just thankful to be alive and made it out in time. >> a massive fire tore through a building in oakland. two people died. more than 30 others have to find a new place to live. i'm katie marzullo. we begin with developing news on the fire. lisa amin gulezian is live in west oakland. 0 do investigators know where the fire started? >> reporter: they're saying this started in the back of the building and also where according to neighbors mo thomas is a well-known multimedia artist lives. residents have been coming and going to try to grab what they can from the building before the

construction companies back to board this place up. the orange glow could be seen for miles. massive flames shot into the night sky as a beloved artist's work and living space burned. >> we ran, three of news our unit, we ran down the stairs and we grabbed our cat and fled. >> reporter: sleepy residents packed about little they could and watched as crews fought the fire. >> we had companies on the roof getting holes opened up. crews inside with nozzles. hitting the fire and then pulling down ceilings. >> before the smoke lifted in daylight arrived it was clear two people were dead. neighbors believe daniel mo thomas and his mail roommate died in their apartment. these are photos taken from inside thomas' destroyed second floor loft. investigators believe the fire started near the victim's bed.

>> right cruel across from our door is his space and it's just charcoal. >> it's weird. >> joan mclaughlin is devastated. she gave thomas his first gallery show two years ago and was set to open his first solo show in the fall. >> it was very sad. he is a very loving, caring artist and it will be a huge loss to the art community. >> reporter: more than 30 people are looking for a new home tonight in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> looks like we might have everybody accounted for. >> new york firefighters believe a house in brooklyn where seven children died in a fire this morning did not have working moch detectors on the first organize second floors. the victims range in age from five to 15. the teenaged girl and a woman who is believed to be the children's mother jumped from a window. they're in critical can. and an entire neighborhood is

grieving. >> we just heard about the children and it's heart wrenching. had to be a fast-moving fire. >> the mayor visited the home. the tragedy has taken a toll on responding firefighters. >> it's difficult to find one child in a room during a search. to find a houseful of children that can't be revived, i'm sure this will take its toll on our members for quite some time. >> a hot plate is suspected of starting the fire. inside the home of the orthodox jewish family. such wises are commonly used by observant jewish families who are forbidden from lighting a flame on the sabbath. police are investigating a shooting at golden gate park this afternoon. all police will tell us at this point is that the victim is a male and he was shot in the stomach. he was found about a block away from the shooting scene and is expected to be company. the gunman is on the loose. in the details in an

amaintainer murder suicide at an apartment complex in palo alto. the coroner says the man shot to death what 70-year-old vincent collins. the gunman is identified as 69-year-old mark miller. the shooting happen inside a management office of this apartment building where both men lived. dozens of protesters gathered in san francisco today to say no to war on this 12th anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq. [chanting] >> organizers say the demonstration is in solidarity with the antiwar rally at the white house in washington, dc today. >> people of his country are especially responsible if we live here to stand up and say, no and to say this is not in our name. we refuse to accept endless war for the u.s. empire and we have to stop it. >> protesters say they're calling for an end to all wars across the globe and america's growing mill enter intervention. >> developing news out of new

orleans. the airport is up and running hours after a violent attack man. with a machete stormed into a security checkpoint. he died today after being shot by a sheriff lieutenant. >> reporter: panic at airport security. >> came through with a machete. >> passengers rubbing injured victims waiting for help and a bloody ma shut delight on the ground. >> people screaming and running. >> this this suspect, 62-year-old richmond white. investigators say he stormed into the airport and attacked tsa agents first with a can of wasp spray and then with the 14-inch blade. >> i started swinging my suitcase at him and he runs into a tsa agent. >> that's when a sheriff's deputy opened fire. >> i hour pow. >> three of the butlets hits strike once. one strikes a tsa agent who was running ahead of him yelling at

passengers to get to safety. today she showed off her wound and talked about the deputy two took action. >> he is my hero. saved my life. the man was within inches of whacking me with the machete and she saved my life. >> white survived. investigators found evidence that the attack could have worse in his car smoke bombs and tanks of oxygen and freon gas. the come squad called in to check out the bag dropped at security, leaking a mysterious liquid. >> half pint mason jars with cloth wicks into a liquid that we now know to be gasoline. which you would commonly refer to as a molotov cocktail. >> reporter: while the motive is a mystery his family is cooperating with authorities and confirms mental illness is a factor. >> today marks six years since the deaths of four oakland police officers shot and killed bay wanted patrolee, sergeant

mark donaghy began and officer johning hey were shot and exiled by the man during a traction stop. mixon then bier okayedded himself in an apartment and opened fire of s.w.a.t. team members. nixon was later killed in a shootout. the shooting was the first time four officers have been killed on the same day in california since 1970. new details tonight on the venture capitalist attorney suing her former silicon valley employer for discrimination and recalation. a san francisco judge ruled ellen paw el may seek punitive damages. she is suing the could i for $16 million, claiming she was retaliated against after an affair with a senior colleague. powell husband runs a hedge fund which she says went bankrupt right around the time she filed the suit. to the latest now on our historic drought. state energy officials are once again saying california will

have to increase its use of fossil fuel burning pour plants because there's less melting snow to run the turbines at dams that produce hydroelectricity. the nonprofit pacific institute calculates californians have already paid $1.4 million more in utility costs because of less hydropower due to the drought. a our warm and dry pattern coming to an end. meteorologist drool drew tuma is tracking cool and wet weather. >> on this saturday we're going from sunshine to clouds rolling in from west to east. a live look from the golden gate bridge camera showing you the fog is thick, obscuring the view. so the forecast looking ahead, coastal fog spotty sprinkles on the way. unsettled through monday and then march warmth returns with 80s on the way. we'll have the forecast coming up. >> skiers stuck several people are injured orr -- on one of the

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after the chairlift stopped and then began moving backwards. three people were taken to the hospital. all are expected to survive. sugar life was the site of another chairlift accident in 2010 when a 35-year-old lift derailed injuring eight skiers. the oakland raters and san diego charges are one step closer to getting a new shared stadium built south of l.a. a group of supporters collected more than 14,000 signatures in the city of car san -- carson nearly twice the number needed to put the plan before voters. organizers say it's an important benchmark on the path to constructing a new home for both teams if either fail to get new homes in their current home towns. election officials must now verify the signatures to qualify the machine for the ballot. move over lassie. the story of a real life dog hero. >> black cloud appears and i wasn't sure what it was.

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what started out as a vacation in paradise turned into a haunting moment for a kansas doctor who was bitten bay shark. ken gray went snorkeling with his two sons in hawai'i. he was standing in just about four feet of water when the ten to 1 foot tiger shark attacked. >> this shark was moving so quickly towards me that i didn't realize it would bite me until i saw my arm was just mangled. it just happened very quickly.

and i had a feeling of disbelief. in terms of getting out of the way, it wasn't happening. >> he hilt the shark in the side of the head and a stranger helped him out of the water. he says the encounter did not ruin his vacation but is not sure if he'll ever go snorkeling again. now meet nico, a three-year-old burmeseout dog being healed a hero after saving a woman who was stuck in a rip current. it happened thursday. the woman, and the man who swam out 100 yards to save her were screaming for help and that's when instinct to jumped in after them. >> right up to the side of the board and swung his body around while he was swimming, and i just said grab him. and she actually put her arm right around almost his chest. and she was hanging on to the board with one arm. >> the man safely got back to the beach on his own. the couple asked instinct to owner if he were a trained russia dog but since he was

adopted from a shelter three months ago the owner doesn't know. the briefed is not naturally inclined to swimming bus hi bloodline was once used for life-saving. awesome. monday, is national puppy dogs and abc7 is having a big adoption event that morning. we're getting into the spirit with photos send in by many of you. thank you to lisa for this very fun picture. and alyssa sent us this photo. you can send us a snapshot of your favorite pup. tweet or instagram the with the hash tag, puppies on 7 and then join us monday morning, we'll be live streaming our puppy cam all morning and tell you how you can take a puppy home. what a wonderful event. hopefully lots of puppies find a new home. back over to drew now for a check of the forecast. change is coming? >> for she short term. you're watching a chance of

sprinkles the next 48 hours. the weather pattern unset el. live doppler 7hd will show clouds are thickening ahead of the front. yesterday we officially welcomed spring in the bay area, and that means the daylight hours are getting longer and longer. tonight the sun going down at 7:22 p.m. on the last full day of spring, june 20th, the sun going down at 8:35 in the evening. out there right now we have a wide range of temperatures thanks to clouds move in along the coach. there we have 70 inland. 72, danville. 66 oakland. along the coast where the fog is thicken, 59 in half moon bay, san francisco, 60. the cloud started to increase ahead of the front moving from west to east. so radar and satellite the wider view shows the cold front to the west but it is approaching slowly and it creates the chance of some

sprinkles the next 48 hours. so future weather early tomorrow morning, 6:00 in the morning you do notice we'll call it spotty shower activity, not widespread but there's the chance there. the second half of your sunday into the afternoon and early evening hours, will likely break for some sunshine but the clouds quickly fill back in as the front moves over us monday morning. monday, 2:00 in the morning spotty showers pop up. so in terms of how much rain we're expecting, minimal, unfortunately. generally across the region, less than a tenth inch of rain. the north bay has the kansas of seeing up to a quarter inch by monday morning. once the front gets out of here, it's that warmth, that returns and cranks big-time. fast forward to thursday afternoon and watch temperatures well above normal for this time of the year. 70s along the coast. 80s in the south bay. a lot of inland spots in the mid-and lower 80s later next week. so overnight lows, cloudy out there spotty showers after midnight.

generally uniform temperatures overnight. only falling into the low and mid-50s. then for your sunday, we'll see the wet weather for the first half of the day. then sunshine by the afternoon. but still cooler than today. 63 the high in san francisco. 66 in oakland. 67 the high in fremont and san jose getting to a high of 69. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast for sunday spotty showers for the first half of the day. some peeks of sunshine by the afternoon. the clouds fill back in monday morning, and monday it goes from light showers to sunshine by the afternoon. once that front gets out of here it's nothing but sunshine and warmer temperatures. by tuesday we go back into the 70s in most spots. by wednesday warm wind kicks in and 8s so pop up. on thursday mid-80s inland even low 70 along the coast little change on friday, and even saturday it is bright and mild out there too. to start off the weekend. >> okay. umbrellas are like --

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each time kentucky plays it's the ultimate bracket buster opportunity. cincinnati giving it a shot in the round of 32 today. the wildcats a perfect 35-0 coming in. cinci, 23-10678 the bearcats bearing down early. turnover would lead to a fast break. thomas 24-20 cinci. kentucky responds to end the half. a trailing willie calliestein posterrize a pair of bear cats. where are you? there she is. second half cats up april. cinci unable to make late run. kentucky pulls away. 6451 the final. they're now 36-0 facing either maryland or west virginia. ucla beat sm new controversial fashion on thursday. today against uab no some drama iowa state was stunned. but alford, too good.

22 points, five assists. tony parker led the bruins. ucla up by nine at the half. extending the lead in the second half. coaches kids are usually good. alford no exception. ucla into the round of 16. west region round of 32. two seed arizona takes control in the second half for 15-point win against ohio state. and xavier beats the cinderella story, georgia state. stanford beginning their quest for a 13th final four appearance today. cardinal hoping with cal state northridge. can't stop. cardinal in control early, sam sewellson the three. stanford up 13. northridge by one at the half. second half down by six. the cardinal responsible with a

24-4 run. taylor greenfield, then lily thompson, loose ball, the hustle to thompson, the lay-in, stanford now leading 60-54 with a municipal newscast to play. >> steve nash made official, after 19-year nba career in which he won two mvps he is retiring signing with the lakers in 2012, nash played in just 55 games due injuries. the legend will be third on the nba's all-time assist list. >> third round over the arnold palmer invitational bay hill. daniel burger 237 yards, this is an albatross, 2 on a par-5. world number one rory mcilroy, three consecutive goings. tied for 12 at 9-under. everyone chasing the swede.

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welcome to "world news tonight." airport attack. new details of those terrifying moments in new orleans. the man with the machete, also had explosives with him and we hear from the tsa agent he attacked. terror alert. the new threat. what appears to be a hit list against u.s. servicemen and women calling for attacks here in the united states. off the force. a racially charged video made by a florida police officer and the offensive text messages three others shared. it's not the only department tonight taking action over racist texts. durst documents. investigators search the home of a friend of the millionaire murder suspect. the treasure trove reported to have been taken away. panic on the slopes. the skiers hurt when the lift