captioned by closed captioning services, inc. hundreds of firefighters are battling to protect homes from two major wildfires. hundreds evacuated. [ inaudible ] wife and girlfriend of thomas kincade heads back to a courtroom today in a legal battle over his huge estate. [ inaudible ]

good morning i'm katie marzullo in for eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. breaking news near clear lake. two wildfires through the night forced 350 residents to evacuate. video shows huge flames quickly consuming the extremely dry grass, brush and trees before sunset. we got video of the burned out ruins of one home from sky 7 hd. several smaller buildings burned as well. calfire confirming one destroyed. zero containment now. crews hoped to take advantage of cooler overnight temperatures to make progress. the first concern was to evacuate people who live in the fire's path. evacuations in the spring valley subdivision of clear lake s. >> you could see the orange and black as we were driving out we could see trees on fire.

you couldn't see in front of you. different billows of smoke you are breathing this is tough. >> amy hollyfield will have the latest in a live report from a calfire station coming up. we want to check in with meteorologist mike nicco to find out about the weather conditions in the fire area. right now things are clear as you look at clearlake oaks, clearlake and the other lake. you can see still in the mid 70s there very warm this morning around the lake, winds okay five miles per hour. about 4:00 this afternoon you can see temperatures are going to top out near 100, winds going to pick up near clear oaks, clear lake and lower lake 10 to 12 miles per hour gusts higher in some of those valleys. gusts higher around the fire also. looks like a tough go for

firefighters because of the heat and the breezes into the afternoon. more on that in a few minutes. better news on another wildfire. authorities have lifted a mandatory evacuation order for homeowners near the fresno county town of tollhouse. the fire broke out saturday afternoon, the flames threat 200 homes. firefighters had the fire 80% contained, last word local companies helping calfire. investigators say it was started by a discarded cigarette butt. this morning federal investigators in richmond to begin their investigation of the huge fire at the chevron refinery. after reviewing documents and interviewing witnesses the safety board has determined the fire may have been caused by a leak from a corroded 40-year-old pipe. investigators will test the leaking section of the pipe and review the emergency notification system.

also today chevron will reopen its claim center for people wanting to file claims again the company. the office at nevin community center opens at 9 a.m.. you can file by calling: 866-260-7881, toll free. we have the number and address at abc7news.com under see it on tv. construction work will resume this morning on a gasline near the scene of the deadly san bruno explosion and fire in 2010. work came to a stop thursday on earl and glen view drive after crews accidentally cut into the line. pg&e says the gasline was clearly marked. a contractor hired by the city to install new water lines used a backhoe to dig a drench instead of doing the work by hand as recommended. the legal battle over the multi-million dollar estate of thomas kincade head back to

court today. his widow is struggling to regain control of the estate against his live-in girlfriend. amy pinto claims two hand-written wills leave her the mansion and 10 million dollars to establish a museum of his artwork. lawyers for nanette kincade, his wife of 30 years filed papers contesting those wills. pinto-walsh refuses to move out of the home. kincade died in april from a lethal combination of alcohol and valium. police in oakland searching for a gunman involved in a shooting that left two injured. yesterday someone opened fire on two people inside a car diving through the intersection of 12th and mandela parkway. the driver was shot several times and crashed into a tree. the passenger was also hit. one victim still this critical. no word from police on a motive.

worshippers in wisconsin held their first sunday service yesterday since a gunman shot and killed six people at their temple. in the bay area people came together in san francisco's union square last night to show solidarity by holding a candlelight vigil. sergio cantana shows how people of all faiths are reaching out. >> reporter: at fremont sikh temple, a special service for the six people killed last weekend in wisconsin by a gunman. they say the healing process is ongoing. >> today the spirits are coming back. >> reporter: people gave money for a fund to benefit the wisconsin families affected by the shooting and children signed on to a pledge against violence. community representatives joined in the memorials. >> obviously, the sikh community was highlighted this last week for the tragedy. but people should do more to learn about this beautiful

community. >> reporter: following sunday's services a few dozen people did do more. they turned out to the plaza to show solidarity with their sikh neighbors. this gathering was organized by a fremont business owner to live in this world we live in, you can separate religion or discriminate against anybody. >> reporter: i'm sergio quintana, abc7 news. this week the ethics commission will make recommendation to the board of supervisors over the suspended sheriff ross mir mir's -- ross mirkarimi misconduct charge. it is up to the board of supervisors to decide if mirkarimi should keep his job. mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge involving an argument he had with his wife eliana lopez. the chronicle reports attorneys for the mayor and the sheriff filed their closing briefs for the

commission saturday. coming up on 4:38. time for a check of weather. we saw the mist this morning, right? >> fog coming back, microclimates at work. good morning. nice to see you both this morning on this monday, pretty clear sky on live doppler, mist hanging in the air, little fog, low clouds mainly along the coast into the bay hasn't climbed over the east bay hills or south bay. may make a late surge into the south bay. orange sitting on top of us this is very dry air, i don't think this cloud deck is going to last long could be around enough to cause a few flight delays into sfo. let's talk about cloud cover and how it is hanging around 50s around the bay, 60s inland this morning. a little warm i'd say in a few areas. near 90 in some areas like fairfield and antioch by 12,

70s and 80s the rest of the inland areas. clouds stubborn at the coast, 50s, 64 san francisco, 4:00. 70s and 80s bay shore, 80s and 90s inland. by 7:00 cooling into the 80s and 90s east bay valleys, 70s and 80s north and south bay, 60s and 70s around the bay, up to 61 from half moon bay into san francisco. as we look at the next couple of days temperatures slowly taper closer to average by midweek. traffic moving well very light out there now, as we saw a men ago thick fog when you come through the waldo you will need windshield wipers on to the golden gate span limited visibility southbound into san francisco as you head through marin out of novato past ignacio and lucas valley into central san rafael light

southbound 101 you won't run into delays until you hit that fog. macarthur maze from 880 and 580 and 80 funneling into the bay bridge toll, no problems, light commute. no metering lights so far, upper deck is moving smoothly. 4:40. next, the big change some riders on the capital corridor train will find this morning. next phase beginning today on the new bart extension to san jose. we were warned gas prices would go up, how quickly and how high, is catching a lot of drivers off guard.

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layer is back in the san francisco area along the coast as well definitely cooler here. boy, still a story of microclimates in the bay area inland will still sizzle. when is relief coming? mike has that coming up. this morning, construction set to begin on the next phase of an extension project to bring bart to san jose. demolition will cause temporary lane closures atterberry esa road as well as -- at better esa road. -- beginning this morning the number of capital corridor trains which run weekdays between oakland and sacramento is being reduced. train 518 -- [ unintelligible ] being replaced by bart that

will depart martinez at 4:45 and stop in --. concerns about rising diesel fuel costs prompted the move which is expected to save one million dollars a year. we were warned gas prices would rise after last monday's refinery fire aaa says the average price for regular in san francisco is $4.17. overnight prices in san jose rose a penny, oakland up to $4.11. in california 23 cents more a gallon compared to two weeks ago. richmond refinery fire hurt supplies. the price of crude is up and the midwest drought has reduced the corn supply which goes into making ethanol. >> i don't believe the oil companies, i think they are just bandits.

>> $20 in the tank instead of filling up. that's the biggest difference. just trying to conserve. >> experts predict more pain at the pump. prices could rise another 25 cents before they top-off. a story every parent, including myself wants to hear. researchers uncover a link between snoring in children and behavior and something that moms can do to improve chances for better behavior. president obama and paul ryan campaign in the statement state today. mitt romney explains what drew him to the wisconsin congressman. clean up in the east bay after a big water main break. video of how neighbors are pointing fingers at who they blame for the big mess. a chimp heads for the hills after breaking out of a backyard cage. what authorities plan to do @ññcs

from 60 at half moon bay bay to 97 in antioch today, 80s and 90s inland, 70s and 80s around the bay. 70s around the great lakes today, 80s and 90s up and down the eastern seaboard. 86 portland, 114 phoenix. all major airports quiet, severe possible in the lower mississippi river valley. maybe just enough clouds around san francisco for a few flight arrival delays into sfo. right now on time. check out our flight tracker at the bottom of abc7news.com. 4:48. overcrowded hospitals in iran are struggling to cope with thousands of earthquake victims. two strong quakes leveled villages and damaged homes in northwestern iran this weekend, killing 36. doctors believe more people are buried under houses, mosques and farms.

authorities have called off the search for possible survivors. shortages of water and food reported throughout the quake zone. a bay area restaurant owner tells abc7 news that people observing the holy machine of ramadan are having a hard time -- holy month of ramadan are having a hard time giving blood. >> a lot of people went to donate blood because of people fasting government says it is not kosher to give blood when you are fasting, a lot of blood shortage. >> the. -- the quakes were measure -- former congresswoman gabby give fords back in tucson this morning. she -- giffords back in tucson.

the presidential candidates hit the road in key battleground states today. the romney-ryan team spreads out in most swing states, florida and iowa. president obama kicks off his bus tour also in iowa. tahman bradley with the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney's vice president selection of paul ryan is energizing conservatives. the gop ticket attracted huge crowds over the weekends and hopes that continues today as romney travels through florida and romney heads to iowa. the pick is putting ryan's controversial budget proposal front and center. >> we are going to reapply those principles and leave our kids a better future. >> reporter: democrats pounced moving aggressively to tie romney to the bunt plan that includes tax cuts for the rich and major changes for

medicare. >> the president: they have tried this before. they have tried to sell thus trickle down theory before. guess what? it did not work. >> america will be in a death -- an -- [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: romney says he picked ryan so he would have a partner to solve tough problems. last night on "60 minutes" he appeared to distance himself from ryan's budget plan. >> i have my budget plan i've put out and that's the budget plan we are going to run on. >> reporter: democrats say the ryan pick makes it harder for republicans because it could anger and motivate seniors in crucial states like florida and ohio. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. i always check the streetlights so i can see if there is fine mist or not and

there was a lot of. >> what do you think that means? >> you have to tell me you are the meteorologist. i know what it means for my hair. [ talking over each other ] >> you look great this morning, just fine. >> thank you. >> [ unintelligible ] you can see some of the clouds hanging around i don't know if that is near katie's house. here's a look from sutro tower market street going from fog to clear sky back to fog all in about a mile span if that. live doppler 7 hd you can see it is quite a showing dry skies this morning for the most part, a little mist out there, i didn't run into any on the windshield, so far we are doing okay as far as that goes, there you go live doppler, 7 hd not doing much.

current conditions out there, as far as having clouds around the bay, clear inland you saw temperatures in the 50s and 60s, even 70s in antioch. 60 into gilroy this is what is going to happen, clouds around the bay, through 7:00, very shallow layer of clouds, back to the coast by 10, 11:00 where going to hang out and we'll see pockets of sun develop there 50s from half moon bay, 60s into san francisco, 70s and 80s around the bay, 90s even a few 100s barely holding on east bay valleys. south bay low to mid 80s. mid to upper 70s peninsula, millbrae 70. low to upper 80s north bay valleys, 67 richmond, 82 across the east bay shore into fremont. mid to upper 90s east bay valleys.

across the state more thunderstorms possible in the high country 84 tahoe, 102 yosemite, 107 sacramento today, 115 in palm springs. still going to be in the 90s not as hot inland temperatures closer to average by thursday and friday still looks like a warm week from the coast in the 50s and low 60s. good morning. very light out there, a lot of folks taking a little august vacation break virtually no slowing out of antioch as you head towards pittsburg on to concord drive time less than 10 minutes from hillcrest towards 242. elsewhere nice traffic out of the central valley at this hour speeds at the limit up towards the altamont and livermore and dublin pleasanton area, about 14 minutes from the altamont pass to dublin pleasanton and 680.

101, chp clearing a sign out of lanes at university on the peninsula, slow lane affected that should be out of lanes momentarily. nice traffic through the macarthur maze, chp leading traffic through the 880 connection, all moved out now. i'll check with chp to see if there is anything significantly slowing you south on 880. san mateo bridge taillights westbound towards foster city towards the highrise moving well. just a few cars eastbound towards hayward. some walnut creek residents who got flooded out are complaining about the response time of east bay mud crews in fixing a broken water main water soaked homes on second along sheldon court. the main broke saturday night at 10 at a construction site, several inches deep, flowed into driveways, garages and

frontyards one resident expected a faster fix. >> east bay mud should have responded quicker. walnut creek, police department was out, fire department, but they are not equipped and/or expertise in shutting this off. east bay mud should have been here as soon as it was call in. >> main was not turned off until more than two hours after residents reported the break. for the second time in nearly a month, a pet chimp escaped from a backyard cage sending fear throughout a las vegas neighborhood. last time cj and her mate buddy broke outer rised neighbors. even banging on a police car. after buddy was heading for children police shot and killed buddy. saturday night police were able to tranquilize and capture cj again. the bars were bent on the cage. >> we have gotten call as that

people want to let cj out to pass this law in las vegas. i hope to god nobody tampered with the cage with >> there is now a push in las vegas for a new law which would maybe it tougher for people to own exotic animals. is how your child sleep as indicator of how they will act when awake? should i shows a link between snoring and bad behavior. researchers worked with 249 mothers to find out how often their two or 3-year-old snored. they found preschool aged kids who snore loudly on a regular basis may be at a greater risk for behavior problems. breast-feeding may help protect kids from snoring and therefore, the behavior. good story. actionable information, right? >> yes. we'll continue to follow breaking news in lake county where firefighters are working to protect homes from two

wildfires.