Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. A wildfire near yosemite destroyed several structures including 50 homes and now its inching closer to two houpbs. That fire burned more than 70,000 acres so far. Tonight its threatening the towns of mariposa and colterville. Andrea borba is in colterville tonight, andrea. Reporter well ken, im standing on main street here in colterville just behind me is the historic mining town. And on the repblg behind that is photo journalist bob horn move in. You can see the det wilder fire advancing on this town tonight. On the hills outside colterville, airplanes chase the fading sunshine looking for a place to drop fire retardant on the fire. A delicate and dangerous dance weaving in and out of columns of smoke trying to stop the advancing flames while advancing each other. On the ground more than 3,000 firefighters continue to fight the fire. The effects of the fire were felt 50 miles away from the fire. Glacier point disappeared behind a shroud of smoke. We came yesterday, at first we were a bit disappointed because we were looking forward to great views and we were afraid the smoke would take all the views. Reporter with road closures and evacuations Still Holding strong, yosemites dangerous west gate which should be a parking lot in midjuly was empty. We tried to go down i40 we got stuck trying to go to mariposa. We head toward the park and then were going to head down 120. To see if we can get out of here. Reporter tonight the town of colterville remains evacuated. There are firefighters here, more firefighters headed here to colterville tonight to make sure that they can get this fire out and get it contained. At this point the earliest they think they can get full containment on this fire is august 5th. Live in colterville, andrea borba, kpix5. Lets check in with paul diano on the fire conditions in mariposa county. Thankfully the winds are light but the temperatures are going to get hotter as we approach the week weekend. Mid90s tomorrow. Light winds but theyr erratic. They shift throughout the weekend. The upper level wind profile is still carrying the smoke to the west and east but more of a westerly component tomorrow will mean more smoke and haze in and around tahoe. But air quality will continue to be a problem. So were dealing with a 70,000 acre fire which is almost as large as San Francisco and combined. And some coastal resorts people abandon their hotel rooms and slept outside instead. Two people died when a ceiling fell on them. Bricks came down from older buildings that predate modern construction coves. So far about 200 people are reported injured in greece and turkey. A small tsunami also hit the greek island. The gnc swelled and pushed a boat on to the road. After spending the last nine years behind bars, soon oj simpson is going to be a free man. Kpix5s betty yu shows us the former football star convinced a nevada parol board to release them from jail. Reporter o. J. Simpson once again filled our tv screens again as he made his case to the parol board. He says hes done his time. Even helped fellow inmates and believes hes become a better person during his time in prison. Mr. Simpson i do vote to grant parol. And that will conclude this hearing. Thank you. Its exactly what he wanted to hear. Oj simpson now 70 years old would soon be free on parol. It was a serious crime and there was no excuse for it. Reporter the hearing Via Video Conference lasted more than an hour. As commissioners ask simpson how prison had changed him. Are you humbled by this incarceration . Yes, for sure. Reporter while expressing regret he insisted it was others who decided to bring guns. The day in las vegas they robbed two memorabilia dealers of items simpson believes had been stolen from him. He said he never meant to hurt anyone. I never have pulled a gun on anybody. Ive never in my life, ive never been accused of it. Reporter simpson made amends with the victims. One of the dealers said he has forgiven him. Hes a good man, he made a mistake. Reporter simpsons eldest daughter arnell. We just want him to come home so we can move forward, quietly. Im a straight shooter. Reporter these remarks lit up on social media. Ive always thought ive been pretty good with people and i basically have spent a conflict free life. There are a lot of things you may see about o. J. Simpson. To say hes lived a conflict free life i dont think so. Simpson said hes missed his kids birthdays and college graduations. Once hes out he says he wants to spend as much time as he can with family. Simpson plans to return to florida where he was living before he went to prison. Betty yu, kpix5. Breaking news in San Francisco right now, police are investigating a homicide in hayes valley. Police found a man stabbed just after 7 00 tonight. Paramedics declared him dead at the scene. Right now theres no information on any possible suspects or a motive. In alameda county, authorities identify a father who was killed while pushing his own baby in a stroller. The gunman targeted a man. Daniel del torro was arrested on will was shot on willow street. The gunman targeted the victim. The gunman says this is not a high crime area but a stray bullet nearly struck her last may. I dont like it one bit. Leave us over there, i thought i was going to die. And im really scared of this neighborhood. And i have a little sister and i dont want her to live here and grow up in this neighborhood. So far no arrests, no motive in yesterdays homicide. The infant is in the care of child protective services. Tonight we learned of another bay area mob attack. This time near the richmond hot station. Five or six youth kicked a man. The victim is expected to survive. Tonight police are searching for the attacker. A teacher under arrest for her goal in a riot in that case against filarca is based on several videos that show her confronts a neonazi demonstrator. Balarca is now charged with felony assault as well as participating in and inciting a riot. The School District has said that it has little control whether when to let a teacher go. Many people think that schools have a moral compass were able to use. Thats actually not true. California state Education Code is over that. Oakland police chief wants to get the word out. Her officers are not helping federal immigration agents kick people out of the country. We do not enforce deportation, and we do not allow our officers to inquire about your status. Reporter she said it again we dont know and we dont care about your status. Reporter and again. No Police Officer of the Oakland Police department may inquire of a persons documented status. Reporter tonights meeting meant to quell rumors that oakland pd is working with i. C. E. To deport the people. To hear that from the police chief is critical. Reporter contreras florez says, the fear in the community is real. Reporter many tell me they just go to and from work now. Theres just been a rising fear. Reporter such a rise that some undocumented immigrants are failing to report crimes. For fear theyll face deportation. On tuesday night, the Council Voted to cut ties with i. C. E. I dont think the city knows that. So somebody needs to do a better job to inform people. Reporter thats what the police chief tried to do tonight. If theres anything i can do to reduce fears and to let people know that were here to protect them, thats the point of tonights message. And tonight how the little girl got caught in the middle of a man hunt. Imagine seeing this next to your flight. Tonight the bay area woman who snapped this photo told us, it only gets worse. Also tonight, bay area scientists give us a rare [ crickets chirping ] [ light music playing ] youve wished upon it all year, and now its finally here. 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Reporter surrounded by Police Officers, pena says she was helpless to stop the attack last friday night or even to comfort her daughter. She was screaming and crying. She was saying, ouch, ouch, and its something that could have just all been avoided. Reporter San Jose Police would not discuss the attack on camera. But in a prepared statement, they were attempting to serve penas brother with an arrest warrant. But when officers and the dog entered the home things went wrong quickly. It was horrific what happened. I just wanted to hug her and kiss her and tell her everything is going to be all right. Youre okay. But i couldnt even do that. Reporter isabela was left with a nasty park on her back. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors needed to give her six stitches to close the wound. And the trauma has not gone away. Watch what happens when her mother tried to show us the injury. Irabelas parents filed a complaint. And today they met with a representative from the city and theyre trying to reach a settlement. Federal Officials Say the Airline Laptop Ban is over. The u. S. Banned Laptop Computers heading from the u. S. To the middle east. Theres increased passenger screening. The traveler got off on the wrong foot with a fellow airline passenger. On a flight from long beach to sfo. Now the imagine that she captured in flight has gone viral. Kpix5s joe vasquez shows us. Here we are, the original photograph. Reporter at first, jesse chars entire row was empty. She tweeted my favorite people to sit next to on an airplane. These two bare feet that came out of nowhere. What jesse tweeted next. Today i flew on a set of a nightmare. It was a doosey. Yeah. I mean it was kind of surreal to see it if you see the picture. It looks like two severed feet right there. It was definitely like theres a touch of horror in the imagine. Did they just appear . One of the armrests came down and then i saw a slithering foot and then the other. I was trying to let go undetected. What didnt we see . When the left foot reached over and opened the window shade and closed the window shade. Yeah. It was like that. Oh it was real special. Reporter jesse a conference designer in San Francisco says as Airline Incidents have become popular on social media it doesnt surprise her the feet photo has resinated. Still she says it has been a strange experience. Everybody gets their 15 minutes. I didnt think that mine would be foot related. Reporter the internet agrees, it is the funniest thing ever until the next time someone steps on someones toes on an airplane. Joe vasquez, kpix5. The reason the agency is going to test new light rail trains. One thing though, the San Francisco marathon is this sunday. And Race Organizers are urging people to take munni. Munni doesnt open until 10 00 a. M. People wouldnt be taking munni metro any way. We will be running buses over the surface every one to four minutes. This is going to be the first of five weekends the subway is going to close. Munni is also going to be shutting service on weekends. Firefighters had to knock down a couple of small brush fires this afternoon in the south bay. One burned five acres in Los Altos Hills but did not reach any built billings. Investigators says the spark came from a mower that was being used to cut brush. And a brush fire in san jose forced a shut down of an off ramp from highway 85. Thats close to Good Samaritan hospital. One lane of the highway had to be blocked for a while. The Detwiler Fire is causing a lot of problems. But kpix5s maria me tkeu medina is also showing us how its taking flight. A fire whirl that is extreme fire situation. Reporter fire whirls arent new phenomenons. What is new is that san jose state researchers. This is a doppler lidar. Reporter is that fire firefighters are getting an inside look. Youve heard that wildfire creates itself own weather. But this is the first time weve been able to document it. Reporter the goal is to predict conditions to warn firefighters of changing winds and even fire whirls. Thats the idea to do realtime warning. Reporter the fire tragically destructing but one day it may save lives. Its what were out there for to better understand these systems. Reporter in san jose, maria medina. Its been pretty hot out there. We need a heating source, for us its the Central Valley to draw the moisture through. So yes it does create its own weather pattern. On a local scale and also a mid level scale. 56degrees in concord right now. San jose, santa rosa still in the upper 60s. The school spot but currently fog free is San Francisco. At 56 degrees. We have extremes we always do in july. California state fair, sacramento, very hot this weekend actually not as hot as the 107 last weekend but still above 100 degrees. You want to cool off maybe you want to watch rather than run 26 miles. The San Francisco marathon sponsored by kpix5. Sunday mornings some fog in the city. 67degrees early sunday morning. Lows tonight 54 in the city. There will be some fog. Its late in arrivalling it wont last that long. Futurecast will point that out in a second. Pacific northwest moving away. Area of low pressure to the south getting closer. What this is going to do is going to make it to you in san helena and toward morgan hill. Youre going to be hotter. Couple of degrees tomorrow. But about five more degrees coming up on saturday. Coming up on saturday, minimal fog tomorrow morning. Gone by 10 00 or 11 00. Beautiful sunday afternoon and we still will have the ocean influence which will keep temperatures in check. When we get to saturday, thats when the ridge makes its closest pass. Theyre just going to bake close to the fire. Close to 100 degrees. For us itll be the warmest day. Near the water its still not that warm. Still highs in the 70s near the bay. Still highs in the 50s near the beach. Were looking at highs well into the 90s. Tomorrow very close to average. San jose 80 degrees. Palo alto 79. But 59 with fog at halfmoon bay. Danville, san ramon and pittsburgh 83 degrees. Alameda 67 with morning clouds. Nevada 84. Hot stuff still in late county. 90s tomorrow, so a couple of inland spots at 100 degrees on friday. Not as hot as last weekend. Sunday were still warm and well cool down by monday. Kind of spwraepbtsing the past three weeks the two hottest days have been saturday and sunday kind of interesting, the past three days the two hottest days have been saturday and sunday. So everybody is done with work, they want to cool off in the pool. It turns out a hump back you can find this on yelp. And even one of these. Now you can book a table on yelp. Find the perfect spot, and make it for tonight or anytime at restaurants you can book only on yelp. 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Baumgartner allows two more home runs in back to back starts in his career. The giants lose 52. Tampa bay rays outfielders souza jr. Will not miss when they get out of there. Perskepta won the u. S. Open last night. He had not played in a tourment until today. In the british open which was yesterday. But now hes in position to make it two straight majors. Expected to be a factor all weekend at royal curtail. Had quite a start to his tournament. First nine holes on route to shooting a 29 on the front nine. He finished his day tied for the lead at 5under par. One of the players he tied with. Jordan speith rolled into 14. Speith, cutcher and u. S. Open champ bruce kepta tied on top the leader board after round one. The second round began about an hour ago. Phil mickelson right now 3over par. Sergio garcia is 3over par. And rori . Forget it. But bubba watson. Keep your eye. And james hahn also 200. Because its tomorrow. You our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 430. 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