it's open house in hercules. >> reporter: hercules would instead contract with the contra costa county sheriff's department for police services. councilman dan romero worries response time would be slower and crime would spike in this bedroom community. >> catastrophic. our whole populace will be in danger. >> reporter: the city manager says measure a would bring in about $1 million, allowing hercules to keep its police force of 21 sworn officers. the current 6% tax on gas, electric, water and telephone bills would increase to 8%. hercules residents would also pay an 8% tax on cable tv. long-time resident charlie clark plans to vote no. at 88 years old, he can't even retire. >> i'm still working simply because everything keeps going up in price. >> reporter: he says a tax hike would make it even more difficult for him to pay his bills. >> my salary has not gone up one cent since and that's been a long time. >> reporter: in hercules, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> measure a only needs a simple majority to pass. the election is scheduled for june 4. >>> i'm ken bastida in oakland. cleaning up gr

>> yes. >> hercules has 21 police officers. if the county takes over they would do with less in this area. that election is june 4th, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> investigators are considering charges against a man in custody following a triple stabbing in santa clara county. a grandmother and her baby grandson were killed in that attack. one of their relatives, 28-year- old reuben ramirez, who has a history of mental illness was detained last night in san francisco. he lives in the house where the 48-year-old woman and one-year- old boy were fatally stabbed. a three-year-old girl is hospitalized in stable condition. a neighbor who does not want to be identified says the sheriff's department had been called to the house on other occasions. >> i have seen the sheriff's department out here several times. the dad said he was schizophrenic is what he told me but he was never a problem out here in the neighborhood, he was never a problem. >> investigators are interviewing ramirez and have not yet decided if

more on what's been a tough week for fire crews. >> reporter: white smoke in hercules on friday. >> we got a call from our neighbor that's the neighborhood was on fire. he raced home. his house and others were still standing. his deck and two fences destroyed. >> cut the grass we wouldn't have had a house. yesterday it was high. if they didn't cut the grass there wouldn't be a house. the latest fire was 3 acres but threatened five homes. it's one of dozens that sparked this week. on monday 10 acred. on wednesday 7 acres in san jose. the conditions are dry. similar to what we see in july. >> dry fuels, wind behind it. going up the hill. rapid rate of spread. >> he's not happy about losing his deck, but he is happy he has a place to call home. >> god is good. he works in mysterious ways. if he wanted to take this away he could have. >> the chief tells they latest fire sparked as caltrans workers were mowing the grass near highway 4. they hit a rock that caused a spark. >>> detectives in santa cruz get more than they expect when serving a search warrant to a man accused of planning grand

it's open house in hercules. >> reporter: hercules would instead contract with the contra costa county sheriff's department for police services. councilman dan romero worries response time would be slower and crime would spike in this bedroom community. >> catastrophic. our whole populace will be in danger. >> reporter: the city manager says measure a would bring in about $1 million, allowing hercules to keep its police force of 21 sworn officers. the current 6% tax on gas, electric, water and telephone bills would increase to 8%. hercules residents would also pay an 8% tax on cable tv. long-time resident charlie clark plans to vote no. at 88 years old, he can't even retire. >> i'm still working simply because everything keeps going up in price. >> reporter: he says a tax hike would make it even more difficult for him to pay his bills. >> my salary has not gone up one cent since and that's been a long time. >> reporter: in hercules, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> measure a only needs a simple majority to pass. the election is scheduled for june 4. >>> the smell of bacon cooking is usually a cr

something underscored by this fire today in hercules. dry conditions. there is an increased threat of wildfires. abc 7 news reporter was at the grassfire in hercules which ultimately damaged three homes. >> a grassfire off highway 4 in hercules destroyed this backyard deck and the fences behind these homes. a viewer e-mailed us this picture. it shows how the fire quickly made its way up the hill. >> very fast. it was uphill run with a wind behind it. it goes quickly once things dry out. >> they came home early from work to find the fire pro decks district in his backyard. >> i've never had any problems. been here 5 1/2 years. house is still standing. >> california had one. driest winters on record and on any given year by late may, cal fire responds to about 850 wildfires. but already firefighters are have tackled 1600. >> we didn't have any rain. january, february, march, we had very little rainfall. what rain we had, they were in small spurts. >> this memorial day weekend, fire departments are reminding people to be extra careful in the outdoors. >> t

hercules would need to contract with a sheriff for law enforcement services. the youth program is also at risk if the measure fails. >> there will be plenty of cops this weekend. and tighter security will greet runners this sunday. organizers have put new measures into place after the april bombings there will be cameras monitoring start and finish lines as well as jam packed haze street hill. police will be out in force in uniform and in plain clothes. >> everybody will be working whether teams or small motorcycles or horses we'll have bomb techs on the zeen allow for response and we'll have canines around. >> fbi, port security uniformed muni and officers from personnel, rather and officers from neighboring agencies will be part of the new force. no wheel td objects and no pets allowed. >> former child psychiatrist plead nod contest to eight felony child molestation charges bringing to an end what would have been a second trial on charges he molested boy who's were his paish yechblts a jury dead looked in 2009 on charges. sentencing schedule forward august 6

. >> later today, hercules city officials could vote to sell the troubled electric utility to pg&e for $9.5 million. it was created in 2002 as a profit-making venture for the city but the power company has continually lost money, laid off workers and had the credit rating downgraded to junk status. customers complain they pay up to 40 percent more than pg&e charges. hercules voters approveed the sale in june. >> and for hockey, the sharks fight their way to game seven tonight against the kings in los angeles. the home team has won every game in this stanley cup playoff series. the shark beat the kings on sunday night to even the series at three each. the winner advances to the western conference finals. the sharks will have to be up to the challenge, because the kings have not last a home in 13 straight games over the past two months. i sky "so what." >> let me translate "ha." >> time for a check on the forecast. mike? >> the drizzle is out there and it will be a nuisance for the commute. everything is slick this morning even if it is not raining. as we look upstream we do not see much

kron4's j-r stone is live at the scene in hercules, j- r? >> >>j.r.: in the distance you can see it i 80. this is where the two roads meet. you can see the black grass here and then i want to come up to the hill because that is exactly what the fire did. you can see what it did to these homes. here in this situation, burned that deck to the ground. i want to go to some of the video because you think it's more of what it looked like an hercules this afternoon. on the right side of your screen, you're looking at the white to smoke going up into the air. this is what people in the area saw. lots of smoke. then, on the left side you could see what it looks like on the ground. at the ground right now is extremely dry. as for the cause of this, it is still on a clear but those who live in this area say those with caltrans were cutting across the roadway and a short time later they saw flames. i talked with the gentleman who lived in this house. you will hear what he has to say to this and what he found after this fire in my 6:00 story. live in her

it is 16 minutes from hercules to berkeley.t to back up the map and show you the right on 880. there was a stall or a vehicle with a flat tire. it is at 29. is slow traffic for just about an eighth of a mile. the north bay ride looks good. your ride to the public transit this morning as delay free. bart has no delays and caltran does not have any delays. the muni metro is not reported any problems so far this morning. >> the time is 6:19 a.m.. new this morning, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck shortly before 2:00 a.m. this morning. 370 mi. southwest of port rom puerto q uelton and about 950 mi. away from santiago. so far there have been no reports of any damage or injury. >> the u.s. senate is aiming to wrap the work on a sweeping immigration bill this week. a judiciary committee has been meeting over the last two weeks to settle a few remaining disputes. one involves work visas for high skilled immigrants. the high-tech industry is in favor of them. there is also disagreement over whether gay americans should be allowed t

hercules to berkeley 11 minutes. tracking any hot spots on your westbound 580 ride out livermore. problem free ride there. the same for the south bay if you are driving toward san jose mineta airport no problems to tre alsohbou 10 w101 ride throh marin county. >> a tornado has swept through an area near dallas- fort worth causing multiple deaths of fatalities and scores of injuries. now emerges workers are evacuating residents of 34 people among the rubber. cnn's victor blackwell has more from cranberry, texas. >> take a look at this. video from a storm taser in north texas wednesday night. and of this. this is what a tornado looks like in the dark. lit up by lightning. >> that is what this man did when the storm hit he rode out thor in his bathtub. you did see the roof collapsed. you to see the twister just they're facing you. it was horrible. >> officials say it hopscotch to the area touching down lived in the upper texas. as the storm passed reports of injuries and fatalities came in. i have information that peopl

. >> buenas noches , la falta de dinero es tan grande en la ciudad de hercules que el departamento de policía podrái desaparecer, beatriz ferrari tiene mnas información. >> buenas noches los residentes de hercles tendrán la oportunidad de definir el futuro del departamento de policía con su voto en junio. >> no hay fondos suficienres y bo hay mas opción de seguir recortando . >> se pretende aumentar los impuestos en un 2 por ciento en el agua , la electricidad y el cable,esto traería un millón de dólares adicionales , sin esto el departamento de policía no podría seguir funciónando. >> si la medida a no tiene éxito una de las posibilidades es que en vez de contar con 21 policías se contrataran 15 agentes. >> son áreas bien y no queiremos que haya delincuencia en un futuro. >> se necesita un área segura , pero para jose la presencia de los alguaciles es bienvenida. >> según autoridades existen otras ciudades que contratan los servicios del sheriff en su condado. >> oficial de la policía de san francisco resultó herido durante un disturbio , grupo de personas quiso entrará dormitorios s

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and we will watch you, too, low-to-mid 80's in most of the east bay sure but you saw fremont, and hercules, all around 87 or 88. 89 in san ramon but otherwise 90 to knight, at&t park, big series, even if it is may. the dodgers, 66 degrees at 7:15 first pitch and dropping to star-filled 61 degrees by the end of the game. lows in the 50's and mainly again, maybe a few 40's in the north bay valley. let me show you what is ahead, normally our weather moves from west to east but the slow is moving from east to west and with thats counterclockwise flow that bangs up against the coast and we could see a shower or two. look at that, if the coast drops 20 degrees by monday so enjoy the warmth. have a great day. >> the only thing going slower than the solar powered plane is the traffic at at the bay bridge toll plaza to treasure island and to san francisco. it will not take you 17 hours so that is good. the maze is not affected westbound 80 from berkeley toward 580, the eastbound traffic is moving well as you come from berkeley. we have this situation in los gatos along southbound 17 we have a repor

a meeting will discuss further expansion, including routes to san pablo and hercules. council will talk about bart's efforts submitted last month. >>> you will see of ads this summer about texting while driving. the cell phone companies will be pushing a campaign it can wait slogan. it will be aimed primarily at teens. >>> some unbelievable video from a racetrack in japan. watch. >> that ferrari spinning out of control and smashing into what looks like a million pieces this video shows the ferrari. the worker was injured but they are both expected to be fine. >> they build those cars so you can withstand that. >> very dangerous. >>> it is 5:51. the popular bay area attraction that is about to get priceyer. coming priceyer. >> how a woman's love for whitney houston caused an emergency landing. coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign the

the east bay 15 minutes for hercules to berkeley on 80 it westbound. answer that reported in the san ramon valley on l costa boulevard, almost at dublin. there was some debris in the lanes but it hasn't cleared from the center divider. a little bit of slowing associated with this accident in the center divider southbound 1 01 at dixon landing road. it is not creating a huge problem. the north bay ride looks good, 1 01 from marin county southbound is still less than 25 minute trip from 37 down to the golden gate bridge. >> an explosion caused havoc in some town and evacuates part of disneyland. something burst inside a trash can at disneyland yesterday evening around 530. police say the blast was caused by dry ice inside a plastic bottle. it was placed inside a trash can and that is where the small explosion happened. no was hurt but the whole area was evacuated. the ones county bomb squad was called to disneyland and led the investigation. no word on if there any suspects. disneyland officials have not commented on the blast. we're sure they're a lot o

the meeting is underway at 7:00 at hercules city hall at the address on your screen. the meeting is underway at 7:00 p.m. >> the fight by north bay oyster company to stay open heads back to court. they were set to close in march after the federal government ordered it shut down. the interior department and environmentalists say the farm must go. the area should be returned to wilderness. the national park service has allegeed the boats have had a negative impact on the seals but they say it does not disturb the parent life. >> the homeless population in san mateo county has been revealed with now almost 1,300 homeless people living in the county, up 12 percent the last two years. the county seas this is because of the tough economy. >> redwood city leads the county with the largest homeless population but south san francisco is number two72. east palo alto is number four with 119 homeless people. half moon bay at 112. the census count includes those living in streets, encampments, and cars and recreational vehicles. >> so many are talking this morning: angelina jolie

the hill to be neighborhood, panola and hercules. >>> coming up, shopping online may never be the same. the vet on capitol hill may change the way you shop. >>> and we are following breaking news from san jose, awhile chase has ended in a crash. . >>> up to the mountains to the north, we could still get a lot of gray, here is sal. >>> we have a

información del tiempo para este fin de semana >> en estos momentos departamento de bomberos de herculesios hogares en la autopista 8 intersectada con la 80 antes de mediodía una hora después contuvieron llamas no hay daños ni heridos , como estará el tiempo el fin de semana nos interesa mucho >> vamos con javier >> buenas tardes cesar balanca , próximlos días cielo despejado sin probabilidad de lluvia al este alguna actividad para nosotros , en las 348 horas que vienen a continuación alguna nubosidad el viernes y sábado condiciones tranquilas para la region , cerca de la bahia nubosidad en la tarde sin probabilidad de lluvia como vemos , detalles de las condiciones del tiempo en cuanto a temperatura esta noche 51 napa 56 pkland 56 san josé , san francisco 51 detaleles de las temperaturas mañana 77 los Ángeles , 75 reno detalles de temperaturas maximas por ciudad lo vemos , pronóstico extendido para san josé y san francisco cielo nublado de 50 a 70 grados en fresno mañana sin probabilidad de lluvia ni nubes cielo despejado pronóstico extendido fin de semana despejado temperaturas en los

the traffic maps shows that it is 14 minutes from hercules to berkeley. no delays for west of 24. your ride to the san ramon valley is 16 to 70 minutes. the west bound 580 ride has not yet backed up coming out of all to my pass way. your north bay ride coming out of marin looks great through novato. >> the next phase of jodi arias murder trial has been postponed. a jury found her guilty of killing her ex- boyfriend, travis alexander. earth now the jury has decided her sentence. that phase of the trial was scheduled to begin at yesterday after note but has been delayed until next wednesday. court officials gave no reason for the lake, but a bomb threat was reportedly made at the courthouse. the suspect behind the threat is in custody. >> president obama today is launching a new effort to build support around his health care law. he is trying to target women and young people where they mother stating even at the white house. the president will promote the benefits to women, including free cancer screening and contraceptives. he was so ask mothers to urge th

hercules to berkeley down the east shore freeway as of now the 12 minute trip. >> west bound 24 a clearhot through the caldecott tunnel for the macarthur maize. a quiet ride out of the north bay. green on the road way censors indicating speeds over 50 mi. an hour. you can see, in seattle at least 80 people were arrested after violence broke out during a may day march. protesters threw rocks and bottles at police and news crews. they also flown streak shinung street sigd trash cans as they moved through the downtown area. business windows also broken and vehicles with people inside were bank around. they're moving through the streets. meanwhile, thousands of people gathered on the steps of the art in state capital to celebrate may day, and to celebrate victory for the abortion- rights supporters. argued governor signed into law a bill allowing everyone in oregon regardless of immigration status to obtain a special driver card. supporters believe the law will improve traffic safety while helping thousands of undocumented immigrants get to and from work. opponents believe the law enables u

hercules to berkeley 11 minutes. not tracking any delays northbound, 101, or 280 at this point. >> year 101 south bound ride through marin county is delay free. navato to san francisco about 20 minutes. >> openly gay youths will now be allowed to join the boy scouts. more than 60 percent of 1400 voting members of the boy scouts of america voted for the historic policy change yesterday. it will take effect on january 1st. the approved resolution says " no use may be denied membership in the boy scouts of america on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone in the ". the vote followed months of intense debate among interest groups and within the ranks for scouting itself. however, be as they did not vote on whether to remove its bay on get old leaders. kron forcefully sjegal spoke with local scout and stock leaders reacted to the change. >> after learning the ban on openly gay scouts have been lifted this boy was happy. i want to the entire role to change so everyone can participate. >> his mother is is their

. >> 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley coming down the east shore freeway. we're seeing a lot of green and enjoying it on our road way censors. >> west bound 24 a clear shot through the caldecott tunnel and toward the macarthur maize. not tracking any incidents for the nimitz freeway or interstate 580. >> (cheers and applause) >> it has now been 1 months as the boston marathon bombings. back on apple 15th to pressure cooker bombs exploded at 249 in the afternoon near the finish line of the boston marathon. two brothers were responsible for the terrorist attack. tamerlan and johar tsarnaev for identified a suspect by the fbi. a massive manhunt ensued on april 19th. carolyn died during the manhunt. johar was captured and charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. a bombings killed three people and injured 264 others. >> minnesota is now the 12 states in the united states legally recognize gay marriage. the state's governor, mark dayton, the bill into law yesterday just one day after the state senat

through the north bay valley and breezy at the beach and mid-to-upper 60's through the east bay and hercules at 71. mid-70's through the san ramon valley to livermore and low-to-mid 80's for pittsburg and antioch and brentwood. day game 12:35 first pitch, and 64 with sunshine and warming to 69, so a burn factor there if you are not careful. tonight, in the 50's but i want you to see this area of light rain that could move into the north bay dug the morning commute because of this cold front that will bring us at least two days of much cooler weather. that would be tomorrow and friday. here we are tonight, clouds are thickening, and some drizzle and possible sprinkles and light rain is confined to the north bay and when we get to 9:00 all the way through the evening hours, scattered light showers are possible, and overnight we will see a lull and when the cold front pushes through the south bay, a couple more scattered light shows are possible and we are talking less than .1". toward friday afternoon and evening, the sun will come out and check how cool it is: barely 70 inland and 60's at the

seems cool for a record high but it is attainable and everyone else is in the low-to-mid 80's but hercules and fremont in the upper 80's and low 90's in the east bay valley. here is what will happen tonight, it will be nice, a bit of a breeze developing, but, still, comfortable. the dodgers are here and 66 dropping to 81. tonight, upper 40's in the north bay, and 50's for the rest of us but the clouds are lining up so that is a stronger sea breeze. here is how it is happening. watch behind the saturday at 8:00 in the morning, the low is retrograding and moving from west to east or east to west, backyards and when it does it gives the best chance of showers tomorrow in the high country, tomorrow night, through sunday, with the low passing overhead our best chance of a shower is in the north bay and the higher elevations where they will stay on sunday. what most of us will notice, it will be 20-degrees cooler we the time we get to sunday. in the high country, a chance of showers and thunderstorm saturday and sunday. seven-day forecast shows we are talking temperatures that will be running in

firefighters responded to a grass fire which damaged three homes in hercules. >> we have no idea how the fire started but as you can see, highway 4 is just down the hill and koit have been anything. the wind pushed fire up the hill coming close to homes. a grass fire off highway 4 destroyed this backyard deck and fences behind these three homes. a viewer e mailed thus picture showing how the fire made its way up the hill. >> goes quickly once things dry out. >> she came home early from work just to find crews in the backyard. >> i've been here five and a half years and never had problem autos your house is stand something. >> yes. house still there. >> california had one of the driest winters on record. and cal fire response to a 850 wildfires but firefighters have tackled 1600. >> we didn't have rain. no. january, february, march, very little rainfall. rain was in small spurts. >> this memorial day weekend fire departments reminding people to be careful in the outdoors. >> they need to be aware of their surroundings and just have situation awareness. >> some fire departments like th

headed over to the east bay clearly is 65 and hercules and castro valley, and fremont, at 70, and remain warmer if you head east, mid-70's in the east bay develop. we will hook around the state, thunderstorms are possible up in tahoe again, and 68, and yosemite is 76, and, really, in threat of climbing out of the maintains and headed to the central valley. they will probably fall apart. mid-80's through the central valley. we will bring it back home, four games with the braves, starting tonight, 7:15 at at&t park. 60 degrees. dropping down to 54. we will keep dropping into the 50's. cloud cover is as extensive as it was this morning but it will go away quicker. the warming trend that begins today, check out tomorrow, about two to four degrees warmer and as we head toward saturday and sunday, still looking at mid 80's and upper 70's at the bay. formous for mother's day. on monday, tuesday, and wednesday, temperatures are about same and maybe just a little bit cooler. >> listen up, prince harry will arrive in washington, dc, to kickoff the six city tour of the united states, the first visi

the beaches and over to the east bay shore we have 66 in berkeley and reaching 70 in fremont and hercules. now, the game, specifically, starting partly cloudy and get mostly cloudy by the end of game from 62 at first pitch at 7:05 and close at 10 at 54. the giants will feel at home and they would probably like more of a breeze than what they will get there. temperatures tonight are running in the low-to-mid 50's but up across the north bay, tonight, we have one more system on this jet stream pushing the moisture into our neighborhoods and just a little bit of moisture so drizzle is possible tonight, especially near the coast, and our higher elevation and a shower is possible as this storm system sideswipes us right across the north bay so here we are this afternoon, can you see the sun breaking through the clouds but there will still be plenty of clouds. you can see the increase in clouds by 2:00 in the morning, and, from that time all the way through 7:00, there will be a stray shower that is possible and we will get some cooler and dry air on the back side of this system. you can see ho

at the beaches and only mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shoreline and try to get near 70 at hercules and castro valley and treatment and more likely 70's in the east bay valley where you get the wind coming up through crow canyon and through the canyon and it keeps you cooler than everyone else. a day game at at&t park and people tailgating, possibly, and nationals and giants last game of the set and it will be breezy and sunny and 58 to start, about 62 at the end of the game. we will talk temperatures phone, and we will be in the 50's around richmond and oak, just about everyone else in the 40's so another cool night and maybe great sleeping weather and it was probably hard to get up because it was so refreshingly cool in the house they didn't want to get out from under the covers and it will be that way tomorrow. thursday and friday, temperatures into saturday and sunday, all about normal if not below and the slow warming trend on monday and tuesday with no wild temperature swings in the pattern until a week and a half or two weeks. >> layers are good. want to hear about a free and

along east bay shore, 70 in hercules and we head to the east bay valley, low to my 70's from 71 in pleasanton to 74 in antioch. headed to the game, a lot like last night with temperatures 61, and dropping down to 57, and mainly cloudy conditions and you will see a few more stars when the dry air moves in, in the evening. tonight we will have slightly cooler, with mid-50's for most of us. the low pressure is spinning offshore and is filling so it is weakening and starting to move but it is moving to the south so the best chance of rain will be in the high country and in the south bay to monterey bay and to the south. by action it is clearing out nicely with patchy fog possible tonight and increasing sun in the seven-day forecast and it take as couple of days for the temperatures to respond and by friday we are warming above average and we are still looking at low-to-mid 80's inland through the weekend and mid-70's around the bay and low 60's along the coast. have a great day. >> we are tracking the sig-alert, with an accident coming down southbound 680 before you get up on vargas with a car sm

degrees cooler at the beaches and up more 60's to low 70's and we could reach 74 in union city and hercules and 75 in fremont. a's are taking on the rangers at 7:00, at 63 dropping to 57. tonight the temperatures are in the 50's with a few 40's in the north bay valley. we could go up a degree or two tomorrow but we drop two to four degrees on wednesday and more on thursday and more on friday, and steady through the weekend. >> this is coming from albany to berkeley to emeryville we have a clear drive. at 580 i have drive time traffic but coming away from 580 the drive is looking nice along eastbound 80 to the toll lazy and not too much traffic from oakland to san francisco. if you are traveling along highway four between antioch and concord you are at 17 minutes head away from address to dublin , and we have construction on the bay bridge. over to you. >> british prime minister cameron visits the white house today for talks prior to the june summit of the world top eight industrial nations. he and president obama will talk about syria's civil war, iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and count

. >>> in hercules, firefighters race to put out a grass fire that burned dangerously close to several homes. paul chambers ask here with how that fire also shed light on a bigger issue going on there in contra costa county. >> reporter: thankfully for this family the fire didn't reach their home. they were planning to have a graduation party in the backyard. as you can see, the fire destroyed their deck. >> got real close. >> reporter: kenneth shows us how dangerously close the flames came to his home. >> got close. >> reporter: contra costa county fire district says around 11:45 this morning they got a 911 call for a grass fire. carson wasn't at home but is thankful to his neighbors for their efforts to help save everyone's home. >> his relative was spraying the water. as much as they can. trying to keep the flames down the hill. >> reporter: fire officials were able to get things under control. for those in the area who saw the fire station shut down last year due to budget cuts. >> reporter: this particular location -- >> this is about equally located between the two fire stations.

at the east bay shore, 80 in fremont and hercules. inland, nearly air conditioning weather with pleasanton at 89. now, the game. a's are coming back after losing one to the giants and will play the white sox tonight. 70 degrees is first patch at 7:05 and dropping down the to 60. temperatures in the mid-50's to near 60 tonight. it will be warmer than this morning. high pressure is building and you probably notice the calm in the air. warmer weather, too, and saturday is back to heat peak at 66 at half moon bay and 74 in san francisco and 80 in oakland. at 93 in walnut creek and 97 in antioch for a warm spot. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures tomorrow almost six degrees warmer than today and we start dropping especially at the coast on sunday with see breeze and temperatures are staying above average monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday next week. enjoy the heat. authors are questioning a "person of interest" in connection with a recent ricin liter threat. agents descended on this northeast texas neighborhood to talk to a ma

as you arrive at the entrance hall, you're reminded you may have to struggle like hercules to stay onhe right path. the grand staircase brings you to the hall of the emperor. in the end, the journey is worth taking, for if you proceed correctly, you arrive at your goal. this has not been a dismal journey. it has taken place, after all, in a garden, a reminder that the earth can be a happy place, at least for those who might find themselves as the guests of prince eugene. like much art throughout history, then, baroque was optimistic, but whose optimism? the 17th century was certainly a period of great expansiveness in european culture, both in geographical space and in the mind, but it was also the time of the inquisition, bitter religious wars which devastated the continent, and the time in which despotic monarchs dressed up their naked power in the trappings of benevolence. the style in which they did this can be seen here in the belvedere palace. italian baroque artists who developed this visual language used it to express the faith, confidence, and power of the catholic counter re

east bay will be mild and sunny. 74 in hercules. union city, 73 in oakland. the inland areas is where you will see the temperatures getting to where you should be this time of year. 80 san ramon and 81 in livermore. if you are heading to the game tomorrow at at&t park, it is a day game. giants and a's bay bridge series. 65 at 12:45 and breezy by 3:45. sunny though in the low 60s. short leaves will do it and as you check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast it is shorts weather and near 70 at the beaches on saturday. cooling a little bit at the coast and much cooler everywhere monday through wednesday. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow. live doppler 7hd on twitter for the bay area conditions. get the vid forecast spare the air alerts and now better outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team at abc7 news. we will be watching for increasing fire danger heading into the weekend. carolyn and dan? >> right along with the heat. >> and the dry air mass. >> thank you, sandhya. >> it was a slow game between the giants

for the east bay shore we have upper 60's to low 70's and castro valley and hercules is the warm spot and san ramon is not bad and highway 4, pittsburg antioch and brentwood, throw mid-80's. to the game tonight, braves and giants, game two of four games. dress warmly, 7:15 it will be 59 and increasing clouds and down to 356. temperatures tonight are a lot like this morning, upper 40's to low-to-mid 50's from the north bay to the rest of our neighborhoods. here is the accweather seven-day forecast, near 90 inland for the warmest high tomorrow and sunday and near 80 around the bay. temperatures drop five- to ten-degrees when the sea breeze comes back on monday but it will be pleasant tuesday, wednesday, and thursday and dry with temperatures above average. have a good day. leyla gulen? >> we have a sig-alert in san francisco but, first, a picture of our bay bridge toll plaza with traffic moving find out here but we do have maintenance work, three tolls are blocked and that is the 16 through 19 tolls on the far right-hand side. right now, it does not look to be hampering traffic but the

east bay will be mild and sunny. 74 in hercules. union city, 73 in oakland. the inland areas is where you will see the temperatures getting to where you should be this time of year. 80 san ramon and 81 in livermore. if you are heading to the game tomorrow at at&t park, it is a day game. giants and a's bay bridge series. 65 at 12:45 and breezy by 3:45. sunny though in the low 60s. short leaves will do it and as you check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast it is shorts weather and near 70 at the beaches on saturday. cooling a little bit at the coast and much cooler everywhere monday through wednesday. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow. live doppler 7hd on twitter for the bay area conditions. get the video forecast spare the air alerts and now better outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team at abc7 news. we will be watching for .ncreasing fire danger heading carolyn and dan? >> right along with the heat. >> and the dry air mass. >> thank you, sandhya. >> it was a slow game between the giants and a's. >> it

. >>> a close call for some homeowners in hercules. a brush fire burned right up to some homes along highway 4. chopper 5 caught these pictures of scorched backyards on newbury avenue. the blaze started at around 11:45 this morning. and by the time for a fighters had the fire contained, it had charred three acres. crews were able to stop the fire from spreading to homes. but flames did reach some backyard fencing and decks. some neighbors took matters into their own hands and used garden hoses to keep the flames back. >> i just saw a bunch of trucks outside my house, hope my house isn't on fire. my neighbor was out there hosing i guess some of the fire down. it got close to the house but at least the house is still there so that's good. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> students at an east bay high school are coping with a devastating blow just days before the end of the school year. one of their classmates an immigrant teen known for his work ethic and friendly demeanor died suddenly after weight training. kpi

east bay will be mild and sunny. 74 in hercules. union city, 73 in oakland. the inland areas is where you will see the temperatures getting to where you should be this time of year. 80 san ramon and 81 in livermore. if you are heading to the game tomorrow at at&t park, it is a day game. giants and a's bay bridge series. 65 at 12:45 and breezy by 3:45. sunny though in the low 60s. short leaves will do it and as you check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast it is shorts weather and near 70 at the beaches on saturday. cooling a little bit at the coast and much cooler everywhere monday through wednesday. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow. live doppler 7hd on twitter for the bay area conditions. get the video forecast spare the air alerts and now better outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team at abc7 news. we will be watching for increasing fire danger heading into the weekend. carolyn and dan? >> right along with the heat. >> and the dry air mass. >> thank you, sandhya. >> it was a slow game between the gian

of following regular leads there are frequent deployments of elite special forces who have been hercules teams and their sole purpose is intimidation show force how well they hold up in black suburbans armed with submachine guns and bullet proof vests just to verify anyone who even thinks about doing something to hurt the city but it wouldn't be the n.y.p.d. without being rented for hire by a lead businesses and private corporations that's right there taking glorified house calls businesses going to hire these teams to scope out an area or location just to make sure there's no imminent threat. honestly though should we be surprised at the tight relationship between big businesses and police i mean right before the occupy wall street movement broke out j.p. morgan chase bank even unprecedented four point six million dollar donation to the n.y.p.d. as a way to ensure police loyalty and guess what they sure got it because over the next year the n.y.p.d. was one of the most brutal forces during protests against the wall street but back to the general of the n.y.p.d. army mr ray kelly i think

looking at the east bay shore way drive time 35 minutes from hercules to berkeley.of 242 heading to southbound 680. that is continuing through the san ramon valley. we do not have any accidents incidents to report but we have our fair share of slow and go conditions. also backed up in the south bay north bound 101 is a better ride and interstate 280. checking the bridges. delays of the store freeway that is where traffic is tied up. we are looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza. no delays from the 80 nimitz approach. interstate 80 traffic looking good. the meter lights are active. we are seeing better conditions up the incline and across the upper deck. we are problem free of the san mateo bridge. the seven clock hour traffic was on the right- hand side relatively steady. it is loosening up as you work your way toward foster city. >> last but not least, a live look at the golden gate bridge. the problem or delays. we have a little bit of slow and go traffic coming out of navato . past that looking good were aware of the north bay. anny . >> thank you erica we sta

each shore for re rights, 14 from hercules took brett pulley. --berkeley. here on interstate 680 as you head and report of a vehicle fire. it has already been extinguished and traffic has not been delayed. the marin the bride is an easy one still from no vital to the golden gate bridge. the ride on bart without delays. no problems for the metro. james? >> a house panel is holding another hearing today about last year's deadly assault on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. witnesses include a former deputy chief of mission in libya and a former regional security officer. gop lawmakers insist the obama administration has been covering up information about the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans back on september 11th. >> controversy over the boston bombing suspect killed in a shoot-out without the judge with police. the owner of a burial plot and connecticut is now offering his side to the family of talent sarnmerlan tsarnaev. the plot on the family of talent sarnmerlan tsarnaev. the plot on a paul goodnight. than

and last month hercules authorized that sale. >>> bike share something set to start in august and users will be able to pick up and drop off bikes at different stations. the network will include 35 bikes south of market districts, along the embarcadero and they will discuss low occasions. and the first half hour of bike usuals will be free. >> a car sharing program is putting money back in your mock kit but we will have more on why the airport wants it to stop. >>> let's go back to sal, the holiday is over and everybody is back at the toll plaza. >> yes, metering lights went on early and now we have a backup of 20 minutes trying to get back on the bridge but they have been on the meter willing lights and san the mat matt traffic -- san mateo traffic looks good and no problems on the nimitz freeway getting here and as we told you no problems on the san mateo bridge and on the other side on fremont and nimitz, we are off to a good start and we have a little bit of slowing on 101 northbound but that's about all. let's go to steve. >>> a few breaks in the clouds where they say mostly cloudy

in hercules, j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >>pam:new tonight at 8. more golden gate bridge toll plaza. as kron 4's dan kerman reports, bridge district directors got a look at the re-design today, which is tied to plans to bring a moveable median barrier to the bridge. the toll plaza at the golden gate bridge will soon be getting a face liftas part of the plan to bring a moveable median barrieo the bridge and the zipper truck to move the barrier twice a day the toll plaza bridge spokeswoman mary currie says the roof and toll booth at lane 10 and 11 will be removed and the roof above lanes 8 and 9 will be raised to house the zipper truck. despite these changes to the plaza, currie says it will lead to no reduction in lanes for northbound traffic >>dan: the hope is this toll plaza will be reconfigured and the median birder and place and ready for use by some time early in 2015. at the golden gate bridge, dan carmen, kron 4 news. >>pam:bikes. will now be allowed hours. bart's board of directors voted last night to make the, this will be a 5- month trial. and will begin july and after the t

of following regular leads there are frequent deployments of elite special forces who have been hercules teams and their sole purpose is intimidation show force how well they hold up in black suburbans armed with submachine guns and bullet proof vests just to verify anyone who even thinks about doing something to hurt the city but it wouldn't be the n.y.p.d. without being rented for hire by a league businesses and private corporations that's right there taking glorified house calls businesses going to hire these teams to scope out an area or location just to make sure there's no imminent threat. honestly though should we be surprised at the tight relationship between big businesses and police i mean right before the occupy wall street movement broke out j.p. morgan chase bank even unprecedented four point six million dollar donation to the n.y.p.d. as a way to ensure police loyalty and guess what they sure got it because over the next year the n.y.p.d. was one of the most brutal forces during protests against a wall street but back to the general of the n.y.p.d. army mr ray kelly i think

. >> there is an 18 minute drive time from hercules to berkeley.lley is up to 20 minutes. ive to the south bay still looks great. this is a running at about 21 minutes. there's no delays out to cupertino. the ride through saooks good on 85. here is the more ran dry with no delays to speak up. >> super bowl 50 is coming to the bay area. the super bowl committee has started to hire staff to plan all the parties and to coordinate the events. that will pick the place is a wholesome, some of them would be inside and others will be outside weather permitting. the mosconi center is about to go into expansion and they hope to be done before 2016. the super bowl village could be centered at the ferry building, heading down market street to union square. other popular spots, like fisherman's wharf was also play a role. city hall could see some action. >> the time is 6:52 a.m.. we will be right back in a few minutes. >> the giants in search of 3 in a row vs. washington. bryce harper, the man who took on the dodger stadium right-field scoreboard and lost. in t

that commute at 14 minutes from hercules to berkeley.e time coming out of walnut creek. southbound freeways look good no delays here yet. the north bay ride is still good from nova toe down to the golden gate bridge. >>> it's a case that captured national headlines on wednesday jodi arias was found guilty for the brutal murder of her boyfriend. in an interview she explains why she is hoping now to be given the death penalty when sentenced. >> the worst outcome for me would be life. i would much rather die than live for a long time. i said years ago i would rather get death than life and that is still true today. i think death is the ultimate freedom. >> arias was charged back in june of 2008 for the death of her boyfriend. she killed him in his suburban home. she planned in the attack in a jealous rage stabbed him, shot him, and nearly beheaded him. the trial now moved into the penalty phase. the jury reconvenes today to consider whether or not to give her the death penalty. >>> the legendary dome theater in pleasant hill is no more. the