a limo driver warns everyone to get out just seconds before if car catches fire. tonight one woman talks with us about the frantic escape made by the 10 people inside that car. good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. a stretch limousine. ten women and a fire. deborah villalon is live where she talked with one of the

survivors. >> reporter: she is the one they were all gathered for. seven elderly women and three care givers in this limo that caught fire. on the street you can still see the scorch mark left behind. >> a memorable birthday. now i have all this business to remember, bad enough i'm 90 years old. >> reporter: she had her friends and care givers packed into this limo headed to her party at her daughter's house. they are grateful it wasn't moving or on the freeway but idling on the curb where the driver started shouting, smoke, get out. >> there was smoke and ladies were coming out of the back of the car. and i was telling them, hurry up, hurry up and i helped one lady out because she uses a walker -pl . as i was moving down the cul-de-sac.

flames from the area came from a 1/3 of the car. >> reporter: that fire similar to the one that broke out on the golden gate bridge. and afterward, they went on to celebrate elane's birthday. >> no limo for me ever. >> reporter: they went by private car on to the party leaving behind handbags, even birthday cards scorched by the fire. everyone marveling at their luck. walnut creek police plan to follow up and they've also alerted the chp about this close call. reporting live in rosmore, deborah villalon, ktvu news. today's fire comes a little more than a month after that deadly limo fire that claimed the lives of five women.

that fire broke out on may 4th on the san mateo bridge. the driver of the lincoln town car limo was able to pull over and he and four other women managed to escape. the five women who died were trapped inside that burning car. the highway patrol has not yet finished their investigation into that accident. police in pleasanton are investigating deadly accident involving two bicyclists and teenage driver. the 18-year-old struck the husband and wife as they drove their bike. new at 10:00 tonight, jade hernandez in pleasanton where she spoke to investigators who told her as of now that young driver is not facing charges in this crash. >> reporter: the couple not from pleasanton was riding through an upscale suburban area. >> i just couldn't believe that

she could hear that bang all the way on the other side of our development here. >> reporter: dave caldwell's wife heard the crash but did not know -- the drive's 2004 dodge caliber continued a bit farther sheering off a light pole and no parking sign. the couple wasn't from the area but the driver is. the teenage driver waited for police to arrive. >> an off duty doctor, nurse and emt happened upon scene just before ems got there and attempted life saving efforts. >> reporter: the 50-year-old's wife who was wearing a helmet died where she was thrown from the accident. the driver hurt his leg and was taken to the hospital but later released. >> there's a lot of bicyclists on this road right here. they come whizzing through here a lot. >> reporter: michael swizer who walked his family across the street agrees. >> this is a very popular road

for bicyclists. >> sharing the road is not working all the time, huh. >> reporter: the driver was interviewed by police and released for now. we're live at pleasanton police headquarters tonight. the special operations unit here has yet to determine if speed or drugs played a factor in this deadly accident. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. the roll over crash in south san francisco left one person dead. the car overturned and landed off the freeway in the area of cerra and west bureau boulevard. when officers arrived they say that car was already in flames. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. a winter with little rain and several days of high temperatures have firefighters on alert with much of the bay area very dry. firefighters in berkeley told ktvu the area is drier than usual at this time of year with grasses turning brown sooner than normal. in addition they say even when

it cools down the winds in berkeley can spread flames quickly. >> calfire fighters also on alert. they tweeted this photo of a firefighters flame at the ready in grass valley. a red flag warning remaining in effect for parts of california including grass valley. while there was a cooldown in the bay area today. the fire danger still a concern tonight. >> our meteorologist mark tamayo joining us now to explain why. >> tonight we're tracking thunderstorms and potential lightning strikes. as a result red flag fire warnings posted out toward lake county and for a good portion of northern and eastern california. especially out toward the sierra. that's the place right now until 5:00 monday morning. this is the loop over the past few hours. few showers most of them not reaching the ground. lightning strikes detected. closing in on modesto and the over all circulation this is approaching the bay area. as a result we do have to bring in the chance of some scattered

showers or some thunderstorms that could produce some lightning strikes with little or no rainfall. and as a result we're talking about dry lightning. we do have elevated fire danger tonight right on through monday morning. especially out in the north bay and east bay areas and especially up in the hills. a chance of isolated thunderstorms and elevated fire danger with the dry lightning in the next few hours. coming up next i'll let you know if you will be dodging a few showers. >> you can follow mark and the rest of our ktvu meteorologists on twitter and facebook. they're posting facebook online even when we're not on the air. a 15 -month-old toddler died after he was accidentally left in a car during triple digit heat yesterday. a family had just returned from a shopping trip with several children in the vehicle. some where in the exchange of everyone getting out of the car each parent thought the other one had the young child. the fresno bee reports a man from the bay area who was

visiting friends across the street was one of the first person on the scene that tried to perform cpr on the toddler. they are calling the death a tragic accident. we have new developments in that mass shooting at santa monica college. a fifth victim has died from her injuries. marcela franco was on an suv. he was a long time employee of the college. police identi the suspected gunman as 23-year-old john swaree. a total of six people died in that shooting rampage including the shooter. meantime students and friends gathered to remember those killed in the shootings. the chief of campus police say he is beefing up patrols starting tomorrow morning. he also says counseling will be available for anyone who needs it tomorrow and throughout the week. a vigil is planned for tomorrow on campus. sunny vale police are investigating that city's first homicide of the year.

as ktvu's alex sadvige reports, a man was shot and killed outside of a hip hop club. >> reporter: this shooting around 1:00 this morning sent people inside running for cover. >> people rushing in and people kind of hitting the deck kind of thing just like you see in the movies. >> reporter: dean garrett was at this bar watching a coworker perform during a hip hop show that featured artists from around the bay area. he gave us this photo from the event. after the shooting, garrett went outside and told me he saw a man laying on the parking lot. >> it was kind of a fun energizing night and just went tragic in the end. >> reporter: sunny vale police aren't sure what prompted the shooter to start firing. >> some kind of altercation occurred and resulted in the shooting. >> reporter: police are checking surveillance footage from this strip mall that might

show what happened right outside the peacock lounge before the shooting happened. they're talking to people who might have useful information to help solve sunny vale's first homicide al sadvige. we're learning more tonight about the man shot by police in windsor after he allegedly stabbed the mother of his son. police say they had forcibly removed 48-year-old irvana morena morales from her home. he posted bail and returned to the woman's home where he was removed again and released. [audio difficulties ]

the suspect has been targeting a group of women and the incidents do not follow a pattern. >> the most recent was the fifth of june. >> reporter: the suspect is sometimes on foot, sometimes on a bmx style bike. >> as he approaches women on the trail usually women by

themselves, he's exposing himself to them. he's not saying anything. there's no violence involved. >> investigators worry his behavior could escalate and are warning women to use the buddy system. >> what it's done is it's heightened my awareness so i really need to pay more attention to who's around me. >> reporter: they are telling women to call police to call

police immediately. investigators say the gunman is latino, they say he fled the area in a gray sedan. b.a.r.t., highest paid employee in 2012 never worked a single day for the entire year. former general manager dorothy dugger retired under pressure more than a year ago. for the year she collected a paycheck. she's been cashing in on almost 80 weeks of unused vacation time. her benefits also continued and she earned an additional two months of vacation. b.a.r.t. had already paid her $920,000 to remove herself from the board. duggard says she is entitled to the money because after two

decades she had accrued that unused vacation time. an update now on the power outage. the black out was reported around 9:00 last night. work crews worked for about 3- 1/2 hours to get the lights back on. a spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commission said it appears a blown fuse on a transformer caused the power disruption. now to our continuing coverage of president obama's california visit. the president wrapped up his four day trip this morning and arrived back in washington. mr.obama managed to squeeze in a round of golf with childhood friends. the president completed talks with china's president. before that she was in the bay area for two fundraisers and a policy speech. congresswoman jackie spier talked again about what is being called an epidemic in the military. >> they are enablers because this has been a problem for 25

years. they sat in committee hearings and they've said all the right things, zero tolerance but then the scandals keep happening. >> 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted last year but just 3,300 victims reported the attacks. spier is touting legislation to give legislation to investigate those cases rather than commanders. governor brown had strong words about the safety concerns surrounding the bay bridge problem. >> i'm telling you we will solve the problems on that bridge. i'm smart enough to figure out when we're ready to open based on the best engineering science and technology i pull together. >> reporter: the new eastern span of the bay bridge was scheduled to open on the bay bridge. but recent problems with equipment has caltranss now hedging a firm opening day. hundreds gathered in oakland along with the governor today to celebrate the rebirth

of one of the city's most cherished treasures. >> reporter: the crowning jewel along the south shore is a new park covered with emerald grass. >> i love the new park. i've been waiting for it to open up. >> reporter: by cutting 12 lanes of roadway down to six, developers created a 4-acre lawn, amphitheater and bike lanes. >> there's a lot of fun stuff going on. >> reporter: and for this slugger a place to hit the ball. >> he loves it. he doesn't want to leave. >> having a little boy and a dog we walk around a lot. this is a place for him to run around nice soft grass. >> reporter: funded by voter approved grant dd the lake merit boulevard and park project cost around $50 million. it's been in the works for more than a decade. >> glad we got it done. wish we could have done it faster but this is good enough

for government work. >> reporter: mean while long time oakland residents like 93- year-old lorraine weis say they are happy to see the landscape change. >> oakland is getting on the map and in the right way for a change. >> reporter: in addition to the park space a long term goal is to restore lake merit as an estuary which connects to the bay. the remaining culverts will be remained in the next few days. oakland police are hoping a new neighborhood policing plan will help reduce plan. the new plan involves appointing police commanders to five neighborhood districts around the city. now based on crime trends, those commanders will implement crime reduction and prevention strategies tailored for each district. oakland police chief says that will encourage more focused political driven policing.

oakland police headquarters is scheduled to reopen. you may remember it was shut down after a toilet overflowed. damage estimates have run as high as $250,000. tiny needles on a baby tiger. what turned care givers to turn to a traditional medicine. what the environmental activist is saying tonight about her most recent arrest. violent clashes leave five people dead in yemen. what the protesters were doing when authorities opened fire. a little more activity on live storm tracker 2 radar. reports of thunder heard in pacifica. we'll let you know if showers and thunderstorms will impact your morning commute. mom!

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crew attracted hundreds of spectators in new york this morning. the crew imploaded a vacant building. at one time it housed coast guard families. the demolition is done before plans of creating that whole area into a park. wednesday's collapse killed six people and injured 13. the crane operator this man sean benshon had marijuana and pain medication in his season at time. he has a long criminal records with 11 arrests and two prison terms for drunk charges. his attorney says the collapse was an accident. in south korea a marathon 18 hour meeting ended with handshakes.

the delegates ended those talks with discussions on a joint industrial park. and possible reunions of families separated since the korean war. in yemen at least five people died in violent clashes between shiite protests. yemeni officials say the protesters were shot and killed when they fired on guards. in another part of the country. a official says that six suspected al-qaida militants were killed in a u.s. drone strike. in israel, talk about a delicate operation. a multi needle operation on a sumatran tiger. it underwent an accupuncture session for an ear infection. the tiger was given a general

anesthetic for this session. nelson mandela remains in the hospital for a second night. prayers were offered to mandela at churches across south africa today. the 94-year-old was hospitalized yesterday morning suffering from a are reoccurring lung infection. yesterday he was described as in serious but stable condition. environmental activists offered both an apology after she was arrested for suspicion of boating while intoxicated. a game warden said he spotted her having a hard time operating the boat. she claimed that she never put the public at risk and she says she only moved the boat within its own flip. she was the subject of a film

starring julia roberts. we'll break down what san jose's mayor is asking for in the city's next budget. plus we also have new information about just who leaked details of government surveillance program. the man who says he made the classified information public and what he's doing now. how boston's gay pride parade helped the first gay proathlete decide to come out. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering.

we have new video tonight of a roll over accident in the east bay. a viewer just sent us this video of the scene. the accident happened at 8:30 on westbound interstate 80 at el portal drive. you see a lot of people came to the aid of the people inside al white suv. the highway patrol says no one

suffered major injuries in this crash. all lanes are now open. although three were closed at this time. it's not clear what caused the driver to lose control. the highway patrol is investigating. continuing coverage of a security controversy. this man has come forward about the source of a security program. the white house has come under fire. a 29-year-old edward snowden says he is the whistle-blower. he says he left his job at the nis job in hawaii several weeks ago. snowden is now in hiding. >> reporter: the 29-year-old american who reportedly leaked the classified information, edward snowden says americans should know about the secret surveillance being held out in their name. >> because even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded and

the storage capability of this system increases every year consistently by orders of magnitude. to where it's getting to the point you don't have to have done anything wrong you simply will have to eventually fall into suspicion. >> reporter: snowden is now held up at a hong kong hotel after allowing his name to be released. he revealed classified information to the guardian of london and it's journalist glen greenwall. >> i'm another guy who sit there is in the office watches what's happening and goes, this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong. >> reporter: the revelation has sparked a spirited debate about secret surveillance. the white house and many lawmakers are defending the program as an effective way to prevent terrorists attacks. but others are pushing to reopen the congressional debate

over the 9/11 patriot act which made this kind of surveillance possible. >> i think that's private information. i think if the government is gathering that the american people ought to know it. we ought to have a discussion about it. i think we ought to reopen the patriot act and put a limit on the amount of information the justice department is collecting. >> reporter: the nra is considering a lawsuit. senator feinstein today spoke on how the system works. >> the only thing that's been taken as has been correctly expressed is not content of a conversation but the information that is generally on your telephone bill which has been held not to be private

personal property by the supreme court. >> senator feinstein has defended the program saying it has helped thwart terrorist attacks. the city council is holding a public meeting tomorrow night before releasing the city budget. 3million for anti gang measures. the city council will debate an then vote on final budget recommendations on tuesday. el cerrito residents and business owners are invited to attend a public hearing on tuesday about a proposed bag ban. that ban would apply to single use bag ban. there would be though an exception for paper bags made of at least 40% recycled materials. customers would pay 5-cents each for those bags.

the ban would apply to styrofoam containers. the first active gay athlete celebrated with thousands of others at boston's gay pride parade. former boston celtic jason collins walked alongside joe kennedy yesterday. kennedy and collins were roommates at stanford. collins said in april he made the decision to come out after kennedy told him about marching in last year's pride parade. collins is a 12 year nba veteran and becomes a free agent next month. the supreme court is expected to rule this month on california's ban on same-sex marriage. but ahead of that decision, same-sex couples today celebrated their lives and their love. habitat children's museum in berkeley hosted a free family pride day. amy and don moy say it's important for their daughter veronica to see other families

that look like theirs. >> our kids really find sol solice. even the young ones start to recognize that our families are not that average. and why the man who played chubakka was stop bid tsa. and after record breaking heat, the bay area in the midst of a cooldown. mark tamayo is up next with what we could possibly see -- with when we could possibly see some light showers. look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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around the bay area prompted redwood city to use a herd of sheep to help with fire prevention. about 200 animals are on farm hill boulevard ing some cute little ones. city officials say for the next two weeks the area will be temporarily fenced with low voltage electric fire while the goats do their thing eating away at poison oak and other plants to provide fuel for grass fires. >> we were talking about the warm temperatures but today quite a shift. let's check in now with our meteorologist mark tamayo. i'm looking at the radar and there was no green on the radar yesterday. >> yesterday we were talking about the heat and right now we're tracking a few thunderstorms and showers out there approaching the bay area. so a changing weather pattern for tonight that could change your monday morning commute. look into the right into the east of the bay area. lightning strikes dissipating outside the modesto area but closer inspection here of the radar. you can see some activity.

a lot of this not reaching the ground but about 45 minutes ago reports of thunder heard in pacifica with that system looking out to the west. so moving from east to west. here's a closer inspection of the radar right now as we take a zoom in a little tighter. you can see to the east of concord. a lot of it not reaching the ground. this is moisture in the upper levels but this is unstable so it can still produce some lightning strikes and you might hear some thunder as well. thunderstorms in the forecast with at least a chance in the next 10 hours. watching out for that. as far as the winds. it is basically a wind machine out toward fairfield all day long. right now sustained winds 30 miles per hour. oakland 15 miles per hour. not so bad in santa rosa out of the southwest. and some more neighborhoods. more wind reports. mountain view calm but half- moon bay at -- the major cooling. remember yesterday we were topping 100 degrees. temperatures today coming down a good 28 to 32 degrees. look at these readings mainly in the 70s.

in fact, no 80s to report from earlier this afternoon. first thing tomorrow morning, lots of cloud cover. some drizzle and the chance of a few scattered showers. temperatures will be in the 50s. this is the weather system we're tracking down in southern california. this is even to the best -- evential -- eventual track. lots of cloud cover, here we are for the monday morning commute and a little bit of activity. so this could be a few sprinkles or light showers tomorrow morning at 7:00 and once again, the chance of an isolated thunderstorms. even by 12:00 and 1:00 lots of cloud cover. we scale down on the thunderstorms threat. temperatures for tomorrow the heat is out of here.

no 90s, no 80s. warmest locations approaching the low to mid-70s. oakland will go 66 degrees. san jose a warm 75. and the áf san francisco bring the sweater and jacket there those readings only in the lower 60s. your five day forecast with your weekend always in view that's coming up. we're going to warm things up a little bit for tuesday and wednesday. hold things steady. looks like thursday the warmest workweek day. with your weekend always in view we're going to cool things down a little bit with partly sunny skies for saturday and sundayful overnight you might hear a crack of the thunder and steve paul will have a look at the radar tomorrow morning. >> thank you, mark. chubakka took to twitter after he had a little problem going through tsa. tsa agents wanted to install his large cyber cane. the 7'2-inch actor says he

needs the cane to walk. agents said they were just concerned because of the cane's unusual weight and mahew was cleared to get on his plane a few minutes later. they got someone on the court. the shirtlessman was wearing a white mask and had the words kids right written on his stomach. security guards wrestled him to the ground and kept a second man from making it on the court. the men were opposed to same- sex marriage which became legal last month in france. lebron james and the heat pull even with the spurs. game two of the nba finals next in sports wrap. and awesome. four. you'll actually be awesome. which is awesome. t.j.maxx and marshalls. two awesome ways to score.

good evening everyone welcome to this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. a couple of players had memorable days for the giants today in arizona and san francisco made it two straight wins and took the series from the first place diamondbacks. let's start with the rookie, juan perez is just up from fresno. made his first start in center field. he got a chance to prove that in the first-inning. paul goldsmitd achieved additional first. perez grounds and throws it away at first. perez was credited with an infield pitch and a fly.

they did eventually get the ball into the right dug out. marco scutero held it that's homer number two for scutero. in the fifth, brandon belt went deep that's seven homers now in the year for belt it was 5-2 giants. chad godan will get a nice offensive play by juaquin darias. his second straight strong start, godan making a serious case to stay in the starting rotation. the giants win 6-2. moving back to within a game and a half of first place. it was a game that rookie perez will never forget as he explained to crew. >> it's been so long waiting for this