Unedited video of the confrontation, we have a link to it on our website and on the news app. A small grass fire on the shoulder of highway 85 in san jose briefly stopped traffic. Sky 7 was overhead a few hours ago as smoke blew across lanes of traffic towards Good Samaritan hospital. Fire crews put out the fire. Fire crews who were mowing dry grass in an effort to prevent fires started a fire this afternoon. Sky 7 flew over the aftermath. Fire crews called for additional help, including water dropping helicopters to put out the flames. Heavy smoke is pouring out of the hills and into the sky from the largest of 15 active wildfires burning in california tonight. Those bright flames show you that the fire is still growing. Air tankers made drops over the fire today, which is more than 70,000 acres in size. As it burns for a fifth straight day, 1,500 homes are threatened, 45 buildings are destroyed, including a church and school. The fire is 35 files from the park. The park is not in danger of burning and remains open. Visitors are being warned about respiratory problems from the smoke. 5,000 people keep in mind are out of their homes tonight and new evacuation orders were issued a few hours ago. We are live in one of those areas with the latest. Laura. Reporter hi, dan. Things are actually improving in some places, but that is at the other end of the fire from where im standing as we speak. This fire is still growing at this end as the flames move closer to town. While cal fire has been able to slow the spread of the overall fire today, its expected to grow in the days to come. Despite an aggressive air attack and the efforts of thousands of firefighters on the ground, the fire continues to grow now consuming more than 70,000 acres and dozens of structures, including this, the 76yearold Little Church in the hill in the tiny city. Its going to continue to grow. We need people to understand that. This fire is weather driven, its terrain driven and its fuel driven. Reporter there are at least two dozen homes destroyed by the fire and so far at least two firefighters working on the frontlines have suffered minor injuries. Its a mess. One of our friends just lost their house. Reporter many who have lost their homes wont know for a while as many of the major highways remain closed. This couple were among those turned around. We had time to go to the park. Reporter a you going to go . No, because it will be very dangerous. We decided to go elsewhere. Reporter in downtown the owners of this coffee shop came in to check on things and serve a few customers. Thanks, you guys. Reporter coping the best they can with the reality around them. I know theyll do anything they can to save town. Weve lost our shop before unfortunately about six years ago. It burned down. Very unexpectantly, it came around the corner and the block was on fire. The fire came down through the middle of our ranch. Reporter mitch and his wife had to evacuate from their ranch. Its a difficult time for anybody. This is the worst fire weve ever had and its nowhere near over yet. Reporter you can see a lot of activity where we are. This is what weve been seeing all day. This is a helicopter thats been making water drops. Weve seen those big tankers dropping retardant. Firefighters saying theyve tried to take advantage of the weather today, cooler temperatures. The winds for the most part have stayed down and the humidity is high. Its supposed to stay that way tomorrow, but the concern is what will happen over the weekend when things are supposed to get warmer and dryer. Abc 7 news. Thank you for that update. As we look live across the bay area, we see mostly blue skies. Smoke from the fire has been drifting away from here. We see where its going. Im going to take you down to the area of the fire and show you current weather conditions. Theyre still quite warm there. 88 degrees and relative humidity is low. Winds gusting to 14 miles an hour. Expect winds to diminish overnight to only three or four miles per hour, but the winds will increase again tomorrow afternoon. The smoke is being blown northward and eastward. Smoke covers a wide area right now causing a reduction in air quality. Were mon toriitoring that and fire as well. As this fire develops you can keep up with changes. Enable push alerts. The smart railroad continues to take passengers on free preview rides in advance of a long awaited Revenue Service. The drone gives you a view of the system in action, which many thought would be done with testing by now. Wayne is live to explain. Whats the holdup . Reporter the holdup is federal approval of positive train control by the federal railroad administration. What is positive train control . Its almost an automated train that makes it fool proof. No other railroad in america has it. This is the first to be tested so theres a learning curve on both sides. In the north bay residents and potential commuters have a different appreciation of what it means to wait for a train. I have been expecting since last year. Reporter a Restaurant Owner is frustrated by the irregular service of preview trains outside his front door. For months he has waited for an answer to when smart will began regular Revenue Service. Its been influx. We asked the Public Information officer, may 12th. We dont have a firm date, but we are targeting late spring which is around the corner. Reporter we asked a member on june 28th. Quickly its going to happen momentarily. Reporter we asked the president this morning. I will say soon. Reporter that was more than good enough for passengers on yet another free preview run today. Good things you have to wait for, i guess. Reporter after a first estimate of Revenue Service by last november, the Railroad Still awaits federal approval of its positive train control system, the first in the america. It will render trains essentially human error proof, but theres been a learning curve. We are ready to Start Service rf. Reporter that has not happened yet. More work needs to be done. You want to make sure that the train control systems are working properly, that the gates are working properly. Reporter sometimes finetuning comes down to a few seconds. On june 29th we shot this video of a gate dropping too late after the train had entered the intersection. One growing pain smart has fixed. Theres no red flags. Reporter we asked the question when. No date. Optimistic will begin soon. Reporter which feels like a sound bite round trip. Californias attorney general is going to court to try to block the last independent gasoline terminal in Northern California from being sold. He believes the sale will lead to higher gas prices for consumers. Abc is live with the story. Leslie. Reporter this huge shipping terminal here is behind me a vast network of pipes and 31 tanks. Its owned by a Company Called plains all american. There is a deal to buy it and that worries the California Attorney general. Anticompetitive behavior is never good for consumers. Reporter the California Attorney general says the company is looking to buy the last independent terminal in Northern California that distributes gasoline to all the retail stations. He says the other terminals are already owned by refiners and he fears the sale could affect the prices the consumers pay at the pump. It could be that the suppliers can manipulate the supply to dictate the price of gasoline. That is not good for california families. Reporter on monday the attorney general will file an injunction to prevent the sale from moving forward. An emergency attempt to block the transaction was already turned down by a u. S. District court judge last week. California prices are over 60 cents above national average, when only about 30 to 35 sepcen is explainable through higher taxes. Reporter this price expert says the differential amounts to 4 billion a year for consumers. The smaller richmond terminal thats part of the sale is not part of the dispute, only the gigantic martinez terminal that handles crude for bay area refiners. When contacted, valero reissued a joint statement put out by their ceo last week saying as the ftc and California Attorney general know, we plan to expand capacity at both terminals which will benefit customers as well as california consumers. They say theyre disappointed the attorney general is challenging the transaction in court. In martinez, abc 7 news. O. J. Simpson granted parole this morning after nine years in prison. Thank you. Thank you. Next, well look at the reception hell face as a free man. Plus. Welcome home. At 6 30 the unlikely journey at 6 30 the unlikely journey this mom. Where all the walls echo with laughter and every room has its own chapter youve carried on your familys tradition. Let us help you prepare for your familys future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. After serving nine years in prison, o. J. Simpson has been granted parole. We sent a push alert after the board of parole commissioners made its decision. Simpson could be released as early as october 1st. He was sentenced to 33 years in prison after a botched robbery at a las vegas hotel. Simpson said the items belonged to him. I am sorry that things turned out the way they did. I had no intent to commit a crime. Prison officials will work on developing a release plan. Simpson is requesting to live in florida where his family is. Abc 7 news spoke to a legal expert who said he was not surprised by the decision. Under the rules of the parole board and watching his testimony, that seemed to be the logical conclusion. Simpson was born and raised in San Francisco before making it big in the nfl. Some of the bay area residents we spoke to were surprised by the decision based on simpsons history. People often still hold him responsible for a crime he was acquitted of and i think thats why people dont want him to get paroled. Hes referring to the murders of simpson exwife and friend. Simpson was acquitted, but found liable in court. Senator john mccain has been diagnosed with an aggressive incurable type of brain cancer, but he will soon be back in washington. The tumor was discovered after a surgery to remove a blood clot. Its a grade four cancer. Thats the highest on the scale. For men over 50 the recovery rate over five years is 5 . Senator mccains illness underscores the need for cancer drugs, but there is a shortage of seven cancer drugs due to limited production capacity. An effort is under way in the bay area to try to limit that. Reporter about 400 of the more than 1,200 drugs in development at firms in california focus on cancer. This Company Develops and manufactures some of them and its expanding capacity by 1 3. For years Cancer Patients and doctors have faced a shortage of supplies of oncology medicines. In some cases patients have to wait months if not longer to get medicines. This facility is going to try to address that shortage. Cell technology is expensive. The state of california is providing 25 million in tax incentives. For patients whose lives are on the line, increasing drug production has no price tag. There are several drugs that theyre working on, both in our Inhouse Research and also from external partners and at least two of which have potential to also treat the brain cancer that john mccain suffers from right now. Reporter no jobs will be created, about 300 over the next two years, although much of the cell cultivation is automated, human intervention is needed. We need to feed them nutrients and remove waste products and as they grow and produce the medicine itself. Reporter the increased capacity will benefit other companies that utilize this facility. Abc 7 news. We are getting pretty close to the weekend. We are. So whats the weather going to be like . Here is the forecast. Ill end the mystery. We have a weekend warmup coming our way. Were going to use antioch as the example. High tomorrow it will be 92 degrees, but on saturday 100 degrees and 98 on sunday. Thats indicative of what most inland areas can expect over the weekend. Early next week well see temperatures drop into the low 90s before bouncing back later in the week. You can see we have sunny skies across the bay area. No evidence of the marine layer except for a patch of light low clouds developing along the coast line there. Blue skies over San Francisco. Its currently 62 degrees here in the city and in mid 70s and 61 at half moon bay. Check out this view. Looking at the golden gate. Its clear there. Current temperature readings up in santa rosa at livermore and this is how the coastline looks. Almost no evidence of a building marine layer. Well have our warmer pattern beginning tomorrow. Temperatures up to 100 degrees or higher in some inland locations this weekend. It will be bright and mild at the beaches. Forecast animation shows a development of a light layer of low clouds and fog along the coastline overnight. It will dissipate tomorrow during the day time. Morning lows will be in the mid to upper 50s. It will be mild overnight and tomorrow. Low to mid 60s at the coast and upper 80s to low 90s in our inland areas. As we look at the beach forecast, youll see partly sunny skies tomorrow and high temperatures in the 60s. And it will be an extremely high uv index so be sure to take the sun screen along if youre going to spend time in the sun, not just at the beach but anywhere. Here is the sevenday forecast. Hot conditions in inland areas over the weekend. Temperatures will taper off next week, but most other areas will be mild to warm. No hot weather around the bay. Highs up to around 80 over the weekend. Thanks. Elan musks hyper l the sunll come out for people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away. A tweet sent by tesla got the internet buzzing today. He said hes been given the green light by the government to Start Building hyperloop which super fast transportation through a tunnel. The bay area is part of the plan. We have the story about impact. Reporter cars can glide smoothly at airline speeds. Hyperloop is fast. The concept that a handful of companies are taking on, but it was tesla who sent the internet into a flurry when he tweeted, just received verbal government approval for the Boring Company to build a hyperloop. Its up to elon to show the world that it will work. God bless him if he can. Hes done it before. Reporter musk has shown off a drill thats being used to bore a tunnel in l. A. Its an effort to show that tunnels are the future of transportation. Hyperloop is part of the solution. In a follow up defeat, he addressed the west coast saying tunnels would be built to alleviate guesten. If there are ways to help us throughout the state, good. Reporter musk needs to prove his technology will work. Youre talking about a technology thats going to go 700 miles an hour. Its never been done on the surface of the earth. Reporter musk says more work needs to occur for formal approval, but hes optimistic it will happen quickly. A fast moving fire forced people from their homes this morning. Next, details on the damage done by these flames in oakland. More Mountain Lion sightings in the bay area and some in places that they are rarely spotted. Bay area residents are surprised to find out they were switched mom. Where all the walls echo with laughter and every room has its own chapter youve carried on your familys tradition. Let us help you prepare for your familys future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. An abused puppy from tennessee greeted by her new forever in San Francisco thanks to the power of social media. The generosity of online donors helped the dog make the journey to the bay area overnight. Kate larson has the report. There you go. Reporter 11monthold micah is a new San Francisco resident. She was adopted long distance. I feel she chose us. Reporter they met her for the first time last night. As i saw them come ouing out the gate, i was like oh my gosh. Reporter micah had a rough start in life. At three months old she was stabbed in the eye and she was shuttled from home to home until a volunteer realized San Francisco might be a perfect place. I think its a great place for a dog to live. Reporter this woman volunteers for the shelter. She posted the story on monday night hoping to find her a home and it worked. I saw the post and said this dog from tennessee with this horrible story has to be my dog. Reporter less than 24 hours later adoption papers were signed and dozens of people chipped in to buy a plane ticket to help escort micah on the plane. It is amazing, but it doesnt surprise me coming out of San Francisco. Theres big hearts here. Reporter micah is loving her new backyard. Dogs often stay in shelters for more than a year in tennessee so this was an opportunity to save a life and a small San Francisco community agreed. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. The lead singer of the band lincin park has died. He was found dead in his home in los angeles this morning. The singer struggled with drugs and alcohol for years. He was very close with sound garden singer Chris Cornell who hanged himself in may. This is video. Today would have been his 53rd birthday. At least seven people need to find a new place to live for the time being after a fire drove them from their homes in oakland. Scene posted on twitter. It broke out in a building at 10 45 this morning. No one hurt in the fire, but a dog did die. One person went to the hospital following a fight at the scene. Investigators dont know how the fire started. Abc 7 news was at Berkeley Campus because someone saw a Mountain Lion east of that campus around noon yesterday. This is the latest Mountain Lion sighting in the past few years. Mountain lions hunt deer and deer live in the hills above berkeley. A Mountain Lion was spotted today around noon. The animal was seen in a backyard on view ridge drive. Mountain lions have been seen there before. Theres a lot of confusion in communities across the bay area as folks maybe you find out that their energy is no longer coming from pg e but a new energy supplier. Michael finney has more. Pg e is delivering the power. Theyre just not the providers of the power. It gets really interesting. Ive told you about these new Community Run utilities that pledge to deliver cleaner energy than pg e. They are operating in several cities. Thousands of San Francisco residents are finding out they were automatically enrolled in a Clean Energy Program too. The postcards are just now arriving at San Francisco homes about understanding your energy choice. People are surprised because evidently the disclosure has failed. Reporter consumer action says customers didnt realize their power is supplied by clean power sf. Communities can create their own clean energy utilities. Residents are automatically enrolled unless they specifically opt out. That is going to frustrate consumers and anger them if they feel like they didnt have a fair say. Reporter advocates say its the only way to get enough customers to buy power like solar and wind at low enough rates. The only thing that changes is that were putting cleaner energy into the grid and they deliver it to residents. Reporter clean power sf is currently a little cheaper than pg e and its being phased in gradually. Going forward through 2018 and 2019 we expect to enroll all eligible electricity customers. Reporter many are caught by surprise in spite of a vigorous ad campaign that includes these billboards and four mailers. Also, pg e put out that postcard comparing their rates with pg e the average monthly electric bill is wurcurrently 64. 70. With clean power sf its seven cents less. A funny thing happened when we asked if clean power sf will be reliable. So, San Francisco like many other cities and counties in Northern California. Reporter ironically the lights kept going out on the panels behind him as he spoke. To be fair, it had nothing to do with the electric supply. Its scheduled to go off automatically at 6 00. Reporter everything to do with saving energy. Both pg e and clean power sf offer super green programs with 100 renewable sources. You must opt into those programs and they cost a little more. Clean power sf super green is slightly cheaper than pg es. I want to hear from you. The hotline is open monday through friday, 10 00 to 2 00. You can also reach me on facebook and through abc 7 news. Com. We are years away from the recession, but not from its effects. Well look at the numbers. Youre looking live at walnut creek which is going to see triple digit temperatures this weekend. Well see how wides 811 is a free service to keep our community safe. Before you do any project big or small, pg e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you dont hit them when you dig. Call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. Mom. Where all the walls echo with laughter and every room has its own chapter youve carried on your familys tradition. Let us help you prepare for your familys future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. 811 is available to any business our or homeownerfe. To make sure that you identify where your utilities are if you are gonna do any kind of excavation no matter how small or large before you dig, call 811. Keep yourself safe. Sears and amazon are partnering up. Sears will sell appliances on amazon. Com. Customers could say turn down the tehermostat. Sears Department Stores have been struggling for years and this could help turn things around. After the closing bell, sears stock climbed for than thn 10 . More american households are renting than at any point in the past 50 years. Thats according to new analysis. You can see the percentage of renters dropped in the years leading up to the recession and the numbers have gone up ever since. More than onethird of households rent nearly matching the number from the mid 60s. Adults under the age 35 are the most likely to rent. Households of all educational levels are more likely to rent than a decade ago. Money was the main reason people gave for renting. 10,000 was up for grabs and competitors needed a drone to win it. Win it. Look Award Winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. This july visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to 4,500. Not long ago San Franciscos home of fine arts is home to a different science experiment. The latest chapter in the birth of professional drone sports is all about making them fun to watch. Two, one, go. Reporter flying at speeds well over 100 miles an hour, if you think it looks fast from the ground, just imagine what the pilots are seeing. I put get this rush. Reporter drone racing a growing community. Were all competing, but everybody is friends. Reporter they race up and down the west coast, but this race is different. This is the first time were trying to find the fastest drone pilot in california in a drag racing sanctioned drag racing setup. Reporter the quarter mile indoor track takes just ten seconds to fly unless you crash before finishing. You smash them all the time. Reporter even a tiny slip of the thumb could have pilots putting down the controls to pick up a reporter theres a good reason for that. Some folks are. Your brain is being flooded with chemicals and its the same chemicals you have if youre on drugs. Reporter for the sponsors at comcast that challenge is giving that rush to the audience. Streaking down the hallway. Reporter theyve made this a tv production and with the Home InternetVirtual Reality could be the next step. Were environmexperimenting. Well find a bunch of different ways to bring that to the viewer. Reporter when viewers can see what theyre seeing, the sport will take off. If we can make it spectator friendly, its going to blow up. Reporter in San Francisco, abc 7 news. Time to check on the forecast again. Spencer is back with whats happening this weekend. Things are going to be warming up starting tomorrow. We have mainly sunny skies right now and well have sunny days ahead. Even along the coastline tomorrow will be sunny. Highs will range from 60s to 70s. A few low 90s inland and it starts to heat up on saturday as many areas will see upper 90s to above 100. On sunday still almost as hot inland. Upper 90s to low 100s. Temperatures moderate a bit on monday with a few 90s. Here is the sevenday forecast. A seasonal range of temperatures next week with a warmup beginning late next week. The big feature is the hot weekend coming our way. Hot inland and mild to warm at the beaches. Thank you. On to sports. A little baseball. Larrys here with that. Everybody is into game of throwns now. Giants are holding game of throwns night at the ballpark this evening. Which gian mom. Where all the walls echo with laughter and every room has its own chapter youve carried on your familys tradition. Let us help you prepare for your familys future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Ask finney pops up around the bay area. We found 400 in three minutes. College expenses. I was wondering if i should buy my books from the bookstore or rent them online. Shelly was looking for a solution. Why dont i pick it up from here. Abc 7 loves being on your side. Share your questions any time and look for the ask finney pop up where you live. Abc 7 sports. Good evening. Weather was mild and the big names feasted during round one of the british open. The americans were at the top. T. Tied for 12. Three way tie for the lead. He was followed by u. S. Open champion who had a tough break on 14. Look at his chip shot here. It landed on thespri sprinkler cover. He would get a free drop and drains the long put for par. He finds himself in the bunker on 17. Hes at five under. This was the fringe on so spieth, koepka and tied for first place. It was like a sideways water facet out there and im expecting Something Like that tomorrow. Ive been around a while, but i feel like im in the prime of my golfing career. I feel like i have as good a chance as anybody. Winter is coming to at t park. Following this past sunday season seven premier, the giants are having their own game of throwns night. A dream come true. Last night there was a post Game Press Conference from the iron thrown which is featured on the show and today the thrown is there for fans to sit in. Fans treated to a bobblehead which is available. Pence took a swing on the thrown himself like a kid in a candy store. Its been a really fun morning and a fun week for us because game of thrones came out and were doing this cool stuff with the giants so its pretty epic in my world right now. Its comfortable. Its not iron like you think. Its hard plastic, but its we had fun with it. Back on the field the giants could officially sign a Minor League Deal tomorrow. He had some harsh words for teammates on his way out of town three years ago when he left for a 95 million deal, but the giants said they would welcome him back. Ive enjoyed him. Im grateful for the times that weve played together. Remarkable things hes done and enjoyed his playful creative spirit. Another former giant has been designated for assignment. The l. A. Dodgers sending the relief pitcher to the minors. Aw he was on a one year deal. He allowed 17 runs in 25 innings this season for the dodgers. Stage 18, the final mountain stage, french rider is the king of the mountain taking the stage. Hes well on his way to his third consec which ends on sunday. The summer of curry continues, steph curry filming a car commercial from downtown. Curry with the splash while shooting a spot. Steph curry cannot miss these days. All right. Thank you. Join us tonight at 9 00 on coffee tv 20, cable channel 13. A massive beehive is discovered in a San Francisco home. Were going to show you the delicate removal process. It was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. The crime leaving a bay area couple heart broken after their wedding day. Here is tonights prime time lineup. At 8 00 catch boy band and followed by battle of the Network Stars and the gong show and stay with us for abc news at 11 00. Finally tonight a few thoughts about what really matters. Change is as inevitable as it can be bittersweet. Most of us dont like too much of it, especially when we are not sure whether its for the best or not, but im sure youve seen many changes on your job over the years. People come and people go and tonight the story of going. Thats abc 7 is saying goodbye to one of our beloved and respected colleagues. Jonathan baxter has been the steady hand at the controls of this broadcast for thousands of abc 7 newscasts jonathan has been there. Whenever he could keep us out of trouble out here, he did. He caught many mistakes in our writing and tried to point them out. Each week he took the time to read my commentary before it aired. I filed this copy a few minutes ago and he thinks hes about to punch up a picture of at t park, but no, a surprise. Jonathan, waive goodbye from the control room to all the people you helped over the years. Smile. Jonathan, we miss you buddy. Good luck in retirement. We are going to miss you. Loved having you here. We fooled him. That is it for this edition of abc 7 news. Look for breaking news this is jeopardy lets meet todays contestants a mechanical engineer and musician from san luis obispo, california. A High School History teacher from homer, new york. And our returning champion, an educator from cleveland, ohio. Whose 3day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. Hello, everyone. Im a little worried about our champion deborah. In her first appearance, she won close to 37,000. Second appearance, in the 20,000s. Last time out, less than 20,000. This is a bad trend, deborah. [ laughter ] youve only won 76,000 in three days, youre starting to slacken off. Yeah. That may be to justin and dougs advantage. Well find out in this halfhour. [ chuckles ] good luck to all of you. Here we go. One daily double in this round in one of these categories. Next. Well deal with. The l in quotation marks. You know what that means. And finally. And, champ, start us off. Getting geographical for 200, please. Deborah. What is liverpool . Yes. Geographical, 400