looked fully destroyed by a fire. i actually just checked in with cal fire. and they tell me so far 40 acres have burned, and evacuations are in place around a one-mile perimeter around san felipe, where it crosses metcalfe road. that is where this fire is burning. and also, reverse 911 evacuation calls have been sent out, just after 4:00. now, as you mentioned, just before 4:00 cal fire received initial a report of a vegetation fire. when firefighters got on scene they saw this white car was also on fire under a telephone pole. it appears to us when we were there no wires were down. again, it isn't clear if that white car is indeed the cause but when we were there we saw that they were primarily focused on that car and the area around it. we've seen air tankers, helicopters, engines from cal fire, san jose fire, santa clara county wildfire, all fighting this blaze. i'm told roughly 125 firefighters are on scene. and again a, while no structures have been damaged, we've been talking to nearby residents up here in south san jose, and they tell us they can't help but be concerned. >>

division that oversees the permits and inspection of amusement rides. today, agents with cal osha were on scene at cal expo in sacramento... going over every inch of the fire ball ride there. inspectors are also going to take a look at the five other similar rides in california. a spokesperson says they've asked california amusement parks to shutdown similar rides indefinately.. until they find out what caused the accident -- and if a fix is needed. california amusement park rides receive annual inspections as well as unannounced visits to ensure safety. (steve) this was the scene in santa cruz - the fireball ride shut down there as well. a spokesperson for the santa cruz beach boardwalk says they are in talks with the manufacturer... and the ride will stay closed until the state gives them the all clear. (pam) new tonight

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cal fire says it's by no means over. he says the weather will play a key role in helping or hindering the fire fight. still cal fire says it is making progress. as reporter vickie gonzalez explains, the active fire area has moved east of culterville, prompting evacuation orders for the small community of five corners. >> reporter: an ominous sight carving the afternoon sky. the landscape spanning tens of thousands of acres in mariposa county, skeletal. while the resilient few continue to find ways to survive. in its fourth full day, the detwiler fire revealing its relentless aftermath. thousands remain under an evacuation order, leaving highway 49 in mariposa county largely vacant. >> the grass is so high and so thick in this area due to the winter's rains that we have a grass crop that we haven't seen in the last seven to eight years at least. >> reporter: but some are staying behind. >> i believe it's been 30 years since the town actually got evacuated. >> how does that make you feel? >> a little scared. a little better now knowing the town is still here. >> reporter: pg&e restoring

did get an update from cal fire that you probably haven't received yet but 10 to 15 acres has burned. according to cal fire there are evacuations in a one-mile perimeter near the area of metcalfe and san felipe roads. they say there is minor threat to structures in the area. 10 to 15 acres have burned. did you hear anything about a car fire that may have started that? >> reporter: yes. >> we did just see videos where the flames had burned one car. that what you are hearing? >> reporter: yes, we did see a white porsche. it lacked as though this was the white car that started the fire. firefighters were centered around that car. in looking at the vegetation, it seems to be heading southeast. there is air support. you can hear the helicopter overhead. >> so we think it was some kind of accidental car fire, like an engine fire on hot day, and from that it spread into the vegetation near the road? is that what firefighters are telling you? >> we appear to be having some trouble right now with her audio. but you are looking right now at live pictures of that burned out car. you can

yet clear how the fire started. >>> to an update on a larger brush fire burning in the south bay. cal fire says the so-called ranch fire near mt. hamilton is now fully contained. the flames broke out on thursday. that's just off grant road in san jose. a total of 85 acres burned. how that fire started is unclear but it is under investigation. no one was injured and no homes or buildings were damaged. >>> a warning for people heading to lakes around the bay area this holiday weekend, watch out for potentially dangerous algae blooms from napa county to the east bay. this is video from the regional park in livermore yesterday. park rangers expect to see more swimmers there today. they say keep the little ones out of the water. >> small children and small animals should be advised to stay away from water. if you see algae blooms stay away. if you have contact with them, wash yourself off. >> park rangers say no medical emergencies so far, but two dogs died after swimming in a napa county pond just days ago. >>> we're following developing news out of little rock, a arkansas, where dozens w

locations across california where the fire ball ride is closed indefinitely. cal osha ordered the closures after an 18 year old died when the ride broke apart at the ohio state fair throwing people to the ground. the dutch manufacturer has ordered a worldwide shut down of all fire ball rides until it can come up for a plan for safety inspections. even after that happens, some potential riders are kept cal. >> i won't go on it. i won't. i don't think -- i don't think i would let my son go on it now. >> you can also see from sky 7 a similar ride called delirium at california's great america in santa clara, that is closed down as a precaution as well. >>> coyote creek which decimated neighborhoods in san jose when it flooded in february is now getting help from the federal government. >> yeah, the army corps of engineers has agreeld to study the waterway and come up with a plan to reduce the risk of flooding. >> "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo is live at the santa clara water district. katie. >> reporter: ama, dan, it is a partnership, and between the army corps of engineers and the wate

the past wet winter man in the drought years before is compounding now. >> reporter: yeah, cal fire telling me that the winter of 2017, all that rain made the grass tall now bone dry. burning right up to the trees sickened by the years of drought. here in march passow electricity is out. everybody has been chased out of town. thousands of people looking for a place to stay. the flames lighting up the night sky on highway 140 in march passow county. the aerial attempt was nonstop. the cal fire stays this fire goes anywhere it wants pb deb by philips is an evacuee. >> i'm praying my house is okay. >> she is watch her home. >> the landlord stayed to fight the fire along with it. so i'm just hoping and praying he made it. >> asking god to spare what she didn't take with her. >> i got my clothes. and pictures of my grandchildren. that's what was important. >> the fire started sunday and raced in several directions running along highway 49 now both side of 140. hundreds of structures threatened be 8 destroyed, 5,000 evacuation ordereds issue processed. the dry grass and trees weakened by

is one of the six locations across california where the fire ball ride is closed indefinitely. cal osha ordered the closures after an 18 year old died when the ride broke apart at the ohio state fair throwing people to the ground. the dutch manufacturer has ordered a worldwide shut down of all fire ball rides until it can come up for a plan for safety inspections. even after that happens, some potential riders are kept cal. >> i won't go on it. i won't. i don't think -- i don't think i would let my son go on it now. >> you can also see from sky 7 a similar ride called delirium at california's great america in santa clara, that is closed down as a precaution as well. >>> coyote creek which decimated neighborhoods in san jose when it flooded in february is now getting help from the federal government. >> yeah, the army corps of engineers has agreeld to study the waterway and come up with a plan to reduce the risk of flooding. >> "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo is live at the santa clara water district. katie. >> reporter: ama, dan, it is a partnership, and between the army corps

permits. you may be surprised cal fire has already responded to over 2,100 wildfires statewide. another reason they are reminding people not to light off illegal fireworks. >> i've been to structure fires where roofs have been ignited by bottle rockets. >> reporter: if you do live in a wild lands area, cal fire reminds you to maintain at least 100 feet of defensible space on your property. reporting live in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> be safe this holiday. thank you very much. 5:06 on your monday. developing news out of the east bay. a man is behind bars in connection with a deadly hit-and-run. two young boys were killed in this crash. their mother and a 3-month-old baby are still recovering this morning. >> reporter: rest in peace, sweet angels, the simple message honoring 5-year-old vincent and 10-year-old lorenzo pictured on a go fund me page started by friends of the familiy. the two children were killed in a violent crash friday in c concord. california highway patrol officers have arrested lemuel wilson jr. they say he was driving this suv. it careened off highway 4

drop from cal fire. they have tankers up there. they have water drop helicopters, as well, trying to get a handle on this fire. the wind is blowing. that means the flames could spread quickly. that's why they said originally while there are 40 acres that burned, the potential could be for 500 acres. let's take a look at a map. metcalf road where i am is on the west side of the fire zone. san filipe is on the other side. people are being turned away and stay away. only one structure so far, called a minor structure, has been threatened, but has -- the fire has not consumed anything so far. lots of crews in this area trying to contain it. we are also aware of what started this fire. we go to our next video. we can see that there is a burned car along the road. that is exactly what the cal fire is saying caused this fire to break out this afternoon. so we have a situation here where the cal fire and other units, san jose fire is reponding. other units are coming out to the scene. they're all out here responding, and they're going to try to contain this as quickly as possible. the wind r

red -- literally. a cal fire air tanker accidentally dropped fire retardant over homes in windsor. good evening i'm pam moore. (steve) and i'm steve aveson. it made a big mess -- houses, cars and sidewalks -- all covered. we're going to have more on that in just a moment... but first.. (steve) happening now: police are looking for the man who attacked a woman in oakland. the assualt was unprovoked... it happend as the victim was walking in the city's fruitvale neighborhood. as kron4's charles clifford reports -- the woman is now worried she could lose sight in one eye. this is surveillance video from july 20th recorded near 40th avenue and international boulevard in oakland. the victim in this incident can be seen coming around the corner. . . here. she then comes face to face with a man walking down the sidewalk. when she steps aside to let him pass, he elbows her in the face. . . she falls backward and strikes her head on the curb. he jogs away without even looking back.. . .the victim, who lives nearby, declined to be interviewed for this story out of fear that this man might s

aerial drop from cal fire. they have tankers up there. they have water drop helicopters, as well, trying to get a handle on this fire. the wind is blowing. that means the flames could spread quickly. that's why they said originally while there are 40 acres that burned, the potential could be for 500 acres. let's take a look at a map. metcalf road where i am is on the west side of the fire zone. san filipe is on the other side. people are being turned away and stay away. only one structure so far, called a minor structure, has been threatened, but has -- the fire has not consumed anything so far. lots of crews in this area trying to contain it. we are also aware of what started this fire. we go to our next video. we can see that there is a burned car along the road. that is exactly what the cal fire is saying caused this fire to break out this afternoon. so we have a situation here where the cal fire and other units, san jose fire is reponding. other units are coming out to the scene. they're all out here responding, and they're going to try to contain this as quickly as possible.

. this morning, cal fire crews are out in force, trying to stop the flames. there are at least four major fires burning. in central california, crews are working to slow the alamo fire in san luis obispo county. at least 150 homes are threatened. cal fire says the fire has now burned more than 23,000 acres since breaking out on thursday. shifting winds are fueling the flames and making it hard for firefighters to contain the blaze. the fire is 10% contained. >>> this is video showing another wildfire, burning along the california coast. the whittier fire has charged 7800 acres inside the los padres national forest in santa barbara county. crews help people escape from several nearby campsites yesterday afternoon. santa barbara county firefighters say it is 5% contained. officials are fearful that powerful winds could help that fire grow. >>> cal fire shared this video on twitter of a jumbo jet dropping retardant on the wall fire burning in butte county. overnight, that fire grew to 4400 acres. the flames have already destroyed 10 homes. officials have urged hundreds of people to eva

request by the berkeley college republicans to have ben shapiro speak on campus but now cal administrators say finding a venue to accommodate the former breitbart editor will not be a problem as long as the college republican group works with school officials. >> it's absolutely evident that we support their right to bring speakers of their choice. absolutely evident we want to work with them in a collaborative fashion. >> a member of the berkeley college republicans told us they're looking forward to working with the university, but they are concerned about restrictions that may be coming. >>> now to the latest dust up in washington, president trump said in an interview he regrets supporting jeff sessions as attorney general and that he didn't want sessions to recuse himself from the russia investigation. today sessions said he plans to stay. fox news correspondent lauren blanchard is live in the capitol with the latest. >>> attorney general jeff sessions face would the question of whether or not he would resign after the president said he regretted appointing him. today se

been working hard from here to solano county. tonight cal fire crews working hard to build a perimeter around the winter fire a fast-moving brush fire burning since 12:40 this afternoon. >> we have two communities that have been evacuated. the golden bear estates, and also. >> 50 homes aircrafted. imfire retardant across the area. >> we had to order additional resources as the fire grew in intensity and grew in size as well. >> highway 128 closed to campers. >> whenever we go somewhere it's always something. >> as cal fire worked to control the wildfire. firefighters in sol ono county worked in the afternoon. putting a fire in suisun city. >> we woke up to fires blazing. >> necessary two trees started burning this afternoon. >> it went through here and burned all back there. it went through the yard, burned the fence down. >> the wind moving the fire through a field. the fire burned two structure at a sports complex and moved to the air force base. the challenge here, the wind. at last check this fire was 15% contained. the fire chief tells me they'll be at least a couple of

. the flames broke out behind the college west of 101. cal fire said 150 acres burned but they down graded to 125 acres. good news. firefighters have it 50% contained at this hour. kpix 5's joe vazquez on the effort to protect threatened ranches. >> reporter: 100 firefighters are on the scene here and they are hitting the fire hard from up above dropping water on the flames. >> reporter: cal fire deployed air tankers and helicopters around 4:00 p.m. the brush fire grew to 50 acres and then tripled within two hours. the fire is concentrated on private property near two cattle ranches. at fist there was concern about property being -- first there was concern about property being threatened but quick work diminished the threats. by 8:00 p.m. tonight all forward progress by the fire had been stopped. the temperatures are cooling down and the humidity is going up and firefighters say that will be helpful. they expect to be out here over night and part of tomorrow to get the flames under control. joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> crews battling the detwiler fire in mariposa county are making good

cal fire going up. the park is closed right now. we tried to go on the road to the park and it is closed. keeping people out right now. a lot of concern from neighbors up here and up there in the neighborhood that are affected right now. plumes of smoke just after 4:00 p.m. 20 acres. two homes heavily damaged and destroyed right now. air tankers overhead. and two helicopters. trying to keep the fire from spreading into the park, into the canyon. i just got off the phone with a pio from cal fire two minutes ago. a helicopter is going over head of penitencia. and drop water and flame retardant as well. protecting area of allen rock park which is where they don't want it to go. if it gets in there, there is a lot of dry brush. so a bit of a chaotic scene here in east san jose. air droppers are dropping the flame retardant trying to protect these homes. another fire engine from cal fire coming out right now. they are going to have multiple fire crews in the back of them. these guys going up through allen rock road through the park and up through the canyon and start traversing the hil

the fire down to the road to contain it very easy. >> 150 firefighters battled the fire, cal fire calling in extra sair support given the high fire danger. three helicopters and four air tankers in all at the height of the fire. >> we've had a number of sustained days of high temperatures and lower humidities. that means the fuels are very susceptible to catching fire. it means you have a good source to start the vegetation on fire. >> reporter: cal fire attributes the smoke to a nearby stream, adding moisture to the vegetation, putting up a lot more smoke than if the brush was dead. neighbors couldn't help but be concerned. >> it's a little unnerving whenever you see the smoke break out so close to your home. it's something we've learned to live with a little bit, but usually it's not this close to our house. >> reporter: cal fire requesting evacuations concerned about nearby communities. gary lidet who owns a ranch on san felipe road was worried about his cattle. >> if the fire gets away or something, we were hoping to get up there and if we had to move them around or something,

, and with this fire less than 10% contained cal fire can give no estimate as to when it will be fully contained. in mariposa county, laura anthony, "abc 7 news." >>> let's continue our team coverage with "abc 7 news" meteorologist sandhya patel. she is tracking the weather conditions that the crews are facing battling this fast-moving fire. sandhya. >> yeah, dan. it is cooler near the fire lines and the relative humidity has doubled since this afternoon. that should help the firefighters. what is not going to help the firefighters is the wind the next 24 hours coming from different directions. so it is going to be erratic as you will notice, and it will get breezy tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours. dramatic picture of the smoke plume going all the way up into tahoe and even into reno. this picture from state line, it was a following on twitter who said you couldn't even see the sunset it was so bad. dense smoke advisory until 5:00 p.m. thursday for the tahoe area andon. we have an air quality until thursday at 4:00 p.m. covers a good part of the state. ama. >> all ri

later and his widow is now suing williams. >>> cal fire is trying to figure out why one of its air tankers dumped 100 gallons of retardant over sonoma neighborhood. most of the neighborhood were all covered in pink. the homes are right in the flight path of the charles m. shultz airport. they worked with cal fire yesterday afternoon to wash everything down. >> i came to the front and opened the door and everything was pink and, so >> really, there was pink everywhere. nine homes and 13 cars actually were coated with the retardant. it's considred nontoxic but can damage paint. >> first i thought it was >>> a fast-moving grass fire in hawaii. flames came within 30 feet of some homes on the big island yesterday. neighbors used hoses to try to control the flames until firefighters arrived. blustery winds helped push the fire which is 50% contained this morning. scorched about 400 acres of land. some people left anyway because of all that smoke. >>> a big homecoming come for an oakland rapper who is on the fast track to fame. >> fans waited hours to see him promote a new brand of whiske

grass can be seen on the hillside and cal fire warms many of the recent fires -- confirms many of the recent fires are being investigated as possibly suspicious. >> it's one of the busiest fire seasons in a long time. >> reporter: the san jose fire union president says firefighters are exhausted. >> our folks are held overon mandatory overtime. they aren't -- held overon mandatory overtime. they aren't allowed to go home. >> reporter: even with the help from other fire agencies, they're not just running out of energy, but also resources. >> the real challenge for us is when we put out fire, it's not just water, it's foam. we're running out of those buckets to foam. our riggs are getting worn. cal fire said the number of fires is double, even triple the fires they saw last year. many of the recent fires in the jungle in san jose and also on mount hamilton where john fehely lives and where he told kpix5 last week firefighters paid moment owners a visit. >> they think that there's an arsonist causing them. >> reporter: we're just a month and a half into fire season. >> it's a really, rea

a quite a expect cal. >> reporter: i am told 10,000 different explosions going off within a 25-minute period. 400 explosions in a minute on average. today, several dozen people were loading up these mortar tubes behind me. at work tomorrow and another barge will be towed into place. very carefully that is how you load a shell into its mortar. the two prime locations will be pier 39 and aquatic park. >> one of the largest in the west coast for sure. >> reporter: the company will be putting on 400 firework shows tomorrow night. the biggest headache in san francisco is fog. he is preparing to explode at different altitudes. >> even if there is fog way up high, we will have a viewing area in lower levels. >> reporter: and they will have extra patrols along the entire embarcadero. >> you may see more officers that are armed as you did during pride. i mean more armed. >> reporter: officers with rifles on foot, in suvs and on dirt bikes and more on stand by. >> we are ready for demonstrations usually for july 4th that is not what we expect, but we are prepared. >> reporter: maybe a ha

area and right now, if you look over here, you can see that cal fire is doing arial drops of water. this fire started shortly after 4:00 and it has now burned 40 acres. more than doubled in the past hour. all residents within a mile of metcalf road and san felipe are evacuated. we passed that burned shell on san felipe road. a small car and that is where the fire started from the car fire. right now cal fire as we mentioned is doing its best. they are working their way up the steep terrain. where the fire started there is a lot of dense brush and oak trees. they are trying to make it up a steep hill to prevent the fire from coming up here and into neighborhoods. once again, to update you, the fire has now grown to 40 acres. about an hour ago it was less than 20 acres. so growing quite fast and there are brisk winds out here. reporting live from san jose. >> we sped up the video here, you can see how fast the smoke started to spread. you can see it from the east bay and from the south bay. let's bring in jeff. >> we also wanted to show you the smoke plume. and this was about an hour

: those big flames, this is what they left behind, and with this fire less than 10% contained cal fire can give no estimate as to when it will be fully contained. in mariposa county, laura anthony, "abc 7 news." >>> let's continue our team coverage with "abc 7 news" meteorologist sandhya patel. she is tracking the weather conditions that the crews are facing battling this fast-moving fire. sandhya. >> yeah, dan. it is cooler near the fire lines and the relative humidity has doubled since this afternoon. that should help the firefighters. what is not going to help the firefighters is the wind the next 24 hours coming from different directions. so it is going to be erratic as you will notice, and it will get breezy tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours. dramatic picture of the smoke plume going all the way up into tahoe and even into reno. this picture from state line, it was a following on twitter who said you couldn't even see the sunset it was so bad. dense smoke advisory until 5:00 p.m. thursday for the tahoe area andon. we have an air quality until thursday at 4:00 p.m.

settlement in cal ocean's history, but for a company that's worth billions of dollars, a lot of people say this is not enough. and they don't feel any safer. this is the scene the bay area never wants to see again. august 2012, a pipe ruptured at the chevron refinery in richmond causing a fire, sending toxic black smoke into the air. now cal oh sha, the division that protects workers, reached a settlement to improve both safety and training practices. >> you had 19 workers that, you know, that were exposed. to hazardous conditions. you had 15,000 people in the community go to the hospital. >> reporter: osha's statewide manager for safety management said they initially issued 19 workplace violations. chevron appealed. although they did have to withdraw some of those violations, he said this settlement goes above and beyond. chevron must replace all carbon steel piping, better monitor equipment and provide more thorough training. the company was also fined more than $1 million. jeffrey ritterman used to be on the city council. he feels this settlement is just a slap on the wrist.

cal state long beach studying aboard. keith altman represent her estate and her family. they are suing google as a parent company. >> social media sates allow isis to use their sites to raise money, to radicalize individuals. to plan and conduct terrorist operations. >> the case is based on a federal law that says victim c's sue anyone who gets substantial assistance to a terrorist. websites like youtube have a special weapon. >> it's a get out of jail free card. >> website owners cannot be sued for what other people put on their site. >> they can take it up, they can leave it up, and they are immuned from any kind of reprecushions. >> ask a federal judge to throw out the gonzalez lawsuit. at a hearing today in oakland, the judge seemed ready to team with google. if the judge does dismiss this case, the plaintiffs will appeal. >> i have to act reasonably. we have to do what we reasonably can, and they believe they are immuned. >> kpix5. >> melissa did say she was interested in the ads, which could provide money to terror groups. she may asked the plaintiffs to come back on that a

the situation. they are fuelling the fire. cal fire says it has the potential to grow quickly, so they are concerned in acting fast. firefighters say the refinery is not threatened. no evacuations have been ordered. >>> now taking you to a live picture here. this is what it looks like at the 101 southbound. this is in san jose. traffic very slow here as crews battle this brush fire. this started after 4:00. you can see that 680 interchange just over the 101 there. a lot of smoke there on both levels. and of course the back-up there on 101. here's what the fire looked like at its peak. it is unclear here what started the fire. right now we're not hearing about any kind of injuries. >>> crews are being pulled in from as far away as santa cruz to fight three brush fires that broke out early this morning. flames early this morning you can see before the sun came up, the fires were reported near brentwood. this is the scene a few hours ago as crews battled to knock back the fire. two of the fires have been contained. investigators say the way the fire started was suspicious. >> with th

has turned into 46,000 acres. it is forcing thousands more to leave their homes. cal fire calls this fire behavior extreme and aggressive. walk into 4 on 2. i'm heather holmes. >> im frank somerville . we will get to the debt while -- detweiler fire.>>> sheriffs are on the scene of a homicide. it happened on willow avenue in unincorporated hayward just before 3:30 pm >> sky fox is overhead right now. officials say the victim is a man. no word on the age. we are working to find out more information on what happened we will bring you any new developments as they become available. a homicide investigation is underway right now in alameda county.>>> now to the fire in mariposa county. that detweiler fire is behaving in a way they have not seen before. and has burned more than 45,000 acres, since it broke out sunday. at this point, it is still only seven percent contained. the fire has destroyed eight structures and 1500 other structures are threatened. >> we will show you a map of where this fire is in mariposa county. yosemite valley, just to the east of the fire. further off in the dis

. >> starting today cal fire is suspending burn permits. all of this from dublin with some of the options you have at your disposal if you're hoping to catch the fireworks legally on independence day. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and kira. we don't know of any major fireworks shows that have been canceled because of the dry weather. you can still fire off your fireworks as long as they're safe and sane and permitted in the town you live like dublin where is where we're at now. starting today cal fire is suspending the burn permits from people who have been planning to burn scape debris like branches and leaves and this suspension applies for the rural, unincorporated areas. these are areas that are less developed and more susceptible to wild land fires. instead cal fire is asking people to chip and shred their debris instead of burning it. this is not, by the way, applied to campfires as long as you're on private property. this winter storms did get california out of the drought but the rains caused a lot of the grass to grow and with the recent hot wea

morning. cal fire crews are out in force trying to stop the flames. there are at least four major fires burning. in central california, crews are working to slow the alamo fire in san louuis obispo county. cal fire says the fire has burned more than 19,000 acres since breaking out on thursday. shifting winds are fuelling the flames and making it hard for firefighters to contain the blaze. that fire is 10% contained. >>> and this is video showing another wildfire burning along the california coast. the whittier fire has charred 5,400 acres inside the los padres national forest. crews are helping people escape from several nearby camp sites. they did that yesterday afternoon. the u.s. forest service tells us there's 0% containment and officials are fearing that powerful winds could help the fire grow. >>> cal fire shared this video on twitter of a jumbo jet dropping retardant on the fire burning in butte county. so far the flames have destroyed ten homes and charred 2,700 acres. officials have urged hundreds of people to get out, but one man says he'll stay until the fire actually r

the groundbreaking of the train system's electrification project. cal-train says it will purchase 96 train cars that will be electrically self- propelled... moving the system away from diesel power use. cal-train says this project will result in faster trains, that make less noise and can hold more people. the project is expected to be completed in early 20-21. in millbrae, philippe djegal, kron four news. ((steve))the weekend is here...and it is going to be a hot one in parts of the bay area.((grant))meteorologist brittney shipp is back to tell us which areas could reach triple digits...keep it right here. as a ridge of high pressure builds into our region temperatures will warmer into the weekend. temperatures will moderate next week as the ridge progresses to the east. >> o.j. simpson parole backlash. >> i have spent a conflict free life. >> really, o.j.? really? >> outrageous. >> what you didn't see on tv. >> on the way out the juice looked at me and said call me. >> advice from the "inside edition" o.j. simpson dream team. the crisis manager, the former prosecutor. >> if he m

... cal-train kicked off a new project that will help the environment and make trains run more effectively. after nearly two decades, cal-train finally broke ground on it's electrification project. trains going to and from san francisco and san jose will run on an electrfied system instead of diesel. cal-train says the new system will allow trains to move faster, make less noise and carry more people. cal-train is in the process of purchasing 96 new trains. construction of the new infrastructure will begin next month. the project is expected to be completed by early 20-21. ( marty @ landing) san francisco's leaning tower is continuing to tilt and sink. according to the lawyer representing the residents of the millennium tower, the 58 story luxury high rise has tilted another two inches so far this year. meanwhile engineers are proposing a solution to the problem. kron4's maureen kelly has the details. (maureen kelly)the one thing everyone agrees on.stopping the millennium tower from sinking is not going to be cheap.sources say engineers brought in to tackle the problem are sugg

wildfires burning across the state tonight. cal fire is out trying to stop the flames. there at least four major fires burning. we begin in southern california where crews are working on an fire that's burned more than ha 10,000 acres. shifting winds are making it difficult to contain that fire. right now it's only 10% contained. you're looking at the whittier fire, it has charred more than 3500 acres in santa barbara county. the u.s. forest service tells us the fire is 0% contained and officials fear powerful winds overnight could help the fire grow. >>> this fire shows a jumbo jet dropping retardant. so far ten homes have been destroyed and 2700 acres charred one man is vowing to stay until the fire reaches his property. >> it's a trip, man. they cut off the paower to everybody. we have no water. >> we have a lot to contend with with the water and the fuels out there very dry, so a long road ahead of us. >> cal fire says the fire is 20% contained and is blamed for six injuries since yesterday afternoon. and in yolo county, the winters fire is 75% contained. all evacuation there have

. agents with cal- osha were on scene at cal expo in sacramento yesterday going over every inch of the 'fire ball' ride there. inspectors are also going to take a look at the five other similar rides in california. a spokesperson says they have asked california amusement parks to shutdown similar rides indefinitely. california amusement park rides receive annual inspections, as well as unannounced visits to ensure safety. (james) this was the scene in santa cruz - the fireball ride shut down there as well. a spokesperson for the santa cruz beach boardwalk says they are in talks with the manufacturer... and the ride will stay closed until the state gives them the all clear. (tiffany) coming up on the kron four morning news... the victim at the center of a police sex scandal in the bay area takes the stand. we have the details

:30 last night, cal fire says it's only 5% contained. it only took two days for flames to rip through more than 20,000 acres and as it burns along highway 49 and 140, 300 structures are threatened. a mandatory evacuation is in place and all 2,000 people have moved out. >> this is the first time it's come this far. 20 years ago one made it to bear valley and they stopped it. but just these winds are just totally different this year and there's a lot of fuel. >> even staging operations for cal fire are moved 40 miles west into merced. firefighters from all over the state have come to combat the detwiler fire. besides first responders, the main street highway 140 looks like a ghost town. officials believe the hospital patients and other areas are not being evacuated because it's safer. >>> a san jose police officer is cleared into the investigation of a fleeing murder suspects. richard jacques was killed by police in 2015 days after he raided a business complex and fatally shot and killed another man. a day before he was killed, two san jose police officers shot and killed matthew castil

outside the u.s. microsoft wants to refocus its efforts on selling cloud computing services. >>> cal train wants to know how riders feel before deciding whether it will raise fares. today the board listened to people's concerns at an open forum in san carlos. they want to raise ticket price 25 cents per zone. it will cost riders an extra $1.50 to go one way from san francisco to san jose. parking could increase almost $30 a month. a spokesperson said county agencies that fund cal train don't always deliver. >> each agency at times has had their own issues of balancing their own budgets. when they have to make a certain contribution to cal train that's not always possible. >> cal train is trying to cover a $10 million deficit. they will make a final decision on fares next month. >>> former president obama help students at for-profit colleges didn't get a chance to take effect. >> the secretary issued a delay weeks before the protections were supposed to start. michael finney looks at the multi-state lawsuit filed as a result. >>> men and women both get hearing loss. this maker of tiny heari

cal fire personnel to make sure it's out and there is no potential for it to actually jump the line and start into fresh fuel. >> reporter: today crews cut dozer lines and neighbors wondered why the fire chose the path it did and how it started. right now arson investigators are out here trying to determine the cause of the fire. they say it's too early to determine if it is suspicious or linked to a string ofrecently n. firefighters plan to be out here all night watching for flare-ups. reporting live, marianne favro. >> thank you, marianne. >> let's talk about the other fire we showed you yesterday. that metal recycleing facility. our investigative unit dug through records and found out the company running the scrap yard has a history of safety violations. according to cal osha, alco had three accidents in the last five years. last month an employee was killed when a piece of equipment fell off a forklift and crushed the worker. in march 2014 a propane tank exploded and flew into a vehicle where a man was taking a nap. back in september 2012 an employee lost four fingers in a machi

now been burning for ten days. cal fire said it's 65% contained. more than 80,000 acres have burned. 1500 structures are still threatened by the flames. some evacuation orders remain in effect and the cause is still under investigation. >>> one florida man's 87th birthday wish was a little unusual. he wanted to swim from alcatraz to san francisco. lonny rivera was there as he checked his birthday bucket list item off of the chilly waters of the bay. >> reporter: when your name is bob beach, it seems fitting to spend much of your life in the ocean. >> the water has been a great part of my life. >> reporter: so on his 87th birthday, this florida judge, grandfather and athlete, swam from alcatraz to san francisco's aquatic park. >> when i sent those guys away, i can tell them i relate to them. >> reporter: this retired judge thrives on athletic adventures. >> swimming makes you emotionally very tranquil, which is very helpful in deciding cases. >> reporter: if his birthday swim hasn't exhausted you, he's hiked mt. kill man jar u, and his next big swim, underneath the golden gate brinl.

united. >>> the delwiler fire has now been burning for ten days. cal fire said it's 65% contained. more than 80,000 acres have burned. 1500 structures are still threatened by the flames. some evacuation orders remain in effect and the cause is still under investigation. >>> one florida man's 87th birthday wish was a little unusual. he wanted to swim from alcatraz to san francisco. lonny rivera was there as he checked his birthday bucket list item off of the chilly waters of the bay. >> reporter: when your name is bob beach, it seems fitting to spend much of your life in the ocean. >> the water has been a great part of my life. >> reporter: so on his 87th birthday, this florida judge, grandfather and athlete, swam from alcatraz to san francisco's aquatic park. >> when i sent those guys away, i can tell them i relate to them. >> reporter: this retired judge thrives on athletic adventures. >> swimming makes you emotionally very tranquil, which is very helpful in deciding cases. >> reporter: if his birthday swim hasn't exhausted you, he's hiked mt. kill man jar u, and his next big swi

medi-cal program is second-class healthcare plan and says the 13.5 million residents of california are predominately lacto no -- latino and forced to deal with a system burdened with your credit problems and red tape. they want to increase the reimbursement rates to the doctors and reduced the delays in providing care for the medi- cal patients. >>> former president jimmy carter being treated in canada for dehydration while helping to build houses for habitat for humanity and the 92-year-old is in their words okay and encouraging volunteers to continue to build. here's the file video of the former president. he and his wife roslyn are in the middle of the week long project building houses in a number of canadian cities and firefighters and paramedics arrived at the building site and president carter was taken to the hospital. >>> the second day on the job for this south bay delivery driver and the quick action he took to avoid crashing into the school bus and likely saving his coworkers life, details coming up in a live report. >>> the bay area city increasing the water rates. >>>

. microsoft wants to refocus its efforts on selling cloud computing services. >>> cal train wants to know how riders feel before deciding whether it will raise fares. today the board listened to people's concerns at an open forum in san carlos. they want to raise ticket price 25 cents per zone. it will cost riders an extra $1.50 to go one way from san francisco to san jose. parking could increase almost $30 a month. a spokesperson said county agencies that fund cal train don't always deliver. >> each agency at times has had their own issues of balancing their own budgets. when they have to make a certain contribution to cal train that's not always possible. >> cal train is trying to cover a $10 million deficit. they will make a final decision on fares next month. >>> former president obama help students at for-profit colleges didn't get a chance to take effect. >> the secretary issued a delay weeks before the protections were supposed to start. michael finney looks at the multi-state lawsuit filed as a result. >>> men and women both get hearing loss. this maker of tiny hearing aids, think

that voluntarily shutdown their version of the fireball ride until it could be inspected by cal/osha. soti feel like that's a safe move to do, it can cause a lot of fear, so i think it's a good idea to check on that to give a sense of safety back to the people great america's delirium is made by a different company than the one that manufactured the fireball at the ohio state fair sotwe have been on the delirium. last time we went twice, it's definitely not for the squeamish. that's' for sure. and even those who are fans of the ride, would have passed this time aroundsotwe were still not going to go on it because when its right there are the forefront, i would rather be safe than sorry. (vicki) and we first told you about this story - through a push alert that we sent out last night. be sure to download the free kron four mobile app - to get the latest breaking news. we've also been posting information on our website about the latest ride closures - that's on kron four dot com. (vicki) breaking news out of the east bay.. a shelter in place has been issued in san leandro - as police s

suspect for an attack that happened just two blocks from the cal campus. police tell us around overnight, a woman was walking in the area of telegraph avenue and channing way when a man approached her. police say the man then cornered her and groped her. she notified a cal police officer who searched the area and located the man. the suspect was not arrested on suspicion of sexual battery... but on suspicion of other offenses. in the easy bay, a 15-year old special needs student has been missing for more than a month now. family and friends are rallying together to spread the word to help bring the girl home. kron 4's ella sogomonian is live at the hayward police department tonight. ella where was larissa oliver last seen? larissa oliver was said to have been seen last june tenth around oakland/hayward area. people involved in her search say a report has been filed with hayward police in the investigation and that larissa was in the custody of child protective services when she went missing. take a look at her photos. larissa is 15 years old she also goes by "rissa".she is 5 fo

and cal-fire officials busy... (jr stone) good evening and thanks for joining us... i'm j-r stone.. justine waldman has the night off... we are just one month into wildfire season.... tonight there are already 15 wildfires burning across california.... and one big grass fire is burning right here in the bay area... it's happening in contra costa county inches away from the rodeo refinery... that's where we find kron4's hermela aregawi tonight... hermela, what is containment looking like at this hour? (hermela aregawi)this was massive so.. even though they've been at it for about 7 hours.it's a little more than 50% contained.so they're half way there.but officials say what's encouraging is that the fire hasn't grown in about 4 hours. 360 acres on fire.and about 200 firefighters from across the east bay working feverishly to put it out.the fire started around 2:40 this afternoon and burned quickly. kevin martin/witness: once the fire gets, once you think it stopped it just comes right back up. it came up in 5 different places. i hear helicopters flying over my house. i went in the m