good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> i'm carolyn johnson. it is hot out there. not just inland. san francisco hid mid-80s today, people flocked to twin peaks to catch some sun. >> it's a great day to be at the beach if you're not a work. >> why are we at work? >> it's cooler in the 70s, spencer this is a record-setting day. >> it is. we have numerous high temperatures for the date

looking at live doppler 7, you can see clear skies now. no fog at the coast. there is cooling fog well to the south. south of monterey it may work up to the bay area sometime tomorrow afternoon but for now, we're peeling the heat. with the exception of the coast and let me give you a look at high temperatures which will include records for this date denoted by after therics. san francisco a high of 88 so far a record high for this date. san francisco, 90 in oakland. 92 in santa rosa. 85 in sfo. all record highs for the date. those location that's have not yet set records more could be set, it's -- there may be rather hot conditions, it's 91 in livermore now. interest interest interestingly right now, as we take a look air quality is okay. it's medium or moderate so far

no health advise very issued. that is good news, taking a look at the forecast clear and warm to mild this evening. temperatures remaining into the 80s, clear mild tomorrow morning and sunny warm again tomorrow but heat will be easing up just a little bit and there is some sharp cooling over the weekend. >> spencer. thank you. the down side of the heat is wildfires burning across california right now. gusty winds creating problems in southern california. >> speaking of which we take you live now to southern california. firefighters turning they're tension to a wildfire burning next to homes. a small brush fire has now grown to more than 6500 acres and this has grown rapidly.

schools with subdivisions have been evacuatesed sm. rvs and boats burn bud no homes have been lost at this point. some agriculture buildings have gone up in flames that fire is now burning towards the coast. >>. firefighters focused on this fire in the city of banning. it's about 40% contained now. he vac order for that community has been lifted but not before flames devoured a home. >> it hasn't hit me yes. i keep saying well, i'm alive. >> this one is near mira

loama. cal fire officials said this started a nearby vegetation, fueled by dry grass and you gusting winds. here in the bay area firefighters continue to battle a wildfire. >> fire season started early more firefighters needed at this point. >> abc 7 news wayne freedman is live with the latest for us. wayne? >> take a look over my shoulder. no smoke, at least not for now for now, northern california first wave of fires is no longer much of a threat. when all that remains is a wisp of smoke, one may assume the dang jer past. that is big progress before

the air clear sod leave to it people owe err on the side of caution, even now. >> concern is that if we don't put it all out, something could spark up and heat up and if the winds come up, they can throw embers into more dry grass and maybe start another fire. >> more than 24 hours into a fire season that began ahead of schedule the agency ramped up training. hard training. it was final exam day for crew that's give their summers and falls to cal fire it's hot, sweetie and dangerous. >> explain what you like about that. >> everything you just said. >> it's a job they can doing for real in the state as soon as tomorrow. >> someone has got to do it. might as well be me. >> cal fire was estimating that this fire behind me would be contained by 6:00 tonight.

at 2:00 they changed that estimate and will be here all overnight and maybe in the morning but they're still be careful with it. >> those fires up north have left a haze in the bay area. you can barely see downtown oakland from parts of san francisco. from the east bay to pin anyone slarks people are smelling smoke from the fires. it's not just smoke cutsing down on visibility heat sending ozone levels up. >> a little bit of elevated levels of particulate solution overnight. we've got some haze, some pollution but at this point it's only into moderate categories so not a real health concern. >> air quality officials keeping a watch on stations. their affects show winds will pick up this evening. that shoud clear the air before pollution levels reach dangerous ones. they're recommending people

who are sensitive to take precaution autos unexpectsed twist in the case of the chemist accused of trying to plant orange juice spiked with rubbing alcohol in a starbucks display case. >> before she was scheduled to make a court appearance the district attorney announced they'd not filed charges and she would be released. >> abc 7 news joins us live now from the county jail in milpitas. vic, what happened? >> sh this is a shocker. this is elmwood women's detention center. the suspect will be released after 7:00 tonight. the prosecutor didn't file any charges and so, she will be let go. she is the 50 yeerld-year-old whelmist suspected of placing rubbing alcohol into orange juice bottles, she's being held without bail since arrest on tuesday.

we spoke with louis ramos, he tells thus is an active investigation but they're not able to make a decision to charge her in time to satisfy what is called the 48 hour rule. in other words a person has to be released after 48 hours in custody if there are no are charges. she was arrested tuesday the d.a.had until noon to file charges and the d.a.did not. abc 7 news learn aid big reason is that test results from the juice bottles are not back yet. and evidence sent to the crime lab yesterday. normally take weeks to months to get them back so without those results prulters have little to no evidence to take the case to court. we're learning that from the lawyer for this woman that she

is distressed, his words and says she doesn't know why she's in custody. but she's grateful no one was hurt. we'll give thu interview from abc news with a barista who gave police the final information that led to arrest. >> vic, thank you. a third grader teacher has been arrested on charges of mild molestation. police say the 47-year-old acted inappropriately with nine female students. he was arrested on 40 counts including lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. a placerville man has been ruled out as a possible suspect in the murder of an 8-year-old girl. >> investigators say they're looking for laila fowler's killer closer to her hometown.

>> we're continuing to follow up on lead autos sheriffs say they believe the killer is someone close to the gold country community where the little girl was murdered. >> we have no information leading us to believe any cases involving children are related to our current investigation. >> sheriffs sent a doctor check on a suspect then arrested -- attempted child abduction there. >> it's determined we can rule that person out as a suspect in this case. >> the 8-year-old found by her 12-year-old brother saturday afternoon a valley springs home. police say she died from stab wounds for those who live here and know the family, each day that passes without a break is more difficult. >> scared to death every night. i haven't slept since this happened. it's sad. i'm not -- i'm up checking on my kids. >> sheriffs say they've collected several knifes from

the home but don't know yet if any of them is the murder weapon. >> santa cruz county sheriff's department warning people to stay away from this man. a 42-year-old dmitri storm considered armed, dangerous and unpredictable. deputies call him a serial car thief. investigators go on to say he's caught on video back in march burglarizing a car. storm's family says he has a history of mental illness and a criminal record dating back to 1989. >> still head at 4:00 we're feeling the heat here but that is not the case in other parts of the nation. take a look at the snow. we'll check out extreme weather condition autos then at 4:30 a school check arnie duncan in the bay area to find out if schools are making the grade. >> taking a look at traffic this is interstate 280 going

north. you can see traffic is light for drivers on the righthand side making that turn.

live to southern california. we're monitoring this fire near camarillo. fire line burning close to homes here. you can see a steady line here, we've seen water-dropping helicopters in the area. but thousands of acres have burned here in this area.

>> this is in a difficult tlox get to. you can do water drops but this is a wall of fire seeming to stretch into this area of camarillo. officials telling people to be prepared to evacuate because of shifting winds. >> yes it started by highway 101, growing to 6500 acres so evacuations underway. >> yes. we'll keep you posted throughout the afternoon. as well as on twitter. >> intel has a new ceo and the oracle of omaha is tweeting. >> hi, emily. >> good afternoon, carol and clairey. intel has a new ceo, the sixth

chief executive officer since its founding. this at a critical memt for the company. most chips are in personal computers and servers. the rest of the world moving on to smart phones and tablets. a market dominate bid competitors. linkedn reported first earnings after the closing dell bel today that beat estimates as sales in the quarter rose 72% but injofrts were disappointed with the second quarter forecast as efforts continue to challenge the professional social network. users of instagram can now tag friends in photos. today, the photo sharing network introduced a photos of you feature allowing users to add names of people in pictures. wall street, stocks rose today, the number of people filing for unemployment fol a five-year low. the bloomberg silicon valley index gaining today, as shares of yahoo and amd rallies.

oracle of omaha has joined twitter. billionaire warren buffet sent out a tweet today writing warren is in the house. the 82-year-old investor has nearby 200,000 followers. you can follow him at warren buffet. from bloomberg studios i'm emily chang. back to you. >> thank you. emily. back to extreme weather now. a map of the united states here. we talked about the situation in the bay area with a mini heat wave. everybody having a good time enjoying conditions. not so in southern california have you wildfires. this is a dangerous situation. other parts of the country have their own extreme weather. taking a look at conditions in mississippi here, heavy rain and flooding. cars and homes deluged with rain. some people had to be rescued because of the dangerous

conditions. would you believe we're in may? a may snow storm almost a foot and a half of snow today's snowfall made the roof of a jeep dealership just cave in. residents as you can imagine ready for spring to finally arrive. >> unbelievable. i was just amazed like wow. it's may and there is this much snow. >> there are other problems, too. falling tree limbs are knocking out electricity to more than 20,000 customers. >> that is unbelievable. hot weather isn't just an issue for people. animals are affected by high temperatures. today at oakland zoo animals were given special treats.

these baboons inen joyed cups filled with ice and mom shared ice with her baby born just last month. elephants got the action as well getting a cool bath from zoo workers. >> we're fortunate to give in to what's happening. >> we are. yes. we don't have snow falling here. or ice covering roads. we have extremes but it's weird. we still have heat here in the bay area. we have had very warm weather long the coast. notice well south there is an area of fog off shore near san luis obispo and santa bar bra. not working its way into the bay area so here is a look at blue skies current readings

80s in san francisco. a few now from mount tam looking down onto the bay. temperatures readings 90s in santa rosa and fairfield. heat beginning to ease up and there is a chance of record highs tomorrow but it will not be at levels reached today. sharply cooler this weekend and showers possible early next week. maybe early as sunday night. starting at 5:00 in the morning notice no cooling fog develops. it will be a sunny warm day from coast to inland. 70s along the coast. maybe low 90s inland. notice low pressure system developing over great basin

moving westward against usual pattern out to sea ask this will be influencing us. this low. we can see a shower or two. tonight, clear, mild low temperatures upper 50s to 60s highs in the south bay warm but not as warm as today, upper 80s to around 90. peninsula, if mountain view hits a record of 89 that would be a record. downtown san francisco, 76 tomorrow. low to mid-80s in the east bai. oakland could hit 82. if it does it will be a record for oakland tomorrow. here is the accu-weather forecast. look at the sharp cool saturday and sunday. further cooling and then, we'll see high temperatures after sunday only into low 70s

in our inland locations and a slight chance of showers sunday night, or monday, or tus up next reese witherspoon admits to saying other crazy things to officers on the night of her dui arrest. what she says was more embarrassing than going to jail. >> an 8-year-old boy with cancer plays a soccer game of a li

actress reese witherspoon apologized for recent arrest for disorderly conduct. she spoke about the incident during this interview today on good morning america. she told george stephanopoulos she had no idea what she was saying as a police officer arrested her husband two weeks ago. >> i saw him arresting my husband and i panicked. and i said all kinds of crazy things. i told him i was pregnant. i'm not pregnant. i said crazy things. you hear me laughing because very no idea what i was talking about. i'm so sorry so, disrespectful to him. >> witherspoon was filming a movie admitting they had had too much to drink during dinner. she says the hardest part

explaining it to her two children. >> deadheads are dead set against a proposed name change to the jerry garcia amphitheater. garcia turned grateful dead into a main stream group died in 1995. he grew up near the amphitheater where jerry day is celebrated. recreation and parks department believes it will add more life being run by a new nonprofit. >> that is a mouth oofl yes. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 more live pictures from southern california. firefighters have hands full battling several wildfires there. hundreds of homes now threatened. we'll take a look at the conditions facing crews. >> plus, education secretary is here in the bay area checking up on a school that got a big boost and federal funds so did they make the grade? >> and a look at a stolen piece of movie history.

the famous director getting a

we begin with an update on massive wildfires burning out of control in southern california this, is a live

look at the largest one burning in ventura county. and the problem is that it may get worse before better. fuel bid gusting winds which today have been about 50 miles per hour but could be gusting tomorrow up to 75 miles per hour. >> and all day, we've been watching flames engulf several buildings swems rvs. some locatesed near camarillo. there are 850 firefighters on the line trying to get this under control. >> firefighters evacuated 6500 acres. there is no, i mean no, zero containment at this point. >> three other major wildfires burning in california are nearly as ferocious as this one in ventura county. summit fire is about 40% contained burning 3,000 acres. in northern california 2,000

acres 10% containment. >> and yellow fire near knights valley burned 125 acres that is at 60% containment. we'll keep you posted. >> you can follow us on twitter on abc 7 news bay area for the latest. three years ago federal government gave millions of dollars to the san francisco unified school district to turn around it's lowest-achieving schools. >> arnie duncan came to town to see if that really paid off. >> secretary duncan said show me what you've done with our money. these were low performing schools. education secretary is sometimes refer referred to as president obama's basketball partner something she has grown accustomed to. but today he came to san

francisco to see what federal dollars have done to improve every yet middle school. abc 7 news visited the school back in early 2011 with the federal government identified it as one of the worst-performing schools. >> i see kids come in learning times tables. >> hiring of additional teachers providing direct support and tutoring to students. >> today, time for the deputy superintendent to report to duncan. >> we're interested in doing this together. >> those other once low performing schools presented their results all made significant gains in english and math. every yet had most of any middle school in san francisco. and there is a waiting list to get in. >> one 8th grade girl says

there was a waiting list. >> it improved so much, kids started to pay more attention in class. i've seen kids enjoying learning. >> with you funding sunsets in september of this year, duncan says districts must find other sources of money. >> we have to take a look. >> the mayor hoping to convince more companies to invest in the schools. some high tech companies like twitter are based here in san francisco. the mayor says investing in the schools would krae yait a world class economy here at home. >> a man walked into a terminal and fired a weapon into the air. the gunman armed with a

assault rifle walking in to terminal b opening fire near the ticket counter. the gunman shot himself in the head. flights in and out of houston were delayed because of the shooting but should be back on time right now. >> president obama is in mexico hoping to strengthen security and economic ties with america's neighbors to the south. he met with the mexican president shortly after his arrival, outlining what it will take to improve relations between the two country autos the united states and i know here in mexico as wells, when the economy is growing, when people have a lot of our other problems are solved. at least we have resources to solve them. >> and during his visit the president is expected to seek mexico's support for the immigration overhaul efforts

underway on capitol hill right now. he called to end the wide spread access given to agencies hoping to find drug trafficking and organized crime south of the border. >> senator boxer was in emoriville to discuss her right to know legislation about genetically engineered food. boxer appeared at cliff bar and company headquarters. the senator believes everybody has a rit to know what is inside genetically engineered foods. >> consumers have a right to know what is in the foods they eat. as my kids used to say when they're younger, du hu.. -the fda ruled 20 years ago that genetically engineered food is no different than other foods because differences can be tasted or smelled. boxer's bill would require the fda to label such products.

in november you'll recall voters said no to prop 37 which would have required labels. >> at the vatican a meeting between pope francis and the man he replaced. pope benedict -- benedict. a newly refurbished monastery located on the edge of the gardens. the two went to pray together. benedict has been playing -- staying at the papal retreat south of rome since resigning in february. >> faa is investigating an unusual incident occurring last night at newark international airport in new jersey. authorities say the swing flipped the tail of the jet while taxing before takeoff. the united plane was towed construction cruise here raised a final section to the top of one world trade center today. the pointed structure will make it the tallest building

in the western hem steer, right now on the roof. iron workers will attach it later. 408 foot spire topping a 104-story building. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 how a classic from the movie "pulp fiction" ended up in the bay area. >> and an 8-year-old boy given a wish of the lifetime. the game they'll remember for a long, long time. >> from our east bay hills camera, looking over the bay area, clear skies right now. and record high temperatures blanketed the area today. when will it cool down? find out in the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and taking a look at traffic right now on the san francisco skyway, it's jammed. especially for drivers on the lefthand side of the screen z they try to make their way east across the bay bridge and it's slow going as well for drivers on the right heading towards 101 peninsula and south. stay with us.

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orks i. a look at a red chevolet malibu driven by a 1994 hit pulp fiction.

>> this when police got a tip the car was in san leandro. >> we have pictures of the car when he received it. it was in poor shape and needed work. repainted a car. >> after the car was stolen it was abandoned on the street. police say they will return the car when they tie up loose ends of the roadster. >> that is right. >> yes. >> a make a wick dream came true for a boy suffering from cancer. >> they got to suit up. the major league franchise. >> look at the smiles. they got to play in front of

3,000 screaming fans. he said he wanted to choose a wish. >> so cute. >> it's warm outside. here is live doppler 7 sunny skies and a hd -- heat advisory in effect for virtually all of the bay area except the coast. some snow and rain and thunderstorms down south near the gulf coast. everybody mainly dry and mild in the west to 58 in denver. here in san san -- california, sunny, warm to hot day.

high temperatures mid-90s tomorrow in chico, fresno. 92 in los angeles. here in the bay area another warm day tomorrow not quite so hot as today but there is a chance of a couple record highs tomorrow if oakland hits highs. tomorrow evening giants taking on giants weekend series sunny, mild, temperatures about 66 degrees. >> it's metallica night by the way. >> metallica. i took him to a concert when he was 14. i had a great time. >> you remember? >> i remember that way better than i remember wood stok. >> time to move on. >> yes. >> why high school is banning

a team mom's pick newer a year book. >> do you save guard important information on your smart phone? what you need to do to protect that information.

breaking news happening oakland hills. sky 7 at broadway terrace. you can see a small grass fire burning here, crews all over this one burning about two acres but crews knocked this one down. they're checking now for hot spots but a brush fire out in the oakland hills. >> a high school student fighting back after her senior photo was pulled from the school year book. the photo shows north carolina senior holding her now 1-year-old son. the school asked students to have their picture taken with something best represents them or an achievement. she chose her son because he represented her drive to stay in school. the school didn't see it that way. she says she was told the picture promoted teen pregnancy. she sees it as a symbol of responsibility and love. >> so i'm looking after my son. and how he had to help me

achieve my goal. they should be proud the students are willing to stay in school and graduate of make something of their self and not try to hide it official woz ont oenl say it should be about the students not an extension of the student family. >> proof why you should roll up your windows and lock your doors in the sierra. >> check out this photo. a bear cub who got stuck in a front seat of a car. a police officer snapped these photos of the animal. >> he tore up the inside of the car as you can see. looks like he's ready to step on the pedal there. >> i'm glad he's not driving. >> if you store sensitive information on the smart phone you know losing track could be a disaster. >> consumer reports partnered with michael finney to find out what you need to do to keep all of the information safe.

>> think about what you have on there. >> yes. way too much. >> can you imagine? a survey projects seven million smart phone owners lost or had phones stolen or it was ruined in the last year. key moves can go a long way keeping your data safe. >> amanda went into panic. someone stole the smart phone. >> there is pictures and bank cards and e mail autos unfortunately, amanda hadn't taken steps to protect the personal information and she is not alone according to a survey done by consumer reports. nearly 40% don't back updata or set a screen lock. >> if you do lock experts say a tech savvy thief with crack certain four digit codes. consumer reports says safer is

setting a longer code including letters and symbols. an droid phones let you do it by going to settings. on one, security then, screen lock gets to you a pass word reset. but on this an droid phone you'll tap lock screen, screen lock, in order to change your pass word w iphones it's trickier. under settings, tap general, and pass code lock, check that the simple skod turned off, then, tap turn pass code on, and now, you can enter your longer pass code. consumer reports says another security risk, apps asking for permission to do too much like this flashlight app wants to know your location and information about your phone calls. and kids need protection, too. survey projects five million preteens have a smart phone of

their own. malicious software isn't as common on the smart phone as computer but the problem is growing so consumer reports recommends getting apps only from reputable sources. for iphone, apple app store is the only official source for apps and reputable. however, there are other sources. be very, very careful there. >> good now let me tell but this, the -- . >> you have something coming up at 11:00. >> i do have something coming up at 11:00. >> will it be free stuff? >> it's going to be good stuff. i lost my mind. back to you guys. >> thank you michael. >> sure that just builds suspense. >> dub nation gearing up between warriors and nuggets.

>> live at oracle arena game six between nuggets and warriors and we have a little preview. you won't believe who we're going to talk to. the team barber. it's coming up. >> and i'm dan ashley. coming up at 5:00 bay area family who lost their two young children to a prescription drug abuser is working with lawmakers now to prevent families from experiencing that same horrible pain. and american business mogul sent a tweet today, now, he's gaining follower almost faster than he makes money.

here is a look at prime time line up. then join us at 11:00. >> warrior fans starting to head out to the roaracle arena. >> abc 7 news live at the

oracle arena with hoops for us. hey, mike. >> hi, guys. warriors are 2-0 with these shirts here at roracle arena. let's take you inside about two hours before the game. they put shirts everywhere. 18,000 of the tee shirts when you see that, that is intimidating. the team is loose. even general manager playing basketball to work out some nerves and we talked with the team barber. he told us the team is loose. >> it's good.

it's a good place. >> we were talking about barbecue from texas, memphis, places like that. >> mark jackson fined $25,000 by nba for his comments. $45,000 for trying to influence officials. 7:30 tippoff. we'll be back to talk more about that with mark jackson. back to you, i'm going to start making noise now. >> keeping you quiet is challenging. but can you lower those for just a moment? thank you. that is the most cooperative he ever is. as a guy who played in nfl what is your take on quote,

unquote dirty play? you've seen it all. >> i just think it's physical basketball in the post season. i'm not going say they are soft because they both said they're not. they're talking trash as much as other guys so this is just normal playoff basketball. very no problem with the physicality of the game. >> thank you. >> you can get the badge on facebook.com. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 gib begins right now. >> thank you very much. a third grade teacher arrested in the east bay what. he's accused of doing to nearly a dozen students. >> live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center, i'm sandhya patel, temperatures record levels today wh. cooling relief is coming, coming up. and the suspect in the san

jose juice poisoning case is about to walk out of jail. we'll tell you why. >> a smoky haze is blanketing the bay area today due to wildfires. >> heat mixed with haze can make breathing activity. the folks are able to enjoy the sunshine in jack london square. good afternoon. >> want to get to record temperatures today. and a heat advisory in effect. live outside of the abc 7 studios. >> and i'm still baking in the heat. sun is shining. we do have a heat advisory with exception of the coast

until 9:00 p.m. tonight. check out highs so far and records so far. 88 degrees in san francisco. 90 degrees in downtown oakland. mountain view, 91. that is the record in san jose today. up to 90 in clear lake. sfo, 88 this afternoon that. is a record oakland airport that. is also a record. we do have big changes coming up into the weekend. >> that heat with high temperatures and wind we've got breaking news right now. a small fire off of 580 eastbound. >> two lanes are closed as a result. in this heat everyone worries they can spread quickly. we'll keep an eye on it.