not that strong but there is a little component of it coming out of the oakland, berkeley hills. we will go 78 downtown oakland today. today will be the warmest day as high pressure will lose its grip a little bit tomorrow. today it's large and in charge. 40s and 50s santa rosa. 40s half-moon bay. cool 43. napa 46 but a lot of 50s between. it won't take long to warm up. a couple 40s on the peninsula. low 50s he'lls burro. los altos hills running a little warmer. the system responsible for the drop in the temps is losing its grip. it did give a little rain to the sierra nevada last night. right now it looks like we are on the drier side. sunny and warmer. few 90s inland. closer to the coast 60s ape 70s. here is sal. >>> steve, we are doing very well when it comes to the traffic out there. let's see what we have now with the east shore freeway and 80 westbound. it is a nice looking drive between the carquinez bridge and mccarthur maze. every moment that goes on you see more people as you drive to the mccarthur maze bay bridge toll plaza. once you get there, it's already very slow. i

oakland. yu darvish on the hill. bottom third, athletics up 2-1. single to right. john jaso scores. 3-1, a's. oakland still up two. shawn tolleson. three run bomb to the left. top of the eight, 8-6. lifting the bleeder to center. coco crisp the diving grab. the a's win, 10-6. >>> giants going interleague in chitown. bottom 30, two out, nice battle against that cain ends up losing. two run homer to left. just like, that we're tied at two. sox up, bases loaded. two outs again. adam eaton, roller to short. brandon crawford throws the ball away. ramirez scores. giants end up losing, 8-2. they have lost seven of their last eight games. >>> 49ers tight end vernon davis has turned his desire for a new contract into action. davis a no-show at today's mandatory minicamp. despite having two years remaining on his present deal. he wasn't the only offensive starter missing, however. alex boone absent for the same reason, wanting a new contract with two years left on his current deal. >>> jose altidor had an mri on his injured hamstring today. coach jurgen klinsmann can return b

. >>> police in the oakland hills area are looking for a possible arsonist this morning after several brushfires started within a couple of hours of each other. you can see locations here on the map. firefighters stayed in the area looking for hot spots or any new fires. investigators say the fires are suspicious because three of the fires started off a trail deep in the canyon. two smaller fires may have been started by flying embers. >> could have been worse. could have been a lot worse. the canyon's dry and the wind was blowing, and you could see they did get some of the fire out and the fire would start building. >> friday, crews put two other suspicious fires out nearby. it's unclear if those were related to yesterday's incidents. yesterday's fires a reminder for somehow any sign of smoke or fire can turn deadly quickly. people in the oakland hills area were there 23 years ago when winds fueled the grass fire that overwhelmed fires. 25 people died, dozens hurt, nearly 4,000 homes and apartments destroyed. >> i remember it well. >>> in antioch, firefighters mostly contained a brus

live in oakland hills, stephanie chua chuang, "today in the bay." >> it's the first thing you think of, the huge fire. >> 6:15 on wednesday. microclimate forecast as we give you a live picture of san rafael on this wednesday morning. quite the contrast between that and the fiery images that stephanie was talking about. oakland hills area ripe for possible danger. >> you just look at the dry brush and you can see that fuel that is available. you know what happened yesterday? i watched it all go down here on nbc bay area, we break into coverage to show you when stuff like that happens, our local heroes got out there as fast as possible, knocked the fires down. i can tell you, stephanie's monitoring the hot spots, that could have become a much worse situation had we had the winds that we had the day before. wind is calm today. but i can tell you, heat is going to be strong. we still do have that fire danger. as sam pointed out, we're getting into our drier months. hillsides are very dry. so if you are going to be headed out for camping or anything that involves you sparking a fire, even a

. >>> a string of fires in the oakland hills had crews and neighbors concerned today. firefighters tell us there were five separate fires willie 13 near diamond canyon park. noel walker is live in the oakland hills with the quick response by firefighters. >> reporter: those firefighters are taking a break right now and the street is still closed. any time you have a fire here in the oakland hills there's cause for concern because the homes are so close together and the terrain is so steep and rugged. but tonight there's even more cause for concern because these fires look suspicious. where there's smoke there's fire. from the air and ground firefighters battled a four- alarm fire near the oakland hills. >> this was a big wake up that it's fire season. >> reporter: it wasn't just one or two fires. >> the smoke is straight across from me. >> reporter: at least five fires that can only be described as suspicious burn in a canyon off park boulevard. the streets were blocked off. >> we can see the smoke, and we know that we're pretty close. >> reporter: some residents packe

not that strong but there is a little component of it coming out of the oakland, berkeley hills. l go 78 downtown oakland today. today will be the warmest day as high pressure will lose its grip a little bit tomorrow. today it's large and in charge. 40s and

no reports of any injuries. >> everyone in the bay area gets on alert when you hear fire, oakland hills. >>> hillsborough police need your help, a burglar broke in the back door, 280, the burglar pried open the back door, stole several items from inside. officers are hoping neighbors might have surveillance video that could have captured that suspect. >>> al qaeda militant fighter on the move again, this time laying seize on iraq's largest oil refinery. "today in the bay" bob redell following the latest. >> this has been a lightning offensive, over the past self-days it's believed that the fighters, the al qaeda inspired group isis, has taken control of six cities in iraq, and they are fighting for six more with the intent of taking battle to iraq's capital city of baghdad. within the past 24 hours, militant fires attacked that country's largest oil refinery with mortar and small arms fire, the scene there on file video before the attack. if the refinery stops producing too long there could be long lines for gasoline and power outages throughout iraq. near kirkuk, a report that isis has

ktvu's brian flores is live in the oakland hills to let us know what crews will be doing just a couple of hours from now. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. we just go got an update from an oakland fire battalion chief who says around 2:00 p.m. investigators will go down physically down into the diamond canyon looking for any clues into how and possibly who started these fires yesterday. oakland fire officials say this is the work of an arsonist. about 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., a crew of four investigators will be going back in the canyon. fire officials want to see if someone is starting these fires going back at the same time of day 0 could provide -- could provide clues as to who it is. while they say there is a homeless encampment down there, they say there's no evidence of that today. winds were down and that contributed to firefighters putting the fire out. >> the two fires were simultaneous but they were half a mile apart. we had calm winds so the likelihood of an ember flying from one area to another was very minimal. as far as the top of the mountain, that

live from the oakland hills i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. yesterday suspicious fires are alarming for people in the oakland hills who survived the 1991 fire storm. 25 people were killed and more than 3,000 homes destroyed. people that live in the area say as soon as they saw the firefighters and smoke they began packing up. many people were grabbing scrapbooks and hard drives because after the 91 fire they learned if you wait, you lose it all. >>> investigators still searching for the cast of another fire that came dangerously close to other homes. it started at 7:30 last night. that is about a block from diablo vista elementary school. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. firefighters remained on the scene watching for flairups and putting out hot spots. >>> an east coast doctor that once worked with the family of oakland teenager jahi mcmath has lost his license. dr. jonathan fellas lost his license after having sex with a nor forif he con the teenager was pronounced brain dead. her family dust presidented that virus. meantime the

and any fires and the oakland hills bring back some very bad memories tragic day in bay area history. october 20th its 1991 a fire started ended up killing 25 people burning nearly 4000 homes. the blaze that took three days to put out and all the today's fires much smaller quickly contained people who live in the area and no. 91 are certainly scared >> : i saw smoke and flames helicopters we call the police addis scared a look like it was going to travel down i did not know about the fuss was supposed my house. at the daughter resent dedicatee grabs supplies and we headed out. . >> : it seems to be under control right now >> : oakland hills fire detroit destroyed one home every 11 seconds gusty winds 9 degree temperatures helped for the flames to more than 1,500 a. and was one of the biggest fires in u.s. history with an economic loss estimated at $1.5 billion >> : remember that fire well open oakland hills today let's check out dry weather are on the bay area >> : wind and dryness it was warmer today as well fortunately the winds and oakland hills of decency is not all that great. an

reporting live in the oakland hills, jodi hernandez. >>> we're following breaking news in vallejo. fire crews are working on putting out a small brush fire northeast of the car kin es bridge. we'll bring you more as it becomes available. >>> not helping the situation right now, warmer temperatures. chief meteorologist jeff ra nery has your forecast. >> most conditions in the 80s throughout the interior valleys. as we get to the wind speed, the fire just cropped up just now, 10 to about 15 miles per hour. the key thing about this wind, it is not an offshore wind. that would be the worst kind of wind we could get. it is importing a little bit of humidity in the atmosphere. here's a look at the fire forecast. 19 miles per hour for hills above 1,000 feet. it stays from 15 to about 23 miles per hour through saturday's forecast. so we will have elevated fire concern in the hills above 1,000 feet right into this weekend. humidity ranging 18 to about 40%. again, temperatures near 90 degrees, even for tomorrow for parts of the interior valleys. we're looking at the highest threat in the nor

we talked about the suspicious fires in the oakland hills. thankfully, wind was not a factor. >> could have been a lot worse. we are seeing winds gusting at times, 17 miles per hour, but i think this is going to be the worst of those wind gusts tonight. it is helping to keep the fire danger especially elevated across the oakland hills, but thankfully, we are not expecting winds at 40 to 60 miles per hour. across the rest of the network, some of our warmest temperatures in the north bay right now, 79, also sunny skies, and check it out in san francisco. right now, fog-free conditions with an ocean breeze at 68. we should also notice for the east bay, once that sunset occurs at 8:31 tonight, the winds will also be calming down. again, temperatures begin to cool. take you to some of the best visibility and that's across the south bay right now throughout san jose, some brilliant blue skies. this is the actual camera shot. we haven't changed the color saturation or anything right now. we've had the onshore wind the past couple of days and that's

heavy smoke and 30-foot flames shot out of the oakland hills this afternoon. two fires within one mile of each other both sparked at about the same time. >> i was kind of scared that there would, you know, possibly be another oakland hills situation. >> reporter: the fires were down deep canyons filled with dry brush and expensive homes all around. not to mention things like power poles, carrying large loads of electricity. >> at one point we had flames 30 feet in the area and we had all these power lines and so we were concerned the flames might reach the power lines. >> reporter: fire crews took aim from the ground and in the sky sucking up water from local lakes dousing the flames down below. crews beat back both fires in about an hour, with a little added help from mother nature. >> we're very north national that it wasn't a warm day or -- we're very fortunate that it wasn't a warm day and that we had calm winds. all the conditions were in our favor today. >> reporter: these are the second and third suspicious fires in about a week all in the same area, re

many who live in the oakland hills remember the devastating firestorm in 1991. and even those who don't are doing their part to prevent another disaster. >> we weren't here for the first big fire, and we're trying to pay attention to what we're supposed to be doing so that we won't be here for another big one. >> reporter: and thankfully there are no reports of injuries. the fire crews say they plan to be out here well into the night to prevent any flare-ups. >>> you heard monte refer to the firestorm, this one is a sobering reminder for those who did live in the oakland hills of how any smoke or fire can turn deadly. lots of people were there 23 years ago when high winds fueled a grass fire that overwhelmed firefighters. dozens of people were injured and nearly 4,000 homes and apartments were destroyed. jeff, really got lucky today because the winds have died down. >> most certainly. winds are still gusting to 17 miles per hour. but we're not looking at a wind event of 30 to 40 miles per hour. let's get a look. at the time that all lot of these fires started cr

>> reporter: oakland fire officials are investigating a string of fires in the hills as arson. we'll tell you why the battalion chief thinks they are suspicious. >>> a major commuting problem, but it's not on bay area roads. why hundred of ferry riders are taking the bus to work this morning instead. >>> a new crime-fighting tool in one east bay city. the reason it's raising some serious concerns about privacy. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> we're live in the oakland hills this morning, where residents and firefighters are on heightened alert. a series of suspicious fires caused quite a scare yesterday. ktvu's tara moriarty has been talking with fire crews this morning. coming up in two minutes, what crews are doing today to try to prevent a repeat of yesterday's fires. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, tc. >> good morning. >> i'm dave clark. >>> let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, i have sunshine on my shoulder. >> well, i can see that, dave. yes, it will be sunny for all. a little warmer. it won't last among. by friday, we

the cause of yesterday's dangerous grass fires in the oakland hills. remains under investigation. although arson is suspected. a crew of oakland fire fighters returned to diamond canyon today. to walk the locations of the first two fires that erupted just below park blvd on tuesday afternoon. officials say, there is the possibility someone is deliberately starting fires near an area of oakland, once the scene of one of the worst fire disasters in u-s history the 1991 oakland hills fire, where 25-residents lost their lives and several thousand homes were destroyed. these recent suspected arsons are upsetting to the men and women who fight fires oakland. > > we are trying to see if we see anyone doing anything suspicious. it is very disturbing to us and our citizens to have somebody actually trying to start fires. especially with the dry conditions and such. > > oakland firefighters say, adding to the concerns. is the fact that two of the fires in the canyon started near the walking trail. and they are asking people keep an eye out for anything suspicious. the teen that stowed away o

in the 1991 oakland hills fire destroyed one home every 11 seconds. gusty winds and a degree readings help spread the flames to 1,500 a.. well first fires in u.s. history with an economic loss estimated at $1.5 billion. news tonight san francisco fire crews working to shot off a water main break near first and stephenson st. is in san francisco pictures of that in you to see water shooting three stories into the air. soaking up a nearby street we are working to find out what exactly caused the break. watch where you parked and what you leave them plain view inside your car. that is a warning from of stories because one is this city is dealing with a sharp increase in car break- ins >> : to please the provinces during a normal week the c 10 burglaries' of cars across the city over the past seven days 23 cars have been burglarized in non asking public not only protect and keep an eye out for problems. the recent car break-ins to start to weeks ago to an all across the city the did not appear to be targeting any location places where someone might think

and 5 suspicious grass fires in the oakland hills are cause for concern. oakland 's fire chief says the area of the fire. and around the same time leads the department to believe there were not accidental. the fires only burned around fire acres, but they came dangerously close to homes in the area. fortunately the wind was minimal and temperatures were mild at the time. and northern nebraska has seen more severe weather on tuesday night, with a few tornadoes spotted, but no immediate reports of injuries. the latest storms follow the monster tornadoes that devastated the tiny farming town of pilger n monday. much of the community is gone and two people, including a 5-year-old girl, are dead. the disaster, delivered by twin tornados that traveled side by side for an extended period, left some residents doubting whether the town could rebuild. san leandro police are asking car owners to be more careful about what they leave in their vehicles. this is because in the last seven days, the city has seen 23- vehicle break-ins. police say, that is more than double

i'm live in the oakland hills, abc7 news >> thank you, leanne. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a fire that nearly destroyed two homes this morning. this three-alarm fire broke out around 9:30. tree trimmers noticed flames and ran towards homeowners. those people got out quickly. firefighters raced to put outgrowing flames. sky 7 was over the scene as one man grabbed a garden hose to protect his home. >> firefighters and police down here. >> where did you get that idea? >> it's stupid my house, my property. i should have the right to water it down if i want. >> noble effort. not advisable by us we don't want anyone getting hurt. >> one dog couldn't be found firefighters believe he may have died in the fire. >> as oil production rises and shipment by rail replaces pipelines are california communities at risk? abc7 news is live at the vallero refinery with a look at a report that has people concerned here. nick? >> absolutely what. they wanted to do is figure out what they can and should be done for transportable oil through

i'm live in the oakland hills, abc7 news >> thank you, leanne. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a fire that nearly destroyed two homes this morning. this three-alarm fire broke out around 9:30. tree trimmers noticed flames and ran towards homeowners. those people got out quickly. firefighters raced to put outgrowing flames. sky 7 was over the scene as one man grabbed a garden hose to protect his home. >> firefighters and police down here. >> where did you get that idea? >> it's stupid my house, my property. i should have the right to water it down if i want. >> noble effort. not advisable by us we don't want anyone getting hurt. >> one dog couldn't be found firefighters believe he may have died in the fire. >> as oil production rises and shipment by rail replaces pipelines are california communities at risk? abc7 news is live at the vallero refinery with a look at a report that has people concerned here. nick? >> absolutely what. they wanted to do is figure out what they can and should be done for transportable oil through

reporting live in the oakland hill, i'm jodi hernandez. >>> on mt.hamilton, santa clara fire crews were at grant ranch park to put out a fire they set themselves. over the next tree years, these younger crews will be trained on fuels, prevention and terrain. >>> brian butts is accused of touching three girls, he teaches at music art studio. he was arrested on saturday on 23 counts of lewd acts with a child. it happened while the school's owner was away on vacation. >> on three occasions when the girls were by themselves, this fellow touched them inappropriately in the chest area outside the clothing. >> authorities believe there could be more victims and are urging them to come forward. >>> safer roads could mean higher taxes. two u.s. senators, a democrat and republican are joining forces as a way to replenish the federal highway trust fund which needs funding in august. the federal tax is 18 cents per gallon. the senators propose a 12 cent increase and build in a yearly adjustment for inflation. it is needed to rebuild bridges and highways. without

the concern is fireworks in the extremely dry conditions in the oakland hills but there is good news.oakland fire has planned. rob? >> fire stations all over oakland expect to have their hands full over fourth of july but for the first time in two years all fire stations will be open. none of them will be closed or browned out this year. firefighters will be patrolling the streets beginning thursday the third of july. with the hills bone dry from are the drought they worry what simple sparks could do. >> last year right across the street from my house we had a fire. there was fireworks that were going on and when the fire department came by. >> the fire department will have all 24 gear stations open on july 1. two years ago two fire stations were closed or browned out because of budget cuts. last year one station was closed but it is restored just in time for the holiday did. >> we'll be able to get more people on the scene in a quicker manner. >> so-called safe and season fireworks beginning tomorrow but in oakland all fireworks are illegal and even though those caught every year fir

. >>> a series of fires in the oakland hills late this afternoon sending up a lot of smoke and rattling nerves. those fires reported just before 2:00 along park boulevard near estates drive. oakland and cal fire crews launched an aggressive response because of both the terrain and the history surrounding that area. >> i was kind of scared that there would possibly, you know, be another oakland hills situation. we have been in a drought for years. so i know it's definitely a fragile environment. >> kpix 5 reporter brian webb is live and brian, they are calling those fires suspicious in nature. >> reporter: right. five fires at the same time all in the same area, doesn't really make sense. all of them down in this area, steep canyon down there, it's filled with dangerous dry brush, very easy to ignite especially this time of the year. this is a wide shot showing you all the smoke from the oakland hills a little after 2:00 today. we circled one fire for you. then it the other one to give you -- then the other one to give you a little better look. fire crews had to connect hose after hose j

. >>> check this out, an overturned cement truck blocking a narrow road in the oakland hills today. truck flipped over on a steep tight curve where thorndale drive goes downhill. new information now on what happens next from cara liu she's in that neighborhood and as you can see there the truck is there right behind her, cara. >> reporter: sure is, if you take a closer look you can see how banged up it is. there's a giant gash in the front on the side. and crews were finally able to right it this evening and it's sitting at the end of a cul-de- sac right now about 50 yards from where it flipped over. now this is video from news chopper 2. you can see a tow truck as well as the overturned cement truck with its wheels in the air in this oakland hills neighborhood. now workers from the towing company tell me the driver had been trying to back the cement truck up the road here and miss negotiated the downhill slope on one side of the road. and because the cement was top heavy that was enough to flip it on its side. we're told the driver suffered minor injuries. neighbors including the h

services go right out of their oakland hills looks spectacular right now. were up the to the almost triple digits read out. the real concern is how much about drive fuels out here the firefighters and the people associated with the fire protection of these they are related to be by full today. the delta if you haven't already cleared the space inaugural today is not the day to do it. with a local golf out here as there is a lot of fuel out here right now. not a hint of what's out there which really be discussed certain high real suit. will get updates of the weather forecast coming up. will see an air-traffic center will see it as a high spot for the were read to beat bil , tram sectors have been very slow update around the bay area's souls of what life is revealed the usual that look like we are starting with is a the case is asserted to turn out very normally. we are now back up to the macarthur based bell logger l.a. it easy ride the west of route 24 ride is starting to slow the rate at interstate 580. we're tracking exit which could compete high spot he

there were five suspicious fires in the oakland hills yesterday. and they were all in the diamond canyon park area. >> right now we're calling them suspicious in nature started with an open flame. we haven't been able to determine the exact location they were started. >> no one was hurt and no buildings were threatened. >>> 4:36. it is "hump day." time to check the weather and how are we looking so far? >> you know, today i think probably going to be the warmest day of the week after things begin to change. so today it looks like the temperatures are going to start to get hot in spots probably back into the 90s in some of the interior valleys. out the door we go. nice and clear skies right now. going to stay that way all afternoon. in fact, you will see a lot of 70s and 80s inside the bay. 60s toward the coastline. and 80s and low 90s showing up in the valleys. out the door we go. overlooking san jose, we have mostly clear skies this morning. the temperatures are running in the 50s early on. by the afternoon, here come those temperatures 90 livermo

. >> pam: the cause of yesterday's dangerous grass fires in the oakland hills. ns under investigation at this hour. although arson is thought to be the cause. >> pam: today kron 4's cameras were there, when a crew of oakland fire fighters returned to dimond canyon. they were walking through the locations of the first two blazes that erupted just below park blvd tuesday afternoon. >>".suspicious in nature" >> pam: oakland firefighters say adding to the concerns. is the fact that two of the fires in the canyon started near the walking trail. they are asking people in the area to be vigilant and keep an eye out for anything suspicious. >> pam: what started all 5- fires. remains under investigation >> reporter: look at the blue sky you not often see this as you are headed into late june but we will cool down in all areas kind of push and along the coast some patches of fog maying reached the east bay tomorrow morning. stilwell, it will still a bit cooler than it did today. as we go into friday and into the weekend will see it will cool down ever so slightly it will b

>> good afternoon, everyone, i'm larry beil >> beginning news in the oakland hills, firefighters looking for a fire bug. crews just knocked down fast-moving fires that are now contained. >> abc7 news reporter allen wong joins with us more on the investigation. allen? >> yes. just a half an hour ago, oakland firefighters put out a spot fire across the ridge up there. and this is a the fire started around 2:00 this afternoon. it took about 300 feet of crews to get down there. when they got down there, it's full of poison oak. it took two drops to suck water out of merit lake. four alarm fire, with 90 firefighters total. let's take a look from sky 7 hd. you can see winds. that is what probably saved this thing from going as far as it did. we're only 3 to 5 miles per hour. this is off of mark and lemur just south of highway 13. turning live now to lisa baker with the oakland fire department. you're calling these very suspicious? >> we have three fires burning in various steep terrain, then, a half hour ago, a fire at the top of the canyon approximately ten by ten. >> so two main fires 12 acr

there were five suspicious fires in the oakland hills yesterday. and they were all in the diamond canyon park area. >> right now we're calling them suspicious in nature started with an open flame. we haven't been able to determine the exact location they were started. >> no one was hurt and no buildings were threatened. >>> another fire that's under investigation this morning threatened several homes in antioch last night. it started about dinnertime around quickly grew to four acres. contra costa county firefighters knocked down backyard fences so they could get to the flames. >>> california will not be the first state to slap those warning labels on soda and other sugary drinks. the bill died if the state assembly committee tuesday after a close vote. supporters said the labels would educate people about the link between sugar and diabetes. but some democratic lawmakers said they doubted the labels would change anyone's behavior. >>> maren county man says he plans to run his 45th dipsea race come june. that's despite the heart attack he had while

that is a problem until the oakland hills. starting tomorrow every station in the city will be operating on a full time basis. for the past two years the firefighter has suffered through brownouts. each station has been shut down for three days at a time with those rotating closures meant to save $2.5 million a year. but oakland's new budget has given the department some breathing room sot brownouts are ending just in time for a dangerous fire season. the lack of rainfall has -- earlier this month there was a close call for. crews were able to get the -- those rotating station closures are coming to an end starting tomorrow. live this morning in oakland alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> as steve mentioned it is going to be very hot today. especially inland. it could be a good thing the alameda county fair is closed on mondays. 40 people needed first aid for problems related to heat yesterday. temperatures were in the mid 90s but it feels a lot hotter because of the pavement. >> we did a pretty good range of 19-20 threw 70

flames also erupted in the dry brush of the oakland hills this afternoon. fire crews surrounded the fires and knocked down the threat. then they learned. there was something suspicious about them. kron 4's j-r stone has the story. fortunately when was minimal and the mature aeronautics higtempeh the oakland police department was called then and tuesday afternoon and this put no arrests have been made lng are still on crown for news a family coping with the loss of getting help from the san jose police department. it has been a little over month since folk phuoc hong long lam. was shot and killed during a road rage incident near senter road and baltic way in east san jose. now investigators have been able to make two arrests in the case. taking into custody. 17- year-old fida-delto ortiz and 23-year- old alejandro reyes lam leaves behind a wife and two children. and now the san jose police department has set up a website to raise money to help the family. the husband was a financial support you gonna them to see the level of support from the community amazin

that fire several miles away from where crews have been patrolling the oakland hills. five separate fires broke out tuesday afternoon, all within a couple of hours of each other. they think three were intentionally set. and the two others were started by embers. investigators say burn patterns suggest someone may have even put gasoline on wood to get those fires going. >>> a judge has approved pg&e's plans to raise their rates, though not as high as the utility might like. a law judge agreed to allow pg and e to hike it year and every year through 2016. under the plan, rates will go up enough to increase the utility's profit by almost 7% this year, 4.5% in 2015, and 5% in 2016. since the increases are to reach a profit goal, it's still unclear how much your energy bill will go up. the proposal must still be approved by the state's public utilities commission. >>> crews will finish the second round of mosquito fogging tonight. it comes after some adult mosquitos infected with west thil we 23450 nile were found in the area last week. >> hopefully not the too much humidit

. >>> oakland firefighters are out on patrol in the oakland hills after string of brush fires they areling suspicious. investigators returned this afternoon hoping to find out how and who set the fires. they returned at the same time the fires were started yesterday to see if the guilty party would return to the area. >> looking for anything suspicious. have a presence out on the trail. >> private security guards were even on duty among homes looking for a possible fire bug. the location of yesterday's fires just two miles from the raging east bay hills firestorm two decades ago. cal fire will spend a few days at the scene of a small brush fire that started at 7:30 a.m. this morning. only burned 3 acres. firefighters say it is a densely wooded area with a lot of dry brush on the ground. they will look for hot spots and possible flair ups. the cause is still under investigation. >>> for the first time the state is freeing up money from the rural fire fighting fee. how much the state will be able to spend as it faces what is expected to be a tough fire season ahead. >> reporter: on this

news at their fears as more and that the arsonist could be declaim for this series of fires in oakland hillss were and the social creek canyon area yesterday afternoon the rest for a half acres of dry brush burned you could see the homes are in that area but no home was damaged or threatened and nobody was hurt. investigators say because those of fires are and a half a mile of each other it was fire by open flame that they believe that those fires are all suspicious. >>: the fight of fast fire brushfire overnight turned a home us take a look of a video that the viewer said that the crime 4. and the flames move quickly they become dangerously close at two some homes about a block away from elementary school to. firefighters they didn't put out. >>: open police just released a picture is to identify this man who broke into a van last month. on may 28th to break and not happen this man an orange broken into a van around 530 if you recognize them please call police. >>: basket car owners to be extra cost is about what you're leaving your car because in the last seven days there's 23 vehicle brea

the small fire if the oakland hills and in the san jose hills just yesterday without much wind but now the winds have picked up. >> it certainly has, raj. we got our live pictures back. you can see this home now fully engulfed right now. that is a lot of fuel right now that could spread to those neighbored homes. we're looking at it. they're trying to get handle on this quickly. they're trying to get way from the situation. so, yes, a little bit of panic is setting in. if you live near this area of gold hill road on 680, that's where it is most critical right now. a little shred of good news but it is still very gusty. right now this location of 680 and 80, winds are sustained. southwest at 18, gusting into the low 20s. if you get a closer fix, you can see it's right here to to south of cordelia. we're going to zoom in closer. it may be hard to show up on the large screen behind me, but what you can see is the fire is down here off to the south. the wind is blowing any kind of smoke a little bit off to the north and you can see all of these track homes here in the subdivision that are

there were five suspicious fires in oakland hills in the diamond canyon park area yesterday. >> right now we're calling them suspicious in nature that they were started with some type of open flame. we haven't been able at this point to determine the exact location that they were started. >> no one was hurt and no buildings were threatened. >>> for the first time, california counties are about to get money raised through a controversial assessment on certain property owners. the money is from a fee in areas prone to wildfires. the state forestry officials say the top priority for the money is for fire prevention efforts, not all the money raised is being distributed right now. some of it is being held while the fee is challenged in court. >>> 5:06. a florida mother accused of kidnapping her young daughter so the child would not have to be immunized. the 22-year-old mother and 2- year-old daughter vanished last month. the mother shared custody with the father. apparently the father wanted to vaccinate the child for preschool. the mother lot of a note that read, if i let them take her a

live from oakland hills, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. >>> a warrant is out for a bay area man at the center of a prostitution and money laundering investigation. on wednesday, we showed you this raid of the mountain view home of erica murrow, later released on $500,000 bond. he was going to show up for a scheduled court appearance this morning. he's accused of running my red book and laundering millions of dollars in profits. >>> just a few hours ago, a south bay judge ruled to unseal grand jury transfer of garcia flores, the man accused of kidnapping the morgan l. teen. janine de la vega joining us live to explain what this means. janine? >> reporter: we'll know a lot more evidence that the district attorney office has on garcia torres. now, one legal analyst says that he thinks that too much information out in the public may lead to the trial being moved to another county. this is some trial video of the suspect of garcia torres present in court today as the defense attorney and the prosecutor argued against unsealing the transcript. morgan hill teenag

there were five suspicious fires in the oakland hills yesterday. a crew is still in the diamond canyon peak area checking for hot spots. >>> california is in a drought and the bay area needs to conserve more water. water usage in the bay is only down 2% in comparison to the last couple of years. as a whole, the state of california cut water use by 5%, well below the 20% the governor asked for in january. in response, the state water resources control board is creating a list of possible mandatory restrictions that could be imposed statewide. >>> well, it seems there's a speed bump now in the road to traffic relief down in the silicon valley. we get that story now from kpix 5's keit do. >> reporter: attention, silicon valley commuters. you know those jammed-up expressways, how about those annoying potholes everywhere? or that train or bus you have been waiting for forever? and don't forget the bart tunnel to downtown san jose. all that traffic relief will have to wait. a half cent transportation tax that would have paid for all those transportation

. >>> looks like someone is setting fire in the oakland hills. there were five just this afternoon. fire officials say it is kind of fishy considering they all broke down in a diamond canyon park area around the same time. >> we are calling them suspicious in nature. they were started with open flame. we have not been able to determine the exact location they were started. >> no one was hurt, and no structures were threatened. >>> tonight, oakland police say they figured out thousand this bullet hole got into the federal courthouse in oakland. it probably came from a stray shot in a street shooting friday night. the feds will look at beefing up security. >>> we are getting information about the plan to bring highly explosive oil to the bay area by train. joe vasquez has more. >> reporter: this new report puts into writing what a lot of folks out here have been talking about for some time. that volero oil plans to bring two trains of oil a day. one at night and another in the early afternoon. >> sheer is the environmental impact report we have been waiting for about a year. >> report

the fire is several miles away from where crews have been patrolling the oakland hills. five separate fires broke out tuesday afternoon, all within a couple hours of each other. they think they were intentionally set. and the two others were started by embers. investigators say burn patterns suggest somebody may have even put gasoline on wood to get the fires going. >>> investigators spent the night monitoring the shells of two homes that burned to the ground. would families are without homes this morning after a tree between them caught fire and those flames quickly spread. it happened on lantana drive. homeowners could only watch. both houses total losses. one was operating as a daycare. >> at least our lives, we have our lives. and i think my neighbor's dog died. >> so hard for them to watch. remarkably there were no injuries. probably thanks in part to a man who was trimming a nearby tree when he saw the flames and knocked on doors warning people about that fire. >> i ran inside the house and got everybody out of the house. i pounded fire, fire. >> as previously ment

their fears this morning that an arsonist could be to blame for a series of fires and the oakland hills some video 31 from a helicopter a partnership with abc seven news. all of the fire started and the soles of oakland creek camp can increase in l.a. sworn have acres of dry brush that was burned. there are homes and side of the flames and a home was damaged and nobody was hurt. investigators say because of the proximity of the fires because they're all about half mile parker it because they started by an open flame they think they're all suspicious. >>: scary moments for residents and antioch as far as i still try to figure out what caused this brush fire yesterday. it is see how close became. jackie says is live on the scene with more on this fire that came close to an elementary school as well >>: you can see how close this fire was to some of the homes here. you can see how many other homes were around this open space area on the 5100 block. 720 last night. that's where they discovered fire burning near the about 40 areas of the home. it obviously got very close to the homes. in fac

. >>> firefighters spent the night in oakland hills making sure a string of suspicious fires didn't flare-up again. three possible arson fires burned five acres in dime canyon park. >>> a viewer sent video from ureport@kgo-tv.com and investigators consider the fire "suspicious" because there was little wind. with the help a chopper and 300 feet of hose the flames were out in less than an hour. neighbors pitched in to help keep their homes safe. >> there was a fire down this and this was a fire right down here, as well. it was frightening. it moved so fast. >> firefighters remain at the park this morning. >> firefighters in newark kept a grass fire from reaching homes yesterday afternoon. we were over the scene at thornton avenue and ash street. trains were stopped and the fire department says the wood were ties caught on fire. >> as we move into the heart of the fire season experts remind us to keep a space around our homes by clearing loose brush. in marin county you can dispose of waste from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and bring branches and grass to the yard and it is accepting waste july 1

there's very high levels of fire danger out here in the oakland hills.r of the air day there is one in effect today. usually spare their means that the wind is low and the conditions are very, on your right now. the temperatures 30 feel like they're approaching the upper '70's out in oakland hills. we expect to see the oakland fire department and everyone else out about a picture the other on call. today is not the data do the lot mowing the if it away until the conditions will off a little bit. >>: were talking about fire danger will up the issue of the situation as deficits go this morning firefighters still looking out for the cause of early morning vase-as delays. -- blaze shortly after crews arrived peak there were calling and more help because the fire was outgoing. they maintained it data under control after a few minutes. >>: the mayor and oakland was evolved in the car crash with that team coverage this morning in an interview with mayor crumb input . --kwon , this and that they see in it mequon on the phone and the to a cause accident but the m

we found the worst offender, this home at 200 panoramic way in the oakland hills. it failed inspection after inspection leaving the fire department to clean up the weeds and fine the owner. >> what our experience has been is there's a percentage of persons who are not paying those fines back to the city. >> reporter: tonight a new alameda county grand jury report blames fire inspectors for the doing enough to collect. since 2010 oakland inspectors have fined fire code violators nearly $1.8 million for failing to clear their weeds, but they failed to collect close to 1 million of it due the grand jury said to poor billing and collection practices. we wanted to see if we could find the scofflaws ourselves. the people dodging the fees are tough to find. we've knocked on this door a couple times in the past couple months, no answer. the property is foreclosed and the person who liz here refuses to answer. fire -- lives here refuses to answer. fire inspectors say it's costing them too much time and money to keep up. >> we're doing everything we possibly can with the res

governor brown and his wife voted today near their home in the oakland hills. brown is running for a fourth term as governor. two republicans are fighting for the chance to face him in november. >>> a bay area city is offering an unusual incentive to boost sparse voter turnout. at least 10 pot clubs in san jose are offering free marijuana and discounts to card carrying voters. some candidates say that offering the free pot may be illegal but the issue is a little hazy. >> technically, we're violating federal law. but that's something cannabis clubs do every day. >> san jose city council may vote tonight on a sweeping set of regulations to rein in cannabis clubs around the city. >>> there's still time to vote. the polls close at 8 p.m. plenty of time, in fact. stay with kpix 5 and kpix.com. we will have all of tonight's election results. >>> a judge dealing out justice with his fist! >> if you want to fight, let's go out back and i'll just -- [ censored ] -- >> the courtroom challenge that led to an all-out brawl. >> he spent his life crawling. now it's a whole

. >>> firefighters are on high alert in the oakland hills a day after putting out five suspicious brush fires. crews walked the trails today. they are looking for hot spots and clues as to how those fires got started. flames broke out in a wooded canyon in an area that was damaged in the 1991 firestorm. >>> meantime, cal fire is taking action because of the extreme fire danger from our drought. it has banned open burning on 31 million acres across the state. cal fire has already responded to more than 2100 fires this year. that is a 70% increase over the same time last year. campfires may be approved in designated areas. >>> a man who pleaded guilty to threatening state senator leland yee last year is facing up to 10 years in prison. everett basham admitted to 7 felony and 2 misdemeanor charges. it's a case that started when he wrote emails to yee back in january of 2013. after arresting him, explosive devices were found in his home. he pleaded guilty to having the explosives and making the threats. the judge says he will probably give him 10 years in prison. >>> the teen stoleaway is t

we found the worst offender this home at 200 panoramic way in the oakland hills. it's failed an inspection after inspection. leaving the fire department to clean up the weeds and fine the owner. >> what our experience has been is there is a percentage of personals who are not -- persons who are not paying the fines back to the city. >> reporter: tonight a new grand jury report blames fire inspects for not doing enough to collect. since 2010 oakland inspectors have fined fire code violators nearly $1.8 million for failing to clear their weeds but they failed to collect close to $1 million of it. due, the grand jury said, to poor billing and collection practices. we wanted to see if we could find the scofflaws ourselves. do people who are dodging the fees are tough to find. we've knocked on this door a couple of times in the past couple of months and no answer. the property is foreclosed and the person who lives here refuses to answer. fire inspectors say it's costing them too much time and too much money to keep up. >> we're doing everything we possibly can with th

oakland hills, the drive there. westbound to 80. new drive down to the neighbor's toll plaza. you see the low clouds just fine. and the fast track back to you. >> thank you. 6:21 still ahead on today in the bay. a change of heart. coming up. i'll tell you why dan marino is dropping out of the concussion lawsuit against the nfl. >>> welcome back. half way through the workweeork. let's check on the snow as well. as the sun comes up with mike. so far traffic has been easy. things have been clear for dan marino. he is trying to have his name removed from a lawsuit against the league. he is one of 15 former nfl players suing over concussions. he never wanted to sue the league but did want to be protected financially in case he suffereded issues later in life. >> the stanley cup finals are on tonight. >> governor j brown has made a bet with new york governor. if the kings win they get a basket of wings and sauce. and if the rangers wayne governor brown is going to send organic rice cakes and a california history book to new york, boring. >> you actually pay less. in los angeles the