moving forward, finding solutions, abc7news. >> a wildfire in napa county has burned 570 acres. it is less active after hours of burning but firefighters are not letting up on the fight. tonight some residents are still clipped from their homes. it is to the north of napa and less than three miles from the famous silverado resort. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. meteorologist sandy patel is here with weather conditions on the fire line. let's begin with abc 7 reporter tim johns live in napa county.

>> dan, i am here on soto canyon road where officials have set up a base of operations. calfire began battling the blades around 3:30 in the afternoon. they plan on being out here the rest of the night. as of tuesday night the fire has been burning off of soda springs road in napa county. evacuations were ordered for some residents just after 4:00 p.m.. crews are battling the plates from the ground and sky. >> topography is not in our favor since we are dealing with sloped areas. it has been a challenge to get to some of the rural areas. ask the cause of the fire is under investigation. he lives in the area and believes he saw the fire began. he was sitting outside just as the wind began to pick up. >> we heard a pop and then a spark fly out of a telephone

pole box. >> a few moments later he noticed flames from that location. >> firefighters and residents say this is the same spot as the atlas fire in 2017. >> that fire burned tens of thousands of acres and lasted for weeks. it is an experience that prompted him and his to take extra steps to help reduce the threat of future wildfires. i know around here has been working hard to tina fey to to, cleanup brush. -- two cleanup vegetation, two cleanup brush. >> he says he is not worried. instead, he is placing trust in people fighting it head on. >> we know they will keep these fires under control. >> napa county officials set up an evacuation center at the crosswalk at community church where folks can access food,

water, shelter, and other resources. live in napa county tonight, tim johns abc7news. >> let's go to meteorologist andy patel with more -- sandhya patel with more on fire conditions. >> right now i am happy to report conditions improved. southeast, wind only gusting to two miles per hour. humidity is way up from the teens earlier this afternoon when the fire broke out the 49% now. it is cooler, 63 degrees. wind will remain light through the night. that will help firefighters gain ground. then they will pick up tomorrow afternoon and evening and we will see gusty wind again. this is concerning. smoke from the fire, you can see it moving southward from the fire. into the napa valley and also around parts of the east bay. fortunately, now, the air quality is good in the area but the air district issued an air quality advisory in effect

through tomorrow as of the wildfire smoke will settle tomorrow morning and it will be heaviest concentrated in the napa valley area but also there could be issues. i will be back with a closer look at what you can do to keep yourself safe was a look at what is ahead, exactly what we need to keep fire danger down. >> we sent this alert out on our abc 7 mobile app when the fire broke out this afternoon. if you have the app, you got up-to-date information. if you want alerts in the future, download the abc 7 bay area news app from the app store. tonight bay area educators meant at san francisco city hall to remember the 19 students and two teachers killed in the texas school shooting. those at tonight's rally are pushing for gun control and education reform. here is abc 7 reporter j.r. stone. >> teachers from across the

country say it is not safe. people are not going into teaching anymore. j.r: she was one of several speakers involved in a vigil and call to action outside the san francisco city hall tuesday night. >> this week alone we saw more action in canada 1000 miles away than in our own country. that is unacceptable. j.r: san francisco mayor london breed referred to the guns used in uvalde, texas, and other school shootings as weapons of mass destruction. she vowed to continue rallying until changes are made. >> until we get rid of the gun lobby. until we eradicate weapons of mass destruction. until our policymakers in congress have the courage to do what is necessary, we will have to continue to be here. j.r: cassondra represents the

united educators of san francisco union and wants change on a federal and local level. >> we need more social workers in every school. we need more counselors, one-on-one therapy for students and families. >> to make it harder for people to get guns where their emotions may be taking over rather than a logical decision to decide to buy a gun. j.r: many of these here are referencing gun violence in san francisco and other bay area communities. some changes need to be made because we are not immune to seeing the kind of shooting we saw in texas i out here. j.r. stone, abc7news. >> you are expecting news of a mass shooting with the statistics now. that should not be the case. dan: the tragic impact of the shooting in uvalde sparked a strong reaction from students at pleasanton's thomas hart middle

school led by student ayana hasan, walking out of school calling for gun reform laws. in uvalde tonight investigators continue to go through the shooting minute by minute. state authorities are now correcting an earlier claim that the gunman entered through a door a teacher left open. tonight they say the door was closed. but for unknown reasons, it did not lock. abc news reporter morgan norwood has more on the investigation as the first victim was laid to rest today. morgan: one by one a grieving friends and families saying their goodbyes to the 19 children and two teachers gunned down in robb elementary school. the first round of sewer versus -- services were held for amerie jo garza and alithia ramirez. >> it is as if it is one huge

funeral that is not ending. morgan: the demand for answers over police response with the gunman inside for 77 minutes swells. uvalde police are no longer cooperating with the state review of their response. the school board conducted an active shooter training in march that required the police to immediately confront the suspect. the on scene commander that day ordered tactical teams to not enter the classrooms, wrongly believing they were no longer dealing with an active shooter but a barricaded suspect. >> of course it was the wrong decision. morgan: in new video you can overhear a dispatcher reporting that a student is calling from the classroom. >> he is in the room full of victims. morgan: the girl calls minutes later, this time telling dispatchers there are eight to nine students alive. at this point, it has been 41

minutes since police arrived on scene but they still have not got in. >> at 12:47 she asks 911 to send the police. shots can be heard. morgan: the carnage ended when the border patrol decided to use a custodians key to breach of the door and kill the gunman. outside the school, the race to find the wounded, radio dispatch capturing one of the victims talking to police. >> are you in there? morgan: a bipartisan group of senators meeting over zoom working to craft a deal on a federal gun law. morgan norwood, abc news news, los angeles. dan: to find an ally to cope with issues like school safety, gun-control, and mental health get started by going to abc7news.com/takeaction. schools have new covid testing guidelines for the upcoming school year. the california testing task

force this week released a new testing framework that recommends antigen test's be considered the primary option for detecting covid, not lab-based pcr tests. this state -- in the state will likely scale back on site testing. california is offering an additional 15 million antigen tests to schools. >> in the south bay, a unique approach to promoting voter turnout. that story. dan: also, the pain of the pump continues. the latest bay area gas prices and where you will find these skyhigh prices. get ready for the first nba finals game at the chase center. the warriors start their championship run thursday. you could say the excitement is overflowing. first, a look at it was coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. jimmy: if we waste time, let's do it together. say you are a pilot that almost never flies.

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streets. amanda: with the primary election only one week away, a block party is being planned in the heart of san jose to boost voter turnout. evening to the city's pimply historic district. organizers say to put a focus on democracy. >> especially for under representative -- underrepresented community. amanda: according to a ballot tracker, early voting numbers are low. as of tuesday only 9% of california voters had returned their ballots, around 2 million people. experts admit primary elections tend to have lower turnouts compared to presidential primaries. that is one reason that silicon valley rise in action behind the brock party is moving to pass measure b that would move the governor's election to the

presidential cycle beginning 2024. >> a small date change can have profound effects in the 10th largest cities in the country. amanda: if past the latino coalition of silicon valley estimates a 150% spike in voter turnout, particularly for the latino population. >> really thinking about working families, those that are busy and cannot show up to three or four different election days. it is a way to make it more easy and accessible for working families. amanda: the family-friendly block party kicks off not -- 5:30 at hensley street between second and third. there will be about a box. >> it is good to see a kid friendly event. i remember going into the voting box with my mother when i was a child. dan: tomorrow california's task force on reparations for african

americans is a set to take a step in righting the wrongs caused by the damaging effects of slavery's legacy, expected to release a report detailing the harms perpetuated by the state against african-americans and recommending ways to address the wrongs. the report will include expanding voter registration and improving black neighborhoods. california is the first state in the nation to create such a task force and take this step. that's me turn your attention to rising gas prices. san francisco has the highest average in the nation, $6.48. california's state average is six dollars 17 cents. the national average is $4.62. in southern california, even crazier prices. this chevron in downtown los angeles is charging $8.05 per gallon for regular unleaded. game one of the nba finals

between the warriors and the boston celtics is two days away. to today star forward jason tatum and his celtics teammates arrived in downtown san francisco with a few fans on green waiting to get an autograph or two. the excitement is building for game one at chase center. you will be able to watch it here on abc 7. today crews began preparing the set for abc's live coverage of thrive city outside chase center. officials are anxious for the game to begin saying the environment at the arena exceeded expectations. >> the level of excitement has been building through the playoffs. it has reached its peak. it is what we have dreamed of. the reality is better than what we envisioned. dan: for away games, the warriors announced today that watch parties will be in the arena. fans will also be able to watch outside at thrive city on the giant screens. if you plan on heading to the arena, take public

transportation and arrive early. it will be fun, but crowded. abc 7 is the exclusive home of the nba finals. we will have pregame and postgame programming throughout the series. game one is thursday night with tip-off at 6:00 p.m.. count on coverage all day long and throughout the series. we are excited, as i know you are, for what we hope will be a terrific series. the warriors are back in the nba finals. sandy: very cool. right now, i want to turn your attention back to the fire. unfortunately, it is that time of year when we are dealing with fires earlier and earlier. let me show you what you need to know. the district has an air quality advisory up through tomorrow. keep windows and doors closed. bring pets inside. put your ac on recirculate. the pollution levels are not expected to exceed the national

24 hour standard, but, certainly , you will have smoke around especially tomorrow morning in the north bay. here is the sunset tonight from mount tam. you can clearly see layers of smoke across the region. this is what you will see tomorrow. what we need is rain. there is a chance with this system. it is impressive on live doppler 7. at this hour we do not have rain but we have fog. visibility down to four miles at half moon bay. tomorrow morning, be careful if you are driving or commuting. temperatures in the 40's to the 70's. quite a spread. inland, mild to warm. from our sue truck camera, warming continues bay and inland tomorrow. cooler weather thursday and a chance of showers this weekend. today warmed up and we did not have fog but tomorrow morning will be different. 5:00 you will see fog around the coast and bay continuing to 8:00

p.m.. then clouds will be coming through the afternoon and evening. temperatures first thing in the morning will range from the 40's to the 60's, coolest to the coast. inland areas will be mild. 85 in san jose, warm in gilroy, 87 on the peninsula, 80 in redwood city, 60 in half moon bay, downtown san francisco, 66 degrees. north bay hazy skies. 86 in napa, 82 san rafael, 90 santa rosa, 82 berkeley, 72 oakland. inland, 87 in livermore, 92 fairfield and brentwood. we are watching the possibility of wet weather. saturday night, the best chance in the north bay. sunday we could see it about anywhere but keep in mind this model is not the high-resolution model. as we get closer we will give you a better idea. but this model wants to bring in up to one third an inch of rain in santa rosa. the warmest day of the week will

be tomorrow with 90's inland, 50's coast side, breezier and cooler starting thursday. it will be closer to average for the end of the workweek and below average for the weekend when we bring in windy weather and the possibility of somewhat weather in june. i know that it sounds crazy, dan, but it happens every so often. let's hope that we get rain. it will certainly help lessen fire danger. dan:

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rite of spring at uc berkeley, the naming of the falcon chicks. annie became a mom again, voting to name her two latest chicks a brother and sister, among the 12 named finalist, grenell junior in memory of annie's longtime base, key, one of the founders of the medieval city of kyiv, julia morgan, the first female architect licensed in california, and in 1894 berkeley alum, hope, and the person who suggested this name says it is because during a turbulent time annie and the chicks provided hope for people. the winning names will be announced friday and we will let you know.

i joined the district attorney's office to pursue justice for everyone. but like so many of my colleagues, i resigned in protest because chesa boudin interfered in every single case and failed to do his job. the office is absolutely in disarray right now.

chesa dissolved my unit prosecuting car break-ins. now criminals flock to san francisco because there are no consequences. we can't wait. recall chesa boudin now. i'm dan o'dowd and i approved this message. we can't wait. elon musk promised to pay a million customers $30,000 a year if they bought his car. they bought his car. so, where's their money? he promised customers if they bought his car, its value would increase to $200,000. they bought his car. so, where's their money?

he promised investors if they bought his stock, they would get $50 billion a year in profits from robotaxis. they bought his stock. so, where's their money? and he told investors tesla was worth $1 trillion by claiming tesla was the leader in driverless robotaxi technology. but tesla doesn't have driverless robotaxi technology. tesla's full self-driving software requires a driver! many other companies have already deployed driverless robotaxis that are way ahead of tesla's. so where's the investors' money? in the last year, elon musk pulled $48 billion out of tesla, seven times the profits they've ever made. his ceo compensation was 1,000 times the average for a fortune 500 ceo. elon, is your full self-driving software just a trillion-dollar ponzi scheme? did you become the wealthiest man in history by swindling customers and investors?

i'm dan o'dowd and i'm running for u.s. senate because congress needs to shut down elon musk's full self-driving fiasco. someone needs to stand up to him. finals for the six time in eight years. >> obviously, we have finals experience.

i think that matters. boston is hardly a young team. just because they have not been to the finals does not mean they do not have experience. >> the thing people forget. when we won our first championship we were young. but, we were so important to that team that you tend to forget that, no, wehowing us the way. the difference is now we are the veterans showing the way. dan: one more not-so-subtle reminder that abc 7 is your exclusive home for the abc finals. name one warrior celtics pregame at 5:00 p.m., tip-off at 6:00. giants and phillies, evan longoria will get the last laugh. what a night for luis gonzalez. giants take a 2-1 lead. they end up going to extras. up the middle, bad luck for the giants were crocheting off the

base. now it is 4-4. ? jams in the 11th, joc pederson, upper deck there. recently had a hitting talk with barry bonds. it works. johan camargo pops up. wilmer flores makes the catch as the giants hold on, literally, 7-4 in 11. mr. october reggie jackson. he has a job with the astros. christian pothier. the ease take a one-nothing lead. chaz mccormick to dead center. that ended frankie's night. the astros go and -- go on to

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