good afternoon, i'm larry beil. >> happening now a massive wildfire is racing through colorado and threatening a small tourist town. this time lapse video shows a fire burning 240 miles southwest of denver, which is consumed 47 square miles of brush and forest. >> cruise say the tourist town will be soon overrun by flames. the 400 residents have been evacuated. the fire is two separate blazes, both started by

lightning and combined over the weekend. there is hot, dry and windy weather that is trance formed the state in a tinder box. a small grass fire burned a hillside around noon near the exit. it spread up some steep terrain there. >> we're talking about colorado but fire danger is high in the bay area as well this, forecast offers kind of a mixed bag. >> that is right. spencer christian joins us with a look at the forecast. >> let's take a look at current conditions, highs so far, warm in areas but not hot. we have high temperatures up to 88 so far in fairfield. and relative humidity in the average range but breezy in spots. not anything like what we saw

earlier in the week wex have gusts between 25, 25 miles per hour. and notice winds are lighter inland areas and lighter across the board than earlier this week. tomorrow we'll have a day like today, warm again, but we swront excessive heat. high temperatures hitting 90 in places like antioch and fairfield and there is a chance of rain after tomorrow. so the risk of fire will diminish then. >> santa cruz police arrested two transients for setting a brush fire near the city's elks lodge. we showed you damage yesterday at 4:00. the fire burned about five acres. one man was taken into custody that was carrying a lighter. hawkins faces a charge of being under the influence. >> developing news out of washington, d.c.. edward snow des den facing charges of spying against the united states.

the u.s. has asked hong kong to detain snowden, he's been there since last month. snowden worked in hawaii for a firm that does contract work for the nsa. he revealed many details to a reporter in hong kong. the program collected data about phone calls and internet traffic. >> san jose has seen an increase in gang violence. wednesday, gang members shot a 6-year-old boy to death. >> abc 7 news joins us live in san jose with more on this plan. >> we're on round table drive in edenvale. one of the target areas is starting tonight. the problem so serious, police can no longer use the exuse of having 300 fewer officers than

a year ago. >> td way we're doing things before to be done bet year a big admission that something has to be done good gang violence, eight out of 25 homicides have been tied to gang activity. stepped up prevention will be in multiple steps. they'll be reassigned from the s.w.a.t. situations other units. another 24 officers will join them in july this, map shows hot spots, neighborhoods where gang operates or where homicides occurred. residents say they'll welcome more police. >> i think it's awesome. and i need protection around here. >> how bad has it been? >> pretty high. some officers have personal reason autos i've had a family member die as a result so i know how it feels to get the

notification from law enforcement. >> he spent 19 years in prison for drug sales and trafficking and says gang violence is rooted in lack of job autos what used to belong to young people is no longer there. their parents parents don't have money to get them into sports. if you have another brother or sister, you're screwed. >> the pastor will keep trying to get nung people to realize there is a better path. >> they live in neighborhoods where they don't have cars, mom says go to the store they have to walk. they get attacked. so they figure, can't beat them, join them. >> some police officers will have to work saturdays now while others will see shifts change to work later hours into the night. any additional costs to patrol will be borne by the department overtime budget.

>> a four-hour standoff is over after a burglary suspect surrendered peace fly. police say the man stole lap tops from an office in west oakland at 10:45 this morning. police officers chased him into an apartment near 7th where he refused to give up. >> jobless numbers out today show unemployment fell in half of the 50 states last month including california. that marks first time it's dipped below 9% since november, 2008, however, california still has the sixth highest jobless rate. that is down 364,000 compared to may, last year. >> stocks ended up today, only

slightly. on wednesday and thursday, the dow shed 550 points after the federal reserve said it's going to end the bond buying program. today, dow up 41 points. s and p 500 rose four points, nasdaq fell seven points. all three stocks gained between 11% and 13% since january. a judge deciding whether to block a controversial caltrans project. that would build a bypass for highway 101 in a small town. caltrans director is defending the plan.

a judge has to decide if opponents have made the case for stopping it. highway 101 runs through the center of little willis, south of town it's a four-lane freeway. coming into town turning into main street with five traffic lights. this town does have a traffic problem. there is broad agreement that a bypass around town is a good idea the question, where? and how big? caltrans says traffic and population growth justify a four-lane bypass through a sensitive part of the valley. opponents say numbers are off. >> we've gone back because there have been questions q skd about the bypass and looked at when we've looked at skpaift operations throughout the city and believe that that

bypass is still a justified project. >> we'd like a different bypass but would mainly like an open, honest discussion about the need and what the purpose is. >> opponents just may get that discussion. today, after an appearance a common wealth club, caltrans direct year agreed with meet with them. >> service came to a halt in a south bay star ducks when a car crashed through the front door. you can see the car just plowed through the front up to the counter there were 10 people inside and no one was injured. a manager says this is the fourth car to car in fremont in the past three years. >> bizarre. >> we're hearing now from a man who helped save a bus fill

ful of passengers in san francisco. >> polls were calling and it's just a crazy couple seconds. >> according to muni the driver made a turn in front of the bus. the bus, however didn't stop after the crash but kept going pushing the car down street that. is when he jumped into agency. and ended up putting his foot on the brake in order to stop the bus. >> i did it for them. >> there isn't anything that was going to stop us so i just had to jump over people skb get up to the front. >> he says he thinks the driver went into shock. >> still ahead at 4:00 what top executives say must happen to keep your rates from going

up from iron ban to pitchman bloomberg west with details on the gig for actor robert downey junior. >> and we get you our first look at the afternoon commute. it's a gruesome as we show you the view from our camera in emoryville looking at i 80. traffic going east. not coming back the other way and it's just a slow go in both directions. back with more on

rates for pg&e customers may depend on how much the company gets fined, saying the rates will stay about the same if it can apply money spent towards upgrading pipelines towards penalties. the company says it would need help to pay the higher amount. >> google promise today to comply with a request from the british government to deal the yeet data. regulators say the program went too far. >> an inflight wi-fi service

hits turb lens and attorney general holder looks to declass by the prison program. >> bloomberg news learned the obama administration is working to declassify some details of these government surveillance programs we've been talking about. and sedz is seeking to give a better picture of the program quote, sooner than later. the wi-fi providers ipo dropped after pricing at the top of the range shares slipped to close out the day at $16 a piece. go go is the lead prog vider of internet on delta ask american airlines samsung unveiled a windows tab blet

that can run android apps and as thin as a smart phone and stocks closing mixed today following it's biggest drop. the nasdaq fell. your bloomberg silicon valley index dropping today as oracle shares slid nearly 10%. robert downey junior now the star of htc, iron man three actor just of inched a deal to become the face of the smart phone maker following several other stars to alicia keys who signed with black berry. from bloomberg studios larry, ama, back to you.

>> between iron man and of sponsorship, he's doing okay. >> don't have to throw any benefit lumpblgz for him, now. >> we certainly won't. >> first weekend of summer. >> here is how things look right now. sunny skies and look towards golden gate, 68 in oakland. 57 half moon bay. looking towards ocean beach there is 87 in santa rosa.

looking live, a chance of rain is likely monday so. first few days of june giving us summer, rather giving us a taste of the weather conditions. high pressure bringing us a sunny, warm day. we've got light rain, rain becoming wide spread in the north bay. then during overnight hours into monday morning rain reaching well beyond north bay into other parts of the bay area. so 5:00 monday morning there could be wet spots out there. let's talk about june rainfall.

we can see rain in june in san francisco last june, june 4th. june two years ago in 2011 was not unusual. on the peninsula, upper 70s to around 80 degrees. 72 degrees downtown tomorrow north bay highs in mid-80s across the board. and here is the accu-weather forecast. warmth fizzle as way sunday and a chance of rain, rain likely monday. a chance of showers tuesday. we start to dry out and warm up again towards end of the week so summer is full of all

kinds of weather trick autos fr a day. >> yes. right. >> thank you. >> you know we have a new abc 7 news smart phone app. and here sit. >> it's easy to navigate and you can use it as well as breaking news. >> this is about getding to enjoy spencer for a second time. >> who won't want to do that? >> we can freeze it on that. if you're into breaking news you probably know what push notifications are. that means the second we find out, you find out. >> we get a section and it's easy to down load just go to abc 7 news.com. and if do you have a current

app you need the new one because the old one is going to be going away, soon. >> up next, food network makes a decision on paula dean. find out if her past racial remarks will cost her her job. >> taking you down under to meet the winners of the best jobs in the world contest from outback

an autopsy on james gandolfini showed he died of a heart attack. he passed away wednesday while on vacation with his family in itally. the funeral for the 51-year-old will be held next week in new york. the exact date will depend on when the body is returned to the u.s.. photos believed to be the last pictures taken of gandolfini showed him dining in roevm, relaxing and enjoying company of others in a table. those pictures snapped by an american tourist. >> the food network will not be renewing celebrity chef paula dean's contract after she admitted she used racial slurs in the past. the decision came after dean's tear afl polling. >> taking this opportunity now

that i've pull mid self together and am able to speak to offer an apology to those who very hurt. >> dean posted this video apologizing for the past mistakes. the celebrity chef's contract expires at the end of the month. deen built an empire from her television shows and cook books and being sued for racial and sexual dis -- discrimination by a manager of her restaurant. she admitted to using the "n" word. >> summer blockbuster movie season off to a big start this weekend. >> that is right. carl schmidt has a preview of the hot movies. >> it's going to be a monster weekend at the movies. bad pit is back on the big screen. he told fans to bucket up for a heart pounding ride. >> suddenly everything you

knew was upside down. suddenly you're running for your life. we he don't let up. >> stars told us it's a no rainer. >> i know there are fans of monsters inc. they called and said this is pixar, i said yes. >> also today is the bling ring. bling is something kim kardashian and kaun way west's baby girl will have a lot of. get headlines there throughout the weekend. >> still head an nfl player is in trouble. mounting evidence against patriots tight end aaron

hernandez in a murder investigation. >> i want people to watch this film and feel some type of emotion. >> candid comments from the stars of the new movie on bart passenger oscar grant. >>

investigators may be closing in in on new england plyer aaron hernandez for obstruction of justice in a had many side near his home. hernandez, a tight end for the patriots has not yet been taken into custody of in the death investigation of his friend but has become the focus of a criminal investigation. police were inside of the home of aaron earn yez -- hernandez continuing into the shooting death of 27-year-old odin lloyd. neighborhood surveillance shows the men together around 2:00 a.m. hours after lloyd was shot in the head but the surveillance video from learn -- hernandez's house was intentionally destroyed and the cell phone he turned over, smashed. >> i believe it's telling he has knowledge, if not involve nmt this particular homicide. >> investigators want to know why a team of housekeepers were hired to skrub the

patriots home. all of this made aaron hernandez the subtd of an arrest warrant for obstruction of justice. the victim's mother remembered her son. >> my son is a wonderful child. >> his body nound a massachusetts industrial park a mile from hernandez's home. and now more stories coming to light. he was questioned by not arrested following a 2007 double shooting and he is also currently being sued accused of shooting a man in the face in february. >> he's accused of shooting a guy in the eye? that has got to be something authorities goring to look at in connection connection with this case. >> no comment from hernandez or the legal team, believed to be meeting here at the mandarin hotel. muscle milk decided to terminate their agreement effective immediately.

>> opening testimony in the george zimmerman trial. the judge warned prosecutor what's they can, and cannot say to the all-female jury. he is accused of shooting and killing unarmed trayvon martin in south florida the judge ruled prosecutors can not tell jurors zimmerman profiled martin, martin was black, zimmerman identifies his self as hispanic. >> president obama revealed his pick to serve as the next director of the fbi. he identified james comby, who served as the number two person in the justice department and attracted attention in 2004 when blocking white house efforts to reauthor arize a no warrant wire tapping program.

>> supporters of bipartisan immigration reform believe their bill is on the way towards passing. the u.s. senate will take a vote on monday. the bill calls for more security along u.s.-mexico border and establishes a 13-year pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants currently living in the u.s.. the bill faces a major hurdle in the republican controlled house. coming up at 6:00 talking about immigration reform with nancy pelosi. >> there is a citywide clean up today after an estimated crowd of one million antigovernment protestors took to the streets overnight. the clashes have taken place in the past week, pro testors sounding off on complaints with the leadership including corruption, and rising inflation. classes have erupted in nearly

everyone of the country's biggest city autos officials in india say the death toll from mud skplidz flooding caused by rain is now nearing 600 z thousands of other people being evacuated from towns and villages in northern inda. the military is dropping paratroopers, food and medicine for people trapped in dozens of towns and villages cutoff from the region. many are hindu pilgrims. the mayor of calgary is warning the worst of the flooding is yet to come and ordered evacuation of the downtown of calgary. most people didn't show up for work today, 25 neighborhoods with estimated pop raigs of 75,000 have been evacuated. officials say they've never seen the rivers in the area rise so high or so quickly.

>> the story of oscar grant is making headlines again following a private screening in a film at grand lake theater. the stars as well as the family sat down to talk about the project. >> they wanted to create a body of work that his family and community could be proud of. >> i want people to watch this film and feel emotion. >> the station stars okay taifa spencer as osar grant's mother. the two stars told me it touched many. >> he just presents the young man as a flawed human being. >> last night's private

screening grant's mother says seeing the last day of her son's life on screen hits every nerve. >> i put my head down, covering my ee ears during parts of the movie. it was hard to go through. to watch. >> the movie shot on the streets of the east bay and. >> it traces last hours before the 22-year-old was shot by then bart police officer johannes mehserle. a jury found him gity of involuntary manslaughter. the film will open july 12th. >> what do you want people to walk away with? >> i mean, i think art has an incredible power in story telling to trigger empathy for characters and human beings

have never come in physical contact with. it can trigger thought pro cease coming up at 6:00 other actors tell us how important it was to work here in oakland. >> nick, thank you. >> just ahaetd 4:00 clamping down on black market ivory trade. destruction of tons of smuggled elephant tusks. >> one little girl owes her life to mail carriers. >> low clouds on the coast and mainly sunny skies. what will it look tyke tomorrow is in the accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> this is highway 87. traffic going north to cupertino. traffic still moving in a very nice p

tons of smuggled ivory has been in the philippines. it came from eight different shipments seized between 1 the 96 and 2009 it appears tusks came from elephants killed in four different african nations. advocates say 25,000 elephants

are killed just for ivory. >> you might call this story of heroism a case of the right place at the right time. this surveillance video from eastern china shows a group of mail carriers looking up at a 2-year-old girl on a window ledge. they tried to come up with a way to help her, she fell right there. you can see the men reacting quickly. catching her after she plunged five stories the girl is doing fine and men happened to be taking a break outside of her home at the time. >> five stories. you can see one guy got injured just catching her. it's a miracle. >> yes. >> let's check the weather. >> it's sunny right now with a look at tomorrow's national weather picture.

it's been warm to hot and southwest of phoenix a high of 106 degrees tomorrow, in california our own heat smel not a heat wave. down in desert a high of 105. here in the bay area, mild to warm but not hot. 90 degrees in fairfield and antioch. how about afternoon baseball tomorrow? game time 105 p.m. it will be sunny. the index will be high so it will be a good day for applying sun screen at the ballpark tomorrow. good weather for baseball. enjoy the game. >> why a teenager has been

named an honorary marine. just the 23 person in hist troy receive such an honor. >> around 4,000 here on the floor. >> next a pass for reading that helps others half a world away. >> great to see you friday night. coming up more on this stunning public apology for paula dean and her apology about race z made in america is back how to create an american job with your digital photos and person of the week. what it was like with

time now to announce the final winner of abc 7 big shell gas card give away. matthew c, you would won 700s ndz free gas cards from shell. thanks to everyone who entered and congratulations to our winners. check us out any time on

facebook. >> new information on a startling number of americans taking prescription drugs and it's almost everybody. a study showed nearly 70% of americans take one prescription drug. researchers say four billion prescriptions written at a cost of $308 billion, antidepressantses were the most-prescribed drugs. >> a young man battling brain cancer just received an honor. the 18-year-old enlist ntd marine corps before graduating from high school but developed brain cancer. he is the 23rd person to be named an honorary marine. >> right before surgery, all of the recruiters at the

station i was recruited out of came and stood guard by the door 24 hours before surgery. >> they provided these pictures he's in the the first marine in the family. his grandfather also served in the corps. >> tourism officials in australia put up a help wanted sign in hopes after tracting more young visitors and did they ever get a response. 330,000 people from 196 nations applied to be part of the best job in the world competition. 18 finalists competed for the jobs. and get this jorks chief funster. i applied. >> it's unbelievable.

this is a life changing activity. i cannot believe it. >> blimy. >> the dream job only allows for a little while each will work six months earning 93,000 american dollars for efforts. >> time now for the next top scholar she's one of seven seniors chosen for exemptional achievement from academics and activities. each gets a $1,000 scholarship and we're bringing you their stories. i had the pleasure of meeting a classroom super star sharing of a love of reading. >> i'm going to be studying computer science at stanford university. >> she was voted one of the most inspiring students in her senior class. she's a top math and science

student and before she heads to college she's sharing her love of reading. >> ever since i was little i was surrounded with book autos when she was 12 she learned three out of four children in subis a harrahin africa do not know thousand read because they don't have books. >> i set up a book drive in front of the childrens library asking for books and money to ship books there. by the end of the week i collected 35 lun books enough for three libraries there. >> it made her realize she can do more. she launched a nonprofit called spread the word. >> i have around 4,000 books here. they're all going to be boxed up by the end of the week. >> this is just latest

shipment. the group collected money and donations. >> i admire the fact she saw this need for a young person and thought of this idea. and she took action and executed. >> this is part of the system. >> she figured out how to operate the projector using solar power help teachers in remote areas with limited electricity. it holds 100,000 pages of lessons projected on a screen. >> that way the kids can do it together. >> yes. she's headed for stanford but looking ahead to a life of service. >> one of the things stuck with me throughout the years is saying the purpose of life is a life of purpose. i just feel that if ik not busy doing something that i love that i'm not living quite

as much as i could be. >> and congratulations for being named abc 7 top scholar, you can meet all top scholars at 3:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. >> this is incredible. >> she's a teenager. >> right. >> wow. >> just ahaetd 4:00 reving up for a big weekend in sonoma county what. drivers and fans think about it. >> i'm cheryl jennings, coming up at 5:00 protecting your home while away on vacation. the tips from local police in a crime that seems to be on the rise. and peanuts? pretzels or a proposal? how one man popped

hire is tonight's prime time line up at 8:00 it's shark tank. what would you do is on at 9:00 and then join us for abc

7 news at 11:00. >> check this out. line drive hooking foul and the ball going leaps and snags it during yesterday's white sox twins game in minnesota. >> wow. have you sprafters. >> yes. >> perhaps too good. >> fans really appreciated this because that line drive could have hit someone and it could cause serious injuries the ball player is paul niche yek. >> very cool. >> nascar fans excited about activities at sonoma raceway this weekend. >> yes. that means thousands of fans and lots of traffic and traffic jams. >> that is right. >> we have a look at whang now at the tracks. >> it's going to be loud this weekend and tens of thousands are going to do what they can.

>> i feel just awesome being here, it's the best thing for families. it's awesome. i can't describe how awesome i feel. >> the race will be held on sunday. this is why you hear about traffic problems at this event atracking a huge enthusiastic crowd. >> last year, four hours in traffic but it's worth it. >> four hour hours? >> yes that. is all right. zwrouft see them. great. >> organizers suggest an earl lay rival. and encourage staying late after the race. there are other activities besides what's happening on the track. and you may get to meet a driver. like 7-year-old nico who met joey this morning. >> he's nice. he took a picture of me and signed my hat.

>> drivers say they're happy to be here, too. >> i love that here. it's fun to drive. so it's fun to get to turn left, and right and play around. >> here is a look. he will be going fast, and they're expected to reach speeds of 120 miles per hour. there are still tickets available for sunld. if you're interested. >> and one thing about the nascar drivers if you look at the pro sports they're the most accommodating with fans. you can walk up to them. >> that is good. >> getting there is never easy. roads are crowded. one road in, one out. >> if you need help this weekend get waze on your smart phone. thanks for joining us everybody for abc 7 news at 4:00.

>> the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> ought ragis armed bank robbery on video. the suspect police are searching for. >> plus, lining up to get a job. how the economic recovery is picking up momentum here in the bay area, what is driving it? >> summer also nice and warm but will it last throughout the weekend is in the answer is coming up. >> it's a crime that seems to be on the rise, dozens of homeowners victimized and now, police sheg you how to stop it. good evening. >> tonight police know who they're looking for you in a surveillance of burglaries on the peninsula. and this seems like it's getting more monday.

>> -- common. >> this is the first day of summer. lots of people starting their vacations so police are reminding people how to protect their homes. police identified someone they believe is one of those burglars. police are looking for melvin beller believing he's responsible for a rash of home burglaries. mo always the same. check this security camera video. a woman with an infant knocks on the door. no one answers. her accomplices enter and begin trying to pry open the door. >> suspects what are we call tunists so we want to limit the opportunity these suspects have to break into residents home autos because of the home burglaries it's important to save guard your house when going on vacation. some tips here,