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reporter mel knee woodrow in middle town. >> most residents have not been allowed here and you can see why. this home, totally destroyed. all that's left standing here is really a swing set. but as we pan around, another street just directly -- or rather another home just directly across the street has been okay. >> this is what it looks like not far from middletown community united methodist church. homes in ashes. >> it survived the 1918 fire of middle town that took out all of downtown. so, 97 years later, it also survived.

our faith gives us strength to get over these tough times. >> chp says this driver from hidden valley became verbally combative with firefighters in middle town because they didn't save his friend's home. law enforcemented officers escorted the man out. a much different scenario from the largely faith-driven community that has taken this in stride. >> lake county, there's, you know, a big indian background here. and then, of course, urban hot springs is here so it is a spiritually-based community. >> the supply store is open to the few residents here. >> i think until pg&e gets the power back on, it's just too hard to flag cars through all of the time. >> meantime, firefighters are going home-to-home making sure there's no flare ups.

>> reporter: despite the massive devastation, many are okay. two churches in cobb and hidden valley, did not make it. >> melanie, thank you. right now, residents are returning home. the mandatory evacuation order was listed at 4:00 p.m. >> as we mentioned, three people have been confirmed dead as another result of the valley fire. cadaver dogs discovered the two men that were reported missing on tuesday. the 69-year-old was a former reporter for the san jose mercury news. he last spoke with his wife on saturday, telling her that he was evacuating her home. >> a lot of survivors who lost

all or part of their home need your help right now. >> reporter: there's a lot of need. we've got amy bach over there. we've got zach and jarret from the better business bureau. we've got all of our staff members. anybody wants to file a report, we're helping people. look at this. even back here. let me take you back here and show you that there's a need to get phones powered up. so we've got over there, an area where people can bring by their cell phones. and they are. we went walking throughout the area today. not everybody can even get to the front of the office. we'll dealing with problems with pets and phones and data usage, even. what we found interesting is there are still people missing.

>> we're still looking for alex. alex overall or alex pushkin, we're looking for you. >> is she okay? >> we don't know. i've called her phone, but she hasn't returned. >> but she got here? >> we're not sure. >> okay. if anybody knows where she is, you let me know. come by the front office here. we'll make sure he finds out. we're putting people together the best we can. we're going to be here throughout the evening. there's a lot of need. >> all right, michael, thank you. crews are making progress on the fire which has destroyed 252 homes and claimed two lives. both deaths were in the community of mountain ranch. they were two men who refused to leave their home. in fact, several ranchers teamed

up to stop the fire from spreading through the small county town. >> this one that come this way was the one that hit us: that one come up and it splitment it went around us. it went around us. >> we stopped. none of us were scared. it was just a fire. >> we the people saved it. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. however, pg&e officials strongly believe the fire started when one of its own power lines came in contact with a tree. the fire started last wednesday. >> people screamed in fear in chile during another powerful

aftershock. hundreds of aftershocks have been reported. some as large as magnitude 7. the death toll is at ten, bud expected today be higher. >> chile gets more of its share than big quakes. the biggest was a 9.5 that devastated chile back in 1960. >> abc 7 news reporter has the impact here at home. >> more than 4,000 chileans live here in san francisco. the aftershocks still going, many say they feel the impact. >> the mission smells of paprika and fresh dough. independence day is tomorrow

when customers are placing orders to celebrate. customers are also talking about the big one. her aunt and cousin are back in chile. >> they have not been through this, you know. they were very calm, though. i talked to them via skype. >> reporter: one family with bay area roots now living in sant yeah go. 7-year-old sarah felt her whole bedroom shake yesterday when the earthquake hit. >> reporter: scared, she worried for her two brothers and, also -- >> my parents. >> her parents met and married in san francisco 20 years ago. jessica was shaking and her mind immediately went back to s.f. when she felt the '89 quake hit. >> i rememberives at a volleyball tournament. being inside the gym and having that shake like crazy. and it was -- it was scary. >> the family just moved to s d

santiago in april of last year. >> there's an older woman that she lost everything. there's a lot of places without water. >> reporter: and the death toll in chile is expected to rise as rescue workers make their way north. i'll have a message that this family has for their friends still in the bay. >> natascha, thank you, we'll see you at 6:00. scientists say a very small tsumnami with significant damage in the 2011 japan quake. the director says this time, wave heights range just over 8 inches in santa monocan to only about an inch. >> american airlines flights across the country are getting back to normal this afternoon after a morning computer glitch grounded many airplanes.

all planes heading to the destinations were also briefly grounded. it had no reason to believe the issue was related to a hacking. >> a san francisco police officer the recovering in the hospital this afternoon after a motorcycle accident. over the scene at john daly boulevard shortly after 12:30. the officer was taken to a nearby hospital. authorities have not released the cause of the crash or the officer's condition. >> time to check on our weather with spencer christian. >> well, we've got a weather day today much different from the clouds that were around yesterday. here's live doppler 7 hd showing sunny skies all across the bay area. just a few patches and clouds near the coastline. how about our storm totals. last 48 hours, we've had just over four tents of an inch of rain.

here we are looking towards the golden gate. te temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. here's our first forecast. we'll see clear and breezy conditions this evening. and, mainly, clear overnight. sunny and getting warmer tomorrow. and i'll show you how much heat to expect for the weekend in just a moment. >> thank you, spencer. disturbing allegations against officers accused of killing an inmate. >> plus, the plan to blow up part of the old bay bridge, not everybody is behind that. new at 4:30, a new

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pros cue tors have filed a motion opposing the move. hoi however, defense attorneys paint a different picture, saying all three of the men are caring individuals who are committed to their communities. but in new documents found with the corp. , questionable text messages could come back to haunt two of the officers. ferris allegedly texted ahh just twist fools up. and i love ofa. no camera and no groups.

i hope i keep it. >> rodriguez allegely applied with i slapped a guy yesterday. he was cursing at the nurse. i told the guy to shut the f up. he was so surprised about me slapping him he sat on his bed with his hand on his cheek. >> it is just deeply problematic and i think really raises the flag that we have to look at our jail systemically rather than looking at just three individuals. >> we spoke to a san jose man who was releeszed from jail this morning. he said that inmate abuse is nothing new and that the overall issue needs to be addressed. >> lawyers for a woman who was kidnapped have filed a claim against the city after police treated that kidnapping as a hoax. now, you may remember denise huskins disappeared last march. but her boyfriend says he was treated more like a suspect r h

rather than a victim. the suit claim that is police wasted time by interrogating boyfriend aaron quinn instead of following leads that might have freed huskins earlier. >> the police jumped to a rather unbelievable gone girl conspiracy, getting caught up in some hollywood notion that people who are victims of crimes have supposedly perp trated it. >> the claim says their reputations were destroyed by police investigators and that's affected their careers. >> new at 4:00, plan to imploed a support pier was approved less than an hour ago. sky 7h.d. flew over to watch it blow up. environmentalists say it will have less impact on wildlife in a few seconds than in the months

it would take to manually remove the pier piece by piece. >> the first kip charter school held its opening ceremonies today. abc 7 news was there in redwood city for the school's ribbon cutting. >> what happens when you go to school is that your lives change. you're at the start of the most important journey you will ever have, which is a journey of learning to read and learning to write and learning to count and learning to make friends. >> 95% of students wo graduate from kip high school in the area are accepted to college. >> day one of the most prestigious regatta on the west coast. live over the bay during the

next four days 90 teams of sailors will race their crafts on the water. the winners get a specially engraved rolex watch. the weather has improved just in time for it. >> big boats, big money and some big heat coming our way. >> big time heat coming our way this weekend over sunny skies that will last for several days. we have sunny skies at this moment, as a matter of fact. let's give you a look at the golden gate bridge where traffic is moving freely. these are our forecast issues. heat will spike over the weekend saturday through monday. we'll have cooler conditions by midweek next week. drier than normal weather is expected across much of the northern u.s. and across the southern u.s., wetter than normal. and especially includes southern california with our look for the bay area that's trending wetter.

we're talking wetter than average, as well, if this out look holds up. right now, though, it's dry and we'll remain that way as high pressure is building in to dom nate to bring us quite a significant warm-up. as a matter of fact, tomorrow, the warming will begin. 70s to near 80 around the bay. by saturday, we'll see mid to upper 90s, inland. highs at or above 100. that's this sunday, mostly 90s around the bay and mid to upper 70s around the coast. lows tonight, under mainly clear skies generally in the mid to upper 50s. 10 pleasantly cool conditions. you might see a patch or two of low clouds developing. highs will be in the upper 60s to near 70 at the coast. we'll see 70s to perhaps some low 80s right around the bay. places like antioch may heat up

to upper 80s to near 90. here's the accuweather 7 day forecast. there will be more significant cooling on tuesday. we'll get a beginning weather pack on tuesday. and on wednesday, the arrival of call. it will be cooler. >> all right, thank you, spencer. well, coming up next, cashing in on the pope. the big money that's coming in ahead of the pope's u.s. visit. >> and then new, after 4:30, a great surprise for what i will watchers where folks are catching some impressive views. >> and taking a live look at our traffic and supports run on this thursday. moving in both directions on the right-hand side, that is your 101 southbound

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>> growing frustrations in lake county. what people are doing to find out what happened to their homes. >> i'm michael fenny of the napa county fairgrounds. if you need help, drop by. if you don't, stay tuned. >> plus,

. >> here are today's headlines where you live at 4:30. at least ten people were killed by a powerful earthquake in chile. several large aftershocks have been felt. a san francisco police officer is recovering in the hospital from a motorcycle accident. sky 7 hd was over the crash in daly city. police say the officer was in a training session when he lost control of his motorcyclement his injuries are not considered critical. in all the devastation, valley fire evacuees are finding lots of support. here are workers bringing toys to kids, courtesy of cal fire and san francisco firefighters.

cal fire will hold a community meeting a half hour now to brief rez desidents on the valley fir. now, some are learning they may not be getting to see their homes any time soon. janet is live with the story. janet? >> reporter: alma, this was one of the three staging areas where people gathered each day to go back to their home. the escort program largely popular because it gave people the chance to put their worries and their fears to rest as this was a rare chance to go back to their home and check up on their pets. >> why can't we go back, though? >> that's the question people keep asking today. but a program that would have allowed people to check on their pets and to see their homes for the first time since the fire broke out has been suspended. >> yeah, very lucky. we didn't know anything about our house until we saw it. >> a share of spokespersons says

they need the extra manpower at the burn site in evacuation centers. the reality is hard to comprehend for those who are still waiting for answers. >> i'm just cared they're not going to be there when we're able to go back. >> others never had a chance to get off the waiting list for the escort program. >> i spoke to the sheriff's yesterday. and i took people to middletown yesterday. but not the cops. >> and why is that? >> because cobb is closed due to the fires. >> barthalomew's house was a rescue for the animals. she was only able to grab her dog and a handful of kittens. still, she's so thankful. janet oaks, abc 7 news. >> and there's so many people, unfortunately, that do need help.

>> we've been talking to a lot of people today about insurance. there's a lot of needs, a lot of misinformation and actually a lot of good information here, too. let me start off with the three things you should do if you're caught up in this fire and you have snurps. first off, it sounds simple, but read your policy. if you don't have a policy, then you need to request one. if you lost it in the fire, your insurance company will give you a new one and then read that. then you need to make an initial request for living expenses. many will give you $5,000. that's pretty standardment but you're nt going to get it unless you ask. and finally, you need to find your tribe. find others like you that have lost homes if your area hopefully that have the same insurance companies. that way, you can work together as a group. and a member of your tribe, no doubt, will be amy boch. what's the biggest mistake people make in this circumstance? >> well, certainly people who

didn't buy insurance are feeling pretty sad about that. and then the biggest mistake people who have insurance will make is having an unrealistic idea of what the claim process is going to be like. >> so they kick back when they ought to be leaning in? >> exactly. they'll have been watching kmeshls with the magic wand and, you know, the insurance company is there to help. those are commercials. this is a business negotiation, in a sense. because you are dealing with a for-profit business. and your objectives are not exactly the same, but you give them a chance to do the right thing, things should go okay. >> and if they have any questions, they can contact united policyholders? >> exactly. and our web site has all kinds of tips and advice. a lot of our volunteers will be coming into the area, and a lot of them been there, done that, went through wild fires and will be here to help this community. >> thank you sr. much. amy has been here all day helping people with insurance.

now, i want to introduce you to the lopezs. they were burned out of their apartment in middletown, right? >> yes. >> what was that like? >> we actually weren't at home. >> have you been back at all? >> no. >> we've seen a lot of pictures on the news. >> our 7 on your side staff was out talking to people and greeting people when they met the lopezs. they don't have any place to stay. they found you a hotel room for the night. >> yes. >> and a nice one. matter of fact, a roman spa about three blocks from here. you'll have one night of good sleep finally, huh? >> oh, wow. that makes us happy. >> well, very good. i'm glad we could help you guys out. i'm glad you were walking by. again, we're going to be here all night. if you have anyish you wi isish problems, drop by. we'll be here until 7:00. reporting live, i'm michael faye. >> at abc 7, viewers have really

come through big time doe nating nearly 6 ll lly 60,$60,000. just text the word red cross to 90999. >> those major fires has a san francisco supervisor asking if the fire department is ready for a brush fire in the city. this is video that torched dry brush two years ago. san francisco has other open areas that are at risk with many homes on the fringe. heat waves, like the one we saw last week, can really dry that brush out. >> you eel have an open space that sort of butts up against properties. those are the areas that we want to be responsible for. >> 200 firefighters are trained for wildland fires. there's also four off road

vehicles that can carry 200 gallons of water. >> a personal thank you today from the commander in chief. the three childhood friends from sacramento stopped the terrorist attack on a paris bound train last month. the president says they represent the very best of america. >> because of their perch, because of their quick thinking, because of their teamwork, it's fair to say that a lot of people were safe. and a real calamity was overted. >> and over at the pentagon, defense secretary awarded all three men medals to their heroic act. >> the teen detained after bringing a clock to skok has

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the 14-year-old boy in texas arrested after his homemade clock was mistaken for a fake bomb is now enjoying all the support he's getting.

the ninth grader appeared on "good morning america." >> i was scared at the moment. but, now, i feel really happy that i'm getting all of this support from all over the world. >> he has received invitations from google, facebook, twitter and even the white house. president obama tweeted cool clock, ahmed. want to bring it to the white snous the teenager says police still have his clock, but he does plan to accept the president's offer? think of how terrified he must have been. and the whole thing has turned completely around. it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. >> here's a look at live 7 doppler hd. very pleasant conditions. across the 48 contiguous states

tomorrow, look for a few thund r storms in the upper midwest. but the rest of the nation will be mostly dry, mostly sunny and mostly summer like. across the state of california, milder to warm. here in the bay area, we'll see sunny skies tomorrow. mid to you wanter 70s around the bay, even some low 80s to places like palo alto. over the weekend, we'll see some upper 70s on the coach. certainly a little spike in heat won't last two long. just about three days. and fall begins the middle of next week. and, appropriately enough, we'll have a cool down by then. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at

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well, this is the day after the big gop debate at the reagan library in southern california. carly fiorina stood out while coming pretty much from every direction. >> reporter: today is all about who stood out and who flopped in the gop debate: round 2. rand paul on donald trump. >> his visceral response to attack people on their appearance, short, tall, fat, ugly, my goodness, that happened in junior high. >> donald trump on rand paul. >> i never attacked him on his look. and believe me, there's plenlty of subject mat ere right there. >> jeb bush ramped up the energy demanding trump apologize to his mexican-born wife. >> she's right here and i want you to apologize to her. >> no, i won't do that, because i said nothing wrong. but i do hear she's a lovely woman.

>> ben carson is still gaining momentum. now, the only candidate who has topped 30% in recent national polls. carli fiorina took command of the stage. she's polling in the single dijts. i'm going to continue to do what we've been doing. >> reporter: debate watchers calling it a winning night for fiorina. >> trump is probably going to drop in the aftermath of this poll. mainly because of his mannerisms and facial expressions in how he treated the other people on stage. i think this performance would have been fine in the first debate. but now that time has gone by, people are expecting more. >> voters are expecting more, but he is still on top. he and hillary clinton will hold dualing campaign visits tonight. >> social media played an active

role in the debate. democratic candidate bernie sanders was live tweeting including this snarky reference where the debate was held. the quote is okay, let's vote for reagan. sound better than any of these guys. other people were distracted by a man sitting behind the moderator in the audience who became known simply as hot debate guy. >> the federal reserve is keeping interest rates at record lows. many analysts expected the fed to raise the interest rates today. but the sharp economic slowdown in china and drop in financial markets kept the feds from taking action.

another sign of improvement, weekly unemployment aid has dropped 11%. that's the lowest since july. analysts say the figures suggest employers remain confident enough in the economy to hold onto their workers. >> amazon is taking tablet prices to levers they have never gone before. low, low, low. the 7 inch fire tablet is just $50. it's also selling them in a six pack for $250 as a holiday shopping idea. so that's $41 a piece. the move is amazon's most aggressive attempt. to cut apple since the ipad went on sale. the least expensive ipad mini has an 8 inch screen and sells for $270. >> there's more evidence that sitting is the new smoking. >> jane king, with those stories and more on today's wellness report.

>> spending too much time sitting down has been associated with various health department problems. well, a new study now looks further into the matter revealing that prolonged sitting leads to a risk of fatty liver disease. even physical exercise didn't totally combat the risk. >> well, vitamin d deficiencies can lead to cognitive decline. it's known for the role of play in bone health. it suggests the way it benefits the brain. the important vitamin can be acquired through some exposure. food, such as fish and egg yolks. a healthy push. the associated press says chocolate and candy bars at the register with healthi ieier grad go options. providing more than 300,000 employees with basic fitness trackers.

rezer researchers in south korea say they tested regular soap and found the antibacterials didn't kill anymore of the bad stuff than traditional soap. here's to your health. >> well, tyra banks is opening up about her struggling with fertility. the sensitive issue for so many women. and things got emotional on her new show, "fab life" about the pressures of becoming a mom. >> she's the former supermodel, a creator of america's next top model. >> and, now, co-hosting the new rock style show, fab life. it may seem like tyler banks has it all. this morning, she's speaking out about the one thing she says she's missing. >> i have been wanting to say this for so long. >> and opening up on this upcoming episode of fab life about struggles with fertility. >> you don't know what i'm going through. you have no idea. and, for a long time, it's so money fiorina. when i was 23 years old, i used

to tell myself. in three years, i'm going to have kids. then i turned 24. in three years, i'm going to have kids. and every single year, i kept saying that. and then, after a while, it's, like, okay, now i want to. and it's not so easy. >> having a family is something banks has been vocal about in the past. revealing that she wanted to be a mom. >> i don't know when, but sooner than later. >> now, five years later, the 41-year-old telling people magazine she's undergoing ibf, hoping to start a family with her photographer boyfriend of two years. >> there is a lot of pressure. and there's an assumption that, if a woman of a certain age doesn have children, perhaps she doesn't want children. and she actually doesn't want just one child. she's hoping for what she said is a litter of children. >> you can watch "fab life" every weekend. and that episode in its entirety will air on monday, if you'd like to watch. >> up next, the incredible

siting along the coast of the santa cruz that has people flocking to the beach today. right now, a look ahead at abc 7 news at 5. >> coming up next, aless son-in-law in intolerance. what's offensive? what's not? and what the university of california plans to do about it. plus, china gets into the high speed rail business in california. and the newest, coolest pictures of pluto. all of this and mr

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eventually wandered back out into the wild. >> there is a lot of excitement near santa cruz. right there, you see why. a humpback whale has been turning up in mitchell's cove. >> maet keller has the story. >> it's not unusual to see wildlife hanging around mitchell's cove in santa cruz. but this week, something big has been coming close to the shore. today, we spotted a hump back whale. the giant mammal breeched a few times as we could see the waterspout from the beach. while this is exciting, it's not like the show that took place yesterday. humpback whales, two or three according to most acounts, were feeding on anchovieanchovies. about a thousand people were out here yesterday watching, including the martin edamame family. >> it was really close to shore. and it was just really amazing. >> tons of dolphins. but the see the whale that close

was pretty outstanding. >> people knew this was a perfect photo op. jenny sanders has lived here and captured this beautiful image of the whale above the water. >> it was like nothing i've ever seen before. >> mitch wallace has lived here for 31 years. he snapped several pics. >> it was just amazing. it was nice to see a whale feeding on anchovies over here so close to the beach. hardly anything like that happens. >> it's tough to know where the whales are going next. but we did get some advice from some of the whale wap watchers here. follow the food and you'll find the bird and if you're lucky, you'll see some whales. >> what a spectacular day out there. thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with dan and cheryl. >> unending, relentless work.

why this feels like one foot forward and two steps back. >> live in calastoga tonight where michael finney is helping people who abandoned their homes one-on-one. >> how volunteers are giving people in the fire zone something to smile about. >> and hate speech versus free speech. now, uc going back to the drawing board. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist andy fatal. we'll take a look at the temperatures coming up. >> five days after fire turned communities into ghost towns, classes are resuming. acts of kindness help those in need. >> there are several significant developments we want to run through tonight. within the past hour, word three more people are now accused of

trying to burglarize home that is had to be evacwaited in a hurry. sheriff's deputies arrested these men this morning. deputies say the men clearly did not know their way around when they were stopped. inside their vehicle, investigators found a loaded weapon, masks, gloves, duct tape and other tools, as well. >> sadly, the death toll has now climbed to three. the sheriff's office discovered the remains of two men yesterday in the hidden valley area. they're believed to be bruce burns and leonard neft who was reported missing on friday. 72-year-old barbara mcwilliams was the first victim of the fire. she never made it out of her anderson springs homes last saturday. >> the rain yesterday both helped and hurt the effort to fight the flames. abc "newsroom" reporter is live tonight. you met a woman today who never left her home, even as the fire

raged around it? >> that's what i understand. we are snou six days into this tragedy. so far, most of these folks have lost everything. have not been allowed back in here to see what their homes looked like. cal fire says it's still not safe enough. it's too dangerous. the rain certainly helped. but it also made things slippery. >> as the containment line grows, the clean-up effort is just beginning. much of it focused on clearing the thou sands of fallen, endangered trees. some of them still smoldering that littered the burn area. still, the process of allowing residents to return to their homes to see what's left is a ways off. >> it may look like the fire is out because there's no smoke and flames. but the potential of a hot ember from the wind getting ignited on the other side of the containment lines, that's what we don't want to do. >> did anyone tell you to leave? >> no.