Place fire. They have found cages of birds and cats inside. Theyre still investigating what happened here but a gas line did rupture. That had the whole court evacuated. Its since reopened and the investigation contues here. Across the street i heard thisig boom. I thought at the heck. Shirley was returning home with one of her dogs when she heard an explosion. She didnt see any fire until she went inside. Then i noticed in the garage smoke seeping through. I thought uhoh. Then i thought i came outside. I couldnt use my phone. I went over to my neighbors. I heard like banging on the door, ring the doorbell. Answered. We called the Fire Department. Everyone got out safely but shirle couldnt save two of her three dogs from the buing home. Flames were spreading starting to singe the t adcent house and it took ten minutes for the firefighters to arrive. Theres a firefighter at rockdale. Fire companies had to move up to cover this area. I wonder why they re taking so long. Four minutes before shirleys house fire, firefighters were called to one on rockdalerive two miles away. In th one the family also lost their home but not their lives because their pitbull smoky woke them up. To cover the second fire, emergency dispatchers had to send an engine from further way downtown. No one closer was available partly because budget cuts downsized the city by five Engine Companies and 49 firefighrs. The sooner you can get to a fire the better in regard to how quickly the fire spreads and the damage that it can cause. But today two families and their ighbors just two miles apart still call it a lucky day. And at 80 years old, shirley told me shes learned one of the biggest lessons of her life, that material things are not whats important. She got out alive although she devastated she lost two of her dogs. The Fire Department do tell me they try to respond within 8 minutes 80 of the time. Obviously here it took ten minutes and things could suffer a bit with ose cuts. You mentioned the layoffs of those 49 fifighters earlier this month. Today sajose firefighters and Union Leaders are meeting to get more information in advance of their upcoming vote on a pay package that the city says will lead to the rehiring of all the recently laid off firefighters. The package includes a nearly 9 compensation cut and an increase in how muc they pay into their pension. Oakland police need your help in finding whoever gunned down a 13yearold star athlete who was about to start his freshman year next week. He was shot around 9 20 in the 6100 block of bancroft avenue. This killing has just shocked this neighborho. As i mentioned jaman park was about to Start High School on monday. He was goi to go to skyne high. He and another teager were walking here in this area in east oakland near 61st and bancroft just before 9 30 as you mentioned when he was killed. Now, very fe details are being released. Police dont know the motive for the shooting and no arrests have been made. Homicide invtigators say it appears the gunman approached these o teens and began firing as they werealking along bancroft. The second teenas not injured. Jaman was dead at the scene. It was unclear what he wa doing last night but the high school is right around t corner. He has a twin bother. Its unclear whetr it was his brother walking with him when they were shot. They did everything from track to basketball to street hockey. You name it, can i do this . They were asking can they do more things. To see Something Like this happen to a young man that was so energetic, you know, in her words so full of energy, its heartbreaking. Thawas his p. E. Coach we just heard from. You ar looking at a photo of jaman that the school released. He was a track star and champion sprinter. Of the relay team, one they recallede recently beat teaches a relay race. He was supposed to Start High School on monday. Its the 6th homicide in this city over the past week alone. Theres a 15,000 reward. Anyone with dails is asked to call the Oakland Police department. Abc news. Thanks a lot, cecilia. Meantimement oakland pice union says crime has increased in the city since 80 officers are laid off. Statistics released said assaults rose between 8 between july 18th and august 13th. Vehicle thefts were also up during that time period. Department officials and City Council Members say one month is not engh time to gauge whats happening. In june the Oakland City Council voted to lay off 80 Police Office to cut 31 million from its budget deficit. Water quality experts are busy testing water in San Francisco bay after hundreds of gallons of raw sewage spied from a broken sewer pipe in a Peninsula Community of Redwood Shores. Abc 7s Terry Mcsweeney is live in the neighborhood where the sewage also got into some garages. Terry . Yeah. That raw sewage came to the surface right across the street from where i am. You can see the backhoe over there trying to mak repairs to that pipe. Some raw sewage went into the garages in the townhouses on the right, some into the lagoon on left. Here we are on sky complicated process to go through which explains why 20 hour after the break that pipe still hasnt been fixed. Crews have been out here all night and will stay out here until the broken pressurized sewer pipethe one that forces raw sewage to the treatment plant, can be fixed. The pipe has basically kind of collapsed, the bottom of the pipe has collapsed. I dont know what the cause is for that. Were estimating its probably about 8 feet of pipe that needs to be replaced. This man who did not want to talk on camera says he planned to move out of his Townhouse Rental tomorrow but wants to know whos liable for his items in the garage. Apparently redwood city will foot the bill. We have a company that we work with that comes out and works with the residents to assess the damage. And they will oversee the cleanu for the time being,rucks are collect being the sewage as it comes in and driving it to the waste treatment plant. Some of the sewage found its way into the Redwood Shores lagoon which connects with the San Francisco bay. Several ighbors are very concerned what impact this spill might ha in those locations. We have a lot of swans and rays and stuff. I worry about being affecte seals and jelly fish and stuflike that. Not good for them. W asked folks how they feel about a raw sewage spill close to their homes. Most seem to take it in stride. You dont like to see that happen but folks seem to be working on it pretty hard so the cause of this break is under investigation. First they wanto figure out why it happened. Officials for redwood city say they do expect some level of biocontamination in the lagoon nextdoor, at least there, maybe in the bay as well. Well wait for those numbers to come in. Live in Redwood Shores, Terry Mcsweeney. Thanks very much. On the peninsula th second day of a twoday garbage strike means trash continues to pile up in thousandof homes and businesses. Three00 delivered collectors walked off the job yestery. That means little or no gadge is being collected in san carlos, san mao, hillsborough and burlingame. It coultake all weekend to catch up on the trash backlog. Floorats and sticky pedals. Now toyota has an engine problem. The first new York City Police seeing if the attack on this driver was a hate a 21yearoldonor student is in custody in new yorkity for the violent attack on a cabdriver. Hes charged with attempted murder and a hate crime. He asked the driver if he was a muslim. When he said yes, the police say that enright repeatey shot him, said this is a checoint, i have to put you down. He said he does not understand the rage. He says he moved to new york because of its diversity. We are all together. I dont know what his why he did this. Seemed to do this to me. New yorks cab drivers unio rallied around him just moments ago calling for tolence and just met privately with mayor michael bloomberg. Hes looking to ease muslim tensions by the planned Islamic Center near ground zero for the terrorist attacks september 11th. He receny returned from afghanisn where he filmed a documentary about front line troops for his senior thesis. He also volunteers with the church group dedicate to promoting peace and tolerance but Authorities Say enright was extremely intoxicated when he was arrested and had a personal diary filled with antimuslim comments. Said he was joking when he said House Speaker nancy pelosi might get sick and die befor he decides whether to vote for her as lead are next year. Bobby bright was speaking at an event wednesdanight when he was asd about his decision to support pelosi as party leader after his 2008 electi. In response, bright said pelosi could locals her reelection, decidegainst running for speaker again or get sick and die. He insists it was a joke and the remark drew laughter from the crowd but also field rumors of a growing divide witn the party item a House Committee is calling on the owners of two Iowa Companies involved in a massive egg recall to teify before Congress Next month. The two farms recalls more than 550 million eggs after they were linked to more that will a thousand cases of salmonella poisoning. Dozens got sic here in the bay areas. The commite wants answers along with the food and drug and agriculture department. Firefighters expect to have the filed fire burning near mount diablo fully contaid today. The fire broke out late tuesday near curry canyon and Morgan Territory road and quickly grew to almost 400 acres. No buildgs were burned. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries. Meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. Starting to break up but i guess the damage has been done to the heat wave. Its over. Good way to put it. Show you where its a little cloudy, temperatures 46. No more flight arral into sfo. Talk about how much colder its going to get this weeken mike, thanks. With our rollercoaster weather, first it was too cold, then it was too hot. New worries about the bay area wine grape crop new documents may unlock mysteries surrounding a recent appearance sarah palin made. Hey, at t uverse tv . Yeah, its our new tv service. Every day thsands of customers across t nation are switching to at t uverse. [ female announcer ] visit at t store today. Hurry and take advantage of our gat deal on uverse tv. Just 29 a month for six months plus for a limitedime, get hband cinemax free for three months. Yeah, d uverse tv lets you record up to four shows from any room on a single dv and play them back on any tv. And multiview, which lets you follow four chaels at once. 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But look just to the north and east. You can see some of the clouds still lurking along the peninsula. Thats why it is still chilly along the coast and up to San Francisco in the upper 50s. We have low 60s around oakland, low to mi60ss north bay. Mid to upper0s throughout the bay and south bay and where the sunshine hit first, san jose to the east bay valleys. Low to mid70s. Around the monterey bay you can see the clouds keeping you upper 50s. Salinas 64. Gilroy 70. Check how much cooler now compared to 24 hours ago. Fairfieland santa rosa 27 degrees cooler. Concord 22. Look at that, 18 fremont, sunnyvale, oaand, san jose, menlo park, 16 degrees cooler in San Francisco 11 degrees cooler. The big story is the 24 hour temperature change. The high today in san fransco 64. Ten degrees cooler than yesterday. Concord, oakland, sajose and santa rosa with the star means theyet a record high yesterday. San jose was t third day in a row. Temperatures here 15 to 23 degrees cooler this afternoon. Thats our first highlights. Drama temperature drop today. Comfortable sleeping weather tonight. Coolest over the weekend. South bay hit the low 80s. Cupertino, san jose 72. Menlo park southward may hit uppe70 to 80. Upper 50s along the coast, Downtown South sanfrancisco. Sunshine, mid60s. Sausalit 68, 78 pet. Low 80s the rest of the north bay valleys. Richmond and berkey under the breeze, mid to upper 60s there. Inland east bay valls, looking at temperatures in e mid80s to near 90 antioch, brentwo and fairfield. Low to mid80s hollister, gilroy, morgan hill the clouds will keep monterey at 66 and santa cruz 70. Tonight here you go, 50s up in the north bay valleys. Mid to upper 50s throughout the bay and south bay. Maybe 60 concord an 62 antioch. Much easier to sleep tonight than the last couple nights. The area of low pressure that brought the souther surge yesterday to the coa and now all getting that free air conditioning. To the nth jet streams where it should be across the u. S. canian border but coming from the gulf of alaska, that will drop temperatures 4 to 6 degrees away from the coast. Another 6 to 10 degrees on saturday when the temperatures bottom in the mid topper 50s along the coast. Low to mid60s along the bay and low to mid70s inld. May be drizzle saturday morning. Sunday 4 degrees warmer, nearly 10 degrees warmer monday and hot again but nothing like we just dealt wi next week. Mike, thank you. California State University is now under court order to release documents relating to sarah palins appearance in june. The coun superior court ruled the school must turn over details of the appearce contract which would include how much did the former gop Vice President ial was paid and exactly where the money came from. An open Government Group called californians aware filed a lawsuit in april afte the university refused to disclose the documents. We have anher toyota recall to tel you about. 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Sustainable seasonal cuisine in jack london square. The new ocean tells us whats happening to our ocean. Ocean films, film makers and conservationistsn monterey bay. The biggescar show in the west. The Alameda County fair grounds. Western Ballet Company of Mountain View is holding scholarship auditions on saturday. Dance could be a breakthrough. Food, wine, huge auction. A benefit for the camper royal for children with lifethreaten the illness sunday in livermore. The island. This is when i interviewed before the show aired. Now the sixth and final season of the revolutionary sh is on bluray and dvd