we have a couple here they're predicting a good turnout on contra costa county.o limit some people in places. five and 57,000 registered voters. yesterday in the al record number beetle they're called and called in to know what they could do today. treen last primary election. we have for the election places weaken or now lots the stickers are being and up for those war registry to vote. >> mark: hillary clinton as acquire the delicate necessary to secure the nomination. >> darya: is that we late last night clinton mentioned that she was flattered by this. however she still has others to win. >> tran: people are turning out already it. the polls open one hour ago. they will not close until 8:00. let me show you the tweet that hillary clinton said that. she has a major victory not only from the associated press. than sleek pelosi also endorsed her. she says they're flattered but their prize- winning california and montana and north dakota new jersey s.d.. but tomorrow. even though she is pretty much wrapped up the nomination for the democratic party in. bush repeo

in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> a west nile warning in contra costa county.ector control says a dead bird in antioch tested positive for the virus. this marks the first appearance of the mosquito-borne virus in contra costa this year. crews found the bird near preuitt ranch and mccollmy drive. district officials say this isn't a surprise as they already are starting to see virus activity in nearby counties >>> kellogg's is following in the footsteps of hostess and frito-lay voluntarily recalling some of its snacks because they may be contaminated with peanuts. some special k brownies and cookies. this comes after the company's supplier recalled wheat flour that may contain low levels of peanut residue. >>> big win today for consumers and online streaming companies like los gatos based netflix. a federal appeals court upheld the government's net neutrality rules. they basically require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. internet service providers cannot offer special treatment to sites that pay for faster service. >>> an iconic las vegas casi

an animal that you are set to euthanize you cannot do it. >> reporter: the representative for contra costa animal services says the agency is also looking into the death of a dog named tommy. >> we don't believe at this point that that was a mistake. according t our records there was no rescue group officially lined up to remove the animal. >> reporter: the movement of animals is logged into a program which should have noted the interest of a rescue group in taking barbie. >> it's not ever a decision where someone just walks in and said, you know, this as animal that we want to euthanize. >> reporter: in the past five years contra costa county animal services has boosted its live release rate from 46% to 80%. he hopes the internal investigation will reveal what happened. >> everybody is heartbroken. >> reporter: in contra costa county, andria borba, kpix 5. >> animal service is working to finish the investigation by friday. >>> a wildfire burning in the sierra foothills is threatening 2600 structures. the so-called trailhead fire has forced evacuations in parts of placer and el dorado coun

right now contra costa county sheriffs are swarming the scene. good evening to you. thank you for joining us tonight. i'm peggy bunker. >> and i'm raj mathai. the rear window was blown out and the victim was able to swerve to safety. this was happening at the willow pass exit in pittsburg. you can see the map here. it's right off highway 4. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd joins us and is live now on the scene. and cheryl, more than 20 recent freeway shootings in that area. what do we know about this one? >> reporter: it has been. it happened about two hours ago. and police and the truck that had that shattered window is no longer here, as you can see. but contra costa county sheriffs tell our photographer on scene that a pickup truck was struck by a bullet while traveling on highway 4 through pittsburg. you're looking at that truck. at least two people were inside. the passenger was struck by shattered glass and taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. no information about the possible shooter, and no information about the car that person was in. now

. >>> contra costa animal services is looking into how two dogs were mistakenly euthanized.one happened june 18 involving a pit bull. the agency says at the time, it was working with the rescue organization to help save the female dog. it's looking into the death of a dog named tommy. the agency will try to determine where communications failed. >> if you are an animal welfare organization and there's a rescue lined up, you cannot euthanize the animal. >> over the past five years contra costa county animal services has increased its rate from 46 to 80% to save dogs. >>> new numbers are out on the u.s. jobs front. filing for unemployment benefits are up but only slightly. 10,000 people filed last week. it's a sign employers are holding on to workers. and checking wall street: ar" to m eir day... probably started on the wro foot this morning. starting around 7 o-clo >>> people who rely on google calendars to manage their day probably started on the wrong foot this morning! starting around 7:00 people trying to access their schedules got a server error asking them to try again

. >>> breaking news in eastern contra costa county, where a car hit three people in oakley.o word on how the victims are doing. this happens before 3:00 this afternoon. investigators are on the scene looking for q&evidence. you could see on the map here exactly where this took place. at bethel island road and east cypress road in the valley. stay withkn+ abc 7 news for upds on the air and on our abc 7 news app. >>> highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains is back open today, one lane reopened, a little more than an hour ago as crews work to clear brush andht make suree fire there doesn't flare-up again. we have the details. >> trees in the santa cruz mountains were sealed, today the last stand and fall. >> reporter: they were burned yesterday in a brush fire near the redwood estates community north of the summit. 200 firefighters were here and some residents had to evacuate the area. it took about two hours to contaiéó the flames. no homes burned. cal fire wanted the trees brought down today because they didn't want to risk them falling down at some unknown time in the futur

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. >> 18-year-old celeste guap called from internal affairs at the contra costa county sheriff's department questioning her of a deputy who celeste guap said had sex with her when she was underage and three other cases of possible at oakland police department. >> how many law enforcement officers are highers ups did you sheep with do you think? >> in oakland? >> in general, >> of them. >> about 30. >> she met emmajority of the officers after she turned 18 last august. >> six departments are investigating in their officers protect laws in policy. >> i did not wrap this to happen. >> you did not want it to happen meaning...the controversy? >> people losing hair jobs? >> yes. >> the alameda county sheriff has cleared the deputies although they did not speak with san jose less. >> we did it in the car with his k-9 watching from the back seat.

some animal activists including no kill contra costa are expressing concern.contra costa animal services shelter. shelter officials say close to 80% of animals brought to the county shelter made it out alive. that's up from 45% back in 2011. now, contra costa animal services say they should have the investigators completed by the end. week. once they do, those findings will be made public. >>> in campbell, a pet owner is searching for answers after her dog died while being groomed at a petsmart store. she dropped off her chihuahua tuesday afternoon for a nail grooming appointment. she noticed something was wrong when she returned five minutes later. rhodes doesn't know the cause of death but says she has her suspicions. >> i feel like they just were holding her a little harder just to keep her calm because usually that's what dogs like. they like to be held when they are frightened. i feel like she was squeezed where she couldn't breathe. >> petsmart says we are saddened by the loss of terri lynn. our associates followed all safety policies and procedures whil

contra costa county just put a member of the sheriff's department on administrative leave because of their possible connection. kpix 5's jackie ward is in the newsroom with the growing web of people implicated. >> reporter: the name of that deputy you just mentioned hasn't even been released yet. this is the latest in an ongoing sex scandal involving many police officers from various cities. as of today, oakland has launched five investigations into five police officers two of those officers who have since resigned. because they resigned the two investigations have dropped leaving three active investigations. kpix 5 reporter da lin has been covering this story extensively and spoke to celeste guap the victim in the scandal after she had a two-hour interview with police friday afternoon. she said she slept with about 2 dozen officers from different police agencies in the east bay most of them from the oakland police department. three of them with she was a minor. >> at the time, you, you were a minor, you sound like a victim? >> no, at the time, you know, i was happy, wow, these men i

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contra costa county just put a member of the sheriff's department on administrative leave because of the possible connection. kpix 5's jackie ward is in the newsroom with the growing web of people implicated. >> reporter: the name of this deputy hasn't been released yet. this is just the latest in an ongoing sex scandal involving many police officers from various cities. oakland has launched five investigations. two officers resigned so because of that, the two investigations are dropped leaving three active investigations. kpix 5 reporter da lin has been covering the story extensively and spoke to celeste guap after an interview with police friday afternoon. she said she had sex with dozens of cops in the east bay most of them from the oakland police department, three of them when she was a minor. [ pause ] >> at the time, you were a minor, you sounded like you were a victim. >> at the time, no, i was happy to, you know, wow, you know, these men in uniform, you know? giving me protection and -- >> she said she slept with at least 31 current and former police officers in total. in to

mayors from contra costa county. are meeting with state officials to discuss installing cameras on east bay freeways. nearly 30 shootings have occurred. since november. last month. several mayors sent a letter to governor jerry brown asking him to support the installation of cameras on local freeways. in response. the district attorney of contra costa county says he was exploring the idea of installing the cameras on interstate 80 and highway four. kron four's charles clifford is covering this story tonight. and will have an update tonight on kron4 news at eight and ten. a lighter than expected sentence for an ex stanford swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is stirring up a worldwide outcry. kron4's maureen kelly reports that after the victim's emotional statement. that she read in court went viral, a push to recall the judge involved in the case is gaining traction. that's the prosecuting attorney reading a text from the victim.who wants to remain anonymous despite the fact that her words t

we're gonna be talking about the contra costa agency in a minute. so, do they ask for advice, support materials, what? >> all of it. i think mostly materials. i think that is the biggest area where we need more, and i see us, partners in prevention, as a supplement to everyone who's doing the work out there. so anyone can call and say, "well, what do you have this year? what are you gonna make available?" pins, bookmarks, ten command-- ten commandments -- "ten conversations." >> they should be. >> they should be the ten commandments for parents to really know what to do with their kids. >> the program that you have, it's not just gonna be stagnant. i mean, you are constantly evolving. so you've got some future plans. >> yes, we do. well, mostly we're listening right now to adult survivors, to people who work in the field, and to children. we want to find the best messaging possible. we want to develop the best messaging possible to end child abuse. we, too, believe that it can be ended. we can stop it. >> i think that one of the things that people d

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some animal activists, including no kill contra costa, have expressed concern over this case. the group advocates for no-kill policy for the animal services shelter. the shelter said this year about 80% of animals that were brought to the county shelter made it out alive, and that's up about 45% in 2011. still though many questions into what happened. more also about the communications mishap. we have reached out to the director and officials here at the shelter, but we have not heard back this morning. back to you. >> all right. brian, thank you. we will talk to you later. >>> time now 7:15. a southern california school district they are going to pay a former student who dressed in a chicken suit millions of dollars. the kern high school district settled for $10.5 million with mitch carter who sued over injuries that he suffered six years ago at a bakersfield high school pep rally. now, he said he dressed as a chicken to mock the opposing team's mascot, but it was his own football team who attacked him after they thought he was shoving a fellow student. >> this is not a frivo

but the eastern contra costa counties, that should be a little bit cooler today. the giants over at the a's tonight, mostly sunny and 67. error good friend jon is saying good morning and 55 and cooler, feels like yesterday. the fog bank is much bigger and higher today, water temperatures with a huge difference, 51 is the average water temperature, and a high of 57 to 71, in some locations like moss landing that cannot get out of the upper 50s. upper 40s and low 50s on the water temperatures, and a westerly breeze. 40s, 50s and 60s on the peninsula, and the fog will retreat to the coast, 60s, 70s and now more 80s inland.>>> 5:06 am. >>> not too much going on in a little bit of slow traffic. this is at the toll plaza, but very little. some of the lanes have a little bit of slow traffic, but looking at the tracy super commute, the traffic will be slow already on 205 beginning near the mountain house parkway, 580 slow as you make the merge with 205. and talking about the toll plaza, some slowdowns in the cash lane, but that has cleared out and no major problems. usual

for the contra costa county. they're dealing with fire related problems weeks before and after the fourth great. >> reporter: district also says that that the degrees are still fires a gives them a possibility deal with medical emergencies and other problems the might of been dealing with otherwise. >> vicki:it's clearing the way for some residents to return to houses the erskine fire which has killed an elderly couple. has grown to more than 70 squarebut it's 40 percent contained still houses could be vulnerable toward some of the communities. declaring it an emergency. other wildfires crews are thousand acres but is now 90- percent contained. the fish and reservoir fires burning in the san gabriel mountains. just outside of la. are now 72-percent contained. the fires have been dubbed the "san gabriel complex." they've burned more than eight square miles combined. pam? >> pam: three men targeting russian hill tourists near lombard street in san francisco are behind bars this evening. police say the group robbed

. >>> contra costa county firefighters have put out a blaze that destroyed several structures in achbt yough over the last hour. sigh 7 hd was over crestwood drive. the fire started in vegetation along the railroad tracks and spread very quickly to homes and outbuildings nearby. the fire department says at least five structures were damaged. but the cause is still under investigation. in the north bay, heatherton street in san rafael was just reopened after a woman was hit and killed while crossing it just after 1:00 in front of the san rafael transit center. police say a dump truck hit her while she was in the crosswalk. witnesses say the victim was an elderly woman. >>> san francisco police are trying to determine why a paratransit driver ran over and killed his own passenger today. the accident happened at geary and franklin in san francisco. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler joins us live from the scene. >> reporter: kristen, there were two pedestrian accidents in san francisco today, one a man in the tenderloin was hit and suffered injuries and then here where the woman was killed

battalion chief richard sonsteng/contra costa fire sot - it took a long time to get resources here so we were really struggling with just a couple of engines trying to get this whole thing under control. >> j.r. >>alecia: the trucks responding to the 5 alarm fire on burwood way had to make do while other engines responded to a very large vegetation fire in concord, and a vehicle accident with people trapped that needed to be rescued. captain george laing / contra costa fire sot - when multiple incidents occur at one time, that can stretch any jurisdiction, even a well- trained, funded, resourced jurisdiction extremely thin, extremely quickly. standup a discarded cigarette is to blame for hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to 4 homes. one of those homes is a complete loss, so that family is now left to start from scratch. reporting live in antioch. * * * the hot, windy weather has firefighters in the south bay. sounding the alarm about illegal fireworks. * * * there have been at least seven vegetation fires in san jose since last friday, this one along a creek bed off mossdale

in contra costa cannot and here is what she had to say. >> we will be able to realtime the license plates and we will have a zoom camera. so that the camera itself will turn towards the direction of the shot spotter activation and we will begin to monitor the shootings as they occur. >>> the big question all of this is who is going to pay for these cameras and the technology. the prosecutor, mary knox is considering grants, some from the homeland security. and sam romero says he will be meeting with governor brown's office and cal tran to see if they can help. meanwhile all of the agencies in contra costa will meet in several weeks and wait for the pittsburg freeway cameras to be installed and see how they go. >> how much of the freeway or the highway, they are talking about i-80 and highway 4. how much is covered. >> they are looking at possibly putting the pole cameras, the pan tilt cameras on the freeway overpasses and possibly cameras on on and off ramps. all perhaps a pipe dream. this is what they want ideally. >> and how much of i-80. >> the entire corridor. all of those cities that

slow traffic in western contra costa county on 80. costa county antioch to concord to the alamo area is going to be slow. 880 is slow in both directions really starting near 238. 880 slows down into fremont. dumbarton bridge is going to be moderate as you drive. on the peninsula 101 is slow through san mateo and palo alto. 8:02. back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> topping our news this hour, stanford campus police are searching for a prowler. someone who is preying on women while they sleep. >> the incidents have prompted police to release a sketch of the suspect. our janine de la vega joins us live from stanford this morning. janine, the main question is, how did he get into the students' rooms? >> reporter: in both instances, brian, the doors were unlocked. it happened here on campus drive east. this is an area where there is a lot of student housing. you know, to get into most of these buildings you need to have a key. we are really not sure how this suspect got in. let's go straight to that sketch so you can see who authorities a

she wrote just three from oakland and one deputy from contra costa county and sexed a bunch at oaklandile under age. >> it is troubling. it is a disgrace frankly. alameda district attorney nancy o'malley is conducting an investigation and says the vast majority our opd cases and one investigation outside of oakland. >> we are looking at the seven police officers. the ones that we have identified and that have been identified by the police have been identified by her. >> there is a police officer from the city of livermore who -- and we are looking at that case. >> and one of my text messages she told me she had sex with the police officer. i was asking her who she said first la and livermore and i asked about sex with cops in livermore and she said just one. >> we have interviewed her and it is disgraceful that police officers who stand in the position of trust are violating that in the most profound way and 700 police officers in the city of oakland and the police officers association stands aligned with us in being disgraced and disgusted with what the 7 officers did. teenagers are n

multiple agencies including the contra costa county district attorney's office and sacramento policere helping with the search. >>> a popular san jose shopping center went up in flames this morning. the four-alarm fire started around midnight at a strip mall on santa teresa boulevard. according to crews, the shopping center housed 7 or 8 businesses there which were all engulfed. it took more than 100 firefighters to put it out. no word on the cause. no injuries were reported. >>> we are learning new details this noon about the wife of the orlando shooter. she may have been more involved in the attack than she previously acknowledged. as kenneth craig reports, the city of orlando takes a new step to help the victims as the investigation continues. >> reporter: cbs news has learned there is evidence that the wife of omar mateen went with him to buy ammunition. investigators say noor salman told them she went to the pulse nightclub with her husband on at least one occasion and at some point tried to convince him not to do it. mateen's father had kind words to say about his daughter-in-

the contra costa county police department is investigating allegations that one of its employees had sex with a woman who tells the media she was a prostitute. she says she slept with 28 law enforcement officials, some of them while she was only 17 years old. they include members of the oakland police department, the richmond police department, alameda county sheriff's department, livermore police and someone based in stockton. a fifth officer was put on administrative leave as a result of that scandal. >>> the man police say robbed a high end union square stores to hundreds of thousands of dollars multiple times since march was behind bars. >> san francisco police arrested kevin dale burton from pittsburgh. investigators say over the past few months, he stole more than $100,000 in designer clothing, as well as purses and accessories. he is facing multiple charges of robbery, burglary and assault. police say he worked with at least two other suspects and they are still at large. >>> the search is on for this man suspected of robbing three alameda businesses in less than a half hour o

. >>> contra costa has been 29 to 40% in the primary election. we are going to go over 50% and probably a 55%. >> if they care about this country, they got to get out here. there is no if, ands or buts, do your duty. >> again about two hours left here to vote in contra costa county and statewide the officials say they will start to see the first at 8:00 and have results every half hour on the half hour starting at 9:30. it is going to be a very long night but they hope to be finished by midnight. we will be watching and waiting on our special election coverage on ktvu from 7 until 9:00. >>> as you have been watching have you seen any problems out there? >> reporter: you know it has been minor things. so people may not know which party they were registered to vote for and others have updated their information in the last four to six weeks, they changed their address or actually registered to vote again and so that information is not really updated in the system but no major glitches with the equipment and that's a good thing. >> that's a good thin

. >> in the bay area eastern contra costa county to be specific police detained a woman involving a crash with two teenage girls and one of them died. it happened at east cypress and bethel island roads. the girls were hit head on as they were walking on the side of the road. the second girl was critically injured. sky 7hd was overhead at the scene as officers put the driver in a patrol car. investigators will do blood and toxicology tests to figure out if charges will be filed. >>> california's attorney general pledged to get involved in the oakland police sex scandal if they are not handled properly. it has spread to seven law enforcement agencies. tonight the eye team has new details on the only department to already clear its deputies. dan noyes has the story. >> four alameda county sheriff deputies admit having sex with the 18-year-old, but the department has concluded they did nothing illegal or unethical and they made the decision without interviewing the young woman. 18-year-old celeste called me from internal affairs at the contra costa sheriff's office this afternoon. they are q

the victim, alexis irvin had finished her junior year of high school in oakley in contra costa county. >> police looking for a man suspected of killing and shooting a man in the backyard of a home. they identified the suspect as 35-year-old cruz. he goes by the name of aguilar. it happened on saturday. the identity of the family not released. police would like to hear from anyone with information. >>> a man suspected of three robberies in 30 minutes on sunday has been arrested. authorized identified the suspect seen in this surveillance video as 27-year- old richard joseph lashow of hayward. police say he robbed a walgreen's and a wells fargo and another business starting at 9:30 sunday night. he was arrested by two hours later on an unrelated charge by san francisco police. investigators say that he fired a gun in two of the robberies and driving a stolen vehicle. no one was hurt during the crime spree. >>> windy at the airport in san francisco and windy in the east bay and in the delta. and it is cooler than you would expect. that cooling and that wind continues in the bay. we are g

. >> in the bay area eastern contra costa county to be specific police detained a woman involving a crash with two teenage girls and one of them died. it happened at east cypress and bethel island roads. the girls were hit head on as they were walking on the side of the road. the second girl was critically injured. sky 7hd was overhead at the scene as officers put the driver in a patrol car. investigators will do blood and toxicology tests to figure out if charges will be filed. >>> california's attorney general pledged to get involved in the oakland police sex scandal if they are not handled properly. it has spread to seven law enforcement agencies. tonight the eye team has new details on the only department to already clear its deputies. dan noyes has the story. >> four alameda county sheriff deputies admit having sex with the 18-year-old, but the department has concluded they did nothing illegal or unethical and they made the decision without interviewing the young woman. 18-year-old celeste called me from internal affairs at the contra costa sheriff's office this afternoon. they are q

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pete joins us live from the contra costa water district. despite the heat, they say customers can con serve without restrictions. >> contra costa water district is one f those that will lift those restrictions for customers and they believe con serving water has sort of become a loif style and that's why they think these customers won't take advantage of the new changes. as the heat beats down on this neighborhood, karen jakobson walks around her bare lawn, look ing at her drought tolerant plants. it's one of the many adjustments she's made during california's drought. >> i turn off the water when i shower in between soaping up. >> she can technically keep the shower water running. calling for a 20% savings. the districts can now set their own limits. some got rid of them like east bay. saying in a statement, their reservoirs are in great shape, but that only means that the drought emergency is over. not that conversation isn't needs. karen's home is within the water district. jennifer allen says they won't have any targets either after eva

now she's pretty happy. >> reporter: the contra costa county fair runs through sunday. the hot weather? you'll have to ask spencer or sandhya. >> looks like a little bit of a cooldown this weekend so we're definitely looking forward to that. >> reporter: in antioch, jonathan bloom. >>> a brush fire near danville scorched about 25 acres before firefighters could get it under control. it was hot around 100 degrees, dry, and somewhat windy when the blaze broke out around 12:30 today. the area is straddled by dozens of homes but firefighters controlled the flames noxt one was hurt. >>> you can see how hot it is why you live with the abc 7 news app. download it for free and enable the push alerts to get weather alerts on your phone. >>> after a tense five-hour standoff a suspect is finally in custody. >> sky7 hd was over the scene shortly after it began around 9:30 a.m. with a report of an armed man in a building in san francisco's chinatown neighborhood. abc 7 news reporter vic lee was the first reporter to tweet about this situation and vic joins us live with a look at exa

she claims she was underage when she slept with four of the officers including a contra costa county sheriff's deputy. that department has confirmed it placed an officer on leave while it conducts their investigation. >> it's a shame, a disgrace. they need to get out of our city. >> folks gathered to sound off about the scandal and form an independent commission. the chief says even if officers had consensual sex with her when she was 18, because she's an admitted sex worker, they could face discipline. >> we'll definitely take the appropriate corrective action. that's what we're committed to doing. >> the richmond police chief says he's highly disappointed that some of his officers have now been connected to gwop. he promises to thoroughly investigate. four law enforcement agencies including oakland, san francisco, richmond and now contra costa county sheriff's departments confirm they have active investigations. jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> not guilty. that's the plea from a santa cruz teenager accused of killing a neighborhood child, maddie middleton. you remember this c

>> yes of >> reporter: and near contra costa county, there is a plan to put infrared sensors on all squadan license plate and compare them to a stolen car database. >>> fire danger tonight all around the state. and here in the bay area, three brush fires broke out along i-580 near livermore. the highways had to be shut down as firefighters battled the flames. more than 200 acres burned. >>> a grass fire near highway 4 and willow pass road in concord. the fire came close to some businesses in the area as well. no structures were damaged. no word on how it started. >>> the heat in california has been fairly unrelenting of conduce testify fires, and that's what's happened. a new discovery in the rubble of the biggest wildfire burning in california right now. search teams believe they may have found the body of a third victim. the fire near bakersfield destroyed at least 150 homes since thursday. >> reporter: this is now considered a homicide investigation, standard for this type of situation. remains were found earlier tonight. where we are is one of the areas that was hit the hardest by thi

nbc bay area's elise kirchner from contra costa county. fire officials say it could be, but today, hot day out there. >> it is, you know, cal fire tells me because we have seen several years of drought like conditions, followed by this wet winter. it makes for a very dangerous mix. all of that rain brought in all of the vegetation. and now, the warm weather is drying it all out. that means fires can spark very easily. >> reporter: it didn't take much more the brushfire to get going. >> the fire started in the hills. up there. there were quite a few planes, helicopters. >> fire protection and cal fire battled the fast-moving brushfire near multimillion dollar homes. the 25-acre blaze forced residents to be evacuated. >> yes, very scary. scary for a frichend of mine's parents. with triple digit temperatures out in northern california, cal fire is battling about a half dozen wildfires like this one in el dorado county where crews there try to contain a 45-acre wildfire south of placerville. >> this fire spread rapidly. >> flames will be espec

this would be in separate cisco, contra costa county's and alameda. the average cost would be between $39 and $52 a year. >>> thomas perkins has died. he passed away at his home in tiburon on tuesday after a long illness. he was 84. perkins cofounded the venture capital firm, kleiner perkins caulfield and buyers in 1972. his firm helped finance the launch of google, amazon, and a number of other tech giants. >>> cleaning up unfinished business. the incomplete internal affairs cases found in a paperbag at the san francisco sheriff's office. >>> a major blow for gun rights advocates. the california appeals court ruling that said people have no constitutional right to carry concealed guns. >>> good morning. we are looking at the commute right now where traffic is moving along well on highway 4. we will look at some of these other east bay commutes when we come back. >>> most of the fog has been wiped out. there is still a little bit but it is more to the north. we will talk about that. temperatures on the cool side for some. >>> welcome back to mornings

coincidentally, contra costa authorities were just around the corner getting ready to serve a search warrant at that home. when they rushed over, one person was shot and another stabbed but no sign of the attacker. both of those victims are in the hospital this morning. >>> new details on a brazen smash and grab at a south bay department store. the crime happened last year at the bloomingdale's in stanford shopping center. police say three men drove a stolen suv through the front doors and took off with jewelry. two of the suspects are already in jail but they are still looking for a third suspect. this man, identified as joseph sandoval. authorities believe a woman was involved but she has not been identified. >>> if san francisco voters say yes to one november ballot measure, they may wonder how it cracks down on crime. one calls for a new unit within sfpd which responds specifically to home burglaries, home break-ins and vandalism and aggressive panhandling. >>> well, what donald trump is going to be talking about next. >> hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person to seek the

contra costa county gave out target gift cards as payment.eople got between 50 to $350, depending on the type of gun. >>> now to the race to the white house. the presumptive republican nominee discussed gun laws on the campaign trail yesterday. he made stops in osich and arizona saying things may have been different if more people were armed in the nightclub. >> if you had bullets going in the opposite direction right at this animal who did this, you would have had a very, very different result, believe me, folks. >> every day it becomes clearer that he is a thin-skinned racist bully. and every day it becomes clearer he will never be president of the united states. >>> presimilartive democratic nominee hillary clinton has more than and campaigning on her mind she was celebrating a new grandchild. chelsea clinton announced the birth of her son aden on twitter yesterday. she and her husband have a 20-month-old daughter, charlotte. the clinton say they are over the moon with the new family addition. >>> some scary moments for a family in colorad

>>reporter: the islamic a lot a progress the and east contra costa county and has income to be followedore tests to the 91 call to rid the city even for the to the south santa clara 84 cupertino. >>robin winston: is pretty quiet around the bay area of the morning commute is picking up starting to thin out in the number of spot five in west over to the richmond san rafael bridge this backup only stretches to the west and drive only 26 minutes from to 30 get to downtown no major problems coming out of the south if you're not bound to a commuter from 11 of 285 split. >>darya: the attack happened friday night and a cabinet out to dinner and lost angeles county the backlog the captors had leaving him with a severe cut the victim did have a new folder and the other items. >>reporter: some people waited in line he wanted to wait in the shade have a head-to-head. >>darya: this is a on the for those who are very trusting it cost a dollar to ride but how you get to the top. >>mark: they beat the philadelphia phillies 8 to 7 yesterday it was a mild stuff and the jobless broaching the 800th win the

she claims she was underage when she slept with four of the officers including a contra costa sheriff's deputy. tonight, that department confirms it's placed an officer on leave while it conducts an investigation. >> it's a shame. it's a disgrace. they need to get out of our city. >> reporter: folks gathered to sound off about the scandal and demand the formation of an independent police commission. meanwhile, richmond's police chief says even his officers had consensual sex with her when she was 18, because she's an admitted sex worker, they could face discipline. >> having an ongoing relationship with someone who's involved in ongoing criminal activity would certainly fall below the standard of professional ethical conduct that we expect of our police. >> reporter: so far no charges have been filed against any officers and no discipline has been handed down. although two oakland police officers have resigned. again, we have confirmed that four law enforcement agencies now have active investigations. those are the oakland, richmond and san francisco police departments as well as the co

ktvu henry lee spoke with the contra costa d.a.'office that hosted that meetp tell us what came up. >> the police agencies from every city along highway 4 did meet at the d.a. and here is what they want. cameras and spot shotters on the free way. witnesses may not recognize as a shooting and think it is a crash. we got gang related incidents where the victims are targeted and the issue here is whether or not people that see the shootings want to come forward and help law enforcement. >> if it is an issue because you are in a moving vehicle. the opportunity to stop and take a look around. these things happen so quickly and the folks responsible are gone. how do they think that the three things will work together to help them? >> i did talk to a senior deputy district attorney in martinez about how it works and here is what she said. >> we will be able to capture in realtime with the shot spotter activation and license plate readers will begin to function as well as a zoom camera so the camera will turn towards the activation and the

this video is from contra costa fire. it happened around 10:00 last night on bay point on beach drive. no one was hurt, but the family dog has minor burns on his paws. the home is a total loss with $135,000 in damage. downed powerlines may have started the blaze, but the cause is still under investigation. >>> the impact of that devastating five-alarm fire in san francisco will be felt for some time. flames spread through several buildings. while there are no serious injuries, more than three dozen people cannot return home. abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian told us it took four hours to contain the fire. >> reporter: thick smoke hung over bernal heights for hours. as fire ripped through six buildings at mission and 29th streets. early indications are the fire started near the rear of cole's hardware store. >> we do have products with chemicals, and we don't really know how it started. but unfortunately that might have helped spread it across the whole building. >> this was an aggressive fire. firefighters had a hard

you know it is not just a busy day in contra costa county but the bay area and all over the state and the poll released this morning and it said that 8 million californians expected to vote today in the primary. >> a busy day. cristina, thank you. and the election coverage continues, we will have extended of the california primary on ktvu plus as the results come friend 7 to 9 tonight. and we will have complete results on the 10:00 news right here on ktvu fox 2. >>> a police investigation is under way in vallejo. sky fox flew over the scene of a shooting on spring road and nearby hogan middle school put on lockdown as a result. right now police are saying very little about what happened. we are working to get more information and we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. late word today in san leandro. police said that a woman accused of stabbing a 12-year- old boy inside a bank yesterday does not appear to suffer from mental illness. detectives say they have interviewed 32-year-old iona hammon being held in jail. her motive was to rob the bank and attacked the boy at random stabb

live from contra costa county, elyrce kirchner, nbc bay area news. >>> meanwhile, bernie sanders is still in it to win it refusing to give up his presidential campaign at this point saying he'll take his fight to the democratic national convention in philadelphia next month. sanders will go to the white house to meet with president obama, expected to discuss the next step needed to unite the democratic party. donald trump is promising to stop his attacks against the federal judge he said could not give him a fair shake because of his mexican heritage. republicans say that's not enough and trump should be apologizing publicly to that judge. our election coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com. you can click on local election results at the top of the home page and find reaction from all the leading can't dats. shaig city hall turned into a crime scene. a bullet shattered a glass panel. investigators think it happened somewhere between 1:30 and 2:00 in the morning. luckily no one was hurt. police are trying to figure out who shot the window and what the motivation was. >>> last night th

violent serial burglar, rapist and murderer terrorized communities in california including those in contra costaounty throughout the '70s and '80s. >> i remember it, yeah. >> reporter: david and his wife evelyn live next to this concord home that he broke into in 1978. according to the police reports pulled out of storage, the man brutally raped a woman while her husband and 7-year-old daughter were also inside, but he was never caught. >> put me back in bed and said if you move, i'll kill you. >> reporter: for years law enforcement only had this recording until now. >> through the assistance of contra costa county laboratory, they found that evidence. >> reporter: with newly discovered dna evidence a national campaign and $50,000 reward, the fbi hopes to finally catch the east area rapist. >> we need to solve it, to bring closure and answers to those victims. >> reporter: authorities believe the east area rapist is still alive. they believe he is anywhere from 60 to 75 years old. for more information on him or if you'd like to make a tip, go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. live in concord, elyc

last year a contra costa grand jury accused the agency of mismanagement and lack of oversight.y'll-- the state assembly is expected to consider a bill to modern size the bankruptcy laws. the bill would help people to pay off debts if they are facing the forced sale of their home. right now the amount of equity effect protected is $75,000 to $175,000. the bill would update that to a range of $100,000 to $300,000. it would better reflect the housing market in current home values. >>> and the bart board of directors is considering a bond measure. if approved the measure would be on the november ballot and said capital funds to improve the aging infrastructure. repairs would focus on rails, deteriorated power transmission systems, leaking items, and faulty track circuits. an audit committee would also publish reports on how the money is being spent. >>> the city of san mateo will be the next to boost minimum wage to $15 an hour. the city council decided to move forward with the plan which would take effect in january 2018. it's scheduled to increase to $15 an hour. most nonprofits

i'm live in contra costa county tonight. a dozen grass fires throughout northern california. >> after low 100s, we're tracking that cooldown. details in just a few minutes. >>> reminder about the fire danger. we've seen brushfires popping up across the bay area today. the heat, coupled with dry grass, you know the deal, it's a dangerous mix. tonight there are about a half a dozen fires throughout the region. nbc bay area's elyce kirchner. we see that fire danger. you're surrounded by it right now. >> i am, it's especially tough this year, because it's grass like this, combined with several years of drought-like conditions that make it so difficult for firefighters. fire crews descend on the hills of blackhawk in danville. >> the fire started in the hills up there and there were quite a few planes and helicopters. >> reporter: cal fire battled the brushfire near multimillion homes. the blaze forced residents to be evacuated. >> yes, very scary. scary for a friend of mine's parents would had to be evacuated. >> reporter: with

we have video of a dramatic rescue in contra costa county. it's after a hiker passed out on a trail in lafayette. that's tomorrow. you won't want she had to earn it.anded to cecilia aguiar-curry. built a business. became an expect in water policy. balanced budgets. and always solving problems. that's how she brought much-needed technology to local classrooms... so every child has an opportunity to learn. and worked to create more local jobs... so more families can get ahead. that's democrat cecilia aguiar-curry for assembly. >> britteny: bit closer to 60 degrees in san francisco daily city. shaw and dry conditions. a leather the sermons that will continue to move over the northeast. add to the higher elevations but says will the as we go into the next accursed a week see dry pattern starting up over region. a restart the sea temperatures cooled down and we see the weather disturbance as we head toward the end of the work week. it was clouds in the marine layer. endicott to return to us once again through this on forecast in the east bay. 72 t