this morning an investigation continues into a deadly house fire in el cerrito. a 98-year-old woman from el salvador was killed. the fire started yesterday evening on king drive in the hills above el cerrito. now neighbors took this video you're looking at. they shot this with amateur video. still no official word on what caused this fire. but investigators are checking into the possibility it may have started from candles tipping over at a shrine inside of a closet. >> she's religious. they're from el salvador she is originally. she used to light candles and pray in her room. >> now the victim's 50-year-old son suffered minor injuries trying to save his mother. his 10-year-old daughter was not hurt. >>> well, the united airlines flight that took off from san francisco made an emergency landing in nebraska. united flight 788 headed to boston when the crews saw a possible fuel leak. the pilot landed the plane safely in omaha, nebraska, last night. one of the passengers says taking off from san francisco was delayed three hours for mechanical issues. >> i think peop

. >>> this morning the investigation continues into a deadly house fire in el cerrito. a 98-year-old woman from el salvador was killed. that fire started yesterday evening on king drive in the hills above el cerrito. now neighbors took video of the fire. you can take a look there. still no official word on the cause but investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have started from candles tipping over in a shrine inside a closet. >> she's religious. they're from el salvador. she is originally. and she used to light candles and pray in her room. >> now the victim's 50-year-old son suffered minor burns trying to save his mother. his 10-year-old daughter was not hurt. >>> the search for missing nursing student michelle le has reportedly led detectives out of state. the television station in san diego, le's hometown, reports calls were made from le's cell phone after she disappeared. one call was to reno, another to somewhere in arizona. now the news report says hayward police went to arizona to interview a woman there, but it's still unclear whether or not th

el cerrito plaza area. due to track maintenance. if you are thinking about driving out of richmond, westbound 80 traffic. although crowded is still flowing well out of richmond to the bay bridge toll plaza where we have a live shot for you. there is only a minor backup for a few of the lanes. also, checking out contra costa county. 680, traffic flows well making your way southbound to 24. we will check out the north bay to show you 101 in san rafael. the drive time is nine minutes now from highway 37 to 580. heading to richmond and san rafael bridge. on the peninsula, you will find an easy ride on 101 through millbrae. that is northbound traffic on bottom of the screen and southbound looks great through san mateo as well. down to the south bay, we go. 280 and 17. also accident and delay free. get the latest traffic anytime by going to our website abc7news.com. eric, karina? >> thank you. >>> the time is 6:19. >> from the annual pride weekend to the tribute to michael jackson, we have a lot. >> a lot going on in the first weekend of

. >> investigators believe a fire in el cerrito that killed an elderly woman was accidently started by a candle. >> officials say u.c. and c.s.u. students will likely see another tuition hike this call because of deeper funding cuts in the state budget. >> check out the beautiful sunrise looking down at mount tamalpais. high pressure, lack of clouds. heat wave will begin today. we show how long it will last and it will bring you poor air quality to your neighborhood. >> good morning. a new scaled car on the upper deck of the bay bridge. toll plaza no, delays, making your way through the toll. the complete traffic report is coming up. 6:01 on thursday. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. in a couple of hours dozens of san jose police officers will turn in their badges, victim of the city's budget cut. this is happening in a city that has seep a recent spike in homicides, even with a fully staffed police force. amy hollyfield joins us live from san jose with more. amy? >> reporter: i asked an officer heading to work how morale is today. he say

>>> in the news this thursday morning, a man is found dead inside a burning home in el cerrito. firefighters think a candle left in the bedroom may have sparked the blaze. >> police have new clues in the disaperience of nursing student michelle le. calls were made to arizona and nevada from her cell phone shortly after her disaperience. >> with 20 hours left of the start of the new fiscal year, the oakland city council meets to consider a budget. they're divided op how to close the $58 million deficit. >> as we close out june, the threat of rain is finally over. in fact, july will start on a warm note. we have a heat wave all the way through the weekend. poor air quality, i tell you when that rolls in also. >> good morning. roadwork is the only thing that may slow you down right now if you head to san francisco on the bay bridge. a nice ride. we have a complete traffic report coming up. >>> all right, megan. good morning, everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm kristen sze. thank you for joining us. begin with a fatal fire in el cerrito that investigators believe may have been sta

el cerrito has found one solution. >> would you be willing to pay more to fix pavement? >> certainly. something that i can specifically see being done as opposed to wastefulness. i would be more than happen to pay. >> the mtc says in order to bring the entire bay area up to good quality pavement would require tripling current spending from about $350 million to $1 billion annually. in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >>> it's 5:44 now. the tsa is changing its policy on security pat-downs on children. bloomberg business report is coming up. >> also, notorious gangster on the f.b.i. ten most wanted list is finally nabbed california. next, how the feds got their man. >> the first thing you need to ditch from your diet if you want to lose weight. >> the waiting is over this morning. harry potter author reveals her next big thing. ♪it's the way you bring out the sun♪ my mom makes any day sunny. sunnyd does, too. with 40% fewer calories than most regular soda brands. ♪ >>> welcome back. check out the beautiful sunrise. if you were 2600 feet up on mount tamalpais you would

this fire started yesterday evening on king drive in the hills above el cerrito. you're looking at amateur video some of the neighbors took of the flames. still no official word on the cause, but investigators are checking into the possibility it may have started from candles tipping over from a shrine that was inside of a closet. >> she's religious. they're from el salvador she is originally and she used to light candles and pray in her room. >> now the victim's 50-year-old son suffered minor burns trying to save his mother. by the way his child got out of that home safely. >>> we are learning about a potential new clue in the disappearance of missing nursing student michelle le. it is one that reportedly took the investigation out of state. ktvu channel 2 reporter jade hernandez joins us now from hayward with more on what police are uncovering. jade. >> reporter: that's right. hayward police right here at headquarters may be investigating several phone calls that came from michelle le's phone after her disappearance. that's the startling discovery here. those ca

firefighters from fremont, oakland, san jose and el cerrito vallejo, cal fire and elsewhere. dozens of men and women folks that understand what their brothers and sisters are going through today. >> we can't imagine what it's like to lose one of your own. any chance we can get to help out san francisco fire department we're all about it. >> in the streets of san francisco today, you can find fire trucks and crews that have never worked here before, like this hayward fire crew, their briefing was eye-opening. >> this mission district, one of the toughest areas as far as i'm concerned in the nation to ladder. we have overhead wires and buildings set back. >> it's not like the visiting firefighters are being told to fend for themselves. some city firefighters are staffing the stations to provide critical local knowledge. >> you guys are going to hang back in the support role so we can figure out what is going on if we have to up the ante or more additional resources, you guys are it. >> before and after every briefing today were on words of heartfelt appreciation for the firefig

firefighters from fremont, oakland, san jose and el cerrito vallejo, cal fire and elsewhere. dozens of men and women folks that understand what their brothers and sisters are going through today. >> we can't imagine what it's like to lose one of your own. any chance we can get to help out san francisco fire department we're all about it. >> in the streets of san francisco today, you can find fire trucks and crews that have never worked here before, like this hayward fire crew, their briefing was eye-opening. >> this mission district, one of the toughest areas as far as i'm concerned in the nation to ladder. we have overhead wires and buildings set back. >> it's not like the visiting firefighters are being told to fend for themselves. some city firefighters are staffing the stations to provide critical local knowledge. >> you guys are going to hang back in the support role so we can figure out what is going on if we have to up the ante or more additional resources, you guys are it. >> before and after every briefing today were on words of heartfelt appreciation for the firefig

we have seen units from el cerrito and from cds, as well. so these guys are coming from as far north as napa, as far east as fremont, as far south as san jose and they were on a fire just a little while ago but they are back. we have footage from station 26 where the two fallen firefighters are from. they were wearing dress blues and riding their own fire engine to the funeral service today, very somber. they locked that station down. you can see a lot of teddy bears and mementos of people sending their warm wishes, as well. many of the men and women here in san francisco are from other agencies. they are here a lot of them on their own time as va tears. we talked to one is your firefighter who told me that getting paid to run into a burning building is one thing but very thankful that a lot of these guys are here doing it for free. so the fire department is confident that they will respond to all the calls in a timely manner. as far as these guys not being familiar with the twists and turns and the hilly streets of san francisco, they have

. >> officials in el cerrito are investigating a fatal fire that may have been start bay cappedal in a bedroom. 97-year-old woman was killed in the fire. which gutted a single family home that happened around 6:30 last night. the victim's middle age son was injured trying to rescue her. his 11-year-old granddaughter was in the house and she was not hurt. . >>> firefighters in alameda county are reminding people about potential danger of fireworks as the fourth of july celebration get closer. terry mcsweeney joins us from dublin where fireworks demonstration brought the point home. terry? >> i'm here at the alameda county training facility. you just look at hills behind the facility to see what they're training for. getting ready for the fire season for the hot upcoming weekend will be upon us. we got a demonstration of dangerous combination of fireworks and human beings and they hope everyone is watching and listening. in the jt fi is hat they're worried about but the m-1,000 you just saw can blow up your finger or your hand. they're illegal at all time bus fire is the main concern.

officials in el cerrito are investigating a fatal fire that may have been started by a cappedle in a bedroom -- candle in a bedroom. elderly woman was killed in the blaze. it happened about 6:30 last night. fire crews say they saw smoke in the hills as soon as they left the fire station. the 11-year-old granddaughter was in the house and she was not hurt. >>> france officers identify -- san francisco officers identified a man after trying to arrest a man who was wanted on a warrant for vandalism and resisting arrest. police say 38-year-old violated his parole firing an automatic weapon in the air in the same neighborhood a few days ago. they recovered an ak-47 assault rifle and a handgun at the scene. the new state budget means a painful second round of division hikes are likely in california's public universities. discussions are underway for tuition to go up at least 10% this fall. that is on top of an 8% increase at u.c. and a 10% hike at cal state, already set to take effect. decade of increases has more than tripled tuition. to $11,000 a year at u.c. $5,000 at cal state. that is

if approved it would have the richmond city with the union city and el cerrito as highest. the other measure would funnel $6 million in projected revenues from the new tax rate to schools and city services for the poor. parents say second measure only applies to how the use the money and is not legally binding. >> also the city of hercules is holding a recall election, voters will decide if the mayor and city councilman donald keating, recall over the financial crisis and questionable development deals including no bid contracts. >> eric: things are heating up for us outside today. >> kristen: at least warming up. >> eric: there is a bit of a nuance there, mike? >> if you compare it to average, it's not going to be heating compared to where we've been. it's going to be lot warmer and even warmer as we head into the weekend. watch out for that. here we're looking at the flow coming out of the north bay, a small curl in the atmosphere. you may find some along the coast, i think we'll see a lot of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures even though we're starting off cooler in m

of these out of town firefighters where they will be based while here including these guys from el cerrito fire. they are coming from as far north as napa from as far east as fremont, and as far south as san jose to fill in while a lot of these guys are gone and right now they are gone. they are right now responding to a fire. this was a scene at station 26 at about 10:30 this morning. a lot of these firefighters there were in their dress blues as they rode their own engine to the funeral. this is where the two fall- firefighters were assigned to and the station is shut now down during the memorial service. many of the members of the other agencies are volunteering here on their own time. as one san francisco firefighter told me getting paid to run into a burning building is one thing. but he is grateful and thankful these guys are doing it for free some of them. the fire department is confident they will all respond in a timely manner and even though they are not familiar with the streets of san francisco they have been told to drive slowly and drive together. >> please be patient with th

el cerrito found a solution. >> would you be willing to pay more to fix your pavement?> certainly. >> something i can specifically see being done as opposed to wastefulness. i would be more than happy to pay. >> the mtc says in order to bring the bay area up to good quality pavement would require tripling current spending from $350 million to $1 billion annually. in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> okay. >>> 4:45. coming up, a new stur vay reveals about the changing face of families in california. >>> the f.b.i. crosses a man off their most wanted list. james whitey bulger is captured. i'm john hendren. i'll have more on that coming up. >> plus, the first thing you need to ditch from your diet if you want to lose weight. >> the waiting is over this morning. harry potter awe for j.k. rowling believes -- reveals her next big thing. >>> welcome back. temperatures trending cooler across the country, low to mid-60s in seattle, and portland. minneapolis to boston. 82 in atlanta today. hot in dallas. phoenix 110. we have flight departure and arrival delays in new york.

. >> officials in el cerrito are investigating a fatal fire that may have been start bay cappedal in a bedroom. 97-year-old woman was killed in the fire. which gutted a single family home that happened around 6:30 last night. the victim's middle age son was injured trying to rescue her. his 11-year-old granddaughter was in the house and she was not hurt. . >>> firefighters in alameda county are reminding people about potential danger of fireworks as the fourth of july celebration get closer. terry mcsweeney joins us from dublin where fireworks demonstration brought the point home. terry? >> i'm here at the alameda county training facility. you just look at hills behind the facility to see what they're training for. getting ready for the fire season for the hot upcoming weekend will be upon us. we got a demonstration of dangerous combination of fireworks and human beings and they hope everyone is watching and listening. in the just fire is what they're worried about but the m-1,000 you just saw can blow up your finger or your hand. they're illegal at all time bus fire is the main conc

residents of oakland whose pavement quality is among oakland's worst is the neighboring town of el cerritooss the border in richmond, also the worst on the report. a stretch of carlson boulevard is being replaced. >> it was so bad and carlson we'll stands out. >> pothole repair has been paid for by the gas tax but it hasn't gone up in 17 years. the city has found one solution. >> would you pay more to fix the pavement? >> certainly. >> something i could see being done. i would be more than happy to pay. >> in the c says to bring the entire bay area up to good pavement would require triple spending to a billion dollars annually. >>> people living in san francisco's mission district took to the streets last night celebrating mexico's soccer victory winning the gold cup. people poured out of the bars to celebrate mexico's 4-2 victory over the united states. police were called in to keep an eye on things but everything was peaceful. the game was played at the rose bowl in pasadena. it was the second straight gold cup for mexico. >> a football game in pacifica was played in honor of a murdered

fires broke out at 6:20 on king drive in the hills above el cerrito >> lloyd is on the scene where firefighters are still at work >> >> firefighters are doing moppingup and investigation. the house is a a who tal loss, completely destroyed and tragically, a 98-year-old woman was unable to escape the burning house and died. a neighbor recorded it on cell phone individual yes when the fire broke out tonight >> it was scary. smoke was in the air and you could just see things burning aepbg falling burning and falling to the ground. is >> she is originally from el salvador and she used to light candles and pray in her room. >> reporter: two other people were in the house, went to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but we are told they are not in life-threatening conditioning. the fire chief just told me they found a closet that had been made into a shrine and two candles had fallen over and they believed that is what started the fire accidental. if you come back to me, you can see there are a lot of trees in this area and neighbors say firefighters did a valiant job in keeping -gt keeping the flames

the drop should bring tax relief to shoppers especially in cities like el cerrito and union city, which hiked their sales tax to over 10% earlier this year. >>> also new this 4th of july weekend, a netflix-like subscription model for theater- goers. a company called movie pass is using the bay area as its testing ground. $50 and a smart phone app will get you unlimited movie tickets for a month. but there is a catch. you must buy the ticket on the day of the show and users are limited to one movie a day, one viewing per movie and tickets are nontransferable. what do you think about that? >> most of that's good especially the sales tax. i appreciate that. that's a few tanks of gas. >> reporter: absolutely. >> thank you. >>> and a reminder, independence day is monday and plenty of displays scheduled throughout the bay area. we filed a complete list of bay area fireworks and other 4th of july celebrations so visit cbssf.com/4th. >>> let's find out what our weather situation is with lawrence karnow. hi, lawrence. >> hey, guys. you guys done with the rain? >> oh, yeah. >> i'm having people w

this happened in el cerrito last night. emergency crews responded to the single family home at moeser lane and king drive. the man tried to get his mother out of the home but she died in the fire. the man was taken to a hospital and the extent of his injuries, though is not known. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> 5:04. this morning we're following developing news from the south bay where the city of san jose will make a major cut to its police department. today in the bay's christie smith is live in san jose where dozens of police officers are about to turn in their guns and badges for pink slips. a tough day for them. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, marla. this budget crisis brewing in san jose is coming to a head with 70 police officers being laid off. it's official today. and we're told that at 8:00 a.m. >>> officers may swing by and continue the process from yesterday when many of them got a debriefing and turned in their badges and guns. the victims of the city's $115 million budget

the fire started yesterday evening on king drive in the hills above el cerrito. there's no word on the cause but veers are -- investigators are looking into whether candles may have tepped -- tipped over by a shrine. >> she used to light candles in her room and pray. >> the son suffered burns trying to save his mother. his child got out of the home safely. >>> a contra costa school dealing with the aftermath of the storm. the school is being renovated. we're hearing it suffered major water damage in the rain we had a day or so ago. plastic covers are put around the building. you can see on the side it's a k-12 grade school for special ed students. >>> the city will try to pass a new city busmght tonight's meeting is a follow-up to tuesday's meeting when council members debated three different budget plans. the deadline to mass a budget is midnight tonight. >>> it is 7:33. governor brown still has not signed the state budget bill passed by the legislature tuesday night. the governor is expected to sign it today. the new fiscal year begins tomorrow. governor brown