at a party at yale in the early 90s. meantime, the bay area professor who has accused kavanagh of sexual assault will testify in an open hearing before the senate judiciary committee on thursday. christine blasey ford's lawyers confirmed the meeting. blasey ford will testify first and kavanagh second. they also say it's not yet determined who will question ford, senators or staff attorneys. a politician is revealing a secret that she was the victim of sexual assault. the incidents happened decades ago, but palo alto's mayor liz niss says she was inspired by christine blasey ford to come forward. you spoke with the prmayor? >> reporter: i did, eric and

mayor niss never intended to share her story, but after christine blasey ford came forward with her accusations, staying silent was not an option. >> palo alto's mayor is sharing a secret that she's only shared with her sister, that she is a survivor of a sexual assault. >> it's somewhat liberating but it's always somewhat frightening because you feel somewhat vulnerable. >> she was sexually assaulted the first time when she was a teenager getting a ride home with a friend. >> he decided to take a shortcut home, which turned into an assault, a are really unpleasant assault. >> the second happened years later when she was attacked by a co-worker at a hotel. both times she says she got away and escaped being raped. she says she didn't report the incidents to her parents or police because she was scared. mayor niss says she was inspired

to tell her story because of christine blasey ford's claims against judge brett kavanagh. >> if anybody else is willing to come forward, if we could start some kind of movement that says that has happened to women. >> reporter: this comes just days before ford will testify in congress. >> why is she coming out now? is she trying to influence somewhat's happening in washington? and i am trying to influence what's happening in washington, no question. >> reporter: and she hopes kavanagh does confirmation. bei >> cornel, thank you very much. we're staying on top of all new developments on the kavanagh controversy. to get updates just download the abc7 news app. new developments on a fire

burning dangerously close to a home in san ramon. now firefighters have it under control, but investigators say neighbors say they heard a boom just before the fire started. katie? >> reporter: eric, firefighters have begun letting people back on to this dead end court where the fire got dangerously close to her homes. as you can see, there are still a lot of fire trucks in the area. i want to show you the scene as we arrived around 5:00. there was a lot of smoke, neighbors tell me they heard a boom and a lot of smoke and fire shortly thereafter. this afternoon, san ramon police evacuated homes near the fire. the wind pushed the fire dangerously close to these homes. the land behind these homes is cattle grazing area part of it owned by east bay parks and part of it is private. neighbors describe what they saw

around 4:00. >> it looked like the two houses on the end were on fire, then i saw the flames all come over to the left-hand side and it was a wall of flames. >> reporter: fortunately, no homes were damaged, firefighters got everything under control in about a half an hour. a firefighter investigator en route to find out what caused this fire. now that hillside up there, there are some trails, there is access for people. but firefighters tell me this doesn't appear to be a natural cause, so of course they are looking into it. there will be a fire watch well into the evening. >> thanks, katie. also right now, firefighters in east san jose are battling a fire off quinby road and forest drive. and dozens of firefighters were called when one fire sparked a second fire. just more than 10 acres burned near highway 4 and willow pass road.

this fire got contained just before 3:00 this afternoon. and remember you can always get breaking news updates and check out the weather where you live on our abc7 mobile app, it's free to download in your mobile app store. investigators now see the arrest of a uc berkeley employee roy waller on friday. tomorrow he'll be charged with four charges of aggravated sexual assault with special circumstances. investigators were led to waller after putting gene yolg information into a website. the attacks took place between 1991 and 2006. the 49ers lost more than the game today against the san francisco chiefs. quarterback star jimmy garofalo suffered a torn acl. garofalo's knee buckled before he took a big hit there. he'll have an mri tomorrow.

garofalo signed a five-year $100 million contract over the off-season that made him the highest paid player at the time. this means he could miss the remainder of the season. it was a celebration today at san francisco's glide memorial church. the congregation celebrated the birthday of pastor williams. tomorrow, the u.s. supreme court could decide whether to take up the martin's beach lawsuit. a tech billionaire purchased 89 acres around san mateo county and closed it to the public. later he was forced to open the case by violating access to the beach without a permit.

and now he is asking for the supreme court to determine that he doesn't need a gate for his own property. vintage aircraft, jets and helicopters were all on display along with police and rescue vehicles on a tour of the faa control tower there. people even had a chance to check out our own sky 7 helicopter. the event featured live music and local food, providing a fun time for the whole family. >> i think it's spectacular. i think it's good for hayward and for people to come out and see what the hayward air show is all about and the cars also. >> i love it. this was my first time here, i love it. we really enjoyed it, me and my family. >> the brave kids also got a chance to go for a free airplane ride. dozens of cars taking part in a -- bill cosby will learn his sentence for sexual assault. he'll also learn if he'll be

registered as a sexually violent predator. and the video that appears to show kids driving a school bus as the driver looks on. and we are wrapping up the first full day of autumn on a comfortable note, but the week ahead features much warmer weather. i'll have the details in the accuweather forecast ♪ ♪ they're the moderne stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present.

a light need side show in east oakland netted police dozens of cars and led to two arrests. oakland police tell us more than 85 cars were towed. officers were still clearing the scene eight hours later. the high street offramp reopened just before noon. oakland police say impounding the cars is a deterrent for people coming to another side show. >> those are folks that typically a majority do not live in oakland. they're outside of oakland. so you're not going to have a way to get home and you're certainly not going to have a way to get to work tomorrow. >> two police officers were hurt in last night's arrest. they're expected to be okay. bill cosby will be back in court tomorrow for his sentencing hearings. cosby was found guilty in april

on three sexual counts of drugging and saltiassaulting an constand. lawyers will also argue whether cosby should where labelled a lifetime predator. he faces up to 30 years in prison. in the east bay, a driver escaped injury after his car caught fire. the alameda fire department tweeted this video. the car caught fire yesterday on i-80 at the powell street exit in emeryville. police say the driver smelled smoke and was able to pull over and get out of car before it burst into flames. a car ban on popular streets today allowed people to walk, skate, ride and walk today. they closed the streets the car and instead filled it with people. >> this is an amazing celebration for our community.

we love it because what we should be doing more of is bringing people together, bridging different neighborhoods and communities, and being able to enjoy things, being able to ride safely with our families. kids caught on camera behind the wheel of a school bus. >> it's all good. it's all good. i'm not stopping at michael's stop. >> the now viral video allegedly showing the bus driver giving them a tutorial. and meteorologist drew tooma up in his sunday forecast. and why everyone was watching tiger's every move at the championship. plus

middle school kids behind the wheel of a school bus and the bus driver allegedly letting them do it. >> it's all good. it's all good. i'm not going to stop at michael's stop. >> all good is not way i think you would term that. the video of the bus ride in indiana has now been watched o media. it allegedly shows the bus

driver coaching the student driver with other students on board. officials say three students ages 11, 13 and 17 were able to drive on their way home from school. a parent found out about it and contacted the school. the driver has now been arrested and also fired from her job with the bus company. now your accuweather forecast. >> and in accuweather as we head into the latter half of september, it's known to be warm this time of year. warmer air is going to move in here, and it's going to feel hot through the end of the week. we'll take you outside. sutro tower showing you the turn going down over san francisco. great visibility, you can see the east bay hills right now. but air quality over the next couple of days will be declining as well as that warmer weather moves in. wide range of temperatures, 57,

half moon bay, 80 fairfield, 74 in santa rosa, much cooler in freemont at 67 degrees. the next 12 hours, there's a cloud-free sky. the marine layer will not be with us so it will be clear out there. most spots around the bay shoreline will hold in the mid if not low 50s in the overnight hours. we'll break down your monday, your 12-hour day planner, it's sunshine from start to finish, sun up shortly before 7:00 in the morning, it will be really efficient at warming us up by midday. and tomorrow afternoon it will be much warmer than today. you can see spots going back into the low 90s even around the bay shoreline, upper 70s to low 80s as our warming trend gets under way.

85 for santa rosa. along the peninsula tomorrow, it is mild and it is sunny. 80 for redwood city, 81 for mountain view and mi in the north bay, we go, it's warm and it's bright, 85 in sonoma tomorrow. the same in san rafael. the east bay tomorrow, it's on the warm side, sunshine in oakland, 84, 84 castro valley, hayward. and then inland we're going back into the 90s tomorrow. 91 in brent wood, fairfield up to about 93 degrees. a high fired flag warning is in tonight. even the entire region, we have dry vegetation, with this warmer weather moving in, we should be

vigilant across the entire bay area because fires can easily start and easily spread under these warm weather patterns. autumn heat on tuesday, there's your warmest day on wednesday, even the coast is mild. still warm on thursday, sharply cooler friday and below average for next weekend. 49ers and their fans fearing the worst, jimmy garofalo may have torn an acl. patrick maholm, here in the second quarter, it's a 14-7 game, running all over the field, then maholm shows up that rocket right around. touchdown pass to chris conley, sandy watkins, he scores s 45-1 at the break. jimmy garofalo, he finds a wide open marquis goodgoodwin.

then alfred morris punches it in from short. and here's the play, jimmy garofalo, stepping over the sidelines, an awkward move there. >> we lost our starting running back too. obviously, for him personally, i know how disappointed he is. >> these guys are mad or down about something, you just got to stay positive. >> raiders in south beach, taking on the dolphins. and have you seen this script before, raiders fans? opening drive, there's derek carr, pretty pass to jordi nelson. and he goes beast mode. fourth quarter, dolphins down three. call it the south beach special.

he is gone, 52 yards into the end zone. under 3:00 to go, car, under pressure and he pass to xavion howard. and albert wilson seals the deal, 74 yards, and can you believe this, he even has time to high-five with his teammates. no one was close. dolphins to 0 and 3. >> we played three football teams, and played them hard. we'll continue to work and we'll get this show on the road hopefully soon. >> i think we can finish with the offense better and it's going to put us over the hump. it's no secret, we need to do the los angeloks and all those i think the little things we need to finish better. >> the a's clinch a playoff spot but minnesota american spoils all that. jake cave, a two-run blast to center. a party is going to have to wait

at least one more day. the giants beat the a's. top 8, matt carpenter sends it to the seats in the right. six-game home stand at at&t for the dodgers to end the year. and tiger woods, he had that look in his eye, he came in as the leader, looking to close it out. they're now on 18. this is the shot that everybody's looking at. people think they care about tiger woods more than they care about golf? they sure do. for the first time in five years, the former stanford star wins the championship. oh, by the way, jusns t-4. marriage headliin headline, championship in five years and 80th in his career. >> i've been sitting on. for about five years now.

and to get 80 is, it's pretty damned good feeling. >> i would say so. pretty good. >> was he getting a little misty there? >> in that post round interview, you can see him visibly getting choked up. why not? the california police department releasing it's own podcast, the

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tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, no, this is not old video, it has happened again. the bay area apple store where thieves struck just hours ago. a large vigil planned tonight in palo alto for christine blasey ford against those who are questioning her accusations against supreme court nominee brett kavanagh. we'll have lots of stories at 11:00, but police in southern california have come up with what they believe is the next blockbuster podcast about a man suspected of killing his wife. >> the countdown to capture begins now. >> new port police believe back in 2012, peter chad killed his wife in their home and then dumped her body. then later he called the police and said that a handy man killed

his wife and kidnapped him. he was arrested but he jumped bail. and police say the podcast is already leading to new tips. >> before the podcast, we were not getting calls from the public and now we are. and all it takes is for us to get one good tip to help us find this suspect. that is it for abc7 "news at 6:00," for drew and

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