>> the rim fire has quad drum peopled in size and only 1 percent contained down from 2 percent yesterday. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with more. >> the numbers are going in the wrong direction. fire officials have ordered campers to leave. the rim fire is out of control. the fire has burned more than 63,000 acres, 99 square miles. containment is dropping from 5 percent at height to 2 percent and now 1 percent this morning. a mandatory evacuation order. since the fire break out on saturday there have only been voluntary evacuation advisories and now the sheriff says there is now an immediate threat to life or property. >> we have everything loaded and ready on trailers, ready to go.

everyone is on high alert. bay area camps in yosemite were evacuated this week. san jose family camp is holding up but other camps are still in harm's way. two homes and seven outbuildings were destroyed early but no other structures are destroyed. more than 1,800 firefighters are fighting the blaze. yosemite is open but it will take you longer to get there from the bay area. take highway 99 and go on highway 140. >> some bay bridge drivers face a detour approaching the toll plaza from oakland to make way for a new fast track only lane and the countdown continues until the bridge is shut down

completely. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at the toll plaza. >> we are getting close. the new bridge will have a new feature that the old bridge doesn't have: it will have a bicycle and pedestrian path. this rendering shows the finished product. the path is on the right and is 15.5' wide holding bicyclists and pedestrians. everyone is going to have to be courteous so the two can co-exist. that will be important on opening day. >> we expect a huge amount of crowds. several bicycle groups are interested in making the first ride over the bay bridge. there are going to be a lot people on the bridge and we may limit the amount of people on the bridge. >> as for cars drivers will experience inconvenience this weekend. three lanes on the right side of the toll plaza will be closed

starting at 9:00 tonight until 5:00 monday morning. they will on the because-only lane to the far right of the toll plaza to cars and make an exception this weekend. they will work on creating another fast track lane for the new bridge so next weekend you will not have any bay bridge. the entire bridge down wednesday night and the new bridge will open on tuesday morning. >> thank you, amy. the closure will start late in the evening on wednesday, august 28 and it will last up to five full days and the bridge will re-open tuesday september 3. that is the day after labor day. >> visit abc7news.com for a detailed look at commuter resources on bart and a.c. transit and san francisco bay ferry and explore the real time traffic maps to see where the worst gridlock is during the closing and check out the live

construction camera to see how close the bridge is to re-opening. when it opens we will notify our twitter followers. >> police are warning women in santa clara of a sexual assault that happened steps from the university. investigators are looking a man were resembling the sketch. it happened a block from the hut bar. the victim was alone when a man grabbed her from behind and pushed her in the bushes and attacked her. he got away and called for help. the university sent out an alert. abc7 news reporter matt keller will have more at the top of the hour. >> abc7 news has learned a san francisco police officer has been arrested on child molestation charges. the officer has not been identified but was arrested in concord. the san francisco police department is away of the investigation but not releaseing

information. he was arrested and released. >> sheriff deputies are looking for the person who opened fire on an occupied car hitting one person on drake avenue around 7:30 last night in marin city. 21-year-old vallejo man was shot in the chest and taken to marin general hospital. the condition is not known but three was able to speak to investigators before going into surgery. the shooter is a black man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and ski mask. authorities are continuing the search for an 18-year-old man suspected of stabbing his pregnant teenage girlfriend and a family dog. he ran from a home on wednesday morning after stabbing his 16-year-old girlfriend in the leg and abdomen. she is pregnant with twins. the "contra costa times" reports the girls and the children everyone not seriously injured. the dog needed surgery and had part of the liver removed.

>> a 10-year old boy injured in a pit bull attack in antioch still has a long road to recovery. hunter was released from the hospital this week. yesterday, he visited the doctor who said he needs more surgeries. he suffered nerve damage and doctors are still waiting to see if the skin graft will take. a hearing is held next week to determine the fate of the dog involved. the owner requested the hearing to avoid euthanizing the animal. >> a man who lost two daughters in a crash is facing criminal charges this morning. the prosecution have filed manslaughter charges against 48-year-old man who was driving on highway 101 in palo alto last november, black friday, and he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed the s.u.v. the two daughters were ejected and killed. he hit a c.h.p. officer who suffered serious injuries. he drove despite getting just three hours of sleep in the previous 24 hours.

>> mosquito fogging is underway tonight in san jose after mosquitoes tested positive for west nile. spraying will take place on both sides of interstate 680. santa clara vector control says crews will start around 11:00 p.m. and still take several hour s. mike? >> the temperatures in san francisco headed into town is 56 in forest hill to 59 in san francisco. to you are stepping outside, it is cool, again. we are 61 in union city for the warm spot and santa clara is 60 and belmont and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 50's with richmond and american canyon and 58, and palo alto, san lenadro and walnut creek and pittsburg at 59 and the day planner shows the next 12 hours: off to a silver start, everyone cloudy with temperatures helding steady

through 7:00. clouds at the coast and temperatures today will be warmer and almost average by 4:00. mid-80's and low 60's at the coast and by 7:00, it ought to be very pleasant if everyone falling back into the mid-to-upper 70's inland and mid-60's around the bay and near 60 at the coast. here is a look at the next three days. today, warmer than yesterday and we will hold steady for the two warmest days in the forecast with the cooling sea breeze coming back and below average sunday and monday. >> good morning, everyone, we go back to san rafael and we had an early accident with a van in a power poll beyond lucas valley road and they are on the scene trying to repair a power pole. the van is out of the there and they may find slowing and we will have a live shot with slow traffic on 880 northbound usually where the construction is headed into oakland so there could be delays. and here is the shot we have

promised, cars are there on the side of the road and that is the pg&e crews trying to fix the power poll and traffic is light through the area right now, southbound 101 approaching the parkway. >> new developments in the san diego mayor sex scandal and a deal may have hit a snag. >> it appears the fight to save san francisco city college will be waged in the courts and san francisco city attorney has filed a lawsuit. first, the america's money report. >> the nfl season has not started and super bowl ads are 85 percent sold out at $4 million for 30-second ad. they $3.8 million last super bowl. pandora is ending 40 hour a month listening limit saying the users will again have unlimited listening that starts september 1. they started the limit six months ago and did not say the reversal is being made. or why, anyway. windows phones are boarding the

next delta flight. attendants will now use them to process inflight transactions. the whiskey market is doing well for jack daniels because they are expanding to keep up with global demand and make sure every drop of jack daniels is made at

>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> it is 4:42. from our roof camera, you can see the bay bridge. temperatures are warming up. mike nicco will have the scoop coming up. >> the streets of cairo are calm following transfer of former president mubarak from prison to a military hospital. a court ordered the release but mubarak could go back if convicted in the deaths of

protests during the 2011 uprising. he is under house arrest ensuring he appears in court. he was in jail for two years facing corruption charges. >> a deal aimed at resolving the sexual harassment scandal involving san diego mayor could have hit a snag. the city council is set to vote on the deal after 1:00 o'clock but the representative of one of the 17 women said she did not sign off on the deal announced by the city officials. no details on the dole have been released and she is not aware of the temperatures and hopes the agreement calls for filner's resignation but said it should not include the promise to pay the legal bills. >> two people are under arrest in nevada accuses of plotting to capture and kill a las vegas police officer. the 67-year-old and 42-year-old suspects are facing a long list of conspiracy charges including domestic terrorism. police say the couple belongs to a movement that expressed a deep

hatred for police during a four month undercover operation. >> the suspect it is believe when the first kidnapping and execution was accomplished, they would be compelled to keep repeating their actions, kidnapping and killing multiple officers. >> police say the two suspects targeted officers for perceived violations of constitutional civil rights during traffic stops, according to investigators they planned to kidnap a random officer, put him or her on trial, before executing the officer in a vacant house. >> the san francisco fire department is reviewing the policy that bans firefighters from using helmet camera. the chief spoke of the ban yesterday at the meeting which has been in effect since 2009 but reemphasizes days after the "san francisco chronicle" printed images from a video that show as fire truck running over a victim of the july 6 asiana flight 214. >> we are evaluating that. we have gotten 12 policies from

other fire departments, mostly they have the same rule. >> she says the issue was about the privacy of victims and firefighters. >> a multiagency task force is cracking down on sex offenders in the south bay and 30 officers from nine law enforcement agencies fanned out across santa clara county and the focus was on homeless encampments searching for transient sex offenders who failed to register with police authorities say santa clara county has 4,000 registered sex offenders, on are known transients. >> a california sex offender has to register every 30 days if transient. >> by the end of the day authorities made numerous arrests and year's sevens were part of an ongoing operation. >> a man arrested for vandalizing trees in golden gate park has been arrested again for the same crime. the 65-year-old was arrested after reports of someone

breaking off branches on the trees and was arrested july ten for built daing trees in the pack. he was also cited that day for feeding squares and a raccoon and for altering a park path. authorities say they do not believe he is responsible for more serious vandalism that has damaged 200 trees in the park since september. >> a boost for san francisco city college fight to keep accreditation. the city attorney filed a lawsuit against the commission for community and junior colleges to rescind the sanctions. the accjc and city officials failed to meet quality assurance standards. the attorney is asking a judge to block the commission from taking action. >> to enjoy privately closing a cherished public institution by a private company which is a cornerstone of economic opportunity and educational promise for generations of san francisco folk. >> the chancellor said by its own admission city college did not immediate the standards that all 112 community colleges in

california have agreed to meet. >> california is set to become the first state in the nation to limit a chemical in our drinking water that could cause cancer. we have reported on the problem with chromium. standards limit the total chromium and california is proposing a chromium fix standard of less than allowed by the federal government. we we took samples from drinking water fountains that show the levels below the proposed state standard. >> a judge says water can be released from a northern california reservoir to prevent a salmon kill in the lower river after farmers sued the federal government over the release of water. they argued that it would decrease the little available to them for irrigation but the judge ruled, however, the water can be released at a reduced amount. environmentallives and farmers are pleased with the decision.

>> mike? >> the weather will be nice if you want to go to the beaches with sunshine today and tomorrow but not so much on sunday. satellite picking up the smoke coming from the fire and south of where it says south lake tahoe you can see billowing of smoke and how thick and how prevalent it is especially in tahoe with a tweet from a follower there and i will re-tweet that showing you how hazy the sky is over tahoe. if you are headed that way you can see how out of control it is and the flare-up with the extra hope. now, our wins are not so fast as yesterday and 24 in fairfield, and ten in napa and concord and 12 in oakland and that means, well, the sea breeze is not so strong. we will get sun faster, then, but this will be delays at sfo.

you can see clouds. faster sunshine and warmer highs at one to seven degrees warmer than yesterday and fewer clouds on the and our coolest highs are sunday and monday. today, 80 in san jose and temperatures running in the upper 70's in milpitas and sunnyvale and mid-80's around los gatos and morgan hill and up the peninsula, we start in the upper 80's and drop in the mid-80's in san mateo. millbrae is 71. mid-to-upper 60's along the coast into downtown san francisco and 70 in south san francisco and, also, sausalito. look at north bay valley, low-to-mid 80's today and 20 degrees cooler at the beaches and along the east bay shore. most of us in the mid-to-upper 70's but berkeley is 71. oakland is at 72. headed into the east bay valley, mid-to-upper 80's from 83 in san ramon and pleasanton to about 89 in brentwood. tonight for the game pirates are here, a four-game set at 7:15

first pitch at 61 and dropping to 58. overnight, there is a lack of cloud cover compared to this morning and in the mid-to-upper 50's and possibly some 60's around livermore and antioch. the area of low pressure yesterday finally pulled an from us and we have a little bit of a trough out here that will come in sunday and until then a small bubble of high pressure bringing us the warmer weather today and tomorrow. look how we drop two to five degrees sunday and monday and a slow warming trend takes over for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. have a great weekend. >> good morning, everyone. it is friday. hoping for friday lite. so far, just some road work to update you. the richmond-san rafael bridge approaching the toll plaza is typical with slowing from was -- from castro street to the toll plaza. south san francisco, west 380 to south 101 the rank shut down because of construction.

the south bay northbound 17 the ramp to northbound 280, that is under construction and the right lane is blocked until 8:00 this morning. the bay bridge toll plaza shows minor delays as poke folks are paying cash in the left hand lane and otherwise no delays into san francisco at this hour. >> a a new batman in upcoming movie. >> next, how much someone

>> happy friday at 4:53. this is a look at the golden gate bridge, traffic is sparse so far. sue was hoping for friday lite. that is ahead. >> new face behind the mask of

batman with ben affleck taking over. he is going to play bruce in the 2015 sequel putting the character together on the big screen for the first time, and superman will be in the movie, and this is the first super hero for ben affleck. >> brian wilson could make $1 million and all he has to do is shame the famous beard for a razor company. he is now with the dodgers and made the debut yesterday with the team giving up a double and struck out two batters in the 9th for the 6 no word if he agrees to shave the beard which is feared for another $1 million.

>> tempting. >> can he use the money? >> we can all use the money even if we give it away to charity the. >> i have a nonprofit called "me." >> mike nicco is standing by with the weather. >> we are one to seven degrees warmer than yesterday, oakland at 72 is one degree warmer and san francisco at 68, and fremont is 78, and concord is 85 and san jose is 80 and santa rosa is 83. seven degrees warmer. i have showers around las vegas if you are headed that way there could be delays moving away. most of the state is very, very quiet today, and other than the smoke and haze you will have to deal with around i don't sell at 92 and tahoe at 79, it is quiet. low pressure 90's through the central valley and 84 in los angeles and 107 in palm springs. safe travels. sue? >> thanks, mike. we have a new accident to report in oakland. northbound 880 at 5th. no further details.

can you see slow traffic. this is near the construction zone. we do have road work again westbound 380 the southbound 101 the ramp will remain shut down until 8:00 this morning. san rafael had an early accident with a van in a power pole and pg&e crews are were wrapping up and hopefully traffic will not be affected moving southbound beyond the ymca. >> a painting worth almost $5 million is back above a san francisco bar hung yesterday morning at the palace hotel where it has been since 1909 a painting of mark well parish. grime and varnish dulled the surface and this is how it looks now, the color now is more vibrant, the palace wanted to sell the painting but decided to restore it after wide-spread

criticism. >> a dog is turning heads on a beach in florida. scout surfs. the owner says her love affair began when she floated with a raft in the pool turning into floating on a board in the ocean and now she gets to, what, hang 20? >> so sweet. >> next on abc7 news at 5:00 a.m., a warning this morning for women near south bay check campus where police are searching for an attackers. >> reducing san francisco's plastic bottle use. the ban that could soon be considered in the city.

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> this is friday. good morning to you. >> a big accomplishment. >> that was a half wave. mike has the forecast. >> monday and friday, they are perky but tuesday, wednesday, and thursday...nice to have you all week, by the way. live doppler 7 hd shows it is quiet. we have the marine layer clouds covering our neighborhoods almost nothing falling. it is pretty dry. for the first forecast, look at the sunshine inland, 81 to 89, quite a spread from the north bay to the east bay valley and around the pay we go from