>> use seven news starts right now with breaking news. >> breaking news in san francisco. sky h.d. is over the seen of a bizarre accident in the twin peaks area. the fire department got a call half an hour ago that a van went down a hill and hit a home. we don't know what street it ran off of but it ended up in the twin peaks area. the building inspector has been called to the scene. this are concerns the van is leaking gasoline. three people reported injured and are checked at the scene.

one was taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries. we believe they were all in the crashed van. the van did not tale break through the walls but it bumped up the building. it is possible that someone walking or standing nearby would say we just don't know. we are waiting for the police to clarify. heather is on the way to the scene. we hope to hear from her later on with more information on how this happened. we will bring you updates on abc7news.com and on twitter@abcnewsbayarea. . >> wildfires are burning from northern and southern california. this is the springs fire in ventura county. it started yesterday next to the 101 freeway but plow up -- but blew up in hours because it is so windy and forced evacuations. >> it is friday, thanks for

joining us. >> the springs fire in ventura county has shot down the pacific coast highway. there is encouraging news of another fire, the panther fire, and also bay area firefighters are helping in the effort. our news reporter joins us with the new information. katie? >> a number of chains in both directions. cal fire reporting that panther is down from 10,000 acre and is at 6,000 acres. in the springs fire to the south, cal fire reports 10,000 acres are burning which is up from 8,000 this morning. >> as long as our family and dogs are safe, we can get through it. >> people in ventura county flee from their homes and hope for the best, 4,000 homes are threatened. a reporter in los angeles just

arrived at work when she became part of the story. her house suddenly in the evacuation zone. she raced back home. it took her an hour. >> during that time my daughter was calling panicked saying, mom, this fire is getting close. when are you going to be here. >> cal fire reporting 15 homes have been damaged but when you see this video it is hard to believe the number is not higher. >> i watched mine go up in flames along with my boat. completely gone. >> the size of the panther fire has been downgraded by several thousand acres. the films are not threatening any homes. but it is a hard fight for crews with the terrain steep and rugged and conditions dry. both fires are only 10 percent contained. >> between both fires and we want to show you the pictures of the spring fire in ventura, there are 2,000 firefighters on the job and that includes crews from the bay area, the alameda

fire chief says 20 engines from all nine bay area counties are going to the springs fire. those engines are staffed by the state and ten more engines from monterey and santa clara county have gone and they are staffed with county crews. >> here is a look at the biggest fires burning right now in california. as we mentioned, the fire is 10,000 acres at 10 percent contain and another massive fire is growing to the north, the panther fire, is more than 6,000 acres in size and crews are gaining ground near banning standing at 3,000 acres and is 65 percent contained, closer to home, the yellow fire burning in knights valley near calistoga is 97 percent contained after scorching 125 acres. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the california wildfires with

updates throughout the day. there are instant updates on twitter@acenewsbayarea. there have been a lot of rising temperatures all over the state and in the bay area there could be record-breaking heat. >> record heat is possible today although it will not be as warm as yesterday. here is a look at our 24-hour temperature change, everyone is cooler if not drastically around sfo and half moon bay and 11 and 14 degrees cooler. we could still set some records. we are in the 70's and a few 80's, 81 in san jose, and 84 in los gatos and 61 at half moon bay so the cooling is getting to the coast. today, our best chance of a record high temperature will be oakland at 82 and mountain view at 89 degrees. you can see the haze is not so thick as yesterday and yesterday we never made it to "spare the air" status to 11 to 18 degrees

warmer-than-average and a 20-degree drop coming with rain in the forecast. >> developing news from the university of massachusetts, dartmouth and the boston marathon bombings. agents are searching the campus. dzhokhar tsarnaev was a student and authorities arrested three of his college friends accused of hiding evidence. either thousands say one of the friends entered the country without a valid student visa. customs are being ordered to verify that every foreign student entering the united states has a valid visa. this is effective immediately the first security change by the u.s. government directly related to the boston marathon bombings. >> in a benefit concert to help victims and families is drawing big stars. arrow smith, james taylor and jimmy buffett are scheduled to perform may 30. it is taking place at the home of the boston celtics. >> the bay area's youngest

bombing victim was a special guest last night at the arena. aaron hern returned from boston on wednesday after treatment for injuries. happening right now, his parents held a news conference. our news reporter is at martinez city hall. amy hollyfield? >> his parents started off by giving thank, catharine and allen wanted to thank the community of martinez for all the support they have received and she encouraged people to get outside with kids, be in the parks with them, be in libraries with them, listen to them. 12-year-old aaron hern has trouble hearing with a hole in his eardrum from the bombing that still needs to hear. the staples are taken out of the leg but he has strips. before he left boston, before he returned here, the 12-year-old visited site of the bombing. his parents say even the first few days in the hospital when he could barely talk it was obvious

that he knew what happened. >> he talked and he would ask about his friends if they were okay, and if katherine finished and he asked about the other people that were around him. he made gestures that he had seen what went on. >> these are visions and memories that we will never be able to erase for him. we have always tried to raise both our kids with a certain level of resiliency knowing that, never tried to shield them from the bad things we know are out there and we never imagined them happening to us. >> aaron hern had court-side seats at warriors game. it was a late night and aaron hern was not at press conference, he is hope resting and he is a bit uncomfortable

from all attention. they say he doesn't feel like he deserves it and they hope to have him in school next week. first up, this weekend, they have to get him a hair cut because his hair is still singed from the bombing. >> many bay area communities will mark cinco de mayo this weekend and the world's most advanced solar-powered aircraft launched in the bay area this morning and where it is

>> in the south bay san jose police say extra officers will be on hand for cinco de mayo celebrations. the holiday is officially on sunday but people will get an early start tonight and there will be extra officers patrolling east san jose and the downtown area where celebrations have turned violent. san jose police department says they are enforcing the 10:00 people curfew for teens under 15 throughout the downtown area. >> the plane that flies on solar power completely day and night is now in the first leg of the historic cross-country flight. this is mission control and the pilot. they can see him. we can see him. he is doing great. the solar impulse has a cruising

rate headed to phoenix right new. he took off at moffett field and took off to great excitement. what a morning. the five-degree journey began early at manufacture soviet field and the only solar plane right now is on its way across the country and into history. the take off was historic. slow and steady as the first solar powered plane began the journey across america. >> the pilots are going to make history. >> inside, the pilot and founder will fly solar impulse 40 miles per hour from a small cockpit with no heat in an company-style seat. the plane itself is as light as a car with a wing span of a 747 and runs fuel free, 12,000 solar

cells installed in the wings. and the partner of the pilot in the mission talks. >> in the only you can have almost empty and fly the entire day and fly the altitude the airlines and fill up the battery. awful battery power that could power homes, cars, or more. >> it is more about running clean technology and renewable energy. >> from moffett field solar impulse will journey the next two months to phoenix and then to new york. the price tag is $140 million, with a lot of support from countries and european investors and we understand that work is already underway to build a second solar plane for an around

the world mission in 2015. of course, a couple of minutes ago we showed you the feed of mission control communicating with the might on the solar impulse and we are seeing the pilot. if you would like to watch the feed you can go to our website at abc7news.com and check on see it on tv. >> coming down-to-earth, mike will take a look at the sky himself. >> it was a little colder up there, but back at home record high temperatures for another day and then a 20-degree drop that could bring showers to our neighborhood and the sierras so no matter

>> abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> more on our breaking news story from san francisco where a bizarre accident has left a van withinned against a house in the twin peaks area. >> our news reporter has just arrived at the accident site. what do you see, heather? >> this is really kind of a head

scratcher how the van got wedged in there. we are at the intersection here at twin peaks and anyone familiar with the area knows twin peaks is a very deep windy road full of hair-pin roads and this van ended up wedged into the side of a house, the garage. the police tell us that the driver, there is a language barrier, but she said she was having trouble with the brakes, pressing on the brakes and the passengers tried to get her to shift, use the gears to slow down and police believe instead, perhaps, she pressed on the gas and somehow ended up in the side of this house. there were residents at home but no one inside was hurt and no one in the van was hurt, either the driver, though, was taken to the hospital just in case.

the two passengers are sitting not far from us looking shaken but fine. now the job is to shore up the home here and carefully remove this van. it is a very steep drop off the hill below it there and if it had continued rolling, goodness knows what might have happened but there are homes below, again, a very steep drop and residents say the homeowner just finished some painting and, also, perhaps, remodeling of this home so now he will have a little more work to do and some neighbors say there are lots of accidents in this area the we have not had time to check that out but perhaps because of the steepness of this road there are always a lot of tour buses, tour vans in this area maybe people unfamiliar with the area but in this case sort of a language barriers we have to sort out what happened but everyone is

okay. >> it looks like it could have been so were worse. not homeowner was outside finishing the painting, yikes. >> everything is okay. the weather more okay if you are not liking the heat so much. >> the coast is already cooling and spreading inland. a drop of temperatures could culminate in a few showers and maybe thunder in the high country so we will talk about what is going on now, live doppler 7 hd showing how dry it is sowell talk about temperatures. you can see around the edge of san francisco, 589 in ocean beach and 64 at christie field and 65 in parker city and the ferry building at 62 so the cool air is encroaching on san francisco and everyone else is the low-to-mid 70's but that is as warm as you will get. we have low-to-mid 70's on the bay shoreline and belmont is warmer at 77 and same in the north bay and 81 in santa clara and walnut creek and 80 in

saratoga for the warm spots, and this is how it looks from mount tamalpais with the wind barely blowing out and better than yesterday but not much. the big story, though, we don't have a "spare the air" but a few record highs are possible, sharply cooler this weekend and showers are possible early next week. temperatures are in the south bay are 89 in san jose and a few 90's are possible in los gatos and ill provide. -- and gilroy. 78 in millbrae and low-to-mid 70's along the coast and a stretch to get there, mid-70's downtown in south san francisco before the breeze kicks in the next hour, and 76 in sausalito and low 70's at your beaches and the wine country and the north bay in the mid-to-upper 80's and 82 in oakland, and that seems cool for a record high but it is attainable and everyone else is in the low-to-mid 80's but hercules and fremont in the upper 80's and low 90's in the east bay valley. here is what will happen

tonight, it will be nice, a bit of a breeze developing, but, still, comfortable. the dodgers are here and 66 dropping to 81. tonight, upper 40's in the north bay, and 50's for the rest of us but the clouds are lining up so that is a stronger sea breeze. here is how it is happening. watch behind the saturday at 8:00 in the morning, the low is retrograding and moving from west to east or east to west, backyards and when it does it gives the best chance of showers tomorrow in the high country, tomorrow night, through sunday, with the low passing overhead our best chance of a shower is in the north bay and the higher elevations where they will stay on sunday. what most of us will notice, it will be 20-degrees cooler we the time we get to sunday. in the high country, a chance of showers and thunderstorm saturday and sunday. seven-day forecast shows we are talking temperatures that will be running in the low 70's inland and mid-60's around the

bay and mid-50's at the coast. spring is coming

>> can you believe the warriors have advanced to the conference semi finals after fishing off the nuggets last night. >> the warriors made it! >> we believe. it happened. the warriors built an 18-point lead early last night but the nuggets got within two just to give us a little something for our nerves but they held on for 92-88 victory and they play the san antonio spurs in the second round. >> tickets for going three are going fast. >> $150 is the low side. but the high side is $10,000 for

seats. >> you can post this to facebook with the back on facebook.com /abc7. the giants are back against the dodgers and i hope the weather will be okay? >> it will be nice, starting out in the mid-60's and dropping to the low 60's, but not like the breeze this weekend with the marine layer clouds and the cooler air comes back. only mid-50's by sunday at coast and weeing struggle to 70 at the bay and mid-70's inland and the scatter shower is possible on saturday and sunday. >> we will keep our fingers crossed for rain.

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