alyssa harrington is alive in the bart parking lot to tell us what happened. >> this is the last thing they expected to see with a return of a long day of work. it was a fire that started in the hood of the lexus and then damaged five cars total. >> these people will not be happy. >> three cars charred. firefighters were called around 2:00 to the upper lafayette bart parking lot.

. >> alyssa harrington is live at diablo vista middle school. what are students and parents saying?people are very surprised. mr. wolf has a rep pew -- reputation for being strict and playing by the rules and now he is in jail on $1 million bail. 58-year-old mitchell wolf was arrested early on friday morning. the internet crimes task force served a search warrant at the danville home. the teacher was booked on charges of possession of child pornography. >> we were shocked and saddened to hear about the arrest. >> the spokesman for the unified school district says they seized computers from wolf's classroom. he was employed as a math teacher since 2002. >> we have no reason to believe that any of our students are involved in these allegations. >> i was shocked. i wasn't expecting it from him. >> they had him as a teacher and soccer coach. >> i will hope for the best for him. it is a tough situation for him and his family. >> the principal alerted parents through e-mail saying students and staff may be interviewed as the investigation moves forward. >> this is a teacher that we truste

alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> happening now, protestors are on the move in the east bay. have been marching across oakland and berkeley. they are demonstrating imens police brutality and in support of the teenager killed last week. alan wang is live in oakland with this developing story. alan. >> we have one oakland police officer who was posted along broadway. they were trying to monitor movements. they roamed through downtown oakland and they have dwindled to a small band. they made it up telegraph and moo berkeley. but it came to a halt after berkeley police formed a skirmish line and at least one man was taken into custody. it started out at 7:00 where 100 protesters marched to oakland headquarters chapting justice for michael brown -- chanting justice for michael brown. police had to block the on ramp to keep them from getting on to the interstate. there was a scuffle with pepper spray involved and there have been two broken windows, one at the taste of denmark bakery and another in a business -- at a business in koreatown. a few sprayed aneen sprayed and at one poin

alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> happening now, protestors are on the move in the east bay. people have been marching across oakland and berkeley. they are demonstrating imens police brutality and in support of the teenager killed last week. alan wang is live in oakland with this developing story. alan. >> we have one oakland police officer who was posted along broadway. they were trying to monitor movements. they roamed through downtown oakland and they have dwindled to a small band. they made it up telegraph and moo berkeley. but it came to a halt after berkeley police formed a skirmish line and at least one man was taken into custody. it started out at 7:00 where 100 protesters marched to oakland headquarters chapting justice for michael brown -- chanting justice for michael brown. police had to block the on ramp to keep them from getting on to the interstate. there was a scuffle with pepper spray involved and there have been two broken windows, one at the taste of denmark bakery and another in a business -- at a business in koreatown. a few businesses have been sprayed a

. >> alyssa harrington is live with the latest. saw lis saw? alyssa? >> 208 people were treated here and three staffers as well. so many people came to the hospital. the triage tents were set up to take care of those who needed medical attention. we also did find out earlier that one person died. hospital officials tell me that death does not appear to be related to the earthquake. most people suffered minor injuries, things like cuts and bruises and sprained ankles. there were also broken bones and one teenage boy had to be airlifted in critical condition to uc davis hospital. he was hit by falling debris. >> the 13-year-old boy who had injuries sustained when there was some -- there was a fireplace collapsed in the home. he was brought in here and stabilized and shipped to another medical center. >> it has been a very busy day for hospital staff. they also delivered this baby boy. this is ismael sanchez and he was delivered before the earthquake. the proud parents are also shaken up. they did release a statement. it says we are grateful that our baby

. >> alyssa harrington is live at diablo vista middle school. what are students and parents saying?people are very surprised. mr. wolf has a rep pew -- reputation for being strict and playing by the rules and now he is in jail on $1 million bail. 58-year-old mitchell wolf was arrested early on friday morning. the internet crimes task force served a search warrant at the danville home. the teacher was booked on charges of possession of child pornography. >> we were shocked and saddened to hear about the arrest. >> the spokesman for the unified school district says they seized computers from wolf's classroom. he was employed as a math teacher since 2002. >> we have no reason to believe that any of our students are involved in these allegations. >> i was shocked. i wasn't expecting it from him. >> they had him as a teacher and soccer coach. >> i will hope for the best for him. it is a tough situation for him and his family. >> the principal alerted parents through e-mail saying students and staff may be interviewed as the investigation moves forward. >> this is a teacher that we truste

. >> alyssa harrington is live at diablo vista middle school. what are students and parents saying? >> people are very surprised. mr. wolf has a rep pew -- reputation for being strict and playing by the rules and now he is in jail on $1 million bail. 58-year-old mitchell wolf was arrested early on friday morning. the internet crimes task force served a search warrant at the danville home. the teacher was booked on charges of possession of child pornography. >> we were shocked and saddened to hear about the arrest. >> the spokesman for the unified school district says they seized computers from wolf's classroom. he was employed as a math teacher since 2002. >> we have no reason to believe that any of our students are involved in these allegations. >> i was shocked. i wasn't expecting it from him. >> they had him as a teacher and soccer coach. >> i will hope for the best for him. it is a tough situation for him and his family. >> the principal alerted parents through e-mail saying students and staff may be interviewed as the investigation moves forward. >> this is a teacher that we tr

alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> now spencer christian has a forecast for chance of rain in much of the bay area saw some overnight. >> and these pictures were shot in oakland near the zoo. >> the rain reached san jose, this shot from lynn drive near meridian avenue today. >> and when you rain ended and the morning broke, a lot of us saw this beautiful sight, a lovely sunrise. our photograph tweeted this out from concord. >> that's absolutely stunning. >> what is in store now that we are pushing toward the weekend? >> spencer christian outside with a lovely day today, spencer. >> it is a lovely day today, cheryl and dan. if there's anything as normal weather, we are moving back into a normal summertime pattern. all is quiet in the bay area front today, much inlike yesterday 'weather. let's travel down to the tropics whether it's anything but quiet. we have two category 1 hurricanes approaching hawaii right now. i'm sure you've heard much about them. first is iselle. packing maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour, followed rather closely by hurricane julio. a little bit weaker,

alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> happening now, protestors are on the move in the east bay. people have been marching across oakland and berkeley. they are demonstrating imens police brutality and in support of the teenager killed last week. alan wang is live in oakland with this developing story. alan. >> we have one oakland police officer who was posted along broadway. they were trying to monitor movements. they roamed through downtown oakland and they have dwindled to a small band. they made it up telegraph and moo berkeley. but it came to a halt after berkeley police formed a skirmish line and at least one man was taken into custody. it started out at 7:00 where 100 protesters marched to oakland headquarters chapting justice for michael brown -- chanting justice for michael brown. police had to block the on ramp to keep them from getting on to the interstate. there was a scuffle with pepper spray involved and there have been two broken windows, one at the taste of denmark bakery and another in a business -- at a business in koreatown. a few businesses have been sprayed a

alyssa harrington joins us from colonial acres elementary school with the story. >> that's right. boxes of brand new school supplies were taken from the school, and the principal says insurance won't cover it. they're hoping the community comes forward and makes donations. thieves targeted colonial acres elementary school twice over the summer break. their first time, july 31st. someone broke into a storage closet outside a classroom. before the thieves busted in, boxes of supplies were stacked this high, containing essential school items like glue sticks, crayons and pencils. >> that's also where we store our dump cameras, lcd forjectors, a new computer, some computer monitors. >> the principal says just weeks later, they discovered a second burglary, this time, two storage sheds were hit, one filled with p.e. equipment. the other belonged to the boys and girls club afterschool program. >> so many of our students have needs beyond the classroom that we try to help with. so for them not to have their basic basics, it just hurts. >> poor school. it's a low income neighborhood. >> t

in danville, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> the santa clara business that helps others finds itself in needs this morning as fire investigators search for cause of a fire that sent donations up in smoke. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the latest. >> flames tore through a doe nag storage area for hope services, an agency that helps people with disabilities. this is cell phone video shot by a person who says people at a nearby mosque tried to make sure no one was in danger. >> everyone was kind of like scared because there's a children's playground here. we're trying to get the kids out a safe way from the parking lot. >> this was a single-a larm call. it took fire teams about 45 minutes to snuff it out. firefighters remained on scene for several hours. to make sure there were no flare-ups. right now fire investigators say they do not suspect any criminal activity. >> nothing that we would describe as suspicious, just under investigation right now. until we can determine a point of origin and a cause, but no indications of any criminal activity or anything like that on scene.

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in san mateo, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> richmond police chased down a man wantedded on a -- warranted on a washt. on a washt. they show several cars surrounded him in berkeley. he got out and tried to run and after a few feet he surrendered. three women were also arrested. he was handed over to san francisco police where he is wanted for murder. san jose police are working to track down a man who robbed a gas station with an assault rifle. this is surveillance video showing a man pulling a rifle from his clothing and demanded cash and then forced the clerks on to the ground. police say the man is extremely dangerous and you should call 9-1-1 immediately if you recognize him. >>> an oakland woman has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for leaving her 2 and 3-year-old daughters in a hot car while gambling in a livermore casino. 37-year-old winette pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to a child. surveillance video from july 20th shows her gambling for half an hour at casino 580 before spotting an officer holding one of her children. her sentence includes three years probatio

alyssa harrington is alive in the bart parking lot to tell us what happened. >> this is the last thing they expected to see with a return of a long day of work. it was a fire that started in the hood of the lexus and then damaged five cars total. >> these people will not be happy. >> three cars charred. firefighters were called around 2:00 to the upper lafayette bart parking lot. >> the fire started under the hood of the lexus and then quickly spread to four other vehicles. >> most of them luxury vehicles. a bmw, acura and an audii. >> it can burn because of the amount of plastics. the gas and the oil and the engine. >> the suv was also . >> because of the high heat that melted some of the plastic. >> bart riders who parked in the same lot were stunned and relieved finding their cars untouched. >> that's pretty crazy. >> this is shocking. i can't believe how lucky i am. i am two cars, three cars away. >> captain george lange says they can only speculate what triggered the fire. >> if there is any electrical short or ignition potential in the engine and the fuel hits it, it is off to th

in san mateo, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> richmond police chased down a man wantedded on a -- warranted on a washt. on a washt. they show several cars surrounded him in berkeley. he got out and tried to run and after a few feet he surrendered. three women were also arrested. he was handed over to san francisco police where he is wanted for murder. san jose police are working to track down a man who robbed a gas station with an assault rifle. this is surveillance video showing a man pulling a rifle from his clothing and demanded cash and then forced the clerks on to the ground. police say the man is extremely dangerous and you should call 9-1-1 immediately if you recognize him. >>> an oakland woman has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for leaving her 2 and 3-year-old daughters in a hot car while gambling in a livermore casino. 37-year-old winette pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to a child. surveillance video from july 20th shows her gambling for half an hour at casino 580 before spotting an officer holding one of her children. her sentence includes three years probatio

alyssa harrington is alive in the bart parking lot to tell us what happened. >> this is the last thing they expected to see with a return of a long day of work. it was a fire that started in the hood of the lexus and then damaged five cars total. >> these people will not be happy. >> three cars charred. firefighters were called around 2:00 to the upper lafayette bart parking lot. >> the fire started under the hood of the lexus and then quickly spread to four other vehicles. >> most of them luxury vehicles. a bmw, acura and an audii. >> it can burn because of the amount of plastics. the gas and the oil and the engine. >> the suv was also damaged. >> because of the high heat that melted some of the plastic. >> bart riders who parked in the same lot were stunned and relieved finding their cars untouched. >> that's pretty crazy. >> this is shocking. i can't believe how lucky i am. i am two cars, three cars away. >> captain george lange says they can only speculate what triggered the fire. >> if there is any electrical short or ignition potential in the engine and the fuel hits it, it is of

in san mateo, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> richmond police chased down a man wantedded on a -- warranted on a washt. on a washt. they show several cars surrounded him in berkeley. he got out and tried to run and after a few feet he surrendered. three women were also arrested. he was handed over to san francisco police where he is wanted for murder. san jose police are working to track down a man who robbed a gas station with an assault rifle. this is surveillance video showing a man pulling a rifle from his clothing and demanded cash and then forced the clerks on to the ground. police say the man is extremely dangerous and you should call 9-1-1 immediately if you recognize him. >>> an oakland woman has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for leaving her 2 and 3-year-old daughters in a hot car while gambling in a livermore casino. 37-year-old winette pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to a child. surveillance video from july 20th shows her gambling for half an hour at casino 580 before spotting an officer holding one of her children. her sentence includes three years probatio

alyssa harrington is alive in the bart parking lot to tell us what happened. >> this is the last thingthey expected to see with a return of a long day of work. it was a fire that started in the hood of the lexus and then damaged five cars total. >> these people will not be happy. >> three cars charred. firefighters were called around 2:00 to the upper lafayette bart parking lot. >> the fire started under the hood of the lexus and then quickly spread to four other vehicles. >> most of them luxury vehicles. a bmw, acura and an audii. >> it can burn because of the amount of plastics. the gas and the oil and the engine. >> the suv was also damaged. >> because of the high heat that melted some of the plastic. >> bart riders who parked in the same lot were stunned and relieved finding their cars untouched. >> that's pretty crazy. >> this is shocking. i can't believe how lucky i am. i am two cars, three cars away. >> captain george lange says they can only speculate what triggered the fire. >> if there is any electrical short or ignition potential in the engine and the fuel hits it, it is off

. >> alyssa harrington is live at queen of the valley medical center and has the latest on the injured. alyssa? >> so far 172 people have been street treated here, many taken to the triage behind the emergency wing of the hospital. most of the injuries are minor. hospital staff set up tents to treat the influx of patients, suffering from bumps, cuts, and bruises. one person is still in critical condition. president and ceo of the hospital says they did conditions like heart attacks, but no reports of any earthquake-related fatalities. >> in the morning, the most common thing we saw, cut feet. people walking on broken glass. a lot of folks who had furniture come down on them. >> i'm here at the doctor because a cabinet came down on me. i'm bruised up. >> our hutch fell over and i was reaching in to try to get it, when i came out, i sliced my finger open. >> that's one problem they're seeing today. many people like that last woman, have been cutting themselves trying to clean up debris. also a 13-year-old boy was injured when part of a fireplace fell on him. he was airlifted to uc davis

. >> alyssa harrington is live at queen of the valley medical center and has the latest on the injured. alyssa? >> so far 172 people have been street treated here, many taken to the triage behind the emergency wing of the hospital. most of the injuries are minor. hospital staff set up tents to treat the influx of patients, suffering from bumps, cuts, and bruises. one person is still in critical condition. president and ceo of the hospital says they did conditions like heart attacks, but no reports of any earthquake-related fatalities. >> in the morning, the most common thing we saw, cut feet. people walking on broken glass. a lot of folks who had furniture come down on them. >> i'm here at the doctor because a cabinet came down on me. i'm bruised up. >> our hutch fell over and i was reaching in to try to get it, when i came out, i sliced my finger open. >> that's one problem they're seeing today. many people like that last woman, have been cutting themselves trying to clean up debris. also a 13-year-old boy was injured when part of a fireplace fell on him. he was airlifted to uc davis

alyssa harrington with the prep work underway. >> reporter: piece by piece, volunteers unload some of concord park. today the project broke ground. the big build happens friday. volunteers like jorge flores will put together the playground in just six hours. >> this is good stuff for the kids. it will enjoy the kids, the kids going to be so happy. >> reporter: alex stack house, project manager says they spent months planning. >> to have slides, climbing ele >> reporter: kids contribute their ideas. this one includes a community garden. >> it needs a great place to play. it's an opportunity to get the community together to invest and build a one of a kind playground and have a sense of accomplishment and ownership. >> reporter: kaboom playgrounds are part of disney's healthy living initiative. the idea is to have fun, make friends and exercise. it's much more than that. >> one of the things i hope happens with the this build is that it will bring people back into the parks. it's really tight out there for a lot of families. they need a free place to come. >> reporter: the playground wi

alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> a santa clara business that helped others, find itself in need this morning. the firemen search for the cause of a fire that sent donations up in smoke. we have the latest. >> flames quickly tore through a donation store area for hope services, an agency that helps people with disabilities. this is cell phone video. he said people at a nearby mosque quickly tried to make sure no one was in danger. >> everyone was kind of like scared because there's a children's playground here so we were trying to get the kids away from the parking lot. >> no one was injured. it was a single alarm called but because the flames were fueled by clothes and electronics, it took about 45 minutes to snuff it out. firefighters remained on scene to make sure there were no flareups. right now fire investigators say they do not suspect any criminal activity. >> nothing we would describe as suspicious. it's just under investigation right now so we can determine there a cause. but there's no indication of any criminal activity or anything. it was pretty normal fire. >> three deli

in concord, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> it's about time they made a movie for such a successfulall program there. it will be exciting to see that. maybe a lot of people in concord would like to go to the movie theater and get some air conditioning. it will be in the 80s, lower 90s? >> exactly. the east bay hills has been enjoying a lot of sunshine already this morning. it's allowing for the fog to peel back. the warmer weather evaporating the fog this morning. we are getting more and more sunshine in the south bay, and it won't be long until everyone sees sunny skies, except right at our beaches where it will be on the cool side and cloudy from half moon bay to pacifica. we've been enjoying the picture where you see the marine layer and what's left of it. other beautiful day. we could use the rain. the seven-day outlook, we were flirting with more clouds and a few areas of perhaps maybe some precip entering. but now we've scaled back on that and we are back to a typical weather pattern with the low clouds, the fog, and the seasonal temperatures. 59 in gilroy and half moon bay. w

in napa, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> teams of fema inspectors arrived in napa. they began conducting preliminary damage assessments. the team looks at the extent and cost of a damage to a building, the number of people displaced and any health or safety problems. a pda is a first step in the process of declaring a quake zone a natural disaster area, which would then eventually free up federal aid money. >> we do provide different grants. we have rental assistance, we also have repair and replacement that is part of that grant. right now, we're really trying to go out with the teams to look and assess the damage at this point. >> the information collected by fema will be sent to the states. the governor's administration will then use it to decide whether to ask the president to declare a natural disaster or emergency. >> napa repair crews are hoping to fix all the city's broken water lines by the end of tudjman. last water count, they had about 20 broken pipes left to fix. that's down from a peak of 120 on monday. the number of customers without water is now at 2

in san rafael, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> the american right to protest was on display in oakland and berkeley where demonstrators rallied over the police shooting of an unarmed teenager in missouri. [chanting] hands up, don't shoot! hands up, don't shoot! >> the anti-police rally began last night at 14th and broadway in oakland. it started with chanting, as you heard there. that is in support of 18-year-old michael brown, who witnesses say had his hands up when an officer shot him. he was killed. the tone was different in berkeley at van kroft and telegraph. at least five store windows were broken along telegraph, including at a bakery and a bank. police in riot gear began moving the protesters after warning they would be arrested if they did not disperse. officials the report that some were pepper sprayed by demonstrators. >>> in ferguson, missouri, police and about 200 protesters clashed again after another tense day. several hundred people congregated on a busy ferguson street as protests continued. this is nearly a week after brown was shot and killed by the officer. it remai

in concord, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> all right. that looks like a good movie.wn backyard and seeing it on the big screen, it will be exciting to see that movie. obviously pretty emotional, as well. we are talking about it, if you are in concord or de la salle, you are talking about temperatures maybe approaching 90 degrees today? >> a couple degrees above average. average temperatures about 87 or so out that way. today it should be just as nice as yesterday. sosa a few 90s but a cooling trend closer to the bay. the marine layer once again back with us trying to enter into the valleys. live doppler 7hd shows we are all quiet this morning. but things could be changing by the end of the week where we could see some subtropical moisture being pulled up once again. right now it's quiet. emeryville starting out with the cloudy skies and temperatures ranging on this panel mainly from the mid-50s with four to six mile visibility half moon bay. san francisco just a little bit of mist and drizzle here and there. low 60s oakland, san carlos. good morning san jose. 60 for

abc7 news reporter alyssa harrington says neighbors on rivera drive are putting up even more american flags as a show of support. >> people have fought and died for this flag. >> dean morris has been flying old glory outside his home on san rafael's rivera drive for more than 20 years. but somebody has a problem with that. and anonymous letter was sent to morris and several of his neighbors. >> show some respect and fly your flags on important holidays, instead of trying to make a moronic statement. >> to sum it up, the letter accuses residents who display an american flag outside their homes of being confused republicans who don't agree with the president. chase pennington got one, too. >> it was definitely offensive. i'm just making all of these accusations about what type of person i am, what type of person anybody who flies a flag is. >> we don't know much about the sender, except the letters are postmarked outside of san francisco and on each energy, what do you know, a stamp with the american flag. neighbors are just as puzzled. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> they call this a cl

in concord, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> it will be great to see the de la salle story out therebig screen. when you are in concord today, a lot of people will be looking for a way to cool off, as well. maybe going to the theater is not such a bad idea. >> that's right. and temperatures there will be well into the 80s. down the road in livermore already sunny. another beautiful day. we are do have fog and low clouds locally. and moving across the bay, they are getting lower. you may run into a little bit of mist and drizzle. here's a look at live doppler 7hd. the sweep on top of mount st. helena. we will look for more clearing today as we get through the next couple of hours. the fog begins to erode. but from the east bay hills camera, kind of nice. the layering of the hills here and the low clouds. low temperatures this morning on the cool side in the city. we are in the low 60s with cloudy skies in san jose. half moon bay is at 55 degrees. gilroy a cool 52. and we will look for cloudy skies in san francisco to lift by about 10:00. and south city will be in the 60s, as well. but

in san rafael, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> the american right to protest was on display in oakland and berkeley where demonstrators rallied over the police shooting of an unarmed fine ager in missouri. >> hands up, don't shoot. hands up, don't shoot! >> the anti-police rally began last night at 14th and broadway in oakland t started with chanting, as you heard there. that is? support of 18-year-old michael brown who witnesses say had his hands up when a officer shot him. the tone was different in berkeley at van kroft and telegraph. at least five store windows were broken along telegraph, including at a bakery and a bank. police in riot gear began moving the protesters after warning they would be arrested if they did not disperse. some were pepper sprayed by demonstrators. >>> in ferguson, missouri, police and about 200 protesters clashed again after another tense day. several people congress grated on a busy ferguson street as protests continued. this is nearly a week after brown was shot and killed by the officers. it remained peaceful until later. some people threw rocks and oth