we've been preparing three days now. >> flames are headed up fast and the home is at the top. and knock together back fence. >> animals first, then whatever is meaningful. >> this is time to go. and as they run for their lives... they don't forget the crews prepping to save their dream home. >> this is leaving water for the guys to help them out a little bit. we can't do much. >> the number of homes destroyed remains at seven. more than 3,000 people still remain evacuated and cal fire is expected to update those numbers at any moment. >> in north bay, crews are on

the scene of a grass fire that got close to homes. and and smoke stretched far no, word on the cause. crews prepared to stay on the screen to make sure it does not flare up. and a candle is blame forward starting the fire and there are no reports of any injuries. >> in san jose nora campos is angry about rising crime in her city. she sent a letter saying violence is spiralling out of control. abc 7 news joins us in san jose. and there is an action plan. >> and right, you can see police chief behind me responding to what that qlert had to say. there is six homicides and if

that rise in violence prompted a former city council person to send out a letter saying the police chief needs to ask for help because the department cannot protect the city and needs help from the state. the assembly member sent out a leter to chris moore urging him to request help by saying the rise in violence crime is beyond his control in current resources. this dramatic suggestion comes on the heels of two more shootings last night including one resulting in the city's 30th homicide of the year. that is three more than at this time last year, assembly member campos says there is no end in sight to rise in crime because city leaders and police chief have repeatedly acknowledged the department is under staffed and can no

longer respond to crimes. >> leadership has taken it upon themselves to broadcast across the bay area that the police can no longer respond to home security alarm systems. and i think when you send that message out there across the bay area, it's almost saying that there is an invitation to come into our city because of the police that will not be able to respond to those kinds of crimes. >> it has been done in other cities in the bay area on as add-needed basis. i don't think we're at that point yet. i acknowledge the receipter, we're prefering to have had a conversation head of time to know it's coming. >> and the chief says he will be the first to ask for help if he feels it's needed but he says that to request only made after a conversation with the

commissioner to gauge staffing levels and also, after conver saying was the mayor and city council. and coming up at 6:00 we'll have mayor chuck reed's reaction to the letter and the request that the city ask for help from the chp. he and then city council woman nora campos were often on open side sides of issues. >> and there are police investigating a daytime shooting near the high school campus. there is a car outside highland hospital where the driver took himself after being hit. the shooting happened after 11:00 this morning. police say the victim will survive. >> and palo alto police searching for a sexual battery suspect following an assault yesterday. it happened on fulton street near university avenue in

downtown palo alto. they say this man approached a woman, grabbed her and ran off. the victim told officers she was looking through her purse, trying to find her keys. >> and there are investigators trying to determine whether beef from a closed slaughter house made night public hands. the company was ordered shut down yesterday. their plan located in the city of hanford. there is video showing cows being shocked and prodded and suffocated before being killed. video is very, very disturbing and some cows in that video had to struggle to walk and stand. by law, sick cows can not be slaughtered for human consumption. in and out announced it's no longer going to do business that w.that company after looking at that video. the i team is searching

through allegations. and there is more coming up at 6:00. >> and a bill sits on the governor's desk tonight that could free criminals sentenced to life in prison as juveniles. they could ask judges to reconsider sentences after serving at least 15 years. and now 309 people are serving life without parole sentences for crimes they committed as minors. san francisco democratic senator leelandy authored this bill. >> mitt romney joined a chorus of voices urging todd akin to drop his tainted senate bid. there is another apology for rape victims being able to prevent their own pregnancies and he vowed to forth ahead. >> rape is an evil act. i used wrong words in the wrong way.

for that, i apologize. >> republicans want akins to give up his kid bid so they can a more violent r -- . >> if he looks at a bigger picture he will do what is best and step aside. >> and akin missed a dead line for simply withdrawing his candidacy. it will now take a court order all of this ahead of the republican convention. >> san francisco mayor ed lee appointed a shawl businessman to join city college board of trusty ndz a difficult time in school history. he took the oath of office at city hall today. santos lives in noe valley and is he goilg the seat left vacant by the death of milton marks the third. city college must produce a pl by mid october to fix 14 problems cited by a board if it does not, the college may

lose accreditation in june. >> we need to make sure that we offer this chancellor tools she needs to be able to respond to the original started with eight items, now, there are 14. >> city college serves 90,000 students across san francisco. >> teachers in san francisco unified school district have approved a contract that includes more than two weeks of furlough days as voter reez jekt hikes. that is expected to be ratified by san francisco board of education tonight and this is including one and a half furlough days over each of the next two years and teachers could face 16 and a half furlough days. and teachers will take part in an effort for the tax increase. >> you cannot escape little league pride in petta luma.

tonight it's win or go home for nationals. we're there with a live report. >> i'm sandhya patel. temperatures slip tomorrow so you may run into slick streets. i'll explain, coming up. >> and sneaker was a twist. shoe makers think it's taking precautions before shoesxe

petaluma nationals under another must win contest if they want to-to-keep the dream alive. listen to sounds. seems like the whole town turned out. >> game just started and there arun that stin continues. this is the crowd herein side now there are hundreds walking the scene. it's petaluma versus fairfield,

connecticut. a team they've defeated on sunday. let's take a look at video from yesterday's game, first. >> that is a 5-4 victory, kept the team alive. at this point it's win every game or go home. let's show you something else here, across the street from the theater there is a special burger, a beef patty that most notable for egg on top of the patty. the inventor says it fits petaluma. >> they're known for eggs. we're egg basket of the world. sold more eggs than anywhere else in the world. and you know so it's appropriate for petaluma.

>> eggs? >> one egg. >> you can have it anyway you want on there. >> and this is no gimmick burger, it's $11 with fries. and back live in the theater he told us he made 8 this morning in three hours. now, we're waiting to see what happens in this game. winner go home. they're having a great time. you think you're in a little league game. >> wayne, bring burgers back. >> you can catch a special rebroadcast of the game with our own team from pelt peta luma begins at 8:00 and this is on our web site. >> let's move on for the moment. l is a movement that changed public education is being

celebrated around the state. this marks 20th anniversary of the charter school act signed into law by 1972 by pete wilson, then governor. i was one of the first charters to open in california. schools not required to follow state education code and are free from local labor management agreement autos i'm hopeful for a few tour with charter schools and districts, whenever possible, collaborate and work together for collective benefit of all children within the communities. >> some 413,000 kids attend the charter schools in california. however, movement isn't popular with everyone. people in many states are critical of the rise of for-profit charters and online charter schools. it said 19726789 we mean 1982. >> there is consumer news smrks of the biggest online travel web sites being accused of conspiring to keep hotel prices high. >> they are.

and michael finney is here to tell whaus is behind the accusation autos this came out of nowhere. i hadn't got a heads up on this one. a law sooult alleges web sites he like expedia conspired with major hotel chains to fix prices. they claim hotels set minimum rates to offer customers and major chains agreed to this out of fear of losing online travel business. there are none of those responded to the accusation. >> jet blue will have to pay for violating passenger bill of rights. regulations require airlines to inform passengers they can get off of a plane every 30 minutes when a flight is delayed. and this is designed to protect passengers from being stuck on delayed planes for hours. and regulators say a plane didn't leave for three hours.

after boarding. >> and insurance industry is out and for the fourth straight year and the cars from model years 2006 and earlier. why? well, newer models have more affective antitheft features like smart keys making it tough to start without the key. some these days come equipped with tracking signals to help police find the stolen vehicle. it means that you don't much want to steal that vehicle. >> yeah. right. >> thank you. >> sure. >> and listen to this. nike about to do something never done before. sell a shoe mer than $300. it's a shoe and there it s it's a lebron basketball sneaker that will have sensors measuring how high the wearer jumps and reports say it will sell for $315.

and nike expects a huge demand and nike will not allow midnight sales events. the exact release date has not yet been announced. >> there is something free. we'd like to thank those participating in the abc 7 news facebook page and $1 will be donated to help local foster children in need. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> there is people saying feels like fall out there. temperatures have fallen today, tomorrow, we'll drop a couple more degrees. there is fog and low clouds

down below. and there is is the view. you can see a bouncy camera. gusts 25 miles per hour and there is winds helped take temperatures down there is fog and low clouds along the coast right now just cozying up to the coastline. from san francisco down towards san mateo county coast. inland area there's is a mix of sun and mid level clouds. there are a wide range of conditions here in the bay area. here are the high clouds. clouds, fog tonight. patchy drizzle. and mild to warm weather coming for your weekend. there is no heat wave.

fog will be wide spread tonight. marine layer will deepen. it's about 1400 feet now. if you're getting kids off to school make sure there is an extra layer on. this is mostly 50 as cross the region. 60 degrees in antioch. i'll show you what brought cooling today, it's small and this is april area of low pressure going to be heading south into southern california. that does move south and this could trigger thunderstorms in southern california. and into nevada. they can see flash flooding. for us this will continue to drop numbers more degrees. there are highs for wednesday in the south bay. 79 in campbell. mild day oceanal high clouds and 73 in palo alto.

coastal areas will be upper 50s to low 60s. there is low 80s in santa rosa. san rafael, 74 degrees, 48 in oakland. inland communities will be running cooler, 84 tomorrow. 84 antioch. there is the first round of america's cup. as racing gets underway. 2:00 looking for winds at 15-25 knots. it's going to be breezy out there. low 60s and fog there and accu-weather forecast warmer thursday, holding friday. just a little bit of a dip down saturday. you can see ups and downs next

week. upper 80s to low 90s. cooler than normal for your wednesday afternoon. and you both know in the fall we often get in october, hot spells coming here so this could with a mixed signal. >> and thank you. >> good plan, thank you very much. >> and one little word has thrust a graduate into the spotlight. why she's failing to apologize coming up next. >> then new at 6:00 that video forcing a shut douchb a slaughter house is raising questions about the safety of the food supply. we're going to take a look a

new research shows what you might suspect having a college degree can be a big ben fit during tough economic times. and the rate jumps to 24% for recent grad wits entering the work force. the number of jobs for people with some college is growing at 4%. and the growth rate for high school only jobs is zero. and high school in oklahoma not going let a valedictorian having v.a diploma for -- until she apologizes for a word she said in her speech. she said "hell" during the deech. official as proved a written

copy that used the word "heck". the principal says she will get the diploma when she writes an apology. >> i'm not sorry. writing an apology letter that is just going to be a lie. which if they're saying my cursing was sinning that would be another sin. so i don't want to have two sins on my hands. >> the superintendent refused to comment on the situation calling it a confidential matter, she will attend college on a academic scholarship. >> coming up from garbage to greenry. >> thousands of water bottles trance forme

coming up at 6:00 we're following up on police radio problems in oakland. why some officers are not convinced those problems are fixed and there is a confusion that ruined a little boy's visit to a theme park and

amazing encounter with a hump back whale off the central coast. one person explains what it was like to be that close. >> right now officials in walnut creek dumped 7,000 water bottles in a community pond today. >> why? take a look. the bottles resequelled into these fleet floeting garden autos they were launched into heather farms park. school kids placed plants into the artificial island autos they will provide refuge and nutrition for local fish. >> and that is clever. >> it's great for the fish and the kids. win, win all the way around. >> world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time and will see you again in half an hour. >> there is a bay area