look for photographs that were hard copies, and put the cats away so we could get them with needed to. put some clothes down to the van, just started throwing stuff into a suitcase. >> no official evacuation order game down but they didn't want to take any chances and just as they were about to leave, firefighters managed to contain and control the fire. >> investigators nor shoot whew what caused the fire and are not ruling anything out. firefighters will stay on the scene until tomorrow. lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. >> ama: while the phenomenal called dry thunderstorms is cause for some corn today. a three-day human caused wildfire in trinity national forest is now 75% contained. the fire, which i burning near

i-520 miles north of redding has chewed through almost a thousand acres and the department of for his is on high letter. he brings rain and firefighters are bracing for the worst. let's get the latest on the fire weather watch from leigh glaser. >> leigh: we actually have two watch areas. the first one you see here, read-flag warning until 11:00 tomorrow for the lake tahoe area, towards lake county and just two hours ago, the national weather service issued another red red flag warning unl 8:00 tonight for parts of monterey county. these are for lightning strikes. dry fuel and strong outflow winds so the potential of isolated thunderstorms. let's show you live don her 7hd and you can get a sense of why we have appropriated these dry lightning strikes phenomenon expected for tomorrow.

the live doppler 7hd picking up some moisture from south to north. a lot of this is drying out and is not reaching the ground, but around mt. diablo, we're seeing some enhancement right here that could possibly be some lightning. that's why there is a possibility of these die -- dry lightning strikes. around santa cruz, salinas, a chance of some isolate thunderstorms there, as we rumble through the evening. i'll let you know how long this activity will be with us coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> alan: in oklahoma they're finally gaining control of massive wildfire out there. now the question is, who started it and why? here's the story. >> reporter: the fires in oklahoma have destroyed dozens of homes, damaged others, and sent hundreds of residents fleeing. this fire 30 miles from oklahoma city is now under control. >> the fire is slowing down.

due to weather conditions. we do have numerous units and resources coming in from out of the area to help us. >> reporter: but it was too late for some homeowners. >> i had to get out of there. >> reporter: lost everything he owns. >> when lift the fire was at my dynamic door. >> some residents returned saturday but didn't find much left. oklahoma governor toured luther saturday afternoon where the ruins some homes were still smoking. >> heartbreaking. you know that families are losing their homes, losing their precious pictures, their memories, and most important things to these families they have their family members and thank good -- goodness we didn't have any loss of life. >> the challenge is the record 113-degree heat but he grasslands already dry from the long drought, the strong winds make conditions perfect for a fiery disaster. and while the drought is a factor, this luther fire may be arson. there are reports someone in a black ford pickup truck tossed

burning newspapers out the window. >> the information we have is that this was intentionally set, and we're going with that premise and trying to locate the vehicle. we very-very much want to find the vehicle. >> the federal emergency management agency is expected to evaluate the damage after the stat asks for a disaster declaration. abc news, new york. >> a fire in oakland has left five adults and a child without a home tonight. take a look at video from sky 7hd over the scene as firefighters worked on the roof in order to stop the flames. no one was hurt two unitses were deablgdz by the fire. investigators think it may started start in the rear of the billing. >> investigators are investigating the 24th 24th homicide of the greer san jose. a month sass shot to death at 3:00 this morning. not far from gross beck par. investigators gathered potential evidence at the scene but so far they haven't identified any suspect or a possible motive.

>> ama: some lane changes are coming to a local bridge. >> alan: an act of vandalism in lafayette, at a controversial memorial. >> ama: the cleanup at oakland's obama campaign headquarters and workers are speaking b

alan wang someone knocked over 20 crosses that represents lives lost in wars in afghanistan and iraq. they were put up by antiwar activists in 2006 and quickly drew national attention. at the time several crosses were pulled down by supporters of the war who felt they showed an

antiwar bias. the police aren't sure who pulled the crosses down this time. in another case of vandalism, crews replaced windows today after protesters smashed the window0s at president obama's campaign headquarters in downtown oakland. despite the repair work it was business as usual today at the office. it happened last night around 9:00. police say several car windows were also smashed during the "occupy oakland" march. >> they just started yelling, and throwing paint balls and rocks, and then one guy had some little thing in his hand, started busting out windows. yeah, you see, got paint all over me and everything. >> some obama campaign workers think the backlash is from the federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries. there were no arrests or injuries. >> drivers who use the benecia-martinez bridge can expect changes this evening. the two fastrak express lanes on the left side of the toll plaza will be closed from

8:00 p.m. until noon. beginning tonight and run through friday, august 10th. fastrak only traffic will shift the single lane on the far left side of the roadway that bypasses the tolls. the crews will be installing a new toll collection system. >> nasa scientists and space enthusiasts will be too excited to sleep. >> alan: an historic mission is underway. roo. >> ama: a cool gray day in some parts of the bay

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>> ama: nasa's mission to mars is heading for a do or die stage. curiosity is beginning its final approach to the surface of mars. the spacecraft has a delicate landing, called seven minutes of tear roar. it will steer itself to the partway to the surface and then rely on cables to set itself down. if curiosity doesn't make it, nasa has a back to the drawing board altitude. >> if we're not segueful we'll learn from this. we learned in the past and recovered from it. we'll pick ourselves up, dust off, and do it again. this will not be the end. >> ama: the $2.5 billion mars mission is the most high-tech and pricess yet and will command beyond previous missions' search

for water. curiosity is scheduled to land tomorrow night at 10:30 our time and we'll bring you live journey of -- live coverage of the journey tomorrow, and get more information anytime on our web site, abc7news.com. >> alan: today is your chance to bid on items the tsa confiscated at security checkpoints, along with property that the state just doesn't need anymore. the state auction includes hundreds of times from furniture to computer monitors, electronics supplies, you name it, it's probably available. yesterday, potential buyers shopped for bargains and noted that buying state century -- surplus can be a win-win situation. >> you get rid of a lot of junk the state doesn't need. and maybe make a buck or two. >> alan: the 10:00 a.m. auction today also offers up hundreds of items seized by the chp. the state surplus warehouse is

locate on national drive north of downtown sacramento. >> ama: pez -- pesticide trucks will be fogging areas in brentwood. the spraying begins monday night and it will look like this. residents are not being asked to relocate during the fogging. a chemical will be used which pauses a minimal health risk. >> alan: three more people are helping raise thousands of dollars for foster children just by liking abc-7 news on facebook. our new friends include ali ve of san francisco, lay a la e of pittsburg, and sammy b in san jose. and you can make a difference, too. like abc-7 news on facebook right now and $1 will be donated to the abc-7 sleep train dream campaign. >> ama: today was kind of a good

day to sleep in, i think. leigh glaser is taking a look at the weather. foggy and gray. >> leigh: such a threatening sky, resemblance of what we'd see in anybody or march but you can see from the high definition east bay cam looking over the bay. the low clouds, but we also have the mid-and high level clouds. live doppler 7 hd picking up those and i wonder -- this subtropical moat tour from south to north today, bringing us the clouds, cooler temperatures, a few lightning strikes, but live doppler 7hd picking up quite a bit of moisture feeding across the bay area. the air mass is dry. so, a lot of this is evaporating before it reaches the ground. we'll spin around the bay area and show you what we can. a little bit of moisture moving overhead in pittsburg. clayton road, this could be a little bit of activity. the higher elevations. oakley, brentwood, report eed few sprinkles off and on today

as the moisture moved in san leandro, castro valley, hayward, and it's the higher terrain where some of these returns are really starting to pick up some activity. also, santa cruz, watsonville, extending over to gilroy, even hollister, the higher elevations, picking up some radar returns but we'll keep isolated showers, maybe a thunderstorm in the accuweather forecast overnight. i want to show you the sierra, where that dry lightning weather fire watch is up until 11:00 tomorrow. check out the lightning strikes. here we go again. see them all right here, heading up, kings beach. so that is why -- a lot of the moisture is evaporating. it's those lightning strikes that pose the greatest problem. right now, 60s, low 70s sd. antioch, 74. 57 in half moon bay. here's a look at the highlights. a chance of a sprinkle or thunder overnight. higher elevations. it well be a warmer day tomorrow

with afternoon clearing, and then get ready for warm to hot temperatures as we head into next week. this is the setup. low pressure off the coast, and you can see that the tropical flow from south, extending all the way back across the bay area, and that low will continue as it sits off the coast tonight, will continue to feed the stream of moisture across the bay area. it will be out of here by area early tomorrow morning so we'll be ready to sunshine. fog at the coast, ofs there 73 for oakland and interior east bay, there's some more sun tomorrow so those of you out toward oakley, brentwood, discovery bay, get ready for temperatures into the mid-80s tomorrow. you're going to be close to 100 degrees as we head into the middle and latter part of next week. lows tonight, in the 50s. here's a look at the highs for tomorrow. temperatures coming up. 84, antioch. 80, concord. more sun in the forecast.

overcast in half moon bay. 84 for gilroy. 73, watsonville, and the seven-day forecast, warmer days ahead. comfortable monday and tuesday. mid-to-low 90s inland, and then check out the thursday and friday, near 100 degrees inland. even close to 70 at the coast. >> ama: wow. thank you, leigh. >> alan: rick is in for shu and has been watching the a's bat the blue jays. >> a magic cal season for the as. could they keep it going the a's were working overtime for the second straight time could oakland come up with its 14 walkoff win of

>> last mike the a's beat the jays in 15 innings with the day ending just before midnight. today they went extra innings. griffin got the start but had to leave in the second after feeling tightness in his throwing shoulder. so that means the bull pen has to come through again. the double off the wall but the throw home is in time. oakland took a 1-0 lead in this half at rookie catcher, derek norris, drives in brandon inge. but just like last night, ryan cook gives up a game-tying home run in the ninth. this time to david cooper. they went to extras tied at one. in the 11th, incar -- incar nashown tries to steel third and

comes in with the go-ahead score. tornado -- toronto wins. >> the 49ers play their first preseason game this friday against the vikings. the raiders and new head coach dennis allen opening against dallas on monday, august 13th. >> communication between the coaches and quarterback is crucial to a team's success. so to prove that the 49ers have gotten new head sets. the old ones would cut out when someone a was talking. the coordinator remembers when he was getting information from the old system. >> one time i was doing it, and it happened to be on the same frequency as an airline in assert city, and crate cal situation in the game, and all you hear is southwest pilots talking. >> you expect more when you come in as a rookie, something crazy high-tech stuff, and you look in the helmet and it's not.

>> a triple-a battery in there. >> today in canton, chris dolman was among a half dozen players inducted. he played for san francisco from 1996 to 1998 and hat 150-1/2 saks. the last one against 49ers head coach jim harbaugh, and also going into the hall are jack butler, cortez kennedy, kurtis martin and willy roker. >> to golf. the bridgestone invitational. jim furyk is 18 holes away from a wire-to-wire victory. tiger woods broke par for the first time this week. this birdie on four was part of a 68 but still 11 back. louis oosthuizen shot a 68. he trails furyk by just a stroke. the leader shot an even par 70. check out the chip on 9.

hits the flagstick. he taps in for par. 11-under for the tournament. spoiler alert. it's time to announce the olympic results so if you do not want to know what happens, turn aim and come back when the music stops. ♪ >> the giants playing in colorado. posey hit a two-rub homer in the fir. the giants lead 2-0 in the first. began the day with a half game lead of the dodge centers the west. so far so good. >> ama: ahead, the record skydive. >> alan: 138 people jumping atñq

>> alan: coming up at 6:00. the southwest sale that turned out almost too good to be true. the glitch that cost thousands more than they were expecting. >> hundreds take to the streets in the east bay. >> a new skydiving record tonight. >> it made for quite a sight. 138 skydiveses plunge agent 220 miles-per-hour. they made the formation of a snow flake. >> took 15 attempts over three days to break the previous record of 108 skydivers.

>> alan: that's it for us at captioned by closed captioning services inc. welcome to "world news," tonight, on fire. dozens of homes burning to the ground a day care center gone. we're on the scene of fires burning outside oklahoma city tonight, amid triple digit heat. tropical storm ernesto gaining strength as we come on the air. extreme weather team on all of it. and close call. two planes too close for comfort. comfort. this time over detroit. a passenger rerts seeing the other plane outside his window. the new excuse we're hearing. super saturday in london. serena serves a golden slam and michael phelps again and the blade-runner making history as we take you inside their workouts. how do you get a body like this? and into thin air. caught on tape tonight. 100 skydivers over america's

heartland 220 miles an hour. would you dare? good evening, we begin this saturday night with the devastating pictures this evening out of oklahoma. two-thirds of the country in a punishing drought. this evening, ground zero near oklahoma city where a dozen fires ripped through tinder-dry neighborhoods. you can see this home right here, the fire bombing in behind it. so many homes outlined by the flames. this image from the town of luther. and further south in oklahoma, the animals too. s this horse struggling to escape the quick-moving blaze. we begin with mike boettcher. on the front lines of the fires just outside oklahoma city. mike. >> reporter: david, i live in oklahoma, when the temperatures hit 113 and winds started kicking up, it was clear that trouble was coming. and sure enough, it was. the extreme conditions turned brush fires into firestorms across several oklahoma counties. at least 100 buildings burned to the ground.