following acted quickly. 14 young women, celebrating in cabo san lucas just days before the hurricane. for them, etc. been a scary, gruelling 48 hours after hurricane odele slammed into the hotel. >> in the bathroom, there is noise in the background. >> karen is the mother of the bride to be. her other three daughters were also there. >> the cell phone video was shot by one daughter that shows 11 girls huddled together in the bathroom the only safe place in the hotel. once the storm had passed, they couldn't stay in their rooms because of the broken glass and debris. they ended up sleeping in the hallway. there was no way to communicate with them. >> how can i get to them? get them out? >> friends came to help. from their home, they tried to use the internet to reach out to

anyone with information. they attempted too contact the u.s. state department but told the lines were too busy. with no running water, the girls left their hotel to try to get bottled water and found the nearby store had been looted. >> they were wanting to get out. they needed something. >> from their hotel, two girls saw lights from the airport. >> they saw lights. there was a helicopter. the military planes came in. they ran. >> once on board that military plane, one girl took a picture of chrissy van barrenberg. exhausted they landed this morning in mazatlan. out of danger. >> all four of them, their cousin, lisa. their bride mads are still not home. we're trying to find a way home. >> tonight, several airlines including alaska air have added flights to help transport passengers from mazatlan to los angeles.

our young women will be among the passengers they hope to catch a flight to san francisco this evening. welcome home. live in the newsroom, abc7 news. >> they will be glad to be back. thank you. now, here is a look at what the remnants of the hurricane have brought to southern california desert. heavy rain flooded streets in lake elsinore. two schools are under several inches of water. a flash flood warning remains in affect for another hour or so. and strong winds, lightning and hail. >> now, time for a check on the weather. spencer christian is here with live doppler 7 hd. >> things are calm and quiet. we await, some shower activity. you know showers and thunderstorms and heavy rain, flash flooding have been wide spread from the remnants of odele, continuing to flow from that region. one usual creature of the weather pattern is high heat with high temperatures in mid to upper 90s with showers and

thundershowers now, that is southern california. here in the bay area, we're awaiting showers arriving in oh, just over 24 hours. and the forecast in just a few minutes. >> we look forward that. thank you. northern california firefighters now have the upper hand on a fire nearly wiped out a town near the oregon border. the fire damaged or destroyed 150 buildings, including two churches, a school and bumlerville. these are some of the pictures tweeted this afternoon by abc7 news reporter wayne freedman now on the scene the fire has been burning in the town of weed along interstate 5. it hasn't yet been contained. >> well, right now at this point the fire is outside of town. they don't want to spark up again. they're concerned about it they were saying 20% contained which means they probably have more than that but this was a very hot fire.

this is a piece of aluminium that used to be on a thunder bird. this is the time of the day when light is beautiful. "time" is anything but, it is devastating. don't hold your breath. there are places you can drive for block after block, seeing nothing but burned scape. it takes your breath away. homes, churches and businesses. 150 of them disappeared yesterday afternoon. roughly two thirds of the people in the town are evacuated or burned out. diana and her husband among the lucky ones. >> just awful, awful to know your neighbor has no home. >> who would think you'd spread

and gone that far? >> then comes a spark amplified. crews describe weed as being overrun by flames. three firefighters lost homes, fighting to save others. >> it's a worst case scenario. >> including these neighborhoods of weed in the fire path. flames 125 feet high. here is a church. nothing left but the sign. across the street another church. this bell may be the only recognizable item. the words "devastation" not strong enough. other wordily comes closer. >> it was crazy. apocalypse now. >> i was watching houses just exploding. you know? it's just, i mean that fast, within 3, 4 minutes. it would jump from one house to another. >> this is usually something left. there is nothing left. >> tonight there is something left. don't count them out. >> weed is a strong community.

we'll pull together. and put our town back together. >> together, from the ashes. a town, they say that burned in roughly two hours with 45 miles per hour winds the fire moved so fast, residents say it covered a mile in less than half an hour. here is more perspective. another house more scaled the county asked the state to declare this a disaster area. and cal fire tells me it's going to be a slam dunk. heavy smoke from the king fire. that fire is burning north of highway 50 which is in between sacramento and south lake ta show. 500 structures remain threatened and two people, hurt the cause is under investigation. >> crews have also been working around the clock to see a fast

moving wildfire south of yosemite the fire has destroyed 33 homes and forced evacuations of 600 people. the fire has burned 320 acres, is 40% contained three water wells have been destroyed. >> an mazing story to share out of the sierra. a pilot has been rescued after his single engine plane crashed east of fresno. the air force released this image of the plane. the 67 wrerld-year-old reported missing after his plane failed to land in loen pine. take a look at the plane there. this morning crews spotted the man walking around the site. he was rescued by helicopters and treated for injuries to his ribs and face the cause of the crash is unclear. >> san francisco's fire department is facing a crisis tonight. this afternoon, supervisor made a public announcement of no confidence in chief white. this around plummeting ambulance

response times and other controversies in the department. dan noyes has been gating for weeks and is here with developments dramatic. >> supervisor has been pointing the finger at chief heys-white. these issues have been festering for years. who suffers the most? the public. this supervisor has credentials in the field. london reid served two years on the fire commission. >> people of san francisco pay the fire chief over $300,000 per year. i think we're entitled to expect at least a minimum level of service and safety. >> he told me this afternoon she's lost confidence in hays-white because of the handling of the many controversies over the years the firefighters who apparently had been drinking on the job, who hit a motorcycle and left the scene. two fire trucks rolled over a young passenger from the asiana crash, killing her, and now response times.

>> do you want chief heys-white to resign? i think that if she believes she can't do the job the way the job needs to be done, to protect public safety, she has to make that decision herself. >> there is a cancer growing on the fire department. >> the firefighters union conclude the the service in in critical condition. patients are happy to wait for an ambulance to transport them. >> the wait times going from 30 to 40 to 60 minutes. >> problems and personnel and equipment the department has allowed number of paramedics to drop from 200 to and union president says chief

heys-white has failed to provide. >> when you have ambulances with 200,000s ndz maintenance, you need new ambulances. you need to get them on the street. >> i'm going to look at why it wasn't spent at the time we had money there. procurement bhokages? >> mayor lee tells me he has convened a task force to tackle issues. >> i have confidence in the chief. i know her for many years. i know she's doing her best. >> i spoke with the chief this afternoon about supervisor's lack of confidence. >> what i can assure the public is that the work both on the fire side and emf side is solid, high quality. >> she is proposing a charter agreement guaranteeing a certain level of service. it's a move she feels she has to

make because fire officials are not getting the job done. if you have a tip or another story call me. or send an e mail. dan? ama? >> thank you. >> important stuff. >> thank you. >> still ahead here tonight value of your bay area home. prepare for sticker shock this fall. >> what a difference a dog makes why this golden retriever is on the staff of a bay area district attorney's office. >> a local woman is told a $12,000 therapeutic tub she can't safely use how we're able to help, coming up on

property tax bills going up starting next week in california. so some opening it could provide a jolt. thanks to a housing market, reductions in value were pretty much a thing of the past. >> it's unfortunate. >> tax assessor gus kramer says the state board of equalation's warning is overkill. >> seems alarmist to me. everybody who owns property understands since the recession,

values are coming up, therefore, taxes are going to go up respecti respectively. >> now, value is going up. do i like that? no. do i like the fact the property has gone up a third in last couple years, i'm okay with it. >> proposition 13 set a cap of 2% per year on increases proposition 8 allowed homeowners to get a temporary reduce add is hesment. prices go back up, if a home reduced increases in market value by more than 2% per year, then it's assessed value can go up by 2%. >> the percentages are all over the map. it's not what community you live in. some people's values coming up 2%. >> it's the down side of a rebounding market. >> i sold a home in concord for

675. those are high 8s to low 9s. >> catherine is looking for a new home and worries about increases in property taxes. >> it will affect your budget when it comes to payments and bills. >> like they could with assessed values during down years, appropriate owners can appeal the new values if they think they've gone up too much. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> man's best friend proving to be a good koch pannin for people going through the often-frightening criminal justice system. tonight the golden retriever bringing a sense of calm to court houses carolyn tyler brings you story a story on abc7 news. favor has been a stress reliever. for some of the most-vulnerable find themselves having to testify in criminal justice

proceedings. >> anything that we can do, in order to facilitate process and help our victims and witnesses be able to come m to provide information. and help us get to the bottom of the truth, whatever that is. it's useful. >> child abuse elder abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, this golden retriever is highly trained to offer support during interviews and other steps in criminal investigations. the handler describes how one young person reacted. >> just to be able to have the dog she was petting his ears and providing information the officer was requesting. >> favor comes compliments of a bay area nonprofit, which has a breeding program. the dogs are socialized for a year and a half by volunteers,

and we found out today, that favor got his training from abc7's newscast director jerry sandy and his family. >> going off to college. >> it's the most gratifying thing to know that someone in need can be helped. >> the da would like to see favor allowed in the courtrooms but for now, will stick to therapy duties the dog has got the magic touch for many that see him in the court house. the district attorney says this professional is available to both prosecutors and the public defender's office. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> it is the weather. >> i was going to say, rain is

coming our way. and an umbrella might be a good idea. we have sunny skies right now. just high clouds passing through the bay area. more high clouds off shore. we don't get thicker clouds until tomorrow we have a beach hazard statement until 9:00 tonight. mainly for our south-facing beaches in marin and santa cruz. possibility of strong rip currents. rough surf right now. here is a live view from our camera looking at western sky. clouds at various levels, currently 67 degrees in san francisco. 72 oakland. mid to upper 70s in san carlos. check out golden gate bridge view.

napa, 78. nevada novato. low 80s in concord and livermore, another view from our east bay hills camera looking towards mount diablo. showers tomorrow night into thursday morning. now, satellite radar image shows a sis approaching us thchl is our summer storm. it's a storm system. not a big one, but a storm system nonetheless. moisture continues to flow into southern california. from tropical storm odele. passing clouds early evening hours and tomorrow. then, tomorrow into afternoon and evening, we'll see more organized cloud systems. then, we'll resume at after 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. and we'll see some showers into

the north bay. then, during overnight hours into thursday morning more wide spread showers, again, don't expect them to be heavy but looks like it could be a bet thursday morning commute z into mid day thursday, showers beginning to break up. projection for rainfall, by mid day, just hundredths of an inch foremost of the central part of the bay area and into the north bay. and overnight, look for high clouds, low temperatures mainly upper 50s to around 60s. tomorrow, high temperatures from about 70 on the coast to mid and upper 70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland here is the accu-weather forecast. cooling thursday with clouds and showers. way warmer pattern settling in. high temperatures around 90 inland over the weekend.

tuesday happens to be the first day of fall. >> right. >> perfect. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. >> coming up next, the brave new world of driverless cars. >> find out who became first in line today to begin testing one.

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>> it happened over the weekend at pittsburgh bay point station the woman arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest. police say the woman was banging on windows and trying to pry open a door. but this is video posted on you tube, witnesses have come forward to dispute claims, saying she was calm, sleeping when the officer woke her up. >> today, nasa announced boeing and space x will compete in a race to earn a long-term contract to transport american astronauts into space. nasa relies on russia's space program to get astronauts to the international space station. however, that cost is $70 million a ride. and restrict's nasa's freedom. the ceo is he'llan musk.

>> california dmv began issuing permits for testing driveless cars the first went to audi, and mercedes-benz. regulations require the use of trained driver that's can immediately take control of the driver if something goes wrong and require manufacturers to carry $5 >> well there is more still to come here tonight. just ahead, legislation to prevent california wells from going dry. a bay area water agency that is preparing for the worst. >> tonight new buffer zone for bicycle riders. a sample of opinion from the street on whether this will save lives >> she didn't get soaked. so why was a family unhappy about their mother's new walk in tub? michael finney investigates.

california no longer a place you can pump as you please. the governor signed a bill ending the state's hands off approach to use of well water. but as abc7 news tells us, one local water district won't be sweating over the new requirement. >> can reservoirs and a network of ponds were created to prevent depletion of ground water as they use pumps san jess yeah learned a century ago what happens if you don't recharge the ground. >> downtown san jose sank 14 feet. and that is why in early 1900 reservoirs were built. >> in central valley the ground

ruptured from sinking. the district and state's new plan will take years to implement and doesn't have universal backing. the california farm bureau opposed it. the district decided to store water hundreds of miles away in kern county. it's about to move north the water bank. >> it can be served to central valley project then, exchanged with project water and delivered

to us. >> in san voes yeah, david louie, abc7 news >> here is a picture of a yard. homeowners got a rebate for replacing their lawn. >> begin, today, california drivers can be fined for hot giving bicycle riders at least a three-foot buffer. in 2012, chp says 112 bicyclists were killed in collision was cars. this law requires drivers to stay three feet away or wait until there is a safe clearing. cyclists say they're not sure drivers will follow the law. >> is this going to work? >> i doubt it. >> i think drivers will be aware.

but not everybody. >> drivers who violate the law will face a $35 fine if a cyclist is injured. >> san francisco about to put a skarlit letter and will be posting these signs on buildings whose cone owners do not comply with the ordinance the soft story building requiring build wgz a business or garage on the bottom floor to reenforce the structure. now, they don't mean the building is in danger of collapsing. >> i think it says to building is out of compliance with the laws requiring earthquake safety. it bigs a question, that is what we want people to do, to know we're serious about passenger

safety in san francisco. >> an 82-year-old woman diagnosed with a mild case of dementia bought a therapeutic walk in bathtub she couldn't use safely. >> the family learned their mother had bought a $12,000 therapeutic tub, they questioned it and tried to stop installation they were unsuccessful. >> the tub sits unused, collecting dust in mickey vienna's garage. mickey says it didn't take long to realize she'd made a mistake the six-inch step up was too high, and she needed assistance to get in. she says she could only use the tub standing up. >> i couldn't sit. i had a hard time getting up. >> her daughter victoria says another problem is that the door

only opens inward. >> she would be sitting and her legs would be here, there is no way to open the door with her legs there. >> without being able to sit she could not get benefits from the debts. when her son found out, he tried to stop installation. victoria says sales people talked them after. >> they couldn't cancel without a $2,000 loss she'd put down. >> victoria says selig construction didn't take out a permit to install the tub until ten months after they installed it. seven on your side confirmed that. but regulators say that is perm missable. six months later, victoria asked selig to pull the tub out and replace witness a new shower and filed a complaint with

contractor's state license board and 7 on your side bong the state and 7 on your side contacted the company. they told us family members were present when the tub was installed and victoria originally was happy with installation but agreed to reaccomplice the tub saying we stand behind pro priority of the product provided to mrs. vienna. and tried to provide customer satisfaction by removing the walk in tub, and installing a walk in shower. considering the matter resolved. >> i'm grateful for everything done to help us. >> thank you, michael i love you. >> right back at her. you can read the response on our web site. just go to abc7 news.com and select 7 on your side. you'll find information on how to contact me and tell me about

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with iphone 6 coming out in a few days, amazon dropped the price of the phone from $199 to just $0.99 and they're throwing in am kwa skon prime the fire phone is the same size as the iphone 6. amazon doesn't release sales figures analysts say it hasn't been a big seller. >> yes. whether siri or google, chances are you talked to a computer lately. >> what the billed with an eye towards making them smarter. >> in the beginning siri was easy to make fun of. >> i don't know that. would you like to search for it? >> she grew up, fast.

>> what muys are playing in cupertino? >> understanding normal speech is remarkably difficult >> he was the first intelligence assistance conference. >> once you have massive amounts of data you can get better answers. better accuracy. that will people will use it more. >> now, siri has company. from google and microsoft. microsoft made the move to get personality. >> giving it this ability to tell jokes or be funny. >> just as really starting to get to know siri there is a new cast of characters. characters like chip and dom. the newest system in domino's pizza app.

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as drought focuses on well water a start up has come up with a way to hak that water safer to drink. it's good news for small

communities around the state that don't have an alternative. >> gazing over the peaceful landscape it might be hard to imagine a health threat under these hills. but like much of the valley, ground water here can contain natural concentrations of arsenic. >> we know it's a toxin, accumulates in your body over time you can get sick. >> this engineer is on a mission. to make well water safe to drink by removing arsenic. it's designed to work in small communities that don't have resources for a expensive filtration plant. >> the prototype is developed at lawrence berkeley lab. now, the company is hoping to

bring an affordable commercial to san francisco. >> it's 100 leaders. >> there is a scaled up unit being tested near livermore. uses electricity and iron panels to create rust in the water. the residue settles leaving rest of the water arsenic free. >> this is a quick test once putting it into the area, it gives approximate estimate of the amount of arsenic. this is post treatment. it's it says around 0. >> they say it can purify small systems for $0.10 on the dollar of larger-scale systems. he says the price point is critical.

>> simple water is hoping to move to other areas hit hard. >> michigan, ohio. maine, new hampshire. an opportunity to help people. >> something else this could have major impacts. >> interesting. time to check on weather. >> that is right. spencer is back. >> we've got sunny skies across the bay area, high clouds over the area and out to sea. tomorrow look for mainly sunny skies and hot conditions in the state. showers approaching the station

as well. during the day, sunny skies with high clouds and high temperatures from about 70s on the coast, upper 70s on the bay. here comes rain. well, a little bit. this is probably the most widely-anticipated weather event. >> a lot of hype. >> call it football today. cal bears begin conference play this week. head coach

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49ers back at work today. arizona 2-0 playing in a high level, beating the geents.

49ers know not to lose further ground in the west. >> you know there is a good running back in carson. whoever plays quarterback. they've got to be ready to go. going out there, i'm sure they'll be hyped up. every time we play them, it's a fight. good group of guys that play hard and tough. so may have a tough test this week. >> sony before their bye week saying they begin play with a lot of confidence. >> we've got to continue to

build on it. xhet tigs is going to get better and better every week. we know. that we have to continue to improve. and building we have to come out, work hard, have a good attitude. and are starting to understand the culture that needs to take place everything has been good so far we're going to get tested. >> this week, they hit the road again. so he says his team is ready for the challenge. >> excited to be on the road. and be back in arizona

our guys are excited to have another opportunity for an out of conference game. >> england's 45th minute. splits the deeper. one more drilling home a second goal, abraham, alone in the box goal. that is the goal tonight. last year's champ hosting switzerland. 30th minute, a beautiful ball and after scoring, there is no

time getting on the board this time. this abc7 sports brought brought to you by orchard supply, hard wear. >> yes. >> thank you, shu. >> students unleash a robotic cheetah. a local winery why bay area businesses slapped it with a big fine. >> prime time is on "dancing with the stars" and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00.

>> yes. "going to be a big night." >> that is it for this edition of the abc7 news our coverage continues on twitter. >> i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, we appreciate your time we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. >> have a good evening.

this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants -- a high school history teacher from mission viejo, california... a phd candidate in history originally from lexington, south carolina... and our returning champion, a business research librarian from washington, d.c... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. izabeth williams, our first champion of our new season. she would have wound up winning more money yesterday, but she and the other two players were

done in by theodor geisel -- better known as dr. seuss. bill and tessa are here to challenge today. we're delighted to welcome you, and good luck to all three of you. here we go into the jeopardy! round. one daily double coming up in one of these categories -- each correct response will begin with the letter "b" and be followed by three others. the 30th anniversary blu-ray dvd comes out today for "ghostbusters," yeah. ...and she's had some work done, right? alex: elizabeth, start. let's do "ghostbusters" for $200, alex. dan aykroyd called slimer the ghost of this friend of his who was supposed to be in the first film but died in 1982. tessa. who is belushi? yes. john belushi. she's had some work done, $200.