skyline boulevard is also closed from sneed.scene of the fire is all the way down to 280. that stretch should be avoided. but try to avoid the entire area if you can. we're hearing skyline college is open so you may want to consider westborrow open after skyline college. 280 all lanes open through the peninsula and sfo. you can stay on top of the latest conditions by going to our website, abc7news.com. we'll also have the traffic information under the bay area traffic link. mike's been following the weather for us as well as the winds and what we can expect today. mike? >> we've been lucky with the winds out there. they've been relatively light and will be compared to average this afternoon, about 10 to 15 mph. the highlights mostly sunny and the warming trend continues. tonight it will be cloudy at the coast but clear around the bay. expect sunny and pretty much seasonal temperatures all the way through the seven-day forecast. let's see what's going on upstairs. the cool air slowly moving off to the east. ridge of high pressure

skyline boulevard is still closed between sneed and san bruno avenue. that's a stretch traffic can't get through. what is now open is the skyline boulevard off-ramp from northbound 280. but again, i would still avoid that area all together. all lines of 280, 3080 and 101 are open. for a lot of folks heading to skyline college consider westboro to skyline and that will get you to school. you can get the traffic information constantly. go to abc7news.com and click on the bay area traffic link. eric kristen? >> frances, thank you very much. it's 5:22. >> reminding us crews are still working to shut down distribution lines for any remaining gas out of the lines in the area. we have more news coming up including pending freedom for one of the u.c. berkeley graduates held captive in iran. m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

at this point sneed lane is closed right now from skyline and 280.d as we go outside, what you will find is friday light traffic. notice the speeds there moving around 70 mph at the peninsula. the bay bridge toll plaza, a heads up, injury crash reported san jose at king. you can always find out the latest for your area by going to our website abc7news.com. eric, kristen? >> frances, thank you so much. it's 6:53. >> let's recap and continue our coverage. three people dead and hundreds of homes either destroyed or damaged following a natural gas explosion and fire in san bruno. >> terry mcsweeney is live near the scene. terry? >> ntsb investigators are being dispatched to this area to help with the investigation. we are also being told by san bruno police of the entire area, neighborhood and perimeter being called a crime scene. probably not a crime committed here but just a way of truly controlling that situation saying exactly who comes in and who doesn't. let's go up to sky 7 right now and take a look at the epicenter of this blast where the natural

john-- >> reporter: julie, we're add sneed and secoia. remind the viewers of what you saw and what you experienced when you came outside. >> basically we were upstairs in my house over there, and there was a huge explosion. at first we heard like an airplane. and we thought it was an airplane crashes into a bunch of houses. but i guess they were saying it was a gas line. the whole house kind of shook. it was a loud, really loud noise. we ran outside and there's just smoke up in the air. and a huge huge fire, it was like hundreds of feet in the air. >> reporter: now since then, you've learned real personal information about one of your family members. >> one of our uncles is on clairmont and his house burned down. >> reporter: having watched what you saw here, having seen that wall of flames, knowing how it was spreading through that whole area. were you concerned knowing that your house was in their area. did you think, maybe that's going to be one of the ones in this line of fire? >> yeah, at first everybody was wondering where exactly t

john-- >> reporter: julie, we're add sneed and secoia. remind the viewers of what you saw and what you experienced when you came outside. >> basically we were upstairs in my house over there, and there was a huge explosion. at first we heard like an airplane. and we thought it was an airplane crashes into a bunch of houses. but i guess they were saying it was a gas line. the whole house kind of shook. it was a loud, really loud noise. we ran outside and there's just smoke up in the air. and a huge huge fire, it was like hundreds of feet in the air. >> reporter: now since then, you've learned real personal information about one of your family members. >> one of our uncles is on clairmont and his house burned down. >> reporter: having watched what you saw here, having seen that wall of flames, knowing how it was spreading through that whole area. were you concerned knowing that your house was in their area. did you think, maybe that's going to be one of the ones in this line of fire? >> yeah, at first everybody was wondering where exactly t

i met katherine sneed about 20 years ago. she had this project, the garden project at the san francisco county jail. she called me up one day and said, you know, we are growing vegetables out here and if we grow vegetables the way you like to have them grown, would you buy them from us? i said sure. she said, the only thing>> local jail owned and operated. you were that definitive? >> i have had lots of experiences with farming, over the phone, you don't know what to expect. she said i want you to come out and see this project before you make a decision. i went out to the jail in san baru.n. o. she had 7 acres of land planted. she said tell alice about what is going on here. this one guy said hey, you know, i have only been working in the garden for one day and this is the best day of my life. 21 years old, in and out of jail a couple of days. i said i am buying the vegetables. [laughter] doesn't matter to me. it turned out to be an incredible relationship. what was so beautiful, it is not just the growing of the food that wa

i met katherine sneed about 20 years ago. she had this project, the garden project at the san francisco county jail. she called me up one day and said, you know,

also in san bruno, sneed lane has been reopened near that neighborhood that was devastated by the explosion. and we'll head to eastbound 4 where lanes will be blocked until 11:00 this morning between willow pass road out to bailey. eric, kristen. >> hopefully we'll stay uneventful this morning. thanks. >> a wildfire forces evacuations in the central valley. up next, the battle firefighters are facing today. >> also the vicious dog attack that forced some fairfield neighbors to opopopopopopopopopp >> good morning. it's 4:42. downtown san francisco you can see we've got some clouds, a little fog to start our morning. we'll check with mike in a little to see how temperatures are going to run and check with frances and get your latest traffic. >> fire crews in hern county are containing a wildfire that's charred 2,000 acres or three square miles. it forced the evacuation of a pair of campground. the u.s. forest service says 350 firefighters are battling the blaze which started in rugged terrain yesterday. it's 7 miles west or 25 miles east of bakersfield. they say highway 178 has been closed. t

the san bruno avenue off-ramp is blocked after 280 as we will as sneed and that's what gets to skylinein addition some of the major roads closed are skyline boulevard, also known as highway 35 which is closed all the way out to west borrow and college. so for a lot of folks heading to skyline college, i checked the website. right now it says access routes to the campus will be posted. we're waiting to hear from pg&e spokesperson jeff smith if there's even power at skyline college. also if you're heading towards sfo, everything is open on 280 but you may also want to consider 101 and try to avoid the area as much as possible. now, mike has been following the winds overnight and he's taking a look at the whether today as well. mike? >> a good morning to you. we got lucky last night and this morning. high pressure moving over. it stopped the marine layer influence. winds only 3 mph. normal they'd be 15 to 25 mph as i air shoots through the san bruno gap. because of the wind, not a factor. the relative humidity about 77%. this afternoon the winds will start to pick up. they'll be out of th

southbound 280 at sneed. if you are leaving south san francisco and daly city, you may see slow traffic. 1011 getting busy down the -- 1011 getting busy down the -- 101 is getting busy down the peninsula. let's move along to live pictures. southbound 101 north at san pedro. there is a crash. the second lane from the left is blocked. the paramedics have arrived. so that's very slow. westbound bay bridge backed up for about a 20-minute delay at the toll plaza. 7:39. here's steve. >>> thank you, sal. good morning to you all. low clouds and fog. a little bit of sun out that way. fog will burn off sooner today and temperatures will come up just a little baited and tomorrow -- bit today and tomorrow. low overcast but slightly warm he. the -- warmer. the clouds yesterday put the kibosh on any warming. high pressure comes in. clouds increase on friday. not just low clouds but high and mid-level clouds. it looks like the rain for the north bay is on top. we have a couple of days to massage that forecast. the low from

. >> reporter: we are overlooking the intersection of yline boulevard and sneed lane. this is one of seral roadblocks establish around the burn area keeping people out. some don't even know if they have a home to go back to. authorities worried about safety and looters. residents begged to go in just to have a look. >> we just want to cross the street and see if our house is still there. >> i do and i would want to do the same thing. >> right on. >> i need you to go back. >> reporter: we found this woman at a makeshift shelter. she said she barely got out. >> i ran to the front door and tried to open it but there was a suction and it took the door away and i couldn't open it. >> reporter: she managed to get out and then had to climb a fence to safety. she spent the night the home of a stranger and now wonder fire department her home was still there. she feared the worst. >> it was the most happiest, just a beautiful neighborhood. my friends and neighbors, everybody just a wonderful place to live. now all of the sudden it's -- everything i worked for is gone. >> reporte

eed sneed lane. a lot of closures.he rest of the bay area commute looks good, northbound 101 looking good. bay bridge approach into the city also looks good. in the south bay on 280 that traffic is off to a nice start, so so far so good when it comes to the major bay area freeways here is steve. >> skies are mostly clear, fog on the san mateo coast. things are calming down, not only weather-wise, monday was the hot, remember we had 90s then a huge drop on wednesday, temperatures in the 60s, yesterday was transition day, today back to sunny mild to warmer a little bit. things are modifying, lows 40s and 50s, along the coast fog but a sunny day. 70s around the bay, 80s inland, san francisco 54, clear, patchy fog, then sunny and mild, 64 to 68, 68 on the high side. sfo, the wind last night, 2025 miles per hour, it is calm. gone from 10 to three to calm and that is a good sign. 57 degrees, humidity 75% and there is just a couple of patches of low clouds around 200 feet. 49 santa rosa-napa and 56 san jose, palo alto 52, 30s

say it's just another game, i couldn't help but remember when the eagles traded sunny down here for sneedhe first time tha sunny got the chance to play the eagles again, he made it clear he wanted to kill them suckers. if'm no mistaken, i think he did. th ran the score up to something ridiculous. we'd like to see that again. >> sunny certainly made a statement. donovan is the most politically correct athlete i've been around. he's always going to say the right thing. you have to know when a champion has that kind of chip on their shoulder, good things are going to happen for them. >> he wants it bad. >> yes, he does. >>> doug has a final check on our weather. >> you might not lieve is guy and his t. four yea ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for thlast four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides th corporate executives again and again and again tell

michael sneed is reporting rahm emanuel may not be table to live in his own house.g in emanuel's leased home won't move out. and has also axed the idea of rahm moving into the basement. rahm renewed the lease with the senate just six days before mayor daley announced he would not run for office again. how classic is that? >>> well a new reality tv show sparks a police investigation, but the stars are vowing not to change a single thing. let's get the school from courtney hazlett. this has to do with the new tlc show "sister wives" about the plural family. >> four wives and a combined 16 children. one man. this has launched a police investigation in utah. the browns have given me a statement saying what they think habit the investigation. they said we're disappointed in the announcement of an investigation, but when we decided to do the show we knew there would be risks. for the sake of the family and most importantly the kids we thought it was a risk worth taking. they said they had grown up in a real culture of fear. >> what are they being investigated for? he's on

november this is an unaloyed good for the republicans except to the exsent that the democrats suck sneed what they're trying to do which is to define the entire republican party as captive to the tea party. i don't think it's going to work with independents or republicans. i think what democrats are trying to do now and david plouffe, president obama's top campaign strategist during the campaign and helping now said in iowa... all but said this. what they're basically trying to do is energize their own base which is incredibly dispirited. after the election as we go to governing and then the presidential, i think the tea party is a very dangerous dynamic for the republican party. but in the short term, very positive. >> the people that are getting elected, particularly on the republican side this time, are going to be aware of the tea party phenomenon. they're going to be aware of primaries that were run against establishment and in many cases incumbent republicans largely on the issues of spending. and there's going to be a lot of votes if the republicans take the majority particularly

make clear to the sudanese that if they were to fulfill their obligations to have this referendum pro sneed a peaceful and competent way that there could be some benefits in the way of better ties with washington. >> suarez: margaret warner at the opening of the u.n. general assembly. thanks, margaret. >> thanks, ray. >> woodruff: now, new developments in the field of biomedical research. special correspondent dave iverson was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in 2004 and has been reporting on the search for effective treatments for that disease and others. he filed this report for our health unit-- a partnership with the robert wood johnson foundation. >> reporter: scott johnson has had multiple sclerosis for 34 years. he's coped with everyday challenges like how to drive a car. it's impacted you know virtually all of my adult life. you know my right hand doesn't really work very well, or really at all. my right leg doesn't work great. >> reporter: david anderson's challenges are different. his transplanted kidney failed three years ago and he depends on dialysis in order to survive. >> w