comes close to homes in concord. >> tonight, all evacuation orders were final lifted, the fire is now 85% contained and has burned 268 auction e68 aucte >> firefighters will be on the scene all night to make sure there's no pop-ups. katie, very grateful neighbors? >> absen >> reporter: absolutely, tomorrow is a caution day. they are staying on scene overnight, this is the command center here at cal state east bay the concern is that the red

flag conditions could flare up hot spots. in to the night, crews are working hot spots from a fast moving fire that threatened hundreds of homes. it started along ignacio valley road near cal road, those that lived in the neighborhood watched the flames sweep toward their home. >> toward the top of the sky. they could not have been bigger. they were all the way over and the whole house was smoke. >> reporter: police evacuated hundreds of people. >> what do you do? what can you do? you feel helpless. you see all the fire crews, everyone around is like, wow. we have heroes around us. >> reporter: had helicopters and air tankers fought from the sky as firefighters bathsed -- battled the four-alarm fire on ground. >> we were able to protect all the structures. >> the flames were all the way to the back fence, thank god for the fire department, they did gra job, and they saved my home

and i'm so thank. >> reporter: they thought about the north bay fire victims. >> this is what those people went through. i'm going to get emotional. i just thought my god this is what they went through and this is what is happening to us. and you think, what to grab. >> reporter: fortunately the hoa had cleared brush ahead of the fire season. >> if they had not abated their weeds, this could have turned out differently for them. >> reporter: two firefighters were injured in the firefight, the injuries are minor and are expected to be okay. now, witnesses tell investigators that they witnessed a white pickup truck, backfiring and sparking along the road, that is what may have caused the fewer. it's still under investigation. live in concord, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much, the fire was so large, satellite imaginary picked it up. look at this, the national weather service showing it spreading through contra-costa

county. >> in livermore, they have a fire 60% contained and in morgan hill, they have one that burned nine acres that is small. and another one in bethel island burned two cars and two acres. >> the firefighters will be on high alert this weekend no question. >> we have the latest red flag warnings. >> just quickly, the conditions. temperatures down to 73, and relative humidity is way up to 43% and the wind is calm. let's look at the red flag warnings. lake and solano counties, are under red flag warnings. wind could gust up in the hills up to 40 miles an hour at times and relative humidity will be low, about 10-20%. right now, we are looking at

calm wind across most of the bay area, look at the rapid heat up that we will see tomorrow in the inland hot spots. starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning the locations will have temperatures in the mid 80s and in the afternoon, 100-degrees.1. >> thanks very much, as always, you can keep track of the weekend heat and the fire danger with the abc 7 news app. it free for your iphone and android device. >> the had hot and dry weather is sparking concern about the fireworks ahead of the fourth of july holiday. and some south bay neighbors are saying the illegal use of fireworks is bringing fear of fire instead of fun. we are live in san jose with the story. >> dan, from where we are standing here in north san jose, we can hear a lot of fireworks going off toward the downtown area, that should not be the case as fireworks are illegal all throughout santa clara county, while fireworks are a

part of the fourth of july celebration, more people are concerned because of the devastating fires and the dry conditions. >> the smallest ignition source can light this stuff on fire. >> reporter: captain murphy said that even with good rain last year, fuel conditions all around the bay area never fully recovered from california's drought of. bone dry conditions and a simple spark can laead to a serious problem. >> the conditions are just not set up for people to use fireworks. >> a message that she is trying to get through to her neighbors every fourth of july. >> so far, it never fails, it's been a war zone. her group, has been promoting the improved online reporting tool, meant to catch those setting off illegal sparklers, the city of san jose, asking to snap, click and report. >> at this point, we don't know how else to approach it. >> reporter: so far, fines up to

$5500 have been paid. earlier in week in oakland, there was a fireworks bust worth $30,000. >> that's 100 shots in here. >> reporter: while the fines and consequences add up, it's a tfer tht has them fed up. >> fear of fire, and your sense of security is taken away when had this is happening. >> reporter: and there are some professional fireworks display options that people in the south bay do have, including the post game show at the san jose giants. the rotary club of san jose will have a fireworks show and almaden lake park, we have details surrounding those professional shows on our website, that is abc 7 news.com. for now, reporting live in san jose. abc 7 news.com. >> a man darks thank you. >> safe and sane firework

s were not always a part of contention, but after deadly fire, residents are hesitant. fire victims were concerned with mixing fireworks and the dry conditions. >> i'm afraid of for fires starting. i'm nervous about that. i'm nervous about coffee park not being mowed, and the tall weeds and my house just being rebuilt. i don't want it to burn again. fireworks is $500. but it could go higher. >> abc 7 news was in the superior court where the judge offered an agreement to the men, if they plead no contest to 36 counts

manslaughter, they will have a lesser plea. one said their client is ready to move forward. >> my client has a conscious. he is taking responsibility to alleviate the pain and suffering of everyone, the trauma that will be produced by the trial. >> harris' attorneys have not accepted a deal in the past, maintaining he was innocent. they did not say where they stand thought. the next court date is tuesday, and the trial will start mid july. >> hundreds people walk the streets of a annapolis, maryland. >> we ask you join us now in observing a reflective moment of silence. >> candle light vigils honoring

the five victims that went to work and never made it homity. ♪ i sure hate to see him go >> the faces of the victims on the front page of the gazette, staff resilient and determined to cover the story involving their own. the suspect, behind bars without bond. prosecutors saying he planned the attack. armed with a 12 gauge shotgun, hunted his victims. barricading the back door to the newsroom. >> there was a victim that had a attempted to escape through the back door and was shot. >> the focus now for so many on those victims. wendy winters a special publication editor and jarl fischman, he worked for the gazette for 25 years as did john mcnamara, and rebecca smith just started there. and robert hiaasen, remembered this morning as a mentor to young reporters. and the gazette's opinion page

making headlines left intentionally blank with the words "today we are speechless ", honoring the five victims that were co-workers and friends. >> it a busy friday night of. a warning for pet owners this weekend, a popular dog park why there was a rabid bat . >> and why you will not get too excited about the post card size tax form.

a warning of how animal

control removed a rabid park from the park today, the bat was found in the dog run and tested positive for the rabies virus. they say the bats can fall from trees in the hot weather. if you see one, do not touch it, call your local animal service immediate. >> ready, your post card sized income tax return form is here. the treasury secretary and irs unveiled the new version today. while the fax form is getting smaller, it's a bit complicated, truthfully the new form does not have room for multiple popular deductions. those will be kneed to be submitted -- need to be submitted in accompanying work sheets. >> the end of an era, stores close their doors for the final time. carlos. >> a sad day for many customers

this toys "r" us behind me closed about two hours ago. they shut the doors at 9:00. everything inside completely gone. the only thing left are people's memories. ♪ ♪ i want to be a toy s s are kid ♪ >> her first toy was from here. it's been very emotional. you know, so -- >> sh some tears, or. >> yeah, for sure. >> dozens of people dropped by the store to pay their final respects, if you will, snapping picks and selfies. >> i was hoping to find one last thing, and have that one last memory. >> but by 5:00, it was slim pickings, shelves mostly empty. somehow this family was able to go home with not one know but three kitchen sets for $15 a piece. they just had to take apart the

set. >> we are fixing had that thing, because we are not taking it home right now. >> some people still got lucky. >> we scored and found the last two toys of the store behind the counters. >> most left empty handed. >> i didn't make it in, you was told there was nothing left. >> with no more toys and the shelves empty, the only thing left to sell are the shelf hads and the fixtures pretty popular. >> i have a grocery store, so we bought the fixtures. as sad a day as it is. >> and with everything gone, they were letting people take the toys "r" us plastic bags with them, so they could have something to hold on to. so i thought that was nice. now, on the company's website, they had a heart felt message that read, don't ever grow up and keep playing on. reporting live, abc 7 news. >> that's a good bit of good

advice. >> and words to live by for spencer christian. >> still holding on to the kid inside. tightly. we have clear skies all acrosses the bay area and it will be sun and i warm to hot tomorrow. so, let's move right along and guff you a live view from the abc 7 camera, under clear skies, it's currently 60 degrees in san francisco and 59 across the bay in oakland. and 66 in san jose, gilroy, 59 and here's a live view looking out over san francisco, going up north and looking east. 66 in san that rosa, and 63, napa, and concord 72 and the view at the goal engate. in the absence of a marine layer. warm to hot, tomorrow with triple digit temperature readings, high fire danger of course, it will be a spare the air day, with declining air

quality. the heat will ease a bit friday and we will have more comfortable air moving in. clear skies and mild for overnight conditions. lows in the upper 50s and 60s. and look for upper 60s and low 70s to mid to upper 80s. and north bay, 105, clear lake, and lake port, overin the inland east bay, look for 1 on 01, 102 in antioch, and fairfield, 102, and south bay at 9 three. and many other south bay locations will be in the mid 90s. i mentioned tomorrow is the spare the air day, the poorest will be in inland east bay and santa clara. moderate air quality in other regions of the bay area. the beach forecast is looking good, you will probably welcome the warm temperature readings tomorrow. highs in the upper 60s and mid 70s, the uv index is going to be

high, so apply sunscreen, wear a hat, sunglasses. the fog cast forecast shows that the fog will start coming back to the coast line, late tomorrow night and early sunday, that will bring us cooling relief from tomorrow's heat spike, not only near the coat and in the bay, and inland temperatures will tumble a bit. after highs reaching well above 100 degrees, in some inland areas. we will see the highs in the low 90s on sunday. the cooling continues slightly on monday and then by wednesday of next week with, fourth of july, we will see high temperature it ises inland, just barely reaching the 80 degrees mark. looks like it will be the cool estimate day in the 7 day forecast period. >> that is interesting. >> talk about core strength. >> oh, man, what it took for this former marine to set a

with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future.

all right are, this is something else, a marine set an unofficial world record for the longest plai longest planking session. >> and it's a great core exercise. george hood held the plank for just over ten hours today. >> no way. no. >> yeah, well it looked tough there at the end. he made it, blowing the old record out of the water by two whole hours. >> i cannot even sit in a care. >> he is raising money for a children's charity. >> i have ten seconds of plafrpging. ten hours? i mean, it looks painful. >> it's incredible. >> start the training now. oh. >> mindi is here with sports. >> hey, our baseball team is looking strong. core strength. >> they are, not powerful

tonight, because the a's don't score at home and the giants don't score on the road, things worked out in their favor anyway. and the

. a bc 7 sports. the a's are home for a quick five game stay and hoping that some of the road mojo will return with them. they scored the second fewest runs when they are away. it was bring your best friend at the park. siemian knocked in olson, that was a two-out base hit.

blackburn threw 6-1/3 shutout innings and jose ramirez was one of them. he lost his bat in the process. khris davis with another two-out hit in the bottom of the sixth. a double allowed matt joyce to round third and score. the indians pulled within one. and it jed lowrie in the bottom of the eighth with his 14th home run of the year. yeah, he got all of that one, the a's keep with their home average scoring three, but it's enough for the win. 3-1 the final. the giants did not score on the road, and they opened a road trip in arizona, six games they will be away and austin slater goes opposite field off of patrick corbin, that makes busterposey able to come around and score, it makes it 1-0, and suarez pitched six innings, allowed a run and struck out five. one guy, had very little run support. slater, had an rbi double, that allows brandon kau ford come -- brandon crawford coming around

from first. they win a low scoring game, 2-1, the final there will. >> and three titles in the first four years as head coach in the warriors they are not letting steve kerr go anywhere. espn reporting that kerr and the warriors have agreed on a contract extension that will make the 52-year-old one of the highest paid kochs. the three highest paid coaches in the league make $10--11 million a year. he signed a $25 million contract in 2014 and the warriors have won 74% of their regular season games under kerr and have are made it to the finals each of his four years. the warriors had planned to extend kerr last summer, butity he wanted to degree work -- but pt she he wanted to work through -- but he wanted to work tlau health iss -- through health issues first. >> james could resign with the cavs, he said his this is family

will be a factor in his decision. he is an ohio native. the lakers and 76ers are considered front-runners. free agents can start to negotiate with teams on 1 minute past midnight on saun. he can turn down that $36.5 million option. i would pick us up. >> i wonder what that would be

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. thanks f s join for -- thanks f joining us tonight, have a great weekend, bye-bye.

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