strike team that left this morning 7 cal fire engines from northern california have already gone to san diego. >>> a mysterious sign in san francisco is getting a lot of attention from drivers. take a look. it is on van nuys near vallejo and says in part the city is closed because it is too hot. it is still unclear who is responsible for this message but there is evidence that the heat wave is beginning to cool off, ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo tracking those conditions for us right now, hey there mark? >> hi, mike, it is a gradual process, there is fog, over the coast the past few hours but not enough to cool things down, for this hour already lower 90s toward antioch and livermore and walnut creek as well, 1 sensor in san francisco showing 77 but right near the immediate coastline the presence of that rare and onshore breeze beginning to cool things off, in fact here is a look, a very shallow return there and also seen a few patches develop right near the golden gate bridge, not much coverage on that satellite but i will show you live coverage looking out toward the golden gate bridge and

saturday and sunday is looking better in san diego. back here at home it was uncomfortably hot today. the hottest, 102 in morgan hill. 102 in gilroy. and the century mark in san jose. but there are albeit small signs of changes. in parts of the north bay temperatures are 2 to 4 degrees cooler at this hour compared to this time yesterday. that's a function of the onshore flow that is coming back now. you can see where it is dropping temperatures in the east bay averaging upper 60s. san francisco, 63 in the north bay. still warm in the south bay with 72 degrees. let's get the goods on what is happening. high pressure, the hottest day of the year for today. it's slowly starting to fade. what we're going to see happen in the next two to three days is high pressure is moving to the south and the east that is putting the conveyer belt of cool air across the west. as that continues to move across friday, saturday, and sunday we are in for a 20 to 30 degree drop in our temperatures. tomorrow is going to be a gradual dip going from 100 degrees i

one house burn sod far in san diego county. if we can pan around just to the right here, you'll see what we call a california conservation crew, an inmate crew actively digging out fire lines here to protect the neighborhood off to the north. another wall of flame coming up right here. go ahead and turn right here, if you could, please. at 12:00, this is where they're making the stand. this is a fairly new community. a lot of houses with red tile roofs and stucco. a good sign for them. when the fire can spread through burning embers, you have a whole lot less to catch. it's a grund fight right now. captain miller, a quick question. can you talk to us about your strategy? >> right now, we're trying to put in a fire break between what is actively burning and not burning to stop the fire from advancing toward the houses. >> i realize it's difficult on the inside looking out. do you know how many homes we have lost? >> i have no idea. right now, the fire is in the drainages. it's running. we have erratic winds. low humidity. down i

today the sheriff of san diego county issued nearly 13,000 new evacuation notices mostly in the university of san marcos. the flames represent the ferris burning as we speak in and around san diego county. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the heat across the state, but we begin with jennifer bjorkland in san diego county. jennifer. >> reporter: raj, the firefighters are literally chasing embers as they jump, hop-scotch from treetop to rooftop, trying to put them out before they start new fires. there are almost too many fires to count. they're trying to keep track of those and tackle the bigger fires all at the same time. the low humidity, the high temperatures, and the wind, the wild card. that's the real predictor of what will happen here. from the air and on the ground, the battle to beat back the flames go on. >> as quickly as the sun came up, so did the smoke and the ability for active fire behaviors. >> reporter: active fires that charred this california landscape. >> yesterday was a difficult day throughout the county with the fire department responding to more than nine

carlsbad, california. >> authorities are gathering evidence to see what caused the fires around san diego. officials are treating each as a crime scene until they can prove they were not intentionally set. >>> san jose park officials are taking no chances with fire closing alum rock park today. nobody will be allowed in today. they decided yesterday when it was 96 degrees with 11% humidity. another factor, the availability of firefighters and equipment in case there is a fire. the state has declared an early start to fire season. it started in every california county but three along the north coast. >>> a woman is in custody accused of an unprovoked attack on a 4-year-old girl yesterday at story road walmart store at east san jose. more now from kpix 5's joe vazquez. >>> reporter: the 4-year-old girl was riding in the shopping cart. she was with her dad in the purse section when police say the attacker suddenly came out of nowhere. >> the female entered the store and for no apparent reason basically drew a crowbar that she had carried into the store from her person and struck the child tw

firefighters in san diego county are fighting five other fires right now. the latest to break out is right near cal state san marcos. we'll stay on top of this breaking story and bring you a live report from carlsbad coming up in about ten minutes. >>> back here in the bay area, firefighters in sunnyvale are still trying to it figure out what started a mobile home fire that killed one woman inside. this happened just before 12:30 p.m. firefighters saw heavy smoke and flames coming from this home at the rancho le mesa mobile home park on sycamore terrace. one body was found inside after they knocked out the fire. the identity of the victim has not been released yet. >>> we have new details tonight on the mountain view police officer arrested for child porn. this is 36-year-old kevin wynn, a seven-year veteran of the department. mountain view police have already issued an open letter to the public saying they're saddened and disappointed. nbc's mark matthews joins us. officer wynn was well respected not just in mountain view but across the bay area. >> reporte

north of san diego. more than 11,000 people. more than 11,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes. schools where students were rushed to faf si. firefighters forced to give up the battle, pull back from the burning homes. this is one of after least three major fires burning in the area right cammen is on the fireline for us. jennifer grey is tracking the conditions. paul, tell our viewers what you're seeing. what's going on? >> reporter: right now, wolf, i'm at the southeastern flank of this fire. where it's actively burning. they're trying go ahead and get hold of it. it is so smoky in here, you can't tell what is going on. when my camera man pushes in, there's a house off in the distance. you can see the faint outline of a fire truck. what they've done is they're getting hose in there. they're trying to squirt all around the area as this fire rages through carlsbad, california. nearby, legoland has been evacuated. several schools. we know that 11,000 people have been evacuated. we have seen so far. this is from groun

have burned in rounds northern san diego.to look exactly where this fire is burning this is just west of interstate 15 the homes threatened are the in the northern part of the city and in san diego county this is a fairbanks ranch area and you're familiar with 20,000 all the homes for evacuating the area appeared new images from the scene just in the newsroom as well in see the fire being fought for the air in the ground as well. santa ana winds that hot temperatures if there was some feeling this thing is try to degrees in san diego reporters on seen those a was have started to die down that is good news you see smoke visible from roadways some of which were close third from the office buildings as well. even though the girls have died down still digging up hot spots in some cases an evacuation center has been set up for all people to attend will believe a lot of nice sums he sees a malone their million-dollar homes in fire and the distance it there will continue to follow developments in and around san diego will bring you

. >>> that is what they need in san diego a break from the weather, a fierce fire fight in san diego county, firefighters are calling it unprecedented. they have been battling 9 wildfires since yesterday fueled by hot temperatures and bone dry vegetation. you are looking at a fire nato. a column of fire that is swirling around like a tornado. the report from the fire lines on what firefighters and people living there are up against. >> reporter: firefighters in san diego county are battling a collection of wildfires that have already burned 9,000 acres. officials are deploying additional air tankers and helicopters to the region. 120,000 emergency notifications were sent to people in san diego county. the carlsbad alone issued 23,000 evacuations. >> we have bad air quality. it is not just the carlsbad event, it is a regional event. we have plenty of fires burning. take care of yourselves. >> the fires could threaten camp pendleton. they forced school closures and prompted a over night evacuation of lego land. >> it was terrifying. my dogs at home, how am i going to get home, worried

today all schools in san diego and in more than 20 nearby cities will be shut down. this includes cal state san marcos. a graduation ceremony scheduled there this weekend at the university. thousands of people in several cities were evacuated, in some cases, just minutes before flames completely devoured their homes. right now nine fires have burned about 9,000 acres and destroyed 13 homes and 18-unit apartment complex, as well, was taken down. the biggest of the fires is burning on camp pendleton and it's caused hundreds of marines to evacuate. crews will have to battle high temperatures and strong winds yet again today. now, take a look at this situation here, a perfect mixture of fire and wind created actually a small twister of flames being brought up into the sky. this video here was taken at the highway fire which is burning in the deer springs area. now, that fire right now is only about 5% contained. a very serious situation there. >> indeed. so serious firefighters from the bay area are on their way south to help put out those fires including several from ala

up to nine wildfires burn in san diego county. t now a cal fire crew from santa clara is on the way to southern california to help. the fires destroyed at least 30 homes in and around san marcos and camp pendleton. thousands of people have been evacuated including cal state san marcos. so far the fires burned 14 square miles. >>> watch this. super cat to the rescue. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in bakersfield when a neighbor's dog when on the and even chasea gets the dog itself down the street. and then terra goes back to check 0* jeremy. >> he's a -- she is a hero. >> to have her with no regard for her own life fly at the dog to protect him, i have never seen anything like that. >> who has? unbelievable. jeremy has a few stitches, but is okay. tera adopted the couple following them home from the park. she never acted like an aloof cat. when jeremy was born she would go in his crib and curl up beside him which explains why she is so protective. >>> and a lingerie store is apologizing after an internet backlash. this store

i'm frank mallicoat. >>> nine wildfires are burning out of control in san diego county. state san marcos has been evacuated. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. dozens of houses and other buildings in carlsbad have been lost and legoland in carlsbad is closed. at least nine fires are burning. andrew spencer reports, the early wildfire season has san diego county firefighters pooling their resources to try to gain control. >> reporter: with the fire burning so close to houses, it's no surprise officials issued some 23,000 evacuations in carlsbad alone. >> the wind doesn't make it easier. the wind can change and all of a sudden it seems like we are going to be safe and we're not. so we are packed and out of there. it's been very stressful. there's a lot of big plumes of smoke getting larger. >> reporter: in oceanside flames devoured the brush on this mountainside close to the homes below. firefighters are doing what they can to keep the flames at bay but at least 20 structures in san diego county have been destroyed. smoke rising from the fire in san

we are vetting. >> san diego has up to ten fires that is scorched 15 square miles. dozens of structures have been destroyed and forces 125,000 evacuation orders. some are being lifted. san marcos is the most active fire. the largest fire is at camp pendleton with 6,000 acres burned in the fire. >> there now at least one confirmed death in the fire. during a check for hotspots a badly burned body was found in a homeless encampment in carlsbad. a photographer covering the wildfires was in the thick of the action. a load of fire retardant was dropped where he was standing and this happened yesterday in san marcos. four air frankers are available if drops in san diego county in addition to 22 helicopters. >>> you know who else is watching is giants manager? he says that the san marcos fire raging in san diego county is a mile and a half from his home according to our media partner. he has a home? san diego and a neighbor is watching the house. >> and we are in san diegoth on the fire lines with a report on "good morning america" after the morning news. >>> police are loo

. >> : firefighters in san diego counties still battling raging wildfires that are deeper and 8,000 a. decline to the reason it region already too late for some suffered losses followed well far ridges on destroying homes scary scenes that shows what happens on trouble flames meat sweeping winds sort of fire tornado forms right near peebles comes near by the largest was fired off threatens a major military marine base. so far thousands have been evacuated from san diego county. >> : in my book is a front your house but trust me fire officials know thousands of firefighters were to to put the blazes out but up against heat dry winds and low humidity not to mention fatigue because the fire looks under investigations but officials have muscled local rainfall make stress self that is marked as start anywhere >> : one death has been confirmed as a result of the fire is good news is that mother nature will start helping out firefighters leading into tonight and the weekend x damages expected to die down leading of and fire investigators are some may be involved with some of these fires >> :

. >>> sizzling san diego. massive wildfires are forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate. 5% contained and winds making things worse. >>> bounce house horro a massive wind lifts a bounce house into the air while three children are playing inside it. >>> plus, a major mining disaster with over 200 killed. we have breaking details. it's wednesday, may 14th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning to you. i'm frances rivera. breaking news out of south africa where the judge in the oscar pistorius murder trial has ordered the olympic track star to undergo an evaluation for mental illness. the move will likely delay the trial for more than a month. the judge argues that a psychological evaluation would ensure that pistorius gets a fair trial. pistorius has admitted to shooting his girlfriend, viva steenkamp, last year. a psychiatrist told the court this week that he suffered from an anxiety disorder. >>> at least 20 workers at two hospitals in orlando are being monitored after coming in contact with a p

about 30 miles northeast of san diego. this is not a rural area. this is the middle of a prosperous city. and you see on top of the hill in this city of san marcos, you can see the flames burning. you can see the helicopter that is water. that is in the container. it is dumping water on the fire spots throughout san marcos. what is so unusual about this fire, erin, yesterday morning when people woke up in this town, they didn't see very much of anything at all there was some fire, but it was relatively minor. it sprung up very quickly with the heat, the low humidity, the winds. and then it died down a little bit this morning. when we came out this morning, we saw very little fire once again. the winds picked up, and now it's all over the city one more time. i want to show you on this side, this fire, you can't see the flames anymore. we saw flames an hour ago. we see smoke. but john, my photographer, is going to zoom in. you're going to see the foundation of a house. that house burned down from a fire just an hour ago. once again, the helicopter abo

are the live pictures of the new wildfires threatening homes between lake side on the east side of san diego. there are evacuations near san marcos. the school is having final exams this week, with graduations this weekend. >> we're also following developments on another major fire burning not far away and in san diego county. this in the city of carls batted, california destroying 30 homes, one, you can see here. it's also forced evacuation of legoland, a popular theme park in the area the carlsbad fire is at least five burning in san diego county. the carlsbad is about 30 miles north of downtown san diego. reporter rob mcmillan is on the scene for us right now. rob? >> people are calling it a fire storm because many fires are burning here in san diego county the mosto far this one here in carlsbad. you can see two hoaxes were destroyed and a commercial building just went up in flames 15 minutes ago. here are some aerials shot an hour after the fire started this morninged, starting near the intersection of poinsettia lane so not too far from pacific ocean. we've had gusty winds, contributin

up to nine wildfires burn in san diego county. right now a cal fire crew from santa clara is on the way to southern california to help. the fires destroyed at least 30 homes in and around san marcos and camp pendleton. thousands of people have been evacuated including cal state san marcos. so far the fires burned 14 square miles. >>> watch this. super cat to the rescue. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in bakersfield when a neighbor's dog when on the attack and terra gets the dog off the boy and even chase itself down the street. and then terra goes back to check 0* jeremy. >> he's a -- she is a hero. >> to have her with no regard for her own life fly at the dog to protect him, i have never seen anything like that. >> who has? unbelievable. jeremy has a few stitches, but is okay. tera adopted the couple following them home from the park. she never acted like an aloof cat. when jeremy was born she would go in his crib and curl up beside him which explains why she is so protective. >>> and a lingerie store is apologizing after a

carlsbad, 35 miles north of downtown san diego.that fire destroyed numerous homes and rattled thousands of home owners. >> it's pretty wild to see 100-foot flames 60 yards from your house, and see the firefighters and then you hat the huey helicopters going after it. it was quite a sight and we're happy our house is still here. >> reporter: there's been so much damage, the governor has issued a state of emergency. >> will, i want show to our viewers the new live pictures coming into us. you can see in the hills behind the homes and up here, fire after fire after fire. it's incredible to watch. will was saying the winds have died down but the fires create their open wind, and you can see these on the hills are doing that. towering smoke all over the area, and perilously close to this neighborhood. will do we have a sense for what may have caused this? >> well, shep, right now fire investigators are looking at the ignition points of the fires. they're looking into arson potentially because so many fires broke out in such a short amou

. >>> in san diego conduct crews battle nine fires that have charred thousands of acres. the big it concern this morning is the very active 700-acre fire burning this san marcos that destroyed three homes and is zero containment. we at one point, 2 is,000 homes remain evacuated along with a naval weapons station at camp pendleton and many remain out of their homes this morning. katie marzullo has the latest in the next half hour. >> "good morning america" is on the fire lines in san marcos and saw this two hours ago at 4:00 a.m. >>> you can see the hotspots in the ruined home behind me. we took this thermometer to get an idea of how hot it is, more than 1,000 degrees and prime conditions, again today. >> she tweeted this photo shot by her producer, last night in southern california. the firefighters are battling the flame and towering fire in the break ground. we will check with katie marzullo at 6:30 for an update on the nears and at 7:00, ginger will be on "good morning america" with much more from san diego county. >>> a young woman is in custody after a stunning attack

are the live pictures of the new wildfires threatening homes between lake side on the east side of san diego. there are evacuations near san marcos. the school is having final exams this week, with graduations this weekend. >> we're also following developments on another major fire burning not far away and in san diego county. this in the city of carls batted, california destroying 30 homes, one, you can see here. it's also forced evacuation of legoland, a popular theme park in the area the carlsbad fire is at least five burning in san diego county. the carlsbad is about 30 miles north of downtown san diego. reporter rob mcmillan is on the scene for us right now. rob? >> people are calling it a fire storm because many fires are burning here in san diego county the most damaging so far this one here in carlsbad. you can see two hoaxes were destroyed and a commercial building just went up in flames 15 minutes ago. here are some aerials shot an hour after the fire started this morninged, starting near the intersection of poinsettia lane so not too far from pacific ocean. we've had gusty winds,

san diego under siege. raging infernos bearing down on california neighborhoods. 10,000 acres have been charred. even a military plant is threatened. >>> crews fight desperately against the flames. we'll go live to our correspondents on the front lines and i'll speak with survivors. is arson to blame? >>> plus, sterling divorce bomb. the wife of the l.a. clippers' owner has a secret weapon that could sabotage the nba chances of separating donald sterling from his team. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> the dramatic battle to save homes and lives in southern california. right now at least nine major wildfires are burning across the region. more than 23,000 people have been evacuated. dozens of people have lost their homes. officials are begging people to follow evacuation orders before it's too late. our correspondents are on the firelines. i'll speak with california's governor jerry brown. first, gary tuchman is in san marcos, about 35 miles north of san dieg

san diego seeing 90. normally it's 69. these are the areas we are concerned about all the way down to the mexican border and into the valley tomorrow. temperatures look like this. los angeles 99. even san francisco broke a record today of 90 degrees. this is the hottest temperature for this day since 1927. when we get to thursday. fire danger is going to be exceptional. it's not until we get toward the weekend that the temperatures come down. saturday, los angeles at 79. >> tomorrow marks one month since the abduction of 27 # school girls in nigeria. today the government says it is willing to talk with boko haram, the group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping. boko haram says it will release some of the girls in change for the release of imprisoned members of its group. >> in the recently released video on monday by the leader of the boko haram, abubakar shekau, he is demanding for the government to release the members of the boko haram sect that have been detained by the nigerian government, and in exchange they ar

up to nine wildfires burn in san diego county. right now a cal fire crew from santa clara is on the way to southern california to help. the fires destroyed at least 30 homes in and around san marcos and camp pendleton. thousands of people have been evacuated including cal state san marcos. so far the fires burned 14 square miles. >>> watch this. super cat to the rescue. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in bakersfield when a neighbor's dog when on the attack and terra gets the dog off the boy and even chase itself down the street. and then terra goes back to check 0* jeremy. >> he's a -- she is a hero. >> to have her with no regard for her own life fly at the dog to protect him, i have never seen anything like that. >> who has? unbelievable. jeremy has a few stitches, but is okay. tera adopted the couple following them home from the park. she never acted like an aloof cat. when jeremy was born she would go in his crib and curl up beside him which explains why she is so protective. >>> and a lingerie store is apologizing after a

is crews are actually starting to gain control of some of the other fires that are burning across san diego county. the question now is what is the weather going to do when the sun rises. from the air and on the ground, firefighters remain focused on san marcos as a raging wildfire continues to consume vegetation and structures in its path. choppers swept in to put out hot spots along smoldering hillsides thursday. but triple digit temperatures and winds sparked flare-ups and forced authorities to evacuate thousand more residents. scott martin and his family are taking up shelter at a hotel for now. >> literally there were black clouds and flames coming right down the hill from our front door. >> reporter: the fire is burning everything in its path. this home right behind me in san marcos reduced to rubble. firefighters say what makes this wildfire so difficult to battle is that it is essentially creating its own weather pattern as it sucks in oxygen. crews have made significant progress. that news did little to comfort residents who have completely lost their homes. >> i'm very upset. what

encouraged >> : for our of the >> : developing story >> : developing tonight was fire roaring through san diego county and a fort and forced thousands of people from their homes dangerously high and dry conditions all around california are helping fuel the fire and others >> : bread is mutt string that situation >> : you dramatic video tonight this is certainly the biggest fire burning in southern california thousands of the evacuations at least 800 a. have burned so the heartland right next to a multimillion-dollar homes like this one you see the effects of the strong sun and wind as firefighters dousing the the proper is trying to run widespread damage and destruction 5000 residents still under evacuation orders tonight we're talking about 20,000 people one mobile home was burned no other reports of damage or injury that this is in the northern portion of the city of san diego at no. 78 will county near the fairbanks ranch area just west of interstate 153 elementary schools were evacuated today and tonight the winds have died down progress is being made but take a look the fire only about 5%

in san diego.hey do a report. >> yes. >> they document the fact that the ied, the ptsd. >> yes. >> and they begin, i suppose, to develop some sort of program. >> yes a treatment plan. >> meanwhile he goes back to living his norm will mall life and that's when on march 31st he drives to the border area? >> that's right. >> parks his car on the u.s. side. goes into tijuana for a time. when he goes out, he goes back in his car, guns in the trunk, leaves the parking lot. when he leaves the parking lot he makes the wrong turn instead of going towards san diego, he made a left turn in which curiously if you go left you would think you would go north as it turns out go left end up looping around into no exexin mexico. >> that last left mistake auto feet from the parking lot. that's the sign that has graffiti on it as well there is a sign there but at 11:30 at night, i'm not sure that i would be able to see it. >> as he enters mexico, he gets stopped at the mexican check point? >> yes, yes, yes. >> does he

we showed you the pictures earlier in san diego county. life is on hold for many who live around that area. nine wildfires burning down homes and blackening the sky and right now the various fires have burned about 9,000 acres, as well. they destroyed 13 homes and an 18-unit apartment complex. the biggest of the fires are burning on camp pendleton, hundreds of marines have evacuated and crews will have to battle high temperatures today and also strong winds. schools in san diego, all of them and more than 20 schools in nearby cities will be closed today, that includes cal state san marcos which has canceled a graduation ceremony scheduled for this weekend. in some cases just moments before the flames took down their home. >>> now, a perfect picture here as the issue that has the wind and the very, very dry weather that we've had created a small twister of flames in this video. this was taken at the highway fire which is burning in the deer springs area. look at this little twister shooting up into the sky. now that particular fire right no

mid-60s will feel chilly in san diego by the time we get to sunday. that's your national forecast. >> so we just wait for the weekend weather pattern changes and hopefully won't do this again anytime soon. >> sure looks tough. you got the drought, the winds. >> triple whammy. >> mudslides coming. >> el nino comes, we get a lot of rain, yeah. >> bill karins, thank you. >>> the south korean ferry. >>> and the story behind a family cat stopping a vicious dog from attacking a 4-year-old child. "early today" is back in two minutes. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. ding! ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, llllet's get ready to bundlllllle... [ holding final syllable ] oh, yeah, sorry! let's get ready to bundle and save. now, that's progressive. oh, i think i broke my spleen! home insurance provided and serviced by third party insurers. and these little angels build in strength. and that little angel says, "weeeeeeeee!" 60% more sheets than charmin. everything you want and the value you love. angel soft. revlon colorburst™ matte and lacquer

there are 11 fires, there were 11 fires total in southern california, all in san diego county. now it's down to five and three are of concern. this one here, we're in escondido, the san marcos fire and two fires burning in camp pendleton. all three of those are still out of control. this was only 10% here. they had a great day early on attacking from the air. but now the last two hours the within has picked up, this fire has increased in size. we've seen air drops throughout the day. they are trying to gate headway. mother nature should help out in the back end of this into tonight and tomorrow. this is a crucial time here with the winds picking up. >> ted stand by. i want to get right back to. but we have the information officer for cal fire. thank you for joining us. what about the weather is it helping contain these fires today or too early to tell? absolutely the weather is definitely cooperating with us. over the last several days we've seen strong santa ana winds low humidity and high temperatures. that combination is what allowed these fires to grow so quickly. today the

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. >>> two people are under arrest in connection with 2 small fires in san diego county, while those were doused in minutes fire crews are still fighting at least nine other fires throughout the county. so far there is no evidence the suspects in custody are responsible for the larger fires that have burned homes and forced thousands of people to vac evacuate, coming up in 10 minutes we will have an update on that firefight and the conditions facing crews today. >>> we are learning more about the city's latest homicide victim as police try to track down who killed the father, janine de la vega joins us from there and you spoke to the family janine. >> yes, the family is in shock, people have been coming in all morning grieving with them and what makes it more difficult is the shooting happened right outside their home. >> he was a loving father and husband. >> you can't lose this pain for life. you can't get him back, his dad is not coming home, his mom will not be able to hug him anymore, we will not be able to see him anymore, he is gone. >> relatives say he left the house with his aunt

the hot, dry weather or pictures of the devastating fires in san diego county. it reminds residents of this area of a series of 60 arson fires set in early 2012. no one ever arrested. >> it's disconcerting. it's a worry. >> this is a very scary situation. >> reporter: arson investigators are concentrating on this side of briarwood. i am told between this series and the two one years ago, the type of fire, the frequency, and the geographic location are all very similar. what investigators need is help. there are two dozen fire investigators and police out on the streets tonight patrolling this neighborhood. but they are begging residents to give them a call if anybody sees anything that is suspicious or out of the ordinary, even if it doesn't seem like something important, it may turn out to be. >>> that same plea is said and felt in the east bay. walnut career firefighters are searching for an arsonist, someone intentionally setting five small fires in the past ten d days. most of the fires have broken out in the afternoon. but the latest one happened at 7:30 la

cbs news' david begnaud is live in san diego county where the fires have already destroyed at least 8 houses there, an 18- unit apartment complex and two businesses, as well. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. where we are in san marcos there is still a fire burning out of control. in fact, right behind me, this is one of eight homes that has been burned by fire across the county. a lot of people are wondering what's going to happen today. the good news is firefighters are starting to get the upper hand on some of the other fires that are burning outside of the san marcos area. now that the sun started to rise, many people are asking, what's the weather going to do today? flames in san marcos lit up the night sky as the stubborn wildfire continued to burn keeping people from their homes. >> hopefully, we can get back in, but even then the smoke has to clear. >> reporter: choppers swept in to put out hot spots along smoldering hillsides thursday. >> evacuate. [ knocking ] >> reporter: but triple-digit temperatures and winds sparked flare-ups and forced authorities to evacuate tho

at least nine wildfires are burning out of control in san diego county. trouble spot. the cal state campus there is evacuated. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. dozens of houses in the coastal town of carlsbad have already been lost. fire crews from the bay area in sacramento are heading south to help. andrew spencer reports from san diego county firefighters are pooling their resources to try to gain control. >> reporter: several more wildfires started in southern california on wednesday with the fire burning so close to houses, it's no surprise that officials issued some 23,000 evacuation notices in carlsbad alone. >> the wind doesn't make it any easier. i mean, the wind can change and all of a sudden it just seems like we're going to safe and we're not. so we packed everything and we're out of there. it's been very stressful. there's a lot of big plumes of smoke and they are getting larger. >> reporter: in oceanside, flames devoured the brush on this mountainside coming very close to the homes below. firefighters are doing what t

a big rig caught fire, causing massive traffic jams in san diego, and then up to orange county. the busy road was closed for several hours. >> tough so see those images. san jose park will be closed today. while temperatures are expected to be cooler today, it was 96 degrees in san jose yesterday, with just 11% humidity. officials say that has created ideal conditions for wild fires and are closing the park as precaution. >>> firefighters in san jose are also keeping a close eye on the fire danger posed by a homeless encamp. there. they've been called out to three grass fires this week near the encampment off highway 280 known as the jungle. firefighters were able to keep a fire that broke out yesterday afternoon from spreading to homes, but they say the fire danger is extremely high due to the heat, lack of humidity, and the very dry brush in the area. >> it's all fuel. of course you have, you know, the fire triangle so you're looking at the fuel, which is the brush that's out here. you're looking -- you have the oxygen. all it's looking for is a source. it's looking for a reaso

. >>> thousands of people near san diego are breathing a sigh of relief this morning. evacuation orders are no longer in place as crews there have stopped a fast-move firing from burning dangerously close to hope. the fire started yesterday longer in san diego county. it scorched, so far, more than 1,500 acres. unseasonably warm temperatures, rugged terrain, and the usual southern california wind pushed those flames towards neighborhoods with very expensive homes. these are live pictures, as we take you here now, you can see the smoke, the whirling ash there, and boy, a blazing fire there is still under way. of course, those embers coming from that burning fire create small spot fires. in some cases, flames crept within yards of homes before firefighters were able to put water on them. the fire is 25% contained, but as you can see from these live pictures, still very much underway in san diego. >>> and now to developing news in turkey, where an explosion and a fire at a coal mine killed nearly 240 people. rescuers are working to reach more than 200 workers who are stil

. >>> the first fatality of the san diego fires may have been found. a burned body was discovered thursday in carlsbad, just north of san diego. also overnight, two people were arrested for trying to start a fire in san diego. police did not say if the pair were involved with wildfires that have burned over 10,000 acres. some good news, though, fire crews are slowly making progress thanks in small part to calmer winds. nbc's jennifer bjorklund is in carlsbad, california. >> reporter: firefighters raced against the wind carrying embers hopscotching between tree tops and up in swirling columns of people near san diego county are calling firenados. >> fire was going to go down the mountain. >> reporter: neighbors hoping the shower of sparks coming down won't overtake their homes. one exploded with propane tanks going off like rockets. >> three big black columns of smoke and took off like crazy. >> reporter: with it, more homes lost in san marcos, to the advancing flames of the cocoa fire. in karlz bad, seven homes destroyed and a complex that housed 18 co

yesterday was the warmest may day ever recorded in san diego. it was 95 degrees yesterday in san diego. that is unprecedented. and we had record highs in seattle, record highs in portland, record highs in l.a., record highs in san diego. other areas like medford were one degree away. temperatures two degrees away from the record high yesterday. off the charts warmth for this time of year. not that cool this morning. temperatures to start this morning, near 60 in seattle. middle of the night in l.a., still 63 degrees. so it is a very warm atmosphere out there. we are going to watch it slowly, the high pressure system responsible for the santa ana winds relax a little bit. on shore flow from the midwest coast to the pacific northwest. and a chance of rain saturday evening. as far as rainfall totals over the next five days, again, not going to do much in the way of rainfall an the drought stricken strait of california and nevada. but we'll get it in the pacific northwest. another warm day today. not as hot as yesterday or the day before. >> it look

>> well, just in the san diego area, where we are did this study from san diego to tijuana.n producing about $200 billion in economic output, you know, we're losing a couple of billion dollars a year because of that border -- actually $3 billion a year because of that border, and it makes no sense. san diego has technology. advanced knowledge-driven industries. over in tijuana, you don't have to make stuff in china. you can make lower costed manufactured goods right in the region. but the boarder is so backed up, the trucks can't get across. tens of thousands of trucks that can't get across, and it's a tremendous inefficiency and waste of money. >> and inefficiency is a productivity cost. what about for business owners? >> it would enable us to have commerce without all of the hassles and hangups. think about this just from the point of view of the united states. people complain labor costs are high, manufacturing -- having access to a great manufacturing base in a place lite -- tijuana, for those products that are being competed and eroded with the chinese market, having th

now at 11: several wildfires around san diego. burn homes. and force the closure of more than 200- schools and a university. another scorching day by the bay, another handful of temperature records broken in the high heat. a troubled woman attacks a 4- year-old girl with a crowbar. in the middle of a south bay walmart. and the warriors choose a t-v broadcaster. with no head coaching experience. to lead the team. we begin tonight with the fire emergency in sothern california. san diego county officials say, record heat, strong winds, and low humidity are feuling nine wildfires in that region. covering more than 14-square miles. tonight, the greatest concern appears to have shifted from carlsbad. to san marcos. this fire started late this afternoon. some 21-thousand evacuation notices have been sent to people who live in san marcos. and now, "california state university- san marcos" has been evacuated -- in the middle of finals week for nearly 10- thousand students. graduation was planned for this weekend. in the city of carlsbad, thousands of

and bay area firefighters are on their way to help san diego out.he worst of the fires is the point see etta fire. we're covering the record heat and its impact for you. nbc bay area's chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the temperatures. but we again live in carlsbad on those fire lines. >> reporter: i have to tell you, within the last half hour, things have gone from bad to worse. two more fires have kicked up. another fire here in carlsbad appears to have reignited. we just saw fire engines race by us. and i want to call attention to the fire going on over my shoulder, that is to the east of us in san marcos. typically we like to see white smoke. that indicates crews are getting the upper hand. that smoke is thick, black. we heard a caller saying he saw a mansion go

cause cahowand the wild fires burning in san diego county have turned deadly. we'll have the latest on containment efforts and news of arrests made. and san jose police are investigating two separate homicides in the city overnight. we'll have a live report from the scene of a deadly shooting. firefighters in southern california are desperately caught wildfires under control. here you can see a map of the many wildfires currently burning in the area. flames have already devoured 10-thousand acres of land in the area since the first fire popped up tuesday. firefighters are hoping lower temperatures and decreasing wind speeds will help them catch a break today take a look at this -- a cameraman from a san diego t-v station was shooting footage of the wildfire in san marcos. when a plane dropped its load of fire retardant right between where he was standing. despite thousands of evacuations, the wildfires in california have killed at least one person. as andrew spencer reports the wildfires continue to burn strong amid what officials call unprecedented conditions f

north of san diego. the small coastal city of crows that is a popular sunbird boasting million-dollar homes the stand off for a power plant was threatened but the fire did not cross interstate 5 committed to the power plant. at least 150 a. acres have been burned. a state of emergency has been declared is said diego county. steep terrain combined with temperatures in the '90s and winds gusting at around 60 mi. per hour have made this an extremely difficult fire fight. house minority leader nancy posey of step as is almost the drop has kick started in early season and the outlook tonight and moving force is frightening. >> pam: there are four other brush fires burning right now and that county this picture was posted to twitter showing a few of them calls back and foreground closest to the coast will have the latest on all the big buyers coming up at 530. >> pam: a record-setting heat wave most of the bay area under a key adviser today people are trying to stay cool in the summer like conditions kron4 has

burning 9,000 acres across san diego county. joined by jennifer london and jennifer, tell us the extent of the damage where you are in san diego county. >> del, i am in carlos bad, california, and that is in northern san diego county. and the crews working the fire overnight to try to get control of the fire. it's 60% contained. and the officials have spread the forward spread of the fire. eight homes so far have been damaged or destroyed. and i'm standing in front of two homes destroyed. these homes continue to burn, and you see flames behind me, and you see smoke and ash, and we were here yesterday, del, when the homeowners returned. and discovered that their dream home, as they described it, had been destroyed. and when you see this, you not only understand the destructive nature of the fire, but the erratic behavior of the fire. this home and that home was destroyed. but the homes across the street and the other homes in the neighborhood have remained. that number, we expect to increase as the crews get into the areas and re

nine different fires burning in the san diego area. s we are hearing according to the governor is what you're looking at. san marcos, california, specifically. amidst everything else she has going on. you have been in multiple briefing briefings looking at this. tell me what you know. >> thank you, brook. we really appreciate that. what i can tell you is that governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for san diego county and the city of san marcos will be receiving federal and state support. no injuries have been reported and based on current assessment, there has been approximately one home destroyed in san marcos and two homes destroyed in the neighboring area. >> okay. so those are the facts maybe they should leave. what do you want families to know? rr we want families to know. we have established evacuation centers and crews are really working around the clock to make so establish that safety but we still do not have an estimate on where that might be. >> gone, sarah, thank you so much. let's hop back over to carlsbad,

in san are 30 miles north of the city of san diego. more than $20 million. the san marcos fire is the last of four remaining blazes still burning - including three at base. family members say that he was store. he left around 9 a-m that day, but never came back. police aren't sure if he made it to the store. adams was driving this 70's model international harvester pick-up truck. robber who shot and killed a man on a remote hiking trail in red investigators say the robber shot two hikers friday after taking their money and belongings. 69 year old francis gregory died on the trail.and his hiking partner is still in the hospital with serious injuries. click it or ticket. the california highway patrol is trying to amp up their seatbelt campaign. kron four's dan rubin shows us.how authorities are turning an old slogan hiip. if you don't buckle up. you might pay the ultimate price. starting on monday. chp is going to be keeping an extra eye out for drivers not wearing their seatbelts. having the sense to buckle up is less common than it shou

those fires already burning around 9,000 acres across san diego county, and that a where we find our jennifer london, she is in carlsbad, jennifer, what is the extent of the damage that you are seeing? >> dell, the extent of the taj from the so called poinsettia fire, has been eradek. you have some homes with little to no damage, and then you have some like this, destroyed by the fire that broke out yesterday. we have seen hot spots smolders all day, earlier today there was a lot of smoke and ash, this as san diego county residents can only watch as their cities burn. >> wow, there it is right there, there it is. >> bone dry conditions and soaring temperatures have sparked at least nine wild fires, spreading a pathed of destruction across san diego county. wild fires are nothing new for those living here, but even those who are used to dealing with them have been caught off guard. >> i have been doing this 35 years and this is the most radical fire fighting have seen. >> fueled by strong winds and temperature nearing 100-degrees the fires have burned through homes and brush. crews ar

situaciones similares de incendios y evacuaciones se viven desde san diego hace el condado de los angelesando sus esfuerzos en evitar que las llamas llegan a estas casas que se encuentran a mis espaldas, y tambiÉn la otra preocupaciÓn es que las llamas pudieran llegar a esta gasolinera, pero definitivamente lo que mÁs lo ocupa es que estas condiciones climÁticas y los incendios deberÍan estarse presentando de acoso en adelante, y no en pleno mes de mayo, y es que se debe en gran parte a la sequÍa que enfrenta california. >> pasamos ahora a colorado donde aumenta la conmociÓn por el caso de 6 hermanos adultos y sus padres, que estÁn acusados de violar por 10 aÑos a una niÑa desde que ella tenÍa 4, veamos donde comenzÓ el calvario para esa pequeÑa y cÓmose conoció su terrible experiencia. >> tras ser abusada durante 10 aÑos por seis hermanos la ahora adolescente reporta sus abusos. originarios de carolina del norte, los hermanos jackson, entre las edades de 18 y 27 aÑos, al igual que sus padres, enfrentan cargos por violaciÓn de un menor, abuso sexual y abuso infantil, los padres de los sei