melanie. >> reporter: dan and alma, firefighters are still out here and investigators say they have already. a burning candle inside a tent. they say gusting winds spread this fire quickly. you can see from sky 7 thick dark plumes of smoke earlier tonight. firefighters say they got the call just after 5:30 p.m. for a vegetation fire that spread to a junk yard. officials issued a public health advisory due to the smoke. helicopters dropped water from overhead. >> the stuff that's burning is pretty nasty. it's tires, upholstery, and seats. >> reporter: officials say one firefighter injured his hand, but then returned to fighting the fire. two more people suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. one of them was taken to the hospital. coming up tonight, new at 11:00, hear from a family that was here when this fire began. live in pittsburgh,7 >> thank you, melanie. >> more to come here on abc7 news, this special edition, the south bay teacher in the spotlight after an incident with a noose in the classroom. what he did with it as has activists furious tonight. >> i'm wayne freedman. we'll chan

sandhya. >> dan and alma, the poor highs and lows that guy must have been going through, we'll talk aboutbeach camera, 8:30 tonight when the sun was setting there was no fog around. you can see the sunset going -- sunseting there with a few wispy clouds, pretty view there at 8:30. tonight we still don't have any fog around, but one of the biggest things we're noticing is that wind. it has finally let up. here is a beautiful view from santa cruz where the flags are gently blowing in the breeze. not nearly as windy as it has been the last couple of days. live doppler 7 showing you nothing but clear skies right now. your temperatures are comfortable in the 50s and 60s. so, if you step out tonight, it doesn't feel that chilly outside. now, if you have been waiting for some hot weather it's coming. i want to show you the temperature trend for walnut creek. tomorrow afternoon a little warmer 81 degrees, number drops to about 75, back up again on sunday. and then the heat is on as we head towards next week. we're going to see those temperatures rising up to summer like lefltz. a live picture now

dan ashley. >> and i'm alma daetz. a grass fire spread to a junk yard tonight in pittsburgh along the pittsburgh antioch highway. >> abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is there. melanie. >> reporter: they have determined what caused this fire. they say a burning candle in a tent. they also say gusting winds spread the fire quickly. from sky 7 you could see thick dark plumes of smoke. >> this was all black. >> reporter: rodney stanley got the call just after 5:30 p.m. a evgeny station fire that had spread to this junk yard. his family's paving equipment was parked here. >> when you work for that and to see it could be gone, it's scary, you know, because that's what puts food on the table. >> reporter: officials issued a public health advisory due to the smoke. >> the stuff that's burning is particularly nasty. it's tires, upholstery, and seats. >> reporter: helicopters dropped water from overhead. >> it looks like it's getting under control and just pray there's minimal damage. >> reporter: while investigators quickly d

dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze in for alma daetz. they are wondering why he targeted the newspaper. >> he made threats to the capital gazette online. >> reporter: he made threats against the newspaper as recently as today. he showed up armed with a shotgun firing at people all who worked at the newspaper. a gunman opening fire inside the gazette newspaper. >> several shots have been fired, possible shotgun at least ten shots heard. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies rushing to the scene. police there within 60 seconds of the first calls for help. >> all unit, your transmissions. do we have any kind of intel on our shooter? >> white male with ponytail. >> reporter: phil davis a reporter on twitter gave descriptions tweeting, gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. can't say much more and don't want to declare, but it's bad. tere is nothing more per identifying hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and here the gunman reload. >> first victim wendy winte

>> okay, alma and dan, it's warm and dry. of course the winds are complicating the firefighting effort. current conditions, 89 degrees near the fire. 18% relative humidity. that's dangerously low. wind is mainly out of the west/northwest at 11 miles per hour, but gusting to just over 20 miles per hour now. looking at the wind gust forecast animation, you see that during the overnight hours, the gusts will diminish significantly. in fact, during the early morning hours, we'll have wind speeds of under five miles per hour. late in the day tomorrow and into the evening wd will increase again. here's what we can expect for the remainder of this week. generally daytime highs in the upper 80s to near 90. at the end of the week, it will get even warmer. weather conditions are not going to be helpful to the fire-fighting effort later in the week. daytime humidity, 15% to 30%. remaining dangerously low. wind 10 to 25 miles per hour. the only relief comes during the overnight when generally wind will diminish and the humidity will rise

dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze in for alma daetz. >> democrats and republicans are calling for an end to this white house abc news reporter janai norman is in washington. >> reporter: a little girl, one of some 2000 kids separated from their parents, undocumented immigrants seeking asylum arrested, detained in cages behind metal fences. a recording first obtained by pro publica captures the desperation. >> the president should not be using these kids as leverage to get a border wall or whatever he's trying to do. it's obscene. >> reporter: the president is standing firm. >> the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. won't be. >> reporter: falsely blaming democrats, yet defending his own policy. a policy the president himself could end as it was launched and is enforced by his administration. >> what exactly image of this country you want? >> the image is an immigration system that secures our borders and up holds our humanitarian ideals. congress needs to fix it. >> reporter: among the growing opposition, all four living former first ladies, roselyn

dan ashley. >> i'm alma daetz. for >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, keri russell, from "better things," pamela adlon, and music from "american idol" winner maddie poppe. and now, for the most part, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks, welcome! relax! very kind. thk you. hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for coming. there we are. we are back to work. hope you had a good three-day weekend. i had a great weekend. i spent all day saturday and sunday reading up on how the new european privacy laws affect my accounts. i got really heavy into gdpr, anybody else? [ laughter ] then last night i had such a busy night of tv watching. i watched the nba game, the hockey game, and "the bachelorette." it was a big night of sports for me. [ cheers and applause ] "bachelorette's" a sport. for reasons unknown, game seven of warriors/rockets series was on at the same time as the game one of the stanley cup finals between the capitals and the vegas golden knights. i grew up in vegas, i wanted to watch. this is their first season. they made it to the cup. i also