I am hoping for a miracle. I am. Holding out hope for a San Francisco teacher missing for more than a week in the wilderness of El Dorado County. Good evening everyone. 46yearold ed cavanaugh is a teacher at Downtown High school. He went dirt biking with a friend and has been missing since the two parted ways. Abc 7 News Reporter spoke with cavanaughs colleagues and sister tonight. Melanie . Reporter theyre distraught and holding on to hope ed will return home. His sister tells me there will be a National Guard flyover tonight. Using special thermal Imaging Technology to potentially low kate him locate him. Downtown high school where students come when graduation can seem out of reach. Filled with extraordinary teachers. Ed is very unique. Gruff on the outside, but there is a marshmallow inside. Reporter ed cavanaughs combination of hard soft has endeared him to nearly everyone inside classroom 12 and beyond. The teacher led more than 20 tenday backpacking trips with dozens of students. All the more reason his disappearance on a rock creek trail in el dorado is confusing. I know ed has all the skills to survive in the wilderness. My only concern is that he is a diabetic. Reporter by phone, eds sister says he would never ride without insulin on him. The question whether or not he has enough. It just doesnt feel like a real experience. Reporter word of what seems like a bad dream spread by text between teachers. We are counting the hours until we see hip. M. Day in day out. Whatever it took to get the kids a lot of whom had quit on school to get them back into the school. Reporter no one is giving up on ed. We dont want to stop until he come home. Ed. We cant wait for you to come back so we can hear your extraordinary story. Reporter eds teacher family expects him to share with studentsstew students when they return next month. Happening now, one mile of high wave one in pacifica is closed after a headon crash. A live look at the highway. We have seen major backups throughout the night. All lanes are shut down. In both directions. Between sassler and kresley drive. Two people are hurt. Police are calling it a major injury crash. Two cars were involved. Both are badly damaged. The highway is expected to reopen in a few hours. A small plane went down just after departing the San Carlos Airport tonight. The Redwood City Fire Department tweeted the picture you. Can see the plane in a slight nosedive position in tall grass. The faa says there was one person on board. That person was not hurt. Developing now a new wildfire is burning north of interstate 80 in nevada. The lowell fire started at 2 30 west of alta. The fire has grown to 4,000 acres and there are mandatory evacuations. 600 firefighters are doing everything they can to stop those flames. You have a very large response on the fire. With conditions. So dry. We are hitting it with everything we have. Very large air attack as well. It is difficult to get access on the ground. We have a lot of air tank making drops. Coppers making water drops. Doing everything to slow down the fire. Investigators are trying to find a white jeep wrangler, no top and no front doors seen leaving the area when the fire started. All mandatory evacuations at the rag fire burning near the lake have been lifted. The fire which began wednesday has burned 6,900 acres and is 55 contained. Abc 7 News Reporter sergio cantano at a townhall meeting where residents had a lot of questions for fire officials. Reporter through the week the rag fire near the lake raged consuming hundreds of acres in just the first day. But now crews have a better handle on this fire. The good news of the week is that there have been no injuries to citizens. Structure loss was minimal. All residences are still standing. The fire chief told us crews are cutting a containment line along the southern edge of the fire. All roads were reopened at 10 00 a. M. Residents allowed to return home. Fire trucks are on the ground. Patrolling for hot spots. Now with all evacuations cleared, a lot of the residents are going over Lessons Learned from this fire. Fire team leaders held an afternoon briefing with the community and fielded a number of questions including consaernzcerns about Drinking Water and concerns about communication. When we vac wagss s evacuations were called not everyone got the 911 call that system doesnt recognize cell phone numbers. One community had a solution. Set up our on robo call system. Private one. Put some body and inexpensive. Evacuating live stock. Lessons learned from last years fire got animals moved fast. Must have seen 50 trailers in a two, three hour time span. It was amazing how everybody got together. And i know that there were people moving cattle too. Fire team con concerned. Create maintain defensible spaces around homes. In winter, california sergio cantana. The hot weather not helping firefighters. Lets head to abc news meteorologist katie, as we head later into the evening hours. Relative humidity is increasing. Wind are relaxing a bit. Takeup to the lake at this hour. Temperatures 67 degrees. Relative humidity. 48 . The wind right now not too breezy. Out of the west. At 11 miles per hour. Take you to the lowell fire, Nevada County you notice relative humidity at 42 . Wind not a huge factor right now. Which is some good news. Out of the east northeast. At 3 miles per hour. Now, as we head into the week ahead, we are tracking much warmer weather. Let you know when it arrives and possibility of breaking weather. And the forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. A permanent memorial tonight to a fall in Police Officer in san leandro. Part of the street is now known as dan neemy way. Abc 7 news at the street renaming today on the tenth anniversary of the officers death. Dozens of his colleagues celebrated his life and honored him at a special ceremony. The chief shared what the officer wrote about being an officer we cant save the world. In fact i doubt the word even wants to be saved. If, however once in a while we can make someone a little safer leave someone just a little better off than we found them, doesnt that count for something . He left behind a wife and two children. The man who shot him is on death row. Heyward Police Sergeant scott lunger laid to rest wednesday. Shot and killed in a traffic stop wednesday. Because so many are expected to attend his funeral moved to oracle arena. You can offer condolences by sharing this badge on social media. Youll find it on our abc 7 News Facebook page or on twitter and instagram under abc 7 news bay area. The search is on for a killer after chp officers in san leandro found a man dead. Investigating an accident on 880 this morning when they heard gunfire nearby near Marina Boulevard offramp. Officers found the sound. Found the victim. Police believe it was an isolated incident. In less than an hour, some streets in San Francisco will be closing down in preparation for the 38th annual San Francisco marathon. The race begins and ends at the embarcadero and Mission Street after winding through the city. Abc 7 news was in San Francisco as crews began preparations for the race. Street closures begin at midnight. They continue through 3 00 tomorrow afternoon. For a complete list of closure goes to our website. Abc 7 news. Com. A rousing ceremony tonight at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum coliseum. Kicking off the 2015 special olympic world games. 6500 athletes will complete in 25 sports over nine days map. Sdays. Maria shriver took center stage to say how important this would be to her mother. Eunice shriver. We always knew that Special Olympics was my mothers sixth child and maybe her favorite one as that. Stevie wonder and avra lavigne performed and First Lady Michelle Obama made an appearance. 480 athletes in the game this year including a competitor in the swimming in the Special Olympics since she was 13. Five other athletes from Northern California competing in the game. Good luck everyone. Still to come on abc 7 news at 11 00 dramatic fire, and a scare for tourists at the strips popular hotels. And the biggest teams square off in the south bay. Later, check out this rig. What is scary moments at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in las vegas after a fire ] out on one of the pool decks. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller was there and tweeted this video of black smoke billowing into the air. Fire crews evacuated the hotel and shut down streets around the hotel for several hours. Abc News Reporter alex perez has the latest. A towering inferno on the las vegas strip. Parts of the Cosmopolitan Hotel up in flames. One of the trendiest Luxury Hotels in the country. Lets evacuate all floors above pool. Smk smoke billowing. Firefighters battled the blaze. We have a rapid spread across cabana covers all palm trees are on fire. One person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. The Las Vegas Sun reports Hotel Employees suspect the fire may have been started by a cigarette. It started on a 14th floor pool deck at 126789 15. Witnesses in shock some capturing the whole scene on their cell phones. Oh my god it is so bad. There is something serious going on. Like, like igniting. There was 100 people just running from the hotel. The hotel. Magnet for celebrities. Known for nonstop night life and sleek modern design. Luckily there were no life threatening injuries. It took firefighters 30 minutes to get the blaze under control. The cause is still under investigation. Alex perez reporting. Officials say guests are staying at the hotel to night. A sold out crowd packed levi stadium today for a different type of football game. Two of the best soccer teams in the world faced off in a preseason match. It was Manchester United against reigning barcelona. Both teams well represented among fans. Many calling it a once in a live time opportunity. Its look being in england. But the weather is better. We got sunshine. You know what i mean . Sitting with jackets and hats. Overwhelming. Kind of so amazing to have it on tv. Now in the same space with them. A kid on christmas. Some fans though did complain about traffic and long lines getting into the stadium. Later this hour. Sports will have highlights and the score of todays match. Abc 7 news was in san marcel for the sunset criterion bike race. Thousands turned out to watch. Not just the pros. Even kids got in on the act with the kiddie races. A big honor for three bay area universities tonight. Uc berkeley just ranked the Number One Public University in the united states. Thats according to the 2015 edition of the center for World University rankings. Stanford is the second best Overall University behind harvard. The rankings based on quality of education and how well alumni do in the work place. The famous corpse flower at uc berkeley, the plant, trudy blooms every few years. Today, is the day, she began opening. She puts out an odor reminiscent of rotting flesh which is how the plants get that name. Corpse flower. The uc Botanical Garden will have extended viewing from 9 00 to 7 00 so you can see it and catch a whiff. If you would look to. All right, back over to drew. Check of the forecast. You have been waiting on the corpse flower. Talking about it days . One time. Happy smellavision not created. Talking about the car been copy tomorrow of today. Cool comfortable. We talk about intense heat making a come back midweek. Live doppler 7 hd. Quiet picture. Coastal clouds. The story today. The below normal temperatures. Open the almanac. Shy of normal. Oakland. San jose cooler than there mall. High of 75. Shy of 82. Outside. The explore this is a busy area tomorrow morning. Runners get under way. Cool clouds. Really comfortable running conditions for those runners for the San Francisco marathon. Out there right now. Were in the 60s and 50s. 62 concord. 58, freemont. Mountain view. Downtown San Francisco. 59. Napa. 56 degrees. Live doppler. Heres the story we are tracking. First off. Mainly clear skies. Given way to coastal clouds this evening. But you look off to the north. What we are noticeingnoticing. Area of low pressure north of vancouver. It will scrape by to north of us. The next 24 hours. What that will do reinfluence the cooler than normal temperature trend for sunday. Overnight lows tonight. Cool in napa. Overnight. 48. 53 57 freemont. 58 San Francisco. Evernight to overnight. The San Francisco marathon. That ultramarathon under way in just under an hour at mid night tonight. The cloud. Upper 50s. The majority of the races between 5 00 and 8 00. Low clouds. Upper 50s by 11 00. Partly sunny skies. Temperature of 62 and on the south bay, 88 in gilroy. Comfortable for the time of the year. 78 santa clara. 79 sarngsn jose. 63 in pacifica. 67, afternoon sunshine. Into the north bay. Santa rosa. 80 sonoma. Up to 78. Into the east way. 71 oakland. 75 free mont. Go to 70 richmond. Inland in the 80s. 82 for san ramon. Walnut creek, high of 83. Accuweather forecast. Mild to warm tomorrow. Heat builds. Tuesday into wednesday. We are hot. In the 90s around the bay. Mid 70s. And humidity on the rise thursday. Be on the watch for a pop of shower. Thursday evening. Otherwise, cool off friday. Into saturday. Saturday. Sunny, seasonable. Tomorrow morning. Perfect for the runners, cool, cloudy. Perfect race day. Great new. Good luck to all of them. 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Police looking for seatbelt cell phone violation. Officer handed out 50 citations three in hours. Passengers on united flight out of sfo were treat to impromptu concert today. Take a listen. Thats north bay duo, easy leaves performing a song. The pilot asked them to sing after the plane reached al toed to. The tradeoff the duo got to check out the cockpit. What a treat. I would be thrilled. Sing you can check out the cockpit. I guess. Can you sing . Next flight. Can i sing . Oh, i can sing, katie. Im really good. Believe me. From the mvp to world series mvp, madison a new season brings a new look. A chance to try something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. The 2015 cadillac srx. Lease this from around 339 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. Get your first months payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. Make the most of summer. With volvo. No dh in National League parks, their pitcher forced to hit. Becomes a disadvantage when the team you are facing has the best hitting pitcher in baseball. Giants as, at t park. Scoreless until the third. Baumgartner at the plate. Gone. Third homer of the season. Ninth of his career. Solo shot. 10. As respond in the fourth. Down the left field line. And, going to score from first. Two out base hit in the sixth. 21, giants. The as well they would get two men on in the ninth. In for the giants. Yeah, and end the game. Giants. 1011. And goes to the series lead tomorrow afternoon. Firing on all cylinders. Today was a well played game. They pitch well. Baum threw a great game. Duffy, piece of clutch hitting there. Thats what it takes to win a game like this. And, of course the bullpen could come through for you. Which they did. But just, a ball game. Giants now two back of the dodgers in the west. L. A. Crushed by the mets tonight. Making his major league debut. Four runs in the first. Two on the single. Four rbis. New york cracks 11 hits. And gives up seven runs. 4 and 2 3. Kelly johnson. Solo homer. 61, new york. Lucas douda. Mets. 21 hits. 152 blowout of l. A. Phillies, cubs. Cole hamils. Name swirling in trade rumors now. Bottom of the eightth. H. Got it. Interestingly. Hamil. No hitter through eight. And hamils. Dexter fowler. Out two. 13th strikeout of the game. Cubs hadnt been no hit in 50 years. Sandy koufax the last. Chris bryant. Can you barackreak it up . Where is herrera going. Backward. Forward. Backward, forward. Got it. Two walks from hamils prevents perfect game. 50. Here is hamils on the out. Looks like the pitch is going under the yard. And the power. And fortunately the wind was in my favor today. Herrera made two phenomenal catches out there. Definitely picked me up. Just exciting to pick the team up. 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