do not let them define this evening. everything has been fine. it is just a few people who want to spoil the entire evening. in oaknd la, nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you. meantime, oakland police say vandals damaged two of their police cars near city hall early thursday. they believe it was part of a coordinated attack to protest the federal investigation into anarchist activity. a group calling itself the east bay uncontrollables claimed responsibility in on-line posting. oklahoma's three largest cities are under siege by wind whipped wildfires. authorities can only say dozens of homes and buildings in and around oklahoma city, norman and tulsa have been destroyed by fires that erupted this morning. police say the oklahoma city blaze may have been started by someone throwing burning newspapers out of a pick up truck. fire fighting efforts have been hampered not only by gusting winds, but by temperatures reaching a record 113 degrees.

hundreds were forced to evacuate, but no serious injuries reported. a red flag warning is up for the sierra and parts of northern california tonight, but of particular concern for our firefighters is a chance of dry lightning. abc7 meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more. sand yaw? >> ama, the concern is the sierra nevada has been so dry this winter you combine that with the dry lightning and it could mean trouble. it could spark new fires. the red flag warnings are up from 2:00 saturday afternoon and lightning strikes combined with the dry fuels and the strong out flow winds. the gusty winds could really spread the fire quickly. the areas under the red flag warning lake county, the northern california mountains, the northern sierra and this includes the lake tahoe area. this is the biggest concern as the monsoon moisture moves in. there is a slight possibility that there could be lightning strikes other than the area around the viewing area. i will be back with a complete look at the forecast in a few minutes. ama sph.

>> sandhya, thank you. oakland police are putting out a warning for anyone who does their shopping on craigs list. thomas roman is on hill -- on hillcrest court in berkeley with the latest on the robbery scheme. >> it is near the oakland border and this is whereof the t robberies took police. police don't know whether they are working -- whether there is an organized ring working or a few individuals. what they do know is these craigs list robberies have spiked within the last couple weeks. >> give me the money or i kill. >> reporter: this man says he was robbed at gunpoint when he responded to this ad on craigs list. the seller wanted him to come to hillcrest court in this quiet section to buy the car. when he showed up he was surprised by two men. he does not want his face seen on camera. >> come with two guys. he says give me the money. i had the guy in my head, give me the money. >> reporter: he said he had his wife and two young

daughters with him at the time. and he had the 6500 in cash seen here he had to pay for the car. >> he said only cash. no checks, no nothing. only cash. >> oakland police say he is the fourth victim this past week in an apparently increasing rash of these robberies. >> last week we had four robberies in the last four days and several weeks prior we have seen one or two robberies either within a week or within a couple weeks. >> officer watson says the crimes are similar. they say the address is usually in a quiet upscale oakland neighborhood. it is set between 8 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. it is usually by men, but a reportedtims have reported different races. we have caw say sheen, hispanic and african-american b. sometimes working individually or in groups. >> watson doesn't know if it is a ring of thieves or robbers who found easy targets

on-line who is looking for a bargain. she says that's one of the things to watch out for on craigs list, something that looks too good to be true. >> don't carry large amounts of cash. stay awayrfrom isolated areas. choose areas that are highly populated like parking lots and grocery stores. >> now, there are warnings posted on craigs list for what to look for when you are making a purchase. but over watson says if you go out to buy something go with a couple people and make sure you are in a populated area. thomas r >>c7 news. >> thomas, good advice, thank you. with the crime rate soaring, oakland police chief howard jordan asked city leaders to approve a youth curfew by the end of the year. there has been a 20% increase in violent crime in 2012 ago.ar. the city council rejected a similar curfew proposal last ye one least one lawmaker tells abc7 news she is ready to say no again. >> when you don't have a real

strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look as if you are doing something. >> details of the new plan have not been released yet. oakland mayor gene quan says she won't comment until she sees them. the plan rejected last year had a curfew of 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for anyone under the age of 18. marin county police are looking for three men wanted for robbery a jewelry store at gun point. the shop's owner suffered minor injuries when they stormed julie anna's fine jewelry at the mall. one robber was armed with a semiautomatic pistol and another used a tire iron to smash jewelry cases. there is no word what they got away with. they were last seen speeding north in a black dodge charger with blue paper license plates. a high number of mosquitoes and the presence of the west nile virus has contra costa county employees ready to fog. the area to be fogged is bordered by sand creek parkway.

parkway, sellers avenue and brentwood boulevard.the processb the process will begin on monday it into. the fogging will look like this with mist at an ultra low volume from the back of trucks. they will use the pyrocide while flammable has little threats to humans. it was the chick-fil-a kiss in, but not as big as yesterday. a day of appreciation, but why this one fizzled. >> and how a huge chunk of concrete came down on a truck tonight on one of the -- at one of the biggest malls of the country. uts in clint eastwood his two cents and then later on "nightline."oming up n >> coming up n "nightline" he is a rock hard fitness superstar with a hit workout dvd. but huey is only 11 years old. how young is too young to be this unbelievably fit? and he uncovers the dirty secrets of hotels nationwide.ñ!s

one man is dead and two others are injured in minnesota after a concrete and steel beam fell on a truck at

the mall of america. authorities say it appears the driver of the u haul miss judged the height of the garage ramp and the beam fell on the front of the truck crushing it. the death appears to be accidental. once again chick-fil-a restaurants are at the center of the debate over same-sex marriage. today opponents of the restaurant held what they called a kiss in. but turnout was low exprkts protest all but fizzled in the bay area. abc7 news john alston joins us in the newsroom. >> this was supposed to be the answer to wednesday's nationwide demonstration when opponents of same sex marriage lined up to show their clout by purchasing sandwiches. sandwiches. here in the bay area the response was barely noticible. only a few same-sex marriage supporters showed up for the dinner time kiss in at the chick-fil-a in fairfield. two women and a little girl holding a sign, and then two men outnumbered by news crews embraced for the cameras. >> we just want everyone to be okay with it. that's what equality is about. >> what do you think of the

turnout? >> it is a little disappointing, but what are you going to do? >> steve in in support of the fast-food chain. he didn't see the kiss. >> no, i'm glad i missed it. i just don't support that. i believe a marriage is between a man and a woman. >> today's counter protest was tiny compared to the show of support from chick-fil-a on wednesday when crowds across the country lined up to buy sandwiches. customers were backing the company president who argued that same-sex marriage runs counter to the word of god. the fairfield franchise is the only chick-fil-a in the bay area, so what happened? >> i really thought they would have a huge turnout from the gay population. i thought it would be a huge turnout. >> in the castro, heart of the bay area's gay and lesbian movement there was some surprise over the slim turnout. >> i am not quite sure. i don't know if it was on a friday and people didn't take the time to take off work. i truly think if people didn't think there would be a huge

turnout i think more people would have shown up for it. >> the national same sex kiss in day had better traction in other parts of the country, including these protests in suburban atlanta right in the backyard of chick-fil-a's corporate headquarters. >> this is actually a crime to do this. >> roar protesters -- other protesters took them a step further painting "tastes like hate" on the side of this restaurant in torrance in southern california. no one has been arrested for the graffiti. now some wendy's franchises in the carolinas are posting messages of support for their rivals at chick-fil-a. john alston, abc news. >> thank you ?ie. july was a pleasant surprise for workers. 163,000 more jobs were added last month, the most since february. and the silicon valley fuelled a lot of the good numbers. new jobs in retail rose 3%. business service hires were up 5% and construction was way up. there were 15% more jobs than in june. the silicon valley has the best hiring rate in the

country. actor director clint eastwood announced he is supporting republican presidential candidate mitt romney. >> curious why you decided to endorse the governor. >> i haven't endorsed the governor. oh yes, i did. because i think the country needs to go somewhere. >> eastwood made his announceme valley, idaho fundraiser for romney. eastwood said he met mr. rom nay when he was directing "mystic river" in massachusetts when romney was running for governor. eastwood says he likes romney's plans for tax reform. the former caramel mayor endorsed john mccain last time around. now time to check our weekend weather. >> the weekend is here. sandhya patel with the accu-weather forecast. >> i can tell some of us are very excited. we are all excited. the weekend is here, and we are talking much cooler weather. temperatures are going to drop as we hit the week end. i want to show you our time lapse from the rooftop

camera. this is a couple hours ago and as you look at the bay bridge, not just the low clouds, but we have high clouds moving in as well. check out live doppler 7hd andtm the marine layer has ramped up. it is 2200 feet deep, and that is signaling a change. 58 in pacifica and 92 in antioch. 5 to 10 degrees cooler in the bay area, and with this deepening marine layer and the strong wind flow, the low clouds are starting to push into the inland areas and bayside communities will get well inland by the morning. in the 50s and sictz and like i said -- 50s and 60s. cloudy overnight and cooler days this weekend. warming back up next week. you will feel the heat again by the time we head into next week. here is the biggest concern. as we look at the water vapor imagery, there is an area of low pressure drying up subtropical moisture. that's why we saw some lightning in southern

thefornia and also in the sierra earlier this afternoon. there is potential for that again. this area of low pressure will continue to draw up the moisture. it is going to mean high clouds for us here in the bay area as you -- as we start our animation on saturday morning. the potential though is there that some of this moisture could get into our area. right now we are keeping the thunderstorm possibility just to the east of us in the sierra nevada as the storms move in from the south and work their way up northward, but like i said, a movement of that low could really change things around here and it is possible locally higher terrain may see an isolated thunderstorm or two. ada, best chanc nevada, best che for thunderstorm possibility, red flag warnings up for saturday to sunday afternoon. lows in the 50s and better sleeping weather. fog, high clouds and then partly cloudy, 77 in san jose in the south bay. 80 in los gatos. on the peninsula, redwood city, loss altos mid70s. upper 50s near the coastline

here. and we will keep it foggy most of the afternoon. a cool one at the coast. downtown san francisco 63 degrees. running cooler than average. get up to the north bay, and it is really very unsummer like. 74 degrees and same thing for vallejo. nice looking weather and 96 in ukiah. if you are around the 68 in oakland and 70 in hayward. head inland and it will be mild as opposed to hot. 80, 83 in the livermore area and for the monterey bay, 63 degrees in monterey. going to the a's game tomorrow as they host the bluejays there again at 1:05. partly cloudy and 64 degre, and then warming up to 67 degrees. so not exactly a hot day, but comfortable, cooler weekend. mid80s inland and then warming it a little each and every day. hot inland by thursday and friday and mid-nineties in the hotspots. a break from the heat for thank you.ounds good. thank you. up next, the latest viral

video. this one involving a jumpy goat. >> and we have three more people we want to thank tonight for taking part in the abc7 sleep train dream campaign. lakisha, lidia r of fremont and wendy p of fairfield. >> and you can help make a difference to bay area foster kids. just like abc7 news and $1 gets d?xús1@ú?

american and canadian researchers announced they developed a spray on skin to treat leg ulcers and open wounds. the spray is a mixture of skin cells and blood clotting proteins. leg ulcers are painful open wounds and they can last for months. they often strike the elderly. over 200 people with leg ulcers were treated with the spray on skin in a study. the sprayed ulcers were found more likely to heal and they did so quicker. a small goat farm in maine is get august lot of attention -- getting a lot of attention after a youtube video went viral. it shows a goat named buttermilk leaping over the other goats. what is that? it is like a trick.

buttermilk is a six-week old goat. they were going to give a $25 donation to a nearby farm sanctuary. it goes a meetly 25,000 hits and now it has two million. >> buttermilk has some -- >> some hop. >> oh, tremendous leaping ability right there. >> that's exactly what i was thinking. >> off the back, and do you have anything that can compare with a july ping goat? >> tune in at midnight. we'll see if we can find something. >> the a's had the bluejays right where they wanted them. that's until this three-run bomb to tie the game. we're going extras. hopefully we will have a winner next in sports. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts!

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some moves. they brought up catcher derrick norris and dan straley who made his debut against the bluejays. 175k's to 1 three 8 innings. the highest total in professional baseball coming

into the game. and added five more against the jays. six innings and one run for the kid. then in the fourth, chris carter and see ya. a solo shot and only 29 games and makes it 3-1 oakland. 4-1a's in the 9th. ryan cook to close it out. are you kidding me? they tie the game. omar viscel trying to score from first. but the a's throw him out, and it is 4-4 in the 14th. complete highlights tonight at midnight. all right, derrick norris was brought up because kurt suzuki was traded for freitas. he spent his entire career in the majors with oakland, but he has been struggling at the plate hitting 218 with one

homerun and 18 r.b.i and 75 games. he will be reunited with gonzalez in washington, and as i said earlier the a's wore him out. he caught 80% of the games. oakland is picking up some of his salary. he is making $5 million this year and $6.45 next year. the giants in colorado and hoping to kick start their offense against former teammate jonathon sanchez. they get to him early. top of first and second batter, singles home pagan. 1-0 giants. he is fresh up from triple-a and crushes this one. fourth homer of the year and now 3-0 giants. they get four more in the 7th. cabrera brings home two with a double down the line. giants lit up the rockies for 16 hits. buster posey was red-hot three for four and a three-run blast. where has his offense been hiding?

giants explode with 16 runs, 16-4 your final. pga tour where tiger woods' putting stroke continues to sputter. a three putt from five feet. 13 back of your leader and that would be jim furyk. he maintained a two-stroke lead and he is 11 under and new american sweetheart gabby douglas is the corn flake cereal cover girl. the first african-american gymnast to win gold. she the call her "the flying squirrel" and she will be high in endorsements soon. >> you mentioned the a's highlight at midnight which you will stay for as part of the post olympics mini newscast tonight. "nightline" is next. i'm larry beil. >> i'm amaús

it's progress report time on live big with ali vincent. remember jorge sierra and leslie gay? ali's checking in to see how they're doing on their journey to the big life. it's the moment of truth; time to weigh in. find out who impresses and who disappoints. what happens that leads to tears from leslie and jorge. how you feeling jorge? leslie and jorge. how you feeling jorge? i'm fine. ♪ i used to weigh 234 pounds. i didn't gain weight over night and i didn't lose it over night either. even though competing on the biggest loser got me very very quickly, it takes most people weeks, months, even years to slim down, depending on what their goal is. today is the day i'm catching up two live big

participants who started their journey six months ago. it's time check in with jorge sierra and leslie gay. first up, jorge. i'm 23 years old weighing at 398 pounds. i'm down 100 pounds but i'm stuck at this weight. i'm not happy at all. it took courage for jorge sierra to write this letter. sometimes i just want to give up, voicing the pain he was feeling, and the hope that, just maybe his future could be different. this would be a great opportunity for me to live life the way i pictured it. at 21 he tipped the scales at almost 500 pounds. the day i weighed myself 498 i was truly sad. there were tears from my eyes. when we first met jorge, he had managed to drop some weight on his own but he was stuck at over 400 pounds and overwhelmed. the wake up call was a horrible experience at an amusement park. i finally worked up

the courage to get on a roller coaster. i waited in line for an hour, an hour and a half and when we finally got there all the bars came down except mine it didn't lock. they announced it on the intercom and they were literally pushing down on it. and i said no let me get off. and they said no we've done it before. they called another person and that's why i was like no, just let me off. it was crazy and finally we got off. all the time we waited, the stairs, all the comments they made were crazy. so i haven't been able to ride. my goal is to be healthy, be comfortable with myself. be who i want to be. i just want to walk around with my head up high. jorge's live big journey began six months ago. jorge, how are you! i am so, give

me some love. your life is going to change right now. first off, a one year membership at 24 hour fitness. lets go man. fifty personal training sessions. come on man, you got three left. a body bug to track calories in and calories burned. and jorge met with chef jennifer king who showed him how to make healthy mexican food. ali's given him the bell to ultimate weight loss. it's up to him to do the hard work. in five seconds i want you to try to get to 100 and hold that for 15 seconds. ready, go! fast, fast, fast, yeah keep it up there. good job buddy! i want you to be sweating like that every day. okay? i got to get more laundry soap. get more laundry soap. two months later, ali invited all the live big participants to work out with her. a visibly slimmer jorge shows up and keeps up. oh i know you got this!

zumba is an intense high calorie burn. you're a new man. yes, i've completely changed, for the better. and how does that feel like? awesome. now i can smile because i'm happy, i'm good now. but good doesn't last long. the following week a discouraged jorge emailed ali and said i have no energy and am ready to throw in the towel. but just two weeks later, ali's ready to compete in the triathlon. her mom betty sue is there to cheer her on. and unexpectedly jorge shows up. look who's here! he even does the honors of marking her with her race number. seeing ali in action gets jorge back on track, writing, you just make me kick it up because i want to do a triathlon.

woo, here we go! well lets get on a scale!

look at that. it's just, i look huge.

you can't even see my neck. jorge sierra let his weight spiral out of control and in the process so did his life. what do you imagine, your life's going to be like when your weight is gone? happy. i know that. i'll live happy. this 23 year old is done weighing 400 pounds. done with his body holding him back from life and what he deserves. it's been five months since he's met ali and today jorge's ready to tackle something he once believed impossible, a five kilometer race. it's pouring but the weather doesn't stop jorge's biggest cheerleader ali from turning out to support him. your very first 5k! ah i feel like a mom going with her child going to school. and you know what better weather than this? see if you can run a fivek in weather like this you can do anything. ali gives jorge a shout out surprise.

jorge not only am i here to cheer you on but i'm here to run with you too! to cheer you on but i'm here to run with you too! here we go! ♪ keep going, come on! the race is five kilometers, a little over three miles. it's an epic undertaking for jorge. okay, walk. we're pacing ourselves. this is what we're doing. along the race course, jorge's got a cheer squad. ali never leaves his side all entire the race. all the while pushing and inspiring him to keep moving. you can do this man, you got this.