mr. almena's statement which he felt lacked true remorse. na and harris made statements as was their right. after that hearing judge kramer announced that he was going to reject the deal based on what he felt was a lack of true remorse shown by mr. almena. that's on the public record, which is why i'm able to talk about it. after that, the district attorney issued a letter saying that there would be no further negotiations and that the case would go forward to trial without any further negotiations. that was a letter that was again filed in open court so i'm able to talk about it as a public record. and that's how we found ourselves here with this trial that started up this past spring. >> let me ask you something about the timing here. because they've been at this for a while. i think you mentioned coming up on three weeks in terms of deliberations. can you read anything into that, given where we are now, and going forward with this case, that -- i'm having a hard time wrapping my arms around why we would seemingly almost get to the finish l

mr. almena. we've been saying the entire time max harris is innocent, should never have been prosecuted. now we're seeing deliberations that reflect more attention on mr. almena. that's consistent with what we thought all along. >> each man faces 36 counts of manslaughter for the deadly fire in 2016. >>> all evacuation orders and warns have been lifted for this wildfire in mendocino county. the moose fire is burning about 45 miles of santa rosa. at last check it burned 225 acres. containment is at 35%. the cause is under investigation. >>> new at 6:00, could iconic san francisco band timbuk2 be leaving the area? >>> the adrenaline kicked in and off i went. >> this man chases a thief down in the street trying to get his stolen phones back. what he kept yelling over and over before the thief did something very unexpected. >>> check this out. golden gate bridge west at 10 miles per hour and no fog. so temperatures soaring today, a brailling 12 to 18 degrees above average. 80s, 90s and 100s. th >>> l

mr. almena. >> almena and harris face 36 counts of manslaughter for the deadly fire in 2016. we're sending out updates in our abc 7 news app. >>> all evac orders and warnings have been lifted for a wildfire in mendocino county. the moose fire is burning near hob lynn about 35 miles north of santa rosa. at last check it's burned 225 acres. it's at 35% containment. that cause still under investigation. >> we saw that smoke yesterday. maybe the same today as we have a light northerly wind. we'll keep an eye on that for you. the spare-the-air today is more for the heat and gas powered engines that put off toxins that mix with the sunlight and create ground-based ozone. look at pittsburg and antioch, 78, 76. no relief from the heat. hopefully everybody there has air conditioning. low to mid 60s in our interior east bay neighborhoods. san jose at 68, los gatos 74. near 60 in san francisco. mid to upper 50s, always coolest in the north bay. no fog at the golden gate bridge. yard work today, don't do it. wait until the weekend when it's much cooler. out and about, caution, we have th

almena and max harris are guilty on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the december 26 fire at the fruitdale warehouse. >> this process takes a lot of stamina emotional and physical stamina. obviously, mr. harris is facing 39 years in prison. he's scared of that but he's very optimistic and always felt very comfortable with his life in the hands of this jury. >> reporter: so now the deliberations won't resume till september 3rd. that is the day after labor day. at that point, the judge will you also have to deal with multiple requests from jurors who have vacations scheduled later in september. never oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. there is a search at discovery bay for a women missing since last night. ching ping chen's husband flagged down a contra costa sheriff's deputy to say had he not seen his wife since she went outside to we're the plants two hour prior. the couple's home is on beaver lane. sky 7 flew over it this afternoon and saw a search boat daukd behind the house. officials say she was last seen wearing a light green tank top, green shortsen an pink an sandals. >> thefts caught on camera and two different hair sal plonz the victims believe it's the

attorney for derick almena, says he thinks the jury can handle breaks the deliberations and not rush to judgment . >> if there are hiatuses, i think they will absorb those and if some mron, i think they will absorb it but that is speculation. >> reporter: speaking of days off, the jury will not be back to deliberate until tuesday, september 3. at the courthouse in oakland, henry lee, ktvu fox2 news. >>> up next tonight, saying goodbye to a business that has been there for 40 years, helping customers celebrate life's biggest milestones. >> we've been coming to prolific oven for 20 to 25 years. our kids celebrate every happy occasion with a chocolate on chocolate cake. so we are really disappointed. >>> our newest episode of ktvu's bay area people podcast is out right now. south -- talks about how youtube helped launch a career for plus advice for aspiring entertainers but you can listen to the upper so right now by searching for bay area people in your podcast player. >>> a bay area bakery is closing after nearly 40 years in business. the prolific oven bakery has several locations in the bay area. they will all be shutting down for good at the end of the month. >> the