fighters is now on protecting homes. they are also working on containment. > > we have a lot of bulldozers just creating a line around the fighters. it is now inching back down the hill with. have a strong line now to hold the fire. > > fire fighters have been working with very high dry conditions. there is no moisture and no water in the brush or trees in. is the worst conditions that we normally would see in august or late september. this may be a sign of what is to come. it is very important for anybody read creating, camping, or using fireworks to please be very careful. it does not take much to spark a wildfire. > > the smoke from the north bay fire can be seen all across the northern sections of the bay area. kron four's jeff bush shows you what it was like today from several different perspectives. >> these are just some of the amazing pictures sent in by kron four viewers across the northern part of the bay area and show how much smoke was produced by tuesday's fire north of napa. take a look at this. you can see from this video shot from our aerial partners at abc 7 the thick smoke from the fire was intense and was rising from the ever growing fire. the smoke was noticable for miles around and most people in the northern part of the bay area could see the evidence of the destructive fire that consumed several buildings in the area and force people to evacuate their homes in the area. here is a shot from our camera that sits atop mount tamalpius. this video has been sped up 5000% to give you some perspective. look, you can see the smoke was going straight up into the air and then hit some sort of air current somewhere around 1000 feetthat current leveled out the plume at the top and made it disapate in different directions. this shot from highway 37 shows just how far away the smoke could be seen. the fire is about 100 miles away from the camera location and you can easily see just how much smoke was produced by the north bay fire. another anglethis time from rhonert park. the thick plume of smoke traveled several hundred feet into the sky. people were reporting the smoke as far away as novato and walnut creek. now, there is a bit of good news for the bay area as a whole. i talked to the folks at the bay area air quality management district and they say that most of the smoke and the particulates from that fire are going to be contained to the area around that fire and to the north because the winds here int eh bay area are coming from the south and should not affect most counties here. i'm jeff bush in sonoma county, kron four news > > you can get an update on the north bay foul--fire on our web site. >> it was a bad bet. which could have hurt her children. a south bay woman has been arrested for allegedly leaving her young children in a car, while she gambled at graton casino. kron 4's scott rates shows us how deputies stumbled across the two children. > > it's not something a sonoma county deputy working patrol expected to see >> he came across a car and noticed a head >> according to investigators it was around 11:40 monday night when a deputy patrolling area around the graton resort and casino came across two young children alone inside a car on the third level of this parking garage investigators say when the deputy approached the car the doors were locked and the windows rolled up he says the key was in the ignition, in the on position, and the radio turned on. the 10-year girl was in the front seat her baby brother in back. she opened the door for the deputy and that's when she alleged told him that her mother had left her in charge while she went in to the casino! that's where police say the graton staff made contact with 37-year-old maria barbosa of san jose and arrested her now deputies say they feel fortunate they were able to find these young children before anything bad happened >> anytime you leave a child un-attended it's dangers but leaving a child in a commercial environment is even worse we are very lucky these children were ok >> now in addition to being banned for life from the casino barbosa is also facing child endangerment charges. both children are safe and in the custody of another family member. > > officials will fog parts of contra costa county tomorrow morning. in an effort to prevent the spread of west nile virus. crews will spray insecticide in a small area in martinez. between 4-30 and 5-50 a-m. so far this year. nine dead birds in contra costa county have tested positive for west nile virus. the virus can easily spread through birds. since mosquitoes that bite infected birds, may then go on to bite humans. a hate crime during a weekend of acceptance. a lesbian couple shares their story for the first time. the young suspects involved in the vicious home -invasion robbery and sexual assault of an elderly south bay woman. and how much extra one bay area city wants to charge you. to buy a soda. it was dramatically cooler out there today and even cooler tomorrow as the fog becomes more widespread. we will look at the numbers coming at. the bay area is gearing up for independence day. kron-4 will help you celebrate fourth of july. we'll bring you the biggest and best fireworks shows live from all around the bay. so, catch the july-4th fireworks special. right here on kron - 4 friday night at 9 p-m. for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school, new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. police are investi 'hate crime' that happened during pride celebrations. involving a person with 'the sisters of perpetual indulgence'. that is an organization that promotes diversity and human rights. authorities say, the sister and her husband, were taking donations on saturday at 18th and castro. this is a photograph of the sister who was attacked. they say, a group walked up to her and made homophobic remarks. then, the group began to punch her and her husband. police say, the couple had head and face injuries. and in a separate pride attack in san francisco, we first told you about last night. two women say, they were attacked by a group who also used homophobic slurs. jakki and her girlfriend jen, who only wanted to use their first names, say, they were attacked near 9th and mission saturday evening. they say a group of men followed them and started shouting slurs. then, the group attacked. >> i thought they killed her or she was dying.i was like one more kick like that to the head and she is going to be dead. >> i just screamed and i said stop kicking her and i started to try to push them off and there were too many of them kicking her. >> jakki was left with a broken arm, cuts, and bruises as she tried to help jenn who was the first to be attacked. jen suffered a concussion and bruises. the suspects are still at large. > > we were told the longer they deliberate the better chance it might be. >> new at 11: they've been through too much already. now. the agonizing wait for a verdict. what bryan stow's family says they'll have to give up. if they lose their lawsuit against the dodgers. coming up we will show you how you might want to protect your home with the long life battery smoke alarm. we also have the a's in detroit and one more time, the world cup. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app. with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. in los angeles. a jury is trying to decide who is to blame for the severe beating of giant's fan bryan stow. the 45-year-old bay area resident suffered severe brain damage. and is permanently disabled. reporter dave lopez spoke with stow's parents. who are anxiously awaiting the jury's decision. > > we are very tired. we are trying to be optimistic because they have been deliberating for 13 hours. > > the parents of brian, and and david, met with us right after the jury broke for lunch after 13 hours of the deliberation. > > we were told that the more they deliberate the better chance it might be for our.. > > the stakes do not minimize what is at stake for brian. medical care for the rest of his life due to the severe beating he took during the giants' opener in parking lot number two at dodger stadium. > > you are putting your son's future in the hands of 12 people. > > before the jury can even get to monetary damages, they must agree that, nine out of 12 agree, that direct negligence of security led to his arm. if they cannot agree on this, no monetary compensation is awarded. > > we talked about this last night. if we do not get anything we will have to carry out his nighttime care, and take care of him ourselves with. will get him ready for bed and the day and just have somebody for two hours in the morning. >> today a jury ruled against the family of oscar grant. in their civil suiit against johannes meserle, the bart officer who fatally shot grant on new years eve 2009. the suit sought damages for grant's father for loss of familial relationship. but the jury denied the claim. grant's father has been serving a life sentence since before his son oscar was born. but the family insisted, there was a bond between father and son. >> the kind of conversations that he had with his daddy about staying out of trouble about being responsible, of course get an education, get a job, you know a hug and kiss. those are the relationships that fathers that are incarcerated are able to have with their children by giving the best advice that they can by not coming to where they are at. that is a meaningful relationship because that father cannot come and see his son. >> the family is considering an appeal. >> another sugary drink showdown. the berkely city council will vote tonight. on whether to place a soda tax measure on the november ballot. the measure would place a one- cent- per- ounce tax. on sodas and other sugar- sweetened drinks sold in berkeley. the proceeds would fund programs that promote good nutrition. so far, the tax has support from organizations that advocate for children and health. sugary drinks have been linked to diabetes, obesity and other chronic health problems we are still awaiting word on alum me this plan on the official vote for the water treatment center. the city will be making a final vote on the center tonight. the plan was approved by the board last month. > > it was dramatically cooler today the. yesterday we bring in the triple digits and today we are in the '80s and '90s. even our warmest conditions. take a look at the changeover the past 24 hours with. are down 20 degrees in some areas. as we look at current conditions is in the upper 50s to lower 60s and the fog is moving right back and we. will see widespread fog tomorrow. in the 9:00 hour the fog moves back to the bay shore is end to the coastline by noon so we will see similar conditions that we saw today. seventies and low eighties for the most part. 55 in downtown san francisco but eighties in the north bay. a look at the and extended forecast shows not much change for the next few days. the fourth of july will start with fog and sunny in the afternoon. the weekend will have warmer conditions that inland hitting the '90s by some. > > in san jose an older woman is the victim of sexual sought during at home invasion. police were summoned shortly after 4:00 a.m. where a car had crashed into a home. two people in the car were arrested while the driver escaped on foot. police traced the car to a home owner where an elderly couple had both been the victims of home invasion robbery. the woman was hospitalized waldo husband was not her. police could not say if it was a random crime or if the couple was targeted. > > in san francisco is an alarming statistic that nearly two-thirds of all house fires occur without a smoke alarm or one that is not working. there will be a new state of warm that all alarms must be powered by a 10 year battery, a lithium ion battery that does not need to be changed for 10 years. the new smoke alarms will be available in home improvement and hardware stores. > > in sports. team u-s-a takes facored belgium to the wire in a do-or-die world cup knockout game. .and tim lincecum takes to the mound for the first time since his no-hitter. gary will tell you how he did. and bring you all the sports. next! giants/cardinals tim lincecum back on the hill for the first tinme since his no-hitter top 4th lincecum gets out of a bases loaded-none out jam striking out allen craig and john jay then getting st. francis of mountain view product danny descalso to ground out to end the inning bottom 4th/ 1-0 giants pablo sandoval two run home run the 100th of his career 50 at home and 50 on the road 3-0 giants top 7th/ 5-0 giants brandon crawford makes a nice play in the hole back of lincecum to end the inning final: 5-0 giants by percentage points bay are back in first place as the dodgers were blown out 10 this three by cleveland. a's/tigers tiger's pitcher rick porcello shut down the a's tonight in detroit he didn't strike out or walk a batter but enduced 17 groundouts. including 3 straight here in the 4th inning bottom 6th/ 1-0 tigers one-dollar brad mills. his only mistake a 2-run home run by j.d. martinez 3-0 tigers top 9th/ 3-0 tigers porcello gets bradon moss to fly out to endthe game a 4-hit shutout he has 25 1/3 scoreless innings final: 3-0 tigers a's/tigers the warriors have reportedly found a backup point guard for stephen curry. signing brooklyn nets free agent sean livingston. he started 54 games last season but has had an injury-plagued career. world cup - usa/belgium tim howard the usa keeper almost single-handedly kept the americans in it 30 seconds into the match howard turns away divock origi http:/www.espnfc.com/player/1820 33/divock-origi with his feet 47th minute. howard punches dries mertens http:/www.espnfc.com/player/8968 7/dries-mertens header over the crossbar second half howard denies origi again then a great diving save on eden hazard's shot 85th minute howard punches another origi attempt over the bar. howard with a world-cup-record 16 saves san jose earthquake chris wondolowski kicks the attempt over the bar but he was offsides so it wouldn't have counted anyway extra time 93rd minute kevin de bruyne . converts the pass from romelu lukaku http:/www.espnfc.com/player/1394 37/romelu-lukaku and finally puts it by howard for the goal 1-0 belgium 105th minute lah-kak-ooh scores after the set-up by de-brown-ah and he gives the camera a kiss 2-0 belgium looks like it's over for jurgen klinsmann and the u.s. but in the 107th minute julian substitute converts michael bradley's chip for the goal 2-1 belgium kilmsmann his team still rolling with 13 minutes left 108th minute jermaine jones who had the goal of the tournament for the us against portugal kicks is wide to the right 114th minute off the set piece clint dempsey gets it at point- blank range but can't handle it cleanly and his attempt goes off the goal-keeper and that's it belgium is into the quarterfinals for the usa it's all over a great effort especially by tim howard wondo looks on and klinsmann appauds the effort final: 2-1 belgium usa outshot 38-14 pull over, officer. >> if i am going 70 miles per hour. >> you weren't going 70. you were going well above 70. >> turning the tables on the cop. >> i wasn't paying attention to my speed. >> then, bad crack. >> his pies, i don't know what he does, whether he puts crack in them or -- >> the wise crack about the president's pastry chef. >> there is no crack in our pies. monica lewinsky speaks. >> i was the most humiliated woman in the world. >> the nanny that won't leave breaks her silence. >> they are the con artists. they were the ones trying to explode me. >> then the hero army major and his girlfriend. their bore bid