>> three camp grounds are still closed and we've just learned that evacuation orders are expected to remain in place for a few more days. abc7 news. >> now, figure later tonight looking at the rim fire that became one of the biggest fires in state history the man behind the drone that hampered the firefighting efforts, coming up. >> at least two places along the bay area shore lines are unusual this time of the year. it's happening on ocean beach. we're live to explain what they are and why so many died at once. alisa? >> reporter: this is one of the creatures. experts say they're not dangerous and large groups of them will wash up on bay area

beaches. >> this is what ocean beach looked like yesterday. dead sea creatures stretched out for miles, today, they still littered the sand. >> just coming on shore, and die. weird and smelly. gross. >> they're not dangerous at all. >> rich moi says they're called valellavalella. >> it's a little unusual to have this bloom, this huge number of valella coming out this late in the summer >> wind pushed them here. they're also known as by the wind sailors that is because of the thin fins that act as sails. >> the wind pushes the little guys up onto the shore line. >> the large number on the beach

might seem alarming. >> we're worried. >> makes me curious. why so many? >> he says there are plenty in the ocean that will continue to reproduce year after year. >> still to come here on abc7 news at 6:00 how much longer will raiders call oakland home? we have reports they've been flirting with another city. >> a dramatic picture from ucla. a broken water pain has been flooding the campus >> the future of plug in vehicles you know you'll save but safe will you be driving one? >> live doppler 7 shows clouds thickening off shore and moving inland will they drop high temperatures tomorrow? i'll have the answer coming up in just a moment as abc7 news at 6:00 continues.

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>> riders owner mark davis made no secret he wants a new stadium but appears to be looking at new options now, out of state this, is a picture from san antonio a few weeks ago. they have been inducted into the sports hall of fame. that is former san antonio mayor. the raiders confirmed during that visit davis toured alamo dome and talked with the mayor and others about the possibility of moving raiders defenses.

the raiders' lease in oakland expires in oakland after this season. >> the ucla campus is getting damage from a huge water main break. water gushing from the ground with such force it looks like a geyser, spewing asphalt into the air. it's flooded streets and sports fields and has been going on two and a half hours at 35,000 gallons per minute. this is drought, right? water is flowing into an underground parking garage. two people had to be rescued from waters. we want to show you a live picture from campus, you can see they've sort of gotten it under control. the water is still flowing but less force than it was about an hour ago. what a mess.

>> yes. and a drought, too. a shame. sales of electric vehicles represent the future of automotive technology and why all eyes will soon be on a soon to be released electric vehicle crash test. >> there are now 17 miles of electric cars on sale in the u.s. sales are less than 1%, owners are among the most-vocal there are. brendan joan knows >> they're on the vehicle and feed back is as i started with, unbelievable. they're not afraid to call us to tell us to reach to a dealer or something. >> it's feed back that is helping to shape improvements and new features, engineers are doing their part, too. and results coming up.

the chevy volt and nissan leaf are being given extensive crash evaluations ever. however, some car shoppers remain reluctant to switch. >> it's more expensive for a hybrid. partially, like i said, because of the cost of batteries, from my understanding it's very expensive. >> another consideration is whether to go with a pure electric car or one that also has a gas-powered engine. >> if you don't need the engine for what you do during the day, it's best to leave it out. if you have a car you commute in, it's a great approach. >> research going into the next generation of charging stations. >> the vehicle can tell the charger i need a certain amount of energy the charger can make a decision and say i have five vehicles we

don't have that communications capability. >> do you know a young person making a difference in the bay area? kids 5 to 18 have until thursday to win a thousand dollars for a school where they volunteer it's part of the summer awards in partnership with youth service america. past recipients include 10-year-old will, raising money for his local food bank to provide clients with reusable grocery bags we have more information on abc7 news.com/community. >> always fun to recognize young people doing great things around the area. let's focus on weather forecast. warm out there. >> warm, and hot in areas today many inland locations had high temperatures into mid-90s today at the moment we don't see signs of the heat for a while. live doppler 7 hd we have high clouds moving but it's mainly

sunny there. a thunderstorm out breaks around lake tahoe. south ward and as a result, flash flood watches in effect much of the area south tomorrow, from noon to 10:00 p.m . well nornl, northern most part of california and into southern oregon red flag warnings in effect until 11:00 tonight. there is concern about lightning strikes with dry fuels there. check out this view. emeryville new high clouds moving in. high temperatures, current temperatures 66t degrees in sa francisco. 75 in san palo. here is another view of the high clouds moving in from our south beach camera here in downtown san francisco. blue sky rz from the angle as well. it's 83 in santa rosa. 84 in novato. low 90s in fairfield, concord

and livermore, so a bit warm. from sutro tower, low clouds and fog drifting through golden gate exerting no cooling influence at the moment. partly cloudy skies tonight and much of the day, tomorrow, we'll have sunshine tomorrow, then, high clouds and bright. continued hot tomorrow. cooler by weekend but only by just a few degrees. satellite shows moisture moving into our direction. tropical storm hernan is no longer a tropical storm but pushing clouds into the general area. most towards southern california. it works moo the bay area, we'll start at 7:00 this evening, overnight more high clouds and throughout the day, tomorrow, it's not likely to get rainfall. maybe not a sprinkle out of the clouds. and overnight lows, partly

cloudy skies, mild again as it has been overnight 2, 3 weeks now. low temperatures into low 60s overnight. tomorrow's highs under hazy sunshine from mid to upper 60s on the coast to mid to upper 50s around the bay. mid to upper 90s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast when do we get relief? not in the next several days. we're going to have highs in the 90s inland and upper 80s around the bay. >> that downward trend continues we'll be cool by december >> thank you. >> coming up next a computer screen that could make wearing glasses a thing of the

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this battle the entity will not be safe as long as our people are not safe. there will be no cease fire, we're confident with god's will

we'll be victorious. >> a cryptic message from hamas rejecting the idea of a cease-fire with israel. today has been one of the most-intense days of shelling here, you can see a neighborhood in gaza moments after a family home was left in shambles byes after rocket fire >> thick smoke as fighting between israeli forces and hamas continues. the power plant is illuminating the area as the plant's destruction leads to pouter outages. >> you can see it's on your television sets. >> our goal is to free the people of israel from the terror of these rocket attacks from gaza and tunnel attacks coming from gaza. >> israel has been seeking to

destroy a series of tunnels constructed by hamas that lead across the border into israel. a palestinian official says 40% of the gaza fuel has been burned and that some hospitals may westbound out power. a refugee camp was hit on tuesday with eight children among the dead. and no agreement on a cease fire. >> hamas announces they're in the part of it. >> if you want another cease-fire negotiated hamas needs an assurance israelis will abide by it. >> we here want a cease fire immediately. >> both sides talk about the hope for peace, images of war are the immediate realities. >> president obama stepping up

pressure on russia over president vladimir putin's support of rebels in eastern ukraine, announcing new sanctions against key sectors including nrlg energy, weapons and finance. >> if russia continues on the path, the cost on russia will continue to grow. and today is a reminder the united states means what it says. and will stand up for rights and freedoms of people around the world. >> ukrainian separatists are suspected of shooting down malaysian airlines flightñi killing all 198 people on board. >> rescue crews in washington state had to repel from a bridge to rescue a hiker this afternoon

the bridge is firefighters on the bridge helped pull the two to safety the hiker was taken to the hospital. >> and a ferry on puget sound needed help. this ferry needed to anchor, some put on life jackets the ship caused a traffic jam on the busy ferry route. >> the fire burning now is reminiscent of the one, remember the rim fire? it started with a hunter's illegal camp fire authorities never revealed his name or whether he can face

charges. >> millions of hillside a shark reminder of the rim fire that started august 17th. >> to burn 90,000 acres in two days is unheard of. it's just exploding and consumed almost everything. >> two months later it charred 400 square miles, an area nearly four times the size of fresno, destroying 11 homes, shut down roads and hurt surrounding businesses. countless trees and plants, and animals died. >> there is a piece of the fire

that is just black landscape. nothing there. >> the area is closed to the public. we were given access to show the devastation. this is a area of the fire. you can see miles of black trees. >> is vegetation >> the district ranger says more must be done to protect visitors, improve wildlife habitats, minimize sediment and prevent another massive fire. >> i have folks looking at this like a clean palette and do what needed to be done out there. >> crews are cutting down about

99,000 dead trees and selling them for lumber and gathering input on a plan to start salvage logging other dead trees throughout the area. buck sli part of a group supporting sells the trees before they rot or become fuel for another fire. and believes replanting is critical. >> if we don't replant there may not be a forest again there in our lifetime. >> it's a different story inside where the rim fire burned about 77,000 acres on the northwest side. we don't do any value vaj logging in the national park. >> saying the fire created condition that's can help some

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those with infrared can fly in thick smoke. and can provide realtime information to firefighters on the ground. managers with u.s. forest service say for the most part, the technology has outpaced comfort zone and pocketbooks. the drone operate overoperator wanted to showcase the work. >> efforts they put their lives on the line. >> he's not the first to stir up authorities with a drone. in seattle, faa looking into an incident in which someone launched a drone out of a window. and sent it to circle the space needle. faa says it could be years before they're in place. >> technology is unbelievable.

it's an interesting challenge. >> it is. >> let's update the forecast. >> showing clouds building up in the coast. build ups there. no storms likely to come our way. tomorrow, highs in mid to upper 90s and inland heat will remain with us throughout the weekend. >> and will raiders

good evening, raiders owner mark davis confirms he talked with officials about possibly movering silver and black to the alamo city. the question is, this real? or just a leverage play?

raiders would love to figure out a way to build a new stadium there but it's hard to see financing work out. davis did tour alamo dome more than 50 luxury suites short of what the nfl would want. and so as for raiders running back competition should be interesting in training camp. you have darren mcfadden mention marcel reese, often under utilized asset. >> it's a nice battle to see

guys are going to end up making 53 man roster. we have critical positions and it's a good thing. >> three words giant fans may fear the most. dr. james andrews will see pitcher matt cane to figure out the cause of his elbow pain. it's believed bone chips are the issue here. giants were hoping elbow inflammation would improve but that is not happening so on to dr. andrews jeff samarge under astros second batter of the game, marvin gonzales off the foul pole on right.

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