cornell bernard is live in the neighborhood. reporter: we still don't know the names of the three women who died in this fire, but firefighters say this is a tragic lesson about working smoke detectors. they say there were several inside the house but they were missing batteries. contra costa county firefighters are sifting through the rubble of this house after an intense blaze, which lit up the night sky. three women living here did not escape the smoke and flames. >> they loved the lord. they were pleasant. she was just a nice woman. i just talked to one lady in particular. she was a wonderful woman. >> neighbor says the three women were related. adding to the tragedy is what firefighters found inside. >> just a simple smoke alarm, the battery should be there but it's gone. >> the fire marshal shows us one of three nonworking smoke alarms

found inside the house. sitting on the kitchen counter. >> not only were the smoke alarms not installed on the walls but there were no battery at all. so these five dollar devices would have meant the difference between life and death. >> the fire jumped to the house next door but was quickly put out man. and his son live in a detached unit behind the burning house. >> my neighbor started banging on my door, and i thought he wanted something else, and i was like, man, what's going on, and he is like, it's a fire, come outside your house. come outside your husband. and i just rush for my son, and rap outside. >> fire officials say the cause of the blaze is not considered suspicious but how it started remains under investigation. in pittsburg, abc7 news. >> ama: right now rescue operations are underway to help save hundreds of people trapped by colorado's floods. the national guard has rescued 1700 people.

more than 1200 remain unaccounted for. authorities hope many are just out of communication and are okay. authorities say a sixth person was likely killed by the flood. an 80-year-old woman who was trapped in her house is now missing and presumed dead. sergio quintana talked to bay area volunteers who are now in colorado about the rescue efforts. >> a few members of the silicone valley chapter of the red cross are in the ground in colorado, helping coordinate a massive response to the disaster. i talked with one team member who just landed in fort collins, colorado. she said a thousand people are hoping to be evacuated by helicopter out of stranded mountain communities, bit rained again today which didn't help the efforts. >> can't run the helicopters in the rain in this kind of weather. it's just too dangerous. >> so the people who are waiting to be airlifted have another

night on the mountain. >> as the disaster response continues, team coordinators expect more california red cross volunteers to dedispatched to colorado, going to relieve other volunteers or set up shelters. the rains are continuing, so volunteers are bracing for the possibility of more flooding and an extended rebill -- rebuilding effort. >> ama: and as he said, rain could complicate the response in colorado. lisa has a look at what is coming their way. >> we do still have a lot of moisture in place, and as we take a look at the radar, from denver, colorado springs, there's more activity off to the west of colorado springs. denver, things are beginning to quiet down, an upper level disturbance is beginning to shut down, and as that does things with change, but tonight a flood warning still in effect through tomorrow morning. let me take you through the next

12 hours. we'll see diagram changes here. so tonight the rain showers still lifting off to the north and east. denver quieter than colorado springs. by tomorrow morning, down to a 20% chance of rain, into the next ten days. we're talking sunshine for denver and the rest of the state. we'll have a look at the last week of summer and our local forecast coming. >> ama: an update on wildfires burning in california. the clover fire in shasta county isle fully contained. flames killed one man and destroyed 68 homes. the fire began last sunday. the cause is under investigation. mt. diablo state park is set to re-open tomorrow. the morgan fire that charred the mountain has been fully contained. 31,000 acres of grassland were burned. crews are setting out hay baleses and taking precautions to prevent soil erosion. the fire was started bay target

shooter. >> the third biggest wildfire in state history is now 81% contained. the rimfire, burn nearly 256,000-acres and cost more than 100 mental to fight -- $100 million to identifying. there has been an initial funding request for more than $362,000. the money will be used to stabilize roads, remove trees, build barricades and make hazard signs. >> the chp is telling us tonight some sort of altercation led to the death of a san lorenzo man and a huge pileup on the freeway. jose curiel died when his motorcycle crashed. authorities say he and a mid-wrist got into an argument. that resulted in a crash that eventually involved five other vehicles, including one that burst into flames. drivers of two of the vehicles were arrested for suspicion of dui. >> a legal challenge to a controversial plan inry.

to use imminent domain to stop foreclosures is expected to be deciderred tomorrow when a jump is set to rule on a case. richmond wants to use imminent domain to seize the mortgages of homes sound water and offer the mortgages back to owners at cheaper rates. imminent domain is usually used to acquire land for public use. oakland yack jean quan led a walk around the fruitvale district. a few dozen people beyond the mayor for the school, celebrating mexican independence day. the fruitvale district is the hart of the latino community. >> a few people have been here to see the regional foods and buy spices and arts and crafts you can buy from mexico right here in this neighborhood.

>> mayor quan believes neighborhoods with more foot traffic have less crime than those that are more desolate. the mayor plans to host walks like this once a month. the campaign began last month. >> a video game program is being launch evidence tomorrow in oakland. two community centers are getting funding to provide a video game design program for underserved youth. the kid will learn how to program, do digital design and create visual story-telling. governor brown will be on honda start the program. >> still ahead at 6:00, former competitors of a miss america contestants from a bay area tell us why she has shot to win. >> will the oracle america's cup team keep momentum going today? and we'll tell you how a bay area community celebrated their little league team after almost

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>> time is running out for oracle team u.s.a. on the san francisco bay. team new zealand captured the second of today's races to take the 7-1 lead. oracle won race nine earlier and team new zealand just needs two more wins to seize the america's cup. oracle must win eight races to

keep it. a celebration in belmont for a little league team that almost made. it. they came up one game short of going to this year's world series. fans and family came to the belmont sports complex to thank the kids for taking them on the ride of a lifetime. the team is not sure what to make of all the attention. >> why are we having to sign autographed balls. people want them. today they're going to be signing more autographed balls, and kids are going to try to talk to them. they're heroes to younger kids. >> the team got a police escort into the complex, this year's team was the first san mateo county team to win the northern california title since 1967. the bay area boy who was severely injured in the boston marathon attack enjoyed a special moment before today's raiders game. aaron hunt posed with team own

mark davis on at the field. hunt's mom says events like this help her boy fight on. >> up next at 6:00, we'll tell you where in california someone became a millionaire after matching five numbers in the powerball. also, how much the jackpot gained overnight. and it is the last week of summer. meteorologist lisa argen is up next. >> great day if you're an oakland fans. the a's get closer to clinching the west.

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because she's not just a pretty face. >> she is so positive. never met anybody more positive than crystal lee. i've known here four years and never seen her sad or anything. >> ama: you can catch the miss america contest right here at 9:00. nobody had all six winning numbers in last night's powerball drawing and that means a bigger jackpot. one person in california had five numbers. the ticket was bought in south pasadena and is worth almost $2.5 million. as of today the jackpot is 400 million. drawings are every wednesday and saturday night at 7:59. >> it is the last week of summer. lisa argen has a change -- check on the forecast. >> lisa: looking at a bull evening -- beautiful evening. low clouds and fog, can't find any. 35 miles offshore, and will be

making it back onshore overnight. right now, highs today. 68, an francisco. 78, san jose. a few degrees shy of average. low 80s in livermore and napa. if you like today, you'll like tomorrow. with some mine you're -- minor changes this week, temperatures ranging from the mid-60s in the city, 78 in redwood city. 75, los gatos, half moon bay, mid-60s. 69, even warmer there today than san francisco. the clouds were scoured out by an upper level disturbances and we're left with a beautiful evening. we'll see more fog and cloud push back over the bay. 72, novato. antioch, breezy, wokens outs of the southwest. 30-miles-an-hour. it's 8 right -- it's 78 right now but another day in the 80s tomorrow. final stop, mt. tam.

low clouds and fog tonight and tomorrow morning, and then another sunny and mild afternoon, very little change for your monday. the last week of summer, we'll have minor ups and downs, but overall, it will be pretty nice, and in fact, we do have a seven-day outlook you're not going to want to miss because we are looking at maybe a few sprinkles. we'll define that further in the next few minutes. right knew the longer nights bringing temperatures in the upper 40s, still a week of summer. tomorrow morning, clouds and fog from the east bay, along the coast, and then clears out quickly. but the sea breeze remains. so once again, we'll see just about what we had today. by tuesday, weak system drops the temperatures. here's the map with the timeline. wednesday and thursday, we'll see the warmest days of the week ahead of the system and this system going to make it? no. doesn't look like it. mendocino county, sonoma county, maybe a few sprinkles, maybe as

far north as northern marin county, but other than that we're looking at just some minor cooling, and what could have been a first chance of showers for the fall season, which starts in a week. but doesn't look likely. 78 in san jose. tomorrow, mid-80s through morgan hill and on the peninsula, back to the upper 70s. so nice day. starting out gray, mist and drizzle from pacifica to half moon bay. sunshine down. -- sunshine downtown. 78 in vallejo. near east bay, more 70s for you, and over the hills, into the inland east bay. low to mid-80s. 85 in brentwood. the seven-day forecast showing tomorrow, repeat performance of today. minor cooling on tuesday. the warmest days of the week on wednesday, thursday, and cooling friday and saturday, extra clouds. don't think we'll see any

sprinkles. and then fall next weekend, looks pretty nice. >> ama: thank you, lisa. >> ama: feeling good about the raiders right now. >> we are. almost won week one. a win is a win. and all about just win, baby. temperature real pryor was -- the raiders defense deserves the game ball after their performance against jack sewnville. woodson back where he belongs, in front of the fans. reece, 11-yard touchdown run, into the black hole. woodson, this guy can still play. scaling an offensive loin man -- lineman, takes down jones drew on the play. after missing a chip shot, 35 yarder, janikowski hook

necessary 46 yarder, then going with the healthy dose of run dmz. darren mcfadden. 129 yards, 29 carries. less than two minutes to go. young, untouched. one of the raiders five sacks. porter was in there as well. 19-9 the final. silver and black improve to 1-1. >> this game is about taking your shot, and looked like was going to be able to make more out of it, and just took off and tried to make a play before he could gather himself and ghetto pylon. >> overall i thought it was sloppy. i don't think it was up to the standard we want, and there's a lot of things we got to continue to work on, to continue to get better at and improve on. >> that's coach speak. raiders next opponent, next monday, they face the broncos. peyton manning got the better of

his where in -- hisboro in the manning bowl. it's -- look at this. broncos looking good. 41-23. >> 49ers and seahawks at treasure link in seattle. the threat of thunder and lightning delayed the game. less than five minutes to go. it's scoreless. tonight at 11:00, we bring your vernon's view. we teamed if win 49ers vernon davis to get his take on the game against seattle, when he sits down for a one-on-one conversation with our very own mike shumann. >> aaron rodgers, 300-yard passing in the first half. this one gives green bay the lead. they beat washington at lambeau. >> wild finishes in week two bears trailing the vikings. jay cutler,, for the touchdown. ten seconds left. 31-30 chicago. they're now 2-0 in the

ultimate blown coverage here. johnson, nobody around with six seconds to good bills beat the panthers 24-23. >> jared parker out today due to illness. tommy malone in as the starter against texas. helping to stakes malone to an early lead. it's fair and gone. 23rd. 2-0 a's. malone goes five, six hits, one run allowed. he improved to 11-9. josh reddick, two-run shot in the ninth. a's sweep, now lead texas by 6-1/2. giants and dodgers, hunter pence, the guy is in the zone. grand slam last night. how about two homers today. now a 25 for the year, nine this month alone. 19 rbi and six games and on and on. in the eighth, tied at three. the go-ahead home run off paco

rodriguez. third of the season. 4-3 giants, they take 3-4 in l.a. >> final round of the ofon championship, due rain on thursday, the lpga's fifth and final major short 'ed to three rounds. suzanne pedersen, her second major win. final round of the bmw championship rained out today. this sports report brought to

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>> join my tonight at 9:00 on cable 13. we'll look at the new technology being used to stop wildlife poachers in south africa. then at 11:00, the wild scene inside target stores across the country. but this wasn't black friday them hot item up for grabs that nearly caused a riot. another low budget horror movie claims the top spot at the box office. insidus, the seek squall to the haunted house thriller cost $5 million to make them fourth low budget horror movie to win the box office. the other movies, the purge, mama, and the conjuring.

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right now, hollywood descends on the toronto film festival. celebrating the newest shows coming to tv. >> so far we're pushing the envelope a little bit. >> catching up with the star of "50 shades of gray". >> it is terrifying, but just a real thrill. >> and behind the scenes of modern family. >> i mean, the chemistry with this group of people has just been remarkable from day one. >> we're rolling out the red carpet, now. from the height of hollywood, welcome to "on the red carpet." i'm rachel smith. first up this week, a big hello to all of our viewers across the country. hey guys, thank you for joining us. well, it is time to get things