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strong case in this probable cause document. they say they have evidence, video evidence of three men following the shooting, entering estrada's home. one of those people were limping and we have learned that estrada was shot in the lower left side. >> i'm devastated, the whole thing, devastated for the officer who passed away. devastated for my son. >> reporter: supported by family and her son's defense attorney raquel estrada feels confident her son will be cleared. >> people think he's violent. but he's too kind. >> reporter: hayward's chief and many officers packed the courtroom in solidarity of sergeant scott lunger and their case. >> i know there is no words that could even touch you know to help them. and, i mean, i don't have the words, but i really feel for them too. i do. >> reporter: courtpolice recovered dna samples from estrada's truck and expelled 9 millimeter casings on the floor. they recovered a 9 millimeter handgun near the shooting scene. and bullet holes from the second officer's gun into the side of estrada's truck are consistent with his wounds police say. >> to reserve judgment until all the facts are in, then we can answer those questions. >> reporter: the judge denied bail estrada's next court appearance for august 25th. in hayward, abc 7 news. >> scott lunger will be laid to rest with full honors next thursday. public funeral is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. at a neighborhood church and is open to the public. >> you can show your support for sergeant lunger's loved ones by sharing this post on social media. you'll find it on the abc 7 news facebook page. now to a live picture from sky 7 hd. firefighters are making progress in the fire burning near lake berryessa. the fire grew only slightly overnight to 6900 acres. >> containment is now up to 20%. the communities of quayle ridge and canyon creek are still under mandatory evacuation orders. golden bear estates area and the area along county road 87 are open. that's where amy hollyfield is. >> reporter: look how close the fire came to this house it blazed where someone likes to sit and relax and take in the view. the firefighters saved it with countless others in the evacuated quail canyon area. this area is still not considered out of the golden bear estates neighborhood just got the all clear last night. some escaped to a hotel in davis. they say it is nice to be back. >> good to come back. it was a little disorienting to you know kind of be home but you can't go off to your house. it was nice to actually be able to come back and sleep in our own beds and get back to work. >> reporter: for them it is over, but firefighters are far from done. look at this new base camp for the strike teams. it looks like they're settled in for a long fight. the bay area is pitching in we saw crews from san francisco alameda, marin and santa clara counties. >> we know that we're going to need help in the future probably. we're happy to go out and help people in other places in their time of need. >> reporter: firefighters tell us a priority today will be trying to make it safe enough for all evacuees to return home. >> i know it can be frustrating not being able to get back into your home but i want everyone to know the instant commanders and law enforcement partners are working very hard to make it safe and let people get back in their homes as soon as possible. >> reporter: this is the second wildland fire here in a year. residents say they are getting pretty good at it. >> we're better prepared this time. that was helpful. so we kind of had -- we knew what we were going to pack we didn't nearly have as many discussions about what to pack and not pack when we were going out for the night. >> reporter: here is the view of the fire from those neighborhoods. more smoke today instead of flames they saw earlier. firefighters are happy to see this. and this weather, not a lot of wind today they're hoping it is going to stay that way. in selanno county amy hollyfield. right now highway 50 is closed because of a large wildfire burning 200 acres on both side of the highway and is now 30% contained. there are mandatory evacuations ordered from whitehall to the campground. fire officials said opening highway 50 is a priority for now any traveling to tahoe should use 80 or state route 88 instead. let's check on the weather. the winds are a big factor here. check on the conditions in tahoe and napa county. >> spencer christian is off. sandhya patel is here. >> it is coming up to 30%. so is the wind out of the west/southwest, now gusting to 19 miles an hour sustained at 8. that's not a good thing for the firefighters. as we look at the fire near lake berryessa, 81 degrees, relative humidity running low 26%. and the wind gusts have also come up, south, southwesterly, to 20 miles an hour. as we take a look at the next 24 hours, near the lake berryessa area, the wind trends, at 5:00 p.m., 14-mile-an-hour wind gusts and winds drop off as we head to tomorrow morning, only to pick up 14 miles an hour just like at 5:00 p.m. tonight. clear skies right now. and a beautiful view from our golden gate bridge camera with plenty of sun. mostly clear and breezy if you're stepping out. low 60s to mid-70s. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, mid-50s. tomorrow, mild to warm with low 60s to upper 80s. i'll be back with the rest of your weekend forecast coming right up. >> thank you so much sandhya. developing now in louisiana two families planning funerals after another deadly shooting at a movie theater. >> this one happened last night in lafayette. about two hours west of baton rouge. 11 people were shot, two women died. and we just learned the gunman john houser legally bought his gun at a pawnshop and visited that movie theater before the deadly shooting. he was a drifter with a history of mental illness who threatened his own family and had anger toward women and ended up taking his own life. marcy gonzalez live now in lafayette where a news conference just wrapped up. >> in that news conference, police revealed new details with about the chilling moments in this theater saying the killer was methodical as he took aim over and over again. the terror of last night's deadly shooting in this louisiana movie theater still replaying in survivors' minds. >> everyone was just running down the stairs freaking out, climbing over chairs and people and everyone was screaming and there was -- it was awful. >> as police scoured the scene, still trying to figure out why a gunman stood up about 20 minutes into a screening of the movie "train wreck" and started firing a semi-automatic handgun leaving two women dead and nine other people injured before turning the gun on himself. >> we're trying to put every single piece of that together to try to find a motive. >> reporter: police calling the accused gunman 59-year-old john russell houser a drifter with a history of posting hateful, racist anti-semitic messages on the internet. inside his motel room near the theater, investigators finding disguises including glasses and wigs. but no explanation for why two families are now planning funerals. 21-year-old mayci breaux dying at the scene and jillian jackson pictured here on instagram pronounced dead at the hospital. >> had a vision, had a future, and it wasn't to die in this theater. >> reporter: other lives saved witnesses say, by two brave teachers pictured here on facebook. one taking a bullet for the other. >> the second teacher was shot anyway in the leg, had the presence of mind to pull that fire alarm. >> reporter: of the nine people injured, five are still in the hospital and doctors say they all are expected to survive. we're live in lafayette, louisiana, marcy gonzalez abc 7 news. this is just the latest in a string of mass killings in america. coming up at 4:30 brand yiy hit looks at something most have in common. vallejo police are calling this a murder/suicide. over the scene on songwood road after the shooting at 5:30 last night. a woman who lives in that home told police her daughter and son-in-law were arguing because they had just gotten a divorce. police not released the identities of anybody involved. police in san francisco are investigating an accident involving a muni bus. witnesses tell abc 7 a woman was hit by the bus on south vanness avenue. happened around 7:00 this morning. the woman was taken to san francisco general hospital. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 the east bay pier closed for repairs and why it may be a while before visitors get to set foot on this icon again. drive through vegetarian a brand-new restaurant concept for sonoma county and the country. the parking lot is full and so is the drive through. in fact, it has been like this all day. not bad for a restaurant that only has been open five days. a live report coming up next. and coming up at 4:30, we'll show you the new walls in san francisco stopping people from relieving themselves in public. at 4:00, on a friday afternoon, let's check the commute in berkeley now. this is from our emeryville camera looking at interstate 80 right side traffic heading toward berkeley eastbound direction. and coming back on the other side towards highway 810, very slow at this hour bumper to bumper in both direc s. breaking news this afternoon. the vallejo times herald is reporting a jury convicted henry smith jr. of first degree murder with special circumstances for the 2011 killing of vallejo police officer jim capu. he was shot down while running down smith after a bank robbery. the judge removed a jury for bias against police after the juror allegedly called the bailiff a, quote thug with a gun. earlier a juror had to be replaced because of a health emergency. more details on the story as it unfolds on twitter. the crowds have been nonstop during first week of business at a north bay fast food restaurant with a twist. this drive through is actually good for you. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard live with the details. cornell? >> reporter: it is a first, the nation's first organic drive through restaurant. amy's restaurant has only been open five days, the place can barely keep up with demand. check this out. the drive through, the line for the drive through been like this all day. 15 to 20 cars waiting in one time, all for a chance to sample healthy organic fast food. >> welcome to amy's, what can i get for you today. >> reporter: hungry customers were patient and determined to order lunch. >> can i get five of the amy's. >> reporter: the wait was very long. crazy long line here at the drive through. >> pretty long. out here to wait 15 to 20 minutes. >> reporter: the place has pairlypair ly barely been open a week. >> how does it taste? >> delicious. >> reporter: kelsey is trying a veggie amy burger. she brought her mom to try it too. >> it is big on my mind. my daughter keeps bugging me about going vegetarian. >> reporter: you won't find burger or fried chicken on the menu but healthier options. vegan, vegetarian and gluten free. >> the actual demand is overwhelming. >> reporter: the company which has been making organic frozen foods for years never dreamed the restaurant would be such a hit. >> so many people have shown up and gives us hope that this is a concept that works. >> celebrate good food and be healthy. >> reporter: james is skeptical. he had the vegetarian burrito. >> it could be better but it is edible. >> reporter: the food is sustainably grown including the roof. employees are paid a living wage with health benefits and if business stays like this amy's plans to open other drive throughs across the bay area. cornell barnard abc 7 news. businesses are saying the closure of the popular municipal pier in berkeley is affecting them. the pier is closed until further notice because inspectors found significant structural damage. the city of berkeley says it will take quite some time to thoroughly assess the damage on the 3,000 foot long pier before the 89-year-old structure reopens. the berkeley marina bait and tackle shop isn't happy about the closure and says business is already slowing considerably. >> there is a lot of people that can't afford to slip here or accord to own their own boat. so those are the people that we more target that come out and fish off pier. >> right now there is no timetable for when that pier will reopen. interstate 10 between los angeles and phoenix is back open today. closed sunday after a surge of storm water watched away bridge support on at least three bridges. crews worked around the clock to shore up the span over tex wash, which is a normally dry gully that swells with rainfall sunday. >> i hold it up to anybody to say how we could have done this any better or quicker. i, again put my thanks to cal trans, granted being ready to go. >> long delays are still expected in the area though. the eastbound span needs to be rebuilt. for now, traffic will be going in both directions in the westbound lanes. >> no storm surge here as we look at the weekend forecast. spencer has the day off. sandhya patel with the forecast and the weekend. >> it is beautiful out here. and what you see behind me is just sunshine with a breeze here, exactly what you're going to see this upcoming weekend. live doppler 7 hd and how your temperatures will end up. showing you mainly clear conditions. here is a beautiful view from our south beach camera of the sunshine over san francisco. it is 67 degrees. 73 in oakland, 70s for mountain view san jose, morgue enan hills 87 degrees. temperatures mid-80s around santa rosa. the temperatures did come up a few degrees today and you're enjoying the beautiful view from our exploratory camera. a small craft advisory for the coast and the san francisco bay. san francisco bay is for this evening. fog returns overnight tonight. mild to warm for your weekend. heating up next week. so we're just taking a little break from the hot weather for the time being. it is because there are a couple of drops coming through here. dip in the jet stream. that's why temperatures in some areas have been behind where they should be for july. sunny and breezy weekend on tap as another will come through here. as we head toward next week, that trough is out of here high pressure comes in and as it does those temperatures will soar next week. it is going to be hot inland but also going to be very warm even around the bay temperature trend for san jose, average high is 83 degrees. little cooler than normal for the weekend. and then the numbers start to come up. it will be on the warm to hot side. tuesday through thursday. low to mid-90s. going to the gilroy garlic festival, you know it gets hot some years at the festival. well, tomorrow, no it is going to be pleasant. 10:00 a.m. 72, bright sun, warming up to the mid to upper 80s. cooling down is relative. 79 degrees with clear skies. tomorrow morning, fog around near the bay and the beaches. temperatures in the 50s. as far as the afternoon is concerned, if you do have any outdoor plans, our warmest spot will be up to 88 in antioch. a cooler spot, 6 in half moon bay. that's not cool. 80 san jose. 67, san francisco. low 80s, santa rosa napa 79 in san rafael. a look at accuweather seven day forecast, mild to warm weekend with a dip in temperatures bay and inland for sunday. temperatures will really start to come up on monday and then we'll see those triple digits inland tuesday, wednesday. 70s along the coastline. it is going to be a warm to hot pattern for a few days before we break out of that. until then though good looking weekend. >> thank you so much. the olympics torch arrived in los angeles. up next we sit down with former california first lady maria shriver to find out why the games mean so much to her family. after 4:30 sandhya was talking about it garlic and garlic and more garlic. out to gilroy to find out the one thing you must check this out. with xfinity home we get 24/7 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san jose. you got a little practice today. rooney said he thinks soccer is growing in the u.s. and will one day be as big here as it is in europe. barcelona got a few touches in during practice today a little keepaway before taking shots on goal. they have been given this afternoon off to rest and relax before tomorrow's match. unfortunately barcelona's two biggest stars, messi and neymar are not with the squad. but the team is otherwise at full strength. game begins at 1:00 tomorrow. ticketmaster is telling us they are running out of tickets. 2015 special olympics kick off this weekend in los angeles. eunice kennedy shriver founded the games. >> robin roberts sat down with shriver's daughter maria shriver, it talk about the games' remarkable evolution. >> reporter: this year it will be the largest sporting and humanitarian event on the planet. 7,000 extraordinary athletes competing in the 2015 special olympics world games. >> what does this say about your mother's legacy? >> this population of people really needed something like the special olympics and they needed a champion like mom. >> reporter: the year was 1962 maria shriver's mother, eunice kennedy shriver, opened a summer camp for children with intellectual disabilities right in her own backyard. as seen in maria's new documentary, brave in the attempt. >> mothers came to her and said we have nowhere for our children to go in the summer, no camp will accept our kids no school will accept our kids. she's, like, bring them here. >> reporter: just six years later the very first special olympics world games were held at chicago's soldier field. eunice kennedy shriver center stage at the opening ceremony. >> let me win, but if i cannot win,let me be brave in the attempt. >> reporter: it is great about sports. there is something about it that unifies us an brings us together somehow. >> i think she felt if she showed people with intellectual disabilities could compete against you on the playing field, they could run better than you, do gymnastics, you would are to adjust what you thought what people with intellectual capabilities were capable of. >> i feel like i get to see my mom in some way every day, i get to be reminded why she fought so hard, why she trusted sports to be a revolutionary tool. >> reporter: a tool for athletes like 31-year-old chevy peters. at just 114 pounds, he can dead lift 2 1/2 times his body weight. >> this is where i belong. >> reporter: it is that incredible strength that defines -- reminding all of us what it really means to be a competitor in sports and in life. >> that was robin roberts reporting. robin will host the opening game ceremonies tomorrow night. president obama walks off air force one overseas. why this trip is so symbolic for the commander in chief. >> and more campaign headaches for hillary clinton and her private e-mail server. >> how this wall is stopping people from going to the bathroom in public. >> first, south carolina, tennessee, now 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out why a man methodically opened fire inside a movie theater, killing two women and taking his own life. brandi hitt looks at similarities in these cases. >> reporter: the deadly shooting rampage inside this louisiana theater is the latest in a series of recent mass killings across the country. just last week in chattanooga, tennessee, mohammad youssuf abdulazeez opened fire on two military facilities killing five u.s. troops. and in charleston south carolina, nine were gunned down at the had historic emanuel ame church last month. experts say most mass killers feel underappreciated, angry at the public and want recognition. >> it is your fault i'm having a problems i'm having and i'm going to take them out on you. >> reporter: lieu lu's theatouisiana's shooting similar to the one carried out by james holmes three years ago. >> it takes your breath away to realize someone else has chosen that particular venue. >> reporter: holmes convicted, now in court, awaiting a possible death sentence. and then there is newtown connecticut, 20 schoolchildren's lives cut short in 2012. president obama says the greatest frustration of his presidency is not getting gun control legislation through congress. >> we do not have sufficient common sense, gun safety laws. even in the face of repeated mass killings. >> reporter: experts say while most mass shootings are domestic violence cases, the number of high profile shootings in public is going up. whether the killer's focus is to harm as many people as possible or for media attention. brandi hitt, abc 7 news los angeles. stay with abc 7 for continue continuing coverage of the louisiana theater shooting. the family of kate steinle is headed back to the bay area today after meeting with east bay congressman. mr. steinle testified on capitol hill several times this week calling for tougher immigration laws. there has been controversy over a new republican bill to punish sanctuary cities like san francisco by pulling federal funding for various programs. democrats have been supportive of steinle's call for change but believe commencive immigration reform would be a better solution. a lost pregnant bombwoman who gave birth alone in the woods this month has been arrested because she and her baby tested positive for meth. amber claims she only took meth to get an energy boost after delivering her daughter herself. she was stuck in that forest for three days before she was found by authorities. after she sent a signal fire she said her daughter is healthy, but the baby has been pledged to foster care. she said she got lost in the forest while traveling between casinos s casinos. hillary clinton found herself in the middle of another investigation. what that could mean for her run for the presidentry. >> reporter: hillary clinton in new york briefly address the saga. >> there has been a lot of inaccuracies. we're all accountable to the american people to get the facts right. and i will do my part. >> reporter: but there are new questions about whether sensitive or secret government information was mishandled when hillary clinton used a private e-mail account and server to conduct business while she was secretary of state. that is the question to inspectorers serer ers general who looked through her e-mails. >> i did not e-mail any classified material. >> reporter: clinton and her campaign aren't budging. her spokesperson says she followed appropriate practices in dealing with classified materials at all times. >> did she send classified or sensitive material on her e-mail. the second issue which could be as significant is what was released and how it was released. >> reporter: the state department is looking over more than 55,000 pages of e-mails turned over by clinton at the department's request. the big question, when were certain e-mails classified. and were there some e-mails that were not originally considered to be classified when clinton was secretary of state that had their status changed at some later date. >> the clinton people said from the beginning, nothing to see here. everything was appropriate. now you have inspectors general for two different major government agencies, federal agencies saying not so fast. >> reporter: another batch of e-mails are expected to be released by the state department next thursday. as for the justice department it has not yet decided whether it will open an investigation. stephanie ramos, abc 7news washington. president obama arrived in kenya today for a two nation tour of africa. the president will focus on deepening economic and security partnerships between the continent and its people. it is a historic first visit as president to his ancestral homeland where his father was born. president obama is expected to spend time with family and address the kenyan people on sunday. travels to ethiopia monday to meet with leaders and attend a state dinner. a new approach to try to stop people who relieve themselves in public. the wall is coated with a special paint that causes splashback. warn sign warning signs are posted. this idea came from europe. and it seems to be working there. >> how dirty is the sand at bay area beaches? we hit three different bay area beaches to find out what we uncovered leading to a new warning today. the accident in one of the nation's busiest airports today leading to long lines and mounting frustration. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, the coast is clear looking toward san francisco, sausalito sausalito, richardson bay. i'll let you know if the sunny skies will continue coming up. flights are back to normal this afternoon at laguardia airport after a massive power outage knocked out electricity to part of the airport. delta says it canceled the 120 flights. the port authority of new york and new jersey which operates the airport says the contractor accidentally cut two electrical feeder lines. >> oops. >> yeah. >> a nightmare for a lot of people. pure sunshine in the form of sandhya patel. >> that's nice. >> so nice. >> our weather update. >> hi there. i have a way of brightening up people's lives. kidding. it is bright and sunny out there. we have just a patch of fog beginning to show up near the golden gate but most areas are ebb joying the sun. if you're doing traveling miami, thunderstorms, 87 degrees you'll see hot weather in new york. d.c., 92. new york, 87 degrees. st. louis, chance of thunder 90 degrees there. and the heat and the humidity across the southern plains will continue. excessive heat warnings still up. 101 in dallas. out west, nice, 92 denver. state wide for saturday 78 in tahoe if you're heading down to los angeles. mild 80 degrees after the morning fog. and triple digit heat vegas, palm springs. here in the bay area, mid-60s to the upper 80s. a mild to warm saturday afternoon. and just in case you're a big fan of soccer, well if you're going to levi's stadium tomorrow manchester united, really will be taking on barcelona and the temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s. uv index very high with plenty of sun. make sure you have your sunscreen and nice beverage to keep you hydrated. i'll have the complete look at the rest of the weekend forecast coming up at 5:00 p.m. >> look forward to that. thank you, sandhya. taking advantage of a deadly amtrak disaster. still ahead, who is accused of trying to mack a toging to make a profit over this accident on the rails. >> when selfies clash with wildlife. a woman injured after she got a little too close to nature. >> and what is in the sand at bay area beachs? we went to the lab to find u.s. department of transportation is looking into whether airlines price gouged travelers after the amtrak crash in philadelphia earlier this year. american delta jetblue southwest and united airlines were all under investigation for their pricing in the northeast corridor right after the may 12th crash. some tickets for travel between new york's laguardia airport and washington, d.c. went for more than 2300 dollars a piece. the derailment killed eight people and hurt more than 200 others. the warm weekend in the forecast, the warning for you this afternoon if you're headed to the beach. >> becky worely is in santa cruz with more on what you may be surprised to find in the sand and how it can make you sick. >> reporter: sharks riptides, but vigilance may be needed in the sand too. >> sand is a moist environment so bacteria can thrive there. >> reporter: while most attention goes to water quality, a new study from the university shows bacteria in sand can live longer than bacteria in the water and older study links playing in the sand to getting sick. >> if you swim in water with urban runoff, you're more likely to get sick. >> think about how dirty the sand is? >> no. >> did you ever eat the sand? >> yes, she does. >> i can hear it crunching. >> we went to three popular california beaches and collected samples. then brought them to stanford where the doctor and her team analyzed them. what did you find? >> well, we tested the three samples you brought in and we found different concentrations in all of them. >> she found e. coli. these are indicators of more serious pathogens that can cause infections and gi issues. >> does the presence of this type of bacteria in the sand concern you at all? >> when we find it in really high concentrations it does concern me. those were quite high and i'm curious as to why. >> if you were at south beach how would you behave differently knowing what you know? >> i wouldn't let any of my kids eat the sand or play in it in any way. >> she said she found serious bacteria at 15% of beaches she sampled. like staphylococcus and salmonella. >> we find these in beaches all over the country and all over the world. >> reporter: while regulators haven't determined the level of bacteria in sand to pose a health risk there are steps you can take. have kid plays in wet sand it is washed clean while dryer sand isn't. stay away from sand exposed to storm drain runoff and creeks. and if you're going to have a picnic at the beach, don't take a vacation from hand hygiene. becky worely, abc news, california. a warning from park rangers after a woman got too close to a bison. brandy burgess was with her daughter ready to take what was supposed to be an epic mom and daughter selfie when a bison charged at burgess. >> it happened so fast that it seemed like it took forever. it was quite painful, instantly. >> amazingly burgess walked away with only minor injuries. park rangers want you to know national parks, they're not theme parks. you should keep a safe distance from the animals. they encourage you to use the zoom function of your camera. >> the bison, they don't have book pages. they don't know what's going on. anthem is buying cigna for $48 billion. that deal would create the nation's largest health insurer by enrollment covering about 53 million u.s. patients. regulators are assessing whether the two deals would give the company or the companies too much power to set up prices and drive up health care costs as opposed to reducing them. >> i don't think that customers should necessarily think that they will be significant cut in prices. >> the buyout coupled with aetna bidding for humana could transform five massive u.s. health care companies into just three. apple dropped the nest smart thermostat from its website and other online stores. it was created by a former apple employee a exclusively by apple but acquired by google last year. now apple launched the apple home kit and that allows users to control home devices like thermostats with iphones or ipads. the federal trade commission today approved at&t's massive deal to buy directv. the justice department had approved the more than $48 billion sale. the purchase will create the largest provider of cable or satellite tv in the u.s. adding tv customers gives at&t more power to negotiate with big media companies over channel price. >> in health news, lululemon now going into beer? >> costco going antibiotic free. jayne king has more. >> the farmers insist the fish treated with the antibiotics are safe, but u.s. retailers costco, moving away from chilean salmon. campbell's soup announced it will stop using artificial color and flavors in all its products sold in north america by 2018. it joins competitors like general mills nestle and craft and other chain restaurants like subway panera and taco bell in making this change. companies noticed where it is headed and that's toward products that are all natural. science started developing a pill that could let gluten free people eat pasta and pizza. the pill is made from chicken egg yokes and could help people with celiac disease absorb gluten. and lululemon introducing a beer. the beer is called curiosity lager. it will be released for the half marathon in sunset festival in vancouver. i'm jayne king. here's to your health. incomenicki minaj put an end to a twitter feud with taylor swift. >> she complained her video wasn't nominated for video of the year because it didn't fetch women, quote with very slim bodies. swift, who is of course, slim herself, misinterpreted the tweet as a jab at her video bad blood which was nominated. >> on good morning america today, she accepted swift's apology and said girls need all types of role models. >> things we just have to have both images for girls. we can't have only, you know one type of body being glorified. >> minaj said she's open to collaborating with swift in the future. >> up next the bay area festival features everything garlic finally here. so what is the one thing you got to try at the gilroy garlic festival. here is dan with what is ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next, a moving ceremony for the ground breaking of a new 9/11 memorial. the veteran who raised millions to make it happen. the picture of pluto that scientists say represents a huge scientific discovery. we'll explain. those stories and more 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to our website at abc7news.com. that time of the year again when a south bay city aromatic sensor of the universe. garlic, garlic and more garlic. a sneak peek including the one thing you have to try if you plan on going to gilroy this weekend. >> reporter: this is the 37th annual garlic festival in gilroy. if you could put garlic on it or in it, you'll find it here. 4,000 festival volunteers woke up with the fun this morning to get the three-day festival to get those ready to sniff and sample all things garlic. the cooler temperatures are a welcome relief especially for those near the infamous -- >> first timer, what should someone absolutely do when they're here for first time? >> have to eat the garlic ice cream. that's what it is all about. >> what does it taste like? >> like garlic. you hate it or you love it but you got to have it. you got to try. >> reporter: more than 100,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which runs through sunday. for more info on ticket prices and times, go to abc7news.com. in gilroy at the garlic festival, i'm drew tuma. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now with dan and ama. >> i've been sleeping at my ex's house. >> we may be able to go back this afternoon. >> people trying to get back home after crews gain the upper hand. >> a verdict for the man accused of killing a vallejo police officer. >> in hay ward police show up inned for force the first court appearance of a man accused of killing a fellow officer there. the charges could get mark estrada the death penalty. plus -- ♪ >> this is abc 7 news. >> air tankers doing their job, dropping water and making a difference. the fire that has been wreaking havoc on california's wine country is tamed. what a difference from two days ago. take a look, when billows of smoke and columns of flames threatened hundreds of homes. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> wayne freedman is there live for us tonight. what is the latest? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. the latest from the fire line is it is getting better, but slowly. only one structure, an out structure, has burned. and nothing about this fire that has been easy. not the terrain, not the weather, not the wait for evacuees. some of them went home today. they cued up like hungry customers at a drive through, except they weren't hungry as much as anxious. >> i've been waiting probably 36 hours to get back in. >> hence the relief tempered with anxiety when route 128 west of winters finally reopened allowing people who ran hurriedly from these flames on wednesday to get to their homes and look around. >> it was like right in my face right there, standing on the roof watching it come down the hill. >> reporter: when the wragg fire broke out it looked luke a bad one. flames consumed 500 acres in the first hour on their way to roughly 7,000 acres now. even today firefighters face a prolonged fight across tough turf. >> it is real slow going with the terrain we're dealing with. >> reporter: it has been slow going and long waiting, last night the red cross brought up five people, and an emergency center in winters. >> we told we may be able to go back this afternoon. >> you're hopeful. >> very hopeful. >> reporter: and they're patient. that includes ethel hoskins who owns much of the land that burned on the mountain above. >> even tonight it won't be going down without a prolonged dirty fight, but the roar of the wragg fire is gone. >> the numbers that we quoted a while ago, they have not been updated by cal fire since

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