>> first talk a little about the conditions that firefighters are facing out there today. >> well, the topography out here in conjunction with the winds out of the south -- let me see here. the winds are out of the southwest along with the topography, this is a topography driven fire. thick brush, steep terrain. they are battling that for the most part. they are doing a really good job. when they initially got here, they did some structure protection and nine homes had to be evacuated. but they seem to be getting -- doing pretty good work on the ground along with the aircraft. >> bruce, you mentioned those homes. how many homes in general are in those 45 acres that we've been talking about this afternoon? >> i honestly don't know. it's sporadic out here. they're not really close together. they're pretty rural settings,

so it may only be the nine. >> okay, we're watching a plane doing a fireso we have fire ret down. we've got water drops. can you talk a little bit more about the resources being used? >> well, there's six dozers out here right now. we have six crews, six fire crews. there's 15 engines, four water tenders, and they're all working in harmony with the five air tankers. >> all right. >> all right, bruce lang from cal fire, we appreciate the information. we started watching this just after it broke out at 2:00 and, ama, the eyeball view here, we don't see active flames any more, so it looks like they're getting a handle on this thing. i want to pinpoint the location for you. the fire is near lake berryessa and it's forced the closure of highway 128 between markley cove and rag canyon road. people on the south side of the highway are being told that they

need to get out, and we'll keep an eye on this fire and bring you any developments as they happen. but it does look like, as we mentioned, that progress is being made. >> now to santa rosa, and when first responders rushed to a car accident last month, they found father oscar diaz stuck in the car with a broken hip. and emts also found $18,000 in cash. diaz said the money was his salary, but the church says that's just not true. >> in fact, the church says the money belonged to them. there was a lot more where it came from, in fact. this story getting a lot of traction on our website. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in sonoma county where he spoke with the parishioners there. wayne. >> reporter: well, this is an interesting story. it's a catholic church that has had more credibility issues than it wants in recent years. now this, apparently money from a collection plate going into a priest's pocket and it's been going on, they say, for 15 years.

awkward moments this morning outside resurrection parish in santa rosa. it sa peers that their beloved father oscar diaz had some secrets. do you trust him? >> yes. >> i just know he's a good man and my thoughts are is, like a lot of us, we're just not perfect. >> reporter: the church had been concerned about father oscar since last june when he suffered serious injuries in an auto accident on river road. when police discovered bags of cash in the car, that concern became suspicion. yesterday bishop robert had bad news about father oscar for the congregation. at least $95,000 stolen, quote, it's now absolutely clear from solid evidence that he's been systematically stealing from parishes and parishioners for the past 15 years. what he has done constitutes a grave crime even in the church. while the church took the case to the santa rosa police, there does not appear to be enough evidence to prosecute. >> it's hard to explain, you know? to hear that, you know?

>> for me, money is not so important. it's the relationship with people and the trust that might be broken. >> reporter: as of now, the diocese has removed father oscar from his priestly duties, probably forever. meantime, members of resurrection parish have more to pray for than usual this monday. their faith in god remains unshaken. in father oscar diaz, still to be determined. if the father were here now, what would you say to him? >> i'd hug him. and let that speak for itself. >> reporter: so the next question is will the sonoma county district attorney prosecute on this? as of this afternoon, the answer is no. they haven't even seen the case. that would come from the santa rosa police, and they say they don't have enough evidence to send it along. the church would need to invest more money to get more evidence, to make a case of it. right now the church does not seem inclined to do so. in santa rosa, wayne freedman,

abc7 news. >> wayne, thank you. now take a look at this video. watch the bottom left-hand corner closely. it shows a man coming up and using a broom to smash the window of a car right there in san francisco's chinatown before he runs off. now, that happened yesterday and it comes as community members held a meeting this morning to talk about the recent crime. >> they are looking for solutions amid high-profile crimes where they say the suspects are targeting seniors and members of the chinese american community. abc7 news anchor dion lim has the story. >> reporter: more than 200 community members packed the chinatown benevolent association headquarters. fed up after this violent attack last week where one of their leaders and another senior were crossing the street in the middle of the day and brutally attacked and knocked to the ground for a wrist watch. >> this guy, outrageous' behavior must be stopped. >> reporter: one of the victims face bruised and hesitant to go

on camera, telling me today he feels apprehensive being out in chinatown. supervisor aaron peskin says it took more than 30 m m s.f.p.d. to arrive. >> we have extended the hours of our foot beat officers so there's higher visibility. >> reporter: more security cameras will be installed in the next six weeks. in a neighborhood with nearly 1,000 merchants, this response couldn't have happened at a better time, citing frequent shoplifting and other neighborhood concerns. >> i have not had any outreach from the police captain at this point. hopefully we'll bridge that gap and get to know each other better. >> reporter: this marks the 8th violent crime in the chinese community city wide just this year. but the impact of violence has been felt across san francisco, most notably with the brutal beating of 89-year-old in visitacion valley. today tears from one of the many chinatown residents, a victim of a crime herself, desperately looking for change.

that was heart breaking to watch. now, since this most recent violent crime, the benevolent association here in chinatown has ponied up a whopping $20,000 to act as a reward leading to the arrest of the people who did this most recent crime. we should also point out that some of the money will also be allotted to anyone who is a witness and is willing to testify. in san francisco's chinatown, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> thank you, dion. now, in the east bay, an arrest of suspected thieves shutdown lanes of 880 today. sky 7 is going to show us the area in oakland. look at all those officers out there. this is where police stopped a car coming from hayward. officers believe the car was connected to a theft at the dick's sporting goods store at hayward south land mall. you can see ten police and c.h.p. units are on the scene. officers took four people into custody. the arrests around 9:30 this morning forced the c.h.p. to shutdown two lanes of northbound

808 north of hig enburger road. the lanes have since been reopened. >> a man died when his car collided with an ace train in livermore just before 8:00 a.m. abc7 news reporter unser has the story and has more from livermore. unser. >> reporter: larry, good evening. you can see the intersection behind me is clear now. they don't have answers, but witnesses think the car was already in the railroad crossing when it was hit by the train. early this afternoon, emergency crews removed the driver's body from the car and then began the process of removing the car from the intersection. >> we heard somewhat of like a loud boom, but we didn't think it was anything because the train is pretty loud. >> reporter: josef lives across the street from the intersection where the driver was hit. >> a couple minutes when we walked out we heard the police and sirens come out. then we talked down and obviously we saw the car against the pole right there. >> reporter: according to brian schmidt, director for ace train,

before 8:00 a.m., the driver was hit by one of its trains as it approached livermore station. he says investigators are still trying to pinpoint where on the tracks the car was hit, but he says if the car was hit in the railroad crossing, once the crossing arms come down, it's not ease y for a train to stop. >> it will take anywhere from half to three quarters of a mile to stop depending how fast they're going. coming to the station probably going slower. >> it just looked very gruesome, the whole thing was very sad. >> reporter: justin todd owns the neert by car service repair shop. he said it's rare to hear of accidents in this intersection. and he adds it's heavily patrolled by police. >> you see the police, they make a big stink about people crossing the tracks if they're walking across, not in the -- >> reporter: crosswalk? >> crosswalk, yeah. >> reporter: it's well regulated? >> it seems to be pretty well regulated. >> reporter: livermore police say it's still early in the investigation, but they do believe that the railroad crossing arms, the lights and the sounds were all functioning

properly. reporting live in livermore, unser hassan, abc7 news. >> thank you, unser. in case of a fire, how are first responders expected to communicate when a cell tower goes up in flames? the south bay is the first county in the state to get a helping hand. >> big settlement in that equifax data breach. 15 million californians could get a pay out. what you should do and know if you think you've been affected. >> and the heart stopping moment a para glider crashed into a cliff before somehow landing safely. >> and some incredible video right here. good samaritans coming to the rescue after a violent

want to give you an update on the breaking news we've been following since 4:00. structures being threatened now by a wildfire in napa county. this is burning near lake berryessa. people on the south side of 128

near rag canyon road have been told that they need to get out. cal fire spokesman told us a short time ago, at least nine homes have been evacuated. firefighters are making progress, but they are dealing with some steep terrain, rugged conditions. so far 45 acres have been burned. and as we have all afternoon, we will keep you posted on the situation. moving on, emergency services in the bay area have been unveiling state of the art technology this summer to help them better respond to disasters. this morning santa clara county announced it is getting communication equipment. the first time this military grade technology will be used in california. abc7 news reporter chris reyes with why getting this device is a personal victory for santa clara firefighters. 28 and com the largest wildfire in california history, santa clara county's fire chief had to deal with more than just the

disaster. cell service used by his mobile command center slowed to a halt, severely limiting his team's ability to communicate. >> as we struggle to work through that internet service provider to try to get that service restored, it was several days that our firefighters were impacted. >> reporter: in a disaster, losing communications could mean losing lives, which is why the chief says getting this check is a personal victory. the $4 million will go to buy two of the self-powering units developed in clovis, california, known as mobile operating satellite emergency system or moses. >> so, moses ais mobile infrastructure. it's essentially wireless communication hardware mounted on a small trailer. >> reporter: within 50 minutes, moses can provide cell service to residents, and emergency personnel. because it's t it's towable it set up. >> we rely on the internet to

access doosh >> reporter: the money is coming from the 2019 state budget which has earmarked hundreds of millions in fire prevention funding after last year's record breaking fire season. >> how did this come about? the chief called and said, we have a dire need of keep making sure that our community is safe with technology. >> this is like a miniaturized office, right? we have switches to turn on lights. >> reporter: one critical use, moses could work in tandem with this mobile communications unit which needs to be online at all times when deployed to a disaster. >> having that communication equipment absolutely translates to save lives. >> reporter: santa clara county fire department hopes to have its moses units before the end of the year. in cupertino, chris reyes for abc7 news. >> equifax has agreed to a $700 million settlement for its massive 2017 data breach. >> some of that money, perhaps a great deal of it, could end up in your pocket. 7 on your side's michael finney has the details. you actually have to prove

you've been harmed in some way. >> they're not just handing out money. but you're going to be made right on this one. this is a wonderful deal. the breach was one of the largest ever, threatening the private information of nearly 150 million consumers, 15 million of them right here in california. more than half the settlement, as much as $425 million, has been set aside to pay consumers for their loss. the work to correct that loss, and expenses. here is california attorney general xavier becerra. >> americans have a right to have confidence is that their personal confidential information will be protected by those who compel us to release it to them. that's why we are holding equifax accountable today. >> so what was stolen during the breach? a lot. social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver's license numbers, credit card numbers, passport photos.

how much consumers owe on their homes, and whether there are court judgments against them. consumers can get up to $20,000 in reimbursement for losses from unauthorized charges to affected accounts. they can also get paid for legal fees, credit monitoring or i.d. theft protection services the consumer has bought, and expenses related to freezing and unfreezing your credit report. on top of all of that, consumers are allowed to bill for the time they spent dealing with the breach. they can charge $25 per hour for up to as many as 20 hours. credit reports are used by lenders to decide if you can get a loan and employers should decide if you're going to get a job. the courts must still give final approval so there's no way to file a claim until that is done. we are expecting it in a month or two. i will report back so you can file your claim. >> for those people who have been really impacted by this, you can get some money back? >> some serious money back. >> great. good news. thank you, michael.

>> a lucky outcome in an unlucky accident. video captured the whole thing. >> reporter diane pathew with aa man who flipped his pickup truck. >> any time you see something like that happen, you always want others to help. >> reporter: tom meyers was leechlding his fire fighting job before 7:00 this morning. he had no idea he would run into this. watch the driver of this maroon pickup. illinois state police tells us he blew out a tire near york while traveling westbound on i-88. you can see the tread separating from the tire here. the pickup driver loses control, spins around and flips over. good samaritans, many of them construction workers, stopped to help, watch as they pushed the pickup onto the passenger side. as they try and figure out how to get the driver out, tom meyers pulls up and rushes into action. >> so at that point i knew we had to get the windshield and try to cut the seat belt. >> reporter: using the tools from the construction workers, tom and the others break the windshield and tear off the driver's seat belt, freeing him.

>> he was standing there and he said, i want to get out. i said, we should probably wait for the fire department to show up and that's when he proceeded to jump out the window. >> reporter: the group realizing he's okay starts cheering. that's when fire crews and an ambulance from oak brook arrived and transport the driver to an area hospital. >> diane reporting. probably a dozen good samaritans right there doing great stuff at a moment's notice. being late for work will not get you out of a speeding ticket in pittsburgh. police today said they clocked a driver cruising on a city street at 103 miles per hour. >> what? >> the speed limit is 45. officers call him a sucher speeder. they say his excuse was he was late for work. he ended up being really, really late because his car was towed. >> not cool. there are kids, animals, people. that's absurd. >> if you're 75 miles above the limit, no excuse for that. >> all right. our weather. >> yes. it's getting hot, drew tuma, going to get hotter. >> it is indeed.

we're tracking that warm weather essentially away from the coast. that warm weather is certainly having an effect on our fire danger. want to give you an update on the canyon fire. we've been monitoring this throughout the entire newscast. lake berryessa, around highway or state route 128. the temperature, it's 90 degrees. the relative humidity is dry at 29%. the winds out of the southwest. that would be blowing smoke away from the north bay. those winds right now gusting about 9 miles per hour. live doppler 7 right now, coastal fog, we'll show you that from the sutro tower camera. you can see the fog descending over san francisco right now. unfortunately the marine layer is going to be very shallow overnight tonight. so that means it is a mainly clear sky for a lot of us tonight and that means a hotter day on the way tomorrow away from the coast. the accuweather forecast highlights, take a look at what's happening. hotter air is coming. by wednesday our hottest spots inland getting very close, if not hitting 100 degrees. when you have that high temperature in the afternoon combined with our dry vegetation that is increasing our fire

danger, we're getting to that time of year when everything is dry and warm temperatures mean any fires that start can spread rather quickly. however, the warm up is not widespread. the coast over the next seven days is going to mean -- remain rather cool in the 60s. right now temperature wise we're at 66 in the city, but it's 96 in fairfield right now. 92 in brentwood, 85 in san jose and oakland. current temperature 73 degrees. we'll take a look at live doppler 7. satellite in the high pressure of the four corners will supply us with the warm pressure over the inlandthe next couple of days. you can find showers in southern california. some of this moisture, you can feel it today. it's moving into our neck of the woods in the form of increased humidity. so it feels muggy out there. that will continue tomorrow as well. coastal fog over the marine layer, clear skies for a majority of the bay area. break down your day tomorrow, the 12-hour day planner, sun is up here at 6:06 in the morning.

midday sunshine around the bay and inland. 80s and 90s. above average this time of year. highs in the microclimate, south bay tomorrow, 86 in san jose. it's warm. 90 in morgan hill. 84 the high in cupertino. along the peninsula bright and warm, 81, 82 for redwood city. the coast is cool. 60 and breezy in half moon bay. downtown san francisco tomorrow, 66. afternoon sunshine, 65. in daly city, the north bay is warm to hot once again, 93 in lake port. 84 in petaluma. 85 in novato, 82 the high in sonoma. the east bay tomorrow, 70s and 80s. 75 in oakland. 95 in livermore. 91 in walnut creek. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. the numbers will continue to rise on wednesday. it is just hot inland. near 100. we'll bob and weave temperature wise. you look at the next seven days, you are stuck in the 90s, but

the coast remains rather comfortable in the 60s. but again, the next 7 days, fire danger in spots, it stays high. >> bobbing and weaving. 98 to 96. thank you, drew. >> all right. so, a wing

you've got to see this. it's unbelievable. close call on camera, a para glider loses control. he was soaring in the swiss alps. >> then he crashed into a cliff. somehow survived, though. abc's geo benitez has the story. >> reporter: this shows what happens when the extreme sport para gliding turns dangerous. >> oh! >> reporter: watch as greg overton of tacoma, washington, loses control of the glider. its parachute like wing collapsing, his harnesses spinning dramatically, flipping hi upside down as he a careens toward a mountain cliff.

>> oh! >> reporter: overton screaming out as he smashes into the rock. some hai he seems to turn the para glider right way up as it drags along the steep rock face. the crash putting him upside down for nearly five minutes. overton had traveled to the swiss mountain tops two weeks ago with a group of seven other para gliders for a so-called flying excursion. >> the winds increased in speed since last time we had flown there. >> reporter: fellow para glider ross says there were very heavy winds in the area. >> i noticed it was a little bit bumpy and bouncy. that area was extremely tough to fly the glider in and i had actually decided to get out of there a little bit earlier than he did. >> reporter: the sport is becoming increasingly popular. the pilot sits in a harness and hangs from a large fabric wing, letting the wind take over. a para glider can stay in the air for hours. but the glider doesn't control the conditions and if the wind turns, so can the glider. luckily in this case, overton was taken to the hospital after suffering only minor injuries.

doctors calling him a walking miracle. >> wow. >> that is just insane. >> it is. >> and that story, it doesn't e end there. after the accident, overton packed up his gear then walked three miles to the nearest train station in order to get to the hospital. >> he had a minor fracture in the vertebrae in his lower back. some cuts and bruises. his helmet was split in half, but at least his head wasn't split in half. that would have been the longest five minutes of his life. he went back up. >> of course he did. >> three days later. >> wow. that's incredible. >> okay, keep going, man. i guess. still ahead, oakland's own tom hanks is in a new movie. so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids.

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coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, we are learning new information about the fatal accident involving a central valley couple crossing a san francisco street. plus what police are now saying about the young driver behind the wheel of a rented tesla. >> also, thieves go on a

car-break-in spree at a popular tourist spot. the one common sense thing police say drivers must do nowadays. >> oakland's tom hanks has played some memorable characters in his distinguished career, but few like the one he's playing in his next movie. ♪ it's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor ♪ ♪ would you be mine, would you be mine ♪ ♪ >> you love broken people like me. >> sometimes we have to ask for help. and that's okay. >> tom hanks is mr. rogers in the upcoming film "a beautiful day in the neighborhood." sony pictures released the trailer today. it's not a biopic. it's about rogers' relationship with journalists and his life changes as they meet. the film will hit theaters thanksgiving time. >> he's perfect for that. >> oh, yeah, won't you be my

neighbor. >> thanks for joining us. "world news tonight" with david muir is tonight, the severe storm watch as we come on the air. new york city, philadelphia, down to washington, d.c., bracing for dangerous storms, high winds after the blistering heat. and the lightning strikes. eight people on one beach injured. hundreds of thousands without power tonight. and ginger zee with the new track as this hits in the coming hours. also developing tonight, rising tensions between the u.s. and iran. iran tonight now claiming to have captured 17 alleged cia spies. how president trump is now responding amid new images tonight of iranian gunships circling that captured tanker. the american woman and her boyfriend discovered dead on a road trip in canada, and just in tonight, authorities have just revealed the cause of death and they've now released a sketch of a person they want to talk to. and this evening, the second mystery just now emerging in canada.