today, the fire we had a gully at the bottom and a street at the top and on the right. so there is a natural break for the fire. >> and the initial crash caused the utility lines and poles of the other lines, excuse me of the other poles along that street to collapse and that is why this fire chief says that caused a big fire. and we're told 7,000 people are with out power so that is the latest on oakland hills close call today and of course, the oakland fire storm on the minds of everyone here today and now to, my colleagues with another aspect of the story. >> you're right there is an idea of where i am. down below me is mountain boulevard where that car crashed. that caused that power pole to fall down to start to fire. and take a look around. we're standing behind two of the three homes temperatures say they faced from the fire. and still, dozens of firefighters are on site. the flames came up to the back porches of the homes this, is where firefighters are still staged. the only person home when the fire broke out was an 81-year-old lois chambers. i spoke to her an

. >> we had a gully at the bottom and a street on the top and a street on the right. we did have a natural break from the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >> oakland police have not identified the female driver, but say she is in hospital with cuts and bruises in stable condition. the fire danger will be high in these hills this weekend. reporting live in oaknd la, thomas roman, abc7 news. >> thank you, thomas. >>> dangerous fire conditions are expected in some areas of the bay tomorrow. sandhya patel is here now with more on that. sandhya? >> when you look at the wind speeds, you can see why the fire danger is expected to be high. look at sfo. 37 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour around fairfield out of the southwest. those gusts will continue and even increase near the delta. 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., the gusts are expected to be about 45 miles an hour. it cussers the sacramento valley and the -- it covers the sacramento valley and northern san juaquin morning. the humidity will be in the 10 to 15% range. you have two things going here, g

. >> we had a gully at the bottom and a street on the top and a street on the right. we did have a natural break from the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >> oakland police have not identified the female driver, but say she is in hospital with cuts and bruises in stable condition. the fire danger will be high in these hills this weekend. reporting live in oaknd la, thomas roman, abc7 news. >> thank you, thomas. >>> dangerous fire conditions are expected in some areas of the bay tomorrow. sandhya patel is here now with more on that. sandhya? >> when you look at the wind speeds, you can see why the fire danger is expected to be high. look at sfo. 37 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour around fairfield out of the southwest. those gusts will continue and even increase near the delta. 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., the gusts are expected to be about 45 miles an hour. it cussers the sacramento valley and the -- it covers the sacramento valley and northern san juaquin morning. the humidity will be in the 10 to 15% range. you have two things going here, g

. >> this was a demanding terrain and high mountains and deep gullies. very demanding . that all of the hostages are in good health. >> a new scandal hits the government agency that is supposed to make better use of your tax dollars. the gsa making headlines in april when this rap video came out and along with accusations that employees spent $800,000, of taxpayer money in vegas. it is 95 gsa officials and decide to work from home and spent 750,000 for travel over the course of nine months. molly henenberg. and investigating the latest round of spending . yes, the republican chairman of the house oversight committee wants to know where it went. congressman issa said it is important for the american people to know that the work from home employees are and responsible stewards of the taxpayer dollars. and former gsa executive jeff nealy and in charge of the pricey gsa conference in vegas. he found out about the travel expenses last fall and wrote to a colleague. omg, this is it a fine mess we have gotten ourselves in . nealy sent another e-mail. they would not believe the

today the fire we had l gully at the bottom. street at the top and street on the right. so we didn't have a natural break for the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >>reporter: now as you can see behind me pg&e crew still working on restoring power and also repairing that utility pole. oakland police tell us the woman in the car who they have not identified at high land hospital with cuts and bruises but otherwise in stable condition. fire officials warn people that this weekend fire danger will be high in the oakland hills. reporting live in oakland, abc 7 news. >>> l talk a little bit about the fire danger that we are facing this weekend. spencer is following that of course very closely for us. spencer. >> we have a combination of wind getting stronger and humidity getting lower combination raises the risk of fire. current wind gust, gusty at sfo at 43 miles per hour. gust at half moon bay up to 25 miles per hour. 30 miles per hour gust right now at fairfield an up north at santa rosa. so breezy to wind all around the bay area all day long.

. >> we had a gully at the bottom. we had a street at the top and a street on the right at rifle. so we did have a natural break for the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >> oakland police say the driver of the car only suffered cuts and bruises and was receipted at hyland hospital. fire officials say the fire danger will be very high in the hills this weekend. in oakland, abc7 news. >> the two men accused of attacking brian stow outside of dodger stadium will stand trial on charges of mayhem, assault and battery. the judge ruled there's enough evidence to allow a jury to hear the case against luis sanchez and marvin nor wood. that followed testimony from an eyewitness, as well as sanchez's own sister, who is engaged in nor nor wood. they played a recorded jailhouse conversation they say amounts to a confession. >> >> stow continues to recover from severe brain injuries that left him disable and likely requiring care fortrat of his life. >> in morning we know the mehserie case is not over yet. he will appeal to the state supreme court. yesterday a sta

. >> we had a gully at the bottom. we had a street at the top and a street on the right at rifle. so we did have a natural break for the fire which we were able to figure out where the fire was going. >> oakland police say the driver of the car only suffered cuts at hyland hospital. fire officials say the fire danger will be very high in the hills this weekend. in oakland, abc7 news. >> the two men accused of attacking giants fan brian stow outside of dodger stadium will stand trial on charges of mayhem, assault and battery. the judge ruled there's enough evidence to allow a jury to hear the case against luis sanchez and marvin norwood. that followed testimony from an eyewitness, as well as sanchez's own sister, who is engaged to norwood. they played a recorded jailhouse conversation they say amounts to a confession. [tape playing. inaudible.] >> stow continues to recover from severe brain injuries that left him disable and likely requiring care for the rest of his life. >> this morning we know the mehserie case is not over yet. the former bart police officer will appeal to the st

. >> we had a gully at the bottom industry at the top. we did have a natural bridge to the fire. we were able to figure where the fire was going. >> this is interstate 580. when they repaired the damage poll, what is going to happen is they will probably set down interstate 580 in both directions. the chp is hoping that does not happen until after the commute sometime after 6:00 p.m.. right now, pg&e is not ready to make those repairs. when they happen, it is likely that interstate 580 will be closed in both directions. >>pam: you're looking at pictures that were sent into kron4 by our viewers. dozens of people were asked to evacuate their homes. many of them did not have time to hose down list tops or gather any belongings. reggie kumar is live at the fire command center with more on the part of the story. >>reggie: the flames were moving so quickly residents did not have much time, only about five minutes to gather what they could before they had to leave their homes. take a look at this video. this was the senior mountain boulevard and keller avenue near where the car hit a ut

for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing doubt about his message and his chances come november. big donors are sitting tight with their money. for mitt romney, several things appear to be going right. he is raising a lot of money and his poll numbers have been getting better. a little more than two hours from now, both men take to the stump in the battleground state of ohio with dueling key economic speeches. they won't be face to face, but you can bet that they won't mince words about each other either. so, cnn's jim acosta joins us from cincinnati. the obama campaign is billing today's speech at the framing of his economic message. he has to, one, present a plan, two, instill confidence, three, convince the american people maply independents that he deserves a second term. that's a lot for one speech. >> reporter: that's right, don. and this is as close as we've gotten to a real general election battle between these two can