from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. store a fast-moving brush fire breaking out in contra costa county, threatening to buy homes. storm a car on fire in the middle of embarcadero. one of the sideshows that ended without any arrests. a final farewell to california's last racetrack, a look at the past and the future of golden gate fields. >> we hate to see it go. i know

it's progress, time moves on. fire crews in contra costa county were out battling a fast-moving vegetation fire for ours is a threatened nearby homes this afternoon. >> cal fire says it now sits at 75% contained after starting an commercial holding near john henry johnson parkway it started about 4:00 this afternoon and that it jumped to the nearby dried grass and the bushes that surround it quickly spread to 55 acres. >> kevin cone was in the stoneleigh park neighborhood worth homes are being threatened. fire crews say this is the beginning of what could be a very busy fire season. >> reporter: the fire is now contained, but these wins out here in the east bay are still very strong. that was a major concern to firefighters, as they about the place, where neighbors could see right from their front yard. >> walking out, i kind of

smelled burning wood or grass or whatever, and i walked further out and i see like a smoke out there and just instantly, i grab my phone to record it this is the video he took of the fire. again, dangerously close to his neighborhood get started just a few blocks away in the stoneman trailhead in pittsburg. >> there is a trail back there . any folks on the trail and we are right >> reporter: fire crews rushed to the scene to keep it from spreading too quickly. with some help from air, it is still unclear how the flames broke out. but firefighters believe they know where it started. >> there was a structure at the top of the hill that was on fire. and the surrounding grass, if it is to dig about 50 acres. >> reporter: dry grass and strong winds cause a worry for firefighters. >> right at the beginning of fire season just it could've

extended to hundreds of acres. >> gently there were no reports of injuries or homes damaged. neighbors like juan were ready for the worst >> we were going to evacuate because anything is expected but it happened, you know, we are not in control of it. >> what juan and other neighbors can be in control of, according to contra costa fire fighters, is is the dry vegetation. firefighters tell us that managing that outside of properties is what could be the key difference in keeping those homes safe. >> you notice concerning about this is it wasn't even really that warm today but there's more warm weather on the way. darren peck is here to tell us about it. >> the draft was already very dry. just a review, that time lots of the smoke there, you can see from mount diablo towards the east. that is where

we are looking so you got the vantage . from the camera on mount diablo looking out and it's bird's-eye view over and in contra costa county. the grass is dry, it is notoriously windy out there, and famously, as the sun went down, it just feels good to watch that plume of smoke dissipate. talk on completely but they got this under control. the heat actually we could be thankful. today was average. we had a wonderful weekend. the heat is coming back so on tuesday there is a heat advisory for the inland valleys, particularly the same locations that experienced the highest temperatures, in fact, let's use the virtual map and we will show you how this will play out for why that particular part of a is a particular focus this time of year. first of all, daytime highs in the south bay going to 90. but take a look at the numbers for the inner parts of contra costa county . you're going to be back up , look out there past concord, just go upstream a little bit. go inland on the delta. that is

where that fire was today. that is where we have to reheat again on tuesday. that is a part of the bay we are going to have to watch closely. i will have the forecast coming up and a bit, including your number for tuesday, see you in a few minutes, guys. the final horses crossed the finish line at golden gate fields after more than 80 years. the historic track shut down for good today. thousands of people packed the venue one last time as da lin reports, not everyone is upset about the closure. >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, the iconic trumpet call, one last time at golden gate fields. eight races with about 15 horses on sunday, long time race fan is sad to see it go. >> to say i was here for the last day at golden gate field, the last day at green meadows.

>> he has in coming here for over 40 years. >> i lost more than i won. would keep him coming back as the adrenaline. >> that experiences a, yes i am a winner. >> after 83 years, of going to >> the general manager of golden gate fields says horse racing is a declining ort business. online betting means fewer people at the track and most of the loyal customers are older people. >> some days we had thousands here. very, very popular . after the pandemic , unfortunately, it was difficult to get that going again. >> showed up for the final day there was a long line of people trying to get ahead. >> it's a beautiful hat, yeah. i told her she has to wear it. that is the image that i have in my mind when i think of horseracing and derbies. >> they came from nevada to say

farewell >> and i hate to see it go. i noticed progress. time moves on. i can tell you when i leave, i probably will have tears in my eyes >> reporter: her parents brought her here often when she was a little girl. >> i just love, love this track. >> somewhere celebrating the closure, saying no more horse deaths at the track 18 horses have died at the facility since the track owner announced the closure last year. >> i am devastated that this is kind of a step towards illuminating course racing in california entirely and excited that, as a society, we are evolving away from using animals for entertainment and for profit. >> reporter: the venue has 140 acres in albany and berkeley, amazing views of the bay. a lot of talks about the future of this prime piece of real estate. no plans as of now but

most people believe it will be a makeshift park space and housing. >> that would be my ideal situation. >> and this is the final race at golden gate fields. on sunday. >> people screaming. >> reporter: albany and berkeley city officials said it will likely be another 10 to 15 years before they can hosted there. they say they will be a lot of community meetings and possibly a lawsuit. so they anticipate this to be a long and slow process. a wild scene in san francisco, fireworks, lasers, cars set on fire, at the legal sideshow last night. at one ., someone jumped on top of a burning car. this is all happening around you the lines, with all the weather out there damaged. there was a second sideshow near valencia and

caesar shabbos, fireworks are also going up there. a similar scene across the bay. this sideshow blocked grand avenue. it stopped traffic at the intersection just outside of grand lake theater. no arrests made here, also. the man accused of shooting and killing another man during a brawl at lake berryessa tonight is expected to be booked into jail later this week. the suspect was amongst a group of people stabbed during the fight. it broke out around 5:00 last night, and at the oak shores area. the incident is still under investigation. two teens are now safe after rescuers pulled them from the water off san francisco's ocean beach. sf department responded to a call of two summers in the water , 216-year-olds were pulled to safety. they have been reunited with their parents and they are expected to be okay. coming up after the break, highlights from today's biggest escape from alcatraz triumph.

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half miles to shore. from there, they embarked on a 18 mile bike ride, then an eight mile run to the golden gate recreational area and eventually they made it to the finish line. >> what a day for that. of course, it is always chilly out in the bay but is not going to be chilly in the air later this week. we are starting with the seven-day forecast on this one, brian. and specifically drawing attention to one day, 97 on tuesday. temperatures inland in the low 80s today. we are going to come back to the seven day again, we will spend a little more time and let you get a view on any day here in particular which might mean more to you. but i want to take this visit now and spend most of it spotlighting why that tuesday is the focus of it. i'm going to put the numbers on the map. you saw 97 on their. that was in the forecast, and you can see that back there for santa rosa, that is a 9% back there. look back over at concord and antioch,

let's go down to livermore. and your numbers also right about that, 96, 97. so that is the inland, 97 degrees. of course there are many places that are going to experience tuesday's daytime high , not breaking records. we're not even going to be technically as hot as we were when we topped out on wednesday and thursday, but it is hot enough that the national weather service has issued a heat advisory. and it is not equal, so what we're going to do now is go to the forecaster over my shoulder here. we're going to go where the heat advisory is and where it doesn't. and since we started spotlighting the seven-day forecast for the inland microclimates, spoiler, didn't work on that, you got a heat advisory for the inland valleys, north bay dallas, east bay valley, and santa clara valley, as well. included because of the numbers you saw in san francisco, numbers in the low 70s. near 80 on the numbers we were just looking

at. still a noticeably warm day for places like fremont, as you get into the upper 80s. but you will avoid the worst of this from the heat advisories. look at the heat risk map. so this is tuesday . there is a little yellow in here for us. there's not a whole lot of orange. there is some, in particular, when you get in this. all of these areas that have the heat advisories. on wednesday, watch the improvement. the numbers will come down . and we look at the seven-day forecast, they begin when you get back to it. here's another way of watching the heat progress. look at it center on us as we get into tuesday and wednesday and the rest of us. look where we are going to be tomorrow, though. let's play this forward on the relay for tomorrow. we are going to wake up tomorrow. so the daytime highs tomorrow will be not as hot as tuesday, but we are already going to have started the warm up for tomorrow. so let's go back to that seven-day forecast now, we will start out with our inland microclimates and we will see how that works out. so the

temperatures are up to 97 degrees tuesday, they are at 90 tomorrow. so it is only a 10 degree jump from today. it will be 81 today. but it gets so much better back here. by thursday you're all the way back down to 77. a heat coming on tuesday. and by next weekend, we might get close but it is not really going to be anywhere nearly as bad. next weekend looks warm but it does not look as hot. for the bay , these are those interior locations along the bayshore, east bay peninsula. your numbers work out following a very similar trend. all right, guys, back to you. >> thanks, darren. he was a journalist and pioneer, highlighting the first openly gay reporter at the san francisco chronicle. coming up tonight on game day. the king has arrived, nascar in wine comfrey , the 90 wrap their minicamp , and starting out a new contract

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moments in lgbtq history have happened here in the bay area, from harvey milk and how gay right shape san francisco, how the country responded to the a.i.d.s. crisis or the battle over gay in the military. he drew criticism from much everyone. kristen welker has his story. >> reporter: i think it is all for kind of age for getting out in the sun. let's say that. >> reporter: of shelves in his living room, david toler has pulled in old copy of history, a landmark book on america's triple response to a.i.d.s. in the work of his former colleague at the san francisco chronicle. >> he was, you know a journalist from the beginning. and i think he did amazing

work. >> reporter: i always tried to report on things that would not be covered if i didn't do it. >> reporter: randy shilts the first openly gay journalist at the chronicle, would produce three monumental books on lgbtq rights and central epidemic. >> when it is also your own community and people that you know are dying and getting sick. you know yourself what your situation is. >> randy and i talked about this a lot because we were both openly gay working at the mainstream media . and covering the biggest story to hit the gay community, which was eight. >> reporter: retired kpix reporters said the crisis was inevitably personal, while publicly it was often controversial and that is something shilts was not afraid of.

>> people in the gay community were calling him a traitor in the gay newspapers. basically the health department did close them down it was a tool they used but it saved people's lives, probably. >> reporter: there would be more controversy, potentially the suspense element of and the bay band played on, alleging that one specific patient was responsible of bringing aides to the united states. >> does put to rest the whole notion of patient zero. >> i know randy himself has expressed some request others about including the story as it was getting ready to be published. and it is unfortunate that that was the hook. >> on cupping upcoming biography looks at the entire right life of randy shilts and his lasting imprint on lgbtq

history. >> i hope it captures more complexity and the full human that he was. i think that he has a very substantial and complicated legacy. and i think that legacy still plays out today. >> his obituary was a challenge because he knew that there was controversy. and i think he got some angry response later. from, you know, people saying that it was too nice or should've been much more critical. >> is not that bad people get a.i.d.s., it's just that people get a.i.d.s. just 42 years old, died of a.i.d.s. in february of 1994, and his funeral through anti- gay activists from across the country. 30 years later, his legacy is still very much a part of san francisco, a pioneer who worked to save lives when many others refuse to listen. even if it meant

angering those in his own community. >> he was a great, old fashion reporter. and he was obsessive . he never took no for an answer he didn't care about being light, which is important if you're going to be a successful reporter. and we were lucky to have him. the real tragedy, of course, is that 30 years ago, right now, randy died from the disease that he was warning everybody else about. that's a real heartbreak >> randy would talk about having difficulty going down and walking down and people would throw things at him or yell at him or whatever. so he would have to get some . , he felt like a gay persona non grata. but he did what he felt was right to do. and you know, i think he i think he was more courageous that way. whether we

liked him or not. >> he has a plaque on the casters rambo on her walk. it was placed here in 2014 at a pretty great spot. the look on his life is due out on october 6th. >> we will be bringing you stories like this all through june for pride, you will be able to find them on our website, kpix.com. coming up after the break. caltrain

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it took off in america during the 1940s and upper 50s, and quickly became a symbol of community in black america. as jericka duncan found out, it is still tying together generations today. >> mastering the fast-paced footwork . it comes naturally for these women , who have been captivating crowds through double dutch. and what might be even more impressive, everyone you see is at least 40 years old. >> there are 10,000 active members in germany, israel, canada. >> reporter: 53-year-old pamela robinson of chicago started the

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