canyon could only standby the road and watch. >> there's crews on the scene. they were there right away. it feels good knowing they're attacking it like that. yeah. >> and now we have a live picture from sky 7 hd. we have been kept back at a distance of 12 miles. now the helicopter is allowed to get in closer. you can see the flames are proceeding, unabated really. st it's still windy and warm out here. now coming back here live on the west side of the fire this is where the fire originated. we have unconfirmed reports of young children with a weed whacker that may have accidentally started the fire. so far mandatory evacuations in two communities. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> it has spread to 800 acres. the smoke can be seen all over the bay area. maybe you where you live. >> and we have a couple of pictures from napa county. he e-mailed it to us. you can see the smoke peeking over the hills. this picture was taken and you can see the huge plume of smoke behind the vineyard. >> weather is a factor. sandhya patel is tracking the wind. >> it's definitely not helping the fire. let me show you current conditions. right now it's pretty warm. the high has been 94. relative humidity is 26%. it is gradually coming up. the wind southwesterly to 6. gusting to 13 miles an hour. it has been stronger, up to 17 miles an hour at 2:00 p.m. and the winds will continue. the smoke plume detected by live doppler 7 hd. you can see how dramatic the shot is. of course, people reporting the smoke from around the area. you can see the wind in the vicinity gusting to 28 miles an hour. the napa county airport, 29 in fairfield. we expect the winds to remain up through the evening hours, which will not help the firefighters, but hopefully the humidity will increase as marine air starts to move in later on tonight. >> dan, they need all the breaks they can get. let's go back to sky 7 hd. look at the picture. it looks horrible. live picture now from a big fire in the pope valley area. we know it's grown to 800 acres. it started at 12:00 this afternoon. it is advancing towards nearly 200 homes in the berryessa estates community. they have an evacuation site at middletown high school. the wineries have had to continue to evacuate. we're going to continue to monitor this for you. police are looking for a second suspect in a home invasion robbery of an elderly couple and the sexual assault of an 85-year-old woman. this all started at their home and ended when the suspects crashed the stolen car leann is live from san jose to explain how the thing unraveled. >> let me start out saying in the case of a sexual assault, it is abc policy to not show the victim home. now police are describing this as a horrible crime involving two young men. attacking people inside their home. and it may be gain related. this was taken when the driver and the the passenger refused to stop. the suv slammed into the vacant house on san jose. the passenger, a 15-year-old boy was arrested. but not the driver. here's the witness. >> he looked all discombobulated. he took off running. he ran. >> investigators found out the suspects were linked to an earlier crime five miles away. >> about ten minutes later after we were here at this crime scene, it was discovered we had a home invasion. >> the suspects had stolen the suv from the owners of this house, belonging to an elderly couple both 85 years old. >> two suspects entered their home. >> two suspects entered the home armed with weapons. they were forced to the back of the house. at some point the 85-year-old female was sexually assaulted. police confirmed they found a graffiti tag painted on the back of the house. a neighbor who lives behind them told us she found two spray paint canisters in the backyard this morning. supposedly tossed over this fence by the suspects. police took the canisters with them as evidence. neighbors here are very fond of the elderly couple. >> there's not words to describe. no words. i was saddened to hear what happened to her. >> she says these people have no heart. >> obviously our concern is locate i locating. >> a possible laceration to the body caused by the crash. in san jose, le ann menendez. he does not have to pay any damages to the father of oscar grant. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting. grant's father argued that meserley should have to pay for loss of familiar relationship. grant family says they had a different relationship. >> kind of conversation that he would have with his dad would be the conversations about staying out of trouble, becoming responsible. of course, get your education and get a job. a hug and a kiss. >> the federal jury also determined he did not intentionally kill grant. a federal appeals court announced today it will reconsider barry bonds' obstruction of justice conviction. that panel wanted to learn about top athletes using steroids, as you recall. bonds already served his sentence. a month of house arrests. the former giants slugger has also paid a $4100 fine. americans' response on social media to the world cup can be summed pup in two words. tim howard. he signed against the continue all onslot. he made 16 saves. the most for a keeper in a world cup game since 1966. the teammates took note of the heroic effort. >> we know how important tim is to us. he's done a tremendous job keeping us in the game. >> always keeps us in it. such a good player. such a good leader. >> it's heartbreaking. i don't think we could have given more. what a great game of football. >> the u.s. did have a chance to win late. san jose earthquake striker put it over the goal with minutes left in regulation. >> it was exciting. it's not just adults. kids are watching too. they have their favorite players and they are learning from them. david louie is live where people watched the game with a lot of excitement and a bit of nerves. david? >> yes, that's very, very true, dan. and a lot of them were kids. summer is soccer camp season. and we went to 1 of 18 sites where world cup soccer camps operate. they're expecting 15,000 kids to enroll this summer. the usa match against belgium was all the kids could talk about. no doubt which team they wanted to win. >> usa? >> why is that? >> because i like usa. it had to be tough to be out here with no team to watch. the high ratings reflect growth, interest and enthusiasm for soccer. a point the usa team coach recognizes. in every country it's that way. we want to do well. we want to inspire them. >> and that triggers down to the family spending almost $600 to attend the one-week camp. nate has been watching every world cup natch. >> it's one of the most important things i'm going to do this summer. >> is that because you learn something from it or you love how they play? >> gain action can be destructive. one concern is a potential risk of injuries, especially concussions. coaches are well aware of that and try to work with players on proper technique. >> 12 or 13 is the right age. we'll use a balloon or a ball you can get from wal-mart or target that is extremely light to practice the technique. when you're doing it correctly, there's much less of a risk. >> abc 7 news. these soccer fans were celebrating in san francisco. t check out the crowd jumping for joy at mad dog. >> and for all things world cup, go to abc7news/worldcup. still ahead here on abc 7 news at 5:00, outrage in san francisco. >> this was a shooting in broad daylight at a playground in front of somewhere between 40 to 50 kids. why some are saying his death may be a tipping point. and a new law now in effect that affects almost every californian. we get a live look at the intense smoke and flames burning in napa county. this fire scorched 800 acres and burned five structures so far. it broke out at noon today. a shift in the winds is pushing the flames towards the berryessa estates community. 200 homes under mandatory evacuations there. people report seeing the smoke as far as 35 miles. and as far south as padalo many, a. we can see it in berkeley, too. and breaking news coverage continues on twitter at abc7news. police in san francisco are looking for clues in the shooting that killed a popular youthdown sill. abc 7 news reporter is live with the story. cornell barr nahas the story. zblrl just talked to police. they say they have no suspects in the brazen murder that took the life of a father and mentor, a man who turned away from crime and turned his life around. >> i don't think it's true. i still think i'm in a dream. >> reporter: she is talking about her uncle gunned down on this playground where he was supervising a game of dodge ball. callaway was a youth outreach counselor in the sunny dale housing project. police say the shooting was witnessed by dozens of kids. >> can you imagine sending your child to day care to play in a new space, new field and to get a call to say come get your kid. there was a shooting. callaway was a father of three and a former gang member who turned his life around after serving two years in prison. >> he felt like the past was blind him. >> being with the kids. y'all need to be in here. he gave us our jobs. we work around here. we clean up around here. he gave us our jobs and told us to get our money. >> he encouraged every neighborhood kid to work. >> especial fi for somebody trying to be a good guy. he's doing what he was supposed to do for his family and others. >> police believe a former rival gang member could be the shooter. t he'll be remembered as a man who wanted to do the right thing. >> he'll be remembered as a real person. >> abc 7 news. a man arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after crashing his suv into a house in richland this morning. three people were inside the house on spring street, near 29th at 9:30. fortunately all of them got out safely. the ford explorer went off the road and plowed through a chain link fence at the front of the house. the driver, a man in his 30s was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. a passenger ran away and hasn't been found since. oakland school district introduced its new superintendent to the media today. oakland officials say the 42-year-old wilson is young and energetic and has real division for diverse community. we've lost. and so it's really about that. how do we begin to position oakland to be one that focuses on quality schools up and down the line. >> wilson succeeds interim superintendent gary ye as the leader of oakland public schools. california's first minimum wage increase in six years took effect today. it rose from 8:00 to $9 an hour. the next increase takes effect january 1st, 2013 when the state minimum wage will be $10 an hour. san francisco was $10.74 an hour. f last week seattle increased the the minimum wage to $15 an hour. that's the highest in the country. all new smoke alarms are now required to have ten-year batteries. this is what the new smoke alarms look like. many times smoke alarms don't work because they don't have a worki working battery. >> people take them down when they start chirping because they don't have a battery to replace it with. >> homeowners no longer have to worry about replacing the battery. that's because smoke alarms should be replaced every ten years anyway. alarms with replaceable batteries can still be sold for another year. why would you want to buy one of those now? >> let's head outside. and we're watching conditions on the fire lines. >> yeah, it has been tricky. it can push the flames quickly as we're seeing in the pope valley wear. firefighters will have to con tend with what we're dealing out here, which is breezy conditions. the fog layer or marine layer is marching towards the bay. that's exactly what brought our cool down today. high temperatures low 60s to low 90s. dramatic drop thanks to the low clouds and low fog that you're looking at. saz a result of that in the sierra and heading out. red flag warnings are in effect as we look here. we look because of the lightning sparking the fire. parts of the state. temperatures are running lower in noef toe and livermore. down 11. concord down 13. believe it or not, it was so much cooler in livermore. down to 88 today. and here's part of the reason. and in the backdrop we are watching the plume of smoke from the pope valley fire there. so of course we are hoping that the marine influence pushes its way towards that area, sooner rather than later in terms of the low clouds and the fog. 63 in san francisco. 68 in oakland. 77 in san jose. currently 59 in half-moon bay. cool there. looking from our emeriville camera, we are going to have to continue to contend with low clouds and fog, which is good. 74 in santa rosa. 80 for novato and livermore. temperature in san francisco was 65. spotty drizzle. we're looking at mild to warm conditions for the fourth of july. water imagery showing you why we're getting the influence. there's a trough to the west. there's a steady seabreeze going. we'll continue with that over the next couple of days, so dropping temperatures a little bit more. tomorrow morning watch out for spotty drizzle between 1:00 a.m. and the morning commute. we will have to deal with that slick roadways due to drizzle. could slow you down. give yourself plenty of the time. low 50s to low 60s. we will see the low clouds and fog first thing in the morning. and for the afternoon, temperatures looking like this in the south bay. 72 in santa cruz. 77 in redwood city. fog hangs around at the coast. north bay, 83. 84 in napa out towards the east bay. 88 in antioch. 86 in livermore. a look at the seven-day fourth. fourth of july around the korng. we'll warm it up slightly. bay and inland. over the weekend he will start to see the temperatures crank on sunday. temperatures near the coast in the 60s. >> thanks very much. >> did you notice extra charges on the phone bill? you are not the only one. we'll have t the federal trade commission wants t-mobile to repay customers hundreds of millions in bogus charges. the mobile phone provider billed customers for subscriptions to unauthorized premium texts, such as $10 an month horoscopes. t-mobile collected as much as 40% of the charges even after made aware the suspicions were not authorized. google just made glass available in britain. they're worried criminals can use the device to make copies of hollywood movies and sell them illeg illegally. about 90% of all pirates video is made by recording films in the theater. lt. twitter named the first chief financial officer. he was in charge of taking the company public last november. he's a former banker with goldman sachs. he's also an executive with the national football league. the basic salary is $250,000. he said at today's price, it makes them work $60 million. and go pro is still defying gravity. last thursday stock in the wearable camera company opened at $24. today it's up to 100% at $48. it doubled. some analysts are wondering thousand company missed the opening estimate by such a wide margin. the hidden cash craze is back. just ahead on the hunt in the bay area, and the there is word of a winner. >> meantime, check out these two dogs. one clearly rooting for the u.s. the other, more of a brazil. folks showing team spirit in creative ways. you can e-mail your fan photos to us or upload your pictures to the news desk. we have just learned that the napa county fire has jumped a canyon, putting various estates in the direct line of the fire. >> and they have de-energized power to 250 customers. they will not turn back on the power until it's safe. >> tonight at 6:00 we'll be there live with more on the major breaking news. and details on a caltrain investigation. into what a conductor did afterwards. and new evidence from michael finney on how the colorfulful detergent packages are dangerous to children. those stories and more at 6:00. now we want to show you something fun. the hidden cash craze had people on the hunt in the east bay. >> and for some, the wallets a little bit fatter tonight. >> the man hidden bliehind the hidden cash tweeted out a new round of clues this afternoon that sent people on a search. >> yeah, people we spoke with said they found between 60 and $110. >> i saw hidden cash's tweet. i saw it was in pleasanton. i came out looking and i found some. sa. >> he stuffed six cash filled envelopes. >> he said he would share the wins. he will not be booking a flight. >> nice welcome to "world news." tonight a heartbreaking loss for america's team at the world cup. the underdogs in a thriller to the very end. our star players giving it their all. we're with the american fans tonight. we have team coverage. tonight the first tropical storm growing by the hour. will it become a hurricane just in time for the 4th? ginger zee is tracking it all. the frightening moment on the court, look at the video as serena williams is unable to play. the medical scare in front of millions. tonight what one woman did in the checkout line. one shopper racing to record it. why it's going viral and why she's "america strong."

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