to rage across across the county. good morning at 6:00. it is friday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. it is cooler in parts of the bay area. mike? >> maybe the co-workers are not looking so sleepy this morning. fairfield is 16 miles per hour. 12 at sfo. eight at oakland. that is the sea breeze. now a look at the bay, breezy and upper 60's and a mild 68 at 7:00. inland we have temperatures in the 50's and high clouds and sunshine and nearly 80 at noon with mid-80's at 4:00 and a comfortable 75 at 7:00 that will enbrisk loan the coast. you will need a coat with 54 this morning. low-to-mid 60's throughout the afternoon and into the evening.

quite a beautiful friday morning, everyone, we have 45 bart train on time and it is friday light. look at this, the altamont pass and we never see it like this, even for friday it seeps like. 42 miles per hour and the crunch of traffic has migrated to vasco and 31 minutes from tracy to dublin and highway four is moving along beautifully. san rafael to san francisco is slower than normal but the golden gate bridge is moving along fine. more details on that ahead. we start with breaking news from the north bay, several suspicious fires are under investigation in novato with eight fires committing one --

including one this morning. a crew is gathering information in novato and we will have a report at 6:30. >> in the east bay, firefighters and home owners are watching walnut creek where someone has been lighting fires in a popular park. we told you about the suspicious fires yesterday on the news at 4:00. a few hours later another fire broke out. our reporter, amy hollyfield, is in walnut creek. amy? >> they saying they have had five fires in eight days. they believe it is arson. there is no evidence of cigarette butts or fireworks so they believe it is a "hot start." one comes to the dry grass and take as lighter or match and sets it on fire. the most recent fire happened last night. only half an acre burned. firefighters got it out quickly. it happened on the hill above the park in walnut creek. it is an area with a lot of dry hills. there are a lot of homes in the

area. residents are nervous. fires have not reached any homes but it is very dry and the firefighters are worried. >> the fires have been small is we been lucky. we do not is the normal afternoon winds we usually expect. that has, worked in our favor. the problem is, the fires are more and more continuous. we are getting them sooner after each other. it is so dry up there it do spread. if it spreads it could wipe out a neighbor. >> it is believed kids could be setting the fires and they all happen right at the time that school is getting out but for the one that happened last night and someone did spot a group of kids leaving the area of a fire right before the fire started. they saw some kids there. they are asking for more tips like that to come in and asking the residents to be on high alert. they need help to prevent this

and catch who is doing it. weary firefighters go on the lines this morning to battle the string of wildfires burning thousands of acres and destroyed homes in san diego county. the fires have now turned deadly. law enforcement is now involved. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with that information. and local firefighter are on the front lines in san diego and fremont and oakland and hayward and livermore have all sent people down there. this is a new focus this morning. that is on law enforcement the police have arrested two people, a 19-year-old and an unnamed 17-year-old accused of trying to start two fires. investigators have to determine if the two had any involvement in starting the massive fires that have done so much damage. arson is not being ruled out. >> it would be pure speculation

to say whether they were set by a car, individual...we just don't know. we are vetting. >> san diego has up to ten fires that is scorched 15 square miles. dozens of structures have been destroyed and forces 125,000 evacuation orders. some are being lifted. san marcos is the most active fire. the largest fire is at camp pendleton with 6,000 acres burned in the fire. >> there now at least one confirmed death in the fire. during a check for hotspots a badly burned body was found in a homeless encampment in carlsbad. a photographer covering the wildfires was in the thick of the action. a load of fire retardant was

dropped where he was standing and this happened yesterday in san marcos. four air frankers are available if drops in san diego county in addition to 22 helicopters. you know who else is watching is giants manager? he says that the san marcos fire raging in san diego county is a mile and a half from his home according to our media partner. he has a home? san diego and a neighbor is watching the house. >> and we are in san diegoth on the fire lines with a report on "good morning america" after the morning news. police are looking for a pair of potential kidnapper in marin county. a 10-year old was approach by a couple in a red car on wednesday. a man asked her if she wanted a ride and she did the right thing and ran to a friend's house and

say the man appeared to be in his early 50's with brown hair and the woman had brown and gray hair. a 20-year old woman accused of attacking a four-year-old girl with a tire iron in wal-mart faces hate crime charges and is charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police say she used a tire iron to attack the little girl and her father at the wal-mart because though are asian. if convicted, she could spend her life in prison. the girl and the father are recovering. >> animal rights activist want a petaluma wildlife museum closed after high school students were caught on video abusing rats. one student is handling feeder rats intended to be eaten by republic ties. the museum is part of petaluma high school. a student claims the classmates smashed rats again the rocks and walls and a petition is urging the governor to close the museum

that has gained 1,000 signatures. >> the first sign of west nile virus turn up to sonoma county, the vector control confirm they have collected positive mosquito samples in the area in sonoma the usualliest the virus lab detected in the local mosquito population since 2008. it is partly blames on the rise in average temperatures which speeds up breeding and allows the virus to spread more quickly. >> certainly we have been having high temperatures lately but mike will cool us off now. >> mother nature will bring a sea breeze to everyone and you are feeling the weather to the east bay valley with mid-to-upper 50's throughout the san ramon valley and out to livermore and we have upper 50's for low 60 aroundant rock and pittsburg. an the bay, mid-50's for 59 in mountain view and 52 in los gatos and mid-to-upper 50's in napa and novato and santa rosa.

24 hour temperature change which everyone but for livermore and novato and half moon bay are cooler, will translate into a cooler afternoon. we have high clouds that will dim the sunshine and low clouds that will retreat to the court. four degrees cooler in san francisco at 71. and san jose is 82, seven degrees cooler and walnut creek and oakland and redwood city, ten to 13 degrees cooler than yesterday. >> we have something interesting a mattress if the lanes blocking off highway 29 right at the napa and vallejo highway. if you are trying to make the travels through here you may find it so be came. from fremont to san jose is 15 minutes and 280 northbound from cupertino is 11 minutes. 6:10 and it is wide open and clear conditions with no citizens, -- no accidents, either. the traffic is stacked up and

this is one of the only hotspot across the bay area and normally 580 has tons of traffic but the metering lights are on. 6:10 and the first family reveals its continues and see how much oh bums are bringing interest their bank accounts. >> texting 9-1-1 and your cell phone company says they have done their part. why can't you send the message for emergency help? a popular sleeping aid works too well and the chains are coming to lunesta. >> we celebration the 50 year career of barbara walters right here with a special on barbara walters. >> barbara walters talk us that nothing impossible, to never let them say "you can't do it," and for a young latino journalist

start out that was important for my. so, thank you barbara walters, for opening so many doors.

covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. it is 6:14 on friday morning. looking at the rising subfrom -- rising sun from embarcadero we have more comfortable temperatures and for the weekend. meteorologist mike nicco will discuss that in a moment. >> russia destroyed a rocket moments after blasting off from a large pad that was carrying a communications satellite 100 miles high when controllers sent the order to self dedestruct and the debris burned up in the atmosphere. this is the second time in a year a rocket has been destroyed after lit off. new technology is in place from the four largest wireless carriers to allow you to text 9-1-1 but you have to wait to use the service in california.

the service from at&t and haven't and t-mobile and verizon launches but only a hand full of places have emergency call centers ready to receive the 9-1-1 text messages. california is not one. if you try to text 9-1-1 here in the states you receive an automatic bounce back message alerting them to call 9-1-1 instead. it could be years before the service is widely available across the united states. do you get calls from telemarkets although you are on the national "do not call list." phillies gets up to ten a day so she doesn't answer her phone. >> if it is not a doctor or business that we know or our family members, we don't pick it up. >> there are things can you do. tonight "7 on your side" shares the top five tips from a telemarketer on how to end the aanything calls.

>> first lady is scheduled to speak at a ceremony in kansas honoring high school seniors a day before graduation. she was going to speak at the graduation ceremony tomorrow to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic supreme court decision ending school signaturization -- desegregation but they were afraid it was not large enough to hold everyone. >> rebound and the first lady released their latest financial disclosure showing they are worth between $2 million and $7 million down great 2010 when they were believed closer to $12 million. other details they have $400,000 in college savings plans for their daughters and the president's book royalties brother the in $165,000 last year down from $1 million a few

years earlier. >> the f.d.a. is requiring the manufacturer of law mess that -- of lunesta to lower the drowse. some could be sleepy the next morning. too much of a good thing. lowering the dose. >> we had too much of a go thing when the temperatures were high but they are coming back down. >> they were making us drowsy, right? >> everyone probably had better night sleep and hopefully we have more headed into the week. >> good morning, everyone. the week end warriors will like the temperatures dropping. it will be breezy for the weekend if you are out and about. the breezes have kept the fog from forming and we have lower visibility along the coast in some of low-lying areas but mostly live doppler 7 hd showing our reporting stations doing well. the sun is sided by the high clouds and into the afternoon

and the heat wave is over. the highs will drop through monday when the cold front comes through but it will be dry other than a slight chance of a shower in the north bay on monday that weres and tuesday and wednesday another warming trend is on the way but nothing like what we have dealt with. 79 in milpitas a lot of low-to-mid 80's in the south bay and gilroy is 88 and santa cruz is 76 and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70's on the pens that to mountain view at 80 and mid-to-upper 60's and breezy along the coast and low-to-mid 70's downtown and south san francisco and breezy and 73 in sausalito and mid-60's at the north bay coast and temperatures in the low-to-mid 80's in the valleys and along the east bay shore we have mid-to-upper 70's and hercules is we the warm spot with low 80's around san ramon and upper 80's aroundant rock and fairly at 88. tonight, look the at cloud cover, the remain layer is more

stout overnight and temperatures are in the upper 40's in santa rosa. the high pressure was flat yesterday with high clouds and low clouds along the coast and when the bowl of cold air comes in, that is going to keep the cooling trend going and it will keep the breezes in our neighborhoods throughout the week. that is why we dropped another possibly 5- to 10-degrees by sunday. a couple more degrees on monday and a slow warming friend next week. we have an accident if san francisco at northbound 101 to eastbound 80 if you are making the travels from the portrero district to the bay bridge you could find it. we are not sure if it is blocking the lanes or not but off of the day bridge into san francisco the slowing is away the off-ramps as you try to make it to the financial district.

mass transit is showing 49 bart trains on time and ace train 1, 3, 5, nofullies. a.c. transit is on time. and for beltway -- for bart, the bay to breakers will be able to accommodate more passengers. >> barbara walters' storied career comes to an end. >> the news woman's final appearance on the view. first, did you know her as princess leyla and the difference is revealed

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6:23 on friday morning and it is the weekend and some of us could be thinking about a trip to lake tahoe. how beautiful is that on friday morning? especially with temperatures coming down to comfortable levels. >> no more skiing. now it is boating season. >> that is right, boating season and picture-taking season. >> time to check with what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> coming up, a historic morning

celebrating a true legend, the one and only barbara walters is here all morning long. we will take you behind-the-scenes of her last visit to "good morning america" this morning. >> and carrie fisher is talking about re-doing her role as princess leyla. >> george was more frightened about me being fired. ought only princess that is still alive? >> that is right. they hired me minus a certain amount of weight. she was in north hollywood for mom, debbie reynolds, the upcoming memorabelia auction. >> a liver's act of kindness to help a troubled teen is getting

worldwide attention, the 13-year-old called police after a fight with his mother saying he didn't want to live with her anymore and the officer noticed he slept on an air mattress and had no furniture at home so the officer bought him a bed and other gifts. his brother put the story on facebook and donations have been pouring in from around the globe. >> i love kids and try to help them out all time. >> the officer has now founded a nonprofit to help even more people. a camera captures an incredible life-inspiring moments. something as summit people as a swing ride can put a big smile on your face, and it certainly did for this ten-month-old boy, the father mounted a camera on the moment and it has his drooling reaction to the very first ride on a swing. >> the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories

including breaking news in the not bay where a possible arsonist could be at work. >> another defect discovered on the new span of the bay bridge and drivers may not be on the clear on the new span in the event of a major earthquake. >> we are tracking the winds of change on live doppler 7 hd and everyone is getting the sea breeze today. it will be cooler today and through the week in the seven-day forecast. >> the metering lights were turn on early this morning so we are seeing longer than normal wait times away from the made and into the city. we have an accident in the opposite direction and i will give you more details.

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning at 6:29. friday! so good of you to join us. traffic on the bridge shows fog and we get the breezes and we welcome you. we welcome you for cooling us down after three hot days.

>> thanks for joining us. >> the air conditioning gets a rest. >> after racking up the bills. >> thanks for reminding me. the air conditioning was working all day. mother nature had the cloud deck just right above deck of the bridge so there was no reduced visibility. the high clouds on live doppler 7 hd show the main thing as the low clouds rollback to the coast today and they will break up a little bit so you get some sunshine and look at the coast, mid-50's and low-to-mid 60's and breezy this afternoon. we are going to start off in the 50's and we will hit the upper 60's and up more 70's bay and inland by noon and low 70's to mid-80's by 4:00. injury the evening, upper 60's to mid-70. >> our neighbors are getting a quick start to the weekend because the roots are light.

>> we have lanes merging and northbound 101 has an accident in that area. if you are traveling 101 up to 280 at hospital curve you could see a dip in the speed but ten minutes gets you from sfo to third and a reduced speed on the lower deck of the bay bridge. >> investigators are trying to determine if a string fire including one this morning are the work of an arsonist. matt keller is in novato. matt? >> this is a very busy night for firefighters sin the fires suspicious and busy for the novato police department with six suspicious fires set in the area overnight night for a total eight suspicious fires over 24

hours. one was set in a garage, in a car, and one living in the whom tried to put out the fire and was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation much the other fires are grass fires. this is very dangerous because there are a lot of people and homes in the area so firefighters and police are concerned where the fires are set in the hot and dry condition s. back in 1212 there was a fire bug setting fires across the city of northwest and 60 fires over a couple of months and they never caught that person so the same person could be involved and they are asking for the public's health. have you seen anything suspicious? give them a call. >> breaks news in san jose, police are investigating the

17th homicide of the year and investigators say a man was shot just after 11:00 last night and the victim died after someone drove him to the hospital. detectives do not know what led to the shooting and so far no one has been arrested. >> this follows another deadly incident in san jose last night. police say a man called them after he stabbed a woman to death in the city's eastern foothills. officers found a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds at a home on canyon ridge drive. the suspect and the victim knew each other. the man was calm when they arrived. miss have recovered the murder weapon. the wildfires burning in san diego county have turned deadly after the first fire victim was found by crews. >> law enforcement have made progress arresting two suspected arsonists. our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest. san diego county is up to ten fires that have scorched 15 square miles.

in san diego, someone caught on camera a transformer explode on a hillside. the big headline is police have arrested two people, a 19-year-old and a juvenile, a 17-year-old, accused of trying to start ii fires. the investigators have to determine if they had any involvement in the big fires. officers track them down with the help of an alert citizen. >> he are woulded two westerns of the same general description that appear to be setting fire in the area of the kit carson park. they were on bicycled and fled the area. >> there are extra patrols in the area the officers arrested the suspect when they caught up with them. >> there is one confirmed death during a check for hotspots firefighters found a badly burned bodily in a homeless encampment. one firefighter has been treated

for heat exhaustion at camp person tell -- camp pendleton. the fires, overall, have forced 125,000 evacuation orders since thursday. by this morning, 5,000 have been allowed to return home. thank thank you, katie. >> caltran found another defect on the eastern span of the bay brick that could mean trouble in an earthquake. rods that hole the cable in place have shifted and are now off center. more than two-thirds of the 274 rods are too close to sharp-edged plates inside the belly of the bridge. the concern is in an earthquake the rods could be damaged by friction. caltran has known of the remember for some time and says it could take months and millions to fix. this is the latest if a string of issues with the bridge. >> authorities in concord are have thing a police shooting

after a woman waving a gun was shot and killed by an officer after 5:30 yesterday. a resolution dinned call 9-1-1 saying an armed woman was in front of the house and claimed that someone was trying to kill her. weapon the officers arrived the woman raised the gun to them and she was shot by an officer. >> a former teacher at the all boys high school that produced tom brady and barry bonds is suing the school and the an diocese. the woman says that the students in san mateo harassed her and other female teachers for years and the schools did not do enough to stop it. she says the boys even competed to get upskirt videos of the teachers. the school says they expelled six and suspended six others and is cooperating. a string suspicious fires hits contra costa county. we have what investigators are

worried about. >> donald sterling fights back. the owner is responding to the tough punishment handed down to him bit nba. >> maybe your commutes take you to the richmond-san rafael bridge. there are no weather issues and the weather is a lot more comfortable in the days ahead.

we have the california profit, mid-90's in chico and sacramento and less heat in san diego at 86 in los angeles and not a record but hot in lake tahoe at 74. if you are going to the game, at&t park is back to normal and temperatures are going to be 66 at 7:15 and dropping to a breezy 60 by the end of the game and if you are doing bay to breakers we start off with clouds and mid-50's warming to the low 60's by 1:00 o'clock and if you are headed up to lake tahoe it will be breezy with temperatures dropping back to the 60's for sunday. muni church line is stopped.

a schultz is put if place because of the power outages near san jose. >> and if san francisco, this accident has cleared but it has last quite a backup northbound 880, a spinoff is off the freeway but we are down to 25 miles per hour away from 280 and the westbound bay bridge we have a car that overheated causing slowing through the tunnel. >> coming up, palo alto tesla motors reach as new milestone here in california. >> first, a string of suspicious fires in the east bay and what has firefighters so worried. >> celebrating barbara walters, the news woman signs off from tv and how the women she maybed the way for, are honoring her. >> barbara walters has had quite an impact on us right here at abc7 news.

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covering benicia, san ramon, and all the bay area this is abc7 news. welcome back, it is 6:44. developing in walnut creek firefighters are investigating a string of suspicious fires in a popular park.

>> amy hollyfield is at park. the park is near homes? >> they are saying this has been five fires in eight days if an area filled with dry brush. homes, too, frame the park. this could be dangerous and firefighters are worried. residents are nervous, the latest fire happened last night on a hill and the firefighters put it out quickly and it only burned half an acre. the residents are worried. it is scary. firefighters think it is arson and have noticed the fires start right when school gets out. this is in the middle of a residential neighborhood and it backs to the open space so the potential is there for a significant even.

scary. with the heat and the water shortage it is not good. a witness told firefighters they saw a group of kids leaving the area shortly after a fire starts and investigators think this could be kids doing this. they have not found any evidence like cigarette bits or fireworks so they could be "hot starts," just taking the lighter or matches to the dry fuel. anything out of the ordinary, call it in. a major twist in the donald sterling scandal. it appears the owner is not going down without a fight and refusioning to pay the fine handed down to him bit nba. the lawyer of donald sterling said his client won't pay the $2.5 million fine and is

rejecting his lifetime ban from the league. sources say donald sterling is threatening to sue if the punishment is not rescinded. trading is underway on wall street so we will look at the big board, the dow is off 1.67 points to 16446. >> tesla has become the largest auto industry employer here in california. the company based in palo alto was a factory making electric cars and now employs 6,000 people in the state and plans to add 500 more workers by the end of the large. they move ahead of toyota, now, with 5,300 direct employees in california. >> new video showing barbara walters on "good morning america". this is her arrival a few hours ago, a warm welcome from the "good morning america" crew and she is on the show today to

celebrate the final day at abc after a legendary career spanning decades. now she is saying goodbye. for now. the star-studded send off airs this morning as she co-hosts the view for the last time before her well deserved retirement. >> after 18 years on the view, and 50 years in the business she officially retired with lots of famous friend visiting yesterday yesterday including oprah and hillary clinton and michael douglas. she will still work on the view as co-producer and not ruling out special assignments for abc in the future. she says she is focusing on the present. >> i look forward to not having a schedule. i look forward to traveling. it is a woke new chapter in my life. i hope it will be a wonderful one. >> an amazing tribute, two dozen of the best known women from

network tv journalism including connie chung and robin reports posed for a group picture. >> join us as she celebrate the into-year career of barbara walters tonight with a special. >> she has been an inspiration to many of us, not just the women but the men, the breakdown of the doors and believing in yourself. >> competitiveness she had with others in the business. >> barbara walters can deliver the interviews that no one else do and bring a tear to the eye. >> she tries to make everyone cry and they say they will not cry. she broke the glass ceiling. now, outside, good morning, everyone, the wind has been focusing on sfo in fairfield and

blowing inland at 12 to 18 miles per hour and that is the sea breeze. look what happens as we head to afternoon, the winds are 20 miles per hour at point reyes and they pick up for the rest of us and become around 10 or 15 to 20 in san francisco and fairfield and napa and that is why we are going to be cooler today. i don't think the low clouds stay around beyond 10:00 or 11:00 but the high clouds are there helping the cooling spread. the heat wave is over and highs will drop through monday and we will have a warming trend. the clouds are coming in across san francisco and that is sutro tower and four degree cooler and ten to 13 degrees cooler in walnut creek, san rafael and redwood city and home 80's in the south bay and possibly 86 in los gatos to 88 in gilroy. up the peninsula we start at 80 in los gatos and drop to 73 in millbrae where it will be breezy and brisk along the coast and money 60's with low 70's around

downtown and 73 in sausalito and low-to-mid 80's and 20 degrees cooler at the coast and mid-to-upper 70's and breezy along the east bay shoreline with low-to-upper 80's in the east bay valley. you may not need the air conditioning this afternoon. all a of us will have marine layer clouds in the morning tomorrow keeping us comfortable in the upper to low-to-mid 50's. high clouds take over and will cling to the coast. this weekend, the bowl of cold and breezy air comes in and when it invades our neighborhood look how much we drop: we are in the 50's, 60's, and barely 70's on monday with a slight chance of a shower. the warming will then begin on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> it is getting busy now and folks could have waited to get on the roads but know with have

a couple citizens and an issue involving a pothole at grant line road westbound. speaking of potholes, 2,000 to 4,000 potholes will be fixed the next seven weeks in oakland so there will be plenty of crews on the roads. northbound 280 in san jose, a so low spinout blocking a lane and the track is bumper-to-bumper traffic approaching highway 87 and it opened up and then backs up closer to 880. ahead, seven things to know before you go.

he are seven things to know today: breaking news: six suspicious fires are under investigation in novato after being set with a total of eight fires set in the past few days. this morning a fire was set at a house that was quickly put out. a plan was taken to the hospital. fire investigators want neighbors to watch out suspicious activity after another fire broke out in walnut creek. last night the fire charred half an acre the fourth fire in the park. >> new problem on the new eastern span of the bay bridge with rods that hold the cables in place have moved off center

and the concern is an earthquake the rods could be damage by friction. a spokesman said that the problem is important but not urgent. investigators have identified an armed woman shot and killed by concord police officer last night. police say the 57-year-old only was suicidal. she was found outside her home holding a gun. she pointed the gun at an officer who shot her in self-defense. >> miss have arrested two teens accused of trying to start ii brushfires. up to ten wild wildfires rage across san diego county. a look at live doppler 7 hd showing the cloud cover everywhere today and look at this, from sutro tower look at the san bruno mountains: the clouds are rolling in. that is why we will be cooler, 81 at the bay and 74 at the coast and san francisco and 82

to 87 inland. >> seven, right now a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where it is busier than normal but moderate elsewhere, or middle of the road. the accident is northbound 280 in san jose we have backups coming up to 87 and it look like it is being cleared. >> thank you for joining us as we continue online and twitter and facebook and all the mobile devices. see you in 25 minutes.

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good morning, america. breaking right now, the raging infernos turn deadly, leaving a trail of total destruction. the towering blaze even torches major power lines. >> oh, god. something just -- there's an explosion. this is just getting worse and worse out here. >> this church goes up in flames. we are live on the front lines with the barehanded, last-second battle to save homes. breaking overnight. l.a. clippers owner donald sterling saying no to paying the nba $2.5 million fine. as expected, he's not going down without a fight. now threatening to sue the league and refusing all sanctions. jay z, beyonce, and solange speaking out for the first time about that elevator fight caught on camera. the family now united after the feud seen round