this point. we saw the detectives entering through the back entrance of blooming dales. officers wouldn't say where the officer was discovered. >> a white male in his 30s. we don't have a verification of identity. >> a management issued a statement saying the center is opening and operating normally, and we are cooperating fully with the investigation. >> the mall opened at 10:00 p.m. with so many people in the area, police are hoping someone saw something suspicious. >> the district attorney's office is asking for help in locating a san jose mother and infant with a serious medical condition. she was last seen july 9th. she was told she no longer had custody of her 10 month son. she's believed to be traveling with her son. a deputy district attorney said he's concerned about boy's health and safety. she has several facial piercings and a number of tattoos. >> prosecutors will decide if a homeowner will face charges stemming from last year's valley fire in lake county. that fire killed four people. the flames destroyed more than 1900 buildings. and charred more than 118 square miles. the owner of the house installed a new hot tub and admits that he tried to do the wiring job himself. >> there is a permit required for e llectrical installation. >> it will be turned over to the legal staff to determine if a crime has been committed. >> the district attorney has a month to file misdemeanor charges and up to two years if the charge is a felony. investigators zeroed in on the home soon after the fire started. they had to be sure after leads that directed it to arson and drug labs. it's the third most destructive fire in california history. and a new evacuation, the mineral fire has grown to 5,000 acres. it broke out yesterday afternoon. it's burning in steep terrain. it makes containment difficult. people living in the fire zone have been asked to leave their homes. >> evacuate me at 1:30 in the morning and then back to the house, and then at 2:00 in the afternoon they pull up and say you got to roll. i said i'm out of here. and so now i'm wondering if i have a house. 1,000 firefighters are on the front lines of the fire. it's only 10% contained. >> dramatic progress has been made by crews fighting the pilot fire burning in san bernardino county. that fire is now 64 % contained after burning 7800 acres. that's up from just 6 % containment yesterday. a fire burned nearly 70,000 acres of monterey county. 57 homes burned down. firefighters say it started with an illegal campfire nearly three weeks ago. crews hope to have it contained by the end of the month. 24 suspected gang members are now in an east bay jail after months of an intensive investigation involving the fbi, chp and local law enforcement. abc7 leslie brinkley is on the story. >> reporter: these are the faces of the 24 gang members officials say are responsible for highway shootings, human trafficking, attempted murders, and drug deals. >> this investigation results in at least two multiple witness murder plots. we had individuals plotting to murder some of the witnesses that had come forward and spoken to the police. >> reporter: this is the customized boat the da's office said the gang members cruised around in. a prominent number 14 on the front. their adopted emblem. they said it was bought with illegal drug profits. also a car. the backseat killed with marin. >> that membership and activity gets the joy and profits from preying on our community. >> a number of the suspects being investigated were linked and suspected of various highway shootings. >> reporter: highway shootings are believed to be connected to some of the suspects arrested. >> they use the freeways and highways that we patrol as part of their day to tai travels whether they're going to the store or conducting criminal activity. >> reporter: the investigation originated in concord and expanded to include the fbi and other law enforcement agencies. they also seized meth an fete mien and marijuana. the gang members included the arrests of the ring leaders named a 31-year-old shawn dunn and 28-year-old m arian o cortano. >> oakland police arrested a suspect after a shooting and car fire early monday morning. the shooting happened before 2:00 and left two people dead and one critically injured. the district attorney's office charged francisco hernandez. the search for a missing hiker in northern california has been called off after search and rescue team volunteer was shot. a 69-year-old is recovering from a bullet wound to the hip. he was part of a volunteer search team looking for a 75-year-old man missing for seven days. the shooting happened near the nevada county town of washington. so far the gunman has not been found. a single engine cessna with a student pilot at the controls over ran the runway in san jose this morning. we show you the four seater crashed through a fence and stopped on a road. the pilot and instructor walked by unharmed. it happened during a flight lesson. >> jose canseco is in the headlines after his car was broken into. he starredoakland. the 52-year-old now plays for the pittsburgh diamonds. that's an independent minor league team. these two men were arrested after they were found with two bats belonging to canseco. he tweeted his thanks to the officers who captured the suspects and called them the guys who rescued my bats. >> berkeley police are warning pokemon go players to be careful after three people were robbed while playing the game. this map shows you where the robberies happened. the one on dana street happened july 12th. the other two on the 31st. the robbers jumped their victims while they were preoccupied on their phones and stole their devices. >> a sunnyvale man is being called a hero after stopping a sexual assault in progress. we spoke with the man who held the suspect until police arrived. and it's a story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> it was about here where we heard the girl screams. >> reporter: brian reeve and his girlfriend were about to get a massage when screams for help stopped them. >> just a few feet off the sidewalk. >> reporter: it was 4:00 p.m. thursday in this busy crosswalk. cars and other people went buy and brian sprang into action. >> i scanned the guy briefly for weapons. he said he pulled this man off a petite woman as he was thrusting himself on her. >> i stuck my foot out here. i tripped him over me. he fell onto his back. >> reporter: brian says he pinned him down until police arrived. >> it's second nature. i just reacted. >> that's courageous of someone to make that decision. sometimes the consequences may not be the best. it worked out for the best here. >> had he done this before? he said he had and he's gotten away with it. >> with that information we've looked at other cases on our file and we've reached out to other departments and right now we can't find anything that match matches. he's charged with misdemeanor and assault to intent to commit a felony. e felony rape. he's being held on $65,000 bail. >> the family mentioned there's a history of mental illness possibility. >> reporter: brian said he'd do it again if it happened today. we have much more ahead for you on this wednesday night. coming up, the old bay bridge is slowly disappearing. the demolition milestone today. plus. >> for the construction they should be careful. >> the ground at risk of being disturbed by a new solar array in san jose. >> our meteorologist is here with the weather. >> a winner of forecast today, but changes coming for thursday. tonight the changes, a lot of fog pushing in. the camera showing you the rooftops. when the fog pulls back to the coast and how warm it gets will be in the forecast. >> and still ahead, what makes today's . >> a solar installation is getting extra security to make sure it doesn't disturb the historic native american burial site that lies beneath. it once belonged to a tribe that the descendants are making sure no remains are disturbed. it sits south of capital expr s expressw expressway. >> reporter: santa clara county expects to save 7 million a year by expanding the solar energy facilities. it's having to work a little more cautiously after learning this nine acre site is an historic native american burial site. archaeologist have known about it for over 40 years. >> it was identified as west valley college six. >> reporter: that was the year remains were discovered on t site. highway 87 was built and it was filled with fill dirt. there were concerns raised as the trenching began. >> we had archaeologists come out and make sure we haven't disturbed anything. they confirmed we're working in fill. >> reporter: however, another archaeologist discovered native soil may be exposed at the far ends of the site. if remains and art facts are found, work will stop. >> omissions happen and errors do happen, and that rather than make excuses, they immediately took action to make any corrections so that they would not be impact. >> reporter: an archaeologist chosen by the tribal council will be on site for future trench work. one says she hopes to damage will be done. >> it's late for anything to be done, but for the other construction they should be careful. tonight the city manager believes the guilty verdict against pg&e means justice was serve. the crest moore neighborhood was the epicenter. many of the residents aren't happy with the verdict. here's vic lee. >> it was an entirely manmade disaster. one that resulted from negligent decision making and actions by pg&e corporate executives over six decades. >> reporter: san bruno city manager minced no words. the city of san bruno fought against pg&e, fighting to bring the corporate utility company to justice. guilty to six criminal counts of violating the federal pipeline safety law including one count of obstructing the investigation. the district attorney interpreted the jury's decision this way. >> you are held accountable. you are a company that is properly described as felons. >> reporter: pg&e faces fines up to $3 million. at the last minute federal prosecutors backed off asking for hundreds of millions in penalties. and the evidence which the da has seen did not support prosecuting the company's executives. >> do you know how it works? the fingers point. i was just following direction or i didn't know what was going on down there. >> somebody should be charged and held responsible for murder of everybody that died. >> reporter: this woman echoed the sentiments of many who live in this neighborhood near the epicenter of the explosion. while not commenting directly on the verdict, pg&e says it won't forget the lessons of the past and that they are fully committed to safety. vic lee, abc7 news. the last of five big trusses on the old eastern span of the bay bridge came down today. this is time lapsed video of the work. it took several hours to lower the truss which also happens to contain the section of roadway that collapsed during the loma earthquake. all that remains of the old bay bridge are 14 smaller trusses. each truss is dismantled for scraps. really almost finished. >> incredible. it's time to check on our weather tonight. >> drew tuma is here with the forecast. >> a little bit of a warmup over the next couple of days. it's going to really heat on saturday, and then cooling off the second half of the weekend. we'll decrease the air quality a bit. my doppler 7 showing coastal clouds. fog moving around the bay. temperature, 50s where we have the fog. 55 in san francisco. about 57 in san mateo. rather clear. 64 in san jose. a live look from the bay bridge camera, or emeryville camera. it's shrouded in cloud cover. areas of low clouds and overnight. hazy tomorrow. especially inland. we'll have a spare the air day. we'll talk about more of that in one second. heat up inland. friday, especially into saturday. tonight, lows in the 50s. about 54 in san francisco. 56 for fremont. about 54 for pa lay hoe. future weather, hour by hour. at 11:00 tonight fog on the coast. there it goes pushing in and around the bay. by 5:00 in the morning a lot of locations have that fog. 7:00, 8:00, evaporating around the bay. by 10:00, a lot of spots and sunny skies. only exception right along the coast where you have the fog sticking around. a similar setup to today. one of the changes you'll notice, future tracker winds show tomorrow the winds move out of a southerly direction. that takes smoke from a fire burning in monterey county to the south and push it into the atmosphere inland. there will be hazy skies. poor air quality inland east bay. everywhere else, moderate air quality. if you have respiratory issues, take it easy out there tomorrow. there will be matter in the atmosphere, upsets the respiratory system. along the peninsula, about 76. redwood city 79. 67 downtown san francisco. 58 daly city. 80 santa rosa. 80 in napa. east bay, comfortable. mild conditions. about 72 oakland. 80 in treatment. 68 richmond. and it's warm, not too hot. you will have hazy skies. about 90 an iok. >> pushing warmer on friday. close to the triple digits. it backs off on sunday. not so hot around there. then it's fog to sun shine kind of a steady pattern through tuesday and wednesday. really one day of impressive warmth and then we'll back it off for the second half. >> thanks, drew. still to come, a musical that became a big hit on delta airlines is getting back to normal tonight. the airline cancelled more than 300 flights today stemming from a power outage monday in atlanta that grounded hundreds of thousands of passengers. in all the airline cancelled, nearly 2000 flights monday and tuesday and delayed hundreds more, including several at san francisco international. the airline is offering refunds to passengers. some overseas travel vouchers for future flights. >> one of the hottest broadway shows is coming back to frisk. the carole king tells the story of carole king, a composer who wrote and sang in the 70s. >> you see both couples striving for the number one hit. the reason they go on vacation together is so they can make sure the other team isn't working while the other is gone. you get a nice look into the competitive nature but also the camaraderie that comes with that. >> the carole king musical hit the stage in san francisco three years ago then went to broadway. the cast says fans can expect changes from the original show. the musical runs until september 18th. another 30 minutes of abc7 news at 9:00 is next. the man who tried to scale trump tower using suction cups. >> no apologies from donald trump after secouggesting secon amendment pe i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the 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wearing a backpack and using giant suction cups, he scales the building from floor to floor avoiding capture. >> you see him climbing. you see the police. they put inflatables so if he falls they can capture him. >> reporter: he made it to the 16th floor. you can see him speaking with cops with no apparent intent on giving up. nobody clear on what he planned to do. and new york's gift avenue was almost entirely shut down. you can imagine what a tourist destination. even with the capture, you can see all the people still here looking up at the building. abc news, new york. donald trump was campaigning in virginia. standing firm after making controversial remarks about hillary clinton. yesterday he suggested she be stopped by, quote, second amendment people. here's tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump feeling the heat after this comment on the campaign trail that some interpreted to be a threat to hillary clinton. >> hillary wants to abolish, essentially, the second amendment. if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment people maybe there is. i don't know. but -- >> reporter: trump seeming to blame the press for the backlash over that comment. >> they can take a little story that isn't a story and make it into a big deal. it happens so much. we have to protect our second amendment which is under siege. remember. remember. under siege. >> reporter: prominent trump supporters say he was joking, not inciting violence. trump himself explaining it this way. >> we're talking about political power. there's tremendous political power to save the second amendment. tremendous. you look at the power they have in terms of votes and that's what i was referring to, obviously. >> reporter: trump refuting a cnn report that the secret service reached out to his campaign to discuss his comment. tweeting no such meeting or conversation ever happened. a made up story by low ratings cnn. even paul ryan who endorsed trump telling supporters this after his primary win last night. >> it's simple to prey on people's fears. that stuff sells. but it doesn't stick. >> reporter: in a scathing op ed in the new york times, thomas freedman writing trump knows what he's doing and it's dangerous. writing about lone wolves, he writes they hear the signal in the house. even joe scarborough writing in the washington post, quote, a bloody line has been crossed. donald trump has left this republican party few options but to act and get this political train wreck off the tracks before something terrible happens. hillary clinton campaigned in iowa. as she was about to address the comments, the secret service rushed onto the stage. >> reporter: the secret service rushing in as hillary clinton spoke in iowa today. officers tackling an animal rights protester who tried to rush the stage. clinton didn't flinch. >> the superpower of the 21st century. >> reporter: officers dragging the protester out. >> some people get a little carried away. >> reporter: this scene 24 hours after trump made the controversial comments about the second amendment. >> although the second amendment people maybe there is. >> reporter: but tonight clinton has some fighting words of her own. >> words matter, my friends. >> reporter: clinton now says her opponent is inciting violence. >> and if you are running to be president or you are president of the united states, words can have tremendous consequences. yesterday we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from donald trump that crossed the line. >> reporter: also tonight more e-mail troubles. the state department releasing dozens of previously unreleased exchanges raising questions about donations to the clinton foundation in exchange for favors. in one an aide is directed to connect a donor with the u.s. m bass or the to lebanon. today the campaign saying she never took action as secretary of state because of donations to the clinton foundation. but trump says it's pay for play connections. >> reporter: hillary clinton seems confident. they are now expanding their battle ground map to republican strong hold like arizona and georgia. they think they can win over some of the republicans unhappy with donald trump. a san francisco judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against twitter by family members who lost loved ones in an isis attack. the judge found the plaintiffs didn't claim that the man who killed their relatives actually used twitter. the judge left the door open for the plaintiffs to clarify their arguments. twitter has since cracked down on the use of their service by islamic. >> fisherman talked about hardships today. one lawmaker renewed a call for the federal government to help them after the fishing industry lost millions. >> folks have lost their boats. they're losing their homes. they can't pay their rent and mortgage. they've lost their cars. they're trying to make ends meet with odd jobs and struggle has set in in coastal california. >> crab season usually opens in november, maybe december. high levels of acid in the pacific delayed it until may. forecasters do believe conditions will be better this fall. the girl scouts are getting ready to launch a new cookie starting with the 2017 cookie sale. the scouts will offer two kinds of s'mores. the girl scouts popularized them in the 1920s. there will be two to choose from. one with a chocolate coating and one with a cream icing. i'll try them both. >> i'm not going to choose. it's interesting. they did popularize s'mores. you would think they had it years ago. zplnchts co a texas mother made a horrifying discovery when she found a video of her children's bedroom streaming online. the feed she uses to watch over her twin daughters was hacked. >> reporter: tonight a wakeup call for families using home surveillance cameras. a houston mother terrified to learn the camera she set up to keep our girls safe was giving people around the world a live view of her daughter's every move. >> we have the cameras to protect them. i feel like i failed. it's not protected them. they're in my house. >> reporter: the images were found by another mother more than 2000 miles away in oregon who saw the footage and immediately posted it on a houston mom's facebook page. >> people are watching my kids in their home. dressing, playing, sleeping. it's a worst nightmare. >> reporter: unsuspecting people caught on cameras, walking their dogs, sleeping, even baby monitors. >> if the system is connected to the internet, it's vulnerable to attack. most of the systems haven't been designed to be secure. they offer multiple opportunities for somebody that knows what they're doing to break into them. >> reporter: she changed her wi-fi password but thinks it was hacked through a video game her children were playing. >> scary. >> our meteorologist is up with >> our meteorologist is up with details on when to see a (jet engine reving up) you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale 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(clap, clap, ding) after more than a year of negotiations, the black student union in cal will have its own resource center. it's one of the many demands put forward. >> reporter: a section of the hurs field will be home to the new resource center for black students at cal. it will be named after a civil rights leader who helped african americans register to vote. >> they can come together and have a safe space to discuss things and just have a bigger sense of community. >> reporter: black students represent only 3% of thetudent body here. for years most african american students felt there wasn't a place for them to meet and stay connected. the california voter approved proposition 209 to ban race based emissions. california has seen the number of african americans decline since then. >> i feel like we don't belong here, but you have to cross barriers to make a difference. >> reporter: having the center was the most important demand more than 15 months ago. >> some have been addressed. more some ignored. >> reporter: one of the controversial demands is the renaming of barrows hall. it was a former cal president who supported colon yalism. this happens to be home of the african american studies program. the bsu wants the university to rename it. a convicted former black panther who escaped from prison and sought political asylum in cuba. the university says the dialogue continues. in the meantime the center will open in the fall renovated and furnished. at uc berkeley, abc7 news. it's time to check on the weather again. >> one last time. let's touch base with drew. >> right now we're seeing fog along the coast. it's pushing in and around the bay. you see the gray shadiing on th screen. that's the fog and low cloud cover. kind of sad. we'll have one of the best meteor showers of all year happening tomorrow night. take a look at the video. i want to show you some of the things you could see if you don't have the fog and the low cloud cover. look at that. some shooting stars. it's a meteor shower, and this is one of the most epic meteor showers we have all yearlong. how do you see this? if you're away from the fog, you want to be away from the coast. we have the fog around the coast . also get away from light pollution. you want to look to the northeast and tomorrow night this peaks between 150 to 200 meteors an hour. the best viewing after midnight and before dawn. it will be dark out there. hopefully get out there tomorrow night away from the fog and lights and see the show. 102 in palm strings. nearing 80 in so cal. 72 oakland. about 80 the high in santa rosa. seven day forecast, we'll show you tomorrow the hazy skies. warmer on friday. mild to hot on saturday. the heat will recede on sunday. mixture to fog and sun shine. if you can get away from the fog and lights, you'll get to see one of the coolest shows. >> hard to believe, but the 49ers play their first preseason game on sunday. >> today they return to their old stomping ground. >> reporter: this preseason fan appreciation practice celebrates 49ers history. one fan was in the stands for the team's final painful game here back in 1971. >> i believe it was the one we lost to detroit. we were ahead and they beet beat us in the fourth quarter. it was a heart break. >> reporter: back then the stadium was essentially in his backyard. this man says he came as a kid for afternoon games. he'd spend about a buck 50 on knacks. >> i got corn chips and hot dogs. >> reporter: gourmet food is now on the menu. selfie sticks are part of a fan's equipment, and the 49ers don't even play in san francisco anymore. >> there's a lot of things that have changed since 71. what hasn't changed are the crazy fans. some of them come from across california like stocon and fresno. this guy flew in from florida. >> just here for the today. >> reporter: for long time fans there's a hope that 49ers return to championship football. >> i'm a montana fan. i love steve young. those were great teams. i used to love coming and being back here refreshes my mind of my youth. >> reporter: he hopes this return to the team's roots helps set them on a winning course. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> we all hope. >> onto sports. >> we're going to here from niners linebacker, get the player's perspective on the day, and what did barry bonds do to get tossed coming up tonight at 11:00, developing news. a search to find the bay area mom accused of conducting her own son. and a woman desperate to find her dog. she's offering a 10,000 d$10,00. >> those stories and more. >> plenty to talk about in sports. >> larry is here. giants on the road. >> and finally wrapping up a road trip that seemed like a long walk through quick sand. today in miami the offense, they're still having all kinds of trouble. they got the one run that they needed on a day that saw exgiants slugger barry bonds tossed from the dugout. bottom of the second a single. tries to stretch it into a double. not on pagan's watch. not happening. that's big. samardzija struck out. ended the inning with someone stranded at third. giants load the bases and they all get nothing. bust buster posey grounds out to end the inning. >> that is gone in the fourth. 1-0 giants. anybody would score on this day. will smith in for samardzija. bonds is the hitting coach didn't like it. had words for the home plate umpire. he was ejected. get him out of here. you cat argue balls and strikes. bonds was climbing he wasn't doing the chirping. bottom of the ninth. a struikeout. the giants win the series. two out of three and they win this game 1-0. the giants win. what do the dodgers do? two wit first four, gonzalez down the line. reddick 1-0 los angeles. in the seventh 1-0. galvis, a three run homer. the dodgers fall 6-2 to the giants as they come home back with a one-game lead over l.a. three orioles flew into the coliseum and made a nest surroundi surrounding. look here. jeez. fortunately it looked like the mask got the worst of it. jj hardy, the gap in right center. going to try to score. max well applies the tag. got the back foot before he attached the plate. they reviewed it and said he's out. bottom of the third. knocking in the only run of the game. s simeon around to score. detwiler making his debut. a lot of coco crisp highlights lately. the a's win. the 49ers held practice today. at their old stadium. they played there from 1946 to 1970 before they moved to candle stick park. now they play at he vielevis. >> it's a different change of scenery. us being couped up at levis and things like that. still a lot to do and work on and learn from. we had a crowd today. a lot of guys that weren't used to playing in front of a lot of fans got a taste of that. a lot to build from. >> the raiders begin the preseason this friday night ina. there was a funny moment at the news conference with derek carr. the quarterback is talking about the team goals. and he's stressing precision is key at all times. >> just being clean. getting out there and being clean. i didn't do that. make sure it turned off. i don't know whose it is. does anybody? all right. they snuck it in here. just be clean. when you go out there, you don't want to have penalties. you want to play clean football. >> just be clean and not knock over everybody's microphones. >> here's a look at the updated medal count. team us as is leading the way. dicey for the basketball team. we think they're all going to cruise to a gold medal. they were down at the half against australia, and needed a big fourth quarter from carmelo anthony to beat the aussies led by andrew bogut. steph curry stopped by a camp today. this is fun. one more baseball highlight in pittsburgh. a foul ball into the crowd. a guy with the nacho cheese plate eats it. that is nacho ball. abc7 sports brought to you by toyota. >> hate to see that. >> all right. thank you for spending part of your evening with us. >> we'll see you again. narrator: this program contains material that may be disturbing to some audience members. viewer discretion is advised. today, a drone strike kills anwar al-awlaki, a u.s. citizen on foreign soil. but he is no ordinary citizen. man: he is now an american citizen who is engaging in terrorist acts against the uned