the rain rolling in, look at manchester, northern cal, baltimore, showing us spotty showers.s we broaden out the shot, look towards the west, there is a good line of showers, a rumble or two of thunder from hagerstown in to west virginia, this is a line of showers, embedded thunderstorms that is rolling in our direction over the next couple of hours. future scan, maryland's most powerful radar, showing spotty showers after kickoff at 8:00. look at the heavy rains north of frederick. bank on the idea that we will be delling with the showers all night long, manchester, you had a shower come through, showing clouds and drizzle pockets. look at ocean city, clouds not there yet, that will roll in over the eastern shores over the next couple of hours, clouds and spot showers in to this weekend. 88 in town. towards north and west, hagerstown, you saw the rain this afternoon, rain cooled 68 degrees. hour by hour forecast, showing you the spotty showers from 8:00, right through 11:00, 74 degrees. waking up to a lot of clouds and spotty showers, at 71. we cap rule out the chance of a s

wildfires sparked by lightning in northern california. cal fire officials stay lightning sparked more than a dozen new fires just last night. that number is drastic, but thankfully most of those fires were small. also this morning, crews were finally able to contain a stubborn wildfire near the town of clearlake. the wildfire blackened more than 12 square miles since it broke out a week ago. firefighters spent the day watching over hot spots. >>> the storms that produced those lightning-sparked fires have moved to the east. east of the sierra at this hour. tomorrow morning, it's the low clouds we'll be watching. you may find some drizzle and mist out there as we look at the low clouds all the way into livermore. the full forecast is coming up. >>> he claimed his fourth successive gold medal for sailing in london and now he's here in the bay area preparing for his next challenge. >>> and the hot button campaign issue that got these women all riled up. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our scien

smoke trickles down into williams and sutter buttes of this stretch of northern california it will be another tricky fight for cal fire as the deal with steep terrain and rocky ridge tops and triple digit weather. not only hot but hot inside the fire suits. >>> sean bin and live for us and williams near where the fires burn. >>> 6:17 a.m. until look at the roads >>> a pretty easy morning a lot of folks on vacation until the kids go this cool, we checked and on the bay bridge let's look at the south bay won a one traffic both directions still free and easy. the bay bridge starting to back up the added cash lines fast track users get by find no measuring light, the delays don't extend until the back of a lot we may see an arrest letter on. better news through emeryville accident was down 80 at powell street all lanes now back open. all grain on traffic centers. other bridges we have a lot of fog across the golden gate bridge, marin county headed towards doyle drive not impacting drive time looks good towards the golden gate bridge toll plaza for silicon valley commuters west bound to 37 we start to see some bright

northern and western sides. the flames have continued to advance in the south and southeast. cal fire is still concerned that because of the high winds the fleams could continue to advance into what is called panther creek. the crews are working hard to strengthen containment lines and hopefully protect the town of committal 5 mi. to the east if evacuations are still in effect all around the burns on. the fire continues did fretful of of of structures. call as of thursday afternoon the fire to his have 61 percent contained fulfillment is expected sometime next week. >> the ponderous of fired his finance of the aggressive in the defense felt the fall of five. look at how close the people with some of the trucks are to the big plans. this next image shows a charge remains of instructor. people are hoping the they still have homes to return to. " if the damage to bridges remained in his 74 the most part miriam closer to the coastal and temperatures remains to in the low 60s. along the coastline tenders for many of the upper 50s and 60s. the new kron4 driver 70's channel, comcast cha

red flag warnings issued in northern california and a new challenge for firefighters making progress on the wildfires across the state. cal fire says the ponderosa fire near redding 74 percent contained. it consumed 43 square miles and destroyed 64 homes. in columbus national force that is 55% contained. a third fire in mendocino county 33 percent contained. an award winning painting left of the sausalito art festival website or other winners are displayed the move proms questions of censorship anne mackovic tells us organizers want to take a sensitive approach. >>> there's a lot of great beauty and great tragedy >>> this artist douglas brand painting entitled it jumped the golden gate club won honorable mention in the sausalito art festival, but it is not on the festival's website like other winners >>> i'm excluded for the exposure >>> is executive director said the pending cause complaints and concerns it promoted suicide. how many people complain, she says a less than 5 >>> we're not supporting censorship we want to be sensitive to the community >>> board of directors meets monday to discuss the issue. >>> there are p

this whole plan for something called summit university which is going to be model after cal tech to be in northern jersey and remained a plan. it was expensive, and bell labs decided they couldn't fund it, and it was put on the shelf. >> how and why is the government regulated monopoly at&t more innovative than a government monopoly and the post office? [laughter] >> boy, that's a good question. [laughter] >> you get a pass. >> it's a beautiful question. i can't even, yeah. >> how did they get the idea to poke a piece of germanium of gold wire? >> of course. in the days before that, they were trying silicone as well, n types and p types. they didn't use the word "doping,"nd it was before they used that phrase. this is for the engineers out there. they used gold because it was around, and he thought it would be the best thing to use. he had a little stash of it he used before the war that he put away and took it out for the experiment. >> funded by the monopoly revenues of at&t, and the regulators allowed bell labs to be added to every phone bill, and equivalent was a tax on tch service with the pr

northern california. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency. the latest cal fire updates shows fires in the region destroyed at least 50 buildings and threatening hundreds more. >> motorcycle control agents will be busy and a helicopter will spray up to 400 acres of the bay line. there is minimal risk to hups. tomorrow evening mosquito fogging will take place. >> in san bruno, rebuilding the devastated crest moore neighborhood is in full swing. and pg&e is asking regulators to aruf a rate increase to help pay for rebuilding the system. and there is a letter being -- urging them to say what they calls mistake driven costs. pg&e wants ratepayers to shoulder the lion's share of the plan over three years z pg&e says these costs are only those related to new regulations and not the costs of catching up with its past failures. in san bruno, abc 7 news. >> and san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is blasting a negative poll he says is biased against him. is a rice -- recent poll focusing on whether he should keep his job. >> and carolyn tyler sat down to talk about

northern california. already burned. joining us with the latest details, and daniel with cal fire. >> the fire is now over 19,000 a.. >>pam: other departments have said in a mutual aid, how important is that support? >> we rely heavily on our local, state and federal partners. unfortunately here in california we are dealing with fires. if we have had a huge increase in our fire activity. >>pam: unfortunately. thank you call your time this afternoon. in early fire season in california >>grant: we are seeing new and dramatic images. this picture shows an enormous all of flames soaring into the smoke- filled skies. incredibly thick smoke. this is the view from highway 36. qr >> tuesday morning cal fire released updated map information. this wild fire is burning in heavy timber, grass and brush. so far the only have about 35 percent containment. north of the burns on remains closed. viola to the northeast is partially evacuees. several schools in the area have also been closed. it's the red cross has set up an evacuation center. sphere and >> and look at the humidity is still pretty low. he conceded to rain, different e

fire was sparked by lightning of the weekend carried the latest word from cal fire is this about 5 percent contained. >>> in northern minnesota county welfare has burned one 5,000 a. as one out building was destroyed. dear no evacuation's at this point. and elsewhere in the western estimates the crews are making some progress now on a destructive 23,000 a. wildfire in central washington. is now 47 percent contained with hopes of the full containment sometime tomorrow. it earned 63 homes and other buildings >>> at a house house. it just a whole picture of a feel for every else >>> in idaho, the firefighters working to protect more than 300 homes and the federal area. it's under the evacuation order as officials there say the human cost fire destroyed four out buildings for structures that's only 5 percent contained. >>> the man who ran across the east bay freeway overnight was killed when an ambulance him. the california highway patrol says it happened last night. the driver stopped his car on the right shoulder of highway 4 in antioch. he got out and ran across the freeway. construct in a i-pass lane near lone tree

whole plan for something called summit university which is going to be modeled after cal tech and was went be in northernew jersey and remanded the plan. it was expensive and bell labs decided they couldn't find it. >> how and why is the government regulated monopoly at&t more innovative than a government monopoly. >> it's a good question. >> it's a beautiful question. how could they get the idea is to put a piece remember how to pass that. they didn't use the word doping. it was before they used that phrase. this is for the engineers out there. they actually go around and he thought it could be the best thing he used. he had a stash of it that he used before the war and to get out of this experiment. >> the monopoly of at&t the government regulators allow the cost to be added to every phone bill and the kremlin's would be an explicit tax on the telephone service as the proceeds going to r&d would never pass the congress today. >> can you read the first part of that? that is true. estimate was funded by the monopoly of at&t. the government regulators allow the talks to be added to every phone bill. >> on

northern california. the pend rosa fire is 74% -- ponderosa fire is 74% contained. 64 homes have been destroyed. cal fire says crews have not seen the fire grow past containment lines since yesterday. >>> a woman is in the hospital and her four children are lucky to not be injured by her brazen shooting. she wasn't the only woman. >> reporter: a man who was about to give her a ride, and her kids were already in the car. the shooter picked a time and a place where many other bystanders could have been hurt. consciences say there were children -- witnesses say there were children playing outside these apartments in vallejo when a man wearing all black in a ski mask walked up and started shooting. >> it was loud enough to where everybody in this area came outside. >> reporter: this woman told us a neighbor and her four children were about to get a ride to the mall from a friend. >> he was in the process of hopping in the car. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver who had also been hit took off with the kids in the car and drove himself to kaiser hospital. >> we saw lots of kids playing out there, and t

northern california and it has grown to 15,000 a.. the ponderous of fire threatens 3500 homes and has already destroyed seven. calhas ordered two dozen people to evacuate. it is burning in the steep rugged terrain east of redding. joe vasquez is in red bluff at the command center. >> unlike the many other fires roaring through the state today, this one is putting homes in jeopardy as you mentioned. let me show you video, you mentioned 3500 homes and i just spoke with cal fire officials and they tell me that they're concerned that this fire is spreading south along highway 36 and they're about to go out and warn residents for what they call a pre evacuation morning, essentially telling them, look out the fire may be headed this way. the whole thing started with a lightning strike saturday mornin

northern california is approximately 300. that doesn't include the orders that are in today being shifted around through the state listen for additional resources. >> cal fire said it's hard to know how many more crews will be needed. >>> we have new pictures to show you tonight of the toxic vapor cloud over the chevron refinery in richmond. tom va car attended a news con trens that wrapped up about an hour ago. tom brings us up to date on the investigation. >> late this afternoon the csb, the chemical safety board on pier 39 of the toxic flammable vapor cloud hundreds of feet high that ignited and destroyed a major fuel-producing. over the weekend the state of california's leading investigator criticized such federal conferences as grand standing but the federal investigator was having none it today. >> explain to the community how this thing is happening and what could be the consequences of this thing and in general when you get regulatory agencies what happens is they are constrained of discussing what they are talking what they are finding and they tend to take positions that basically stone wall the community to finding out what is happening in t

. >>> a major northern california wildfire that threatened thousands of homes and led to a massive evacuation is about now to be fully contained. cale says firefighters should have the ponderosa fire contained this evening. they are mopping up some of the remaining hot spots. the fire outside of redding consumed 43 square miles and destroyed at least 140 structures in the two weeks since it started. one survivor of the 74,000-acre fire in pumas saginaw county on her way to recovery. this baby bobcat was found saturday with crusted eyes, burned feet and walking in circles around a tree stump confused and scared. she had gotten separated from her mother. she was taken to a wildlife refuge in lake tahoe and see is eating 12 mice a day and on the mend. >>> a set of twins dancing to daddy's guitar have become an internet sensation. >> daddy is going to play them a little song while they are eating their peas. >> you guys ready? ♪ >> okay. how cute is that. the girls apparently love jamming with their dad who says this is the reaction he gets every time he plays the guitar for them. that is cute. >> all right, well, as we continue tonigh

fire danger, winds will be sporadic, more gusty across the northern mountain west, including western montana. the desert southwest including so calicago. the past five days, chicago has been below average for temperatures. that hasn't happened since fall of last year. bump it up a couple more degrees today. as we get towards the weekend, we sink into a cooler than average scenario for parts of the central part of the country. that's good enough for the drought. not a whole lot of rain. rain from new york, d.c. back through erie. some of that could be severe. some of the thunderstorms firing up across the area right now. just garden type showers and thunderstorms but later on in the afternoon, she's could get more active, including parts of the southeast, where atlanta is getting into the act as far as some boomers are concerned. keep your eye for the storms heading towards the big apple later today, guys. >> thank you very much, rob. >> it is 13 minutes after the hour. the top stories of the morning, new jersey governor chris christie tapped to deliver the key note address at the republican national convention. he's already worki

northern california where a wildfire threatens hundreds of homes. the ponderosa fire burned more than 80 homes already and other buildings in the counties. well, cal fire reported this morning it's 57% contained but those flames are still threatening 900 homes. >>> and a new chick-fil-a restaurant just opened in san jose and some people believe it or not traveled for miles, one person 3,000 miles. just to be in line for the grand opening. ktvu's tara moriarty has been there since 4:30 this morning. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. that's right this drive-thru was packed not with cars but actually tents that folks waiting for the grand opening herement they camped out overnight and at 6:00 this morning they got what they were waiting for. >> three, two, one! [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the first 100 people received coupons for free chicken meals once a week for a whole year. fans of the atlanta based chain say they are not deterred by chick-fil-a's recent controversy. last month the president came out in support of traditional marriage. and gay rights activists like the ones protestorsing outside the says chick -- protestin

tricky fire fight for the cal fire firefighters because not only are they dealing with steep terrain and rocky ridge tops, it will be over 100 degrees out in this section of northernalifornia. >> it sounds like it is making it difficult for firefighters to fight this fire. thank you for the latest. >> let's get a check of the traffic now, mobile 5 is up and around? >> that is right, allen is behind the wheel and they're cruising he's down 580. heading to the livermore area. as you can see from this live look so far everything looks pretty good so no major delays going against the commute. west down 588 different story where we're seeing break lights. it took a minute drive time out of the altamont pass heading out to the dublin interchange. thank you for that live look. elsewhere towards the golden gate bridge, just little bit of fog to start you off this morning but no delay in your drive time but still 13 minutes between 580 in the golden gate bridge toll plaza. so only a few cars out there, not to bad heading through that tunnel. mass transit so far off to a nice start, no delays for part, muni and cow trains, the everything off to a nice start. no major accide