i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley.ight the fbi and military officials are trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. it happened in the late afternoon in the town much itta bena, a rural area. >> marine corps say the casey 130 plane had a mishap. witnesses saw it go down in a cork screw pattern and slam into a toy bean field leaving a five mile trail of debris. in the last couple of hours a county spokesman urged people to stay away from the crash site because it is still unsafe. >> we don't want anybody out there. we have fuel out there. so we don't want anybod without responders in the area. >> the plane is used extensively in the military for ariel refuelling, carrying cargo and transporting troops as well. >>> our other top story tonight, a fast moving grass fire in the south bay. right now firefighters in san jose are still at the scene seven hours after this thing started. >> flames from a car fire spread to a hillside near san file lee pay and metcalf rode. melanie is live with the developing story. >> report

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze.an and ama have the night off. let's get the tiffany wilson live in richmond with breaking details. tiffany. >> reporter: kristin and eric, it was certainly a very stressful evening here in richmond. the police station where i'm standing has just been cleared of that bomb threat. we want to show you the evacuated areas because of course it extended beyond just this police station. the communications center and homes nearby along nevin and mcdonald avenue were evacuated. the police station where i'm standing, and then also people in homes along jetty drive. >> make a right up there. >> reporter: the bomb threat started with two phone calls. both times the caller used a profanity and said a bomb inside the building was going to blow up. >> those phone calls were made back-to-back within a couple of minutes. >> reporter: the five employees within the richmond communications center, ten staff member also in the pligs station and several police prisoners evacuated. police went door to door

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i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. the 2017 for season is already a destructive one. >> fast start. the amount of acreage it's burned stateside exceeds last year's totals in california. >> lonny rivera joins us live to explain how cal fire is handling this season. >> reporter: yeah, they beefed up patrols out here, just since saturday. they've responded to several fires burning more than 250 acres. they say high grass like this in the hot, dry weather is the reason why they're fully staffed, ready for the next one any minute. cal fire crews are hosing hot spots from a brush fire on this hillside. this contra costa firestation is keeping busy. >> we're getting fires day and night. >> reporter: this fire burned 150 acres and cal fire officials say the amount of acreage state side that's burned this year already surpasses last year. the difference this year -- dead trees from the drought. >> when you remove trees that provide sunlight, you add the rain, we get a big grass crop. >> reporter: in this fire, the grass was hig

i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> our top story tonight, scores of firefighters are battling a brush fire in southeast san jose. >> it's burning in san philippe and metcalf road to the east of 101. about 40 acres have burned. earlier firefighters said it could burn as much as 500 acres. >> firefighters attacking from the air and ground. this is mostly a rural area. th at rihomes at risk. a vehicle fire was reported in the area about the same time. >> it's only 40% contained. we'll have more at 11:00 over on channel 7. >> whether you're talking wind or humidity, weather always a factor in a brush fire. >> that's right. drew tuma has more on this. >> kristin and dan, encouraging news around the area of the brush fire currenly in the south bay. relative humidity on the rise and the winds have weakened now calm. earlier this afternoon, they were gusting out of the west at about 10 miles per hour. into the hills around the region, it is rather breezy at this hour. 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts at mount tam, atlas peak 21-mile-per-hour wind gust. the fire danger is running high the next few

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. the 2017 for season is already a destructive one. >> fast start. the amount of acreage it's burned stateside exceeds last year's totals in california. >> lonny rivera joins us live to explain how cal fire is handling this season. >> reporter: yeah, they beefed up patrols out here, just since saturday. they've responded to several fires burning more than 250 acres. they say high grass like this in the hot, dry weather is the reason why they're fully staffed, ready for the next one any minute. cal fire crews are hosing hot spots from a brush fire on this hillside. this contra costa firestation is keeping busy. >> we're getting fires day and night. >> reporter: this fire burned 150 acres and cal fire officials say the amount of acreage state side that's burned this year already surpasses last year. the difference this year -- dead trees from the drought. >> when you remove trees that provide sunlight, you add the rain, we get a big grass crop. >> rorter: in this fire, the grass was high

thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley.ed south of sonoma not far from the sonoma sky park airport. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live in sonoma with the latest. cornell? >> reporter: larry, kristen, here is what we know. we are about 150 yards from this crash scene where that single engine plane crashed just before 1:00 this afternoon killing one person onboard. investigators and the sonoma county sheriff's office as well as the coroner is here on scene. the sonoma county sheriff's department said the plane took off from the sonoma sky park about 12:45 and crashed about 1,000 feet from the runway. take a look at some video that was shot just moments ago. four people were onboard. we understand that one person was killed, three others were injured. we h

i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. tonight the fbi and military officials are trying to figure out exaly what went wrong. it happened in the late afternoon in the town much itta bena, a rural area. marine corps say the casey 130 plane had a mishap. witnesses saw it go down in a cork screw pattern and slam into a toy bean field leaving a fe mile trail of debris. in the lt couple of hours a county spokesman urged people to stay away from the crashite because it is still unsafe. >>e don't want anybody out there. we have fuel out there. so we don't want anybod without responders in the area. >> the plane is used extensively in the military for ariel refuelling, carrying cargo and transporting troops as well. >>> our other top story tonight, fast moving grass fire in the south bay. right now firefighters in san jose are sti at the scene seven hours after this thing started. >> flames from a car fire spread to a hillside near san file lee pay and metcalf rode. melanie is live with the developing story. >> reporter: kristin a

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze.imate moments and threatening to release it until they paid up. >> janine is at police headquarters with the story. janine? >> reporter: dan, the authorities tell us that the suspect is out on bail and is expected to be charged very soon. now, the couple -- police say 33-year-old adama, lived with his wife in an apartment in this complex on pennsylvania avenue. which they shared with a couple in their 20s. the young couple moved out after two months and started receiving disturbing e-mail from an unknown address. >> he had a video of the couple engaged in sex acts, and if they didn't pay $5,000, they were going to release it to facebook and tag them and send it to family members. and then it turned to the suspect was saying, well, i won't release the video if you have sex with me for one night. >> reporter:he

. >> i'm kristen sze. dan and ama have the night off. let's get the tiffany wilson live in richmond with breaking details. tiffany. >> reporter: kristin and eric, it was certainly a very stressful evening here in richmond. the police station where i'm standing has just been cleared of that bomb threat. we want to show you the evacuated areas because of course it extended beyond just this police station. the communications center and homes nearby along nevin and mcdonald avenue were evacuated. the police station where i'm standing, and then also people in homes along jetty drive. >> make a right up there. >> reporter: the bomb threat started with two phone calls. both times the caller used a profanity and said a bomb inside the building was going to blow up. >> those phone calls were made back-to-back within a couple of minutes. >> reporter: the five employees within the richmond communications center, ten staff member also in the pligs station and several police prisoners evacuated. police went door to door asking nearby residents to cle

. >> i'm kristen sze for ama daetz. right now on jimmy kimmel, guess who we have. actor kit harrington. >> see you tomorrow. good night. >>> new viral videos on an all new show "right this minute." a man walks out toward the street but -- >> in the last second, he changes his mind. >> why that was one lucky decision. >> no way! >> twin sisters go at it. the secret language that only they understand. >> they're having an argument. >>> a drone captures a dicey rescue on a dam. >> where's the person? >> the story behind the ghost kayak. >>> and play along with a game of real or fake. decide for yourself after watching the videos that had us divided. >> real. >> absolutely fake. come on! > >>>. >>> these incidents were captured. you see a man walking out of that door about to cross the street. in the last second, he changes his mind. >> oh! >> yeah! >> no way! >> was it attached to the garbage truck? >> it turns out this truck was stolen from a construction site nearby. they accidentally hooked that car that now crashes against this blue van. that does not stop this dr

. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> oakland mayor libby schaaf has weighed in on the promotion of the two police commanders. critics charge the two were involved in a cover-up. abc 7 news reporter janine de la vega is live with more. >> reporter: protesters are standing outside the greek orthodox cathedral holding up signs here for the last hour. they are upset about the promotions of these officers. they yelled at oakland mayor libby schaaf as she drove into the parking lot. >> libby, sick animal. >> reporter: as you just hear, they yelled at the mayor to leave office over the scandal involving police officers and a young prostitute now known as jasmine abuslin. the protesters are picketing the promotions of two officers who they say failed to properly oversee the investigation. a federal report last month found top officials at opd and the city mishandled the investigation. the east bay express reports two high ranking investigators involved in the investigation, john lois and ronald holmgren are now being promoted by the chief. >> you can't promote cops that cover up a rape scandal. a young w

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. >>> tonight, the holiday scare at the airport. >>> tonight, theiday scare at the airport. with the country on alert, the out of control taxi slamming into a crowd of people. at least ten injured. what we're learning about the driver. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again. days before his first face to face meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public comments since that deadly car accident. >>> and splash landing. the moment laughing tourists begin to panic.

thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. the plane crashed south of sonoma not far from the sonoma sky park airport. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live in sonoma with the latest. cornell? >> reporter: larry, kristen, here is what we know. we are about 150 yards from this crash scene where that single engine plane crashed just before 1:00 this afternoon killing one person onboard. investigators and the sonoma county sheriff's office as well as the coroner is here on scene. the sonoma county sheriff's department said the plane took off from the sonoma sky park about 12:45 and crashed about 1,000 feet from the runway. take a look at some video that was shot just moments ago. four people were onboard. we understand that one person was killed, three others were injured. we have just learned that two of the victims were children. they were taken to oakland's children's hospital. their condition is unknown. now, sky 7 was over the crash scene and we have learned the aircraft was possibly a sirrus sr-22. that is a high-tech

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. >>> tonight, the holiday scare at the airport. >>> tonight, the holiday scare at the airport. with the country on alert, the out of control taxi slamming into a crowd of people. at least ten injured. what we're learning about the driver. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again. days before his first face to face meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public comments since that deadly car accident. >>> and splash landing. the moment laughing tourists begin to panic. the sightseeing balloon crashing into a gator-infested pond. >>> and good evening. i'm tom llamas in for david and we begin this monday night with chaos at a major american airport. reports of a vehicle plowing into a group of people, many of them injured. here's the scene at

. >> and i'm kristen sze. alma daetz has the day off.ake a decision any moment today to increase water rates. the increase will likely be 20% over the next two years. 9 biggest chunk in more than a decade. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony has more from oakland. >> what's going on here? >> reporter: critics say east bay mud's 18.25% rate increase is a slap in the face to the district's customers who spent the lasteveral years proving they could conserve. >> the timing is unfortunate. i understand that. >> i know i live paycheck to paycheck and water is a basic human right. i don't want my water bill to be increased. >> reporter: the rate increase is necessary to replace aging pipes and infrastructure. and while east bay mud's 1.4 million customers certainly did their part to conserve, averaging 20%, that also resulted in a severe drop in revenues for the district. >> about a third of the rate increase is driven by increases in operating costs. about a third is being driven by additional investments in infrastructure and about a third i

. >> i'm kristen sze.ause still unknown today, the investigators returned to the scene of friday morning's fire that burned a 196-unit apartment building under construction. meantime, nearby residents and businesses are struggling through the aftermath. >> wayne freedman joining us live from the scene. wayne? >> reporter: hello, larry, from the ground here behind me, it is frightening and it is massive. imagine what it might look like from above. we did today, that's why we sent drone view 7 above the remains this morning to take a look. what a tangled mess. by now it appears to be a stable and burned-out tangled mess. investigators may find clues about how all of this began. in oakland today, remains of the valdez fire had become the kind of tourist attraction no city would want to advertise and no neighbors to live through. >> easily somebody could have died. >> reporter: to this point a suspicious mystery which could explain the presence of the alameda county district attorney's office, and the federal

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kristen sze has a look at the slopes. >> reporter: this is the cam from squaw valley. can see a lot of the snow has melted, but enough remains that skiing continues past july fourth for the first time in resort history. check out squaw valley yesterday, skiers waving the american flag, dressed in patriotic shorts and tank tops, all made possible because the resort got more than six feet of snow this past winter. and mt. bachelor in oregon, skiers were able to celebrate america's birthday on the slopes for the ninth time in history. >> can't wait to do it again. this is probably the best snow of my lifetime. >> happy birthday, america. >> and back to squaw now. you notice the lifts have now stopped. from this point on, you can only ski on saturday morningings. and mammoth mountain remains open, as well. that's pretty incredible. >> thank you, kristen. >> and spencer is here with the forecast. i don't imagine there's any snow in it. >> no, not from the bay area. i'll give you a preview of tomorrow in three-hour stages. low clouds and fog at the coast and out over the bay

kristen sze is here with the story. >> reporter: ln chairs are for lounging, uess it's the fourth ofuly. then they're for saving parade spots. many cits are seeing a revival of this tradition, including morgan hill, alameda, and danville. in morgan hill, where they're celebrating, chairs started popping up imay. you see them roped together on peak avenue. >> why do people put the chairs out so early? >> they want toet a prime spot. they love it. we love them. >> in danville, theown encoures using chairs to mar spots opposed to chalk which is banned. we asked for your thoughts, i think a person staking out a spot early on in the morning of the parade is fine. but just a chair several days in advance is rude. now, you're not allowedo put out yr chairs until midnight, july fourth. >> thank you, kristen. >> air quality can go from bad to worse during the fourth of ju. blame it on barbecues and fireworks, especially ones set off by people who aren't the professionals. >> when you add personal fiworks to the mix, we see typically on fourth of july a huge spike in particlant matter four to

kristen sze is here with details. >> september of next year playing host to a global summit to combat change. governor brown announced it at the music festival on the eve of the g20 summit. president trump, of course, is at the summit of world leaders. and governor brown's message is aimed directly at him. >> yes, i know president trump is trying to get out of the paris agreement. but he doesn't speak for the rest of america. we in california and states all across america believe it's time to act. >> cold play lead singer chris martin headlines this festival famous for mixing music with politics. mega stars highlight global issues like the environment, or poverty. as for governor brown, hosting an international summit is his latest move in climate diplomacy. he recently went to china to discuss cooperation with its leaders. the governor has not said who will be attending this summit, but he's asking political leaders, investors, musicians, mathematicians, students and activists to all take part. eric and ama? >> kristen, thank you. >>> oakland is about to launch a new effort to keep t

kristen sze is here with the story. >> reporter: lawn chairs are for lounging, unless it's the fourth of july. then they're for saving parade spots. many cities are seeing a revival of this tradition, including morgan hill, alameda, and danville. in morgan hill, where they're celebrating, chairs started popping up in may. you see them roped together on peak avenue. >> why do people put the chairs out so early? >> they want to get a prime spot. they love it. we love them. >> in danville, the town encourages using chairs to mark spots opposed to chalk which is banned. we asked for your thoughts, i think a person staking out a spot early on in the morning of the parade is fine. but just a chair several days in advance is rude. now, you're not allowed to put out your chairs until midnight, july fourth. >> thank you, kristen. >>> air quality can go from bad to worse during the fourth of july. blame it on barbecues and fireworks, especially ones set off by people who aren't the professionals. >> when you add personal fireworks to the mix, we see typically on fourth of july a huge spike in p

kristen sze has a look at the slopes. >> reporter: this is the cam from squaw valley. you can see a lot of the snow has melted, but enough remains that skiing continues past july fourth for the first time in resort history. check out squaw valley yesterday, skiers waving the american flag, dressed in patriotic shorts and tank tops, all made possible because the resort got more than six feet of snow this past winter. and mt. bachelor in oregon, skiers were able to celebrate america's birthday on the slopes for the ninth time in history. >> can't wait to do it again. this is probably the best snow of my lifetime. >> happy birthday, america. >> and back to squaw now. you notice the lifts have now stopped. from this point on, you can only ski on saturday morningings. and mammoth mountain remains open, as well. that's pretty incredible. >> thank you, kristen. >> and spencer is here with the forecast. i don't imagine there's any snow in it. >> no, not from the bay area. i'll give you a preview of tomorrow in three-hour stages. low clouds and fog at the coast and out over the

abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the story. >> ama, we're talking about the largest mexican museum in the u.s. and the first institution in san francisco to be affiliated with the smithsonian. a respected museum to be sure. that's why it comes as a shock when an independent assessment found only 83 out of 2,000 artifacts in the pre-hispanic collection could be authenticated. museum officials held a news conference to clear up a misunderstanding that many pieces may be fake. >> what was misinterpreted was the fact that all the other pieces were inauthentic is not correct. >> museum officials say the challenge stems from the transition from a community museum to a national museum, with higher standards. demanded by the smythe season yan for its partners. they say analysis will be done to date the artifacts and many more will likely be authenticated and go on permanent exhibit. the museum is stocking up for its $86 million new home being built right now. the target opening date is in 2019. larry and ama? >> kristen, thank you. >>> hundreds of kids poured into the western additi

. >> abc7 news anchor kristen sze with the fight over the congressional dress code. >> talking about right to bear your arms as in wear sleeveless tops or dresses. congresswoman jackie speier tweeted call to arms and sleeveless friday happened. take a look. democratic congresswoman donned best sleeveless dresses for picture, on the capitol steps today. illinois's jan is a kowske sweets, it must be updated to expect a woman's right to bare arms. the current dress codes bans sleeveless outfits and last week a female reporter was kicked out of the speaker's lobby because of it. this one has bipartisan support. arizona republican. >> martha: -- martha mcsally. >> standing in my professional attire, happens to be a sleeveless dress and open-toed shoes. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. >> we've got to update the rules so that, in fact, you can wear sleeveless clothing on the floor, in the speaker's lobby and open toed shoes. >> the house speaker says decorum is important and working to amend the dress code to keep up with the times. the ruling of suit coats and ties may be changed as

kristen sze is here with details. >> september of next year playing host to a global summit to combat climate change. governor brown announced it at the music festival on the eve of the g20 summit. president trump, of course, is at the summit of world leaders. and governor brown's message is aimed directly at him. >> yes, i know president trump is trying to get out of the paris agreement. but he doesn't speak for the rest of america. we in california and states all across america believe it's time to act. >> cold play lead singer chris martin headlines this festival famous for mixing music with politics. mega stars highlight global issues like the environment, or poverty. as for governor brown, hosting an international summit is his latest move in climate diplomacy. he recently went to china to discuss cooperation with its leaders. the governor has not said who will be attending this summit, but he's asking political leaders, investors, musicians, mathematicians, students and activists to all take part. eric and ama? >> kristen, thank you. >>> oakland is about to launch a new effort t

abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the story. >> ama, we're talking about the largest mexicaneum in the u.s. and the first institution in san francisco to be affiliated with the smithsonian. a respected museum to be sure. that's why it comes as a shock when an independent assessment found only 83 out of 2,000 artifacts in the pre-hispanic collection could be authenticated. museum officials held a news conference to clear up a misunderstanding that many pieces may be fake. >> what was misinterpreted was the fact that all the other pieces were inauthentic is not correct. >> museum officials say the challenge stems from the transition from a community museum to a national museum, with higher standards. demanded by the smythe season yan for its partners. they say more analysis will be done to date the artifacts and many more will likely be authenticated and go on permanent exhibit. the museum is stocking up for its $86 million new home being built right now. the target opening date is in 2019. larry and ama? >> kristen, thank you. >>> hundreds of kids poured into the western addit

. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us.you a live picture of the beach board walk in santa cruz. not too far away from here, ocean access is restricted and signs are going up. >> here's a map to show you exactly where this is. the attack happened in the famed steamer lane surf area. abc7 news reporter david louie is live in santa cruz with more on the story tonight. david. >> reporter: well, dan and kristen, we are at the overlook where the light house is where the surf museum is at the end of steamer lane. the attack happened at about 11:00 this morning just about a half mile out. now, that's where steve lawson was in his kayak beyond the kelt bed. when he looked down, he saw a shark bite the front of the of e kayak flipping him into water. he contacted harbor patrol using a marine radio for rescue, a nearby boat also offered assistance. now, fortunately lawson was not injured. he says he got a good look at about 25% of the shark, but isn't sure how big it really