>> the postal worker driving the truck was shot in the hip. we'll show you a map now. you can see the shooting happen southwest of mills college. >> abc 7 news reporter is live in highland hospital with more on this. >> reporter: this is where the postal worker was brought. she is said to be in stable condition. we have i didn't video to show . oakland police are investigating the shooting along with the u.s. postal service that says it's a federal crime. they confirmed there were multipresidemult multiple rounds fired. what's not clear this afternoon is why this driver was shot. >> we can't speculate if she was or wasn't the troorarget of the shooting. >> this is a serious crime. we have a standing $50,000 reward. >> reporter: again, this postal

worker was shot in her hip. she's here at highland hospital where she's in stable condition. as of right now her name is not being released. thank you. >> now to today's other big story. an early morning fire that lit up the sky. >> the four alarm fire broke out in an apartment complex under construction on valdez street at 24th street in oakland near broadway around 4:30 this morning. >> we have team coverage starting with abc 7 news reporter. >> reporter: a press conference just wrapped up here about 45 minutes ago. the deputy fire chief just confirmed that all people were accounted for in this fire. all pets were accounted for. behind me you see that building, that construction site where it all happened. neighboring homes and businesses next to it did sustain some damage. they are figuring out how to get the crane out of there and

dousing hot spots. at 4:30 in the morning an under construction apartment formed an enormous fire. they forced a defensive stance because the crane took on heat which caused it to spin wildly. the scaffolding collapsed into the street below prompting urgent evacuations at nearby buildings. >> we're not seeing it's suspicious. we're asking anyone that may have information to be helpful to come forward and share information. >> reporter: federal and local arson investigators are on the ground looking into first responders reports that the fire billowed out ward from the center of the building. by noon take a look from drone view 7. ladder truck still attacking the blaze from all angles. ash, soot and smoke still coming from the center. that's question that's foremost on everyone's mind is was this arson? it's the fourth construction site fire in a year.

>> we know that two recent fires on the emoryville oakland border were confirmed as arson. that's incredibly disconcerting to us. we're brinking all resources to bear to investigate and we'll be working to beef up our prevention efforts around any type of illegal activity or arson that might be a threat. >> reporter: after eight months of construction the alto building would have soon provided 196 market rate apartment and 31,000 square feet of retail space. now it's all gone. according to the mayor exacerbating oakland's housing crisis. >> this is not a ghostship story, thankfully. i think we're responding quickly and timely. the koorcoordination is stellar. we're going to be okay.

>> the construction workers who were building the apartment complex are now out of a job. crew members say their boss called around 5:30 this morning and told them about the fire. they say it was difficult to see eight months of hard work destroyed. >> i lost about $4,000 and all of my fotools. >> workers say they hope insurance will cover the loss. >> they don't know whether to be angry grateful or both. it could have turned out much worse for them. >> wayne picks up their story. >> reporter: good evening. people at this point don't know when they will come in. the police tape this area, it's still blocked off. even if people were not evacu e evacuated physically, there are the mental ramifications. around here they are running

deep. in oakland and the east fwha is the kind of morning residents have seen five times. who knows if we won't see more bad weather ahead. >> i blame class disparity. >> it's like a terror attack on oakland. >> reporter: we would have spent more time where they expected 300 this morning. served 100 instead and had about a dozen remaining by noon. we found most of the action this morning outside the grand apartment building where residents returned to their units floor by floor. bryan richards was among them. he lives directly across from the fire. >> i walked out of my room and the temperature difference between my room and living room was ten degrees. >> reporter: now he sees red in

a neighborhood a couple of blocks away that might as well be the third world. virtually everyone suspects the worse. >> everyone assuming it's arson. >> i think we have to assume that something like that is a provocation by someone. >> reporter: it's old meeting new and a growing, maybe regressing oakland all symbolized by charred metal, raw nerves and conflict. >> oakland was a wonderful place. it's accepting of all. now seems to be a change going on. >> reporter: wayne friedman, abc 7 news. imagine getting a parking ticket as you're busy dealing with this emergency. that's what happened as the fire fight attended. they were ticketing cars in the area. some belonging to workers who just rooif arrived but couldn'to

their parking spot. >> these people are in the middle of a crisis and you are giving tickets. >> i can't do interviews. >> i see there's an emergency. there's ash everywhere. i run inside and try to see what happened this morning. before i could get outside to take care of the meter, the meterman is already outside citing me a ticket. you can say i'm pretty upset. >> even a worker who rushed to ymca to help in any way she could, she told abc 7 news she too got a ticket. responding firefighters were concerned about hot spots and flare ups. the sheriff's office posted thermal pictures from this morning's fire on twitter. flames consumed the areas marked in red. this is about half a mile away from the fire. fire looked like a mountain from the city of novato. that's more than 30 miles away

from the fire scene in oakland. >> here is a live picture from our emoryville camera. you can see the crane in the middle of the shot. we have been sending out push alerts since 5:00 a.m. you can download our app now. firefighters in san francisco are keeping an eye on a grass fire that threatened homes. it started around 1:00 this afternoon on the geneva avenue side of the park. sky 7 was over the park. 23 acres burned. no one was hurt. the fire off highway 128 and pleasant valley road is 31% contained. nearly 2,000 acres have burned so far. evacuation orders have been lifted for people living in the golden bear estate neighborhoods in winters. highway 128 headed towards napa

county is still closed. a small plane crash this morning in vacaville. the pilot who was the only person on board was not injured. the faa is investigating. a man is under arrest after leading police on a wild car chase through contra costa county this morning. chp officials say -- the pursuit began around 2:30 this morning in martinez. the chase went through six cities, including martinez, antioch and pittsburg. at one point the suspect's car bumper fell off. later the driver raced the wrong way with police in pursuit. the chp says they finally arrested the driver this pittsburgh. senator dianne feinstein calls the republican health care bill immoral. >> this is real that it's

happening now and that we must stop it. >> the senator takes on the gop leadership with a message on her home turf. move over justin herman. the new push to rename a popular plaza after somebody else. hot enough for records today. this might be place you might want go this weengd. i'll have your weekend forecast, coming up. i'm michael finney with

today facebook unveiled plans for a massive expansion. project leaders say the goal is to create a neighborhood center for all to enjoy. some wonder how it will impact housing and traffic issues already plaguing the area. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >> reporter: in the bell haven neighborhood the reaction

adviser to be olympics mixed wh bring up facebook. >> it's increased the values of the home but i feel like the quality of life has gone down. >> reporter: this residents went thrilled about facebook expanding its physical footprint in the city. a 59 acre site the company already owns just south of the bay front expressway. >> the campus needs to be integrated into the community. there needs to be pathways and connections so that neighbors feel like they can access the community and the amenities and retail stores. >> reporter: any renderings show a building to be built in separate phases including office and grocery and retail. 1500 units of housing will be krubted on site of which 15% will be below market rates. infrastructure improvements to highway 101 are also in the works. one local environmental group is

encouraged by the proposal. >> if people can be closer that means a lot less driving. they can choose not tone car. all that has reduced carbon emissions and our city's sustainability. >> reporter: some say the project can't come soon enough. >> i don't have to go far away to get my groceries and shop. i can probably do local and use a bike. walking will be great. >> reporter: if approved by the city construction will be in 2019 with the first phase scheduled to open. if you plan ongoing to the beac beach,. county officials closed the beach yesterday. the beach will remain closed until e. coli levels drop. the county will continue to test the water each week. the monte rio beach is about 40

minutes away from santa rosa. all snow seems to be covering up popular trails leading to hikers getting lost. driving in the area shows the accumulated snow as well. really unusual this late in the year. a ranger discovered three separate groups of hikers wandering around. one hiker was suffering from altitude sickness. bottom line hikers need to be careful and really know where they're going. senatorne feinstein condemned or gop colleagues that she said would be bad for california patients a and hospitals. kate larson has the story. >> reporter: senator feinstein touring the children's hospital in san francisco amid a growing concern about how the bill will achkt americ affect americans. >> we see what this bill is.

it must be defeated. it takes $772 billion of medicaid. it breaks the bank of medicaid over time. >> reporter: she points out that in california one in three or 14 million peel receive their health care through medicaid and that half of the children in california receive their care through the program funded by both the state and the federal government. >> after her surgery, she only got sicker. >> reporter: chris stin's daughter was born with heart disease and spent the first ten months of her life at children's. she now two and living at home with nursing care 16 hours a day that's covered by medi-cal. >> if we didn't have that critical care at home, megan would be here at an intensive care unit costing upwards of $10,000 day. >> i'm doing everything i can to lead the fight to repeal obamacare and give people choice. >> reporter: republicans say they are working on a plan to replace obamacare. >> private health insurance

market is imploding. premiums are going up. co-payments are going up. we have to solve the crisis. repealing and delaying the replacement doesn't work. >> reporter: feinstein doesn't think they will have the vote to pass the bill on to the house. the trump administration sign add new order directing more public lands to be open for oil drilling. the new order is expected to make it easier for oil companies to permits to broaden their drilling in california. environmental groups are bracing for a fight. >> it would be hard for anybody to do now oil drilling off the coast. there are many, many, many people in california who would oppose that. >> the american petroleum institute says it would create jobs and lower energy prices.

20-year-old matias was pulled unconscious from lake tahoe on he had no pulse and was revived by someone standing by. the team tweeted they would like to ask the public's help to finding those who helped guide matheus silva to safety. he woke up from a coma on thursday. justin her hman plaza hay g a new name. it's collected nearly 10,000 signatures. the woman said she decided to launch it after learning about the man for whom justin herman plaza is name. he ran the redevelopment agency in san francisco. in that role he led efforts to

demolish thousands of black owned homes in the filmore district. we have the petition on our website, abc7news.com. it's been a sor corcher 101 degrees in san rafael today. that shattered the previous record. coming in at 90 degrees today. look at concord, fairfield, it was pretty hot. 93 in san jose. san francisco, 72 degrees. here is the deal. concord you'll still deal with the hot weather. 101 degrees tomorrow. you will get some relief as we head into next week. those temperatures will come down. where it's noticeable. you'll feel the difference. right now as you look at live doppler 7 one of the reasons it's not really cooling off quick is we don't have the big

marine push tonight. certainly a breeze after the coast. that's what's keeping places like santa cruz nice and comfortable. 85 was the high. people are enjoying the beach as you can see here. 71 in france. it's in the 80s for mountain view to san jose. oakland at 79 degrees. gilroy you're cooking at 99. san francisco seeing bright skies and a look at the temperatures. 103 in santa rosa still. concord, 105 degrees. san jose camera, it's bright social security sunny. not too hot. fog runs to the baeps tomorrow. there will be some change in our weather as we head into the weekend. tomorrow morning around 11:00 a.m., coast will start to see the fog filling in. it's not going to be a thick layer. enough fog hanging around to keep the temperatures on the mild side.

for the afternoon here is a look at the temperatures. 88 in san jose, 93, morgan hill. 84 in the redwood city area. 62 in half-moon bay. 64 pacifica. in the north bay, still hot. lake port in the triple digits. 90 in santa rosa. east bay mild just the way you probably like it. 75 in oakland. if you like the hot weather, don't worry, we have plenty of it for you. one more day of the triple digits. 102 in fairfield. then the temperatures will go down. enough so we get you out the triple digits. 102 for inland areas. coastal highs in the low 60s. sunday you're down to the m mid-90s. by monday and tuesday 88 will be the warmest location. low 60s coast side. a wide range of temperatures

midweek as we see our summer e hi micro climate surfacing again. you can check out the temperatures. >> eric is checking to see how much longer he'll have to pay the ac bill. >> temperatures for everybody. what could be better than cookies and coffee? that's next on finney's friday free stuff. coming up, president trump and vladmir putin face-to-face. president bringing up russian meddling. how putin responds. the flight from the u.s. with a fight breaking out midair. that's coming up. lots of whales spotted near the golden gate. find out what's bringing them in and warning for anyone heading out to see them.

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coming up, there's no known threats to the building for the massive oakland fire. we look into how this plays into other suspicious fires. the rescue of a woman who fell from the fourth story of a building and survived. michael finney seize buying travel insurance is a good deal but there's good idea but there's one time when it isn't. >> that's all coming up in a half hour at 6:00. fiejly, the walt disney

family is looking to shake up the world of animation. not with a new exhibit but with summer camp. the creator of junior doc mcstuffins was hand. >> we need these girls in our industry. we need new stories. we need strong female story tellers to come in to our business and shake it up and give us a new perspective. >> chris said she wanted a girl as the lead character of doc mcstuffins even though she create d it for her son. is lead character is a girl vampire. that moves to pennsylvania. she's have to start eating cheese steaks. >> world news tonight is next.

>> thanks for joining us. bye bye. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump and vladimir putin, face to face. the handshakes, the president telling putin it's an honor to meet you. but then president trump brings up russian meddling in the u.s. election first. how putin responds. and hours later, melania trump sitting next to putin at a dinner. also breaking, the growing protests. cars set on fire, police clashing in the streets. nearly 200 officers injured. our correspondents standing by. here at home tonight, the hostage standoff inside a bank. employees trapped. the suspect calling our abc station in atlanta. his demands. you will hear the audio, and how authorities moved in.