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>> there is some homes reported threatened but currently they say the homes are are secure, they're getting a hold of it. >> and we're showing pictures of that noucht we've received word this is a homeless encampment on fire, flames burning are by bay shore freeway. and 101-280 split. can you tell us whether traffic is impacted or how this may have started?. >> i don't believe there are involved. and we're getting a lot of phone calls from people along tla are traveling the freeways so it's visible from the traes. -- freeways so there is caution, people just to slow down in that area. >> mindy talmidge thank you for that update. and again, you're taking a look from sky 7 hd of a fire in the bay view now.
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we're told homes should be okay at this point. we'll keep on top of this and bring you any latest information as this becomes available. if you have to leave go to abc 7 news.com. >> a richmond neighborhood is in shock after a 10-year-old boy was shot. >> this happened yesterday at the corner of maine avenue and south 15th street. the child was an unintended victim in what neighbors say is ongoing gun violence in the streets. >> and we're live with more. >> i talked with the mother today. she's here at childrens hospital with her son. she says he is doing better after being shot in the back yesterday. and she asked me not to say his name on the news because she's now concerned for his safety. i was in the neighborhood today and i can tell you neighbors are now sharing that concern. >> maria is close friends with the victim's mother. she says they had just finished opening at t home
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and chatting on the sidewalk when the gunfire started. >> they says she saw a man firing a gun from a bicycle. she jumped on the ground. yvonne heard the gunfire from her home. there is chalk marking where the shooter was standing. and she checked to see if everybody was okay. i asked were they okay. they were saying they were okay. and minutes later a woman was yelling "my baby has been shot". >> police found the 10-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the back, officers sped the child to the hospital in a police car. the victim's mother says her 10-year-old son is doing better told me doctors weighing surgeries because of the internal injuries caused
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by the bullet. >> this was an unintended target. just happened to be in the background, struck one time. >> they're hoping anyone who saw this shooter or the car he was shooting at can call the tip line. this is a neighborhood that is marked with several bullet holes where neighbors say outsiders come to make trouble. >> so when someone has a problem, it's our neighborhood. they need to take it back to their neighborhood, or whatever. >> and there are witnesses tell me the shooter sped off after finishing firing, ditched the bike. police have found that bike, but they're still looking for its rider, they're looking for the vehicle he fired at and there is a description of a
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black ford fusion with a shattered window. >> and thank you so much. a fire drove 65 people from their homes today. and there is a ruptured gas line keeping them from burning. and about 100 firefighters raced to the scene believing it just head towards the roof. the building filled with smoke, residents escaped to safety. >> and we're lucky, most people at this time of the day are at work. she's been transported and treated for smoke inhalation. >> red cross is assisting with housing and investigators haven't pinpointed to fire caused.
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a fairfield pastor in s.? n.jail accused of molesting and photographing six young people, police accused him of targeting children in church during his nearly two decades in the st. tim yojy church. >> there are police spending the morning with a search warrant. this afternoon, this perish is devastated by the arrest. fairfield police say pastor rourk molested six victims during his tenure as head of the orthodox christian church. >> there are photographs and physical contact, it appears he targeted 12 to 15 years of age. >> the 65-year-old was arrested thursday night, shown here in photos from the church web site, police say rourk was
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suspended by officials over the weekend. and a youth director reported hearing complaints about behavior. >> using his position here to make contact with these kids and convince them that these different things he would do with them were normal in the course of his dut eyes as a pastor. >> police say the victims identified so far are all now adults including three males, three females. investigators believe abuse occurred inside of the church will you bu also at rourk's home. in a statement st. tim mothy deacon said, quote, we're aware of the situation. it's a very difficult situation and we're doing our best to work through it. >> and work is in jail and his arraignment set for monday morning.
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and tonight at 6:00 why police think there are more victims of the man who got the trust of so many young people. over the years. in fairfield abc 7 news. >> there is a san francisco man admitted he beat a roman catholic priest, describing to jurors how father gerald lindner sexually molested him and his brother and also revealed how he hit lindner several times when he confronted him at the sake kret heart jesuit center two years ago. he wanted lindner to sign a document admitting he sexual assaulted him and his brother but never planned to beat the priest. >> you can look at mr. lich and see true emotion in his face. he was talking from the heart. >> and he denied molesting
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lynch, prosecutors admitted as much, he invoked his 5th amend rights. >> the family of a missing baseball fan is not giving up on the search to find him. he was last seen in a parking lot on pier 32 around 11:00 on monday night. there is a friend fears he may have fallen into the bay. and there is a private water search for the corrections officer. the coast guard suspended the search. the family is handing out flyers to boaters hoping they can aid in this search. >> and they're going to be getting out flyers and hoping someone will see him. if he's out there, that they'll find him. >> the family is leaving a larger -- leading a larger search in the bay tomorrow. >> and time to check in on our
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weather. >> there is sandhya patel in. promising to be a warm, sunny weekend its going to be nice but i won't call it warm. we're looking at marine layer and there is some drizzle along the coast. there is tomorrow morning, drizzle, temperatures into 50s and sunshine inland, temperatures similar to today, low 60s to low 80s, if you're hoping for warm weather i'll let you know if we'll see it. >> thank you. >> there is a bay area inventor saying this funny-looking mask is supposed to help you fall asleep. >> who needs dramas like "madmen" when you have "bikini barber shop"?
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emily chang will explain. >> and michael finney taking your questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them here live later. and you can contact michael on twitter and facebook.com. >> and we want to update breaking news at the top of the broadcast. and and he's live on the bay shore freeway where a homeless encampment was on fire, sf fire has done a fantastic job. you can see crews putting out potential hot spots. there is one home threatened and firefighters are on top of several homes, fighting that blaze and creates a lot of smoke and maybe disturbance from traffic. we can see now there is no visible flames and looks like everything is under control. stay with us.
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checking healthy living news if you're one of the people who had trouble sleeping or trying to get shut eye on a plane you might like this. developers working on this map called nearo dreamer, mimicking your brain waves and uses ambient music and fading light. close your eyes. listen to music. let your brain waives do the re. a study tied early menopause to a higher risk of heart disease. doctors found out whoim undergo menopause before age 46 are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke. doctors say the reason behind this is still unclear but there is no evidence it lowers
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danger saying women at risk should keep cholesterol and blood pressure in check. >> and' katie couric is researching topics that are important to women like her,. >> hi, everyone. a a woman of a certain age i find myself drawn to articles about the "m" word. right. menopause. particularly a recent one said calcium and vitamin d sup plems are not that ben pishl for post menopausal women. given the fact there are so many ads i decided i needed to find out more. i went to dr. becky brightman to find out. >> i think studies from the point we've known is that estrogen plays a role in terms of helping to deposit calcium into bones so after menopause
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women stop making estrogen and bone mass that starts to decline. >> what if you're getting it from another source? does it work better then? >> absolutely. >> and she'll start to reabsorb calcium. vitamin d actually help autos keys to keeping bones strong are exercise and a calcium rich diet at an early age. right? >> so what kind of exercise,. >> anything thain solves use of weights, and push ups, yoga. >> you don't -- and small hand weights. which -- okay. sorry. >> i think it's important. and calcium needs to be part of a young woman's routine.
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whether or not they get it through dairy servings. >> and vegetables like brosly, kale. there are many ways in which one can help maximize their bone mass before starting a decline. >> by the way the doctor recommends base line tests for women over 50 or anyone who happens to be going through menopause they do provide coverage for this. so check with your provider about all of these things. >> and katie, it starts september 10th airing right before this newscast at 3:00. >> and on to business news, dish network preparing to make a change affecting popular programming and it's happening this weekend. also, happy birthday to to the
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iphone. it turns five today. >> hello, larry. just five years ago no one knew what it was, how steve jobs introduced a new product changing the world as we know it. take a listen. >> three separate devices in one. >> that is jobs introducing the very first iphone, officially went on and since then, iphone has trance formed the smart phone business, and sent competitors into a tail spin, it's facing google's
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android operating system. still, the iphone only seems to be getting bigger, more on just how far it's come. >> june 29th marks the fifth birthday of the iphone, consider this. it took just three years to reach 150 million users and a fraction of the time it took sony walkman and television. and since the debut, apple told 365 million devices. >> it may be the birthday, but some people aren't celebrating. here is a new report that finds the software doesn't work that well. siri correctly answered only 62% of the time. and the report gave siri a "d" for accuracy but predicts it
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will get better. >> and and and your bloomberg silicon valley and state rally came under the last trading day of the second quarter that wiped that wipe tded out a lot of wealth. a trillion dollars was wiped out on concerns about the global economy. >> and there is a dark day for "madmen" and "walking dead" fans. dish threatened to shut off the network since may after accusing amc of charging too much for show was low viewership. favorites include will be replaced by hd net programs like new jersey based show a teen barber shop. a different type of show, as you can see.
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larry, back to you. >> thank you. >> and let's check on the weather. it's not bad but warming up. >> that is right. we'll see warm weather approaching the 4th of july. this weekend just going to be mild inlnld a long the coast, tomorrow morning, you may need windshield wipers. here is a look in the forefront is our marine layer and it's ramping up, we going to see clouds and fog moving across the entire bay area by morning. and here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. we're watching some low clouds near the coastline. never quite cleared the coast. so we're going to keep this pattern going heading into saturday. temperatures into 60s at the coast.
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numbers getting up to 80 degrees so far. nice-looking weather. it's on the cool side. and patchy coastal drizzle and it's coming up just a little bit sunday, a few degrees but not a major warm up. and as it continues to deepen, the wind pushes low clouds and fog into the valleys. and there are gray skies inland and a drizzle developing here near coastline heading into saturday morning. and gray skies will linger well into afternoon along the coast. and tomorrow morning, count on a little bit of drizzle. plans first thing in the morning taking the kids to games or camps. it's going to be on the wet side near the coastline. we'll see temperatures into 50s, fog, low clouds and clouds linger well into afternoon near beaches.
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and upper 70s in santa rosa and napa. there is 76 in palo alto. 67 in monterey. here is the accu-weather forecast. morning drizzle giving way to a mild, sunny day bayside, inlnld. warmer sunday. there is warmth you might be looking for. low 90s inland. and low to mid-60s along the coast. 4th of july looking great right now. >> and next on abc 7 news, tom cruise not jumping for joy anymore. big news on tom kat. >> and it's free but not full. discover camp for bay area kids gets great reviews why aren't more children signing up?
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personal matter for katie and her family and that her primary concern remains her daughter's best interests. she's asking for sole custody of suri, now six years old, cruise's long time attorney says he's saddened by the news but is concentrating on the children. another person says this is a complete surprise, this was cruise's third pa marriage. adele announced today she's pregnant. she wanted her fans to hear the news from her so she posted on her web site saying quote, obviously we're over the moon and very excited. but please respect our privacy at this precious time. now to red carpet premier of the amazing spiderman last night with andrew garfield and emma stone. >> this is in 3 d. and that is visually moving.
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>> it soars into theaters on tuesday. for more on the stories go to otrc.com. >> and just getting started on abc 7 news at 4:00. coming up a she down between san francisco mayor and sheriff who is suspended and why the ethics hearing was shut down. >> thank you so much. >> president obama to thank you for volunteers siding fighting wildfires in kol could. they're winding down now. >> this is not a bird or a plane but it's a new superman coaster. >> if he survive autos yeah.
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ethics investigation. vic? >> well, that is june 4th. four days after the altercation when ilyana lopez called ross mirkarimi and told him there was a video and the person that shoit was going to the police. and this is the second day mirkarimi took the stand in the hearing and deputy city attorney continues pounding mirkarimi with questions about responses to reporters following the new year's eve argument with his wife which left her with a bruise on her arm. when asked by reporters then, he replied it was a private family matter. >> i believe i did. >> kt sheriff be referring to a violent incident that is under investigation between a man and his wife as a private family matter? >> one of the jurors asked why
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he apologized after a criminal trial to. >> i vor ease madison the woman who took the video of the bruise. mirkarimi answered this way it was suggested i do and i agreed with it. >> and you know what the basis was for the suggestion you apologize? >> no. that was provided by the district attorney. a agreed to it. >> the mayor accused mirkarimi of trying to disswayed witnesses in this case. one of the charges in the hearing. under cross examination his lawyer, david wagner tried to put that charge to rest. >> at any time did you disswayed anyone from a law enforcement investigation? >> never. >> did you ever ask anyone to destroy any snefdz. >> never. >> thank you. >> the mayor took the stand in the afternoon but it was brief, suddenly the commission president announced the
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hearing was adjourned until further notice with no explanation. >> i've been instructed that we need to adjourn proceedings for now. >> the mayor rushed out of the room by the police escorts and the crowd wondered why. we know why now. a false bomb scare, someone called and said a bomb would go off outside city hall while the mayor was testifying that. is why they let the mayor off and put the hearing and he sent us testimony about 45 minutes ago. we'll have exerts at 6:00 tonight. >> and the father of the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed trayvon martin told the court he believes it is his son's voice heard screaming on a 911 tape on the night of the shooting. >> were you able to identify whose voice it was? >> yes, sir. >> who was it?.
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>> george's. >> and zimmerman was in court for another bail hearing. his father took the stand and zimmerman is charged with second degree murder for shooting the unarmed teenager in february. martin's family also present and spoke after the hearing. >> we just feel he didn't instigate anything, minding his business walking from the store. if that is a crime we're all guilty of walking from the store. >> bond revoked this month after a judge found he and his wife lied about how much money they had. the judge put off ruling on a new bond and zimmerman remains in jail. >> president barack obama was in colorado today to get a look at the devastation caused by that wildfire. and before landing was able to see views similar to this one showing vast areas of the rocky mountains blackened by
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fire. we're live in colorado spring was more on the visit. >> the remains of the second person were found it's believed they were a couple in their 70s. >> how are you doing. >> the president has toured devastation left by a wile fire and thanked firefighters for their determined efforts to put outraging blaze. >> because of those outstanding firefighters we just saw, three homes were saved. >> friday morning the president declared colorado a major disaster area and released funds to help. >> devastation is he more news, thoughts and prayer goes out to families who have been affected. >> the fire has been declared the most destructive in colorado history, torched 16,000 acres, skroi destroyed nearly 350 homes and left at least one person dead. from the air, and on the
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ground the destruction is painfully clear. neighborhoods have been wiped out. >> it's like someone took a thumb and smudged the house. >> rick's home is among 20,000 still in harm's way. >> and it's an ominous feeling and view to see fire throughout the area you love and enjoy. >> and this major is in afghanistan. his wife is among evacuated and the fire is raging just a couple hundred feet from their home. >> it's diminished every day. >> friday there is a some progress. the fire now 15% contained and now, if this weather holds they're going to get more containment on the fire, you can sigh that the bottom line
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is that there are fewer wind gusts and there is cooler temperatures. i'm rebecca stevens. >> i'm sure firefighters are thankful. how do people respond to having the president there? did it seem to make them feel better? have more hope? >> it did. there is a convenience store that hasn't been able to open and this is indictive of the mood of the town. pechl are really taking this in stride. they're helping and just seem to be okay with whatever happens. it's just a great coming together of the community. >> rebecca, live in colorado springs thank you for that update. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00 a flight attendant
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caught talking tough to passengers stranded on the tarmac and one person says the guy is doing what he had to do and michael finney is taking your questions and going to answer them here live a little bit later, you can contact michael on m finney. >> we have limited fog along the coastline. that is about to change. tomorrow moshing cloudy skies for everyone, and drizzle near the coast. i'll have the forecast coming up.
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there is more breaking news to bring you. a fire in san jose. you're taking a look at sky 7 hd. the fire is off highway 101. it burned about an area right now we're just showing the general area because choppers are there, you can see it. you can see most appears to be out, you can see trucks there just a little bit of white smoke coming from that so this looks like firefighters have it under control. it did burn close to homes there. and nothing damaged. winds not that bad. we're bringing sandhya patel here with more. >> there are winds that got five-15 miles per hour in that area. we do have gusty winds, 20-30 miles per hour now.
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and let's turn your attention nationally. if traveling from central u.s. to eastern united states expecting more record heat we've seen records today. excess tiff warnings posted for this area. 106 in st. louis and there is washington, d.c. up to 100 degrees. and looking at numbers, las vegas, 106. 109 in palm springs. looking north here are showers for eureka area. 65 degrees in the afternoon. here in the bay area, almost identical temperatures to vod toed. 77 in san jose. lingering low clouds and there is 60 degrees in pacifica. fog hanging around well into the afternoon. 66 downtown san francisco. there is 78 in the north bay. 71 in oakland. inland areas mild day. 79 oakland and for monterey
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bay, lovely day there is 76 degrees, tonight mild weather and if you like the fog head to the beach there will be plenty of it. >> thank you. >> and not rushing for drizzle. >> and thank you for the invitation. >> and still head on abc 7 news details on a former stripper accused of black mailing the head coach of the golden state warriors. >> i'm michael finney. bags planned in san francisco. why do car dealers see many of
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mark jackson, a former nba star. now, the head coach of the golden state warriors fbi says adams and this man pressed jackson to pay them thousands to stop them from making nude photos public. >> this combination of vulnerability and wealth make people like him primary targets. >> the photos were apparently real. six years ago he had an after krair with adams working as an announcer in new jersey. when jackson ended the affair and told his wife, fbi says an angry adams sent jackson's wife the photos but the couple stayed together. jackson, also a minister often talks about his family. >> my wife is an incredible woman and mom and sets an example. >> jackson says he was
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approached by saw in a memphis hot yesel. shaw showed him the photos as well as a cd that she said contained recordings of the voice messages. the fbi says two weeks later jackson was pressured for more money in an e mail which read, do you want to purchase these pictures before i sell them? jackson responded quote, i thought we took care of this in memphis. will give you 200,000ses today keep this quiet. afraid it wasn't over, jackson went to the fbi. >> the fbi able to take e mails and track them right do the two individuals involved. they then told us their telephone number and placed both of them. >> jackson wrote, quote i made errors and i apologize for embarrassment i may have
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caused family friends and the warriors. >> that is jackson is an ordained minister. he said, quote i was wrong, we must live holly. >> and 7 on your side's michael finney is joining us now z great about answering questions. >> and there is karen wants to know i drove through chinatown. i see plastic bags everywhere. is chinatown exempt? >> no. the reason they're possibly more noticeable there, you do see a lot of pempk ones there. and there you're looking is only for groceries. and that is in the city of san francisco. the next part gos into affect,
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none, no matter what you're buying so we soon will have those cleaned up. i'm happy to have them gone. >> rick a asks we purchased a car and they copied our licenses and required our social security numbers and said it was a homeland security requirement. is that real? >> it s but also for a lot more than that. it's a maizing this, is such an expensive purchase. government wants in on information. there is a graphic made up. first they've got to show there is proof of a licensed driver or else they can be held responsible. homeland security says they're not allowed to sell cars to those on a list, ie, a list of terrorists. they've got to make sure you're not on that. if you give them cash, for more than $10,000 they have to
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ground at new york city la guardia on monday. police calmed the situation by removing four passengers and serano from the jet for questioning he said something like this is probably going to be my last flight. if we did go back in the air he decided i'll hop the door and let passengers out? >> one first class passenger defended him in an e mail that person blamed conflicts on quote the owe most horrible display of passenger aggressiveness. the flight never took off because crew members worked beyond their allowed hours. >> six flags discovery kingdom is debutting a ride tomorrow and there is a lot riding on it. >> the mark is betting $5 billion the ride with have profits that soar to new heights. >> this lasts less than one
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minute but superman ultimate flight uses to leave an imfregs. >> takes you up, back up and and around in an inversion west of the mississippi at 15 stories tall. there are moments during the ride... when you're too topsy turf yu to do much laughing. starting out at 4 miles per hour, then you're stopped and going 62 miles per hour. >> we do something that is where they repel each other. >> and this is someone who rode thrill rides i can say it's short but not short on thrills.
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>> they don't have a lot of recent track record to go on. they haven't brought a major ride to this park in 10 years. >> and i would pay good money not to ride but you name the price, i'll fork it over. >> does look like fun, though. there is a link on visiting six flags discovery kingdom. >> want to stay right here. >> and you're good for now. >> yes. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> i'm larry beil. don't send me up there. you can keep track on twitter and talk about it on facebook.com/abc 7 news. >> the news at 5:00 starts right now. >> thank you. coming up there is american airline apologized after a flight attendant ranted at a
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passenger. and a brush fire comes close to homes in san francisco. >> and there is a local city turning up heat on gunfire this 4th of july. >> damp roadways in areas this weekend. i'll let you know if it's going to affect plans coming up. >> we're on top of that brush fire that threatened two homes in san francisco next to 101-280 freeway split. it topped a number of calls from neighbors concerned not far away. there is some information about that fire apparently san francisco fire investigators are now saying that they're conducting a criminal investigation into the cause of the grass fire. that raised a lot of smoke, you can see what firefighters had to do there, they're standing on the house. we believe this is a homeless encampment. so reports came about a fire
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burning near charter oak avenue. >> you can see these homes they tried to overlook the fire and get an advantage on it z get a better angle. flames were knocked down and they worked very vick yi to get this under control. despite commotion no injuries reported. >> as we have more breaking news about a fire in san jose that is not far from highway 101. this is burning up to the fence line line as the camera pulls out to a wide shot. four acres burned but it appears temperatures have brought it under control. we're going to follow this for you. a san francisco man testified today. he admitted he never set out to be the roman catholic priest who molested him. the 44-year-old faces up to four years
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