look at this this afternoon. a short time ago crews finally got a handle on this thing. i'm dan ashley. >> this fire burned 200 acres at camp parks north of alameda county santa rita jail. we got word the fire is out and evacuation vs been lifted. >> it was intense for a time. laura anthony is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi, dan. we're here at the office of emergency services where we just got a briefing. officially they are saying this fire is 90% contained. we can tell you it does appear to be completely out let's show you what it looked like earlier this afternoon. just after 2:00 this fire was whipped by some strong winds out here. fortunately, not all that hot out here. we do know this grass area is certainly very dry. this was a wind whipped fire. it was moving very quickly. we're told it started on camp parks property and stayed within

that property but was moving toward the subdivision, wallace ranch that is hundreds of home. mu newly built, many under construction. >> the wind driven fire was traveling towards wallace ranch. the fire did create a lot of smoke. the sheriff's office and dublin police services diz perform evacuations. >> reporter: there were a few evacuations we're told of some of the occupied homes that were near the head of the fire. we can tell you when we got out there fire crews were mopping up. they were able to put out this fire fairly quickly in about an hour and a half. much of that with the help of some air support. we saw fire retardant and there were water drops earlier today. tfrs a close call but in the end no injuries, no structures damaged. laura anthony, abc 7 news.

>> thank you. we sent out a push alert shortly after this fire broke out. you can get the latest breaking news on our abc 7 news app. just enable push alerts. san jose couple baby sitting a little girl have been arrested. authorities say blanc torrez and hector garcia have been charged with sexually assaulting the girl. the girl's mother brought the girl to police suspecting she had been abused. the man accused of killing an off duty oakland firefighter made his first experience in court today. prosecutors say they have surveillance video that shows a surprise attack. >> based on the initial investigation on this case it

does apyre to be an unprovoked attack. >> reporter: he's been charged with the shooting and killing of 30-year-old jake walter. juniuo appeared in court today. >> we still are interviewing individuals. the san jose hasn't brought over full discovery yet. >> reporter: an oakland native left the night market concert when he came up to a group of off duty firefighters and started shooting. walter was shot once in the chest and did not survive. police say surveillance video shows what appears to be a surprise attack. >> what a horrible tragic event this is for the walter family add well as the people of oakland and the oakland fire department. >> reporter: this is not the first time junio has been in trouble with the law. he has two prior burglary related convictions from 2009

and 2010 which makes it illegal to possess a firearm. he's currently being held at the county jail and will return for his next court appearance in mid-september. his public defender declined to comment on the case. >> a memory will be leld this saturday morning at the scottish right center on lake side drive in oakland. word come could down on whether a right wing rally can take place this saturday. at issue, a permit. the mayor is urging people to attend a counter event. >> reporter: this a copy of the application for this event on saturday. all it needs now is the stamp of approval.

if it's denied and they still come, the mayor said police will be ready. police have a robust plan ship rally attendees. the mayor says he believe the permit will be issued. even the coast guard has been ale alerted. here is what the coast guard said if security will be as tight as it was in early 2016. >> i think even tighter. >> the mayor is concerned that weapons could be secretly brought in. >> there's points of entry that are unguarded and very open. >> reporter: this is what we might see on saturday. a tightly secured area like the one built during a bernie sanders rally in june 2016. in the application filled out by gibson he checked the box yes when asked if there is any reason to believe there will be attempts to disrupt, protest or

prevent your event. now the mayor's office and religious and community activists are promoting an event called united against hate this friday. in a tweet mayor lee writes hate filled speech has no place in san francisco. other community leaders are also promoting their own events. activists is planning one in the castro district. >> we will be gathering here on saturday. >> reporter: the prayer rally g begin at 2 kwl:00 in the aftern and ending at 5:00. another rally this one sunday afternoon in berkeley is creating a lot of concern tonight. >> you bring hate and violence to our community. >> you are a terrorists. i live here. >> the police are keeping us from getting in the park, there's going be a big mess.

f >> activists already con fronting each other. today abc 7 news was there assest bay lawmakers come together to condemn that right wing rally that is being held without a permit. >> some of the very groups that came to berkeley over the past few months that have promoted hate filled messages. to berkeley. >> no outside band of instiga r instigators can threaten our values. we miley cyrust remain true. >> an april rally by another conservative group resulted in street brawls. the mayor says the city is ready this time. some are calling it a crisis in the bay area. try to find restaurant workers is becoming a big problem. restaurant owners on upscale

burli burlingame avenue say they have never seen it this wad. >> are you having trouble finding help? >> absolutely. >> we need servers, hosts. >> i've never seen it this bad in all the years we have been here. >> reporter: ralph all three are having trouble finding and keeping help on the avenue. the dining and shopping spot for upscale. all three owners thank their blessings for having long time loyal staff. the new hires are hard to come by. >> they cannot afford the area. >> reporter: pete manages recently opened rise pizza.

he knows first hand about that. >> i've been here for a month and the first three weeks i've been living in my car. >> reporter: historically young people applied for restaurant jobs part-time but now. >> there's so many start ups here that it's the mecca here. >> reporter: not only are they going to entry level jobs at tech firms, even cook are flocking to employee cafeterias. >> some of the tech companies hiring chefs and everything. they are paying them big money. >> reporter: the immigration crackdown has hit hard. >> we saw a big exodus of people. people are very nervous. >> reporter: they are understaffed but hope loyal customers will understand why. vic lee, abc 7 news. governor brown brought the crowd to its feet as he talked about the committee.

>> we are building roads, high speed rails, we are building opportunities. we are getting [ bleep ] done and we're going to keep doing it. >> he also scolded washington for not doing enough to create jobs. >> i don't know what they are arguing about but they're not arguing about you. how to make your life better and how to protect america in its jobs by investing in what is needed. that's what we can do. we're doing that in california. >> the governor says california is setting a national model by protecting prevailing rates, labor agreements and apprenticeship opportunities across the state. a warning about traveling to mexico. the caution for cancun. bart's newest train station from stained glass to skylights.

what's different and what everyone wants know about it. frequent question is when are we going to start? spectacular looking day today with temperatures at or just slightly below average. we're going to increase the heat. i'll explain in the forecast ahead. facebook's big

a isn't it true warning is out for american tourists planning to travel to parts of mexico. baja, california sur. state officials say turf wars between gangs have led to a surge in violence in those tourist zones with innocent people injured or killed.

the sonoma county sheriff's department is showing off results of a month's long investigation. there were four guns found, cocaine and thousands of dollars. deputies arrested two men. the founder of a mill valley private school has pleaded guilty in a million dollar embezzlement case. she was accused of using money from the school for personal expenses. she pleadsed guilty to one count of grand theft in a plea deal but is expected to see her serve a year in county jail. a san francisco property owner facing a lawsuit for forcing people to live in an unsafe dungeon like basement. they filed a lawsuit today and released these pictures. melissa mendoza owns the building. for more than a decade 20 people lived in the basement. it has no windows and only one

exit. s they call it an appalling illegal fire trap. the building's owner could not be reached for comment. abc 7 news was in the tenderloin where city leaders took part in affordable housing complex. it will be built on a former parking lot at eddie and tailor streets. the project includes 113 units of family housing managed by the non-profit organization. other affordable housing projects are in the works. >> looking forward to many more of these ground breakings and the ribbon cuttings. when we see families that get to enjoy living in their neighborhood, in their city. >> seven different agencies and groups teamed up to make this project a reality. the new bart station was projected to especially early in december wu it's being pushed

back to the original opening day of june 2018. >> reporter: the ground wrabreag took place five years ago. it will both be completed by the end of the year. >> this is a little bit different than what you'll see at some of the other bart stations. >> reporter: it's nestled south of the great mall. >> i think it's one of the most attractive bart station ons the system. >> reporter: the parking structure leads passengers into the concourse where they can purchase tickets. you can see signage is already up and once opened trains will run every seven and a half

minutes. >> it will be much more convenient to oakland. >> reporter: a lot more testing needs to be done. fwl there's no other station like this. there's no other traffic circuits that are con ffigured this way. >> reporter: the station is slated to open. a lot of new construction is cropped up near it. it's one of the major transit hubs in the south bay. >> i'm very much looking forward to it so i can travel for work.. >> reporter: it's a long time coming but the bart extension is on schedule and under budget. a new audit shows the san

francisco 49ers management company owes the city of santa clara less money than originalliest mated for city staff time spent on events. mayor lisa gilmore says the probe doesn't paint the full picture. the team owes more than 700,000 there are for allowing cars to park on a city golf course. the 49ers suit that saying they overpaid by a million dollars. the mayor plans to request another audit. >> we have to fix the way we're doing business and managing the stadium in sta ta clara. >> the 49ers team president said the auditors report was riddled with errors. we have been enjoying a very comfortable stretch of weather for much of the month of august. take a look at oakland, for example. the average high this time of year right around 73 degrees. you can see much of the month shaded in blue. 17 of the past 22 days have featured temperatures below average but in the coming days,

we're going to add some orange colors to this calendar. you'll really notice it over the weekend. satellite and radar right now. live doppler 7 showing you it's really comfortable and quiet picture out there even along the coast. we have mainly clear skies. something we haven't said for the past few days. to our east, live doppler 7 along with satellite tracking. in the last 15 minutes or so 160 lightning strikes have been reported. these are thermal driven. once the sunsets they lose their available energy and they will fall apart in next couple h and not affect us. inland we did get into the low 90s. we're backing off. 80 the current number this san jose. a comfortable 70 in oakland. here is the call. overnight tonight what you're really going to notice that marine layer is getting compressed. that means the fog will not be

as expansive as it has been in past couple of nights. we'll see the coastal cloud cover and around the bay we'll have patchy fog. mid-50s to low 60s will be your overnight temperatures and your starting temperatures as we get you out the door. let's go hour by hour through 7:00 tomorrow morning. notice the fog not as thick as it has been past couple of mornings. it's quickly going to pull back to the coast. we have clearing skies. patchy cloud cover still on the coast. that means we're going to warm quickly. by 2 dl:00 in the afternoon we' going inland. highs on your wednesday take a look at this. a few degrees warmer than today. a high of 92 in antioch. 68 with afternoon sunshine in san francisco. about 85 in santa rosa and 78 the high in palo alto.

the temperature out look for the up coming weekend. you can see much of the western half of the united states will feature temperatures above average just to our east. you see that's greatest above average where the hot weather will be. we'll still feel it especially saturday into sunday. 60s and 70s along the coast. a will the of 80s becoming widespread. inland we're going into the mid and upper 90s. >> 80s around bay. by monday an tuesday backing off by the numbers. it is warmer. thanks. we're still in summer. still have labor day. it's in the right app.

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facebook taking aim at fake news. the network announced it will put a publisher's logo. the logos will eventually appear in all places where it's users consume news. now to consumer news and buying a fnew grill. these days it's all about the apps. >> michael finney is here with that story tonight. >> there's an app for almost everything. that's true. i'm going to prove that right now including some new grills with the high-tech gadgets claim to take the guess work out of grilling. consumer reports checked it out. >> reporter: if grilling is your thing but you're stumped by when the food is finished, two grills claim to take out the guess work.

weber's i grill three works with any weber genesis ii grill. it uses bluetooth technology to send updates to your phone or tablet. >> it was very straightforward. >> reporter: if installation isn't your thing, the $800 char broil comes ready to gop. the signal needs to be strong and use the main grill at all it needs to be plugged in. both grills use apps that ask similar questions like what are you cooking and how do you like it cooked. for this test i test i test i ti immedia medium rare. testers use temperature probes to check how accurate the grills were at alerting when the food was ready. >> in the end both grills did really well and we found the temperature probes were accurate. >> reporter: the consumer report says you can create your own

smart grill with a good wireless meet thermometer. consumer reports recommends this $40 oregon sicientific thermometer. if you want to skip all the bells and whistles buy a regular meat thermometer. this works for $20 was very accurate in consumer reports tests. if your looking for a grill the $270 next grill from home depot is a great choice for the it's big enough to cook for a crowd and basexcels. this is the time of year to be a grill. >> now i'm hungry. >> thanks. for grilling to ice cream. kids aren't the only ones who get really excited about frozen treats. >> the ice cream man's most loyal customer. that's next. we want to thank you you for

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we'll be live in arizona where president trump will hold a rally tonight. plus the price of parking in san francisco. a garage now needs your license plate, a one hour commitment and

payment. thank y thanks to much. >> what's your favorite ice cream flavor? one california pooch likes vanilla and can't wait for the ice cream man to come around. listen. >> wow. cody is worked up. every time he hears the music and sees the truck coming does exactly that. he howls with excitement before running over to collect his favorite cold treat. >> usually a vanilla cone without the chocolte. experts say the issue gar this ice cream is not good for dogs and many are lactose intolerant. guess what is the best option? >> leave the ice cream to the people. >> that's what that was. no wonder. >> world news tonight is

flexion. >> appreciate your time. see you at 6:00. tonight, as we come on the air, phoenix prepares for the visit. president trump supporters lining up. thousands gathering at this hour. despite the mayor's request that the president delay his rally, president trump landing in arizona. the republican governor will not attend. we're on the scene. also tonight, the tornado watch right now in the northeast across several states. severe storms moving through. already deadly flash flooding. one driver washed away. an entire family and their dogs stranded on their rooftop. the grim discovery aboard that u.s. navy ship in flooded compartments after that second major collision. bob woodruff is there. the escape and the urgent manhunt at this hour. authorities say they are armed and dangerous. inmates breaking free. and the very close encounter on the east coast. the great white with blo