undercover. took money from them. his staff took money from them. he was supposedly knowledgeable about what the money was for and he attempted to pay up on the bribe. >> the mayor's office responded saying there's absolutely nothing in today's filing by raymond chow's attorney that suggests mayor lay himself or his 2011 campaign did anything wrong or inappropriate. we asked former mayor willie brown for a response but he did not return our call. supervisor breed and mccullen were also accused in those court filings. breed called the allegations baseless. the u.s. attorney's office has not commented. carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. hayward police are investigateing the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy while

walking with a female friend this morning. it happened about 1:00 a.m. three males confronted the coup elg. one of them shot the recent mt. eden high school graduate who died a short time later. the teenage girl he was with was not hurt. the suspects were last seen drive away in a silver suv. they are investigating a heated exchange involving a police officer. a man claims the officer drove up and pulled a gun on him. vic lee has the story. >> reporter: the officer drives up to don's home as he's loading up his boat. he pulls out his phone and begins recording. the officer then begins shooting from his phone. the officer gets out of his car and this exchange takes place.

>> keep your hand out of your pocket. >> no sir, i've done nothing. >> put your gone down. >> the officer tells him to get his hand out of his pocket. he puts items from his pocket on his car. >> no. >> you don't touch me. he keeps asking the cop why he's at his home. >> are you spguspecting me of a crime? >> then he blurts out the police are corrupt and then this. >> you guys have done enough to my family. >> are you some kind of a constitutionalist? >> no. >> finally the cop leaves saying have a nice day. put it on youtube. the city manager says they'll be conducting an investigation. >> we're going to look at our protocol and ensure the safety

of our community and officers. vic lee, abc 7 news. toernths more than 3,000 firefighters are fitding that massive blaze. 65,000 acres are burning and it's only 12% contained. the middletown school district is delaying the opening of school because some schools are being used as evacuation centers. >> the president asked his team to stay in close touch with governors and local officials as their efforts continue. and the white house will continue to monitor the situation from here. these are selfless individuals and we owe them a debt of gratitude. >> wayne freedman is live with an update. >> reporter: you mentioned the 65,000 acres that burned. this is behind highway 20 that burned just yesterday when the highway jumped the ridge.

all of this burned in an afternoon. some of it is still burning. this is one little spot they didn't get to. this has been a fire that mostly laid low today. 12% containment. they are hoping to improve on that. this is not what the books say a fire at 12% containment should look like. a gray day puff of smoke a couple of helicopters dumping in the distance and stil only 12%. has the rocky fire ever been what they expected? relief still no on so many levels. that's dave brookens with his wife worrying about their house. they are 2 of 11 people who spent the night at middletown high school and they are not alone in their concerns. >> what do you kind of know? >> it's still standing. thank god. >> the fire is close? >> the fire is close.

>> most of the news arrives second hand. when a building does burn down, maybe not even cal fire knows what it was or who owned it. it's taken four fires so far. >> was it a home? an outbuilding? whether it was a barn. there's a process done by our damage assessment teams. they'll identify who is belongs to, what's it was and then an attempt to identify the person and make notification. >> hopefully it will not touch here. in the fire zone this afternoon maybe a sign. one of seasonal raindrop. then two. then too many to count. can they make a difference? maybe a miracle? wayne freedman, abc 7 news. the size of this fire is so hard to conceptualize. we mentioned it's at 65,000 acres. that's 101 square miles just

enormous. and it's been growing every day since it started, often extremely rapidly. maybe this will give you a better idea. 101 square miles is about the cities of oakland and alameda combined. if a fire that huge were burning in the east bay, this is what we might be dealing inging with. more than 10,000 firefighters are battling drought-driven wildfires throughout the state. a woman has set intentionally 14 fires that could have been devastating. they arrested the 34-year-old tracy webb yesterday after they connected her to more than a dozen fires. they were sparked along highway 299 and the old oregon trail in the last week. there were some light showers very welcome during this

drought. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the rain. >> you may have been going, what's this falling from the sky today? a few light showers at sfo mountain view. even some reports of sprinkles earlier today on social media from castro valley to dublin and hayward in pleasanton. we're seeing light returns from petaluma to sonoma. keep in mund not all this is reaching the ground. as i take you back several hours you'll notice what did move through. we had light showers and sprinkles in some parts of the bay area but only trace amounts at sfo and mountain view. i'll let you know if there is the possibility of more showers in our future. two san mateo county deputies are credited with

saving a man. sergio quintana talks with the deputy. >> reporter: the two deputies saw as the driver crashed into a raulroad crossing arm and their first concern was that the car might cause a trail di railment. the driver wasn't getting out and then they leapt into action. this is video of the dramatic rescue. they pulled 20-year-old gomez just moments before the cal train slams into his car. >> the train was coming. after he wasn't responding i knew i had to take control of the situation and physically remove him from the situation. his partner also leapt into action. he tried to signal the train engineer.

>> the engineers are keen to their environment. if they see someone on the raul railroad, they'll come to a stop. >> he had just been involved in a hit and run crash. 20-year-old nelson gomez kept driving until he skidded into the railroad crossing arm about a block away where the two deputies first saw he was in trouble. gomez seemed injured from the original crash and wasn't moving very fast after he got out of the car. >> the train was coming in. the car was still going to possibly strike us or debris from the car could strike us. i dragged the driver a few feet farther. >> gomez was taken to the hospital where they later cited and arrested him on charges of suspicion of driving under the influence. the train engineer was able to begin braking but it takes

almost a mile to stop a train. >> incredible story. a bay area businesswoman has a one on one with president obama. >> hi. >> how are you? >> happy birthday. >> thank you so much. >> find out why she was there and why the president called her amazing. the new light displays that could turn the building into a billboard. >> we report on the worst of the

jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. wo covering cupertino, concord wine country and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> the white house today named san jose and oakland tech hire cities. it's a program that helps unemployed residents and workers with skills that need updating

get their foot in the doors of companies like facebook ebay and cisco. david louie explains how this program is already helping people change lives. >> reporter: just four years ago ali king was working at a clothing story. today he's an ebay program manager. it is a program that will be expanded by new federal grants. >> so many people were having a hard time to gain access into higher education but are ready to work but don't have the skills to be successful in an environment like this. you want to set them up for success. >> reporter: the bay area is giving birth to so many start-ups. an advanced search engine for learning is palo alto is one of them. ramona pearson was at the white house talking to president obama about the need for entrepreneurs

from all walks of life. >> you have a balance and good diversification of age gender and every aspect, then you get a good mix of people that can come together and build part of a platform. >> reporter: raul gonzalez doesn't think that will happen. >> we need people to maintain this technology and protect this technology and create this technology. the more dependent and highly skilled workforce. in order to maintain this growth. >> reporter: the fast track training program hopes to produce 1,000 new tech workers by the end of next year. david louie, abc 7 news. the man who founded lotus 123 will vest money in

technology start-ups headed by minorities. and he'll put money into smash a summer math and science program. members of the congressional black caucus were talking about this when they met with leaders of google and pandora. african-americans make up less than 2% of the workers at these companies. it is shutting minorities out of tech jobs. >> we discussed short and long-term steps necessary to address what is quite frankly a very shameful lack of diversity within these firms. >> the congressional black cacus wants more african-americans on the boards of tech companies. there was an announcement today by secretary of state alex

padilla. he'll drop a legal challenge to grant voting rights to people who served time for low level felonies. they did time in county jails instead of state prison. >> it's fair to say most of us dread dealing with customer service. >> 7 on your side is partnering with consumer reports for a look at what bugs us the most. michael finney is here. >> it's what i do all day long. nearly everybody has had to deal with customer service. as consumer reports national research center discovered, many of us have had terrible experiences. >> joanne expects the worst when she handles a customer service issue. >> you have to say, before i make that call to customer service i better have a half an hour. i better not have this great

expectation. you're going to be extremely frustrated. anyone who has been caught in a phone tree can relate. >> press 3. >> surveys conducted over several years examined 22 industries and found among the worst are computer tech support, appliance repairs and telephone and internet providers. >> the most irritating issues are the inability to get a live person on the phone. a rude or condescending representative and getting disconnected. >> our analysis found that within every industry, some companies provide much better customer service than others. >> reporter: consider computer tech support. survey respondents rated hp and toshiba as having the worst customer care. and apple is offering the best. air travelers gave the lowest

marks to spirit aurir for their cabin service compared to top rated virgin air. who you do business with can make a difference when trying to get some satisfaction. >> they hung up! >> consumer reports says the best advice is pick up the phone and call the company. it's often more efficient than e-mail and if you get an automated menu, try to bypass it by pressing 0. some rain drops around the area today. >> not a lot, but it's helpful. >> especially when we're dealing with so many fires. humidity has been running high ir. behind me still some of the clouds from tropical storm guillermo. they're starting to break up a bit. it's quite pleasant out here.

let's check live doppler 7 hd. sprinkles and light showers around parts of the bay area. things are quieting down. my view which is beautiful as you look along the embarcadero. low 70s from san francisco to oakland. 75 in san jose. here's what's interesting. we're in early august and just about everybody in the bay area in the 70s for the hieghs today. lingering clouds from tropical storm guillermo. 69 in santa rosa. mid-70s napa to fairfield. 77 in livermore. exploratorium camera, a lovely day to go out sailing. warmer inland the next two days. cooling down on friday and sprinkles late thursday into friday. water vaupor um agepor imagery shows you where those sprinkles come from. we're going to be watching for high pressure to shift back in

our direction. we'll see some heat inland on wednesday and thursday. no extreme heat. just warmer. upper 80s inland. thursday up to the low 90s inland. a lot of high cloud cover on thursday leading up to the possibility of showers thursday newt into friday. ger moyuillermo is packing winds. it is expected to pass well northeast of sewell tomorrow. they are expecting a couple of inches of rain. could see over half a foot. large surf could be problematic. if you are heading to the hawaiian islands keep that in mind. that storm moves well away from the island chain as we head toward noon on friday. area of low pressure just off our coastline thursday night will be pulling up some moisture

and we're bringing in a slight chance of showers late thursday night going into early friday morning. could be sprinkles like we saw today. keep that in the back of your mind. tomorrow morning, mid to upper 50s. low 60s in the mildest spots. tomorrow, san francisco 62. record high minimum for today. 61 back in 1988. pretty mild start. tomorrow afternoon, south bay 87 gil roy. 80 in san jose. 78 in sunnyvale. 79 redwood city. half moon bay, 70. downtown san francisco, same thing. 82 in the north bay in santa rosa. 80 in napa. san rafael 77. east bay. 74 oakland. inland will be warmer. 87 antioch. accuweather weather seven-day forecast light chance for shower or sprinkle thursday night into friday.

temperatures and back up for your weekend. upper 60s to upper 80s. no extreme heat. still ahead -- the new eye on planet earth. at the 5:30 on "world news" -- >> we're right there continuing your reporting on the wildfire. tornadoes breaking out in the middle of the flames. and severe weather in the east as well. microburst. the deadly circus tent collapse. and concerning outbreak. the invisible danger in the air. two cities dealing with legionnaires disease. and new at 6:00 -- the gift card mystery. $100 on it suddenly disappears. michael finney

heavy rainfall causing lots

of problems in china. video captured this huge landslide. watch as the cliff comes crashing down sending tons of rock and doirtirt on to the road below. it took crews nearly a day to clear it and reopen the road for traffic. and this rushing water in north china. this one forced at least three parked vehicles into the nearby river. chinese officials say this is the heaviest rain storm the country has experienced in dozens of years. a confrontation between two drivers and bicyclists occurred yesterday. the area and popular with bikers. it's very scenic. the two cyclists were riding when one of them pulled into the other lane. mike rafferty tried to pass his car and hit the brakes to avoid hitting the cyclist. rafferty then rammed the

bicyclist's tire. he's charged with assault with a deadly weapon. a new proposal would allow corporations to build light displays to put up during private events including at stay hall the library and asian art museum. >> it's not free speech. it's also not advertising. the ability for a company to project its image, logo or identity in any way is severely destricted. >> it will be debated this fall. a new satellite launched nearly three weeks ago has started transmitting images of earth. these images were taken. it will serve as mainly a forecasting tool. it captures images of the earth in perfect marble-like

precision. these happen to be the first pictures taken with the new high-tech imaging system. how big a story would you tell to get upgraded to first class. >> virgin air tells some of their biggest whoppers.

for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference

between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. i'm ama daets. coming up at 6:00 two lives taken by a ghost gun. the investigation into the weapon used in the murder-suicide of two east bay

college college students. the local fire chief still on duty despite drinking and fighting with colleagues. and little leaguers one step away from the biggest stage for baseball players their aujge. that's all coming up at 6:00. nothing like more leg room or free food and drinks. >> some try to scam that upgrade. >> virgin atlantic found the most popular story passengers tell is they are flying on their birthday or honeymoon. >> some try to claim they are friends with sir richard branson. and the man who asked for an upgrade so he wouldn't have to sit next to his wife in xhe class economy class. his wife was praying he'd get the upgrade so she wouldn't have to sit next to him. >> i'm dan ashley.

for all of us here we appreciate your time. hope to see you in half an hour. >> tonight, the growing emergency. the white house watching. fire tornadoes breaking out in a middle of an exploding wildfire. thousands of families evacuated. while in the east tonight, severe storms in boston late today. new york overnight and the deadly circus tent collapse. meantime, at this hour, the most powerful storm on the planet. headed for one of the world's tallest buildings. outbreak. the growing number of cases in an airborne disease showing up in two states. the worst ever in new york city. the manhunt at this hour. the suspect considered armed and dangerous. murder, kidnapping and wounding two officers. neighbors warned to stay indoors. and the poll numbers just in tonight. who makes the