took alameda county fire and calfair crews an hour to put it out. fire officials expect his fire season to be 2009 busiest in recent years. the first four months of 2015, we have seen a 77% increase in wildfires compared to the five-year average. the conditions out there were dry despite a cool and cloudy day. of course we haven't seen much rainfall this year anywhere in the bay area. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has more. >> as we enter our dry season across the bay area, that threat of wildfires will certainly increase and it's no surprise when you take a look at the season to date that we're well below our normal rainfall. san francisco 69% of normal rainfallful this doesn't account for years of drought, but moffet field we have seen showers at 99% of their normal to date. live doppler 7hd right now is

tracking one lone thundershower moving into clear lake and lower lake at this hour along highway 175, and it has lightning strikes strikes and potential for small hail. tomorrow we turn unsettled. we'll hey the forecast in a few. >> a dog badly beaten in san francisco had to be put down today. he was found severely injured chained to a fence on thursday. animal control officers are offering a $10,000 reward to find the person responsible. we learned today, maximilian had been stolen but his real owner was found, and was able to be with him in the end. >> a morning paraflieding ride turn track judge when a man crashed into the cliffs. rescue crews were unable to revive him. it happened in mussel rock park

and lilian kim is live with the start. >> reporter: their coroner has yesterday to release indian russ name but a he was flying her this morning and by all conditions conditions were good. paragliders come here for a reason the smooth air is ideal. the conditions along with the safety pre-cautions make fatal accidents here rare. >> you have to make sure the wind is coming from the right direction, preferably west. never turn into the hill. >> but this morning something went terribly wrong. rescue crews say a paraglider crashed into the cliffs they've got at the call at 9:30 a.m. and say he was dead by the time they arrived. he appeared to have been flying alone. >> we know a number of people flying here and the most you hear about is somebody had a wing collapse, friend who hit a cliff but he was fine just broke an arm. >> the beach attracts

paragliders from all over the bay area and beyond. it has its risks and today is an reminder of the danger. >> we do our best to mitigate the risks. the payoff of flying is so amazing that it's worth some risk. >> reporter: for one man it was a risk that ultimately cost him his life in daly city, abc7 news. >> the military says the bodies of six u.s. marines marines and two nepalese soldiers have been identified after a helicopter crashed while assisting earthquake victims. one of the fallen marines is from southern california. the death toll in nepal is more than 5800 after the 7.8 earthquake on april 289th and large aftershook tuesday, measuring 7.3, killed at least 117 people. in berkeley today

organizers of the 32nd annual himalayan fair said all of this year's proceeds will go toward relief effort. the organizers start evidence the tradition after hiking through nepal. >> and every time we crossed a high pass and dropped into a valley it was an amazing festival so after this incredible year of festivals i came back to berkeley and wanted to share some of this. >> there's another way to support relief and recovery efforts. if you want to donate, text the word nepal to 90999. >> thousands of runners made their way across san francisco for the bay to breakers. police did did their best to keep runners safe and keep champ from the course, but 11 people were arrested fire for felonies, police made 24 arrests last year so the numbers are down. cornell bernard was at the race today.

>> sky 7hd was over the finish line when mwangi from kenya finished first, 35 minutes, 25 seconds, jane kenny from kenya is top female finishes thousands left the starting line and didn't look back, sea of runners, the majority in costume and in character. >> we are katy perry from the super both. >> the cloud is congestion's jested. the hill was challenging. >> lots of people watching. >> always interesting. >> it's not every day you see a turkey running. what's the most challenging part of this race? >> um, not getting eaten by everyone. >> reporter: by noon the race course looked more lick a party. not everybody is a fan of bay-to-breakers, neighbors are very glad this only happens once a year. >> lot of people who get so

drunk, they don't even understand what is going on around them, and don't have respect for anyone that lives in the area so they just use it as an opportunity to cause havoc. >> jeremy stood watch on his front stairs discouraging public urination. >> the race is over, get out of the street, back on to the sidewalk. i. >> reporter: police were cracking down on alcohol use on the race course but we found lots of empty bottles. now comes the toughest job, the cleanup in san francisco, abc7 news. >> a lot of people are shares photos. to share yours with us, hooshoo the hash tag abc7 new and we'll find your picks. in berkeley there's an unfortunate sign that summer is almost here. piles of trash near the uc campus. friday was the last day of the semester and thousands of students move out and they leave behind what they don't want or can't take.

some stuff makes it into dumpsters but not all. we found several old mattresses one person even left behind part of a bicycle. in the city has to pick up most of it. still ahead at 6:00, why a major political group believes it has the right to keep attorney general camera harris in the dynamic about campaign contributions indiana california. a candidate for u.s. senate? california running from the mean ya because of a comment she made responds today. a case of mistaken identity leads to dozens of obscene phone calls for a california woman.

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the supreme court will decide is kamala harris gets a list of donations. harris demanded to see the high dollar donors to a conservative group so she could investigate whether it's a legitimate charity that qualifies for tax breaks in california. the group says it has a right to protect the identity of its donors who fear bullying and harassment. harris' opponent in the u.s.

senate race is apologizing now for getting caught in what she calls a mistake. >> i'm going to go be with woo woo woo. native american. >> loretta sanchez, who ran away from reporters yesterday, said today doing the native american war cry at the democratic state convention was offensive and came during a quote crazy and exciting rush of meetings. sanchez says she is part native american on her mother's side and proudlied a score sow indicated for their rights. >> a woman in sacramento is trying to get her phone number removed from an escort web site. she has been getting text messages messages and phone calls at all hours of the night for almost a month. one of he men who called sent her a link to a web site that allows escorts to post her ads. edwards says she has never been to that site. this phone number is hers, the picture of the woman is not.

this teacher and mother believes it's a random mistake. >> we were laughing and thought it was funny, no harm, no foul, and just -- but now the harm started coming, though, when the company wasn't rem doing -- remedying and my children started encountering the texts. >> she sent throw messages asking for her number be removed but no response so far. coming up next at 6:00, aviation buffs get a first-lan look at amazing aeronautical vehicles, including one we use here at abc7 news. and meteorologist drew tuma has the monday morning forecast. >> the warriors now have an opponent for the western conference finals, and they have a day off to rest their bones

is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store. save $500 on the memorial day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology. know better sleep with sleep number. aviation buffs check out an array or aircraft during the open house at the hayward executive airport. some people were able to get into the cargo bay of a national guard c130 hercules.

it flies rings missions. other people visited several helicopters on display including police and medical rescue choppers, also on display, our very own sky 7hd the pilot chris and photographer mike answered questions and posed for pictures with viewers of all ages. looking good guys. at 11:00 tonight the party that gets down as the sun comes up. >> it really delivers everything you could ever want first thing in the morning. >> the new social scene drawing people before they go to work. that's tonight at 11:00. after the billboard music awards. >> a little easier if in you work in the afternoon like we do like drew tuma. >> going to come to the next one? >> sure. if we can be your special invite guest. >> we'll see that tonight at 11:00. >> i got game. >> live doppler 7hd right now showing us that we're searching

for showers and we are finding one lone thundershower, so press into street level on live doppler 7hd over the past hour you notice a cell moving into lower lake, around clear lake a few lightning strikes crossing highway 175 and moving into the ziegler canyon road, and there's the potential for hail up to half inch. so take note if you live in this location. otherwise, it's rather quiet across the bay area. live lock outside on a sunday evening. san jose camera showing you we had peeks of sunshine but the clouds are filling back in and that's leading to cool temperatures. arounds the bay, 50s. 56 in san francisco, 59 oakland, hayward fremont. 62 napa. los gatos a temperature of 65. so satellite and radar, here the story we're tracking. we were able to break for peeks of sunshine but the clouds are

filling back in leading to a mainly cloudy overnight period. there's a bowling ball of energy, an air or low pressure bringing snow showers to part's of the planes and dragging a cold front through the deep south. strong storms locate. the but it is having an influence on our weather in the bay area. it's forcing the jet stream south. the jet stream controls where the cool and warm air sets up and it's allowing cool canadian air to drop into the bay area, and combine of with waves waves of energy brushing by we have self dives -- several days of drizzle. tomorrow, overcast skies. by the afternoon, break out for some sunshine, perhaps another strong storm developing in the extreme north bay and then we repeat this once for tuesday. tuesday morning is batter shot of having drizzle across the bay area for the morning rush. so overnight lows the clouds are building back in

temperatures into the upper 40s and lower 50s overnight and highs once again for monday unseasonably cool. mainly cloudy in the south bay. 66, san jose, 66 santa clara, 64 redwood city. tomorrow, 60 the high, san francisco, 5 senate district. north bay 68, santa rosa of 7, sonoma. the east bay, low 60s. 64 castro valley and the san ramon valley has the best shot of seeing sunshine. 70 fairfield. 70 brentwood. the accuweather seven-day forecast cloudy and cool tomorrow, driesing likely tuesday, includesy win, a chance of wet weather on thursday, before the pattern changes and by the ohio weekend, saturday and sunday much sunnier and much warmer and more spring like welcoming memorial day. >> thank you.

>> sure. >> over to shu. nice to say that again. >> it's been a while. seems like i've been again for a month but we're down to the final two the western conference nba playoffs. houstoned a vans to meet the warriors. dubs practice getting some much-needed rest after memphis and they watched the matchup between the clippers clippers and the rockets but the warriors are just looking forward to next step. >> the finals. two best teams in the west. we feel a little more -- going to be tough either way. >> we were talking at it after game three no panic mode no doubting. we were very confident and there's going to be another test coming up. going to be some adversity to deal with. >> the rockets took down the

clips, houston trailed publish 1 in the series but never trailed today. james harden, 31 points, eight assists. rockets win and now they are ready for golden state. >> we have to play how we play but play harder, hey how we play tougher, play it more aggressive, play how we play and just take it to them every single possession on both siteses of the ball, and you know what? that normally is good enough. if not you gave it your best shot. so i like where we're at. we're going to good in there and fight. >> road to the stanley cup likely goes through the pond in anaheim. ducks and blackhawks anderson as 32 saves. second period, right place right time. drilled it. first of the plowoffs. ducks are 9-1 postseason. 6-0 at home. take game one 4-1 the final. >> to with the giants offense

heating up with the return of hunter pence. 2-3 last night. scored three. thanks to a six rbi effort effort from brandon crawford. only one rbi today for brandon. belt scores. the reverend making up for lost time. 25 with a two-run jack in the third. giants up 6-1. reds got within one but belt, crushes his third home run in as many games with a solo shot in the eighth. giants score 33 runs in the four-game series. they were 18-18 without pence. now 2-0 with him. taking 3-4 from the reds. a's and white sox, usually only kids get this excited when they gate foul bowl. garcia grounds into what should be an inning ending double-play. it's thrown away. run scores. former a on the mound. gave up this two-run homer, to muncey, his first career home

run, a day he'll never forget even though gets the silent treatment. tradition. scott kazmir takes the loss. ramirez, two rounds would score. a's with four errors, now 42 in 39 games. they get swept with a 73-loss. >> we're not playing clean games at this point. they're ugly looking games. and it affects how you play. it affects your confidence. >> losses are always tough. but we still have time to get it right. get hot. never know what can happen. >> final round of the wells fargo championship in charlotte. stanford man patrick rog. >> tied for second shoot 4-under 68. eagle on 10 but a double and bogey on 17 and 18. the setting a course record yesterday, rory mcilroy, 3-under 69 today. five birdie two bogeys.

21 under. matching the wells fargo championship 72-hole scoring record this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. warriors and the rockets, game one on thursday at oracle. >> still trial to make sense of what the rockets coach was trying to convey. >> might be a good drinking game. every time you say, we have to do it our way. >> play play thanks, shu. tonight are the billboard music awards the star-studded show will include performances by mariah carey kanye west and van

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"mad max: fury road" is a critical favorite but of its action awaying 98% approval on rotten tomatoes and earned 44 million. the avengers made 38 million and topped $1 billion globally. hot pursuit was fourth, and shu, paul blart hanging in there. tying with furious 7 for the fifth spot. i think you have to see this movie. >> i loved perspective perfect 1. >> that does

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