sky 7hd is live over oakland as the chp prepares to shutdown a stretch of 580 to make repairs to high voltage power lines which they are working on right now as you can see. >> this after a close one on this hillside. fires sparked by those lines threatening a dozen homes, and it all started when a driver took out a power pole. good evening. i'm carol lip johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. the driver was hospitalized, but is expected to be okay. >> tonight though the aftermath of the crash means a major freeway is about to shutdown. 580 between 98th and seminary and southbound 13 at davenport are closing so pg&e can repair the power lines.

we have live team cumpleg. thomas roman has more. we begin with ama dates and the freeway closure. >> reporter: carolyn, i am actually on the hill theks to where the fire -- next to where the fire burned. we are over 580. we got off at edwards and then came up the hill because it is a great vantage point to where the road will be closed down. again this is supposed to happen right about 11:00. so any moment now. it was supposed to happen, and pg&e need extra time to get the equipment out to get the lines strung. i spoke to them about what exactly they would be toking, and i spoke to chp about the delay in the closure. >> initially we were looking at a closure shortly after the evening commute. but you still have traffic there. so the further it is pushed out, obviously less traffic will be affected.

>> work is expected to take anywhere from half an hour to an hour. and what is going to be happening is our folks will actually be walking across the freeway with -- dash to the energized line, and they will cinch it up and put it back into place so business is back to normal. and those lines are 12,000 volts. i asked how dangerous is this job they will be doing? she said that is every day. the dangerous part is getting across the freeway. again cars are still going by. it should happen any minute. 580 between seminary and then on 13 locals know it as davenport. in oakland, ama dates. >> thank you very much. this whole mess started with the car crash. the impact brought down a power line triggering a grass fire that nearly destroyed several homes. thomas roman is live with the

race to save those homes. thomas? >> you can see the pg&e crews working behind me. when the car hit the utility pole it knocked out power to 6700 homes. it started a two acre fire. the chp tells us there are no skidmarks before the car hit the pole at 40 miles an hour. this buick century started a three alarm fire and a power outage at the same time. she smashed into this pole at 1:40 p.m. it broke the car into three. a section smashed through the wind shield and steering wheel and stopped inches from her chest. they pulled the woman to safety and away from the power lines. >> we helped her get out of the car. we grabbed the purse and headed over to this curb and set her down. >> a bible is still on her passenger seat. she then saw that the car started a fire. >> at the time the fire was raging and going fast up the h hill.

>> >> a third alarm was called when it threatened three homes above mountain boulevard. lois chambers was evacuated as the flames came near. >> they thoked on the door. they knocked on the door for who ever is in the house to come on out. when i opened the door i could only see white smoke everywhere. it is so scary. it is all-around me. >> chambers' daughter knew her mother was evacuated and was rushing home when she saw the flames. >> on the freeway i could see the fire going up the hill. the only thing i could think is our house is gone. >> it came within inches of the homes here. the more than 100 firefighters on hand knocked it down. >> we had a gully at the bottom and a street on the top and a street on the right. we did have a natural break from the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going.

>> oakland police have not identified the female driver, but say she is in hospital with cuts and bruises in stable condition. the fire danger will be high in these hills this weekend. reporting live in oaknd la, thomas roman, abc7 news. >> thank you, thomas. dangerous fire conditions are expected in some areas of the bay tomorrow. sandhya patel is here now with more on that. sandhya? >> when you look at the wind speeds, you can see why the fire danger is expected to be high. look at sfo. 37 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour around fairfield out of the southwest. those gusts will continue and even increase near the delta. 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., the gusts are expected to be about 45 miles an hour. it cussers the sacramento valley and the -- it covers the sacramento valley and northern san juaquin morning. the humidity will be in the 10 to 15% range.

you have two things going here, gusty winds and low humidity, and it spells critical fire weather conditions. if you will be in these areas just a word of caution. i will be back in a few minutes. traffic is moving on i-5 in southern california after an eight-hour closure due to a grass fire. it created a massive traffic jam after it broke out shortly after 1:00 in the was stay -- castaic lake area north of santa clarita. there were no homes threatened or people injured. the chp was forced to close the entire freeway for uh -- awhile. the reopened southbound lanes and it had grown to about 650 acres. the two men accused of attacking brian stow will face mayhem, assault and battery. a judge ruled there is enough evidence to allow a jury to hear the case against sanchez

and norwood. that followed testimony from a witness who claimed to have seen the attack as well as sanchez's sister who described her brother and her fiancee ordering her to drive from the scene following a fight that left blood on norwood's hand. the prosecutors played a recorded jail house conversation they say amounts to a confession. >> stowe continues to recover from a brain injury that has left him disabled and requiring care for the rest of his life. there was a connection with a deadly jewelry store robbery. four men tried to rob golden treasures at gunpoint. the owner fired back in self-defense killing one of the robbers. tonight a hayward man was taken into custody and charged with murder as was another suspect arrested a week ago.

they are being charged under the provocative act doctrine where defendants can be convicted for actions that provoke a killing. health officials are scrambling to figure out the cause of a new e-coli outbreak that killed a little girl and sickened 14 people in six states. the latest case is here in california. the largest cluster in georgia. the other cases in louisiana, alabama, tennessee and florida. the centers for disease control and prevention believes all of the victims connecticut tracted the -- contracted the same strain. it is not known yet if this is a food borch outbreak. -- 2350d -- food born outbreak. and they are ransacking a million dollar mansion. when it was over a picasso was missing. >> and we have been here since monday afternoon waiting and waiting. >> all for a shoe. why some people feel it is worth the wait. >> and winter on the track. we'll tell you about these

amazing pictures. >> and then later on "nightline." >> i'm cynthia mcfaden. coming up next on "nightline" he told the judges he was wounded in afghanistan, but the army said it never happened. tonight he tries to explain. plus the strange story of a young couple, a yoga retreat and a mysterious death.

in marin county, a hundred teenagers throw an illegal bash at this mansion. and as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman explains, they did more than party. >> if you were a teenager and you knew this gigantic house was empty, but furnished, would you want to party inside? >> i drove past it and i saw a bunch of cars, you know a bunch of kid cars. i saw a bunch of kids and they were jumping over the fence. >> like a lot of people he knew all about the house with

the six pools and seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. a place where betty murphy lived while filming in san francisco. and then there is the present owner, former ukrainian prime minister who remains in federal prison convicted of hiding tens of millions of stolen dollars in american banks. tonight he is a victim too. >> it is really not that unique or bizarre. >> except that when police raided the illegal party on may 27th, more than a hundred kids scattered into the hills and the open space, but some did not leave empty handed. they took items from the house including a lit -- lithograph estimated at 134* 30,000. we say estimated because police don't have a good description of it yet. >> all you know is it is a missing picasso. you don't know anything? >> correct. >> certainly he must know, but the home's caretaker has not informed police that made note

of the cars parked outside. >> officers did contact some people away from the residence who denied any involvement. >> he should get out of federal prison this november. he will return to a big house and $2 million in bills for back taxes, and at this rate one wall that is missing, a picasso. >> if somebody comes across something that has picasso painted on there, give us a call. >> we reached out to speak with a caretaker of this home, and he declined any comment. wayne freedman, abc7 news. and they are bracing for a shock waive of shoppers after the released of a hot new sports shoe. check out these lines. like this one on market street in san francisco, people are waiting for the new kanye nike easy air 2. abc news spoke to a customer who said he has been waiting since monday for the chance to buy this new shoe. >> i will walk out the door with them on.

if i get my size. if not that's a whole different story. >> he may want to reconsider wearing them out. we saw a pair for $4,999. the bay area store tells us they hillary tale for $250. a san francisco woman says an aggressive coyote ran off with her chiuaua. it happened around desk last night in glen park canyon. the woman who has asked to be identified as jane took these pictures. she was walking her chiuaua and another dog when she left the chiuaua off its leash. the coyote struck silently and without warning. >> i wasn't prepared for how quick they act. for how sneaky and quiet. i just want people to be uh aware of how quickly this can happen to you. you always think, oh this can't happen to me. >> we spoke to another woman who witnessed the attack who says she has seen coyotes before. other citings have been in

golden gate park and russian hill. there may be a little snow in the sierra left, but there is plenty in new swrea land. new zealand. look at this spectacular video. earlier this week a blizzard hit christ church area. footage of the train's journey was posted on youtube. it received more than 80,000 hits in the last 24 hours. >> look at that snow. nothing like that here. >> let's check in with sandhya patel. >> no wild weather in the bay area. the only thing we will see is a warming trend. we will use a word we haven't used in awhile and that is hot. we have hot weather coming up here. as we look at live doppler 7hd, here is an under location of our weekend weather. the skies are clear. we have no clouds or fog to think about.

antioch is 61 degrees. gusty winds, 25 to 30 miles an hour right now. clear and tbusy in spots. warmer for all areas this weekend. the fire danger increases. you can see a computer animation of what the fire danger is expected to look like. breezy patterns in place. lower pressure inland and higher pressure over the pacific. that creates a strong on shore wind pattern which is why it has been breezy and windy. tomorrow we will hang on to the wind flow. even though it is going to be warmer and windy for your saturday, watch what happens to the winds on sunday as the high pressure builds in land we will start to see an offshore flow pattern developing. warm offshore winds. when these winds pick up, really the air starts to dry out. the humidity begins to drop which is why we are concerned about fire danger here. this computer model accounts for the gusty winds and the

humidity for what they consider to be high dangerous -- high fire danger areas. we could see danger in the east bay hills. although this area is not under a red flag warning. that may change so stay tuned tomorrow. >> tomorrow morning is clear, temperatures in the upper 40s along the coastline. upper 40s in the north bay valleys. most other areas in the low to mid50s and tomorrow afternoon, check out these numbers. it is going to be a warm day in san jose, cupertino 80 degrees. mid70s for san mateo and redwood city. half moon bay at 65 degrees. a beautiful day in downtown san francisco. 70 degrees and rightly you should be. head up toward the north bay and you are in the mid80s for santa rosa and calistoga. east bay communities, your temperatures are coming up. upper 70s oaknd la, hayward,

san leandro. inland areas windy, low 80s for fairfield and pittsburgh. 83 in livermore. 84 for brentwood, pleasanton. monterey bay, 64 in caramel. 66 in monterey. san mateo county fair is going on this weekend. it will be breezy for your saturday, but sunny. 74 degrees. on sunday, 80-degree weather expected. locally windy, but warmer tomorrow. warm to hot conditions expected inland sunday to tuesday with low to mid-nineties. it is beach weather. look at the 70s on sunday and monday. cooling trend most noticible midto latter part of next week. enjoy the warm to hot spell coming up. >> thanks. up next, hollywood comes to town. >> filming will start

taking a live look at 580 in oakland. you can see a chp car right here, and traffic is now stopped on this section of roadway. this is a major shutdown so pg&e can replace the power lines that fell earlier and

then sparked a fire. we are looking at the area between 98 and seminary that will be shutdown so the repair can take place. >> they hope it will be a half an hour or an hour's time. somebody wanted time with warren buffet. the live auction ended with a person spending nearly $3.5 for the privilege of eating with the oracle of omaha. that is a million dollars more than the last year's winner. the winner is the glide foundation that receives the money received by the auction. glide provides services for the city's homeless. cam are yous are -- cameras are scheduled to start rolling for the movie "jobs." it is where steve jobs and steve what's knee yak started apple. ashton ciewmper will star -- kutcher will star at steve jobs. also on monday san francisco will host the worldwide developers conference.

let's talk sports and baseball now. >> larry beil. >> giants and a's and the a's got the catch of the year. you will not believe seth smith at the wall or what happened to the a's in the 9th. sports is next.

good evening. the last time the giants saw the rangers they were celebrating their world series victory in 2010. they were reunited tonight, inner league play. the had good old days in 2010. alex smith is in the house. it is not 2010 anymore. he drills this barry zito offering in a flash. 1-0 texas. here it comes and there it goes again. hamilton with his major league leading homer 3-0. more damage in the 6th. waits on the breaking pitch and r.b.i single scoring

gentry. zito goes 6 innings and allows four runs on nine hits. giants without posey and cabrera of the sanchez strikes out to end it 5-0 final. the first time giants have been shut out this season, but help is on the way. pablo sandoval will be back tomorrow. a's in the desert to face the d-backs. mark mulder with his son. aaron hill with a drive and it looks like it is gone. you want him on that wall. you need him on that wall. he robs arizona of a homerun. 8-4a's. 8-6 athletics. two men on and two out. good night, game over, drive home safely. a walkoff three-run homer. the d-backs come back from a 6-0 deficit. it is maybe the toughest loss of the year for the athletics.

mariners and dodgers started the game for seattle. terrific, and did not allow a seng gel hit and struck out 6 on 68 pitches. but then had to leave in the 6th with a strained groin. eve of his teammates come out of the bull pen and complete a team no hitter. he gets him to end it and completes the no-no 1-0. to college baseball and stanford and florida state in the best of three super regional. he walks back to back batters with the bases loaded and 3-1 florida state. he is one of the best pitchers in the country, but just a bit outside. florida state poured it on. mike shumann university coming through here. 6 r.b.i and 17-1 is the final. unfortunately we will not see i'll have another run for history. the kentucky derby and preakness winner has been

pulled because of a leg injury. the colt has a swollen tendon and the owner does not want to risk catastrophe in the mile and a half belmont. the last to win the triple crown was affirmed in 1978. i'll have another will be the first since 1936 to capture the first two legs and then did not go on to run in the belmont. >> that's your abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> that's a shame. >> everybody was really excited, even nonhour racers. it is unfortunate. now he will enjoy a life -- >> of leisure. >> that's it. i'm dan ashley. ji i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. abc news starts tomorrow morning at 5:00. and of course we are always available at abc7news.com and facebook and twitter. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel. we appreciate your time. ha

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