>> reporter: so it is changing and they are still keeping -- they're still working hard on this fire so we're going to stay here on the scene. stay with us as we continue to cover the breaking news. from oakland, amy hollyfield abc 7 news. >> thank you. a lot of you use 580 to and from work and people who have done so coming here say they can see the flames and feel the fire. >> we want to see the morning commute. good morning, sue. >> good morning. more of a visual hazard than anything else. this is a live look of the emeryville camera 580 coming around. picture the area by ikea. that's what's burning at add line and 39th and the area shut off and chp shut down the macarthur on-ramp and the

underpass at 580. the glow mike said he could see the glow before the fire. expect delays if they don't get it cleared up by the time the morning commute gets under way in full effect. i saw this orange glow in the marine layer clouds and thought this doesn't look right. the winds blowing northeast in oakland and heading up towards emeryville and berkeley, pushing to the north. berkeley getting a lot of smoke out of this system. look at the rest of the winds, specifically fairfield 25. another fast sea breeze means temperatures below average once again. see emeryville. 70s to near 80s inland. >> thank you, mike. more on the fire as we get it. oscar pistorius is going to prison. we have the decision that came down while you were sleeping.

>> reporter: reggie, known as the blade runner sentenced overnight to six years in prison for the murder of miss girlfriend reeva steenkamp and i want to show you video from the proceedings. pistorius is in a holding cell and then taken to prison. his defense team will reportedly not appeal the sentencing. pistorius could be eligible for parole in a few years. >> in the result the sentence i impose on the accused for the murder of the deceased that is reeva steenkamp is six years imprisonment. >> you may remember that the 27-year-old athelete found guilty in 2014 of culpable homicide and then the whole thing was overturned by the south african supreme court and upgraded the charge to murder. pistorius' lawyers tried to fight that but as we see today,

the athlete's camp lost that appeal and serving six years in prison for murder. back to you. >> thank you so much. drivers in san jose are afraid that they could be the next target of a gunman shooting cars. police say four drivers hit by gun fire since may on blossom hill road. two drivers have been hurt so far. one grazed by a bullet. the other hit by shrapnel or glass. extra police are patrolling that area. another twist this morning in the sex crime investigation involving police and underage girl. the contra costa county public defender looking into cases handled by five police officers and a former deputy. they're accused of having sex with the woman there. she told the i-team she had sex with more than 30 officers here in the bay area. some of the richmond officers under investigation now made prostitution arrests.

the public defender wants to know if they were influenced by their actions and richmond's police chief said i'm sorry that this matter brings embarrassment to the professional men and women of the richmond police department and to our community. a policeman retired. the examiner's reporting the sergeant left the force last month rather than be fired a 1-year veteran. the department used he used language with racial and sexual undertones at bay view station. happening today in the north bay, two teens charged with killing a nevada high school student scheduled to answer their plea in court. 17-year-old juan carlos martinez enriquez and 16-year-old edwin gavara are charged with murder and an alleged murder. last thursday, the pair delayed entering the employees and expected to be in court at 9:00 this morning.

republicans say they'll not let hillary clinton go. they plan to ask fbi director james comey to testify on capitol hill about the recommendation to not prosecute clinton for private e-mail server use. house speaker paul ryan wants to know comey suggested that she committed no crime. meanwhile, donald trump accused attorney general lynch of taking a bribe from the presumptive democratic nominee after clinton said she may keep lynch on as a.g. in the administration. >> the attorney general saying if i get hillary off the hook i get four or eight more years and loses i'm out of a job. it's a bribe. >> critics say republicans are acting like spoiled children. 6:30 this morning, the removal of the fourth of five trusses of the old eastern span of the bay bridge will begin. the truss lowered and then taken to the port of oakland to be

broken down and work takes about two days. in may, you may remember workers found a discovery of eggs. they plan to work with the bird deterrent contractor today. a large crowd expected to protest a proposed condo project in oakland tonight. at issue is the development at the clairemont hotel. the plan for condo where the hotel's three-tiered parking lot stands now. opponents are worried about congestion on tunnel road and the impact on wildlife and water sources. that meeting at 6:00 at oakland city hall. a pair of hikers lost are safe and sound this morning. happened at sugar loaf ridge state park. there's a report they called for help after nearly seven hours of hiking saying they were exhausted and dehydrated. a chp helicopter was launched to find them who told dispatchers they were on a fire road.

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area of this fire so that's the good news that bart is not affected and avoid the area. west macarthur on-ramp and underpass closed at this point. mike? >> thank you. san francisco, temperatures are uniform. 53 to 54 degrees. richmond 55 and smoky right now. walnut creek 57. santa clara 54. here's a look at the activity planner for today. walking the dog is good. watch out for dew on the grass this morning. biking, strong sunshine and sailing still breezy north of the bay bridge. west wind at 19 right now across the golden gate bridge. notice the temperatures don't fluctuate much over the next three days. morning clouds and afternoon sunshine but i see changes coming. i'll see those next. >> thank you so much, mike. we are tracking the breaking

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we are watching right now. looks like interviewing one of the chiefs out there from alameda where we have been monitoring a five-alarm fire. our reporter there amy hollyfield listening in to the interview and as soon as we get more information we'll pass it along to you. there's a fight over the mandatory school vaccination law to require children entering school or day care to be vaccinated and only exception medical excuse of a doctor. a group of parents fired a suit to overturn that statute claiming it rights to an education and state's constitution. some parents refused to vaccinate their children believing they're linked to autism and many health experts say there's no link of the two. apple wants to make it

easier to register as an organ donor. tim cook said it was inspired in part by steve jobs. abc 7 news reporter tells you how soon to expect the button in the health app. >> not a day goes by i don't count my blessings for that. >> reporter: in 2014 san francisco resident aubry brewster had a liver trance plant. he was on a waiting list for nine months. >> i had an icon on the front of my i book. i had an icon says my funeral. >> reporter: ultimately he had to go to new orleans for the organ that saved his life. in 2009, apple co-founder steve jobs also went out of state to receive a liver transplant. apple c 0eo tim cook said jobs' wait is what inspired him to create a feature on the iphone. the software's aimed to getting more people to register as organ donors. iphone users sign up with the national registry in the health

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oakland fire going to five alarms and very close to 580 and sue hall welcoming at the traffic impact this morning. good morning. >> good morning. this is the emeryville camera. you can see the glow right here and flames and lots of smoke too. it is dark and that smoke and the darkness affecting drivers on 580 around. you can picture the ikea building. visible from bay bridge and 580 and 24. so that right now you can see the traffic getting by and very light. they have shut off a couple of off ramps west macarthur off and on-ramp is closed and underpass closed here, as well. avoid the area if you can. bart is not affected. here's mike. >> all right sue. thank you very much. let's start off by taking a look at san jose where it's partly cloudy right now. the temperature about 56 degrees. this is the background. 87 near the shark tank. mostly sunny, cool breezes today. clouds and drizzle friday

morning and a modest warming trend next week. the winds out of the east-northeast in oakland and a sharp turn to the north across emeryville and up towards albany and also in richmond. about 13 miles in san jose. fairfield about 25 right now. in fact, the winds will be fast once again east of the golden gate north of the bay bridge and starting later today. 2:00 in the afternoon until 11:00 in the evening. they'll be out of the southwest 20 to 30 miles per hour. look at the temperatures today. we should be in the 80s in the south bay. most of us in the mid to upper 70s and 81 in morgan hill and san jose at 77. mid to upper 70s. the rest of the peninsula, low to mid 70s. lock at the cloud cover stubborn once again. low to mid-60s downtown. south san francisco and remember we talked about this yesterday. a little bit of a wind shift, slightly warm tore the south

bay. upper 70s to low 80s today. we'll have winds keep us in pretty much the same ballpark. mid-60s around richmond to fremont about 73. inland, temperature 7 at san ramon. 84 in brentwood. mild again. temperatures tonight in the low to mid-50s once again and drizzle along the coast and the east bay hills. the forecast, slightly cooler through about saturday. you can see a little bit of warming sunday monday and tuesday. almost back to amplgverage then. >> thank you. this video is unlike anything. a kidnapping that is caught on video in southern california. we'll show you how this ends. double duty the vaccine to protect women against a virus is showing promise against a deadly disease. first this morning's america's money report. good morning. topping america's money, the world's oil leader is now the u.s. >> study finds 264 billion

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updating you on breaking news this morning on the ek riville oakland border. you can see how big the fire is. we got an update. they say this is a six-alarm fire. >> yeah. destroyed an apartment building under construction at the time. this is what it looked like at the height of the flames before we went on air at 4:30 this morning. you can see the building really just falling apart here. since then, the flames have died down a little bit. we have a crew on that scene. the cause of the fire under investigation and, of course bringing you updates as they come in. a man is in custody this morning after, take a look terrifying attempted kidnapping

in san bernardino county. the woman enters the store. take a look at what happens. the 4-year-old by the door. suddenly, this man comes up and just snatches her right outside. the mom screams, she runs outside along with a customer. what saved the girl is she fell and broke loose from the abductor's grip. the 24-year-old suspect is being held on $250,000 bail. scheduled to appear in court today. >> thank goodness she is okay. a theft. prosecutors issued arrest warrants for quyen tony tran and his wife mai lisa tran. accused of taking $256,0 more victims may be involved. a pair of kidnapped kittens are safe this morning. the teenaged thieves are on the

loose. lafayette. so cute. two girls accused of stealing them on sunday from a pet food express store. the teens dressed in disguise, returned the animals yesterday after a facebook post about the theft getting attention. mary is fostering the litter. >> i didn't think the people that took them meant evil. i felt yeah, like a dummie and my heart went down to my guts. >> they will be back at the pet food express store and up for adaptiona adoption on sunday. canadian researchers say the vaccine appears to prevent abnormalities that can lead to cervical cancer. they tracked girl that is received the vaccine and found young women vaccinated with fewer abnormalities than those without the shot. the hp vaccine debuted ten years

ago. good morning. coming up on the 455 with the live shot and hard to see right here. you can see the emergency lights are on. this is a five-alarm fire. i believe abc 7's amy hollyfield said it's six alarm in the oakland-emeryville border. you can see the 580 freeway getting by fairly nicely. more of a visual hazard and a lot of smoke out there and following this for you. bart in the affected. all right. talk about the giants with the rockies. it is a rare wednesday evening game. 7:15 first pitch 79. cooling to 56. breezy and increasing clouds. sea breeze in to sacramento at 87. not as hazy. low to mid-70s in socal.

i'll have your day planner next. >> thank you. we're days away from the women's gymnastics trials in san jose. abc 7 was inside as crews loaded in equipment and began preparing the venue yesterday. tickets are already sold out. 14 gymnasts compete including california native gabby douglas. the team will be named on sunday. a boston cab driver is praised for honesty after he was stiffed twice by a man that left nearly $200,000 in the cab. buzzy did not expect to find the money inside of a backpack the passenger left behind skipping out on a fare and found $187,000 bundled in 50 and $100 denominations. he turned it in to police. the man that left the cash gave him a $100. >> looking at him. about eight cops and two women cops and meddings and 12 people there. all looking. no one said -- thank you.

i walked out the door. when i got to the cab, the police officer said wait a minute. he wants a ride back to the motel. >> buzzy says the man told him he was homeless for several months. >> everything about that story is confounding me. >> i know. following that breaking news out of emeryville where a building under construction is a pile of rubble. next at 5:00 a.m., live with the challenge firefighters are currently facing. also the sidewalk repair job prompting outrage in the east bay right now. an earthquake landmark no more.

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breaking news happening right now along the emeryville oakland border where a massive fire destroyed an apartment building under construction. >> dozens of people had to be evacuated. we have been tracking this all morning. if you have our abc 7 ins app you got a push alert about this an hour ago. back to reporter amy hollyfield. this is now a six-alarm fire. >> reporter: six-alarm fire. not something you hear every day. lock behind me. firefighters say