Im dion lim. Well, tonight that lemur is back at the zoo thanks to those observant kindergarteners, and police have arrested a man accused of breaking in and taking him. Kate larson joins us live from the San Francisco zoo where maki is home. How is he doing tonight . Reporter dion, i am told by zoo officials that maki is a little agitated. He is back on his arthritis medications. All things considered, hes doing great. Just like any other day, 5yearold james was leaving school with his mom when everything changed right here. James spotted a wild animal in the parking lot, and called over his friends, who were astonished to see a lemur reporter james, braden, adrian, samuel and sophie all students explained what happened next. Then the lemur jumped over the cage and he just come inside. He was there. And then they called Police Animal control. Reporter cell phone video taken thursday shows him wandering around the yard. Eventually the endangered primate found comfort in this playhouse. What was he doing in there, james . Hiding. Reporter animal control and Daly City Police showed up and fortunately they had snacks for maki who at 21 is very old in lemur years and requires constant feedings. What did they give the lemur to eat . Grapes. What else . Banana. Reporter it all started at the San Francisco zoo where he was born and raised. Wednesday morning he was discovered missing from here. Police later opened a burglary investigation when they found g the enclosure had been tampered with. 36 hours later, Police Arrested a 30yearold man on suspicion of shoplifting and stealing a getaway truck. They found photos of maki on his cell phone. Its kind of unbelievable. I just dont i cant understand it myself. Reporter the zoo director, tonya peterson, announced they are giving hope looeutheran the 2100 reward and the family a lifetime membership. They literally saved a life. Reporter School Director cynthia wong said it was just the lesson they all needed. It really was a reminder for us that we can still experience happy moments during the pandemic and also let the children see that there is hope. Theres light at the end of the tunnel. Get better, maki. Reporter he is also being socially distanced and quarantined from his family right now, but we all cant wait to see him get better. Cory mcgilloway is charged with grand theft of an animal, vandalism and looting during the state of an emergency. Im kate larson, abc 7 news. Great stuff on this story, kate. Good to see a happy ending. What a lesson for those kids. Kate, thanks. Well, the San Francisco zoo has had other notable incidents. Biologists believe a Mountain Lion may have killed through wall wallaroos and a tiger killed a teenager after escaping from its exhibit. Police shot and killed the tiger while it attacked two other men. They both survived. In 2000 two teenage boys stole two koalas to be gifts for their girlfriends. They were safe, but scared. Shifting gears, happening right now, it has been a busy day for south San Francisco firefighters. This is the most recent of two big fires to break out within city limits today. Fire raced through a bakery warehouse on starlight street earlier this afternoon, and it reached four alarms. Firefighters from all around San Mateo County lent a hand. That fire is mostly out, but as you can see from sky 7, crews on the scene are still drowning the building with water to put out any remaining hot spots. Now, just down the street in south San Francisco there was a close call with a wildfire. It burned in the area known as sign hill, and residents were told they needed to evacuate as the flames came dangerously close to some homes. Abc 7 News ReporterCornell Bernard joins us again from south San Francisco where firefighters are still at the scene. Cornell . Reporter yeah, dion, many neighbors are breathing a huge sigh of relief after that grass fire got way too close to homes. Check it out, it happened right up there on the famous sign hill here in south city. Luckily firefighters stopped that fire just in time. The fire started around noon, quickly grew to ten acres, burning through a grove of trees adjacent to sign hill, carried by strong winds. Evacuations were called. For neighbors living on ridge view court, carnelion road and mountain road. People grabbed belongs and took off, homeland for the best. There was a fire about 50 yards away from us, a brush fire coming down the hill. We gathered our stuff, grabbed the kids and were hoping the house wouldnt burn down. The fire did bump up against a couple of homes but the crews were able to make a quick stop and knock it down before the fire got interior. Reporter now, check it out, cal fire did several air drops of retardant. That air attack had to be paused for a time because people were flying drones in the area, making it really dangerous for cal fire pilots. Police used a p. A. System telling Drone Operators to stop. The chief says the cause of the fire is under investigation tonight. Were live in south San Francisco, Cornell Bernard, abc 7 news. We appreciate the update, cornell, thank you. Dangerous fire weather is expected to last through tomorrow morning. The red flag warning has been extended for parts of the bay area, so lets get a first check of weather with abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian. Its really hot, really dry and gusty up in the Higher Elevations. Thats why we have the red flag warning in effect. Look at the heat, its 84 in half moon bay, 85 in San Francisco, 90 in oakland and low to mid90s in virtually all the inland communities right now. As you can see wind gusts are still up to about 25 Miles Per Hour or higher in some of the Higher Elevations. The red flag warning will expire at 6 00 p. M. For much of the area in red but be extended until 8 00 in the morning for some of the north bay and east bay. Not surprising that a heat advisory is in effect until 9 00 tonight. If you expose yourself to this heat too long, you risk heatrelated illness. Ill have the full forecast coming up a little bit later. Dion. Spencer, thanks. Pg e says it is restoring power to thousands of customers who have lost electricity as part of Public Safety power shutoffs over the last two days. The utility has received the weather allclear. Up wi 1,000 employees are inspecting lines. In a surprising turn of events today, fema reversed a decision about disaster aid to california following six wildfires. Initially you may remember fema declined to grant assistance for fires up and down the state, including two in Mendocino County. The Agency Claimed that they did not meet federal standards for losses. Abcs Wayne Freedman has more on the decision and reaction to the reversal. Reporter there are firestorms in the physical realm, but today they were political. The first sign that fema might change its mind came from Jim Patterson in fresno county, where the creek fire burned 350,000 acres and six homes last month. I have gotten encouraging response that fema is beginning to understand that they may have made a mistake here. Reporter almost as soon as fema and President Trump denied californias claim, governor newsome and the state announced an appeal. This has been californias worst fire season ever. 4 million acres burned. Thats an area as big as connecticut. For once, California Democrats and republicans worked together, complaining loudly. The extra trauma that people that have lost everything have to go through was the trauma were talking about right now is shameful. Reporter but fema, the president and politics have intermingled since the campfire when President Trump suggested that california should rake forests to reduce its flammability. The fact of the matter is 57 of the lands in the state of california, the forest lands, are federal lands. Reporter without todays reversal, there would have been serious implications in Mendocino County where the oak fire destroyed 30 homes last month. John kennedy runs a nonprofit for rebuilding homes from the tubbs fire in 2017. I think were tired of the backandforth nonsense that seems to be mostly politically driven. We need to be mindful that these fires are not red fires, theyre not blue fires. They dont know boundaries, they dont know political parties. The victims that are left behind have to be taken care of. Reporter now it appears they will be taken care of in a fire season still long from over. In the north bay, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. A heads up if you plan on heading into San Francisco tomorrow. There is a protest scheduled to start at noon at United Nations plaza. That will go until 3 00 p. M. Thats according to the permit granted by the San Francisco recreation and parks department. The group is then planning to head to twitter headquarters on Market Street at 4 00 p. M. Its a highstakes game of Contact Tracing. A look at the challenges of keeping californians safe and stopping the spread of the coronavirus. And a look at how one group in the south bay is making sure one Health Challenge isnt intensified by another. And the Covid College experience is unlike any other. What happens when a school tells students they arent allowed on campus for the im jerome gage. Im a fulltime lyft driver. When this pandemic first started, i bought my own ppe because uber and lyft didnt provide it. These companies have been exploiting drivers like me for years. Now prop 22 denies us basic rights like Unemployment Benefits and sick time. Uber and lyft are billiondollar companies, and they still wont let drivers get access to Unemployment Benefits. Thats just wrong. Tell uber and lyft to stop exploiting their drivers. Vote no on prop 22. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on Public Safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. Im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. Taking a quick look at the coronavirus headlines from today, the United States topped 8 million cases. That is according to Johns Hopkins tracker. As for california, the state reported more than 3,000 new cases today. The state has the most in the United States with more than 861,000. The 14day Positivity Rate is at 2. 5 , and that number is a good indicator of the transmission rate of the virus. Stakes are high to protect nearly 40 million californians from getting infected and spreading covid19. Both apple and google have been working on providing tools to do mobile app Contact Tracing. However, privacy and getting the public to opt in can be difficult. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie looks into those challenges to improve health outcomes. Reporter utah was first in the nation last april to rule out a Smartphone App to do covid19 tracing. The app is used after ucf is conducting an app, challenges lie ahead. A survey of 5,000 adults indicates roughly half, 52 , are willing to share tracking data in an app while 28 are unwilling. 20 are willing only with privacy protection. That falls far short of what experts say is needed. To get the level of benefit that would be needed to really bring the pandemic fully under control, you would need high levels of participation, 60, 70, 80 . Reporter the same survey showed nine out of ten young people ages 18 to 24 are willing to use Contact Tracing apps, but the number drops to 63 among seniors. The demographic difference could impact the goal of such apps. At 75 adoption of digital Contact Tracing, wed get the benefits we need. Between 56 and 81 reduction in infections. About the same level reduction in deaths. Reporter still, a high participant rate among young people could be useful in providing symptom assessment tools being done at Brigham Young university. If you have symptoms, you can know where do i go to get tested and does my insurance cover it and you get get results much more quickly. Reporter Healthy Together doesnt allow users to see if their insurance covers testing, but there is information about c. A. R. E. S. Act funding for test results. Stanfords professor believes mobile app Contact Tracing is worth pursuing. Theres going to be another virus. Wouldnt it be great for a system like this to be stood up to preventing the losses weve seen this time around. Reporter david louie, abc seven news. Mayor libby schaaf says the federal government has failed to come to the aid of oakland residents during the pandemic. She made the comment as test results for covid19 in fru fruitvale neighborhood was made public. They continue to see the highest number of positive cases in all of alameda conte. Over 1,100 were tested with 39 testing positive for covid19. We are furious at the failure of the federal government. The fact that the federal government cannot get another coronavirus aid package out of congress is outrageous. Reporter the data was also used to measure the diseases overall impact on the community. Among the findings, 15 of latinos lost their jobs and 42 said they faced food insecurity. Santa clara county Public Health officials are holding three briefings a week on the covid19 health crisis. Todays briefing focused on the importance of early cancer detection, and screening in the latinx community. Officials also addressed access to Health Services during the pandemic. The efforts are supported by groups like latinas contra cancer which continues its work in the community. We have been working with our clients and our customers to help provide their needs. By that we had distributed 120,000 in cash aid to our low income latino households. Santa clara county is one of three bay area counties now in the states orange tier for reopening. As of thursday, it reported 22,859 cases with 367 deaths. As we head to break now, taking a live look from our sutro tower camera, looking pretty clear and sunny still. We have had some scorching hot days that have led to fire warnings. Spencer christian proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. What . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. All eyes on the weekend weather, spencer. Were hope nothing a cooldown but its going to be a gradual one. Its still hot out there. Heres a look. Its sunny and very, very warm. In fact we have a heat advisory in effect. Heres a view from sutro tower looking over San Francisco where it is still in the 80s. In fact 85 degrees right now. 90 at oakland, mid90s at mountain view, san jose and gilroy. 82 at half moon bay. Blue skies over the golden gate. You dont often see that view this time of the day, this time of the year. Theres no fog around to cool us down. 95 in santa rosa and napa. 93 novato. Fairfield 96, 94 at concord and livermore 91 degrees. Heres the view from the rooftop camera looking across a calm embarcader embarcadero. Coastal cooling begins tomorrow. It will be cooler in all areas. Even next week as it cools down, the general pattern will be warmer than average for this time of the year. Speaking of warmth, a red flag warning to high fire danger remains in effect until 6 00 this evening for much of the area in red here. Well have strong gusty winds in the high elevations and its hot. The red flag warning will be extended or has been extended until 8 00 tomorrow morning for some of the H