>> abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> breaking news is fires burning in the bay area on this red flag wanting day. >> the fires broke out in napa and sonoma county. you can smell the smoke right now that blew into san francisco and the bay area because of gusting winds overnight.

the national weather service tweeted out this map that shows the heat signature from fires burning an hour ago. the red dot shows the size of the heat signatures picked up by satellite. here are the specifics, crews are working three separate fires and one is at night valley near highway 128 and the fire is estimated to be 100 and 150 acres, and another fire is burning in yontville and it is 15 acres. three separate fires in knight's valley and another in yontville and a crew is gathering information on the scene with a report if a few minutes. what is the weather going to be like? >> the fattest wind have been in the napa county an the airport and you can see on mount tamalpais they have been faster at 2,600' and 44-miles-per-hour

gusts in napa, and mount tamalpais has been slow at 34 miles per hour and in the east bay hills 43 and mount back -- mount diabolo, 70 miles per hour which is hurricane strength. we have a wind advisory continues for the northeast wind up to 60 miles per hour through 11:00 initiating the high fire danger and east bay hills continues until 7:00 at 1,000'. >> one fire is causing a road closure and c.h.p. issued a sig-alert along highway 128 between scott road and spencer lane. one-way traffic control is in affect until 6:30 a.m. and c.h.p. is saying possibly a

downed tree knocked power lines down and it sparked a fire in this area. some drive time traffic, headed away from antioch to concord you are looking at 15 minutes and a 80 from tracy to dublin is 21 minutes. >> thank you, at 5:03, officials investigating the boston bombings are following new leads in russia this morning trying to determine how tamerlan tsarnaev may have been radicalized during a trip there last year. a russia mosque is the focus of the bombing investigation. officials believe that tamerlan tsarnaev met with a known chechen terrorists who was killed last year by authorities. authorities have identified a dozen "persons of interest" including his widow who has submitted d.n.a. samples to the f.b.i. a new washington post/abc news

poll poll shows most members want the death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev if convicted. the poll says 70 percent of people support the death penalty for the 19-year-old and 27 percent are against it and 74 percent support the decision to try the younger brother in the federal courts rather than a military tribunal. >> thousand people came out to remember an 8-year-old girl found stabbed to death in her home on saturday. the family of leila fowler gathered for a vigil at jenny lind elementary school. many wore pink ribbons and carried white candles. her family spoke not first time telling the community her memory will live on. >> i am not saying goodbye but i will say "see you later." there are no goodbyes.

take care of my sister. >> the police are looking into whether an attempted kidnapping system arrested may be linkd to her killing. that suspect has been identified with d.n.a. compared to d.n.a. collected at the murder scene. the connection doubtful according to investigators but they must follow-up. >> hundreds are expected to rally in san francisco in the annual plea for improvements in the immigration laws. activists will gather at 24th and mission and march to civic center plaza. the rally is two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduce add pill to provide a path of citizenship to an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. today's march is one of many held across the country. >> this morning we hear from the alert coffee maker who foiled a

plot to harm starbucks customers by ramineh behbehanian who faces attempted murder charges for spiking juice bottles with rubbing alcohol. we learned ramineh behbehanian is a chemist and pharmacist who worked at pfizer and other high-from file corporations. the barista did not want to show her face but she saw ramineh behbehanian reaning items -- reaning items. >> i checked to see if they were open or unsealed and they remain warm and i noticed they were not juices that had been there in the day. >> she saw the woman leave and copied down her license plate and gave it to police would later arrested ramineh behbehanian. >> activists are looking for new strategies it keep a historic post office in berkeley from

shutting down. officials have okay'd the sale but the building has historic significance and should be preserved. they are working with an attorney to look for legal avenues to keep the post office open. the sale is part of the effort to reduce costs and generate revenue. opponents have any mall 7 to -- have until may 7 to appeal. >> mike talked about the fire danger and we see it in full effect with three separate fires burning in sonoma and another in napa. what is the wind condition, mike? >> gusting to 44 miles per hour in napa county, south of napa, so we could have gusts up to that push everything to the south because the winds are coming from the north. another advisory we talked about the wind advisory and we have a heat advisory for 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon until 9:00 in the evening for the entire bay

area. this entire area is going to be under the heat advisory so you have a high risk of heat illness. today, we are going to be almost as warm as tomorrow starting off in the 50's and 60's with breezy conditions and the fire danger conditions through noon with mid to upper 70's away from the coast and in the mid-60's and the coast is warmer at 70 and we are in the mid-to-upper 80's and we will drop back to the 60's at the coast and low-to-mid 70's around the bay and near 80 inland by 7:00 or so. check out the record warmth possible on thursday and friday and cooling comes in on saturday. >> the fires are going to affect the traffic if you are traveling through the sonoma county. you can smell the smoke in the studio and it is strong. right now, c.h.p. has issued a sig-alert and that is due to a one way traffic control in affect on westbound highway 128 between scott road and spencer

lane until 6:30. c.h.p. is telling us the tree was knocked down by the high wind possibly knocked down a power line and it sparked the place. we have c.h.p. issuing high wind advisory and that has been canceled in napa so you don't have to worry about that. in the east bay, we have this construction project until 6:00 a.m. and northbound 680 between south mission boulevard and north mission boulevard three lanes are blocked until 6:00 a.m. >> eric and kristen? >> do it your sell auto repair is still popular although the recession appears to be over. the bloomberg business report is next. >> the growing use of drones biological law enforcement and privacy concerns it raises. >> the record that is breaking records but not coming from hollywood. first we have tech bytes. >> of wish there were an easy way to get to know your neighbor? that is the concept behind "next

door," a place to talk about local issues. the "wall street journal" reporter tries it out. >> people asked each other questions they would not ask on facebook forums and it was not so annoying and nagging at the other forums neighbors used. >> 40 neighborhoods are added each day. >> skype is coming to outlook.com with users able to do audio and video chats with the click of a button. apple is making the original iphone obsolete so those using the original iphones will not have access to service. cutting edge to obsolete

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. the view on this broad flag wednesday, you can smell smoke burning from the fires burning. >> california lawmakers are considering regulating drones. the row most controlled aircraft that keep an eye on crops or track suspects but could be misused to spy on private citizens. a measure approved by state senate committee makes it

illegal for civilians to add weapons to drones and force law enforcement to get a search warrant before using a drone. lawmakers say there are practical uses but they worry they could be used to violate basic human rights. >> san francisco transportation officials are holding a hearing tomorrow to consider expanding parking meters into residential areas. the agency plan would have more parking meters installed around mission bay and the northeast part of the mission, portrero hill and south of market. the supervisor wants officials to show the stats driving the plan and how much money they expect the meters to generated. the "san francisco chronicle" reports every potentially affected neighborhood should have extensive input and a thorough understanding of plan. >> a report shows the san francisco real estate market red hot with fewer homes for sale but 25 percent more buyers than last area with home prices up 19

percent. the s&p index shows prices at the highest in seven years overall. the record mortgage rates and more buyers and sellers are driving this. the last factor is a big factor in california especially in the bay where the inventory is the tightest in the country with multiple bids. >> you may be surprised how much money you can save if you work on your own car. >> my husband does it. here is the bloomberg business report. >> arizona on the road becoming the second state in the nation to recognize gold as legal tender, a controversial bill on the way to the state governor and the lawmakers of five other states have considered something similar. opponents say volatility in prices makes it too risky. >> the federal reserve wrapping up a two day meeting on the economy and interest rates and facebook reporting quarterly

results after the closing bell. did you start doing your own auto repairs during the recession? a survey shows that 90 percent of do it yourself people are working on their own car as much or more as a year ago and 80 percent say although their financial situation has improved they are still doing this work. the availability of information online could be helping drive the trend of do it yourself and savings could be substantial. 30 percent saved more than $8,000 a year doing their own work. that is the bloomberg business report. >> ibm announced they created the smallest movie using atoms, the movie features carbon monoxide molecules rearranged to show a boy on a layful -- playful movie.

it was made using a microscope magnifying the service 100 million times. >> that would be more fascinating if it did not look like atari. that is how the graphics were back...then. >> now over to the red flag warning. >> we have serious weather. during the overnight hours, we have had winds up to 74 miles per hour on mount diabolo and 44 miles per hour where some of us live. across san francisco, most of us in the low-to-mid 60's but 67 in san francisco and downtown the ferry building and presidio and veteran in portrero and 51 in ocean beach. microclimates there. as far as temperatures, we have

68 in union city and santa clara and saratoga at 61 so today we have a lot of warmth. above average highs and possible record highs today tomorrow and friday and the fire threat continues through the early evening. as far as temperatures, it doesn't look too bad but the 4th day in a row with temperatures above average, and 88 in los gatos and cupertino is the warm spot. up the peninsula, look at 86-degree highs and redwood city and los altos, and 88 and mel bray is warm at 81 and half moon bay at 73 and 75 in daly city and the temperatures will be flirting with 80 downtown and south san francisco. 80 at sausalito to near 90 in santa rosa and napa and along

the east bay shore, rich monday -- richmond and oakland flirt with the three -- low 80's. and the first pitch at 12:35 warming up to 81 by the end of the game. today the heat advisory is in affect and we expect the most dangerous heat to occur and friday is as warm with cooling hitting the coast in the bay on saturday and moves inland on sunday and sticks around for monday and tuesday. leyla gulen? >> we have a new crash along highway 37 and it is a fender bender and possibly blocking one lane but the big story is where the fires are burning where c.h.p. issued a sig-alert along highway 128. we have one-way traffic control in affect until 6:30 a.m. but it

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>> blue are just joining us or headed out, here are five things to know. >> from the north bay several fires broke out in napa and sonoma and crews are on three fires near knights valley off of highway 128 between 100 and 150 acres burned and a smaller fire near 81ville which has burned 50 acres and now is 40 percent contained. >> aaron hern is waking up in his own bed this morning celebrating his 12th birthday. he and the family returned home from boston yesterday. aaron hern was cheering on his mom near the finish line of the boston marathon when the bombs went off. >> hundreds are expected to

rally in san francisco in the annual plea for improvement in the immigration law. activists gather at 24th and mission street this afternoon and march to civic center plaza on the first day of may. >> racist graffiti aimed at the filipino community has been appearing in young city. it was crawled on the side of a building owned by the filipino community center and a filipino restaurant. it could stem from the renaming of a nearby middle school in the next half hour. >> the warriors have another shot at closing out the nuggets tomorrow at oracle arena after dropping the game five in denver. the warriors fell behind by 22 points and nearly came all the way back but the nuggets held on for 107-100 win. tip-off is 7:30. >> they got felt there with steph curry.

>> mike? >> high fire danger continues until 6:00. you will experience temperatures this afternoon 13 to 17 degrees warmer-than-average. livermore is 89 and napa and oakland at 85 and redwood city at 86 and san jose and san francisco, look at that, 81 degrees. no escaping the heat. the coast will be in the 70's and monterey is 71. 90's through the central valley and 61 at tahoe and mild around san diego at 67 and near 100 in palm springs. >> a clear drive across the golden gate bridge into san francisco you can see the top of the bridge so a nice drive with traffic moving through in sausalito and we had early construction that wrapped up starting in the north end of the waldo tunnel down to the golden gate toll.

we have a crash along westbound 37 as you pass this area, a car and a big rig so a lane could be blocked with a jump along westbound 12, a tree has fallen down and it now is blocking one lane. >> mcdonald's has pulled an ad from east coast billboards showing a depressed woman with the words "you're not alone millions love a big mac." some complain this mocks an ad of mental health people and mcdonald's say it was not approved and the ad company seas it was "unintend error." >> and people attending a prom got a shocking ride. here is what pulled them up, an orange school bus with the word "tree at last" sponsored by a bail bonds business and it

happened to a group of students in tennessee and the company that owned the free at last bus did not realize the kids did not know what the because look like. they made the best of their unique ride to the prom. >> the abc7 news continues at 5:30 with the top stories including how concerns over bad bolts over the bay bridge is affecting a long planned labor day celebration. >> and the bill for the 49ers stadium is coming

abc7 news starts with breaking news. >> crews are working on four fires in napa and sonoma counties and you may be able to

smell the smoke even if san francisco. >> it came into san francisco and the bay area from gusting wins overnight with three fires burning now at knights valley and sonoma county near highway 128 started by a downed fire line and the fires are estimated to be between 100 and 150 acres. the other fire is burning near yountville in napa county and is 40 percent contained. we have a crew on the scene with a report coming up. ought fire danger could have been warning us could be a very real threat. >> mike in. >> we will talk about the wind and how much longer they will hang around. here is the latest until 11:00 this morning. we will have gusts up to 50 to 60 miles per hour and east bay hills and north bay mountains.

overnight some of this funneled into the valley and i drove over trees and shawl twigs but there was debris in the road work. red there warning and this lasted until 6:00, and this is mainly above 1,000' and if fire breaks out the winds will fan it and it will push it from north to south. we will talk about the heat because it will affect it more, inland is around 84 to 92 and you may need to close the windows. and get the smoke smell out of the house and not so cool at the coast and low-to-mid 70's. >> back over to the point we are trafficking this accident involving a big rig along westbound 37 beyond the point blocking a lane and we are seeing backup as a result. and north of here along westbound 12 we have a report of a downed tree blocking one lane.

in sonoma county the sig-alert in affect is in knights valley westbound 128 between cot road and spencer lane we have one way traffic control because of the fire burning. as i head over to nimitz in san lorenzo we have a report of a surface street crash and one car was going at a high rate of speed with more details coming up in a little bit. >> for the first time the parents of a murdered 8-year-old girl in calaveras are speaking out as they follow a lead about a possible suspect. our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest. >> investigators are looking at this man, his d.n.a. is being tested to see if there is a match to legally fowler's killer. he was arrested yesterday for trying to kidnap a 15-month-old child 45 miles from her house. investigators say he forced his way into appear apartment and tried to snatch the girl out of the mother's arm but she fought

him off. the calaveras sheriff tells abc7 news he doubts he is involved but they need to follow up on the lead. a thousand people gathered dressed this pink and purple for a memorial for leila fowler and listened to music and stories about what a sweet and smart girl she was. her mom was overcome with emotion. her third grade teacher spoke and like so many community members she is reeling from the shock. >> to happen to a child you know, this cannot happen to a child in your very own class. >> the calaveras sheriff believes the killer went into the house with the intent to attack her but it was not a botched robbery. the sheriff says only that the suspect has long gray hair and the 12-year-old brother who

found her body saw the suspect leave the house. >> one of the youngest victims in the boston marathon bombings is waking up in the bay area at hoax for the first time since the attacks in time to celebrate a special day. kira klapper is in the hometown of aaron hern in martinez. >> good morning, a great morning here in martinez. it is aaron hern's 12th birthday and he is home to celebrate with friends and family and the whole community is thrilled. he was one of youngest victims of the bombing standing by the finish line to cheer on his mother when the second bomb went off. it has been a whirlwind since the april 15th day. he was hit in the leg with shrapnel and had two surgeries in boston and on wednesday he was released from a hospital taking the first step the next

day but the road to recovery will be a long one with 100 staples in his leg we and it is not clear when he will return to class at martinez junior high school or to the baseball team. >> as an athlete you know there is nothing like your own bed and to be with family and friends, i am sure that is great. >> several fundraisers were held last week at the cafe and the owners donated an entire week work of sales to the family with a fun run over the weekend where friends raised $4,000ed. the family wants to celebrate his birthday in private today and will speak to the media tomorrow. we look forward to that. reporting in martinez for abc7 news. >> developing news this morning about boston bombing suspected tamerlan tsarnaev. his wife wanted her husband's body released to the tsarnaev

family and the uncle says he will claim the body. abc7 news has learned that someone from the tsarnaev family contacted the islamic society of boston about a possible funeral but was told the mosque does not provide funeral services. >> the new police chief of menlo park would like to arm officers with fraziers and install license plate cameras at the main entrance points to the city. menlo park and east palo alto are the only two cities that have not armed their officers with tasers. the chief absolutely wants his officers to have tasers and policies could be set to restrict how they are used. johnson wants the license plate cameras. that were adopted in local jurisdictions that have deterred criminals. >> a hayward man is missing and suffering from dementia, the

63-year-old goes by the name of jack garrett and the alameda sheriff deputy says he was seen at the senior care center. he does not talk too much and has no money or cell phone and should be wearing a bracelet with his name on it. >> the uncertainty over the 32 bad bolts that snapped on the new eastern span of the bay bridge caused a labor day weekend celebration to be put on hold according to the friend chronicle the nonprofit bay bridge alliance has raised half of the goal of $3.5 million in private money to held the two-day party which includes fireworks, a foot race, a bicycle race and a free public walk. officialsofficials are still dew to reinforce the steel roads and have not decided if the span will open on labor day week. >> the cost to build the san francisco 49ers new home in santa clara will be lower than previously thought. the team and the city could save up to $90 million in the long

run. falling interest rates and the sale of fees and listens reduced the projected debt costing $1.2 billion total and open in time for the 2013 football season. >> you could be smelling smoke this morning from the wildfires burning in the north bay and mike tells us about the weather conditions. >> the winds are pushing the smoke in our direction. >> from mouth to south. the smoke is not so thick it is causing reduced visibility and everyone is doing good but at half moon bay where it is hazy and a three-mile visibility. we are three degrees warmer in hayward and six in mountain view and five in san carlos and all those are the exceptions and doubling digits in fairfield and santa rosa and livermore and slow and san bruno with a temperature at 59 and 68 in

fremont and 66 in san jose and 63 in concord and oakland and 54 in novato and 68 in santa rosa so we have weapon the temperatures up. what a beautiful sunrise because of the smoke particles that are in the air and they will filter that sunshine and create a color scheme. breezy through 7:00 and notice we will be from 66 to 78 by noon and 70 at the coast and warmer, to 88 inland, and calmer in the evening. we will have temperatures setting records today but also tomorrow and friday and cooling trend will start on saturday. >> this is a sig-alert, an accident in the westbound direction along highway 37 and it is a pickup truck versus a big rig with one lane blocked. as we led back to sonoma county we have our second sig-alert of the morning and this is along westbound highway 128 between

scott road and center lane, one way traffic control in affect until 6:30 and this is because of the fires that are burning in the area. we had a high wind advisory issued by c.h.p. in napa county and those have now canceled and that is the good news but one way traffic control in affect until 6:30 a.m. and what they are saying is possibly a downed tree knocked down power lines and that caused i the spark and the blaze to stat up there. in the east bay, it looks like a high speed accident with more details to come. eric and kristen? >> graffiti is being called a possible "hate crime." >> boeing 747 is called "queen of the sky" but not anymore because of a

>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> walnut creek police are looking for a woman who could be stealing package deliveries from homes. this is a photo of the woman taking during a theft april 19. police have investigated the theft of packages from front porches for several months. investigators say this woman appears to be driving a newer model range rover. if you can identify her contact walnut creek police. >> investigators in union city think they know why racist graffiti is appearing around town. the messages written over the weekend are similar in all three locations and use words aimed at filipinos as seen on a filipino

community center and the advocates for justice. this stems from the renaming of a middle school in honor two filipino american farm workers. >> this racist thing should not be part our life. we are all in america living as americans. >> we have a different take on it. we see this as a message that we need to do quite a bit more community building. >> police are treating this as a hate crime. >> tonight the sharks on the stanley cup playoffs in vancouver defeating the champs in all three meetings and the puck drops at 7:30. the sharks will host game throw at h.p. pavilion on sunday night. bay area nba fans will rock oracle arena tomorrow as the warriors try to close out the nuggets coming up short on game

five and fell behind by 22 points in the 3rd quarter but they fought back and steph curry hit the only three of the game to bring the warriors five points of five minutes left but they held on for a win. tip-off tomorrow is at 7:30. >> the warriors left colorado in time. look at the weather. this is what drivers in denver are facing this morning, a may snowstorm fluffy snow coming down right now and it looks more like winter, not spring, and residents are bracing for 5" of snow with temperatures in the 70's on monday. what a difference a couple of days make. >> the fires have now conned 200 -- have now scorched 200 acres. >> we have gusts up to 44 miles per hour in napa.

tamalpais had gusts up to 34 at 2,600'. live doppler 7 hd shows dry again. we will talk about what is going to happen tomorrow. we have wind advisory until 1:00 and wreck flood warping until 6:00 and heat advisory tomorrow all areas until 1:00 o'clock to 9:00. drink a lot of water before you head out. temperatures are in the 50's and 60's. we will talk about what will happen moving forward. record high temperatures today, tomorrow and friday and a high fire threat continuing through the evening and tapering but not until after the winds taper. the winds will calm down we still have a high fire danger and temperatures in the santa clara valley from the mid-80's to the upper 80's and los gatos and cupertino are the warm spots

at 88. on the peninsula everyone is in the 80's from millbrae at 81 to los altos at 88. up the coast, we have mid-70's and near 80 degree temperatures in downtown and south friend and sausalito and to the beach we will find 70's in the north bay headed to the valley and mid-80's to near 90 degrees. we will have a few records possible, with low-to-mid 80's on the east bay shore and warmer inland with temperatures in the upper 80's to low 90's through our east bay valley. at the game today, great weather, be careful if you are sitting in the sun, it will feel warmer in the sun and 76 is the temperature at 12:35 up to 81 degrees. tonight, it should be milder without the winds and most of us under clear sky and back in the mid to upper 50's. the seven-day outlook show as run at record highs thursday and friday and notice at the coast the cooling hits and moves inland sunday and closer to

where they should be sunday, monday, and tuesday. leyla gulen? >> we had two sig-alerts and now we have one. that is some improvement. the sig-alert is westbound highway 37 involving a pickup truck and a big rig and one lane is blocked. in knights valley we have a fire burning in the north bay and it looks like c.h.p. re-opened highway 128 with one way traffic control in affect between scott road and spencer lane and everyone now is re-opened. in san jose, we have a brand new accident northbound 17 at hamilton avenue an overturned vehicle blocking a lane there. in the east bay, if you are headed through this area we have an accident on surface streets and it sounds like the car was traveling at a high rate of speed possibly above 100 miles per hour and crashed into a

wall. >> we continue to follow breaking news from the north bay where hot, dry, breezy conditions are fueling several wildfires in napa and sonoma county. >> the smoky smell could be blowing into your neighborhood. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more on the story. >> the wind is blowing out here. check out this video of the fire you can see the wind knocking the fire around with the embers blowing and sparklers on the hillside because of the wind they got aggressive with their response and sent 75 to 100 firefighters here. they have let some of them go home and they do have the fire 40 percent contained but the crews who are still here are hard at work. the fire has destroyed a barn, no other structures are threatened, and it has burned 50 acres and this is happening along the trail. they got the call at 11:45.

another fire is burning up here in the wine country in sonoma county and 200 acres have burned off of highway 128 and yellow jacket ranch road at knights valley at 1:20 when power lines came down. the fires are changing by the hour. we were told at 5:00, 15 acres burned in yountville area and now it is 50 acres. >> we will check in again with you shortly. >> apple customers will be looking to replace certain products. >> branson in the bay bringing billionaire airline mobile richard branson to san jose today. >> nba player jason collins coming out is the talk of the sports world and the nation. how did "sports illustrated"

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>> welcome pack. boeing is cutting back on the 747 jet making 24 models this year but next year, the company will cut production by twelve percent. most of the buyers right now are

air freight companies, passenger airlines prefer the more fuel efficient twin engine airplanes on the long routes. >> new this morning, a big celebration is underway in san jose today where a bay area-based airline is launching new flights. virgin america is adding four daily round trip flights from san jose to los angeles and sir richard branson will join mayor reed to celebrate the if you route and the new jobs. red carpet welcome at the san jose international airport is underway at 9:00. >> hope mr. branson, sir branson, is ready for the warm weather and the winds and fire danger. >> ready or not... >> check out the beautiful colors of the smoke. but the pollution is the culprit

it is creating a beautiful sunrise. the temperatures are 13 degrees above average in redwood city and san jose. 15 degrees above average in napa and seven in oakland. we are in the mid-to-upper 80's in all of the neighbors and near 90 but san francisco is about 81. our coolest weather is san diego at 61. 75 in los angeles and 100 in palm springs. leyla gulen has an update. >> we have an accident in san jose causing traffic but it is serious. it is involving an overturned pickup truck northbound 17 beyond hamilton avenue south of 280 with three lanes blocked. c.h.p. is on scene and paramedics are on the scene. the sig-alert westbound highway 37 beyond the point, a pickup

truck and a big rig and one lane is blocked and we have slower traffic there ten miles worth westbound along 37. back to san jose checking out 87en i don't the julian off-ramp to downtown san jose traffic is moving smoothly. eric and kristen? >> a man is in custody this morning after leading los angeles police on a wild chase. look at video. the driver of this stolen white van led police on a pursuit open freeways and city streets sometimes driving the wrong way and hit several cars during the pursuit including two police cars. officers used spike strips and the driver jumped from the moving vehicle and ran to the wrong spot. look, wet cement took him down right there. he slipped and fell and police swooped in and made the arrest. >> for anyone who still uses the first generation iphone you are about to become obsess least. or your phone will be.

the first iphone introduced in 2010 will be classified as "vintage" by june 1. if you need repairs parts are only available to iphones purchased in california at our state law requires and you can not have it serviced walking into a apple store. but the model has been dis20ed for years. >> we continue to follow breaking news from wine country this morning. at 6:00 the wildfires keeping firefighters busy overnight and the winds fanning the flames. >> facebook unthe microscope today. >> netflix customers, the reason thousands of movies are

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. several wildfires break out with strong winds fueling the flames. >> friends and family turnout for an emotional vigil to remember an 8-year-old girl stabbed to death in her own home. >> east bay boy injured in the boston marathon bombings has two reasons to celebrate. >> high wins fan the fires we been telling you about with more on the forecast from mike. >> spreading the smoke down to san francisco. >> absolutely, you can spell it. it is not strong but it is out there. you can see it is hazy this morning from tamalpais to the south where the winds are blowing from north to south. our fastest gusts, mount dab blow at 74 and east bay hills at 43 and mount tamalpais at 34 and napa county valley 44 in the valley. that is fanning the fires pushing them from north to south cruise the north bay.