beginning to move on shore. here is a look at highs we did have one record. actually it's a tie. there are santa cruz, 93. it's going to be a warm day tomorrow. major changes are coming our way. >> when the weather gets warm and dry winds start blowing it elevates fire danger in the bay area. we know that we're in for a long fire season this year because of the drought. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live from the oakland hills. nick? >> i have to show you this view because that is what this is all about. those who live here know there

is a responsibility of maintaining the defensible spaces. >> our clients are kind of a panic mode. >> for good reason. dan brubaker is a professional landscaper saying there is a perfect storm for fire danger. >> because of the drought there is more ladder fuels. grasses are more dry. winds more strong. >> in orinda, signs read conditions moderate with you they require a watchful eye. >> all it takes is someone flicking a cigarette out of a car window. these grasses can just burn up the hill. and it's like early 90s. >> the oakland hills fire burned for hours. taking with it more than 3,000 homes and claiming lives of more

than two dozen people. >> like many, thoughing there are things in common with neighbors views, a ideal location and a need to keep the home clear of debris, and anything that could be a potential fire hazard. >> we cut dry weeds all the time. >> heat is on the mind of oakland fire officials. high dry brush is being targeted. and fire crews are helping residents. >> make sure we have our defensible space. >> everyone doing their part by reducing the risk factor. >> happening now officials have just list lifted a mandatory evacuation because of a major

wind driven wildfire. burning just north of rancho kooka munga. looking at a live picture now. it's spread very quickly because of the wind officials evacuated 1600 homes and closed seven schools some areas are still under volume teary evacuation. fire being fuelled by santa ana winds. >> just in case, i decided to pack up everything from just houses down. it's scary. >> this might push towards houses you know? so this is your neighborhood i live down the street here. >> you can see how windy it's been. 500 firefighters are battling flames. so far, there is no word on how it started. >> flights from los angeles grounded for more than an hour after an air traffic control computer failed this

four flights were diverted to sfo. we're live with a look at the affect on flights there. laura? >> hi, care yes lynn. this airport was impacted. delays of several hours in cases earlier today. and this accepted three diversions. most affected were trying to go towards southern california or a flight from phoenix arrived two hours late. that is after the faa had solved it's problems at the los angeles center we understand that involved a glitch in the software in what is called their modernization system. >> what is your situation? >> well, i, my flight is delayed. there is no back up until 6:20. >> i heard why they can't get me on the plane.

i have a funeral i'm flying down i'm going to miss because of this. >> things are slowly returning to normal. there we saw 1 to 2 hours from today. >> a horrible head on crash this afternoon. east of 92 a medical helicopter took them to the hospital. there is no word on what caused this crash. happening now in the east bay a marine salvage company recovered where hessage that have cessna crashing into san pablo bay on

sunday. vic lee is live with the story. vic? iet happened just two miles from where i'm standing there. in the bay. as you said it looks like it went smoothly and quickly. they started after 4:00 ending an hour later. you can see all of the boats have now left. now let's go up to sky 7 d. we'll show you what the operation looked like. there is a large barge with a crane on it. a smaller boat i believe carried members of the ntsb as well as sheriff deputies. and waters were clear. looks like the operation sent moojly. here is frank miller.

>> as they're making a pull, the crane will tip over. makes it good, and stable. >> back to sky 7 the boat carried what it found to a nearby marinea. now, ntsb can begin examining to try to find out what went wrong. vic lee abc7 news. >> vick, thank you. >> you can outsmart the bad guys. that is the lesson two south bay women learned after being kidnapped by a transient. police believe they may not be kenneth middlebrook's first victims he's known to change his look. david louie is live where the trouble started. the 19-year-old woman bought the story. he needed someone to drive him to see his father in mountain view he couldn't his car because his license was suspended

she drove him to mountain view. police aren't saying what causeder to realize she was a kidnap victim. >> she felt like her safety was in danger. and that is when she decided not to be a victim. convinced him she can drive him around a little bit more and got on the freeway and crashed into another car to force them to pull over to the side >> the crash happened on bay shore freeway. officers arrived the kidnapper got behind the wheel and took off the nissan was abandoned a short distance away the kidnapper walked off. it appears middlebrook then jumped a fence or walked into this park, went to the home of a 61-year-old woman ask kidnapped her. the woman was told to get into the lincoln town car. middlebrook got behind the wheel thecht were heading first to berkeley then east. then to ione. then, there was an opportunity to escape. >> he ended up leaving her in the vehicle saying stay here, i'll be back. as soon as she had the opportunity to leave, she drove

off. >> middlebrook then arrested by police and turned over to mountain view police. sargeant jayh echt r says people should be cautious. >> be wary of people. whether a sales pitch, you know, or someone trying to offer you money or get to you buy something. or something as hey, can you give me a ride? you have to be careful. you never know what is going to happen. >> in mountain view, abc7 news. >> we understand middlebrook's father told police his son suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. >> still ahead all of the water in the middle of a drought. why it's coming from and why a million people may have lost incentive to conserve. >> why has traffic been so tough on the bay bridge? tonight we'll ride along with the highway patrol to find out. >> mark zuckerberg announcing a batch of features aimed at putting people first.

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nothing beats praning ahead for times of trouble. folks are reaping rewards. it's $5 billion gallons of additional water being taken out of the sacramento river now flowing into east bay mud's reservoir. that is where we find wayne freedman live tonight.

wayne, it looks nearly full. i guess it is not. is that right? >> no. it's not. where i'm standing would give you an indication of that. come june, it will be that way. as to why? >> a water fountain in oakland on a hot day we take them for granted in this time of a severe drought in california. and why not? we're not even in the rainy season. >> this is an exciting day for east bay mud. >> opening of a long planned water pipeline from the sacramento river. here is an extremely pleased east bay mud manager. >> it won't make sense to not use it. when you have it available to you and you pay for it. >> by the time it closes $5.2 combrinl gallons will have flowed down this creek, and into

the reservoir. that is enough water to fill the o dot co coliseum, 24 times. >> would you regard it as an engineering marvel? >> yes. i would. >> what would romans say? . >> i think they'd be impressed. >> eileen white is the manager of operations and described how tree pumps put water 130 miles over coastal hills. it's luxury when the governor asked for 0% cut backs east bay mud requesting only ten saying customers reduced more. >> we're asking our customers to cut back on their water use. it's less than it was. >> we're using about 200 fal ones per person, per day. we can learn to use less. australia they're using 40 and

50 gallons per day. >> that is less water. a point of context watching a beautiful, but finite river of plenty. >> the morning commute has been a challenge lately. traffic has been horrendous. here is a live look at the evening commute. abc7 news on some of the theorys. back up hasn't been this bad since the last bart strike. >> i'm an impatient person. yes. it's a struggle. >> john goodwin blames it on the computers, slowing down to look at the old span. >> it's demolition work on the adjacent bridge that is more

commanding visual presence. >> there are more people driving in. there are about 500 more cars during a 24 hour period. goodman says that number is not high enough to have affect on the commute we asked for a second opinion and drove across the bridge with chp officer. >> one is the demolition of the old bridge. second is the beauty of the new bridge. people are still in awe of the design. thirdly we have construction >> by law, drivers have to slow down. passengers and drivers take out their cameras to take a picture. that is never recommended caltrans says it's only going to get bigger and the site more impressive the construction on the new bridge will continue for 3 to 5 more years. >> anything that drivers want to look at is going to be a draks.

>> caltrans says a better, safer view is from your bicycle the new bridge has a bicycle lane. breaking news in southern california because of a major wind driven wildfire. in san bernardino county. >> these are live pictures of the fire lines. they're trying to bring flames down. 1600 homes are evacuated are being allowed back in. >> there are santa ana winds that could pose a problem. >> spencer christian is here now with that. >> it's been warm to hot.

another day of hot weather coming our way. you can see we have mainly sunny skies. here is a look at the santa cruz beach. lots of folks enjoying the beach today. 85 degrees in san francisco. and oakland. 73 degrees in half moon bay. mount tam camera looking towards ocean bay. clear skies. napa, 86. 87 fairfield and 90s in livermore, heat slow to recede. these forecast features clear, mild, mostly clear and mild tonight. warm to hot again tomorrow. but then a cooler pattern

friday. warm to hot air dominating one more day. then we get cooling clouds and a sea breeze in all areas that are cooler friday. we'll start forecast at 9:00 friday morning and we'll see the sea breeze developing. low clouds moving into the bay area. so that will start the cooling trend the week ahead will be a week of change. tomorrow, a high of 83 degrees. temperatures bottoming out. 65 or 66 degrees that is indictive of what we can expect around the bay area. overnight look for mainly clear skies and mild conditions once again upper 50s to low 60s. testimony, another sunny, hot

day. highs 91. mainly mid-80s tomorrow, 86 redwood city and mountain view. mid-70s on the coast. 86 santa rosa. 86 napa. east bay, 83 in oakland. 84 in union city. mid-90s going to antioch. where it will be 94. cooling down sharply friday. saturday through next wednesday temperatures normal and average range. upper 60s around the bay. upper 60s to 50 on the coast. >> thank you >> mer on the new bay bridge coming up tonight. >> caltrans with a clever fix

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the steel rod. there has been concern more could get into the rods making them susceptible to snap. >> you've had v.a threaded expend a nut sticking out at the top and bottom. the caps go over those nuts and threaded ends. >> the problem caused 32 rods to snap last year. only 192 are getting treatment. caltrans says it's not sure when it's not sure when the other rods will be checked. >> the nation's growth rate slowed to almost 0 because of the harsh weather but sit bouncing back. federal reserve said it will scale back it's program while keeping interest rates low. on that news, stock prices rose

for a third day today. cisco said tonight it plans to pour $140 million into the technology revolution in which the internet will be used to create a trillion ordinary things from kitchen appliances to cars and planes. >> if you think it can't get easier to order petesa, think again. there will be a commercial to order a petes wra with a click of the remote control. >> there is more still to come tonight at 6:00. more severe weather. some of the damage from a spring storm dumping a foot and a half of rain >> mark zuckerberg looking to the future tonight. >> and oning thing you're

37 death deaths now being reported as a result of a large stun r stubborn storm system that pummelled the south eastern corner of the country. here is a flooded underpass with washington monument in the background. parts of the nation's capital are still under two feet of water tonight. here, you can see what the storm has done in baltimore. it washed part of a roadway out from under these cars the worst worth has been in the deep south. it washed out and took several vehicles with it. emily schmidt begins our report tonight in pensacola. >> the sound of flood water through this pensacola, florida neighborhood. the effects of the 24 hours of rainfall speak for themselves.

are you ready to pull us back? a mobile, alabama firefighter called out as he rescued a man trapped in flood water, rick scott says there have been 200 in his state he's declared a state of emergency warning things may stay wad for a while because the storm system is moving slowly. >> no one is an miticipating it will be keep raining and raining. we thought it's going to move out. >> look at the fish river in alabama. it's clear there is not a lot of room for more rain. across the region, some bridges are washed out and roads, gone. it's why emergency officials urged people to stay home. >> there are trees down. turned down. you can't go further. then, i guess, this. >> the deadly flooding adds to the toll. national weather service says

37,000 people remain in a danger zone. more heavy rain is expected. >> train derailment is threatening drinking water supplier in richmond, virginia. you can see flames and thick black smoke rising from the train. four tanker cars caught fire. some of the petroleum spilled into the james river. the city has since switched to an alternate water source, firefighters are letting the blaze burn out. >> oklahoma governor calling for protocols after the botched execution of a murderer he convulsed violently ten minutes after giving the second of three drugs he died of a heart attack. the first time oklahoma used this particular drug cocktail and experts say it further complicates the use of lethal injections.

>> physicians are not involved in the process a lot of times because it's a violation of medical ethics to assist inputting someone to death. so it's become a real amateur operation in terms of how we actually pout people to death in the united states. >> the white house says the botched executions fell short of humane standards executions now on hold in oklahoma until an investigation is completed. >> president obama is blaming senate republicans for looking an affection year increase in the federal minimum the president says the vote denied millions a way out of poverty and is urging them to take a stand. >> get fired up. get organized and make voices heard.

let's assure i'm going to keep working with you. and we're here to raise wages for hard working americans. >> they estimated would it cost 500,000 people their jobs >> you can't drive in california without auto insurance or live in the united states without paying health insurance or paying fine. >> you can go into business without business insurance, but should you? >> this is an interesting subject. i learned a lot owning a business has been part of the american dream from the very beginning now, because of the great recession, and the internet, more of us are finding our inner entrepreneur. there are currently 20 million home-based businesses in the united states. >> small businesses often beginning in garages like this one. kristin peterson operates out of

this garage. she's working on a new release "the dreamer" she produces and promotes her music and that created by others her business is growing. she offers growing, too. >> you've got an indy label. >> right. you do media and web sites for people. >> right. >> you're ink corporated. >> yes. >> do you have insurance? >> well, that is next on the list. >> there are so many details when running a business it's hard to keep track of everything. but insurance is cannot be overlooked. >> there is a study that 60% with small business dmotz have adequate coverage. that is a lot of people. >> that is joe rightout with consumer action. >> it's all about protecting not the assets of a small business, but your assets in terms of your home, family's savings because that is what is at risk in case

you run foo liability. >> so how much does this cost? well, tony layman from insurance information network says from $20 a year a simple rider to hundreds and thousands of dollars for larger, more phone shally hazardous businesses. >> if you have manufacturing in the home, or if you have inventory you need to keep track of. and also, any professional liability risk. let's say you're a physical therapist. you want to have that liability coverage as well. >> and that brings us back to this garage, and kristin petterson. >> a blessing to hear you say this and bring to it my attention. i feel like it's important for me at this point. >> if you drive your personal car for business, be acare if you get into an accident you will probably not be covered by your auto insurance.

that is something employers often fail to tell workers, too. you may need to get a commercial policy. >> if you drive your personal car for business purposes, and get into an accident you may not be covered >> probably not covered >> will the company pony snup >> that is what you've got to talk to your company about. >> right. right. don't do that. until you check. because if they find equipment in the car they're going to go aha. >> interesting. >> oscar nominated actor bob hoskins died known for his roles in "who framed roger rabbit" and "mermaids" died following a bout of pneumonia this death comes two years after announcing he had parkinson's disease he was 71 years old we'll be right back. fly all over town

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face book founder took the stage for the first essay developer's conference since it went public. >> this one had a decidedly different tone. and that is not necessarily a

bad thing. >> this is going to be a different essay. >> it's been three years since mark zuckerberg stood on the stage last time facebook was a web site. now, it's all about the app. michael has known that. >> my applications got more down loads. >> yes. >> now 17 he has the most popular word game on the app store, four snaps you play with friends you log in with facebook. >> he realized people are scared to log in with facebook. >> it's a scare they're going to know everything about me. >> and mark zuckerberg knows it too. >> we're going to solve this with a service we're introducing called anonymous log in. >> a button says log in anonymously is going to be intriguing. >> he says face book needs

peoples' trust. with person apps to show you. >> target wants to find people who use our app but would like to see the movie "frozen". the key note parks a departure. zuckerberg warned it would be developer focused. >> there was plenty of code for the rest of us? >> it was a little bit of a let down. not much news announced today >> in a couple weeks i'm turning 30. who doesn't like a birthday >> he's all grown up, now, so is his company. >> and kid. time is running out. >> coming up here next paul

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first batch of advanced tickets for paul mccartney ticket go on sale tomorrow. they're pricey. mccartney agreed to play the final concert before it gets torn down because it's where the beatles played their last concert in 1966 the tickets that go on sale are special packages if you want a front row seat going to cost you two grand. general admission will range from 2950. >> wow. >> new figures show the bay area is leading the state in population growth. santa clara county grew making it the fastest growing county in. san jose's population fell during the recession

it's back up more than a million once again it remains the third largest city behind los angeles and san diego. california total population now reached beyond 38 a brentwood boy winning a major league essay contest the giants will honor raymond beasley the fifth. congratulating him today in his schools the fifth grader beat out some 19,000 others to win the breaking barriers in sports in life essay contest. >> we can hear it together. we're like that is it. he's a grand prize winner.

>> raymond wrote about the fight with brain cancer. he's going to be recognized on the field in minneapolis. >> great night for baseball. warm to hot. high clouds beginning to push onshore. looking live let's take a look at the high temperatures compared with records for today you can see many locations came close but did not quite touch the records. salinas broke the record of 93. state wide tomorrow going to be another warm to hot day 96 in fresno. palm springs here in the bay

area, more 90s inland tomorrow, low to mid-90s up to 94 in antioch tomorrow. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll cool down in areas of friday and further cooling over the weekend and next week temperatures settling back down. if you like the heat tomorrow is your day. >> thank you. >> final concert with paul mccartney is august 14th the 23 is our producer's high school reunion. >> the once soaring california condor population beginning to fly high, again. yes. it says this spring has been a productive year with it's population now at 62.

yes. >> this is a huge night for the sharks >> do or die, mike. >> all cliches coming in for game seven. fans streaming in for a faceoff. we'll have a preview, next in sports.

nothing more exciting than a game seven in national hockey league playoffs. at least game seven is here at the tank. the kings have momentum coming into this. they won the last three. sharks have used up all their mulligans. men in teal scored 17 goals, first three games but have only passed out one goal in three for their top five players. and team miami gets a start and goal for the game. he has spent game seven to cite his struggles the coach told us this team needs to come out with fire in

their bellies. >> players have elevated play throughout the series on both teams. now is time to settle it. >> one of the things we've worked on is to have a game seven on home ice we're going to take advantage of that. and we're here now. we'll have fun with it. >> as big of a game this is i think you've got to keep it pretty routine. and when the buzzer goods off we'll be ready to go. >> sharks becoming only the fourth team after losing next three games warriors at ora cell arena themselves after losing last night with clippers. steph curry has got to be better

than in los angeles eight turnovers just ten shots. now it's a must-win situation for dubs. >> you've got to make plays i mean, there is no special formula. be that game four, i can just play better rment we need them to be aggressive and make great decisions and better with the basketball. he knows it. i'm not worried about steph curry. at all. >> nba commissioner banned donald sterling for life yesterday, he did not mention family members sterling's estranged wife repoet repoeted -- repeatedly said she disagrees with her ex-husband's

views. >> she didn't do anything wrong, either. you have compassion for her. you know? she's been through as much as anyone as well. and so she just wanted, she asked if she can come. which i thought was very nice gesture. and she just wanted the players to know she told me to tell them she loved them. i thought why not? >> all right heisman trophy winner weston says he forgot to pay. he was in a public supermarket in florida. and of course, quarterback puts $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish into a tallahassee grocery store and walked out. he'll have to complete 20 hours of community service. he's been suspended. a little baseball. a's in arlington.

going for a three-game sweep of texas. third inning, right through the wig of a double play. eric soguard a base hit to left scoring a pair. a's score seven in the frame. right now they lead 11-0. going to be another big win for a's. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. sharks and kings about to faceoff we'll have highlights at 9:00 and 11:00. mike shumann, abc7 sports. looks like you might be wearing sharks colors. >> i'm trying to. >> get inside. it's cooler >> close enough. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00. toronto's mayor says he needs a time out for his reelection. >> then at 11:00 changing the

way doctors detect breast cancer. new 3 d tests helping prevent false positives. >> that is our report. our coverage of breaking news continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. from all of us, have a good night. >> see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants -- a communications executive from silver spring, maryland... an eighth-grade history teacher from brea, california... and our returning champion, a supply-chain professional from kenilworth, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! hey, johnny. thank you. welcome. you average $20,000 per win for a couple of days on "jeopardy!," you're doing quite well.

do it for seven shows in a row, you're doing extremely well. but that's the case for our champion, julia. mallory and john, yeah, you know how good you're gonna have to be today to replace her. but good luck to all three of you. here we go. let's see what happens in this first round with these categories. eh? we want you to name the show, of course. each correct response begins and ends with the letter "c." alex: one of america's favorites. julia. norman rockwell for $200. all right. here's jimmy to start us off. in 1916, "boy with baby carriage" earned norman rockwell $75 and his first of more than 300 covers for this magazine. julia. what is the saturday evening post?