sot: ksenia kirillova, evacuee back home// "i'm really happy to be back home."all but two buildings have been cleared for reentry as pg&e crews restore power that was cut off after the fire. evacuees expressed their gratitude to firefighters for stopping working tirelessly to stop the flames from spreading. sot: ksenia kirillova, evacuee back home// "i want to say thank you for firemen and for departments that solved this problem because it was a really huge fire and i'm happy that the fire didn't spread." this is the third fire this year at a construction site in the area causing concern that this could be the work of an arsonist which hasn't been ruled out yet. sot: edward west, evacuee back home// "i think you're stupid i hope you get caught i hope you get twenty years."suspicion is rising that recent fires could be a sign of protest of a developing oakland. sot: edward west, evacuee back home// "and you put people in danger if my stuff went up, what does that have to do with your political statement?"in oakland ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (jr stone) federal

he spoke with an evacuee and neighbors living through this.praying water. as oakland fire fighters keep a steady stream on potential hot spots...nats- "it could be later today, if not, it might be tomorrow or the next day." evacuated neighbors of the leveled apartment and retail building under contruction before the fire...sarah tyack/evacuee- "it's just been a little bit surreal." doing their best coping with a fluid situation.sarah tyack/evacuee- "(philippe) have you been evacuated? (sarah) yes." sarah tyack lives at 100 grand avenue. early in the morning... she was briefly allowed back into her apartment a block away from the fire to grab a few things... before she was again told to leave.sarah tyack/evacuee- "i don't think there's any damage. we're not allowed back in til they secure the crane, and i think they're gonna try to dismantle the crane. think the fear is, the cranes gonna swing and hit the building. so, they're just being cautious." cautious while evacuees and neighbors are asked to be patient. moonpie bintijuwa/neighbor- "it ma

he spoke with an evacuee and neighbors living through this.hilippe)nats- fire fighters spraying water. as oakland fire fighters keep a steady stream on potential hot spots...nats- "it could be later today, if not, it might be tomorrow or the next day." evacuated neighbors of the leveled apartment and retail building under contruction before the fire...sarah tyack/evacuee- "it's just been a little bit surreal." doing their best coping with a fluid situation.sarah tyack/evacuee- "(philippe) have you been evacuated? (sarah) yes." sarah tyack lives at 100 grand avenue. early in the morning... she was briefly allowed back into her apartment a block away from the fire to grab a few things... before she was again told to leave.sarah tyack/evacuee- "i don't think there's any damage. we're not allowed back in til they secure the crane, and i think they're gonna try to dismantle the crane. think the fear is, the cranes gonna swing and hit the building. so, they're just being cautious." cautious while evacuees and neighbors are asked to be patient. moonp

sot: mark bagnall, evacuee// "it might be but it seems foolish. it seems that if we build more buildings the rent will come down."the cause of the fire is under investigation. (vicki) continuing our team coverage... the building was owned by wood partners, a national real estate developer. these are renderings of what the project would have looked like when completed in 20-18. it would have housed 196 apartments and retail space. now officials are left with the question of what caused the fire. arson investigators won't be able to go into the site until the crane is down. the crane is also stopping people from being able to return to their homes nearby. "crane operators feel that it's pretty stable at this point. right now they will be here through the weekend also to work to clear the area." "i like to think that this is a slowdown and not a step back. what i see in oakland is a lot of growth. we're a resilient city."(vicki) investigators say they will do all they can to figure out how this fire started they look through surveillance video from t

a briefing") earlier in the day frustrated evacuees showed up to the site during a press conference - desperate for answers.sot: saied haddad, evacuee// "it's frustrating not to know that the city wasn't really collecting our information so. but now we're happy, a gentleman from the office did so."oakland city spokesperson sean maher says now that the crane is out of the way - evacuees can return home. (jr stone) our coverage of the oakland construction fire continues on kron-4-dot-com. there we have a photo gallery showing the dramatic images.... including one video that was taken from a southwest flight over oakland. (jr stone) in world news tonight... president trump wrapped up another international trip as the g-20 summit marked its second and final day in hamburg, germany. and while many of the world leaders met for peaceful discussions... tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in protest. reporter, reid binion has the story. natspresident trump concluded his second international trip as commander in chief saturday.. as day two of the g-20 summit in hamburg, ger

next we'll hear from evacuees of the massive wall fire.lus wildfires in california are affecting air quality in some areas. we'll tell you which parts of the state are being hit with smoke. plus a memorial for a surfing legend. how a vigil for the late jack oneill may have broken a world record. (jrs) a big story we're tracking. police are nvestigating an officer involved shooting in vallejo. it happened yesterday afternoon when police found two car jacking suspects at "city park". both suspects left as soon as police arrived....one on foot and the other in a car. one officer chased the suspect on foot. police say the suspect pulled out a gun when he realized he was being followed. the officer fired his gun and missed when the suspect ducked. that suspect ran and barricaded himself in a shed. the swat team came and the suspect eventually came out. he has been identified as victor hurtado. the other suspect has been identified as david placante. both have been arrested. an oakland teen drowned tonight on the russian river in sonoma county.

he spoke with an evacuee and neighbors living through this.hilippe)nats- fire fighters spraying water. as oakland fire fighters keep a steady stream on potential hot spots...nats- "it could be later today, if not, it might be tomorrow or the next day." evacuated neighbors of the leveled apartment and retail building under contruction before the fire...sarah tyack/evacuee- "it's just been a little bit surreal." doing their best coping with a fluid situation.sarah tyack/evacuee- "(philippe) have you been evacuated? (sarah) yes." sarah tyack lives at 100 grand avenue. early in the morning... she was briefly allowed back into her apartment a block away from the fire to grab a few things... before she was again told to leave.sarah tyack/evacuee- "i don't think there's any damage. we're not allowed back in til they secure the crane, and i think they're gonna try to dismantle the crane. think the fear is, the cranes gonna swing and hit the building. so, they're just being cautious." cautious while evacuees and neighbors are asked to be patient. moonp

sot: ksenia kirillova, evacuee back home// "i'm really happy to be back home."all but two buildings have been cleared for reentry as pg&e crews restore power that was cut off after the fire. evacuees expressed their gratitude to firefighters for stopping working tirelessly to stop the flames from spreading. sot: ksenia kirillova, evacuee back home// "i want to say thank you for firemen and for departments that solved this problem because it was a really huge fire and i'm happy that the fire didn't spread." this is the third fire this year at a construction site in the area causing concern that this could be the work of an arsonist which hasn't been ruled out yet. sot: edward west, evacuee back home// "i think you're stupid i hope you get caught i hope you get twenty years."suspicion is rising that recent fires could be a sign of protest of a developing oakland. sot: edward west, evacuee back home// "and you put people in danger if my stuff went up, what does that have to do with your statement?" considering the size of this fire evacuees say they are extremely g

sot: mark bagnall, evacuee// "it might be but it seems foolish. it seems that if we build more buildings the rent will come down."the cause of the fire is under investigation. housing coalition president mccdonnell says there are about 4000 development projects underway across oakland many of which may add more security in light of this latest fire. live in oakland ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (steve) continuing our team coverage...the building was owned by wood partners, a national real estate developer. these are renderings of what the project would have looked like when completed in 2018. it would have housed 196 apartments and retail space.the question now -- what caused the building to erupt in flames.. kron4's spencer has the latest on the investigation. the flames were enormous(sot) "it started to spread very rapidly."they lit up the early morning sky friday in oakland on valdez street.(sot)"i seen a big fire in oakland. oh not again! oh not again."the torched the partially finished building, and the crane that was being used in its constru

sot: mark bagnall, evacuee// "it might be but it seems foolish. it seems that if we build more buildings the rent will come down."the fire is under investigation. ( marty ) the building that went up in flames was owned by wood partners. a national real estate developer. the project was expected to be completed next year. and it would have housed 196 apartments and retail space. now officials are investigating the cause of the fire. arson investigators won't be able to start their job until a huge crane that was being used during the construction is taken down. that crane is also stopping people from being able to return to their nearby homes.<> <"crane operators feel that it's pretty stable at this point. right now they will be here through the weekend also to work to clear the area." "i like to think that this is a slowdown and not a step back. what i see in oakland is a lot of growth. we're a resilient city.">( marty ) investigators say they will be looking through surveillance video from the construction site and from other buildings. ( marty )

several other areas were reopened to evacuees today.so far more than 75-thousand acres have burned. the fire is now 30 perecent contained but 60 homes have burned. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. close to 45- hundred firefighters have faught these flames since the fire started last sunday. right now a meeting is being held at mariposa high school to update evacuees on the situation. the cause of the fire has not yet been released. (phillippe) in palo alto... the santa clara county medical examiner-coroner's office says 71-year-old actor john heard died in a hotel wednesday. he made more than 170 appearances on stage and in film... most notably as peter mccallister in the box office hits "home alone" and "home alone two: lost in new york." tmz reports he recently had "minor back surgery" at stanford medical center and stayed in the hotel during recovery. the medical examiner-coroner's office says there is no evidence of foul play. in palo alto, philippe djegal, kron four news. (justine) there will no longer be sandbo

many evacuees returned home yesterday.ere displaced by the massive construction fire on valdez street early friday morning. all but two buildings have been cleared for reentry as p-g-and-e crews restore power that was cut off after the fire. this is the third fire this year at a construction site in the area causing concern from some people that this could be the work of an arsonist. there were no deaths or injuries from that fire. ( darya ) thanks will. we will with you through out the morning. ( mark ) and police are still looking for the arsonist linked to three fires involving apartment buildings under construction in the east bay. federal investigators have released these pictures of the person they are looking for in connection to those fires. they believe this person is responsible for three other

hopefully they will give evacuees some guidance. we are told there is a center being set up at the cathedral on21st and harrison for evacuees. hopefully they can get more information there. in oakland, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> and one person who was covered in some of that ash is katie nielsen live at the scene. katie, when it all got started, the flames were so intense, that you could actually feel the heat from a block and a half away. obviously, a very different story right now. >> reporter: absolutely. when we first got here this morning, it was literally raining ash on us. we have had to kind of clean ourselves up as we have gone along this morning. the flames were so strong, it actually felt like a blast furnace coming at us with the intensity of the heat. at this point we're not feeling that anymore. it was really interesting because we were feeling the heat and the flames, feeling the ash. and then it switched to mist. we were actually feeling water from the firefighting efforts. and at this point, a lot of smoke but really

the first wave of evacuees allowed ck >>> right now at 11:00, the crane is down and they're coming home. the first wave of evacuees allowed back in after a construction fire in the east bay. >> the news at 11:00 starts now. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. terry mcsweeney is off tonight. a crane came down as planned tonight. most of the evacuated can begin to return home. we are live tonight in oakland and have the latest. >> reporter: one of the reasons residents could not return to their homes is because that damaged construction crane posed a risk of falling down and potential by damaging nearby buildings but now that the crane has been pulled down that concern has been eliminated. it took engineers hours to calculate how to pull down this damaged construction crane but once the cables were attached to machinery on the ground -- it took only seconds for it to come tumble down. >> it came down the way the crane engineers wanted it to work out. >> shortly after it was toppled, city officials began to work to turn power on for nearby buildings. >> we will be

this is what some of the evacuee evacuees are seeing as they return. steve looks over the rubble of what used to be his family home, now destroyed by fire. >> that is too much. >> reporter: this is cell phone video of the house just moments before the wall of flames arrived saturday night. his family was only able to grab some clothes before quickly moving out. >> we lost memories, my poor children, they grew up here. family home. their whole childhood and security as children. >> reporter: the wall fire is centered in butte county in an area just east of oroville. cal fire reports at least 41 homes destroyed and others damaged. >> it's sad. i hurt parts are burnt up. >> reporter: this time lapse video shows an ominous rotating funnel of flames. a firenado. it's forced more than 4,000 evacuations. all this in the same area where a larger evacuation took place a few months ago. more than 200,000 people had to leave back in february when ieauof the oroville spillways would leave to flooding. >> >. i want to go home. >> reporter: today some that were evac

that aside, do you know when the earliest evacuees can go home? [ no audio ] >> well, i don't know about you, but i can't hear don. we'll get back to him when we can. >>> in other news now, right now, a brush fire is burning in rodeo near eastbound i-80 passing willow avenue. the fire has grown to 100 acres and has close skyway. crews are telling people to avoid the area. the blaze broke out around 3:00 this afternoon. no structures are threatened. several agencies are helping in the firefight. >> you can imagine the high heat is keeping firefighters busy. they are battling three other fires all producing thick smoke. jackie ward is there. she says two of the fires have been contained, but heat is taking its toll on firefighters. >> after july 4th, cal fire expects their days to get more intense, but three fires starting back to back to back leads them to think something is up. >> very close to each other in proximity and time. of course, that is always suspicious, coincidental. we're looking into it. it could be human caused intentional or accide

many evacuees say it's hard to sleep. they're waiting to hear if their homes survived or burned in the fire. >> we were driving away from mariposa, my thought was, i did cry a little bit because i am like, am i coming home to you or am i saying good-bye again? >> the red cross is taking donations for anyone who wants to help those evacuees. >>> the weather can have a huge impact on how quickly firefighters can make progress. abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian is checking on the conditions. >> here is a satellite view showing the smoke billowing from the fire. a couple weather factors are complicating the fire fighting effort. relative humidity low at 21%. the wind gusting at 10 miles per hour which will complicate the firefighting effort and it's enough to spread the smoke billowing from the fire. prompting an air quality alert from bakersfield to northeast of reno. >> all hands on deck. abc7 news in los gatos this morning where dozens of firefighters from santa clara county agency answered the call to headed to t

edward west, evacuee edward edward west, evacuee back home// "i think you're stupid i hope you get caught i hope you get twenty years." "and you put people in danger if my stuff went up, what does that have to do with your political statement?"> there were no deaths or injuries from that fire. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) and police are still looking for the arsonist linked to three fires involving apartment buildings under construction in the east bay. federal investigators have released these pictures of the person they are looking for in connection to those fires. they believe this person is responsible for three other fires similar to the fire that burned this past friday. this is video of those fires. two of the three burned at the same apartment building that was under construction in emeryville. the most recent fire there was in may. the third fire was last october near lake merritt. the building that caught fire was also under construction. all of these fires caused millions of dollars worth of damage. (

i know -- some of the evacuees headed to the cathedral of christ the light. are you seeing an exodus of flow of people or have things quieted down here? >> reporter: we saw a good number of people headed in that direction. at the same time -- do you want to show the shot down the street, chip. chip, just sort of pan over. this is the shot down grand avenue. you have a lot of people just hanging out here. some folks made their way over to the temporary shelter set up by the red cross. other people said i'm going to hang out here and wait for word on when it's going to be safe to go back into our units. they just got word from someone associated with the essex apartment buildings, which is one of the big apartments close to the fire. they got word that they can go back in an hour or two. a lot of good news for the folks out here who were evacuated this morning. >> all right. alex savidge is right there with us on grand avenue. a lot going on, alex. i'm glad that a lot of people are safe this morning. >>> it is just about 6:59 on ktvu mornings on 2. >> breaking

we're live with the evacuees in the fire zone. . >>> the news at 11:00 starts right now. good evening thanks for being with us i'm raj mathai. >> jessica aguirre. it's a log in night for firefighters and anxious for the people of mariposa. we begin with the breaking news not far from yosemite 25,000 acres burned and no end in sight. the massive wildfires burns along highway 140. and 5,000 people told to evacuate, many in the town of mariposa which tonight is a virtual ghost town. nbc bay area terry mcsweeney joins us. and terry, the fiercest of the fire is the past wet winter man in the drought years before is compounding now. >> reporter: yeah, cal fire telling me that the winter of 2017, all that rain made the grass tall now bone dry. burning right up to the trees sickened by the years of drought. here in march passow electricity is out. everybody has been chased out of town. thousands of people looking for a place to stay. the flames lighting up the night sky on highway 140 in march passow county. the aerial attempt was nonstop. the cal fire stays this fire goes anywhe

this is what some are seeing as evacuees return. steve looks over the rubble of what used to be his family home now destroyed by fire. >> that is just too much. >> reporter: this is cell phone video of his house in the moments just before a wall of flames arrived saturday night. his family was only able to grab some clothes before having to quickly flee. >> we have lost memories -- my poor children. they grew up here. family home, their whole childhood, their whole security as children. >> reporter: the wall fire is centered in butte county in an area just east of oroville. cal fire reports at least 41 homes have been destroyed and three others damaged. 55 other structures have been damaged or destroyed. >> sad. i heard parts of black bart have been burned up, wondering what's going to be here when i try to go home. >> reporter: this time lapse video shows an ominous rotating funnel of flames, a "firenado" on the ridge on the south side of the blaze. the fire forced more than 4,000 evacuations, all this in the same area where a larg

many evacuees say it's hard to sleep. they're waiting to hear if their homes survived or burned in the fire. >> we were driving away from mariposa, my thought was, i did cry a little bit because i am like, am i coming home to you or am i saying good-bye again? >> the red cross is taking donations for anyone who wants to help those evacuees. >>> the weather can have a huge impact on how quickly firefighters can make progress. abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian is checking on the conditions. >> here is a satellite view showing the smoke billowing from the fire. a couple weather factors are complicating the fire fighting effort. relative humidity low at 21%. the wind gusting at 10 miles per hour which will complicate the firefighting effort and it's enough to spread the smoke billowing from the fire. prompting an air quality alert from bakersfield to northeast of reno. >> all hands on deck. abc7 news in los gatos this morning where dozens of firefighters from santa clara county agency answered the call to headed to t

i worked hard on it and now it's gone.for the other evacuees, it's now a wait and see situation to see if their homes are still standing.sot anyone would be nervoussotwe trust in jesus. we know he can take care of us. if our house burns down we will trust in him. or we can trust in him to keep us safe whatever his plan is.sotas soon as we get the all clear to go up there. we would like to go see what's left. . in planada, charles clifford kron 4 news. we will have continued coverage of the detwiler fire on the kron4 morning news tomorrow. we're back on this fire with the latest containment numbers and homes damaged starting at 4am. (grant) and don't forget you can get the latest information on this fire... on our website kron four dot com. you can also download the fire kron four mobile app to stay up-to-date with breaking news push alerts. (steve) in southern california.... containment is up on another big california fire. the "whittier fire" in santa barbara county is now 66-percent contained. it has destroyed 46 structures including 16 homes... and burned more than 18-thousand acrea

there you can find interviews with evacuees, information on a possible suspect... you can also watch oakland's mayor... libby schaaf give her take. and don't forget to download the free kron four mobile app... to stay on top of breaking news with push alerts. (vicki) crews are battling a wildfire that scorched land south east of san jose. the fire was first reported just after 4:00.so far it has burned 40 acres, and at last check is just 40-percent contained.authorities say it initially started out as a car fire which spread to the nearby brush.there are no reports of any injuries. (vicki) in oroville around four-thousand people were forced out their homes. the wall fire continues to burn into it's fourth day. when residents saw the fire close to their homes -- they decided to pack up and leave. cal fire says the fire has now destroyed 17 buildings -- but that number could increase. once again this community is faced with an emergency... of catastrophic proportions. (ramiro ariaz é oroville resident)'now with fires and floods its almost like okay who is looking dow

christian. >> reporter: yeah, those evacuees now allowed back home. we can give you a new look here from a new perspective. we were uphill and showing you fire fighters fighting downhill. they're fighting from both directions. this is the structure this burned. this was a garage and storage unit. so fortunately not a home, but it went up at about 4:20 this morning. they described arriving on scene and seeing it fully involved, major fire they called for two alarms just because the whole area here is so tightly packed and the streets in this area are so winding and narrow, they knew they were going to mount, need to mount an aggressive attack on this fire quickly to make sure it was under control. they did evacuate homes on the 1300 block of arch, those evacuations now are over, but again, out of an abundance of caution, they want today i sack rate those homes because there was a potential for this fire to spread. one firefighter said if this had been say 2:00 in the afternoon, on a windy day, we could have been looking at a much, much different fire s

ashley braselton/evacuee: at first you think you know things are going to be fine. eh we live in the mountains. fire happens almost every year, not a big deal. once you start getting ash in your yard, you kind of think a little differently. power goes out. phone goes out. you start worrying a little bit more. amy conway/resident: to be honest this fire has been terrifying. i didn't think it would get as close as it's gotten and as many homes would be evacuated. it's not just inconvenient. it's the terror of it. you know what's going to be left when everybody goes back to their homes. who is going to have homes to go to. businesses are also suffering. downtown mariposa looking like a ghost town thursday.we spoke with people who owned the hotels there.they say they're losing thousands of dollars a day and counting.mia gloor/business owner: not knowing where when we get here we can leave, when we're home if we can come back. we just can't. we haven't left out business and the challenges are we have empty rooms and we wish we can utilize those rooms for people that are

the evacuees still out of their homes 14 hours after the fire started. >> coming up at 8:00.," then" 20/20." >> and on the murder of versace, tonight, get inside the mind of a serial killer. and stay with us for "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> and that's it for this edition of "abc7 news." i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. for sandhya, and all of us he this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are -- a journalist from waterbury, connecticut... a physician from pearland, texas... and our returning champion, an attorney from los angeles, california... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you all. thank you, johnny. i may be wrong, but i think i've noticed a trend that affects our champion, jon eisenman. when he first become champion and he would hit a daily double, he would bet fairly large amounts. but as he has accumulated more and more wealth, he has reduced his wagers. the last few times he hit the daily doubles and he had a lot of money, he risked $800. he's not interested in making money. he's interested in preserving his wealth. he wants to be a fi

the not knowing is the hardest'thousands of fire evacuees unsure when they'll be able to return home or even if they have a home to return whooshdon't shoota pet parrot supposedly mimics the last words of a michigan man saying "don't shoot."was it enough to convict his wife of murder?the verdict tonight on kron four news in prime time. (steve) a man left bloodied and beaten by a group of teens. another mob-style attack right outside an east bay bart station. (steve) thank you for joining us i'm steve aveson. (grant) and i'm grant lodes...in tonight for pam moore. the violence happened in richmond.

kron 4's hermela aregawi talked to evacuees about their anxiety of returning home. (hermela aregawi)the detwiler firecontinues to rage but firefighters say the pace is nowhere near what it was in the first few days.4000 firefighters are now tackling the blaze on day six.one of was injured around 9:30 this morning when his engine hit an oak strump and veered into a field.chief mike kain/selma fire departmenthe's doing well. hes in good spirits the rest of our crew is fine. and again we appreaciate all the support and prayers people have given usthousands of people still aren't able to go home.and many say their anxiety is at a peak.aubrey simpson/evacueeit's been just terrible waiting to see. i've asked everybody. i almost got arrested just going up there to find out if my house burned down.shea bennett/evacueethe not knowing is the hardest. we're nervous about when we do get home what's it going to look like? we left five cats behind are they going to be in the house? did they run away? are we going to find them outside.others in the downtown mariposa area are able

the evacuees still out of their homes 14 hours after the fire started. >> coming up at 8:00."shark tank," then" 20/20." >> and on the murder of versace, tonight, get inside the mind of a serial killer. and stay with us for "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> and that's it for this edition of "abc7 news." i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. for sandhya, and all of us who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. mandy, you're getting glitter on my soccer ball. oh, well, now it's a disco ball. (singsongy) you're welcome! oh, look. boyd drew a rocket... or a... wiener. you know what? let's go with rocket. (horn honks, vehicle approaches) oh! your dad's home! oh, finally. i've been cooped up with you hens long enough. oh, eve, honey

some evacuees can go home. containment at 40%, up from 15% yesterday. making good progress. evacuation lifted for mariposa and sierra nevada foot hills. destroyed more than 60 homes. 1,500 remain threatened. >>> veteran television and film actor john heard, best known as father in "home alone" movies has been found dead in paltlo alto hotel room after having surgery. joining us with the reaction. many people loved his movies and very sad to hear this news. >> reporter: they certainly were. talked to a lot of movie goers who remembered him. almost a second father to them. sources confirm a maid found actor john heard at this hotel, the sheraton, in palo alto. >> 71-year-old best known as frantic father in "home alone." now the santa clara medical examiner is investigating how he died. maid found him in hotel room. when police responded around 2:00, they found him unresponsive. heard was recovering after undergoing minor back surgery at stanford medical center thursday. in facebook post he thanked fans for their support. in podcast interview posted tuesday on youtube heard app

ashley braselton/evacuee: at first you think you know things are going to be fine. the mountains. fire happens almost every year, not a big deal. once you start getting ash in your yard, you kind of think a little differently. power goes out. phone goes out. you start worrying a little bit more. amy conway/resident: to be honest this fire has been terrifying. i didn't think it would get as close as it's gotten and as many homes would be evacuated. it's not just inconvenient. it's the terror of it. you know what's going to be left when everybody goes back to their homes. who is going to have homes to go to. businesses are also suffering. downtown mariposa looking like a ghost town

several other areas were reopened to evacuees today.so far more than 75-thousand acres have burned. the fire is now 30 perecent contained but 60 homes have burned. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. close to 45- hundred firefighters have faught these flames since the fire started last sunday. right now a meeting is being held at mariposa high school to update evacuees on the situation. the cause of the fire has not yet been released. (justine) even after a fire is out... that doesn't mean fire crews can leave. firefighters are expected to remain on site for a few weeks to assess the damage.(jrstone) now, an app developer has designed something that may help streamline the damage assessment process. kristen hazard has created "wildnote" -- an app that helps integrate the data crews collect after fires scorch an area. hazard says the current method of collecting this data is slow... firefighters take detailed notes of the fire damage using pen and paper. this leads to delays in receiving the information. hazard says the

i worked hard on it and now it's gone.for the other evacuees, it's now a wait and see situation to seetheir homes are still standing.sot anyone would be nervoussotwe trust in jesus. we know he can take care of us. i

the evacuees are being directed to two red cross shelters. one at the christ delight cathedral and the other at saint vincent de paul. one woman was evacuated with her rescue dogs but she didn't have food for them. that's when a member of the oakland fire department stepped in to help. >> the fire chaplain had a bunch of dog food he brought to the dogs. and treats and snacks and so it was -- everyone's just been really helpful and really nice. >> that's a really sweet thing to do. >> it's super sweet. i mean this couldn't have gone better. i guess given that a building burned down and a lot of stuff got destroyed. >> the people who live at the grand apartments were allowed to return to their units for just five minutes to gather belongings. they're being told they may not be able to return home for two days. our ktvu cameras once again caught this moment of kindness in the midst of the chaos of the fire. an oakland police officer walking hand in hand with a woman helping escort her away from the chaos. >>> there have been at least four suspic

while crews are making progress on putting out the fire some evacuees are getting a little restless. one woman says she tried to go back home but was turned away.<> <"you have to take cal fire and it's word just wait when it finally died down area get more frustrated i drove up there yesterday trying to see if i can sneak in and i couldn't do it">(tiffany) over five thousand buildings are still being threatened today. (tiffany) and a stretch of interstate i-80 that was closed by the fa(i)rad fire in nevada county is now back open this morning. officials say the fire started near the interstate in the westbound direction monday. closing the highway completely. the flames have schorced nearly 700 acres. no structures are threatened at this time. the fire is 20- percent contained. (tiffany) and in southern california... the whittier fire in santa barbara county is nearly 50 percent contained. the fire has forced about 35-hundred people to flee their homes. it has also threatened a children's summer camp. about 60 kids at the camp became trapped at one point after the road became engulfe

. >>> dozens of evacuees are back in their homes this morning following a fire that destroyed an apartment complex under construction in oakland. the flames damaged a massive crane. engineers had to take down the unstable crane but they did so successfully, as you see there. city officials have been working with pg and e to turn the power back on. no everyone has been allowed to return. officials say the 24th street and waverly have been damaged with flame and smoke. those will remain off limits until inspectors say they're safe. >> we'll be directly contacting residents and property managers with the information we have. if folks want to reach out, you can look at the city's website. >> in all about 700 people were displaced. investigators say the fire's cause is suspicious. >>> since that fire broke, we've been posting constant updates on social media. check out twitter or facebook for the latest developments on this and all your local news. go to nbcbayarea.com. >>> it has been a dangerous and difficult weekend for firefighters battling brush fires all across the bay area. resources are

several other areas were reopened to evacuees today. so far more than 75-thousand acres have burned. the fire is now 30 perecent contained but 60 homes have burned. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. close to 45- hundred firefighters have faught these flames since the fire started last sunday. right now a meeting is being held at mariposa high school to update evacuees on the situation. the cause of the fire has not yet been released. warmer temperatures are expected this afternoon, especially inland. temperatures will then begin to moderate on sunday as a weak upper level trough begins to develop off our coast. a more pronounced cooling trend appears on tap for the first part of next week, with a deepening marine layer and increased onshore flow. but then by the latter part of the week, high pressure looks to build back in again resulting in a return to warming temperatures. aside from some possible coastal drizzle, no precipitation is presently expected in our area through the forecast period. (justine) new at 8... a

. >> last night, authorities allowedy vaccies in the -- allowed evacuee ss. with the wet winter, there's vegetation that's dry and can burn easily. >>> time is 4:04. the city of santa cruz is closing beaches after a shark attacked a kayakers. all the beaches from the mouth of the san lorenzo river were closed including the santa cruz boardwalk. it happened around 11:00 yesterday on the west side of santa cruz near steamer lane. the shark appears to be a great white shark. the kayakers radioed for help and he was picked up by a harbor patrol bet. officials says he was not hurt, but it changed the plans of a lot of people who wanted to be out there to beat the heat. a couple from michigan wanted to rent surf boards, but they were turned down because of that attack. they said they didn't know the beach had been closed. >> all they really said was there was shark sightings. we didn't hear anything about an attack or anything, so that's news to us. but yeah, we didn't see signs or anything. >> officials ordered beach goers to stay out of the water through friday.

they said they are allowing evacuees back into their homes at this hour if they are escorted by police. this was a really bad fire. the thick smoke was visible throughout the south bay as this fire started near these homes in the sunset hills neighborhood around 4:30. the flames tore through houses and roared up the steep slope behind them. fire crews dropped water while the trucks raced up the hill. >> the extend of the fire was 100 acres and 40 homes that were affected. one home was burned down and another was damaged and 11 were evacuated. >> smokey the dog smelled smoke according to his owner. they escaped as they saw flames consuming the house across the street. >> with the wind and the flames jumping and the eucalyptus trees, the dry grass, i mean it's scary. >> it's scary. i saw a whole slew of more fire trucks going up again. so you don't know if -- it may not be over. >> reporter: by 6:00 the flames advanced into allen rock park. by night fall the fire was 40% contained as croups zero-- crew on hot spots. >>> a huge junk yard fire in the east bay. sky 7 was overhead after the

they said they are allowing evacuees back into their homes at this hour if they are escorted by police. this was a really bad fire. the thick smoke was visible throughout the south bay as this fire started near these homes in the sunset hills neighborhood around 4:30. the flames tore through houses and roared up the steep slope behind them. fire crews dropped water while the trucks raced up the hill. >> the extend of the fire was 100 acres and 40 homes that were affected. one home was burned down and another was damaged and 11 were evacuated. >> smokey the dog smelled smoke according to his owner. they escaped as they saw flames consuming the house across the street. >> with the wind and the flames jumping and the eucalyptus trees, the dry grass, i mean it's scary. >> it's scary. i saw a whole slew of more fire trucks going up again. so you don't know if -- it may not be over. >> reporter: by 6:00 the flames advanced into allen rock park. by night fall the fire was 40% contained as croups zero-- crew on hot spots. >>> a huge junk yard fire in the east bay. sky 7 was overhead after the

firefighters are slowly making progress against dozens of blazes and allowing evacuees to come home and some are finding their homes gone at least 40 homes were destroyed near orville and northern california. >>> there are new doubts about a photo that tries to prove that amelia earhardt survived her crash in the pacific. it shows her and her navigator in the marshall islands after they vanished. however two bloggers say they found the same picture in a travel book established in 1935, two years before earhardt disappears. >>> coming up several local childrens clothing stores are among those closing after the g gymboree bankruptcy filing. >>> an impending strike at philadelphia international airport is put on hold the union workers are planning to go on strike beginning today but earlier this morning they announced entered in last minute discussions, the strike would include wheel they're attendants and cabin cleaners and others employed by contractors for american airlines they are ready to go on strike if the negotiations fall apart. >>> childrens clothing retailer, gymboree announced

.>> reporter: evacuees were escorted inside their homes to get essentials until the scene can be deemed safe. tod williams's mother has lived here since 1968. >> my main concern is the crane that was in the middle.>> reporter: osha has declared the crane was safe even though it swung wildly earlier. it and the scaffolding must be taken down before arson investigators can go inside. the talk of the neighborhood was how familiar this scene was. another is the housing project up in smoke before the first tenant had moved. >> it is kind of scary when you don't know who is doing this. this used to all the parking lots. this was more inventory housing.>> reporter: investigators have not determined the cause and caution jumping to conclusions of a copycat or worse.>> i think it is too soon to make a connection. every development site comes with its own level of risks. developers -- anything could go wrong whether it's electrical or mechanical or human error. >> reporter: just in the past few hours heavy equipment has been brought down to the fire scene. they will begin the process in the morni

seawall and you can see the seawall, and emergency shoots from the plane were deployed and the first evacuees appear to come out of the rear of the plane one minute 29 seconds after the crash and video shows people still getting off the plane eight minutes later. we spoke with the retired airline captain who says that the evacuation was too slow. >> it has to be evacuated completely in 90 seconds. that is with half of the exits closed. >> he thinks it is possible that some of the passengers in the emergency exit rows may have slowed the process because they did not know where they were going or what they were doing. he also says it is disturbing that people stay close to the plane when they should've been led away in case there was an explosion. >>> it is for 10 am. >>> the gray wolves are making a comeback in california and we will see the new pups in the pack as they try to take a foothold after an absence for a century. >>> president trump meeting with his polish counterpart today and difficult diplomacy laws ahead. i am doug luzader from washington and we have more coming up.>>> we are of

. >>> evacuees from the massive fire are starting to return home. the sheriff's office lifted mandatory evacuations. the fire is now more than 74,000 acres. it's 15% contained. 58 homes have burned to the ground. >> reporter: people are coming home to ash and rubble. >> i can't think, could i have grabbed a picture or two. i probably could have but i grabbed the kids. >> reporter: she only had four minutes. >> the living room. this would be my kitchen area, my dining room. >> reporter: now all that remains, the home's foundation. >> my worst fear is they wouldn't be aware there was going to be a house here because we live so far in. that was my worst fear. i think that's what happened is they didn't get here in time. >> reporter: people are making their way back but the unpredictable nature of the fire still looms. >> they can come in but need to make sure their bags are still packed. >> reporter: she has nothing the pack like the other 57 families who also lost everything. >> how long is this nightmare going to be that you're not going to have your

the flames have charred 75,000 acres some evacuees in mariposa were allowed to return home, but 58 houses have been destroyed in a community where everyone knows their neighbor. neighbors are starting to connect the faces to the ashes. >> one of our locals that works here, he lost his house. a little upsetting. and some people still don't know. just looking at pictures, share information. >> the knock -- smoke hangs over the town. firefighters say the focus will be extending dozer lines in the greeley hill area where the fire is currently most activity. >>> oakland city leaders goes an earful about the city's growing homeless population. rob malcolm attended a town hall forum. it was hosted by allen temple baptist church church, and the people plane city hall, and say mayor schaaf isn't doing enough. >> reporter: mike has been homeless the majority of his adult life, and this block between 84th and 85th is full of garbage and tents. it's a long walk, and next door, an emotional town hall was held, adding the issues in this area, known as the living room. dr. smith pastor of allen temple b

some evacuees were overcome with emotion. >> what are you worried about? want to go to a shelter? >> the shelter is 48 hours. after that, where will i go? >> some residents say they have renters insurance but they do not know if it will cover their expenses if they have to stay at hotel for several days. more coverage on the oakland construction fire coming up at our 9:30 am hour. you can also go to ktvu.com for full reports and more video of that fire from yesterday morning. >>> we have new surveillance video that shows a man stealing a truck in martinez. the thief happened into a parking lot of contra costa electric on howell road. the video shows a man walking and looking around. this is a locked parking lot. eventually, he backs through the gate with one of the trucks and tries to start one of the trucks in the lot and eventually has success and drives away. if you recognize the man or have information, police would like to hear from you. >>> right now the trend -- g20 summit summit continues. shortly before 7:00 him all member nations agreed the paris

evacuees were taken to christ the light church. no report of any injuries. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> meantime, the two men charged in last year's deadly oakland warehouse fire were expected to enter pleas. instead, their attorneys asked the judge for a delay. the next court date for both max harris and derick almena will be on august 4. the defense says the men will likely enter a not guilty plea and ask for bail reduction. >> we keep our fingers crossed with the bail. we continue to review the discovery. we look intently. we are teams that evaluate the evidence and at this juncture, we see, you know, no evidence that they can ever show that our clients committed any act with criminal negligence. >> prosecutors sathey turned the warehouse into a housing and party space without permits or safety systems. in december, 36 people were killed in the fire at the west oakland warehouse known as the ghost ship. the flames started during a music event. >>> our top international story this afternoon, the much- anticipated meeting between presid