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good morning i'm katie marzullo in for eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. let's begin with the latest figures on the lake county wildfires. both fires combined have burned 6,000 acres, 20 five% contained this is sky 7 hd video from yesterday of the fires burning at clearlake. evacuation orders have been lifted for spring valley area of clearlake oaks. residents were allowed to return home last night. two buildings destroyed, one damaged. 480 homes are still threatened. 358 firefighters are battling the flames. the flames continue to spread. the good news is that the fire has been heading east away from life and property. triple digit temperatures are not helping, firefighters try

to gain the upper hand. last night they were counting on cooler temperatures overnight. >> we saw temperatures get up to 105° coupled with the low humidity and dry conditions have allowed this fire to continue to burn. we hope as temperatures go down humidity may come up that's when we'll make progress. >> calfire says there's still a lot of work to do especially east near the walker ridge area where the most active flames are. right now we check in with meteorologist mike nicco monitoring changes in the heat and wind. you heard them spay if humidity would come up it would be better. >> but it won't, it going to be as high as it is right now. humidity levels only 49%, winds as slow as they are going to be out of the west at two miles per hour, temperature 73°. as we head into the afternoon hours we'll jump up into the low 100s again. possibly 102 to 105 winds out

of the south to southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour humidity levels will drop to around 15 to 20%. it is going to be bone dry again during the afternoon. under that brutal sun with fires and their gear going to feel 15° warmer than the outside temperature. pretty brutal conditions. in san jose this morning, two people are dead and a third person suffering from life-threatening injuries. three separate incidents. the most shocking, a woman killed with a samurai sword. sergio quintana is at the walgreens where the stabbing happened. >> reporter: bizarre attack. witnesses tell us it happened yesterday afternoon around 6:30 at this walgreens. the woman was killed by a man swinging a samurai sword. police have not made an

arrest. witnesses say the victim is a homeless woman who frequents this area. people say her attacker hopped off a city bus and started swinging that samurai sword at her. bystanders chased the man around the walgreens. he rrpbled and stabbed her several more times. earlier in the day one witness tells us they over her the attacker saying the victim put a hex on him and that may have prompted the attack. >> bam, bam and slit her throat with a samurai sword. >> even though she wasn't that friendly she was still a big part of the neighborhood. >> reporter: the violence in san jose continued with two different incidents involving gunfire earlier gun violence erupted in the first occurred in north san jose police say a man in his 30s was sitting in a car when someone shot and killed him. two hours later police were

called to another shooting in east san jose, the man there was shot in his driveway. his condition is not yet known. police have not arrested anyone in either of those incidents. still a lot of work to be done by investigators. i'm sergio quintana, abc7 news. state lawmakers sending the governor a bill that would ban government agencies from if disrupting cell phone service without a cord order in response to when bart shutdown cell phone service to stop demonstrators a year ago. yesterday protesters met in oakland and marched to bart headquarters to mark the anniversary. bart says the safety of passengers and workers remains top priority. august left -- august 11th, last year the protest attempted to shutdown bart service. bart responded by cutting off cell phone service in the station to try to disrupt

communications. that stirred outrage and controversy over whether that threatened public safety. today senator who chairs the senate transportation committee will hold a public hearing to address caltrans' testing issues. engineers have uncovered a broader range of problems with the safety testing of state roads and bridges. that comes after the sacramento bee exposed falsified data in safety tests of the new span of the bay bridge. the team found problems extended beyond a single employee who was found to be falsifying data. 23 cases identified involving testing done on the bay bridge, benicia, dumbarton and richmond bridge. new safety program begins today at napa state hospital. some workers say put them at risk. they will begin wearing emergency alarm tags around their necks on lanyards some worry they could be a strangulation hazard.

the straps have a safety break away features and alarms could be attached by a clasp. two years ago a psychiatric tech at hospital was strangled by a patient. employees have complained about lack of safety. federal panel has given california until friday to come up with ideas to reduce the prison population, including early release. the deadline was set because the state probably won't meet the requirement of a court ordered population reduck had you shun. the plan to move low level 0 tpwepbders from state to -- level offenders from state to county jail is not moving fast enough. >> cutting a few months off a sentence does not affect public safety. >> crime is on the rise violent crime and property crime now more people coming out that shouldn't be here, early releasers? it is going to be huge. >> california has around 8,000 too many prisoners to meet the federal mandate.

realignment has created overcrowding at san mateo county jails. it says the number of inmates transfered from state prisons to the county jails 15% higher than what state corrections officials projected. 170 inmates who would have served time in state prison have been sentenced to county jail. later this morning, a flex alert will take effect. managers have declared the alert to stay ahead of a heatwave forecast for central valley and southern california. the alert will be in effect between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.. we are going asked to conserve energy in the usual ways, keeping air conditioner above 78° and only using heavy appliances before and after that alert. interesting when you look at the big picture the demand is going to be high there's that concern. locally, -- [ talking over each other ] >> hard to imagine a heatwave

when i was swimming through the fog on the way to work this morning. that's the microclimates. a lot of thick fog along the coast visibility now half moon bay about a mile some spilling across san francisco, golden gate bridge you just saw one of frances' cameras looks socked in. like yesterday see the orange we have a lot of dry and warm air in the mountains, 80s right now. that means once we get the sunup and start overturning the atmosphere warm air is coming down quickly. clouds pushing into the bay over the next couple of hours won't make enter land, 50s and 60s through 7:00 -- noon 50s to near 60 along the coast into san francisco, sunshine everywhere else, 70s bay, 80s inland, 90s antioch and livermore for lunchtime. 80s and 90s at 4:00 inland, 70s and 80s around the bay, 50s and 60s along the coast into san francisco, cooling

into the 50s and 60s in san francisco 70s around the bay, 70s and 80s inland holding on at 7:00 to 90s around antioch, livermore and morgan hill. the next three days we still see gradual cooling, temperatures drop from the mid 90s inland to the low 90s by friday. 80 around the bay to upper 70s and then 60 at the coast. time for traffic. frances is back, good morning. good morning. mike read my mind. here's a live shot of the golden gate bridge and fog he was talking about. road crews right now construction crews heading across the scene one lane blocked northbound until 5. look out for that they should be opening the lanes southbound soon. traffic right now light, no problems despite the fog. bay bridge toll, delay-free, what you would expect this time of the morning. we'll check out the san mateo bridge westbound traffic flowing well out of hayward, into foster city and san mateo

there's roadwork going on now, highway 92 between half moon bay and skyline, one-way traffic control in effect. we'll keep an eye on this for you. traffic right now fine, but that is scheduled until 6:00 this morning. we could see some traffic back-up. if you want to get around it, lanes are open, you can take highway 1 towards san francisco. we'll head back to katie and kristen. 4:41. solyndra closed a year ago. next, the broken lay-off rules that put it on the hook for millions. east bay shelter that can't pay rent. what a looming eviction could mean for women who depend on its services. billing snafu that may require hundreds of clipper card users to pay for months of free rides. on average, thousands of people a day switch from cascade to finish-- over a million so far.

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the serenity house has been around for 17 years but has fallen on hard times. women who have abused drugs or alcohol come to the facility to get clean. some just attend meetings. others are housed and fed by the non-profit. clients claim the shelter has lost some state funding and doesn't have enough grants to pay the bills. the director did not talk on camera. the owner of the building where the women meet has not collected rent in more than a year. >> we are willing to forgive the rent and we are willing to for give part or some of i, all of it, but -- of it, but she still needs to pay rent. she hasn't. i don't know what she is thinking. to come up with the $30,000 in back rent the shelter is asking for public donations. some clipper card customers who have been accidentally getting free rides since the fall of 2010 now have to pay up. nearly 8,000 customers will be getting a bill for about $29

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clearlake. morgan hill will hit 100 today, 80s and 90s inland. 60s along the coast into san francisco. hottest temperatures 113 phoenix, a lot of 80s and 90s across the country until you get to seattle 76. all major airports doing fine this morning even our regional airports here in california are reporting all flights on time. abc7news.com any time you travel. how long it takes to get through customs, it is all there at the bottom. before you get a new car, listen to this. results of crash tests on luxury cars are raising worries that most vehicles may not be able to provide protection from serious injuries in a common accident. the insurance institute for highway safety conducted these tests. a front corner of a sedan hits

another vehicle or object such as a tree or pole. three of 11 luxury cars from the 2012 model year passed the test. acura tl and volvo 660 earned good ratings, at the bottom of the list, audia-4, lexus ef-35 and the mercedes c-class. in beijing special on have a to syria's president will hold -- special envoy to syria's president will hold talks today. china wants to promote a political solution to end the fighting that has killed an estimated 20,000 in the last 18 months. syrian rebels are claiming they shot down a government jet fighters and captured the pilot. this is video posted online if the incident is verified it might mean rebels could be receiving more sophisticated

weapons from international supporters. the syrian government says a technical failure is to blame for the crash. the candidates and running mates are spreading out across important states. iowa, ohio, colorado, nevada and virginia. tahman bradley is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: the democratic and republican tickets will be out in full force again today hunting for votes in crucial battleground states. yesterday in iowa, a showdown between mitt romney's running mate congressman paul ryan and president obama. the president telling drought stricken farmers ryan stalled a plan in congress to bring them: relief. >> the president: if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and rural communities. >> reporter: ryan visited the state fair where he went after the president on the economy. >> where are the job mrs. president? >> reporter: and got a taste of the state's bare-knuckle

politics when a protester interrupted him bringing up his controversial plan to turn medicare into a voucher system. since the moment romney tapped ryan democrats have assailed his budget hoping it angers seniors. romney has tried to separate himself from the ryan budget ambulance but campaigning in florida yesterday the former governor was vague about which parts of the ryan plan he disagrees with. >> i'm sure there are places that my budget is different than his but we are on the same page as i said before. >> reporter: how do americans view romney's choice of paul ryan? according to a new poll, 38% of americans have a favorable view of the pick to 33% unfavorable. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. one word, microclimates. there's a bunch of them out there even within our microclimates we have

microclimates. >> wow, that's micro. >> let's talk about what is going on, good start, 4:52, you can see some of the clouds from sutro towards the east bay hills hopefully like yesterday we won't have flight arrival delays. let's look at live doppler, picking up cloud cover and also showing it is locally dense along the coast, if we see mist or drizzle it would be along the coast and coastal valleys today. estimate 82° in antioch. drink that in for a second. still 82° in antioch, 70 in livermore, 60s around fairfield, concord, redwood city, everybody else milder in the 50s. mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay and inland. everybody within two degrees of where they were yesterday.

here's a look at cloud cover, filling in the bay over the next couple of hours like yesterday, very short shelf life by 9:00, 10:00, gone noon at the coast temperatures starting to get warm to hot inland by 3:00. as far as specific numbers, south bay mid to upper 80s possibly 90 los gatos today. peninsula mid 80s to mid 70s. 59 pacifica along the coast with daly city mid to upper 60s downtown south san francisco, mid 80s to low 90s north bay valleys, low 60s beaches. richmond 81, 84, 71 at richmond to 84 in fremont mid 90s to low 100s in the east bay valleys monterey 68, 77 santa cruz to 100 in m this is

why we have the flex alert, look at -- all the 100s throughout california l.a. 88, san diego 79. we lose two to four tomorrow, couple more thursday, friday by the time we get to the weekend, temperatures are back to average. have a great day. new overturn crash reported in orinda eastbound 24 blocking lanes, emergency crews are heading there right now. i want to show you live shots around the bay area this is san jose northbound 280 headlights into cupertino fine 17 out of the santa cruz mountains moving well across your screen. north bay quiet, southbound on the right heading through san rafael and we'll check out the oakland maze, got a few freeways westbound 80 towards the bay bridge. westbound 580 as well, north 880 you can see the top of it merging into the maze and traffic is flowing well through the intersection or through all the connection

ramps. in antioch eastbound 4 at loveridge full freeway closure you get right back on just a little slowing east bun, 48 miles per hour westbound flowing well out you have antioch into pittsburg and concord. i'll have another update on that overturn crash reported in orinda. today a hyper sonic aircraft will zip above the pacific ocean at mach 6 five times the speed of sound from los angeles to new york in 46 minutes. a experimental aircraft will leave edwards air force base attach to a b-52 bomber's wing shown in this simulation video. at 50,000 feet over the pacific ocean the test vehicle will detach and try to reach 3,600 miles per hour, for 300 seconds. twice as long as any previous flight at that crazy speed.

sustained hyper sonic flight is important for the future of spacecraft and military aircraft, missiles and even passenger planes. two previous attempts ended with the skin of one aircraft peeling away. that's why it is not quite ready. [ talking over each other ] thousands of acres have burned and hundreds are evacuated. we are live with what firefighters are doing to get two massive northern california wildfires under control. how thousands of california college students could win big. update on labor dispute that threatened to leave san francisco a pile of trash. -- under a pile of trash.

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