sky 7 is just arriving at a serious fire in petaluma. there are reports of at least two structures that are burping. just east of highway 101. you can see the plume of smoke there. in fact, several plumgs of smoke. the northbound lanes are closed at lakeville highway because of this fire. we have a closer look at this area where these fires have been reported. it's on stewart drive. that runs parallel to the highway. one of our viewers alison holmes shared this picture with us of a strip mall. we'll check back when sky 7 is directly overhead to give you a better look and updated information as it becomes available. good afternoon, everybody. i'm larry biel. >> and i'm ama daetz. we turn south now to that fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. >> here's the late on the loma fire. it's burned 1,500 acres since it started yesterday. at least one home has burned. >> firefighters are having a hard time controlling the fire which is just 5% contained. one firefighter was taken to the hospital with a minor eye injury. abc 7 news reporter chr

it ran off the petaluma boulevard. as rob roth reports now, the chp said the mother was driving on a suspended lines. -- a suspended lines. >> reporter: you can see where the car came to rest, that's a white chevy impala submerged in the petaluma river. authorities towed the car out of the water as they tried to piece together what went wrong. the california highway patrol said the mother was driving her daughters to school after dropping off a friend. they were on petaluma boulevard. >> a witness toll us he was behind the car. the car we'ved and struck -- not struck but went in the dirt center divider here for whatever reason, over corrected and shot off the right shoulder em bankment -- em bankment. >> reporter: according to chm. the car came through this brush, smashing into the tree, and jumping ahead several more feet before landing update down in the river -- upside down in the ri. the mother got out of the car. despite efforts from the fire departments, the girls did not survive. distraught family members were h

we start with that breaking news in petaluma where a fire has damaged at least three homes. here is a live look from sky fox. you can see the damage that the fire has done to those homes, backyard, and surrounding trees. there's not a lot left down there. the fire also forced them to close northbound highway 101 at lakeville highway for a time today. but at least one lane has now been reopened. people who live and work nearby, they are being asked to avoid this area. ktvu cristina rendon is live now with details. cristina? >> reporter: this fire started around 3:30 this afternoon along highway 101 in petaluma as you just saw that they are on scene right now. we could see glimpses of the smoke left and when sky fox zoomed in just a couple of moments ago we did see the firefighters that appears to be in some backyards to try to put out hot spots as i want to show you what it looks like half an hour ago with flames and smoke and they are just shooting out of the roofs of the homes there in that neighborhood and that this is actually a large group of firefighters on the scene at

petaluma police say the mother swerved off the road, went down an embankment and into the petaluma river. the mother escaped the girls couldn't be saved. the woman was driving without a license. the accident comes a week after two sisters drowned in a pickup truck that crashed into the russian river. >>> president obama went to lake tahoe at the lake tahoe summit. climate change is affecting the lake. researchers say the famous blue water lost almost 5 feet of clarity this year. >>> a look at donald trump rally in phoenix. rudy giuliani is speaking now. vice-presidential candidate mike pence about to introduce trump who will outline his immigration policy. >> kpix 5 political analyst melissa caen joins us now. >> reporter: hi. >> long anticipated this speech. >> reporter: it's been juliani, jeff sessions, now it's pence. everyone is waiting for donald trump to speak and we have been waiting for a while. he was supposed to deliver this speech last week but he postponed it to fine-tune it. we are going to take a look live at mike pence. donald trump hasn't yet taken the stage. >> we're wai

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in petaluma, wane freedman, abc 7. >> irony of the saddest kind. wane, thank you. >> o driver survived a 40-foot plunge from a freeway in san francisco. this map shows where it happened where interstate 280 crosses 25th street. witnesses say the driver walked away after the car dropped off the freeway, off to an embankment next to the train tracks. it happened around 1:00 this morning. the wreckage was cleared before this morning's rush hour began. >>> five armed men were involved in two armed robberies in a neighborhood. live in the mission hills area of fremont with the story, david? >> dan, it appears the very same gang that is invading homes here in this neighborhood around 9:00 in the evening when it is likely the residents are home. but the gangs have no problem confronting victims and pointing guns at them. this series of images taken from a security camera show five men armed with guns break in through a sliding door and invading a house. they move with precision listening to determine if anyone was home. when they didn't know is that their

on busy petaluma boulevard. seconds after, witnesses helped pull the mother from the car but couldn't reach the young girls trapped inside before the car filled with water. >> trying to investigate whether or not they were in car seats, seat belts. by law they should have been in car seats. whether that would have helped in this situation will be determined. >> reporter: moments later rescue crews arrived but it was too late. >> beautiful girls. >> reporter: wednesday's crash comes a week after 4-year-old hailey and 6-year-old kaitlyn markus died when their mother's car crashed into jenner river. some were going to that funeral when they were called to respond to this accident of another family broken apart. so much loss of so many young lives now. there was an officer who was injured in this accident that happened here on this road earlier today. that guy's going to be okay. as for chargers against that mom who did not have a license behind the wheel, we're all waiting, police are still doing their investigatio

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reporting live in petaluma, jean ellie, nbc bay area news. >> such an unimaginable loss. thank you, jean. >>> the governor of hawaii declared a state of emergency. tropical storm madeline brushes south of the hawaiian islands. happened this evening. people on the island buying up sandbags, batteries and bottled weather as they prepare to weather the storm. right behind madeline, hurricane lester. chief meteorologist jeff rainierly has been tracking most of the storms. what are we looking at, jeff? >> the way it looks now u with both of the paths of these, the hawaiians islands will be spared any kind of direct hit. lester is a category 3 hurricane. madeline is beginning to move in. it has started to weaken. there's still a tremendous am of rainfall with this that continues to spiral in. again, on the southern end of the big island. here you can see maui. it's not going to be impacting that area at all. the center of the storm is south of the big island. that will move out as we head throughout thursday. once again, the next 12 hours most of the impacts will be felt. overa

. >> and katie utehs reports from petaluma. >> prayers along the petaluma river for two little girls. >> she was screaming at the top of her lungs. >> and amanda heard a scream for help as they tried to pull the daughters, nine and seven -year-old girls out of water. >> babies were stuck in the car. it was horrible because i tried to tell my daughter not to look, i saident don't look. >> hernandez dropped the girl's father off at work and headed north on petaluma boulevard to rohnert park. c.h.p. said she drifted into the center dirt median on petaluma, overcorrected and swerved off the roadway, plunging upside down into 6' of water. the girls died despite heroric rescue efforts. >> it broke my heart. i have two kids... >> it is hauntingly similar to a crash into the russian river a week ago that killed two other girls. >> we are in jenner and will attend the funeral because we are parents and you feel it and it is especially hard when you on the scene and there is nothing you can do. >> family grapples with similar feelings. c.h.p. said hernandez was driving without a license but inv

the 911: two petaluma due to the city limits. police officers and firefighters did prepare and go into the water. to get the girls out. they aren't-- not sure how long they were under. >> grant: girls were taken to hospital where there were pronounced dead. police are still investigating what exactly caused the mother to plunge into the river to rid tragically, this is the second time, were two sisters were killed in that petaluma river. >> reporter: none of the flights that were sent to hawaii had any canceled or delayed flights. many people were just " ready to get on the plane to start their vacation. >> reporter: there are hoping that trouble was born madelin and hurricane lester does not affect their vacation. >> reporter: there were five men ransacking homes that was similar to another home invasion back on august 16th. the suspect did escape with electronics, cash and more. they're not sure at the end of the votes were chosen at random but they are hoping that someone see the individuals in the video and help to crack the

in petaluma te >> pam:they are weapons typically seen on battlefields. today.the authorities serving a search warrant, in connection with a robbery on an a-c transit bus. got a lot more than they bargained for several high powered guns.and bullets that can go right through body armour. grant lodes is here with the story of what deputies stumbled upon. >> grant:sheriff's deputies searching for this man, tyheir bolden in connection with a recent robbery aboard an ac transit bus found more than they bargained for when they entered a home on 20th street in oakland. sot and not just any weapons, but those that can put law enforcement at a distinct disadvantage. sot sgt ray kelly/alameda county sheriff's office 22-32 sheriff's officials say that 90 round clip is 3 times what your average patrol officer carries and the bullets themselves raise even more concerns sot it's unlikely the high powered weapons were used to ripoff bus passengers, so now the sheriff's office, oakland police and the department of alcohol tobacco and firearms are seeing if they are connected to

. >> vicki:on petaluma boulevard north. near gossage avenue. kron four's terisa estacio is following this story for us tonight. she brings us the details. >> they were able to get the two girls out. the police did go into the water they did say that they set measures in place. the petaluma hospital declared at some point. >> we do not know if she was distracted. or what the situation was. >> reporter: ipad pat late on the area. you see that the accident was caused by heavy brush. it is tough to see how deep the water is. >> is about to end of the team across so it is hard to see how deep it is. but it is deep. >> reporter: this comes a week after two girls ages 4 and 7 when the car went hand and lost their life driven by their mother. their full role is wednesday. -- funeral >> you've bill that is especially hard. and there is nothing that you can do about it. -- you feel >> reporter: their cars go out to the family and two girls dell lost their life. --their heart go out to the family. the two girls lost their life. >>"we did talk about the wa

little too warm for you we change things up 82 petaluma 82 nevada tomorrow so.'80s conquered 84 in oakland high 60s and san francisco 63 pacifica 74 sematech out. temperatures and not of you at 79. >> britteny: look at the cooling trend between wednesday and thursday for inland locations we drop down to the high low 80s by thursday back to the '70s and then clouds expected for the week and inland locations receive cooler weekend at closer to the state through the '70s down the high 60s staying at all along right along the coast. and then a slight chance of showers monday into tuesday. >> steve: >> grant: restrained contain this right near san marin high- school nevada boulevard is started within the hour cruise scrambling to keep under control >> steve: 2000 passengers could be flying to mars. it plans to establish a city are going forward. the best way to do that is to colonize the planet. also already begun work on the mars colonial fleet. system could potentially take people to the moon or beyond. call >> pam: coming knocking quarterback social activist has s

up in the petaluma river and losing her two daughters as a result. we were just over there near that area. we have new video of that memorial. you still see the balloons and the candles that are there from the community. will be coming out here to support that family. according to chp, the mother had just dropped her husband off at work around 8:00 a.m. yesterday and was taking her daughter, 7-year-old sayra and 9-year-old delilah to their school in rohnert park. she said someone cut her off and that's when she over corrected and drove into the river. now, chp says the mother did not have a license. now, this is tough for folks here in sonoma county because it happens only a week after a another pair of youngsters died in jenner when their mother lost control of the pickup truck and drove into into the nearby russian river. here's the memorial for those girls in petaluma last night and from parents at the girls' school who have to explain too their children what happened. >> pain is pain. you know? no matter how you see it ordeal with it, and losing

in petaluma many knew the people involved long before police released their name. they sent food to the first responders. the two dead little girls and their father were regular customers. >> very polite, always happy. >> reporter: now they are gone. one other irony. you may remember the accident last week. a truck went off the road into the river. two little girls inside that truck. drowned. a similar accident. many of the first responders here today planned on attending that funeral. clearly, they were not able to make it. in petaluma, wayne freedman. >>> a 46-year-old man is facing charges for trying to smuggle a bomb into a courthouse in stockton. private security guards discovered the device at a check point around 9:30 this morning. deputies then arrest third down man, gabe rriel sylvester. >> a car crash set off a chain reaction in san francisco that ended with a big bang. the bang was when a manhole cover blew about 25 feet into the air in a street in the financial district. it started when a car hit a fire hydrant. that sent water into the electrical vault

strength for homes were destroyed in petaluma after fire started in the ground near highway 101. 10 homes were damaged in yesterday afternoon fire on the northbound side of what the one before the washington accident. two were injured. >>reporter: the cell phone video we shot the student walking home from school and amazed to see trees other street of place. it's scary because of smoke was making it hard to breathe. and everyone was running crying. >> it was a chaotic state fire crews rushed him. the call was for a wildland fire but a number of homes were burning. police officers were racing door-to-door. >> they were evacuating people as we pulled up. we that information early on that all houses have been evacuated hundreds and went out and was stepping all over numbers prospective young woman helped an elderly neighbor her bare feet and suffering blisters. it hurts so bad that when there is something more important the pain doesn't matter. busted in her house yelling for her she can't see well -- year 100 >> in a firefight on the shoulder where the fire started and spread to ebro eucaly

petaluma boulevard north in petaluma.e lost control and drove into the petaluma river down there which resulted in the deaths of her two daughters. now, i want to show you new video we got this morning of that growing memorial right off this road where this all took place. according to chp 26-year-old ali hernandez just dropped off her husband at work yesterday roughry around 8:00 a.m. yesterday morning and was then taking her daughter, 7-year-old sayra and 9-year-old delilah, to their school in rohnert park. she tells investigators someone cut her off and that's when she over corrected and drove into the river. now, this is a week after a similar car incident took place in jenner right here in sonoma county when a pair of young sisters died when their mother lost control of a pickup truck and drove into the russian river. now, in both cases the mother survived and also in both cases you have the same first responders trying to save the lives of both of these girls. >> weighs heavily on a lot of people here, especially th

a petaluma neighborhood on fire. fire crews attacking the fire from all sides and making water drops from the air. >> the fire started getting bad again. they were dumbing more water and i was thinkg, oh my gosh this is going to get worse. jay overhead sky 7 showed it did get worse spreading to 13 homes. firefighters say it began as a grassfire on nearby highway 101. hot, dry conditions fuelled the situation. >> the fire went into the trees and the winds started blowing it down the side of the freeway. >> it dropped hot embers on the homes below. homes damaged and now red tagged. >> it is on fire and you have to get out now. they went and they didn't grab anything. >> reporter: marcy lewis said her elderly in laws escaped their burning house in time. many things in the family home can be salvaged. bill was not as lucky. he returned home to this. >> there are things salvageable, but it is pretty trashed. what the flames didn't get the smoke and water did. >> i feel so bad for these people. it makes you think. >> repor

moon bay, and we will see who it will affect with winds leaking to the south, so rohnert park and petaluma, possibly 101 a little bit today. so we will look at what is going on from sutro tower and a look at the temperatures, 48 to 58 at 7:00, 50 to 76 cooler at the coffee at noon and clouds gathering you keeping you at 60 at 4:00, and 84 inland where we have warming. 90s are ahead and weekend forecast ahead. >> alexis? >> southbound bay 101 at 880, northbound side, we are still looking light but we have one blocking issue in the south bay, and this is on 680 on the southbound side, berryessa road someone last a mattress blocking three left lanes. c.h.p. is on way. hopefully no one hits it the it is just a hazard. now, drive times are coming up. >> developing news from the south bay, imagine taking your dog into the emergency vet and getting shot with a pellet gun. >> police are sending for whoever did this. a police officer was also hit. but not hurt. tiffany wilson is in san jose. tiffany? >> this started at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. somebody started firing pellets outside of this veteri

>>reporter: 4 family in petaluma out of the homes tonight. the homes red tagged following dramatic fire which began when these trees erupted in flames this afternoon. sky 7 was overhead as up to 13 homes here on stewart drive had some type of fire daniel from the burning embers from the trees. four homes suffered major damage. front and back. some neighbors say they lost everything but everyone managed to get out safely. >> there are things that are salvageable with you pretty trashed. and with the flames being and smoke and water did. >> how is your wife doing. >> she's pretty upset. pretty upset ix two neighbors suffer minor injuries trying to run away from the fire. blaze forced closure of nearby highway 101 for several hours. the cause of the fire is still undetermined. in petaluma, cornell, abc 7 news. >> just to the south of marin county investigators say 14-year-old boy playing with matches started a small grass fire that badly damaged a home in novato. sky 7 was over the drive in novato boulevard just after 6:00 o'clock tonight. the 5

prayers along the petaluma river for two little girls. amanda wolf heard alley -- allejandra out of the water this morning. >> the babies were stuck in the car and it was horrible. i tried to tell my daughter, ruby, not to look. i said don't look, don't look. >> hernandez just dropped the girl's father off nearby and was headed off. chp drifted into the center dirt median on petaluma boulevard and over corrected and then swerved off the roadway plunging down the six feet of water. the girls died despite heroic efforts. >> it is hauntingly similar to a crash in the russian river a week ago that killed two other girls. >> we plan to attend the funeral because we are parents and you can feel it and it is especially hard when you are on scene and there is nothing you can do about it. >> tonight family grab pells with similar feelings along the river. chp say he was driving without a license, but investigators have not determined the cause of the crash. abc7 news. >> tonight we have new details on the former stanford swimmer sent to jail after

yesterday morning the car went off petaluma boulevard. the chp says the mother did not have a drivers license. >>> hours after it clipped in to the petaluma river and was pulled onto the street. water pouring from it9-year-old delilah gonzales and her sister sayra, 7, had been pelted into their seats with their mom behind the wheel. the crash may have killed him before they drowned. their mother, 26-year-old alejandra hernandez , passed a breathalyzer test at the scene. >> a witness said there was speed involved in some weaving. we will look at distraction in the vehicle. we look for evidence of impairment. >>reporter: including use of a cell phone. she told officers a car cut her off and cause her to swerve. no one backed that up. the man driving behind her back to her. desperate backdrop. spent a good samaritan went down and helped. >>reporter: the police officers got the girls out of the car. >> i can't recall one like that. comes back to me is the gender two fatalities -- jenner. >>reporter: that accident involved a car driving her tw

prayers along the petaluma river for two little girls. amanda wolf heard alley -- allejandra out of the water this morning. >> the babies were stuck in the car and it was horrible. i tried to tell my daughter, ruby, not to look. i said don't look, don't look. >> hernandez just dropped the girl's father off nearby and was headed off. chp drifted into the center dirt median on petaluma boulevard and over corrected and then swerved off the roadway plunging down the six feet of water. the girls died despite heroic efforts. >> it is hauntingly similar to a crash in the russian river a week ago that killed two other girls. >> we plan to attend the funeral because we are parents and you can feel it and it is especially hard when you are on scene and there is nothing you can do about it. >> tonight family grab pells with similar feelings along the river. chp say he was driving without a license, but investigators have not determined the cause of the crash. abc7 news. >> tonight we have new details on the former stanford swimmer sent to jail after

a petaluma neighborhood on fire. fire crews attacking the fire from all sides and making water drops from the air. >> the fire started getting bad again. they were dumbing more water and i was thinking, oh my gosh this is going to get worse. jay overhead sky 7 showed it did get worse spreading to 13 homes. firefighters say it began as a grassfire on nearby highway 101. hot, dry conditions fuelled the situation. >> the fire went into the trees and the winds started blowing it down the side of the freeway. >> it dropped hot embers on the homes below. homes damaged and now red tagged. >> it is on fire and you have to get out now. they went and they didn't grab anything. >> reporter: marcy lewis said her elderly in laws escaped their burning house in time. many things in the family home can be salvaged. bill was not as lucky. he returned home to this. >> there are things salvageable, but it is pretty trashed. what the flames didn't get the smoke and water did. >> i feel so bad for these people. it makes you think. >> rep

there at the coast this weekend, also, watching fog, look at this live doppler hd, half mile at petaluma and napa and santa rosa are the reporting stations in the north bay where the thick of the fog is going to trend as the winds are height and variable through the morning. mount tamalpais you can see the sunrise about to develop we are going to be at 48 to 58 at 7:00, notice it will be cooler at the coast at 60 during the day and 76 inland at noon and comfortable to 84 at 4:00, and the kids are outside, you can exercise at 57 to 73. in the neighbor, the warmer trend for the weekend is coming up. >> breaking news now of a gas leak in campbell, jessica has the days in to the live desk. jessica? >>> yes, a gas leak was caused by a car that ran and a gas main and right now campbell unified school district dealing with the after mat of the crash at kapri elementary school and a home was evacuated the leak is capped off. we got off the phone with pg&e and they saying they are making repairs and it could take a couple of hours with no word on how it affects the school day in chapman drive and

what it looked like tuesday afternoon in petaluma. multiple homes that border highway 101 on fire. >> i was on the road, so i was on the road, all the trucks -- >> reporter: one of four that firefighters say is uninhabitable. one of 13 damaged by the flames. >> did know anything until i got here. walked in and see this. just move forward. >> reporter: bill's wife to think the hardest. she fought back tears after seeing the damage inside her home. investigators say the fire started in the grass along the highway, spread to the trees, and then spread to nearby homes. northbound lanes of 101 were closed for a period of time. as crews battled to get control of the situation. when the flames were put out, many came back to the smell of charred wood and burned out homes. >> you know, shock, really. i live here for 10 years. i was just here yet her -- yesterday matter-of-fact visiting. you know? come to this, i mean, no words to explain that. >> there are things that are salvageable but it's pretty trashed. what the flames didn't get, the sm

say a cigarette likely sparked the fire that burned homes along the freeway in petaluma. you watched the story here on nbc bay area on tuesday. the fire started on highway 101 and jumped to homes, burning 14 homes in all. investigators believe someone tossed the cigarette out of a car. >>> up next, robotic pizza making. >> i love it. >> we'll show you. nbc bay area responds... ==take vo=to a man from alameda ordered furniture. >>> tonight at 6:00, nbc bay area responds to a man from alameda who ordered furniture. but he didn't get what he paid for. we sort out the furniture fuss and let you know how you can avoid a similar scenario. that story and more, tonight at 6:00. >>> finally at 5:00, only in silicon valley. zoom pizza, a restaurant in mountain view, says it's the only restaurant in the world to have robots making its pizza. the ceo says don't worry, nothing to fear, robots won't be taking away any jobs. he says these robots are just being used for squirting and spreading the marinara sauce. >> that's a good job. >> people are still tossing and kneading the dough an

a petaluma neighborhood is on fire. crews attacking the blaze from all sides and making water drops from the air. all the fire started getting bad can they dumped more water. i started to thing, my gosh...this is going to be worse. >> sky 7 shows it did get worse spreading to 13 homes. firefighters say it began as a grass fire on highway 101. hot and dry conditions fueled the situation. >> fire went into the trees and winds were blowing it down the side of the freeway. >> the flames dropped hot embers on houses below. four homes were damaged. now red tagged. the police told them to get the hell out. >> it is on fire. get out. now. they went the they did not grab anything. >> an elderly inlaw couple escaped the burning house just in time. >> did not know anything until i got here. >> bill returned home to this. afternoon. >> there are things that are salvageable but it is pretty trashed. >> i feel so bad for these people. it make you think... >> firefighters are have thing a cause a spark from a sparking car or a lit cig

the girls were killed when their mother's car ran off the road and landed in the petaluma river.the crash is eerily similar to the one last week near jenner also involving a mom and her daughters. in this morning's crash the car careened off petaluma boulevard between sycamore and skillman lane. ktvu's debora villalon went there and talked to chp who said the mother was driving without a license. >> reporter: hours after it flipped into the petaluma river this chevy impala was pulled onto the street. water pouring from it. 9-year-old delilah gonzalez and her 7-year-old sister had been belted into their seats with their mom behind the wheel. >> they may have drowned after 20 minutes. their mother alejandra hernandez passed a breathalyzer test at the scene. >> at least one witness saying speed was involved. a little bit of weaving. we're going to be looking at distraction in the vehicle. we always look for evidence of impairment. >> reporter: including possible use of a cell phone. hernandez told officers another car cut her off. forced her to swerve and then over correct. so far n

half moon bay under 5-mile visibility, under 10 in petaluma.louds and fog hanging very tight to the coast. lunch hour we are socked in around the san mateo coast a bit of a break becoming more patchy around the north bay coast side. we see a break in the activity around ocean beach, moss and montara beaches all towards sunset before the clouds fill back in later on tonight. sunny, mild and breezy around the bay area, mild inland because of that right there. upper level area of low pressure has been sit there is for days. it's enhancing our marine layer. it's pulling down that cooler air mass, as well. today 86 sacramento. 64 monterey bay. 78 high sierra. what you see today is what you get over the holiday in the mountains with overnight lows tumbling into the low 30s. 68 pacifica. 69 oakland bested by 77 degrees in vallejo. 70s in mountain view. sun-up 6:39, not 7:39. okay. and by the way, your extended forecast, very little change each and every day. enjoy your very first day of september! can you believe it? >> no. thanks, roberta. time now,

through petaluma. some of the fog could come to rohnert park and petaluma as we head through the morning commute. now, a look at the nearly full moon from the east bay hills over some of the marine layer of clouds and fog developing as we look off to the west. this afternoon, we will have sunshine around the bay and inland and warmer, but the coast unlike the total sunshine from yesterday, clouds will gather along the neighborhoods as we head into the afternoon hours. that will spread interest some of our neighborhoods tonight like this morning with patchy fog and clouds and the warmth will spread to the cost but it will not be over bearingly hot but warmer-than-average. we will start with today, thursday, becoming breezy downtown, 66, marina is 65 and daly city is 61 and the sunset is at 60 for cool spots and as we though santa rosa, 80 degrees, and toward san rafael and sausalito and vallejo temperatures in the upper 60s to 70s and as we look at what is going on in oakland at 71 to hayward is 75 and

here sunday will be the highest in vallejo 83 and a petaluma said rose 84 and the three day plannerhows a warming trend for and then stopped by to the '90s low 90s 93 on average for inland locations saturday saying close and the sunday warm in london of a closer to the bay from mid-70s up the high '70's it will be really nice weekend and close the coast temperatures pushing closer 70 degrees by sunday that will be a beautiful day closer look at your sunday forecast coming up. >> vicki:big story tonight. the family of sandra bland has settled their wrongful death lawsuit. the family attorney is saying bland's family will receive one- point-nine-million dollars in compensation for bland's death. you may remember. bland is the woman who was arrested last year for allegedly assaulting an officer during a traffic stop in waller county, texas. three days later she was found dead in her jail cell and her death was ruled a suicide. bland's arrest gained national attention and caused public outrage. the trooper who arrested bland was fired after he was indicted for allegedly lying about the

but, it is up in the petaluma area where we have a quarter-mile visibility so 101. as far as temperatures, look what will happen this afternoon. we are going to have temperatures from 59 at the cost to 88 inland. alexis? >> we have word of a new problem in a tough spot. we are okay on westbound 80 through emeryville but i will take you to the traffic maps to the central valley, westbound 580 before you get to the altamont pass, west of grant line road we hear we have a two vehicle collision blocking the far left lane and that is a solid backup building back into tracy so we will see what it is doing to our drive times if less than ten. >> we are still tracking the loma fire burning in the santa cruz mountains that has scorched 2,250 acres. it is growing. >> one home has burned. six structures have been destroyed. our reporter is there with that story. matt? >> i have good news. we have one, two, three, now sheriffs deputy cars sitting down at the bottom of the mountain. the good news is they are not in the mountain doing evacuations. yesterday, at this time they wer

crashing into the petaluma river.all hunter was able to escape with a minor injuries but her borders were trapped inside. unfortunate, after being transferred to the hospital both girls died. they did state that hernandez did not have a valid driver's license. >> not know if she was distracted. it should come out by the investigation. >> reporter: the previous week to other girls were killed and a similar manner. what a mother lost control and both girls were killed. >> a couple of us here plan to attend the final today. --the funeral today. >> you feel it and obviously there is nothing that you can do about it. >> reporter: neighbors were shocked that this can happen in the same month. >> i have three daughters of my own and it is very upsetting. >> reporter: small memorial head began to develop. >> reporter:--a small memorial had begun to develop. >> steve:a pair of scary home invasion robberies have people in fremont on edge this is video of the latest crime --- you can see the armed men on home surveillance. >> st

and 9-year-old daughters to school yesterday when her car veered off the road and crashed into the petaluma river. she was able to swim out but couldn't save the children. first responders on the scene were visibly shaken. last week, two young sisters drowned in a similar crash in the russian river. >>> in santa clara county, a former stanford university swimmer convicted of sexual assault is finishing up his jail sentence. but law enforcement is quite confident that he won't be greeted with smiles tomorrow. kpix 5's maria medina is live at the county's main jail on how authorities are working to keep brock turner safe when he leaves his cell. maria. >> reporter: that's right. many believe that brock turner was given a light sentence six months? jail. now he is being released after three months. he is expected to walk out tomorrow into protestors where they plan to set up. now, the sheriff says turner is expected to be released anytime between 5 and 9 a.m. tomorrow. they will have extra deputies on hand just in case it's needed. like he said, brock turner is a former stanford swimmer. he wa

she was driving her two daughters to school after dropping off a friend in petaluma. they were on petaluma boulevard. >> a witnesses told us that he was behind the car. the car had we've had and struck -- not struck, but went into the center divider here. joseph corrected and shot off the -- over corrected and shot off the embankment. it drops heavy trees and shrubbery into the river. >> reporter: the car came into the brush, smacks into the tree and justifying -- and jumping into the river. the mother escaped from the car. despite efforts from the fire department, the two girls did not survive. the rescuers returned to land. family members were hoping for morecals that didn't come. they were nine-year-old delilah and 7-year-old sayra. >> this is not a tricky road to navigate. our investigation is probably going to focus on distraction. >> reporter: what happened was similar to an accident in jenner where a mother drove off the road into the water trapping two little girls inside. their funerals were today. >> it's weighing heavy on our offices here. >> reporter: the

eight more damaged when a spark on the edge of highway 101 in petaluma spread into brush and ignited a row of eucalyptus trees. two people were injured. calfire dropped water from a helicopter on the dry trees to help stop the flames from spreading even further. coming up at 5:30 we will go live to petaluma to find out how the neighborhood is doing. >>> the weather is key to all of those stories. dave larson is life with your forecast. >> it will be cooler. the firefighters sure could use it. maybe on sunday and monday they will get help her mother nature in the form of rain. fall is there. it is not making a huge push but into friday it will be flying in all the way up to the sacramento valley. here is the day we start to cool. take a look at the temperatures around santa cruz, santa cruz mountain, you have a couple thousand people in monte do. santa cruz in southern california are all 55. at 2523 feet i could find 73 degrees, 27% humidity and a westerly breeze before. the fog is there on the coast. it has not lifted up. they probably will be by tomorrow. fog returns to the coast an

crews battled three destructive fires yesterday including one in petaluma and one in novato. the biggest is burning in the santa cruz mountains. firefighters say it could take a week to get it fully under control. kpix 5's maria medina is live in gilroy at the base camp with the latest >>> reporter: michelle, this "loma fire" now stands at 2250 acres. it is only 10% contained. it's already proven to be destructive. so far it's burned one home and six outbuildings and 300 more are threatened. there are mandatory evacuations in the area. this fire is burning in an area that hasn't seen a fire in quite some time so it's just ripping through all that fuel. it started on monday and firefighters say within just a few hours, it more than doubled in inside. >> typically, we see some wind that's influencing fire behavior. but so far, the last couple of days, we have seen that 2200 acres almost with the complete absence of wind. so it's a little surprising. over the last couple of years, it's the fire behavior that we're coming to expect given the drought conditions. >> reporter: and t

around petaluma, and into napa we are up to a mile and three-quarters and three-quarters at napa.tch out for shifting thick fog with the kids headed to the bus stop. from mount tam, can you see the cloud cover is what bring us the cooling. the marine layer is back at a thousand feet. more clouds and misty spots the next couple of nights and tracking showers in the forecast. today, 78 in milpitas. 82 in san jose, a warm 87 in gilroy. mild temperature on the peninsula and most of us in the mid-to-upper 70s and millbrae is the exception across the north bay, 78 to 84 is the spread and the east bay shore, 7 to fremont. and 85 to 90 inland and after today, 50s to 70s and 80s, and only 50s to 70s next week with a chance of a shower next week, sunday, monday, and possibly on tuesday. alexis? >> the bay bridge toll plaza shows we have the metering lights flipped on right around 5:30 this morning. we are kind of at the strain point of day where the fast track lanes moving slower an the cash lane and car pool is all that is move along. westbound 205 we have a report of a collision before yo

. >>> two girls died when their mother lost control of the car and careened into the petaluma river. the two sisters were trapped inside the car when it overturned in the water. their mother escaped by the 26- year-old could not save her girls. the chp said she was driving on a suspended license. she hit the center divide and overcorrected causing the car to go off the road into the water. >>> in san francisco today, people rallied in support of col lin capper nick. the union wants an apology from the quarterback for saying that police officers are, quote, getting away with murder. but the supporters say he is shining a light on what they call a nationwide problem. a civil rights attorney said that he is exercising his first amendment rights. >>> we're waiting for donald trump in phoenix right now to deliver a speech on immigration. here is a picture from the convention center where right now you see donald trump coming out on to the stage where he is expected to lay out his plan on immigration as we await him to come up to the podium. we hope we can take a listen a big crowd here aw

all eyes are on petaluma.rning all lanes of highway 101 have reopened. >> and an aggressive wildfire raging out of control in the santa cruz mountains. hundreds forced out of their homes and the danger is not over yet. >> we begin with the breaking news from petaluma. here is a look from our chopper as firefighters work to put out hot spots that burned four homes. >> alongside highway 101. a vegetation fire on the right shoulder quickly spread into the trees and homes. about 20 homes were evacuated because of the three-alarm fire. a shelter was set up at mcdowell elementary school. no injuries were reported. report report john john is at the -- reporter john ramos is at the scene. >> reporter: you can see the fire here spread to the eucalyptus tree. firefighters fought the blaze from the freeway but the flames quickly moved into the backyards of homes on stewart street below. >> i will guess their are eight homes affected. all the backyards, a lot of exposure, their back porches and the back of the structures

once again highs around the mid '80s for san jose state in the 60s along the coast 82 degrees and petaluma of warmer as the questions the weekend. >> grant: the video we showed you agree what it is reaching our ocean beach. (narrator) imagine, wiping away the appearance of crepey skin. on your arms... (female narrator) on your legs... (male narrator) and even your neck. (female narrator) what would your reaction be? -can i look now? -yes. are you serious? oh my goodness! (female narrator) and now a paid presentation for crepe erase. (male narrator) a breakthrough targeted body treatment brought to you by trusted guthy renker. (female narrator) and featuring emmy award winning actress jane seymour. (male narrator) beloved little house on the prairie actress melissa gilbert. (female narrator) figure skating legend, dorothy hamill. (male narrator) and 12-time olympic medalist dara torres. plus, everyday women whose lives and skin are being transformed with crepe erase.

. >>> a three alarm fire shuts down a freeway in petaluma. those pictures coming up in a live report. >>> a police shooting in southern california turns deadly. we will hear from police as to why they felt like they had to open fire. >>> good morning. >> thank you for joining us on this wednesday, the 28th of september. how are we doing on the commute? >>> looking good. but slow all-around. as we speak into october, will we feel it? >>> we will. here is a live look for you at the golden gate bridge -- not much to see. some fog trapped there. starting to mix out elsewhere. mount diablo, a nice sunrise in the east bay. with the fog, it is kind of localized at the golden gate. a little bit along the east bay shoreline and some of the valleys, to the north bay. this will quickly to progress morning. temperatures stand pretty much unchanged at this point. we expect the numbers to start to jump in the far east baker 59, livermore. and concord, 58. the east bay shoreline, mid to upper 50s. and 61 in san jose. the full forecast, 82 at high noon. for

this is what it looks like tuesday afternoon in petaluma. multiple homes that border highway 101 on fire. >> i was on the road, i work in san francisco. so i was on the road and seen all the trucks. >> reporter: this is one of four that firefighters say is uninhabitable. one of 13 damaged by the flames. >> didn't know anything. until i got here. walk in and see this. just move forward. >> reporter: bill's wife took things the hardest. sheet fought back tears after seeing the damage inside her home. investigators say the fire started in the grass along the highway, spread to the trees, and then spread to nearby homes. northbound lanes of 101 were closed for a period of time. as crews battled to get control of the situation. when the flames were put out, many came back to the smell of charred wood and burned-out homes. >> you know, shock really. and i live here for 10 years. visiting, you know? you come to this. i mean, no words to explain that. >> there was things that were salvageable but it was pretty trashed. what the flames didn't get, th

jose close the half moon bay 67 and the alicea had amara san francisco 6881 vallejo 89 about 087 petaluma and then the badgers then rosa at 8993 and set fairfield today forecast shows the warming trend so we will be little or tomorrow attica wednesday the people are temperatures 97 degrees and locations and then 80 after by the coast it shows that . (narrator) imagine, wiping away the appearance of crepey skin. on your arms... (female narrator) on your legs... (male narrator) and even your neck. (female narrator) what would your reaction be? -can i look now? -yes. are you serious? oh my goodness! (female narrator) and now a paid presentation for crepe erase. (male narrator) a breakthrough targeted body treatment brought to you by trusted guthy renker. (female narrator) and featuring emmy award winning actress jane seymour. (male narrator) beloved little house on the prairie actress melissa gilbert. (female narrator) figure skating legend, dorothy hamill. (male narrator) and 12-time olympic medalist dara torres. plus, everyday women whose lives and skin are being transformed with crepe era

--the same thing apart petaluma. >> brittany: you will notice as we go into the weekend temperaturesas a close to an average. >> brittany: daytime high for alan spots would drop down to the 70-- dayttime high will drop down to 70. >> pam:have a good night everyone.