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spread to at least 400 acres. right now it's burning near clayton in mt. diablo state park. lillian kim has a look. >> there's a thick layer of smoke over mt. diablo. all the activities on the other side of the rim. flames have moved south and that's where there is an evacuation order. this started at 1:00 p.m. on the northeast side of the mountain, three miles south of downtown clayton. no reports of injuries but so far 400 acres have burned and 250 firefighters have been called to work this fire. an immediate evacuation has been ordered for oak hill lane at curry canyon road. residents have been told toll evacuate to diablo view school in clayton. residents on morgan territory road have not been told to leave their homes. the flames are moving a. from that area. but nobody is taking anything for grants.
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>> it's lucky, there's no opinion, but it's that manzanita i worry about. it can burn really hot. but right now looks like they got enough helicopters. in the next -- by nightfall, probably have it under control. reporter: it's been difficult getting an update from firefighters. since we have been here commanders have been unable to break away from the radios. last we heard the fire was 10% containedment we have seen heavy earth-moving equipment transported here, presumably to use to build containment lines. live in clay top, lillian kim, inclines inclines. >> ama: here's a twitter photo that lillian shot as she and her photographer raced to the fire. shows the plume of smoke. our viewers are tweeting pictures. jason sent this picture, showing a closer hot 0 -- shot of the
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mott die an blow fire. the fire burning in sonoma county spread to 30 acres around a pallet factty. sir quintana is live. >> right now the good news, it's about 60% contained. but you can see there's still quite a bit of activity. in fact just beyond those trees is where a lot of this fire was burning when we arrived on scene. there are still a few crews here on hand, making sure that things do not get out of hand. this is a fire that started just before 1:30 and quickly spread from dry brush to a pallet factory. ten structures were damaged, some pretty badly. the problem for fire crews the factory has lumber so the fire was able to hop around on the yard easily, thanks to a lying breeze and dry conditions. the california highway patrol blocked off several roads and streets and say one officer saw
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when the fire started. >> the officer was falling a tow truck, pulling a vehicle on a tow dolly. sparks were seen coming from the tow dolly. the officer pulled the vehicle over. by that time the sparks had gone into the dry brush and it took off from there. reporter: several fire departments are still on scene, including crews from calfire, there nor injures and right now, like i mentioned, this fire is about 50% contained. crews will keep monitoring any flareups, and including the fire damage, there's a powerline right there. and in fact some crews here from pg&e. they do tell me that there are a few homes that are without electricity because of that damage. also, there is still a pretty significant traffic situation because a lot of these streets are blocked off so that these fire trucks can get around to keep an eye on the coining
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fire -- continuing fire. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> ama: this weekend's high temperatures made for dangerous fire conditions. tonight the bay area is cooling off. this is a live look from our exploratorium cam. let's check in with leigh glaser. >> leigh: we have cooled off, especially at the coast and the peninsula, as much as ten degrees today across much of this locations. the reason why is this strong onshore wind component. you can see the fog banking near the coast. schellville, we'll show you the current readings, 82, relative humid, 39%, and not a lot of wind inland right now. the diablo fire is a lot hotter there. temperature, 94. relative humidity, only 17%. very dry there. winds out of the north at 11-miles-an-hour. and here is a look at today's highs. we still had excessive heat
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inland. the cooling took place, san francisco today, down as much as ten degrees. 68 was the high there. much here cooling can we expect in we'll look at the seven-day forecast coming up. >> ama: a teenage boy from sunnyvale is dead and two friends injured after their car ran off the road and smashed into two trees. the boys' car went off state highway 35 last night for unknown reasons. the car hit a tree, overturned, hit a second tree and burst into flames. the passengers have serious injuries and the driver died. >> contra costa county investigate investigators are looking into the cause of a fight at the paradise skate roller rink this morning. deputies found a 31-year-old woman and two men with gunshot wounds. the woman died at the hospital. the others are expected to
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survive. the rink was holding an adult skate jam when the incident happened. >> the san francisco sheriff's department need your heap to identify man found unconscious in union square. he has brown hair and brown eyes, between 30 and 40 years old, 165 pounds. no tattoos or distinguishing marks. the map was discovered at 5:00 this morning with head injuries that suggest a fall. he is in critical condition and authorities are trying to locate his relatives. a man died today outside candlestick park. a man in his 30ness was walking on a pedestrian weak away when he fell. he was rushed to the hospital but depend survive. witnesses say the man was intoxicated. >> many fans had a safe and fun day cheering on the niners. some fans said it was a bittersweet day. cornell bernard is live from candlestick park. reporter: niner fan are heading
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home but they got a niners victory over green grebe, but a bittersweet day, though, knowing this is the last season tier he beloved 'stick. touchdown! >> the 49ers are back, playing and winning a close game against green bay. for the fans, emotions were running high, knowing it's the last season for the team at the 'stick. steven grew up here. >> my grandfather bought season tickets when they built and it saw the niners at kezar. >> candlestick parked opened in 1960 and cost $15 million to build. >> to be weird, not playing in candlestick. all my life i've been going to these games. >> hopefully next year i'll be driving to santa clara and visit -- >> levi stadium. >> that's right. >> new rules for fans. bag security screening in effect.
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many items had to be left outside. this nfl approved clear bags are okay. >> no big deal. >> while green bay fans savored the cheese, nineer fans savored a rare sunny day at the historic and beloved 'stick. >> of course, we'll have all the niners and raiders highlights coming up in
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>> ama: oracle team u.s.a. won the second race of america's cup but new -- the defending cup champion squeaked out by eight seconds. which is an eyelash in sailing. new zealand now has three victories. the first team to win nine races gets the cup. races five and six are tuesday. >> full nelsons are back in the olympics. officials decided to bring bag wrestling. citing uninteresting matches caused them to drop the games. committee members then admitted their mistake and restored them through the 2020 summer games. >> up next at 6:00, an update on the fire that forced evacuations
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in contra costa county. and how hot will it get tomorrow? leigh glaser is up next with the forecast. >> anquan bolin
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>> ama: a return to our breaking news. a live look from sky 7hd over the fire burning on the slopes of mt. diablo. this is in contra costa county. leigh glaser is checking on the weather conditions. it's very hot and dry. >> leigh: you can see from the live shot here, almost that smoke coming up in a column, which means there's not a lot of wind out there. we tell you the fire itself will generate its own wind. in the last 30 minutes-starting to pick up a little bit with a few gusts, but really we're lucking that we don't have excessive wind. we have the heat and the dry conditions out there. but the fact we don't have as much wind probably is helping those fire efforts there at mt. diablo. live doppler 7hd showing you just kind of the wall of fog
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that continues to press inland. it was very dense across much of the peninsula as well as the coastline earlier today, and that same scenario will be with us this evening as a really strong onshore wind component had developed in the last 24 hours and will add to the cooling mechanism as we head into tuesday, wednesday, thursday. winds picking up now. gusts to 21. out of the northwest. around the concord area. livermore, winds in the last 15-20 minutes out of the northwest as well. up to 14 miles-per-hour. s.f.o., 23. right now here's a look at the 24-hour changes. temperatures came down thanks to the marine influence. san francisco international, down 11. novato, down nine. santa rosa, down nine. and san carlos, down 13. inland locations held quite a bit of hit from yesterday as well. san francisco right now, 60.
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san jose, 83. los gatos, 88. from the mt. tam cam you can see the fog and very high heat, antioch still in the 90s, such as concord as well, 91. livermore, 94. here's a look at the forecast highlights. we'll go with the low clouds and fog at the coast and the bay tonight. more heat inland. one more day, tomorrow, and then we'll all start to cool down on tuesday and wednesday. high pressure will continue to dominate. it will bring a lot of heat once again tomorrow inland. still a hot day there. but the cooling and marine influence will be with us near the coast tomorrow. and expect temperatures to come down. here's you highs. 87, san jose, 89. 83, menlo park, 64, half moon bay, san francisco, 68. look for 84, petaluma. sonoma, 86. 79, hayward.
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still hot inland. brentwood, 96. 95, antioch. tuesday, wednesday and thursday, you'll see the trend, much cooler, the fog returns, temperatures by thursday and friday, back to normal. >> ama: let's go back to lillian kim with an update on the fire in contra costa county. lillian? >> the smoke above mt. diablo has gotten better but there's still a thick gray layer of smoke hovererring above. flames broke out at 1:00 p.m. on the northeast side of mt. diablo. since then the fire has moved out and there's an evacuation order at curry point, oak hill lane and curry canyon road. those residents have been told to seek shelter at clayton community library, 6125 clayton road. no structures reported damaged and no reports of injuries but 400-acres have been called and 250 firefighters have been called in to work the fire. last we heard the fire was
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son-in-law% contained. -- only 10% contained. >> ama: thank you. >> this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. ama daetz colin is here. >> colin: shu will be back. clay matthews, going to hit 49er quarterback hard and often. harbaugh may have been looking for clarification on protection of his quarterback. 20 yards, for the 7-0 lead. i mentioned matthews wanting to get his licks on kaepernick. look at this. full extension, full lunge, and that gets everybody boiling. joe staley, offsetting
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penalties. they replay third down. next play, cap to anquan boldin, a huge day. third quarter, tied at 1. first and goal. kap to davis. 98 yards, 21-14. aaron rodgers doing what aaron rodgers does. 330 yards passing. game tied. fourth quarter, eddie lacy, packers lead 28-24. niners answer. five plays, 80-yard drive. frank gore in from a yard. after a three and out by green bay. niner driving again. harbaugh goes for it on fourth and two. right call. boldin, gain of 15, led to a field goal. 34-28 the final. kaepernick, 412 yards passing, boldin, 208 and a score. >> you never know when your number is going to get called so you have to be prepared. every game isn't going to be like this. i'm not going to be targeted as
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much as i was today. you just have to be prepared. >> niners playing seattle next week. seahawks opening against the panthers today. russell wilson, 43 yards, the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. wilson, 25-33, 320 yards, hawks hang on for the 12-7 win in charlotte. terrelle pryor in indianapolis. a one-man wrecking crew. 7-0 colts. pryor, hesitant in the pocket all game. his willingness to run kept the colts defense offbalance. second quarter, 29 of his team can leading 112 yards on the ground. mcfadden, one yard and in. pryor goes for the chest bump but head coach, you're too big for me. fourth quarter, 11th play. pryor pass to moore. colts rally. weaves 19 yards, colts lead.
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31 seconds left. third and goal. pryor locked into rod streeter. never a saw anquan buffet. colds get the win 21-17. >> alex smith making his kansas city chiefs debut. smith, 21, 34, two touchdowns. second one. to junior hemingway, no picks for smith. efficient as usual. >> baseball. the pennant chasing a's going for a third straight win at home against the lowly astros. colon, third inning, one of his seven strikeout victims. colon improves to 15-6 on the season. bottom half of the third. 2001 touchdown and -- touchdown and point after for the yays. a's win. oakland, one and a half up on the rangers in the west. >> star wars day today at at&t
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park. yoda and leah. madison bumgarner, gets the no-decision, then pagan singles. giants win in walkoff fashion. serena williams facing second seeded rival victoria azarenka in the final. straight to match point. azarenka's backhand long. wind was a huge factor. serena, wins her fifth open title. this sports report brought to you by orchard hardware. tonight, mike
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>> we're following breaking news out of contra costa county tonight. sky 7hd shows a fire burning at mt. diablo state park that has force eat vac situations in the area. they have been ordered for residents along curry creek road and oak hill road. the fire has burned more than 400 acres. we'll have updates at 9:00 and 11:00. also tonight at 9:00 on cable 13, eight high school runners were hospitalized at a california race. and then turning your smartphone
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into a personal protection device. the phone cover that is giving some people peace of mind, at 9:00 and 11:00. the weekend after labor day is usually the slowest of the year, and studios rarely release new movies. this weekend, though, universal studios took a chance on riddick and it paid off. the third installment in the low-budget sci-fi series topped the box office. diesel found independent financing for it. cost $38 million to make. it earned 18.7 million this weekend, and edged out lee daniel, the butler, and instructions not included, was third, we're the millers, and disney's planes round out the top five. that does it for us at 6:00. i'm ama daetz, for leigh glaser, colin rush, mike shumann, who was at the game. thank you for joining us. we'll be back at 9:00 and 11:00.
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