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than 100 skateboarders and police officers outside a popular park. >> things turned ugly when officers some in riot gear responded to a large gathering of skaters. it happened at delores park. >> units tried to break up a large crowd and say people started throwing things at police. one officer was injured and taken to the hospital. units tried to block skaters on the street with their patrol cars. one person tried to skate around them and flipped over. at one point the officers let the crowd continue to skate. >> one skater was rushed to the hospital. watch this, he says that's jake phelps taking a nasty spill. the whole scene ended about two hours after police arrived. the other top story, the raging grass fire destroying

homes in san jose. >> that fire is near allen rock park which is now closed. leslie brinkley has more. >> reporter: san jose activated their emergency operations center here tonight and just a few minutes ago i got some good news. they said they are allowing evacuees back into their homes at this hour if they are escorted by police. this was a really bad fire. the thick smoke was visible throughout the south bay as this fire started near these homes in the sunset hills neighborhood around 4:30. the flames tore through houses and roared up the steep slope behind them. fire crews dropped water while the trucks raced up the hill. >> the extend of the fire was 100 acres and 40 homes that were affected. one home was burned down and

another was damaged and 11 were evacuated. >> smokey the dog smelled smoke according to his owner. they escaped as they saw flames consuming the house across the street. >> with the wind and the flames jumping and the eucalyptus trees, the dry grass, i mean it's scary. >> it's scary. i saw a whole slew of more fire trucks going up again. so you don't know if -- it may not be over. >> reporter: by 6:00 the flames advanced into allen rock park. by night fall the fire was 40% contained as croups zero-- crew on hot spots. a huge junk yard fire in the east bay. sky 7 was overhead after the flames broke out. you can see all the heavy smoke pouring into the sky. >> this happened at the alco

iron and metal company. that's where we find lisa amin gulezian live tonight. >> reporter: just a little while ago the shelter in place order was lifted but there is still an active scene taking place here. you can see the firefighters are still putting a lot of water on this yard and they have not been able to pinpoint exactly where the fire started. sky 7 was up above as thick, heavy, black smoke poured from the alco iron and metal company. the fire started before 5:00 this afternoon in one of the piles of scrap metal. >> the smoke was getting blacker and you can hear explosions of stuff that was in the pile or stuff that was burning. >> reporter: firefighters battled the blaze from a safe distance and managed to contain it but the issues continued. >> a large fire and making sure it remains under control.

to making sure those residents who live in the immediate area are safe which is why a shelter in place advisory was issued as a precaution. >> reporter: the precaution is because of this, huge plumes of smoke that spread across the sky. people reported seeing and smelling the smoke from as far away as hayward. bay area officials are testing the air. some have reported having headaches and feeling dizzy. this man was working right next door when the fire started. >> i started to getting a little headache and i got my mask. we left and it started getting worse. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is under investigation. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. an intense day fighting fires. what can weather conditions -- kind of weather conditions can firefighters expect going forward? >> sandhya patel has the latest.

>> reporter: the humidity is coming up which should help the firefighters and the winds are lighter than compared to earlier today around those two fires that are burning. in fairfield gusting to 33 miles an hour. i want to show you the conditions near the fire in san jose. 60 degrees with the relative humidity that has come up considerably. hopefully the crews can make some progress. this is taking you back in time. you'll notice the smoke was getting picked up by our radar it was so intense. the fire danger will be increasing later on this week. we'll be back with a look at why coming up. a small grass fire that got close to homes in mountainview was doused by firefighters. an abc 7 news viewer posted this video on twitter. it burned off central expressway just before 3:00. no injuries and the cause is under investigation. a busy day for firefighters

in the bay area. a grass fire in richmond threatened several homes today. firefighters evacuated several homes. the backyard of at least one home did burn. all runways at sfo are open after the propeller of a coast guard plane clipped the tarmac. it was some kind of failure that happened when the plane was taxiing for takeoff. the runway was closed while the officials looked for damage and debris. could a man's job be the motivation for his murder? that's what sheriff's deputies are trying to figure out after someone killed a medical marijuana worker. the 19-year-old was shot to death outsideayward apartment saturday night. he looked at a legal medical marijuana delivery service. his mother says she is heart broken. >> made me so proud of him. he had so much love.

he always -- he just moved out a month ago. and still came over every day. >> romero's family was about to drive a friend home when he was shot. investigators hope surveillance video will provide clues to lead to an arrest. two beaches are closed after a man was nearly bit bin a shark. steve lawson looked down to see a shark bite on the front of his k kayak flipping him into the water. he wasn't injured. >> harbor patrol came out and helped me. never saw the shark again. i'm sure it was a mistake on his part. i'm sure he's saying i lost a tooth or something. >> water access for about a mile will be restricted. that covers santa cruz's main beach and cowell beach. new at 11:00, donald trump jr. is responding on camera for

the first time tonight after the revelation he met with a lawyer connected to the russian government. trump junior appeared on fox news channel and insisted to sean hannity he did not try to collude with russia to try to damage hillary clinton during the election. >> it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't have remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was just a wasted 20 minutes. >> trump did the interview hours after he tweeted an e-mail chain in which he said he would love to receive damaging information about clinton from that kremlin-corrected lawyer. . the future of a bay area park brought out a standing-room only crowd tonight. people were lining up to get in the meeting. water just got more expensive for 1 million households. the all woman's school refusing to admit men and the drastic step it is taking as a

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in finding cures and saving children. visit stjude.org. new at 11:00, a troef controversial plan for a park in san jose brought out a standing-room only crowd. a proposal to allow 4,000 homeless people to live in temporary housing near thousand oaks park. >> reporter: the housing department says this is the only city-owned surplus land in district nine and it's on the list for a homeless community but the neighbors are concerned about what is right across this street, homes, a park and a playground. >> the city shouldn't be doing this in anyone's neighborhood. >> reporter: hundreds of

neighbors in a meeting about turning this plot of land into housing for the homeless. >> when you build them more will be coming. >> reporter: the director of housing says the city is considering building 20 to 25 tiny homes as well as bathroom and kitchen structures next year. all ten san jose council district must propose a new site for homeless communities. >> this is the only district that had one surplus site in their district. it's highly unusual. most of the other districts have multiple sites. >> how are they going to promise us the safety of our kids. >> reporter: john lives a block and a half from the park and has three kids under 6. >> the thought of having that project being built in my neighborhood really scares the -- scares me. >> i'm incredibly sensitive to the situation.

>> reporter: denise says the city should help the homeless but she worried about mother home value. >> we won't be able to sell our homes. >> reporter: the city will be considering leasing a different site and other community suggestions. more than 1 million customers in the east bay are paying more for their water. a push alert went out at 4:15 this afternoon after east bay mud officials approved the hike of 18%. rates are 9 1/4% higher than yesterday and will go up another 9% next summer. the average home will see the bills increase by more than $4 per month each of the next two years. >> it's an injustice for us to keep wanting to raise the rates. it's just not fair. >> east bay mud says the rate hike is needed due to a drop in revenue when people conserved

water during the drought. mills college in oakland will remain female only at the expense of its tenured professors. rather than admit men, it fired five professors and several untenured faculty and staff last month. the layoffs are part of a major restructuring of the campus. three sacramento men who became heroes after stopping a terrorist attack on a train in france will star in a clint eastwood movie about the event. they were honored with france's highest honor two years ago. they stopped a man who opened fire on a train. the movie is titled "1517 to pari paris". >> that should be a good movie. let's turn back to the forecast and watching the conditions on the fire lines today. >> we will be talking about the fire lines in a moment. but look at this picture from

our south beach camera. this is the waning gibbous tonight. it's an incredible picture there as you take a look at a time lapse from east bay hills. the sun went down at 8:33 tonight. notice all the intense hues in that is all because of the smoke from the fires burning around the bay area. that's what added that color. the fire danger will be increasing. the temperatures will be in the upper 80s in livermore but it is this weekend we are concerned about even higher fire danger as the temperatures soar mid- to upper-90s and low 100s expected. well above the average of 88 degrees. as you check out a live picture right now, looking at a view that shows you patches of fog tonight. it's not widespread but as we head to tomorrow morning, you'll see more fog than on live doppler 7. the temperatures are ranging

from the 50s at the beaches and in the 70s in brent woodley. here's a live picture from our emeryville camera. pretty good visibility tonight from this vantage point. fog near the coast. mild to warm and triple digit heat by the weekend. if you are driving, watch out for areas of fog. it is going to be tough to see in parts of the bay area. light chop taking the ferry across the bay but it is going to be gray and cool start. good conditions to head off the work. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow the fog is hugging the san matteo and san francisco coastline. it will push in across parts of of the bay at 5:00 a.m. today's temperature inland were in the upper 80s. one or two 90s showing up. tomorrow we're going to do the same. temperatures in the morning, low 50s to mid-60s. fog confined to the coast and

fog lingers over parts of the coast. breezy conditions expected. 60s coast side. one thing i want to warn you about is a beach hazard statement up through wednesday evening south facing beaches that are a particular risk as a southerly swell is developing. if you are heading to the beach, be careful out there. doesn't matter if it's a south facing beach or not. download the accuweather app. you can keep track of the hour-by-hour-forecast. low 60s to low 90s. a typical range from wednesday through friday. the fog then the sun. friday we'll add in high clouds and over the weekend, triple digit heat inland. 98, sunday. mid-60s coast and the heat eases next weekend. >> that's what we're talking about. >> that would be nice. . you know what else is nice?

the bay area playground getting an extreme makeover. >> and the deserving children who will have a place to spend time outdoors. the new accuweather app from abc 7 news. minute by minute forecasts plus realtime radar and

work began today on an extreme makeover on a playground for deserving children. volunteers from abc 7 joined with our friends attica boom, lucasfilm and disney to begin work on a new playground for the center. and employees there are excited. >> it means a lot to me. i have been a part of the community center for about 17 years now and i'm excited. the labor, i wasn't ready for it, but you know, i'm here and excited. i'm going to give it my all. >> today was a prep day for the project and construction will begin on thursday. >> we took part in something

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good evening. if you wanted offensive power i hope you enjoyed the home run derby. the game went to extra innings in miami. the latin hall of famers gathered to throw out the first pitch. to the game itself, runners at second and third for buster posey of the giants. walks. the bases are loaded. but murphy grounds out to end the threat. still scoreless in the third. top of the fifth, sano of the twins was a home run derby finalist scores jonathan scope. 1-0, american league. the a's first baseman ended up

stranded on the base paths. marina, high deep and aloha tied it up with one swing of the bat. we are deadlocked at 1-1. top ten, cano is the hero for the american league. and 2-1, american league is your final. kevin durant and many warriors will be at the espy's tomorrow. i will be there as well. warriors coaching staff in vegas for the summer league. damian jones here. the dish to mccaw who had 20 points, check out the athleticism of bell. he is the guy who was a second round pick. with authority out of oregon. scored only five points and six blocks. one of them there. that was tied at 76 in overtime.

swatting a potential game winner away. they go to sudden death. c.j. williams of minnesota. never saw sudden death in a baseball game before. there it is. the fleecing of america tour began today. with a series of news conference hyping their fight. the most entertaining part of this ripoff is going to be the news conferences. >> no other way about it his little legs, his little core, his little head i'm going to knock him out inside four rounds. >> you line them up and i knock them down by bowling pins and on august 26th i'm going to knock them down too. representing the a's more than