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warnings down south. red flag warning for the san diego county area expiring at 5:00 p.m . there you go, just expiring here. winds gusting on shore now, winds coming off the ocean but gusting winds not helping firefighters right now. humidity down there in single digits except san diego, look at temperatures tomorrow, cooler. by weekend, the marine layer returns, stronger sea breeze will bring some help to those firefighters down there. here in the bay area, beaches are feeling the affects of our fog and sea breeze. i'll let you know when inland spots will get cooling when i come back. >> thank you. and a fire on jerry lane near
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day road, tiffany wilson is live for us tonight. tiffany? when you look and see dry grass, it's easy to see how it could have been worse. flames were dancing on the roof near the tree line. quick responses kept the fire to the home and an acre of grass the family escaped safely the was in shock. >> most of the cloenls are gone. and so, i don't know how it
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happened. and... it's a hot season. >> there is not a good water supply. and they ended up dragging a hose. this huge response because of how hot it is today and how this is a high burn risk day. it's about 100 degrees here, they're worried about firefighters here fighting it. so they brought in extra crew asks been rotating in and out. you can see they're trying to put out hot spots and expect to be here for several more hours.
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>> in walnut creek, firefighters think people are setting fires on purpose. tonight authorities are hoping for help to keep it from happening again we're live tonight with the story. leanne? >> firefighters don't know how the fires started and know someone started them. now, they're asking for help. when investigators combed through remains of the brush fire, they found no clues still, they're sure three fires in the park were intentionally set. >> we haven't found fire works or cigarette butts or anything like that in the area. it leads us to believe it's what we call a hot start, someone taking a match or lighter to material. >> robert marshal says fires were within a short distance of each other. first on may six, second this weekend and yesterday, the fired fire started in the afternoon
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and was put out. >> we think it's probably someone in the neighborhood who is doing it. >> residents are concerned because of the homes. >> this would wipe out a neighborhood. >> it's scary. it is. with heat and water shortage, it's -- not good. >> the high temperatures and low humidity could help fuel fires here, so far no, temperatures firefighters have been sent to wildfires burning in san diego f asked to go it would leave the area vulnerable. >> a woman is in jail tonight after police say she attacked a little girl and her father with a tire iron. the 20-year-old was, appeared in court today, charged with attempted murder and assault.
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both charges with hate crime enhance manies because the district attorney says she targeted the two because they're asian. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. they're stopping and the defendant came in and hit the victim over the head with a lug nut wrench. and also attacked the father, as well. >> that little girl is recovering at home. if convicted she can spend the rest of her life in prison. >> san francisco police searching for a driver. the victim unloading cases of beer when the car hit the man. police say the car may have had a flat tire. witnesses describing it as a green sedan with a white stripe.
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>> developing news now that could affect thousands of seniors and disabled people in san francisco. abc7 news learned that union drivers will work for the company providing that transportation service have rejected a final contract offer. vick? >> we've learned senior day centers have been warned since monday a strike could happen at any time, if it does, thousands of people who relie on paratransit serieses every day could be affected. but problem is that for many of them, that is the only way they can get around. every weekday, a hundred seniors come to get here. to a thousand, the service is their lifeline to outside world. without it, their days would be bleak. >> i get it. when it looks this way. and you've got that, it's about
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it >> the city contracts with mv transportation to run the service. the day center told last week, that the teamsters paratransit drivers rejected mv final contract offer, that a strike could happen any time. the director says if it does, there are no good options >> our staff figuring out systems, picking them up by car. neighbors and friends. whoever we can get to bring them in. >> her daughter used to take her here, but lost her job because she was always late to work. >> have to probably stay home. >> paul rose says two sides are close to an agreement. >> there is a statement saying it's optimistic there will be a
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resolution, soon. another meeting scheduled tomorrow in chicago. thousands who use the service are keeping their fingers crossed. >> we're going back to san diego the fight to save homes is in high gear now the story, next. >> also a woman with incurable cancer now in remission, she and doctors call it an historic case. >> the way of the future. >> dirty dozen. serials loaded with more than 50% sugar >> and the look of a professional manicure. michael finney has tips. >> stay with us.
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take a look at raging california wildfires seen from space. that smoke so thick, firefighters can only see for distances of a few feet. we're seeing just astonishing sites. despite calming, reporter ted rollins joins us with the latest. >> good evening, taking a look behind me, this is one of the homes talked about that is completely devastated. more than two dozen homes look like this. firefighters have done an outstanding job here. they have been able to save thousands of homes. that said, escondido has new
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evacuations and will be all night. firefighters are battling a collection of wildfire that's burned 9,000 acres officials defloiing additional air tankers to the region. 120 sent to people in the county. >> we do have bad air quality. it's not just cars bad event. it's a regional events. so take good care of yourselves. >> there are forcing school closures. >> just terrifying. talking about my dogs and neighbors you know? just families down here. really bad. >> the raging fires are a product of months with little
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rainfall and above normal temperatures. common theme is that unprecedented number of fires and fire activity across the state. and 2 to 3 months earlier than normal. >> 10,000 acres still burning. firefighters have another long night ahead of them. good news is that mother nature will be moving into the weekend with a shift in winds and a lowering of the temperatures. >> yes. that will help. ted, thank you very much for bringing thaws live report. charred walls of a funeral home tell the story of a wild night in one street a half hour after midnight a big rig crashed into sullivan funeral home. sylvia geller, who lives upstairs thought half of the building was gone
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they evacuated a motel because flaming fuel started flowing down the street. >> shocking, you keep thinking what could that be? last thing you'd think of, is a crash. i never heard a crash like that. >> well, despite explosion and fire, two men got out safely. market street closed while crews cleared the scene the driver says his hood popped up. >> pg&e getting ready for big quake. the utility held a simulation and set up a command center at the cal palace. workers were sent out to check on downed wires and onlying damage to systems and says it's initial response would not be in the center of the destruction. >> those typically require rebuilds.
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as you move away from those centers, right, lights and gas can come on quicker. less work needs to be done. >> pg&e is testing out new technology. >> there is a special job fair to help military veterans. law enforcement agencies like california patrol and san francisco sheriff department took part in this. combat veterans have to fight the stigma from ptsd, organizers say returning service members have skills that are in high demand these days. >> company doesn't want to see you're an expert marksmen. many are excellent truck drivers and excellent mechanics.
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>> researchers say the breakfast cereal aisle might as well be the sugar section because cereals have more sugar thaun might think. among offenders are kellogg's honey smacks the group analyzed 1550 cereals finding every single one of the 181 cereals marketed to kids contained added sugar and watch out for store brands. in' year, kids eat ten pounds of sugar, by weight, provided by breakfast cereal. >> now, to nail polish, getting the look without the price. >> yes. >> michael finney is here. >> i know it all. >> you do. >> the industry enjoyed stellar
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growth but some women prefer to paint their own nails. so consumer reports tested polishes for shop smart magazine to find one that's last longest a beautiful manicure is a great finishing touch for your look but looses glamour when it starts to chip. consumer reports tested seven polishes including several claiming to last a long time. all applied with a pace and top coat if the brand had one. ten panelists tried disguysed polishes at home and different polishes on alternating nails checked at 7, 10 and 14 days chanel is most expensive tested, $27 for the color and $52 for base and top coat but chipped so quickly, most home panelists removed it early. >> chipped next day.
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>> which are the favorites? a $two polish, sinful colors at walgreens came out on top. and base and top coat together $8 the polish looked good at seven days but took slightly longer to dry. another winning polish, cnd weekly polish lived up to its name, looking good after a week. it doesn't need a base coat and top coat is $10. also, this $6 revlon polish promises to last 11 days and still looked okay on day ten. >> went on smooth they looked nice i felt like i had a real manicure. >> base, top coat, $13. so pick a polish that lasts. >> consumer reports found some one step polishes look good by
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the end of the week. >> i love the prices >> thank you. >> let's talk about the heat. it's beginning to ease up. >> the flag is flowing we have fog back at the coast. so let me show you live doppler seven hkd. a silver of fog. now, i want to show you compared to what we're doing yesterday with the land breeze, this afternoon, it's a reversal. sea breeze going for all of the bay area. sfo, 31 miles per hour. compared to 24 hours ago,
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temperatures down. so if you're inland, 97 livermore, 89. 87 oakland. 93 yesterday. 91 santa rosa. 75 degrees in san francisco. just in case you're still going to the beach this afternoon, beach hazard statement up throughout the evening. there is risk of southerly swell so be careful out there. you can see clouds passing through. 69 san francisco. oakland, 78. it's 83 in san jose. half moon bay dropped to 61. filtered sunshine with a glimpse
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of what is still to come. we're seeing high clouds towards golden gate bridge. our warming trend returns next week. high pressure starting to lose its grip. we're start toing see clouds and coastal fog and cooler weather this weekend look for the fog. clear skies inland. you'll notice shallow fog layer near the beaches. better sleeping weather. a few upper 50s in san jose. the fog near the coast will hang around well into afternoon.
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60s along the coastline. here are the numbers. 73 san francisco. upper 80s in livermore. so we're getting a break from hot weather inland tomorrow. out of the 90s over the weekend we're going to drop out of the 80 mid-70s inland. temperatures starting to trend up again, but feels better now. doesn't it? >> thank you >> still ahead emergency landings after part of a wing falls off in mid flight. >> a former tv star uses a controversial treatment to get
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>> officials in ecuador issued an emergency because of this stranded animal. the tanker ran aground last week the fuel is 15,000 has been emptied. officials say pollution remains on board, of course. like motor oil. >> part of a ng wing fell off in the middle of the flight. you can see what happened the pilot headed to florence when this happened passengers say they heard a bang, then saw a six-foot section of the left wing detaching from the plane the plane landed and everybody is okay. >> imagine being on board and seeing. that right? minnesota first state to require cell phones and tablets to be equipped with antitheft software starting in july, 2015. under the law, phones will have
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a remote shut off so users can lock phone if stolen, rendering it unusable z worthless to thieves. california state senate approved a similar bill last week now headed to state assembly. >> now a break through could offer new hope to people with certain kinds of cancer. researchers say they wiped out one woman's multiel myeloma with a blast of measles vaccine, strong enough to inknock you'll yat 10 million people. . >> i had a plasma cytoma the size of a golf ball. within 36 hours, it was gone. >> viruss can work as a vaccine. and if you inject a virus into the tumor you can invoke the immune system. >> she's clear of the disease six months later. the mayo clinic moving toward another trial with more
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patients. >> and one more medical note. >> fda requiring manufacturers of the sleep drug lunesta to lower the recommended dose. suggesting that people could be drowsy enough the next day but don't know it. so it could be dangerous >> today is a day to pay up. >> yes. san francisco lost a playoff game this year. so is mayor ed lee making good on the bet? >> the story coming up. things on purpose? youe not a color found nature. there's nothing wrong with tha. i can hear your arteries clogging. ok. no. this is tap water. i can't let you buy this. oh. crystal geyser please. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source.
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might prevent you from becoming the next victim. >> san francisco mayor ed lee was settling a bet today. >> 49ers lost their rivals to in january championship game. and the seahawks went on to win the super bowl but there is a bet. >> part of the bet, ed lee presented the organization with a $10,000 donation. >> it's such a great game to watch. kind of a sportsman ship of the cities to me was extraordinary. >> other terms and born and raised in seattle now but, he's a niner's fan.
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>> absolutely. better be, right >> see you at 6:00. tonight wall of fire marching through southern california. incinerating home after home. >> this is the sheriff's department. this is a mandatory evacuation. >> tonight we show you the added danger. the twisting torches called firenados. honoring the heroes. the president dedicates the 9/11 museum telling the story of american courage in the face of terror. >> nothing can ever break us. nothing can change who we are as americans. a health alert tonight. a warning about a popular sleeping pill. and surprise. what happened behind the scenes of the big celebration for our barbara walters? tonight.
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