park. the sunol regional wilderness area. we're going to show you some video from news chopper 2 where the fire started. as you heard, the fire broke out near calaveras at around 2:30 a.m. mainly because of a dry vegetation covering the steep terrain as it will, the flames just raced up the hillside. fortunately there hasn't been much wind to fan the flames but it was enough to scare people who were near by when it started. >> i saw a lot of smoke, it did not look good. it was, when i looked at the horizon i told everyone to look back and i said i think there's a fire back there. i was freaked out. i was scared for the people that were back there with us. the fire could catch up to them. it was bad though. i'm glad we left. if we could have helped but we were just coming to enjoy stuff, enjoy swimming and all of a sudden, fire. >> reporter: now calfire tells us this park is mainly an open space park so the agency did not have to conduct an

evacuation and there have been no reported injuries. because it's burning uphill it is going away from the closest structures including a near by plant nursery. so calfire and alameda county fire officials tell me they will use the 200 firefighters as well as helicopter to simply contain the fire and a few minutes ago the commander told me this fire is now 75% contained. live in sunol, robert handa, ktvu news. we want to show you another view from news chopper 2 live pictures, you can see smoke is still rising from this fire. k c h i ef meteorologist bill martin is tracking this fire. >> there is not a lot of wind out there that's why you see hazy smoke lingering. the wind at this point are light. this underscoring what we're heading to this weekend. a red flag warning in the next few hours will go into effect

for the north bay. we can easily see red flag warnings as we head into tomorrow. low humidity and high winds on top of that. this underscores how dry this thing is. but that fire grew rapidly because look at the terrain, just ran up the hill. tomorrow's red flag warning could see it in parts of the bay area. temperatures tomorrow will be the highest temperatures we've seen. fire zone, let's take a look at current conditions. 83degrees. the wind are relatively light, 13 miles per hour. last night they were blowing 25 miles per hour at this time. humidity 26%. when i come back we're going to go visit that forecast for tomorrow. and we're going to let you know how hot it's going to get at your house. an alameda county judge faced a dozen criminal charges in court today for allegations he defrauded an elderly couple. ktvu's matt keller is live now in oakland with new information

about the evidence stacking up against judge paul seeman, matt. >> reporter: alameda county judge paul seeman is free tonight after posting bail. today he was on the other side of the bench inside this courthouse. paul seeman is used to back door access at the alameda county courthouse. but today he had to pass past a media and face a judge for arraignment on 12 felony charges including one count of elder financial abuse. seeman was silent as his attorney spoke for him asking for continuation on the hearing. >> i have no comments to make, i haven't seen any of the discovery. we haven't had a chance to read the complaint or amendment complaint that we just received. >> reporter: our cameras captured investigators from the district attorney's office removing computers and files from seeman's home last night. court documents say seeman acquired power of attorney back

in 1999 for an elderly couple. the district attorney's office says seeman had taken over almost all of anne nuttings final affairs by 2004. including the woman's banking and financial accounts worth more than $2 million and sold other valuable properties. he's charged with 11 counts of perjury for not disclosing this during his time as a county commissioner in 2004 and when he was appointed alameda judge in 2009. his fate behind the bench is now unclear. >> i can't address that issue at all, i'm not involved in that issue. >> reporter: paul seeman is next expected in court where he's expected to enter a plea for the charges. police are looking for a bank robber who has targeted three east bay cities. surveillance cameras caught this imagine of a man who robbed a first community bank. authorities say the same man robbed banks in san ramon and

dublin. the robber appeared to be a white or latino man. 6'tall and weighing around 200 to 220 pounds. san francisco hospital did something unusual today, it released the photo of a patient in critical care as part of its search to try to identify a woman. david stevenson is live in the city with the concern that prompted them to release that picture. >> reporter: that's right the woman was hit by a car just outside this intersection and tonight doctors say they need the public's help to identify her. >> reporter: san francisco general hospital calls her jane doe and doctors are so desperate to find this elderly woman's family. they took the unusual step of releasing this photo of her unconscious in the critical care ward. >> it's really a last resort. >> reporter: the woman was struck by a car last thursday. investigators say she tried to cross against van nuys avenue traffic just south of vallejo.

she suffered traumatic brain injury and broken bones. driver douglas perine of san francisco was arrested for dui. >> as soon as he struck her, he complied with the authorities and at this point, we're trying to identify who this victim is. >> reporter: hospital officials say she had no identification. they are not sure of her exact ethnicity, they say she's well kept and does not appear to be homeless. it's unclear why friends or family have not stepped forward a week after the accident. >> i think in the large part it's because of the culture barriers and it's also in part because of the lack of knowledge of what's out there. because of that barrier. >> reporter: another look at jane doe,she's described as an asian woman in her 70s with brown hair and brown eyes, weighing 130 pounds, san

francisco general hospital and the police ask you to call them if you know her. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. members of the contra costa interfaith community are working to end gun violence in richmond. >> we will see a transformation in the city of richmond. >> reporter: a dozen people took their message to the streets urging others to stop the shooting. the walks raise community awareness. >> we're sick and tired of the homicides going unaddressed and we want this generation and especially this target population to know we love them. >> reporter: anti violence day walks will take place every friday throughout the summer. day walks begin at 1:00 p.m. and leave from the garden of peace church on wall street and evening walks start at 7:00 p.m. at north richmond baptist church on fred jackson way. a refinery leak won't end until tomorrow afternoon and it

has already made about a dozen people sick. ktvu's science editor john fowler is live with what is being done to keep people safe. >> reporter: we do not smell anything here, that's because the wind is blowing these hydrogen fumes to the east. the refinery is just west rodeo. at 7:20 this morning this so called sour water tank ruptur ed. hydrogen sulphite gas started leaking out. >> it's scary, and i think there's going to be a long term effect i'm not feeling now. >> reporter: swimmers were sent home from the community pool. >> it's a really bad smell, it's irritating like my smelling. >> now it's not as bad. i've gotten used to it. >> people can definitely feel

noxious from these odors and they can get headaches and they can even have stinging eyes. >> reporter: randy sawyer say people who smell it and have respiratory problems should stay indoors or go up wind. >> it's a nuisance, for that we're deeply regret and apologize for that impact on the community. >> reporter: health officials are concerned about drivers along highway 80s especially refinery officials say they are trying to drain the tanks. spray water and use nitrogen to reduce the fumes. some fumes will be released into late tomorrow afternoon. and stay with ktvu.com we will keep you posted about any change in that situation at the refinery. california lawmakers have passed a budget beating a midnight deadline. the budget addresses a $15.7

billion deficit by cutting $8 billion and adding another $8 billion in new revenue. however, $6 billion in cuts mostly to education will kick in if voters do not approve the governor's tax hikes in november. >> if we pass these taxes in november, it gives us every prospect and every opportunity to make this the last year of budget deficit in california and that's what we aim to do. >> this plan is yet another smoke and mirror gimmick filled imbalanced fraud. >> the budget now goes to governor brown's desk but he has not said yet whether or not he will sign it. president obama announced today that his administration will change immigration policy. the new policy affects illegal immigrants under 30 years old who have been in the country for at least five consecutive years and do not have a

criminal record. as expected the president's announcement drew praise and criticism from both sides of the aisle. >> these are young people who are going to enrich our country, we ought to recognize that and give them an opportunity to get right with the law. >> i see this as something more so of -- before the president's announcement a group of immigration advocates took over an obama campaign office in oakland. the protesters have been in the office since last night. there are four of them all undocumented students who have lived in the u.s. since they were children. they say the president's new policy does not go far enough. similar protests were held in similar cities from ohio to denver to los angeles. it's a crime that usually wouldn't make headlines but oakland residents are

particularly upset about a theft at children's fairy land. someone stole the ugly duckling statute. the staff at fairy land is working with police to find the person responsibility. but they really just want the thief to bring it back. looking for the source. what investigators are looking into a fire that shut down b.a.r.t. >> i'm consumer editor tom vacar, infrastructure still ahead.

another look at the fire scene near sunol here's a live

picture from news chopper 2. firefighters tell us this fire has burned about 300 acres but the good news is it's about 75% contained right now. winds are light in the area, they are about 200 firefighters on the scene and there were aircraft involved earlier making drops on the area. no homes are threatened in the area of this fire and we'll keep an eye on it for you. structural and concrete engineers arrived on the scene late today to investigate that massive west oakland fire that shut down b.a.r.t. yesterday. crews will have to shore up the burned down construction side before anyone can go inside to look for evidence. right now investigators say they are focusing on the outside of that area. >> we're following up on investigative leads, we're conducting interviews and are openly our goal is to get in and to find out exactly what happened. oakland fire investigators say the electricity was out and no tools were left that could have

been a source of ignition. the fire really highlighted how poárpbt important b.a.r.t. is to our transportation. >> reporter: a motorcycle accident took out of its lanes for an hour. >> anything that takes a lane that much capacity at the beginning of the commute ends up affecting the entire morning. >> reporter: ferries carried some 15,000 riders, five times normal. >> the infrastructure is our economy. when we lose it we become completely frozen. >> it doesn't seem like there's the emergency back up plans is really here. i don't think, i don't know i haven't seen any extra buses. we've just been waiting, they've been coming only once every 20, 30 minutes. so, but i don't know what the big fix is. >> reporter: we asked commuters who stood in long lines yesterday is more

infrastructure the big fix. >> i think it would be a good idea. but where's the money to do that. you have to allocate the money to get things into motion. it's a good idea but whether it's feasible or not is the big question. >> reporter: we cannot let what we have degrade. >> b.a.r.t. will need $15 billion just to keep it running. >> reporter: experts say ask yourself what would life be like without b.a.r.t., buses, airports, sea ports, trains and water systems? infrastructure that we all take for granted. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. a new study suggests part of the high speed rail process that will go through the bay area will create thousands of jobs. modernizing the caltrans tracks as a broader plan would create 10,000 jobs and generate $1

billion in economic activity. the state legislature is expected to vote next week on whether to use billions of the dollars in bonds to begin construction. congresswoman barbara lee today hosted a top united nations aids official in oakland. lee and u.n. aids executive director michael sedibe visited the aids project of the east bay. the visit comes ahead of the 2012 aids conference in washington, d.c. next month. >> we're going to look at what's taking place in america, especially in oakland and how we can really begin to make a major impact on hiv and aids in our own country and throughout the world. >> lee was instrumental in barring aids from coming into the united states. >> it is going to be hot tomorrow. and that has prompted a spare the air alert. we want to show you a live picture in mount diablo in contra costa county. >> bill martin is live in the weather center with the hot outlook. bill--

>> it is going to be hot out there, you're looking at mount diablo there's not a red flag warning yet at mount diablo but it is hot. as we look outside we have some very high temperatures in the inland bay valleys right now. take a peak. sacramento 99 degrees. the winds are going to start doing this. that heat is going to start headed our way. right now it's been mild along the coast or not too warm but as this heat heads our way, even places like ocean beach are going to see temperatures into the 70s and even some low 80s at golden state park. it's going to be the hottest day of the year. or at least we'll see the highest temperatures of the year tomorrow. especially inland. the forecast then is for the fog not to return. we're not expecting any fog the winds are pushing it away. it's going to warm up inland, temperatures near 100 or over 100. it's going to cool off a little bit. the mayor event is tomorrow,

that's why that regular flag warning goes into effect. the very hot day will be saturday with temperatures 75 right at the coast to 100 or 102 degrees inland. then on sunday you see your temperatures come down. but it's still hot, 95, 96, 98 the degrees on sunday in the inland bay valleys still a very hot day. high fire danger going into effect at 8:00 tonight. i'm scratching my head going, i think the national weather service may change their mind and issue a red flag warning. 49-mile an hour gust, the humidity down to 30% with triple digit heat that's a formula for high fire danger. sunday not as severe. high pressure is the story, the air sinks, the air warms and dries. as it sinks it is pushed to the canyoned and it funnels and speeds up and accelerates. this compression is actually what leads to the strong wind

speeds. that's why the hills will see 100-mile an hour speeds tonight and tomorrow morning. along the coast still hot. as you look at the forecast highs i think you will be impressed as you move around the bay. that's a big one for numbers, 102 to the livermore valley. the u.s. open is going to be sweltering tomorrow. >> thank you, bill. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, the popular east bay restaurant suddenly closes after more than a dozen diners fall ill. we'll explain how the outbreak ended up ruining a graduation celebration. and we're following a

wildfire, join us for these stories on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. and we'll look at the leader board.

tiger just wrapped up at the olympic club, how is he doing? >> round two is winding down. it's almost certain all the pio watson will miss the cut. it was a beautiful day at the olympic club today. and 17-year-old amateur bo hasler having fun. by the time he birdies hole number one. bo hasler was the sole leader at two. but bo's mother saw him shoot. tiger in great position to win this open title. tied for first at 1-under. david toms is still on the course but makes the birdie at 13. tiger and this guy jim fearick. fearick shot a 1-under 69.

he's in the clubhouse at 1- under with tiger and tom on the course. i interviewed jim earlier this week and learned he was ready for this title chase. >> when does this turn into a major like feel? >> well i think just when you first step up. i haven't seen you all year so it must be special because you're here at this event. >> how is your confidence level. >> i'm very confident. i have some things i've been working hard on and trying to improve on but i do have confidence in my game. >> and it showed today. baseball tonight at 10:00. >> fred, thank you. well tonight ktvu is saying goodbye to our south bay bureau chief lloyd lacuesta who is retiring after 35 years on the job. lloyd's reporting duties have taken him around the world from the philippines to the civil unrest in los angeles during the rodney king riots when he and his photographer got caught

in the cross fire. >> you're not just talking to a camera, there are people behind there watching and you affect their lives. >> lloyd will sign off tonight on the 10:00 news for the last time. and we will have more on his long and accomplished career coming up then. we're going to miss him. >> we sure are. a special section on ktvu.com for lloyd. >> congratulations lloyd. more tonight at 10:00. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.

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