Farmers farmers farm and ranch property. Ken pritchett has the story. Reporter it is always a sign of a big and threatening wildfire. A tanker was called in to make the stop. From noon to 6 00 p. M. This fire grew to 4 acres. This farmer got a call from his son. He called me and said you better get home. Theres 200 homes all up in the brush. Reporter brush that could not be drier. The fire moved unpredictable. The wind not having a direction the whole time has made runs in different directions. The focus for calfire is saving lives in the path of a fire. Dennis pratt and patricia holcumb could not get home. Ive lost a home before, i dont want to go through it again. Reporter firefighters were in place defending their homes and pets left alone. I want to get to my animals. I want to get to my babies. Reporter calfire says this fire has not burned for some time. And several buildings were burned down, firefighters believe those buildings were outbuildings. The winds today were not very strong. Calfire says this was a drought driven fire. Because of the dry conditions out here. In fact, they say its as dry out here now as it should be in september or october. In napa county, ken pritchett. Ken, thank you. Now to Rosemary Orozco on the conditions that might help firefighters to get over the fire conditions. Yes, well at night the winds usually calm down. Right now looks like theyre coming in primarily from the southwest. I wanted to point to the shade of yellow. You see that thats at the hills up above. Right at 10,000 feet im tracking temperatures in the 70s with relative humidity at 46 . So in the hills up above some of this could be due to the rising smoke and the fire creating that warmer air up above. For tomorrow morning for those firefighters, tomorrow afternoon will be warm and dry once again. More details now the red cross has a shelter set up for those evacuated by the fire. Its being manned by volunteers of middle town high school. In big canyon. Ktvu has new information about a violent home invasion. Neighbors of the victim are outraged after learning an elderly woman was the victim of a sexual assault. Earlier today one teenager was take into custody but another suspect is still at large. Reporter a 16yearold suspect was being held here at Juvenile Hall while the search comets continues for a second attacker. The young suspects were armed with a gun when they broke into the home and tied upd the tied up the couple. This morning, neighbors cannot believe something so horrible could happen to the elderly couple. I cannot believe Something Like that would happen to someone so sweet. Reporter at some point the 85 female was sexually assaulted. Reporter the suspect stole the couples chevy suv and after being chased by police crashed into a home. The driver described as latino between the ages of 17 and 25 with a possible severe larceny laceration injury. They dont touch little children and they dont touch elderly people. Thats one thing they dont do. Reporter pauline herr era is part of the Neighborhood Watch after other crimes. People looking into cars, breaking into cars and stuff like that. Reporter butnothing this violent. No not that violent. Reporter the elderly woman was taken to the hospital and treated for her injuries. Police are still looking to see if they can gather enough information to create a sketch of the second suspect. Maureen naylor, ktvu news. A jury in San Francisco has cleared former b. A. R. T. Police officer mehserle of civil Rights Violations for the killing of oscar grant. The jury rejected a claim by oscar grants father seeking financial damages for his sons death. Jurors concluded the father did not have a close relationship with his son. Grants father has been in prison for murder for his sons entire life. But family members say the jury did not understand how a father could be involved in his childrens lives. The attorney for the elder grant says hes considering an appeal. Mehserle reportedly started crying when the verdict was read. The family of bryan stow says theyre tired but optimistic as they wait for a jury to decide his case. Jurors must decide if the dodgers former owner was negligent and if a lack of Adequate Security contributed to the attack. The stow family is asking for 37 million to cover a lifetime of medical bills. Stows mother talked about their options if they dont receive damages. Were going to have to look at me cuts out bryans nighttime care and taking care of bryan myself and leaving him for two hours. Barry bonds is getting another day in court and an opportunity to fight his conviction. The ninth Circuit Court of appeals. It will now be heard by an 11 judge panel instead of a three judge panel. Bonds served 30 days of house arrests for giving rambling evasive testimony over the use of muscle enhancement drugs. Concerns about crime at an amtrak parking lot near the oakland coliseum. A commuter contacted us saying his vehicle had been broken into twice. It turns out he is not alone. He told his story to amber lee, shes at that lot and the commuter says hes gotten the run around from authorities. Reporter now were at the Commuter Parking lot for amtrak. Usually its filled with cars now its filled with broken glass. A pile of shattered glass here, there and just about everywhere you look in this parking lot. We counted eight spaces where there was evidence of a vehicle breakin. Its bad just about every week theres a new pile of glass. Four or five cars at a time. Reporter nick parks his truck here when he takes amtrak daily from oakland to santa clara. On friday he found a passenger window of his over his red pickup truck. They didnt even steal anything, just straight up vandalism. Reporter its the second time his vehicle has been broken into here. The first time it happened nick says he didnt do anything about it. This time. This gentleman here was also hit. Reporter he shot cell phone video of the four other cars in the lot that were also vandalized on the same day. In this case says nick says he called Oakland Police and amtrak but got the run around. I got to a call center, the beat cop. And after 45 minutes i got to tell my story. Reporter he says they told him to park his car near a surveillance camera. But that was no deterrent. He says he was told to park at a different station. What does that mean . You just dont care about this lot . Thats what it basically said to me. What im hoping is nobody else parks here or amtrak hires a security guard. Reporter ive contacted amtrak and police about the breakins. Oakland police says it patrols the surrounding area because amtrak does their own patrols. Amber lee, ktvu news. Team usas impressive run in the world cup came to an end with a heartbreaking loss to belgium. And the referee blows time. Reporter after two hour s on the field belgium beat usa. Hundreds of enthusiastic fans came out to watch the match in San Francisco. Many people told us they knew it was going to be tough but they kept hope alive right until the very end. Keep fighting and never back down. Reporter the turn out for todays viewing was larger than expected. They say the event wasnt publicized but that didnt keep fans from packing the plaza. I will never be as popular as i am right now. His two major goals and what he had to say when ktvus Gasia Mikaelian asked about shutting down schools. Temperatures fell as much as 20 degrees today. How much lower theyll go by july 4, coming up. And next. When is the last time you took a good look at your cell phone bill . The bogus charges that could have one popular provider paying back its customer. Continuing coverage as this wildfire continues to burn out of control. Allegations of bogus charges hidden on hard to read bills. Federal investigators are accusing team mobile of bilking its customers out of hundreds of millions of the dollars. Heather holmes in berkeley now with the allegations of cramming and what customers need to know. Heather reporter frank, cramming is when businesses stuff unauthorized charges on to consumers bills. And now the federal trade commission is taking team mobile here to task over that practice. Team mobile targeted by u. S. Regulators. I think team mobile is a pretty good company. Reporter the fcc claims that the thing that the company is good at charging bogus charges. This charge was found on page 123 of a customers bill. It looked to us like team mobile was trying to get away with a fast one to rip off its customers and thats just not right. Reporter mark tony of San Francisco based the Utility Reform Network tells me hes not surprised by the allegations. Unfortunately it happens all the time which is why customers need to read their bills every month. Reporter but who really reads their bill . Not closely enough apparently. Reporter customers did complain about the phony fees. But team mobile failed to act collecting as much as 40 of the charges. The fdc chairwoman saying its wrong for a company like team mobile to profit from their customers. I think the issue of requiring consumers to surveil their printed billing is a difficult thing. So im all for simpler billing railroad now team mobile says they that had already stopped their practice of charging their customers. And theyre reaching out to crammed billing victims. It will impose a 1 cent per ounce tax on heavy presweetened teas. The measure needs a simple vote to pass. San francisco is set to vote on a similar measure. Squirrels were also on tonights agenda. Berkeley wants to reduce its squirrel population but a suggestion to gas them has been suggested. Instead the city council is expected to make it a crime to feed squirrels and other critters punishable by a 1,000 fine, six months in jail or both. Squirrels and gophers are releasing a gas that chases away the critters at cesar chavez park. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is in el cerrito at the middle school that has become the center of a community controversy, jana. Reporter frank the vote was 30 by this committee to recommend the board that this be renamed. But this is not a done deal and theres been hundreds of people who have written in and are speaking out. The School Boards proposal to rename the new building replacing the portcla middle school has become a big one. Frank coromasu has no history here. Reporter has become a textbook case of civil rights in the united states. We are made up of different ethnic backgrounds, we come from different walks in life, and thats what america is all about. Even though frank caramatzu was not born here, there are schools in davis named after him. Reporter the council said they honor karamatzu but would prefer someone born in the area. We went there. And we all been there, and we had a great time there. Why are these meetings in the summer when everybody is on vacation . Reporter the School Board President tells me it appears the vote could go either way. Reporting live in el cerrito, Jana Katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. We had a dramatic drop in temperatures today. At this hour the on shore breeze continues to blow and those low clouds spilling back into the bay. As we get into tomorrow morning i expect theyre going to be widespread. Well into the east bay, the north bay, down into portions of the south bay. Theyre going to peel away a lot like today by midmorning. I think we will see that sunshine. They will hold tough along coastline, and will be mostly gray. As we get into tomorrow morning, temperatures like yesterday morning. In addition to the low clouds i think we will have patchy drizzle out there perhaps along the coast. Maybe in areas just inside the bay. That will be for tomorrow morning. May also see a return of it come thursday morning. Were going to be sort of in this pattern for the next several days before we see a warming trend toward the holiday weekend. 53 tomorrow in pacifica. Low 70s for oakland. Low 70s expected in fremont and san jose you will check in at 79. These numbers a lot like what we had today. Upper 80s in livermore. Upper 70s for areas like napa and santa rosa and some of the areas in the south bay. These temperatures again going to hold steady as we get into wednesday and thursday. Ill show you that extended forecast with your fourth of july holiday coming up. Well see you then, thank you. Another marmoth appears to be on the lose. One was spotted today on potrero hill near 23rd and rhode island street. Officers are asking neighbors to look on the look out for the animal so it can be taken back to the mountains. At marmot was seen last year it managed to stay out of the wild for a year. What do i mean when i say run as a girl. It means run as fast as you can. The new campaign thats trying to challenge stereo types. And we sit down with oaklands superintendent of schools his two goals and the question of closing campuses. We take no options off the table. Today marks the first day on the job for a superintendent of the oakland public schools. Hes taking over a district which is struggling in a number of levels. Gasia mikaelian sat down with him for a one on one interview and learned why he said there are tough choices ahead. Reporter Antwon Wilson says he knows the days of being applauded wont last. I guarantee you i will never be as popular as i am right now. The new head of the Oakland Unified School district says he will do whatever it takes to support his two major goals improving Graduation Rates and getting more students into college two clear cut goals for a district thats clearly struggling. Ousd serves some 40,000 students has about 100 school sites and is coping with a 64 million budget shortfall. Wilson told us he is starting with the basics. If kids do not have access to quality teachers, they do not have access to rigorous curriculum, they do not have a safe environment, everything we look to build on top of that foundation that Weak Foundation will crumble. Reporter before coming to oak oakland was assistant superintendent of portland schools. What we have to make sure is be about graduation and postsecondary success both college and career and being productive adults. Productive world citizens. Thats at the center of what we do. Reporter the new superintendent says he will make the most out of the school resources. Are you looking into closing more schools after a Research Found that osd had too many schools for the people they serve. We will look at solutions that may lead to the closing of schools and if thats where it leads, thats where well go. Reporter school board voted to close five Elementary Schools in oakland in 2011, the Community Outcry was great. But wilson says hes asking the community to put emotion aside adding that every decision he makes will be based on community. Reporter wilson also says he wants to turn the trend of leaving oakland once their children become school aged. A new add campaign that challenges stereo types about girls is going viral online. Show me what it looks like to run like a girl. The ad is from the feminine Hygiene Company always. And it asks the question show us what it means to run like a girl. But then the girls answer the same question and turn it on its head showing confidence. You heard about living large, what about living small. What i see in reality, what people live like day in and day out its no fun. Tonight, apartments the size of shipping containers and how much theyll represent for. Were still at the scene of that wildfire burning in napa county. The latest evacuation and the progress that crews are making tonight. Back now to tons developing news. The wildfire thats burned more than 2,000 acres and prompted evacuations in a rural part of napa county. Ken pritchett live for us once again tonight with late details from a calfire information officer, ken. Reporter right now were on bucks canyon road at the command center for this fire. Joining us now is officer burnett. Can you tell us the latest on whats happening. Reporter this evening the fire continues to burn. We are making progress this evening though the fire continues to grow. 30 of it is contained now throughout the evening we have bulldozers and crews building a containment line around this fire. What about structures. Earlier we were talking about five structures and youre still looking into what that is now. It does look like most of those were outbuildings, sheds stuff like that. We were talking earlier about the wind out here. They were shifting making it unpredictable where the fire was going to go with these canyons and hills. But the wind were not that strong. Explain to me why that factors into a fire that grew so quickly. Normally when we would have a fire like this at such an explosive rate this fire grew because of the dry conditions. Were expecting conditions right now that we would typically see in late summer, even early fall. And thats what allowed this fire to grow so quickly and was allowing it to continue to grow this evening. Daniel, thank you very much. Obviously calfire will be out here all night. Tomorrow this may go on for several days here as they keep an eye on this fire here in napa county. Well send it back to you. Ken, thank you very much. Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked two separate fires in san jose. Those two fires started miles apart. One woman told ktvu she saw a young man running from the scene of one fire just after it started. But so far fire investigators havent said if they believe either fire was intentionally set. The Ventura County coroner says a missing firefighter found dead in the Los Padres National forest had fallen off a cliff. The coroner determined mike herdman died of blunt force trauma. He reportedly was camping three weeks ago when he ran off in the middle of the night chasing his dog. His body was found last friday less than a mile from his camp site. The dog was found a week into the search. Theres a story we told you about last night it involves an abandoned building. And for the second night in a row police were out there removing squatters. Our crews found officers ordering people out of the former Navy Building about 8 30 this morning. Two of them were later arrested. Earlier a man leaving the building told us that as many as 30 people live inside. He said some had no other place to go. But he says others are criminals. Itsed bad. Definitely bad. Its evil. Theres every drug addict, alcoholic, criminal. The worse are coming just to stay there. Because they know they can. Police say the inside of the building is filled with trash, dirty needles, fee sees and other hazards and that its been like that for years. Neighbors say they want the building torn down. Officials are looking into that option. Rob roth reports, police are looking into this case as a possible hate crime. These two women, jackie and jennifer are bruised, battered and more. I hate that i was going to die. My heart is so sad. Reporter the couple has been together for about a year. They asked that we not reveal their last name. The couple decided to leave a gay pride parade in San Francisco. They said they were walking down ninth street near market. This group of guys were in front of us. They said an anti gay slur. Reporter then jennifer says she was attacked by five then six men. I got kicked 10 times that i could count. Before i held my head and i curled up into a little ball. I seen a guy left back his leg and kick her so hard in the head it reminded me of a Football Player kicking off a ball. I felt really close to being gone. Reporter jackie says she then threw herself on jennifer to protect her and took a beating herself. She says she asked why is this happening. They said we did it because youre gay. Reporter jackie suffered a fractured wrist. Police are investigating the crime as a hate crime. There were 27 hate crimes reported in San Francisco last year. Of that 13 almost half were anti gay. Police say they are following several leads and are asking any if witnesses to come forward. This is the worse event ive ever experienced. Reporter the two women say theyll be working with a Police Sketch artist in the hopes of identifying their attackers. Rob roth, ktvu news. Noisy groups were able to stop two buses that were carrying immigrants. The ralliers said they were angry about illegal immigration and didnt want the detainees in their neighborhood. Apartments the size of shipping containers. Very chlostephobic. When temps will start to trend upward once again. You can lose a hand, you can lose an arm, its very dangerous. The Operation Broken up and why one man is facing child endangerment charges. Heat shields are compromised. We have multiple failures. Whats that alarm . Fuel cell two is down. Im going to have to guide her in manually. This is very exciting. But im at my stop. Come again . Im watching this on the train. Its so hard to leave. Good luck with everything. Watch tv virtually anywhere with the uverse tv app. With at t, the uverse revolves around you. Undercover officers have broken up an illegal fireworks operation. Officers say he was using a 15 yearold boy as a runner who would retrieve the fireworks from the storage space. Police say they confiscated about 100 illegal fireworks that were being sold for about 10 a piece. Were talking about a destructive device which its called an m1000 or m80 its a small destructive device. You can lose a hand, you can lose an arm. Its very dangerous. Reporter prosecutors are charging the 18yearold with felony possession of explosives and child endangerment. San francisco 49ers linebacker alden smith will not face charges for allegedly making a bomb threat at Los Angeles International airport. This is cell phone video of the incident. The Los Angeles City attorney decided not to file charges against smith. Police say they thought he may have been intoxicated at the time. This comes as smith is scheduled to be sentenced later this month on three felony gun charges. Hes pleaded noen contest. The nfl is expected to decide if smith should be suspended for the start of Upcoming Season after that case is done. Police in palo alto are looking for a stolen bentley convertible worth an estimated 177,000. The car is similar to this one its blue and a 2013 model. It was parked on stanford avenue. The owner reported it stolen on friday. The license plate number 6zvp247. If you have seen it youre asked to call palo alto police. A number of new state laws are going into effect today and we want to walk you through some of them. Starting today the state minimum wage is going up to 9 an hour. As of today workers can now take paid time off to care for a wider number of family members. The family leave law allows employees to care for a grand grandparent, grandchild, sibling or inlaw. It makes it easier for californians who have transgender to change their name. People no longer need a court order to change their name or birth certificate. Were told practice makes perfect. Thats why one bay area city roll out these signs and even put out these tents. Well tell you about a dry run before the big open. And Rosemary Orozco will tell us if well be able to see any fireworks. And Developers Want you to think small, really small. The new apartments coming to San Francisco but you will still pay a premium. The City Council Approved a city wide project to park for parking at levi stadium in near by santa clara. Mountain view held a rehearsal on how to deal with 49er fans transferring from caltrans to light rail on game days or other events. Thousands of fans are expected to take massen transit into hold up into Mountain View for games. And thats something Business Owners are looking forward to. Im sure businesses are going to like it the only issue is the parking issue. Imagine going home to a space thats no bigger than a shipping containers. Thats actually the idea thats taking shape now in San Francisco. Ktvus John Fowler Fowler sizes up these proposed apartment makers. The former central freeway the planned site of this building that includes 34 microapartments. Theres a big shortage here. Its getting smaller is fine. Nicole frecos is interested. She lives in this park. Public spaces all over San Francisco that you can take part in. So your living space can just be your living space. Reporter at 144 square feet apartments as the same size as this shipping containers. 86 by 20 feet 6. Very clostephobic. Anything we do to improve housing is a good thing for some people it might work great. Not for me permly. Reporter depression and isolation says social worker Carla Griffin could set in. Its an exciting proposition, but again from what ive seen in reality, where people live like this day in day out its no fun. Reporter and no bargain either. With fold down bed, shower toilet combo, 1,360 a month. Thats a bit much. Reporter still anica linder is intrigued. Its enough space. Ive lived in small apartments, for me that would have been perfect at one time in my life. Reporter thats a new project right here in this neighborhood each with smaller living spaces. Borrowing any permit problems all three could be complete in three years. In San Francisco, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. Wall street faced a strong rally today to kick off the second half of the year. The dow gained 129 points it came within two points of the 17,000 mark today. Nasdaq rose 50. Todays gain came on positive manufacturers results in u. S. And china. Wealth in california and the lack of it 58 of californians say the gap between the wealthy and everyone else is higher than in the past. 25 said it was smaller and a majority are dissatisfies satisfies dissatisfied with the way wealth is distributed. 28 wanted an increase in the states minimum wage. 37 say the current schedule of hikes is adequate. Its due to go up to 12 in 2016. 10 think the minimum wage has been raised too much already. Google announced today it has acquired a Digital Music app called songza. The act competes with pandora. The price wasnt disclosed but it was disclosed that google paid 29 million. Its supposed to help google play an all access music playing service. An impressive drop in temperatures today. Little change in the forecast for your wednesday. The on shore breeze continues at this hour. Fairfield still gusting to 35 miles per hour. Never really lost the on shore breeze today. And in fact, through the delta the winds 20 to 30 miles per hour. Pretty consistent. Napa and santa rosa reporting an on shore breeze. 64 in santa rosa. 67 in napa. Areas like concord and livermore in the mid50s at this hour. Quite a difference from yesterday. The cool down began last month. The on shore breeze turned on and we started to fill it right away at least around the coast and around the bay. In areas like concord and livermore. 16degrees cooler right now than you were 24 hours ago. Temperatures continuing to fall off. Antioch sitting at 27 degrees. Thats a nice evening there for you. It is cloudy, it is cool at the coast. Areas like halfmoon bay and pacifica in the upper 50s at this hour. This is the low responsible for the cool down. Its going to continue to work its way closer to the coast and as it does its going to continue this pattern that we have settled into. Mostly cloudy skies for tomorrow. Cool to mild. A little bit of patchy drizzle is possible. I think across into the east bay, north bay and the south bay were going to wake up with the low clouds. Then a patchy drizzle. Maybe a little soggy along the coast. Temperatures a lot like what we had this morning. Widespread low 50s to low 60s. 60degrees as you start the day in antioch. Afternoon highs for tomorrow feeling quite nice in most areas. Low to mid70s in areas over parts of the north bay. Get into the east bay low 70s for oakland. 76 castro valley. Mid to upper 80s for our inland east bay. 90degrees for antioch. Thats one of the warmest spots. 79 san jose, 78 for sunny vale. Along the peninsula, 65 San Francisco, low 60s mostly cloudy at the coast. I think those clouds will hold tough once again along the shore. The extended forecast here baby step toward a warming trend adds we get to the fourth of july. Still looks like the morning clouds with the afternoon sun. And then into the weekend little changes as we get into the second half. Its going to be warmer , 90s in the forecast. Tim lincecum seems to be a good luck charm for the giants. They havent won since the last time he pitched. Theyll take it. Can he pitch more than every five days . Giants not only do it themselves and not only does tim lincecum prove that he doesnt have to throw a no hitter for them to be victorious. He pitched against a really good line up. The st. Louis cardinals. It wasnt the padres. 6k his seventh of the year. 17 straight scoreless innings for big time timmy jim. 4th inning going to kick up some chalk. Hunter pence always full bore from fourth and scores a run against marcos gonzalez. In the same frame, next man up pablo cranking it deep 30, two run homer this happens to be the 100th home run of his career. 50th at at t. San francisco back up a half game in the western division. As fans i guess you can look at it kind of like this. The game tonight like pulling off a band aid. Stings a little but it happened real quick. How about two hours and three minutes. 30, as lose. All the help he needs from jd martinez, saw brad 1double mills. And hayes they have to face verlander tomorrow to avoid a sweep. Man you have to feel for this guy. He would have been an all time true American Hero and he hails from the bay area. Well tell you about that but as it turns out juando is left wanding and a great effort end of the line for team usa. Thrilling way to go though. Sports ii next. Z. All right in reflection, team usa will consider the shorter desired but still very success. Ride at the world cup. But in the here and now its the sting of knowing what could have been and how close it was to actually happening. They were run ragged by belgium. Most of the way but tim howard up to the task, a world cup record 16 saves many of them sensational. And they went to the 93 minute, 00 stoppage time chris vondeloski could win it. Great opportunity for the de lasalle star. Gut wrenching didnt happen. And back in the net finally got one past howard they lead 10. And to make sure they will add another lu kaku and it is 20 portugal. But team usa strikes back. 107th minute. A goal by 19yearold julian green. Youngest ever to score for team usa in the cup but that was it as they do fall shy 21. Also moving into the quarter finals argentina getting a goal in the 118th minute to take baltimore 180. Meantime not the kind of move you would describe as a big strike more like a pebble thrown into the pond making just a little ripple. Warriors sign livingston. Back up point guard. Averaged eight points and three assists for brooklyn this past year. He will make 16 million over the course of three years. So a minor signing. Sometimes a little pebble could be good. Cause a big ripple. Thanks mark. Thanks mark. Thank you for making ktvu you source for news. Have a good night. Good night. Good night. Whats with all the yogurt . Shh durkas has been breaking into my locker. Ohh. But ive got a little revenge planned. Sorry. I just remembered i dont really care. taps key wheres mom . Oh, my god, what is that outfit . Are you going goth . You still sleep with a stuffed panda. Dont you have a fraternity to pass out in . Is there anything else you need for your procedure . Um, i think im supposed to have ice cream. Hmm. Actually, i dont im sorry. Is it a vasectoyou, or a vasectomy . You can have ice cream. Thanks. Today. laughs snipadeedoodah chuckles weweve been talking about doing this for a while. Yeah. Yeah, ever since dad and gloria had their little accident, we dont need any surprises. Also, though, it will allow for a little more freestylin in the boudoir if were not having to worry about adding more critters