. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is live in emeryville with more. >> reporter: good afternoon if this immigration debate ever needed catalyst. there is a debate in the bay area from both sides of the issue. let's start with the side you don't often hear, the conservative side. >> the law is definitely the law. and we have to maintain laws because we are a country of laws. to for so long the laws have been ignored regarding grimes. >> that from steve kemp of the golden gate mintman, a kevlt group of donald trump supporters who say the pictures of immigrant children separated from their parents may simply be tools of the liberal left and the media. >> i would say that they're having a better time here than possily where they came from. and we have to -- we have to keep them somewhere until we if if figure out where they need to to go. >> we'll have a lot of happy people. >> when trump president trump signed the order it happened after a press conference of east bay leaders in oakland this morning. they had heard the signing might be coming. but still spoke of separation in terms

wayne friedman, abc 7. >> we know what you were talking about wayne. thank you so much. >>> firefighters are being flown into some of the more remote yaurs of the pawnee fire. burning in lake county. that's to strengthen the containment lines. it's 55% contained and burned 14,000 acres 22 structures some homes have been destroyed. mandatory evacuation orders lifted. the blazes started on saturday. >>> a san francisco mother is furious tonight after she says her 5-year-old son was left on a muni bus was left on a bus and no one holder to. >> mel fli wood rows stot. >> this 5-year-old was a camper at the summer in the city program. >> i definitely trusted them to look after my son. >> but on monday mom says the camp lost her son on a immune y bus dur a day trip at 5:00 my son wasn't there. >> the people lost me on the bus and they didn't -- and all of the other people just went. and they forgot me. >> youth programs manager sharon johnson says staff followed protocol. >> and the person who swept the bus says the child was coming off the bus at- as everyb

. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman has been up in lake county the past three days on the fire lines. >> he joins us live with a the latest. more on the mood of the residents tonight, wayne. >> reporter: the mood of residents is mixed. mixed because they are finally able to get back home tonight. at least most. some homes are gone. officially, they were allowed to return at 4:00 p.m. but in fact it began sooner. >> this is for do you need any waters. >> for lake county evacuees this qualified as the best of days or worst depending on fates and outcomes. >> i want to know and i don't want to know. >> is not knowing worse than knowing? >> yeah. yeah. >> after this morning, denise ogle would disagree. >> i was told yes, no, yes, no while we stayed. it's like i'm fine. i'm not -- i really thought i was fine until i got here. >> then denise learned that her house and three others on wolf creeked road didn't survive the flames preponderate they are four out of a dozen homes lost. denise did not have insurance and not by oversight she told us. >> i couldn't get fire insurance when i moved i

here is our reporter wayne friedman. >> reporter: by the time chris and his wife began recording these flames across from the home and sommerfeld road in santa rosa they say the worst had already passed. an explosion atop a power pole by what pg&e zroibs as a regulator >> i was sitting on the couch, heard the pop, saw the sparks, saw the fire light up the living room. >> in a region already scarred by memories of last fall any fire frightens people. jack lean and her husband and 2-year-old moved into the house on valentines day. they never gave the power pole a second thought until it blew at 10:45 p.m. >> the instant stress of is it coming towards me scared me. >> when the regulator blew last power. pg&e describes the regulator as lag like a transformer. the fact that it blue could not come at a worse time for a utility trying to restore public faith. we want to assure customers that their safety and the safety of our communities is always our top priority, said pg&e in part of a statement today. >> it's stairy. i don't know if i trust the equipment that's right across the street my h

in the newsroom, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> all right wayne. >>> there is a move in san francisco tonight to honor thousands of world war ii veterans from the chinese american community. many of the vets volunteered to serve even as denied citizenship under the chinese exclusionary act. now a group of supervisor joan attention ye, kim and lee are sending a resolution to congress, asking the vets be honored with the congressional gold medal >> i think it especially is important because these people served during a time that chinese americans were facing huge racism here in this country. >> we must now make the final step hoorn the chinese american world war ii veterans. >> overall in an estimated 13,000 chinese americans served during world war ii. >>> much more to come on abc 7 news at 5:00 for you. a big announcement from tesla. that means thousands of workers will lose their jobs. >>> also a quiet bay area community stand here are the military's most wanted fugitives living under their nose for kaekds. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. a steamy day inland. i'll let you noy re

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in larkspur, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> a runway at seattle's seatac airport is disclosed after someone opened fire nearby near the airport. a spokesman with the washington state patrol is posting updates on twitter. this is the command post near the areas where officers search for a gunman. no one was seriously hurt. but four carsy hit. troopers say the runway was chosed in abundance of caution and they are not expecting delays. >>> a new study suggest attention the napa earthquake may have been caused by stretching of the earth's crouse due to resedding ground water. the 6.0 quake in 2014 killed one person and injured efrl more and caused $50 million in losses. according to the report, land between the napa and sonoma valleys is stretch each sner as ground water levels fall beneath the valleys and the ground sinks and contracts. it was published in the geophysical journal reern. >>> well here is some fun news. the world cup is come to the united states. >> goal. and bay area fans might not have go far. >> this time germany, two scores. >> imagine that at levi stadium. soccer f

wayne friedman abc 7 news. >>> calfire called in all sorts of aerial support to deal with the fire. it's utilize attention two dc-10s and helicopters from the base at mclellan airport in zroomt to attack from the air. they say they have their hands full. they hav years. the planes come loadwood fire retardant and a lot of thought is given where to drop it precisely. flying over a wilder can be rough fors pilots as can you imagine. >> the air current with tremendous in the mountainous valleys as well as the temperatures because the fire heats the air makes for quite the bumpy ride. >> each plane is capable of making up to ten trips per day every one of them desperately needed. >> of course weather conditions have a huge impact and fighting a fire from theary a or from the ground. >> absolutesly critical of course with a look at what firefighters are facing in lake county here is abc 7 news meteorologist sand where a patel. >>> let's look at live doppler 7. the fire is so intense that our radar has been picking up some of the smoke there from the fire as you can see there currently co

team coverage for you from wayne friedman and eric thomas. a look at the impact. >>> first we begin with spencer christian and forecasts. spencer. >>> the heat is definitely on. we have sunny skies you ased across the bay area opinion. and the change in temperatures is it is dramatic. most locations are about 8 to 12 degrees warmer right now than they were this hour yesterday. look at how many current temperature readings are around 100 degrees. 101 at clover dale. 9 at brentwood and san ramon opinion 97, 9 at many other locations. we have 80s around the bay. moving along, i'll show you we have a heat advisory in effect tomorrow until 8:00 tomorrow night for possibility of heat illness, virtually all of the bay area is covered by the advisory except san francisco and the coastline. if you get close to the coastline you have a better chance of noinling some comfortable and more healthful conditions. red flag warning for high fire dangers in effect tomorrow and sunday. for solano and lake counties and for the hills and mountains of the east bay

. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is liven le cnt c he t. the line of cars a while ago long but not now. look over my shoulder, no smoke on the horizon, a big change from the lased any waters? >> for residents of spring valley this would be the opposite of a time lag. officially the neighborhood reopened at 4:00 p.m. unofficially the nightmares ended right around noon. >> i now know what they've gone through. >> what is it. >> a feeling of total loss. helplessness. >> gina among the more fortunate. this house she shares with son and daughter in law remains standing but after all this the life in fire scarred lake county feels tenuous. >> that's the price you live in the country, god's country. >> the price they paid watching the pawnee fire the last few days, flames, smoke, evacuations to the local moose lodge. days and nights inside. sleeping with uncertainty. >> i was told yes, no, yes, no while we were staying here. so, it's like i'm fine. i'm not -- i really thought i was fine until imorning, denise the finite news. her house and others

live in shellville, wayne friedman. abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. >>> the impact of a 49er legend. >> the catch may have been the most pivotal movement in the history of football area. >> why dwight clark meant so much to the bay area and how he set an example for all athletes. >>> the stock market was quiet today except for twitter. suddenly everybody wants a piece of it. >>> it happens to many of us. cracked screens on phones. so is insurance a good idea? >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. bright skies right now but that fades as >>> the south bay sports community is reacting to the passing of 49ers great dwight clark. the two-time super bowl champion battled als and died yterd atisom in montana. chris wooin has more on the legacy. >> for many the catch is simply know 49 ertz history. >> he rolls right looking to throw. looking to throw. and he throws into the zone. touchdown. touchdown. >> this winning touchdown reception in the 1981 nfc championship game against the cowboys is what made dwight clark a household

. >>> wayne friedman has the details. wayne. >> reporter: i'll tell you what's fascinating about this, ama. this is the first time pg&e has associated a 3/4 number with damage in the fires. they told investors today $2.5 billion was the minimum. pg&e also said $15 billion is possible. from ashes outside a grove turns into dollars. this morning pg&e notified of an 8 k filing and a potential $15 billion loss, like a financial weather report for a storm on the horizon. >> i would say that it's not an admission of guilt. okay. it's an admission that they have this potential liability and they need to start reserving money for the potential that it -- that actually becomes a fact that they have to pay. >> mark edwards a money manager with winen investment explains the knew ands, the minimum $2.5 million right now represents almost two years profits for the company and yet with the news pg&e stock rose 1.3% today. >> the market is interpreting it as okay we now know more than we knew yesterday. >> the estimate only accounts for

live in windsor, wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> a power strug. le of sorts happening at one of san francisco's most well-known churches. what's happening at glide right now. >>> plus uber wants you in an electric car, the pilot program kicking off in several cities, including one in the bay area. >>> and bowl for free. but there is a catch. how kids can bowl a few strikes this summer. >>> let's check traffic at 4:11. >> out. >> you wish you were out of the traffic if you're on the downtown skyway. headed to the east bay, right-hand side toward >>> there appears to be a power struggle going on at one of san francisco's most well-known churches. glide has been stripped of its clergy by the leadership of the united methodist church. >> carolyn tyler joining from us the newsroom with the story. >> it's unclear what we were told behind the move we were told no comment by the united methodist church. but glide leaders think it's a power struggle and culture clash. for more than 50 years glide has been an s francisco. known for the inspirational choir,

wayne friedman has case update from larkspur. >> this this apartment complex, the paint has changed and most of the tenants. but one mystery remains constant. and in the central marin police department it still eats at detectives. >> she deserves justice. >> on this day in 1993 poli found 92-year-old ursula dead in her apartment after being stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife she was a mother abgrandmother qb widow and invalid who survived the 1906 earthquake. as detectives told abc 7 two years after the crime, it seems senseless. >> there was no sign of forced entry. and there was nothing missing from the apartment near as we can tell. so we can't establish really the motive. >> and that remains to be the case today. ursula has the unique distinction of being larkspurs only unsolved murder in 25 years. today, police asked for a tip. we wondered, is that a coincidence or are they on toing. >> we think somebody out there has information for us. the information could help us bed on what?me. >> i can't answer that for you. >> the police department mark of seemed cryptic restricted

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman has the story. >> reporter: at the farmer market in oakland it was a good day for warriors, most of them. >> that's a little steep. >> that's michelle louis talking not about points spreads but the surprise of admission but to this tlies, in our found-time even you have the die hards like these guys last night. >> we have to get our tickets. >> got to get it without picket. >> then the desperate. >> mr. ticket. >> people like stewart, a brokener known as mr. ticket. >> i'm a gambler i take chances. >> today's market for game 2 has been a wild ride. on stubhub you could have purchased standing room only for $250. sin then prices doubled. a bounce from game one which according to to sources sold soft. >> well the first year is a band wagon year everybody wants to go and excitement. probably going for 50% more. >> for the record, brandon schneider who manages tickets for the warriors told us today that every game is sold out though tickets remain available on the secondary market. buy from warriors.com, i says you're guaranteed not counterfeit. >> we on

abc news reporter wayne friedman is live on the scene with theist latest. >> reporter: it's better than it was a while ago. let's take a look behind us here. you see the white smoke. that's still there. but earlier today we had 100 foot flames and a propane tank explosion. take a look. firefighters knew this was coming. they heard the propane boiling. helps the evacuation of 500 people within a half mile. they had no idea where the tank would go. it flew hundreds of yards. in the process it damaged several reviews in the storage yard. let's hear from fire chief ray mule zblies a total of about 7 or 8 damaged two of them were damaged from the remnant of the tank upon landing. it glanced off the back of two and skipped out through the field and ended up on highway 121. >> reporter: now we're looking at footage from sky7 .at their peak the flames towered 100 feet in the air. was wood burning from palettes. we are fortunate there are not winds as yesterday. those winds were as high as 35 miles an hour. as you said the same factory had a fire back in 2013 but they were different circumstance

live in fountain grove, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. >>> well, people living in the fire zone are following this closely. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live with reaction in santa rosa. >> hi, dan, the process of rebuilding beginning this this neighborhood which was hard hit by the tubs fire. so far it's not one of the fires that pg&e has been deemed to be at fault in. still those who lost everything here are watching closely what the company does. mike williams is a contractor helping to rebuild homes in coffey park including his own. one among thousands losing everything in the raging tubs fire last october. though calfire on the department of forrestry have yet to find pg&e responsible for this fire, victims are watching closely the company's decision to set aside billions of dollars to pay for expected losses in other places, like from the sulfur fire in clearlake. >> it's encouraging for the people who were affected by those fires. but if you're in an area where the fire is most devastating and hasn't made a decision it makes you wonder which they go.

. >>> wayne friedman has the details. at's fascinating about this, ama. this is the first time pg&e has associated a 3/4 number with damage in the fires. they told investors today $2.5 billion was the minimum. pg&e also said $15 billion is possible. from ashes outside a grove turns into dollars. this morning pg&e notified of an 8 k filing and

abc7 reporter wayne friedman has spent the day in the fire zone in lake county. he's live with more. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. mandatory evacuations in some places. the 8,200 number is latest number from cal fire this morning. after what we saw today, it is bound to have gone higher. as to how much room this fire will burn, we don't know yet. cal fire isn't saying yet. there were times today when it started cooking. flames close enough to see, close enough to hear, close enough to fear, and close enough that more people left clear oaks lake this day while others insisted on staying. are you evacuated technically? >> they've told us to evacuate. but of it's against the constitutional right. we're stay of our own free will. >> reporter: jeff haddox worried about looter goi-- looters goin through the neighborhood. when he said that, he didn't know less than a mile away, police had made just such an arrest. the suspect had a loaded weapon, stash of marijuana, and had been blocking fire equipment. >> a gentleman that we arrested, didn't know where he was

abc 7 news news reporter wayne friedman is there live with the indication it at the collection. >> it's celebration with the mayor and other dignitiary it's because alameda has a god new golf course with quit back story. they call to it miracle in alameda. today's father son head to head battle between joe and glenn van wing zblool he beat me when i was 12 the first time and i don't think i've beat him sense o zbliens in this case the miracle would be the venue, the golf complex. a new version of the municipal golf course that seemed beyond redemption. video from 2008 shoi as run down facilities from which the city drained millions of dollars and did not invest. as players complained back then. >> they're kind of destroying the goose that laid the golden egg. >> today they describe the new partnership with greenway golf as far better. the company signed a 40 years lease with the city, poured eight figures into remaking the place and will share profits. former councilmember doug dehahn played a part in preserving it. >> it's open space. and once you lose this to housing and whatever else

team coverage for you from wayne friedman and eric thomas.>> first we begin with spencer christian and forecasts. spencer. >>> the heat is definitely on. we have sunny

wayne friedman is following the story and joins from us lake county with the latest. afternoon, ama. that 5% is an important factor. when they say the 5% are contained most of thoets a day. a big day for firefighters. over my shoulder you can see what's burning now. there was a complaining in the wind that turned the pawnee fire back on itself 37 but it's going to flip around any moment and then play flip around again. that said we have had a spectacle all day long. today the heavy artillery, the d.c.-10 aerial tanker flew so low that it disappeared behind the mountain when it resurfaced with the cargo delivered. one element with others fighting on the ground for every yard as the fire moved south today. humidity dropped to the teens. winds to the 20s. flames leapt in places, a thick filter of dark smoke blackened the sky like a filter for an eclipse. a few miles away waited out the worse relies on claws, word of mouth and a map showing the danger area. char m

abc news reporter wayne friedman is live on the scene with theist latest. >> reporter: it's better thans a while ago. let's take a look behind us here. you see the white smoke. that's still there. but earlier today we had 100 foot flames and a propane tank explosion. take a look. firefighters knew this was coming. they heard the propane boiling. helps the evacuation of 500 people within a half mile. they had no

. >> reporter: wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> stories like that have you make you emotional. >> thank goodness for those bus drivers. >>> you're taking a look at this surveillance video. wow. tat's hard to watch. a crash between a truck and a smart train in santa rosa. a box truck drove through the crossing arms and hit by a train going 77 miles per hour. no one suffered serious injuries here. however, this crash is raising the issue of quiet zones. those are stretches of train track will trains will not sound their horns at the crossings. many communities want the quiet zones because they say it's too loud. one smart board member says drivers need to hear those horns because most are distracted these days by their cell phones. >>> a poll out this morning reveals how hard it is to find housing in the bay area. >> according to the bay area counc council, 53% harder to find housing. 76% say it's gotten somewhat more difficult. the good news from the poll, nearly half a million households are willing to build a granny unit to help the housing crisis. the fact that that's the good news fr

abc7 reporter wayne friedman has spent the day in the fire zone in lake county. ? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. mandatory evacuations in some places. the 8,200 number is latest number from cal fire this morning. after what we saw today, it is bound to have gone higher. as to how much room this fire will burn, we don't know yet. cal fire isn't saying yet. there were times today when it started cooking. flames close enough to see, close enough to hear, close enough to fear, and close enough that more people left clear oaks lake this day while others insisted on staying. are you evacuated technically? >> they've told us to evacuate. but of it's

wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> thank you for the update. >>> and lake county experience add bigged wildfire last october with when 162 building were damaged or destroyed. in 2,016,300 structures were lost in the caton wildfire. a year before that in 2015, four people died in 2000 building destroyed in the valley wildfire. two other large wildfires tore through lake county that year as well. >>> and michael finney and the "7 on your side" team will be in lake county to help fire victims he will be at moose lodge at 4:00 p.m. stop by to get questions answered. >>> weather conditions a fee factor. let's check with spencer christian for a closer look at weather conditions on the fire line spencer. >>> hot, dry and breezy once again in the area of the fire. lites 92 degrees right now. relative humidity dangerously low at only 26%. although the stead were wind is only at about 4-mile-per-hour there have been gusts around 12 to 15-mile-per-hour. and the days ahead will perhaps present an even greater challenge for firefighters. the heat spike at the end of the week pushes high temperatures up abov

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman posted this statement from the petaluma high school principal cuttingikt attorney micron during the speech. she began to talk about being a sexual assault victim. the statement read that the local law enforcement has initial jurisdiction and determines the course of action. >>> eric thomas tweeted this video of a relieved crowd of dog handler at the woofstock dog show in vallejo. a van with 15 dogs bound for the show was stolen in redding. but the dogs were found and safe and sound. >>> with a planned summit meeting between president trump and kim jong un days away. pme paid a visit to washington a with an important message. >>> with the historic summit between presidentru days away. >> i think i'm well prepped. >> mr. trump sitting next for the japanese prime minister confident he is ready to go. >> i don't think i have to prepare very much. it's about attitude, willingness to get things kun. but i think i've been preparing for the summit for a long time. >> the summit was only officially back on last friday. but this meeting with japan comes days befo

. >>> reporter wayne friedman tweeted about her mom lost in a fire.t fireworks. coming up at 5:00 meet the people selling fireworks to help fire victims. >>> a mother from brazil and her 9-year-old son are back torgt after being separated at the border. she won a lawsuit to have her son released from a shelter in chicago. abc news reporter linnae lopez has more. >> reporter: at dull he is international airport outside washington, d.c. brendan aire hugs fore7-year-old kevin. the two finally reunited after she was held in denver a month ago while her son was shipped thousands of miles away to a facility in miami. another undocumented immigrant family experiencing the same joy thursday. lydia holding her son tight after a judge ruled he must be released from a chicago area shelter immediately and returned to his mom. the two separated at the southern border a month ago where she came to seek asylum. asked what she would say to president trump she said through a translator >> translator: don't do this to the children. >> both families separated as a resul