sandhya is tracking the conditions rate now for us near yosemite. sandhya. >> let me show you live doppler 7 hd and talk about the conditions and humidity starting to creep up a little bit. as you look at live doppler 7 hd we have the fog near the coast and the current conditionse 69 near the fire line 69 degrees relative humidity at 38 percent gone upteen from the teens early today. wind out of the west north west at 7. not quite as breezy as it was early this evening. air quality warning h sued until noon friday and check out the satellite picture. this is taking you back in time. smokee evidence. it is traveled all the way up towards reno. you can see how large that plume is. we do expect the smoke qu skys to remain there and not much relief is expected with the warm dry conditions heading into the weekend. back with local forecast in a few minute minutes. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> the fire not forcing any evacuation or closure in yosemite national park but a number of camp nearby severely impacted by the flames. including the city of be

sandhya is tracking the conditions rate now for us near yosemite. sandhya. >> let me show you live doppler 7 hd and talk about the conditions and humidity starting to creep up a little bit. as you look at live doppler 7 hd we have the fog near the coast and the current conditions near the fire line 69 degrees relative humidity at 38 percent gone up from the teens early today. wind out of the west north west at 7. not quite as breezy as it was early this evening. air quality warning has been issued until noon friday and check out the satellite picture. this is taking you back in time. smoke from the rim fire is quite evidence. it is traveled all the way up towards reno. you can see how large that plume is. we do expect the smoke qu skys to remain there and not much relief is expected with the warm dry conditions heading into the weekend. back with local forecast in a few minute minutes. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> the fire not forcing any evacuation or closure in yosemite national park but a number of camp nearby severely impacted by the flame

sandhya is tracking the conditions rate now for us near yosemite. sandhya. >> let me show you live doppler 7 hd and talk about the conditions and humidity starting to creep up a little bit. as you look at live doppler 7 hd we have the fog near the coast and the current conditions near the fire line 69 degrees relative humidity at 38 percent gone up from the teens early today. wind out of the west north west at 7. not quite as breezy as it was early this evening. air quality warning has been issued until noon friday and check out the satellite picture. this is taking you back in time. smoke from the rim fire is quite evidence. it is traveled all the way up towards reno. you can see how large that plume is. we do expect the smoke qu skys to remain there and not much relief is expected with the warm dry conditions heading into the weekend. back with local forecast in a few minute minutes. >> all right sandhya thank you. >> the fire not forcing any evacuation or closure in yosemite national park but a number of camp nearby severely impacted by the flame

us. >> the wildfire burning near yosemite national park has more than tripled in size.t is on the edge of the park. the approaching fire covers 84 square miles and estimated to be just 2% contained. melissa chan is there. >> what's called the rim fire tripled in size in less than 24 hours, licking closing to the incident command center in the mountains, the base for firefighters and other teams. >> it's not burning into the park yet, but it is moving to the east toward the park. yosemite is an iconic park. the fire team here is doing their utmost to keep it out of the park. >> for now, yosemite remains open, but only a small part of the fire has been contained. >> the fire jumped the highway. this is a remote and mountainous part of california and one of many wildfires happening across the united states simultaneously. >> the government announced a p.l. five situation, preparedness level high, something not seen since 2008. it means resources are stretched. teams move from fire to fire. many firefighters are working 24 hour shifts. despite the size of this fire, there's

79 in tahoe with smoky hazy. >> firefighters will use large-scale backfire operations to balancing the growing sierra fire burning near and into yosemite national park. the fire has blackened more than 192,000 acres for the sixth largest in criminal history. officials say the rate of the fire spread has slowed since last week and crediting cooler temperatures, loiter wins and higher relative humidity the fire is now 30 percent contained with full containment expected september 10. >> trading is underway on wall street and a look at the big board shows us the dow is up almost ten points and we will check in at the new york city with the business. >> another look outside from our yerba buena island with the if you span on left not ready to open yet. >> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area at 6:45. the san mateo bridge is handling more traffic with the bay bridge closed with tail lights and headlights. it is a little slow moving into foster city and a check with leyla gulen ahead. >> what is it look getting there? we take you to the roads and show you the only -- the morning commute and we are on southbound 880, and a crawl,

us. hot spots flaired up along highway 120 near yosemite. major concern is the wild fires push toward the small community of pine mountain lake. >> with a few thousand homes not far away, this is one spot firefighters are prepared to take a stand. the bulldozers are clearing containment lines should the fire hop across the canyon to this side. >> for the first time, an evacuation order is in place for hundreds of homes. an evacuation advisory in effect for the remaining 2500 homes. steve is one of the residents leaving. >> got to have the dog with me, can't leave her home. she's got to go. >> others are ignoring the warnings to leave, as an inferno creeps closer by the minute. >> you don't feel like you're in danger? >> not really. where am i going to go? >> that was mcjames reporting, governor brown declared a state of emergency and that frees up money and resources to help fight that huge fire. >> bob filner is expected to resign tomorrow in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. bags in hand, filner left his office today dressed casuall

us. hot spots flared up along highway 120 near yosemite but of major concern is the wildfire's push toward the small community of pine mountain lake. with a now thousand homes not far away this is one spot firefighters are clearly prepared to take a stand. these dozers behind me are hard at work clearing containment lines should the fire hop across the canyon to this side. for the first time an evacuation order is in place for hundreds of homes in pine mountain lake with an evacuation advisory in effect for the remaining 2500 homes. steve costa is one of the residents reluctantly leaving. >> got to have the dog with me. can't leave her home. she's got to go, right, dakota? >> reporter: but others are ignoring the warns to leaving as an out-of-control inferno creeps closer by the minute. you don't feel like you're in danger? >> not really. where am i going to go? >> reporter: in tuolumne county, nick janes, kpix 5. >>> the prime suspect in the murder of a bay area investigator gives a shocking jailhouse interview. kpix 5's juliette goodrich sat down are randy alana who claims he shared more

we still could really use some help from mother nature for the firefight out near yosemite but it does look like it's going to stay dry with dew points and humidity levels very low. we have rain continuing in the pacific northwest. off and on light to moderate showers continue throughout the day. we could end up with an inch or two. also down near phoenix with moisture coming in from the south, we could end up with scattered showers and storms producing up to a couple of inches out that way. we are looking for temperatures to stay in the mid-90s in las vegas. 97 degrees. but seattle saw that rain about 73. portland, oregon, about 75 with a couple showers and lots of ar around 94. >> so the desert southwest will continue with some of that rain. and again, some areas could end up with several inches of rainfall in the next 48 hours. >> dylan dreyer, forgot to say good morning to you. >> and you look very summery. >> we're getting to the end of august. i'm trying. >> about to say good-bye. we don't want to there go. >>> a montana judge apologizes for what he said about a rape victim. >>>

crews used alternative tactics to slow an out of control wildfire that is causing massive destruction near yosemite. good evening and at the for joining us. i'm ama states. the fire has burned 130,000 acres and it is just 7% contained. more than 5500 homes are threat threat -- threatened and 11 destroyed. the number could rise. john alston is live tonight with the latest on the fire. john? >> ama, one of the larger fires is on a hilltop behind me. this is south of highway 120 and exactly where authorities do not want this to go. the cost of the firefighting effort so far is in the $8 million range. one weapon against the fire has been a pistol that shoots an insydney year device to burn the ground cover before the main fire can. today firefighters were able to get water on flames burning within yosemite. the park remains open, but highway 120 is still closed. along that road small fires flared into larger ones inan instant. >> for the first time in a week residents were allowed toh. see their property. korean gnaw and her brother originally from the bay area lost two homes with their family for yea

crews used alternative tactics to slow an out of control wildfire that is causing massive destruction near yosemite. good evening and at the for joining us. i'm ama states. the fire has burned 130,000 acres and it is just 7% contained. more than 5500 homes are threat threat -- threatened and 11 destroyed. the number could rise. john alston is live tonight with the latest on the fire. john? >> ama, one of the larger fires is on a hilltop behind me. this is south of highway 120 and exactly where authorities do not want this to go. the cost of the firefighting effort so far is in the $8 million range. one weapon against the fire has been a pistol that shoots an insydney year device to burn the ground cover before the main fire can. today firefighters were able to get water on flames burning within yosemite. the park remains open, but highway 120 is still closed. along that road small fires flared into larger ones inan instant. >> for the first time in a week residents were allowed to see their property. korean gnaw and her brother originally from the bay area lost two homes with their family for years

us at abc7 news bay area. moving on, a massive wildfire near yosemite national park has forced county leaders there to ask the governor to dough -- to declare a state of emergency. a new round of evacuations was ordered as the fire jumped the containment line. there is a big dump from a fixed wing tanker plane dumping flame retardant. the stanislaus national forest. strong winds are pushing the flames in every direction and residents are understandably nervous. >> i am a little concerned. >> there is no safety zone to escape it if the fire were to turn at him. we lost 19 in arizona and we will not let that happen again god willing. >> flames destroyed nine buildings since the fire started. the crews are expected to take two weeks to get this under control. meteorologist sandhya patel is here near yosemite. sandhya? >> dan, it is just off the bay area coastline. let's check out live doppler 7hd and let's talk about the lightning strikes showing up off the coast. as you look here in the last couple minutes, we are seeing a few strikes just west of the cloverdale area. it is about 40 miles away. keeping an eye o

us. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> federal firefighters are calling the blaze near and around yosemite national park, the worst they have seen. 7% contained now. the spread throughout not only homes, but san francisco's power supply. nick is following developments for us. >> reporter: thousands of firefighters are battling this massive blaze raging out of control in california's sierra foothills. tens of thousands of acres scorched. the so-called rim fire approached the western edge. >> it's astounding to see the power of what i witnessed earlier. structure protection, making sure we keep everyone safe and protect that park at all costs. >> reporter: bucket drops are the crucial way they are fighting the blaze. parts of the fire are only accessible by air. on the ground, firefighters like harold cook get little rest. >> how does this compare to others you have fought? >> this is probably one of the worst ones, if not one of the more extreme fires since 2001 when i started. >> it's threatening grovewood. they wait for news about their vacation home. >> it's nerve-racking when they came knocking on my door. this is n

us at abc7 news bay area. moving on, a massive wildfire near yosemite national park has forced county leaders there to ask the governor to dough -- to declare a state of emergency. a new round of evacuations was ordered as the fire jumped the containment line. there is a big dump from a fixed wing tanker plane dumping flame retardant. the stanislaus national forest. strong winds are pushing the flames in every direction and residents are understandably nervous. >> i am a little concerned. >> there is no safety zone to escape it if the fire were to turn at him. we lost 19 in arizona and we will not let that happen again god willing. >> flames destroyed nine buildings since the fire started. the crews are expected to take two weeks to get this under control. meteorologist sandhya patel is here near yosemite. sandhya? >> dan, it is just off the bay area coastline. let's check out live doppler 7hd and let's talk about the lightning strikes showing up off the coast. as you look here in the last couple minutes, we are seeing a few strikes just west of the cloverdale area. it is about 40 miles away. keeping an eye o

us at abc7 news bay area. moving on, a massive wildfire near yosemite national park has forced county leaders there to ask the governor to dough -- to declare a state of emergency. a new round of evacuations was ordered as the fire jumped the containment line. there is a big dump from a fixed wing tanker plane dumping flame retardant. the stanislaus national forest. strong winds are pushing the flames in every direction and residents are understandably nervous. >> i am a little concerned. >> there is no safety zone to escape it if the fire were to turn at him. we lost 19 in arizona and we will not let that happen again god willing. >> flames destroyed nine buildings since the fire started. the crews are expected to take two weeks to get this under control. meteorologist sandhya patel is here near yosemite. sandhya? >> dan, it is just off the bay area coastline. let's check out live doppler 7hd and let's talk about the lightning strikes showing up off the coast. as you look here in the last couple minutes, we are seeing a few strikes just west of the cloverdale area. it is about 40 miles away. keeping an eye o

. >>> a state of emergency has been declared as a wildfire burns out of control near yosemite national park in the us of california. residents and tourists have been told to leave the area. firefighters have been trying for a week to try to tackle that fire. >>> seven bodies have been discovered in a grave at a park outside of mexico city, and police are trying to find out if the remains belong to members of a group of young people who were kidnapped from a bar in may. >>> and the mexican city of juarez once had the highest murder rates in the world, but things are slowly changing. >> reporter: life is slowly changing for these residences. you can see it on the faces of these women. something unthinkable. few dared t to leave their homes after the sun went down. at the other end of the park, this father leads a memorial service for families who lost loved ones. he said the community is caught between a painful past and an uncertain future. >> translator: we have lost 10,000 lives. and now we are trying to reconstruct this community. but we don't have the support. >> reporter: he recognizes the govern

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. >> firefighters will use large-scale backfire prayings to battle the sierra fire burning near and into yosemite national park. the fire has blackened 192,000 acres making it the 6th largest in california history. officials state rate of the fire spread has slowed crediting cooler temperatures, lighter wind and higher relative humidity in helping crews. the fire now is 30 percent contained with full containment september 10. >> a warning for uc berkeley students ahead the first day of class. a 20-year old student was robbed of her cell phone outside dorms on monday night. police say a teen came up from behind, pushed the victim and grabbed her phone. he ran away and is not caught. the student was shaken but otherwise okay. >> you may find service slower today at your favorite fast food restaurant. >> the new study that my have you eating a lot more fruit. >> the bay bridge is closed right now. it closed last night. here is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see only work vehicles, caltran crews, et cetera, trying to get the transition to the new span done as quickly as possible. you

near yosemite. the impact the "rim" fire could have on us here in the bay area. >> plus, waterfront arena woes.problems the warriors are running into as they try to build their new home. >> clouds and drizzle outside. we'll talk about it coming up. >> and we are seeing delays through 205 and towards the altamont pass. we'll have your latest travel times, that's coming up. >> good morning. monday has arrived it's august 26. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. 5:29. developing overnight, more communities are threatened as the "rim" fire grows into one of the largest in state history. new mandatory evacuations were ordered yesterday. nearly 225 square miles have burned. the fire is 7% contained. and the fire has burned the toll any family camp owned by the city of berkeley. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins you with the devastation at some popular destinations in the path of the fire. >>> firefighters are calling this wildfire a monster. here you can see just how large this wildfire has grown. it's about the size of chicago. and we're learning this morning it's

. >> today firefighters plan to use large-scale backfire operations to battle the growing sierra fire burning near and into yosemite national park. the fire is char -- has charred more than 1930,000 acres, the largest ever in northern california. the rate of the spread has slowed since last week, and cooler temperatures is because as well as higher humidity in helping the crews. they using unmanned aerial drones to monitor the progress. it is now 30 percent contained with full capement expected, not expected until september 10. >> you have noticed, new this morning, youtube has unveil add new logo that youtube posted on facebook and twitter, it is side-by-side with the old logo on the right, and the new one does away with the 3-d button look and is slimmer with a fat play button appearing on the redesigned droid and iphone app. the old logo appear on youtube website so it is not clear if the new logo will replace the old. youtube is owned by mountain tech giant google. >> the clouds are having a lard time clearing on the bay bridge with a few breaks opening and we have weather, i do, have some warmer weather in the

thank you, dick. >> today firefighters plan to use large-scale backfires to battle the growing sierra fire burning near and into yosemitel park. the fire has blackened 192,000 acres making it the 6th largest wildfire in california history. the rate of the fire spreading is slowing because of cooler temperatures and lighter wind and higher humidity. the fire now is 30 percent contained with full containment expected by september 10. >> happening today, fast food on strike, the workers are hitting the pick the line in the bay area and across the country. >> new study that could have you taking the juice box out of the kids' lunch box. >> the bay bridge closure continues here is a look outside from the exploritorium camera at the span not being used by commuters this morning. >> good morning, a look at new eastern span of the golden gate bridge which is not being used and is still closed and the old span which is shut down as of last night. from the yerba buena island you can see commuters cannot use the bay bridge as they work to connect the new eastern span to the existing toll plaza. it will take a few days. for many, b

near yosemite. we'll show you some photos. they were sent to us by doug rice, one of our viewers who is also a pilot. the rim fire is the fifth large nest california history. though it continues to grow, crews started setting new fires in hopes of go himming the fire. it is burning any vegetation the rim fire could use as fuel to president is. crews expect to be fully contain this fire within two to three week. and fire official have a new. we unmanned mill drones. members of the california national guard are manning the aircraft. the drones will provide around the clock informing to frifs. official stay drones provide incredibly precise and reliable data on this fair. >> if you're not bouncing the use of automation and also, the use of solid flying skills, that can create challenges. >> coming up, a pile is too reliant on computers. the safety feature is actually putting airline passengers at rick. >>> the united states continues to weigh the possibility of military action in syria while one key ally of the u.s. votes to stay out of it. >>> plus,

. >> firefighters today began using a predator drone to help them monitor the rim fire near yosemite.surrounded in three weeks a reporter on the scene tonight from our abc affiliate in fresno. >> smoke rose at the tree that's gave the ridge its name. >> it's going to continue for a few more weeks. >> tom tidwell surveyed the damage and the work the firefighters are doing the fire growth clo sloeed this week, but spread like a new breed of wildfire before firefighters could get contain oomt when getting these conditions these fires are somewhat explosive what. used to maybe take two, three weeks to be able to burn we're seeing that in two, three day autos some smoke coming from backfires set by firefighters that are trying to stop fire progress. >> this is our group here. >> firefighters are also preparing communities. the crew from san mateo acts as scouts mapping out an attack or escape for mountain residents. >> our job is to go out to identify houses and location autos communities are still evacuated today including buck meadows but people here are still safe and that home, and if

us. >>> turning now to another story, the wildfire that is still burning near yosemite national park on this holiday weekend. firefighters are stretched. the u.s. forest service says there's been more than 34,000 fires this year, nearly 3.8 million acres torched. as of tonight, the fire crews, though, have reinforcements, drones up in the air. clayton sandell reports from colorado springs. >> reporter: the western firefight tonight looks a lot like a military campaign. at yosemite national park's massive rim fire -- >> right there. >> reporter: new help from remote controlled drones on loan from the california air national guard. armed with sensors that see through heavy smoke to tell commanders not only how big a fire is, but how intensely it's burning. >> i saw more in 30 minutes than i did in three and a half, four days, of hiking the fire line. >> reporter: firefighters can use the military help. this season nearly four million acres have burned up and countless neighborhoods like these look like war zones. tonight five military tankers are dive-bombing targets across the west. >> r

us. >> we begin with the developing story, the rim fire still raging. this firefight near yosemite now the 13th largest fire in state history. want to show you what it looks like from the air where you can see all the smoke that it's creating. we're now talking about a fire that's been burning since august 17th. rugged terrain, high temperatures making it difficult. it's burned through 230 square miles, an area as big as chicago. the rim fire, just 15% contained. although that's better than what it was yesterday when it was just 7%. putting more than 3,000 firefighters on the front line. jodi hernandez is live with the latest details for us. >> reporter: jessica, firefighters tell me this has been a relatively good day. the rim fire, as you mentioned, is now 15% contained. and though thousands and thousands of acres of wild land have burned, things finally seem to be moving in the right direction. firefighters are pouring all they have on the rim fire. now in its second week, the fire's torched 150,000 acres, destroyed more than 20 structure, including 11 homes. 4500 houses remaine

us here at abc news, good night, america. is threatening at least 2500 homes near yosemite. it spread to 10,000 acres west of the park and destroyed seven buildings. >> despite having 700 firefighters trying to contain it, they cannot get uh hold of the fire. it is burning on steep terrain and firecrews are having trouble getting at it. residents and campers have been forced to get what they can and get out fast. >> i don't even know what to think. >> that is the veer ross tee of the flames -- that is the verocity of the flames. yosemite national park remains open. >>> three camps run by bay area cities have been affected. san francisco has been rerelocated and canceled a weekend event for teenagers. the family camp sent 80 students and staff home yesterday and another camp was evacuated this evening. campers and staff are expected to arrive back in berkeley any minute now. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. firefighters throughout the state are dealing with dry conditions and in the bay area we are experiencing it as well. >> sandhya patel is here with the details

us. >> this morning, the sierra fire continues to spread near yosemite national park burning 1 11 structures up from 23 yesterday morning. the fire has burned 184,000 acres and is only 20 percent contained and more than 4,000 firefighters are battling the flames which are threatening 4,500 homes and two groves of giant sequoias. the fire now is the 7th largest in california history. >> a construction worker has been hit and killed by a truck at a well-known north berkeley middle school. he was laying asphalt for a running track at martin luther king middle school when the accident happened at 12:30 yesterday afternoon. the school was holding a welcome fair for students but that went on. the school is none as the home of the chef alice water's edible school yard. the worker was contracted by the berkeley school district. >> had could be a ban on the sale of sugary drinks on city property ban all cities and sports drinks and juice with added sweetner and milk with more than 2 percent fat. the councilman says it is time to help fight childhood obesity. in san jose, leaders have passed a ban to

. >> firefights todayegan using a predator drone to help them monitor the rim fire near yosemite.they hope to have it surrounded in three weeks a reporter on the scene tonight fromur abc affiliate in fresno. >> smoke rose at the tree that's gave the ridge its name. >> it's going t continue for a few more weeks. >> tom tidwell surveyed the damage and the work the firefighters are doing the fire growth clo sloeed thi week, but spread like a new breed of wildfire before firefiters could get contain oomt when getting these conditions these fires are somewhat explosive what. used to maybe take two, three weeks to be able to burn we're seng that in two, three day autos some smoke coming from backfires set by refighters that are trying to stop fire progress. >> this is our group here. >> firefighters are also preparincommunities. the crew from san mateo acts as scouts mapping out an attack or escape for mountain residents. >> our jb is to go out to identify houses and location autos communits are still evacuated today including buck adows but people here are still safe and that home, and

used on syrian civilians. opposition forces claim hundreds died after the rocket attack including some first responders. >>> the fire near yosemiteas now tripled in size. it is only 2% contained down from 5% yesterday. >>> former egyptian president, hosni mubarak was released from prison today. >>> the syrian government denies using chemical weapons on its own people, we have more now from rob mathis. >> reporter: a day after hundreds of syrians, including women and children were killed and injured, a search among the dead for missing relatives. syrian opposition says more than 1300 people died. an occasion strongly denied by the president's government. but the shocking pictures of the victims have brought swift international condemnation. >> reporter: >> translator: if proven our position in france is that there needs to be a reaction. what does that mean? not to send soldiers into the field, but an international condemnation. >> reporter: and the germans. >> translator: we are very concerned about the reports that chemical weapons have alleged to have been deployed near demass cuss. these reports are serious and should they tur

alex savidge is in berkeley to tell us more about that camp and the evacuations happening near yosemite. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, dave. certainly devastating news for those that spend their summer up by the camp. the u.s. forest service is unsure exactly how many buildings at the camp were lost but a number were burned. as the fire closed in last week, the family camp was evacuated. counselors in training packed up and left hoping firefighters could protect the treasured camp. meantime close to 35 million firefighters. this is new aerial video take on board a california air national. the fire still threatening thousands of homes and structures but over the weekend some people in groveland were allowed back home. >>ve eerie. the vel of smoke an back in was kind of creepy. >> reporter: while some evacuation orders are being lifted, firefighters are warning people woman breathing problems and heart problems to stay away a little bit longer. there was woman that suffered a heart attack and it's believed it could have been caused by a combination of stress and smoke. no

fire officials are telling us that this fire may not be out, 100% out for months. anne marie. >>> teresa near yosemite. thank you. flash flood watches and warnings are posted for the southwest. reminisce of a tropical storm in the pacific brought heavy rains to california and other states. fast moving high waters carried a pick up truck in san diego. in the mid-section, the problem is heat and much of it. david is following the extreme weather. >>> two big weather stories today. we have a lot of heat in the midwest and of course the fires and the flooding that are taking place out west. let's start with a look at our forecast today for the midwest. chicago 94. it will be near 100 in minneapolis this afternoon. near 100 in omaha and well into the 90s in kansas city and st. louis. there we can see the stream of moisture across the southwest. look at las vegas. but the part where the at a fires around yosemite are occurring it will be dry with no relief there. one phenomenon we could be talking about are fire whirls. we have two elements that come together. intense heat and turbulent winds in the atmosph

while many of us are preparing for the weekend, firefighters in northern california are battling a rapidly growing wildfire near yosemite national park. it's called the rim fire and it grew exponentially overnight now covering about 54,000 acres up from 16,000. and just 24 hours earlier, highway 120 year yosemite was shut down but the park itself remains open and mostly smoke-free. on thursday, governor jerry brown issued a state of emergency and that declaration frees up money and resources for the 1800 firefighters on the ground. so far nine structures have been damaged. 2500 remain threatened. >>> now overseas to syria where more horrific images are emerging of what syrian rebels are calling a mass chemical attack. but the claims still not verified. >> if these reports are true it would be an outrageous and flagrant escalation of use of chemical weapons by the regime. so our focus is on nailing down the facts. >> the vicious civil war is now in its third year. more than 100,000 are dead and nearly 2 million refugees. nbc's ayman moyhedin joins us from cairo. what are the latest developments. >> if you thought the sit

while many of us are preparing for the weekend, firefighters in northern california are battling a rapidly growing wildfire near yosemite national park. it is called the rim fire, and it grew overnight covering about 64,000 acres up from 16,000 just 24 hours earlier. the park remains open and mostly smoke-free. on thursday, governor jerry brown issued a state of emergency. the declaration frees up money and resources for the 1800 firefighters on the ground. so far, nine structures have been damaged, 2,500 remain threatened. >>> let's take to you syria where more horrific images are servicing from what syrian rebels are calling a mass chemical attack but the claims are still not verified. >> if these reports are true, it would be an outrageous and flag grant escalation of use of chemical weapons by the regime, so our source is on nailing down the facts. >> more than 100,000 are dead and nearly 2 million refugees from that. nbc's yousef gamal el-din is in cairo. yousef, what's the latest there? >> reporter: the betty, the numbers are shocking the community and there's certainly a lack of clarity that prevails in this situ

us at facebook.com slash abc 7 news. of course we are on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> build fire shut down main p &ntrance in yosemite national park. state route 120 nearove land is off limits to drivers going in and out of yosemite. the 800 acre fire has burned several structures and forced campground evacuation agencies along route 120. authorities say to use highway 140 as alternative to get in the park. >> moving on. man at the wheel of limousine that caught fire with deadly results will not face charges. 5 women died in that limo in may. 7 news has that and reaction from the driver himself. lillian. >> today announcement confirmed what abc 7 news reported friday that the cause of the fear was mechanical and that cautions against limo driver were unfounded. >> some tragedy are cems and some are not. this one is not. hence will not be any criminal charges. >> took three months for investigators to claw that the fire was accidental. in all 10 people were inside the limo when it burst in glimpse on the san mateo bridge. 5 female passengers died that night. >> primary catalyst of the tragedy was the catastrophic failure of the rear suspension system wh

us at facebook.com slash abc 7 news. of course we are on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> build fire shut down main p &ntrance in yosemite national park. state route 120 nearove land is off limits to drivers going in and out of yosemite. the 800 acre fire has burned several structures and forced campground evacuation agencies along route 120. authorities say to use highway 140 as alternative to get in the park. >> moving on. man at the wheel of limousine that caught fire with deadly results will not face charges. 5 women died in that limo in may. 7 news has that and reaction from the driver himself. lillian. >> today announcement confirmed what abc 7 news reported friday that the cause of the fear was mechanical and that cautions against limo driver were unfounded. >> some tragedy are cems and some are not. this one is not. hence will not be any criminal charges. >> took three months for investigators to claw that the fire was accidental. in all 10 people were inside the limo when it burst in glimpse on the san mateo bridge. 5 female passengers died that night. >> primary catalyst of the tragedy was the catastrophic failure of the rear suspension system wh

us at facebook.com slash abc 7 news. of course we are on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> build fire shut down main p &ntrance in yosemite national park. state route 120 nearove land is off limits to drivers going in and out of yosemite. the 800 acre fire has burned several structures and forced campground evacuation agencies along route 120. authorities say to use highway 140 as alternative to get in the park. >> moving on. man at the wheel of limousine that caught fire with deadly results will not face charges. 5 women died in that limo in may. 7 news has that and reaction from the driver himself. lillian. >> today announcement confirmed what abc 7 news reported friday that the cause of the fear was mechanical and that cautions against limo driver were unfounded. >> some tragedy are cems and some are not. this one is not. hence will not be any criminal charges. >> took three months for investigators to clawre fire was accidental. in all 10 people were inside the limo when it burst in glimpse on the san mateo bridge. 5 female passengers died that night. >> primary catalyst of the tragedy was the catastrophic failure of the rear suspension system which all

this is video they gave us today of a blackhawk helicopter, as it drops water on the fire at stanislaus national forest near yosemite on wednesday. the pilots are members of the 129th rescue wing, some of whom recently returned from afghanistan. >>> more than a dozen communities near yosemite are under evacuation orders or advisories right now. some of those larger areas include pine mountain lake, camp mather, berkeley family camp, and buck meadows. authorities have set up an evacuation center at the mother lode fairgrounds in sonora. residents living in the groveland area came to fire station number 1 to check out maps with the fire lines and evacuation information. we talked with one woman who is struggling physically with the smoky air. >> i've got to go. i have to go. it's a matter of life or death. so if we lose our home, we lose our home. and if we don't, god bless the firefighters. >> some evacuees told us they spent last night in their cars. there is still no word yet when those evacuation orders and advisories will be lifted. in less than an hour, a community meeting is scheduled to get under way in grovel

use it to put out the fire. >> we're going to head back here to the united states. the rim wildfire near yosemiterning. this is a different view of fighting this fire from the air. we're actually inside the cockpit. but what's a little different about this, something you don't get to see a whole lot, see this very small dot of speck? that is a lead plane. the plane directs the activities of the air tankers by physically leading the air tanker on a drop run. we're seeing this lead plane guide this air tanker, this water bomber, to the site. >> it's like a pace car. >> yeah. >> wow. >> it's kind of like the lead bird in a flock of birds when they're going in that "v" formation, it's like, follow me. everybody go this way. which is obviously helpful because that lead plane knows what's going on on the ground. >>> dean zimmer likes to rock. ♪ he's not like everyday drummer. >> my name is dean zimmer. a rock drummer. i've been playing drums about 30 years, at least. >> dean zimer is a drummer. he's self taught. he said when he went to school, they didn't have a music teacher, a music cralass. >> i jus

us. >>> we begin with a developing story we've been following for days. we show you this wildfire still burning near yosemite. right now it is twice the size of san francisco. it's forced the governor to declare a state of emergency so he can free up money and also so he can free up resources. we told you yesterday this fire was at 5% contained. but it blew up overnight. at this point, thousands of at risk. nbc's jodi hernandez has been following the fire. >> reporter: firefighters are throwing everything they have at this fire, but they've made little progress. to say that the fire conditions are extreme out here is a major understatement. firefighters are battling the heat, the wind, and a fire that they say has a mind of its own. now firefighters are actually losing ground today. yesterday they had the fire 5% contained. today, that has slipped back to just 2%. more than÷fx 54,000 acres have burned. and that figure is most definitely is going to go up when they have a chance to go up and do an aerial survey. about 1500 homes remain threatened and hundreds of people have been evacuated. the fire has crosse

yosemite is still open.kron four's scott rates made his way to yosemite.he'll join us tonight on kron-4 news at 8 with the latest on the rim fire burning near the fire danger is not just near the nevada border. the national weather service says. there will likely be another set of lightning strikes. right here in the bay area. and with the dry fuel here there is reason for concern. as kron-4's terisa estacio learned, firefighters in marin county are preparing for the worst. >> reporter: because of the extreme fire danger vehicles on not allowed sam farr accused are is prohibited. >> they do want to stress restrict border certain vehicle access to the local access and that slows things this we are an and staffing >> we let them off and let the fire fighters spend the night at the fire stations. >> reporter: warning residents to be where. the lack of rain in the wintertime also serve as concern for you guys right now. >> usually we see that in september or october and now we are seeing that in september. >> jacqueline: as to look gaston trucker for the radar we will see the lightning strike struck the sierra and also and other north californi

tomorrow at 4:00 brenging us latest on the brick construction as well as how it's affecting morning commute. >> there is some progress to report on that large wildfire burning near yosemite higher humid and a trux of a fire line helping firefighters with containment efforts. the rim fire crew grew again overnight to nearly 190,000 acres containment increased to 23%. officials say the reservoir is not in danger. today crews on the ground are getting help from above. national guard launched unmanned drones over the fire zone. >> i was thinking my guitars but they're burned to a crisp. >> this is what the fire looked like. several homes fully insolved. 15 homes in all damaged including five left uninhabitable by tuesday's frightening fire. >> still very fortunate. >> shirmy's home just step as way, survived mostly unscathed. firefighters rescued her dog. >> i feel sorry for the ones right next door. they have lost everything. strip of grasses between the sound wall is to blame for the rapid spread and believe the city was responsible for maintaining it yes. we've receive that had claim from several noks. we're going provide that answer. we want to provide it one time, not h

us at the top of the hour. >> the sierra fire continues to grow near yosemite national park and now is the 7th largest in californiaistory. the fire has claimed 111 structures, up from 23 structures yesterday morning and burned more than were 184,000 acres and 20 percent contained. more than 4,000 firefighters are battling the blaze. the flames are headed deeper into the park net being two groves of sequoias. >> we are packed up. we can get out in five minutes. looking at where the fire is, it is not close. >> officials can see ash from the fire on the surface of the hetch hetchy reservoir which supplies water to 2.5 million people in the area the water quality has not changed and you do not have to worry about contamination because supplies are drawn from the bottom of the reservoir 260' down. >> we have new video to show you but it comes with a warning so parparts this has to do with a shooting. this cell phone video captured the moment that antioch police shot a man to death. >> this happened yesterday afternoon near hillcrest avenue and wildfire drive after a chase through the city. a man lost control of the ve

us describing the scene. >> and of course we're staying on top of the fire as well as one burning near yosemite, the rim firell have a live update from that fire >>> now the massive rim fire has grown to become the seventh largest in state history. it's spread across 30,000 acres and the flames have now reached hetch hetchy reservoir. two groves of giant sequoias do replain maine threatened bit fire. firefighters estimate they vit 0% contained. abc 7 news is near the fire line was the latest for us. >> the beat goes on here, they're trying to make sure houses stay safe behind me, one of the several helicopters have been stopping getting fire retardant in these giant bags rg then, they take off and dump retardand on fire areas or buffer zones. these cranes contain about 2000 to owe 3,000 gallons of fire retardant. and will keep going. ash has hit hetch hetchy reservoir which is the main drinking supply and smoke has closed schools in tuolumne county. >> groveland is near the area, there are still concerns. schools in the area weregq[z closed yesterday and today, and parents just got word there will be no cla

>>> another big story the rim fire burning near yosemite national park has exploded in size and is not showing any signs of slowing down. steve large shows us that fire right now is burning out of control. >> reporter: clearly, this is no ordinary wildfire. in fact, one u.s. forestry spokesman told me it may go down as one of the worst in state history. and now the fire is leaving behind all of this smoke. it's become its own hazard, this forest is suffocating in smoke. and that's going to make this firefight all the more difficult today. in one day, this fire ripping through the stanislaus national forest has tripled in size. the monster's flames consuming giant pine trees with ease. >> the whole situation is -- is -- is bad. the smoke is really bad. this camp we're very fortunate to still be here this morning. it tried to take this car. we just refused to let it take this camp. >> reporter: all the smoke from the burning wildland is trapping wildlife in a fog and leaving firefighters with little room to see the damage. this picture shows the change in the forest from wednesday to thursday. smoke is everywhere. san jose's family camp at yo

us more about him to move e city wants to get back to doing business. >> thank you, stephanie. >>> coming up the latest on the wildfires burning near yosemite national park>> and we'll show you areas that are getting too much rain with the national forecast. that's coming up. we are also hearing that bob national park. ♪ >>> new developments in the wildfire burning near yosemite national park. fire officials say it has now spread inside the park's border, and tourists have been told to leave. meanwhile the flames haveo cut bureaucratic red tape and get more firefighters to fight this fire. over 100,000 ache verse been destroyed. we are standing in one of the charred remains of forest where we have seen the fire sweep not a lot of progress. >> can you t alert. >> thank yo you for that update. >>> celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the martin luther king dream speech. robert ray is joining some of those travels to the big occasion. robert? >> reporter: hello again. we are actually driving now. we are on i-10 east, and a little bit of tropical florida rain has started to come down on the bus. you can hear people singing the hymns of the celebration as

, an update on the massive wildfire near yosemite ask the latest on -- and the latest on evacuation and a website might be helpful when the new bridge closes. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> things may be turning around for yahoo. the key measure of the new ceo's success. >>> yahoo has reached a milestone. yahoo beat out everyone in web traffic in july. they brought in more than 196 million unique visitors during july. 5million more than google. the numbers indicate the ceo's effort to turn around the company are starting to pay off. >>> all right. mark joins us now with why giants fans weren't happy to see brian wilson again. >> you may find the video disturbing. brian wilson makes his debut with the dodgers today. came in in the 9th inning. there it is. yeah. he does do the cross. his first appearance since april 2012. one hit and two strikeouts. going to take a while to get used to that. no time at all to get used to seeing charles woodson back in a radar uniform. the place where he started. back with the silver and black. like a fine wine looking good in his 16th season and changing the culture of losin

us protected. >> firefighters are keeping the flames from the "rim" fire from reaching mountain communities. but the battle near yosemite is far from over. >> i can't think of a prettier venue. >> emirates team new zealand! >> a big trophy and win for the kiwis. team new zealand vans to the america's cup fines. >> smells like sewage. >> rotten eggs. >> horrible, fishy. >> it's the stench coming from a dried-up lagoon and it's a stinky problem in one bay area community. >> the u.n. everyone team will begin a factfinding mission monday to determine if poisonous gases were useed. >> hundreds of civilians killed in syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack, the investigation to figure out whether it was really poisonous gas. >> president obama has asked the defense department to prepare options. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning. >> he takes a home run away -- >> good morning, everyone. it's monday, august 26. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 5:00 on the nose right now. we have some new developments this morning on the "rim" fire

us sunshine. keeping the numbers cool, though. we are talk about a modern warmup in the days ahead. >> we continue to follow the wildfire burning near yosemite. the fire has burned nearly 130,000 acres. it's just 7% contained. more than 5500 homes are threatened. 11 were destroyed. officials worry the number could rise. john alston has the latest on the fire from tuolumne county. >> one weapon against the fire is a business central that shoots an in -- the beginning area before the fire can. large fires flared into largers ones in an instant. winds shifted every few seconds. >> i have lived here near eighth grade. >> some residents were allowed to key their properties for the first time in weeks. this couple, both originally from the bay area, lost two homes that had been in their family for years. the main house survived. >> we feel lucky to have this guy still standing, which was my family home in high school. yeah, super close call for this house. >> there are custom houses that are cute to make this place look extra nice for guests and stuff. >> darma, who lives on the property, said firefighters did an honorable job. >> they were out he