Up and protected them. Even as late as this afternoon, fire crews were still dousing hot spots. For all the carnage at the site, no deaths, no injuries. This is not a ghost ship story thankfully. Reporter so this building was set to be about 200 apartment units. Oakland City Council Member mcelhaney says once they review the foundation and make sure its stable, they will rebuild thank you. Our kpix 5 crews rushed to the scene and were there at the height of the fire all morning long. The flames were raging right behind our reporters and photographers for hours as fear crews worked to get them under control. Kpix 5s Katie Nielsen tells us what it was like. Reporter we got to the scene about 5 00 this morning and from where we were standing right here, the heat from the fire was so intense, it felt like a blast furnace. Ash was everywhere. As we said, neighbors will be kept out of their homes until that crane comes down. The red cross has just opened this shelt for those displaced at the st. Vincent de paul center. Earlier they went to a church on harrison street as fire crews kept the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. Hundreds of people got an Early Morning wakeup caught to get out. Police knocked on the door real hard and you got to get out of here. So i was like, moved my car . No, you got to take yourself and get out of here. You can feel the heat. My mom said you got to wake up, get yourself and get out. Holy crap, thats the biggest fire i have ever been this close to. Its not a house fire. It was it is giant. It was all the way up into the sky. And i thought maybe we should get away from this. Hours after the fire, Police Escorted the people who live at 100 grand back into their building but only for essential items. The power was still turned off, some people had to walk up 19 floors to get back home. We can give you an overview of the construction project from google earth. It captured the development as it was going up. It was already a part of the local landscape. Street level shots show work being done on the first three stories of a sixstory apartment building. And this is what it was going to look like. The building known as al that waverly was set to be completed next spring and it would include 196 market rates apartments and up to 31,500 square feet of retail with parking for residents underground. The Property Developer says they are grateful no one was hurt. Our Team Coverage continues now with da lin. There seems to be a pattern with these types of fires. Reporter well, the city is saying that they havent said if this fire is suspicious but they are very concerned. And they say they are putting a lot of resources into determining the cause of the fire. Its heartbreaking. Reporter the contractor spent the last six months working on this building. My first reaction when i was watching the news this morning was definitely seemed like set intentionally. Reporter oakland fire investigators are working with the Alameda CountyArson Task Force and atf agents to find the cause. Obviously, something that concerns all of us. Its our jobs to make sure that everyone feels safe in this city and to do everything that we can to prevent either intentional or accidental tragedies. Reporter city leaders say the job site had motion sensing camera similar to this one. Investigators will look into the footage. A sign says guard on duty. This is the fifth fire that destroyed a building under construction in recent years. The last fire happened on the Emeryville Oakland border. Someone burned it down twice, may of this year and july of last year. Atf agents released Surveillance Footage of the suspected arsonist. On october 31, 2016, a fire destroyed a building on lester avenue near lake merritt. No cause for that fire yet. Back in june of 2012, investigators say an arsonist burned down a building next to the west oakland bart station. It was supposed to be senior housing. All of these buildings were similar in stages of construction. The wood framing was complete. But before Fire Protection materials like drywall and sprinkler systems were installed. Some worry the motive might be opposition to new developments. This type of development is what oakland needs to get through this moment where rents are skyrocketing, where housing is in high demand. This is a loss for our city and for this region right now. And that is why we are so determined to ensure that we get to the bottom of what caused it. Reporter no timeline as to when fire investigators will have the cause of this fire. Now, the hot spots are out. The smoke is gone. Looks like fire investigators will be able to go into that building soon to look at the scene. Da, i understand that you have talked to builders and developers out there today. Are they just going to increase security at these sites, do you know . Reporter upping security is certainly an option. But i talked to one builder, who says that he is spending about a quarter of a Million Dollars on his security system. And he says if he is going to put more money into it, he would rather put it into a temporary fire sprinkler system. He thinks that will be more effective. Interesting. All right, da lin live for us there in oakland. Da, we appreciate it. Thank you. And were going to stay on top of the Fire Investigation and bring you updates as we get them on air and on cbssf. Com. The two men charged in last years deadly oakland warehouse fire were set to enter a plea in court this morning. Instead, their attorneys asked the judge for a delay. Max harris and Derick Almena are accused of turning the warehouse into a housing and party space without permits or safety systems. 36 people were killed when the wear hose known as the ghost ship caught fire during a party in december. There is not enough evidence against the clients, the defense say. They say they will enter a not guilty plea and ask for bail to be reduced at a later date. We havent received all the discovery yet. The discovery we have received and reviewed is extremely positive for max harris. All the evidence shows that max harris did exactly what a tenant should do in that situation, he tried his best at all times, he tried to save lives. He did the right thing. The next court date for both men is august 4. A mail carrier in the hospital after being shot while working her route in east oakland around noon atv at avenel and ban crot about a half mile from mill college. She had just dropped off letters and got back into the van when a bullet hit her in the hip. Our rounds hit the van. Inspectors and detectives are working the case. Theres a reward of 50,000 for information leading to an arrest. Well be looking into if theres any kind of security upgrades needed. If anybody has information, contact postal inspectors or the Oakland Police department. According to the east bay times, police do not think the mail carrier was the intended target. She is now in stable condition. A store clerk was arrested after chasing down two teens who tried to rob a smoke shop in rohnert park. It happened at the store on commerce boulevard. It all ended at alicia park about a mile away. Police say the clerk ran down and hit one of the teens with his car. The 15yearold suspect will be okay. Both the teens and the clerk were arrested. So its normally the perfect time for those looking to make a splash in the banks of the russian interference, but this year part of the fun will be off limits. Locate west of guerneville, monte rio beach is closed. As kpix 5s emily turner reports, it is all due to high levels of bacteria found in the water. Reporter for those looking to beat the heat this weekend, you will have to bypass monte rio beach in Sonoma County. Locals say its the first time in decades the Health Department has closed it to swimming and is telling everyone to stay out, especially children, the elderly and pets. Coliform bacteria is detected and could cause illness. Reporter warning signs are posted on the beach along with a big notice at the entrance. E. Coli levels more than four times the limit prompted the closure. That clearly didnt stop some locals, but those we warned made a different decision. We were coming down with the dogs and knew it was a public beach. No, we cant use it. So well have to drive somewhere else. We are going to drive upstream. Get out of the e. Coli. Reporter the Health Department says they are still trying to determine a cause. But the manager of this park says that over the holiday weekend, there were about 4,000 people here. All three of the dams were closed and the mouth of the river is still closed. Not a great combination for flushing bacterial water at the beach. With that many people with animals in the water, its not unusual for someone to deposit fecal matter. Reporter thats polite. You can see from the photos how packed the beach was. Now that the crowds have cleared out and water has had time to, as well, the Health Department says the e. Coli levels are dropping. The beaches are still closed for swimming through the weekend. Emily turner, kpix 5. The latest test from today should be back on monday and the Health Department will reassess the closure. Lets take a live look now over dublin. Tripledigit temperatures today in many of our inland neighborhoods. Brian joins us now with the numbers. Everybody is evacuating the east bay to cool down a bit heading into the city. This is the toll plaza at the bay bridge, with lots of traffic from temperatures from 100 to 60s in the city. San francisco did get up to 72. Santa rosa at 108. A record. 107 at concord. Half moon bay a mild 64. And heres what we got right now. 73 degrees im sorry, 103 degrees at fairfield. Theres a 30degree spread from San Francisco to Travis Air Force base. Tomorrow there is a bit of a break in sight, but just that big a break. Well have details coming up. All right. Thank you. Coming up, a major milestone for teslas model three. The first cars roll off the Assembly Line. Can they keep up with demand . Why Facebook Says its Expansion Plan would be a good thing for menlo park. And a plane goes down. Whats amazing is how the pilot is doing after nearly clipping homes on the way down. Here. But our len ramirez spoke to one driver who is going to have to wait a year for his new ride. Ats]the model 3 the first is model three tesla vehicles are here. But our len spoke as to one driver who is going to have to a bit a year for his new ride. Reporter the model three is the tesla for masses. Even as they role off the Assembly Line today, the masses are just going to have to wait. So im getting this new model. Reporter he put 1,000 down to reserve a model 3. He just found out he will get to drive it in august of 2018. So many people register for it and production is a long way to go. Reporter the model 3 passed regulatory requirements two weeks ahead of schedule and that the first 30 customers would get their cars on july tell 28, according to the ceo. He predicted production would ramp up to 100 finished cars in august, 1500 in september. And bee december, production should be up to 20,000 model 3s. The company has orders for 300,000. Reporter brian cooley says investors worry whether tesla can meet production with high Quality Control and volvo plans to make only electric and hybrid cars by 2019. Teslas stock rose 45 this year but is down 20 since june 26. Over time youll see a lot of finger drumming on wall street saying, okay, lets crank out more cars with fewer people in the square footage. Thats a key one on elon missing as you mind right now. Reporter all that doesnt worry the buyer who is still bullish on the company and model 3 which starts at 35,000. This is 50 less price. Reporter in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Those model 3s could get pretty popular in france. Government officials there Just Announced that by 2040, they will ban sales of gas and diesel powered cars. Facebook is planning a major investment in menlo park. The social media giant wants to add 1. 75 million square feet of offices, housing and retail space its willow road campus. Its part of the plan to contribute to the community. It wants to create a village in the menlo park neighborhood complete with a grocery store. Facebook will file papers with the city this month and construction could begin sometime in 2019. Sears is trying to turn business around. Sears holdings is closing 8 more sears locations and 35 kmarts by early october. Two of those are here in california. One in eureka and one in riverside. Sears already announced hurricanes of closures earlier this year. A small plane crashed in vacaville close to homes nearby. The plane lost power shortly after taking off this morning. It skidded off the road near nut tree airport. No major injuries. He cause is under i nvestigation. Brian hackney is here. The weekend is almost here and were getting a little bit of a break. A little bit. A bit of a microscope to see it. Its going to cool down inland will you it will still be warm and that is as per usual in july. Things continue warm inland but what a temperature spread today from the coast to inland like 40 degrees or just about. And as we look live toward the bay bridge, the bay looks beautiful. The skies are clear. Where were they on the 4th of july . 101 degrees right now at concord. Oakland has 78. Livermore 98. San francisco very pleasant at 71. San jose 87. Santa rosa 101 degrees. Its going to be a nice night for baseball. Giants play the team that blockbuster built, Wayne Huizengas team. They are playing at the ballyard mainly clear at 64 degrees. Mild in the 60s inland. So mild overnight. Good night to pull out the telescope and look at jupiter. Heres how it looks, high temperatures coming down a little bit today as that High Pressure begins to recede over the desert southwest. The temperatures follow suit. And heres your chance for the Alameda County fair at 96 degrees. It will feel very much like a summertime fair and thats only as it should be. Futurecast shows not much in the way of low cloudiness. A puff or two off low clouds offshore. Well have clear to conditions until we move into late saturday. Well get a little bit of fog sticking to the peninsula again. High temperatures tomorrow will be to 93 in santa rosa. 98 at fairfield. 99 at livermore. And santa rosa down to 93. In San Francisco, the number will be 68 degrees and as we look ahead, things are going to begin to back off a little bit as i assume my new position over here. 97 inland. The numbers will come down in a bit so the low 90s by next week. This isnt like the heat wave like three weeks ago. Today we spike, tomorrow we cool off and before you know it well be back to seasonal averages. Still looks like a great weekend. Thank you. Cant wait. Ahead at 6 30, a long awaited meeting between two sitting president s. President trump says it was an honor to meet russian president Vladimir Putin. What happened during their hours long meeting in germany . Later in this newscast, entertainment for the whole family no one talks about it. And he was a hated laker. Now calling nick young a Golden State Warrior swaggy p and youre going to hear from him. Thing. Latest baller to reup . Big man, zaza paculia. For another season. Nba up top. What is this . Early july . And the association is making this a thing. Latest baller to reup, Zaza Pachulia for another season with the dubs. Back with shaun livingston, atop this bus. And Andre Iguodala walking in here, steph curry with the stogey and trophy and kevin durant. General manager bob myers today reiterated that kd shaved off enough of his contract, 9 million, to keep the band together. His gesture of taking less gave us, um, the ability to be very aggressive in pursuing shaun and andre and i can say without it, were not looking at the team we have right now. Without him doing that, there would have been it would have been a different roster. And and and clearly to me, a roster that wasnt as good as the one that we have right now. Hey, take a look, laker fans. You lost nick young to the warriors nicknamed swaggy p, signed his one Year Contract today. And he is going to have to do some damage control for this tweet last june. He back pedaled today. I think my phone was hacked. [ laughter ] everybody is hacking hacking is a big thing these days. I got the get the fans on my side. That was a clone. That wasnt my that wasnt my fingers, man in the phone, it was somebody else. Mmhm. To tennis, andy murray the hometown favorite going four sets. Murray far court. Trade 52 in the fourth. Look at the touch, dropshot to stay alive. He won the last five games of the set and won the match. He advanced to the round of 16 for the 11th consecutive year. David beckham, he like it. On to rafael nadal just one his tenth french open and working on a third wimbledon. Oh, the third swing as a miss [ laughter ] 100mileperhour serve and a whiff. He will now advance in straight sets. Ill be back with a sport you can play lifetime for about 70 bucks. Oh. Whats that . Oh. Oh you have to wait for 30 minutes to see. If raffi hits an amazing serve like that its okay if he whiffs it. I can whiff you. I doubt it. Thank you. [ laughter ] coming up in the next half hour, it was the handshake seen around the world. President trump and Vladimir Putin have their first faceto face meeting but their deputies disagree on what was discussed. And back at home, the healthcare battle smolders. Democrats already predicting a win in their favor. They are planning their next move. And why local fishermen say this time is the best time to cast their nets. Why this years catch of salmon is surprising all of them. President do