live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, everyone, i am katie marzullo. i am eric thomas. here is leyla gulen with the weather forecast. >> we have drizzle along the coast. it is anyoney in san francisco. live doppler 7 hd shows we are picking up the returns with fog on the coast and a deep marine layer pushing to the east. we will wake up to patchy fog and spotty drizzle and it could be foggy for the fourth of july but triple digits by sunday in the bay area we have possible

slow downs in the caldecott tunnel eastbound direction to 44, we have a little bit of yellow. westbound traffic from orinda is not too bad and a look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza is quiet, but empty. still quite early. i will keep you updated in a little bit. napa is waking up to a waging wildfire with hundreds of hopes lettened and evacuated scorching 3,000 acres. amy hollyfield is at the cal fire station in napa. >> it is very calm right now. they are very grateful for that. they have 300 firefighters on the line battling the fire and they did not get a break over

night. they say it took all night to tackle this but the winds have died down and it was giving them problems yesterday afternoon. that is when the fire was spreading quickly. it has burned 2,700 acres and we expect an update the number this morning. they say it has destroyed five structures. some residents say they fear it could have been more but some of them picked up garden hose and got to work. >> the file kept going that way and slowly uphill and the kids did a great job with the hose up here and mostly stopped it from burning their house. >> fire is burning in pope valley east of calistoga in napa valley and the winds died down last night but helped give them an advantage. it is calm right now and they saying they are making progress. when the sun comes up they will be able to assess how much they accomplished overnight. they do expect an update this

morning. >> many residents of more than 160 homes are evacuated this morning and they do not know when they are allowed home. the fire came quarter-mile of a subdivision when the only road was struck by fire after the road cleared, though, some decided to stay but crews warned them they better be ready to lebanon if they saw the flames returning. many evacuated to red cross shelter. smoke from the fire can be seen all over the bay area and this is a shot from the camera in berkeley 5 a miles away. you can see the huge plume of smoke billowing up. >> we have pictures from napa county, and doug o'neal took this picture in downtown calistoga and e-mailed it to ureport@kgo-tv.com.

this photo was taken at the vineyard on howell mountain and you can see the smoke behind the vineyard. >> we have continuing coverage on air and online and breaking news coverage continues on twitter@abcnews unglue. >> happy today round -- happening today, round two of a closuring in the san francisco area. here is what to expect. nick? >> we are standing here because caltran has turned on one of the signs. we want you to have an idea of what to expect for the commute. this is a sign behind me. they are closing this section to give crews time to replace a hinge on northbound i-80 at 24th and chavez that connects two parts of a bridge to expand and contract during an

earthquake. the closure between highway 101 and i-280 interchange will begin tonight at 9:00 p.m. and re-open at 5:00 p.m. monday july 7. the agency has found success with closings over holiday weekend because it has less of an impact on the commuters. the on-ramp affected by the closure including highway 101 connection to northbound i-280, indiana street and 18th street. southbound i-280 will remain open and motorists are advised to take public transportation. you will see the signs lit up along i-280. we are in san francisco for abc7 news. the jury in the bryan stow lawsuit against the dodgers resumed deliberation today. two people beat him into a coma on opening day of 2011 and he is

a long-term giants fan and is now severely disabled. the family is suing the dodgers and former team owner accusing them of not providing enough stadium security. they want $37 million to pay for his medical care. his mother says providing the care is a tremendous financial burden. >> we talked about this last night that if we don't get anything we are going to have to look at cutting out his nighttime care and taking care of him ourselves and getting him ready for bed and keep somebody for two hours in the morning. >> the jury have been deliberating since last thursday. the two men who beat him pled guilty and were sentenced to prison. >> tonight, human relations commission will discuss a plan to rename a middle school after civil rights leader after a unified school district committee voted unanimously in support of renaming portrero middle school after the japanese civil rights legend.

a long time residents do not want the name changed when the rebuilding project at a new location is completed. on wednesday the school district board of education is scheduleed to consider the proposal. he was arrested and convicted for refusing orders to reports to internment i camp during world war ii and was awarded the medal of freedom by president clinton. >> one of the golf's major tournaments is coming here, according to the p.g.a., the championship will be held here and the match play championship next year and 2025 president's cup could be held as harding park which has not been played on the west kept since 1998. the golf course hosted the president's cup in 2009. mosquito fogging is underway after a group of he mosquitoes and a chicken tested positive for west nile virus.

screws are playing in martinez focusing on an area in this area. officials say that although a low risk chemical is be used, keep your pets indoors. crews should be done fogging by 6:00 this morning. mosquito scroll in -- mosquito control say other dead birds have tested positive including three crows in antioch and brentwood and san ramon and a chicken and mosquitoes near brentwood tested positive. >> it was dry in the bay area, most cities did not see any records for low rainfall. the rain year is defined from june to june for san francisco and this year was just a 15th driest. oakland and santa cruz, however,

suffered their dryest years open record. the weather service credits the late winter storms in february as helping. >> we have a bit of drizzle on the coast. here is leyla gulen. >> we have drizzle here in the bay area along the coast, with fog and a deep marine layer enveloping the coast and our highlights of the financial district but nothing like the east coast with the hurricane arthur off the coast bearing down later tonight. as we look at the day planner the next 12 hours starting off with thick clouds, and they will burn off inland, however, we will stay partly sunny and partly cloudy, rather, for the bay area. by noon the temperatures are up to 76 inland and 64 degrees around the bay and 60 degrees along the coast. later in the afternoon, we will be 88 inland, and 76 along the bay. clouds will come back in but it

is unchanged for three days and we will get to fourth of july and it will remain dry, with temperatures starting to rise a bit and you could see triple digits over the week. >> we have traffic construction that will block off lanes this morning. as we take a look at our drive over to san francisco, we have this northbound 101 to 9th we will have a construction roth there and look out for that as we head into the east bay and over the altamont pass we have debris westbound 580 at livermore avenue, it is causing we slowing, and walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 50 minutes and through the santa cruz mountains along highway 17, 24-minute commute. we this beginning to be this dry through san rafael up to 580 the tame lights headed southbound along 101 we have early risers but nothing too slow us down.

katie marzullo and eric? >> the government is accusing a major phone company of hiding bogus fees in the bills. also, oakland's new school chief gets to work these weeks early in a pledge to students, teachers and parents. >> an 8-year-old boy's over-the-top reaction to a birthday gift that he really, really, really, really

covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. 5:14 as we hit the middle of the week and the drizzle is here and we see low clouds. visibility is okay. but we will check with leyla gulen for a look at the forecast and the morning commute in a couple of minutes. >> new superintendent of the oakland unified school district says he is not afraid to make tough decisions. wilson was chosen from among 20 applicants the former assistant superintendent for denver public schools. officials site his work in improving graduation work and turning around one of denver's troubled high schools and arrived three weeks early for the job. >> it was important to get started before i was supposed to get started because we want to make sure we are not wasting time something that most people will tell you i am impatient and

i like to move quickly. >> he succeeds interim superintendent. >> if you are looking to buy a new smoke detector a state law requires that all new smoke detectors to have a sealed we battery that lasted a minimum 10 years. it is to combat the problem of people removing dead batteries and forgetting to replace them. you are advised to replace the smoke detector every 10 years so it means you never is to replace the battery again, you just replace the smoke detector. >> good. the federal government is suing t-mobile over hidden fees. >> here is america's money report. good morning, topping america's money, t-mobile hit with a federal lawsuit accused of cheating customers out hundreds of millions and allegedly allowing third-party companies to charge account holders without authorization. graco is adding two million infant car seats to the recall

because buckles can become gummed up by food and drinks. they previously recalled more than four million toddler seats for the same problem. >> salt legals are high in major chains at kfc sodium levels were up 12 percent and red lobster and olive garden have 5,000 milligrams of sodium, which three days' worth. subsway a standout cutting sodium by 27 percent. >> workers top the list those likely to take vacation, four in ten stockpile them, 429 million unused days a year. that is america's money. twitter has a new top financial officer. he was in charge of taking the company public in november and is a former banger with goldman sachs and also a former army ranger and executive with the nfl. his base salary is $250,000 but he could get 1.5 million twitter shares which yesterday was worth

$16 million. >> par tonights of an 8-year-old knew his son would be happy when he opened the birthday rent but they didn't expect the emotional reaction for getting a new video game. i'm so happy! >> those were tears of joy, of course. he has been obsessed with playing mind craft for more than a year and all he wanted for his birthday was the xbox version. when he got it...hyper ventilating. >> take a deep breath!

my new barbie. with the long hair. >> anyway, a great day to play outside. take your toys outside. from emeryville camera to berkeley you can see the bouncing camera, breezy there and 13 miles per hour in oakland radar satellite is bringing us returns and patchy drizzle on the coast and early morning fog at half moon bay and thick marine player. the transamerica pyramid is covered. we will have partly cloudy skis for most of the bay area and clearing inland by midday and san francisco now is 56 and upper 50's for oakland and san carlos and san jose and gilroy and half moon bay at 55. visibility is unlimited but for

half moon bay at two miles. low beams are necessary. we have a cool onshore blow and a steady sea breeze with a small craft advisory for the bay area, as well. what is going to be doing for the highs today is cooling things down and we will be cooler-than-average before we start to get hot again over the week. 81 degrees in san jose and 78 in sunnyvale and along the peninsula we have mid-70's, mid-to-upper 70's in redwood city and 63 in pacifica and half moon bay at 62, and 65 in downtown san francisco and 62 in sunset. in the north bay, 60 degrees at bodega bay and 90 in ukiah and in clear lake. 79 in napa. mostly sunshine. 77 in hercules. 76 and mild in castro valley. that is the warmest spot. upper 80's and 90 or two at brentwood at 90 degrees and 84

in walnut creek. lows have fog coming back in and patchy drizzle and mid-to-upper 50's and my seven-day outlook we stay dry through the week and the julyup holiday we are back up again in the 90's and 100's for the weekend. we have an injury crash involving a motorcycle westbound along 580 as you make the commute up to grant line road and it will block a couple of lanes and cause traffic. stop-and-go traffic from address and down to 33 miles per hour through the pass. this is our drive across the san mateo bridge with the cloud layer and traffic is not impeded as you make it across the water to the peninsula it will only take you 13 minutes. >> ahead, 15 things to know as you start your day. >> robin williams checks into rehab but not for the typical

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>> whether you are just joining us or headed out the door, firefighters are battling a 2,700 acre wildfire in napa. mandatory evacuations are in affect for two communities. 200 homes are threatened. the fire is only 30 percent contained. amy hollyfield will have a report in a few minutes. >> in the east bay, firefighters are vetting the cause of an early morning house fire that break out after 1:30 this morning. no one was home at the time. it took crews 15 minutes to go the fire under control.

>> it could be a nightmare getting into san francisco. caltran is replacing a hinge on the bridge on i-280 and northbound 280 is shut down from 101 split at 9:00 p.m. and will not re-open fm monday at 5:00 a.m. >> south africa olympian runner oscar pistorius is suffering severe trauma and will become an increasing suicide risk unless he continues to get mental health care. oscar pistorius is charged with shooting and killing his girlfriend. >> five, major golf is returning to san francisco but not as the olympic club. today, officials are expected to formally announce the 2020 p.g.a. championship layed at harding park. the match play championship next year and the 2025 president's cup is played at harding, as well. the golf course hosted the president's cup in 2009.

six, this is a go day to golf, we have cooler than normal temperatures with a trough that is bearing down on us in the bay area and we will see clearing inland, however, staying mostly cloudy for bay area. >> seven, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with a commute and an accident over the altamont pass, and i will have the details straight ahead. >> after comic and san francisco resident robin williams is checked into rehab in minnesota. a spokesman said he did not relapse in the sobriety but he planned to visit the facility to maintain his sobriety after more than 18 straight months of work. he has been open about his additions and challenges and sought treatment in 2006 when he did relapse and return to drinking after 20 years. he stars in the film "angriest man in brooklyn," and working on another "night at museum." >> coffee shop in north dakota

is becoming increasingly popular in part because no one works there. "the vault" in valleyty is businesses on the honor system. you serve yourself and leave your money in a jar. customers say it is a great place to sit and read and no one bothers you. the owner did did not realize the business model is unique. the numbers indicate most pay what they are drink asking now he is thinking of turning the place next door into a bakery. >> a bear cub is doing better after getting his head stuck in a cookie jar. officials say the six-month-old cub was rummaging through crackers. after he was rescued officials had to tranquilize him and firefighters carefully cut the jar off his head.

>> and his friend >> flag waving recoveries in california greet immigrants rounded up at the border and the demand they are making. >> new details on the caltrain conductor who took action against an unruly passenger and he is

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there is fog. it will be hot onupup at 100. the next 12 hours, what you need to know heading out the door, it will be a cooler start by noon, at 76 inland. and 64 airport bay and 60 loan the coast and temperatures are not increasing along the coast. at all. 88 degrees is expected inland with sunshine inland areas but clouds for the rest of us. we will talk about construction and an accident at 580 we have a construction project that is going to block lanes until 6:00 and watch out for that. slow for the cone zone and causing a little bit of slow down. we have an accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle westbound 580 at grant line road blocking one lane causing quite

the backup as you leave address. outside, it is the golden gate bridge so the fog is starting to slowly come over and traffic is not affected. from napa, firefighters continue to battle wildfire approaching 3,000 acres. says the weather cooperated and helped them a lot. they did not rest. they were fighting all night long at 300 firefighters still on the fire line so they not taking a break putting it at 2,700 acres and we expect an update later this morning and it is 30 percent contained. it has destroyed five structures. there is mandatory evacuation in place for 200 homes and some

people in the area are saying they find it comforting to see all of the firefighters who are here. it feels good enjoying they -- good knowing they are attacking it. >> the winds died down overnight and firefighters say they were able to get closer to the fire's edge giving them an advantage and it is calm. they are making progress. no one has been hurt in the fire. when the sun comes up they can access how they were accomplished with a briefing 59 7:00 and they expect it to be a positive report but when the sun comes up and the winds kick up, they get worried so they say it is still on, the fight is still in place and they are not resting yet but they are hoping and expecting a good report at 7:00 this morning.

thank you, amy, at 5:33. 200 homes affected bit evacuations after fire came subdivision. the road was cleared and some decided to return home but they were warned. >> hundreds of feet of brand if you fire hose and all the tools to hookup. >> they better be in front of us or on our tail l is a reason in we leashing. >> many evacuated to middleton high school ten miles arm. we will have continuing coverage on air and online with news coverage on twitter@abcnews twitter@abcnewsbayarea. >> in the east bay fires are

wrap up a house fire in oakland that brock out after 1:30 this morning. investigators say flames were hooting up to 30 feet into the sky and it took crews 15 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was hurt. the person who lived there was not home. video of a man in his 20's able to walk on his own after being rescued from a cliff by san francisco firefighters this morning. he called 9-1-1 for help after 3:00. he may have been assaulted. police are trying to figure out what happened. he was lucky to be in an area accessible by foot because the heavying for and wind would have made a rope rescue extremely difficult. the man now is in san francisco general hospital. happening today, caltrain is ready to close a portion of i-280 in san francisco for the holiday week. northbound 280 will shut down from 101 split up to 5th street tonight at 9:00 p.m. and

not scheduled to re-open until monday at 5:00 a.m. the reason is because bridge hinges need replacing. they allow the freeway to bend and flex. crews will tear on the concrete and install the new hinges four times the size. they did this on the southbound side section on memorial day week. >> a caltrain conductor is taken off duty in connection with an incident where he con front add bridge rent passenger who hit a female conductor with her purse on the train on saturday. the attack continues after she leaves the train. when the male conductor intervenes the woman hits him, too, and he kicks and pushes her. hard. the video prompted different reactions from caltrain riders. >> he was doing his job. >> he has to protect the public.

he did not --. >> 22-year-old maria posada-valdarrama was charged with suspicion physical any assault. the san mateo, sheriff says she appeared intoxicated. the conductor suffered a concussion. >> in november berkeley voters decide whether the city should add an extra tax on sugar drinks. the city council voted unanimously last night to put the measure on the ballot adding one cent an ounce tax on all sodas and sugar sweetened drinks. the money collected is used to promote good nutrition. opponents in the beverage industry say a sugar tax would put an extra financial burden on consumers and businesses. >> protesters waving american flags turned back buses carrying ingrant families to process, centers in riverside county. 140 detainees were taken to a suburban processing center in the town when the protests

intervened and the i grants rounded up in next after -- in texas part of a wave that is overwhelming the facilities. protesters want the undocumented immigrants deported immediately. the buses were re-routed to a facility in san diego. more arrives are expected every 72 hours for several weeks. >> the oakland city council has ordered the four members of the coliseum joint authority to reject a proposed lease extension for the a's during a special meeting tomorrow. our media partner reports that the representatives of the city will, instead, release their own proposal. yesterday the county's four representatives released details of a proposed deal they, worked out with the a's which the county supported. last week, city council members no showed at a board meeting preventing the board from voting on the rope am because they believe the city should negotiate a better deal with the a's. >> good and bad news from

richmond, the city council has approved a budget but the numbers don't add up. the budget has expenses of $10 million but revenues of only $134 million. despite being unbalanced the it shaves $2 million from the police department and the chief says the cuts impact public safety. the city was clobbered by the chevron refinery fire in 2012 which cut the property tax revenue by more than 14 percent. >> now a check of the forecast with all the heat some areas have been seeing. >> we have mist in san francisco, we have warm conditions inland, still, if you are headed to the alameda county fair, we are going to be on the cooler side starting off at 74 degrees at 11 o'clock and by 3:00 p.m. 83 degrees and by 7:00 p.m. we will have more cloud cough. that is the trend for bay area but along the coast and the

peninsula, it will remain cloudy today. the next they days it will hold steady for tomorrow can temperatures are topping out at 88 inland and by fourth of july holiday it will be mild, dry, and temperatures coming right back up for the weekend and sunday into monday you could experience triple digits. >> heading over to san jose, a two-car crash and it sounds like it is over on the shoulder and in the northbound direction on the expressway you could see it and you could slow down. other than that, it looks to be clear. as we head over to the amount pass we have an accident westbound 580 involving a motorcycle. they called an ambulance but it look like that is canceled. the injuries are not major. that is good. mass transit, running on time can muni and bart and ace train, no delays. it will be a drive through berkeley so, westbound making

the push toward the maze the headlights at university avenue show the camera shaky because of the freeze, and traffic is starting to build. a wanting this morning for a bay area neighborhood, a mountain lion feeding steps from home and well hear from a witness. >> disaster caught on camera, a fiery food truck explosion engulfed people who were passing by. >> big storm churning up the heat coast has millions of people on alert.

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covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all bay area, this is abc7 news. a fiery explosion caught on camera. look at this. a food truck blew up in north philadelphia yesterday injuring eleven people. two of the people suffered serious burns. police say the explosion happened outside an auto body shop. they believe a proceed table bank was the cause. the blast was caught by a surveillace camera. no homes are businesses were damaged. >> a wanting in san mateo after neighbors spotted a mountain lion attacking a deer near home homes. the attack happened early yesterday morning. it happened in this man's back yesterday. >> my dad shined the flab light and we saw a mountain lion

eating a baby deer and it looked at us and jumped over the creek and ran up the hill. it gave me the creeps. i had never seen a cat that big. >> deer died and the mountain lion was gone. >> two water districts and land owners in the central valley are making millions off of california's drought by auctioning off private reserves of water to farms. it is decades sin the water market has been so hot with the price of water growing up to $2,200 an acre foot enough to cover a football field with a foot of water. the sellers include people who hold claims on water that date back a century. private firms that are extracting ground water. and land owners who stored water if underground caverns known as water banks. >> a little bit of water calling from the sky along the coast but not a lot. >> minimal. not measurable of the just drizzle. the normal mist we see in the

commute. you may want to use the windshield wipers. >> it is going to be misty. but mostly fog and that is along the coast with thick marine labor. hooking to the embarcadero you can see the clouds are here to stay and from part of the bay area it will be here but the inland areas are going to burn off. radar showing the runs in terms of the cloud layer and the fog. but other than that, reduced visibility long half moon bay, highway one, is 2.5 miles and everywhere else it is unlimited. we have gusts and more of a sea breeze but, now, current temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50's for much of bay area and 59 in pittsburg and 58 in lafayette and 54 in daly city. as we look at why, we have the trough off to the north of us and that is moving in the cooler

sea breeze with a small craft advisory for the bay area and it is going to be replaced with a ridge of high pressure over the week and even bringing triple digits. we have at&t park, taking on the st. louis cardinals and we could have fire work. however. i don't know if you can see them because of the cloud layers. it will be breezy and cloudy temperatures dipping down to 59 by the end of the game. 88 degrees in fairly and sunshine and then clouds for parts of the peninsula and 73 degrees in san mateo and 65 in san francisco. 80 degrees in santa rosa and 79 in napa. the seven-day outlook shows clouds are going to be here for the morning hours and it will be dry for the rest of the week into the weekend with 90's and

monday. northbound 880 we have a stall news causing too of a problem but emeryville we are at top speeds and the metering lights are not turn on and highway four westbound antioch to hercules is 31 minutes. highway 87 through san jose is 85 through the san jose airports under ten minutes. >> team u.s.a. put up a great fight against belgium but they came up short with belgium getting the victory in overtime. despite the loss americans still proud of their team, of course, and fans loved goalkeeper tim how war's performance with the most saves sin the world cup started keeping that statistics. he gained 100,000 twitter followers. >> the world cup goes on the next matches on friday. you can enjoy the july 4th

holiday watching plans and germany and then brazil and columbia on espn. burger king is celebrating gay pride with a message on its whopper wrapper "introducing the proud whopper a sandwich wrapped in rainbow paper and a message that says we are all the same." they will post a video online that shows scenes from san francisco where it sole the whopper over the weekend and burger king will sell it through tomorrow at the market street location. >> senator boxer brings her campaign against medical errors to the bay area with a if you report unveiling the growing program. >> a young mother moved to tears at the checkout counter. this explosion is something we have reported to you this morning and coming up, new at 6:00, facebook backlash, the

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>> online you can get a complete guide for fourth of july activities including parades, and fire work shows and that is where you will see the fireworks at the shows. it is illegal to have personal fireworks and we have information on the events where you can see members of our abc7 news team. >> hurricane watch is in affect in the north carolina along the coast because of tropical storm arthur expected to strengthen

and become a hurricane later today. arthur has wipes up to 65 miles per hour beyond cape canavaral but strong storms killed four memorial including a man who died when a 60' tree fell open his cottage in indiana. >> a tree trimmer new larry so well he would come down to work on the trees. >> and there are tornadoes, possible tornadoes, later on today. >> health officials are advising people to stay out of the water at a popular bench. officials say unsafe levels of bacteria were found at pebble beach where there is contamination. marine life and animals and human actist are the cause. the advisory is in affect until

it is safe. san mateo county supervisors are added to the growing list of potential new restrictions on dog walking in federal park land the board says restrictions are too severe and voted yesterday to send a letter outlining the opposition to officials with the national recreation area. the proposal would batch off leach dog walking in four are already on record as opposing the dog walking restrictions. >> in san francisco, watch out for a special animal spotted undeck of a home near 25th and rhode island street. it looks like this. wildlife emergency services is working to cash the critter but want to know how it got here.

they live in the sierra but can hitch rides to lower elevations. >> cute but small. >> i wouldn't pick it up. >> no way. no, no, no, no, and not in this heat. if you are traveling across california, expect triple digits including palm springs still 110 degrees and 105 in fresno and 66 in monterey and pretty low, below average for the next couple of days, hing steady. in the mid-50 for san francisco and the rest of the bay area is in the mid-to-upper 50's and possible 60s including 62 in tracy. we have an accident out of tracy 580 to grand line road involving a motorcycle of the it is sometime blocking one lane. that is causing quite the back

backup. away from tracy and beyond scene of the accident there is yellow there and the traffic is starting to dissipate. it is already taking on an hour and 21 minutes coming from tracy to dublin. southbound 680, continue minutes and highway 85101 to cupertino is a short five minutes. the toll plaza shows metering lights just turned on so from emeryville we are seeing heavy traffic. it is 5:55, senator boxer will tour the medical center of ucfs part of a campaign to reduce medicaller recovers in hospitals across the nation. she will see the innovative programs to reduce the errors. a government report found that each year up to 440,000 americans die as a result of preventable errors in hospitals. the numbers are the equal of a jumbo jet crashing each day with

in survivors. libyan militant expected in the deadly attack of the embassy in benghazi will appear at a hearing today in washington, dc. ahmed abu khattala pled not guilty on saturday to conspiracy to aid terrorists. khattala was motivated to participate in the violence by his extremist ideology and he voiced opposition to the presence of an american compound in benghazi. officials say he was the ringleader of the 2012 attack that killed united states ambassador and bay area native christopher stevens and three other members. chat chat was captured last month if libya by special forces. >> a random act of keepness captured on camera has made an unsuspecting woman in south dakotan online sensation. we she was in the check out at wal-mart and a cows inform in front of her did not have enough money to pay for diapers and she bought the woman $120 worth of

diapers. another shocked shopper caught this on the cell phone and posted it on facebook and it is viral. flynn said she was just trying to spread some love. >> the morning news continues at 6:00 with developing news. >> we continuing to follow the fast-moving wildfire with thousands of acres burned and people forced to flee their home. we have an update on the firefight the. >> fast food nation, "consumer reports" and "7 on your side" reveal why you may want to drive past the big fast food chains next summer road

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. a fast-moving wildfire buns -- burns in napa county. >> getting into san francisco could be difficult starting later today.

the partial freeway closing now just hours away and how long commuters have to navigate around the shutdown. >> east bay officials debate whether police officers shut wear body cameras. good morning, everyone, it is 6 a.m. let's get a check on the weather forecast. it has been breezy. that could be a problem for a wild firefight. leyla gulen? >> that is right. we have 16-miles-per-hour gusts where the fire burning. amy hollyfield is on the scene with more details on that it looks like we will be cooler an the bay area so that is good news and i know there is not too much humidity in the area. as we take a look at live doppler 7 hds we are waking up to patchy fog and drizzle along the coast and a thick marine layer. from the