large trees. no word on just what started this fire, we'll bring more information as soon as it becomes available. >> and there is break gsing news in napa. cruise just gained control of another wildfire on flames burning in a vineyard flames charred about three acres and crews worked to keep flames from reaching homes or other structures. the fire burned within several hundred feet of homes. cal fire tells us that that fire is nearly contained now, but road closures will remain in effect for a few more hours. >> never a good time for a fire, but the weather was not working against the firefighters today in napa. >> spencer christian has a look at conditions, spencer? >> there is some good news. that is that conditions are favorable. here is a look at dive doppler 7 hd. there are weather conditions here, again. some areas near the fires there is a reporting station there, temperatures 78 degrees,

mild and not hot. winds light. 13 miles per hour. and there is concord now, it's warmer, winds not very strong and humidity is on the low side at 25%, similar conditions at livermore. there is winds light and humidity on the low side. and checking conditions to the south, 34% humidity. winds at 13 miles per hour. we do not have critical fire weather conditions. >> it seems appropriate that now a three-day prevention exercise is underway in the south bay. and there is the exercise taking place in the lexington basin. abc 7 news is live with the

story. >> you know preparing for fires and the season is with us, for two days, firefighters from around santa clara have been in training. >> there is about five acre fire and making small uphill runs. >> it's only a drill, but an important one this year. and there is 125 firefighters training today in the hills of los gatos, firefighters are from across santa clara county. there is tinder dry grass and expensive homes. firefighters need to make decisions as they arrive, size up phone shall for disaster. >> and what can i do now? >> with exkbreerns comes greater responsibility.

there are strike teams on scene ahead of command staff with battle plan autos we give them an area to work in and they go to work and make decisions on their own. coming down to if there is 25 houses and five trucks you may give a captain five house autos this is focused on structure protection, firefighters on the ground get air support from firefighters and fixed wick aircraft. other focuses on logistics, deployment of prison crews and evacuation of the elderly and horses. firefighters are using what appears to be a low-tech device, a sand box with wood shavings. and there are eye droppers used to stwich flames, cal fire has been using the box for training for over 40 years.

this is the tires firs time it's being used in santa clara county. >> this creates room for people to run through and to come up with tactics and ideas based on how to suppress the fire. >> l is another 125 undergoing training tomorrow, many residents of the area remember the lexington fire from a few years ago. no one wants to relive that disaster. david louie, abc 7 news. >> there is dozens of parents enlisted the help of occupy oakland, demonstrators trying to keep a school open, camping out and have been since last friday with children at lake view school in oakland's grand lake distract. -- district. abc 7 is there with the latest. you said they're getting ready for another rally. >> tla is right. i can tell you that there is

some hope of finding a compromise between them. at this point we don't know what that is. and we do know both sides are willing to talk. one parent told me that that is a start. >> let me go back. >> noah is one two of who voted against closing lake view and four other schools. today, he assured parents he would ask the superintendent to meet with them. >> including sitting down with parents and restructuring this effort. >> and this is including we're going keep the school open. >> and those words gave some hope to the paernts. their demands have not changed. >> he knows our demands, it's time to reopen or resign.

that is a start. >> the spokesperson says smith and the board are open for discussion but doubts any major changes will take place. >> they have endured eight months of protest. name calling. and threats and haven't decided if this is an issue. why would they now? >> and members voted to shut down the schools in order to save close to to million, parents decided to put pressure on the board by staging a sit in. since then, parents and volunteers continued to use the school as a summer camp for a few kids. yesterday, and again, today, oakland school police walked on campus, encouraging every one to leave. parents have been here since friday and said they'll stand guard against police action.

the district insists they'll have to go. >> that will come at some point. i don't think that day is today. >> and as mentioned before the board voted to close five schools, one saved about a week ago, leaving four schools. and there is a the school district taking this serious lism i found out top administrators are meeting to try to find a solution to this problem. live in oakland abc 7 news and i'll be back at 5:00 with that rally. >> thank you very much. >> and there is just about an hour ross mirkarimi scheduled to go before the ethics commission to fight to keep his job, this morn he was in superior court for a probation check. and the mayor suspended

anymore march after mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a mim. >> mayor lee is throwing whatever they can against the wall, piling on smear which we're seeing in the declarations themselves. and we'll do everything we can, i think, to address it and clarify it. >> there is a judge approving the request to see his son who has been in venezuela with his mother. dan noyes got a interview with lopez and said she was unsure exactly how long she'd be staying there. >> a fisherman made a gruesome find today, a man's body floating in the bay near jack london aquatic center four or five feet from a dock. police say weights were attached to the body. the fisherman called 911 when he said he saw shoes floating in the water, police say this looks like a suspicious death.

coroner going to determine the cause. until then, investigators are being careful because they don't know what they're dealing with here. investigators estimate the body had been in the water several days. >> we do have mittsing persons cases here this, is something investigators will look at soos the coroner is able to identify the body. >> police are looking at this red car and talking with witnesses including those on board boats that are near buy still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00 bart found stolen bikes and caught suspected thieves. now they're trying to give back bikes to rightful owner autos after hype, microsoft unveiled a new tab blet computer. the question is who is going to buy it? emily chang will join us live from bloomberg wes hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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bart police believe there is a serial bike thief. and abc news joins us with details, heather? >> we're at the balboa park bart station, police arrested what they're calling the busy bike thief, now bart is hoping

anyone who had a bike stolen from bart last year will get busy identifying the property. 47-year-old brett major was arrested for stealing a bike from a bart station, police believe that wasn't the first time he'd made off with someone else's ride. on that day, a station agent at 24th street ns noticed major acting sus spishusly. she watched him board a train, taking a bike with him. she alerted police and other agents. another agent recognized him as he got off a train and police moved in and arrested him outside. >> that is when they recovered the bicycle frames in his residents. >> bart wants to reunite the bike was their owners and they've asked us to show pictures in hopes someone might recognize their property no. one know what's major might have wanted with so

many. >> it's important people come forward to identify their bicycles because we could be able to possibly get more charges against him. >> bart says san francisco police department ingleside station has a collection of 114 stolen bikes waiting to be claimed. bike theft is a growing problem on bart. top five worst stations are ashby, 16th street, pleasant hill, east dublin, and fremont and the civic center tied for 5th place. jesus gonzales has no car and locks his bike but doesn't worry about theft. >> do you worry about it? >> no. no. >> why not? >> because it's not really a great bike. >> and bart urges everyone to keep track of serial numbers and you need to claim it from police. if you think bart might have your stolen property you're urged to call the following

phone number. and you can find links to take a look at bikes on our web site on abc 7 news.com in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thank you. on to business news now, spot fi is out with a challenge that will challenge pan dora. first will the new microsoft tab blet be a hit with consumers? >> microsoft had officially unveiled it's new tab blet designed to take on the ipad. there is a 10.6 inch display slightly longer than the ipad. and it's 9.3 mm thick just a

hair thinner than ipad it and has a cover that doubles as a force with a bit of extra nickness which the ipad does not have. so so will consumers buy it? >> if bart is talking about something that could dislodge them from their leader, that would have to respond with something great. >> there is a consideration, apple products are pretty great. >> spot fi is giving users something new today there is a new free radio app for apple devices competing with pan dora for mobile listeners. and paying users will be able to listen to the mobile radio without ads and will allow users to pick artists, genres

or play lists. as for stocks they're on a study -- steady run higher today. the federal reserve kicked off a meeting and investors speculating more measures to boost the u.s. economy may be announced. the bloomberg silicon valley ending the day higher. and graphic design software heavy weight adobe reported stock is plunging in after hours and this company says sales jumped to $1.2 billion but profits dropped 2% to 224, million dollars adobe working to weather the transition to oppose pc world launching a web based version of the creative suite software and

vacation rental service air b & and b is reporting explosive growth saying 10 million guest nights have been booked through the site. five months ago, just five million nights had been booked. air b & b has over 200 thousand listings. in san francisco i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. >> thank you. and next on abc 7 news at 4:00 the shoe so controversial, kpt that makes it pulled it before it went on sale. >> and there is a viral video that shows bonding between a chimp and a baby. [ mom ] to me, chex is not just a little bowl of cereal,

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a new shoe design so controversial adidas pulled the kicks from the market. >> the ankle cuffs are the problem, critics say they're a reminder of slavery. the designer says he was going for quirky.

and adidas denied intentional reverence to slavery and pulled the shoes. >> he was going for ugly. the story has got a lot of people talking on the facebook page. most thought they were ugly. karen wrote they look uncomfortable, too this, is a stupid idea wendy l says they're not that bad except for the cuffs. >> we'd like you to join the conversation, too. you can share your thoughts. >> and there is a war of words heading into game four of the nba finals tonight. saying he didn't think lebron james was a good defender to which lebron responded i don't care, he's stupid. >> you can catch game four in just over an hour, coverage beginning at 5:30 here on abc 7. >> i did say it. it's only fueling energy to

the rivalry. >> that is level of basketball discourse stooped to a low. >> and these guys in congress, right? >> there is no trash talking in weather. >> and today gaining about four to eight degrees and take a look at the live view from our camera. there is all blue, warming continues tomorrow. and let's take a look at live doppler 7 now. you'll see clearly that there are no clouds at the coast and its warm in our inland areas. there is 89 in antioch, 81 up north. 80 down south in san jose. highlights, there will be another warm day, summer solistice occurs tomorrow at 4:09 and will be cooler thursday the first full day of summer. there is alignment of the

systems produce another warm day. overnight low clouds and fog return together coast. cooling sea breeze developing and a spot of drizzle on the peninsula coastline. that is lows into mid-50s tomorrow, warmer day than today with more locations inland into the north bay and east bay showing highs into low to mid-90s, there is 93 in livermore, up north, 93 in yu kia. upper 70s to low 80s around the bay. monterey bay there is a similar range of temperatures. 66 in monterey to mid-70s to 91 inland. let's take a look at the accu-weather forecast. there is next several days highs only into 70s. there are upper 60s around the

bay. there is no rain in sight and will be partly sunny skies z temperatures will be well below average for this time of the year, it's the first day of summer. >> all right. >> thank you. >> next on ab krchl 7 news at 4:00... why did the ducks cross the road? >> that is an age-old question. plus... >> there is a green house grass reduction strategy researchers say now could backfire. >> that is coming up at 5:00. >> and now, a look at what is ahead on a special early edition of world news just ahead at 4:30. >> hello, larry and cheryl, tonight on world news, we have new numbers on the danger of high speed police chases and i know you in california know this. more than a thousand people injured every year there. and we're going to show you video about the way people are

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these next two stories have a lot of people talking. >> really huge, take a look at this, traffic came to a halt. a there are 5,000 ducks he decided they needed a break. and ruffled fathers of motorists and others watched in wonder. >> and there is another viral video showing a young chimp with a chimp showing off for preston. she the shared a moment, here. >> the chimp mimicked the boy. the grandmother says it's amazing how this encounter touched people around the