now at 6:00 crews worked into the night to contain a wildfire along the san mateo county coast. ahead the overnight progress from those fighting those january flames. and developing news from the south bay. police make an arrest following a string of are a sons that left san jose neighbors fearing for their safety. who is going take home oscar gold? we just learned the nominees within the last 20 minutes. ahead the actors, actresses and movies. looking ahead to the red carpet. good morning everyone i'm eric thomas at 6:00 a.m. first up we'll get a check on the weather forecast and those numbers that continue to rise. here's >> here's your day planner. a fire threat through 8:00 morning. mid-60s by noon. low 70s by 4:00.

back into the mild mid-50s at 7:00. inland we're freezing up north. mid-30s in the eastbound valleys. clean air but not a spare the air day. low 60s at noon. 70s at 4:00 and 50 and cooler during the evening hours. in the 50s and 60s along the coast this morning. all of us will be in thor 60s. hope you enjoy it. here's leyla. >> b.a.r.t. trains are running on time. ace train 1 rolling. muni everything looking clear there. but what we do have is a problem in marin northbound along highway 1 reporting a rock slide at cypress road. southbound side seems to be unaffected. might have to have one way traffic control. here's a peek at drive time traffic. tracy to dublin 17 minutes.

and live look outside. that's your drive through walnut creek. loading up but right now six minutes. >> developing news firefighters have contained a brush fire burning near the san mateo county coast. the fire broke out along highway 84 about three miles from san gregorio. crews got it under control about 1:00 this morning. four acres burned. the fire broke out around 9:00 burning eucalyptus trees. ten homes were evacuated but later allowed back in. develops news in the south bay. people living in down san jose breathing easier as police arrest a suspected arsonist believed to have started more than a dozen fires in just week. katie marzullo is live in the south bay with the latest. >> reporter: the san jose police department covert response up nipt made the arrest just after 8:00 last night. they have not retlaesd identity of this person but they will release more information at

10:00 this morning. this house on east john's street this burned out house is believed to be the work of the serial arsonist. this home was destroyed on saturday. one of 13 fires that's been set in just one week starting last wednesday. one of the other high-profile victims was a church on sunday a classroom behind a church on sunday was lit on fire. investigators believe surveillance video shows tar sonnist pacing in front of one of their targets and able to couple with a sketch of the person they believe is responsible. they handed that out the 3,000 neighbors. we don't know if either sketch orb video helped lead to the arrest but we do know people in the targeted area have been worried sick over this. i was talking to them just earlier this week. volunteers came forward and were keeping watch overnight. neighbors under the instruction of the fire department have been leaving their porch lights on. one man add ad surveillance camera. news of this arrest will be very

welcomed in this neighborhood. live in san jose, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >> 6:01. breaking news from overnight. a teen success treated for serious burns this morning after he caught on fire in front of the concord b.a.r.t. station last night. emergency crews airlifted him from the scene to hospital. b.a.r.t. police say the teenager was working on a car earlier and had accidentally spilled gasoline on himself. a friend lit a cigarette when he was dropped off at the b.a.r.t. station. sparks from flighter caught his clothes on fire. amy hollyfield will have a live report from the scene coming up. new this morning you can bet people in southern california are a bit on edge after a string of small quakes leading up to tomorrow's 20th anniversary of northridge quake. a 3.2 magnitude hit three miles north of fontana in san bernardino county. a 3.8 quake in orange county

around 11:40 last night. tuesday night a 4.4 quake rattled the los angeles area. in fact there's been a quake in southern california every day for the past ten days. the flu has now killed three more people here in the bay area. the total number of cases in the bay area in santa cruz is now 21. that's death from the flu. napa county confirmed its first flu death a second was reported in contra costa a third in sonoma county. h1n1 appears to be the dominant flu strain and the best way from text yourself is by getting a flu shot and washing your hands often. the centers for disease control and prevention has information on where you can get a flu shot. we posted a link on our website. it's 6:05. a man shot by an off duty san francisco police officer is due to be arraigned today on felony assault charges. it happened sunday morning at a chevron station at bayshore boulevard and gerald avenue. a police sergeant says the off

duty female officer fired in self-defense when the man punched her in the face after a fender bender on 280. an off duty firefighter who saw what happened followed the cars to the gas station. he says the other driver punched the sergeant before she shot him. from mendocino county a small town faces a major water emergency. willits the down to 100 day supply of water. normally the dirt you see here would be under 40 feet of water. as a result the town is rationing water. residents can only use 150 gallons per home per day at the most. happening now university of california president janet napolitano is joining more than 100 other university presidents at a white house summit on expanding college opportunities. that sum met was scheduled to get under way at 6:00 a.m. our time. today's sum estimate return to the white house for napolitano who served as secretary of homeland security.

president obama and the first lady are hosting this morning's event. it's designed to address how to improve access for low-income students. costs have doubled at uc before napolitano took over as president last fall. happening today the san francisco board of supervisors will honor two employees who rescue ad puppy from recycling conveyor belt. remember gem, the poodle puppy found last month? brent foster is one of the employees who will be honored tonight. he saw the puppy moving on the conveyor belt and stopped the line immediately. gem will be available for adoption from animal care and control once she's fully recovered from the bite wounds and other injuries she was found with. at 6:07 time for a check on the forecast and find out whether records are going to fall today temperature wise. >> it's affecting the sierra. our statewide percentage normal is 15%. last year it was 111.

take a look at the satellite. this was tweeted out by our own national weather service in monte monterey. that's how much snow covered we had last year extending well into nevada. on the right that's what we have this year barely any. that's how desperate it's getting. back here at home let's talk about record highs. why not? we're going to be up to 16 degrees warmer than average once again. one of our best bets being 73 today. a little bit of a tapering of the temperatures coming up this weekend. but we're still going to be in the 60s to near 70 well above average. look at that. no rain. >> we just found out bay bridge metering lights have been turned on. fast track lanes are moving fine. cash lanes are heavy. as we take a look at san jose accident free here and you can see we're in top speeds in most areas if you're traveling on 280 between the 680 split right at

cupertino. 101 that usual spot before you get to the nimitz. 45 miles per hour then 39 miles per hour. gets quite slow there. over to the toll plaza on the san mateo bridge we still have this stalled vehicle blocking one lane. seeing a slight bit of a back up. heading over to livermore 10 miles per hour. thank you very much. 6:09. we have some breaking news to show you from southern california. this sapphire burning in the angeles national forest, an area of los angeles county near bonita in that area. we're hearing from our sister station down there abc 7 eyewitness news the fire broke out just a short time ago but as you can see from the dry conditions and they have been having santa ana winds down there earlier in the week you can see this burst on the scene

very quickly. firefighters are headed there now. as we get more information on the acreage and possible cause we'll bring that to you. google glass goes to court. ahead the possible precedent-setting case about to be heard in a california courtroom. coming up first, though yahoo! shake up. top executive ceo marisa mayer is letting go an employee after just 15 months on the job. thank you very much. good morning, everyone. >> let's get right to it. >> up saw the oscar nominations live right here on the abc 7 morning news about 30 minutes ago. coming up, we'll

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marisa mayer has cut ties with her top lieutenant after 15 months on the job. yahoo! announced late last night the chief operating officer is leaving the internet company. mayer brought him in in 2012 and signed him to an $58 million deal. yahoo! isn't saying yet why mayer is cutting him loose but the former coo was responsible for luring more advertisers to yahoo! and tech experts say mayer was probably not happy with his performance. happening today the southern california woman believed to be the first person in the nation to be ticketed for wearing google glass while behind the court. we told you about her traffic ticket. a highway patrol officer pulled her over for speeding and he noticed the google glass device and added a citation. she pleaded not guilty and today's court hearing could shape future laws on wearable

technology. a lot of excitement in hollywood this morning. this year's oscar nominees were just announced in beverly hills. >> we're pleased announce the film selected as the best picture nominees for 2013 are, "american hustle"," "captain phillips", "dallas buyers club," "gravity." >> that's clems hemsworth and cheryl boone isaac announcing the nominees. here's the complete list. "american hustle," "captain phillips," "dallas buyers club," "gravity," "her," nebraska," "philomena," "12 years as a slave," "wold of wall street." stay with us we'll have more including best actor and best

actress nominees coming up at 6:45 and some early morning reaction from the stars. abc 7 is the only place where you can see the oscars oscar sunday will be here before you know it. it's sunday march 2nd. 6:16 now. we got some traffic going on. let's check in with leyla gulen. >> start planning for my oscar party. slowing southbound on 101 as you approach is 116. 25 miles per hour then it's slow and go 52 miles per hour as you head to the south. drive along highway 37 as you make the approach towards sears point. also building. looks nice between sears point and novato. and then down to 26 miles per hour this is how long it will take you tracy to dublin, 37

minutes, highway 4 also loading up. now let's get a check on the weather with mike nicco. >> let's start with our red flag fire warning diablo range, east bay hills north mountains, breezy gusting up inging 20 to 40 miles per hour. 40 at campbell. 55 at los gatos. 40 in newark. mid-to-upper 40s from redwood city to san carlos. half moon bay 62 and 63 degrees. 28 the cool spot. 42 in lafayette. 75 right now in danville and brentwood. this is the way it looks. you can see the calm bay waters and the bay bridge. sunshine, warm calmer today will lower our fire danger in

the extended period still dry. let's take a look at temperatures. 76 in gilroy. record 73 at san jose. santa cruz heading for 78 again. 83 is your all time january record high. we have low to mid-70s on the peninsula with 73 in mountain view. 73 yesterday was an all-time record high for january. 74 at half moon bay. back to 70s along the coast and downtown. san francisco at 71 degrees. a record high. low to mid-70s. your beaches sausalito 69. throw mid-70s along the east bay shore. oakland and hayward at 73. 73 for a record. temperatures tonight all over the place once again from 30s inland valleys 40s around the bay, 50s along the coast and into san francisco. high pressure didn't change at all while you were sleeping. it moved farther to the north which means colder air is

dumping to our east and we're not going to see anything but some high clouds from a passing storm saturday and sunday. slightly cooler weather. 60s tuesday and wednesday and still five to ten degrees warmer than average. have a great day. >> if you are going to be hitting the slopes this weekend here's our toyota tahoe report. snow is not falling but if you want to get out of the heat and out towards tahoe. squaw valley 18 to 21 inch base. alpine meadows 18 to 21 inches there as pell. heavenly 39 inches and 3 1/2 hour drive from the bay area. few other resorts we got diamond peak. 20 to 30 inches. and at tahoe six to 23 inch base. all in all about a two hour drive. no chains are required because snow is not falling.

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6:23. we're taking you back live to southern california where there's a red flag fire warning in effect. this is near the angeles national forest. this fire broke out just a short time ago and it is exploding in size. so, again l.a. county fire tells us that the red flag fire warning is in effect until tonight, the forecast we're seeing here winds are calm but they look like they are fairly gusty there. of course they are mobilizing their forces in place to try to fight this thing and we'll bring more information on it as soon as it becomes available. right now we'll check in with southern california boy, josh elliott for what's coming up on "good morning america." >> great as always to join you.

we'll begin with an update of that story breaking out overnight in indiana where a gunman in a grocery store there fatally shot two people before he was then killed by police. we'll have the latest on the horror at martin's supermarket. that and a whole lot more coming up next right here on "good morning america." >> that comes up at 7:00 a.m. >> imagine paying $100 for a gallon of paint, $100. one british company is doing just that. "consumer reports" has teamed up exclusively with 7 on your side to find out if this pricey paint is worth the high $dollar cost. >> designer showcase from the british company, it costs two to three times more than other paints. "consumer reports" concluded in its test among more than 60 paints to see what get paying

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. that breaking news is from southern california, the angeles

national forest near glendora and hot dry conditions conspiring to bring you this, fire that broke out overnight in the angeles national forest. no word on acreage involved but burning away from homes in an area about 25 miles northeast of downtown l.a. you can see fire going in a couple of places there where the blaze is going away from the main fire. so the los angeles county fire department has put seven engine there's and three helicopters to battle the blaze right now in the dark and, of course, when the light comes up or the sun comes up at the will deploy more forces there because that's when the fire could pick up more. at 6:00 let's get a check on our weather forecast locally. we have our own fire dangers here. mike? >> good morning, everybody from the roof of the abc 7 broadcast center we'll use live doppler 7 to show you the bridges are still up especially in oakland hills. got up to 40 miles per hour.

some of the higher mountains up in the north bay, 28. around mountain hamilton gusting up to 17. the fire weather critical conditions are still there until 8:00 this morning for the diablo range, east bay hills and north bay mountains hoping the winds will subside a little bit today but the heat will not. we're anywhere from low 30s in the north bay to mid-60s at the coast right now so a huge spread this morning under a clear sky. low to mid-60s at noon very nice to be outside during your lunch hour. upper 60s at 4:00 after setting record highs once again and if you're heading out this evening enjoy the mild temperatures in the low to mid-50s. let's see how traffic is doing. >> two new accidents first one in paloma county. 680 is where you'll find. it's to the shoulder so no lanes blocked. traffic building on highway 12 no wonder why they need to widen that. there's a widening project on

highway 12 between highway 29 and red top road and that's going to be in effect again tonight, full highway closure starting at 11:00 right to 5:00 a.m. detours will be in place. into marin we go north bay side of 101, 116 an accident there. that's over to the shoulder but we're seeing spectators slowing as you approach 116 bumper to bumper traffic. mass mass transit everything is running on time. >> breaking news from overnight a teen is in the burn unit of a bay area hospital following a bizarre accident in the parking lot of an east bay b.a.r.t. station. amy hollyfield is live at concord b.a.r.t. with details. >> reporter: he caught on fire because he had gasoline on his clothing. police tell us he was in a car in the passenger loading zone here at the concord b.a.r.t. station, it was 11:30 last night when someone in the car lit a

cigarette. the victim had been working on a car earlier and had spilled gas on himself. the spark from the cigarette lighter connected with the gasoline vapors on his clothing and start ad fire. his arms and chest were burned and he was airlifted to the hospital but police tell us this morning his injuries are not life threatening. so looks like he'll be okay. reporting live in concord, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. develops new overnight in san mateo county firefighters got the upper hand on a brush fire and contained it early this morning. the fire broke out shortly before 9:00 last night in a rural part of the county near san gregorio near highway 84. cal fire said it quickly spread to eucalyptus trees and raced up a mountain side threatening homes on the other side of the ridge. ten homes were evacuated. the wind was very low and the flames did not pick up. firefighters had the four acre blaze contained around 1:00 this

morning. no structures burned. new this morning oakland police are investigating a fatal shooting. officers found the man in the street. he had been shot near 14th avenue and east 21st street. the victim had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. so far police have not released any information about a suspect. in san francisco, three people are recovering from gunshot wounds after a shooting near the corner of fillmore and mcallister street around 7:00 last night. all the victims are expected to survive. no word on any motive or any arrests. happening today a severe water shortage is forthing marin county to start tapping one of its stand by revoyeurs. today the marin municipal water district will begin pumping water out of phoenix lake one much its two reserve reservoirs. officials say it was done briefly two years ago during a dry spell but hasn't been used consistently as a water supply for about 20 years. some san rafael restaurants have

decided to stop the automatic water service to help conreceive. >> our understanding it requires about seven glasses of water for every glass of water you serve in order to clean the glass ware plus the water you serve. >> if the water levels don't improve by april marin might impose rationing for the first time since 1991. for now officials are asking for voluntary conservation. it's 6:35. ac transit has launched an investigation into an incident caught on tape showing a bus driver denying access to a disabled man. it happened in san leandro. the video was posted on youtube on friday. the bus driver tells the man there's no space noirm. the man protest, position himself in front of the bus. minutes later wheelchair lift is deployed. ac transit responded. for safety sake there are reasons why the bus operator may have refused this wheelchair passenger.

ac transit says the driver is being interviewed and a video is being reviewed. new this morning ferry riders will soon have to start paying for parking at the lot. starting february 3rd customers have to pay a daily parking fee of $2 between 5:00 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. a monthly pass can be purchased for $20. the system will be all electronic so no paper permits or placards to be used. monthly permits are now available for purchase online. we post ad link on our website. go to abc7.com. this afternoon the 49ers will hold their second practice in preparation for sunday's nfc championship game in seattle. niner quarterback colin kaepernick is 3-0 on the road but never won as century link field in the pacific northwest. kaepernick through a career-high three interceptions in the niners 29-3 loss in seattle. he said the previous games don't

matter and he's not worried about the seahawks crowd noise. >> i think the biggest thing is we haven't played well when we went up there. they have a good defense. we have to execute at a high level. >> the nirns will fly to seattle tomorrow after practice. kick-off for sun's game is 3:30. 6:37 now. developing plus the south bay. ahead the new update we're expecting today after san jose police make an arrest in a string of arson cases. but first dating dupe. a bay area woman is skamd out of half a million dollars after giving online dating a try. the warning going out to other users. a live look outside at the bay from our rooftop camera. leyla gulen is monitoring traffic. mike nicco is track our weather forecast.

good morning again. we have new information just coming out from the u.s. drought monitor showing what we all know, the drought is getting worse. on the right you see last week's drought monitor 28% of california under extreme drought. on the left the red expanding. 63% of our wonderful state now under an extreme drought. the only category worse would be exceptional. we're not there yet. you can see all the fire dangers out there. all those areas in red, sierra

so cal. 80s down south and record highs in the sierra. safe travels. >> outside our window let's take a look at a few of the bridges across the bay area starting with the toll plaza. a busy one out there. it's going to take you right now about 14 minutes from the maze into san francisco. metering lights turned on a little while ago. as we head over to the golden gate traffic much different. quiet. although we're seeing a few extra cars coming out of marin county into san francisco. that commute is anyone minutes into the city, san mateo bridge. across the water also building 14 minutes will get you into foster city. 6:41. a warning about dating websites this morning. a growing number of scam artists are using them to find victims. the santa clara district attorney's office says in a recent case a suspect who lives

outside the country met a 66-year-old woman on christian mingle.com and coned her out of a half million dollars. the d.a. says don't loan or invest money with anyone you only know from a website. new this morning the bank getting ready to re-issue new debit cards following the data breach. >> thank you very much. good morning, everyone. >> let's get right to it. >> the nominees are -- coming up. the actors and actresses waking up to find they are nominated for oscar gold. coming up first an arrest in a string of south bay arsons that left neighbors in

6:45. our breaking news from southern california as the sunrises you can see the extent of this fire burning in the angeles national forest in los angeles county. this started just a short time ago, a few hours ago and it has exploded into this. numerous fire trucks on scene. we were told this fire was burning away from houses but looks like they are setting up to protect a few structures

there anyway. no word on how this fire started but los angeles county fire is on it. we'll keep track of it four. developing news in the south bay. this morning we're expecting to learn new details about the arrest that san jose police have made in a string of arson cases that had neighbors on edge. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo joins us live outside of one of the homes destroyed by flames. katie? >> reporter: it comes too late for the couple that lived in this house on east saint john's street but authorities have arrest ad suspected serial arson. they believe that person is responsible for not only burning this house but 12 other fires. the arrest comes one week after the first fire and investigators believe this man in this surveillance video is their guy. police were able to create a sketch of the suspect and distribute that to some 3,000 residents. we don't know if eatither of those things contributed to them finding their guy.

the arrest was made at 8:00 last night. they have not yet identified the person. the san jose police department holding a news conference this morning at 10:00 a.m. we expect to learn a lot more then. live in san jose katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >> it's 6:47. a deadly fire in newark fire officials say a man has died after a house fire on darvon street. it broke out around 9 clo 7b and crews had it under control in ten minutes but an elderly man was taken to the hospital and did not survive. investigators say it started in the kitchen and appears to have been an accident. happening now trainingat any rating is under way at the wall street. yesterday at this time the dow was up triple digits but reversed course but now down 57 points 16,422. new this morning citibank plans to re-issue debit cards to customers affected by target's massive data breach.

citibank didn't replace the cards sooner because it wanted to minimize disruptions during the holiday shopping seen. an estimated 70 million customers may have had their personal information stolen by hackers. new this morning hollywood's biggest names are buzzing with excitement after this year's oscar nominees were just announced in beverly hills. >> best performance by an actor in a support role are -- >> christian bale in "american hustle." leonardo dicaprio in "the wolf of wall street." >> that is cheryl boone isaacs president of the aacademy. she was joined by chris hemsworth. for best actor these are the nominees. christian bale for "american hustle" and chiwetel ejiofor in

"12 years as a slave." matthew mcconaughey in "dallas buyers club." leonardo dicaprio in "the wolf of wall street." nominees for best actress amy adam judi dench "philomena," meryl street and sandra bullock. best picture nom necessary. "american hustle," "captain phillips," "her," "philomena," 12 years a slave and "wold of wall street." abc 7 is the only place where you can see the oscars. oscar sunday will be here before you know it. it's sunday march 2nd. you may want to start designing your menu for your oscar party. >> got that. >> that's right. 6:49. >> i'm thinking ahead. time for a check on forecast. we're thinking ahead for some record temperatures. >> all-time record. when you look at conditions how dry it is out there easy to see why we warm up so nicely weapons

the winds blowing offshore. we can't get any cooling from the ocean which is warmer than average also with temperatures in the ocean, the water in the mid-to-upper 50s right now. visibility looking good. dry air is take over. live doppler not seeing any fog right now. if you're taking b.a.r.t. walnut creek concord coolest spot. 40 in fremont. 45 in hayward. san leandro and oakland at 49. coming in to san francisco it's about 51 degrees. you see the camera bouncing around a little bit. 20 mile-per-hour gusts up there. fastest gusts have been through the east bay hills. 35 to 40. hopefully they will be calmer after 8:00. looking dry all seven days. record highs, 73 in san jose today and 76 in gilroy. throw mid-70s every where except 78 in crews. throw mid-70s on the peninsula. also the coast. 71 in downtown. san francisco record high. we'll have throw mid-70s every

where in the north bay except sausalito 69. low to mid-70s along the east bay shore. 69 in brentwood. low to mid-70s every where in the east bay valley. temperatures all over the scale. 30s in the valleys, 40s in the bay. 50s in the coast isolated 60 at half moon bay. high clouds this weekend means mid-60s at the coast, low 70s for the rest of us. back to the mid-60s by wednesday. have a good day. >> we have a car that is blocking one lane causing some delays northbound along 238 as you come up to esperion. stop and go as you approach the nimitz. 880 a slow drive up to highway 92. little bit farther to the south as we take new to san jose southbound along 101 at hilliard avenue good news off the

shoulder. northbound direction heavy traffic as you approach 286. eric? >> 6:52 let's make it. 49er fans abc 7 needs your help to win the battle of the bays. we have a competition going with tabs station in seattle to see who has the best fans. i know that you know that we have the best fans, but elliott bay of seattle seems to think otherwise. to prove it all you need to do is go to abc 7 news facebook page and like this post. seattle thinks they will beat us but they are going to get a clobbering on the field and on facebook. whoever has the most likes by kick-off on sunday wins. let's show those seahawks fans that nobody has got it better than us. 6:52. ahead seven things to know before you go. abc 7 morning ne

6:53 p.m. mike has been telling you about those records,

the high temperatures that will fall. this is the coolest picture we can find for you. it's heavenly at lake tahoe. you see some snow right there on the slopes but not enough. we haven't received much snowfall at all. haven't got much rain here to go up there. we'll keep watching things. as we get ready to hand things off to "good morning america" seven things to know before you go. number one, developing news, firefighters contained an overnight brush fire burning near the san mateo county coast. it broke out along highway 84 near is san gregio. number three breaking news in southern california, crews

are battling a wildfire in the angeles national forest in the foot hills north of glenndora. you see live pictures of it right there. it broke out just an hour ago and burning close thunderstorms in the wilderness area. it's scorched about 12 hours. >> gunman walked into a grocery store in indiana and show two people. officer shot and killed the gunman when he was pointing his gun to a third person. the oscar nominations are in. "american hustle" and "gravity" lead the pack with ten nods each. "12 years as a slave" and for the full list or watch this morning's announcement in its entirety go to our website abc7news.com. >> the high fire danger continues. hopefully the winds will subside. dry air, dry ground and record high temperatures will hang

around. you can see the sun coming up. jumpings up to 70s at the coast. mid-70s for the rest of us. number seven, bay bridge tolls, seven minutes into san francisco. let's head out to candlestick park aslow 7k 1 traffic backing up due to an accident involving two vehicles. across the bay into castro valley northbound 238. thank you very much. thank you for joining us. the abc 7 news continues now online on twitter facebook and all your mobile devices. of course we'll be back here in about 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america." we'll leave with you this shot of a wildfire burning near glenndora in southern california. we told you it was 12 acres a few minutes ago we're hearing could it be as big as

good morning, america. and breaking overnight, shooting in the supermarket. three dead after a gunman walked into an indiana grocery store overnight, randomly firing a semiautomatic gun up and down the aisles. also breaking overnight, an arrest in that alarming serial arsonist case. extraordinary new video emerging of him setting fires to california homes. this one with the family still sleeping inside. good samaritans who raced to put out the flames. developing this morning. the star quarterback mystery. tom brady absent from practice just days before the afc title game. his coach refusing to reveal any details. ladies and gentlemen, we are beginning our decent into los angeles. >> and the envelope, please. the countdown to oscar gold