agents with cal osha were on scene at cal expo in sacramento yesterday... going over every inch of the fire ball ride there. that is the same type of ride the malfunctioned in ohio. 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. ( mark ) an hours long standoff in san leandro is over... with two people now in jail. it started yesterday afternoon with a shooting near davis street and douglas drive. two victims were shot but are expected to be okay. the shooters took off. there was a shelter in place issued for the area but with the help of a swat team, police were able to find and arrest the shooters. ( mark ) a big mess to clean-up after a cal fire air tanker somehow unloaded pink fire retardant on a windsor neighborhood. take a look at the scene yesterday afternoon. it caused a big mess... landing on more than a dozen cars, nine homes and all over sidewalks. crews covered storm drains to make sure the retardant didn't

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, really stressful time for firefighters in san jose. >> reporter: cal fire says the peak of the season is still months away. >> with only 80 firefighters covering 200 square miles and 1 million residents, it's almost an overwhelming challenge. >> reporter: the jungle is where many homeless in san jose live, so investigators are wondering if there is a connection between the homeless and the fires being started there. maria medina, kpix5. >>> a 5-year-old girl from berkeley is missing tonight and police believe her own mother abducted her. police say the mother kidnapped malalia booker near prince and sacramento street at 3:15 this afternoon. this is the girl's mother, 34- year-old l

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

cal train says it will lead to more frequent service and reduced green house gas emissions. cal train expects to roll out electric trains around the beginning of 2021. >>> the "abc 7 news" app told you about some big baseball news tonight. check it out. we sent out this push alerd. panda-monium. pablo sandoval strikes minor league deal to return to the giants. >> larry beil is here. talk about a price. >> i have to admit when i heard the story breaking i was like, why, why were the giants open to bringing pablo back. they can get panda for next to nothing, and if he can somehow resurrect his career anywhere it might be in san francisco. why not? you have panda hats to consider. he left san francisco for a $95 million deal with the red sox. he got heavy, he got hurt, he got released. with boston still on the hook for his entire contract, so the giants will reportedly sign him to a minor-league deal. all could become official on friday. if sandoval can make it back to the majors, panda hats will be back in fashion at at&t park. in fact, ama, we'll get one for the baby if they

and cal train didn't waiste tim once they got their hands on the money. reporting live in san jose scott budman nbc bay area news. >> did he call it the geek train? >> i was just wondering if he was going to bring cake back. >> by the way kari hall, we borrowed her from our morning show. >> for a little while, we are going to have hotter temperatures rolling into the bay area tomorrow. here is a live look out at ocean beach. 61 degrees. you will see how hot it is going to be over these next couple of days. looking live in pleasanton. san jose 77 degrees. temperatures coming down nicely with a breeze kicking in and especially breezy out there in at&t park. the fans starting to fill into the park. and the temperatures dropping back into the lower 60s as we go into the evening. first pitch at 7:15. upper 50s for the rest of the game. it is going to be in the lower 70s and temperatures dropping into the 60s. and then as we go into the day tomorrow, it is going to be much hotter reaching 91 degrees in san jose. and gilroy up to 98 degrees. and as we head over

cal fire says the fire near winters and yolo county is now 90% contained. that fire started last thursday and burned about 2200 acres. three people were injured. no structures were damaged and all road closures have been lifted. >>> a new six-figure reward was announced today in the search for the person who killed a college student playing pokemon go in san francisco. it's been almost a year since 20-year-old calvin riley was shot in the back as he walked with a friend at aquatic park playing the video game. today congresswoman jackie speier said the city is offering a $50,000 reward. u.s. park police are offering another $10,000. with the family's reward, the total is now $110,000. calvin's mother spoke tearfully today about the pain of losing her son. >> it's been hell. we're living a nightmare every day. we still feel like he's coming home. it's hard to realize that he's not. >> we're not going to stop. we're going to find this killer. >> u.s. park police have released this suspect sketch. they say a white 2013 hyundai sonata may be linked to the crime.

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 suggesting a fix that will involve drilling 50-100 new piles down to bedrock.a risk management and earthquake engineering expert says the suggested solution seems like the most obvious one but it won't be easy.so the obvious thing is to go through the basement files it going with the piles and go all the way down. and then the tricky thing is is the type the whole thin

knows are the fires cal fire is responding to right now. with all the drew brush and rising touchstone it's a long summer that's clear for sure. we bring in the chief meteorologist jeff ranieri for the closer look at the spot in bay area where the fire danger may be highest. >> we can pinpoint that really well with a fire weather index. this looks at temperature, humidity and wind and how those factors combine together to give us the highest fire danger. across the bay area that highest risk is right along the alt month pass near tracy near the 580 corridor. where you got to watch out if you're traveling through here. it seems like common sense. but to not flick any cigarette butts out the window. it could ignite fast. high fire danger near winters where they are battling the fire as we heard from cheryl. the key factors we're looking at is wind, 10 to 15-mile-per-hour. very thick brush that's very dry and the east bay has the worst danger. >> see new 15 minutes. of course cheryl has the tweeting from the fires in winter and suisun city np

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 foot 2, around 105 pounds. this isn't the first time she's wandered off but has always come back.now that it's been more than thirty days since anyone has heard from larissa her family fears the worst.they've asked two local non profits to

cal fire crews have joined the battle to help stop a dangerous situation from turning into a disaster. we are live where the fire started about two hours ago. what's the latest. p>> reporter: well, i want to step out of the way so you can see what we're seeing here. on the ground those dark thick plumes of smoke. this fire is 100 plus acres. there's no structure threat. there are more than 100 firefighters working to fight this fire. no injuries. no threat to the refinery. here's some video from earlier. we've met quite a few people out here, about half a dozen people that live in homes nearby that have come out of their homes to stand on the overpass or stand in this area where we are near the refinery. we're taking pictures and some of them telling me they've never seen a fire burning this closely. we've been listening to radio traffic and it is a well choreographed dance when helicopters drop water on this fire. about 100 personnel who are fighting this fire. we talked to some people who stopped to take a look. >> we run a machine shop that provides parts for the refine refineries.

cal trans officials say new lane lines will grow from four to six inches in width. this will help auto economists and vehicles and california drivers. >> they'll be wider and more retro reflective. they'll be reflecting back the light shown on it. there will be brighter lanes, thicker striping. it will be easier to see where the lane lines are. >> more than 30 companies have permits to test robo cars on california roads. >> they need to repaint those lines anyway. >> yeah. >> thanks, michael, very much. >>> well, you may soon be able to watch your abc 7 and all your favorite channels through a cable service from sony. the cable would come through a play station which has the american headquarters in foster city. it's called play station view, and it's being marked as a cable alternative. sony is partnering with a nonprofit to offer the broadband service. it's available on play station as well as several apple, amazon, ro ku and amazon devices. >>> accuweather today, cooler air has arrived to rid us of that weekend warmth. right now, the accuweather highlights showin

keeping firefighters 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 differe

agents with cal osha were on scene at cal expo in sacramento yesterday... going over every inch of the fire ball ride there. that is the same type of ride the malfunctioned in ohio. 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 indefinately. (mark) an hours long standoff in san leandro is over... with two people now in jail. it started yesterday afternoon with a shooting near davis street and douglas drive. two victims were shot but are expected to be okay. the shooters took off. there was a shelter in place issued for the area but with the help of a swat team, police were able to find and arrest the shooters. (mark) happening today... a san francisco police officer will appear in court to face several child pornography charges. officer joshua enea was arrested on wednesday in san francisco. an investigation into enea was launched back in february. kron4 sources say multiple child pornography images were found on his computer at his antioch hom

cal fire says it's 50% contained. late today, more evacuations were lifted for several neighborhoods that were under a threat. some families returned to their homes, happy to see they're still standing. >> we were just elated when we came back to see our property still there. you know, but devastated to see others around us that didn't make it. >> firefighters have san francisco who responded to the fire last week as mutual aid were allowed to return to the bay area today. >>> more doors and fewer seats. those are just some of the noticeable changes in the new b.a.r.t. cars. you're not going to be able to ride these for a few more months, but we got on board today and laura anthony is live from the dublin b.a.r.t. station to tell us how they look. >> reporter: these new pilot cars have undergone 50,000 miles of testing. but today was their first day on the main tracks, during business hours. but without paying customers. that won't happen for a couple of months. though they're not quite ready for primetime, b.a.r.t.'s

cal fire says 25 acres burn. and containment is now at 80%. >>> cal fire crews in butte county are making progress on the wall fire. the latest numbers show containment has grown to 70%. >>> a parking bat system heating pup people say the parking situation is is so autoout of hand, some drivers are blocking driveways and parking in red zones and crosswalks. city leaders are considering requiring permits to park along certain streets. >> it's horrible and frustrating. >> a new housing development 067,000 units is being built nearby. the plan to distribute perpetuates free of charge to homeowners is still in the early stages. they hope to have it in place by the holidays. >>> san francisco police are reviewing videos these investigate a confrontation between officers and skate borders at dolores park last night. the vid joe owe shows a skateborder rushing down the street. the skate border said the officer intentionally tried to bump the skater. that led to a cop frontation. >> i feel like it was a little intentiona

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 been lifted. here in the

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 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. in santa barbara county. crews are helping people escape from several nearby camp sites yesterday afternoon. the u.s. forest service tells us there's 0% containment here. 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 more than 2,700 acres. officials have urged

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 messes up, they will come and scoop hem up. >>> he's had eno