breg news. >> a series of fires in the east bay. seven separate fires broke out in eastern contra costa county >> you can see the flames destroyed several fires in the very windy out there. >> this is a live look at the scene right now. you can see that smoke traveling off of it, bus of that wind. good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. larry beil son assignment. all of the fires are in the area of byron and mountainhouse where 508 owe 580 merges with 205. >> the first report of flames came in at 1:00. abc 7 news reporter is on his which to the scene and joins you live from the phone. what you tell us. >> eporter: good afternoon, guys actually on highway 4 in route to the fires. now the multiple fires they started just after 1:00 this

afternoon along the byron as you mentioned and the south discovery bay area. the fire officials say a total of seven fires burned a little more than 400 acres now. the flames have been driven by gusty winds. gusts we're told as strong as 30 miles an hour. so far no reports of any injuries. but several outbuilding have been damaged or destroyed. we also have video from sky7 showing some vehicles, some trailers up in flames. but, again, no homes have been lost. officials at this point just tell us that some of these have been outbuildings, small structures consumed by the fires. we have seen multiple agencies out here that are actually out here investigating this. alameda county, east contra costa, fire protection as well as calfire. so they're working to determine a cause of the fire. so far no cause has been given.

but, again, just with the video from sky7 we saw officials making fire retardant drops, water drops trying to cane the fire. what we know so far is that byron highway between 20 a and highway 4 is closed. that's causing some traffic backups in the area. officials are hoping people in the area mostly residents to avoid the area as they work to determine what started fires. >> okay, carlos. on route to the scene. we appreciate it as you look at the live picture from sky7 over multiple fires burning near byron and the mountainhouse and you see the scorched earth. notice how dramatically the smoke is pushed by the winds. it's breezy out there and fanning the flames. >> we'll check with spencer in a moment but let's head to kristen

sze for a closer look at the fire and some of the images and on social media. >> ama and dan the first thing we notice as sky7 approached the fires in the byron mountainhouse alt month pass is how close they burn to the wind turbans. you can tell from the turbans just how fast the winds are blowing today. sky7 gives the wide shoe that shows how close the fires are to one another. i'm pausing it so we can look at how many we can count in the picture alone. here is one right here. another one, two, three, four, and there is one here. you can he see the smoke spreading in that direction. all of this of course the result of the winds we're talking about scattering the embers and quickly trying aring additional fires in the dry grass. sky7 giving up this close look here at one of the helicopters being used to gather water to dump on the flames. luckily the christon court

forebay is there. the rest roir is the starting point of the california aqueduct which sends water to southern california being put to use today. we see this image, dozens of cattle grazing near the wind turbines and suddenly in tanker as we pull out you see how close the fires are to the cows. finally sky map 7 showing the byron highway. closed in both directions as carlos mentioned. you want to avoid the area until further notice. dan and ama. >> thank you. let's go to spencer christian for a closer look at the high winds blowing in the area of the fires right now spencer. >> we have powerful gusts out there. and we don't expect the wind to ease up. let's look at weather conditions near the fires right now. 66 degrees. cool over there. and the relatively humidity is not low. 4%. but we have wind gusts to 25-mile-per-hour. let's look at the storm perhaps the path of the wind as it

travels toward the fires. from the diablo range at 1,100 feet gusting at 45-mile-per-hour. as the wind downslopes it speeds up and dries outing itself of the moisture that might kent contain the fires. we have strong gusty wind and drying air as it downsleps. and when we see gusts over 30-mile-per-hour. and the wind gust animation showing us during the overnight it will remain gusty. maybe not as strong in the inland areas as right now. but it will still be stronger than average with not much let up tomorrow. we'll have gusts on the coast over 30-mile-per-hour and wind gusts in the bay and the inland areas 15 to 20 miles an hour. a closer look in a few minutes. >> thanks. new details from concord this afternoon. federal have investigators determined the fire destroying an apartment complex under construction last month was arson. today the atf released surveillance video of the suspect in that fire on april

24th. watch now. the fire was reported around 1:00 a.m. and resulted in about $55 million in damage. it was a monstersous fire. 250 people in nearby apartments forced to evacuate. the atf is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of this fire bug. now to more breaking news, this time out of san francisco where a body has been found on the grounds of san francisco general hospital. >> abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow life with the latest developments. >> reporter: dan and ama moments ago we saw the medical examiner van pulling out presumably with the woman's body. this is what we know. the body was discovered on the ground of zuckerberg general hospital but not exactly within the hospital, rather in the stairway of the power plant building you are looking at. discovered at about 1:00 this afternoon. according to the department of public health by a hospital

staff member. however a source with knowledge of the investigation is telling abc 7 news that it was an engineer who discovered the woman's body. the case is being investigated by the department of public health, the san francisco sheriff, the san francisco police department and the san francisco fire department. obviously part of the investigation here will be to determine the cause of death which is unknown at this time. that being said, there is a lot of talk here by hospital employees as they are walking in and out of the hospital this afternoon about this having happened once before. and that was in 2013. you might remember a woman's body was found in a stairway at sf general in 2013. the woman was named lynn spalding and she had been found 17 days a after missing from her room. in that case it was an engineer that was conducting a quarterly inspection of a fire exit that discovered spalding's body. no again, it's still early here.

just about three hours after this woman's body was found. we don't know whether or not this woman was a patient at the hospital or from elsewhere. that will of course be part of this investigation. and some of the information that we're hoping to hear in a few minutes here at 4:30 during a press conference, the department of public health spokesperson said that press conference will only include the information that we know thus far. as soon as it changes we will update you. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7. >> thank you. well san francisco' mayor wants to hire and train 90 more dispatchners the city's 911 call center in the next two years in part because of the dramatic rise in incoming calms. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee with this story, vic. >> reporter: ama the stats speak for themselves in the past 7 years there's been a whopping 44% increase in the number of 911 calls in the city. it's been tough for the dispatchers to keep up. obviously they need more

staffing. >> anyone calling 911 in our city needs to make sure there is a live person on the end of the line. >> mayor mark farrell planned to spend $8 million to hire 90 more zpachtsers in the 911 center comes at a critical time. dispatchers are answering 88% of 911 calls within ten seconds. they're inchesing close to the national standard which is 90% of the time. but it's been a log in constitutingle to reach this point. and call volumes continue to increase dramatically. >> dispatchers answering approximately 1,000 more calls per day. that's 1,000 more calls per tai since seven years ago sfla while the call center continued to be understaffed. 127 dispatchers currently work at the center. the ideal number is 160. long-term dispatcher debra saddam bran o says that means

overtime and holidays. >> it's tough when you have to stay is it 12. >> to make matters worse. >> 40% of our calls coming in really are not emergencies. >> the mayor wants to alokate more money to defort the calls to the 311 non-emergency system. the sheriffs department will share in the emergency response budget. it will get nearly $15 million to purchase new equipment and firefightering apparatus and vehicles for quick response team that would operate 24/7. if in the past five years the department has experienced a 25% in its call volume. >> we run over 150,000 calls per year. and we pride ourselves on getting to the scene within about a five-minute time period. >> again, of the mayor's two-year budget proposal the the allocations for emergency response programs total $4 million. now the mayor will submit the budget to the supervisors this

coming friday. vic lee, abc 7 news. stay with us. a late night text storm. a once contrite roseanne barr may have changed her tune after getting fired from abc yesterday. her absenting and how president trump is responding. and we're one day away from game one of the nba finals. the today the crush of media day as the dubs and cavs get ready to rumble a fourth strait year. >> michael finney taking your questions on facebook. he will ask

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roseanne barr showing no signs of getting off twitter one day after being fired. >> barr fired off a series of tweets some apologiestic some ppresident trump got into the action. >> magdy reule has the latest. >> reporter: with one single tweet roseanne barr has been banished from hollywood. taking down one of the highest rated shows with her. overnight she seems to blame her racist tweet on annualen it rourj began after she tweeted this muslim brotherhood and planet apes had a baby. equals vj, refrpg to valerie jarrett a long-term obama adviser. >> barr dreeted the tweet and apologized saying the yoke was in bad taste. within hours abc pulled the plug on the show. bob iger the ceo of the parent

company disney said there was only one thing to do the right thing but today president trump is firing, at iger directly calling out the ceo for contacting jarrett about roseanne's compensates but saying gee he never called president trump to apologize for the horrible statements made and said about me on abc. >> what has happened to you. >> roseanne has pushed boundaries from the beginning. and its message seemed to resonate with democrats and republicans alake with more than 27 million people watching the debut. >> what's up, deplorable. >> overnight roseanne retweet add slough of comments like just imagine if any leftist celeb got this treatment? and in response to the comment, i personally thought valerie jaett was hispanic roseanne applied i thought she was saudi. >> many in the roseanne cast came out calling the remarks abhorrent opinion and hulu and via camo come with pulling old he wants episode today annual

yan producers say racism is not a side effect of the drug. now the nba finals we are a day away from game one on cbs 7. >> check out the strength in numbers banners featuring some of the players. it's the fourth year the warriors take on the calves in the finals and we married from some of the players. >> wayne friedman is live at oracle arena to want. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon. you could call it another workday at oracle arena. but not really not considering the environment, not considering that this was media day. in oracle arena it's the day before the repeat of a repeat of a repeat that for basketball fans has become epic even the fans working here. >> if you're lucky how much game action will you see. >> when i get off all of it. >> speaking of home this is what the warriors chased all year long and finally achieved home court advantage with all the

benefits. >> it really affects you having the home crowd behind you in the first two games helps. >> having home court advantage means that before the finals begin they hoeft media day with what appears to be crushing cast of thousands from around the globe. >> report row reporters and photographers spent a if you precious minutes on this day taking pictures and posing questions to players like andre iguodala who remained cryptic and strategy strategicic when he might return from a knee injury. >> based on how long it's been when it happened, i'm not that far away. >> in short, getting answers here is like being part of a crowd of poker players trying to peek around corn he is there is nothing subtle. >> i hope you answer my question. >> sure. >> a a hotdog a sandwich. >> enter girm o from jimmy kimmel life. >> i like ketchup, radish and

that's it. >> and that may be the most direct answer we heard all day around here. certainly no strategy in that. the big surprise, the activity of that question generated on social media and facebook and twitter has become a debate for the record i think it's an adaptation. live in oakland, outside of oracle arena, abc 7 news. >> very good wayne. if you can't afford to buy tickets to the finals perhaps you can win some. >> what if we can tell you your anticipation would also be a win for oakland students as well. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with deelts of a raffle for tickets to game one. >> we love a win/win. warriors versus carve leers doesn't get better than this. now imagine being there at game one tomorrow. tickets going for $400 and up on the resale market run but for just $400 you can buy a chance to win a pair of tickets plus a

basketball signed by kevin durant. mayor libby schaff and the oakland unified school district are asking to you consider entering the raffle to benefit the east bay college fund. it's a cause near and dear to the heart of steve kerr. he donated much of the proceeds from speaking engagements to a scholarship he set up through the fund. >> sending them to college, providing mentoring, counseling, it's a great program. it's become kind of my personal charity through the warriors foundation. >> for this game one tickets raffle a $10 donation gives you one entry. a $500 donation gives you 7 sbroes. and $1,000 gives you oh, 15 entries. and that certainly improves your chances. even if you don't win you know you helped send deservin students to college. the raffle closes tomorrow morning at 8:00 and we have a link on abc7news.com. >> kristen thanks.

abc 7 of course is the only place you can watch the nba finals presented by youtube tv. game one of the cavaliers versus warriors is tomorrow at oracle arena. we have a pregame show at 5:00. abc coverage starts at 5:30 with tipoff at 6:00. stay with us for toyota after the game, a big night, game one of the nab finals here on abc 7 tune in go warriors we're excited about it. >> big things happening in the weather dp. although rabbit cooler >> cooler was nice. >> it the wind kicked up. >> it was gusty all day and cooler than average. some locations 20 degrees are more cooler today. >> wow kilo. >> that's a huge cooldown? 24 hours. here is live doppler 7. bright skies germly with a few clouds and spotty low clouds near the coastline. but it's quite breezy. and the sea lions are certainly enjoying the cool conditions down at pier 39 on this live camera view.

it's 57 degrees in san francisco cooing across the bay in oakland. san jose, 67 in gilroy 57 at half moon bay. here is a view of blue sky looking noorgt northward from emeryville. 76 in santa rosa. fairfield 70. 69 at concord. 64 at livermore and a view from the riff top at abc 7 looking over the breezy embarcadero. you can see the leaves shaking in the win. the forecast features, choudier overnight with spotty morning drizzle. in fact the drizzlemy continue the spotty drizzle in midday. breezy and cool tomorrow again. warming begins friday and downright hot in inland spots this weekend. here a look at the overnight lows you will' cloudy conditions maybe spotty drizzle near t coast overnight lows in the low 50s tonight. and the forecast animation shows at tlourt tomorrow morning drizly spots mainly on the coast lane. but the drizzle could move

inland a bit. down to parts of the south bay. over the santa cruz mountains. midday we see clearing a bit but in the afternoon interests a cans of drizzle. drizzle potential will probably not produce any measurable rainfall for most of the bay area but we could see department 01 of an inch and maybe that much in some locations in the santa cruz mountains. highs under breezy conditions range from mid-and upper activities at the coast to low 60s around the bay shoreline and mainly mid-to supper 60s inland. few locations hit 70 degrees tomorrow. but friday it warms up again. seeing inland highs friday in the low to mid-80s around the which. low to mid-70s and 60s on the coast. downright hot inland on saturday. many locations see highs at or above 90 degrees around the bay. upper 70s to low 80s and similar picture on sunday as the heat holds on. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast after a weekend of summer-like warming the temperatures moderate a bit

on monday. en and then into midweek more a seasonal range about 80 or 82 inland, low 70s around the by and 60 on the coast. but the weekend is going to sizzle. might be a good weekend for getting out and enjoy the beach or whatever outdoor activity you like. >> thanks spencer. report. on a mission to get a jet. the teleevangelist asking for one and why he thinks jesus would want one too plus. >> multi loquous. >> the sever

and tony thurmond for now. state superintendent. who lift up our california dreamers.key... facts and figures.sthinkingt. when the worst oil spill hit san francisco, first responders went to work. and mayor gavin newsom, he went to hawaii. man: newsome left the day after the spill for a four-day vacation in hawaii. the same gavin who said his job as lieutenant governor was so dull,

he only showed up for work at the state capitol one day a week, tops. gan's not gonna work as governor. four bay area students are among the 41 kids in the finals of the scripps national spelling bee. >> from santa clara, california, number 74, nidi. >> those 41 finalists were whittled down from a record 516 spellners this year's competition. part one of the finals is tomorrow morning. part two is tomorrow night. on our sister network espn. a 13-year-old marin county boy brought the white house press secretary to tears during the press briefing when he asked her a question about school shng chec this out. >> in my school we recently had a locown drill. one thing that affects mine and

other students is the worry about the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school. specifically can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent the senseless tragedies. >> i think that as a kid and certainly as a parent there is nothing that could be more stretching for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. so i'm sorry that you feel that way. this administration takes it seriously. -- >> isn't he just the sweetest? the young journalist was benje choucroun in kort madera on assignment for kids with time magazine. they are meeting again this week to discuss the best way to protect kids in schools. not that he even have to ask about that is awful. >> powerful moment at the kwhous. new developments in the harvey weinstein case. >> the media mogul now indicted by a grand jury and what his

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trying to get the fires under control. dualing rallies were held in san jose ahead of the next week election. judge aaron persky is fighting a recall election after handing down a sentence to brock turner for sexually assaulting a unconscious william. david louie will have more on abc 7 news at 5:00. now to the latest on the potential summit with north korea. the trump administration is making a mad dash to hold it on the original june 12th date. abc news reporter terra parhamry has more >> secretary of state mike pompeo heading to new york city to meet with kim jong un's right-hand man kim yong-chol. pompeo meeting face-to-face with the highest ranking north korean official it visit the u.s. in 1 years. as the former spy chief kim reportedly oversaw the hacking of sony. all this to get the nuclear summit back on track for june

12th. >> this will be the secretary's thid meeting with kim yong-chol. they've had obviously very deep conversations where they've talked about a lot of detail what the united states expectations are. >> not joining pompeo the senior diplomat for asia, susan thornton largely cut out of the key summit negotiations despite being the seepier official on asia he didn't join pompeo for either trip. multiple sources telling abc news that pompeo plans to withdraw her nomination after the. >> so far the he had read outfrom the meetings has been positive and will continue to move forward. >> there is a mad dash to keep the summit on track after the president terminate to do last we can. now the president interest trying to tempt kim with promtzed of security and wealth high pressure miss country will be rich. >> despite the ongoing talks the white house will not commit to a date for the summit in singapore saying it could be june 12th or

july 12th. terra paurmry. abc news washington. a new poll reveals a significant surge in the number of young people feemg politically empowered that increase mlking the call to action among the high school students after the florida school massacre. the survey from the associated press research and mtv found 46% of 15 to 34-year-olding believe they can have at least a moderate effect on government. that's up from 37% just two months earlier. a slim majority, 54% continue to be believe they have little or no effect on government. reality tv star kim kardashian west was at the white house today discussing prison reform with president trump and his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner president trump tweeted this photo of he and shd aen in the oval office. she has been urging the president to pardon 62-year-old alice marry johnson. johnson is serving a life

sentence for non-violent drug offense. new developments this afternoon in the harvey weinstein case. a short time ago a new york grand jury indicted weinstein on charges of rape and criminal sawle acts. the indictment came hours after weinstein's attorneys announced that the disgraced movie mogul would not testify before the panel. weinstein was arrested and charged last friday on two counts of rape and one count of criminal sexual assault. he defied all allegations of non-consensual sex a russia. journalist and kremlin critic reported tochb shot dead in ukraine appeared alive in ukraine. applause greeted arkady babchenko walking into a news conference flanked by ukrainian security officials. babchenko told reporters that wrurngen security services staged his murder in his apartment yesterday to foil a real assassination plot against him >> i would like to apologize to my wife for the hell she has been through in the last last two days.

i'm sorry but there were no other options. i would like very much to thank the security services of ukraine for saving my life zblafrmgts mourners gathered to pay tribute to babchenko. no word on whether ukrainingen authorities caught the people they thought would try to kill the jourmist opinion. two civilians in belgium in a statement called the man behind the attack a quote soldier of the caliphate. the attacker has been identified as 36-year-old benjamin harmon. a inmate on a two-day furlough. >> beverly hills police are looking for 12 suspects in an outrageous smash and grab robbery and rodeo drive. a surveillance camera captured a dozen people hopping out of four stolen cars in front of a row of high-end stores watch what happens as first they tried to

break in st. lawrence mens store thats glass didn't shat and they moved to the boutique next door. moments later they carried arm loads of expensive merchandise before driving away. well we are a little more than 24 hours away from game one of the nba finals right here on abc 7. >> we're excited can you tell and why a pair of shoes could hold the key to the warriors winning strategic. i'm spencer christian. it's a cool and brezy afternoon across the bay area. blue skies and maybe a similar pattern tomorrow. the forecast in a

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i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein all right. we are just one day away from the start of another nba finals here on abc 7 between of course the warriors and the cleveland cavaliers again. you know kevin current durant is one of the top players of course for the warriors. but you know why he always seems to lose his shoes on the court.

t.j. holmes explains. >> there is no way yes from downtown. >> he is one of golden state's superstars. a sharp shooter with a peculiar problem on the court can't keep his shoos on. >> according to an investigation by 50 a.com kevin durant has shed hess his view 31 times the past three seasons. once every eight games. more than any other player in nba history. >> kevin durant lost his shoe it didn't affect his defense. >> it should be the shoes rates, the specially designed signature kd tens from nic keyy top sellers last year but don't cause issues for anybody else. >> these are like slippers man. sometimes they may come off. but the good thing is i can slip them back on and keep playing. >> maybe is something is up with his feet so long and narrow they've been compared to hockey sticks but having big feet isn't

unique in the nba. here is the answer. he wears his shoes a size too big on purpose because he says it's more comfortable. >> anything too tight on my body i feel like it restricts me. i don't know anything weighing me down. i need to to be aerodynamic out there sfl it ourns out it's better for his game to lose a shoe. >> he actually scores at 114 points per 100 p. o. boxs when the shoe comes off in generaler average 36 points with both shoes on. >> falling down he makes it. >> and that was t.j. holmes reporting. dub nation is celebrating the team's fourth straight trip to the nba final was photos and videos check them out. post years using the hashtag dubs on 7 and you might see them on tv or abc7news.com. and abc 7 is the only place to watch the nba finals presented

by youtube tv tomorrow. coverage starts with the pregame show at 7:00. brought by comcast business. nba countdown takes over at 5:30. and cavs appear warriors at six. jim questiony kimmel live at 10:00 and a special one hour edition of abc 7 news at 10:30. >> the accuweather forecast with spencer christian. breezy cool. almost chilly feels a bit like january doesn't it. a look at live doppler 7 skies keir right now. but we expect increasing cuds low clouds overnight. possibly spotty drizzle mainly near the coast. overnight lows in et 50s. tomorrow's highs under similarly breezy and cool conditions will range from mid-50s at the coast to only low 60s around the bay the most part. inland areas will see highs in the supper 60s maybe a couple of locations will touch 70 degrees. and at oracle arena tomorrow evening game one of the nba finals partly to mostly rowdy but -- that's inside.

outdoors as you travel to and from the game look for partly cloudy cool conditions about 61 degrees at 5:00 p.m. as many people will be arriving at the arena. game time is 6:00. at game time as many people leave still choudy and cool and brezy. the accuweather seven-day forecast, it's going to warm up sharply on friday and over the week we'll see summer like heat with highs in the low to mid-90s saturday and sunday. but temperatures moderating. >> 94? >> yes. >> we're in in now thanks. new guidelines for health screenings. when you should start looking out out for colin cancer. >> "7 on your side" michael finney. have you notice add surcharge at the bottom of the restaurant the bottom of the restaurant receipt? when the worst oil spill hit san francisco, first responders went to work. and mayor gavin newsom, he went to hawaii. man: newsome left the day after the spill

for a four-day vacation in hawaii. the same gavin who said his job as lieutenant governor was so dull, he only showed up for work at the state capitol one day a week, tops. gavin's not gonna work as governor.

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there is a new breed of pure plug-in and plug-in hybrid cars. >> they can help ease some of the pain at the pump especially with gas prices rising once again grew dave kuhns with our sister station in los angeles has a look. >> a new plug in from nissan with a familiar name. leaf. it lays claim to being the first mass produced ev back in so you and also the leader in electric car volume. nissan sold more than 300,000 leaves worldwide with more than a third in the u.s. the biggest news is more range now estimated at around 150 miles. that widens the pool of drivers who can g electric for daily travel needs. also new this year is a plug in in he agrees of the caya nero hybrid. with the recharge lk battery it can go 26 miles on just electricity. in the plug-in hybrid category as well as pree yum prime.

it leads the world in and it allows for pyre electric driving up to 25 miles. the plug-in range totals don't sound kbrergs. it's more than that. the epa uses a formula for epgae. the kia ner of is rated the 105 where the pree yum prime number is 116. both those figures represent huge improvements over the non-plug-in versions and one car ditched the gas engine. the cute smart car is ev before but now only available as electric. nomar gas power for the smart. one good thing no matter the moodle you choose and charge they standardized the connecter is this standard is sticking around. the only exception is tesla but even they provide adapterers for commerce. the auto industry is developing more plug-in choice was each year. they have to figure out the

electric power that's right for them and the range they can live with. the smart electric is only good for about 60 miles of driving. while the pree yum can go 640 miles on electricity and gasoline process of for buyers this means one less mile burning gas. dave kuhns, abc 7 news. impressive. now it to a missionary on a mission for a new jet. >> jess qua castro with abc 7 mornings has the details. >> a unique request to a bold tele-evangelist is really raising eyebrows asking followers from all around the world to donate money so he can buy a $54 million jet. >> i really believe that if jesus was physically on the earth today he wouldn't be riding a donkey. >> jesse due plant sisased i louisiana. he pdash for three other private planes but says gold told him he needs a new one. a posted video is asking people to send money saying the new

plane would belong to the ministry and could help save lives. well time now for ask finney "7 on your side" michael finney answering questions sent via facebook, twitter and email. michael from south bay asks i was eating a a strount and noticed a $1.40 minimum wage surcharge on my recent. what is and why am i paying for it. >> don't even get me started on these. restaurants all over the bay area are doing this a new minimum wage goes into effect or there is a government mandated health insurance here in san francisco. and that gets passed. well rather than just increase the prices they add on the fees. now some think it looks like a government added tax. it is not. and sometimes it's not even legal to be legal to have that fee customers have to be informed of the charge before they order. that's why you all-star need to look down to the bottom of the menu because that's where many restaurants put this fee kind of

transparency notice. now i've busted restaurants on the non-disclosure before. if that happened to you let me know i'll check it out. it can't just show up on the receipt. it has to be on the menu or you have to be told before you order. >> okay. good. >> sandy wants to know, what do you know about reverse mortgages. >> okay reverse mortgages are for those 62 years of age and older who own their own home. rather than pay a mortgage lender the lender pays you either a monthly amount or lump sum or just have a lump sum sitting there and take the money if you need it. the loan is not paid back until the owner dies or moves from the home. these things can be a real life safer but they're not cheap. as a matter of fact they're expensive. there have also been elderly scams around these. move slowly make sure you understand what you get into. talk to a financial adviser. >> for sure. okay. jimmy asks, michael, i butt a washing machine from a big box retail store last fall.

it had to be repaired a if you times but still has issues. i requested a credit to by a new one but haven't gotten it what to do. >> you're smart to do that. the magnusen moss warranty act by the way my favorite act covers the warranty i talk about this all the time and nearly all consumer products. the law says products must perform as expected and if not there needs to be a repair replacement or money back so what you need to do is document the issues repairs and how the washing machine is still not actually working correctly. now, you have to go to small claims court with this. but usually the threat is enough to get things moving. if you're not getting help from the manufacturer i want to you contact me here at the station. well give them a call for you. >> thank you michael. >> sure. all right important health item tonight. if you're in your mid-40s and haven't had your colin checked it might be time. the american cancer society now says the cancer screening should start at age 45, not 50 as we

heard for years. the group was influenced by a study out last year that found rising rates of colin cancer and deaths in people youer than 50. people at high risk should get screened earlier. there i a mumz of ice cream there will soon be a museum dedicated to avocados and also a museum of netflix. the screaming service is unveiling the interactive exhibit in l.a. next month allow fans to journey through the world of netflix original shows like stranger things and the crowd. because you watched a flet knicks exhibit is opened the 15th through the 17th of june. the event is sold out. i'll eat the cries ice cream while i do that. >> yes. >> do you know it takes to go up against the sharks. >> saw opheim hitching organ lite beer. >> my idea is kids monkey bar gloves. >> i make medicinenle mushroom teas. >> we'll take to you the casting call for shark tank in san

francisco. >> and kristen ahead with what'shead on 57 sfl thinking about that tea. new at 5:00 the judge in the brock turner sexual assault case fights for his job. >> we must follow the rule of law. we must not follow the rule of public opinion. >> critics take issue with his sentiment. the battle heats up as voters soon decide if a sitting judge should lose his job. plus water fight and the new bed to d

they came they saw they inspired. we're talking about the team that selects participants to be on shark tank seen here on abc 7. they were in san francisco and as abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez shows future entrepreneurs came ready to be the next big thing. >> are you guys excited. >> yeah! >> that's much better. >> a casting call like this one doesn't happen oft on? san francisco when the producer of the abc tv h show shark tank put out the call for entrepreneurs it created a frenzy of sorts. >> i have created a line of books with costumes for preschoolers. >> i'm pitching mushroom infused teas and beverages. >> gavin had one minute to convince a casting associate that he was shark tank worthy. in that room five pitches were happening simultaneously. >> it was never racking it was

exciting. it was everything that it's supposed to be. >> but if they miss the open call today they can apply online send us an e-mail that melverna is casting the shark tank tv donning this came came up with the latest in sports apparel. >> our product is called what the whirlwind and the what the world is new say of. >> like what the whil. >> how about this a rechargeable bluetooth device that comes with an app that place music. >> wherever you you can play music and develop your baby's brain from day one. >> and an easy solution for breast feeding mothers. >> most is fastestened to shirt up. >> where judges nurse let 15 years ago. >> as you have seen and heard everyone has an idea. but is it the idea that will help them make it

really, that is so predictable. >> and for those waiting in anticipation. >> we only call with good news not bad. >> that's shark tank talk for don't call us we'll call you. in san francisco lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. and you can get shark tank friday at 9:00 p.m. here on abc 7. thanks for joining us for news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. news at 5:00 starts now. wildfires break out in contra costa county. hundreds of acres burned and the wind is blowing. and surveillance video shows a man at the scene of a massive fire in the east bay. the fire called arson. a new reward to catch the guy that caused the damage. law enforcement fans out after a woman's body was found on the grounds of san francisco general hospital. we are there live with new details. plus cheer and jeers in an embattled judge is in the political fight of his life. >> announcer: live, where you

live, this is abc 7 news. developing news in the east bay. several fires near byron turned destructive murng multiple buildings. here a live picture from from sky7 flying over the area. you can notice the scorched earth of course but also the smoke blowing hard. gusty winds in that area have fanned the flames and pushed them to grow rapidly this afternoon. good evening thank you for joining us i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. the first for a fires broke out at 1:00 p.m. per this the area of byron and mountainhouse. calfire says they are dealing with seven fires that burned 500 acres. >> carlos sausalito is live at the scene. what are you seeing there now? >> clearly the wind playing a huge factor in helping spread the flames. hear the how willing winds out here. look behind me here this is one