. >> shasta county is located in rural northern california.ve about 3800 square miles of county, much of it is rural. some people move here to enjoy the mountains, the snow in the wintertime, the isolation. >> shingletown's a great town to live in. the people are great, they support each other. everyone, you know, it's a small town so everyone pretty well knows each other and because it is small, there's a lot of talk. ♪ >> this is probably one of the prettiest places, when you think of california, you don't think of this too much. but it's more like some place like virginia or something, it's so pretty. this is the biggest market that we have, reed's market, then we have the pizza parlor over here. this is our big hangout now. it's where everybody comes. it's where when people have funerals, we all meet for potlucks and stuff right there at the pizza parlor. it is pretty much like the wild west, so that kind of creates good things and bad things. you have people that now take law into their own hands. i've heard people talk about well, this p

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a decade ago in the shasta trinity forest. when you read the description you wonder why anyone would want to do this work. they jumped into airplanes, fight the fires with shovels and axes and hike out sometimes as much as five miles in intense heat with packs weighing over 5 pounds so someone can pick them up and take them back home. on the plane the trainees are facing the most dangerous part of their training so far. they try to remember what they've been thought, take a deep breath and go. the first few jumps go smoothly. >> half way down i knew i had to get down there and do it all over again. nothing like it. when i popped open i was phasing the plane the way it let me down. >> reporter: but this jumper read the wind wrong and ended up in the trees. >> what's going on in my at this time, i'm in there and i'm trying to get over the fact that it's not natural of me jumping out of there. it still have to get my mind to allow me to be comfortable. >> do you think this is not for you. what are you thinking in those terms. >>

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. >>> state forest officials have arrested a man on suspicion of starting a huge shasta county wildfire. 37-year-old alexander smoke iii was taken into custody late friday night on what is being called the bully fire. the plays began when the exhaust from smoak's truck ignited dry grass at an illegal mariner grow site. the bully fire burned just short of 3,000 acres. flames caused evacuation of 350 -- radio homes, but residents are now allowed back in and the fire is 10% contained. a fire in eastern contra costa county is fully contained. it appeared the fire started around 10:00 friday night when a car drove into a power pole, knock down several powerlines. marsh street road between clayton and brentwood were evacuated. the fire charred 80 acres. >>> firefighters in san jose took action to protect homes from a grass fire yesterday afternoon near winnifer drive behind the high school. crews had it knocked down in less than an hour. no structures were damaged in that fire. >>> san francisco's candlestick park has hosted its last football games and by any measures, they were legendary. sa

. >>> a 27-year-old man has been arrested after authorities in shasta county say exhaust from his truck started a brush fire. the state department of fire production says fedy alexander was tending to an illegal marijuana plot when his truck sparked the fire. the fire is 10% contained and destroyed six structures. he has billion charged with starting the fire and marijuana cultivation. both are felonies. >>> a woman is recovering tonight after getting stabbed in san san francisco's mission district this morning. happened at a b.a.r.t. plaza at 24th and mission street before 11:00 a.m. emergency crews rushed to the woman to the hospital. she is expected to survive. police arrested a man at the scene but have not said if he is connected to the stabbing. >>> some popular san francisco stores were closed again today after a water main break need their basements yesterday morning. disappoint shoppers could only window shop at some stores while employees continued mopping up. a contractor hit an eight-inch water main around 10:00, spilling 100,000 gallons. firefighter says stores lost mostly

. >>> investigators say a wildfire in shasta county that burned down eight homes was started by a man attending an illegal marijuana grow. police arrested this man. 37-year-old freddie alexander smoke iii over the weekend. smoke was delivering some kind of material to the site when the exhaust from his truck set the grass on fire. so far the fire has burned 4,000 acres and is only 15% contained. smoke has been charged. >>> meanwhile, hot spots are being looked at to make sure that fires don't spark up. 20 houses have been evacuated and firefighters called for backup. they were able to get the flames out before any of the homes were damaged. >> it's very dry. the drought, the late rains, everything around it is distressed and it burns hotter, quicker than the past. >>> investigators in suburban philadelphia are blaming basement sump pumps for forcing families out of their home. they are working to identify the compound involved. people reported smelling a toxic smell around 6:00 last night in a neighborhood. an emergency shelter was set up and some people even had to be sent to the hos

the man whose real name was freddie smoke was delivering material to an illegal marijuana site in shasta county when his truck ignited the high grass. the blaze is burning in steep terrain. it is threatening 15 homes and 50 other structures. >> in the morning buzz, an interesting contest here, who could have the best aerial drone picture. let's take a look what's out there. the contest was run by the dronestagram. the first overall winner was for an eagle soaring over an eagle in indonesia. the second place went to a man in the philippines. and the third place was in france. the most popular was a waterfall shot by a drone photography post an fly. we could end up with beautiful photographs. >> yeah, and a lot less privacy. >>> a atlantic city casino is closing the doors and leaving worker without a job. >> a service makes online our diet ocean spray cranberry juice drink is made with real cranberries and has just five little calories. these diet soda farmers are here to see where cranberries grow. hey, where does diet soda grow? uh... and these little angels build in strength. and that l

. >>> a 27-year-old man has been arrested after authorities in shasta county say exhaust from his truck started a brush fire. the state department of fire production says fedy alexander was tending to an illegal marijuana plot when his truck sparked the fire. the fire is 10% contained and destroyed six structures. he has billion charged with starting the fire and marijuana cultivation. both are felonies. >>> a woman is recovering tonight after getting stabbed in san san francisco's mission district this morning. happened at a b.a.r.t. plaza at 24th and mission street before 11:00 a.m. emergency crews rushed to the woman to the hospital. she is expected to survive. police arrested a man at the scene but have not said if he is connected to the stabbing. >>> some popular san francisco stores were closed again today after a water main break need their basements yesterday morning. disappoint shoppers could only window shop at some stores while employees continued mopping up. a contractor hit an eight-inch water main around 10:00, spilling 100,000 gallons. firefighter says stores lost mostly

check this out, in shasta lake look at the beautiful sunset.en glorious around sunset time over the past couple of days. send us your pictures. sun goes down when it's humid we don't cal off as efficiently so another warm -- we don't cool off as efficiently so another warm night tonight. concord 61. san jose 63. san rafael 58. not as warm as this morning but another rough night for sleeping because typically we drop down to the low to mid-50s tonight. we won't be sunny or dry tomorrow. still an increase in humidity and cloud cover because of a big ridge of high pressure and where it is located because winds flow clockwise around a ridge so if it's down to our south and east it will literally pull up some of that tropical moisture down in baja, california and arizona, pouring in scottsdale and vegas getting rain. we haven't seen the rain and we have seen the cloud cover. we'll see it again tomorrow the flow of air from the south and east with us for one more day. by thursday, same ridge but it moves off to the west giving us more west-to-east fl

in the sierra if you are headed that way until 11 o'clock and to the north toward chico and mount shasta, high fire danger until 6:00. fire danger does not include any bay area counties. if you are headed into san francisco, money 50's and ferry building is vine and 58 at the financial district. san leandro is the cool spot and everyone else is the upper 50's to low 60's, and pittsburg is 60. headed to noon, low-to-mid 60's bay and the coast and low 70's inland and to 4:00, 78 inland and 74 around the bay and 62 at the coast and comfortable for friday evening activities with low-to-mid 60 and 70 inland. >> friday lite. we have construction project if you are trying to make it to the bay bridge we do have a closing until 5:00, westbound 580 to the westbound 80 connection shut down until 5:00 this morning if you are traveling through berkeley, there are no problems. if you are headed from address to dublin/pleasantons westbound, along 580, 25 minutes quiet along highway 4 from antioch to concord and 101 southbound through marin to san francisco under 20 minutes and it will be our drive acr

stretching up towards shasta lake and redding. another wave of low pressure therel pass by tonight giving us the chance for a sprinkle or two. july is our driest month here in the bay area. we get measurable rainfall. it will not amount to much. it's rain in july, which we typically do not see. high pressure an cord over the four corners -- anchored over the four counters. we have catalyst, the area of low pressure sitting offshore energizing the atmosphere. taking that moisture making something out of it. all the pieces are in place for a rare july shower chance early tomorrow morning. 30 or 40% of us will get it. it will add up to a couple hundreds of ran inch. you may need windshield wipers tomorrow morning. wednesday, tropical moisture is returned. hot stuff inland. morning cloud cover and morning fog near the pay and along the coastline. watch out for randy page couple sprinkles tomorrow morning. wednesday, the extra cloud cover will be gone by wednesday. inland, it will be pretty hot by tend of the week. only 70ers tomorrow.

. >>> everyone forced to evacuate because of the bully fire in shasta county can go home now, but the fire is still only 15% contained. two injuries are blamed on the fire and it burned eight homes and 10 outbuildings since it started on friday. >>> a sacramento man named freddie smoke, iii is accused of causing the fire. he was arrested friday night near where it started. investigators say he was driving to an illegal marijuana farm when the exhaust from his truck ignited dry grass. >>> well, they asked us to conserve, and apparently that just wasn't enough. california now about to get a lot tougher on saving our water. kpix 5's kiet do is on the water watch down in san jose with the water wasting fines that are likely soon to be levied. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. officials here at the santa clara valley water district and agencies like them all across the state have tried for a while now, asking politely to get us to reduce the water usage. well, as early as tomorrow, there could be no more mr. nice guy. that is when the state water resources board is set to vote on so

friday, mid-day, mount shasta. fog along the host. making a press inland. it is showing up in the fairfax area and getting over the marine headlands and pushing over through mount tam. a deep marine layer. pushed in by strong winds off shore. on shore winds. cool, moist wind. interesting direction. most winds are westerly and that is keeping us in the mild pattern through tomorrow. strong winds die down. and temperatures start to warm up on the weekend. look at the fog bank. this is san francisco. san francisco -- look, thick too. it will be in your neighborhood tomorrow morning. the fog. san francisco tomorrow 66 degrees. we head into your forecast for san francisco tomorrow. san jose upper 70s. this low-pressure system kept us cool, moist, kept the fire danger at bay but it leaves tomorrow afternoon. this comes back in. high pressure. the winds start to get more northerly and warms us up. higher fire danger. 85 antioch. 86 brentwood. today, tomorrow, same fog. and saturday you notice less fog. warmer day inland with heat. the five-day forecast with your b

look at mount shasta and to the oregon border, a high fire danger goes through 11 o'clock this evening. back here, you can see the clouds are clearing, a lot of sunshine, but for the finger of fog rolling cross the golden gate bridge and you can see small low-to-upper pressure that will keep you clouds. 59 at half moon bay right now. 61 in san francisco. mid-60's and nearly 70 through most of the bay until san jose at 71 and you can see los gatos inland east bay neighborhoods in the low-to-mid 80's already. this is how it looks from emeryville across what is a quiet bay right now and the winds pick up this afternoon and we have a small craft advisory with the winds coming from the northwest at 15- to 25-miles per hour and that is the likely wind shift bringing us slow cooling and through the extended period temperatures are going to fall back to average. low clouds give away to high clouds in the south bay from 81 in milpitas to 87 if san jose and low-to-mid 90's in los gatos and gilroy and a lost 80's on the peninsula until san mateo and if mid-to-upper 60's loan the coast and more su

shasta darlington alive.is hard to imagine fans around the world getting more excited than they are. what is the feeling ahead of tomorrow's big game? >> reporter: well, i have to say this has been a long and exciting party with people getting ready for the big game tomorrow. they are just getting more and more excited. a lot of these people didn't think team usa would make it this far. the fact that they have, they've extented the tickets. they're determined to enjoy their time here while they can and confident that team usa will come out ahead against the game against belgium tomorrow. >> i love that they were channelling cnn. i'm going to ask you another question. the u.s. has already made it through quarterfinals, rate? the game is the last in this round. any other news? any other news on other teams or u.s. injuries that you can tell us about? >> reporter: yep, if i heard your question correctly, basically, we're in the middle. brazil has made it through. in the last couple days we've had france make it

the so-called bully fire erupted yesterday in shasta county and cal fire says it is now just 10% contained. as of this morning, it's burned 2500 acres. mandatory evacuations are still in effect in the graves ranch area. more than 280 firefighters are working on this fire. >>> and new this morning, a fatal crash on highway 101 in san jose forced a shutdown of all southbound lanes. now, the crash happened at about 2 a.m. just north of blossom hill road. the chp says the accident involved at least four vehicles. right now we don't know how many people died or were injured. the freeway was fully opened at about 4:30 this morning. >>> we're learning more about the disappearance of morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the court released the grand jury transcript yesterday that contained some major evidence. kpix 5's joe vazquez has more details. >> they believe that she was tied up, bound, dragged, placed in the trunk, this was not an innocent encounter. >> reporter: attorney steve clark is a legal expert who has seen the documents just released by the court. he says murder suspect antolin garcia-

. >>> a sacramento man is under arrest accused of starting a 3700 acre wildfire in shasta county. this man, freddie alexander smoke iii was charged with recklessly starting a fire. he was trying to deliver soil to an illegal marijuana site when part of his exhaust hit dry grass and sparked flames. mandatory evacuations were lifted last night. the fire is now 10% contained. >>> did you feel it? a little earthquake hit gilroy this morning. it was 3.4 and it hit at 10:23 a.m. there are no reports of damage. there are serious concern -- >>> there are serious concerns about the west nile virus in the south bay. 286 birds infected with the vie russ have been found. that accounts for half of the cases statewide. the county has seen more than triple the number of west nile cases than all of last year. >>> muni is expected to vote on a contract tomorrow. it is calling for a wage increase of a little more than 14% over 3 years, muni and the union say they are optimistic the deal will be approved. >>> people in southern california are up set that a church is providing aid to undocumented imm

afternoon the mount shasta area. that is for lightning strikes. showers around lake tahoe as well. that is coming to an end. what we have now is fog along the coast. that will fill in tonight. so it is there now but it will pull through the gate, across san francisco, oakland, but it won't get over the hill into the livermore valley, and antioch area as well. inland you wake up clear and a warmer day tomorrow. less high clouds, less fog. over night lows tonight in the mid-60s. livermore tomorrow, 70 degrees. by the end of the day, 100 degrees. napa tomorrow, no fog. and the highs tomorrow, purples are 100s. reds are 90s. we will see lots of mid-80s around the bay. even upper 80s. 101 clear lake. 99 antioch. 99 livermore. 90 los gatos. 58 downtown san jose. that is hot -- 88 downtown san jose. that is hot. fog at the coast. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view fire danger will be coming up as well. as the humidity clears, moisture drops and that create as higher fire danger. as we go into the next few days fire danger is back on the radar julie haener, not going

fire" in shasta county this morning.e >>> there are still some mandatory evacuations around the bully fire in shasta county this morning. the fire destroyed eight homes since it started friday. it's also caused ten injuries. the "bully fire" is only 20% contained. lightning is blamed for several fires that are threatening homes in washington state this morning. >>> organization known for its crash test dummies is offering advice now on getting a safe used car for your teenager. insurance institute for highway safety says two safety devices were very important, electronic stability control and those side airbags. among the safest used vehicles, 2011 volkswagen jetta, the dodge avenger 2011 or later and the hyundai tucson 2010 or later. >>> the 49ers have unveiled a transportation plan they hope will minimize frustration for fans driving to the new santa clara stadium. the overall plan took more than 3 years to develop. among the highlights, ticketholders can get custom driving directions to specific parking lots closest t

. >> crews report the bully fire in shasta county is 51% contained. that fire has destroyed 18 buildings. investigators believe that fire was started by a marijuana grower's truck. >>> abc news is closely following two international major stories, the crash in the middle east and the cash of flight 17. >> cheryl, a busy friday night, a special edition of world news, now you will hear the intercepted phone calls. was this the group behind it? can you hear the moment they realize they shot down the passenger jet by mistake? you will hear the tapes here tonight. and other news, the mosquito scare. >> do you have a quiz on your person of the week? >> yes, here is the question for everybody there in san francisco, what happened 45 years ago this weekend? where were you and who is our person of the week? that's coming up. >>> "world news" is coming up after this newscast here after abc 7. >>> children shopping for school supplies with san jose police and the california highway patrol. matt keller has the story. >> the san jose police officers and a soon-to-

the so called bully fire erupted this afternoon in shasta county. just over six hours, it has consumed 2500 acres. some people have been evacuated and the graves ranch area and this fire is only 10% contained. >>> well it is not halloween, but a lot of people are looking to get spooked tonight. >> for the first time ever, the great horror camp out is right here in the bay area. actually, at the alameda county fairgrounds. >> and we sent sharon chin to check it out. sharon, you are the first to admit you are a bit of a scaredy camp. >> reporter: it is a little creepy at night. we are at the obstacle course. here, the campers climb into the wrecked car into the course to find gory treasure on the other side. it is like living in a nightmare. >> welcome to the great horror camp out! >> reporter: that is how it began at the county fairgrounds in pleasanton. some 500 campers have paid $100 or more to pay grizzly games for 12 hours starting at 8:00 p.m. camp out organizizer melissa. >> we take a slasher film and insert the camper into the film. it takes a

we have issues to the north with high fire danger around mount shasta. to the south it is up to 115 but lows only in the 80's and 90's. quiet across the state. we have thunderstorms long the sierra at 79 in lake tahoe and 99 in yosemite. 112 in palm springs. >>> we have a bart delay. if you are traveling bart there is a 10 or 15-minute delay at daly city and 10 or 15-minute delay at mcarthur because of track maintenance and an equipment problem. there are a couple of issues. i will let you know when it improves. it is future is bad if you head away from hair to foster city. the drive across the water is moving along just fine. we do have a couple of accidents. we also have congestion building over the altamont pass. it is 30 minutes tracy to dublin and westbound along 580 and highway 85 northbound to cupertino is only five minutes. >> new this morning, "consumer reports" is urging the x to take stronger steps to reduce the dangers of pill killers. the group warns prescriptions can be as addictive as heroin and want the f.d.a. to reconsider the approval o

. >> domestic violence is a major crime in shasta county. it's epidemic here. i know it sounds ideal, let's go live in the mountains. to be one with fach, but that's the perfect setup for an abuser. >> shane miller had no involvement with law enforcement in shasta county up until there was the domestic violence that started occurring between him and his wife. >> sandy miller ended up going to a local women's refuge to seek safe harbor, and she took her children with her. we took a domestic violence report. our detectives learned mr. miller did have an extent ufsh arrest record and had also had a federal arrest record in which he was sentenced to federal prison. >> when sandy came in to our office, she appeared very tired. the girls were very tearful, red-eyed, exhausted. they had had a long morning trying to get down the mountain to come here. she said shane had been very agitated for about three days. she had had hardly any sleep. she said shane had assaulted her, tortured her, choked her, threatened her with guns. he was threatening to kill her whole family.

. >> a body was discovered in the area of the fire burning in shasta county, officials say the remains are found on wednesday near a home where the 11,000 wildfire started on friday. officials say the victim was trying to flee when he died. the 37-year-old sparked the fire while driving a truck through dry grass headed to an illegal pot grow the he was arrested a few hours later. it is now 51 percent contained. >> in washington state, the county sheriff issued high it evacuation notice for one town along the columbia river because of 18,000 acre wildfire. the three rivers hospital has also been evacuated and the town of brass step is on stand by for evacuation and 35 homes have burned sip lightning ignited four separate fires on wednesday which have merged into one massive fire. >> a federal grand jury in san francisco has indicted fedex for knowingly shipping prescription drugs from illegal online pharmacies. the indictment accuses fedex of ignoring government warnings for a decade. they said they cannot check every package it ships. fedex tells abc that "we have no interest in violat

. >>> developing news out of shasta county where the bully fire is threatening at at least 50 -- at least0 homes. already 18 buildings, including eight homes have burned. the fire has scorched 6400 acres and is only 20% contained. the sacramento man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire when exhausts from his truck ignited the grass while he was delivering material to a marijuana grow site. >>> outside our doors, we have those subtropical moisture clouds right overhead. for some it will feel humid again today. giving you a live look there. they come in batches. with more rounds to come. this is what i think we'll see over the next day or two. i'm also tracking a cooldown because those clouds providing us some shade outside our doors and in addition to a stronger onshore breeze and a thicker marine layer. the ridge of high pressure has weakened some. but it still continues to bring us that subtropical moisture all the way from the desert southwest. the clockwise flow around that high pressure. if i squeeze in closer, we'll go back to the satellite radar at home. you can see w

shasta. the red flag warning remains in effect until 6:00 p.m. tonight. windy out here, no doubt about it. breezy size, around sfo. 26 in livermore. 32 at fairfield. beautiful view from the san jose camera where the sun is shining, the high temperature today, 76 degrees, 65 in san francisco, 75 in san carlos, 63 in half moon bay. here is a view of the broken up marine layer from emeryville. temperatures in the 70s, really comfortable, 72 novato, and concord and livermore. if you're watching spencer, at 4:00 you probably saw the cloud cover. now we're seeing blue skies there, warmer inland this weekend. and we're expecting the summer spread early next week. here is a look at the water vapor imagery. area of low pressure lifting north. same low that kept the inland highs cooler than normal, kept us in the drizzly pattern in the morning hours, pushing out of here. here is what is replacing it. high pressure building back towards the west as we head into sunday, monday in particular. hot weather expected inland on monday and tuesday. so warmer inland for the

. >>> a body discovered in the burned area of the bully fire in shasta county. authorities say that fire started when an alleged pot grower drove his truck over dry grasp a sacramento man has been arrested. right now the fire's burned 10,700 acres, it's 47% contained. cal fire said containment expected by tomorrow. one week after the fire starts. 18 structures have been destroyed, 68 others still threatened. mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted. >>> the family of a stunt pilot who died when his biplane crashed during a show is seeking $20 million in damages from the federal government. the 77-year-old's plane crashed before 85,000 people during a may 4th show. his family claims emergency crews didn't respond quickly enough to free him after his plane caught fire after the crash. an attorney says he was unhurt when the aircraft came to rest but trapped. an autopsy report shows he died of severe burns. ntsb investigators found it took crews three or four minutes to get to the site. >>> hewlett-packard named meg whitman chairman of the board. interim chair

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the 12,000-acre bully fire in shasta county is 61% contained tonight. 2300 firefighters are still there fighting it. investigators say a truck's exhaust system sparked it on the way to an illegal pot grow. the driver was arrested. >>> a massive wild fire in washington state continues to grow. people liveing in the small city of pateros say there was little warning before the flames came and everything was gone. >> we watched the whole town burning. it looked like the whole town was burning. all you could see was fire everywhere. >> a lightning strike sparked the fire on monday. it has destroyed more than 100 homes and there is no containment in sight. crews are attacking it largely from the air. air national guard units are expected to come tomorrow to aid in the fire fight. >>> no doubt the thunderstorms are a problem for us the next couple of days because they have been absolutely lighting up the sierra for the past 48 hours and we are going to start where we left off a few minutes ago by showing you the kpix5 high-def doppler. you can see the very general trend from the southwest to

. >>> investigators say a wild fire in shasta county that burned down eight homes. police arrested 37-year-old freddie alexander smoke iii over the weekend. cal fire says smoke was delivering material when the exhaust set dry grass on fire. so far the fire's burned 4,000 acres and is only 15% contained. he was charged with a recklessly causing a fire and marijuana cultivati cultivation. >>> meanwhile firefighters in fairfield keeping an eye on hot spots making sure this fire doesn't flair up. it jumped highway 12, raced towards several homes, firefighters called in for back-up. they were able to put the flames out before any homes were damaged. >> it's very dry. the drought, the late rains had vegetation taller than normal. everything around it is stressed. and it burns hotter, faster, quicker. and then we've seen that in the past. >> the cause of the fire under investigation. officials are looking into a homeless camp. >> hotter, faster, quicker. >>> comes to the weather as well. i want to check on the forecast as we take a peek outside, it's a beautiful start to o

see why a radical new radio telescope being built near mount shasta may be closer than you think to finding the answer. >>> major funding for "quest" is provided by -- the national science foundation. the gordon and bett

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underway into the death of a person whose bush body was found near the origin of the wildfire burning in shasta county. investigators say it appears the person died trying to escape the fire but they don't know the exact cause of death. the death could mean extra charges against the man accused of starting the wildfire. investigators say he sparked the wildfire while driving to his illegal marijuana farm. so far the fire has burned 11,700 acres and is 51% contained. >>> there's good news for the city of oakland when this comes to handling emergencies. now that more than two dozen firefighters are joining the front lines of the city's fire department. in about an hour, the department is set to graduate 25 new recruits. alex savidge to live to tell us why this graduation is so important. >> reporter: good afternoon. this department is short staffed because of budget cuts. that'sial of these firefighter -- that's why all of these firefighters are desperately needed. they will graduate in less than an hour. this is the first class of new recruits in four years. it's a great sign for the department.

. >>> a wildfire in shasta county sparked by an exhaust from a truck has sparked a new set of evacuations. the so called bully fire has destroyed 15 homes and other structures. the fire has burned 4,700 acres. that's almost the size of the city of san francisco. it's only 15% contained at this point. firefighters really hampered by steep terrain with temperatures reach ing 108 degrees. a sacramento man was accused of driving the truck while tending an illegal pot farm. >>> a woman said she was attacked last friday morning by a man who looks like this police sketch. this happened at the park in the college terrace neighborhood. that's right off the southern edge of campus. more now from abc 7 news reporter nick smith. >> wow, have you seen him, jackson. >> reporter: michelle bailey and her 6-year-old son live in a home that borders a park for more than six years. she was shocked to hear a woman was attacked here. >> never a problem but never cops in neighborhood because there was never a need. >> reporter: but there is now. the quiet space that sits at the end of this tree-lined cul-de-sac

he was killed. >>> freddie alexander facing charges for starting the bull fire in shasta county.igators say his truck's exhaust sparked the fire. manslaughter charges have been added because investigators found the body of a man who died trying to escape the flames. that fire scorched almost 20 square miles before it was contained. >>> the bay area has a lot riding on a scheduled vote on capitol hill today. the u.s. senate is set to consider legislation that would keep federal highway money flowing to the state. with the deadline a few days away. the bay area relies on federal funding to do everything from fixing potholes to building and maintaining highways. >>> sal, have you fixed things on highway 24. >> well, it's a little slow. we don't have any crashes so i would say -- trying to look at the positive side of things. a lot of the slow traffic is near the b.a.r.t. la fayette station. your drive time is 8 minutes. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a 20-minute delay. if i had to make a choice, 85. it's slow from 87. that's the least slow traffic i see. 7:48. let's go to st

but if you have friends or family up towards redding or mount shasta or perhaps smith river or weed, there are numerous showers and thunderstorms in far northern california. there are reservoirs that will catch that water and help a bit when it comes to our drought. we have a big game tonight. giants in the drought scoring runs hosting the a's from across the bay. it will be cool and breezy for game 3 of the bay bridge series if you will. 58 degrees your first pitch temperature tonight at 7:15. here's what's going on. lots of thunderstorms to our south and east. i just showed you the rain around thunderstorms to the north. all wrapping around an area of high pressure which is now centered over new mexico. that's pretty far away and we are getting around that high pressure with a pretty strong onshore flow. today we have the sunshine but temperatures were kept down because we grabbed more of that ocean influence. that will continue tomorrow. it will continue on friday as high pressure is farther away, low pressure to our north. we had that stronger onshore flow for the next couple of

shasta, alturra, but some areas are getting very heavy rain, drenching rain in reno and as a matter of fact, a flood advisory has been posted until 6:30 this evening. of course, that's what we need, is the drenching rain, but with the dry fuels and the dry lightning potential, northern california remains under high fire danger. i'll be back with a look at our local weather in a few minutes. >> thank you so much. >> you can blame the drought for making your lunch just a little more expensive. prices are going up at the in-and-out, chipotle, and other eateries because of a lack of water. according to the government, more price increases could be in store. prices for beef and veal could jump as much as 6%. poultry and dairy by 4%, and eggs could spike another 5%. >> the rise of the cost of water could force a san francisco golf course to shut down by the end of the month. take a look at the green at glen eagle's golf course. the course is filled with a lot of brown patches. the owner stopped watering after the water bill went up. >> we water the greens kn the areas most in play and pretty

. >>> all the evacuations have been lifted around the foley fire in shasta county. calfire says it's now 15% contained. two injuries blamed on that fire. it's burned eight homes, 10 outbuildings since it started over the weekend, on friday. a man is accused of driving the bully fire while driving through a field to a marijuana grow. >>> a contractor working on the central subway tunnel damaged the line saturday. water flooded the basements of several union square stores, including neiman marcus. firefighters say some stores had several feet of water in their stock rooms and power was turned off for safety reasons. some stores had to close for the weekend. >>> 4:32 now. voluntary conservation efforts are not saving much water here in california. kpix 5's brian webb reports mandatory restrictions could be ordered later this week. >> reporter: water wasters, busted in sacramento, taking their medicine at conservation class to get out of paying the fine. >> with this class, it really, you know, gave me a lot of insight in all of it. >> reporter: the state's getting seri

. >>> and back here in california, the wild fire burning in shasta county can the be called deadly. a body has been found in the burn zone. investigators say it appears he was trying to escape the flaps. the fire started a week ago, its burned more than 17 square miles. evacuation orders in the area have been lifted. >>> still ahead, any minute, we could find out if federal investigators will head to ukraine. an update on that deadly crash, coming up next. >>> and a live look, look at that crystal clear view of the lights and the golden gate bridge, beautiful. they have to move the cones for the morning commute. being friday, we should is have a lighter one. we will talk about the closure in the south bay and further east coming up. >>> nbc bay area wants to help local nonprofits build stronger communities. that's why we're launching 21st century solutions. a grant challenge for new and innovative prooms to earn up to $50,000. visit nbcbayarea.com to apply. >>> and an update to our developing story, the ntsb will announce today whether it'll send investigators to a remote field in u

shasta had some, as well.and here in the bay area the marine layer is locked in place, cloudy, that is just what we started out with, the low clouds, fog, drizzle, watch what happened this afternoon, around 2:00 p.m., a southerly wind flow created some clearing near the coast. so places like pacifica, half moon bay actually coming up a few degrees. a little milder, inland highs, the warmest spot antioch 87 today. yesterday you were in the 90s. right now there is a pretty good seabreeze going at fairfield, travis air force base with gusts at 20 miles an hour, pushing the marine layer just over 2,000 feet deep into the inland valleys again. you can see the valley from the emeryville camera. watching the low clouds there, 67, oakland, san jose, 76 in gilroy, san jose, beautiful view, sunny, 80 the high today. same as yesterday. 74 in santa rosa, 83 fairfield and livermore. here is a picture from the golden gate bridge camera. low clouds, patchy morning drizzle from thursday, friday, turning warmer this weekend. b

a fire burning in shasta county set by a man with an illegal marijuana plant.rges for setting the fire and marijuana cultivation. it charred 3,000 acres and 10% contained. >>> 3 people dead and 5 others hurt in a shooting saturday in pasadena. it led to a stand off in a landlord dispute. the landlord is dead. >> the officer initially on scene saw the victim on the sidewalk and attempted to render aid and was under fire. >> no officers were hurt. they took a man in his 30s in custody. >>> things are back to normal in union square after a water main break has been repaired. crews working on the underground muni line fixed the pipe. the water rushed into stores. san francisco fires were called to clean up the spit. thousands of gallons of water put more than clothes in danger. >> they wanted to make sure no know was electrocuted. >> they needed to clear the water. no word on when the stores will reopen. >>> california is the first state attempting to improve the academic lives of foster youth. until now no state his attempted to track youth. they are directing dol

the so-called "bully fire" has burned more than 10,000 acres in shasta county and still poses a threat to nearly 70 homes near the community of ono. it's 40% contained at this point. the fire has destroyed eight homes since it began friday. >>> happening later today, alameda county water district votes on whether to add a drought surcharge to customers' water bills. the district that serves fremont, newark and union city says people are using less water, there is less revenue coming in now. up to 46 cents could be added to each unit of water used now. tonight's meeting is at 6:00 at the water district's headquarters on grimmer boulevard in fremont. >>> and this is the day for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 49ers new football stadium in santa clara. just four years after city voters approved the plan, partially publicly funded stadium almost ready for the first event, a major league soccer match between the earthquakes and the seattle sounders. two weeks from this coming saturday. 49ers' first appearance will be a preseason game august 17th against peyton manning and the de