♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ live, from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. homes and businesses targeted in arson attacks. overnight in alameda. and investigators think it may not be the only city targeted by fire starters. hello. we do begin with this developing news. you sigh opt map where the fire started. police have made arrests, but the impact of these fires will be long lasting. we have the story live from alameda. >> reporter: katie, luckily, nobody hurt here, but so many careers and livelihoods are

gone. behind my, what's left of a dry-cleaning business downtown. it's rid tagged. two men now facing arson charges, and many want to know why. intense flames went through the dry cleaners. when the sun came up, the owner was in shock, everything was gone. >> nothing i can do. this is my life. >> reporter: daniel and his family have owned the cleaners for 30 years. next door, angela's restaurant also suffered extensive damage. and another business was getting ready to open in ten days. >> there's not much to say. >> reporter: police say a total of eight fires were intentionally set between 1:00 and 5:00 in the morning. including this fire which engulfed the rear of a home in san antonio street and spreading to the victorian next door.

two families got out safely. what did you wake up to? >> i heard people screaming fire, fire! get out of the building! >> reporter: police arrested two suspects this morning for setting the fires, but their motive is still unknown. >> i can tell you that they are two adult males. one is a resident of alameda who's 27. and the other male is a transient male who frequents oakland/alameda area. >> reporter: the fire department is investigating whether the two are responsible for two fires set along international boulevard. daniel ing doesn't know why he would be targeted. what do you want to say to the people who started this fire? >> the thing about the other people, the life, don't be selfish. >> reporter: the investigation continues. in alameda, abcnews. bands performing a benefit

concert played to a full house this afternoon. ♪ raise the power >> napa valley rocks marks the end of a four-day celebration to help businesses and residences affected by the quake. they want to raise all the money will be administered by the relief fund. oakland police believe a man died when someone hit him on the head after he stole something from a store. it happened at the chevron extra mile market on san pablo avenue and 36th street around 7:15 this morning. officers are questioning someone. they have not said if that person works at the gas station. detectives are also looking to see if surveillance videos captured what happened. police are investigating a crash that killed a driver on

highway 121 in sonoma county. two people in another vehicle were taken to the hospital. the chp says good samaritans stopped to try to help the victims. the accident was a head on. all lanes were shut down while investigators investigated. they were forced to use flash bang grenades to subdue a man who threatened to kill himself during a dui stop. it happened near clements street. officers pulled over a man they say was armed with a knife. the man cut himself and threatened suicide, but police were able to subdue and detain him. it appears the effort by a group of pro-palestinian prot t protesters to block this port was successful.

a union spokesman says dockworkers did not unload cargo from the ship because of safety concerns. protesters blocked workers from driving into the terminal yesterday. they're demonstrating in response to recent israeli action in the gaza strip. we should learn tomorrow if san francisco court workers will strike. union workers rallied outside the civic center courthouse before taking a strike vote wednesday. and the votes will be counted tomorrow. the members of the 1021 seiu union say negotiations with court manamen management have s. 49ers defensive end ray mcdonald played together against the eagles while the domestic case against him has stalled. his arraignment for tomorrow has been canceled. it's the second time it's been canceled since he was arrested late last month after police

reported visible injuries to his fiance. the d.a.'s office sent a tweet saying the investigation into mcdonald continues, but there will be no new court date unless or until charges are filed amid controversy over how the nfl handles claims, roger goodell visited the national hotline in texas. they have been criticized over how they handled the case of ray rice who punched his wife in an elevator. the private meeting was emotional. >> at one point he was visibly moved to tears as he heard stories from our advocates about what women were encountering, calls that we actually took today. >> the hotline has received a multi-million pledge of assistance from the nfl. state and local agencies are considering budgeting water as california's drought continues. the san gabrielle valley tribune

reports they're looking at creating a daily water allocation. under the scheme, a certain number of gallons would be allowed for indoor and outdoor use. those using more than their designated amount would pay extra. pro-democracy protests grew violent in hong kong today. tens of thousands clashed who are demanding full voting rights. more than two dozen people have been injured or hospitalized in the standoff. >> they are opposing the unlawful occupation. >> the students are upset about china's decision to allow only beijing-vetted candidates to stand in the first-ever elections to choose the city's leader in 2017. today's protests follow a week

of protests. running for their lives. we have a look showing the damages and danger from an erupting volcano. plus. a monster truck show takes a deadly turn. shocked spectators captured on camera what organizers think went wrong. clouds are taking over the skies across the bay area. we are tracking a few isolated showers this evening. a big-time

more than 30 people are feared dead tonight after a

volcano erupted in japan. rescuers found the bodies near the peak of the volcano. mt. ontake sent ash into the air and blanketing the surrounding area in ash. about 250 people were initially trapped on the slope but most made their way down by last night. in the netherlands, a monster truck crashed into a crowd of people. it veered over after going over a line of cars. at least a dozen people were hurt. show organizers think either the truck's gas pedal got stuck or its brakes failed. powerful storms brought damage and flooding to parts of arizona this weekend. take a look at this. the wind so strong it blew off part of a roof at the airport.

gusts tempered a stage. dozens of people were left without power. thankfully, though, no injuries were reported a look at george clooney and his new bride. in addition to the traffic jam, we'll tell you what else to expect from the tech conference. and a live look at san jose. cloudy skies there. but if you like warmer weather, you're sure going to like what's ahead. and now here's cecelia vega. >> hi, kate ekatie. severe storms flooding roads. it's on the move tonight. the hunt for survivors after a volcano. and the secret

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it is expected to draw 50,000 participants and bring $120 million in revenue to the city. traffic has already been blocked off. and from 8:00 tonight taylor street will be closed. ellison stepped down as ceo last month. thousands of runners were on the embarcadero to fight breast cancer. those who took part today include cancer survivors who have made the event an annual tradition. >> cancer is a scary word. and obviously, i'm here 15 years later. i had chemo. i had surgery. i had radiation. so i had it all. and i survived it. and this is important to do. >> the race for the cure series is the largest series of 5k runs

in the world. looks like they had cloud cover, cool conditions for the exercise this morning. but the heat's coming. >> that's not bad running weather. we're going to have the breeze out there. the clouds will be with us, and then we'll start a warming trend. live doppler showing you cloud cover. there are a few light showers, isolated in nature. one popped up. but you do notice it's very light in nature, and most areas are just dealing with overcast skies. we'll show you a little bit of sunshine peeking out. most areas are sitting in the mid to upper 60s. but san carlos and san jose in the low 70s. a live look right now, downtown san francisco, a rather dark picture with the overcast skies. and temperatures are generally in the upper 60s to low 70s across the bay area. now a live look from the camera will show you some light chop along the waters.

the forecast does call for an isolated shower through the evening. and then we have autumn warmth that is arriving and will peak by friday of the workweek. low pressure will bring us the cloud cover, few isolated showers, but we are tracking a cold front, it will dive in and get the low out here and clear out the skies. then the pressure's going to bring us autumn warmth and crank the heat thursday and friday. that's when you can expect temperatures to soar into the 90s. by thursday we're in the upper 80s. we are forecasting a high of 90 degrees in the east bay come friday. so the warmth is going to be all around the bay area. so back to monday. coastal clouds. we'll see a few scattered showers early on. then lots of sunshine. the only place that will have the cloud cover, right along the

coast. we'll see mainly cloudy skies, but those clouds will be out of here by monday night. 60 in san francisco, and highs to start the new workweek, 76 for san jose, 74, santa clara. 75, redwood city. 66 for pacifica. downtown san francisco getting to 70 degrees. 81, calistoga. 78 for napa. 70 for hayward. 79 for pittsburg. and 77 the high in pleasanton, under mainly sunny sky. pretty seasonal tomorrow. mainly sunny by tomorrow afternoon. the temperatures skyrocket by thursday and friday. we'll hit 90 on friday along the bay. temperatures along the coast getting into the low 80s. if you like the heat, it's coming, if you're not a fan of

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clenched their third playoff berth on the final the day of the season. they look forward to the playoffs with a clean slate. one of seven in his previous starts, and he saves his best for last. 1-0 a's, and they started chilling the champagne. two batters later, do you believe? i believe. green and gold up 2-0. no-hitter, bulldog performance. a's add insurance in the ninth. jed lowrie. and let the celebration begin. a's win 4-0 and made the playoffs for the eighth time in the last 15 years. that's fourth best in major league baseball. padres up 2-0 in the first. not anymore. buster posy tattoos one off.

ties the game at 2. in the fourth, adam duvall does away with his opportunity. souvenir, third of the year. and runaway with a 9-3 victory. a's will face the royals. the 49ers are not a championship caliber team right now. they gave up two special team touchdowns to the eagles. their offense can't protect the quarterback, but their defense kept them in the game with four take aways against the eagles. jim harbaugh trying to urge his team on. frank gore and colin kaepernick worked magic. throws across the field, gore does the rest. niners up 10-7. kap giveth and taketh away. in the first, eagles recovered a

blocked punt. niners' special teams fails again. 21-10 philly. and zach ernst, eagles driving for the game winner, jeremy maclin, unbelievable catch, fourth and goal. niner defense with four take aways. did not allow a point. they were money. first win at levi's stadium for san francisco. 26-21. raiders' quarterback in london. david carr to james jones. look at this catch. amazing, one handed grab. that led to an oakland t.d. and 7-0 silver and black. and that was the high point.

raiders' d. or lack of does the rest. carr goes down awkwardly on a scramble. sprained mcl and ankle sprain. cortland finnegan picks it up. they go on to rout oakland. raiders drop to 0-4. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from the locker room. and hope to see you then. a's and giants going to the playoffs. >> have to do that finger-crossing thing more often. what would you do with an extra $55,000? a guy in ohio used it to m

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on abc 7 news at 6:00, a violent crash at a gay pride parade in serbia. and a man risks his life to save a woman's dog. join us for abc 7 news at 6:00. a man who raised $55,000 in an online fundfund potato salad. he brought in big bucks. it included 300 pounds of potato

salad. who's hungry. ready for welcome to "world news" tonight. severe storms. fierce winds ripping off an airport roof, exploding this transformer, tumbling an entire row of power lines, torrential rains, now challenging records. the fall storm on the move tonight. sudden blast. a deadly volcano erupting as hundreds of hikers are on the slope. a cloud of ash turning day into night. now, the race is on to save the trapped hikers. moment of terror. a small town car show turned tragic. the monster truck careening out of control, crashing head on into the crowd. and just married. george clooney and his bride