Important here. With the drought making every fire harder to fight. Requiring crews to ramp it up even more. A true indication of how serious all this really is. At 7 00 this morning the Governors Office activated the s. O. C. The offensive center where they come together to keep communities and their First Responders from being overwhelmed. If they need resources, or personnel, staffing, to assist with their needs were here to help that. Reporter this is the third activation this summer all within the last month including the napa earthquake. The s. O. C. Coordinated and sent a lot of mutual aid to fires. We have about two dozen fire engines. Reporter despite its huge presence, the s. O. C. Relies on the news media to make sure the largest number of people are informed. We need the help of the reporters producers, and photographers to get the word out. Reporter the staffing is minimal but depending on the current fires and how much they spread, how much the fire spreads them and most importantly any new fires this place could be a full house in a hurry. Reporter its all taking its toll. The fields are just going to keep getting dry. Firefighters have been fighting fire all summer. Theyre getting tired. The equipment is getting worn. Theres no relief in sight, now we just have to see when the winter finally getting here. Reporter if you can call this good news at all since all the mayor fires in the west are in california right now. Things like air fighting aircraft are ready available but that also could change very quickly depending on new fires. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. The bowl fire burning in the town of weed has consumed close to 400 acres so far. Firefighters say they are gaining ground. The fire is now 20 contained. Ktvus ken wayne is in weed tonight where some people have lost almost everything. Ken reporter julie, we have quite the visual contrast over my shoulder you can see the beauty of mount shasta one of the reasons so many people enjoy living here. But if you look around here the devastation caused by this fire here in weed. Weve learned that four calfire employees were among those who lost their homes including two battalion chiefs. One of whom was watching his house burn as he was fighting the fire. The latest numbers show that more than 150 structures were destroyed. Its not clear how many exactly were homes but we do know dozens of homes were lost in this neighborhood. Saw the smoke over there. Next thing i know its roaming across the schoolhouse hill. Reporter gary gropy says they dodged the fire. I had to run up the back hill to get our stuff. We were lucky that our house was one of the ones that didnt burn. I had two great girlfriend with me that got me through it. Because i had no clue if i was going to come home to a house or not. I had no clue. Reporter he found out her house survived but they lost a rental home. She says her sisters home was destroyed. Now she has to break the news to her mother about her house. My moms house shes 84. She doesnt know it. Shes in a care center. She has no clue her house is leveled. Its devastating. Reporter also lost the couples cherished four model a. A car gary had since he was 16. 1931 when we got married we road in the back of it. Reporter although their house is still standing, they like many of their neighbors dont know when they can return. We dont know when we will let people back in. Reporter light and power must be restored. Theyre told it might be a month before theyre allowed to return home. Were going to try to find a place to rent. Reporter theres a 10,000 reward being offered for information leading to the cause of this fire. Theres a 7 00 town hall meeting tonight at college of the siskiyou to give residents an update on when they will be allowed to return home. Its still not clear when that will happen. A utility truck came by, and they said the lines are going hot so thats a good sign power lines are being restored. Ken wayne. The weather is playing a key role in the fire fight. Chief meteorologist bill martin is keeping an eye on the weather. This most severe drought weve seen, look at the fires you have burning. Theyre all over northern california, central california, even southern california. Look at the acreage over 150,000 acres burning. Whats going to change that is, this isnt a drought breaker but this system that im going to be telling you about over the break. Its going to increase the moisture and humidity. Its going to help out a ton for firefighters. So when i come back well let you know exactly how this system times out. But just suffice to say it is going to help greatly in dousing those fires in northern california. And our coverage continues online at ktvu. Com. You can watch more video of the fire fight and get the latest updates on containment and evacuations. Police gave the all clear this afternoon to a San Francisco high school that was evacuated because of a bomb threat. Police say that threat was reported just before 1 30 this afternoon at Lowell High School near lake merced. The school was evacuated and officers did a sweep of the campus. Students were eventually september eventually sent home for the day. In the end they turned up nothing suspicious. A mother and her twoyear old daughter are lucky to be alive after they were hit by a car while running across highway 24 in orinda. It happened late last night near the st. Stevens drive. The mother crashed her car. Claudine wong joins joins us now live with the Evidence Police have pieced together. Reporter the 24yearold mother crashed her mini van here along this stretch of highway 24. And could face dui charges. But she could also be facing child endangerment charges for taking her 2yearold daughter out of that van and then running across the freeway. Both were hit and suffered major injuries before they made it to the other side. It started with a crash just before 10 00 last night on highway 24 through orinda. A mini van versus the center divide. St. Stevens 1097. Dispatch recording show a check of that van being made as officers arrived on scene. I have a clear 1999 honda mini van on antioch. Reporter but things changed as officers heard a child crying not from the vehicle but from the other side of the highway. They actually heard the child crying so thats when their attention was drawn over to the right shoulder. Police believe the driver a 24yearold mother from antioch took her 2yearold daughter out of the van and ran across four lanes of traffic. They were hit before they got to the other side. The fact that both of them are alive is a miracle. To say the least. Reporter the car that hit them believed to be a mercedes didnt stop but left behind evidence. I have a vehicle description, possibly has front end damage. Reporter while the chp says its possible the driver didnt realize what happened. The reality is they should know now. Reporter the chp is asking any witnesses and the driver involved to give them a call. While the chp says it was a mercedes that hit them there is a long list of possible models so we put that list on our website. Live in orinda, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. A former pet smart employee and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty to burglary charges after prosecutors say they used customer information to target vacant homes. 24yearold Ashley Lin Kirk and 25yearold Juan Carlos Ortega ramos pled guilty in exchange for prison sentences. Worked at the san carlos pet store where the d. A. s office says she would see the home addresses of customers who were boarding their pets at the store. Prosecutors say the two suspects then stole jewelry and Electronics Even a porsche from a home. Its been three years since an occupied protest led to arrests and a lawsuit. And today that Police Brutality lawsuit was back in federal court in oakland. We want every administration to know you cant beat people down. Because you disagree with them and get away with it. Reporter members of the group known as by any means necessary say Campus Police and Alameda County sheriff beat them during a protest on november 9, 2009. The group has filed a 15 million lawsuit against University Administrators and dozens of Law Enforcement officers. Todays hearing centered on efforts to have the charge of violating free speech and false arrest dropped against three officers named in the lawsuit. The aim of the police and the administration on that day was to stop the students on that campus from being able to express their support with the occupy movement that was sweeping the country. The judge did not make a decision in todays hearing. The university has said what happened during that protest does not reflect its values. But says the actions were legally justified. Two native americans who were arrest at a giants game have filed a claim of Police Brutality against the city. The plaintiffs say on native American Heritage night they confronted a fan wearing a head piece. That led to negrete being arrested. On the website it says in part any fan wearing culturally offensive attire is subject to removal from the ballpark. The San Francisco 49ers are vowing to improve traffic for fans before the next game. There were traffic jams sunday going to the stadium in santa clara. After the game many fans who drove were trapped in parking lots some for up to two hours. Buses were also stuck. Many of those vehicles were blocked by a constant stream of people walking. Conditions will improve as they learn the habits of their fans. Having a first nfl regular season game at levis stadium gave us a lot of opportunity to gather more information and recognize issues where we feel we need to make some improvements. And thats what were going to do over the course of the next 12 days as we get ready for the eagles to come to town. The options being considered include slowing down vta Train Service and giving buses priority access on the road. The safest route to walk on the uc berkeley campus. A new tool a student has created that even police are recommending. Corinthian college is under fire again first for selling off schools now theyre accused of cheating students out of their money. The new effort that could get some students their money back. New at 6 00, the uc Berkeley Student may have found a way to help keep his classmates safe. He did it with information thats available to everyone. And Uc Berkeley Police now are taking notice. Ktvus rob roth spoke with the young man who wants to put his new tool into the students hand and on their smart phones. On campus, i think its pretty safe. Reporter at uc berkeley when you think of safety. The shortcuts can be the most dangerous. Reporter you must use caution. Theyll caulk you if youre afraid. That area is not very well lit. Its not safe. Reporter a student has come up with a tool that can make you safe on campus. Those bright red squares indicate where the most serious crimes have occurred on and near the campus over the past four years. He based his research on uc crime reports and did most of the work on his own time. He then posted his findings on facebook. I was thinking if you can bind this data and draw some sites that might be relevant. To keep people safe and the times when theres a lot of crime that would be really cool. Reporter the Uc Berkeley Police saw chinoys work and has linked it only their twitter feed. I think some of his initiatives show how people can be safe around campus. Im really excited. Im just really happy that theyve chosen to sort of publish it on their own website and sort of desin disseminate it to all of berkeley at once like that. Reporter saebgs near telegraph avenue and peoples park sections near telegraph avenue and peoples park. And they found what day most crimes happened, thursday, at 9 00. I think it would be really useful. Weve had some feed back saying it has been. Reporter chinoy says he hopes to create an app that tells people the safest way to get from where they are to where theyre going. I think something cool will come out of it. Reporter rob roth, ktvu news. Santa clara Police Released video of a burglary at a local computer store. The robber had glasses and a goatee. The man stole several laptops from gold Tech Computer on laurel wood road september 3rd. Anyone with information is asked to call santa clara police. San francisco supervisors approved more than two pl dollars today to help child refugees who are escaping violence and poverty in central america. David campus gave one dozen children certificates of honor for sharing their stories of survival at last weeks meeting. Many of those children have now been reunited with family members in the bay area. Through a translator, one little girl thanked the supervisors for their help. Were so grateful that youre going to help us so that were not deported back to our countries because we fled here because its too dangerous for us to be in our countries. Reporter the money will go to hire attorneys to represent some of the children as they face deportation meetings. More than 66,000 unaccompanied children crossed into the United States in the past year. The children are mostly from the Central American countries of el salvador, guatemala and honduras. About half of them have been placed with family members while thousands of others are being held in Detention Centers across the United States. Your temperatures today were slight slightly warmer than what we had yesterday. Plenty of sunshine, cool at the coast. Livermore 89 degrees. Around the bay, oakland got to 80. 75 in San Francisco. Highs tomorrow about the same. Maybe a little bit cooler. Were getting clouds in here. Heres the system im tracking. And ill move the globe around here. The remnants of that hurricane are streaming into the southern portions of the country. Thats a weather story itself as those turn into flooding rains into the southeastern seaboard. Thats the story. The chance of showers for parts of our area as we go into the next 24 hours. That would be great. More like maybe 36 hours but the idea being tomorrow night it starts to cloud up. Then we get into the evening hours, some sprinkles, some showers. And maybe even some rain. Especially up around the santa rosa area. Heres the computer model thats going to look at the fog and temperatures for tomorrow. Therell be some patchy fog but not a lot along the coast. High tomorrow just like today. And after 5 00 the clouds start to increase. And this weather shows upbringing evening sprinkles, 9 00, 10 00 light sprinkle, drizzle activity shows up. Overnight it gets going into thursday morning. We get a good shot glaze on the roadway. As we head into the overnight model, heres the drizzle i was talking about. Thats not a big deal. Theres the rain up there in northern california. Up around the happy cap fire complex. Up around the bowls fire. This is going to help out a bunch up in the hills with the fire. So we move through time a more. 7 00a. M. Theres your morning commute. A good chance of showers right in here too. Thats going to be a wet morning commute. Rain up there in the kings fire. Well keep track of that for you. This is all wednesday night into thursday morning. Then it clears out. Forecast highs tomorrow. Just like today. Tomorrow will be just like today. Except itll be slightly cooler. 85 in morgan hill. 86 in gilroy and the clouds really start to pile up late in the day. Theres the five day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. And its really good news. Well track it for you. Thanks bill. Thank you bill. Corinthian colleges is facing a new lawsuit complaining the company ran a predatory scheme. The company is suing on behalf of student borrowers who used a for Profit Education company. The suit claims corinthian doubled the rate and lied to prospects about job opportunities. The five colleges around the bay area have been sold or are in the process of being sold. Corintlian said it strongly disputes the claims made in that lawsuit. The giants and as both in action tonight in baseballs home stretch. And the 49ers try to fig figure out a way to keep all those yellow flags off the field. Thats up next in sports. You fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance. Uld save yeah, Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast . You got to know when to holdem. Know when to fold em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money, when youre sitting at the ta. What . You get it . I get the gist, yeah. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Mark is here with sports. Just a few days left in the regular season. You can call it disconcerting stuff for on field and off field scandal. And you may remember the yard, it was filled with penalty flags. The players will be the first to tell you this kind of a problem is truly impeding the teams momentum all the way around. Those penalties they hurt us big time. We had a lot of students student a lot of times when we had an opportunity to get off the field then you see a flag. For us its a a punch in the gut. For us we cant find cant find a way for them not to throw flags. We just have to find a way around it. Obviously they make it an emphasis on certain calls. The refs are doing their job. We have to play through that. You know, make it happen. You have to make it happen but plenty of time. Marine while you remember the tragic death of race car driver kevin ward in early august. That case has taken a turn now. With regard to tony a grand jury is going to decide whether nascar driver stewart will be charged in that august accident fellow driver kevin ward at a sprint car. A District Attorney could not find enough evidence to proceed. Instead he found it worthy o of going to a grand jury. That is a bad story and getting worse. Thats the sporting life. Thank you. And thank you for joining us tonight. Well be back tonight for the 10 00 news. 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