weekend and it has happened before and there might be a problem with part of the fleet. we are live at headquarters with new details. leann. >> reporter: i think people in the east oakland neighborhood wanted to hear from the department on why these two police cars were racing down 38th and tarrington, but instead police are focusing on the safety of the officers after three mysterious car fires. a surveillance camera captured the moment when the ford police suv slammed into another police car, a crown victoria and chasing a suspect and they watched as the suv caught on fire and the flames group. >> they were up to the wires up there. >> reporter: this is what both cars look like. the suv was heavily damaged by the fire. police are concerned there may be a problem with the 2014 suvs called the ford police interceptors utility, after a similar incident occurred the

night before. >> saturday evening, the officer was involved in a vehicle collision where the suv rolled over. and almost instantly, it caught fire. >> reporter: that suv was also a 2014 ford interceptor. late in 2013, the city of oakland announced it was purchasing 82 of them. we know that almost immediately after acquiring them, a parked police suv also caught on fire. again, the model, a 2014 ford interceptor. >> no one was driving it. it was parked when the car caught on fire. so the question back in 2014 is, what caused the car to catch on fire. >> reporter: the suvs are used by more than half of the country's law enforcement agencies. they are enhanced to fit the needs of police departments. they have special brakes and pursuit mode for aggressive driving and a j-turn option meaning they could drive in reverse and spin 180 degrees and continue driving. ford did not respond to our calls for a statement but three

years ago the company recalled a large number of the 2013 model cars, including the police interceptor because of a fire risk related to the fuel system. in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. as to the high-speed chase, we asked if they are re-evaluating the pursuit policn and neighbors say they are lucky no one was hurt but they can't comment because the case is still under investigation. it is scorching hot inland. a heat alert is in effect. abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> check out the highs so far. antioch hit 109 degrees so far. 59 at half moon bay. 50 degrees spread. this is what we see around this time of year. 40 to 50 degrees spread. triple-digits in concord and fairfield. 95 in santa rosa.

87 in san jose. 67 in san francisco. live doppler 7 hd showing you the fog is lurking a few hundred miles off the coastline and making its way back to the beaches where it will be comfortable. but if you live inland, look at walnut creek, at 6:00, 95 degrees. a slow cooling trend by morning in the low 60s, you should be thankful you have the a.c. to keep you cool. at least here along the coast and around the bay we have the sea breeze. i'll be back to let you know how long you're going to have to deal with this hot weather. it is not over yet. we do have another heat alert coming up. larry. >> thank you, sandhya. the heat has air-conditioning repair men working overtime in ante oak and that is where wayne freedman is live right now. >> reporter: good afternoon, larry, we figured we would look for the coolest spot in antioch. we thought the marina would do the trick but it is not living up to. in the shade, in our truck, in the shade, 108 degrees. and it is not even july 1st yet.

so what happens if your air-conditioner breaks down? >> how hot was it in antioch today? look at sant raw collier who spent today seeking any relief from a bedroom fan as the temperature inside of her house passed 90 degrees. >> i am sweating. i'm dying. >> reporter: blame an outdoor air-conditioner that gave up at the wrong time for all of the predictable reasons and at this heating and air-conditioning company they have seen this before. >> the heat causes homeowners to put more strain on their units and they try to get down to a lower comfort temperature and that puts more continuous run time on the unit. >> today the crews average more than one service call an hour. all hands on deck, they told us. >> you could have worked very hard today and never gotten cool in the east bay. not even at middle harbor shoreline park in oakland. though many tried. othered plays threw.

in vdnaville, the turf made it hot. but there was no complaining in baseball. how much hotter. >> about ten degrees. >> and danville has yet to turn on the cooling water fountains at sycamore park because of a technicality, drought restrictions and july 1st. >> i would love to see it working. that is what it was built for. >> reporter: speaking of working -- sandra's problem was traced to an overworked capacitor and she is now fixed and she can move out of the bedroom. >> amen. >> wayne freedman, abc 7 news. pg&e wants to remind you to reduce equipment causing pouter outages. one outage affecting those in dublin and san ramon this afternoon has been fixed and it wasn't caused by the heat, an underground equipment failure. >> and track the heat where you live with the abc news app. download it for free and enable push alerts to get instant

notifications about the weather where you live on your phone. and a former teacher in gilroy is back in jail after being charged with child molestation. they believe the man posed asnm teenager and lured boys into sending him photos. he had been free on $50,000 bail. he returned to jail after the bail was raised to $475,000. gilroy police say the case involved nine boys he taught between june of 2014 and january of this year. alameda county sheriffs raided this house in san leandro today. authorities say it was being used as an illegal casino. 14 people were detained in the raid, including several gamblers. investigators say the house was also used for drug trafficking. >> we recovered some drugs and we recovered nine gaming machines that we believe are part of the illegal gambling operation going on here. kind of a mini casino in a

residential garage. >> sheriffs used a drone to track down a person that ran from the house. that drone fed live video to officers and they were able to pin down the suspect. the house has been red tagged due to health reasons and police say it was piled high with garb1d]# today three men are in customer charged with targeting san francisco tourists in an armed robbery. they pulled the gun on three women near lumbar street. the officers quickly surrounded the suspects and took them into custody. the tourists were not hurt. an update on the breaking news, the fire with sky 7 hd above the scene and highway 17 in los gatos is open but southbound is still closed because of a fire burning on the hillside. we don't know how long southbound lanes will be closed. >> north of redwood estates, a

three to five acre brush fire since a car fire started that. new numbers. >> eye popping, showing which public employees for some south bay residents, the amount of money the highest paid public employee learned last year. it is a shock. >> half a million dollars last year. >> what? how? >> former milpitas fire inspector raked in $541,000 last year. the police chief talked to us on behalf of the city. he said the man retired in december and that is part of the

reason his compensation package is so high. >> they will cash out a percentage of the unused sick leave and remaining vacation balance and comp time balance and that adds to the total compensation package for that particular year. >> he was the highest paid city worker in the state. but across the bay area, there are plenty of highly-paid public employees. former police chief larry he isco bol pñ is fourth on the and part of his competition is in the valley. >> it is hard to be competitive in a high priced market like this to bring people from out of region or out of state who get sticker shock when they see the high cost of housing. >> david said many of their highest paid employees are police and firefighters who earn overtime in part because those departments are short staffed. one berkeley resident was not surprised by the high numbers, especially for those about to retire. >> so you could gain the system by never taking a day off, working really, really hard for

a short period of time and boost your numbers. >> in some cities, a final year of payment sets an employee's pension payout. in san jose, abc 7 news. a san francisco man tells his landlord, make my day. the effort to stop his rent from going up more than $6,000 at an apartment building made famous by a clint eastwood movie. also ahead, the long lines to avoid the long lines. too many of us are trying to avoid the wait at tsa. and plus nasa closes in on jupiter and has the pictures to prove it. >> and brandon isñ÷ -- -- >>

we have some new information on the oakland police sex scandal. the woman at the center of it all is telling it all. >> people don't know the story. people don't know the whole story. >> celeste is sharing her side of the story in her first sitdown interview with a television reporter and she's talking only to the abc 7 news i team dan noyes tonight at 6:00. and now a 400% rent hike and now eviction. we told you about neal hutchinson on friday. today his attorney said they are fighting it, and so is the city supervisor. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live in the newsroom with a follow up to a story going viral. >> here is the landlord's letter, the notice of the rent increase. after this letter cameñ$ unlawful detainer action. in short, it is a lawsuit to evict neal hutchinson. a lawsuit he's determined to fight. we told you friday about the

apartment building, it sits on the corner of columbus and scotland street. and apartment 25 where tenant neal hutchinson lives has a killer view. he also has a killer rent hike. >> i've been hit with a rent increase of 400%. i don't know where i'm going to go if i have to leave. >> reporter: his landlord raised his rent on june 1st from $1,800 a month to a whopping $8,000 a month. he is also demanding a security deposit of $16,000. hutchinson has appealed to the san francisco rent board. but suddenly the landlord served an eviction notice, a catch-22. hutchinson now has to get out by july 21st,ác@y weeks before thet board decides on the rent hike. supervisor aaron peskin said he is on the case. >> we are trying to work with the rent board to see if we could help get that decision out more quickly. >> reporter: the rent hike letter states that $8,000 is the current fair market rental

value. peskin, whose district includes north beach, calls it preposterous. >> there is nothing that rents for $8,000 a month in north beach. >> but hutchinson's lawyer today filed a response in superior court questioning the merits. >> a judge could rule on the complaint and allow a full hearing on what we believe are the errors. >> reporter: the landlord has yet to return our calls. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> state lawmakers from both parties found rare agreement today on spending $2 billion to help homeless californians. the money would come from an existing tax, proposition 63 that voters passed in 2004. plans include building 14,000 new homes. the no place like home program would provide treatment for homeless suffering from mental illness and it also calls for helping veterans.

the plans still need governor brown saiz approval. this week begins bay area organizations to put a spotlight on san francisco that is persistent for decades. the plight of the homeless. >> abc 7 is proud to participate in the project with more than 60 other media outlets. read the letter of in tent on our abc 7 news app or at abc7news.com and we'll share stories and possible solutions on abc 7 news starting tonight at 6:00. the homeless project will culminate on wednesday with media outlets blanketing the bay area with stories covering all sides of the homeless crisis. we hope our contribution will spur a discussion about real solutions to a problem that affects everyone who lives or works in san francisco. a plan to shorten the securityy.ó lines at airports m not be working. >> and a lot of people are trying to fly for the summer. 7 on your side michael finney is here with more on that.

>> amazing. a new problem with the tsa security check points. now you can stand in line while atexting to make sure you don't -- attempting to make sure you don't stand in line. let me explain. recent long lines at airport security check points have led to an increase in enrollments in the tsa precheck program. however, thousands of fliers enrolled in the traveller program aren't getting the expedited screening they paid for due to clerical errors. with reservations the most common problem, is their date of birth or government known traveller number has been entered incorrectly into the reservation system. another issue, sometimes a name on the itinerary doesn't exactly match the name used to enroll in precheck. time is running out for those holding on to sports authority gift cards. the company said the carts will be -- cards will be honored online and in stores through june 28th. take a look at the calendar.(6÷ this is june 27th. so if i were you, i wouldn't mess around. use those cards tonight just to

be on the safe side. you may remember sports authority is closing all stores, talking more than 400. here is a loyal ty program like no other. it offers a temporary embrace. chipolte is introducing a temporary loyalty program intended to get customers back into the restaurant following a series of food scares. a new program will reward people  number of times they visit the stores each month. so starting in july and running through september, chipolte will say peoplewdád can earn a free entree after the fourth, eighth and 11th visit within a month. >> keep track of all of that. >> thanks, michael. one more update on the breaking news at the top of the newscast from sky 7 hd. we're starting to see some northbound cars moving along highway 17 but the traffic in that area is still a mess. this is all because of a car fire that turned into a brush fire and it is still shutting

down southbound 17 because of the fire trucks blocking both lanes. we don't know how much longer it will go on but we'll keep you posted on this newscast and twitter and abc 7 news at 6:00. >> and it is tough for the firefighters. they are so hot. >> and the heat is not helping. sandhya patel looking at the forecast and triple-digits. >> larry and christen, it is hot today. and which is why the fire danger is high. behind me, the flags are swaying and we do have a breeze and people are enjoying the sun in san francisco where it is comfortable right now. take a look at live doppler 7 hd. we do have fog near the coastline and that will keep you mild into tomorrow afternoon as well. this is a place to go. santa cruz beach to escape the heat. where it is nice and warm today but not too hot. 64 in san francisco. 71 in oakland. 84 in san jose. 57 in half moon bay. nothing but sunshine from our

emeryville camera and 85 in napa and triple-digits in fairfield, 98 in livermore. a live look from the east bay hills camera, we have noticed that the air quality is suffering. a spare the air alert has been issued for tomorrow. moderate air quality for all areas except for the inland east bay where it is porous so the air district encourages you to use mass transit. sut row tower camera, nothing ;. heat alert again tomorrow. one more day of triple-digits inland and then a cooler pattern is setting up. noticeable by week's end. clear inland tomorrow morning. and mild as well. low to mid-60s for the inland communities. fog sitting near the coast. and you'll notice that the temperatures near the coast will be in the low 50s. the cooleró:

specifically for your area, a warm day in the south bay around san jose, 89 degrees. 87 in santa clara. on the peninsula, at 79. san mateo, low 80s around redwood city and along the coastline expect the temperatures like today with the fog in the low 60s. daly city, 61 and downtown san francisco 68. north bay, the 60s at the coast but triple-digits around cloverdale, ukiah. 84 in san rafael, low 90s in napa. and east bay not too hot or too cold. 78 in oakland. 86 in caster valley. mostly sunny where you bake in the heat once again. 101 in livermore, 103 in antioch, 101 in concord. we fast forward to friday. this is where you notice the temperatures drop inland. it is warm but not as hot as it has been. cool along the coastline. saturday even cooler.

we're going to drop down to the 80s and that is a nice relief for those of you who do not like the hot weather. sunday near average with 80s, 90s along the coastline, in the 60s. accuweather seven-day forecast, a heat alert up for tomorrow and we alert you to the fact that it is going to be hot inland. so you can plan accordingly. it is just advanced warning. triple-digits inland and low 60s along the coast. still hot on wednesday but out of the 100s. dropping down to the 90s. continuation through friday. 60s coast side and 80s around the bay. the cooling will kick in toward saturday when you come down to 86 in the warmest inland valleys, 60 along the coastline. that is a nice welcome change, i'm sure by then. >> for sure. >> thank you. the hubbell telescope has a double distinction. up next, an out of this world image as it gets a new lease on life. and then at 5:30 on world news with david muir. >> this week, with stock markets around the world in a panic, how

low will they go here? what it fall means for your 401(k) and donald trump's prediction after the shake-up overseas. is neamerica really next? and new at 6:00, an east bay woman who thought she had enough gift cards to

check this out. another really cool picture of jupiter as nasa's judo spacecraft closed in on the planet. you could see the wave lengths there. here is how it compares with an amateur image. when the satellite enters the orbit on july 4th, pictures will be crystal clear. this was taken nearly 7 million miles away. on the fourth it will be less

than 4,000 miles away from the image. >> and this cluster of stars is 135,000 light years away from earth. it is in the constellation called the dolphin. the image comes as nasa announced the hubbell will plug along for another five years. it launched in 1990 touted as the most significant advance in astronomy since the telescope. it was only expected to last until 200 w9 a new space telescope slated to launch in 2018. now the two will operate together. >> you could soon be more expressive with your twitter posts. twitter will announced virtual stickers that users can add to their photos. the pictures from twitter shows exactly how it works. so you have an emoji type of thing. you search for the stickers likelike hashtags. and that is available within a couple of weeks.

kristen, get ready. >> sometimes switching jobs is not so easy. sometimes it is easier to get someone out at first base than it is to make a pizza. yeah, we'll show you the

tonight on abc 7 news at 1:00, a undercover story and fraud. which locations are charged with v critical safety devices tonight at 11:00. >> and at 6:00, ama darts is here with that story. >> jobs or public health. the fight tonight to block big coal in the east bay. also -- >> nobody should have to live like this. >> the plight of the homeless in san francisco. tonight a closer look at one of the many programs hoping to solve the problem by providing housing. and --

standing room only. no, it is not a concert. the big high-tech grand opening today in silicon valley. all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> we'll see you then. two san francisco giants are teaming one a celebrity chef to create some limited edition pizza. >> abc 7 news was at second street's lighthouse as tony taught brandon belt and joe panik how to toss some dough. it was topped with chicken and mozzarella and grated parmesan and tony's was topped with cheese and bacon. >> you don't want to put any holes in it like we did. >> the specialty pizzas will be sold by the pie or by the slice at second street slice house until the end of september. it looks pretty good. proceeds donated to the george march children house in san

leandro. >> i'm getting my son the brandon belt version. meat. >> we're done. tonight, the supreme court's historic decision. justices overturn the restrictive texas abortion law targeting women's clinics. the most crucial court ruling on abortion in neerl nearly 25 years, impacting half the country. flood emergency. nearly two dozen dead. the search for victims swept away by rushing waters. thousands of homes and businesses damaged or destroyed, with more rain on the way. market aftershocks. wall street takes a new dive. millions of 401(k)s losing money. more fallout from the uk's stunning vote to leave the european union. trump slump. a new abc news poll shows hillary clinton with a double-digit lead over donald trump. clinton and elizabeth warren joining forces. will she also join the ticket? and, plane on fire. the wing of a passenger jet bursts into flames. more than