update the public on whether there are efforts. good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> other breaking news fires in the east bay and north bay. >> crews are busy fighting fire autos where flames score burn aid group of vehicles and one structure burned to the ground coming within feet of several homes. >> wem, dozens of firefighters moved in quickly to stop a grass fire in orinda that raced through 10 acres near ivy drive. nick? >> good afternoon. if you take a look you can see this brush behind me. this is the kind of fuel firefighters fear. they say today, weather was in their favor.

if you look, you can see thin traces of faint white smoke, firefighters checking for hot spots. this is a orinda fire district. this is what we know. about 40 homes were threatened by the nir next to the park. at the peak there were 90 firefighters this, is the view from sky 7. it started just before 1:30 and the fire was quickly upgraded from two alarms today three alarms. orinda oaks park. crews assisted the fire department using air tankers, fire engines and bull dozens. -- bulldozers and the fire captain says a strong attack quickly had the fire contained. now, fog check was used, that is dropped from planes that

stopped dry brush from burning with out causing major damage to vegetation on the ground. and where i'm standing you can see hillside behind me, firefighters don't know what caused the fire but i'm happy to report that there were no injuries to person or property. >> thank you very much. the etch search for a man who went missing yesterday after beta breakers race. his cell phone and wallet were found on ocean beach. he ran in the race, telling friends he was headed out to the shore line. coast guard and park police are now searching the area but so far, at least, there is no sign. >> teachers took over chancellor's office today, sitting down inside of the administration office refusing to leave. police were called in to escort them out but the group remained in that building.

the protestors upset city college wants to layoff faculty and snaf an effort to reduce its budget deficit. the group says it will not leave until it can meet with the chancellor over the cuts. >> east palo alto police declared a crime emergency today, put morgue officers on the streets to combat a spike in gang violence. at east one person opened fire on the 16-year-old last night. the teenager just dropped off his brother. the brother believes his brother was the victim of mistaken identity, asking us not to show you his face. >> and it was probably mistaken identity. and as soon as they dropped me off, i heard gunshots. >> two other teenagers will

survive. a fourth passenger was unharmed. jose was a junior at woodside high school. he also played on the football team. >> in the south bay another family trying to cope with the loss of their 16-year-old boy. he was hit by a car on the way to school this morning. >> students here at silver creek high school tell us his name is andy martinez. the principal says he was the oldest of five subblings, the only boy and his life came to an end too soon this morning. investigators gathered up his shoes and backpack, trying to recreate the accident matching skid marks on the ford if 150 pick up. it what happened while the 16-year-old was on his way to

school. he was only a block away when the accident happened. police are still piecing together who had right of way. >> we don't have indication of fault at this time. our investigators are out here and are going to determine whether speed was a factor. >> the pick up was headed north. martinez east. police say he was not wearing a mel met. >> the driver is cooperating with the investigator autos a tremendous human being. >> sue had martinez in a class and so enjoyed him she begged his parents to leave him at silver creek. >> tall. smiley, always singing. always singing. so much so i, you know, have to say, okay! just for right now, okay, you

can sing when your math is finished. >> the principal says martinez just recently had gotten the bike. up until then, his parents had driven him to school every one is in shock. and are grieving. we're providing support. >> the school working with a group to support students and teachers saying they will support the family in any way they might need. >> thank you. >> in richmond a 5-year-old girl died after a accident this morning shut down part of the parkway for hours. you can see the car was the only vehicle involved. there were six people in the suv. the survivors are expected to recover, police say the child was not in a safety see. under

california law, children under age 8 must be secured in a booster seat in the back seat. local officers do offer lessons on how to install seats. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. >> governor brown vows the eastern span of the bay bridge will not reopen until it's ready to could do so. it's scheduled to be opened labor day weerkd however, there have become safety concerns after reports of a possible corrosion problem on the bridge. so today, he says he takes issues seriously and is

promising it will not open until safe. >> 12,000 workers in uc san francisco will walk off the job. is a two day strike and officials say it will cost the system $20 million. u.d c postponed hundreds of surgeries, he chemotherapy sessions and thura putic procedure autos 150 patients had to be cancelled. this is including five children with congenital heart disease. >> they're taking money that should gobbing into patient care and going into the pockets of overpaid executives. >> uc officials tried to get a court order and a judge ruled 100 workers could not join the strike. negotiations have stalled over pension reforms.

>> still to come what apple may have done oversea autos and the simulation device that could make taking medicine a thing of the past fofr some children with adhd. >> dramatic changes about to take place and conditions causing those tornadoes in

back out live now to update terrible breaking news happening oklahoma this, is a live picture over the touchb moore. an elementary school there. a giant tornado swept across this area raking the ground as you can see and just obliterating this school. you can see workers just craw krauming there in an attempt to find young children ma that

may still be trapped. >> this tornado touched down about 1:00 our time. now, this is moore, oklahoma. we zront a official count on the number of structures buck you you can see by this damage that it's wide spread, it is huge. and these are live pictures of the rubble. but in this area, of moore dozens of homes have been wiped out. and sheriff says 10 deaths have been reported and there are a number of serious injuries as well. this is a massive maybe e-f 4

one of the most powerful tornadoes you'll find hitting this area today. >> we understand that a school collapsed and a number of kids had to be pulled out there. some rescued alive. five at that school and the president just called the oklahoma governor to express his concern. >> this is video we can share with you as afternoon progress aid number of fires broke out. look at the damage this, is really overwhelming. in many spots, many areas there is just nothing left. these buildings and homes taken down to foundations. this is the result of a tornado several tornadoes hitting one had 200 miles per hour winds. very, very powerful.

>> yes. white house says that it's sending to help out with efforts. >> stay with us. we'll continue to keep you updated on this here during this half hour and on abc 7 news at 4:00 as well. want to move on today. that may help your family. >> a device is being credited with helping kids with adhd. the results presented in san francisco today at the convention going on this, could make a real difference for family autos that is right. it could give parents or adults with adhd who take medication another option. it's a small study lasting over a year. kids with adhd find it hard to

focus because neurons fire up more slowly than in other kids. medication has been snon to help. some worry about side affects. >> average age about 9. they wore this every night during sleep for eight weeks. it's applied on the forehead. wires just draped over, like that. >> wires connected to a transmitter sending gentle impulses and stimulates the nerve of the brain this shows how that increases blood flow to needed areas and devices to areas where there is too much activity. >> as if there is a newly discovered super highway. which can then change the activity.

>> saying the device is used in canada. the lead researcher says within a week parents noticed an improvement in attention and impulse controls. all without medication sleep patterns also improved. >> they reported about 80% of the kids were improved after the study. >> a month later parents said the symptoms came back. >> it's important to disclose ucla asked to conduct the research the company neurosigma funded the study. if approved it could be on the market in a few years. the price in europe is 800 euros more than a thousand dollars, dan. >> yahoo ce l.eo announced yes,

yahoo is buying that trendy online hang out. myer made it official with this gif promptising users minimal interference, myer promising yahoo does not want to interfere with the creative freedom of the tumblr users. listen. >> tumbler is a phenomenal company. while acquiring it we intend to operate it independently. their road map, their vision. all that have stays on track. we promised we're not going screw this up. investors are taking a wait and see attitude. if you look at the last 10 months you can see clearly the market likes her. she became ceo july 16th and since then, stock has gone up

a full 70%. >> tomorrow, tim cook plans to go on the offensive. a subcommittee claims apple avoided paying u.s. taxes on $44 million. apple denies those claims saying kpt pays taxes and probably pays mofts of any u.s. company. crook plans to tell how he would reform the tax code and says his plan would cost more money but the company would be happeno to pay for it consumer news about soda and gas line michael? >> let's talk about gasoline, first. okay? whit doumz oil, right now, and probably gasoline this mer, whole supply and demand thing has been put on hold. oil prices have rallied. the price is remarkable coming despite factors pushing oil

prices lower, domestic stockpiles at their highest in three decades. and domestic oil prices is soaring. still, with prices like these, expect this summer to be an expensive year for driving vacations. we're being told the next big economic bust is going to be student loan crisis. one new york senator is proposing a bill refinancing federal student loans savings would be dramatic. her bill would drop the interest rates on most government student loans to a fixed 4%. that would be a huge savings. most students paying nearly 7%, some as much as 9%. the tax on soft drinks that is

pretty much dead. got through one committee. no one expects it to go anywhere. >> spencer, we're taking a look at this tornado. >> temperature said to be almost two miles. this is just remarkable. it's ranked ef 4. this winds up to 200 miles per hour. it's been on the ground a very long time. and this is a same area knit

may, 1999 and at the time observers were saying this was the most devastating tornado they'd seen this, was worse. >> this is in tornado alley in the mid west. you get cool air masses in the northwest and warm air masses from the south. they collide and create severe instability in the atmosphere. that is what happened today. >> i know you want to talk about our weather as well. >> yes b to walk over right now to do that rmt thin, high clouds moving overhead. at oklahoma where that deadly tornado hit today we have a line of powerful thunderstorms

rumbling. this shows we stril a tornado watch in effect for a wide area. that is until 10:00 this evening. central time. back to the bay area, high temperatures really warm one today. 92 antioch. 91 fairfield. and 91 in yu kia. we've had heat spread around the bay area now. here is a live view 73 in oakland. 85 san jose. looking back into the skyline of downtown san francisco, you can see thin, high clouds moving through sky now but it's mainly sunny skies and still very warm. looking at golden gate bridge clouds turning overnight.

sharply cooler tomorrow by 20 degrees or so in spots. the cooler pattern lasts the week. an approaching cold front going to bring us a pool of air and 7:00 this evening, you can see clouds sweeping through overnight. we'll see clouds give waig to sunny conditions tomorrow, mild with some locations into 60s today, here is the accu-weather forecast. it will be a cool week all week long. saturday, highs up to 70. coast highs low to mid-50s. memorial day will be a wayday

to remember. >> yes. >> coming up, power ball player say being oh, thank heaven for 7-11 store. >> new at 6:00 push to change the way doctors and hospitals handle patients. answer is in the cloud. stay with us. that is at

more than 769,000 power ball tickets. there is just one ticket sold in this 7-11. the cash year at the store told us the winner came in yesterday to verify winning numbers. a person in florida got the top prize. that is something.

>> wow. >> listen to this, a san francisco restaurant founded in 1849 hoping to strike gold. >> why not? this morning it announced is opening a sister restaurant in washington, d.c. on pennsylvania avenue. >> now, police chief joked up during announcements. why? his great grand feerj founded it during a gold rush. anyone coming here over the years nothing changes. true example if it ain't broken don't fix it. >> the restaurant will serve the same menu as san francisco original. >> as we go to break another live look at the devastation in oklahoma. >> yes. 37 people have been confirmed as having been killed in these tornadoes.

coming up, our live coverage of the tornado devastation continues we'll bring you latest information from a news conference sked dwruld begin any nint town of moore, oklahoma. >> best advice can be found anywhere on the planet so. we cast a wide net. >> and a university you've probably never heard of. a goal to improve the lives of billions of people. those story pz more coming up at 6:00. back to dan and cheryl. >> thank you. >> we're going to take you out with pictures of the devastation. 37 people have been reported dead now. >> and that number likely to rise. it jumped, at least 60 people taken to area hospitals. more than that probably buried

in rubble this is "world news." tonight, breaking news. a massive tornado, more than a mile wide, tears through oklahoma on live tv. >> just saw a power flash in the sky. this is a large, violent tornado. >> an entire town in ruins. fires breaking out. a school suffers a direct hit. >> hopefully we didn't lose any lives here. >> as neighbors dig through debris by hand to try to help their neighbors. >> the damage is overwhelming. it is mind-blowing. >> and tonight an outbreak of more than 50 twisters has taken lives and flattened homes. 55 million americans still in the storm zone tonight. our extreme weather team right there in the heart of tornado alley, with the very latest on "world news."