open fire. officials did not realize a car was in the middle of the fire it was so big. when they got the fire out all that was left was a big chunk of metal. the car was traveling eastbound at 11 o'clock last night. it clipped a white s.u.v. with a family including children. the car crashed down the embankment and the two inside died. [ inaudible ] the white s.u.v. recovered and pulled to the right shoulder and there were no injuries. had were several small children in the wreck. everyone was okay. >> driver of the s.u.v. said the car that crashed was speeding and it veered to the right suddenly and clipped the s.u.v. and crashed. everyone inside the s.u.v. is okay. no one knows why the car

suddenly veered or why the driver was going so fast. >> developing news in el dorado county, highway 50 is closed both directions because of a massive wildfire. the king fire has grown to 12,4780 acres since saturday. 500 homes are under mandatory evacuations. 50 is now closed for five miles and 1,500 firefighters are facing steep terrain and high winds expected. >> another fire has destroyed a large portion of weed, california, near the oregon border. firefighters have gained the upper hand but not before it damage or destroyed 150 buildings including two

churches, a school and a lumber mill. it has green to 375 acres and only 25 percent contained. this is a $10,000 reward for who >> the worst of time bring out the best in people. if you wonder of the answer, you should have visited weed, california, with both feed they jumped in with food and clothes and support as those whose homes survived game to thoses would homes did not survive. this woman has four children and two grandchild. >> anything left? >> nothing. nothing. nothing. all i have here. >> fire decimated the community, two-thirds of the residents, 2,000 people, are homeless or evacuated. 150 homes and businesses have burned.

>> many gathered in an ought to remain to hear from cal fire which has yet to inform residents if the homes survived. >> it is all blocked off. i heard there are flareups. >> the fire began outside of town and came through sessions of town in 24 40s. the winds were at 45 miles per hour and the flames 125 feet high. nothing survived in its path. crazy. just cathy. like apocalypse. >> i saw the houses explodes one after the other. that fast. in three or four minutes it would jump from one house to the other. >> there is usually something left. there is nothing left. >> a bell. but not a church. a view. frames of church. but no's. a fogs. -- a foundation. but nothing left. >> terrible to know to your

neighborhoods have no home. >> they are strong in the desperate days. >> even in the worst you can find something to be thankful for. >> they are. crews have worked to contain a fast-moving wildfire in madera county south of yosemite that destroyed 33 homes and forced evacuation of 600 people burned 320 acres and 40 percent contained. the flames have destroyed three water wells serving the community. we will follow the fires on air and online with more coverage on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> in the southwest, there will be plodding when odile moves to the desert. in southern california heavy rain caused flooding with storms

derailing the train, ripped off a roof and sent small planes crashing into vehicles at an airport near san diego. with more rain forecasted people in arizona and new mexico sandbagged their homes. >> members of a bachelorette party stranded biodial back home making it to los angeles last night in good pictures despite their ordeal. the 14 women were staying in mexico when storm hit and forced ride out in the bathroom. mexican military plane took the women safely to another town where they caught a plane. >> residents in mountain view have to cut their water use or face big fines. the city council unanimously voted to force residents to reduce their water use acknowledge by 25 percent compared to last year. you can only water yards during

day between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. any new laundromats must use recycled water and there be a warning for first offense and then people can be fined $500. a day. >> minnesota vikings' running back, adrian peterson, is on the exempt list and will have to stay away from the team while he addresses child abuse champions for using a wooden win to spankly four-year-old son. the team said he could play while the legal process layed out but they changed direction after coming under heavy criticism. several sponsors have cut ties, pepsi, and proctor and gamble expressed concerns over the handling of domestic violence. and now the stockton bank heist, a person person has been question and released by police. police wanted to talk to a man

who spoke with investigators. he is in longer a "person of interest" in the case. in july three men took a mother of two hostage while trying to get away with $15,000 and a mother was killed in a shoot intermediate with police. two problemers were killed. the third suspect was arrested and they trying to fine the third person we drove the robbers to the bank. >> san francisco takes are picking up fewer and fewer passengers. the number of taxi trips has dropped 65 percent. services like uber and lyft have taken rides from the drivers but how many was not known until now. the average number of trips for taxi has gone from 1,400 a month to 500 a month in the last 15 months. >> a clarification to water story in mountain view, people

cannot water during the day between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. the hottest time of the career. >> you should never water during the day because evaporation rate is tremendous. never do that. >> if you are headed to san francisco downtown is 61. ferry building is 62. crissy field and ocean beach. mission district is 62. portrero hill is coolest at v.i.p. 61 in petaluma. palo alto and pleasanton and richmond, 62, same for walnut creek and santa clara is coolest at 57. 58 in american canyon. here is what will happen today, dry today, with a lot of sunshine and high clouds this morning temperatures running the same as yesterday. we will see a break from the high clouds during the lunch hour at 64 at coast and low-to-mid 70's with high clouds rolling back in across the north

pay by 4:00 in upper 60 at coast and upper 70 at the bay and mid-80's inland and by 7:00 a scattered shower cross the north bay and the rest of us are dry. home secretary but inland upper 60's to low 70's. leyla gulen? we have a look at the golden gate bridge with the drive clear and not too many cars moving northbound and southbound. not too much of a problem. in campbell we have a fire with early flames at hamilton avenue 50 of the freeway, and the fire department is there can they havering -- have everything under criminal. we are looking at a delay over the altamont pass as you move from address to livermore you can see 37 miles per hour is the top speed and 58 closer to 205.

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>> covering daly city, los gatos, dublin, this is abc7 news. >> these are pictures of the fire burning in campbell with cars that caught fire. this is off highway 17. flames are in southbound lane near hamilton avenue in campbell we have possible injury involving a firefighter who my have tripped over a hose.

they do have the flames under control and you can see the flames are pretty serious early this morning but they have made quick work of this with break news from campbell. the cars are parked near an apartment building and firefighters are on the scene. we bring you the latest details in a few minutes. organizers are holding an event in the east bay asking train commuters to sign a giant pledge banner as part of rail safety month. the mayor of emeryville and families who lost loved ones in train-related incidents take part which you the mother of 14-year-old girl who in march dropped her cell phone on the tracks in martinez and trying to retrieve it and hit and killed. the banner makes its way an the state at events and presented to the governor at the end of the month. the event is hell

>> sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared in march of 2012 a man is accused of kidnap asking killing her. volunteers continue to search for her body each saturday. the even was organized because they do not want the country to forget sierra and to know they not giving up hope. he recruited a half dozen teammates to take place tonight from 7:00 to 8:30 at a middle school in morgan hill. for $20, fans can get an autograph from each player. >> a single mother of four young children passes away, who cares for the kids? an incredible story of entire family and community coming together to help the kids survive. you can help, too.

>> this is what hannah does most nights. the 22-year-old is co-guardian to her boyfriend's four young siblings. >> i was 19. >> that is how old jack was when his single mother suddenly died of stomach cancer in 2012. his sister was only three and he and his girlfriend became parents overnight. >> we are learning how to be parents. he quit college and works full time but when the housing rent went up they could not afford it and moved in with her parents. >> it is very crammed and food goes fast. the 16-year-old calls it controlled struggle. >> crazy. i don't know how we keep it together. >> this family is getting more help, a friend started this page

and they are halfway to the bowl of $7,000 money used for a new home. most of the donations are from anone house sources. >> it is a blessing. >> to give them extra financial boost this is a fundraiser right here from 6:00 to 9:00 tonight and the organizers is a stranger never met the family and she simply wanted to help. >> if you would like to donate or get more information on the event, we have information on our website at abc7news.com. >> incredible story. coming together. >> and nice to see you these of us coming together to talk about the rain. >> maybe a nice weather story. the key is, it will not be a lot. it will have no affect whatever

on the drought but it could affect your driving habits. this morning, an easy commute on 4:47, you can see why it is going to be light we have been talking about this, our producer there, it is a light shower maker, a low, and that is going to not connect with the moisture from odile and that is why we not going to see very much in the way of heavy rain whatever, less than .1". i show you what going on this morning with a lack of low clouds and no fog. we have high clouds in san francisco right new. high clouds and dry day. when the sun sets the showers will move in and spread south. there is only a slight chance of thunder but it is there. dry and bright and warmer friday through the weekend.

here is what will happen today. temperatures close to average, upper 70's to low 80's if the south bay and things exception is los gatos, so we go from 80 in san jose and mid-to-upper 70's in met of the peninsula. deeper toward the south bay, los altos is 80 and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast and nearly 70 in downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and upper 70's to nearly 80 through the north bay and the cloud shield is keeping the temperatures cooler than year. mid-to-upper 70's along the east bay shore and richmond is 72 and fremont is about 80 and headed inland we have low-to-mid 80's this afternoon. as far as lows, look how warm they will be because of the cloud deck with low-to-mid 60's and this is our area of low pressure a last moisture ahead of the system and look where it is going up to washington and oregon. rain from odile is moving away

from us. we are in between. that is why we have the corners from the system. light showers at 10:00 along the higher elevation. tomorrow morning, we will have the best chance of widespread light shower activity. by noon, we have a guest knit taper. by the evening, it is gone. we have rainfall amounts have not changed. nearly .1" in santa rosa and the rest of us less than .05". tomorrow is the cool of the day with temperatures dropping two our four degrees. we will begin that back. sunshine on friday afternoon. away from the coast temperatures are warmer than average saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday with morning clouds and afternoon sun. >> 29 bart trains are rolling and ace train one is a few minutes early and a is not too early is the traffic building up early but you will not be so early as you start because there

is a wait on your hands from emeryville to san francisco you can see this are cashpayers waiting to pay their money. clear conditions through the skyway. we have an accident that hit the center divider southbound highway 101 and at the expressway but it is not causing delays. i have to let you know of this: starting on friday at ok a.m., eastbound and when highway 37 between 121 and 129 is shut down for paving and it will be ongoing through the end of the month. is your toothpaste dangerous for your gums? a popular brand that could be leaving plastic in your smile. >> a small winery hut down for using volunteers. what that means for the bay area

>> thunderstorms rocked san diego yesterday and a lightning bolt set a palm tree on fire causing extensive damage in the city including several downed trees from heavy wind. it was remnant of tropical storm odile sending moist and unstable air to southern california and high temperatures. >> researchers at a university, or a researcher has been awarded a special grant a social psychologist studying rarely stereotypes and crime. the work is so well-known the oakland police department asked her help to study bias in the department and how it affects miss work. 21 people were aarrestedded the grant worth $625,000 free to use it anyway they want. >> wipe industry is warning

winemakers their are being unfairly treated with a wine try slapped $130,000 in fines after giving free courses this change if work. the winery owner had no idea it was illegal and is letting the grapes die on the vine and will close at the end of the year. >> the state is siphoning so were money there is not enough to continue with harvest the grapes. it is not worth it. >> state department of industrial relations says the citation speaks for themselves and it is a case in california that if you are a for-profit business you have to pay your employees. her pad -- he gathered 400 signatures hoping to change the law. >> time for a check on the weather trust. >> we will talk about the beach hazard through this morning for

the bay around santa cruz and the north bay coast with rip returns a -- with rip current as big daily. increasing clouds and 65 hopefully in weed, california, the rain will help will fires. yosemite is 93. los angeles is 93. the rain shield is mostly headed to the north. we are going to miss out on most of it. >> berkeley to the 80 freeway it is moving firstly eastbound side we had construction and we were worried it would not re-open until 5:00 with a full closure there and they made quick work of their construction cuts and it look like everything is re-opened and westbound traffic is building. the richmond-san rafael bridge is moving fine over the water and 80 headed through richmond

has no delayed but over the cartinez bridge we have delays in the northbound direction or eastbound side and the bridge is nice and quiet. >> procter and gamble has curing to dentists. the f.d.a. says it safe but the dentists worry it could cause gum disease. the company says they will remove plastic if all products by man of 2016. it will be on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. with more on the story. >> the 9/11 museum is celebrating a pile stone four months after opening, already hosting the one millionth visitor turning out in bigger

numbers to see "history they need to understand firsthand." the 9/11 memorial and museum opened may 21. researchers have built a four legged robot that runs lake a have fast cheetah. this is a video of the robot with an electric motor reaching ten miles per hour on indoor track. the legs push down with more force in the split second they reach the ground to mimic real run asking they used the fastest man on earth as a reference. they think with some modification it could hit 30 miles per hour. >> if you double that, they will be close to a real cheetah. >> exactly. 18 square miles and springing, next at action, new details on the wildfire that

shut down a major california freeway. >> governor brown is ready to unleach re-election campaign ads .

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good wednesday morning. it is 5:00. thanks pore joining us. burning question: will the rain get here? >> after dark. you have all day to prepare. there will be light showers. live doppler hd is dry. we will zoom to the north. the next system shows