called and four fighters cut a hole in the roof to let off the heat. they kept it from spreading, a relief to the neighbors. >> that is the main concern. from their house to my house with my daughter and i was concerned about my family. three people live in the home but no one was injured because all three went to the hospital because of the strep throat. it is believed to be accidental. they will be here another hour to make sure all the hotspots are out and the structure is secure. >> three are recovering from burns after an explosion at a san leandro homeless encampment near the tracks. a man and woman were taken to the hospital with critical

burns. a third person was burned coming into contact with the come weapon one victim who went into the house for help. nba team owners weighing their options after the league happened down haw be penalties against l.a. clippers' owner, donald sterling. the warriors and fans are showing support for the punishment. katie marzullo is in the newsroom. no one has heard from donald sterling or his lawyers and he is still the owner. last night against the warriors want on without him, both copes doc rivers and jackson talked of their relief and satisfaction before the game and fans from both were united, happy with the commissioner's move banning sterling for life. many carried signs and more specially made t-shirts, a close call because the warriors were

going to walk off the court and called for a fan boycott. >> happy. >> love what adam silver did. i am a clippers season ticket holder and i was debating whether i wanted to back out of my contract but i decided to stick with it. >> donald sterling former mistress v. stiviano who donald sterling was talking to is very saddened by the lifetime ban and adamant she did fought release the recording. if donald sterling agrees to sell the team or if he is forced to sell by three-quarters majority of owners it is an opportunity because the league is renegotiating the tv contract and "los angeles times" reports an auction could fetch donald sterling $1 billion. as harsh as the ruling is the sale price is why some fans say the $2.5 million is a joke.

the clippers stand by their show of solidarity on social media with facebook and team website displaying the message "we are one," switching seconds after the announcement came down yesterday. several other teams have followed suit. the warriors lost to the clippers 1 13-1 03 and los angeles leads despite the turmoil 3-2. the warriors face elimination unless they beat the clippers when they play tomorrow night. we will follow this developing story on air and online. to watch the news conference by nba commissioner adam silver we have posted it on our website with our reporting continuing twitter@abc7newsbayarea. . >> a salvage operator will relief the wreckage of a plane that crashed on sunday near the richmond-san rafael bridge.

the crew found the fuselage yesterday afternoon and crews hoped to find the body of the unidentifyied pilot after the cessna crashed into the bay. the divers are working in 13' of water off the shoreline and the ntsb will take the wreckage and put together the cause. a golf teach are accused of molesting students planned from jail to kill his alleged victims the 39-year-old sell suspected of sexually abusing three students age 12 to 17 at his home and his car. investigators say a tip from an informant thwarted his plan. the allegations have now resulted in more charges including three solicitation to commit murder and he faces 75 felony counts of performing lewd acts with a child and possess of child pornography. a former chinatown gangster jailed on racketeering charges was allowed to take part in a

journalism symposium at uc berkeley by phone. raymond "shrimp boy" chow was invited to be president of the panel and the symposium was moderated by a frontline producer who teaches at uc and interviewed chow of being inducted as a youngster into an organized crime group. the recovery process from arkansas to tennessee after twiters with heavy rains in southeastern alabama and the florida panhandle causing wide help spread flooding which has been carrying tornado across the south scrawled into north carolina with 120 tornadoes killing 35 people. the storm is losing its destructive force as it moves into the mid-atlantic and northeast states but it could still bring heavy rains. >> in colorado high winds with gusts up to 70 miles per hour caused major travel times across

the eastern plains of colorado and a dozen big-rig trucks were blown over along interstate 70 yesterday closing a stretch of the freeway for an extended period of time. livermore residents who do not cut back on water use pay more under a new emergency rate that took affect yesterday. our media partner reports that live more became the first city to raise water rates because of the drought. the city council unanimously approved to enact a third stage of the conservation plan. customers who do not cut back have a jump of $22 a month, on acknowledge, or 35 percent. if they reduce use by 30 percent there will be a decrease in the water. east bay mud taps into the sacramento river for the first time ever to combat drought. the water district will take five billion gallons of water from the river to fill the

reservoirs and will travel 130 miles to the first destination. east bay mud asked customers to cut back use by 10 percent. >> dry. hot. very hot. that is the combination. absolutely, hand in hand around here. the ground will dry out from the rains last week and it will be hotter and hotter. we coolest around napa at 52 degrees. 62 in mountain view and antioch are the warm spots and 61 in hayward and san jose and 60 in san francisco. the rest of us are in the mid-to-upper 50's so it is cool. the temperatures are running anywhere from the same in novato to ten degrees warmer in napa and hayward. the beautiful picture from the east bay hill and the lights of the bay bridge reflecting in the calm waters of the bay and tree pollen, grass pollen moderate, pollution is moderate and weed

and mold spores are low and the u.v. index is high. we start off comfortable and how quickly we get in the mid-to-upper 70's at the coast and the bay at 82 so a warm lunch. we are nearly 90 at 4:00 and 84 around the bay and 74 at the coast and if you are headed out this morning there could be high clouds and 82 around our inland neighborhoods and 76 around the bay and 66 at the coast. we do have some construction in the bay area if you head into the south bay south of san jose, southbound 101 until 8:00 we have lanes shut down there and that is ongoing project and it could choke off some of the commute as you make the drive from morgan hill to san martin northbound traffic is not affected and drive time traffic is 580 tracy to dublin at 23 minutes, highway 4 westbound from antioch to concord is again minutes and 101 from san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes.

this is our drive from richmond to richmond-san rafael toll plaza and it is clear across the water and only 13 minutes headed into san rafael. next, allegations of abuse at a local car dealership with language too offensive for tv and employees fighting back. >> the hawaiian away stow away has a visitor. watching a wild child grow up and we will check on tahoe abandoned bear who is learning to walk and

>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, 4:41. a look from east bay camera

toward the eastern span of the bay bridge where traffic is light. the hottest day of the week, possibly, and mike will have a look at the forecast and tell us what a cool down is headed our way. >> several employees at a bay area car dealership are claiming racist comments and wage fraud. seven former and current employ ease of lexus filed the suit in federal court accusing the sales manager of inflating commissions and pocketing the difference. and of using racist and sexual language against the workers. >> he would name any ethnicity you could have around you and make a derogatory name. i was called every name under the book a woman could be called. >> owner and general manager of lexus of concord named in the lawsuit for allegedly allow the comments and we contacted lexus of concord but the dealership said they have "no comment."

>> the father of the 15-year-old airline stow away is reunited with his son in hawaii and yahya yusuf's father wants to bring him back to santa clara. yahya yusuf has been in hawaii since april 20 when he sneaked on the tarmac at san jose airport and climbed into the wheel of a hawaiian airlines jet. he has been in the hospital since being treated for breathing problems and in the care of hawaii child services and it is unclear when he will be released to his father. >> a bear cub was found abandoned and causing a sensation at the animal rescue. here is what it takes for the cub who is getting cute are by the day. >> ready or not here comes tahoe. she just learned to jump. she likes to practice. bear cubs learn first.

this is april 17 when she was so young she could barely walk. she was discovered in a dog kennel and a group working to help people and bears co-exist and there was no note or explanation until a man called to find out how that cub was doing. he claimed he found the cub in the woods next to the dead mother and knew enough to make this believable driving 400 miles to the wildlife care. we visited her a week after she got here. the an pal rescue center is run by a couple and when she arrived she was five pounds and continue weeks old. now she is gaining weight and settling into a carefully choreographed routine. >> it is time for her to get down and be a bear. >> she gets the run of the

clinic. she gets tobly as much as she wants but inner action with people is at a minimum. >> no talking to the pair. none of that. >> the number one goal is to keep her wild so she can be released. the day after she were here, a volunteer got this crazy innovation. now the cub is getting a bottle from a giant stuffed duck so it means less contact with people. this is the 59th cub the couple have cared for and they have all been successfully released and they all would have died without this care. tahoe has gained two pounds in two weeks which is a healthy increase. it costs a lot noun care for a bear cub both wildlife care and the bear league get their money from donations and we have links at abc7news.com and more cute

video. >> she will want to play around in the air conditioning today. like the rest of us. >> 67 degrees in lake tahoe today at lake level so we will look at what is going on here. good morning, everyone, here is the visibility, haze tracking that along the coast at half moon bay and, otherwise, it is an easy ride this morning and not having to worry about the fog or low clouds with sunny and record warm the today. cooler breezes friday and through the weekend and unsettled weather next week and were watching for a chance of rain on monday and possibly on tuesday and right now it is not a solid chance but we will say we are tracking it. track the chance. oakland is two degrees warmer than yesterday and san rafael is 91, and san francisco is 84 and three degrees warmer and san jose is 91 and walnut creek at 92 and five degrees warmer and

daly city is six degrees warmer than we were yesterday. santa clara valley and 88 to san mateo and 89 in menlo park and redwood city and mountain views and los altos flirting with nine. in the mid-70's to nearly 80 along the coast. and sunset is 81 degrees and downtown south san francisco in the mid-80's and low-to-mid 90's through the north bay valley and nearly 80 at your coast and upper 80's to nearly 90 along the east bay shore and 90 in richmond is a record high and home 90's all throughout the east bay valley but you will probably hear the humming of air conditioning in the afternoon and evening. the temperatures tonight are in the upper 50's to low 60's and low-to-mid 50's along the coast into santa rosa and napa and stubborn area high pressure is here and it will be locked in for another day especially an

the bay and slight cooling at the coast. by saturday the temperatures are going to drop 15- to 20-degrees. sunday we are back to average and cooler-than-average temperatures on monday and tuesday. >> we have mass transit and i will let you know because of mechanical issues the larkspur ferry will arrive at 6 30 -- and larkspur is running late with a delay. ace train one is pulling interest tracy in eight minutes and bart at 27 trains running on time. we have a report of furniture in the lanes in san jose and if you are traveling along 85 in the

northbound direction, you will find it is blocking a couple of lanes. in san jose along 87 beyond the off-ramp you can see the traffic is moving smoothly with no accidents to report. >> thank you, the sonoma county d.a. needs more time to investigate the death of a 13-year-old andy lopez who was shot by a sheriff deputies a 90 deadline yesterday to determine if any laws were broken expired yesterday and the d.a. says her office is still waiting for final reports from experts and more forensic analysis of the evidence. protesters held a brief demonstrators outside the sonoma county superior courthouse demanding she release the report. in october, the deputy erick gelhaus shot and killed lopez. he was carrying a pellet rifle that erick gelhaus took for a real ak-47.

>> a burglar broke into a home last friday april 25th and here is another picture for you, authorities say he entered through an unlocked bathroom window and if you know him, call the santa clara county sheriff. >> the power of words, researchers discover a simple way to get children to do chores. >> a suspected drunk driver crashes a vehicle caught on camera and a police officer risk, his life to save the unconscious

good morning, wednesday, at the bay, boy, it is going to be a hot one. this is a good time to let the ones on and let in the cool air before it heats up again and we will talk to meteorologist mike nicco about how hot it will be. >> in the south bay placards are placed in restaurant letting you

know how roar favorite place ranks in safety. supervisors unanimously approved a proposal for a ranking system that uses green, yellow or red plaques to show how the restaurants did on health inspections. green is pass, red is fail. alameda passed a similar measure a couple of years ago. parents if you get your kids or you cannot get them to do your chores maybe you just need to change how you ask. a study finds that if you tell your child they are a helper opposed to asking them to "help out" it could give them extra pet vacation by giving them a positive identity as a person who helps. kids ages three to six who had the title of "helpers" were 29 percent more likely to spring into action. we are going to cool down, right, after this? >> i need my helper to fan me.

>> okay. when they are through fanning me. >> from mount tamalpais it is 64 degrees at 2,600' and the best chance of record high is richmond, 90 and 86 is the report. we will be close in san rafael at 92. napa, i forecast 91. livermore, the record is 95 and i am forecasting 93. at game tonight, 7:15, it will be were 73 degrees. 80 and sunshine and eureka is warm, too, at 73 and low-to-mid 90's through the central valley and 97 in los angeles, 90 in palm springs and 91 in san diego safe travels. >> the larkspur ferry is the 7:30 a.m. ferry that could take

45 minutes, possibly, into san francisco so an arrival at 8:15 is due to mechanical problems but the giants ferry leaves at 6:10 to 7:10 commute. now in the east bay, eastbound 80 between powell and ashley cones are being pick up. westbound lanes will be re-opened to the maze because of the project. drive time traffic 680 walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 southbound is 51 minutes and highway 17 is 25 minutes and this is going to be our drive 101 traffic is moving without a hitch. a san jose state university football player critically burned in a fire last week is involving this morning after undergoing the first surgery yesterday afternoon. the linebacker suffered

second-degree burns after trying to escape a fire in his apartment near campus. on a facebook page the family says the surgery went well. it says that he is still in critical condition but the doctors were encouraged by his progress and some of the burns seem to be healing on their own. he still has several surgeries ahead him. we have a link to find updates on his condition on our website at abc7news.com. you can expect higher food prices if you shop at safeway. they say higher prices for meat and pharmaceuticals and produce. the drought and inflation is to blame and other chains could follow suit. san francisco-based ride sharing service lift is ready to lunch a premium service to compete with rival uber top of the line program. the customers can book a ford explorer with leg interior that

seats up to six people and other high end cars could be offered later and there is a wait flight customs and looking for new drivers. until now this was only one choose of service and uber has a premium s.u.v. opening. >> an officer risked his life to save a drunk driver captured on the body camera and the store was dragging the driver to safety after the car burst into flames. police say the 21-year-old driver was drinking when he slammed his car into an s.u.v. three people in the s.u.v. were able to get out on their own and the suspected drunk driver was arrested on suspicion of felony d.u.i. we are following breaking news in the south bay where firefighters are on the scene of an apartment fire and we are on the scene with how a trip to the hospital may have saved and lives. an explosion in the east bay leaves two people critically

burned and we have the dramatic action they took to save themselves. >> a chip fix to solve the bay brick

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