hi, dion lim. >> reporter: eric, good evening. this is certainly not the news anyone wanted to hear. yesterday, the call went out on social media to look for there great grandmother and her two small great grand children, ages 4 and 5. today saturday afternoon, we're now standing in front of yellow police tape where investigators are sifting through what they tell me are bone fragments. while authorities have not confirmed their deaths, one officer tells me he is 99% certain based on evidence. family confirming the passing of 70-year-old mel dil bledsoe and her great grandchildren james and emily roberts. it is near chest which can estates. a gas main that runs through several homes ignited sending flames into the air as late as saturday afternoon. melody's husband ed went out to pick up supplies on thursday and he was turned away by police. his home was engulfed in flames. the sheriff zribds the conditions. >> the site after the fire burned through there was unsafe. there was a number of downed utility wires. there were still som

abc 7 news reporter dion lim is in redding with the latest. dion? many residents here tell me they consider the carr fire to be the worst in shasta county history. this is why. take a look, two my left you see just a shelf a home standing there on a hill and in every single direction you turn, homes completely leveled. we're in a neighborhood 15 minutes northwest of downtown. you can see this home is leveled, except for a fireplace that's standing and then the random oddity, a home right next to it completely untouched. now the latest numbers from cal fire shows that fire spreading to 95,000 acres and has claimed 6 lives so far. but a bit of relief today as containment tripled over the weekend to now 17%. with nearly 40,000 people evacuated the red cross has set up five emergency shelters across the county. the biggest one at shasta college where on average they are housing 500 to 600 a night. many miss the comforts of home and getting adjusted to their new normal. >> taking a shower and getting clean clothes on and shampooing my hair, i can't go in

abc 7 news anchor dion lim is live in redding tonight, and dion, you spoke with a close friend of thealing with the death of three loved ones tonight. >> reporter: that's right, eric. the bledsoe family is big and tight-knit. so they're spending time with each other tonight. they didn't want to go on camera understandably but did speak to me on the phone with an fornt message they want to send to the world, that their family is resilient and special and that a widower needs all the support he can get. >> they found her draped over the children from what i've been told. and you know, that just shows that she did everything she could until the very end. >> reporter: a close family friend of melanie bledsoe and her two great grandchildren, james sxemly roberts, recalls how much joy the children brought to the world. >> james wanted to be his great granddaddy, and his sister just glowed. she lit up the room. >> reporter: and the horrors of their deaths at the hands of the carr fire. >> it all happened so fast. >> reporter: thursday before the flames reached the bledsoe home near keswick e

. >> abc 7 news reporter dion lim is live at the evacuation center at shasta college tonight. dion? >> reporter: dan and kristen, i don't know if you can tell on your end, but there is this strange dark orange haze in the sky because of all the ash from the carr fire. in fact, you can actually see it accumulated on this vehicle in the school's parking lot. now, it being summer you would assume that a college would be pretty empty. that is not the case. there are more than 550 evacuees staying the night here, and possibly for more nights to come. >> i miss home. and i'm hoping that nobody else loses their house or their life. >> reporter: rows upon rows of cots line the gymnasium at shasta college, one of several evacuation centers across the campus set up by the red cross. >> the situation kind of blew up overnight, went from about 20,000 acres burned to 45. >> reporter: along with the onslaught of donated supplies, medical stations to tend to those evacuated from nearby hospitals and clinic the. patrick perry's mother-in-law is also in need of oxygen. >> it's tough for me too, beca

dion? >> good news, indeed, spencer, thank you. >>> the pawnee fire in lake county has now topped 14,000 acres. right now, more than a thousand personnel are trying to contain it. that fire has been at 73% containment since friday. and you can keep track of the changing weather conditions weather an monitor the forecast the go. >>> switching gears now, new details from boise, idaho where this man is facing charges of stabbing nine people, including six children, that 3-year-old's birthday party. it happened last night at an apartment complex that houses mostly refugees. police say 30-year-old timmy kenner had been staying with a friend at the complex, but was asked to leave. police say this does not appear to be a hate crime. >>> president trump says he is narrowing his choice for the next supreme court. now, this is an opportunity to shape the court for a generation and it's -- not lost on lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. >> president trump says the fight to confirm his choice for s

dan and dion? >> great visuals there, kristen, thanks. >>> all evacuations around the pawnee fire in lake county have now been lifted. residents of the double eagle ranch area are being allowed to return home. the fire has burned nearly 15,000 acres, but is now 80% contained. >> the weather conditions are always critical in fighting these fires, give you the latest on that now. >> and with that, spencer christ snding by with a forecast talking about relief in sight. >> hoping for some, dion, it will get cooler later in ths wa windy at the sites of both fires. pawnee fire first, where it's 87 degrees right now, relative humidity only 21%, to 17 miles per hour. the wind will diminish, no measurable wind at all in the early morning hours, but bouncing back in the afternoon. now to the county fire, where it's 90 degrees, relative humidity only 23%. the wind will remain quite strong in this region through the overnight hours into the early morning hours at around 20 miles per hour. more broadly across t

thanks for joining us, i'm eric thomas, dion lim latest on that fire, it has now burned about 89,000 acres, destroyed 517 structures and thousands more are still threatened, seven people remain missing tonight after authorities located nine others who were reported missing. the cal fire has confirmed a sixth person has died. abc 7 news anchor dion lim is live with the latest. >> reporter: eric, we are in day three of the evacuation center here at shasta college. today, there is a sense that this is the new normal. along the smell of smoke from the fire itself, we're also smelling burgers on a grill as people try to eat their dinners and make the most of their situation. all of this, though, does not mean the severity of the carr fire has subsided. at a press conference, the shasta county sheriff announced the fires have claimed a sixth life. while authorities wait for family to be notified before releasing a name, we know the victim was a man who lived in an evacuation zone and refused to live. there has been criticism from the family of a great-grandmother and two great grandchildre

dion lim is covering the carr fire. the family of medi bledsoe confirms she died in the carr fire along with 4-year-old great granddaughter emily and 5-year-old great grandson james. on thursday night melanie caused her to come back to the home because the fire was getting close. the family claims police wouldn't let him through the roadblock because of the flames. the death toll stands at five including two firefighters. about a dozen people have been reported missing. here is a realtime map showing where the carr fire is burning. the red line is the active perimeter. redding is in the bottom right-hand corner. today cal fire said this fire is unprecedented burning in every direction at the same time and firefighters don't know why about 81,000 acres have burned due to a vehicle fire. officials say the number is likely to go even higher. today president trump approved an emergency declaration and ordered federal assistance for the firefighting efforts. governor brown has ordered flag to be flown at half staff on behalf

in san francisco tonight, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> very good. all right.hanks very much, dion. >> and you can see the results from our poll coming in at the bottom of our screen. it's from abc7news.com/vote. shows. >> san francisco ban plastic straws? at this point 79% of the people we're hearing from say yes, the city should. >>> let's turn our attention to weather as we kick off another week. >> spencer christian is here. here we go again, more heat, spencer. >> we may try to ban heat and humidity by the end of this week. right now, though, i'm fascinated by the fog. it's establishing such a presence right now. let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see what i mean. it's all along the coastline, although it's still sunny over the bay and inland. i'll show you a couple of live pictures that will give you a better view of this rather dramatic bank of approaching fog. first a look at the wind. it's gusty in some spots, gusting to not 140, but 40 miles per hour right here in nevada. i think the 40 is superimposed over an earlier number. 22 are the wind

. >> more now from dion lim live in san francisco. dion. >> reporter: dan and ama, police say the first rape happened back in 2013. by 2018, these assaults had become so frequent and so violent they were forced to form a task force in order to catch their suspect. orlando lazo is the man san francisco police arrested at his san mateo home thursday. he's charged with multiple offenses, including the rape of four women. those offenses so serious, the commander of investigations broke down in tears. >> i'm sorry that i got emotional. but this is the exact thing that everyone fears could happen here >> reporter: in each case, sfpd believes he posed as a ride share driver and intercepted random women as they left nightclubs and bars. dna evidence linked the crimes. >> we know for sure he's responsible for these four rapes. >> reporter: investigators say five years elapsed between the first rape to the second this past february, may, and the most recent in june. >> there's a long time between 2013 and 2018. it's very hard to believe that he

. >> dion, looking in that direction, skies will stay clear a long time. but the other direction, a different picture. let's take a look at what we expect conditions to be later in the evening. starting at 6:00 this evening, notice on the forecast animation on the fog it gets deep skper -- and thicker along the coastline. it may be a thin finger of fog at first, but by 9:30 when the fireworks begin, it looks like we may have more fog developing. here's how we are looking at conditions right now. clear skies in the south bay and the east bay at 9:30 tonight for fireworks displays away from san francisco. but here in the city it looks like our view of the fireworks could be at least partially obscured, cool and breezy everywhere. we're hoping that that fog will be very thin and will not obscure the view of the fireworks here in san francisco. we'll keep monitoring it, just about minute by minute. eric? >> all right, spencer, thank you very much. while people might enjoy the fireworks, for animals it can be a rough night. some human guardians, though, are see

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim. we leave you with a beautiful look outside, live, embarcadero.t there. keep that in mind. >> that part ain't so beautiful. see you later. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, billy bob thornton, from "tag," hannibal buress, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from aloe blacc. and now, for the time being, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome. appreciate it. hola. thanks for coming. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. and for those of you who weren't with us earlier tonight in primetime, shame on those who were not. we had another big night of

in redding, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >> okay, dion, thank you. we know people will respond. facebook has activated its safety check feature for the carr fire. you can check to see if any of your friends are in the affected area, and if you have marked themselves -- if they have marked themselves safe. >>> a hotline has been set up to track and find people reported missing in both the city of redding and in shasta county that is 530-225-4277. we'll have that posted for you on our website, abc7news.com. >>> a pair of wildfires, meantime, continue to grow right now in mendocino county. the bigger of the mendocino fires, the so-called river fire, has burned at least 400 acres near hopland. it destroyed a mobile home, several other structures and several vehicles. some people in sonoma county received mobile alerts about this fire. but the sheriff's office says there are no evacuation orders at this time. and that some cell phnes in northern sonoma county picked up the emergency alerts from mendocino county. the other fire called the ranch fire burned 175 acres near ukiah so far

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim. we leave you with a beautiful look outside, live, embarcadero.p that in mind. >> that part ain't so beautiful. see you later. >>> hey, america, we want dwryoo have a great fourth of july. "right this minute." two guys take a mission to replace a tattered flag. the moment they get old glory proudly waving again. >> a party ain't a party if there aren't any fireworks. >> see the magic signal to party on. a patriot knocks on a door. while cooper's not the only one mom is back. >> and fun in the sun with some shade thrown in. what holiday gatherings would be like with a little brutal honesty. >> i love having a bunch of strangers that barely know me or like me and eat my food because weather only one with the pool. >> that's where he went wrong. >> i mean friends are having a pool. i'm not even a yank and i think this is pretty cool. >>> some of the machete madness on the youtube channel like to get out there and explore. >> we're going to go tots top of the mountain where no one can see this flag but it's ripped and we're going to fix it. >> he's po

dion lim is live in san francisco. these crimes date back to 2013. >> reporter: yeah, larry, that's correct. four rapes in five years, all happening in the same neighborhood in san francisco. but according to sfpd, because these sexual assaults, there could very well be more victims given the suspect's m.o. the man san francisco police arrested at his san mateo home thursday was charged with multiple offenses, including the rape of four women dating back to 2013. those offenses so serious the commander of investigations broke down in tears. >> i'm sorry that i got emotional, but this is the exact thing that everyone fears could happen here in this city. >> reporter: in each case, sfpd believes the man posed as a ride share driver and intercepted random women as they left nightclubs and bars. dna evidence linked the crimes. >> we know for sure he's responsible for these four rapes. >> reporter: investigators say five years elapsed between the first rape to the second this past february. may and the most recent in june.

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>> reporter: dion and dan, there will be no trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire, two men derick almena and max harris could have faced almost 40 years in prison. instead, both agreed to a plea deal which happened moments ago. almena, the master tenant, will serve nine years in prison. harris, the creative director, will serve six years, both pleaing to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, the tragic fire happened at a concert in december of 2016. >> this is a plea that's been entered into as a moral imperative, to eliminate all of the trauma and pain and suffering that everyone who touches this case endures. >> the city of oakland botched this entire situation. when the ghost ship fire happened there was 300 warehouses just like ghost ship. there was thousands of people exposed to those warehouses that were in danger. and it's onlyecse of lk not happen. >> reporter: both men will have the ability to serve halftime with good behavior and time served, making the earliest release date as soon as 23 months. judge morris jacobson set a sentencing date of august 9th and august 10th, giving

. >> as abc 7 news anchor dion tells us there's a sweet message on the ring. >> there's tiny crabs onch. they've always been here. >> reporter: richard griss setty has memories of visiting the shoreline in richmond. it wasn't until four months ago a new memory was made. >> we were walking along the beach talking and looking down and i saw something that didn't look quite usual so went down and picked it up and it was this ring. >> reporter: among the thousands, if not millions of rocks that line the shore, this designed man's ring bore an inscription. >> some people were in love in 1949. >> reporter: uniting its owner to mate for life. >> from now to eternity, 5/1/49, lily. the ring sat not on a rock but his counter for months until a friend visited him at home. >> she's like we need to find the owners of this. she stuck it on twitter. >> reporter: christina on tuesday tweeted these photos and put out a call for help. >> it's really blown up and i think people are invested in it and hopefully we'll actually find the family to whom the ring belongs. >> reporter: while there have been s

dan and dion? >> thank you so much. sky 7's sky map 7 technology can show exactly where the fire burned in moraga today along buckle ham drive near natalie drive. you see buckingham and natalie on the screen. >> the technology is simply remarkable. people there did have to evacuate shortly after the fire started around 2:00, and only now are evacuations being lifted and people allowed to return home. >> abc 7 news reporter katie uteh with late details. >> none of the homes were damaged. evacuations have been lifted. let me give you another look at the hillside, how things have changed. the fire is now 75% contained, having spread to 45 acres. brush clearing may have come too little, too late for moraga residents in the area of buckingham drive and moraga road. >> they were clearing the brush yesterday. it was a big power tractor with a cutting machine behind it dragging along. >> then again this afternoon, they heard weed whacking followed by smoke and then a quick-moving grass fire. >> it's a stee

>> reporter: high, dion.ighters, scorching hot temperatures and gusty winds. the county fire has burned about one acre every hour since yesterday. it's already burned 22,000 acres. the main fair fight happening just two miles from where we are in the mountains between yolo and napa county. you can't see those mountains anymore. so much smoke. red flag conditions have definitely been a game changer. >> this is the worst fire

dion lim will be joining us from the fire zone in reading. massive car fire in the reading area of shasta county, the fire nearly doubled in size and burned more than 80,000 acres and only 5% contained. at least 500 structures including several homes have been destroyed. president trump approved an emergency declaration and ordered fer assistance for the firefighting efforts. the number of dead jumped to five people, two children and their great grandmother died in the fire. >>> abc7 news anchor dion lim joins us live from

in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> people love that thing. >> oh, yeah. so if you want to get a whiff, suma is on display during extended hours at the conservatory of flowers. >> 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. all week. so make some time to check it out. >> you want to race me there? >> absolutely. >>> how warm will be this week >>> we want to update you now on that developing news in oakland. a vigil for the two women stabbed on the platform at macarthur bart station continues to grow. this is new video from abc 7 news reporter kate larsen of a drum circle near the station. the crowd has grown to about a thousand people, and some are blocking traffic on surrounding streets. this video shows them blocking a couple of lanes on 40th street. all reports, though things are largely peaceful. again, we'll continue to monitor the story and bring you updates. >>> 12 secret recordings between the president and his personal attorney michael cohen are now in the possession of federal prosecutors. they were handed over friday. the tapes are being reviewed as part of the ru

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim.. >>> the fireworks show in san jose is impacting both drivers and people flying into the airport tonight. >> abc 7 news reporter amanda dell casillo is live to explain. >> reporter: if you're one of the thousands expected to pack discovery meadow tonight, we have some good news, there will be no flights impacting your fireworks show. that's because the san jose airport will briefly shut down its two runways between 9:30 and 10:00 tonight. that means for the first time no airplanes will be taking off or landing in the half-hour of the show. an airport spokeswoman says it was decided this was the right course of action after the faa raised safety concerns. we're told this small shutdown will likely impact three commercial flights, taxis and terminals will remain open. >>> minimal impact. it's important for us to be able to offer this to our community and under the leadership of our mayor we're really pleased that this is the case and that everybody can enjoy the fireworks safely. and en

thanks for joining us, i'm eric thomas, dion lim latest on that fire, it has now burned about 89,000 517 structures and thousands more are still threatened, seven people remain missing tonight after authorities located nine others who were reported missing. the cal fire has confirmed a sixth person has died. abc 7 news anchor dion lim is live with the latest. >> reporter: eric, we are in day three of the evacuation center here at shasta college. today, there is a sense that this is the n

hi, dion. >> alexis and reggie, good morning. yes, we are in one of the hardest hit areas of redding, 15 minutes northwest of downtown and the smell of smoke is still so thick in the air. as we were driving along this morning, we came along this giant tree just toppled on its side undoubtedly by the high winds and flames which also took down this home you see behind me. now nearly 40,000 people have been evacuated since the fire started and for many this has become their new normal. sh fire spreading to om cal fire 95,000 be acres but containment, the god news, has more than tripled toicture come from a marina at whiskey town lake where you can see there dozens of burned out boats one of the most badly damaged area the berry lake subdivision. police are still concerned about hot spots and live gas lines. many homeowners were turned away. >> we're anxious to get home. >> to get home. my children and our cats are in lake california and we've been staying in an rv part. we didn't have anybody that could take all of us. >> reporter:

. >> and i'm dion lim in for ama daetz.ly 45,000 acres, roughly 70 square miles, about the size of fremont. >> sky 7 is live over the western edge of the fire at the northern end of lake berryessa. this blaze has spread smoke across the entire bay area. no doubt you noticed that. at last check it was just under 3% contained and evacuations were mandatory for some areas around highway 128. >> our sky map technology showing us where the fire is in relation to knoxville road, a main artery into the north end of lake berryessa. >> the fire has burned a strip of land in between lake berryessa and highway 16, mostly in yolo, but also in napa county as well. >> snap pa county is where we find abc 7 reporter laura anthony live for us tonight with the very latest on the firefight. laura? >> hi, dion. firefighters ramped up the air attack here in the last couple hours. we've seen these helicopters pretty much nonstop, dropping water on the hillside behind me. those who have businesses at lake berryessa down the road are hoping these

>> well, dion, i have nothing to complain about today.t's a beautiful day out here to celebrate america's birthday in santa cruz. we've already seen thousands of families behind me here on the boardwalk enjoying themselves, but with the heavier crowds, you can expect to see a lot more police officers on hand to make sure everyone stays safe and follows the rules. drown view 7 shows the thousands of people in santa cruz looking for some fun under the sun. >> a little more crowded than i anticipated. i wasn't really sure what to expect. >> the fourth of july holiday brought out many families like the ke the family from dublin. >> i got everything at walmart. >> it didn't get any more americana than that. well, let's not forget the barbecue. >> we have chicken, ribs, shrimp. >> the essentials to feed the entire family. a special day for all americans, especially veterans like antonio quinones, who fought for our freedom. >> that we all have sacrificed for, and i bring my family down here every year. i just fell in love with this atmosphere.

i'm dion lim. right away to the breaking news under way in the north bay right now, where firefighters are trying to rescue five people trapped on a beach by high tide. they've been stuck there for hours and the ordeal may soon be over. abc7's amanda del castillo joins us now with details. amanda? >> reporter: we know the rescue effort is happening a few miles west from where we are right now. marin county fire officials are working to remove five hikers who became trapped after a high tide hit around 7:18 tonight. marin county fire got the call around 9:00 p.m., that was nearly two hours later. the group is trapped just south of mure beach near the pirates' cove area. firefighters are waiting until the tide goes down to perform rescue operations, hopefully sometime before midnight. county fire was considering using a hoist to remove the trapped hikers, or jet skis with the help of the coast guard, but those were considered to be too risky. we were at the mure's beach parking lot, where we saw an a

dion lim, abc 7. >> some shasta evacuees are looking for shelter. this comes as the state attorney general puts out a warning about price gouging during emergencies. here's abc 7 news reporter katy utehs has the update. >> 'em the once who have evacuated. they moved the evacuation center. it's really scary. >> reporter: the carr fire is out of control. >> they're not optimistic what it will look like. >> their family insisted they evacuate. >> they got out early in that fire, and they know what it looks like. lo and hey were starting lake. >> they grabbed pictures, two foster cats ready for adoption made the trip. they're hoping people still in shasta county will pack up and get out before the situation becomes dire. >> i'm seeing any fran sick panicked posts from people saying, you know they can't get out because so many people are being told to evacuate that there are bottlenecks. >> reporter: price gouging laws protects consumers in times like these from essential services. california's attorney general posted the warning. if you'd like to file a

if you know anything to reunite the ring with its owner, abc7news.com, dion lim, abc7 news. >>> christina says a genealogy expert reached out on twitter and following up on the lead. >> we'll keep you posted on air and online. >>> making it easier for hearing impaired coffee lovers to order brew. every worker must be proficient in american sign language. opening near gallaudet university, only liberal arts university for the deaf. >>> getting close to the weekend. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> never too late to look ahead to the weekend. live doppler 7 indicating it is pretty much foggy along the coast as expected this time of year. today had a little bit of the muggies because of the monsoon flow, not a lot of it, but now watching this area of moisture off the coast and summer monsoon because moisture is heading towards us. another humid day tomorrow. 50s to 70s, inland areas that were warm are holding on to heat from earlier in the day. weekend forecast, not going to be as humid as we head into the weekend. seasonal pattern, low 60s to low 90s. near averag

at shasta college, it is packed tonight, dion. >> reporter: it is indeed. now that night has fallen we're seeing relief from triple digit temperatures and people outside getting rest from a stressful day and we saw senior citizens together shooting the breeze and smoking marijuana trying to make the best of this situation. >> at shasta college, the lawn has become somewhat of a campground even for the littlest. >> the fire was close to our house so we had to evacuate. >> reporter: on cam miss several red cross evacuation shelters and volunteers offering everyday items like animal crates for families with pets and this filled with cots, estimates could be as many as 700 evacuees. michael is tending to a sick dog. >> very stressful, going back and forth trying to figure out if we were supposed to evacuate or not. it was hell. >> reporter: stories of struggle. a single mom, a student at shasta with three little boys huddled in a tent outside so as not to disturb other evacuees. >> the view inside is traumatic! there's cots lined up and people struggling with t

abc 7 news reporter dion lim has the latest. >> they found her draped over the children, from what i've been told. that shows she did everything she could until the very end. >> reporter: a close family friend of melody bledsoe and her two great-grandchildren, james and emily roberts, recalls how much joy the children brought to the world. >> james wanted to be his great granddaddy. and his sister just lit up the room. it all happened to fast. >> reporter: thursday, before the james reached the bledsoe home, melody's husband ed had gone out to buy supplies and help others whose homes were threatened by flames. >> in doing that, in that selfless act, he lost every single thing on this planet that he cared about. >> reporter: a nearby neighbor recalls how swift and strong those flames were, seemingly coming out of nowhere. >> we could see flames coming from this side, and our fear was we were going to get trapped. >> reporter: in what seemed like the blink of an eye, it was too late. a gas line burst into flames and consumed the bledsoe home. what remain now are memories and helping a wid

abc 7 news reporters laura anthony and dion lim are in redding. you can watch them on abc7news.com as well as on the abc 7 news app. >>> some other news now, to washington where president trump is facing a new accusation today relating to russia. >> abc news reporter arlette saenz with the latest, including the president's reaction. >> reporter: president trump is pushing back after his former attorney michael cohen's bombshell allegation about russia. the president tweeting i did not know of the meeting with my son don jr. sounds to me like someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam. on cnn, his current attorney called cohen a liar. >> there's no doubt in my mind he's not credible. the man is a liar, a proven liar. >> reporter: multiple sources tell abc news cohen claims that then candidate trump new in advance of the trump tower meeting involving his son and several russians. donald trump jr. testified about that meeting before the senate. a senate investigator asked, did you inform your father about the

dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> time now, 9:19 a.m. we continue to track this early morning marine layer. live doppler 7 showing you a fair amount of cloud cover. that's the great shaigd you see on your screen, from the north bay to the south bay. it's pretty thick along the coastline. a live look at our golden gate bridge camera showing overcast skies along much of the bay right now. through the coming hours, that cloud cover will break down. 56, good morning in san francisco, at this current hour. 64 in san jose. 61 in hayward. napa checking in with a temperaturdeofgrees. winds right now generally on the light side, less than ten miles an hour. the only exception, fairfield through the delta. a strong breeze gusting to 26 at this hour. we anticipate the wind to calm down and the afternoon is not nearly as breezy as we were yesterday. we'll show you sfo right now. we have arriving delays into sfo because of the cloud cover, about 50 minutes at this hour. later on today, big story later on, decreasing clouds. the sun going down at 8:31 p.m. you can track the temperatures hour by hour from

abc 7 reporter dion lim has reaction from first responders and those hardest rtecaireas now spread to 95,000 acres reducing many homes to little more than rubble. there is good news for firefighters, though. containment levels have tripled since the weekend and now stand at almost 20%. >> i used to fight fires in the '70s and '80s and i've never seen anything like this. it just went in any direction it wanted to. >> reporter: mor than 40,000 people have been evacuated and the red cross has setup five emergency shelters to keep up with demand. many miss the kfrcomforts of ho and are getting adjusted to the new normal. >> i can't go in and get clean clothes. >> reporter: for those beginning to return back to their homes whether they're supposed to or not bewilderment at what their neighborhoods have become. >> you talk to anybody it's it's biggest fire they've ever seen. >> reporter: the gut wrenching tale of a great grandmother who draped her body of her two grandchildren. bledsoe recalled the horrifying ordeal. >> he just kept saying, come and get me. come on grandpa. i said i'm right

. >> that's right, eric and dion. the sheriff's office has initiated the animal cruelty and negligence situation. it's an a tragic situation all around especially for first responders. theyke this morning and found dogs inside. they came on the other hand 9:30 when they got the call about the fire at the home. there were up to 20 dogs at home at the time and a 15-year-old girl had to be rescued. once the fire was out, two pit bulls were pronounced dead, but it's what happened next that's most traffic. fire chief was interviewing across the street when he was viciously attacked by the male dominant dog. >> he did ask if the dog was secured with the leash and the girl wasn't holding it taut and the dog attacked him for no reason. >> on the side of the face from the cheekbone down to his chin. he was taken to eden hospital but he'll be transfored stanford valley if he hasn't been already. he's a well respected chief with alameda county fire. as for the dogs they were taken by animal control and the dog that bit the batta

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i know it would. >> dion spoke to david kinepa yesterday afternoon. he's skeptical the ring is his father's since he never wore a ring, but he's open to the possibility of it being his and he's looking through his archives to see if he can find more clues. >>> good morning, bay area. we're starting off with live doppler 7 and the satellite image to show you the fog and low clouds that have filled in from the coast. you might need your wipers in san francisco with drizzle and mist possible. right now, visibility is a bit limited because of the low clouds and half moon bay, and pet petaluma, and we do have those low clouds over the bay right now. here's a live shot from the roof camera. we have the sea breeze, and temperatures are mainly in the 50s and 60s. oakland, 60 and mountain view, 61. san jose, 65 and gill roy and half moon bay in the 60s. we'll head to walnut creek for sunrise, and 604 and getting a glimpse of that right now. in santa rosa, it's 59. novato, 59 and already in the low 60s through fairfield, concord and livermore and that's where w

. >> abc 7 news reporters laura anthony and dion lim are in redding. you can watch from abc7news.com and abc 7 news app. make sure to follow on twitter for breaking news updates as they happen. >>> now we're going to turn to meteorologist mike nico on what those folks are facing. >> unfortunately my initial news is not good, but it will improve ever so slightly into next week. the winds are pretty light. but just like yesterday's, it's going to pick up and blow out of the southwest. they will pull back a bit tomorrow afternoon. that's why the highest fire danger you in the red here, including redding is midnight tonight. now, we've also got the excessive heat that's going to continue. this warning ends at 8:00 this evening, but let me show you the forecast for reading the next seven days. 111, 110, 108, 106, 104. the heat is not going away and during the morning hours temperatures will fall back into the 60s and 70s. >>> now let's talk about the marsh fire in clayton. that is 70% contained. it had burned about 250 acres since it started wednesday after

i'm dion, eric has the night off. we begin with an honor to six lives lost. live in berkeley where there is now a tribute to those victims. cornell. >> hi, dionne. that contribute is a black in the corner of the park. flowers line the pace of it. it's a permanent reminder of six lives lost. >> we pray they are at peace and with one another. >> reporter: prayers mark the new black at the memorial park remembering six students, five of them from irl, who died when the balcony they were standing on collapsed at the library gardens complex in june 2015. >> we in ireland feel a great sense of contact with the tragedy, the loss of these six young people at the beginning of their lives. >> the victims' families laid flowers at the base of the black and the strawberry trees nearby. fire captain rick guzman remembers that terrible night. >> we rolled up on scene. there was essentially a pile of bodies on the sidewalk. it was difficult to take in. >> they revealed the balcony's failure was a result of water damage. details concluded they tried to save money. it led to

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i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. party passed on endorsing diane feinstein in her her her r a fifth senate term. >> two democrats are facing off in the general election as you thhi iee aif terut campaign she's not getting her party support. we are months away from the november election and the race for u.s. senate is already heating up. the california democratic party opted to endorse kevin de leone over feinstein. >> they know the scenario senator, she's been the endu incumbent for a quarter century. >> feinstein asked the party to remain neutral in the race but they backed deleon with 65% on the their meeting in oakland. >> we want someone standing up for immigrants, the lgbtq community, in a forceful way. >> earlier both candidates failed to secure the party's backing by not capturing the 60% of votes needed. feinstein angered democrats when she urged patience with donald trump. a statement reads senator feinstein won by 2.1 million votes and earned 70% of the democratic vote in the california primary election. we

i'm dion lim. eric has the night off. let's get to developing news on the wildfire. cal fire is calling it the county fire and said since it started yesterday afternoon, flames have burned 34 square miles pushing smoke and ash into the bay area. mandatory evacuations are underway for the city of winters and firefighters worked throughout the night to put up fire lines under red flag conditions. you are getting a look above the flames. you can see the large plume of dark gray smoke in the center of your screen. so far no homes have burned. cornell bernard is live with the latest. you spoke to those in the line of fire today. what did you learn? >> reporter: yes, we did. this is a monster fire. cal fire says it's burning one acre every hour. so far it's burned 22,000 acres since yesterday. center of the fire fighting happening to the hills of napa county. red flag conditions for sure. a race against time and the elements. cal fire battling a monster fire, which exploded in size over night in yolo county. chopper crews doing rapid fire water attacks. more than 1,000 fir

active in the movement for independence that much his brother pio knows but he was never told whether dion micio ever committed a crime or whether he was a terrorist the only c.e.o. was killed in a hail of bullets in one thousand nine hundred four along with three other people. an autopsy showed that he was hit by thirty six bullets seven of them in the back of his neck. and it was a state organized crime by the. that but the police and courts didn't want to investigate a case that is ultimately what even though there is evidence that it was murder thing but they couldn't figure out which police officers were involved so they just shelved the case against you on it. when at a result they apologized to the families of victims but this apology was limited to those with no direct participation in the conflict. for many families that's a slap in the face but rosa or darrow wants to put what happened during those years of terror behind her. better than if they only apologize for the victims who were killed without deliberate intent but not to me the wife of a police officer and that's the way i

dion checks it. with him and he determines at once that it's not a sapphire just smoky quads. it's. big and it is something i haven't and i'm really disappointed that it wasn't a sapphire you know i'm going to all keep looking for the real thing but there were but i'm sad that it wasn't worth very much for. the did. over the. pope and disappointment is everyday life in alaska but the sapphire rush has provided the town with infrastructure it never had before. from from from from from. the. most workers in the mines around in our day laborers they work for mine operators for less than the equivalent of two euros per day and this mine belongs to a man from sri lanka. for fun a solo works here a lot he can't live on the sale of stones from his own small mining shaft. but then it's been moved it'll take us about three months to get down to the land of gravel whether gemstones are the will. that if we find sapphires we can make a good living. they've been digging here for three months many of the workers also have their own mine shafts if they find one gem they hope that it will be part