maynard has been a college professor. that's taught crime and sociology at a number of california schools, including here at santa clara university. we have learned that maynard has been charged in connection with one fire that burned in lassen county. but authorities say he may be responsible for setting several more fires and that he's a danger to the public. 47 year-old gary steven maynard is a college professor that's now accused of being a serial arsonist. authorities say he was living out of his car and said at least 7 fires near last in and shasta trinity national forests. the accusations against maynard are staggering to his friend and former roommate. he's a kind person, but he deals with mental illness. i i didn't think he was capable of doing something like this. so i'm in katherine sharpe nba says maynard has struggled with keeping jobs at several bay area schools, including santa clara university and sonoma state may turn has a phd in sociology and 3 masters degrees sharp mta says maynard was homeless, had di

maynard has been a college professor. that's taught crime and sociology at a number of california schools, including here at santa clara university. we have learned that maynard has been charged in connection with one fire that burned in lassen county. but authorities say he may be responsible for setting several more fires and that he's a danger to the public. 47 year-old gary steven maynard is a college professor that's now accused of being a serial arsonist. authorities say he was living out of his car and said at least 7 fires near last in and shasta trinity national forests. the accusations against maynard are staggering to his friend and former roommate. he's a kind person, but he deals with mental illness. i i didn't think he was capable of doing something like this. so i'm in shock. >> katherine sharpe nba says maynard has struggled with keeping jobs at several bay area schools, including santa clara university and sonoma state may turn has a phd in sociology and 3 masters degrees sharp mta says maynard was homele

maynard has been a college professor. that's taught crime and sociology at a number of california schools, including here at santa clara university. we have learned that maynard has been charged in connection with one fire that burned in lassen county. but authorities say he may be responsible for setting several more fires and that he's a danger to the public. 47 year-old gary steven maynard is a college professor that's now accused of being a serial arsonist. authorities say he was living out of his car and said at least 7 fires near last in and shasta trinity national forests. the accusations against maynard are staggering to his friend and former roommate. he's a kind person, but he deals with mental illness. i i didn't think he was capable of doing something like this. so i'm in shock. >> katherine sharpe nba ays maynard has struggled with keeping jobs at several bay area schools, including santa clara university and sonoma state may turn has a phd in sociology and 3 masters degrees sharp mta says maynard was homeles

the accusations against maynard are staggering to his friend and former roommate. he's a kind person, but he deals with mental illness. i i didn't think he was capable of doing something like this. so i'm in shock. >> katherine sharpe nba says maynard has struggled with keeping jobs at several bay area schools, including santa clara university and sonoma state may turn has a phd in sociology and 3 masters degrees sharp mta says maynard was homeless, had difficulty finding work and it got to the last an area to live by. >> gave him a cup cars to live in. so he's been living in the >> court documents show maynard was arrested after a u.s. forest service officer placed a tracking device under his car. maynard has been linked to this list of fires that burned between july 6th and august 7. the most recent 3. we're not far from where the dixie fire is currently burning the federal judge overseeing the case has acknowledged mental health issues may be involved. >> hope he gets the help he needs. he's. he's >> a criminal complaint shows that maynard has been charged with

a spokesperson tells u maynard lectured in the criminology and criminal justice department in 2020. the judge says maynard may have mental issues. >>> as for developments in the dixie fire, it is now the single largest fire in state history having burned nearly 500,000 acres in butte and plumas counties and destroyed more than 1,000 homes,rtructures and it's 27% contained. we're getting a new look at the destruction from a satellite. to the left what the town of greenville looked like before the fire. take a look at your right, right now, that's what it looks like. the cause is still under investigation. >>> the climate in crisis, creating new urgency this morning in the north bay. the press dem reports more water rights holders are losing their ability to divert river water. restrictions kicked in for about 1500 rights holders including clover dale and healdsburg. another 300 or so is ranchers, grape growers or land owners are losing their rights. mends's water levels are 30% of what it usually is this time of year. >> time to get a look at that forecast today. meteorologist kari h

the judge says maynard may have mental issues. >>> as for developments in the dixie fire, it is now the single largest fire in state history having burned nearly 500,000 acres in butte and plumas counties and destroyed more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other structures and it's about 27% contained. we're also getting a new look at the destruction from a satellite. look to your left, that is what the town of greenville looked like before the fire. to your right, that is what it looks like now. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> we received a little bit of relief from the smoke from the fires in the bay area. >> we have for the past couple days, it's been clear. think about that when the kids are going back to school, they're going out for recess and having to deal with smoke. this is the first day of school for pittsburgh unified and they're starting out with temperatures in the mid 60s. it's really nice and cool to start off at drop-off time but pick-up will be hot. 91 degrees and it gets even hotter from there. take a look at our highs for our inland areas and

this is, authorities say, a man bent on causing more pain. 47-year-old college professor gary maynard was arrested and charged for serial arson across northern california, accused of starting the nearby ranch fire court filings with allege maynard was in the midst of an arson setting spree, and that he even tried to trap first responders fighting the dixie fire by gaining access to an evacuation zone and lighting fires behind them. utility company pg&e admits a power line may have been partly responsible for sparking the fire. a federal judge has ordered a report from the company. a representative tells us they will respond on monday. lester >> all right, steve patterson in california, thank you. al roker is tracking the dangerous heat for us, and now a potential tropical threat al, it looks like the worst is yet to come >> lester, the worst of the heat comes tomorrow we've got 146 million people under heat advisories through tomorrow, stretching literally from coast to coast look at these temperatures while they're in the upper 90s to mid-90s, you add in the humidity and it's going t

july 6 and august 7th the most recent not far from where the dixie fire is currently burning maynard 5 years in prison and a $250,000. fine. if he is convicted. the city of pleasanton agrees to pay nearly 6 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with the family. >> of jacob bower who was a mentally ill man who died in 2018 after police restrained and repeatedly tased him the settlement between the city and bauer's family is the biggest the city has ever paid bauer died on august. first in 2018 after a struggle with the pleasanton police and this is body cam video of their encounter. police responded to a call about man acting a radically and talking to himself in a grocery store near his home. >> also in the east bay, the president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce is now calling on governor newsome to issue a state of emergency to tackle the crime wave that they're experiencing. they do this. the. >> the state emergency was we want you to bring in county florida, highway patrol. i'm not only asking you to put money chinatown. i'm asking sending the movies. the chp. good to s

maynard denies the allegations. once arrested he told officers "i'm going to kill you pig. i didn't start any of those fires." a professor once specializing in crimes is now accused of committing his own. >> they will try to put a map up to say this is somebody that had a goal to set a lot of fires. >> tonight, the crews fighting the dixie fire were hindered by heavy smoke, that fire has damaged more than 550 homes. >>> let's take a live look at san francisco's union square where police say a teenager was shot this afternoon. this happened just before 2:30 on stockton street. a video from citizen app shows emergency crews on the scene loading the victim into an ambulance and he is expected to be okay. the suspects ran from the area and have not been found. >>> let's take a live look in san jose where the search is on for three french bulldog puppies. police say they were abducted by gang members. detectives recovered the pups mother and one of the siblings during a recent drug and weapons bust and reunited mom with her human family. the bust also netted drugs, guns and thre

until last year, gary maynard had been a college lecturer.he taught criminal justice at sonoma state university and worked as in a junked faculty member at santa clara university. he's now accused of felony arson intentionally setting a series of fires near the 500,000 square acre dixie fire. the fact that somebody would be intentionally setting those fires. it's not only, um, a threat to the community, but obviously a threat to the firefighters. in court filings, the assistant u. s attorney for the eastern district of california, says maynard entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the dixie fire. in addition to the danger of enlarging the dixie fire, and threatening more lives and property. this increased the danger to the first responders. but for the dedication and effort of u. s forest service investigators working around the clock to track menard, those fires would not have been discovered in their infancy. with menard's growing fires at their backs, firefighters would have been placed at

gray maynard is charged with purposesly setting the ranch fire and they were investigating him on july 20th on the day of the cascade fire. they saw him come from the area where fires were sparked and appearing mentally unstable. they were tracking his movements and believe he started more than two other fires. >> they're going to try to put a map up here to say this is a guy who had a goal an was tolot of with just one big one. >> just charged with one so far and clearly building their case. >> court documents suggest the suspected arsonist at one point worked at santa clara university and maynard denies the allegations and destroyed more than 550 homes. >> people in the north bay breathing a sigh of relief and santa rosa fully contained this morning and it sparked just after 5:00 yesterday and several fire agencies responded and crews were able to get control of the flames nearly two hours later. at least 50-acres were scorched and no one was hurt. >>> it is now 6:08 and the a's getting to fast track one part of their proposed ballpark . >>> people that get water from the russian riv

authorities charged gary maynard today with setting the ranch fire.d face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. it appears maynard taught at several northern california universities, including santa clara and sonoma state, where a profile lists his experience as criminal justice and deviant behavior. a bit of progress for cruise battling the dixie fire. containment grew from 21% yesterday to more than 25% this morning. the fire is the second largest in state history, burning 488,000 acres. it has destroyed 900 structures and thousands remain out of their homes. several highways are men closed. the fire started on july 13 and its cause remains under investigation. you can see live updates on all the fires in california with our wildfire tracker on abc 7 news.com. dan: election day is just over a month away for california's recall election of governor gavin newsom, only the second time voters have been asked if they want to recall the governor and if so, to pick a replacement. tim johnson is live to talk about how both democrats and rep

until last year, gary maynard had been a college lecturer.a state university and worked as in a junk faculty member at santa clara university. he's now accused of felony arson intentionally setting a series of fires near the 500,000 square acre dixie fire. the fact that somebody would be intentionally setting those fires. is not only, um, a threat to the community, but obviously a threat to the firefighters in court filings, the assistant u. s attorney for the eastern district of california, says menard entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the dixie fire. in addition to the danger of enlarging the dixie fire and threatening more lives and property, this increased the danger to the first responders, but for the dedication and effort of u. s forest service investigators working on around the clock to track menard. those fires would not have been discovered in their infancy with menard's growing fires at their backs. firefighters would have been placed at much greater risks. at wednesday's dete

gary maynard is accused of setting the ranch fire in lassen county. on saturday, authorities say is a 47 year old college professor who has worked at santa clara university and sonoma state investigators say they found his car near a fire and began tracking his movements. when he was arrested. he was inside the emergency closure area forced by the dixie fire, court documents say he entered the evacuation zone and began setting new fires. maynard could face up to five years in prison and fines if found guilty. meanwhile, the dixie fire continues to grow. the fire has now grown to nearly 40 square miles in just the past day. still it appears that firefighters are making some progress. it's now 25% contained up from 21% containment yesterday, but obviously it's not over yet. fox news jeff paul tells us warmer weather is threatening to further fuel the flames. crews battling the fast moving dixie fire now getting much needed help from the sky. thick smoke cleared for several hours on monday, allowing for aircraft to rejoin the fight and improving conditio

maynard could face up to five years in prison and fines. all right. we are checking in on the weather from today. it was hotter today. pretty noticeable, especially in the inland valleys. temperatures tomorrow going to follow suit. it's kind of what we have. today is what we'll get tomorrow. maybe a little warmer tomorrow. but there's that 99 in antioch 98 in fairfield. this little cluster here really heated up today. those numbers yesterday were in the low and mid nineties, so that was the big jump. and then you did in the 91 in santa rosa. that came up a little bit as well. there's the fog. and as i always say, the sales getting pinched down below salesforce. that means it's probably not going to get much over the east bay hills. it's curving in. that's the high pressure pressing down on it. that's how you know it's gonna be another hot day tomorrow. if this fog was cooking up over the top, right, and we didn't have an issue, and it was up over the salesforce and making it to the east bay hills, we would be doing a different forecasts. but we're not

investigators say that maynard set a series of fires in the lassen and shasta trinity national forestd. he's believed to have worked at california colleges including santa clara and sonoma state universities. a sonoma state skespson tells us maynardtured in the criminology and criminal justice departaynard may have mental issues. >>> for the developments in the dixie fire it is the single largest fire in state history having burned nearly 500,000 acres in butte and plumas counties. it has destroyed more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other structures. it is now 27% contained. we're also getting a look at the destruction from a satellite. i want you to take a look at your screen now. on the left what the town of greenville looked like before the fire and on your right what it looks like now. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> 6:37. happening now, around the world not just california dealing with massive wildfires, at least six other nations as well with some of the largest burning in ravag villages and forests east of the capital of algiers. s so -- dozens of fi

the guy, maynard, has denied he set any fires. >>> more people have climbed mt.rest than have ridden across the atlantic ocean but the gap is closing hours ago, four rowers added themselves to that short list. three british royal marines and an experienced rower call themselves the ocean revival team they've completed what they call the world's most dangerous row get this, from the brooklyn bridge to tower bridge in london a homecoming nearly 4,000 miles of rowing in the making. the four-person crew of "ocean revival" glided through the river thames, under the tower bridge, and to the docks [ cheers and applause greeted by a roaring crowd of family and supporters. their grueling trip took 72 days >> looking forward to a nice, cold pint when we get back, cheers >> reporter: the team battled brutal ocean conditions nearly the whole way. >> a tough, tough journey. big weather systems. but the reception we've just received here is absolutely phenomenal. >> reporter: the goal of the trip was to raise awareness of the impact plastic pollution has on the oceans and to f

. >> 47 year-old gary steven maynard is charged in connection with one fire that burned in lassen county other fires over the last several weeks and they say he was a danger to the public. maynard has taught to crime and sociology at several california colleges, including santa clara university. the accusations against him are staggering to his friend and former roommate. >> he's a kind person, but he deals with mental illness i i didn't think he was capable of doing something like this. so i'm in shock. i hope he gets the help he needs. he's. he's >> authorities say that man was living out of his car and he has been linked to a list of fires. you see there, the bird between july 6 and august 7th the most recent not far from where the dixie fire is burning right now the federal judge overseeing the case has acknowledged that mental health issues may be involved, but men are still faces up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if he is convicted. the city of pleasanton agrees to pay nearly 6 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with the family of jacob bower. he was a mentally ill man w

when maynard was arrested, he was inside the emergency closure area for the dixie fire, according to court documents. he was setting new fires in the evacuation zone. containment for that massive dixie fire increased by 3% overnight. it's now burned 782 square miles and is 30% contained. this fire has been burning for almost a month. it started july 14th more than 1000 buildings have been destroyed about 70 of them were homes. thousands of firefighters have been struggling to gain control of the fire. and changing weather conditions mean the firefight could get even harder later this week, expecting temperatures to be around 100 degrees with excessive heat watch out through in the mid week wednesday into thursday. the town of greenville was destroyed by the dixie fire. people who live there still aren't allowed back into the area. the dixie fire tore through that small gold rush town last week, forcing the 800 people who live there to evacuate. even if even if the house survived, like pretty much the rest of town is gone. there's no power. there's no water. there's no just, you know,

until last year, gary maynard had been a college lecturer. he taught criminal justice at sonoma state university and worked as in a junk faculty member at santa clara university. he's now accused of felony arson, intentionally setting a series of fires near the 500,000 square acre dixie fire. the fact that somebody would be intentionally setting those fires. is not only, um, a threat to the community, but obviously a threat to the firefighters in court filings, the assistant u. s attorney for the eastern district of california, says menard entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the dixie fire. in addition to the danger of enlarging the dixie fire and threatening more lives and property, this increased the danger to the first responders, but for the dedication and effort of u. s forest service investigators working on around the clock to track menard. those fires would not have been discovered in their infancy. with menard's growing fires at their backs. firefighters would have been placed at m

professor gary maynard remains in jail.ocuments say main ard said 7 fires between early july and august. some nearby. the dixie fire. the state's second largest fire ever. minority is accused of starting these fires near the lassen and shasta trinity national forests. >> today in reading. we met up with a spokesperson for the forest service who agreed to go on camera. so obviously the case is under investigation and there isn't much that we can release at this point. adrian freeman is with the public affairs office for the shasta-trinity national forest freeman says will not being able to go into detail about this specific investigation looking into any type of arson is a laborious undertaking investigating fires on public land is a very serious and complicated process. a lot goes into it. it takes a lot of human power. >> to go through many, many pieces of information to make sure that we're doing the right thing. court documents say one of the tools investigators used was a tracking menards vehicle. mark reichel is a sacr

until last year, gary maynard had been a college lecturer.l justice at sonoma state university and worked as in a junk faculty member at santa clara university. he's now accused of felony arson, intentionally setting a series of fires near the 500,000 square acre dixie fire. the fact that somebody would be intentionally setting those fires. is not only, um, a threat to the community, but obviously a threat to the firefighters in court filings, the assistant u. s attorney for the eastern district of california, says menard entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the dixie fire. in addition to the danger of enlarging the dixie fire and threatening more lives and property, this increased the danger to the first responders, but for the dedication and effort of u. s forest service investigators working on around the clock to track menard. those fires would not have been discovered in their infancy. with menard's growing fires at their backs. firefighters would have been placed at much greater risks.

professor is accused of deliberately setting a number of fires near the dixie fire zone. 47-year-old gary maynard is charged with setting the ranch fire in landsome county. he recently work in n.c. state and santa clara yufere. according to n. p.r., he was denied bail. it has destroyed more than 1,000 structures. more than half of them are homes. crews are making progress. the fire is now 30% contained that's up from 35% from just yesterday. >> tonight on abc7 news at 6:00 p.m., we have a new deep dive into california wildfires and how state leaders manage the fallout of 2018 campfire in paradise. confidential documents rerule ised how governor newsome did more than bail pg&e out. the company was offered protection in the wake of its deadly crimes. >> they knew the power lines weren't safe. and they had known for years. just didn't do anything. >> guilty, your honor. >> guilty of 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter. criminal negligence, a reckless disregard for life. and you're sitting across from me saying it hasn't sounded an alarm? >> yeah, that's the problem. nobody's taking any of t

gary maynard taught criminology in 2020 -- he is accused of setting seven fires this year.tigator found him hiding under his car stuck in a ditch near a newly set fire near mount shasta. he refused to come out or identify himself and became uncooperative and displaying bipolar behavior. the next day another fire. investigators found similar tire treads. co-worker told police maynard suffered from split personality and wanted to kill himself in 2020. police began tracking him through his welfare debit card, cell phone records and put a tracker on his car. when booked in jail maynard denied setting any fires and said he would defend himself in court. he became enraged and began kicking the cell door saying i'm going to kill you fing pigs. i told them i didn't start any of the fires. when arrested he was caught setting fires behind firefighters endangering their lives and thousands of others under evacuation orders. >> my heart goes out all the hard work these people have done through our fire agencies and through the forest service, all outside fire crews that have been here.

this would be between the city limits of pittsburgh and extending north to maynard street. >>> good samaritan is still recovering this morning. this is after coming to the aid of two people in oakland's chinatown. >> the asian community is demanding more protection. cheryl hurd sat down and talked to the police chief about crime surging in oakland. >> everything ath always changed when the gun was pulled out. >> reporter: mr. li walked us through what happened on saturday when he intervened during a robbery attempt in oakland's chinatown. >> the guy was bringing the gun up to the girl's head. her boyfriend took action and charged the guy you know, moving the gun away from her head. >> reporter: that's when mr. li says he jumped in. >> that's when the gun was discharged. >> hitting him in his left shoulder and right thigh barely missing the main artery. >> the trigger could be pulled at any moment so that was a tense situation. >> reporter: luckily he is here to tell his story, a story police chief armstrong has heard too many times in the city of oakland. >> it saddens me we continue to see v

this is a man bent on causing more pain, gary maynard was arrested and charged for serial arson across northern california, accused of setting the nearby ranch fire. he was in the midof an arson setting spree and even tried to trap first responders fighting the dixie fire by gaining access to an evacuation zone and lighting fires behind them we should say as the fire has continued to grow, so, too, has the containment. firefighters making progress, taking advantage of better weather the past couple of days. 30% containment on it now. again, those higher temperatures, stronger winds, all of that is rolling in, putting more emphasis on the front lines. >> steve, thank you. >>> scorching temperatures are gripping the nation. americans from coast to coast are struggling to keep cool. kristen dahlgren has the latest. >> reporter: for this family it seemed like a good idea to rent bike. >> i'm drenched. >> reporter: two ice cream stops later -- >> we're not going to make it back any time soon. >> reporter: oppressive heat stretching coast to coast. heat advisories in effect for 146 million a

gary maynard who taught at santa clara and sonoma state universities will stay behind bars. a judge ruled that he was a danger to the community and a possible flight. chris erick rucker has the details. >> the accused arsonist in college professor gary main art remains in jail. court documents say main ard said 7 fires between early july and august some nearby. the dixie fire the state's second largest fire ever. minority is accused of starting these fires near the lassen and shasta trinity national forests. >> so obviously the case is under investigation and there isn't much that we can release at this point. adrian freeman is with the public affairs office for the shasta-trinity national forest. freeman says will not being able to go into detail about this specific investigation looking into any type of arson is a laborious undertaking investigating fires on public land is a very serious and complicated process. a lot goes into it. it takes a lot of human power. >> to go through many, many pieces of information to make sure that we're doing the right thing. court documents

tom: in your tour de force research piece, john maynard keynes and john hicks were in a note you were was fixed exchange rates. we are a floating fx world. where is the float that we need to pay attention to if supplies don't come in from mars? marvin: this gets back to that point about how this restraint on growth starts to affect economies, not only in the short run in terms of constraining that divergence i talked about, but also applying pressure to those economies that have more unsustainable policies. i think one of the things that is a real concern is in the emerging-market space. right now, people are focused on the higher carrier you are able to achieve. as long as these growth concerns continue to mount because supply is being restrained, that will put more pressure on a lot of the debtors. that is also forcing them to hike rates that is going to slow their own economies more than anticipated. that is going to put them in a catch-22 with their own debt situation. that is probably a problem that will manifest the first half of last year but it could creep in the second half o

you are in the met watching to hotel, breathing the same air as john maynard keynes from 1944.they needed to solve in that room after world war ii was fixed currencies. we now have floating currencies. does that push away our gloom and worries because we can recalibrate from what they did at bretton woods and what we have done with floating exchange rates? jurrien: i think so. the problem with the gold standard was you always have your hands tied behind your back. in the great depression the fed had no tools to fight that. there were bank runs. they went to plus 10, plus 15%. it's incredibly damaging. ben bernanke back in the financial crisis said never again. we, in the fiat world, as the crypto people like to say. it's interesting how stable currencies have been. you look at jp morgan real effect exchange rate index for the u.s. dollar from 1970 to now, 50 years including the fiat period it is down, half a percent per year. that is some devaluation but not anything like people might think. he removed an anchor from the dollar and it's going to crash. negative half a percent,

and businesses levelled, whole neighborhoods wiped off the map. 47-year-old college professor gary maynard fire. he was in the midst of an arson setting spree and tried to trap first responders by gaining access to an evacuation zone and lighting fires behind them. >> reporter: it seemed like a good idea to rent bikes. >> i'm drenched. >> reporter: two ice cream stops later. >> we're not making it back. >> reporter: oppressing heat coast to coast with advisories in effect for 140 million americans. in the west, temperatures soared, spokane 98 and sacramento 103 degrees. in the midwest kansas city and st. louis skyrocketed into the 90s with lows in the 80s. in virginia, a 5-year-old died after being left in a car. the dome of heat making temperatures dangerous from the mid atlantic to new england. >> we can't stay out too long because it's this hot. >> reporter: an excessive heat warning remains in effect, heat index values up to 109 degrees expected in new york. a nation now in the grips of multiple heat waves with days to go before there's relief. >>> as the show draws to a close we'll se

the nine critical elections which i think helped to inform how we think about the problem that john maynard had and ron. so why study this? one of the things that i just want to note is that there is a number of questions intellectually while studying speakership fights. some of them are purely historical. a lot of interesting, empirical questions. there are larger issues as well but it already talked on. for instance, there are still questions remaining about the evolution of the parties, not in the constitution as we know. they have to be built. nick knitting that together. i have one of my movements being a fan of the presidency is that there is something a presidential politics as the -- and i want to build the congressional american system of politics and i think that there is meat here for the building of the congressional series of. this is a really hard question. embedded in how we elect speakers is a type of election that we are about to see in cleveland. that election form is entry requirements, how do we get -- [inaudible] speakership is the same thing. if you get elected speaker

. >> gary maynard who taught at santa clara and sonoma state university's has to stay behind bars becausee thinks he's a danger to the community and a possible flight risk. erick rucker has more. >> the accused arsonist in college. professor gary main art remains in jail. court documents say main ard said 7 fires between early july and august some nearby. the dixie fire the state's second largest fire ever. minority is accused of starting these fires near the lassen and shasta trinity national forests. >> so obviously the case is under investigation and there isn't much that we can release at this point. adrian freeman is with the public affairs office for the shasta-trinity national forest freeman says will not being able to go into detail about this specific investigation looking into any type of arson is a laborious undertaking investigating fires on public land is a very serious and complicated process. a lot goes into it. it takes a lot of human power. >> to go through many, many pieces of information to make sure that we're doing the right thing. court documents say one of the tools

gary maynard has to stay in jail. he taught at santa clara snow state university's. judge thinks that he is a danger to the community and he could be a flight risk. erick rucker has more. >> the accused arsonist in college. professor gary main art remains in jail. court documents say main ard said 7 fires between early july and august some nearby. the dixie fire the state's second largest fire ever. minority is accused of starting these fires near the lassen and shasta trinity national forests. >> so obviously the case is under investigation and there isn't much that we can release at this point. adrian freeman is with the public affairs office for the shasta-trinity national forest freeman says will not being able to go into detail about this specific investigation looking into any type of arson is a laborious undertaking investigating fires on public land is a very serious and complicated process. a lot goes into it. it takes a lot of human power. >> to go through many, many pieces of information to make sure that we're doing the right thing. court documents say on

the next court appearance for 47 year old gary maynard is set for the 24th prosecutors call him a serialonist. federal affidavit accuses him of setting more than half a dozen fires in recent weeks near the lesson and shasta trinity national forests. the fact that somebody would be intentionally sending those fires is not um, a threat to the community, but obviously a threat to the fi prosecutors say he entered an evacuation zone and began setting fires behind crews battling the dixie fire. last fall. he was a lecturer at sonoma state, the school says he filled in for a faculty member on leave and ended up teaching two semesters of criminal justice. well, some nervous moments in mill valley here when a car caught fire and the flames spread to mount tamil pius. crews were able to contain the fire quickly, but his ktvu deborah villalon reports, even a small fire can cause big concerns from sky fox on the east peak of mount tamil pius, a brush fire kept to less than one acre with a full wild land response. engines from multiple agencies race to the summit of the state park. this has always b

his name is gary maynard any taught at santa clara and sonoma state universities erick rucker has morelege. professor gary main art remains in jail. court documents say main ard said 7 fires between early july and august some nearby. the dixie fire the state's second largest fire ever. menard is accused of starting these fires near the lassen and shasta trinity national forests. >> so obviously the case is under investigation and there isn't much that we can release at this point. adrian freeman is with the public affairs office for the shasta-trinity national forest. freeman says will not being able to go into detail about this specific investigation looking into any type of arson is a laborious undertaking investigating fires on public land is a very serious and complicated process. a lot goes into it. it takes a lot of human power. >> to go through many, many pieces of information to make sure that we're doing the right thing. court documents say one of the tools investigators used was a tracking menards vehicle. mark reichel is a sacramento based attorney with experience in federal

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