refinery today. sky 7hd was on the scene shortly after this new fire erupted. a pipe damaged in monday's fire began leaking, and that is what sparked the blaze. crews put it out in minutes, but the chevron chief says it may not be the last one. >> i would like to caution everybody that as there has been fire there and there has been damage there still is the opportunity and the risk that an additional small fire could break out in some of these lines that have been damaged. but at this time the fire is completely out. >> chevron firefighters are standing by to make sure there aren't anymore problems until crews can get into completely clean up the unit. this week's disruption production is causing gas prices to sky rocket. at this chevron station in martinez gas was selling for $3.89 a gallon yesterday. but when we checked again, it was $.10 cents higher and gas prices went up about $.02 cents since yesterday.

experts say they could climb as much as $.25 cents next week. five athletes in brentwood followingsuspended following a hazing insurance department at a sacramento football camp. the players are off the team for the season. school officials will not say what happened specifically, but according to the contra costa times the hazing incident including an icy hot pain relief stick and using it in an inappropriate manner. firecrews and pg&e are on the scene of this one. we will have a live report. >> and a big investor steps in to help out a san francisco company and possibly change the way we exchange money. and then on "nightline" -- >> coming up next on "nightline" with the battle raging to topple a middle eastern dictator, we go to syria where even children are forced to take sides. and the bates family hits new york. where mom and dad and theirñ!ñcs

certainly a busy day for bay area firefighters. this grass fire broke out in pour toll law valley -- in portolla valley. at least 50 people were evacuated at nearby palo alto university. it was one of three fires including a three-acre flare up in gilroy and another near the sonoma marine -- marin line. that's where abc7 news reporter ama date is. >> it is quite remarkable how much damage could be caused by a car accident. do you see the pg&e crews behind me still working on the lines and the pole that were brought down earlier, and the firecrews are out on this hill in the darkness making sure today's fire doesn't flare

back up. >> reporter: this raging car fire was the result of an accident on northbound 101 southad.of san antonio road. the driver hit a pg&e power pole sparking a blaze that would burn nearly 105 acres. >> interim fire chief says it was fuelled largely by the wind. >> it was wind driven until it hit the slope at the hill and then ran to the top of the hill. >> it was attacked from all angles. ground crews with hoses and air tankers and a helicopter. >> they got it as best they could and as quick as they could. >> he owns some of this land. just over the water tower lives lives -- lies corta family dairy. they know something about fires. >> i was a volunteer with the san antonio fire department and chief for 20 years. >> they surveyed the damage that will be costly. his cattle graze here and now he will have to buy more hay.

the cows have to eat. >> he said in the 60s a fire burned 800 of the 1100 acres. >> it takes something like this to get us involved in fire safety and fire prevention. >> especially with the hot weather expected in the coming days. staffing levels are based on what they think the fire danger will be. >> we do have additional equipment and people available in the event we do have official official -- additional fires or that this weather pattern creates any additional fires. >> and lately they have needed the help. >> a busy yes, sir season for marin specifically. we have had a few fires a week, and this being one of the largest ones this season. it is busy across the state. >> no structures were burned today which is fortunate. and the only injury came to the driver of the vehicle. although we are told the injuries are not life-threatening. the pg&e crews expect to be

out here until 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. however long it takes to restore power to the people still affected. ama dates, abc7 news. >> thank you. authorities say sparks from a welding torch may have started a one-alarm fire late this afternoon at san francisco state. it broke out on the roof of the old administration building on holloway avenue. the building is undergoing renovation and work was being done on the roof. the building was evacuated, and no injuries reported. it took half an hour to bring the fire under control. that building will be open tomorrow. a scientist who suffered a medical emergency is expected to arrive after a dramatic rescue. the unidentified patient who is believed to be an american was picked up at the reseration. because of privacyish a yous, the patient's name, nationality and medical issue is not being released. the team was waiting for a

break in the winter weather, but it was 30 below today there. there was a similar rescue of a stroke patient last year and most famously in 1999 when an american researcher with breast cancer was airlifted out ?ie. a -- a scary moment for a passenger going from burbank to seattle. the passenger looked out and saw a damaged area on the wing and words saying "we know about this" it happened on july 28th. the airline says everything was maintenance technic maintes writing to let the flight crew repairat an apprpair was done to the flap on the right wing. the airline says the message was somebody's good inteptions, but the note did not follow company procedures and the wing will be permanently repaired in october. a new partnership could be a game changer for a bay area start up. square incorporated teamed up with starbucks to put its technology in 7,000 stores across the u.s. it lets customers pay with their phones or simply by

stating their names. the app then brings up a photo of the customer and charges the purchase to a credit card already on file. starbucks has invested $25 million as part of the partnership. >> it will change a lot, no doubt. it is really going to get hot the next couple days. >> it definitely is. sandhya patel is here with that. >> carolyn and larry, if it is not sizzling enough for you today, wait until tomorrow. here are the high temperatures for today. officially up to 98 degrees in livermore, fairfield. 96 in concord. 97 in antioch. it was triple-digit heat around ukiah, cloverdale, napa, 90. same thing for san rafael. it was an 87-degree day in san jose. warm around the bay and coast, but not as hot as inland. 71 -- 79 in oakland and 70 in san francisco. let's check out live doppler 7hd now, and i will show what you it looks like. we do have some fog near the coast. it is so low to the ground the

marine layer is compressing. th that's because of an area of high pressure overhead that is pushing down on the marine layer. the fog layer, only 700 feet. it is low to the ground. watch out tomorrow morning during the commute. temperatures at this hour in the 50s and 60s. antioch is still pretty warm along with livermore in the 70s. triple digits are likely throug thursday through saturday, and the cooling begins. at least a little bittarting starting on sunday. if some of you don't like the heat and some are complaining it is like an oven, hang on tight. here is the hot air mass and the upper level high that is dominating the south central united states, and now it is right over us. that is what is providing us with the heat. it is going to stick around tomorrow, but because of the fog along the coastline first thing in the morning, it won't get too hot along the coast. we will call it mild tomorrow afternoon at the beaches and hot inland for your thursday. it is our summertime microclimate we are talking about. the summer spread is what we like to call it.

pacifica tomorrow afternoon, 64 degrees. get you out toward the east bay in oakland, 81. it is a warmer day, and head out toward the inland valleys, up to 102 degrees in brentwood. a 40-degree spread at the coast and inland. we will keep it in the wide range as we head into your thursday. tomorrow morning 50s and even the low 60s showing up in antioch. just patchy fog like i said along the coastline. definitely pretty shallow and low to the ground. watch out as you head out the door. south bay numbers, 91 in cupertino 1k3* up to 91 in san jose. 87 mill pea dis. beautiful day on the peninsula. 78 in millbrae. 87 in palo alto. coastal areas will stay in the mid60s. downtown san francisco, 73 degrees and warmer than today. daly city 65. get you up to the north bay and it is triple digit heat around clear lake.mid-nineties mid-nineties sonoma, novato. head out toward the east bay and you need the sunscreen.

82 in sanly january -- san leandro. 100 in walnut creek and 101 in livermore. 81 in santa cruz and 99 in morgan hill. it is a big day starting on friday. the music festival and patchy fog at the start of the event. 60 degrees and sunny and mild and 64. cooling down by 7:00 and then the fog rolls in mid50s by 10:00 p.m. just dress in layers. hot days inland triple dimming gist for three days. mid60s coast side, spare the air for your thursday. cooling is on sunday, and then it really drops off back to average carolyn and larry. >> thank you, sandhya. who was the guy with the mow hawk in nasa's mission control this week? >> and why is he getting ♪

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first. the giants move to the third and the beginning of the scootero show. in support of vogelsong and lowering his league-leading era to 2.27. the double play ball here. buster posey score for a 5-0 giants lead as they break it open. 8-0 in the eighth. bases loaded doubles down the left field line. in comes crawford. four, five, six, seven come right here with a grand slam. giants are up 15-0. it is the biggest shut out ever. a's and angels in an old-fashioned slug fest at the coliseum of the he crushes the pitch and his first homer as an a. oakland up in the fifth. morales, his second homer of the game. the kid, the strikeout king gave up four homers.

his rewind and go to the fifth where he got hit in the head with a pitch. woulds woozie and he would leave the game. it was the same inning where oakland took control. it was a 2-run single. chris carter with a mighty clout as the a's win it 9-8. they are a game and a half up in the west. your olympic round up, allison felix breaks through in the 200 meter finals after silver in 04 and 08. she holds off the gold medalist to win gold. in the men's 100 meter hurdles americans would go gold and silver. merit in lane 6 unstoppable all year and took control over the third hurdle and it was over. merit.03 of a second off the world record. and it is a three pete beating

their fellow americans for a third straight gold medal. miss tee and -- misty and carrie are amazing. >> and that does it for us. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm larry beil.bñ?x1@@ú?

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climate experts say last month was the hottest july ever. breaking the record set during the 1936 dust bowl. and that is not the only record during this unusual year. january through july was the warmest first seven months of any year on record. the numbers tell the story. >> isn't that something? >> of a hot, hot. >> what about climate change and global warming and that sort of thing. >> that debate still rages. >> talking about that again. >> sweating through the summer. something is going on, you think. talking about warm. no, talk about hot. that's the only way to describe the action here in new york yesterday. >> sunny is talking about the annual texting championship that was held about a mile from here in times square. contestants were tested in three skills, speed, accuracy, and dexterity. >> and when it was over, 17-year-old austin of wisconsin had won the $50,000 first prize. for the second straight year. so congratulations to him.

he is lucky i didn't enter into the contest. i didn't know there was a $50,000 prize. but i am really good on the blackberry. >> you do the iphone thing or the blackberry. >> i can do both. i am better at black zwberry, actually. >> i don't get people who can do this. i am one finger. i can't do the dual. knock it out look that. >> type a treatise on it. >> we should have a competition. >> i'm going to win. >> i believe you. that's why your phone is sitting there. forever attached to it. by the way, kids, use the $50,000 to go to college. >> i like that. >> ph.d. in texting. make the family proud. coming up next, the extra something-something in a woman's coffee meant to harm her. wait till you hear who was doing it. and later, a war veteran meets a moviemaking legend to follow a life long dream. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now"

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♪ tainted love now i know i've got to ♪ >> good song. >> yeah. >> good choice. >> good pick. >> a tennessee woman who suffered from mysterious health problems for months says she now knows the reason. her husband. >> she claims he was slowly poisoning her by adding barium to her morning coffee. abc's steve osunsami has this very bizarre story. >> reporter: 51-year-old hal hill the one person in this world lisa hill thought she could trust more than anyone. her husband of 14 years, father of her two children and trusted physician who sees patients at this office in chattanooga. in the emergency order of protection she fired -- filed

august 3rd and made public, lisa hill explained she had been suffering from a mysterious illness for several months. and in march of this year she says, i found my husband putting an unidentified substance in my morning coffee. >> she wasn't sure. she suspected in march at which time she followed instincts and contacted the police. >> reporter: for five months lisa hill lived in fear in the couple's home as investigators secretly took samples of the coffee her husband delivered to her bedside every morning. when the test results came back they were shocking, extreme levels of barium in her coffee, a toxic heavy metal that is poisonous and causes flu-like symptoms. >> when we got the lab results back, nobody was more surprised than lisa her fear had been confirmed. and it was actually possible that her husband was trying to do her great harm. >> reporter: the police told her her previous health issues are consistent with heavy metal poisoning. they tell us no charges have been filed at this point, but her husband is not allowed near their home. >> this is and will be a continuing and slow, methodical investigation. >> reporter: if this is a case of spousal poisoning it won't be

the first. in 2005, nancy kissel was convicted of spiking her husband's milkshake, before she killed him. in the same year, stacy caster, the so-called black widow murdered her second husband by poisoning him with antifreeze. she's now serving 51 years to life. there's one other point we should underline. they not exactly sure who put the poison in the coffee. we tried to reach out to mr. hill, he had no comment. steve owsunsamosunsami, abc new atlanta. >> scary. >> why not just get a divorce? >> i was thinking that the whole time. why all the poisoning and the drastic measures? get a good lawyer. >> get a divorce. walk away. right. >> see that. >> i didn't put anything in it though. i didn't put anything in it. >> thank you, sunny. i knew i felt a little off today. mm-hmm. >> i didn't do it. >> some rat poison. >> mm-hmm. wasn't me. >> yeah, someone -- hopefully i will be alive after the commercial. coming up, team usa makes a big leap in the olympic medal count.

>> we'll let you know the totals. and we'll hear from gabby douglas on how she likes her unusual nickname. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this

♪ [ playing olympic theme ] sunny smiles every time that music comes on. >> love it. >> team usa has pulled ahead in the medal count. >> can you believe it? >> about time. >> the united states has 81 medals including 34 gold medals. china has 77 total medals with 36 gold.

the russian federation is third in the medal count with 52 which includes 11 gold medals. abc's bill weir has highlights from london. >> reporter: gymnastics may be over in london but the fierce five victory tour is just under way. after the closing ceremonies, the golden girls will head out on a 40-city exhibition tour. but first, we have to settle on a nickname for america's new sweetheart. what do you think of the nickname? >> i love the flying squirrel. definitely a nickname will stick with me. a lot of people have come up with other different names. >> reporter: like what? >> i love golden gabby. >> reporter: or gabbylicious? or her highness? how many times a day do you look at that thing? >> a few.

>> reporter: misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings retire with their third medal. allyson felix, aries myrrh it beat the world. and while lashinda demus whose twins may be the cutest in the house. >> go, mommy, go! >> reporter: gave it all for silver in the 400 meter hurdles. not as fast just as heroic, sarah attar, the first woman from saudi arabia to compete in track and field. a benchmark moment for women's rights. the stadium roared as she finished 45 seconds behind the winner. agony of defeat came with mathias steiner, lost his balance and dropped the bar on his neck. somehow, the german heavyweight walked away waving and smiling. bill weir, abc news, london. >> for the life of me, i don't know how he walked away from that. 400-plus pounds on your neck like that. >> it is terrible to see