, dr. Clarence jones was kings private counsel. Abc 7 news sat down with him to talk about the verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing. He says there is no question Martin Luther king would have put on a hoody if it conserved to convey a message of tolerance. He says thatness message has been lost this week in oakland. Saturday night a group of angry demonstrators marched through uptown some smashing a car, breaking windows. Monday night, a replay of the violence this, time a waiter hit with haimer for trying to keep vandal as way. Clarence jones called it wanton anger that cant be tolerated. You dont make yourself popular by standing and raising your hand and saying trayvon, trayvon. You know . You dont do that. And at the same time stand by and let violence happen. Jones marched with Martin Luther king, kings personal attorney helped write his speeches and he says all throughout the movement there was always the threat that violence would undermine the message. They were having a peaceful march. In memphis, tennessee some of the teenagers began to throw rocks and so owe forth. Dr. King stopped the demonstration. Jones tells me today there is no question king would put on a hoody and march for equal justice but not like in oakland. If you really care about making a difference, and honoring the legacy of Trayvon Martin you protest peacefully. And then, dont come to a protest rally unless you are registered to vote. Another protest is planned for saturday. Oakland mayor is promising it will be better. Were going to have more Community People come out to monitor. One organizer tell meez if anyone acts out theyll be turned in to police. We want peace and justice. We dont want violence in the community were going to have to go against people that seek to hijack our demonstration. Leadership requires those people who are calling these demonstrations who are putting demonstrations together theyre the one thats have to set the ground rules. Participants told me that they did not feel safe, Clarence Jones says that threat was always present in the civil rights mars. But dr. King and his followers would not permit it to come from their side. Dan . Okay. Thank you very much. As of now there are three events scheduled in the bay area saturday to protest the zimmerman verdict. A 9 00 a. M. Vigil in San Francisco and 11 00 a. M. March from city center in oakland merging with a vigil schedule forward noon. Trayvon martins mother will attend in new york city on saturday. His mother attending an event in miami. A dire step by the city of detroit filing for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. If approved detroit could start to sell off property to pay back pensioners. Officials say bankruptcy is the First Step Towards restoring the city. As tough as this is, i really didnt want to go in this direction. But now that were here, we have to make the best of it. Detroit difficulties blamed on a number of factors notably a drop in the tax base. Detroit lost a quarter million rez dments a decade. A surprising report on bay Area Real Estate tonight. Prices rose at the fastest pace on record last month while sales took an unexpected drop. According to the data Quick Service home prices rose 6. 9 in june reaching a median price of 555,000 that. Is the highest in nearly five years. However, the number of sales is 20 below for the month of june when sales go up according to data quick drop off was due to fewer inexpensive foreclosure homes on the market and raising rights. 30 year fixed Mortgage Rates eased a hit from a bit. The average 30 year mortgage now at 4. 37 way up from a year ago when averaging 3. 53 . Michael finney is here tochl plain what that means to you. Yes. Higher rates from compared to a year ago are just last month are already having a major impact on homeowners and potential buyers. Now, many have been forced to look at alternatives to get homes financed. Brian miller loves his new condo. Great kitchen. All new it was a condo he almost couldnt afford. His original loan fell through and rising rates nearly forced him out of the market. I just made it more of a rush to find something. And sooper before rates continued to rise more. Brian had to look at other options and says the rise in rates would have cost several hundred dollars a month, money he could not afford. So he sat down with his mortgage broker. With guarantee mortgage. Sometimes, a shorlter fixed period at a will heer rate is an advantage for people. She got brian into a 10 years Adjustable Rate Mortgage at 3. 75 . I made the purchase i wont have been able to do the purchase because of the payment that would have been too high. Adjustable rate mortgages arent for everybody f youre lie byeing a last home or 1015 years from retirement she doesnt reblg mend getting an arm. Theyre for anyone knowing theyre not going stay in the house theyre in for a long period of time. First time home buyers rarely buy the property theyre going to be in 30 years. Greg odonnell is host of Money Matters and ceo of odonnell financial gruchl he has seen a uptick of mortgage activity from home buyers anxious to lock down loans before rates go up further. Rates goup faster than you they come down f trying to buy a home under contract, they may not be able to time the bottom. P plixs dropped nearly 70 for refis in 30 day autos people are just make dog right now. Brian is happy he got his mortgage when he did. It feels great. Very excited. Greg odonnell predicts Treasury Bonds will go up and send rates up higher. Thank you, michael. Sure. Coming up here its not Rocket Science but its very cool. Our conversation with the crew of the International Space station about a hobby that will incredible images from space. Yes. Jonathan bloom spoke with the astronauts on the International Space station about the photos theyve been taking high above the earth. For astronauts its just another day in micro gravity. You can be superman but playing with objects, with refraction of light and water. Light engineer took this photo of a giant drop of water. Photography is a big hoby. Up there lenses weigh nudging and scenery is limitless. We never get tired of looking out of the window. We talk among ourselves earth is always perfect and always different. Constantly changing. Theyve taken pictures of a wildfire in colorado. A russian cosmonaut used this lens to catch a glimpse of the Albert Einstein vehicle. We have a wall of lenses and camera bodies to use at any given time. Its usually in the evenings that we have personal time to take pictures. Italian astronaut sometimes shoots with his ipod floating nearby. First, my favorite way to look down on serge when i was outside using this camera. And chris would agree there is nothing to beat that. On a space walk he felt water leaking into his helmet. Feels like a lot of water. Within minutes he was in danger of drowning. Water kept trickling to cover my eyes and nose. It was hard to see. I couldnt hear. I went back using just memory going back to the air lock until i found it. He vifred with out injury to chuckle bit. I experienced what its l like to be a gold fish from the point of view of the gold fish. Glad hes okay. Its incredible. Coming up next abc 7 news anchor Cheryl Jennings reports from lake tahoe. Yes. Up to space now going underwater for a remarkable scientists activities testing an unmanned submarine this week preparing for a Research Expedition but gathering data about the earthquake faults here. Cheryl jennings has been following the story and was at the lake for testing. Youre looking at underwater video captured by cameras on a one of a kind vehicle. Its called the sir. And its destined to go to antarctica for research. Video provided by Northern Illinois university. Which is working with the California Geological survey. First time we can see the west halt at the bottom of the lake. The commission kicked in 75,000 for research that could help provide better planning in the future. The sub is on a barge on the west side so we took a ride there. And hoped to see the subdrop into the water but testing turned up a problem. Engineers say it has to do with minus 10 temperatures. The subbuilt by a team led by liz tailor, packed with scientific equipment helping coordinate agencies. And get people to share the data. They will lower it down 2500 feet to learn how fast its melting. When you loo lose this body of ice it raises sea level. By between 10, 20 feet. Globally. Theyre designed for coping and living in that type of environment. They can live in this environment. By. Feeding on rocks. The project will need more testing and funding before the antarctica exped decision gets underway. That is a really cool thick. Yes. Its very neat. Lets talk about the weather forecast. Yes. Sandhya . Heat going to be here just in time for weekend plans. Looking at live doppler 7, fog near the coast. Inland areas enjoying sun here is what its going to look like tomorrow. 96 antioch. 95 livermore, 68 San Francisco. 87 in santa rosa. 100 in clear lake. Half moon bay, 63. Here is a look at the for San Francisco aids walk this sunday. Foggy in the morning. 54 degrees at 9 00 a. M. Temperatures rising into early afternoon and fog backed by 3 00 p. M. So comfortable weather for you taking part. Accuweather forecast getting toasty inland close to 100 saturday. Then, temperatures start to come down a few degrees early next week. Thank you. Well, watch abc live stream is available in the bay area. Yes. Watch abc is a new way tochl peer yens abc any time, anywhere whether at home or out and about. You can enjoy your favorite naflts, tv shows on smart phone or computer live and on demand. Yes. Its a special new benefit brought to you by abc. At no additional cost sheer what you do. First go to abc 7 news. Com and find out how to access watch abc. Second enter your cable tv provider account information then go to the live stream or search to down load the app. Its easy and works well. Yes. Does it. Larry beil is here now with sports. British open first round. A lot of frustrated faces. Across the bond pond after round one including a golfer said all they needed was a windmill and a clowns mouth. Sports is coming up next. Good evening, round one featured a lot of frustration. Especially in the afternoon making the course difficult. Among those grumbling saying 18th hole was absurd needs a windmill and a clown face. Check out thomas bjorn here. Oh, my bad. Former faster masters champ throws six irons a ground snap in half. Rory mcel roy a day to forget out of the bunker on five. Eight over 79. Tied for his worst opening round in a major, Phil Mickelson coming off of a win in contention. Two under 69. Zach johnson lost last weeks class grik n. A playoff, shook it off. Hes leading this tournament after a 5 under 66. Take a look at the speed on the green. Tiger woods in the hunt reading this perfectly. One of his five birdies on the day. Three bogeys left him at two under so its johnson with a lead over raffle cabrerra bello. Dust onjohnson in a tie for third. Mickelson and woods tied for ninth, but only three back. Solid day. I feel great. Certainly coming into the week, i feel great on the tee shots today. Felt comfortable on approach shots. We had good numbers. Brooks will not be prosecuted after allegedly hitting a team made with a teammate with a beer bottle allegedly. Police say he hit in an Early Morning fight june 8th. The district attorneys report indicates theyd been drinking and a dispute broke out after pretending to throw car key as way. Prosecutors say there was insufficient evidence to bring charges in this case. Nhra nationals coming to sonoma next week. A stage three cancer survivor and last year with nnhra funny card champ. Jack didnt see that it way. Other day i was watching drag boat racing and thinking those guys ever nuts. I think those people are nuts. They look at what we do and think were nuts. But i dont get into the car because i want to risk life. I love competition. I dont think of myself a daredevil but a race car driver. Now, pedal power and up they go. Stage 18 of the tour did he france. Leader chris frume ran out of gas. Not allowed to do that within the final five. That is a 20 second penalty and no eating in the last five. Freshman held off american tj van guard nor win the stage. Abc 7 sports brought to you by Orchard Supply hardware. Yes. Right. There will be no eating within the last five minutes. I know. Thank you. Join me tonight at 9 00 that is cable channel 13 coming up shark proof. The wet suits hide from you sharks while you swim, surf, and dine at 9 00. Then at 11 00 redefining marriage one dictionary at a time tonight. Hacker behind this video and what libraries have to say about it. And tonight here on abc 7 we have wipeout, motive and rookie blue then join ama and me at 11 00. That is it for this edition of abc 7 news. From all of us here we appreciate your time. Well see you at 9 this is jeopardy please welcome todays contestants a videogame qualitrance tester from northborough, massachusetts. A childsupport officer from hooksett, new hampshire. And our returning champion, a pediatric emergencyroom nurse from jersey city, new jersey. And now here isiatric the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. Thank you all, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our program. On yesterdays show, we said goodbye to a young champion who had won over 112,000, d we replaced him with kerri, whos won 10,600. She has 100,000 to go if that record. Matthew and berek, welcome aboard. And good luck to all three of you. Lets go to work, shall we . Here comes jeopardy round. And here come the categories. We start you all off with. Tude in each correct response. Kerri, start. Ill have baby registry items for 200, please. Berek. What is a car seat . Right. Long movie titles for 200, please. Kerri. What is the desert . Yes