it burned 3,000 acres. firefighters and residents believe the worst has passed. there isn't any active fire burning right now and the evacuation orders have been lifted. it looks devastating on the hillside no homes were damaged. residents are full of gratitude. >> they are the most dedicated hard working personnel i have ever seen. they have truly cared about everyone. >> firefighters are here to serve. that is what we do. we appreciate the recognition from the folks we serve. >> residents felt especially grateful after living through this on monday night: a huge flare-up came close to homes along morgan territory road. crews found themselves in a firefight. some raced from their not sure if they would see their homes again. the firefighters saved the

homes. three firefighters have been hurt in the fire. the injuries including an ankle injury and heat exhaustion. they predict the fire will be completely surrounded by saturday. >> thank you. a team east bay firefighters is now a victim of crime as being robbed fighting the mt. diablo fire. firefighters were called on sunday to fight the fire leaving station 7 empty. burglars broke into lockers and desks and gym bags and still two wedding rings and ipads and wallets and watches and cash. they later tried to break in station three but were scared off by a sleeping firefighter who woke up. >> it is a slap in the face. who thinks to do that? the contra costa county fire protection district is now considering installing security camera and extra looks at all

fire stations. >> the most active fire in california has destroyed 80 structures and threatening on more. the clover fire is burning 150 miles north of sacramento. the flames spread at 500 acres an hour. the people had only minutes to evacuate. the fire burned 5,800 acres and is 40 percent contained. a federal emergency grant will cover 75 percent of the fire-fighting costs. we will have continuing coverage of the california wildfires including the mt. diablo fire. we have the latest on abc7news.com with breaking news updates by following us on twitter. >> switching gears, secretary of state john kerry will brief the senate on syria. a great is reworking the language of a potential

resolution. he will meet with former secretary of state, henry kissinger. president obama tried to make the case about syria saying a diplomatic solution could be in the works but he wants the military option on the table just in case. we are joined with the details from washington, dc. >> eric, a rare prime time address the president of the united states speaking to the american people pushing for military action if syria as he explores a diplomatic solution. >> from the east room the white house president obama tomorrow the nation the strike on syria is on homed while they give diplomacy a shot. >> we have seen encouraging signs in part because of the credible threat of military action. >> syria agreed to a russian plan to turn over chemical weapons to international authorities saying this could be the best option so the president

will continue talks with russian president putin and secretary of state john kerry heads to europe for high-level meetings. if diplomacy fails the president argues a strike is in the national interests and the horrors committed by the assad regime demand a response. >> with modest effort and risk we can stop children from being gassed to death and make our own children safer over the long run we should act. >> both the house and senate more members oppose than support and the same is true of the public. two-thirds of americans are opposed. >> my short answer is not no, but hell no. the president says a limited military strike will not make a difference. >> the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver.

the president did not say how long he will wait for the russian plan to lay out or did he say what would make it credible. kristen? >> thank you. this morning, the nation is remembering the thousands who lost their lives in the 9/11 terror attack 12 years ago today. here is ground zero where family members of those who died will read their loved ones name at plaza. their ceremony will stop with six moments of silence marking the time the planes hit the world trade center towers, when they fell and when the planes crashed in the pentagon and in pennsylvania. president obama and vicinity biden will other a moment of silence in an hour and we will bring you the ceremony live. in pennsylvania, 33 passengers and seven crew members of united flight 93 were honored at the

natural memorial. visitors and families took part in a solemn ceremony with candles brought in to the memorial wall of names. passengers and crew members are credited with remain toking the cockpit and stopping four hijackers from crashing with a target in washington, dc, on 9/11, 2001. we have the list of bay area 9/11 events on our website. >> new this morning, a powerful explosion in benghazi, libya, has caused serious damage to the foreign ministry building that happened this morning. several civilians were slightly injured. some windows were blown out. the blast comes on the first anniversary of the consulate attack in benghazi that left four americans dead including ambassador stevens. the obama administration has been criticized about their role in 9 deaths including not doing enough to prevent the attack. yesterday, the white house issued a statement saying they

are committed to bringing those responsible for the killings to justice. >> the richmond city council is moving forward with the plan to help homeowners underwater in mortgages. the council voted to team up with the san francisco-based investment group to acquire mortgages upside down despite lawsuits to stop them. hundreds turned up to weigh in. the plan opens the door for richmond to invoke build imminent domain to seize mortgages that exceed the value of the property. wells fargo and deutsche bank are suing the city and will square off in court if the first time tomorrow. >> pg&e has reached settlements with all but two people who filed suit over the 2010 pipe line explosion. it deploys 38 homes and killed eight people. pg&e says it reached agreements with nearly 350 victims between last friday and monday. monday was the third anniversary of the disaster. a lawyer who represents 26 vinals says that they settled because pg&e agreed to pay amounts that finally make sense.

to a regulatory filing the company says they expect to pay a total of $565 million in claims and still faces two to four billion in fines from the state. >> we are facing a cooler day and we will check with mike nicco. >> we are. temperatures will be cool again. even below yesterday. when you step out this morning we are a understand warmer than yesterday. we are eight miles at half moon bay and santa rosa and a lot of low clouds but not much in the way of fog. there is drizzle out there this morning but not so much as yesterday. we start off at 56 in palo alto and belmont and foster city at 58, and san bruno is 62 and san mateo is 63. most of the 50's are right where we talked about and los gatos at 56. everyone else is around 60 to 64 degrees. fremont is 60 and hayward and san jose is 61 and san carlos,

same thing, and oakland at 64 with novato and napa. we will get rid of the morning clouds in most areas but along the coast and replace them with high clouds dimming the sunshine along with the sea breeze and keep us in the mid-to-upper 60's along the coast in san francisco and low-to-upper 70's elsewhere until you get into the east bay valley, low-to-mid 80's. enjoy the day. >> we have a sig-alert that canceled in san leandro traveling southbound along 880 coming up on 238 specifically a vehicle that was overturned and six vehicles stopped to check it out. it is causing quite the backup at 13 miles per hour the top speed. and it eases when you approach 238 but the sig-alert has canceled so all lanes have re-opened. if you are in the mt. diablo area evacuation orders have been lifted and all roads should be open as we go outside, the bay bridge toll plaza shows

traveling there is very smooth and you do not see too many cars out of oakland and into san francisco. >> new energy bill could be about to change, why people who go solar could be hard hit. >> an airport police whose training paid off in a big way and doesn't want to be calmed a hero for saving a man. first america's money report. >> good morning. the latest developments in syria are boosting the markets on wall street. syria's decision to give up the chemical weapons sent stocks higher on tuesday closing up 127 points and sent the price of crude oil counsel by 2 percent. apple unveiled the two new smartphones. 5s comes in gold and 5c is less expensive and go on sale in self countries september 20 and china will be included in the initial waive of sales for the first time. >> the donald is going to

washington, dc, the $200 million hotel will include presidential suites with bullet proof

>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> today is the 12th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. this is a picture from new york city, the memorial plaza where at 5:46 our time this morning there will be a moment of silence to begin a program where the victims of the attack, the names, are read by family members. we will cough this all morning. >> we are learning more of the man who was killed in a berkeley apartment fire that we showed you yesterday. the 56-year-old was a professor at usf receive add doctorate in

england. goodwin was a founding member of the media studies and wrote about music, television, and pop culture. investigators are looking into the cause of the fire in his apartment in an older home on oregon street near telegraph avenue. seven of the neighbors got out. >> fremont police are on an unusual burglary case after a curious man found stolen cremated remains and called police to the creekside village apartments finding a box along the side of the road. he opened it and found the ashes and information of the dead person. police tracked down a family member who says it was stolen from his car. officers are still looking for the thief. >> people who live in california's hotter area could get good news on electric bills but not so good for people who live along the coast because of newly approved reform legislation. the senate pass add bill to allow the public utilities commission to increase rates if those who live on the coast and

decrease rates for those in hotter inland cities. it is expected to reduce the cost for lower income and elderly in california. they will decide how much rates will go up or down and will also be able to charge $10 monthly fee to all ratepayers. supporters say the see if to make sure everyone pays for infrastructure maintenance. the legislation will also require utility oz generate more power from renewable resources such as solar and wind. the state assembly will approve the measure. >> a san jose police officer likely saved the life of a man who suffered a heart attack. the officer was patrolling a security checkpoint at san hose airport and a 43-year-old passenger collapsed and wind into cardiac arrest. the officer her the man's companion screaming for help and he grabbed a defibrillator and went to work. the 25-year veteran of the force

was 9 right man for the job. >> i'm a cpr instructor and teaching people if over 10 years how to do these things and the first time i have experienced using this so i was thrilled the training i had was able to help somebody, save their life. >> the man who had the heart attack was treated and released from the hospital the he does not consider himself a hero but just doing his job. >> he can be a hero and do the job. >> the weather forecast. cooler conditions this morning. >> definitely a different you will notice. if you have not been out there, energy it. here is a look at the winds, 12-mile-per-hour wind in oakland and thin in concord and 23 in fairfield and a nice-sized sea breeze developing. if you have seen coit tower this morning? a remembrance and patriotic of what happened 12 years ago.

hard to believe. you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened. we will use this backdrop for our forecast highlights and morning low clouds bying way to afternoon high clouds, and that 8 keep our temperatures below average again. warmer highs starting tomorrow through saturday and our temperatures are above average for a couple of the days and we will pull back to norms headed to sunday. today, down in the south bay, mid-to-upper 70's until you get to leg at 81 and santa cruz is 66 degrees, cool along the boardwalk. mid-to-upper 70's for most of the if exthat and milbrae at 71 up to 77 in los altos and at the coast, cloudy and a temperature in the low-to-mid 60's and 67 in downtown san francisco today, 68 in sausalito, and hang out mostly in the mid-70's throughout the north bay valley and low-to-mid 60's atoff -- at the beaches. berkeley is the cool spot at 70. 77 in fremont.

the east bay valleys are remain warmest today because we do not have the low clouds like other people but we have the high clouds with low-to-mid 80's. day game today headed out to at&t park. temperature at 12:45, and we will warm up to 66 or 67 and stay there. u.v. index is not very high but high enough to get a nice sunburn. mid-50's to near 60 degrees with more cloud cover in the forecast. drizzle, again, along the coast. the seven-day forecast shows two to four degrees jump tomorrow and same on saturday. morning clouds will give way to afternoon sunshine and clouds more stubborn and temperatures are close to average sunday, monday, and tuesday. have a great day. >> we have a band new accident westbound highway four involving three vehicles and we are not quite clear if it is blocking any lanes. but what is blocking lanes is the construction project. in oakland if you are traveling

along northbound and southbound 880 between embarcadero to high street that is causing the slow down especially in the northbound direction and we had a few brake lights southbound direction but the project will pick unat 5:00 this morning. at the altamont pass, the traffic is starting to build so traveling along the westbound direction at 59 miles per hour is running at a decent pace. however, we see more traffic building in the eastbound direction with a project out there between flynn and a few miles beyond there and that is for drain average work so that will be around a little while longer. outside, at walnut creek, southbound direction, traffic is moving smoothly but nothing to get in the way and it is fine over to highway 24. >> a senior fire official says that the 19 firefighters who died in arizona in a wildfire might have survived if air tankers requested by the state had arrived. the division chief tells use

that one of the six forest service planes were available, it might have bought the hot shot firefighters ten more minutes to be safe. only one was dispatched but it had to return to base because of engine problems. we found a critical shortage of federal large air tankers used to fight wild fathers. the fleet has been reduced over the last decade from 44 to 11 planes. >> hillary clinton and jeb bush, would be opponents if the white house shared a stage last night. clinton was awarded the national constitution centers liberty medicals in philadelphia and recognized for her career in public service and of thes on of behalf of women and girls and presented the award by the president of the center. and bush joked low they disagree about a few things they agree on the wisdom of the american people especially those in iowa, new hampshire, and south

carolina. >> ring reunited. the plea posted online and the stranger who answered the call of a newlywed. >> are you letting money right into the trash? the expiration dates you see on food may not mean what

>> a newlywed in santa cruz is relieved and grateful because of the help of a stranger. susan smith is all smiles but desperate to find a wedding ring her 2-year-old daughter tugged off her finger on saturday. she post add plea online and a stranger came to her rescue. scott spent two hours searching with a metal detector and he found the ring under 8" of sand. helping the newlyweds get the marriage off to a good start was his motivation. >> way on go, buddy.

>> check on the weather forecast. mike? >> well start with a beautiful picture from emeryville, cannot get enough of that. beautiful bay bridge. all of it now, even the eastern span, is up to par with the western side. three degrees cooler in san jose today. four in oakland and san francisco. five in livermore and redwood city and napa, seven degrees cooler. still poor air quality until noon. tuolumne county, watch out if you are headed to that part of the sierra. the high clouds will back their way to us and there could be storms in the sierra because of it around yosemite national park and partly cloudy and 79 and 86 in sacramento and a cool 77 if los angeles. safe travels. leyla gulen? >> as we look at our drive along highway four this is where we have a report of an accident involving three vehicles westbound highway 4 causing a bit of slowing. it is possibly blocking a lane. c.h.p. has not made it there yet

and we are unclear how many lanes or if any lanes are blocked but it is enough to cause slowing with the volume building in the westbound direction. 580 from tracy to castro valley is going to be 38 minutes and 101 northbound from 85 to the san jose airport is 13 minutes and 280 northbound to highway one into san francisco is under ten minutes. the commute from marin county and toward san francisco across the golden gate bridge is wide open with construction crews in the northbound direction and all cones have been picked up. san francisco city attorney has followed up on a let and filed a class action lawsuit against a state, the state of nevada. they claim that the psychiatric hospital improperly discharged hundreds of patients and put them on buss headed identity of state. 20 ended up in san francisco costing the city $500,000 for each person for shelter and

medical care. the state is suing to get the money back. >> google has lost a bid to avoid a privacy lawsuit over the street view mapping effort. three years ago the company apologized for collecting data from wireless home networks as it drove around in 30 countries. a three judge panel in san francisco says they are not exempt from federal wiretapping laws. google claims the data collected was up for grabs because the net woulds were not secured. >> you could be wasting money on food if you toss out items when they reach their expiration date. a top food safety experts at the national food laboratory in livermore says every product, the dates are for quality, not safety reasons. for example, experts say you can use eggs up to three weeks beyond the date on the carton but they have to be cooked.

and same for pantry foods. >> the use by date or the sell by date to many of the products is anywhere from six months to possibly two years out. >> the exception is meat which should be then out by the date on the package unless it has been frozen. federal law says the only food that must have a "use by" date is baby formula. >> days like today do not come often because this is an odd day: not just the wallet but the month, day and year all are consecutive odd numbers. >> it is 9/11/13. three consecutive odd numbers make up the date only six times this century. the first was january 3, 2005. final odd day of the century will be november 13, 2015. >> this morning the nation is pausing to remember the terror attack that changed our lives

forever. there is a special tribute in san francisco paid to the victims of september 11th attack. >> the special honor president obama is paying to a bay area congresswoman who has been one of his strongest war critics. >> it is brown versus brown, the latest round in th

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning on 5:00 at september 11th. >> first up, a check on the weather forecast. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will look at live doppler 7 hd