that wild weekend performance on m-t-v. but they're refusing to quiet down quickly. >> pam: i'm pam moore. a full hour of your prime- time news at eight. starts right now. (male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. homes destroyed lives devastated. and police say it could have been caused by something as small as a cigarette tossed from a passing car. >> my mustang is gone, the washer and dryer are gone now, the lexus is gong. >> pam: what we do know is that it only took minutes for this brushfire to sweep from a freeway shoulder into a fairfield neighborhood. developing at eight. two fairfield homes destroyed. others damaged, when a grass fire burns several acres today. we have team coverage of the blaze. our other big story: a danville teen dies in a horrific crash. the night before school starts. we have reaction from his friends and family. i'm pam moore. we'll see you at eight. now at eight: two homes destroyed. dozens of people in harm's way when a grass fire rips through suburban fairfield. our network of reporters are on the scene covering every angle of the blaze. a teenager's death before school starts brings his closest friends to tears. we're hearing from those friends. and his family the day after his sudden death. thousands of firefighters fight back against those stubborn flames destroying parts of yosemite. tonight - good news for san francisco about the hetch hetchy reservoir. miley cyrus tries to silence the critics after that wild weekend performance on m-t- v. but they're refusing to quiet down quickly. and new details about the new i-phone that may have you lining up early to get yours. i'm pam moore. me ewst irtsprgyour prime- mesdesyed& pol sad he was a very special guy. >> friends and family stopped by the home to share their favorite stories and many remembered that he loved to go fishing with its their parents are besides themselves with grief. >> they are just grief stricken. and devastated, beyond words. >> reporter: a family friend sent me this picture is a list of goals that he had to his bedroom door he wanted to get a 4.0 and go to a uc-davis and he was wanted to live life to the fullest. >> there is nothing that will make the pain go away. >> reporter: when the mother saw the memorial she collapsed to greenshe collapsed and she was grief-stricken she wants to think the community and it looks like the funeral will be next week. justin waldman, kron 4 >> pam: thousands of firefighters tried to knock down the flames through yosemite a progress report from the scene it what it is a court to take to win the battle. >> the bay bridge is going to be a piece of history. and how more mobile and can help you and what muni is going that could land you in court. stanley roberts has a warning. >> jacqueline: temperatures were in the '90s. nine these through antioch. we were in the 80s for the south-bay with nine thes nine the nine the these -- 90's unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing live tv from southwest. now you can turn your device into your television. try it for free today, only on southwest airlines. on the air. in the air. with live tv. >> pam: now to a devloping story. the yosemite wildfire. it has now grown to nearly 180-thousand acres.and is *only 20 percent contained. today we have learned the fire has reached the shores of the hetch hetchy reservoir. that is the main drinking water supply for san francisco. at this time water quality is not affected. right now about 38-hundred firefighters are on the scene. working around the clock to get the situation under control. kron 4's grant lodes is here with new and dramatic pictures coming into newsroom. grant? >> this is still growing. one of the issues the firefighters are dealing with are these large trees. they have to be very alert and aware of these dangers. take a look at some of these other images. there is visible damage. from this campground you can see this structure however additional firefighters are being sent to fight the firefighters at the front lines. this is the hetch hetchy dam however, it is not impacting on our water supply. and a reminder, one of the many challenges is the steep terrain. falling - firefighters have something else to worry about. firfighter using a hose to >> pam: continuing our coverage on this story, kron 4's charles clifford is at the fire and has details on what's fire fighters are dealing with right now. continuing our team coverage charles clifford is in the sierra. fighters are focusing their efforts and also how the yosemite national park. >> reporter: it was another busy day for fire fighters working on the rim fire.... they were protecting structures near highway 120 which is where the fire started about 11 days ago. and also, we do not know if they have finished the large sequoia groves they hope however, that it will stop growing in this other area. >> if you go into the yosemite valley it is difficult to tell that there is a fire just 20 mi. away. they are still beautiful areas within the park. >> reporter: in tuolumne county, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: joining us the phone now is daniel berlant from califire. is it still 180,000 a. with 20 percent containment? >> caller: this fire is continuing to grow. with now, when hundred 84,000 a. in still 20 percent containment at a still, 1840.000 acres. >> where is the biggest risk tonight at the 1840,000 acres. >> caller: we have been working very hard to create these parameters to keep these communities to save with 4500 homes are still at danger. >> pam: how about the danger to yosemite danger park and of course those giant sequoia trees. >> caller: the fire has continued to be active on the east side. further and further with in the boundaries of yosemite. many areas are inaccessible. and this fire has not borrowed all the way to the and has not-and burned all the way to the hetch hetchy reservoir. it will be a big priority to maintain the water reservoir. >> pam: what about the sequoia trees? >> that is one of many resources that we are trying to protect her. we have been dropping fire retardant from the air. clearing brush, anything that we can do. it is still an ongoing battle. >> pam: what is the status of the evacuations at this hour? >> caller: the evacuation's still remain in effect. the amount of a 4500 homes. and there were some homes that along highway 120 over the weekend those residents have to go back home. however, there are a lot of people that are displaced. >> pam: daniel, with many of these feeble that are displaced and with the acreage burns and with many of these -- people- displaced. how can you feel like it is keeping up the morale? it almost seems like a losing battle. >> caller: this fire continues to grow, significantly. despite the efforts from firefighters. we have to keep on going. we still of several weeks before can get this fire out. so many of our fire fighters have been already on duty for two-three weeks. not only this fire but this conditions through california continue to promote danger. >> pam: that is the most difficult danger and of coursethanks for joins us daniel. square miles. that's bigger in size than san jose and most of the fire as of this morning. bay. you can see it covers happening now. the bay bridge shut down is now less than 24 hours away. here are the details you need to know. all lanes in both directions will close at 8:00- pm on wednesday night, august 28th. workers will then transition the old roadway. to the new eastern span. if all goes correctly -- the bridge will re-open five days later. on tuesday, september third at 5:00 am -- the day after labor day the closure is going to leave a lot of drivers looking for alternate ways. there is a smart one application for the bay bridge. smart phone application with information designed specifically for the bay bridge closure. this is available on the app store and the google place storglobal pla -- google to transit officials about still to come tonight: be on the brink of militarywhat's happening there that has the president so concerned. our tech reporter - gabe slate - has everything you need to know about the new i-phone. and it may have you trading your old one in faster than you think. 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[ male announcer ] in 2012, 90% of devry university grads actively seeking employment had careers in their field in 6 months. find your career success in the bay area. learn how at devry.edu. >> new tonight at 8-- in most cites you need an actual person to issue you a parking ticket, but not in san francisco.. there are multiple ways as stanley roberts shows us in this edition of people behaing badly. >> stanley: if you are on mission street and you double park you might get a little surprise in the mail. that is because back in 2010 san francisco launched a pilot program fitting muni buses with video cameras. the camera record vehicle license plates and vehicle descriptions while buses are rolling and department of parking officers watch the video and issue tickets. unlike a parking enforcement officer you might see on the street you can't plead your case like this woman is trying to do what are you doing? you see she parked in a commercial loading zone the red top is an indication she told the parking officer her passenger was disabled so she should get a break. nats: it has nothing to do with handicapped. she tried hard to plead her case but it was too late so she took her frustration out on the nearest person who happened to be me. nats: i teach ethics, don't you ever touch my camera and you just get that thing out of my face don't you ever touch my camera. again and you allow him to do that well i cant do anything about it you just wnt to provoke me that all. so the cameras on the bus do have a slight benefit on one is going to attack the bus unless the giants win the world series. the buses can only get you if you are double parked or parking in a bus zone, which by the way is a 271 dollar ticket. the buses can't catch city workers parked illegally and guess what the city worker has to pay the ticket not the city. so a little advice. as the sfmta adds more camera in more buses be mindful where you park so you don't get a parking ticket in you mail box. oh and one final note, the so called ethics teacher apparently wasn't don with me as she roll by blows me a kiss and backs up take another look yea take another look you are blocking traffic in san francisco, stanley roberts-kron 4 news developing tonight at 8- 30-- >> pam: we are going back to fairfield because of tough grass the grass fire, and thousands of firefighters are doing their best to fairfield has burned at marigold drive. near interstate 80. and also, miley cyrus with no apologies (male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: are fast stor our -- top story of the faster burning several structures and cars dozens of homes in that area were evacuated. dan kerman is on the scene. >> you can see there is one is still behind me. >> reporter: you can see also, that there were 50 a little bit earlier, along interstate-80 the wind increased these flames and these homes were threatened. and five homes on fire with over 200 firefighters battling these flames. they were kicking and front doors to get people out. we can report that there are no injuries and that is what is most important port and the houses that had been destroyed the one used are looking at. this one, and the one to the right. we can come back live is what is more interesting is the house is that survived. and just look at the this house. you see is not damaged at all. and another case of houses that were saved by firefighters. however, these homes survived. with no injuries and 50 people evacuated. two of these people were destroyed. they are going to be cleaning up for some time to come. >> pam: now for a look at our top stories at eight- thirty. tragedy in danville. 17-year old robert orlando died the night before his senior year at san ramon high. he and two other classmates were driving just before nine p-m. near the crow canyon country club. police said orlando was a passenger in a car when, for unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the car and hit a tree. the two others were injured. classmates tell us - he worked at a local pizza place - and he played on school sports teams. also tonight. the raging yosemite wildfire has now grown to nearly 180-thousand acres.and is only 20 percent contained. today we have learned the fire has reached the shores of the hetch hetchy reservoir. that is the main drinking water supply for san francisco. at this time water quality is not affected. right now about 38-hundred firefighters are on the scene. working around the clock to get the situation under control. >> coming up apple is a good idea of what you should do with your new iphone and miley cryus...cyrus... with no apologies >> jacqueline: temperatures in antioch, 70's. the fog is expected to return. for over 60,000 california foster children, extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. joining the soccer team. getting help with math. going to prom. i want to learn to swim. it's hard to feel normal, when you can't do the normal things. to help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that, for most kids, are a normal part of growing up. not everyone can be a foster parent... but anyone can help a foster child. the markdeveloping tonight. momentum seems to be building for western military action against syria. president obama is weighing his options.saying the u.s. is in position for a strike. and.it could happen soon. catherine heenan reports. >> catherine: the white house says there's no doubt that president bashar assad's government used chemical weapons outside damascus august 21st. killing and injuring hundreds of people.including children. now a senior defense dept. official tells cnn a strike could be carried out 'within several days.' britain's prime minister is on board and considering options. france's president is promising punishment. syria's foreign minister meantime held a news conference denying everything today. saying syria will defend itself. warships carrying cruise missiles have already moved into the region. the u.s. says there will be no boots on the ground in syria. and insists the military action is not about getting rid of president assad. the use of chemical weapons. >> pam: stay with us. [ male announcer ] at sizzler... it's back for a limited time! fire grilled steak and golden all-you-can-eat shrimp for an incredible $9.99! only at sizzler! >> miley cyrus isn't a bit sorry. even in the face of a massive blow back from her raunchy performance at the mtv video music awards. critics. this is miley essentially smany are wondering how miley disney star in hannah montana. to this. the parents television council is blasting the booty shaking performance. bille ray is a member of the council. tonight he was scheduled to weigh in on his daughter's latest antics with cnn's piers morgan. dad billie ray eventually boasting a pr victory. considering that. we're all still talking about her. i'm vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> the rolling mill is heating up. gabe slate - the rumor mill is heating up. you have probably heard about the december 10th release date. unfortunately, it is not confirmed and nobody really knows the real debate. and they really do not know any thing about the real--8 and september 20th, creecould be that it could be an iphone in gold however, they have not confirmed if these are real. and also, leaked photographs of what it looks like with a graphite color .. and also a cheaper version of only $100, and plastic and offered in several different covered colors. there are other rumors that there could be fingerprint technology for tighter security. if your used by phone is in a good shape you could get a good deal on a new one. >> jacqueline: the fog has returned already. has to look for tomorrow more widespread however, it is going to decrease on thursday, friday. here is a look at satellite and radar. you can see that it is moving to the north. it will increase the sea breeze that will provide more cloud coverage. we will have fog through the north bay, this livermore valley. and it is going to still hang on through the media to the shore. through the immediate bayshore along the coast, 60s and 70's for the most part. for the east bay shores 60s and 70's in alameda, berkeley. hayward, 75. the inland valleys is where it would be a bit cooler. and largely in the 70's and low 80s through cupertino. and 87 degrees in morgan hill. the four degrees through santa rosa and a look at your extended forecast. a dramatic cool down. >> pam: detroit with the a's and alsoat soggy comerica park. nobody out jason coming up with sports. >> welcome back everyone. detroit at soggy comerica park. top 1st, no score jed lowrie flips one to right off justin verlander coco crisp and josh donaldson score 2 rbi doublebottom 1st, 2-2 tie omar infante ground one to second off tommy milone and it goes under the glove of albert callaspo miguel cabrera scores tigers take 3-2 lead millone: 5 innings, 3 runs, 3 hits top 5th, 3-3 tie brandon moss crushes a home run to deep left his 22nd of the year a's take the lead 5-3 seth smith added a home run the next inning tarp has come out in the top 6th: 6-3 a's a's have the bases loaded nobody out according to a report in forbes magazine, the astros are the most profitable team in major league baseball history. the same astros who are on pace to finish with the worst record in baseball forthe team projects to have an operating income of $99 million dollars, more than the last 6 world series champions combined. the biggest reasons: lowest payroll in baseball at $21 million, and a new tv deal, which is paying the astros $80 million dollars. rosters down to 75 today order according to a report in forbes magazine, the astros are the most profitable team in major league baseball history. the same astros who are on pace to finish with the worst record in baseball for the 3rd straight season. the team projects to have an operating income of $99 million dollars, more than the last 6 world series champions combined. the biggest reasons: lowest payroll in baseball at $21 million, and a new tv deal, which is paying the astros $80 million dollars. it's cut down time in the nfl. rosters down to 75 today before teams settle on their final 53 man squad at theso today the 49ers said goodbye to defensive end lawrence okoye the british olympian and a freak athlete who garnered interest by several teams after scoring off the charts at one of the regional combines. only thing with okoye - he had never played a down of football in his life also let go was lamar divens - the big defensive tackle who came over from the ravens. divens you may remember was the guy who was allegedly assaulted by his own after givens refused to give a drunk brooks his car keys. divens didn't press charges gotta wonder if he regrets that decision. and coach harbaugh named rookie eric reid as the starting safety today. round draft pick out of lsu.taken to replace the dashon goldson who took more money to sign with the bucs. reid was penciled in to be the starter from the beginning, but now it's official. what's funny is how reid found out the good news. 49ers corner back eric wright finally reported to training camp nearly 3 weeks after they signed him.after dealing with what the niners called, "a personal matter" placed wright on the non- football injury list, meaning he will be forced to miss at least the first six games no specific reason givenbut getting wright up to speed with the season less than two weeks away would have been a tall order college football season kicks off thursday with san jose state hosting sacramento state and the new era of cal football begins saturday. replacment sonny dykes leading the bears against 22nd ranked northwestern - dykes brings his "air raid" offense over from louisiana tech - and is handing the reigns over to a true freshman in quarterback jared goff - out of marin catholic goff was just named the starter over another freshman zach kline - and today was asked if he was nervous heading into his first college game i would say i am more anxious, then it nervous. just ready to go. i am not really worried at this point. >> not since nancy kerrigan- tony harding some 20 years ago have we had an olympic scandal like this. american olympic skater simon cho has been suspended for two years and banned from the winter olympics next year in russia for tampering with the skates of a canadian rival. cho has confessed to bending rival skater olivier jean's skate while alone in a locker room during the 2011 world championships - an event which cho ended up winning. cho says he didn't want to do it but was pressured by a former coach to do sowhich the coach denies >> pam: good night. s is cobra zero six. just entered indian country, approaching way point four. request confirmation to engage target on first approach. 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