>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i noted the water was highly caustic, like an acid breaking through your clothing and skin. >> overnight fire huge blames and dangerous chemicals create a massive environmental nightmare in san jose. >> the fire and toxic concerns forced the closing of dozens of businesses. matt keller is in san jose. matt? >> the firefighters are still here on the scene making sure there are no flare-ups. workers at dozens of brings here in this area could soon be let back in. that is not before the toxic mess is cleaned up. >> a four alarm fire ripped through the commercial building

in san jose this morning. this picture from the san jose fire department shows how big the flames got after the fire was reported around 12:30 this morning. it took them about an hour and 15 minutes to get it under control. the flames were not the biggest danger are facing firefighters. >> they used acids and zinc oxides to do etching and that type of cleaning of metal so those were the chemicals were initially involved. this volume of fire, it made sort of a chemical soup. >> that chemical soup pooled around the builtings creating a massive hat mass situation with the toxic smoke forcing half of the firefighters on the scene, around 50, to be decontaminated. it appears no firefighters were injured. >> amazingly it was kept to one commercial building.

>> sorry for their businesses but glad not too many are affected. >> business owners are responsible for the clean up of the contaminated run off. insurance agents are involved several businesses in the area were blocked off. dozens of workers were left waiting. >> we have 11 orders today. 11. we have to call the kleins and can -- call the clients and cancel we will see what the clients will say. upsetting. >> in the last minute we had a flare-up with black smoke in the sky off the willing here for firefighters -- four firefighters have jumped on the building. >> a cause of the fire, investigators have to wait until it is safe to go inside before they can determine what started the fire. >> new details now, in the case of a high priced prostitute accused of killing a google executive with a heroin

overdose. she received six years in prison pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs. surveillance video shows she gave the 51-year-old forest hayes what turned out to be a fatal dose of heroin in november on the lot in santa cruz. the defense argues her judgment was clouded because she also was on heroin. >> crews have been burying the dead whales that have washed ashore. neighbors find the process to be a spectacle and a relief. our reporter is at the beach. wayne? >> it is fascinating and we can call it smelly if you are down wind. look over my shoulder, can you see the bulldozer, the big machinery down there digging? it is digging a legal for the whale. here is video from a few moments ago stage one of the aftermath after a rare spring with two

dead whales washing ashore, one april 4 and the second on may 5. one died of natural causes. the other was hit by a ship. the question is, what to do with the whales? now we are watching the answer: burying on the beach. we will look from sky 7 now, an aerial view. initially, san francisco's department of parks and recreation planned to let the whales decompose naturally but quality of life issues intervened for residents in pacifica and visitors who found the smell to be "over whaling." they are burying the whales out of sight and out of mind and out of the breeze. anyone who was here will tell you about the stench. you can get a smell it. did you smell it? >> not yet. it is not that strong unless you are upwind. the wind is your friend in this case. >> the wind your friend. that would be an understatement.

parks and recreation appear to be taking a logical approach on they starting work on the fresher of the two bodies. the other one by the rock they will deal with later. we will keep an cry on this progress and try to rain upwind. we will report more later this afternoon. live at shark park beach in pacifica for abc7 news. >> a mountain lion that wandered into a san mateo neighborhood is back in the habitat in the hills near crystal springs reservoir. the 90 pound cat was spotted these times year. it took a game warden two shots to tranquilize it. a veterinarian found him in "good health." >> six people including three baggage handlers accused of operating a drug smuggling ring at oakland international airport. they were shipping marijuana throughout the country since

2012. prosecutors say they used the security badges to bypass screening areas while carrying suitcases filled with marijuana. then they would hand off the luggage to passengers waiting to board the planes. 14 people in all are charged in the case. >> voters in the east bay decide between two democrats in the highly controversial special election for the state senate seat. current assembly woman is running against the orinda mayor glazer in alameda county and parts of contra costa. glazer wants to prevent bart from going on strike. >> the warriors will do something they have not done in 39 years: play in the western conference finals facing the houston rockets. our reporter, amy hollyfield, joins. a lot of blue and gold on the streets. >> hope you like blue and gold. it is everywhere. look at the dix sporting goods

store. the windows are covered in blue and gold. it is not just on buildings but people are wearing the colors. the inside of the oracle arena is covered in warriors gold ready for the first game. outside the arena, fans are flying the colors. >> i woke up at 4:00 this morning happy about the day. >> some fans get a foam hand people are still buying the merchandise with sales up 65 percent compared to the regular playoff. dix had to restock the store with a new shipment and it is selling. matt popped in this morning to have something to wear to the game tonight. >> we will experience something very few people have experienced in the area game one. >> to meet the demands the word open add new store in march and will open another one this saturday in san francisco. fans have unlessed more blue and

gold on the streets. >> time has changed. a decade ago you would not see wore gears at all and now wherever you turn you see blue and gold. >> the rockets come in as the underdog and they will face a home crowd that plans to be very loud. >> i have to work together and i am measure issue if i will be able to talk. >> better be ready to rock. >> this is a best of seven series that starts tonight with tip-off at 6:00 p.m. and the winner of this series will go on to the nba finals. >> tonight, the game kicks off at 6:00 on espn and game two at oracle arena on thursday night. and the series shifts to houston for game three and four on saturday and monday in the best of seven series. >> go warriors. >> still ahead it is not just texting, what are people really

doing behind the wheel? >> nfl owners meeting in san francisco and robert kraft talked about deflate-gate situation. >> still is still in the car. >> a super hero running into a fiery crash to save lives and what he is saying about it. can you see it is cloudy. we have had drizzle that was measurable down to 675'. we will talk how long that the keep the temperatures 5- to 10-degrees below

>> new details in the cause of a high school stage that collapsed and injured 17 students in a performance last month in indiana. the audience rushed to pull people from the orchestra pit. officials said that the school employee who build the stage over the pit failed to properly action core it but the employee will not be charged. one student is still recovering and has not yet returned to class. >> new england patriot made a big announcement on deflate-gate scandal as nfl team owners hell the annual meeting in san francisco. our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest. >> the patriots owner announced he will not appeal until sanctions for doe flight -- deflate fast fined $1 million

and lost two draft picks and tom brady is banned for two games. robert kraft called them "unreasonable and unprecedented," but he said the process has been going on for too long and accepts the punishment. >> i know a lot of new england patriots fans are going to be disappointed in the decision. i hope they trust my judgment and know that i really feel at this point in time taking this off the agenda this is the best thing for the new england patriots, our fans and the nfl. >> nfl owners will hear a proposal to bring the nfl back to los angeles, a familiar face is leading the charge: former 49ers president. the oakland raiders and chargers hired him to help make a stall deal happen. the teams are in talk to share a

$1.7 billion arena down in carson. they plan to rally outside the ritz where the meeting is going on saying keeping the raiders here is what is best for the local economy. >> thanks. a new study this morning reveals eye opening numbers about what drivers really are doing if their cars rather than concentrating on drives. at&t survey found 27 percent of 2,100 drivers use facebook while driving. 17 percent say they take selfies. 14 percent admit to using twitter. a third of those say they tweeted ought time. 10 percent use video chat or face time while driving. another 10 percent use instagram or snapchat. >> what about the accident rates? that is so dangerous. >> dangerous and costly. you can be fined. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> morning from the top of the

abc broadcast center where we deflate the clouds and bring sunshine to your life. if it does not happen now we have a chance of showers, it will over the weekend and i will show you the warming trend that coincides with the unofficial start to summer. >> also coming up running toward the flames. dramatics rescue and the hero who saved lives. >> positive ticketing people in a california city could be excited to get pulled

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>> neighbors jump into action as three people were trapped inside cars after a fiery head-on crash

in north carolina. a man used a fire extinguisher to smash the window and the guy in the red t-shirt drags a victim away from the flames. he is a soldier near fort brag. >> i grabbed a fire extinguisher and we smashed out the back window and the driver-side window. from there, i grabbed mr. thompson. if i were not a soldier i would not know what to do. the army helped. >> but he is a soldier and ran back into the inferno to save the man's wife and he is wearing a captain america t-shirt. he said many people came together to help. >> this is not for people afraid of heights the biggest cliff diving competition which was held in france over the weekend with participants jumping from a platform on the tower more than 90' up at speeds of 53 miles per hour during the dives drawing

75,000 spectators. the crowd was not disappointed. >> he did not point the pinky toi. >> who is looking at the toes. >> i don't think anyone will be dining or swimming today. >> absolutely great observation by both of you, ladies. >> notice how they did not dive head first now earlier today hanging around milpitas and it caused a few drops on the camera and alum rock was down to 675' that saw some of the moisture the drizzle actually accumulate to .02" but that is it. if it did hit the ground it did not hit reporting stations. live doppler hd shows everything is quiet. we will talk about the winds, constant in the forecast and

they will get faster this afternoon. they will cover the entire bay shoreline into the san pablo bay and the delta community, 1:00 o'clock to 9:00 like yesterday so the ferry ride this afternoon or driving across the bridges it could get dicey. you can see the cloud deck is shrinking much faster than yesterday and that is why i believe we will see more sunshine and maybe a degree or two warmer today. look at the drops on our peninsula camera that point to sfo. that is why we have an hour and five minute arrival delays. golden gate bridge is still cloudy. winds, a cross wind at 15 miles per hour. temperatures running in the mid-to-upper 50s in most neighborhoods and concord and fairfield and brentwood in the low-to-mid 60s and everyone need as coat if you are headed out. these folks are here visiting us and of course they are buying sweatshirts. not so great today but below average. a stray hour is still possible thursday and friday and this weekend we will get the

temperatures back where they should be. walnut creek camera shows shadows developing as the clouds are thinning in our inland east bay neighborhood and we are six to nine degrees cooler-than-average. in the south bay that means mid-to-upper 60s in most neighbors and los gatos at 70. and mid-60s for most of the peninsula and up north to millbrae at 59. mid-to-upper 50s along the coast into downtown south san francisco, sausalito and up to bodega bay and mid-to-upper 60s through most of the north bay and santa rosa, low-to-mid 70s and a stray shower is possible up there. 62 to 64. that is the spread along the east bay shore with oak at 63 and mid-60s the cradle of cool air in the san ramon valley and 70 in antioch and brentwood. tonight we are in the 50s again with drizzle mobile during the morning commute as our pattern remains steady. the low from the gulf alaska will woulds down thursday and friday and drops the temperatures a little bit and brings a slight chance after shadow. when it leaves, the high pressure returns.

we will be cloudy in the 50s at coast we will see even up to the 70s in the bay and inland through the holiday weekend. still damp out here but not so bad as year. cheryl and kristen? >> tonight is a big night. we will find out who winses the mirror ball trophy on "dancing with the stars" on abc. >> will it be war veteran, singer like are lynch or actress rumer willis. she paid tribute to her dance partner and her family. >> dad actor bruce willis got emotional. tonight's rules are right here. imagine if she wins how emotional she will get. >> my goodness. getting a ticket is not something we look forward to, right? until you live if a small city on the central coast. >> the police department in santa barbara is teaming up with a pizza shop to give back. the officers are issuing tickets

to people guilty of doing good things. each ticket gets you a free ticket and that is a ticket you will not want to fight in court. >> trying to do good things for kids, that the police are not someone to fear but someone there to help them. >> the police chief said his office wants to use this as an opportunity to build relationships in the community. >> that is creteive. >> coming up, want a job at google? the creativity you need to get into the silicon valley tech

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imagination google is looking for someone to join the doodle google team to put a spin on the logo. they have come up with creative doodles. this one is a cartoon of the wild west in honor of the 155th anniversary of the pony express. >> the qualifications are someone with stylistic skills and interest in culture and technology and of course, a good sense of humor because they are always kind of funny and sometimes interactive. you can spend hours playing with that. not that you should. not that we did that. >> no, no, no but people have told us that. >> thanks for joining

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪ >> yeah! yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! oh! [cheers and applause] welcome to millionaire. i'm your host, terry crews. a big hello to all of you out there who watch me on brooklyn nine-nine. [cheers and applause] today's returning contestant is an animal lover who has cared for lions and tigers and camels. oh, my. [laughter] from morristown, new jersey, please welcome back tracy shepard-rashkin! [cheers and applause] >> tracy, how you doing? oh, this is great. now, you love animals. >> i do. >> what are your favorites? >> oh, definitely tigers. when i worked at the zoo i was with tigers, lions and camels, as you said, and the lions are actually