temporary restraining order. here is an attorney representing the santa clara county auditor. >> the county auditor is responsible for distributing funds as determined by law means he will not be distributing funds for the time being because this court ordered him not to do so until they can decide the issue. >> the judge ordered both sides back here in court. the funds at $30 million will be frozen. live in sacramento abc p news. >> thank you. a rapidly growing wildfire is threatening homes tonight. crews fighting from the ground and air, and there you can see a fixed-wing plane dropping retardant. one home has been destroyed and a neighborhood evacuated in the city of alpine. this is about an hour south of

salt lake city. it's inching towards a propane tank. and u.s. national guard is now assisting crew autos parents, students and activists are protesting outside of headquarters. this is hours after police forced them to end a 19-day occupation at lake view elementary school. two protestors were arrested after refusing to pack up and leave this, is a response to the district's decision to close several schools. including lake view. school officials say 17,000 students left the district in the past decade that makes it difficult to keep schools open. >> san francisco police have arrested two people they believe are responsible for a devastating fire. there is a fire destroying one home, damaging three others at bay shore boulevard near

industrial street in the bay view district. we're live tonight with the latest on the story. heather? >> the damage estimate here is at about $1 million, investigators are still looking at evidence to nail down a cause, they're identified this afternoon as a 48-year-old aaron kennedy and 55-year-old ronald weeks. and both returned to the scene when they were arrested after returning to the scene, kennedy came back looking for her cat. these photographs show the fire that consumed one home and damaged three others at 3:00 in the morning. all four were burning when firefighters arrived and they're able to prevent it from spreading further. this cell phone video was shot by a woman who lives next door, police arrested this man when

he returned to the scene. witnesses telling police they had seen him running from the fire with a gas can. another suspect told police she's' riz dent. officials say waits vacant with no electricity or gas. >> by have concluded our investigation. they're going to gather information and get interview statements from people that have been detained. we've conducted our search of the building and have not done anything out of the ordinary. >> neighbors remember seeing the woman suspect at the house last week. >> i was coming home and a woman came out of the front door. she looked normal. we figured it was a niece or nephew, or family members cleaning up. they've been cleaning out that house. and i remember having her hair

tied back with a bun. >> you knew no one live there'd but she didn't look suspicious? >> no. she looked like any normal citizen. >> officials identify aid male suspect, weeks being 61 years old. police say he's 55. the reason this house was vacant is because of a fire three years ago, almost exactly to the day, july 4th, 2009, a fire works-related fire. >> and there are passengers didn't realize there is a problem until itlanded safely today. the pilot of the flight reported someone smelled smoke as the plane was making a final approach this morning. there are many wondering why the trucks rolled up after it landed.

>> i didn't hear anything until i saw you guys. they said there is smoke in the plane. i said really? >> there is no pilot announce snmt. >> no. why would you do that? i'm not going to freak anyone out if we've landed okay. >> they plan to keep the plane out of service until mechanics can determine what cause that had smell. >> police are crediting secret skpfs drug enforcement for helping them crack down on a violent street gang known as the burnout family during the investigation authorities made 65 arrests, seized 22 firearms with a fraudulent system. >> this family has been involve fd drug trafficking and credit card fraud and has been terrorizing east oakland sempl years. >> and more arrests are pending according to authorities, the investigation represents one of the largest

wire tap operations in the history of the city. governor brown is asking for top state democrats to work into summer break to hammer out sweeping pension reform packages in decades, talks broke off today and the session ends friday. the governor says he can save the state $11 billion over 30 years by raising the age foremost new employment from 65, 67. the plan includes higher contributions for pensions and health care. the governor trying to ride a waive wave as voters both approve reforms last month. >> and it's been a lng day of deliberations in the priest beating trial in the south bay. will yinl lynch admitted to attacking father gerald lindner, abc 7 news joins us live at the court house and what the jury is dealing with. >> and right. the jury yellsing with legal and he megsal issues in this

high profile assault trial. filed out of the courtroom about 4:15 this afternoon, that means they have ended their first whole day of deliberation was out a verdict. and william lynch, as many as you can see, have also gone home for the day. and the district attorney charged lynch with two felony counts for the conpron taigs limpbl had with father jerry lindner in may, 2010 at the church's los gatos retirement facility, lynch testified the former priest raped him and molested his younger brother in a camping trip in 1975. the defense saying lynch did not cause harm to father lindner and in essence actions were justified. the prosecution admits that father lindner raped limpbl when he was seven years old but told jurors that vigilantism in a democratic

society must not be allowed. so again, no verdict in this case. and jury will be out because of the 4th of july holiday recess and will resume deliberations on thursday morning. reporting live in san jose, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and coming up here the best type of books to give your brain a boost. >> and the return of the fire works show that fizzled in the bad economy. how local cities are find a way to keep them alive. >> and tonight head light and break technology could change danger out of driving. >> i'm sandhya patel. fog return tonight. i'll let you know if this is going to get in the way of the fire works displays tomorrow night the 4th of july forecast is coming up.

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oakland police and firefighters plan to be watchful during 4th of july holiday to keep people from staging their own fire works stheez endanger neighborhoods. civic leaders want to avoid scenes where people shoot off professional sky rockets near homes and wildland areas. there is also a bab on safe and sane fire works but cameras discovered them being sold by a merchant in chinatown. >> we want people to be mindful. we want you to be responsible and careful. >> officers will target people who fire guns into the air to celebrate the 4th of july, oakland not hosting a city sponsored show this year. >> and the tough economy caused sets celebrations to fizzle in cities but one peninsula city has come up with a way to bring back the sizzle.

we now have more. don? >> you know, since 2009 redwood city and 4th of july brought sound of silence. and there is no rockets there. people said no way. we want to be able to see this again. there is redwood city, back again. with the price tag reaching $70,000 the city had to pull the plug. times got tough. people that live here and businesses stepped in. >> what this wasn't possible with the situation but we saw our businesses coming together ask create the opportunity to do these fire works there is about a dozen businesses chipping in, became sponrs. >> the they led the effort to get the money so, in the afternoon they will haul a barge out to the port for a show they're calling

spectacular. 20 minutes of visuals you can see in the city. >> to me, it means that this is spirit back in redwood city. it means the community is rallying together. >> here at court house square there will be a party and a carnival following a parade in the morning. that celebration is back, maybe it's signaling a way of doing business. >> is this the wave of the future? if you need something you relie on the sittens? we're engaging in helping the city accomplish thing that's we need to do that by can't get done without help. >> they raised 50,000s skpdz volunteerism is the key. the parade starts at 10:00 and 24 hours from now, here, probably won't be able to move. there will be many people here

with a big celebration. i suppose in a sense it means patriotism and celebration know nose financial boundaries. in redwood city abc 7 news. >> it's true. thank you very much. you can kind a list of the activities around the bay area on the front page of our web site. just go to abc 7 news.com. >> and there is nurses on strike today targeting center health facilities in the east bay. there are drivers honking horns in support marking the fifth time they have walked off the job. >> we're owned by sutter health. and sutter health made $4.2 billion a year. anthey're trying to take 30% from the nurses who are the heart of taking care. >> and sutter health reported

a fourth of the nurses reported for work today. on sunday, contracts of replacement nurses expires. sutter health says the union asked for unrealistic wage increases. >> the beach book you're into this summer is giving your brain a boost. research kinds fiction books can improve rational thinking and abstract thought. and saying to get the best benefit he says linger over readings. >> and you should feel guilty about wasting time? >> and we'll have encouraging news about the economy thanks to car ask truck sales. >> yes. michael fin gee here. >> it's amazing. there is signs aren't discouraging americans from buying new cars, for many, sales of new vehicles surged in june and there is a 22%

increase. for chrysler the best in five years and there is volkswagon for the best year in u.s. sales since 1973. falling prices and new models like ford escape and dodge dart helped attract buyers, experts are praising two new pieces of technology designed to make the roads safer. the study replees leased by the highway loss data institute and found forward collision systems reduced accidents by 14%. these use radar or lasers built into the grill to warn if you you're about to rear end a vehicle z if you ignore that, some just right themselves. >> this is assuming you're distracted. researchers found head light turned to chin around corners

helped a number of accidents but technology that alerts drivers when drifting off the road appears to slightly increase accidents. >> and next flix subscribers watched a billion hours of video last month. that is a milestone and trying to waen customers off dvds and one of the biggest reasons is doing so well is low cost. subdescription is $8 a month for unlimited online. average cable tv costs 10 times that. it's $86 a month now. you can see why people are signing up. >> thank you. >> moving on, you can help foster kids achieve their dreams. >> and all you need is a facebook account. >> for every new like this

summer, we're going donate 1ss today sleep train's foster kids program. >> if you like it, spread the word. and look for a button, click like it helps foster kids in the bay area. >> let's talk about the forecast. >> there is sandhya patel back. >> yes. it's going to be beautiful for the holiday. wide range of conditions from coast to inland. it's a typical summer time pattern. and there is when you're probably wondering about fire works. there is a live picture from our camera. looking along embarcadero there is nothing but blue skies from the vantage point. there is ocean beach starting to see fog. it's going to be back. and we head into tomorrow night. let me show you live doppler 7

hd. there are clear skies and these are the highs so far. right now it's 59 degrees in half moon bay. there is 87 in concord, into 70s in san jose. fremont, oakland, 8 p degrees and interest there is mild to warm for 4th of july. we're heading into a warmer pattern this weekend. the heat is providing them heat without moving westward. here is the pacific satellite picture, there is steady wind flow that continues. and there is temperatures first thing this the morning

you'll want to get a light jacket. it's going to be foggy. low to upper 50s, then, you'll notice that fog around will be pulling out of most of the inland and bayside communities that just clears back and there is a some areas remaining foggy, 60s there and there are fog starting to creep back in, coming in through golden gate. so begins to roll in against, ceiling expected to be around 400 to 600 heat. and there is a pyrotechnician say they can be as hh as 1200. so with ceilings down, we can see a good dasplay. we'll have to see what happens. there is fog kming back nchl

temperatures upper 50s. and there is should be great. high temperatures into south bay, 82 in san jose. and 61 in pacifica. downtown is 67 degrees. get you up into north bay. there is nice day in the east bay. interest there is 87 in pleasanton. and monterey bay, of 6 degrees, here is a look at the accu-weather forecast there is a wide range of conditions and cooler thursday, warming back up heading into weekend and into next week. and a parade tomorrow, good looking weather and we have parades going on, marin county fair. good looking weather for that. >> great day.

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