west of 880. it looks like it started as a car four, we did see a man trying to put it out with a garden hose but it spread to the nearby building and fire crews have arrived on the scene and they have started to put water on it and have been doing it and they have been having some success. there is a lot of material on the ground that is burning and still sending a lot of black smoke in the air. we will follow this story our breaking news coverage continues now on twitter and can you follow us at abc7 news bay area. pg&e capped a gas leak in san francisco, residents were evacuated before 10:00 after a construction crew hit an 8" steel gas line. they are allowed back in and we are told it will take three hours to completely repair the line. >> not too far away from there, and our top story, fans are starting to arrive at the ballpark, a lot of exciting events even before the first pitch of the giants' game to open what will hopefully be a winning season. abc7 news is on the field. we all want to trade places with you right new. >> i think i am getting sunburned out here, not to rub it in. it is beautiful out here. i present to you the g men. the giants are out here, batting practice is underway, and the first time for this season. percentans executive tell us they have worked hard to prepare for this home opener, and they feel ready. >> the hope opener is often compared to the first day of school, a clean slate with nervous excitement. mother nature certainly did her part to start the giants off right in season. >> we have had some opening days fighting the weather and this will be glorious today. obviously. >> david and melissa hernandez are wearing their hopes on their heads, with copies of the giants championship ring. they like the idea of this team bringing home another title. >> hopefully we can get another 2014 hat. >> you that is the standard greeting today from players, to ground crew. before he headed into a teen meeting, outfielder had this to say to fans. >> we welcome everyone, and it is opening day, and just have fun today. >> the players are not the only ones if warm up. capital cities will be performing the national anthem for the home opener. >> never done anything like that. very excited. they are vows. a little near vows. >> there are changes at the ball park. including metal detectors at some gates a new major league baseball requirement. finances are focused on tradition and the team. >> i love the giants. it is a family function. today is just our time for ourselves. we are just having a good time. >> it is going to be a fun time and even the grass is brand new: 113,000 square feet it. the grounds keeper thinks of this as his pool table. he pays attention to every blade to make sure it is perfect and make sure it impacts the game in a positive way. hopefully it will bring us the victory. the giant as are off to a great star at 5-2 for the home opener which starts at 1:35 against the arizona diamondbacks and asking all 41,000 fans be in their seats by 12:45 for the opening festivities. >> you are this close to brandon crawford. i am orange with envy. >> don't think i haven't noticed, kristen, i want to run out and wish him well. >> we all wish them well. >> we have already hit a home run with the weather. mike nicco is on the roof for the game day forecast. >> time to play ball. from a sunny top of the broadcast center, where we have a light breeze this morning and that is it, temperatures are still well warmer than they should be and we are not finished. here is a look from our south beach camera looking back at the ballpark, you will need the sunglasses today at 1:35 first pitch with a few high clouds starting off at 74. then the sea breeze kicks in later dug the game and will drop us to a nice 70 degrees. you need the unglasses and if your neighbor doesn't smell like sunscreen give them some of yours because the u.v. index will be ten degrees warmer sitting in the sun. have fund and enjoy the garlic fries, the popcorn and the peanuts. kristen? >> thank you. fans are sending us pictures showing their giants' pride. this cutie is ready for the action. we love the little giants stickers and everyone is feeling the love for the panda. this little guyed is sporting his panda hat although it looks like he might sleep right through the game. we want to see your pride at the home opener. e-mail your fan photos to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. or post them to our facebook page. or on twitter or instagram. suspended state senator yee and dozens of other suspects are in san francisco federal court this morning in a major f.b.i. gang and corruption sweep. the suspects were all arrested two weeks ago on charges ranging from political corruption to gun trafficking. this morning, he pleaded not guilty as did the political consultant keith jackson. raymond "shrimp boy" chow entered no plea. the new attorney called the case "racist and entrapment." all of the suspects are in court again on friday. san jose firefighters have just determined the nature of a fierce fire that consumed three homes yesterday. they also say a perfect storm of factors led the flames to spread quickly and burn for hours. nick is on the scene. >> good morning. officials have confirmed with me they believe the fire could be accidental. fast moving flames and a gas line were a perfect mix to keep the home fire burning for hours and they believe it is the style of the home that plays a factor. the eichler-style houses are a powder keg. >> richard robbins had lived here in this neighborhood 40 years and his neighbor lost everything she owned a retired physician. >> looks like a bomb went off. when it was burning, it looked scary. >> our cameras were there as they tackled the blaze between west hamilton and campbell avenues shortly before 3:00 p.m. thick orange flames reaching 30' in the air and heavy black smoke that could be seen for miles in other direction. >> officials say their early investigation suggests that the fire was accidental. officials believe that a gas line helped fuel the place which wasn't fully contained for almost eight hours. >> this is the third house to burn down since we have been here since 1975. >> this neighborhood is full of what are called eichler homes built in the 1960's and the architecture is mid-century modern and came to define california living. firefighters believe that house glass walls, atriums and floor plans make it a residential powder keg fueling the fire. the house where the fire started is destroy asked was so big it spread to two other houses. >> number three, this is none four, the house on the corner burned down and the house next to ours burned down so the eichlers go quickly. >> because of homes burn so quickly they are called "15 minute eichlers," and the cause is under investigation. what i have learned officials say that they understand that someone was flying a drone at the time of the fire capturing video but they were not using the drone, and they are asking whoever may is captured video share that with san jose fire officials. a very emotional day in the oscar pistorius murder trial. he broke down on the stand today, sobbing uncontrollably, and at one point removeed his prosthetic legs to show how he kneeled by the bathroom and fired through the door accidentally killing his girlfriend model. >> here is that report. breaking down on the stand, oscar pistorius describing the moment he says he realized he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. (inaudible). >> the olympian claims this began early valentine's day morning when he her a necessary coming from his bathroom. >> that is the moment that everything changed. i thought there was a burglar gaining entry into my home and i thought i needed to arm myself and i needed to protect reeva and i. >> he granted the gun and went to the bathroom. >> i started screaming. i shouted for reeva steenkamp to get on the floor. >> he called out to her three times with no response. still, he tells the packed courtroom he was convinced a burglar was coming out of the bathroom toward him and he pulled the trigger. >> before i knew it, i had fired four shots at the door. >> the 27-year-old claims it wasn't until after that moment he realized what he had done and used a bat to break down the bathroom door. >> i was crying out to the lord to help me, i was screaming, crying for reeva. >> he will be back on the stands for another emotional day of testimony tomorrow. happening now, former secretary of state hillary clinton is at the mascone center in san francisco scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the marketing nation summit. the summit addresses the marketing cause companies face and how the software can make a difference. her speech begins at 12:30 p.m. there is a showdown at the state capital. lawmakers are considering a bill to force seaworld san diego to stop using killer whales in the shows and release them from their tanks. this morning, activists from both sides spoke during public comment in sacramento. the bill was, intoed by the 2013 documentary "black fish," dealing with the treatment killer whales and the death of a trainer. seaworld has said the film is a piece of propaganda and an attempt to exploit a tragic situation. the missing congressman who is in hot water because it isn't his white caught kissing on camera. >> here is a look outside right now at at&t park where you can see the stands are empty because they are not letting the fans in. that will happen shortly. a teacher is involved with calling a 12-year-old student a sassy slut in class and is on paid leave. other students her the exceptses and reduced her daughter to tears. mom is upset because the teacher is suspended for six days with pay which is basically the same as a paid vacation. the principal says it is standard procedure while the district investigates. >> the controversy deepens this morning for southern congressman caught on camera kissing a staffer. that staffer has "been taken off the payroll," avid i -- avid yes surfaced of the woman locked in a kiss with her boss who also is married. cameras reportedly captured the encounter inside his district office to monroe. the republican lawmaker was elected to office last year on a campaign centered on faith, family, and hard work. the 33-year-old woman was a part-time aide who started working for the congressman the day after he was elected. eight were injured and seven seriously when shelving units toppled over on to shoppers at a 99 cent store in new york city. the packed shelves fell over like dominoes burying shoppers in the bronx. the victims include two children mostly broken bones for the injuries. crews pulled the merchandise off of the victims and taking it into the street. officials are now trying to figure the cause of the first shelf to collapse. >> very exciting, the place to be, over the giants' ball park and it is the home opener today, and look at the fields pristine and crews hard at work and batting practice, with the infield players out there now and meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery who is twitter trying to flatter over this new redesign? >> a great scoop for you, literally, a freeway to cool off today. covering daly city, dublin, and los gatos. >> twitter has a new look that is similar to your profile on another social networking site, facebook. right? >> kerry washington, and olivia pope among the first twitter accounts with the new look. and twitter says that they will roll out the feature to everyone in the coming weeks. the home opener is about to begin at 1:35 first pitch at at&t park and this is a picture from sky seven with the kayakers waiting for a splash and folks on on the promenade waiting to get inside. batting practice is still going on. just saw angel warming up. he has been doing pretty well with the home runs. we will check with mike nicco for the fans and how the weather is going to be. we know it will be exciting. mike? >> absolutely. the wet will only add to the excite. sunshine and temperatures in the low-to-mid 70's and it will be a great opening day and it is an even year, 2010, 2012, 2014. good morning, again, i am seeing behind me some of the beverage banners so you know opening day is here. live doppler 7 hd shows it is pretty quiet with in real moisture out there other than some clouds lushing off the coast so we will talk about the waves. you can see a microclimate developing along the coast around half moon bay and that is why you are up to ten degrees cooler than this time yesterday. in fact, you can see the fog right there taking over parts of san francisco along the coast and that is going to bring you some cooler weather today. on the bay side, it is as warm as we were yesterday, at 70. mostly sunny today, but for the coast it will be cooler pause of the clouds and the slight sea breeze. the cooling spreads through the rest of the neighborhoods tomorrow through saturday and next chance of a few seasoning rain is ten or 14 days away. quote have drizzle along the coast with a thicker marine layer but a soaking rain, no. temperatures in the upper 60's to low 70's and los gatos is 78 and oakland is behind at 66 and half moon bay is way behind at 55. this is how it looks from mount tamalpais this morning, and we have high tree pollen out there and it will be probably a lot of localized grass pollen around at&t park if you are going to be sitting there for a couple of years. u.v. index is high. san jose has a lot of sunshine, and 84, and 15 degrees above average, and one of the higher temperatures above average today and san francisco is 74 and ten and that is five or six degrees cooler than yesterday and you can see the cold front to the west with no chance to make it here because of the storm temperatures and the temperatures will peak an the bay and inland with the slit offshore wind. we will start to the south, 77 in santa cruz and the rest of us are in the mid-to-upper 80's in the santa clara valley. from 75 in millbrae to 83 in los altos. and the further south you are the less likely you will be influenced by the sea breeze and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast and mid-70's around the bay and low-to-mid 80's up north with upper 70's to low 88 in the east bay and temperatures in the mid-80's in the east bay valley. tonight we fall back in the 50's again so it could an nice night to on the window. tomorrow, two to four degrees cooler with the sea breeze spreading inland and temperatures drop ten degrees by saturday and then, away from the coast, we are above average and all seven days are dry. have a great time enjoying the warm weather and watch out for the pollen and the sunshine. >> thanks. we will be right back. this is a picture from the san francisco horn blower yacht, very elegant way to take in the festivities before the san francisco one of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. come on, boy! 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