i can hear the wind! >> reporter: the kind is kicking up from time to time. a nice shower moved through. we have about 0.01 of an inch of water. bigger change is the temperature. when the shower came through, our temperatures cooled down from a high of 87 degrees downtown to where we sit right now in the 70s and 60s. from dia up to southern wyoming, some of 70s and even 60s. it's 68 in city park. and look at conifer, 59 degrees, cool up there. there's the shower action, blasting through denver. along with some gusty winds, but as we wide than view out. you can see a ton of moisture coming in over the mountains, mixing with cool air. i would call the wave that came through today slightly cooler. it extends up into

when this area comes through, tomorrow's temperatures will be way below normal for this time of year! almost a hint of fall. and coming up, i'll show you where it might actually snow tomorrow morning. happening now, some evacuations have been riched for people -- lifted for people affected by a large wildfire in sout. people were told to leave their homes this week. this is a fire that has burned some 49 square miles. it's about an hour outside of los angeles. chris martinez is live in wrightwood for us, and this fire is still growing >> reporter: it is growing a bit. there are some areas where firefighters have been able to stop the forward progress of in fire. but look at the flames

homes up there. this is all just really thick, dry brush. in spots, firefighters are camped out making sure they don't lose anymore houses. there are signs fire krurs making process -- crews are making progress. the wildfire forced tens of thousands to evacuate since is erupted tuesday morning. some of the evacuation rsd have been lifted -- orders have been lifted. interstate reopened. some who live in wrightwood deified evacuation orders. >> we're packed up and ready to go. >> our whole life is here. >> reporter: fire crews are attacking the fire from the ground and heavily from the air but have struggled it keep it from growing. on wednesday, flames ripped through neighborhoods in the town of

direction, up-canyon, and carried this fire in a bunch of different directions >> reporter: 1,500 firefighters are battling this fire burning in an area larger than the city of san francisco. many residents are uncertain what they'll find when they return home. >> i don't want to have to start over again with nothing >> reporter: california's governor has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: something we still don't know at this point is how many homes or businesses or we have heard from firefighters over the past few days, they have seen dozens of buildings burning but they have not been able to take any accurate count on what has been lost. as for the evacuations, a lot of folks who live on this side of the fire are out of their homes. it's a big chunk of folks on the east side of the fire coming back tonight, most of them hopefully will have properties

birrfeld murder trial. she charged with first degree murder. matt kroschel has been following this trial from the beginning for us. matt? >> reporter: the producing expected to -- prosecution expected to wrap up their case on monday. we heard a lot from forensic experts today as they outlined the amount of work that a lot of work trying to find out how paige was killed and to identify those remains. today trying to seek some scientific answers to some very big questions and who did this. medical professionals telling the jury none of them could testimony for sure how paige birgfeld died. >> we looked for knife marks,

cause of death. >> reporter: bone his duct tape attached to them. there were also some broken bones, injuries experts believe happened at or near the time she died. >> right at this point, the left side nasal bones are broken up. >> reporter: dna evidence, keat factor prohibited in court. -- the key factor present the in court. >> you never find any dna of mr. jones on anything that >> that's correct. >> reporter: the defense argues investigators zeroed in on lester zones from the beginning. they argued 5other men they say are possible suspects who were closely investigated. >> the expedited request a week after this is determined to be a homicide. and literally everything is about mr. jones. right? >> that's where those items

items from him and his employment. >> reporter: expert says they tested the other possible suspects. nothing conclusive there either. >> livingston field, bee ler jones, all of those. >> yes. >> reporter: we have been watching this case progress, and a lot of the same faces in the courtroom today that were there for opening statements. i did talk to some of those people who have been observing this case. they are interested to hear what a lot of these defense witnesses have this trial expected to wrap up sometime next month. matt kroschel, cbs4. names being collected for a class action lawsuit by denver's homeless. civil right lawyers gathering names for a lawsuit that could rise into the millions. in march the city removed personal possessions that litterd the streets around the denver rescue mission

home sxls i don't have anything else. >> it was cold that day. we needed our stuff. some of us had stuff to go do and we come back to nothing >> reporter: a similar lawsuit in california led to an award of $2 million. is police say ryan lochte robbed about getting robbed at dpupt, and are this footage -- gunpoint, and this footage shows ordered to sit on the ground with their hands in the air, but police say not by a robber. >> reporter: brazilian police say this is a confrontation with a security toward over damage to a bathroom. not an armed robbery. this new information contradicts what ryan lochte claimed earlier this week. >> pulled out as i gun, heacocked it, put it to my forehead. and i put my hands up, like whatever.

left brazil. but the others are still in rio. they were pulled off a plane after a judge wanted to her from them again. brazilian authorities began backing out of support when their story didn't match. on wednesday lochte changed his story. >> they made a mistake, it's part of life. >> reporter: the swimmers did not call lochte told his mother he was robbed, she told requirements, and the story took off from there. there are questions whether the issue of sugary drinks in schools will make it. the ballot issue was not written correctly, the group says. >> the colorado beverage

they're trying to get this initiative dismissed all together f. those distributedors are taxed, which is what the initiative says, the sugary beverage will cost more than $2. it comes down to the language of the summary of it. the attorneys arguing the $9,200 people didn't have an adequate summary of what the ballot measure was it. left out information about the colorado taxpayer bill rieftd, which would mean the clementation of a new tax if those who created the petition to tax soda and other sugary drinks say that it was clear what people were signing. so the city clerkville to decide if the attorneys for cba made the opposite successful argument. >> it didn't tell people this was actually to adopt a new tax. >> there have been people who talked about the aggressive

imposed. and i think the definition of imposing and the definition of implementing, you can't implement without an imposition of the tax. so i think it's very clear. >> reporter: the city clerk will take what she heard today, take an origination to boulder city council, and is they'll have to make a decision september 6th. as the investigation continues into how a young boy died on a kansas waterstlied, the two -- waterslide, the two wo >> we know libraries are a lace to check out book. i'm gonna tell you about a new program letting people check out wi-fi. >> a couple of cool waves in the next 24 hours! the first went through this afternoon. along with the rain. the next one will drop us into the 70s for heiss tomorrow! >> reporter: gary kubiak says trevor siemian will start on saturday. but is he closer to

>> reporter: students move back into an apartment building after the city deemed it uninhabitable. what was wrong

the 10-year-old boy killed on the world's tallest waterslide. two sisters in the same last were also hurt. one suffered a broken jaw. now the women are talking what happened for the first time since that accident. the mother said can only hope that caleb's family can find some comfort in knows that we are doing everything we know how to do in order to stop something so tragic from occurring again." now some families can also take home flee wi-fi from the library. jen, this will really help out some people, especially kids! >> reporter: absolutely. take a look around.

internet usage at public libraries are very commonly used. customers in denver logged 670,000 hours a week last year. now most will be in the comfort of their own home. janine has battled with rheumatoid arthritis since she was an infant. getting around can take a lot of effort. >> the only way i could get around was by bus >> reporter: you can hostage ha new program launched by the public library which offers unlimited high-speed internet to its patrons through wiifiy hotspots can be checked out like a book. >> it has everything you need. so you can quickly and easily get onto the internet. >> reporter: the library has 50 of these wi-fi hotspots available at five branches. computer ownership and high-speed internet use in

and some people are getting left behind. >> if you're on a fixed income, if you've lost your job, you may not have the ability to do these searches from home. >> reporter: jais 19says these devices are making a huge difference in her life. >> it is gonna allow me to go home and follow my church because my church screens their sermon. so i'll be able to that. i'll be able to skype my dearest friend in michigan without having to bundle up and try to make it to the library. >> reporter: and the library says within minutes of offering those hotspots, they were all checked out. a hot commodity. they now hope to expand on that program. it is back to school for

-- colorado's biggest school districts. safety officials want to remind drivers it is illegal to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or inload children. so be careful. a change in the forecast has happening now! >> it's almost like christmas. waiting for it, and bam it is here. the first wave, the second wave will move through tomorrow. keeping us below normal for severe. as the moisture coming in from out west mixes in with this cool front, we have the showers move across the city. another wave coming in across the foothills. bigger thunderstorms up here in wyoming, spreading through here, and all of that has to come down the pipe. so cooler air will come in, cooler air tomorrow. in the 70s tomorrow and saturday. to start the weekend.

to feed more moisture in as well. it was a hot day before that change took place. 90 official he at the airport, 1:26. and within ten, 15 minute, a lot of communities dropped into the 70s behind that first initial front. 87 was the high downtown. and that's normal for this time of year. 73 out there now in the city. look at wind, west northwest, 26 miles per hour. but we did have some gusts up to 35 when the front came through. gary our weather watcher in lakewood. in fort collins sfaeshgs the front came through his -- 73, the front came through 1:15, went from 90 to 78 in five minutes. really a front with some wheels on it. a few storms tonight, might leave behind some fogginess, low cloudiness across eastern colorado tomorrow morning. it'll be clear in the mountains and the west. and watch what happens, the next

and across the eastern plains. could get kind of heavy between 4:00 and 7:00. but they continue into the evening. and some of those storms that do develop, fort collin, denver, southern colorado could be severe. ham, gusty wind, and dangerous lightning being the biggest threat. 50s, 60s down low, 40s in the mountains. mountain communities overnight tonight. over 11,000 feet, might see a gusting of -- dusting of snow. 70s inure neck of the woods -- 70s in the mountains. showers and storms still possible tonight in the 50s for the overnight lows. tomorrow 73 for the official high. much cooler tomorrow. and a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. a better chance of rain tomorrow afternoon. 75 on saturday. more storms but

more spotty. and tleefrt 80s sunday, monday, tuesday, isolated afternoon thunderstorms. we have had a little front the last couple of weeks. they've been pretty leake luflter -- lack luster. nice to have a little luster. von miller talks about his first action in the preseason

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trevor siemian, starting quarterback. for one game. what might seem like a long-shot for the regular seen could be a possibility. mark sanchez started the first game saturday night with siemian's chance to shine for the starters. both will play about a quarter and a half with equal reps. and they'll try and get sanchez some snaps with the first team as well. he hopes to name a full-time starter next week but he >> would i like to, yeah. will i? we'll see. i'm looking at everything. leadership. how they handle the team. obviously you want to make them each make the same amount of decisions. i just watch their decision-making process.

dominated in drills against the 49ers. no surprise there. i would expect to see a lot of the same on saturday. that would include von miller and russell okume to -- vonmilltory make his debut. >> the last time i was in there, we had to beat patriots. so it should be a good start. first game at home. >> and another handful of fights with the 49ers today, until kubiak threatened to make them practice tonight. usa running away in the medal standings. and it helps when you run away with three medals in one event. american women sweeping the hurdles last night. u.s. medal count now at 95 with 32 gold, 32 silver, and 31 bronze. the cbs4 sports team is

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the cool-down has begun. sfaert high tomorrow after a morning low of 54. better chance of rain tomorrow. cool on saturday too at 75. and the

>> pelley: meddling with the truth. ryan lochte and three other u.s. olympic swimmers are accused of making up the story about being robbed in rio. police say this video proves it. also tonight, the spread of zika. florida reports two more cases, mosquitoes. the chicago police superintendent wants seven officers fired, accusing them of a cover-up in the fatal shooting of a black teenager. and, maybe this child can get the world's attention. he's the new face of syria's civil war. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news"