they have had this started but it was contained to half an acre. there have been five fires in this area. they believe youngsters could be starting fires happening right when school gets out. they also fear the damage and destruction could get worse. >> the fires have been small. we have been lucky that way. we haven't had the normal afternoon winds we expect. that has worked in our favor. the problem is the fires getting more and more continuous. in other words we getting them sooner. >> it is so dry that it could spread. if it spreads it could wipe out a whole neighborhood. there are a lot of homes and it

is very hot in the trip president deaths. fire destroys evidence so it peaks it difficult. ing for obvious has jumped out and they have not figured how this is starting but they are asking for help. the want the neighborhood on high alert. call police right away if you see something suspicious. authorities are trying to determine the cause of a grass fire that destroyed a home in gilroy. part of the roof collapses when the fire break out yesterday afternoon. it started as a grass fire and spread to a chicken keep and you can see the house. the home is a complete loss and no one was hurt. the wildfires have turned deadly in san diego after the first fire victim was found the law enforcement made progress arresting two suspected arsonists. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest. the fires have turned

deadly. during a check for hotspots firefighters were alerted to a transient encampment and found a badly burned body. the investigation is ongoing. police have made two arrests, two young people, a 19-year-old and unnamed 17-year-old, unnamed because he is a juvenile, were arrested on suspicious of try together start ii fires. investigators are trying to determine if they had any involvement in the massive fires that now is done so much damage. in fact, there is another fire. authorities say there are ten fires burning in san diego county and they have scorched more than 15 square miles. they have destroyed dozens of structures and forced 125,000 evacuation orders since the fires broke out. the most active fire is in san marcos and cal fire says it charred 1,200 acres. the biggest fire is at camp pendleton marine base at 6,000

acres and a firefighter there had to be treated for heat exhaustion which is the other known injury at this point. crews took a break from the heat and the wind today. cal ran has another 20 on the eastern span of the bay bridge that could be trouble in an earthquake. rods that hold a cable in place have shifted and are off center. more than two-thirds of the 274 woulds are too close to sharp edged plates inside the belly of the bridge and the concern is in an earthquake the rods could be damaged by friction. caltran has known about the problem for some time but it will take months and millions to fix, the latest in a string of issues with the $6 why 4 billion bridge. matt chemicaller is here at the top of the hour with more on possible solutions. >> new details from congress following the death of an armed woman shot and killed by a conquer police officer.

the woman has been identified at a 57-year-old valerie hawkins. show was suicidal and called sunday saying she had a gun. the officers went to the house on pacheco street and pound her outside holding a gun. hawkins refused to drop the firearm and pointed it at an officer would shot her once in self-defense. neighbors are stunned. >> we saw police kneeling with guns drawn. behind the parked car. right outside the house. my daughter said she saw the woman sitting on the front porch. >> hawkins died at scene. she has a history of mental illness. the contra costa county sheriff and district attorney are investigating. san jose police say a man called them after he stab add woman to death in the eastern foothills. a woman was found suffering from multiple stab wounds at home on canyon ridge drive.

police have recovered what appear to be murder weapon. the two knew each other. this is the 16th homicide of 2014. >> a north bay tech executive will be arraigned on charges of assault with a deadly weapon in collection with a violent road rage incident. the 40-year-old seen in this youtube video was riding a bicycle and he got into an altercation with the driver of a pickup truck. the truck driver was found bloody and unconscious. the driver has recovered. he is founder of a software company and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. >> a cal football player accused of attacking man and his dog is scheduled to be arraigned. he kicked the man's dog and punched him in the face repeatedly during an argument near campus. the player's attorney says the victim's dog attacked him first.

he has been suspended from the team during the investigation. >> a teacher an all boy's catholic high school in san mateo is suing the school and the archdiocese. the students at the high school harassed her and other female teachers for years and the school didn't do enough to stop it. the boys competed to get upskirt videos of their teachers. the school say they expelled six students and suspended six others and cooperating with police. >> a congressman is holding a oakland to talk about message that can prevent security breaches like the one incident at san jose international airport. he toured the airport after a teen scaled the fence and got on a jet bound for hawaii. he spent several hours on the tarmac before hiding in the rear well of the plane. he wants a t.s.a. program to determine the best method to

better secure airport perimeters. he says any new technology could which you radar or motion detectors. >> starting tomorrow sfo will close down two runways through the summer for a construction project. that means that flights in and out of the airport could be delayed ever during good weather. the f.a.a. is requires that sfo install special safety zones at the end of the runway to capture the landing gear and stop an airplane if it overshoots the airstrip. closures will last into september. >> alum rock park will open in san jose. >> visitors are not permitted to barbecue or have fires of any kind because of high fire danger. people will be allowed to picnic and hike. the park was closed yesterday as a precaution because of high temperatures and low humidity and the impact on the fire day agoer on fire-fighting resources. alum rock park is open from 8:00 a.m. until half an hour after

sunset. >> speaking of sunset, it was cooler. >> even inland, finally, in the afternoon or late evening. you can see it this morning, all of us in the mid-to-upper 50's even a 51 right now in daly city. the exception is walnut creek at 60 so if you headed to any bart station it will feel significantly fresher. a little bit waller in napa at two degrees and santa rosa is the same and everyone else is three to 11 degrees cooler than we were this time yesterday. we will breakdown this friday, we have low clouds along the coast trying to spill across san francisco and high clouds or it would be cooler. temperatures imagine out in the 50's throughout the morning. to noon, it will be 60 at the cost and upper 60's around the bay and upper 70's inland but the heat wave is over. 84 is as william as we get at

4:00. 72 around the bay. 64 at the coast and 60's and 70's for the evening. pleasanton conditions. maybe brisk. you may need a coat. >> we have several construction projects across the bay area one is the big one, a foreclosure between eastbound and westbound highway 37 from 121 to 29. that will be closed until 5:00 this morning and as we take you alonged east bay, westbound 80 between highway four to 580, again, lanes blocked. it will re-open at 5:00, as well. in san francisco, eastbound 80, 101, split from the skyway to 4th street we have construction crews with cones picked up at action, as well. most of the construction projects are wrapping up as 5:00 in time to head out the door and head to work. we will hook at san jose and 87 past julian street white order and quiet and friday lite there. kristen and eric? >> thank you at 4:39.

that man is saying "god, this is it." a terrifying ordeal on a flight from hawaii and a close call that could have killed hundreds. >> banned l.a. clippers' owner donald sterling draws the line on the court in his battle with the nba and what he is telling the league it can do with the sanctions against him. >> a huge send off of barbara walters ending the legendary

>> covering lows am foes and antioch and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. 4:42 on this friday morning as we look at the bay bridge, the eastern span from our camera in the east bay. going well so far this morning with temperatures down. that is a relief for many of us. mike will have the forecast,

leyla gulen is following. >> bay area passenger is describing a terrifying close call as two jets came dangerously close to each other over the pacific ocean. the united airlines delight was headed from hawaii to los angeles april 25. the collision alert. went off as the us airways jet approach and plunged 600' in 60 seconds coming without any warning to passengers including bay area resident kevin townsen. i am looking down the aisle and people are screaming and noises of things that were not secure falling. >> united say they are working with the ntsb reviewing the incident. a new air traffic controller blamed for the mistake has been sent for retraining. a major twist in the donald sterling scandal. he isn't going without a might and is report through refusing to pay the fine handed down to him by the nba. several media outlets report

that his lawyer has sent a letter to the nba stating his client will not pay the $2.5 million fine and is rejecting his lifetime ban from the league and is threatening to sue if his punishment is not rescinded. the fine was due this week and not been paid. according to nba bylaws the owner help could be terminated if he doesn't pay within 30 days of written notice he is in default. >> star-studded send off for pa behalf as she co-hosts "the view" for the very last time before a well deserve retirement we were in the studio as they recorded the final show. >> after 18 years on this show and more than 50 years in the business, today, barbara walters officially retires taking a seat as co-host of "the view" for the last time.

the show filled with surprises. visits from famous friends. but even as she celebrates, barbara walters can't help but do what she does best: ask the big questions. >> are you going to run i want to ask. >> i am running. around the park. >> if hick he runs he would be a great vice president. >> that may not happen bubba -- but barbara will continue to be co-producer of "the view" and is fought ruling out and assignments for abc but now is focusing on the present. after five decades of ground-breaking interviews he is ready for quiet time. >> i look forward to not having a schedule. i look forward to traveling. it is a whole new chapter in my life and i hope it will be

wonderful. >> her past so celebrated, her career paving the way for so many women including the broadcasting ice cons who came out to honor her during the final taping. >> it has been...wonderful. wonderful. >> she hopes that will be her legacy as she enjoys "the view" of a remarkable career and a memorable send off. a different kind of tribute. a new orleans woman sporting a tattoo of barbara walters. she had three tattoos but decided to add her favorite anchor of all time and is getting her face as a symbol of empowerment, it took five hours to design. they have done many celebrity tattoos but this is the first time anyone asked for barbara walters. a lot of women in broadcast feel we should get a tattoo

because barbara walters busted that door down for women and left it wide open for the rest of us. >> she took a lot of hits including reasoner made it miserable for her. >> a sledgehammer for breaking the glass ceiling. >> breaking the heat wave. >> yesterday afternoon or late in the evening for those that live inland, it is gone. we took away the 100's and the 90's and now we are left with 80's and those will go away as we head through the week. here is what you are looking at this morning: cloud cover is hacking along the coast and you can see it spilled inland toward petaluma and novato so want out. there could be fog in your neighborhood for the morning commute. that gives you an idea how much it is changing. live doppler 7 hd shows the low

clouds. well look at the high clouds streaming across during the overnight hours. if it wasn't for those, we would be cooler. right now, live doppler 7 hd is not seeing much in the way of reduced visibility. we will keep an eye on that. you can hardly see downtown because of the cloud cover that is climbing through the city right now. heat wave is over. the cooling spreads to all neighbors today. our highs will drop through monday but a slight, slight chance of a stray shower in the not bay on monday. for the most part it will be dry with another warming trend next week -- meaning 80's will come back. wide range of temperatures today from 60's and cloud cover along the coast and mostly sunny and high clouds and sun with 70's around the bay and 80's inland. 81 in milpitas. 58 in san jose. 88 in los gatos. on the peninsula, mid-to-upper 70's. mountain view is the exception

at 81 and 80. in the mid-to-upper 60's along the coast, a brisk day. low-to-mid 70's downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. low-to-mid 80's through the north bay valleys and the east bay shore mid-to-upper 70's and the east bay valleys and 82 in san ramon and 88 in antioch. 40's in the north bay and the rest of us in the 50's. the cool of the day is monday, another 10 or 15 degrees cooler than today. you can see the slow warming trend next week. >> 680 southbound we have construction with the crews out there wrapping things up as folks make their way to work. southbound side between sick more valley road into this boulevard you will have lanes blocked off and we have clear conditions across 580 and here is a look at drive time track, 25 minutes gets you from tracy to dublin.

101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes. i will have a picture for you in a second, but first, an interesting sig-alert maybe because of the beautiful weather we have had, in point reyes there is going to be limited glass. fill out before you though this area. there is no gas to refill your car and get you on your way. may have to sail back. >> another marquis matchup at the 49ers state of the union. the pack 12 will play the conference championship at levi stadium for three years. the you travel site was chosen to give fans a chance to see the game in a state-of-the-art venue with tickets on december 5 go on sale on monday for season ticket holders. they are on sale to the general public on friday. >> muni is assessing a new seating plan on the light rail cards. we will show you how much room

the riders will have. >> and who can forget this picture of a highway patrol officer rescuing a chihuahua. >> a hero cat would saved the

last week, a chihuahua found by c.h.p. officers has been reunited with her owners. this photo burned up social media in the bay area. "charm "ran away from the backyard which is close to the freeway and the owners and two daughters have been searching for her since. they have been posting instagram pictures of their lost dog for several days. yesterday, the girls thanked animal control and c.h.p. officers with a giant thank you card. >> from k-9 to feline, this hero cat's 15 minutes of fame has nine lives.

the cat will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the bakersfield baseball game next tuesday with some help from her human family. early this week we showed you the cat saved her owner, a four-year-old boy after a dog bit his leg and started dragging him. there have been 7.5 million views on youtube. we have to bring mike in to ask if he thinks the cat should throw a curve ball or slider? >> mike? >> he is going to scuff the ball, probably. >> thank you is not legal. >> no, it is not. >> easy for him to race the seams on the ball. >> 66 and dropping down to 60 from 7:15 to 10:00 and it will be breezy. around the state today, high clouds are taking over the neighborhoods and it will be

warm through the central valley and money 90's in sacramento and 101 in fresno and 74 in lake tahoe and 91 in los angeles and 107 in palm springs. up to the sierra, the average is 63 and 32 with a record high year, we will be near record highs today and cooler on saturday but back to average by sunday. >> a a new trash in daly city 280 southbound direction at john daly birthday where -- boulevard where there is a solo spinout. northbound traffic is not affected up to 101. back over to vallejo we have a full closure that will re-open in a few minutes. westbound and westbound highway 37 between 121 and 1129 you will see the ramp shut down. everything will re-open at 5:00. >> at walnut creek, the drive at

680 southbound away from pleasant hill to 24 is moving along without a hitch. new this morning, commuters will have a little more elbow run on san francisco's most congested light rail lines and you can see how muni has taken seats off the interior of one light rail car and run along the line with transit planners increasing the cast by replacing double seats with single seats. only catch is the extra riders will have to stand rather than sit. muni is looking for feet back. >> california could make it legal for some underage college students to drink alcohol. a bill has been passed to allow those making wine making and brewing cases to taste their own work. uc davis said they had classes revicked to those 21 and older because of the drinking age law so some students would not graduate in four years. the bill permits only tasting

and spitting. it doesn't encourage partying in choose. it goes to the state senate for consideration. caltran revealed another problem on the new bay bridge at 5:00 a.m. with what is wrong this time and what it is going to take to fix it. >> a video of students in the north bay killing rats sparks growing outrage. health officials have spotted the first case of west nile virus in the bay

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good friday morning at 4:59. a relief in two senses.

>> thanks for joining us. >> how do you spell relief? cooler temperatures? >> 17 miles per hour wind at fairfield. it is blowing out on shore. sfo is 13. nine at oakland. did you feel it last night? cooler outside. cooler this afternoon. up to 81 at the bay. 82 to 87 inland. only 64 to 7 along the coast into san francisco. >> we have a sig-alert at 5:00. you thought it would be friday lite? it is, the sig-alert is not because of construction or a crash but because of limited gas available at point reyes. if you are making it to that area it is friday, of course, fill up first before you get to this area because they will