living facilities. melanie woodrow as covered the story since the beginning. >> melanie? >> reporter: the department of social services served oakmont senior notices to revoke the licenses of varena, which still has residents living there. oakmont senior living has 15 days to appeal and request a hearing. the -- it failed to protect senior residents. villa capri burned down during the october 2017 tubbs fire. in a scathing legal page notice dss details a lack of staff training. there were four staff members on duty overnight at villa capri for 62 elderly and disabled residents. the executive director deborah

smith failed to ensure staff members were familiar with the emergency procedures. the four had never participated in a fire drill. dss says they left more than 20 elderly residents at villa capri the night of the fire. family member kathy allen helped rescue them. >> all i could think about was helping those people to safety. >> more than 20 residents would have perished. there were two care staff members and two maintenance staff members according to dss on duty overnight for 228 residents at the varenna building. andre blakely asked if they had an evacuation plan. >> i wasn't paying attention to what was burning, how it was burning, i was just focusing on how to get the hell out of there. >> dss says blakely and two other employees were evacuating residents from their rooms when condie told them to stop. he then left more than 70 residents with three staff members not trained in

evacuation procedures. family member rjkisling helped evacuate the residents. >> i knew i needed to be the answer. >> three other residents were never evacuated and learned the following morning an evacuation took place while they were asleep. dss says oakmont senior living made false and misleading statements about those three residents when it said they had been evacuated. deborah smith and nathan condie are prohibited from being a linesie or being employed at a licensed facility again. we reached out to both for a comment, but have not heard back. dss also looked at a third building on the property known as fountaingrove lodge. it did not find reason to take action there. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. the first responders who helped evacuate villa capri talk about the life-saving decisions they made that night.

"nightline" airs here on abc 7 starting after 12:30 a.m. and almost a year after the fire storm, another agency is looking into what went wrong that awful, awful night. and the report to the water department is answering some questions, and it's also raising more. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live now from the fountain grove neighborhood in santa rosa. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan, the theme tonight is pressure, the lack of water pressure, all the damage that lack of water pressure caused in santa rosa that night, and lessons the rest of california might learn from it. even now in santa rosa there are places where residents cannot yet drink the water from their faucets. that explains all the bottles from the city stacked inside the garage. >> they come every two weeks. >> reporter: she lives in one of 13 homes still guarding against benzene pollution in the fountain grove neighborhood. an independent report sanctioned by the city water department confirms that when water

pressure dropped that night in the fire, the cancer causing chemical leeched into the line from the homes. they will need to replace five miles of pipe to fix the problem. but with flushing and replacing connecting pipes that problem is almost resolved and for only a few million dollars instead. that is a relief to natalie manning who can finally make plans to rebuild. >> the city worked really quickly in trying to determine the source of the contamination, where the contamination lied and how to row solve it. >> reporter: the report recommends a new communication system between water towers and system control. the system failed on the night of the fire. santa rosa may need a backup water system designed only to fight fires, projected cost $100 million. santa rosa might be the first to do that, but the rest of climate changing california may want to pay attention. >> so i know that we're going to have to plan for that change.

and whether that be spending the extra money or moving down the hill is a decision that we have to make as a community. >> reporter: we asked the santa rosa water department how much that $100 million might be passed on to consumers. the answer, it could double their rates. the city council will hear this report tomorrow. live in fountain grove, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. to the delta fire raging in shasta county, tripled in size since it broke out yesterday. >> oh my [ bleep ] god. i might die here. oh my god. >> that was a woman who was trapped on i-5 as the fire storm approached. here's where it stands, the fire has burned more than 15,000 acres. hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. >> three houses have been damaged, and close to 150 others are threatened by the flames. officials say someone started

this fire, but they have not said how. >> the blaze has closed a large stretch of i-5 in both directions. it is the main artery between redding and the oregon border. the fire itself is to the north of redding. flames burned on both sides of the freeway. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live along i-5, drivers are forced to find other routes until at least tomorrow. laura? >> look at the size of this, on fire, we cannot stay right here. >> reporter: after huge flames forc forced motorists to run from vehicles, i-5 remains closed north of redding. >> 15,000 acres, that's a lot. >> reporter: with no estimated time of reopening, truckers can only sit and wait. . are you worried about your load? >> a little. i'm talking to the off dispatch office about it now. so we're trying to figure out what's the -- what's going to happen next. >> reporter: still, with scenes

like these fresh nah in their minds it seems few here are getting impatient. after all, the way the fires have been behaving the past few months, no one we talked with seem eager to take their chances. >> i don't want my truck to be burned. it's a big responsibility. so i'd rather stay here for another day or so. >> we'll get this ready for you and call you to the register. >> reporter: in themeantime, a hundred miles south of the closure, the normally busy deli had trickling business today. >> 90% of our business is off interstate 5. >> reporter: there are detours. many smaller trucks and cars are using them. the roads are narrow, not fit for big rigs. they're going to have to wait it out or turn around. this redding, laura anthony, abc 7 news. let's talk about the weather conditions because that, of course, helping fuel that fire. >> that's right. meteorologist sandhya patel is here tracking the conditions. sandhya?

>> yeah, dan and kristen, conditions are not favorable for firefighters. it is dry and gusty right now. 18% relative humidity, wind gusts out of the east, 15. the winds will switch direction going southwest, to east, southeast, picking nup intensity tomorrow morning, which will not help out, neither will the heat. you can see how hot it will get the next four days, in the 90s. and then you see the temperatures dropping down to the 80s. as you take a look, visible satellite picture shows you the smoke blowing away from the bay area towards the northeast. air quality in the bay area impacted by other wildfires today. tomorrow, that wind direction could actually bring some of that smoke into our area friday. moderate air quality, all areas improvement, coming over the weekend, heading into next week. dan? >> okay, sandhya, thanks so much. and you can stay up to date on all the fires or any breaking news with the abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts. the trump administration is taking steps toward lifting

court-imposed limits on how long children can be held in immigration detention. the administration is proposing new regulations that would allow families to be detained until their immigration cases are decided. officials say this will speed up the processing of asylum cases and deter people from illegally crossing the border. right now children are required to be kept in the least restrictive setting possible, and release them after 20 days in detention. the new regulations will be published tomorrow and will be subject to a 60-day public comment period starting on friday. to washington now, the supreme court nomination hearings for brett kavanaugh continue. with more tough questioning from california senator kamala harris. within the past hour senator harris grilled him on his praise of former chief justice william rehnquist. kavanaugh thanked rehnquist for stemming the tide, the right to

abortion, the right to vote and the right to marry. >> when you praise a jurist who attempted to end those rights, which rights in particular do you believe are praise worthy of ending? >> the supreme court is relied on for forward-looking future recognition of unenumerated rights. >> thank you, sir, i'm familiar with that. you're not going to address the specific enumerated rights. >> the confirmation hearing is expected to conclude tomorrow. the person who threw a dog off a seven-story parking garage near san francisco's union square got a three-year sentence today. joaquin best cursed at the judge after she was sentenced. in july a jury found best of killing a dog in february. she broke into a car and threw the dog when it wouldn't stop darking. she's been arrested more than 40 times in the past 15 years, many

for car break-ins. an attempted murder suspect mark edward jekabson has been caught. he was arrested yesterday afternoon for a stabbing in berkeley this week. early on tuesday a 70-year-old woman was heard screaming for help after she had been stabbed on edith street. video of the crime scene. a car theft is in -- suspect is in custody in oakland after crashing the vehicle into a church on 61st avenue and international. at 2:00 this afternoon nobody in the building was hurt. according to the alameda county sheriff's office the suspect then ran off after crashing into the church, then tried to fight deputies who had to use a taser to detain him. a new technology is coming to i-80 to help officers involved in freeway shootings. >> why east bay residents got a last-minute warning about it. house minority leader nancy pelosi on the cover of "time" magazine, the one thing that

needs to happen in order for her to leave congress. the ground breaking blood test for autism that uc

progress is being made on a massive project to fight gun violence on local freeways. the highway tested its gunshot detection system which many say is not only helpful in solving crimes but also in preventing them. chris nguyen is live with the story. >> reporter: hi, kristen, the program has been in the works for the past year with multiple cities coming together, all with the goal of keeping drivers and residents safe. for a period of time residents in the east bay were being alerted about a freeway shooting nearby and what seemed like a weekly basis. vince collins says the stress can be tough. >> you don't know that you might

be the target that day. i have daughters, and they drive on this freeway. >> reporter: but progress is being made on what's called the freeway security network project all aimed at reducing gun violence on sections of highway 4 and interstates 80 and 680 in contra costa county. officials conducted a calibration test which allows strategically placed microphones to pick up the sounds of gunfire, alerting law enforcement to the location of the shootings. >> it's important because we need a live fire drill to see how it works, how fast it picks it up, the exact pinpoint location our gps spotted and sew see if that matches records. >> the technology is one component of the project, which also includes a network of sure valance cameras. it's available in dozens of cities across the country, but being used on local freeways for the first time. the city recently installed ate,

one official says it's making a difference. >> grateful it's been able to bring calming to our communities so people don't have to be so nervous as they get up on the freeways and to go to work. >> reporter: the project is a multicity effort involving pittsburg, antioch, hercules, panol, richmond and san pablo. officials are staying quiet on the exact locations where the technology is being installed. the goal is to have everything online by the end of the year. in panol, i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. house minority leader nancy pelosi is on the cover of "time" magazine, the first time in her three decades in congress. the headline reads the persistence of nancy pelosi. she knows her critics consider her polarizing. she plans to stay as long as more constituents want her and as long as there is a reason to stick around. uc davis researchers have developed a blood test for

autism that could speed up diagnoses for children. they discovered a group of blood markers. when tested researchers found they can detect 17% of kids with autism. no biomarker test currently exists. this is a big deal. children are diagnosed based on behaviors which may not be identified until kids are at least 2 years old. are you thinking of buying a used car from a rental company? >> well, if so, you want to listen to what "7 on your side's" michael finney has to say first. michael, a lot of people are thinking it's a good deal. >> it can be. it can be fabulous. if you're thinking about buying a used car directly from the rental car company you could be in for a deal. before you dive in, make sure you look into the life of these cars. consumer reports explains. you've probably seen the promotions, used rental cars, low prices, big savings. >> i think it's a deal, if that's what you're looking for. they're good cars and cheaper. >> that low price can be

attractive and most rental car companies do maintain their vehicles. you still have to be a savvy consumer. >> they can rack up substantial miles, mileage can run from 10,000 to more than 50,000. while most of those cars are no more than 18 months old, they've had many drivers, avis has cars rented between 55 and 65 times annually. >> with that much use and by drivers who don't have a personal stake in the car, these vehicles have likely taken a beating. >> protections in place, most rejt companies do inspect their cars regularly. in addition to the manufacturer's warranty, many rental companies offer them for a year or up to 12,000 miles, and include roadside assistance. it pays to look for cars which have five year or 60,000 mile warranties from the manufacturer. like hyundai, or kia. but consumer reports says nothing beats knowing the history of the car, and

recommends carfax.com or autocheck.com to see if it's ever been in an accident and recommends getting an independent mechanic to inspect the car too. and, of course, it's a good idea to take a look at consumer reports used car reliability scores which tell you cars that are well performing and cars that have demonstrated years of better than average reliability. one final thought. some used car companies sell cars that were not theirs. >> really? >> what? >> ask that question. people don't know that. >> did you actually own and operate this car? >> did you own and operate this car, or is this one you brought in? see. >> good to know. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. we are noticing some changes today here in the bay area, live doppler 7 showing you some fog around the coastal areas. but inland, you're seeing the sun and the 24-hour temperature change reflecting what the changes are, which is basically uptick in numbers, up to 11

degrees warmer in livermore, not everyone has seen the warming as we still have a pretty good onshore breeze, gusts 29 mills an hour right now. here's a live picture, fog is rolling in and there is a layer of smoke right above it from the wildfires that are burning. 60 in san francisco, 64 in oakland. it is 74 degrees in san jose. a warm 84 in morgan hill. from south beach camera, there's a haze there. low 70s. mid-80s concord and livermore, some of the warmest spots were concord and livermore, up to the mid-80s this afternoon. we're going to be seeing 90s soon. here's a look at our highlights, fog near the coast and bay overnight tonight, heating up inland, warmer elsewhere for your friday. and then a gradual cooling trend will begin this weekend. a live picture, great day to go sailing as we look towards santa cruz and the lighthouse right now and some people are enjoying the waters there. 7:00 tonight you're going to see some fog around the beaches,

pushing locally inland by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. it is a shallower fog layer during the commute time, but because it's so shallow it may create very low visibility down on the decks. be careful out there. most areas will clear tomorrow afternoon and temperatures will respond. tomorrow morning, numbers will be in the 50s, 60s, fog will be limited to right around the bay and coast. it's not going to make its inland push like it has been the last few days and then tomorrow afternoon, in the south bay, 95 in morgan hill, 86 san jose, 82 in sunnyvale, 81 in milpitas, menlo park low 80s. 63 pacifica, 65 half moon bay. downtown san francisco 69 degrees. so you're going to see warming there too. 64 in the sunset district. north bay, hazy sunshine, 91 in santa rosa. 82 vallejo. east bay, temperatures in the mild to warm category. 80 in castro valley. 82 fremont. inland areas, hazy is hot is how

i would sum it up. 92 pleasanton, 96 towards brentwood. mid-60s to the mid-90s, we'll have the summer heat tomorrow, heat eases saturday and sunday, low 90s inland, low to mid-60s coastside. you can download the accuweather app, it's free, and track the temperatures for your weekend and beyond. next week, cooler weather is coming your way, well below average, wednesday and thursday, low 80s inland, low 60s along the coastline. watching for potential development late next week. keep you posted, dan and kristen. >> we still have a lot of time. >> we still have time. maybe a few drops, pretty far out there. it seems that wine does not pair well with weed. get to the ross fall fashion event... ...and get the brands you want... check this out. ...at "oh, yeah" prices. from the latest trends to your favorite brands, it feels even better when you find them for less. at the ross fall fashion event. yes for less.

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ronan and sandra lee rallied on the steps of city hall. they want brown to put a moratorium on new fossil fuel projects in the state. are taking aim at the trump's proposals for offshore drilling. >> threatening to allow offshore drilling on the california coast and in our own marine sanctuary, we know we are in trouble. >> what do the supervisors want? well, they want brown to set a goal for transitioning california to 100% renewable energy, and support that agenda at an upcoming climate summit being held in san francisco later this month. a faceoff between wine and weed connoisseurs, the publisher of wane spectator is suing weed spectator, it accuses weed of copy right infringement. it says the website copied the famous wine magazine's 100 rating scale to instead rate marijuana.

it also says weed spectator is trying to use a logo with a font way too similar to wine spectator's. no comment yet from weed spectator. the hometown hero giving back today. >> how the all-star pitcher helped students at hissal ma mater in vallejo. candytopia is sold out this weekend. you have until november to visit. here's a look inside from abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. ♪ ♪

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i'm ama daetz. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> they told my chell mate to ly on his stomach and face the wall so he couldn't watch what they were about to do to me. >> an army vet cleared of attempted murder charges fights back tonight. the action he's taking for the treatment he says he received in jail. perspective on nike's ad campaign from a local icon on the front lines of sports and social activism for decades. plus -- >> oh, my god, oh, my god, i

can't see anything. still can't -- >> a woman's harrowing escape from the delta fire. why she decided to record it. coming up. finally tonight, the oakland a's just beat the yankees in a series that could turn out to be a wild card preview. >> before leaving the bay area, yankees all-star pitcher and vallejo native -- >> they hosted a backpack giveaway for students from hissal ma mater. 1,700 students received free backpacks filled with school supplies. >> he also took part in a career panel alongside hip hop artist e-40 and mr. fab. the message was success starts in the classroom. >> it starts at a young age, whatever you do now, like mark said, will shape you for the future. after the

saw a hip hop concert. the pitch in foundation organized this event. "world news tonight" with tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the president described as volcanic, seething tonight, as the guessing game now envelops washington. the president demanding to know who wrote the letter published by "the new york times." the president telling the paper to reveal the writer, arguing it's a threat to national security. tonight, right here, the list of denials. the deadly rampage. what we have just learned tonight about the shooter and his arsenal after a gunman walks into an office building at a bank and opens fire. several dead. the breaking headline unfolding tonight at the philadelphia airport. two separate flights landing, passengers suddenly complaining of a mysterious illness. the cdc holding the passengers from both flights. we're at the airport tonight. the bitter confirmation

fight continues.