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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> developing news, in the valley fire. two new victims have been found. there are now flee fatalities burning 74,000 acres since saturday and is 35 percent containedded. power is being returned to some areas. >> now, right to eric thomas in the newsroom with the latest on the victims. >> there are at least three now that have been found. a four the is still missing, so there is one family out there hoping against hope their loved one, somehow, managed to get out
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when others could not. >> sheriff said from the location of the body and other evidence at the anderson springs site it is likely that of 69-year-old leonard neft former reporter with the san jose mercury news and we spoke with his wife. she spoke with hill on saturday after the fire broke out. houston time we talk he said he did not think he was going to be able to get out and he would try to hike out if he had to. >> crews went out with dogs to search for those missing and they found the body presumed to that of neft and bruce burns reported missing september 14. they will work to confirm the identities of the two men. they have confirmed the identity of 72-year-old barbara mcwilliams a former school teacher with m.s. who was found in her burned out home in middletown on sunday. >> at least one more man is thought to be missing, searchers will try to find out what may
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have happened to him, all while colleagues on the other side of trying to get a handle that is only 35 percent contained. residented forced from their homes say that the official escorts into the fire zone are no longer happening. for a past few days officers have been escorting residents to look for lost petors feed animals. there is no word if or when the escorts will resume. >> fire evacuees are finding an incredible amount of love and support with volunteers showing up each day to the napa county fairgrounds to help. our reporter, tiffany wilsons joins us from calistoga. >> dozens of volunteers showed up to the evacuationst this morning, some of them as early as 5:00 a.m. all in an effort to prepare a hot breakfast for the evacuees. >> evacuees in the tent city
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wake up to port-a-potties, damp real grass and the realization to know that everything you have had is gone. then you get the smell of coffee in the air. >> kathleen lost everything including her teeth in the fire. >> the support is...it is great. >> many of the volunteers preparing meals are calistoga natives. >> i cannot stay away. >> she has helped each day since show up saturday night and explains her role as organizing chaos. >> >> people want to help. >> richard and his wife returned to vacation and got straight to work. >> it is the right thing to document ought same goal. the serve with a smile. >> really sad to see what people have gone law ask to see what people have lost. if you can give them a little bit of encouragement and comfort
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that is good thing. >> this man travels around the world to help with disaster relief, saying that the suffering looks very similar. >> people have lost a lot. all the byes they have had, things that do not mean to others mean a lot to them. >> what brings him back? >> i like to help people. >> the volunteers are working around the clock and they have lunch set up for the evacuees. dinner is later tonight. i asked how long they land on helping and they said at this point they will be here staffing around-the-clock through sunday. now the latest on the huge fire burning in the sierra foothills claiming two lives bringing the total for both fires to five deaths. 66-year-old mark mccloud was found under the rubble of his burned home. the photo was posted to facebook. the other victim is not
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identified. many mandatory evasions have been lifted now in containment of the 70,000 acre place now is at 49 percent. pg&e is investigating if a tree may have contacted a power line and sparked the fire. >> we thank our viewers because they have come law and donated 630 that are dollars to our hotline for red cross. "7 on your side" and michael finney and the red cross volunteers stafferred the phone lines for nine hours yesterday. the money raised will help provide disaster relief for people affected by the valley fire, the butte fire and others across the west. >> it is fought too late to donate, you can visit abc7news.com for more information on how you can give where you live or if you would like do donate $10 right now, text red cross to 90999. >> san francisco firefighters are joining in to help the smallest victims of the fire. firefighter volunteers are loading up brand new toys today were donated.
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volunteers will take the toys and drive them to the fire zone to distribute to the children. the firefighters program collect new years all around for the disadvantaged kids and those affect bid disasters. go to the valley fire section on abc7news.com to look for ways to donate. >> a welcome we leaf yesterday: rain. meteorologist mike nicco has how much rain and what is ahead. >> it was variable and it is over. it is still pretty humid and the temperatures are down but that will change, also. good morning, everyone, i will show you the footprint in red and notice the footprint is bigger than clear lake. the storms were coming in from the westbound so that means higher elevation of hawkeye and the moisture you can see on the other side less than quarter of an inch and .1" from mt. st. helena and hawkeye is more than half an inch. right new, it is still very mild
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up there at 59 and 82 percent humidity, and the winds are from the northeast at ten miles per hour and they will stay low until the evening and then they will spike up and pan out again or level out again during the overnight hours. temperatures are running today in the 60s but 90 bit weekend. >> we have breaking news, delays could be coming to san francisco international airport. you are looking at a picture of sfo after american airlines ask requested a ground stop for all flights in and out of dallas, chicago and miami, the hundred, and anywhere outside of the cities are held on the ground. the airline tweeted it is working to resolve a computer issue and apologized for inconvenience. it is not clear what is causing the issue or went technical problem could be resolved but early this summer chinese hackers are suspected to have hacked american and unitedded airline systems. >> a car slammed into a vallejo house this morning causing a
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fire and sending one person to the hospital. officials say that the fire is under control and the home is unstable. homeowner may have saved the life of a man pulling a were extrad driver out of the truck. there is no word on the driver's condition. >> several towns off chile have been flooded by small tsunami waves set off by the powerful earthquake that hit at 4:00 p.m. yesterday our time. eight people have been killed in the disaster. officials say the initial earthquake measured 8.3 magnitude earthquake. there have been 50 after shocks including 6.4 magnitude earthquake or higher. the tsunami advisory for the california cost has been continued from the earthquake in chile. there is no cancellation time for the advisory. santa cruz could see an impact with the surf rising up to half a foot but nothing major. >> in 2011 the santa cruz harbor here, why think it will as big
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as that but i was hoping to see the surge. >> we are all interested in something that is a little different, phenomenon of the earth so i want to see a surge and see what it does firsthand. you know? the tsunami from 2011 caused significant damage traveling from japan's massive 8.9 earthquake and rocked the santa cruz harbor causing $14 million. no tsunami but a lot of excitement near santa cruz, a lump back whale is attracting huge crowds at mitchell's cove. any sightings this morning, matt? >> yes, actually, we did have a sighting and this is a very popular place a lot of people enjoy this beautiful johnry -- screenry but something big made everyone stop and pay attention. >> it is not unusual to see wildlife hanging around mitchell's cove in santa cruz but this week, something big has
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been coming close to the shore. today we spot add humpback whale cruising by at 10:00 a.m. he breached a few times and we could see the waterspout. this was exciting, it is nothing like the show that took place year. >> two or three humpback whaled were feeding on anchovies and they cruised close to the beach and a thousand people were out here yesterday watching including the martin family. >> it was close to shore. really close. and it was just amazing. >> dolphins, everything, seals but to seat whales that close...outstanding. >> people knew it was a perfect photo op. general -- jenny has been here 30 years. >> nothing like anything i have ever seen. >> he made memory with a
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lifetime experience. >> nice to see the whale feeding on anchovies so close to the beach, nothing like that ever happens. >> it is tough to know where they are going next but we got advise from the amtures. all of the food and you will find the birds and if you are lucky, you will see some whales. >> thank you, matt. >> a texas teen arrested for bringing a homemade clock do school is talking to abc. >> still to come his response after being suspended and what he plans to do. next. >> how you can make your opinion heard today about a plan to demolish part of the old bay bridge with
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>> there is a major switching issue on bart, it seems to be center in daly city. right new trains are not running between colma and 24th street station causing a major delay on the san francisco line. for the latest information you can download our abc news app and send out a push alert as soon as this issue is resolved. >> more break news the federal reserve is keeping interest rates at record lows and analysts expect the fed to raise the interest rates and the sharp economic slow down in china and drop in financial markets contempt the fed from taking action. the fed will raise the short-term rates which is kept near zero since the year 2008.
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>> caltrain is asking for public plan on a plan to implode the part of the old bay bridge with environmentalists worrying it can pollute the gay. engineers say less damage will be done in a few seconds in the months to return the pir -- pier piece by piece. >> 14-year-old next student arrested for bringing a hole made clock to school is a techie superstar. >> this is not my first invention and it will not be my last invention. >> ahmed mohamed spoke to "good morning america" about his plans and the positive attention he is get. he was hauled away in school in handcuff on monday after the teacher mistook the clock for a bomb. >> i was scared at the moment but, now, i feel really happy that i am getting support from all over the world. it is for everyone who has been
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through this. >> ahmed is feeling the sole media love with # #istandwithahmed. he received invitations from google, facebook, twitter and even the white house. president obama tweeting "cool clock, ahmed, want to bring it to the white house." the teen said police still have the clock but he plans to accept the president's offer. and maybe the offer of zuckerberg. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. mike? >> hello, from the top the abc broadcast center, it could be great if your neighborhood but the sun is coming out and it will be warmer during the day, cooler at night and a touch summer this weekend. i will show you how much warmer in your neighbor. >> and one of the biggest evens of the county is here
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>> would love to have seen the rain yesterday. >> it could be gone and now you will be ready to break out in some hot weather stuff. we will talk to mike about it. >> it would be nice to have more but we can keep the umbrellas out. you will need it for shade. some areas inland could reach the triple digits. the dry air is taking its time moving in with flight arrival delays and they have expanded from 58 minutes this morning to an hour and 28 minutes but you can see the clearing is starting to take place from our sfo high definition camera on the peninsula. san jose is plenty of sunshine there, and the sun will escape the clouds this afternoon and it will bring us us a remain watching afternoon and temperatures are cooler but will rebound quickly when we get the sun the we will have stars and feel cooler tonight.
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we will have fog in the north bay valleys again, and the warmest difficulties are just in time for the weekend. here is a look at winds showing you these for two seasons: they are slow. that is way it is take the clearing and they are coming from the north so the smoke from the valley fire will be moving into the north bay, and, possibly, offer the rest of the neighborhood and not expecting a "spare the air" issues just let you know if besee it, that is what it is. here is a look at the satellite you can see the clearing coming from north to south can we have a semi offshore breeze develop behind the scold front. it gave up when it got to the valley, south bay getting nothing of that system. the gray is going away, and what will that did to our temperatures? mid-to-upper 70s in the south bay like san jose at 77 and 80s around los gatos and gilroy. i can tell you it is sunny in santa cruz. it is 78 for the high. millbrae is 71 and otherwise mid-to-upper 70s on the peninsula and pacifica and daly city and come in and sunset, all
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fine with 67 and nearly 70 which is spot on for down, south san francisco, and sausalito and money 70s through the north bay valley and petaluma and vallejo is cool at 76 and the east bay shore, 73, and oakland is 74 to fremont is 77 and inland we will have temperatures in the low-to-mid 80s. enjoy the free air conditioning while you have it. temperatures tonight, some of our northern valleys could drop into the upper 40s, so, you may need an extra blanket. the rest us are in the 50s and we jump a couple of degrees tomorrow and the excessive heat rolls in this weekend and by sunday 80 at the coast, 90s around the bay and triple digits inland and then we will fall back to average as we head to wednesday of next week. enjoy the afternoon. >> if you are planning to stay in the bay area this weekend, there is a lot to do. >> abc7 reporter leyla gulen has suggestions on how to shore where you live. >> take the family to one of the biggest evens in contra costa
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county, the lafayette art and wine festival will host 50,000 attendees with hand made art, craft, food and brews and wine. to beer or not to beer? what is better with beer than shakespeare? professional actors perform the plays and the audience enjoys the pint and the setting of cafe stretch in san jose. for all the classical music lovers looking to splurge on an el significant evening head to san francisco's symphony hall kicking off the 2015-2016 season next week in high style. for more information open these and other events go to abc7news.com. leyla gulen. >> wait there is more. >> i knows will join we to benefit an organization that supports putting on workshops for kids dealing with cancers and their sick links, in palo alto on saturday afternoon.
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>> coming up, a big honor in washington, dc for three northern california men who helped stop an alleged terrorist. incriminating text in the death of ain't mate on abc7 at pack,
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with bombshell revealed in the fatal beating of a mentally ill prisoner. >> look at black s.u.v. is a teen who thought her mom was getting a traffic ticket when they will pulled over but the officers had something else in mind. >> my god, mom. >> maddy... >> we want to give you a check to help you. >> thank you! >> the accident posted the video on facebook and it ends with her thank the officer for the kind gesture. >> lovely. we have to end with our breaking news update. >> the major delays in the san francisco area as a ultimate of the equipment problems and bart now is tweeting and letting us know that normal service has been restored in san francisco
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and expect some delays while they recover. >> between the daly city and the colma area and 24th street station. it is recovering.
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