it it he's done this countless times and will, begin. >> this year, so far, we've had over 1350 wildfires across the state average year around 700. >> all more reason to put crews through one more round of training. even on a day with projected 97-degree heat >> it's warm. >> yes. it's above average for this time of the year. >> seemed to be a perfect opportunity for us about working in the heat from pros guy who's work in tinder brush. aside from conditioning they shared a secret. >> i get on it, get ahead >> they all do they drink water. take out a cold one, put in a warm one. >> doing work to build across the water for hours. >> maybe more, when dressed in a heavy turnout with a breathing

apparatus. >> so it's 107 degrees in there you think you had it tough today? drink more water. >> go, water. water here. >> that is not just firefighters dealing with heat. water free at today's a's game in an effort to have fans keeping cool. it's so hot a lot of cities opened cooling centers to give a break from the heat. >> a heat wave today, last time was back in 1905. today, broke an 87 degree record

set back in # 922. >> just so brutal out there. more on heat records shattered across the bay area today. >> that is right. numerous weathers to tell you about. we'll talk about who has broken records and tied. right now live doppler 7 showing you high clouds up there. plenty of sunshine out there. 94 in san rafael. and oakland, 89 in 2006. oakland 89, previous record 86. sfo, new record, 91. san jose also has tied records set back in 1905 of 94 degrees we have records around monterey bay as well, heat advisory

remaining up until 8:00 p.m tonight. and this means there is a risk of heat-related illness. water is the key. i will be back with a cooler forecast. who will feel it first? >> thank you. >> drivers in the east bay may encounter traffic. sky 7 shows firefighters spraying down the side of the road. luckily, traffic was overflowing after the fire was out. cal trans say the right lanes are blocked to firefighters can work. >> sunnyvale say a fast-moving fire killed an elderly woman this afternoon.

firefighters responded to just before 12-20. they found the body inside. no word yet on how it started. tonight red cross helping the man who lives there. a south bay police officer is accused of owning child pornography. abc # news is live in mountain view with new information in this case. >> mofrs arrested the 36-year-old this afternoon. 96 officers describe themselves as a family. when the chief told everyone about the child pornography al investigations many were devastated. they told me they're shocked by

what is found. >> with child pornography found. >> during the search they located another resident inside who also had a lap top containing child pornography and he was arrested and booked into count eye jail. >> the police department where the code is proudly on display, the chief says officer's arrest hit hard. it's disappointing. we feel awful when there is an al investigation for any wrong doing and arrest but these may get more disturbing. >> he spent time on patrol but known for talent as a sketch artist. these are his drawings. in 2011 he taught a class to students and remains active in

the mram. mountain view posted a blog on its web site. >> we're now doing searches of the work computers here. at the part of the internal investigation. >> san jose investigators will present evidence to the district attorney soon. >> we want to know regardless if someone is an officer or average citizen we'll do a thorough investigation and make sure an arrest is warranted. >> santa clara jail says the officer is no longer in custody. they're told if you have information you're asked to call san jess yeah child detail we have their information on our web site. in san jose, abc7 news.

>> a video of a cell phone, he is charged with video voi you'rism. police say on march 15th, and two weeks later he held a phone over a shower stall while a woman showered. that woman told police it happened in a dorm on the south side of campus. >> a registered sex offender has been arrested for allegedly attacking uc berkeley student monday night near people's park. police say the 50-year-old grabbed the 25-year-old and ran away police say lopez has a warrant for assault in another case. >> a 14-year-old boy is expected to survive after being shot across the street in richmond. there is increased security at

the school. police say shooting happened before school around 8:00 a.m during a fight involving 4 to 5 people. some parents say they're keeping their children out of school until monday. >> i was scared my daughter just dropped him off to come to school. >> they came out of nowhere like lock down. >> police continue to search for the gunman. >> oakland has a new police chief tonight. an 18-year veteran serving for the past year as interim chief. laura anthony joins us live with more. laura? >> the union says they will to see if this is the best choice going forward. >> i'm honored to introduce the

permanent chief of the oakland police department. in an announcement, the mayor appointed the chief as the new permanent head of the oakland police department. >> it's someone who is no nonsense, often humble. but who has led the police department organization which is no small feet. >> the 39-year-old named interim head last may. and he said the top pry tb will be to keep oakland crime on a downward trend. >> i'm invested in the efforts to improve quality of life for citizens of oakland. oakland community deserves to live free of the threat of

crime. >> but the president says his organization needs more proof he is the best person for the job. >> we have to consider officers and what is on their mind. it's is that in the new role, it's supporting police officers. >> you'll see he's well respected. >> the union says the priority should be fixing the faulty radio system. >> there is more ahead wednesday evening. coming up, putting pressure on the san andreas fault. >> residents warning what pictures they are taking >> secrets in san francisco.

how research is bringing hope towards solving a old problem. >> the news continues in 60 se

>> authorities say people in the building were fine the building is now red tagged >> a new report shows a high number of asian pacific islanders are struggling to make ends meet. contradicting the model stereo types. >> the 80-year-old and her husband survive on social security. they live in an aferdable

housing unit in the tender loin with their disabled son and another son with two kids. making ends meet for the extended family in an expensive city is a tough choice. >> just spends money just enough for food. our clothing and not too much else. food is important. >> those findings actually told us very different stories. and what people think apis have no need and high education. have high income >> the findings show asian pacific i'll landers are the largest minority group affected by poverty. a third of the 110,000 below that line. 44% in four years but what it shows is that a third of those now live in the west side of the

city. districts like richmond and sunset. >> you need to be going deeper into neighborhoods where we're identifying needs. instead of just relying on core neighborhoods to serve citywide. >> over all city jobless rate was 5.4%, 7.3% of asians were unemployed. and nearly three times that for pacific islanders now armed with findings, activists say they will ask to help those in need. >> vic lee abc7 news >> governor brown signed a bill aimed at shedding light on what is known as dark money. without disclosing the source. this after groups from arizona

poured $15 million into california in 2012 to fight proposition 30. supporters say it helps close the loophole ensuring where the money trail started >> city of palo alto going to take down security cameras that made people angry. the city installed cameras like this one around town. resident doesn't like it because it's trained on his driveway. he says it's a violation of privacy. >> whatever is recorded is recorded who owns data? maybe third party. maybe the city. what happens afterwards? in the end, you know next time, next time, maybe we have. >> he was told the camera and others will be taken down next week. officials say they were counting

the number of cars and how fast they were going. the city says the footage will be discarded when the project finished >> a new wave of buses just purchased by golden gate transit will have electrical outlets for every seat the district approved spending $17 million to buy buses enabling passengers to recharge lap tops or cell phones the buses will be on the road next year. >> well, you may be surprised to know it's legal for used car dealers to sell you a car under recall. >> yes. >> state lawmakers don't want that. so they want to stop that from happening. >> when they had to recall for the faulty ignitions state lawmakers concerned defective cars being sold by used car dealers 200,000 listed last year. new owners might never know about the defects. now, a bill would make it

illegal to sell recalled cars until they fix them. >> most of the public believes that when they buy a car from a car dealer that that car has been inspected. that it has been fixed are dealer that's do this, but too many don't. >> if you don't get in on that one day sale of google glasses, you can now. google just put the computers back on sale to anyone in the united states. that is, anyone with spend. glass can play the computer

above the right eye. some complain glass users can be secretly recording them without permission. are you driving on recalled tires? how would you know? i've been working with brian ross on this report. you'll see the bay area take tonight on abc7 news at 6:00 >> thank you. >> all right. let's go back to heat. it's sweltering out there >> you look okay. all right. here, blue skies behind me.

and warm 80s that is changing. now, showing you a little hint of fog up to the north there. and as we take a look sfo, 18 miles per hour out of the west. this means we're going towards a cooling trend. there is a beach hazard extended for our coastline. long southerly swell continues. so just watch out there ocean beach, hazy skies. 82 san francisco. 84 oakland.

91 san jose. from our emeryville camera, 92 santa rosa. low nine #s for novato we have close to triple digits didn't quite make it in areas like los gatos. 99 so far the high. a tie, heat advisory expired tonight. here high pressure, i think it's maxed out now. a ridge reached it. that means from here on out, we're looking at temperatures coming down. cooler this weekend. take a look at winds. 7:00 a.m light and variable. not much of a breeze. heading into afternoon. wind kicks up from the ground. so we're feeling a little bit of

the effect along the coast. patchy fog, high clouds. a mild start to morning. 93 san jose. 96 los gatos. 74 in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, feeling better. 79 degrees. 75 daily city area. north bay, 89 santa rosa. towards east bay, mid-80s in oakland. inland spots, 95. accu-weather forecast, cooler coast and bay tomorrow. inland areas you'll feel relief by friday. only mid-80s over the weekend back down to normal. low 60s, mid to upper 70s. not much of any heat coming our way next week. dan? cheryl? >> thank you. >> and still ahead, sound of

success. >> why a whistle means smiles for biologists >> and a big announcement for a company that makes this

>> this building under construction tilted on monday. construction began in august, supposed to finish this month. the company is not talking about that. >> we have reported on dismal snow surveys in the sierra. this is video april 1st the drought is not the only threat to the health of the sierra nevada. u.s. geological survey says stress caused by pumping and

rain in those this caused a gradual depletion that is making those ranges rise every year. not every year, about a thickness of a dime with a cumulation of up to six inches over 150 years. and california is desperate for water this year, you know. that you can see from this map, the huge chunk of the state is an exceptional drought condition. highlighted by dark red there. most of california is in the extreme drought categories. >> local marine biologists were able to free the whale.

a crab hunt rope around the tail. this is video. they couldn't free the whales but were able to put a tracking device on the hump back. that followed the mammal and led to the rescue. they're able to cut that hope away. a firsthand perspective of the rescue, great work. >> amazing. >> yes. successful. >> a couple dolphins spotted in water off ocean beach. nice shot we wanted to share with you. >> this smoky ash >> coming up what w

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investigation accused of hiding millions in profits. actions some want to take against it. and also a startling discovery as part of an abc news investigation into tire safety. that and more coming up in half an hour. now back to dan and cheryl. >> we want to update you before you go on fires in san diego county. >> 15,000 homes and businesses have been evacuated >> another fire forced officials to evacuate cal states san marcos. cal fire sent several companies to southern california to help out. they're needed. >> yes my nephew is fighting one of the fires. he's well trained. >> that is going to do it for

us. >> he'll do a great job ask will be fine. thanks for joining us. >> welcome to "world news." tonight red hot massive wildfires, and our reporter is there with the firefighters in the massive heat. families breaking out garden hoses. can they keep the flames from their homes? we are with them tonight. firing back. former president bill clinton on the takes on hillary clinton's big critics. who raised questions about her health. >> as far as i can tell she's in better shape than i am. are you driving on unsafe tires tonight. millions of tires could be on the road. brian ross with the warning. and super cat. watch the little boy rescued from an angry dog by a flying fur ball who charges in to save the day.