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

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

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

in redding, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. you, dion. >>> among the victims in the carr fire, a woman and her two great grandchildren. this is melody bledsoe, 5-year-old james roberts and 4-year-old emily roberts. they died after fire swept through their keswick estates home. this morning we're hearing from melody's husband ed and his account of how he tried to save them. >> i talked to junior on the phone until he died. he just kept saying grandpa, he said, come get me. he said come and get me. the fire is coming in the back door. i said i'm right down the road. he said come and get us. emily said, i love you, grandpa. grandma says i love you grandpa. and junior says i love you. come and get us. come and get us. i said i'm on my way. i said -- he talked until he died. i tried to call him back. it went to nothing. poor babies and my wife. what did i do wrong? >> that is just heartbreaking. we sent a push alert as soons we received updated numbers from the carr fire and alerts for local evacuations and updates on our abc 7 app.

abc 7 news anchor dion lim is in redding.gist drew tuma standing by to update us on conditions on the fire lines, but first let's get to abc 7 news reporter carlos sausedo live near lake berryessa. carlos? >> just complete devastation out here tonight. a toefltal of eight homes damag or destroyed in this fire. as you can see, the flames going pretty strong. this used to be someone's home. now just dark rubble. this of course is something that these residents have been preparing for years now but never experienced until tonight. even as firefighters began making progress on the steele fire, the apock liptic nature of the inferno is taking its toll. >> i've never seen it like this before. it's just here we go again. >> reporter: evacuation orders are new new for stu williams. he stayed behind to protect his home but seeing part of his neighborhood up in flames upsetting to say the least. >> this is a small community. we know -- pretty much know one another. it's just devastating, very sad. >> reporter: a total 6 eight homes dam

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

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

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

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

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

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

dionne lim has more. >> reporter: as the sun set at shasta college, the lawn has become somewhat of a kaump ground. >> the fire was really close, it was getting to our house so we have to evacuate before the fire came. >> reporter: on campus several shelters, endless supply trucks and volunteers offering every day items like animal crates for families with pets. initial estimates for friday night could be as high as 700 evacuees, michael pilipenko is tending to a sick put. >> it was very emotional, trying to figure out whether to evacuate. it was just hell. >> reporter: stories of struggle, a single mom, a student at shasta with three also boys, huddle outside as to -- >> the view inside is traumatic. cots lined up, people struggling, people dao el with their loss. >> reporter: one most poignant stories of a fire fight why leading a 20-person crew, he returned home to his home, destroyed by the flames. back at shasta, senator ted gains toured the donation site, ofrlg assistance. my hat is off to public safety. i think they're doing their best, yes. >> determination and gratitude. two

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

lim is free on a 50-thousand dollar bond.eck on what we are working on for kron4 news at six. pam moore is standing by in the newsroom.(pam) coming up new tonight on kron4 news at six. a woman goes on a racial tirade during an incident on a bay area freeway. tonight - we will tell you the repurcussions she is now facing, since video of incident was posted online. that's coming up new tonight at six... vicki now back to you and grant in studio. thank you pam - we will see you and ken tonight at six. (grant) in the east bay... a woman is caught on camera... egging cars in a quiet neighborhood in hayward. kron-4's michelle kingston has the details. (mk)amanda graef, hayward"it's just like, why? why would you do that?"aaron ledesma, hayward "it's a little alarming in a way."a woman walked up a drive way in the middle of the night in south hayward ... and cracked an egg on a car ... possibly looking right into the surveillance camera ... and then walking away.aaron ledesma, hayward"knowing someone's just walking around on your pro

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

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

lim and their coach from a flooded >>> a rescue unlike any other, pulling out that youth soccer team from that flooded cave in thailand. it happened earlier this week. tonight, we're hearing from one of the first divers to find those missing boys. >> initially, of course, excitement, relief they were still alive. as they were coming down the slope, we were counting them until we got to 13. unbelievable. >> heroic efforts by those british divers. the boys are expected to be released from the hospital next week. the thai navy now plans to add cave dive training for new recruits. >>> frightening moments when an engine burst into flames in midair forcing an emergency landing at sfo. united airlines 1863 landing at sfo in the overnight hours. the plane heading for australia took off 11:00 p.m. last night. shortly into the flight, a pilot of another plane reported sparks or fire coming from that united engine. the united plane circled around sfo for about 90 minutes to dump enough fuel before landing. thankfully, no injury zploos doze. >>> families visiting the oakland zoo got stuck in the

percy lim to cage is only in his mid twenty's but he's already spearheaded an innovation that's improving the lives of kenya's dairy farmers. to case invention is benefiting farmers like andrew longer run young from west polk county his family's main source of income comes from selling the milky produces. the nearest mill collection station however is several kilometers away. and when the weather is hot his milk spoils before he can get it there. but now he can transport his product in this solar powered milk cooler mounted on his motorbike when. my milk stays fresh in the tank for an entire day when the collection truck is late we can store milk from eight am to six pm without it spoiling. only the milk that's kept in plastic containers goes bad. and as i. took a who has a degree in informatics developed the mill cooler with his business partner and my stella. the two had noticed how hard it was for farmers to keep their milk fresh transporting it in plastic can strap to donkeys it's estimated that farmers in kenya lose up to two billion liters of milk every year that's when we. need. a

officers tried to track the man with a canine but were unable to locate lim. >>> russian president vladimir putin is coming to president trump's defense saying that their recent summit in helsinki was a success. that statement comes as president trump continues to deal with the fallout from their summit. president saying that he would hold putin responsible if russia tries to interfere in our elections again. >> i would because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. >> that's from a cbs interview. it's a turn from his initial upbeat description of the russian leader. intelligence officials say russia is now targeting our november congressional races. the president says he doesn't believe that's happening. >>> and the white house not ruling out allowing russia to question former u.s. ambassador to moscow michael mcfoul. mcfoul is now a political science professor at stanford's hoover institution. the kremlin says he's wanted for illegal activities. the proposal to turn him over to russia came up at monday's helsink

. >>> i'm dion lim, and coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, a mother's fair well to her daughter, jahi mcmath, who some say she lost years ago. >>> plus, keeping the area around the state capital clean takes more work than you might think. find it out why -- fines the department in charge of cleanup. >>> 7 on your side's michael finney takes us to a place in san francisco where california rules don't apply. that's all coming up in one-half hour. >>> san jose's joey chestnut celebrating this 4th of july by eating lots and lots of hot dogs. >> he took part in a weigh-in today before tomorrow's hot dog eating contest at coney island. he's a 216 pound eating machine, saying he cut off solid foods today to prepare. >> chestnut almost broke his eating record last year of 72 hot dogs. >> he's ready to break a new record tomorrow. you can catch it live on our sister network, espn 2, you know it's a sport. >> good fun, hard to watch. >> yeah, it really is. >>> we appreciate >>> tonight, coast-to-coast alerts heading into the fourth of july. right now, more than 40 wildfires burning in the west. the la

i'm dion lim. eric has the night off. let's get to developing news on the wildfire. cal fire is calling it the county fire and said since it started yesterday afternoon, flames have burned 34 square miles pushing smoke and ash into the bay area. mandatory evacuations are underway for the city of winters and firefighters worked throughout the night to put up fire lines under red flag conditions. you are

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in richmond, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> apparently there is a lead they're following up on right now. >> if we find out it's a match we'll let you know here or on sonoma and on our news app. >> that's crazy. >> crossing fingers. >> yeah. a lot of history. 1949, wow. >> wow. i love sonocial media. help find things. the visibility, not too bad compared to yesterday. half moon bay down to two miles. dense fog along the coastline. right now temperature wise we're in the 50s and 60s. good morning san francisco, you're at 57, 57 in oakland, 63 in san jose. inland you're warm in the mid 60s. danville at 65 degrees. it's humid out there. you will feel a little muggy in the atmosphere. live doppler 7 along with satellite you can see the monsoonal moisture that moved through parts of california and nevada late last night. it's streaming some high clouds in. it's kind of kriincreasing the humidity. looks like any showers or storms will stay confined into the sierra. we look to stay dry the next 12 hours. highs, 86 in san jose, warm in the south bay, 83 cupertino, peninsula, menlo park, downtown sa

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i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas for spencer christian, michael finney and all of us here at abc 7 news into your homes tonight. >>> tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. the raging wildfires and the dangerous heat. dozens of fires forcing thousands of evacuations. firefighters battling to save homes and lives. our team right there on the front lines. we're also tracking 130 million people feeling the heat. the alerts from coast to coast. >>> also breaking tonight, the statue of liberty evacuated. a woman and her treacherous climb up the side of the monument. police shutting down liberty island. >>> escape dive? the new images of the 12oys, saying hello from deep inside that cave. as word comes the only way out may be with masks and tanks. will they make that dangerous move? >>> supreme decision. president trump os

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. >> and i'm dion limb lim. three new fires sweeping across the country.s live with this. >> so far, red flag conditions making for little containment. major fire fight is on in siskiyou county tonight, where the fire has burned more than 33 square miles, marching across state lines into oregon. the santa clara fire department is on the front lines there, long with resources from marin county. one resident still unidentified was killed in the town of horn brook. the body found in charred ruins of a home. hundreds of residence told to evacuate. to the south in sandra barbara county, a fierce fire erupted friday night. burned 20 instructs including homes. investigator say a fire started at a home and spread to nearby brush. in san diego

i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas.aders met in oakland this weekend for the upcoming midterm elections. >> carlos saucedo is in the newsroom with the political implications. carlos? >>> two democrats are facing off in the general election. one is dianne feinstein. she has served in the senate since 1992 and is seeking her fifth term. for the second time in this campaign she's not getting her party support. >> state senator kevin de leon was greeted like a political rock star in oakland, especially after securing his party's backing for u.s. senate. >> i've inspired a lot of folks to think about what is possible. do we have the change that's needed to actually confront the issues that we're facing today? >> the board passed on incumbent senator dianne feinstein, opting to support de leon with 65% of the vote on saturda. >> we want someone who's going to be in the united states senate standing up for immigrantsst

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i'm dion lim in for ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. the worst tragedies in oakland's history. >> on in 2016, dozens of people were inside the ghost ship, a ma live/work space off oakland's international boulevard. they were there for a concert when the building caught fire. >> 36 people were trapped, some sent final farewell text messages to their family, gut-wrenching, of course. some like micayla gregory and her boyfriend, alex vega, died in each other's arms. >> the youngest victim was just 17, high school student dravin mcgill. officially, the oakland fire department could not determine a specific cause of the fire. investigators say it could be electrical failure, but they did not rule out candles or smoking materials. >> today plea deals were announced for derick almena and max harris. almena illegally converted the warehouse. harris organized the concert that took place the night of the fire. >> tonight we do have team coverage on both the sentences these men will serve, and how the victims' families are reacting to the news. >>

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