Fire burned down 12 homes and charred 4300 acres since it started on monday. Crews have the fire 50 contained. Only the iteam learned the fire likely started at the site of a marijuana farm and the owner has ties to a dispensary in santa cruz. We tracked down the owner and another issue ts today. Neighbors told me theyve been complaining about a year about the pot farms in the mountains. The man listed as ceo owns the 80 acre farm where the fire may have begun. And he issued a statement to his attorney. To our knowledge nothing illegal was going on on the property. No butane, no meth lab, no ilLegal Marijuana grow. He would not tell me if the owner was running what he considered to be a Legal Marijuana farm. He says they all want answers about what sparked the blaze. Were actively investigating and cooperating however we can. New Law Enforcement and sources confirmed what i reported wednesday. Investigators are concentrated on that farm as the origin of the fire. Neighbors identified the farm as a marijuana grow and more neighbors are speaking out. They dont want you to see their faces or know their names. Theyre concerned about the danger of the many marijuana farms that have popped up. The rapid amount of money and guns. You can hear ak47s. You can hear that . Yes. Yes. Reporter Law Enforcement told me they have had shootouts with mexico drug cartels. The neighbors showed letters and emails that support theyve been complaining for more than a year about the pot farms. The Public Safety and risk of wildfire. This is what weve been telling the county for a couple years now. Theyve been drawing water out of the creek, they build structures and run pvc pipe up the hill. Weve seen barely anything going on to eradicate this situation. Reporter katie marzulo asked Mike Wasserman about the complaints that he failed to take action. We responded to the emails and forwarded them owe the sheriffs department. Reporter neighbors say wasserman and other officials could have, should have done more. Of course, the question is what will happen if the law passes . There are concerns that conditions could get worse on the mountain without enough oversight. What a story and situation, thanks, dan. The loma fire is new 50 contained tonight. Cooler weather and higher humidity have given crews a break. Some evacuees remain out of their homes, including one man, who made this comment for someone living in the strange space. I miss my home. I really miss my makes me want to cry every time i think about it. Reporter the fire destroyed 12 homes up from eight homes yesterday as well as 16 other buildings. Now, in berkeley a church fire spread quickly this afternoon. The building is a First Congregational Church. Sky 7 was overhead for hours off the fire started. Firefighters quickly evacuated once realizing the roof was about to collapse. All inside of the church evacuated including kids at the Day Care Center. Wayne, what happened to the kids . They went to the Berkeley City Club and some are still this so they should be fine. Five and a half hours later it is water everywhere in what had been the First Congregational Church in ruin. I thought it was containable and became this. What it became was a blaze that decimated this landmark. It looked like a fire and started off small. Berkeley fire says the size of the building contributed to the building. It is half a block long with an attic that runs from one end to another. Nothing to stop the flames in route. One jumped from a window. Its like the building there are reports of floors that are sagging and with partial burn throughs. Its an inconvenience that spread through the neighborhood. Evacuation of the hall across the street has been cleared but as of of now, students are just trying to get back in. We have a mess here. Expect firemen to remain on the scene into tonight and into tomorrow. Weve sent out multiple breaking news alerts. You can get those by down loading the abc7 news app and enabling push alerts. Police in el cajon showed a Fatal Shooting of an unarmed black man this week. Some of what youll see may still be very graphic for some. Police say they released videos quote for the sake of the well being of the community and to address misinformation. Now, one video shows a 38yearold Albert Olango backing away from the officer. The second shows a second angle, taken by a witness. The death sparked days of protests in the community. New at 6 00 a marin county judge ruled two drifters accused of double murder will go on trial. Morrison lampley and aligood are accused of killing a canadian tourist audrey cary and steve carter in a hiking trail nearly one year ago. One suspect, sean angle will testify as part of a plea deal. A former Contra Costa County sheriffs deputy was arraigned on felony sex charges in a scandal involving Numerous Police officers. Attorneys for the young female accuser said theyve filed legal action. Vic lee is live with the latest. Vic . Reporter the da said shed charge seven Law Enforcement office owers involved in the sex scandal. Lawyers for this victim served legal notice saying they had not done enough to protect her, a sheriffs deputy resigned from his post this summer as details of the sex scandal unfolded. He reportedly had sex with jasmine abuselin, a 19yearold woman who went by the moniker, celeste gaup. 28yearold perez has been accused of criminal sex charges with abuselin. The judge released him on his own recognizance. This is a double standard because hes a Police Officer, hes being treated specially. If he were a black man, charged with a felony, he would certainly have to post bail. Perez is one of the five Law Enforcement officers charged by Alameda County prosecutors that include Oakland Police officers and a livermore officer. Oakland Police Officer brian bunton was arrested on charges in the case. Her lawyer says theyll filed claims for failure to protect the young woman who was sexually exploited. I dont remember the amounts. It breaks down to 6 million per officer. Prosecutors have yet to charge an oakland officer and another that resigned in the wake of an investigation. A third officer has been charged but the case was continued today. California state law is changing because of the case involving the former stanford swimmer brock turner. How much harsher the punishment will be for crimes like his. A three year criminal investigation. Im michael finney. What the alleged victims are saying. Im spencer christian. This is rain headed our way and snow to the sierra. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. Larry beil live at at t park. The giants playoff fate be determined to weekend. Thee huge games against the dreaded dodgers. Well have a preview, coming up. When you confuse a brake pedal and gas pedal sometimes this happens. A School Principal tells abc7 news the car belongs to one of the teachers and thank goodness, no one was on the playground and no one was hurt. A pet kwa lum kwa man entered a plea bargain that angered some he victims. He faced 65 counts ranging from grand theft to fraud. Miguel lopez could get up to a year in jail, and pay victims 100,000 in restitution. The deal with the state Attorney Generals Office also calls for five years probation and must still be approved by a judge. She says she paid 2,000 for a mortgage reduction that never materialized. She doesnt think jail is enough. Its been five years since this happened. And weve been dealing with this. So give him five years to see what it is like. Lopez is accused of taking money under struggling homeowners under a false promise of reducing mortgages. Emotions have run high and this is what happened last year when lopez walked out of court past many alleged victims the department of zus tis told the victims theyll ask the judge for additional restitution. The victims are not confident theyll see any money. Because hes an untrust worthy person. I dont think hes going to keep his word now. He needs to pay dues. The judge will be the one what decides lopezs sentence. I will say god will punish him. Its not right to steal money. We reached out to his attorney but she did not yet get back to us. Thank you. Yes. New at 6 00 tomorrow more parts of the ti of sunnyvale will be off limits to smokers. People wont be able to smoke in dining areas, at Public Events and it extends to apartment buildings and shared chon areas, too. Students in daily city learned an antibullying lesson from someone who knows. Giants fan, brian stowe, beaten into a coma in 2011. Bullies destroyed my life. Bullies hurt my family. Abc7 news was at the west lake cafeteria when stowe walked in with, out any help to the applause of kids. He asked the kids to pledge to not be a bystander but an up standard that helps others. Giants and dodgers is always big but this is packed with playoff implications, too larry beil made it with a preview of the game. You would like to be out here with me, maybe you can come over after the news. These games will determine San Franciscos playoff fate. Two are going to go in and the giants have their ace on the mound tonight in madison bumgartner. If youve been following the giants you know the offense comes and goes and you dont knw whats happening out in the field. And two big wins against colorado helped. Im sure you wish youre in a better spot this, is a good spot. You just try to compartnt mentalize and not worry about what st. Louis or new york is doing. And go pitch the pitch. This is only natural to watch this and what other teams are doing. In adegrees youve got bumgartner and dont look at me scenario shaping up. These are the games for dodgers legendary broadcaster, vin scully, wrapping up 67 years as the play by play announcer. We talked to a man who does a dead on scully impersonation. That is john miller. He can do vinny in japanese. That is fun. Its fantastic. We want to see what you see at the hash tag abc7 now to any pictures you post and you can see them on tv. Weve got a lot going on with weather. Here you can see we have sunny skies and theyll last throughout the first part of the weekend but perhaps not through the entire weekend. Wind gusts 35 Miles Per Hour in novato and 28 Miles Per Hour in napa. This afternoon, we have had peak gusts. This is the view from downtown San Francisco. Mostly sunny and breezy conditions tomorrow, scattered showers and and cooler than normal into next week. Its 57 degrees in San Francisco. Low 60s on the east bay shore line. Inland just low to mid60s so its a cool evening around the entire region. Other locations lows into low 50s and formation of low clouds and fog. By noon, sunny skies and only mid50s on the coast. Later into the afternoon, breezy and sunnier and milder conditions with temperatures 70s inland and only upper 50s on coast and clear skies into the evening. Five indicates a severe storm this, is one bringing scattered showers and there is a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. Starting 7 00 a. M. Sunday, pockets of scattered showers and there will be wet spots. Showers wont be very wide spread. The system bringing us rain will produce snow in the sierra. And three inches of accumulation and there may be slippery roads. Here is the accuweather forecast mainly sunny skies and a slight chance of showers going into monday and sunnier conditions as the week grows longer and mild with highs in the 80s around the bay. Love its a mixed bag. Something for everyone. Yes. Coming up next, if its early fall, it must be time for hardly, strictly blue grass. The big names include chris isaac, winona judd and cyndi lauper. Organizers expect 750,000 people. A couple options lead business watch. In may, waze, owned by google invited a handful of local employers and commuters to test out the option. A san jose tech company went public, nutanics makes software that lets their customers use the cloud. At closing bell, the stock doubled to 37 so a great start. The nasdaq added 43 points. Maybes are trying to keep a site on a seasonal farm. Now, flowers are grown at cotter street. The School Called golden bridges bought it with intention of relocating there. 70 of the parcel would remain open space area. The owner of the farm agreed to move on. Neighbors want the farm to stay put. The Planning Department apufed the project. The board can overturn that decision. So we shall see. Today is the deadline for Governor Brown to sign bills into law and two were inspired by the brock turner case. How case changed the definition of rape in california. Next, what forecasters say to expect heading into the sixth year of drought. And a Governor Brown today, two bills were written in the wage of the case that brought national outrage, brock turner was sentenced to just six months in jail and released after three months. As students spent the afternoon learning about the ways they can involved at stand ford, others were using the day to educate others. Rape is seen as a regrettable mistake. Its a crime, a violent offense. And it is time to be treated as that. Governor brown mandated prison sentences for those convicted of Sexual Assaulting unconscious victims. The bill inspired by the case of brock turner, the former stanford swimmer sentenced to six months in jail for Sexual Assaulting an unconscious woman after a night of drinking. This is going to encourage survivors. Governor brown says he signed the bill because it will bring a measure of parody parity. For people who are victims in Sexual Assault cases i hope that this, like, sends some reassurance to them. Santa clara County District attorney jeff rosen had nothing but praise for lawmakers. His office prosecuted the turner case. I hope this will lead to fewer campus Sexual Assaults. People will know this is serious and a violent crime. New at 6 00, not much confidence, im afraid from forecasters were going to have a wet winter this year to help ease the lingering drought. This winter what forecasts call neutral, that means there is no el nino, or la nina. We have a ground water receive sit and a snow pack did he have stit over the past five years. Are we still in the drought . You bet we are. Officials marked a fifth year of california drought. Investigators looking into yesterdays commuter train crash is now focused on the engineer, 48yearold thomas gallagher. Abc news learned he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Investigators collected one of the two data recorders from the train and were hearing from a Good Samaritan that tried to help the soul fatality. I just tried to console her saying im not going to leave you by yourself now. She fought for her life and tried to breathe. The young mother just dropped off her baby at the Day Care Center when she rushed to catch a train to work. Donald trump tweeted out, referring to the former miss universe, Hillary Clinton brought up during monday nights debate. Why did you go into that tweet storm last night . Why did you do that . Trump refused to answer questions about his late night tweets while campaigning in michigan today. Hillary clinton wasted no time slamming trump for the tweets. The democratic nominee said the tirade is proof, he is quote, temper mentally unfit to be president. Really . Why does he do things like that . His latest twitter melt down is unhinged, even for him. Clinton tweeted herself saying a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not be anywhere near the nuclear codes. And Vice President ial nominees will be facing off on tuesday. The debate begins at 6 00 p. M. It was another era and time, captured in photographs that show a stark contrast to today. Next, find out the true identifies of the people in this photo. A conference on creativity. At because she doesnt know that it kills 40,000 californians. Every year. Because she doesnt understand what cancer is. Because she cant spell emphysema. Because she is a butterfly, who fights fires. Hter, and the Surgeon General says that raising tobacco taxes. Is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. Thats why im voting yes on 56. In San Francisco there is a collection of photographs on display that will just take you back in time. Not one is color. They were taken with the old stuff. Do you remember film . Reporter around San Francisco, there is big game for anyone packing heat in the form of a camera. Have we stepped back in time . What year is this . The late 40s or early 50s. We entered a alternate black and white film universe. Photography is a compulsion. His vision is en vogue these days as anyone touring the leica gallery can attest. This is his 91 birthday. His revealing body of work is on the walls. Like a window into a time past. I amazing to sort of see a picture like this which is really quite special to me. I live on this street. Enjoy adulation but im not convinced of it. Fred lyon earned his living shooting spreads for great magazines and ad campaigns but as a fourth San Franciscoin he had a camera in hand to capture ordinary scenes. I would love to have a mace that had chili beans for 0. 15 or hot beef stew for 30. It is a window of time when everyone dressed up to go downtown and they still played ball in the streets or jumped rope. An era as fresh and clean as the common sight of laundry, drying on a spring day. Fr