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it's happening in san francisco from police procedures are under scrutiny. good evening. >> it's happened tonight a juda and 46th street in the sunset district. john, take us through it. >> reporter: right now firefighters and police officers are here. they will be here for the nec several hours. the center of activity is around the western sunset grocery market. it sustained damage when this device was detonated at a quarter to 9:00 tonight. there was significant damage into that grocery. plaster came off, walls were

broken. windows were shattered. the explosion happened in a house behind the grocery store. a residents of the house died some time ago. family members were showing up to remove items when they saw something that looked suspicious. they had qualms and called police at 6:00 tonight and the bomb squad showed up. police say there were some evacuations in the area and the neighborhood. we talked to one gentleman who was evacuated from a restaurant across the street. >> once we got outside, they asked us to move down some and you hear a big explosion. they had already told us there was a bomb carry and everybody was kind of shook. >> reporter: police are still trying to figure out what that device was. whether it was a bomb. nobody was hurt. 46th avenue and juda street remain closed tonight. in fact, service has been redirected because of the police and fire activity that's going on here at the scene.

they will be here for several more hours tonight. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. thank you. developing news where a brush fire continues to burn on k kimball island near antioch. the fire started around 2:30 this afternoon destroying structures and forcing evacuations. >> reporter: every once in a while you can see the glow from the fire behind me. this is the dock where the firefighters left. they went over there to protect the cabins used by duck hunters. they have this fire mostly under control. at the time you can see the fire for miles way. cal fire helicopter kept the flames at bay while 11 people were evacuated in the delta near

anti antioch. wind gusts spread the fire to several spots on the island. >> we got lucky. it went right around ours. it went behind the cabins then. >> reporter: there's no official cause. he says his neighbor discovered a squatter living in his cabin. >> he was burning a knapsack or something and it just took off. it got out of hand. there's so much dry brush and berry bushes out there. it goes quick. >> reporter: witnesses say the initial fire response was slow. likely because kimball island lies at the intersection of the three counties. >> it's not specifically attached to a fire district. sometimes there could be some agencies that question whose authority they have. >> reporter: the island is in

sacramento county. the deputies and the coast guard ended up evacuating the people. we are still under a red flag warning. seeing signs like there, warning of extreme fire danger in east bay lhills. red flag conditions mean wildfires could spark and spread as they would during peak fire season. fire crews patrol the hills today. pa >> part of our normal procedure is to go out and do patrol in our fire station. we are doing those, actively doing those and staffed up with extra personnel. >> being proactive is the way to be. seems weird we have to worry about fires in the middle of january. >> they have called 120 firefighters in the bay area. let's give you a live look at conditions in san francisco.

still mild tonight in the city. with a first look at the forecast here is andy with live doppler 7 hd. >> winds is keeping conditions mild. red flag warnings still in effect for the northeast bay hills. diablo range right on through 8:00 a.m. thursday morning. gusty winds continue. 30 to 40 miles per hour. the humidity in the 5 to 10% range. we've already seen fires growing and that's what we're expecting if any fires develop. take a look at the hill top winds. relative humid in those areas in the single digits. gusts of 42. record highs this afternoon. 74 oakland airport. moffit field it feewas 76 in sa jose. 69 in livemore. we have more warmth headed our

way. i'll be back to tell you how long the records will continue and if there's any rain in sight. in southern california gusty santa ana winds and single digit humidity has firefighters hopping from fire to fire today. again, mid-january. very strange. ten acres of brush burned close to multi-million mansions. the flames were put out before any damage was done. crews battled fires in river side county and in the santa monica mountains as well. get updates on our dry warm weather and more on twitter. developing news tonight. the san jose police department has taken over the hunt for a serial arsonnist believed to have set more than a dozen fires since last week. take a look at this sketch based on surveillance video taken near one of those fires. lisa is live near downtown with the latest on the search effort. lisa. >> reporter: police patrols are out tonight and residents are

also coming out once the sun goes down. they are looking for this man who police say burned down this house. it's time for johnny's evening walk. he's a man with a mission. >> i hope to catch the guy. that's why i'm walking around to see what's going on. >> reporter: he's on the look out for this suspect. the man who may have started 13 fires in the past six days. he hates what's happened to his friends. the arsonist set their house on fire saturday. >> it upsets me a lot. >> reporter: they still can't get into their burnt home. they barely escaped from it. >> maybe in five minutes the roof went down. >> reporter: surveillance video caught this man walking back and forth across from the house four times before the fire started. they're from eric's cameras. he's now patrolling his streets

from 2:00 to 4:30 a.m. >> you step out one block without being seen at this time. >> reporter: the arsonist last struck sunday morning. around 6,000 homes and byes lost power in san jose tonight. 275 of them are still waiting to get their electricity restored. this outage started after a car toppled a power pole on south 30th street after 8:00. it affected a large area west of highway 181. santa clara arson investigators are ruling a deadly fire in palo alto accident. the victims have not been publicly identified. the deadly flu season in the bay area keeps getting worse.

two more deaths were reported. that makes a total of 18 deaths in the bay area and santa cruz. a man in his 40s had chronic illness. three inmates have the swine flu with four more possible cases. nearly 200 inmates have been expose e exposed. the centers for disease control has information on where you the get a flu shot. new details tonight involving the case of a san jose teenager who hanged herself a week after a drunken house party. three teenage boys have admitted to sexually assaulting the 15-year-old during that party. that's according to documents obtained by our media partner. she woke up half naked in a blue comment wren written on her

body. two boys were sentenced to 35 days and the other to 40. the department received a report of shots fired at 5:30 tonight. officers found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound there. he was pronounced dead a short time later. so far no suspects have been identified. she's not even old enough to drive but already taking on the world. we'll have that story. a bay area girl talks about what it takes to go for olympic gold. new proof he's not your traditional pope. the unusual items he's auctioning off for charity. later he's a respected coach but he's not perfect.

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a 15-year-old san jose teenager is heading to the olympics. she went her weekend coming in second at the senior nationals in boston. that puts her on the olympic team. at sharks ice today she admitted other skaters are older and more

experienced, she's not intimidated. >> i've been skating for a very long time. i've been skating for 13 years. all that leading up to the olympic trials for me to skate well is outstanding. >> there's no substitute for hard work. she practices six days a week before and after school. she and her mom and coach will take off for sochi in a few weeks. ashley wagner said she quit twitter cold turkey and plans to avoid social media until after the olympics ends. a fire storm erupted after she was selected when she finished fourth. the pope is selling his motorcycle. he added his signature to his harley davidson. he put it up for auction in paris next month. the proceeds will go to catholic charity. the motorcycle company gave the

pope the bike as a gift. he's also auctioning off his leather motorcycle jacket. who knew. he currently drives a ford focus in favor of the pope mobile. >> he would look good in that jacket. 49ers fans are gearing up for sunday's game. >> they are sharing their niners pride with us. this guy has his game face on. s s >> take a look at this one. you cannot help but smile. >> you can e-mail your photos and videos to us. you can also tweet them to us at abc 7 news bay area or post them to our facebook page. we need your help. here's the deal. we have a competition going with the abc station in seattle to see who has the best fans. seattle, emerald bay or san francisco bay area. >> to prove this, all you need to do is go to the abc 7 news facebook page and like this post.

seattle thinks they will beat us. got to tell you, they're running slightly ahead right now. we plan to clobber them on the field and on facebook too. >> whoever has the most likes by kickoff on sunday wins. let's show the seahawks fans that nobody has got it better than us. we can do it. >> we can. another check on the forecast now. >> we can do it. come on. live doppler 7 hd showing you clear skies. i can't bring you the rain. next seven days are looking dry. take a look at the latest information from the climate prediction center. this is indicating how much soil moisture there is. take a look at the entire country. look at california in famili particular. that's the area of lowest moisture. this is what's really playing in along with our gusty winds and slow humidity to the high fire danger. a very rare red flag warning

that's in effect right now. it's been so dry. as a matter of fact, we can go all the way back to 1850 for san francisco. that's how long we would have to go back to find the driest water years on record compared to now. you can see how bouncy the camera is. it's gusty in the hills. 57 in san francisco. 45 in oakland. 46 redwood city. 50 in san jose. it's pretty comfortable. near 60 degrees i that's why those numbers are falling in some areas. 38 in santa rosa. it's already close to freezing in napa. 42 concord. here is our tower camera. golden gate bridge under clear skies. beautiful visibility there. red flag warning in the hills. more record highs expected the

next two days. still no rain in sight. no snow. even going beyond the seven daytime period no signs of storms coming in. here is the reason. persistent blocking ridge. n this time around it's right here blocking the storms from getting if here. that's why we're not seeing rain. the drying winds will continue. we will continue to see very dry conditions here, abnormally dry. take a look at how far behind we are. we need more than 16 inches of rain in santa rosa. over nine inches to get us back to normal. you can see we need up to close to five in san jose. livermore just over there. we're way behind. even if we got a couple of good soakers we have a long way to go. tomorrow morning when you leave home temperatures will vary a bit. most other areas will start out

on the comfortable side and tomorrow afternoon warm in the south bay. 78 in santa cruz indicated by the asterisks. on the peninsula, 72. downtown san francisco, south san francisco 70 degrees. in the north bay it's beach weather. mid-70s around issanta rosa. inland spots. 71 degrees in concord and livermore. here is a look at the forecast as the niners take on the seahawks this coming sunday. there's a 20% chance of showers. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. they should be fine playing that game. 70s remain in the forecast. temperatures do slip a bit leddiled i heading toward the weekend. clouds roll in. cooling to the 60s. >> back to dry.

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seattle is known for jimmy hendrix. there's a new fan, the loudest and maybe the most educated. of course, quiet when their own team has the ball. it makes for difficult two quarterbacks to call plays and hear the plays from the sidelines in their helmet

speakers. 49ers joe stanley has a simple remedy. >> you got to execute. we talk about packing a few things. we got one of the best defenses in the nfl. we got great players. i expect our big time players to step up this week too. >> to the ice. the sharks on a three-game road trip to face the caps. i'm not sure the two teams like each other. they're throwing hay makers after a first period face off making for a bloody mess. on the deflection. the first goal in 19 games. that's reaction there. got a 1-1 game. went to o.t. and then a shoot out. 35 save.

nicholas backstram. they're in florida on thursday. five time champion serena williams back on the court. no problem with her winning. another big serve. serena onto round three. three time defending champ tweaking his ankle in the first. briefly for coach. it had little effect. he won the first eight games of the match. serve on to the third round. looking for fourth straight and fifth title. word getting a well deserved four daybreak. they didn't practice saturday or sunday. by the looks of seth curry, it should be rejuvenated and ready to play denver.

another look. we'll let jim harbaugh see this arm. nothing but net. you. james young hits the three. the wildcats tied with arkansas at 885 a piece. the dunk at the buzzer. arkansas shocked. 13th ranked kentucky in overtime. this is abc 7 sports report brought to you by casino. niners head coach jim harbaugh may have

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gusty. temperatures in a wide range, 30 to 50s. mike will be here 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. you might see 49ers head coach jim harbaugh on the cover of sports illustrated before he graces gq. >> he wears black cap and black shirt with cleats. his wife wishes he dressed a little better for games and practices. >> she said she's thrown out a lot of khakis but he buys more. >> he saw him wearing his out fit at a san francisco giants game. >> kind of like steve jobs. his uni. >> it's become iconic. >> that's our report. we appreciate your time. >> abc 7 news continues online

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