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 they'll be here

several hours. they're worried about the building collapsing. look at how huge the fire was earlier. wait until you see these pictures. you think it's bad now. this one started at 2:45 this morning. people said they saw it from the bay bridge. we saw it driving down the interstate as we were pulling in from the east bay and hard to believe. huge ball of fire. this is a building right in emeryville right on the border with oakland. it's an apartment building under construction and no one was living here. there was a crane or is a crane here on the scene that's being used in the construction an one point that crane was a threat to firefighters. >> construction crane over the top and it was moving around significantly. which it should not be doing. based on the heat of the fire and things going on so there were -- we were worried about the crane coming down, as well. >> reporter: there are evacuations in place. 900 block of apgar evacuated and

101 units on adeleine asked to leave the homes just in case. but we haven't heard of any injuries 0er any other buildings that have been impacted. there was a water issue at one point. the ladder trucks are spraying 500 to 1,000 gallons a minute and they had to ask east bay mud to increase the water pressure to the yaer and draining so much to get the fire doused and try to start getting it under control. they don't know when exactly that's going to happen. they say, again, they'll be here for several hours. we are standing in oakland, reporting live from oakland, the building that was in emeryville, on the border, reporting live from oakland, abc 7 news. >> amy, thanks so much and will be there throughout the morning monitoring this. this is just about five minutes away from the ikea, home depot in the area. if you're familiar. visible from 580, as well. sue hall tracking traffic issues

for us. >> near the macarthur maze coming together. here's a live shot of emeryville. the emergency lights are right here. this is 580 merging in to 80 and macarthur maze and viz frbl the roadway. the flames tamped down a bit and smoke is a concern for these folks. they have shut down that west macarthur on-ramp to 580 because of the crane and worried it would come down and shut that down. surface streets as you might imagine in the area are all blocked off so avoid the area if you can. the winds blowing out of the southwest to northeast from oakland, emeryville, berkeley, and even richmond so that's where the smoke is going right now. as far as the marine layer, influence on the forecast, yeah, cooler than average once again. waking up this morning, 50 to 58. staying in the 50s at the coast.

74 inland by noon. 80 by 4:00. developing news in the south bay, four drivers hit by gun fire in san jose. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live along blossom hill road this morning. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning. i checked in with san jose police an hour ago and told me no shootings overnight here in south san jose. but they also said there have been no arrests. now, this is obviously scary for the people living in this neighborhood in south san jose. the shootings between midnight and 1:00 a.m. the first shooting was may 4th here blossom hill and poughkeepsie. a month later, another shooting, this time grazed by a bullet. another shooting june 30th, a male driver's car and the last one this past saturday july 2nd. car shot with shrapnel or glass hitting the driver. all of this is making people here in this neighborhood nervous. >> i'm scared. i mean, i don't know what will happen to me walking out of my

house but it's just i think we have to be kind of cautious in general because, i mean, all of these shootings going on, it is just -- you have to be aware now. >> reporter: blossom hill road is a major road here in south san jose connecting to nearby 101. extra police patrolling the area and looking to the public. if you have information, encouraged to call police. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. developing news this morning, controversy swirling of a decision by the fbi not to hand down criminal charges against hillary clinton. this for her use of a private e-mail server. abc 7's jessica castro explaining what's happening today. jessica? >> natasha, republicans say they won't let hillary clinton go but the backlash is at the fbi. republicans want james comey to testify on capitol hill about the recommendation to not prosecute clinton for her private e-mail server use. house speaker paul ryan wants to know why comey reprimanded

clinton and didn't say she committed a crime. meanwhile donald trump is most fired up accused attorney general lynch of taking a bribe after clinton said she may keep lynch on as her a.g. in her administration. take a listen. >> the attorney general sitting there saying, you know, if i get hillary off the hook i have for more years or eight more years but if she loses i'm out of a job. it's a bribe. it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace. she is laughing at the stupidity of our system. she is laughing and so is her husband bill. laughing at what's going on. >> trump also called the decision an example of a rigged system. here's what is happening today. he'll be rallying with former speaker of the house gring rich. we expect the fbi's decision major part of the rally and clinton reportedly taking aim at

trump's business practices today in atlantic city in new jersey later this morning. we'll watch for developments and new reactions throughout the morning for you. back the you. >> jessica, thank you. nearly 5,400 people joined a petition saying that they would petition saying that they would never serve as a juror in aaron persky's court. many believe that sentence was too line cent. the national women's advocacy group ultraviolet started the petition signed by people that say they won't serve in the court. the group also called for the judge to be removed from the bench. more than 100 uc berkeley faculty members signed a petition to suspend the damon harrington's contract allegedly involved in a controversy related to the death of a player and the hospitalization of another. according to harrington's contract up on california and

they have not said whether they'll renew it. the richmond police department thanking an alert driver for helping officers get a loaded gun off the streets. there's a photo of the gun and they say the driver looked over at the car next to him and gou the again on the other driver's lap and when this person called 911. richmond p.d. quickly tracked down the suspect. officers found the loaded gun, wedged between the center console. the suspect immediately taken into custody and the gun safely secured. taking 580 today, you'll notice fire activity going on. sue hall tracking that frl us. good morning. >> this is the six-alarm fire at the emeryville-oakland border behind the ikea. live shot, tough to see. it's dark. you can see the emergency lights and water being sprayed on to this fire. this is 580, the macarthur maze and viz frsible from the freewad

it is more of a visible hazard and shut down the west macarthur on-ramp to 580 and the underpass, as well. avoid the area. just a good idea to stay away. 580 right now so far is moving nicely and bart is not affected. all right. take a look at the temperatures. we'll start in the north bay where we're going to run in the low to mid-50s. right now, even a few 40s. elsewhere, we have low to mid-50s until redwood and brentwood at 57. san ramon about 55 degrees. here's a look at antioch. average high is 90. 8:00 this morning, 63. noon, 76. topping out about 83 degrees right before 3:00. now, watch the color bars. these are 60 degree temperatures in green and 80 in orange. notice friday, yeah, we may get

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over the emeryville-oakland border pretty close to 580, the exit of macarthur. this is a building that was under construction and continues to burn. a six-alarm fire this morning. firefighters are still trying to knock down. as sky 7 is zooming out, you can see that the fire is a pretty large area and because of that, evacuated folks in the nearby neighborhoods. so far, no reports of injuries and causing a lot of smoke. >> certainly a lot of smoke for people through the area. close to the ikea and home depot and this is something we discovered as we spent sky 7 hd up. a block away, a smaller fire is actually burning at this time so of course we'll monitor this. we know that cars in danger in this area because the fire is certainly in danger of spreading. so we are just hearing the desk confirming some information. we'll did that to you. >> there's the other fire that

natasha is talking about. at least a block away from where the main fire is and going to continue to monitor that. amy hollyfield is on the ground. a big whoops this morning from hayward officials. thought they were bringing a sidewalk up to federal code but destroyed a landmark used as a learning tool. we have the explanation. >> reporter: this is what the curb used the look like on hay ward's rose and prospects streets. this is it now. the city repaired it and some say they ruined it. it shows the dramatic movement of the hay ward fault. a section of it runs under the street. >> it was a landmark and people km here and kind of measure, i guess, how much the plate is moving. >> it was cool. >> reporter: the city tore it out and upgraded the intersection to make it wheelchair accessible. science writer took the pictures in the many visits calling it an icon for geologists, a textbook

example of an earthquake creep. the neighborhood said buses of college students took field trips here and surprised the city removed the important tool. >> yes, you have to fix the streets and, yes, potholes. but that was -- that was there to measure, you know, the fault line. you know? the city should have known that. >> reporter: assistant city manager says they didn't know. >> unfortunately, weren't aware of the site prior to doing the work. there's a lot of sites within the city that people are monitoring either informally or formally, seismic activity. we have the fault in the community. >> reporter: it is too late to do anything about it now and encourages people to know of them of landmarks so the city copes record of it and take that into consideration for future projects. in hay ward, abc 7 news. some residents in san francisco's mission district are saying that homeless people in the neighborhood are a problem.

one resident said crime increased as of one year ago and district attorney's said neighbors, police and d.a. need to work together to target troublemakers. >> we need people to come forward. we need people to really report crime and really report incidents to build a case. >> harass families and we say something to them, they threaten us. >> we're here because of the fact there's no housing. >> well, mission district supervisor saying he's working with the community for weeks on the issue. navigation centers have path to permanent housing and will open new a few years. an effort under way to speed your trip through the airport with ct scans to screen your luggage. the tsa relies on ct scanning for checked baggage or hazardous items. officials hope the scanners and other changes cut the time you spend in line by about 30%.

the tsa will test them in phoenix by the end of the year. all right. we are closely monitoring the six-alarm fire that now appears to have spread potentially to a structure about a block away. we know sue hall is tracking the traffic impact for us this morning. good morning, sue. >> it is quite the hazard as you might imagine. this is the emeryville camera live. a lot of smoke, 580. this is the macarthur maze. parts of 80, as well. and smoke probably the biggest hazard right now. it is dark and getting lighter out but traffic seems to be flowing nicely now. on the surface streets, blocked off. adeline behind the ikea building they have shut down. this is the fire about a block or so away. the surface streets once again completely blocked off with fire crews. and the overpasses an underpasses west macarthur also shut down right now due to safety issues, as well. we'll be monitoring this and

here's mike. >> all right. thank you very much, sue. let's start with a look at what's going on at sfo and more cloud cover than yesterday and we could have delays. i'll tweet it out. clouds linger and the below average highs. clouds, drizzle and good sleeping weather. clouds return late next week. drizzle and no organized areas of rain. in fact, over the next couple of hours, you can see still a lot of cloud cover pushing through the golden gate and heading over towards richmond down to, say, alameda in the lunch hour. a few 80s inland. see if there's 80s in the south. morgan hill and gill ri. everybody else 75 to 78 degrees. 65 in millbrae. 75 in mountain view. we'll have upper 50s along the coast and low to mid-60s downtown south san francisco. and sausalito. through the north bay,

temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s. an area little bit warmer, mid-60s to mid-70s around the east bay shore. take a look at the seven-day forecast. what you're going to see, cooler through saturday and then a warming trend. >> all right. thank you so much. the fda approving a device by a bay area company and saying the stent is a big advance in the fight of heart disease. unlike metal stents, this one dissolves. researchers caution that it has a risk of blood clots and requires careful consideration. forget your fanny packs and selfie sticks, places where tourists are outnumbered by fitness enthusiasts. buffs are getting together for group workouts in places like the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. the front steps of the philadelphia museum of art in pennsylvania another gathering

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>> have a great day. seven things you need to know as you start your day. >> and breaking news in the east bay where a building under construction is still on fire. and much of it is gone at this point. you're taking a live look of sky 7 hd going to six alarms and now about a block or so away on adeline and this is 39th we are seeing another house which has caught fire. don't know exactly how that caught fire and locks like now two scenes that firefighters have to deal with and continuing the follow this. also, the outpouring of help also, the outpouring of help for a park ranger also, the outpouring of help for a park ranger ♪ give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. it's the final days of the lowest prices of the season sale, with our best-buy rated c2 queen mattress now only $699.99. only at a sleep number store.

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of a second small structure that's burning about a block away. it is unclear if that was sparked by the first fire. firefighters expect to be there all morning to contain the flames. number two, traffic around this. this is a live look at the macarthur maze and the fire is visible from 24 and 580, parts of 80. right now traffic is flowing nicely and smoke could be a big concern, as well. >> here's a look at the temperatures today. notice we're anywhere from 5 to 8 degrees below average. i wanted the show you once again what's going on there with the smoke because it is moving to the northeast which means places like albany, kensington will have issues with air quality. >> thank you, mike. number four, san jose police increased patrols of blossom hill road where four drivers shot at in two months. none seriously hurt. police have very little information to go on saying they need the public's help to solve

the case. numb five, nearly 5,400 people joined a petition saying they would never serve as a juror in judge persky's court. number fix today, another section of the old bay bridge eastern span will come down. cal trans will begin lowering the fourth truss. mega millions jackpot grown up to $508 million. no winner last night. so you can try your luck on friday. and elderly richmond woman vows the not let fear force her out of her home. she has $15,000 online donations since she was beaten and robbed inside of her house more than a week ago saying she'll use the money to reclaim the home repainting it and carpeting it. she is the oldest park ranger. the intruder stole a

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sky 7 hd still over the breaking news we have been tracking all morning long. a large apartment complex has just gone up in flames. and now a second fire has started only just about a block away. >> we have live team coverage for you this morning starting with abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield near the scene. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. look behind me at the main fire building. this is san pablo. 3900 san pablo. the building is in emeryville. it is looking much better from our vantage point because look at the pictures of earlier at what firefighters were up against. this fire started at 2:45.

it started in an apartment complex that is under construction. so no one living inside. there are some adjacent town homes that you have probably seen burning when you look at the images of sky 7. that's what i was just asking about. what else is burning. and they said those are some town homes that are attached to this project. the firefighters at this point tell me they aren't sure whether they're occupied. they say it's huge. a six-alarm fire. difficult for them to have all the information at the fingertips at this time but they're doing their best. not only are they struggling with the size of this and trying to get it out but water also an issue. listen to the chief briefing us just moments ago. >> so initially as we start pulling more water from the system, east bay mud needed to raise the water pressure in the system and right now everything's stable and we can't put firefighters in the building. concerned about did building

collapsing. >> reporter: he is the county and that's because this is burning in emeryville and they're the responding agency. but they're getting a lot of help. oakland fire is here. hay ward, berkeley. everyone that can get here is asked to come because of that six alarm they have taken it to. we haven't heard of injuries so that's the good news but firefighters telling us they think they're going to be here for hours. i am standing in oakland. that's because we are right on the border. building behind me burning on san pablo in emeryville and reporting live from oakland. amy hollyfield. back the you. >> all right. thank you so much. this is close to the ikea, home depot in the area and sky 7 hd with an interesting perspective and streaming it on the website to take a look. >> very close to 580. right now a 531, people making the way into the city. let's go over to sue hall to see how it's impacting traffic this morning. >> a visible hazard. you can see it from 24 and 580

a. live look at the macarthur maze. it's moving nicely here. there's a lot of smoke in the area and we do have a live shot of sky 7 hd over the fire itself. lots of smoke. so far, the freeways are not affected but the surface streets are. san pablo avenue as amy was telling us, adeline, san pablo and you cannot get through that purple. completely shut down. west macarthur onramp is also shut down and can't get through there either and surface around to get back to the freeway. freeway is locking good and avoid the surface streets if possible. bart is not affected with this. the station is a few blocks away and there are no tracks in the area. mike? i came through there, people stopped and gawking at the high flames. good morning, everybody. winds east and northeast and then then going north up to

berkeley. kensington. emeryville, obviously some smoke there. let's see. here's a look at the rest of the winds. 23 in fairfield. as we look at the bay bridge, it means another cloudy start with drizzle and another cooler than average afternoon. >> thank you, mike. other breaks news is international. may finally be the end of the oscar pistorius saga. he is now going to prison. abc 7's jessica castro with the decision of overnight. jessi jessica? >> i got new footage of the trial since i last checked in with you. the judge decided just a short time ago to sentence pistorius to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. look at what happened overnight while we were sleeping. skyrocketed to olympic fame and fortune and taken to prison later this morning. here's new sound of overnight with the athlete's lawyer. >> we respect the decision and we will not be lodging any

applications for appeal going forward. and oscar will serve a sentence as handed down. >> macepa is judge in the case. it's been a three-year legal battle for the man known as the blade runner, it's been a long saga. 27-year-old kath leet found guilty of culpable homicide in 2014 and spent a year behind bars and overturned by the south african supreme court. and then upgraded the charge to murder. pistorius' lawyers tried to fight that and did not work. although he faced up to 15 years and he didn't get the maximum punishment. again, facing six years in prison. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. another twist this morning in the sex investigation involving police and an underaged girl. the contra costa county public defender looking into cases handled by five richmond police officers and a former sheriff's deputy. they're accused of having sex with the woman you see on the

screen there, celeste. she told the i-team she had sex with more than 30 officers in the bay area. some of the richmond officers under investigation may prostitution arrests as a part of the career. the public defender want it is know if their alleged involvement influenced their actions. in a statement, richmond's police chief said i'm sorry it brings embarrassment to the professional men and women of the richmond police department and our community. a san francisco police sergeant ki yetly retired. he allegedly made racist statements. the examiner's reporting the sergeant left the force last month rather than be fired. he was a 17-year veteran. in february the department learned that he had used language with sexual and racial undertones at bay view station reported by two witnesses. happening today in the north bay, two teens charged with killing a nevada high school student entering a plea in court. the 17-year-old juan carlos martinez enriquez and

26-year-old edwin gadavar are charged with the murder and attempted murder. last thursday they delayed entering the pleas. they're expected to appear in court 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 his recommendation to not prosecute clinton for her private e-mail server use. house speaker paul ryan wants to know why comey scolded clinton over the decisions and yet suggested she committed no crime. meanwhi meanwhile, trmp accused attorney general lynch of taking a bribe after clinton said she may keep lynch on as a.g. in the administration. >> i mean, the attorney general sitting there saying, you know, if i get hillary off the hook i will have four more years or eight more years but if she loses i'm out of a job. it is a bribe. >> critics say republicans are acting like spoiled children

still insisting they're right despite the conclusion of a yearlong conclusion. a facebook engineer accused of raping a friend and refusing to let her leave the home in palo alto. the officers arrested the man yesterday. the victim said she drove him home after going out to dinner with friends on june 24'd. she went inside his house for a glass of water. that's when the victim said he raped her and he used a knife to hold her against her will. she was able to escape several hours later. >> she essentially distracted him momentarily and able to get out the front door to the car. >> i believe he's innocent. i don't think he did anything. she's a soft spoken guy. i spoke with him last night and he didn't seem distraught or shook up. >> police don't believe there are anymore possible victims in this case. well, starting in just about an hour, removal of the fourth of five trusses on the owner eastern pan of the bay bridge begins. the truss lowered and then taken to the port of oakland to be broken down. the work takes about two days.

you may remember in the third truss removal in may workers made an unexpected discovery of eggs. cal tran plans to work with a bird deterrent contractor today. and good morning. we are coming up right now on 5:38. we have a live shot of the macarthur maze just west of the fire here happening right off of 580. adeline and 39th and san pablo avenue. the six-alarm fire. the traffic of 580 coming in is looking pretty good and getting busier now. there's lots of smoke in the area. here's a live look at sky 7 hd over the complex that has been burning for a couple of hours now. so smoke is a factor for you guys driving past the scene there. also a visible factor. you can see it plainly from the roadway, from the freeway i should say. the west macarthur onramp is shut down and the underpass and

concerned about one of the building cranes in the area coming down and avoid the surface streets obviously. right now the freeways surrounding looking pretty good and see the backup here. metering lights are on. mike? >> all right. a look at what's going inland east bay. mid to upper 50s. you can see mid to upper 50s around the bay shore and napa at 54. pacifica 51. here's the activity planner. a little dew on the grass walking the dog this morning. strong sunshine out biking and north of the bay bridge through the delta we have a small craft advisory. temperatures today, tomorrow and friday are going to be within a couple of degrees of each other and we're in the coldest part of the air mass and remain breezy and expect some drizzle during the overnight hours through the morning commute. i have a little bit of a warming trend coming up. >> thank you, mike. a large crowd expected to protest a proposed condo project in oakland tonight.

at issue the proposed con da development at the historic clairemont hotel. the plan to build a condo where the hotel's parking lot is now. opponents are concerned about traffic congestion on tunnel road and the impact of wildlife and water sources. meeting at 6:00 at oakland city hall. a pair of hikers lost in the north bay found safe this morning. it happened at sugar loaf ridge state park. the santa rose press democrat reports they called for help after nearly seven hours of hiking saying they were exhausted and dehigh dratd. a chp helicopter launched to find the hikers and said they were on a fire road. if winning $454 million isn't enough, how does $508 million sound? >> good. the jackpot after no matching last night. here's a quick look at the numbers. 29, 46, 53, 64 and 73 and the mega ball number is 10.

this is now the 35th time the jackpot rolled over and that makes it a mega millions record. next drawing is friday and so we say good luck to you. >> next we're getting back to breaking news right now. sky 7 hd over a six-alarm fire burning on the border of oakland and emeryville and tabs on a second fire that's just about a block away. also, your smartphone will be a life saving tool. apple's tool to make it easier than ever to register as an or than ever to register as an or don thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better

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back to breaking news on the emeryville-oakland line. you can see the fire at six alarm this is morning still a problem forral me da county firefighters and many agency that is descended on the scene. this is an uninhabited complex. there's a big crane over it because it was still under construction. very early this morning. there's also another fire that started just down the street from this which we believe is now under control. looked like that was a house fire and still trying to figure out if they're related. >> very visible of several of the major freeways through the

area including 580 and monitoring social media and a lot of you sharing what you are seeing this morning. this is from a viewer sharing this video and the emmers floating into the area there. share your videos or photos to find it when you post on social. we'll check in with amy hol hollyfield on the ground reporting for us. no injuries reported from the massive fire. there's a new fight this morning over the state's mandatory school vaccination law requires kids entering school or day care be vaccinated. only exception is a medical excuse from a doctor. a group of parents is filed a suit in san diego to overturn the statute. they claim it violates children's right to an education under the state's constitution. some parents have refused to volcano sy nate their kids believing the vaccines are linked to autism even though many health experts insist there's no link between the two. a bay area tech company is

making it easier to register as a organ donor. tim cook said it was inspired in part by steve jobs with a liver transplant. the software is aimed to getting more people to register as organ donors. iphone users sign up with the national registry in the health app standard on the iphone. >> knowledge moving so fast that you just -- in the palm of your hand. no more excuses now, right? >> more than 120,000 people waiting nationally for a life saving organ. feature available in the fall with ios 10. local blood banks say they need your help falling way behind on supply and part of it is because of the zika virus. the biggest supplier of blood in northern california 5,000 units below what it needs to meet demand. visitors to zika-hit countries are banned from giving blood for at least a month after they return. summer travel as well as fewer

blood drives and common when school is out is also contributing to this shortage. event that raises millions for area nonprofits won't be happening next year. silicon valley gives is canceled for 2017. the ceo said online credit card transaction fees a culprit. they raised nearly $24 million in just the past three years. the organization says people were upset that 6% of their donations were going to credit card fees. the foundation will take the next year to address the concerns to develop they say silicon valley gives 2.0. back to the breaking nulls, that six-alarm fire on the emeryville-oakland border. sue hall is tracking traffic imparts for us. >> probably wondering the traffic. visually right now the freeways are flowing pretty nicely. the 580 freeway and also 24 where this fire is visible. the fire is actually on surface streets right on the oakland border of emeryville as we have

been talking about. 39th. san pablo avenue. adeline. this is sky 7 hd over the big fire and the surface streets are basically feeling the brunt of this, especially san pablo avenue closed in both directions here and the west macarthur onramp to westbound 580 shut down and the freeway as you can see is moving nicely. 580 on to 24. this is the bay bridge backup. metering lights at 5:29 and looking at a 10 to 12-minute delay to pay the tolls here. avoid the area. not affecting bart. the station is half a mile away. no tracks in the area and not hampered by the fire. mike? >> all right. take a look at what's going on outside. good morning from the roof where it's not quite as misty and drizzley as it was yesterday. see the low clouds and the drizzle and the 20, 25 miles per hour winds on the bay if you're a ferry ride they are morning. mostly sunny, cool breezes this

morning. clouds and drizzle heaviest friday moto saturday morning. same area as yesterday and same winds. 20 to 30 miles per hour. starts later today. 2:00 in the afternoon to 11:00 in the evening. check out the cloud cover and you can see by noon the nice bank of fog across the golden gate heading over towards richmond. emeryville and berkeley. 50s to 80s is our spread today. south bay mid to upper 70s to 80 in morgan hill. on the peninsula, mid-60s to mid-70s. upper 50s along the coast. downtown, south san francisco chilly. low to mid-60s there. warmer weather across the north bay. winds out of the northwest in the upper 70s to low 80s. same temperatures across the east bay shore and inland upper 70s to low 80s. my 7-day forecast, little bit cooler in saturday. you can see that modest warming trend sunday through tuesday.

>> all right. thank you so much, mike. the all-star lineups officially announced and there's a giant hoping to get your votes. >> that's brandon belt. one of five names on the final vote ballot. pitchers were named to the pitching staff and catcher posey won the fan ballot to start the game for the third time. so this is the website you need to vote if you want to see brandon belt in the all-star game. voting ends friday at 1:00 p.m. the game is next tuesday. happening in san diego. new at 6:00, is snapchat less popular with teenagers? >> i want to show you these pictures live from the east bay. sky 7 hd over the scene of that six-alarm fire and the relationship between these two buildings on fire. on the left is the building that was under construction. that's the original fire. on the right, these appear to be separate town homes. separate from the construction site also now on fire.

we have been watching as firefighters just to the right of where you see the flames on the roof. although at this point that looks like a very dangerous place for them to be and i wouldn't be surprised if they're now pulling back. no. there they are. on top of the roof adjacent to the fire appears to be out of control in these -- in this site and continuing to watch this and bringing you the latest from the reporter on the ground. >> all right. also, it is one of a parent's worst fears. parent's worst fears. we are going to show you

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sky 7 hd over the scene of a six-alarm fire. left-hand side is original fire scene. an apartment building urn construction. adjacent to this these town homes that caught fire and looks like several of them are still burning. you see the firefighters are alameda county and other agencies on top of the roofs of the town homes trying to battle the fire. >> yeah. this is such a tricky situation. we have been monitoring this since before we went on air at 4:30. so many of you watching the live stream and streaming on abc 7 news.com right now. that was that original massive fire went up so fast and huge balls of claim from the construction scene on the left. it seemed a home was on fire and firefighters got that under control quickly and one by one the town homes seem to be catching fire next door. we have a crew live on the scene. we'll get an update. a man in custody after take a look a terrifying attempted

kidnapping. we have not seen this. 4 yoerld on the left. carrying another child. and watch closely at what happens. the 4-year-old near the door and a man reaches in and just snatches her. the mom screams and runs outside to chase after him. fortunately the girl actually fell and that caused the abductor to lose his hold on her. probably what saved her. the 24-year-old suspect is held on $250,000 bail and scheduled to appear in court today. new study finds the h the v vaccine helping to prevent thousands of cancer cases in young women. canadian researches say the vaccine appears to prevent abnormalities that can lead to cervical cancer. they tracked girl it is a receive the vaccine through a school-based program and found young women with vaccination had fewer abnormalities.

it debuted ten years ago. sue hall, sue, we know that some of the roads are shut down. >> surface streets, freeway is wide open in the area. 580. that is live shot here. 580 towards the macarthur maze and the westbound direction. but the surface streets certainly san pablo avenue, adeline, 39th, where the six-alarm fire is, surface streets shut down and the onramp to west 580. this is the bay bridge backup here. metering lights reason at 5:39 this morning and checking back on road closures due to this fire. >> all right. outside where it looks like this in the giants game. cloudy. drizzle possible. 59, dropping down to 56. around the state today, it's cooler than average than palm springs. >> thanks, mike.

we are days away from the start of women's gymnastics trials. crews loaded in equipment and began preparing the venue yesterday. tickets are sold out. 14 gymnasts compete including gabby douglas. the trials start friday and the team is named on sunday. we are tracking this breaking news of tn emeryville-oakland border. a six-alarm erupted and destroyed a building and now appears to be spreading. what firefighters are facing right now trying to douse the flames. latest on hillary clinton's e-mail saga. what republicans are planning what republicans are planning after the fbi recommends that no

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and that breaking news on the border of oakland and emeryville. firefighters battling a six-alarm fire now spreading. >> yes. as you can see from sky 7 hd the original fire is to the left of the picture you are looking at.

you can see the there's basically nothing left of the construction site of a big apartment complex. on the right-hand side of your screen, some existing town homes. and you can see that there are several that are smoking and on fire. we have been watching firefighters as they have been battling that fire from the roof of those town homes. >> reporter amy hollyfield is live at the scene, been there all morning. how's it looking to you now? >> reporter: natasha, there's a little bit of fire we can still see on this main building but look where their attention is. pan over this way, the water, they have got it focused on the homes right next to this burning structure. so you can tell they're worried about this fire spreading to adjacent buildings and appears to be the focus on our side where we are. let me show you pictures of earlier this morning because they're astounding. this fire started at 2:45 this morning and huge. a six-alarm fire burning in emeryville. it is an apartment