worried. >> yes. yes. because this is an apartment building and there is over 08 residents. it's that something you worry brks a lot. >> polk says he doesn't recognize the man. >> and there are other who's have recognized him. we're following up on that. >> and san francisco police say they haven't had arson fires like this in the area recently but this does concern the arson squad to say they're investigating and would like anyone who can identify this individual to give them a call. >> and there is a teenager being call aid hero for helping people escape a fire that started in a car port about 12:30 this morning. several cars burst into flames and the fire spread through the eight-unit building. people had to run for safety after being awakened by a

13-year-old. >> i told them the cars were burning up. and once i ran outside, to see the cars, they, like thre three -- blew up. i yemed to everybody, get out. >> 30 people were dts place twhid fire, investigators say this may be the work of an arsonist. and there is a dog that did die in the flames and there is police want to know if anyone has information on a man, there is a look at four videos they appeared to show the same man. police say the first happened may 26th at first community bank the same suspect hit u.s. bank inside of a safeway store. >> pg&e insists it did the same thing. this video shot by a neighbor

and abc 7 is there live tonight. not everyone is buying the story. >> there is police believe has been critical of the two and a half hours that it took pg&e to shut off gas flow yesterday. pg&e says it does a review of the actions after an incident like this one but for time being, it appears it acted in the fastest way possible. flames consumed the building the owner watched and with new found gratitude for firefighters. >> another feeling and another level of appreciation they risk their live to try to save buildings for us. >> there is a different feeling for pg&e. >> i'm blaming pg&e did not

shut off the gas on time. >> pg&e says a contractor welding a water pipe burned through and ignited a natural gas service line running too close to the torch. pg&e says it was right there at the ignition site. it had to lok yais lines further back and across the veet involving digging through pavement and dirt, then, closing a valve, pinching the pipe shown in this demonstration. >> our highest priority like that is making sure we're shutting off gas in the safest way possible and digging those two holes and cutting off the course of gas. >> pg&e says digging was time consuming and lynn says it was figuring out where to dig.

saying workers appeared confused. >> i believe they don't have a map. or they zront a clue. and they are not really care. >> and we were in condition stant contact with mapping units. >> that is the best answer we can get as to whether he there might have been a delay. the fire zeptz the welder has been upgraded to stable condition. and fire department could not confirm this. pg&e says it's disoccurred the contractor never made the call to make all utilities come out to mark lines that could have prevented this fire, possibly if the welder had known how close that line was to his torch. and san francisco general hospital asking for help.

the woman admitted friday after being hit by a car at the corner of vallejo and vanness, it's an asian woman in her 70s with gray hair, brown eyes. she's five two about 130 pounds. if you know who this woman is, call sf general. >> and a discovery by a horrified mother led investigators to a man who is just convicted for child pornography and investigators found 300 child important yog graphy videos and stills on his computer, one of a 2-year-old saying moore rigged his home with hidden crams and video. police were tipped off after a mother discovered those hidden cameras. moore faces 180 years of prison when sentenced next month. >> and this man pleaded not guilty to charges he produced child pornography.

he said in september administrators placed him on leave after learning police were investigating him. officer as resting him last month after serving search warrants on the former and current homes and police came under fire for questioning students without getting permission from parents. detectives have not found evidence that any students were harmed. >> and parents of missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar increased rewards being offered now to $35,000 today hoping a tip will help fine their daughter. and a 15-year-old disappeared march 16th on her way to school. this man is charged with kidnapping and killing her based on evidence found in his car and her discarded clothing. the $35,000 reward terms have been expanded.

>> we're adding anyone that gives us information that leads to successful prosecution of anyone, any individual or individuals responsible for the disappearance. >> the family is circulating a flyer showing pictures of the car and investigators say they believe that he is the sole suspect in this case. >> and hundreds of nurses walked off the job against bay area hospitals. it marng marks the fourth time in nine months california nurse's association stage aid one day strike. they remain without a contract. the two sides differ on issues from sick pay to employee benefits. >> with what we saw they're proposing we backed off and said we just want to keep what we have.

not asking for anything more. >> we're asking for real schaimpks in the contract in terms of benefit changes. there is no question about that. that is being done throughout the country frkts, policemen, nurses aren't immune to that. >> sutter hired replacement nurses. the hospital say they will not allow striking understands to trourn work until monday. >> top state democrats introduced a budget plan today before friday's deadline trying to resolve a conflict with governor brown. democrats proposed lowering the amount of money the state keeps in the cash reserves, changing akting rules for education funding and democrats say it meets the governor's mandate it will be balanced in year one and in in

year three and a $2 billion sur pus in year four. >> the state faces a $16 billion deficit. the budget deadline is fry lance armstrong says new hoping charges are baseless and says blood samples collected by armstrong tested positive for an endureas boosting hormone. armstrong denied doping accusations and never tested positive. the tour he defrance winner retired last year, charges threaten to strip him of the victories. >> coming up next you know to say which new ones are in the pipeline. >> the storm of bugs leaving people jumpy in one town. >> and i'm sandhya patel, natural ac is working.

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. in central valley a problem unpleasant and destructive. they've come by the millions. locusts descended on the small town. abc 7 news is there live. >> and they're hungry. i've never seen a station like this, this town has about a thousand residents and now, looks like the locust outnumber them. >> i am used to bugs but not this many bug autos walk anywhere on deb ease farm and

you can pick up dozens of what are believed to be locust. they swarmed in two weeks ago and don't want to seem to leave. how many? she'd say biblical pro portion autos at least five kblinl of them. on the internet between 50-65 per square yard is a severe outbreak furks stand in the backyard there is maybe 5,000 per square yard. >> they're hungry, you can see them munching on peaches. there is nothing left of the peppers and they're trying to eat the sign. they're working on rose bushes which were in bloom until the unwanted visitors came, and stayed. >> they're called destroyers. very appropriate name. >> her grandson runs the yard with a net catching quite a few. her dog can't decide which one to chase because there are owe many. and a uc davis scientist told

her perhaps this dry, warm winter means less vegetation for bug tosz eat. that with a very wet season the winter before, more bugs were born that. created a perfect storm. and for now, she catches them and drowned them in a pool of soapy poison its not funny anymore. it's not entertaining. it's not measurable. it's eating everything that i own. and i'm not happy. >> there is coco looking for more bugs. she's applied for a permit allowing thor use a pesticide similar to that used in africa to combat their locust problem. she won't be able to get her farm organicly certified this year. >> and you can get ready for doth just about anything.

the corporation for assigned names and numbers is reviewing applications for largest ever expansion of online addresses and apple is plying for dot apple and google for dot android. and dot pizza is taken. it costs $185,000 to submit a proposal. >> and engineering students just wrapped up a hackathon. the event sponsored by internel. -- intel. and the apps will help teach younger students math. >> this started out with typing and card playing. and within 32 hours each team hopes to turn code into a

playable game. between now and then, there won't be much sleeping going on. and there is a tradition called hackathon. >> there is power, food, coffee, and internet. focus on a problem as a way of taking a project that might take months and doing knit a short time. >> that means learning on the job. >> when in the groove all i can think about is how to fix this? and add more, i'm thinking about the code, really i get happy when it does everything i want to it do. >> they're helping younger students. each app is a game helping teach middle school algae bra.

>> i think people are met vaited they're going to be helping kids learn. it's different than what you'd see if creating apps to make money. >> and they admit they're learning teamwork and how to solve problems. >> it's okay to bang your head on the wall until you figure this out. >> are there head prints on it yet? >> yes oor they yours? >> yes. >> and there are smart people doing smart things. >> there is beautiful today but that is going to change into end of the week. and get a load of this. there is near triple digit heat. enjoy this cooling period now. there is san francisco, you

can see there is fog cooling us off along with sea breeze. it's just absolutely gorgeous up in tahoe now. there is 76 degrees and sunny skies. and could see isolated showers, if you have travel plans keep that in mind. there is a look at live top pler 7 hd. there is no moisture to speak of. there is doppler tracking moisture any time we have it. right now there is temperatures 55 degrees, and foggy earlier, skies have cleared out nicely. and there is fog, low clouds push add way. only patch is down towardsmont rai. temperatures are ruping four

to eight degrees cooler, we're heading down into our numbers and we'll see a turn around, 55 degrees in half moon bay. 90 degrees in antioch, the high for the date. low clouds and fog returning tonight there is temperatures peaking saturday afternoon, that is when we're expecting 98 degrees into our hottest inland loks. there is a cold front has set this breezy pattern into play. cold front going through here and there is low clouds and fog. clouds and fog will be hanging around for friday. and then, quickly clear out. and heading into 10:00 a.m. friday there is a ridge building in.

and saturday, temperatures going to crank up, tomorrow morning low 50s to low 60s. and there are some areas of fog and low clouds. tomorrow, if you're heading to the first round of the 112th u.s. open it's going to be nice-looking weather. 5 to degrees to 58. winds 10-20. just bundle up. there is 58 in half moon bay. 64 san francisco. there is mid 80s in santa rosa and there is 82 degrees in livermore, monterey bay, 59 in monterey getting you up to 80 degrees in morgan hill, here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. there are upper 50s to mid-80s, we're going to get you up close to 100 degrees saturday, inland. low 70s at beaches. father's day fog takes edge

off heat a little bit. and there is fire danger increasing zpri saturday. winds develop into hills. >> that is a down side. >> yes. >> important to note. >> there is abc 7 news confirmed the district attorney issued a felony warrant for bicyclists that ran down and killed a pedestrian this, is a man accused of hitting. he is accused of running a red light as he traveled down hill on march 29th. police say he struck a 71-year-old who was in the crosswalk and he died later, we've learned prosecuters allowing him to surrender through a lawyer because he's not considered a flight risk. >> still head one of the most notorious mobsters, turned informants, has died.

>> and at 6:00 we're going to explain why grammy award winning san francisco boys chorus hit a sour note with parents and willie brown, at 6:00. we'll be right back here.

california no longer holds the title of having the largest state prison system. the title now goes to texas. there are fewer than 136,000 inmates in california. texas has nearly 20,000 more, california reduced prison population after a law took effect last year and this is on the same day the state department of correction as announced a new round of layoffs. they didn't say how many prison workers will be let go but hundreds of notices were sent out. fewer guards and ploimys are need ootd mobster turned informant who inspired the

movie "good fellas" has died. he passed away from heart problems. he played a key role in the theft of $5.8 million from an airline vault. he became a government informant and spent time in the witness protection program. his long time girlfriend says hill refwreted his gangster past. he was 69 years old. >> jerry will you wis is resting in a new york hospital after a health care. and a publicist says heing for wrot to eat or drink and his blood sugar just crashed. he had been directing for a musical based on his film "the nutty professor". >> it's bumper to bumper at california adventure park. >> that is right. we'll explain why. f

new at 6:00 fallout from a solar company. what the government knew about solyndra for months but did not reveal and a series of sexual assaults forces a local company to pull the plulg on a mobile app. how built in save guards failed. >> right now disney is done with its make overof the california adventure park. >> today is the end of the renovation efforts. >> characters come from pixar, and carsland opens on friday. there is a recreation of a town of radiateor springs. >> don sanchez will have a live report on mid day broadcast this friday. disney owns abc 7 and that looks like a fun assignment. >>