The plague bacterial infection. Park Officials Say two squirrels died from the disease. The camp ground will shut down so workers can treat the area. The pictures show workers treating another area after a child became ill after visiting the park. Health Officials Say the risk to human health is low. Today the Sheriffs Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. They say Deputy Carlos francis drowned. He was paddleboarding and kayaking. Somehow his sister and the friend ended up in the water. The sister was okay but francis thought his friend was struggling. He jumped into the lake to help but drowned trying to do so. He was our colleague and frie friend. We are proud to say he was a deputy sheriff. His family says he was a talented athlete who played college and arena football before joining the Sheriffs Department. The man he was trying to help did survive. The San Francisco board of education will hold an emergency meeting tonight for students who finished school but are being blocked from getting a high school diploma. Reporter dan, the board is expected to take matters into its own hands this afternoon and issue diplomas despite state law requiring an exit exam. Both state lawmakers and local leaders think this is bureaucracy at its worse with students caught in the middle. Let me break down the issue for you. This is how it goes. The state legislature is in the process and expected to pass a bill that would no longer require the exam as requirement for High School Graduation but the bill wont reach the governors desk until this fall. As it stands district legally cannot issue diplomas until students pass an exit exam. The state cancelled the july exit exam date expecting the bill to pass. For example there are about 104 students in San Francisco who need to make up or retake the test but cant. Many run the risk of losing college admission. The superintendent says majority of kids involved are low income students or immigrants who already overcome incredible barriers. These students have in many cases cobbled together the Financial Resources to go to the university and to be told that we will have a solution in october so just go to Community College or just take a semester off and then you will know is just not acceptable. Reporter the school board is expected to vote in favor of foregoing the exit exam requirement. The superintendent does not expect back lash and says the board should step up for these students. The emergency meeting takes place at 5 30 this evening. We will head inside and talk with a student involved and have more details for you live at 6 00. The red cross is trying to find places to live for 20 people burned out of their homes in oakland. The blaze broke out about 2 30. It burned a business and spread to a neighboring duplex. Crews knocked down the flames within an hour. Several apartments and businesses were destroyed. The jerusalem fire keeps growing. Cal fire says the fire charred more than 24,000 acres. On the plus side the blaze is now 52 contained. More than 2,000 firefighters are still working the blaze. Crews hope to have it fully contained next week. Crews are trying to get full containment on the rocky fire. Firefighters have it 95 contained for a couple of days now. They hoped for full containment earlier this week. It burned more than 69,000 acres. Cal fire is blaming car exhaust for sparking last months big fire. Investigators determined the exhaust ignited the grass and spread so quickly. The fire broke out on july 22nd and burned more than 8,000 acres, destroyed one home and two outbuildings before it was stopped. Fire a big concern with temperatures hitting triple digit temperatures. High fire danger is likely with us through the weekend as temperatures spike a bit. Here is live doppler 7 hd. We have sunny skies across the bay area and notice a wide area of northwestern u. S. Covered by red flag warnings for high fire danger including northern sierra and northeastern most corner of california where red flag warning remains in effect until 8 00 this evening. Conditions near the two fires up north the rocky fire and the jerusalem fire temperature in the area 88 to 90 degrees and relative humidity down to dangerously low 14 . Winds gusting at 13 Miles Per Hour. The two fires now cover a combined area of nearly 150 square miles. Bad news for firefighters. Wind gusts are likely to increase significantly during the overnight hours. We will see dry gusty winds between 25 and 30 Miles Per Hour during Early Morning hours not likely to taper off until mid day tomorrow or tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. San Francisco Superior Court judge denied an injunction that would have shielded three physicians for prosecution for administering lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients who want the right to die. Reporter an emotional outcome for at least one terminally ill woman and her supporters. Judge earnest goldsmith decided this issue belongs to the legislature and not the court. I am disappointed but i want to make clear that my crying does not reflect that i am hopeless because i am not. Reporter she is one of several people fighting for the right to die in San Franciscos superior court today. Attorney Katherine Tucker is representing physicians who support her wishes. Tucker and the other plaintiffs attorneys were seeking an injunction to protect the physicians from prosecution for giving a lethal dose of medication to a mentally competent terminally ill patient. We represent physicians who have patients who are dying horrible deaths who want the option of a peaceful death. Reporter the Attorney Generals Office along with the San FranciscoDistrict Attorneys Office argued it was not a decision for the courts. So there is no Court Decision that still stands that found there is a fundamental right to physicianassistant suicide. This is extraordinary relief that we have enormous, far reaching life and death implications. And this court defers to the legislatu legislature. Reporter a former Police Officer and attorney and she says she believes it is a civil right. Along side odonnell. A terminally ill bay area woman who fought for her right. We were outraged that we had to move to oregon in order for her to have the ability to pass away peacefully. So far odonnell has not chosen to move to a right to die state but plaintiffs say she wants to move close to her family and continue to fight. Thank you. A san mateo woman who advocated for california to change its right to die law has passed away. Jennifer glass posted a viral video of her body transformation during a year of cancer treatment. Her husband posted she died peacefully. She was 52. Happening now the desperate search for teachers. The Oakland Unified School district is holding a job fair for potential candidates. Oak lpd is one of several cities experiencing a shortage of teachers. Lyanne melendez joins us with more. Reporter you know people still have one more hour to interview. The job fair ends at 5 00 this evening. If you miss it, they will have another one on wednesday from 1 00 to 5 00 at district headquarters. Dozens of candidates showed up for todays job fair. Oakland unified is hoping this will help find many qualified teachers. School starts in about a week. I know i want to work with youth. Reporter people came from all different back grounds and levels of experience. Recently graduated from college to folks that have quite a bit experience in education or in teaching maybe in other School Districts and other states. He already worked at another School District but wants to move closer to oakland. Credential for about 12 years so i want to go where needed. Reporter oakland needs to hire about 70 teachers. This shortage is going on in several districts in california. Baby boomers are retiring and pink slips given year after year discouraged many people from continuing or getting into the field of education. The number of credentials awarded in california dropped severely during the years of the great recession. We are going to be much closer. We will definitely be much closer and we are going to get as far as we can and then we are going to continue this work. I think he would be a really good fit. Tony was offered a position as a teacher at sequoia elementary. He has a few days to think it over. In oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Still ahead at 4 00, new video of the devastating explosions in china taken by an american living nearby. He thought he was going to die. First live to Southern California where a grass fire is burning out of control. History in havana. We will take you to the reopening of the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook and will answer them live a little later on. Just search on facebook or twitter to aask finney. Going nowhere fast in both directions. At least the sun is shining. A new sea chance to tryew look. 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. Cal fire is battling a growing fire. This is a live look from above a 150 acre fire in the hills. Crews are calling the terrain burning medium to heavy brush. No one has been injured. No evacuations. About 130 firefighters were involved on the ground and in the air. We will keep an eye on the fire and let you know if it starts getting close to homes. The death toll is rising after this weeks massive explosions in china. At least 56 people died, 700 were injured including a firefighter who was rescued after 32 hours. Abc 7 News Reporter has the latest. Reporter new video of the deadly explosions in china captured by american Dan Van Buren when he saw the first blast and then the other. I didnt know if the building was going to fall down. Around the epicenter a warehouse, dozens of people lost their lives, hundreds of others were hurt including this 19yearold firefighter, one of dozens who rushed in to battle the initial flames found just today more than 30 hours after the blast, buried beneath the rubble. Many others are still missing today as small fires continue burning around Containers Holding a mix of toxic chemicals. Crews in hazmat gear testing the air quality. Chinese authorities insisting it is safe. You are worried about the possible healthy effects . No. She says i just feel lucky to still be here. Reporter investigators are trying to figure out the cause. Police believe the water used to fight the initial fire may have created an explosive gas when mixed with chemicals. Production at the tesla plant came to a sudden stop after a Crane Operating knocked down a power line. Sky 7 hd shot this video of the crane truck. Tesla ended up sending thousands of workers home. The auto maker says nonfactory workers continue to do their jobs from the offices in palo alto. Pg e is working to restore power to the plant. The recall is for the jetta, passat with model years between 2010 and 2014. The Traffic SafetyAdministration Says debris can rip a cable that keeps the front air bag powered. Volkswagen is working to fix the problem. The white house is launching an official Music Channel with two music play lists. It says president obama created itself. Remember that . He was pretty good. It will be on spotify. The evening play list includes sounds of al green, beyonce and Billie Holiday and justin timberlake. This marks latest step by the white house to boost presence on social media. Get ready to beat the heat or try to reprieve from it. Inland for the next three days. Its going to be quite hot. Here is a look. It is pretty warm in some areas right now. Sunny skies prevail right now not even a hint of marine layer right now. 24 hour temperature change indicates most locations around the bay area only seen temperatures go up or down a degree or two except the north bay where santa rosa is seven degrees warmer than this time yesterday. Here is a view of the golden gate which you can see from our east bay hills camera. It is 71 degrees in San Francisco. Oakland 75. 76 in mountain view. San jose 78. 82 morgan hill. And this is a view looking out over San Francisco. A lovely view. 88 degrees in santa rosa. Napa 82. 87 in fairfield and concord. Blue skies over the calm, cool waters of San Francisco bay as you can see from our camera. These are forecast features. Warm to hot in the next three days. Speaking of threes we see triple digit temperatures inland the next three days and then that means increased fire concern and will be monitoring fire conditions for you throughout the period. Here is the satellite radar composite showing departure of the upper level low making a run for the canadian bord. Big hot air mass will continue expanding westward going to raise temperatures for much of the state tomorrow including the bay area. Our computer model indicates highs tomorrow up to about 101 at antioch. 98 at livermore. And heat will be more widespread on sunday and perhaps higher. Look for temperatures to break the 100 degree mark on sunday at fairfield, concord, antioch, livermore and 100 degrees on sunday. You can see a very warm weekend, a warm on one on the coast, hot one inland. Overnight mild, mainly clear. Breezy in the north bay. Low temperatures generally low 60s. Tomorrow look for sunny and warm to hot conditions. South bay to upper 90s. Maybe up to 100 down at gilroy. Peninsula highs 90 degrees at red wood city. We see mid to upper 70s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco a high of 78 tomorrow from the north bay valleys. 95 santa rosa. Over in the east bay 90 Castro Valley and inland east bay will sizzle upper 90s to near 100. Here is the seven day forecast. Temperatures will start to moderate until middle of next week. The intense heat will taper off a little bit by next tuesday giving way to mid 90s. We wont see temperatures dropping down to or below 90 until the end of next week. We will be prepared. Thank you. Coming up next a group of boaters encounter a big whale. Turns out the whale needed their help. Plus are you crazy . Are you out of your mind . New after 4 30 the dads taking drastic action to teach daughters a lesson about dangers of social media. Taking a look at traffic in san jose on highway 101. Arent you glad you are home now . Watching all of this if you are waiting for anybody it is going to take a long they wont stay Young Forever. Music f rforever you gersion but for 60 years theres been a place where we can stay forever young together. Dont miss the Disneyland Resort diamond celebration. Forever you g with an allnew electrical parade, fireworks spectacular and more. May you st y come see it all dazzle like never before. Come feel forever Young Forever you g Close Encounters dont get much closer than this. Ivan was fishing with friends in australia when he spotted a whale in trouble apparently looking for help. A plastic bag and fishing line were stuck near its mouth. Ivan got close enough to remove the bag and captured the special moment with some selfies. Well done. I couldnt believe it like we were just laughing like did not believe what was happening. A once in a lifetime experience for a great picture and to help a friendly giant in need of a favor. Wow. That is incredible. Two bay area landmarks are listed among top 15 in the world. Alcatraz number eight on travelers choice landmark list. It was the top choice for destinations in the united states. The Golden Gate Bridge number ten on the list. And making the list trip adviser examines reviews from travelers during a year long period. The religious monument topped the list for 2015. Also the taj mahal. Today kicked off d 23 expo in anaheim. This expo gives disney fanatics a sneak peek from big movies. The World Disney Company welcomed eight new members including susan luci. There were exclusive movie panels and presentations. Many people dressed up in favorite characters and costumes. Disney the Parent Company of abc 7 news. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00 a historic moment more than 50 years in the making. The reopening of the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Remaining defiant. You will hear from the tv star who lost daughters in an International Custody dispute. Stay in oakland. This is where we belong. Later on waving the flag to keep the raiders in oakland. Does t bills got a very tough 13lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. This golf course is electric. Live from the kgo tv Broadcast Center this is abc 7 news. Making headlines where you live a San FranciscoSchool Official meeting about students unable to enroll in college. Those students did not complete the exit exam. State education officials cancelled the test