my hope was that i might still have a house here. but, um, i just hope that everybody is okay. >> you could hear the emotion in his voice. devastation returns to lake county as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed nearly 200 buildings. >> this is a live look from sky 7 hd from the clayton fire and thousands are still evacuated. look at the devastation. we are just awaiting word of what happened. people are awaiting word of what happened to their property and obviously a lot of loss going on there. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. larry beil is off today. the dayton fire is burning in lake county near lower lake and

clear lake. >> laura anthony is there and has been talking with people who have been evacuated. >> reporter: hi. we are just a few blocks from downtown lower lake. this is a residential neighborhood. as you could see, homes here, dozens of them, destroyed. certainly on this side of the street. in that downtown area things don't look much better. with the clayton fire still raging to the east and aerial tankers and firefighters doing their best to top it, all of the weary residents of lower lake can do is watch, worry and hope. >> what is your hope? >> my hope was that i might still have a house here. >> reporter: matt and crystal live on winchester street, just a few blocks from downtown lower lake. here, home after home is gone. and though she hasn't been allowed back in yet to see for herself, it is a reality crystal has begun to accept. >> as long as the lives are safe

and the animals, we saw people getting animals out and everything and everything else is -- is rebuildable. >> reporter: downtown a singed vineyard reveals some of the destruction left in the wake of this on sunday afternoon, a dangerous wind-whipped inferno that destroyed one business after another in a matter of minutes. it is a battle that is far from over. >> we have a lot of resources in the air and on the ground fighting this fire as quickly as possible. we want to get this under control and wrapped up. this community has been through a lot of fires in the last year. >> reporter: indeed, families like these waiting it out with animals in middletown are left to wonder why this keeps happening here. >> two summers now. >> yeah, the valley fires and -- it is just -- it's too much for one person to handle, you know. >> reporter: and again, this is a live look here on winchester street. one of the homes obviously

destroyed, completely. that is a washer and dryer and we're seeing scenes like that. valley fire was one of the worst in california last year and last week we learned that was started by a faulty hot tub wiring. this one still underway, still under investigation and of course the main concern at in point is getting it contained. live in lower lake, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, thank you. well on the phone now is susie blankenship a fire prevention specialist on the cal fire and we've been looking at it here today and we are seeing it live and we don't see any flames. is the fire out. not much smoke. >> the fire is not out. it is only 5% contained. >> so give us a better explanation of where it is burning at this point? >> the fire is burning in the rocky jerusalem far scars from last year. it is down in that drain and burning up into the scars from

the two fires of last year. >> give us a sense of whether or not any more houses or communities are at risk, immediately? >> at this time, immediately, no there is not. obviously we want to remind folks to keep your head on a swivel and stay concerned or stay tuned to fire information and any updates that we get with what the weather and the fire is doing and which way it is pushing, in case we do need to evacuate them. >> thank you, susie. susie blankenship with cal fire. thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. >> no problem. >> and there are three evacuation centers set up for displaced residents for the fire. kelseyville high school and twin pine casino in middletown and the seventh day adventist church in lake port and the senior center in clear lake was closed after power was cut to the location. find the list on our website at abc7news.com. many are gathering at the moose lodge in clear lake oaks.

it is not designated a shelter but they are in viting people there for food and care. there are photos sent to us by a lake county resident that you are looking at and the lodge is being run by volunteers and donations. >> and you could see where the current fire is burning in lake county. it is surrounded by the area burned during last year's valley fire, rocky fire and jerusalem fire and it is burning in the scarred areas. the three fired combined burned about 170,000 acres in 2013. >> and when you look at the pictures, this is all hands on deck situation and teams of bay area firefighters are headed to lake county and that is having an impact on the local fire scene here. >> matt keller has a closer look. >> reporter: work goes on for santa clara firefighters not deployed to lake county. several crews put out a small kitchen fire in los gatos this morning and they'll work extra long hours in the bay area because last night two strike

team from the county were sent to help. a total of 44 firefighters and 12 vehicles from san jose, sunnyvale, mountain view, palo alto, morgan hill and santa clara county fire are in lake county. they are planning on being up there for two weeks. >> we've been called in to supplement the forest agency -- a lot more in the last few years than we ever have in the past. >> reporter: the engines from the strike team have water. 1500 gallons per minute could be pumped out, a crucial tool in structure protection. crews from daly city and marin and the woodside fire district were also sent to the front lines. this is a busy month. many just home from fighting a wildfire in monterey county fire. >> and two weeks ago our engine was down there and it seems to be that type of typical california summer where at any given day you need to be prepared. >> to give you an idea of how hard the firefighters work, they

were deployed here from the los gatos station at 8:00 last night. this morning, the battalion chief here checks the dollagps e engine and saw they were fighting a fire fight in homes. >> and we have information on our website, a whole lot of information there, abc7news.com. well let's turn our attention to the weather with spencer christian, who has been keeping a close look on the fire fighting conditions. >> they are critical. >> let's go to live doppler 7 hd, not much encouragement to be found in the weather conditions near the fire right now. this is how things shake up right now, the town of lower lake, 96 degrees and relative humidity down at a dangerously low 11%. so it is exceedingly dry there. the winds are relatively light out of the east northeast at 5 miles per hour with occasional gusts up to 11 miles per hour but massive fires like this

generate their own isolated gusts that are even stronger and help fan the flames. over the next few hours, in fact overnight, we'll see and track the surface winds and they'll increase a little bit over the next two or three hours and then diminish significantly overnight to two or three miles per ho-pe so that is good news but it is hot and high temperatures over the next several days are in the upper 90s which is not unusual this time of the year in that area. and of course it will remain very dry there. so hot and dry the next few days. even with light winds, that's fire weather. dan and ama. >> spencer, thank you. now there is a sign of progress today for crews battling the soberanes fire and they listed evacuation warnings for one area. this fire has been burning since july 22nd when a campfire got out of control. today pg&e helped with tactical burn operations and the fire has burned almost 75,000 acres and 57 homes and more than 400

others are at risk and more than 4,000 firefighters are still on the line. another wildfire is forcing people near paso robls from they are homes and some were taken by boat across lake nacimiento where flames destroyed two structures and threatened 250 homes. now it has scorched more than 43 acres and nearly seven square miles, so it is large. the fire started two days ago south of lake nacimiento in san luis obispo county and it is now 10% contained. a san francisco woman is in critical condition after tree limbs fell on her friday at a city park. >> carolyn tyler is live from washington square park with details on how the city is responding to this tragedy, carolyn? >> reporter: well this is where that accident occurred. and the city is responding by going tree to tree, inspecting conditions. >> a lot of people don't look up and see the trees are falling so it is really dangerous.

>> reporter: helen and her young daughters moved away from this bench after learning this was where a 36-year-old mother of two was sitting on friday watching her children play when a 100 pound tree limb broke off, hitting her on the head, causing critical injuries. today the city head arborist was sent out to begin a visual assessment of all 60 trees here. washington square park in the heart of north beach is one of san francisco's oldest parks established in 1847. the director of rec and park said the canary pine involved in the tragic incident was healthy and regularly inspected. >> we're going to try to figure out if there was anything unique about this tree. this is a park that has had a lot of tree maintenance and tree assessment and there was an assessment done in '08 and updated in '10 and tree work in 2013. >> reporter: this park regular said he was here when friday's accident happened. and he believes perhaps during

our persistent drought the trees need more watering. >> if they are well watered how come we have so many brown branches up there that were cut off. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a branch has injured or killed someone. aaron paskin represents the north beach district and believes the city should pay now to maintain trees rather than later, in tragedy and lawsuits. >> i want to make sure that we are proactive and that we have assessments of all of the trees. >> reporter: there are 177,000 trees in the city canopy. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, dramatic rescues in louisiana following days of flooding. you have to see this. plus you've seen images like these. bike thefts caught on surveillance and now there is a new effort underway to crack down on bike thieves in san

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san francisco police are targeting bike chop shops. >> they launched the operation in the mission district where some say the chop shops are everywhere. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at police headquarters with this story, vic. >> reporter: you could drive around the mission most any time of the day and you could see people working on bicycles on the streets.

presumably most of them are stolen. in fact, thousands of bicycles are stolen in san francisco every year. making this one of the biggest crimes in san francisco and one of the hardest to prosecute. >> why would anybody have this stuff. >> reporter: this sergeant is san francisco's anti-bike theft unit and he hopes this is a series of regular bike theft abatements on chop shops and prior raids like this one are mostly in homeless encampments where there is a thriving black market in stolen bikes. here at a street tent on 18th and shotwell, freedman and another officer have discovered a huge cache of bike parts and they are mixed to build new bikes and this, police say, is a classic chop shop. >> it is a lucrative business to steal high-end bicycles and take them apart and sell the parts or mix and match the components just enough to sell a fully

equipped bicycle to somebody else. >> reporter: the man who lives in the tent goes by the name john e. was cited for possessing burglary tools, scratching off serial numbers and illegal encampment. john said the bikes were not stolen, that other people simply dropped them off. >> all from the bike shop -- >> reporter: last year our i team aired an epidemic of bike thefts in the city and an estimated $4 million worth of bikes are stolen each year in san francisco. and freezeman now used social media to reach out to bike theft victims and to locate where the chop shops are. and if today was an example, it seems to be working. well the problem is, of course, proving that the bikes are stolen. now, in case today, john said that people simply drop these bicycles at his tents on 18th and shotwell so if you are a prosecutor, how do you disprove that? it is a hard crime to prosecute and hard crime to charge.

so bicycle groups say police are doing the right thing by launching operations like this to send the thieves a message that they are on top of it. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> we know we need to lock our bikes. but what could we do besides just being careful and locking it up? anything? >> reporter: well, in san francisco, fortunately, there is a registry, so if you own a bike, you could register the serial numbers are the city if it is stolen and it happens to be found, police know how to locate you and return your bike. back to you. >> thank you, vic. well this year's super bowl 50 brought in at least $240 million to the bay area economy and that is according to a new report from a research firm hired by the host committee. report said more than 57% of revenues benefited san francisco. more than 19% went to the south bay, including santa clara which actually hosted the game at levi

stadium. 7% went to hotels and businesses near sfo. and the east bay saw more than 3% of revenues, 12% went to other parts of the bay area. well hackers may have stolen information from customers at 20 hotels, including one in san francisco. agi hotels operates hyatt and marriott and starwood properties and mal-ware may have collected customer names and card information and it is investigating. it is one of the hotels listed and you could find them on abc7news.com. and researchers at uc irvine has seen that a blast of heat could kill bed bugs on leggage. they heated soft-sided luggage between 158 and 167 farenheit for six minutes and found the blast of hot temperatures killed the invasive bed bugs, even those traveling under zipper flaps. the break-through could provide a new nonchemical means of controlling them. the findings appear in the journal pest management science. we talk about conditions on

the fire lines in terms of the weather. now let's look at the greater bay area. >> spencer christian is here with the late -- the latest. >> things are looking good. mainly sunny skies, after a great start to the day, but we still have gray conditions along the coastline where low clouds and fog. it is 7 degrees cooler in livermore than yesterday and 1 degrees cooler in fairfield and 9 degrees cooler and places closer to the bay are two degrees warmer. and the low clouds across the bay already. 23467 san francisco. oakland 68. 74 in mountain view. 77 in san jose. morgan hill 84 and 75 at half moon bay. we have low clouds over the golden gate but they are not low yet. it is 76 in santa rosa, napa 73. 75 in petaluma, mid to upper 80s

in fairfield and livermore. and blue skies over the embarcadero. morning fog and spotty drizzle near the coast and bay and warm pattern over the next few days and then turning slightly cooler by the weekend. overnight, look for a low cloud and fog surging well across the bay and locally inland. low temperatures will be in the mid-50s. seeing low 50s in napa and santa rosa. here is our forecast animation at 11:00 tonight showing you the surge of low clouds and fog inland and that means 7:00 tomorrow morning in the middle of the morning commute, there will still be low cloudiness which means reduced visibility for commuters and a slower commute than usual. but the low clouds will pull back to the coast and bay -- back to the coast by mid morning, giving us a mainly sunny day and it will be warmer than today. look for high temperatures not too mild at the coast. at to or above 60 degrees and upper 70s around the bay and low to mid-90s in the inland east

bay. and 85 in santa rosa and 80s down south and 83 in san jose and 89 in morgan hill. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. wednesday will be the warmest day in the forecast period with the warmest inland locations reaching highs of about 98 degrees. highs up to 80 around the bay. temperatures drop off a couple of degrees on thursday. further cooling on friday. and as we head into the weekend and into early next week, temperatures will actually be slightly below average in some inland spots. so a couple of days of warming and then several days of cooling. >> thanks, spencer. coming up next, help for hillary clinton and donald trump tries to focus on a plan. the latest in the race for the white house. coming up

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turning to your voice, your vote, trump is attempting to refocus on the issues as joe biden joins hillary clinton on the campaign trail. we are in washington with more. >> reporter: hillary clinton,

arms out welcoming the vp help on the campaign trail in pennsylvania. clinton and vice president joe biden scanton roots on full display to reach the working class voters. their fathers were born in this community. >> the story of the rodham and the bidens isn't unique, but what is unique is the country where the stories were written. >> reporter: they are teaming up to take on donald trump. >> he trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. give me a break. and to repeat myself, it is such a bunch of mullarky. >> reporter: the gop nominee in ohio delivered what he called for policy realism and a major speech focused on isis but he trumped a test for migrants to figure out stances on issues like religious freedom and gender equality and gay rights. >> those who do not believe in our constitution or who support bigotry and hatred will not be

admitted for immigration into our country. >> reporter: the republican who received bipartisan criticism for his proposed ban on muslims outlined his immigration policy. not for those who come from hot spots and can't be fully vetted. >> i call it extreme -- extreme vetting. our country has enough problems. we don't need more. >> reporter: as president, trump would certainly face legal challenges for targeting a religion, but constitutional lawyers say he could have leeway in barring people from certain regions. abc news, washington. and we'll keep you updated on all of the twists and turns in the race for the white house. get election updates by downloading the abc 7 news app and enabling push alerts. >> president obama spent an afternoon golfing on martha's vineya vineyard. washington lawyer sigh walker and martin nesbit. the president is on vacation

with his family on martha's vineyard and most days he had hit the links. last week he invited steph curry for a round of golf on the island. well abc 7 news at 4:00 does continue. >> i've got to tell my parents that they've lost everything. >> it is heartbreaking. nearly 200 buildings have been lost in lake county and the threat isn't over yet. a different kind of devastation in louisiana. hundreds have been -- had to be rescued during historic flooding. >> some good news, though, for bay area commuters. the changes coming to cal train that could make it easier than

the headlines at 4:30, winds are picking up along the clayton fire lines and grown by a third and spread over six square miles. the fire is 5% contained. two community meetings will be held for evacuated residents. here is a look from sky 7 hd and you could see smoke but not as many flames as yesterday. the fire now seems to be burning away from houses, which is good news. the public information officer for cal fire tweeted today's latest damage estimate at 175 structures destroyed, including

more than 100 homes. that number is expected to go up, though, keep in mind, as teams continue to comb through the damage and the fire zone area. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield found some animals that survived the fire wandering around lower lake looking for food. an evacuation center is open for those animals and she spoke with worried evacuated residents and gave one of them some very good news. >> evacuees who ran out of the town to safety are desperate for information about their home or business. >> really desperate. i'm looking on the internet and anything i can, every couple minutes. >> reporter: this mother and daughter left the area last night feeling like their home was going to be okay. but not entirely sure. >> it is scary. because i'm pregnant, i'm a basket case right now. >> reporter: but while we're standing there an officer came over with a list of homes still in tact on lake street. a heavily damaged street off of main street. their home was not on the list.

>> i'm shocked. i have to tell my parents that they've lost everything. >> reporter: we are allowed in the evacuated zone and decided to go and take a picture for them. imagine our relief when we saw this -- a house, instead of rubble. we rushed back to the safety zone to show them. >> oh, that's good! thank you! thank you! >> there are 4,000 evacuees waiting for news about homes and animals. firefighters say they are working as quickly as they can. >> we need to be accurate and get that accurate and timely information out to the folks, whether they are a house or a barn, that takes time to determine. we should have those numbers here in the next few days. >> no word when that evacuation order will be lifted. and even though the fire is burning away from people and homes, they are not ready to let people in here just yet. no one has been reported injured in this fire. they don't know the cause of it yet. in lower lake, amy hollyfield,

abc 7 news. all schools in the konocti school district will be closed, including lower lake high school and elementary and karle high school and burns valley and pommo and east lake activity school and we have this posted on our website at abc7news.com. the state's earliest estimate damage is $10.5 million. it is bad, but far below the most costly wildfires in u.s. history. all of those in california, by the way. the insurance institute said the dubious distinction goes to the 1991 oakland hills fire storm at $1.7 billion. that is followed by the witch fire near san diego in 2007 and the cedar fire and the old fire in san bernardino county, both in 2003. and last year's valley fire as we talked about here in lake and napa and sonoma on the list as

well. >> and do stay with abc 7 news for continued coverage of the clayton fire. we'll bring those to you here on air and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area and download our news app for instant updates sent to right to your phone. to developing news out of louisiana. six people are dead and thousands have been rescued during historic flooding in the area. president obama has issued a disaster declaration and the national guard is on scene. here is abc news reporter elizabeth hur. >> reporter: with helicopters in the air, and high water vehicles on the ground, rescuers are working around the clock and residents escaping with just a bag in hand. in saturday, thousands were led to safety. including this woman and her dog rescued just in time. >> i lost the dog -- >> oh -- >> shelters home for so many with louisiana in a state of

emergency. >> it was pretty scary because we didn't know how high the waters would rise or how fast they would rise. >> it is like my subdivision was in a bowl and everything around us was flooding. >> and in some areas, two feet of rain fell in less than two days and the governor calling this historic. >> it was historic levels of rivers and creeks rising and i'll tell you that we've not seen anything like this in the past. >> with entire neighborhoods still under water, some residents are grateful to be alive and vow to rebuild again. >> just like i did from katrina, start all over again. >> reporter: and with water still rising, they say the situation is very dangerous but they are prepared and ask residents to stay patient. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. a second night of violent protests shattered calls for peace in milwaukee following the police killing of a black man.

the milwaukee police chief said an 18-year-old man suffered a gunshot and he is expected to recover. the chief didn't say who shot the man. officers say they came under fire yesterday but did not return fire. the protests followed the shooting death on saturday of sylville smith. police say he was armed and his sister made a plea of calm and spoke of her loss. >> i lost my brother. i can't get him back. never! never! that is pain. that is real hurt. i can't look my brother in the eye and i say i love you -- >> reporter: police arrested 14 people during last night's protest. the milwaukee mayor said a coup few for teenagers will be strictly enforced. a man wanted in the shooting death of a georgia police officer after a tip they found the man hiding in the trunk. his sister was driving and now also faces charges. he is accused of killing officer tim smith on saturday in the

central georgia city of eastman. a feud over two things once belonging to martin luther king jr. appears to have come to an end now. his two sons are in charge of the estate and have been in a legal dispute with their sister over selling the traveling bible and nobel peace prize medal. she is in possession of both items. a judge in atlanta signed an order saying the items are to be released to the estate. the brothers want to sell them to a private buyer. the pressure is on. coming up, the california legislator who is pushing to get more electric cars on the road and quickly. >> i'm michael finney, ask finney is just ahead so i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook and just post them with the hashtag ask finney and i'll answer them right here if a little bit. >> here is the view from sutro tower and san francisco feels the surging low clouds and fog but the entire area will warm up

tomorrow and i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a mo

a california lawmaker is introducing legislation to speed up governor brown's plan to put more electric vehicles on the roads. autumn burk's bill would require 15% of new vehicles sold in california be zero emissions by 2025 but with a higher demand burk hopes it will push manufactures to sell cheaper

kristen zse emission cars. >> i have a district that is extremely wealthy and has access to zero emission vehicles and my district has struggled to attain the vehicles. >> back in 2012, the governor set the goal to have 1.5 million on the road by 2025 and the state resources board estimated only 192,000 have been sold since 2010. >> stanford researchers have developed a solar powered planet that could provide clean drinking water to people all over the world. the black chick let size device could remove 99.9% of bacteria after 20 minutes in a glass of water. it is resuzable and could be charged by the sun, when exposed the sun microscopic layers of nano flakes produce hydrogen peroxide which kills the bacteria and searchers want to make this cheaply accessible all over the world but caution that

further test is needed. but that could change things for millions. >> certainly. it is time to check on the weather as we get into the week. i think some kids are going back to school. >> it is back to school time. spencer christian has the forecast. >> that is right. and this is great back-to-school weather. i'm a kid. it looks okay to me. and a live look at doppler 7 hd. sunny skies across the bay area but the prominent marine lair along the coast and that will make a push inland. tomorrow statewide, 102 in chico and fresno and 95 in yosemite and 113 in palm spring and 80 in los angeles and 82 in san diego. here in the bay area, warmer in our inland areas that day. we'll see low to mid-90s in the inland east bay and way up north, mid to upper 90s at cloverdale and -- and lake port. around the bay seeing highs in the mid to upper 70s and a high temperature trend in san jose over the week ahead shows temperatures rising above average to mid-80s on wednesday

and thursday and then tapering off to around average toward the end -- toward the weekend. so we have a bit of an areawide warm up mid-week and then a cooldown by the weekend. >> thanks, spencer. still ahead at 4:00, a bit of disappointment for the gold rush gymnastics team in rio. and go ahead and eat that chocolate. oh, yeah, the new dietary guidelines on just how much is okay to eat. michael finney, and pokemon go is a huge hit but what can you do if there is a pokemon lurking somewhere like in your house where you don

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gymnast simone biles was back at work in rio today. >> indeed she was and the action heats up over at the track. jim ryan is at the olympics with the latest. >> disappointment as biles tries to keep her rush going. competing in the beam alongside laurie hernandez. a bobble forced her to put her hands down on the beam costing her to win but good enough for the bronze. hernandez soared and landing on

the podium ahead of biles taking home silver. and team usa track and field was doing well. in the 200 meter preliminaries all three american women advanced. tory bowie fresh off the 100 meter advanced to the semi-finals. teammates stevens and praddiny made the cut. in the steeplechase, emma coburn beating her own best time, a usa record and the first american woman to win a medal in the competition since the event debuted in 2008. in the men's steeplechase, two move ahead and yeager qualified. robinson is one of two americans moving on to the semi-finals in the 400 meter hurdles and clem ebt is also moving on to the triple jump. and cnn taylor didn't disappoint, advancing to the finals to defend his title. will clay also soared forward. the gold medallists in men's beach volleyball trying to keep

the tournament going. team usa phil dalhausser and lucena taking on the volleyball cork. and syncing to the duet finals. over in the diving pool, two americans trying to qualify in the spring board. michael hixon already has the silver from these games in the spring board. cnn ipson is hoping to chance as well. abc 7 news. michael phelps and usain bolt are raking in gold medals at the summer games in rio as you probably know but they are bringing in deals from endorsement deals. phelps is worth $44 million after signing deals with louis vitton and speedo and bolt is eclipsed phelps and worth an estimated $60 million after signing a reported 8-figure deal with puma. it pays to be fast in either the water or on the track.

>> it really does. you and i are going nowhere. it is time for ask finney. michael finney is answering questions. the first from karen p. from dub lib who e-mailed, my ex roommate bailed out of paying this month's rent and i gave 30 day notice but have part of next month's rent to pay, what could i do. >> i think i rented to that guy one time. look, the problem here in the state of california, all rental agreements put all of the names of the tenants but one could be tracked down and forced to pay the money and since you are sitting there, you are the one. so you need to call up your former roomy and say, hey, pal, time to pay up and if you don't i'm going to sue you and if he doesn't, you should take him to small claims court. nobody should do that to you. that is unfair and not a good friend. >> vicki s. asked on facebook, i'm puzzled as to why vitamin labels don't have the manufacturer's name, just who distributes it. do you have an answer? >> i do. it is because supplements aren't

medicines, they are food, or regulated as if they are food and therefore the rules say not the manufacturer, but the distributors' name is put on the label of those products. that is why when you go to safeway and you buy a safeway pizza or whatever, it has their name on it and not the manufacturer and the exact same thing under your condition and so you could call and ask who made it but that is where you are sitting. >> and see asked on twitter what does do when a pokemon character is in a home and specifically, my daughter's bedroom, how do i get it removed. >> you can. go to the pokemon website. when you get deeper into it and it says problems or rectify the situation and you go there and click on it and say, there is one of these in my daughter's room and you have to get rid of it and they are moving quick right now. i think they've had enough bad publicity they don't want any more and do that and they'll

take it off quick. >> all right. >> thanks, michael. turning to today's wellness report, the pressure is on for mcdonald's. >> and a new study said a coffee aday keeps the heart doctor away. here is jane king. >> mcdonald's recently confirmed that all of the chicken it serves in the u.s. comes from birds, raised without anti-biotics that are medically important to humans. but what about all of the beef and pork menu items not to mention and cheese and other dairy. a newly launched e-mail campaign calling on people from around the world to pressure mcdonald's ceo to address the anti-biotics issue with regard to all meats and all countries where it does business. heart attack patients who drink one or two cups of coffee aday are 20% less likely to die prematurely of heart damage compared to nondrinker and it is not clear how it helps the human body. it could help with parkinson's and liver cancer as well. yoga helps lower stress and waist size. a study was published an those

who practices yoga had less perceived stress. and women had lower waist sizes and more flexibility. and dark chocolate now part of a healthy diet. guidelines say the consumption of one ounce or less of dark chocolate will not hurt the diet. chocolates are found to be rich in minerals like potassium, magnesium and mag an he's and b vitamins and niacin and ryano flafin. here is to your health. women could get a year's worth of birth control pills at one time. right now it is 30 to 90 day amounts. the change would make unintended pregnancies less likely because it reduces the chance of skipped doses. the california right to life committee opposed the bill and the legislation has passed the senate and must be approved by the assembly before the end of august to go to the governor for consideration. stay with us. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. up next, a new era for commuters in the bay area and what is

changing for people who take the train up and down the peninsula. >> and up new -- coming up new on abc 7 news at 5:00, the brother of a promising young chef found dead in a san francisco mall keeps the pressure on investigators. what is he doing to get investigation. >> and a popular east bay gun range is set to close for good. when the last day of business is going to be. >> and giants star hunter pence goes one-on-one with his fiance and

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we have a lot coming up. next at 5:00, a tense moment captured on camera. a look at how this water rescue in louisiana ended. >> and we have a great prime time lineup for you tonight. at 8:00, bachelor in paradise and mistresses at 10:00 and abc 7 news at 11:00. and today marks a new era for cal train. they signed contracts to convert the diesel powered engines to a

fully electric train system. >> david louie is live to explain why this is happening. david? >> reporter: well, cal train lumbering diesel engines will be a thing of the past in five years. the replacement promising a long list of benefits, including compatibility with high-speed rail. the contracts as you mentioned were just signed this afternoon. >> the signing of the contracts with two companies will usher in a new era for the peninsula commuter rail service. three quarters will be replaced with electric trains with deployment expected in five years costing $1.5 billion and an overhead cable from downtown san francisco to the station south of downtown san jose. the segment from that point to gilroy will remain diesel. >> we don't need to convert the entire fleet to electrication. it could accommodate diesel on the tracks so that is the primary reason.

t we'll be able to convert almost 100% of the fleet. >> because electric trains accelerate and brake faster, cal train plans to operate six trains during rush hour in each direction, up from five. expanding ridership capacity. 60,000 people use cal train every year and that grows and it will allow it to be compatible in the future and cal train said it will reduce pollution and train noise but there will be alerts at train crossings for safety. federal government money is still coming in, as they want more people to use transit systems. >> they could have gone under the full amount but it really represents that the $647 million will be forthcoming from the federal government. >> in burlingame, david louie, abc 7 news. >> thank you for joining us for news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley.

abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. next on abc 7 news at 5:00, sky 7 hd shows part of a town burned to the ground after a wildfire roared through several lake county neighborhoods. we're live in lower lake. i'm sandhya patel. i'll have the latest fire conditions from the fire line. plus a look at the forecast for that area coming up. everybody really loved him. >> he was just really gentle and -- >> and he was just the best. >> the girlfriend of a san francisco chef now dead in a mall stairwell tells us what he may have been doing there. she's one of the last people to talk to him. and from 7 on your side's michael finney tonight, the simple thing you could do right now to get a discount on your cable or satellite tv bill. >> my hope was that i might still have a house here. >> everything you could see was devastation on the whole block and my house is up there

standing. >> she is one of the lucky ones. many people in lake county still don't know if their homes are standing. and are just hoping for the best. a raging wildfire roared through lower lake this weekend and leveling blocks and homes and businesses. sky 7 hd is live over what they are calling the clayton fire. we have seen the burned out downtown region with surrounding neighborhoods also reduced to ashes. maybe you see a little smoke now off to the right. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. the governor just declared a state of emergency in lake county. thousands have been evacuated in communities of lower lake and clear lake and sections so severely burned they now look like a lunar landing zone, as you could tell. the clayton fire started saturday night, strong winds on sunday fueled the flames and the fire just exploded from there. in total, it has burned at least 175 homes and businesses. that number is expected to go up as officials survey the damage.

>> 4,000 acres have burned. you could see from sky 7 hd that there are very few flames remaining as we showed you earlier. but cal fire still said it is only 5% contained. >> more than a thousand fire fighting personnel are on the front lines, including from the bay area. we have live team coverage for you. sandhya patel will have the fire forecast in a moment. >> and let's begin with sergio quintana live on main street, a hard-hit area in lower lakes. sergio? >> reporter: one of the businesses that has been devastated is this very popular restaurant. could you see this is reduced to rubble. this is the back end of the restaurant. the big job for the fire crews today has been to chase after a bunch of spot fires that are dotted throughout the burn area. for those who chose to stay home despite the calls to evacuate on sunday, it was exhausting. >> you were just running around