crews will be on the scene for several days to monitor brushfire that burned 40 acres near sonoma off highway 121. it spread to a factory and several structures were destroyed along with factory equipment and power lines. >> we evacuated. when a fire line went down we had to pull the firefighters back. no injuries were reported. crews were able to get the fire under control but will continue to watch for flare-ups. the big story is the fire that is burning at mt. diablo state park and it grew overnight from how to a thousand acres. this means more residents are evacuating the wildfire that is raging near clayton in unincorporated contra costa county. team coverage continues with

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield. amy? kristen, we have a visual update. look at the images. this fire is huge. usually you will see fires calm down overnight but this is still very active and raging this morning. it was a busy night for firefighters and still going strong. they still up there on the republican trying to make progress. this started at 1:30 yesterday afternoon along the east side of mt. diablo. it forced people to evacuate from their homes in clayton. crews worked hard in the hot afternoon and were hoping the cool of night would help them make progress. >> temperatures usually go down and the humidities rise and we get a better chance to do direct

and indirect attack. instead, there were reports this fire has grown from 800 acres to a thousand acres. they have 10 percent of it contained. one firefighters suffered a minor injury and they lost a willing, a remote outbuilding destroyed by the fire but so far they have kept it from homes. another update on the fire, it has burned into mt. diablo state park. that is the latest. i'm in touch with sell public information officers and cell phone service is our tricky issue but i will try and get in touch with them for an update next half hour. >> evacuees are sent to the clayton community library and the red cross is there to help.

those with horses can go to the heather farms park in walnut creek but the contra costa county horseman association in concord so if you need to store your horses you can go. the rehab ranch sent out a three for help evacuate dozens of horses and goats. 30 people showed up from antioch, brentwood and several other communities with trailers to help move the animals to safety. matt will have more in a report at the top of the hour. >> a check on the commute with leyla gulen. >> there are road closures and residents must show an i.d. in the area. you are going to have to show i.d. to make it into the areas. we have one-way traffic control because of the fire we told you about a little while ago 40

acres burned in unincorporated area of sonoma county and both sides of highway 12 will be shut down between 121 and this area until further notice and we have downed power lines. the bay bridge toll plaza shows a clear drive if you are coming out of oakland into san francisco a few cars making it in the westbound direction through the tolls and to treasure island at top speed and no incidents to report. >> this morning police were investigating the shooting death of a man in berkeley after 5:30 yesterday evening in the area ofth and page responding officers found a man with gunshot wounds who died at the hospital. no word on suspects or arrests. this is the fourth homicide in berkeley this year. >> the 49ers opened the final soap at candelstick park with a victory over the packers but was

a fatal accident. a man who died after falling from a foot bridge was said to be drunk. it is used to pay over jamestown avenue on the south side of the stadium. the man died at the scene at 1:30 around the time the 49ers game kicked off the believes and off duty paramedics saw what happened. they raced to help the man but could not revive him. >> indianapolis we fans of a game escaped serious injuries after a railway clapped after the game ended and they fell on the walk s way near the tunnel leading to the radars walker room. one left on a stretcher and another in a wheelchair. the raiders love the game. >> san francisco city worker accused of running over and killing a woman in a city park will be arraigned today. authorities say the man ran over a 35-year-old laying with her baby and dog in the park.

he kept driving. he was taken into custody a short time later. he made bail last week. >> today is three years sin deadly pipeline explosion in san brown know. a remembrance service is ton at 6:00 at the blast site. pg&e explosion and fire killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. 16 homes have been rebuild. the reminder of vacant lots. the city leaders continue to push for stricter pipeline safety regulations and reforms. regulators are trying to determine how much in fines pg&e should pay for the disaster. >> a coalition of community groups and public safety officials and families of or victims of gun violence will voice their support for gun safety measures to be voted on this week including a bill by berkeley assembly member that bans kits that convert guns to illegal assault weapons and another measure extends the

firearms ban on those who make a credible threat of violence from six months to five years. oakland assemblyman has a measure, too, to provide his city with additional tools to regulate the registration and licensing of firearms and owners >> the victim of a fail shooting in front of a skating lynn at the con cop county fairgrounds, 31 years old was killed yesterday morning following an agent between groups of people at the paradise skate roller risk. an 18-year-old man and a man who is believed in his 40's were wounded. the fairgrounds was hosting an adult late night skate jam. >> the city of san francisco has conditionally approved a $175,000 settlement in a racial bias lawsuit filed by a firefighter. larry jacobs, black, said after he injured his shoulder on the job he was asigned taxes like scrubbing floors with a toothbrush and says the

superiors harassed him to try to get him to quit. they state was common for new firefighters to be given maintenance tasks. the board must approve the settlement. >> commuters will face a big change, freeway on-ramp metering lights are up and running in york, concord and pittsburg the first phase of a project to get traffic moving more smoothly. >> now our meteorologist, mike nicco, how is it looking? >> in the east bay valley it will be hot again. it depends on the upper 80's in the north bay, possibly, too, so what is your comfort level. 60 in saab ramon and temperatures will change and up the road in concord at 59 and to antioch and fairfield it is warmest. 70 and sunday up there.

61 in fremont. 65 in san francisco. 50 in novato. san jose is 63. the marine layer show the clouds stuck across san francisco showing we will try to keep temperatures in check along the coast and into san francisco and toward oakland but everyone else is going to be a touch warmer than normal. 84 to then inland from the north bay valley to the east bay valley. around the bay we go from 78 to 87 in san jose and from the coast into san francisco 63 to 68 with more sunshine than yesterday. now a check of traffic. >> we do have a fairly clear condition but for the fire that we have road closures and i will show you where those are including morgan territory road to high land road in alameda county but we do have the closures in affect is right here at marsh creek road to regency drive where you will show i.d.

to prove you do live in the area because that area is going to be shut down to anyone not a resident. as we look at our drive time traffic from tracy to dublin is 25 minutes and highway 4 in the westbound direction antioch to concord is 15 minutes and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 16-minute commute. outside, the san mateo bridge is looking quite clear as you make it in the westbound direction toward the high-rise and a haze there but traffic is running smoothly. >> the president of syria issued a new denial and a let and the new evidence the obama administration is trying to use he is lying about chemical weapons. >> shocking video confession gone viral, the legal trouble that could come to a man today who admitted he caused a fatal d.u.i. accident. >> we are following new develops in the growing wildfire burning in contra costa

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>> coveringally city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, we are looking at a picture of the fire on mt. diablo that is raging out of control. our reporter says that it is now in the state park and it has grown to a thousand acres. you can see the flames from the south side with more coverage coming up. here is a twitter photo shot by our reporter driving to the fire yesterday showing the plume of smoke towering above highway 24. our viewers are tweeting pictures of the fire and this shows a closer shot of the flames and the smoke, as well. you can tweet us your pictures at abc7 news bay area. >> president obama will appear in interviews on six television networks tonight ahead of the prime time address to the american people tomorrow in his

push for limited military strikes against syria. the national security team faced an uphill battle securing support from skeptical members of congress who returned from a five-week drake. secretary of state john kerry insists the united states will not be actively involved in the civil war if they punish the regime of president bashar al-assad from using chemical weapons. more from washington, dc, at the top of the hour. >> grand jury will consider whether to indict an he man who admitted to killing a man while driving drunk and the video made by the 22-year-old is viral talking about how after a night of drink he drove into oncoming traffic and hit a car killing a 61-year-old father in june. >> i am willing to take this, for one reason to pass this message to you.

i am begging you, lows don't drink and drive. >> cordle will plan guilty if charged. it is called a testament to his character but critics say he is trying to manipulate the prosecution and the public. >> a 17-year-old boy is dead and two friends are recovering from injuries they suffered when the car they were in smashed into two trees. it happened last saturday night. the car hit a tree, overturned, and hit a second tree before bursting into flames. the two passengers managed to get out of the burning vehicle but the drive was killed. >> san francisco street near union square is open after a dangling scaffold forced miss to close it. you can see the scaffold swaying in the wind several storyies above with firefighters standing by in case it felt. no one was hurt. repair crew arrived to secure the scaffold on the building. >> the america's cup resumes

tomorrow with team usa hoping to build on a momentum after sweeting head of team new zealand by eight seconds yesterday. thousands lined san francisco bay to watch it. oracle is the defending cup champion and trails new zealand. kiwis have three victories and only knee six more. oracle needs to win ten. >> to the folks watching over the weekend, not even cold in san francisco. forget the jackets. >> the cool weather is on the way. you see it today at the coast and in san francisco like yesterday where temperatures were close to average and not so warm as saturday. the cooling will slowly spread inland and take the better part of 24 to 36 hours for the east bay to feel it. a lost cloud cover along the coast and that is spilling into the lower elevations along the coast so the valleys and san francisco and getting the fog we will watch sfo for you, but,

notice, it is dry. the cloud cover around the golden gate bridge as we look at oncoming traffic from marin county headed to the south, and that is our back drop for the forecast highlights: scott inland, and cooler in most neighborhoods but the east bay valley will hang in the mid-to-upper 60's and all of us are back to average by wednesday. this is playing out pretty close to what we thought last week. the cloud cover shows how it is moving in the lower elevations in marin, next to the coast and all along the coast and spilling across san francisco and through the san bruno gap and filling in the bay through 9:00 and from 9:00 to 10:00 it will are race from the sky and we will see more sunshine along the coast but the temperatures will never rebound to the levels we had, say, friday and saturday. you will be stuck in the 60's because of a local sea breeze. in the south bay we are going to have mid-80's to near 90 degrees with san jose at 87 and possibly

low-to-mid 90's around morgan hill and gilroy and up the peninsula a lot of low-to-mid 80's and millbrae at 76 and redwood city at 86. check out the coast, mid-60's to upper 60's in downtown. possibly some mid-70 around south san francisco and sausalito and mid-to-upper 80's through the north bay valley and 20 degrees cooler at the beaches. the east bay shore is above average today and upper 70's to near 80 degrees and you will see union city and hercules and fremont around 82 to 84 degrees and it will be hot in the east bay valley and hazy from time to time mid-to-upper 90's. tonight, rockies are in town to take on the giants and it will be 66 and mostly sunny at 7:05 dropping to 59 with a slight breeze. we drop two to six degrees tuesday and another two to six degrees on wednesday with the biggest drop inland. temperatures will hold steady

with morning clouds and afternoon subshine thursday through sunday. have a good day. >> aside from the fire at mt. diablo state park we do have another fire burning yesterday at 40 acres and this is unindependented area of sonoma county, both sides of highway 12 will be shut down with one-way traffic control in affect define highway 121 and this area so motorists are told to avoid the area with complete closure lasting until further notice. eastbound i-80 at powell all lanes are shut down for construction work until 5:00 this morning for another ten minutes or so. this is walnut creek and you can make your drive southbound 680 and we have traffic building up to the 24 junction but other than that, it is kauai secret no accidents. >> investigators in connecticut

say mechanical failure caused a carnival ride to stop, injuring 18 at the oyster festival yesterday in connecticut. a swing ride lost power causing riders to crash into each other. >> it was very loud "boom." abruptly the center of the thing came to a halt. as we looked, the chains went swinging around crashing into each other. no riders felt to the ground but dwell children were among the injured and only one person remains in the hospital this morning. >> the new research that could prompt younger women to get mammograms sooner rather than later. >> turning the smart phone into a personal protection device a phone cover giving some people peace mind. >> these are pictures of contra costa county a fire that has

>> good morning, a look at the flames on mt. diablo. it is burning into the state park and has grown to a thousand acres with more evacuations and the road closures in place if everyone but the residents. our meteorologist has the weather conditions and leyla gulen has the road closures coming up this morning. >> the fast moving fire at mt. diablo reminds us that it is never too early to plan ahead. we have a list of resources and tips to prepare for any type of disaster. go to abc7news.com and look for the logo. >> a new accessory is turning smartphones into personal protection devices. this is an iphone stun gun case. the yellow jacket is the first

smartphone self-defense case that charges your phone battery. it packs 650,000 volts and sells for $149 on lined. yellow jacket will soon have new versions. >> hot and dry and windy. we will see if we have the elements there. mike? >> we do not have the tremendous amount of wind but it blows faster higher up which is spreading the fire overnight at 17-mile-per-hour wind on mt. diablo. we will talk about traffic forecast, over 100, more than 100 through the central valley. 81 at tahoe and same in los angeles with afternoon sunshine and 102 in palm springs. the rim fire is not putting out so much smoke as yesterday and a lot of that is not headed to the north but headed to the south so fresno and bakersfield could be

hazy along with yosemite national park. want out if you have asthma. leyla gulen? >> it is clear in san jose if you plan on traveling along 101 to 80. highway 85 shows everything running at top speed and we do not have any problems and no construction and no accidents to report. it is going to be the drive from marin county southbound 101 through san rafael and you can see the headlights coming toward us and inis moving along at a decent clip and no traffic in the way and no accidents and no construction either. >> a historic movie theater in san francisco's richmond district is getting a new digital projector. the theater needs $75,000 to upgrade the print projector to digital the hollywood standard. there is a fundraising campaign

and supporters have contributed enough to make the ricey conversion in one of two auditoriums. the owners hope to raise more for a second projector. >> study from harvard suggests many women who die from breast cancer never had a mammogram prior to the diagnosis. the survey of 600 breast cancer deaths from 1990 to 2007 found 71 percent of women never had a mammogram and half were women younger than age 50. doctors say that suggests that younger women have more aggressive forms breast cancer more resistant to treatment and need regular screening. >> to the parents of teens who once were over weight. researchers found teens who were once over weight or obese have a higher risk of developing an eating disorder as they try to lose weight and doctors and parents do not notice it because of the women -- woman's weight

history. the study is published in "pediatrics." another obesity related story, those who are over weight are more likely to suffer from migraines. the higher of body mass index the higher the risk for getting 14 migraines or more a month. the link is strongest in female, white, and younger than 50. >> we continue to toll breaking news in the east bay where a wildfire is burning out of control and we are on the scene with the battle firefighters are preparing for as dawn breaks. >> the homeowner forced testify evacuate as the flames approach and what is being done to keep them and their animals safe this

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>> abc7 news starts now with breaking news. >> 5:00, good morning, breaking news at the mt. diablo fire which grew overnight. >> more homes evacuated as the fire on mt. diablo rages out of control and is threatening dozens of homes and building near clayton and we have team coverage starting with amy hollyfield at a staging area in clayton. amy? >> i have a new update. the fire doubled overnight and now is 1,500 acres. you can see how active it is in the dark. it is still raging strongly and is very powerful, an active fire. firefighters are very busy. they say more firefighters from across the state are on the way. right