the morgan fire is threatening homes, power lines and communications equipment in contra costa county. the fire doubled in size overnight then more than doubled in size again this afternoon. it's now burned nearly 4,000 acres and just 20% contained. it's burning on the eeflt side of mount diablo. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> we have live team coverage

for you. spencer christian will show us weather conditions firefighters are dealing with. let's gib r begin with laura anthony. laura? >> well, let's show you what's happening here right now. i'm on the south side of mount diablo. this has been the priority here, we're just about, boy say a couple miles below the summit here, up high. there are no homes threatened immediately on this side of the mountain. we're many miles from the home. this is above 2000 feet. we have flames in the last few minutes and there are crews up there with bulldozers trying to draw a line there. it's their priority to keep the fire up and prevent it from coming down further, as for the height of the fire, it's above 2,000 feet good news for residentsthon side making fighting the fire tough. >> with so much of the terrain

rugged firefighters just have to let flames go. through this tinder dry manzanita. >> a big issue is access. this part we're on now has summit road against it. we're trying to hold it at summit road, that is a priority and around the back side of the fire below us here. >> crews were able to push back the huge flames that threatened to cross summit road. they held that line, then got out of the way. >> a good part of mount diablo park has been charred.

>> conditions could change now. we're optimistic we're going to find a way to tie it down in on the south flank of mount diablo. >> again heerk is a live look. you can see flames fl tl we've been seeing flare ups all day here. we've seen dc 10s coming in with retardant. and we'll talk about tinder-dry conditions here, a battalion chief told me conditions are something they haven't seen in many, many years, they've said they're a month and a half way from sked when it comes to dryness of the grass and manzanita that is a problem here. >> vac waigs center has been set up north of the area, one

couple decided to sleep in their car with their dogs because animals nort aloud inside of the building. >> this is a live picture now from our camera in the oakland hills, you can see that large plume coming up. >> yes. just about anywhere you are, you can likely see that plume this, is a live sfru walnut creek. >> the problem here is once we get tonight fall, really ability to do fire retardant is eliminated. whatever conditions you make progress and get pushed back again, it's challenging. dozens of horses and goats were people responded to a plea to help evacuate anlts from several ranches.

those volunteers drove in to get get animals to safety. >> now, all smoke from the fire is fouling the air, air quality officials issued an advisory. sky 7 shows you here a large plume of smoke coming up after that fire broke out yesterday. it's spread quickly blowing across the bay area, officials warning of smoky conditions in contra costa and santa clara counties. we have information on limiting your risk of exposure and you'll find that on see it on tv. spencer? >> we have warm weather across the bay area now. let's close into the area of the fire this, is not precipitation being picked up. it's a smoke plume being packed up -- picked up.

here is a area of the fire into afternoon, now let's go to current conditions there. these conditions are at the top of mount diablo. winds five miles per hour. gusting to 18 miles per hour. i should point out temperatures near the base of the mount gin cloer to 100 degrees. at the top, conditions are not so bad. now, this is our forecast, cooler tomorrow, but smoke advisory is in effect for portions of contra costa county and alameda county. current forecast, right now, temperatures 6234 san francisco. 59 half moon bay. a live view looking over the bay. it's 90 in santa rosa. 99 antioch.

one more live view, and sth our first forecast for this evening. warm conditions, but cooling down on the coast. in late evening hours overnight mild, and then, tomorrow, not so hot but another warm day. highs from mid-60s on coast to low 90s inland. i'll have the forecast coming up a little bit later. >> thank you. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 some of the people who with forced from their home. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the fire, you can e mail your photos and video of the flames to you reports at kgo-tv com we have latest on abc 7 news.com for you. and you can get breaking news updates by following us on twitter abc 7 news bay area. >> two fremont police officers being hailed as heroes for helping save three lives during a house fire. >> they thought to use their car to rescue people trapped inside. the fire broke out around

farwell drive and david lie lieu -- david lieu gee live for us. >> you can see the window with three people trapped ininsichd would it have taken precious moments to get them out. two police officers came over up with a better, quicker idea you can see from sky 7 hd, how fire how it spread to the house. he noticed a person through this window. the window was too high for access. >> i turned around to see what i had available to me. i just -- you know, on a whim pushed it up against the wall there. and it gave good leverage. >> firefighters got the 20-year-old man out.

that is before they were able to deploy a house. >> they've had a front door locked with a security bar and grill. so he's one of the block was a dead bolt. you need a key to get out. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. the parents remain in the hospital. >> i didn't speak to my assistant. she didn't speak to me about that. i don't think they need help. >> the car is dented. the officers being hailed hero autos they do have to be ra tra steej skbrik quick thinkers and come up with the a unique solution. >> in fremont abc 7 news. a judge sentenced this woman to six months in county jail for charges of child endangerment. prosecutors accused her of

putting over the counter sleeping pills into sippy cups used by toddlers in her care. she supervised nap time for 10 children. theel be on -- shale be on probation four years. >> we know the name of the man who died near candle stick park. the 32-year-old fell from the foot bridge. this was around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. plis and off duty paramedics tried to revive him, but he died at the skeechblt. >> pg&e won't face state criminal charges but federal prosecute verers have two years to file charges. today was the deadline to act. it's also the third anniversary of the blast that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. a memorial gathering will take place in just hours where it

happened. we are live now. heather? >> the explosion and fire destroyed 38 homes. eight people were kill skppld, seriously injured. nancy hencel was not home but her husband and two cats were. her husband made it out. the house burned down. buck wheat and zoey did not. she knows where they would have been hiding. >> they were under a bed with a platform. i -- i just hoped they didn't suffer. you know? i think about that every -- every day. >> the flyers posted around the neighborhood in hopes of finding the cats are out in her front yard today. she's got a couple new cats. >> his name is dusty. either phoenix, dusty, or

ashes. >> 16 of the homes are rebuild. four more about to be. the memorial will be about both mourning the dead and welcoming old neighbors home again. but lurned there is no going home again after what happened here, even when you rebuild trying to make it just like it was. >> it's not the same. my husband tried to rebuild it. you can't do that. >> rebuilding is going to occur. but emotional part is just going to take years, some people are never going to get over it. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 how early should women get a hammo gram? dr. bester weighs n plus... >> the boost wall street got pushing dow to its highest

level in two two month autos and george zimmerman has another encounter with plea, this involves his wife and a gun. >> michael finney taking your questions on twitter and face withbook. he'll answer them here live, you can contact michael on facebook.com and on twitter. >> and taking a look at traffic right now, san francisco skyway, it's packed. slow going for drivers on the lefthand side of the screen making their way east. not too much better for drivers heading south towards 101 and beyond.

a rally on waut street and nasa's social media liftoff. >> emily chang is here with this afternoon's after the bell report. hi, emily. >> good afternoon, starting with today's ral yes on waut street, stocks rose as positive data helped to push the dow to its highest level in two months back above 15,000 and sending a and p index higher for a five ng day. your bloomberg silicon valley index also rising today. facebook and google wanting more freedom to share information about data requests received from federal agencies. today, the company's petition

to force the government to let them disclose the number of the requests. major tech players released reports none are allowed to break out how many are related to national security. groupon acquired blink offering a selection of last minute last minute deals every day complementing the groupon getaways offerings. groupon says it will rename the app blink by groupon but will separate spraet separately. terms were not disclosed. amazon steering clear of the smart phone wars for now, denying a report it plans to inkro tro dus a smart phone free before the end of the year. people do say that it is developing a phone. social media liftoff, nasa launched a new instagra page.

nasa has 102,000 followers. in san francisco, i'm emily chang, larry, carolyn, back to you. >> thank you. >> a new study reigniting debate over when women should begin breast cancer screenings. researchers say mammograms before age 50 could reduce deaths from the common form of cancer in women. to cut down on high costs of the test. dr. beser weighs in on the debate. >> the question is, if you train those women younger would vit saved heir lives? young women tend to have more aggressive breast cancer so, would the early screening have changed the outcome for them? how many women would have you to dreen skreen to save one life? that is the big question. >> he says check to see if you're covered and factor in family history of canser to

decide if the early screenings are right for you. >> let's turn to forecast now. and spencer christian. >> there are signs for temperatures tapering off tomorrow. there is warm and dry. wind is gusting enough that it's not helping. look at live doppler 7, sunny skies across the bay area, we've had fog and low clouds, taking a look at wind gusts now. we do have gusty areas up to 22 miles per hour in concord. 17 miles per hour in livermore. 30 miles per hour in sfo. you can see we've got breezy conditions around the area, looking towards the bay you can see a little bit of the fog beginning to push through locally out over the bay.

and will be cooler tomorrow, seasonal temperatures around average. they'll be dropping off. you can see the big warm air mass still, dominant feature bringing us hot weather we have inland today. you can see fog return dofgt giving us cooler weather in areas tomorrow. won't be a sudden cool down, but it will be feeling more comfortable. overnight tonight low temperatures around 60 then tomorrow, highs sunny skies will range from mid to upper 80s so still will be warm there. 82 in redwood city. 61 in pacifica tomorrow. downtown san francisco, 69

tomorrow, north bay, warm with highs in the mid-80s. on the east bay we'll see high temperatures of 76 in oakland. 79 san leandro. 84 castro valley and fremont. tomorrow, mainly above or around 90 degrees. 91 at pittsburgh. here is the accu-weather forecast this pattern continues with highs only into upper 80s, temperatures bouncing up to 90s inland tapering off another couple degrees sunday and monday. so after tomorrow a steady pattern with temperatures in the seasonal range. >> thank you. >> sounds good. >> up next new season of abc's "the view" starts oof with a new face what. you can expect from ladies and their hot topic autos then after 4:30 giants pitcher gets an

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president obama making a full court press over 48 hours to convince congress to back his plan to intervene in seara. could there be a dmeel the works to avoid a military strike? >> president obama continued to make his case for a military are strike against seara. today, he sat down with diane sawyer. >> are we back from the brink? >> and a curve ball from russia shaking things up. the foreign minister there says they. >> i said i want to make sure that norm against use of chemical weapons is maintained. if we can do that without a military strike is that my

prefer yens. >> syria's foreign minister says she welcome a foreign proposal. the surprise may have stemmed from an off the cuff suggestion from john kerry. >> they can turn over chemical weapons in the next week, turn it over. all of it. without delay. >> now, it looks like it's gaining momentum. syrian president remains defiant. sat down with charlie rose over the weekend. >> should expect everything. everything. >> and here is the u.s. opposition to a strike is growing. and a new poll found nearly

two thirds of americans are against it. >> and we'll bring you at dress live on abc 7 news officers had to go to george zimmerman's house after he got into a fight with his exstranged wife and father-in-law. here is the audio that was made. >> he keeps saying step closer, just threatening all of us. with a firearm. >> step close zbler. >> he's going to -- . >> i don't know what he's capable of, i'm really scared. >> zimmerman has not been arrested at this point. his estranged wife file forward divorce last week. the couple separated a month after he was acquitted in the shooting death of trayvon

martin. >> an ohio driver made a you tube confession has been charged with aggravated vehicular mom side, turning himself in this morning after posting a three and a half minute individual yochl he said he killed a man in late june. that video went viral detailing the collision that killed a 61-year-old father. police say courtel's blood alcohol level was more than twice of ohio's legal limit. he'll be arraigned tomorrow. >> authorities are responding to a south bay family's anger after a deadly shooting in sunnyvale last week. the 34-year-old shot multiple times by six officers from the santa clara police and sheriff's department after he sold under cover officers a pound of meth.

officers say they thought he was reaching for a gun. in an interview over the weekend his family says they want answers. >> if he was in the wrong, fine we'll accept it. they don't have proof that he was armed. >> police said some someone is dealing drugs it's common to have a firearm on them. officers say rueles made a motion as he if they was quote reaching for a weapon. >> a man found in union square over the weekend has been identified. abc 7 news aired this picture. and a relative has come forward and identified him. authorities believe the man suffered injuries in a fall

saturday morning. palo alt mow yoe police say this man broke into a business and credit four construction workers there with capturing him. police say he was carrying methamphetamine. detectives are checking to see if he is linked to other burglaries in palo alto. >> scary landing for a jet. it went off the runway after touching down in bang yk. the air bus skidded to a snop a grassy area after its right gear collapsed on touchdown yesterday. the captain evacuatesed the plane after it came to a stop. the plane took off carrying 288 passengers. airline covered up the thai logo after the incident. >> workers will tear down a

swing ride to find out what went wrong with knit connecticut. the ride's owner believes the drive system locked up, causing the swings to then bump into each other yesterday. the owner says the 30-year-old ride had no problems in the past. inskbrorkts examined the ride before the oyster festival began, on friday. >> no one injured in san diego county over the weekend. a panda shaped balloon narrowly missed several chimneys as it came down. a few months ago, it squeezed in between highways in carmel valley before making a safe landing. imagine seeing that in the yard. >> the panda is cute. concept is cute. >> right. >> coming up a new vincent van gogh painting unveiled more

than 120 years after his death. >> another record set during a weekend alligator hunt. how much this gator tipped scales and that is not all they caught. >> today's q and a is just head so i'm taking your questions. you can contact me on facebook.com/michael fibby abc 7 and on twitter i'll answers questions here live later. >> foremost of thus picture spells relief from mount tam, cooling fog pushing through golden gate. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> live look at afternoon commute this is the mcarthur maze, you can see slow going there. better for folks heading back towards san francisco on the right side of the screen. back with more on abc 7

at kaiser permanente we've reduced serious heart attacks by 62%, which makes days with grandpa jack 100% more possible. join us at kp.org and thrive. a group of gateo hunters shattered records for capture asking killing two of the largest alligators in state history. one gator weighed in 741 pounds, the other, 723 pounds. these guys were just massism not only the heaviest alligators ever caught in mississippi but the longest with the heavier gator measuring more than 13 feet. >> that is huge. >> yes. >> hopefully whatever that was,

it's a crane. >> yes. long lost vincent van gogh painting is now on display. >> cure rateors unveiled an 1888 work by the dutch mastor called sunset at momojier the museum director called the discovery a once in a lifetime exkbreerns, they spent two years investigating the work before declaring it is authentic. he painted it during his high point of his career as an artist living in southern france. >> beautiful. >> yes. >> this is a live picture here. >> you can see 100 homes are threatened. spencer christian is here now with a look at conditions out there. >> it's hot and dry.

the winds have been sort of light. humid down to 18%. temperatures up atop mount diablo into low 80s tomorrow. so there is some heat out there. you can see pattern we have now, sunny skies and warm conditions inland. we do have low clouds and fog at the coast building marine layer there. it's not going to be a sudden, sharp drop off in but it's going to be cooler. it's going to be warm and into the upper mid west. down into st. louis, higher and farther north, i should say. around fargo into northern arizona state wide most of

state 90s in sacramento. 101 in fresno, temperatures inland tomorrow, not as high as today, here is our projected temperature range. temperatures dropping off, heating up to mid-90s again by friday. so it's going going to be a warm week head but not a very, very hot one. >> in san jose, allen rock park is closed. >> across the bay area. >> thank you spencer. >> still ahead san francisco and a program that faces problems in northeast bay city it wasn't a game save but a life save how he helped out off the field. >> i'm michael finney.

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controversial program aimed at reducing for closures. the man will be modeled after one in richmond that is facing legal action. >> i can tell you any time you doing in smg outside of the box we want to be responsible and smart about how we do it. >> mayor ed lee says using eminent domain could damage the city's bond ratings. >> the government's ad campaign to get americans to quit smoking appears to be working. cdc began airing these graphic ads last skbreer a survey reports the message is getting across for smokers.

a third round will appear elsewhere next year. >> giants relief pitcher and firefighting friends happen to be in just the right place at the right time when an accident victim needed their help. he drove into the caldecott tunnel just seconds before. they freed the woman and took care of her until paramedics arrived. he just had witnessed the near-perfect game. >> football, back in oakland. >> yes. raising the flag this morning the event featured two sill skprer red and brown says he like what's he seize so far. >> after watching raiders yesterday on tv they look like

the team that is going to really improve from last year. i am really excited about the team. and especially the quarterback, prior. they look good. >> the raiders lost a close one to the colts and andrew luck. first home game is sunday against jacksonville jaguar autos michael fin gee here now answering questions and sergio p asked how can i get solicitors to stop calling snee. >> get rid of the phone. if you have a business relationship with a company that you bought something, they're allowed to call you 18 months for others you can get on the do not call list. let me give you information going to do not call.gov or

call the number. there is no deadline. there is garbage on the internet they tell you he vu to do it by this time that, is wrong. you can call any time you want. >> twitter user asked consumers paid 80 cent charge for credit purchases under $10 is this sflel. >> not in california it's not. in january, the federal government said you're you, being the merchant allowed to charge people, you have for using a card, however, state of california has a rule that has in the been overruled that has not. so in this state dot not have to pay for yugs a credit card. >> alan asked my brother took out a number of pay day loans

and wants to repay them but at reasonable rai.s do you know of legitimate services he can contact to help him in this matter? >> no. no. he's on his own on this. best thing to do is chipping away as quickly as he can. now an important thing to do is start paying them down. get his credit score up so he can get a loan with a better rai. he's probably paying 400%. >> yes. >> just avoid that. >> he's gained a reputation for being a down to earth pontiff. >> latest call to action from pope francis. >> i'm cheryl jennings, coming

up at 5:00 we're going to take you tloif contra costa county for team coverage on the fire burning in mount diablo state park. and allegation of employee behavior. we'll have the stories and more coming up on abc 7 news

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miss stresses at 10:00 then join us tonight at 11:00. >> now, latest surprising gesture from the new pope. pope francis. he's been doing so much to show he's a simple man of the people from carrying his own bag tho paying his own bill autos now, he's calling people, out of the blue. they're calling him cold call pope. the habit started last spring. he duld cancel his newspaper subscription in his hometown, he called his cobbler to tell him someone else would be picking up his shoes. latest call is to a 35-year-old who wrote to the pope say sheg was pregnant and she learned her boyfriend was married with children. i recognize his voice right way. she said in an interview with a tv station. he told me i was very strong and brave to keep my baby this, is a dozen calls he made

including to a woman said she feared retaliation after reporting being braipd a policeman to a man angry with god after his brother had been murdered and another young man worried about finding a job after his graduated. the pope wants to reach out this, is what compassion s suffering with someone else. the pope picking up the phone is his way of saying let me be there with you. >> chattiness appears to be part of a larger effort to be a different pope. he took a selfy with visiting tourists. he doesn't live in the papal palace. as for the pregnant anna she sedz she fear nod priest would baptize an ill legitimate baby, the pope reportedly said you know there, is always me. >> if you don't recognize the number you never know who is calling. >> i never thought i'd hear the sentence "the pope took a selfy". he's this far from launching a

radio talk show he is remarkable. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> all right. thank you very much. next at 5:00 uphill fire fight as crews deal with that massive blaze in morgan hill area it's growing. you'll see what's happening. >> actions a police officer saved rez dprents a fast moving house fire. >> live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center ichl sandhya patel. find out when hot weather will be losing steam and take a look at the latest weather conditions at the morgan fire, coming up. >> an all out assault by air and land. a wildfire right now near

mount diablo burning yesterday afternoon and more than doubled in size still threatening homes, thanks for joining us. >> this fire now burned 3700 acres and it's 20% contained at this point. the fire threatening about 100 homes but none has been damaged or destroyed at this point. >> the fire burning near morgan territory and marsh creek roads. >> and we have live team coverage for you. wayne freedman following evacuations we're going to begin with the latest on the fire fight. laura? >> the fire has grown, since last night but there that doesn't mean there hasn't been progress this, is the fire accuweather area for today this, is just below the summit of the south side.

there is some appears fire crews have gotten a line around this fire here using a roadway and bulldozer skpupz close, fire retardants. flames ripped through the brush on mount diablo's dc 10s crop dropped flame retardants from the sky. in this case over a abc 7 news crew that couldn't stop flames from bursing the through certain sections of the brush atop the mountain. >> what you're seeing here snot typical california burning conditions.