Acres. This area between elizabeth and Pleasant Hill road was the area that was burning and smoke was headed to the developing hill neighborhood to the high school and spring hill elementary. Firefighters are watching the homes but they were fine with no evacuations necessary. They do not know what caused the fire but they will look into that as the sun comes up and they get the investigators on the veteran. The First Priority was to get the fire out. They have done a good job of that. Maybe a hotspot here and there and they are worried about the winds picking up so they not walk away from this any time soon. The real threat and the big emergency part of this appears to be over. 6 01. Winds with play a big role in an effort to contain any wildfire. For a look at the conditions in lafayette, the fire could be out by we are concerned about flareups. Absolutely, embers could missed especially weapon the winds pick up. The picture is getting clearer. 65 degrees. 40 percent humidity. The winds are calm. Hopefully we will not fan the flames and winds are light and variable right now. Sea breeze is back. I will show you what it means in forecast. We have been trafficking a serious accident through the east bay and that is where mobile 360 is, southbound 680 at 16th we are stuck in the backup because of the sigalert at high street. I will show you a map in a moment. Behind us, you can see it is not stopping any time soon and foreign traffic is much clearer. There are ways to get around this. On the maps, we will look at southbound 880 the drive from 980 if you are trying to make a flight at Oakland Airport it will take 50 minutes. Four Miles Per Hour is the top speed. 580 is an alternate. Or international boulevard runs parallel to 880 and that is a if way to get around that. To the south, southbound 880 ten minutes to get between san lorenzo to highway 92 because of an accident possibly involving injuries. The a mat drive is slow east correction because of delays construction between greenville and north gasoline until 11 oclock. The fire in lafayette is one of self wildfires burning in california 5,200 firefighters are working to bring them under criminal. The heat is taking its toll on the crews. Extra precautions are being made to ensure their safety. The fires start when it is hot. For us that means hydration getting firefighters breaks as often as we can. We pay close attention to all the nears in the line to make sure they are not suffering from the heat exhaustion. Conditions are up like my they have seen in years. Firefighters have responded to 3,100 fires already. San Bernardino County is offering 75,000 in reward for tips to catch people would everyone flying crones above a wildfire in southern california. In one incident they prevented crews in dispatching helicopters and water buckets for 20 minutes after a wildfire starts near a freeway. The reward is granted if a tip leads to arrest in convection. The santa cruz District Attorney will announce if a 15year old boy is charged as an adult in the death of 8yearold Madyson Middleton. 200 gathered at the peach beach to mourn her dea she was lawyered to the suspects apartment because she knew and trusted him the neighbors described the teach as well marched and nice. It is a crime many cannot make sense of. Any child in this community is any of our own kids. No parent should bury a child. A source said the teach had contemplated suicide and wanted to see how people would react to the murder. He sexually assaulted and strangled the 8yearold girl. Stay with us for continuing coverage of the investigation into maddys death continuing online at abc7. Com and on facebook and twitter. You can show your support for Madyson Middleton and her familiar by sharing this badge on social media posted on abc Instagram Page for maddy for her family for all parents. You can share it on ingraham. A public view aring for a falling hayward store shot and killed at a traffic stop, scott lunger was a 15year veteran. The viewing is at chapel of the chimes on mission boulevard in hayward from 49 00 p. M. He will be laid to rest tomorrow with gulf honors with motor escorting the casket. It will continue to the arena. The Public Memorial Service is at 10 00 a. M. Opponents of the vaccine law are turning to the ballot box to recall the carried the bill requiring full vaccination for schoolchildren. Proponents have until december 31 to collect 36 the signatures from registered voters. The bill ams to a loss of child rearing autonomy and insist the vaccines are unsafe. Affordable farms can be added to existing building in most populated neighbors of San Francisco with a board passing legislation to allow in inlaw units with their own kitchen and bathroom and exist in the Current Space of building and subject to existing rent control rules. North beach and russian hill and dime Diamond Heights are including. There will be fogging for mosquitoes after positive samples for west nile virus at Great America parkway in santa clara and treating a portion of sunnyvale and san jose. Crews will fog around 11 oclock tomorrow. East bay utility district customers would replace grass with turf to conserve water will not get a financial break. The District Board voted against offer rebates to homeowners would choose fake over real grass. Customerred asked the district to consider this but credits say the turf helps up if land fills and provides the natural habitat it needs in the grass. In the morning it was dealer but it will heat up. Good thing they are not fighting the fire later today when it is well over 100. Temperature right new in foster city and 59. San bruno is 58. San mateo is 60 the belmont is 62. Lowtomid 60s along east bay shore. San ramon is 61. Livermore is 67. 56 in napa and mill valley and the temperatures are up to five degrees warmer than yesterday probably our warmest morning. You can see the sea breeze is back and the sun is about to come up and the temperatures today are 91107, and parts of San Francisco are around 80 and around the bay up to 85 in the south bay and a spare the air day. Spare the air and spare your patience. Again we have not moved an inch and we are at 16th avenue law oakland, southbound 880 because of a sigalert. I will show you how far the backups citizen. 980 is where the trouble begins three Miles Per Hour is the top speed or zero Miles Per Hour because of a fatal accident at high street. The sigalert blocking three lanes and will be around for an unknown duration. International boulevard is the best bet and 580 despite slowing approaching grand avenue you can still get around the slow downs. 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Now the fire burning on the north side of highway 24 in lafayette, it got to continue acres before fires got it knocked down and they are still looking for hotspots. There was one home a few yards away from the flames burning and firefighters managed to get around that and save it. We will bring you more updates with Amy Hollyfield on the scene. Abc has confirmed that taliban leader omar is al qaeda ally and led an insurgency against the United States after he was toppled from his rule in afghanistan in 2001. In word open when he died and he has been decleared dead many times before. The taliban has not commented. Bill cosby will speak about Sexual Misconduct with a judge setting a day for him to give a deposition in a civil suit that claims he molesting the plaintiff when she was only 15 years old. The deposition will come no later than september 30. Huff is now 55 and alleges the molestation happened when she was a teen at the may boy mansion. Country is experiencing record breaking heat and old man winter is handing around in buffalo after eight months. This is 10 tall and is where the city officials put the excess storm after a storm in november. The dirt and weeds covered the mound have helped to insulate it amid 90degree temperatures. That is a weather lesson. Dirt will keep it there are for a while. Right now . The worst snowcone flavor ever. We will talk to leyla gulen who is keeping an eye on our traffic. We have had issues. Indeed. We have sky 7 over southbound 880 in oakland at high street. That is where c. H. P. Is conducting their investigation after a fail crash and car fire. You can see the three lanes are blocked southbound 880 at high street and traffic is getting by with one lane. It is inching along and that is causing major delays and major backups away from 980. It is slowing traffic down in the northbound direction for those who are spectators passing by. Here is a look at mobile 360 trying to get to the surface streets. International boulevard is going to be one of them and we are just headed over the overpasses or possibly heading parallel to the freeway. I will continue to check with 360 and make sure the at nasa are still still in working order on the maps i can show you the backup at three Miles Per Hour is at top speed and that is being generous. If you look at 580 traffic is heavy there and eastbound side we have a disabled vehicle near grand avenue and beside that causing the delays, the rest of the 580 is moving along pine and that is a good alternate because the sigalert is in effect until further notice with this word on when it will reopen. In san ramon heading interest dublin southbound still blocking a lane with an accident and heavy backups. Mike . The weather is changing and interesting. We have had a southern surge overnight and a many layer is deeper and full of moisture with the clouds on the scene trying to jump from the peninsula coast to the bay you can see them here with the such shine developing from sutro tower to the east bay. The clouds will linker and it will be hot. The heat will break for all of us today and through friday and into the weekend. Remember we transition to the humidity tomorrow with a storm possible. Poor air quality but all of us under a spare the air umbrella for the second day in a row the possibility that inland east bay is still hot tomorrow and that could have poor air quality and we are going green friday through the weekend. Winds are light at ten Miles Per Hour but fairfield is 14 Miles Per Hour pointing inland. We will have the winds pick up from the west delta to the Golden Gate Bridge from noon until 9 00. They should be faster than they were yesterday afternoon. Some relief from the heat in the south bay 93 at sunnyvale and milpitas and 95 in san jose and flirting with 100 in los gatos and morgan hill. Lowtomid 90s for most of the peninsula and some 80s heading north of san mateo and temperatures 69 at Half Moon Bay and maybe 70 in a few spots where the falling be enough for strong sunshine and 76 downtown and south San Francisco at 77 and sausalito at 79 and upper 90 to low 100s northbound. Midtoupper 80s in a few areas including richmond and berkeley and oakland. Check out all of the 100splus inland east bay another day of sitting in air conditioning and watch the bank account shrink. At at t park the temperatures will be mid70s under total sunshine and a light breeze. Tonight we are in the mid50s to mid60s but notice the cloud cover is more extensive and easier to sleep at the bay and coast. Humidity increasing and a slight chance of showers and storms or thunderstorm on friday and mainly in the high country and over the ocean. 10 or 15degrees cooler by senator and still sticky through sunday and drying out the temperatures remain seasonal monday and tuesday. 6 19 much the San Francisco does is inviting and you your family to celebrate the man of the penguins on saturday. Two penguins will waddle their way through the zoo and join the colony on penguin island. This is video of last years march a graduation of sorts after the penguins finish fish school where they learn to swim and fish. The does will open at 9 00 a. M. For members and 9 30 for the general public. New evacuations for people near the Lake Berryessa fire with the latest ahead. Tom brady fires back with a new defense being mounted a day after the nfl upholds the suspension and what he is revealing about the cell phone he is accused of destroy my advice . Look on the bright side. 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Tom brady is defending himself posting a long message to his followers. He is sticking to the claims of innocence saying there is no smoking gun and the controversy is manufactured to distract that they have zeroed of wrongdoing. The missile commission are upheld the four game suspension yesterday. Contending that brady deliberately destroyed the cell phone as the roles were being investigated. Happening today, top nfl executive meets with officials and city and county leaders on manns for a new stadium in oakland. Nfl executive Vice President visit is over concerns that plans for coliseum city are not materializing. The meeting will address specific questions about what the city and county can offer to make the proposed stadium achievable. Bay area officials have talked with los angeles on a joint bid for the 2024 olympics. Giants c. E. O. Talked to an official if los angeles about splitting game. Boston was picked but they dropped out on monday because of concerns over costs of hosting the olympics. The joint bid reduces costs. They want a bid ready to considered by midseptember. The morning news continues at 6 30 with the top stories. Including an update on the fire in lafayette. How google is now helping you avoid the long lines at your favorite restaurant or coffee shop. Maam you can do it your cement i will not deal with this. A 911 controversy, what happened to the person on the other end of the line that is make an emergency call Getting National attention. As we head to break we leave you with abc7 and at look at sfo. Because 100 whole grain oats are incredibly good for you. Because theyre heart healthy because theyre good for kids. And granddads and everyone else in the family. Everything we do is because of what really matters most. The goodness of oats and the people we love. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. It is wednesday morning. You are looking at a scene of an accident in oakland with the backups. Thanks for joining us. I am eric thomas. I am matt keller here for kristen sze. We well get to leyla gulen with an update on traffic. We follow breaking news in lafayette where firefighters are guarding against flareups. It break out near highway 24 not far from the high school. Amy hollyfield is near the scene. You can see right behind me that they have this fire knocked out. We have a blackened hillside from where the fire did the damage and fighters now are watching over it closely to make sure that hotspots do not opinion up. They do not want to walk away from this much the threw threat, the big em