happening now, sky 7 hd is live over napa county. firefighters are working nonstop to surround a wildfire that is threatening hundreds of homes in the pope valley area. good afternoon, i'm dan ashley. >> it is happening now in the north bay. cooler temperatures and higher humidity are helping the 1,000 firefighters battling this wildfire in napa county. >> flames are threatening 380 structures, many of them homes, and mandatory evacuations are still in effect. the fire has been burning for nearly 28 hours now and has charred structures, including one home. >> it's grown to 3200 acres with 30% containment. abc z7 news reporter wayne

friedman is live near the fire lines with the latest update. >> reporter: we were getting low temperatures and we do have an inversion layer this morning and that was happening firefighters but the inversion layer has burned off, the wind has come up and as you see over my shoulder now we have more smoke and afternoon activity. that 3200 acres is about to change. 30% about to change. we don't know what those new numbers will be but they have been the same for quite a while. it's certainly better than yesterday. let's begin with amy head of the california -- of cal fire. >> so it seems to be coming up again. it's not like yesterday, though, is it? >> no, not like yesterday. we did have a little cool weather come in last night that helped and it stayed a lot cooler than yesterday. but there's a little wind picking up. >> reporter: in a fire like this, wind and heat are the enemies. in an area with so many hot spots, the wind has a way of wreaking havoc, a gust, a burst, a flare-up. after a quiet morning that's what we saw about 1:00 p.m. when the sun came out.

along bucks county road, this area flared and cal fire sent in the helicopters, one after another dropping buckets. it is dangerous pinpoint work. >> they can carry about 3,000 gallons of water in the bucket and they take it to a hot spot and dump it. >> reporter: will 3,000 gallons do it? >> it definitely slows things down until we can get ground resources in there. >> reporter: they have had more than that in the last hour. they have had planes coming in dumping some of that pink stuff from the air. that's a lot more than 300 gallons. more of those spot fires coming up. it's a sparsely populated area but an area from which at least 100 people remain evacuated. we spoke with some people this afternoon who had been through the worst of it yesterday and they had finally had enough. they were leaving. they were in such a hurry in fact they didn't care to talk on camera. no estimate yet from cal fire about when this will be finished or yet what caused it. we'll be back in an hour with more information.

live from pope valley, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. there is some financial relief for all the different agencies battling that fire. governor brown announced the state has secured a fire management assistance grant from fema, the federal emergency management agency, to cover some of the firefighting costs. the grant will allow agencies responding to the fire to cover up to 75% of the expenses they incurred. >> we will continue to have the latest on the napa valley fire on air and online. you can get the latest updates on twitter. of course the critical issue always when these things start burning is the weather conditions on the fire line. >> spencer christian is here with more on the conditions that firefighters are facing. >> let's go right to live doppler 7 hd. close in here and you can see once again our radar is picking up the smoke showing up as green on the screen here, so the fire is still a very dangerous and destructive fire with a huge plume of smoke coming out of it. the temperature right now 93

degrees, which is about the same as the reading this time yesterday. earlier in the day it was a bit cooler and the winds were a bit calmer. as you can see we do have gusts up to 13 miles per hour. relative humidity is slightly higher than it was yesterday at this hour but still very dry there so we still have dangerous fire conditions. a red flag warning for high fire danger extends from the clear lake area northward until 9:00 tonight. the main concern in that area is lightning strikes that could ignite a fire. back closer to home here's a live view from sfo, you can see some clouds building in the western sky. 62 in san francisco, 68 in oakland. 57 in half moon bay. another live view looking westward from emeryville and we have temperature readings right now in the 70s from santa rosa and napa, low to mid-80s in novato, concord and livermore. i'll take a look at fourth of july weather coming up in just a few minutes. developing news from los angeles where the jury that has been deliberating the bryan stow

civil suit has hit an impasse, but the judge in the trial has ordered the deadlocked jurors to return to the jury room and continue their deliberations. stow's family is suing the team and former dodgers owner frank mccourt, accusing them of not providing enough stadium security. jurors have been deliberating since last thursday. the two men who beat stow pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison in the criminal case. a man says he's now seen a mountain lion twice. >> yesterday morning he found himself just 20 feet away from a big cat. >> abc 7 news reporter vick lee is at the home now with this story. vic. >> reporter: scary indeed. the owner of this property saw the mountain lion not once, but twice in two days. now, the sightings were made at the bottom of this hill, ted, if we could zoom over and show our viewers a better look. at the bottom of this hill is a creek bed with some water. it's also where a herd of about 40 deer roam, so it's a natural

habitat for mountain lions. state fish and wildlife believe the cat is young, about one to one and a half years old. it was in the early morning hours yesterday when tim weber was awakened by a loud noise. >> a fawn screaming. it happened several times. >> reporter: it was coming from the bottom of the hill near the creek bed. he got his son cole and they walked with flashlights through the dense underbrush. >> no more than 15, 20 feet away from us, this cat just steps up off a dead little fawn and darts up the hill. >> reporter: the mountain lion had been feasting on the young deer it had just killed. >> we were both like, whoa, that's a mountain lion. like let's get away from here. >> he was just sitting here watching us the expire time. >> reporter: weber says the cat just froze in the bushes, its eyes were hypnotic. >> they glow, like a glowing greenish red color. >> reporter: today around noon weber thought he saw the lion again as he gazed at the

hillside from his deck. >> we get down and turn the corner and up pops that lion. it's like oh, boy. >> reporter: this was the second confirmed citing of a mountain lion in the bay area since may. this cat ran down an alley between two apartment houses into a parking garage in mountain view. it hid under a parked van looking scared and confused. the drought most likely caused both cats to become boulder. >> animals are going to be more active looking for food and looking for water, so just be aware always. >> reporter: state fish and wildlife says this area of san mateo county is a natural habitat for mountain lions and their prey, deer. vic lee, abc 7 news. happening tonight caltrans will close a part of 280 in san francisco for the entire fourth of july holiday weekend. northbound 280 will shut down from the 101 split all the way to 5th street starting at 9:00 p.m. the roadway won't reopen until monday at 5:00 a.m. the closure is necessary to

replace aging seismic hinges on overpasses between cesar chavez and 24th streets. >> if you don't need to be in the area, don't need to be in the city, stay away. it probably will be somewhat congested. our alternate route will be 101, but even then there will be some delay on that. >> a similar project was done on the southbound side over the memorial day weekend. for help navigating around traffic problems, you can download our exclusive abc 7 news traffic app for free from your app store. tonight the department of homeland security is ordering urgent new security measures at some airports overseas. >> there's growing concern about potential terror attacks on airplanes bound for the u.s. using a new generation of bombs. >> devon dwyer has the latest. >> reporter: those patdowns, x-ray machines and a ban on big liquids might not be enough to catch a new generation of bombs, now under development by terrorists in syria. >> they're trying to find bombs that they believe can circumvent

security to get on aircraft, to bring down aircraft. >> reporter: passengers flying into the u.s. from overseas will face even tighter security at airports, starting this month. abc news has learned some of the new measures could include increased random screening, expanded use of explosive detection machines and a longer list of clothing that may have to be removed for screening. >> a lot of what they're going to be doing is driven by intelligence and information about a particular type of phone, a particular type of shoe. it's very likely that the lines will get longer. >> reporter: homeland security officials say they're also on the lookout for radicals who have trained in war-torn syria and have american or european passports which give them easier access to the u.s. >> all of my european counterparts are focused on this all day every day, trying to track those who are going and who might come back. >> reporter: with the busy travel season, many passengers say the government can't be strong enough.

>> with all the scares, you can never be too safe. >> we can do a better job from having them board a plane, i think that's a good thing. >> reporter: officials say no specific plot has been identified but that the danger is very real. sources say the new sutuecurity measures will take effect in the next two weeks. today a mountain view man accused of owning and operating myred book.com pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering and facilitating prosecution. eric amuro and his assistant were indicted last month. the indictment says my redbook offered reviews of escort and massage services but was mostly used for prostitution. they are due back in court on july 10th. san jose's ongoing fight on picks reform will be decided by voters. city leaders will seek a november ballot measure if passed will scale back two key components of the plan. the changes include allowing former city workers who quit

their jobs to come back under their old benefit plan and lowering the bar for police and firefighters to go retire on disability. union leaders are not pleased, saying the city has not addressed any of their concerns. >> we equate it to the captain of the titanic yelling out to all the people on the life boats, come on back. i know the ship is sinking but get back onboard. >> san jose voters overwhelmingly passed the reform plan in 2012. backers say they had to do something to rein in soaring retirement costs, but city workers have been leaving their jobs for better-paying positions elsewhere. leaders in fremont and union city say they're going to save taxpayer money by squall dating their dispatch centers. a new call center will be built in fremont, which has three many times people as union city. leaders said combining dispatch operations will save fremont and union city about $400,000 a year. it will take a year and a half for dispatchers to fully

integrate into this new two-city system. a century-old san francisco convalescent home will be turned into a school. operators of the home announced today it will sell the assisted living facility to all at that vista school. proceeds will help the 30 remaining seniors living at the home transition to a new care facility and to pay severance to employees. the seniors will have until the end of the month to move. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a food blogger's confession. how her passion for helping eating turned dangerous. plus -- >> the community that brought this local veteran to tears today. >> it's a touching story. new at 4:30, not in their town. why one bay area city refuses to pay for their fourth of july parade. taking a live look at your skyway traffic in san francisco on this wednesday, 4:12, as you're heading away from us on

the right-hand side, that's traffic going down the peninsula 101 south. on the left-hand side they are going to the lower deck of the bay bridge and on over to the east bay. full going in both directions. a little better if you're heading south on the peninsula. stay with us

sky 7 hd is live over napa county. you're looking at a fixed wing air tanker dropping retardant on those flames. firefighters trying to get a handle on a 3200-acre wildfire in pope valley. there you saw that big drop as they try to stop the advance of those flames. hundreds of structures are still being threatened and mandatory evacuations are still in effect.

obviously we're monitoring this closely for you on air and online. you can check us out any time on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. police have pinpointed a cause for a massive explosion that destroyed a philadelphia food truck. a leak from one of the two propane tanks on the truck created a vapor cloud that was ignited by the cooking grill. >> it was an unbelievable explosion. what remained of the tank was found 150 feet away. it critically injured five people, including the truck's owner and three of her family members. >> seven other people suffered injuries that were not as serious. well, a well-known diet blogger's passion for healthy eating became an unhealthy obsession. >> the woman behind the blonde vegan said she developed an eating disorder. >> juju chang has the story. >> reporter: for 23-year-old jordan younger, going vegan began as a simple goal, to get

healthy. little did she know her humble blog, the blonde vegan, chronicling her impeccable food choices would soon amass a huge fan base on instagram. more than 70,000 followers. an even bigger surprise, when after just a year of living and touting that vegan lifestyle, younger says things went sour. >> i would just stand in front of the refrigerator for 20 minutes totally panicking that i wasn't going to be eating the right thing for my body. >> reporter: confessing in a shocking blog post titled why i'm transitioning away from veganism, that she had developed an obsession with eating righteously. >> i've never even heard of it. >> i lot of people haven't heard of it which is not surprising to me at all. >> reporter: younger said she restricted her own diet so much that she developed a strange rash and grew weak, even stopped having her period. >> i started realizing that i had vitamin deficiencies. >> you were malnourished? >> i was malnourished, yeah. i was very much restricting

myself through the shield of veganism. >> you basically exposed the dark underbelly of veganism. >> exactly. >> reporter: but after coming forward, jordan says she was even more shocked to be bombarded with negative comments. people saying that she wasn't a true vegan, and much worse. >> i got death threats. i did. on the opposite side of the spectrum, i had so much support from so many people. >> reporter: now jordan changed her diet adding fish and eggs. she's also changed her instagram name from vegan to veggie, focusing now on a new direction and a new venture, her new clothing line. >> the new message is all about balance. do whatever you're doing in moderation. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. a wounded warrior got a very special delivery today. he's the proud new owner of a reconditioned suv. mechanics worked on the vehicle as a way to say thank you for his service. the veterans affairs department

helps to choose the recipients of this vehicle program. >> awesome! i have a car in hawaii, but this is awesome. >> you see him getting overwhelmed understandably. he served in iraq for ten months until his humvee was hit by an ied in 2005. he is currently unemployed and lives in san mateo. so far the mechanics have restored about five vehicles to help wounded veterans. >> that is awesome. time to check on our weather as we head into the holiday weekend. >> we're getting close. we're all worried about the fireworks. will we be able to see them. but the worry is also the condition on the fire lines. >> as for the fireworks, it's a close call as you get closer to the coastline, but inland there should not be any problem with friday night fireworks. let's take a live look at doppler 7 hd and we have a typical early to mid-summer pattern, low clouds at the coast, sunny skies inland.

winds are pretty gusty at some spots, up to 25 miles per hour at fairfield, 32 miles per hour gusts at sfo, 16 at novato, 21 in mountain view so it's a breezy afternoon all around the bay area. here's your look at the golden gate bridge where we have low clouds and fog right now. traffic moving along nicely, though. these are the forecast features. we'll see fog and spotty drizzle tonight. mild to warm on friday, fourth of july, and it will be heating up this weekend to more summer-like levels. the satellite image shows a trough in the jetstream, a pool of cooler air brings us a cooler than average day. follow the timeline here, thursday into the weekend, we'll see a big hot air mass beginning to expand and dominate our weather picture. the temperatures will be rising right on through the weekend and into early next week. sunset on the fourth of july, 8:35 p.m. let's talk about that close call for fireworks. a little fog at the coast and maybe a little patch of it drifting over to the east side

or eastern edge of the bay. so during conditions near the coast might be pretty good between 9:00 and 9:30. we'll hope for the fog to be our friend and stay away until after the fireworks. temperatures at 8:35 in the evening on fourth of july will be mainly in the 50s near the coast and near the bay, 60s and 70s in our inland locations. pretty good conditions for our fireworks. overnight look for lows tonight generally in the mid to upper 50s, much like last night. tomorrow we'll see highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. mid-70s for the most part on the peninsula, mid to upper 70s. 70 in redwood city. upper 50s to low 60s at the coast and 65 degrees downtown san francisco. mid-80s across the north bay tomorrow. we'll see low to mid-70s on the east bay. on the inland east bay we'll see highs in the mid to upper 80s. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll warm up a little bit on saturday and there will be

further warming, much further on sunday and monday as inland highs reach the upper 90s. mid to upper 80s around the bay and near 70 on the coast. temperatures will gradually moderate tuesday and wednesday. and this friday for our 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. weather casts, i'll be live down at the shoreline amphitheater for some family fun. many of your favorite disney characters will be there, including me. so drop by. >> all right, thank you so much, spencer. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, flood on board. >> what caused the inside of a plane to turn into a river. then new after 4:30 -- >> two members of the san jose earthquakes who played in world cup action are returning to the bay area. is there still excitement about their contributions to the game? we'll have that story still to come. [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. that's why, coming soon,

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we've just gotten an update on that wildfire in napa county. you're taking a live look at it now with that smoke just billowing. cal fire says the fire has now grown to 3800 acres with 30% containment. nearly 200 structures are still being threatened and at least five structures have been destroyed, including a home. mandatory evacuations are in effect. we will continue to follow the fire on air and online at twitter at abc 7 news bay area. growing tension over the immigration crisis. a group of angry protesters blocked three buses in southern california yesterday as they were trying to bring undocumented immigrants to a border processing station. and one bay area congressman is heading to texas today to see for himself what conditions are like at those holding facilities. >> dublin democrat eric swalwell will also participate in a

homeland security field hearing. >> reporter: bay area congressman eric swalwell says he wants to see firsthand what's happening with those immigrant children in texas. >> i'm going to go to one of the facilities in the rio grande valley where about 300 to 400 children a day are crossing the border and are being processed by our border patrol. >> reporter: like many people, swalwell is disturbed by images like these, of children who survived harrowing train rides, only to be taken into custody and put in crowded, difficult conditions here in the united states. more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been picked up along the southern border in the past year. most from guatemala, el salvador and honduras. while many can agree this is a tenuous situation, there is little consensus on what to do about it. >> it is a very sad situation that we are dealing with. >> reporter: mark is on the executive committee of the contra costa republican party. >> do you see any path for any of them to stay here?

>> in this case you have to do it on a case-by-case. if we can find the families of these children, we need to return them to their families. >> reporter: swalwell believes those children who can be safely returned to their country should be but that is a long process. >> our immigration system right now is broken and there's great, great uncertainty. i think having a system that has certainty, that includes not just security but also a process in which people can migrate here to the united states and get on to a pathway to citizenship. >> reporter: president obama said this week he will take executive action without involving congress to try to solve the immigration crisis along the southern border. laura anthony, abc 7 news. the libyan militant charged in the deadly 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi has been ordered to remain locked up. ahmed abu khattala is accused of carrying out the attack that

killed ambassador christopher stevens and three others. he was a bay area native and uc berkeley graduate. the texas tech cheerleader who showed her posing with lions, zebras and rhinos she killed says she has no intention of removing the photos. animal rights activists and others have found them to be very disturbing. 19-year-old kendall jones has turned her profile into a tribute into one of her favorite activities. hunting. not just deer and ducks but mow exotic animals. she calls this a testament to her hunting skills and dedication to game preservation. animal welfare advocates don't buy it. >> in modern day and age killing an endangered species to save it is just unacceptable. >> an online petition asking facebook to remove the page of kendall jones that promotes animal cruelty has more than 67,000 signatures. senator barbara boxer released a report on preventing the third leading cause of death in the united states.

what is that? medical mistakes. boxer toured ucsf medical center and saw what the staff there is doing to cut down on mistakes and infections. things like a bar code system to avoid errors, while administering medicine. and a surveillance system to make sure doctors and nurses wash their hands before treating a patient. >> washing your hands when you go in and out of a patient's room is not exactly high tech and expensive. you know, it's a matter of the soap dispenser and it's a matter of making sure you change the culture. >> boxer wants other hospitals to adopt similar measures to reduce medical errors. it is estimated that about 440 million americans -- 440,000 americans die because of mistakes in hospitals. the city of fremont will put on its very popular fourth of july parade with thousand its of residents enjoying the floats and festivities. >> but most folks are unaware who funds that parade and that's where the controversy begins.

>> lyanne melendez is live with that story. >> reporter: a very windy fremont today, by the way. yes, a lot of cities in the bay area pay for their own fourth of july parade and celebration and festivities, but the city of fremont has found a way to avoid using taxpayer money. some say it's not very patriotic. most people in fremont think the city pays for the fourth of july parade. >> i always assumed that the city pays for the parade and anything that's -- yeah, why wouldn't they? >> reporter: the last time the city gave parade organizers a grant was in 2007. since then it's all come from private moneys. >> for corporate, for individuals, however we can in order to raise the funds. >> it's right around $55,000 to $60,000. >> reporter: ironically about 25% of that amount goes to pay

for city services like police and safety. while the mayor and city council members also solicit donations from the private sector, the city refuses to contribute. the mayor says if you fund one parade, you have to fund all others. >> if we say yes now, it's just going to start the slow and slippery road. >> reporter: some here like the idea of not dipping into the general fund. >> because it's the taxpayers' money. >> reporter: others disagree. >> i have no idea why this city can not come up with a meager amount of money when we are one of the biggest, most successful cities in not just the bay area but across the country. >> reporter: and every year it's a struggle to raise the money to put on this parade. few also know that in the past, the city's human resources office has spent close to $2,000 of taxpayer money to participate in the san francisco gay pride parade. not anymore. >> zero dollars this year. this was the first year. in the years past the city has paid the liability for the human

resources committee. it's their event. this year it was all raised with private donations. >> reporter: now the city council is considering a proposal to set aside money in the city's budget for all community events. the matter will be taken up in the fall. in fremont, lyanne melendez. >> go to abc 7 news.com for a complete guide to activities in the bay area, including parades and fireworks shows. we also have information on the events where you can see members of the abc 7 news team, a number of us will be out and about. michael will be in alameda, i'll be at the alameda county fair. >> awesome. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, the unusual discovery of a massive retroarcade. >> yeah, what is going to happen to all of these collectibles. >> i'm spencer christian. we see lots of blue sky this direction but fog is rolling in that direction. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up shortly. and checking traffic as we

approach 4:38 on your wednesday. that is the san mateo bridge on the right-hand side. the traffic heading away from us is going over to the peninsula. traffic coming toward us is coming into hayward and the east bay a little heavier if you're coming to the east bay. >> not too bad today, though. and later, u.s. keeper tim howard turns into an internet sensation. the special hash tag created for him on twitter. >> and we want to see your world cup fan photos. e-mail them to us or upload them through our news app.

heat shields are compromised. we what's that alarm?ures. fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app.

with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. buying real estate can be fun especially if the building's previous owner left something behind. two floors of a building a woman bought contained remnants of an old arcade. there were more than 50 dusty but operational arcade consoles. the games included donkey kong, petris and street fighter. but the woman isn't interested in the arcade so they're looking to el those items. >> they're classics. probably worth a lot of money. the parents of an 8-year-old boy say they know their son would be happy after opening his birthday present. >> what they didn't expect was his emotional reaction to getting a new video game. take a look.

>> i'm so happy. >> oh. >> oh. you think he's excited? tears of joy. buzzfeed reports its caleb has been obsessed with playing mine craft for over a year and all he wanted was that xbox edition. >> so when he finally got it, he pretty much started hyperventilating. very happy. >> how fun for his folks to know exactly what he wanted. that's sweet. >> yeah, it is. >> he'll get bored with it soon. >> and head outside. spencer christian is checking our weather with what it's like outside. >> a lot nicer today, spencer. >> you're absolutely right about that. a little cooler. it's breezy and pleasant. of course we still have fire concerns but the weather is very pleasant. here's live doppler 7 hd. we have low clouds and fog at the coast and you can probably hear the wind blowing across my microphone right now. a pretty brisk onshore breeze. speaking of breezes, let's talk about tropical storm arthur just off the florida/georgia

coastline right now. expected to become a hurricane by tomorrow. maximum sustained winds 70 miles an hour so it's certainly close to hurricane force. gusts to 85. let's track its expected movement the next couple of days. by tomorrow afternoon, 2:00 eastern time, it's expected to be a category 1 hurricane right off the coastline of northern south carolina or southern north carolina. it will continue its northeastward movement and probably move right over the cape hatteras area by friday morning. and then it will be pretty far off the coastline for the next day or so as it heads up towards halifax, nova scotia, whereby saturday it will weaken to tropical storm strength again. tomorrow across the state of california, look for hot conditions across the interior sections. here in the bay area tomorrow we'll have a pleasantly mild to warm day on the day before the fourth of july. things will heat up over the weekend and sandy will tell you more about that at 5:00. >> looks good, spencer. thank you. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, converting fans.

the big financial news the san jose earthquakes are getting because of the world cup. >> plus how soccer fans are praising tim howard on social media and the special call he got today. and a reminder for all things world cup, go to abc7news.com/worldcup. we have extensive coverage on our website, including who the

well, if you didn't like the idea of paying for parking on sunday, good news. metered parking on sundays will be free again in most areas of san francisco starting this weekend, the holiday. the city started charging for parking on sunday last year, but the program is being scrapped to make it more affordable for residents and visitors to get around. meters at fisherman's wharf and those under the jurisdiction of the port of san francisco will continue to operate on sundays as well as several city parking lots, however. you will still have to feed the meters around at&t park for special events like giants games. two world cup players will be back with the san jose earthquakes after the honduras and u.s. team unfortunately

failed to survive the knockout round. >> they are hoping to boost ticket sales and fan support. david louie is live at buckshaw stadium at santa clara university where the quakes are playing tonight, david. >> reporter: yes, they are, dan. there's no question that soccer fans really appreciate and admire world cup players. one of them, victor, has already returned from brazil and will be on the home field tonight here in santa clara against the chivas team. the other team player that went to the world cup, best known as wondo is not back until his first game july 11th. ticket sales are rising even with the team currently ranked eighth in the nine-team western conference. >> i'm going to my first soccer game ever, yes. professional game.

>> so is this an exciting thing for you? >> yes, i'm very excited. >> reporter: world cup fever is having a positive impact on season ticket sales for the quakes new stadium opening in march. the team has 5,000 season ticket holders now but has already sold 7,000 for next season. >> young adults and people in my age range grew up with soccer with nar culture than people a little older so there's a big growth in that area. we have a lot of young fans that know the league and know the sport and will grow into it. >> reporter: team apparel sales benefited from a new logo and a red jersey, but at stores like soccer pro in san jose, there is hope that the returning players will reignite support for the quakes. >> they're quality players and probably our best players that we have in terms of going forward. so yeah, they would be a big help coming back. >> reporter: it doesn't hurt either that danville native wondo has plenty of media coverage. he and rest of the usa team

remain heroes for advancing as far as they did. >> it's a team sport so the team played together and you can't blame any one person for either, you know, executing or not executing. everyone did the best of their ability. while the game of soccer is gaining popularity, a member of world cup team usa has become an internet 17 station. check out goalie tim howard's name after his 16 saves. twitter's hash tag things tim howard can save. you can see him saving simba's father in "the lion king," the titanic and showing blocking jaws from going on the attack. howard humbly says he was just doing his job. >> i've said all along that's what i signed up to do, stick my face in front of balls and get in the way and that's my job. so i was able to do a lot of that last night and for me, unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

>> check out another tribute to howard. a wikipedia page update making him defense secretary. our nation's real secretary of defense, chuck hagel, called howard today thanking him for defending the u.s. at the world cup. president obama made calls to howard and team captain clint dempsey. >> tim howard is cool. the next world cup matches will be on friday. you can watch them live on our sister networks, espn and espn2. at 9:00 a.m. it's france and germany on espn2 and at 1:00 p.m., brazil versus colombia on espn. saturday at 9:00 a.m. it's argentina versus belgium on abc 7 and then at 1:00, netherlands versus costa rica on espn. coming up here next, you know, it's the simple thing. >> a bay area teenager's mission to help people in need makes her an abc 7 news top scholar. >> i'm cheryl jennings. coming up new at 5:00, coliseum chaos. why the latest chapter in the

saga has one official saying the city is giving itself a black eye. and which fast food chain is the worst in the country? 7 on your side's michael finney teams up with consumer reports to find out. those stories on abc s

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abc zen news top scholar program is in it's ninth year. we've recognized students who receive a $1,000 scholarship towards his or her college education. one of this year's recipients has turned her love for biology and her father into programs to help provide simple things for those in need. >> believe it or not, no. >> reporter: recent san rafael high school grad and biology buff anika kumar likes dissection tools rather than text books. >> i can cut up anything. >> reporter: it's no surprise

this hands-on students main focus will be biology at tufts university this fall. she will be keeping a hand in dissection for all, a website she helped create to teach underserved students the art of dissection. >> we have videos in spanish and english. so far we have cow eyeballs and we filmed a cat dissection. >> i've never had the urge to dissect a pig's anything nor a cat's eyeball? >> no, a cow's eyeball and an actual cat. >> reporter: anika has become an important role model to her fellow students and community. >> tell me about how your father's illness has inspired you to try to help people in cancer. >> my dad, he was diagnosed with type 1 carcinoid. along with the psychological effects, the financial distress we went through prompted me to make this organization. >> reporter: it's called one simple wish. she gathers donations from local

businesses, like gift cards, knit hats and tooth brushes to help low income cancer patients cut costs on the simple things. >> i want to go and make smaller clinics in low income areas and have those basic treatments available to the community that i come from. so that's what my dream is to do. >> reporter: a dream anika will surely realize. larry beall, abc 7 news. >> watch our abc 7 top scholars special this sunday, july 6th, at 10:00 a.m. to learn more about this year's top scholars who are all making a difference in their communities. abc 7 is calling off -- all of our change makers apply for a summer service award and win $1,000 for your community by logging on to ysa.org/beinspired. thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with dan ashley and cheryl jennings. a fire in the north bay.

evacuations are still in effect and no one is going home any time soon. >> there's a little bit of wind picking up. >> we are live, day two on the fire lines, where the fight is still going strong. plus -- >> i think it's going to be intolerable. >> a freeway about to close for five days. what you need to know about the headaches. and the saga continues over the oakland coliseum. why one official says the city is giving itself a black eye. and hunting down a mountain lion on the peninsula. >> this cat just steps up and darts up the hill. firefighters are trying to get a handle on this fire burning in napa county. buildings are burned, homes are evacuated and the fire is just too unpredictable for anyone to go home. here's a live picture now from sky 7 hd. 1,000 firefighters are on the front lines right now.

this fire has been burning more than 24 hours. it was first reported about noon yesterday. and this fire continues to grow. thanks for joining us, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. a short time ago, cal fire told us that this fire has now grown from 3200 to 3800 acres now, so it is still spreading. let's show you where it is burning specifically. flames are just north of the wineries in napa valley. we hope we can put up a little map here for you. evacuations are still in effect for people living in the berryessa estates area. there's that map that gives you an idea of where this fire is burning and where it is threatening homes. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is on the fire lines, has been there all day long and has this story. >> reporter: for firefighters, overnight inversion layers present opportunities. the wind dies down, temperatures drop, and if those firefighters are lucky, the conditions persist after sunrise. that is what we saw in pope valley this morning, though no one took the brief inversion layer for granted. >> as far as an inversion layer, it is not the safest place to

be. it's very unpredictable. >> reporter: because hot spots can be capricious. a gust here, a puff there, a blast of flames in the most unpredictable of places. that's what happened in pope valley when the inversion layer lifted this afternoon. as firefighters worried about containing the large perimeter, they also battled countless flare-ups inside the lines. this one along butts canyon road came out of nowhere and took a small army to knock down. as dramatic as this skirmish looked, it was nothing compared with yesterday. and that is the good news. >> you know, it's got a flaming front with it, but we're also getting some spot fires out in front of that. >> are you worried? >> not terribly. >> reporter: that calmness in the face of a firestorm. in napa county, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. let's take another look now at that fire from sky 7 hd. the wind conditions have been changing. we want to check in right now with meteorologist sandy patel or what the conditions are right