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KGO ABC7 News 400PM July 25, 2013

Beyond that weapons station property. Right now flames are burning up against port chicago highway. As far as weve heard there are no evacuation orders in place for this neighborhood. You can see there is a very heavy presence there on port chicago highway which is shut down at the moment. Were looking at video sky 7 took for us earlier. You can see flames chewing through this dry grass here. No evacuations orders but you can see flames here. These pictures taken a half hour ago. Seemed like this thick smoke was spreading rapidly and this was going to be really more of an imminent problem and threat from the shots weve seen live now, there is still a wall of flames but its reduced. Were just eye balling this. Here is a live shot im talking about now. We still have fire burning there along edges. The black part has been charred but no homes threatened at this point. Homes across the way is what everybody is concerned about. Cal fire is giving aerial support with one of their helicopters dropping retardant on thchl a number of crews on the scene here trying to stop advance of the flames. And this is the old naval weapons area. This is caught fire here and of course big concern was this plant because they didnt want this to burn in that direction. We can tell you its burned away from the plant. Zooming back out here, you can see a ridge of fire is burning. There dont appear to be homes there. The smoke has been reduced wont you say . So these are positive signs zooming back in here to try to see this might be an area of active flames now. Just smoke here at the moment. We do have Contra Costa County on the line now. What can you tell us about efforts underway now . So far 50 acres burned. Exposures limited to tractor trailers. And were up to costa county fire. So a lot of hands on this one. And are you fighting this from the air . Yes, maam we have two helicopters and one aircraft. Any concerns about homes in danger . In concerns about homes. Only thing were recommending if youre sensitive to smoke is you shut windows and doors and turn off air conditioning if you can. Over the area giving us a better perspective of what burned. We can see there is an area burning that butts across port chicago highway. That looks like homes are not burning there any longer. Weve been doing back burning. Is there a shelter in place order . There is no order of shelter in place at this point. Okay. How are the conditions now wind wise . The winds have been steady. Theyre dropping down now. That is welcome news as well. We can now see one of the helicopters from cal fire doing its job. Steve what is your expectation at this point . Okay. All right. Hes gone at this point youve got a resident are, mike. Its larry beil. Where are you . What do you see now . Im on port chicago down from the fire. Smoke clearer now. Not as heavy as earlier. Were you concerned this was going to jump over the snae. Yes. Kind of looked like its going to. The way the smoke was traveling. There was black smoke, now, its white smoke again. That is what noticing as well. Any issue with anything . Ive got allergies and its a little worse today but smoke has been north of us rather than on top of the house. So. So youre not worried . No. How are the neighbors react something. Theyre looky loos. Mike, thank you for sharing what is going on there now. Our breaking news continues on twitter all have you to do is follow us. Turning now to other news only minority on all female jury that acquitted George Zimmerman of murdering florida teenager Trayvon Martin is talking about that decision in an exclusive interview with Good Morning America anchor robin roberts. The juror told reports she believes zimmerman was guilty but there wasnt evidence to convict him. She offered an apology to martins parents. Here is part of the could be r conversation. George zimmerman got away from murder but you cant get away from god. At the end of the day, hes going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. You know the world goes in circles. And you can hear more on world news coming up at 5 30 z then, night line tonight at 12 35. Weve learned there have been two break ins on the University Computer system in two months. Haiker just needs yugser names and a passion word in order to gape access to sensitive information. Stanford prompted users to change pass words immediately. The University Says it doesnt no information or data stolen. This is the second time in under three months networks have been breeched. Youre looking at what a hacker stole on may 14th. No pass words appear to have been stolen. Because of Stanford Medical Center Security Experts worry hackers can take over devices connected to the networks. If bad guys get to it they can change settings and they can mess it up. Which means things arent happening the way they should be happening. Is there a danger of someones life . Absolute lie stanford only releasing press releases with few details. Data Security Experts telling us getting into a sick sis tim could help hackers to do denial attacks or send out malicious code to people they would know and identify name with so theyd be tempted to open the e mail. Now, Network Security people say this breech could cost the university millions of dollars because of the pass word changes as well as infrom a structure changes theyll have to make to protect sensitive data. Were live at stanford abc 7 news. Thank you. Contra costa county officials blaming a technical mistake for an he vac order issued during a gas leak that was supposed to be limited to surrounding area but it went tout all of Contra Costa County and populations of more than one Million People. Police evacuated homes and businesses and let everyone back in five hours later. Today, friends and neighbors are remembering a beloved oakland dog walker murdered yesterday. The 66yearold judy solo man was shot on burns street. Police say she was hit by gunfire. People who knew her say she was an animal lover who took care of pets. Neighbors suspect robbery might have been a motive. Someone is a couple bucks richer with whatever she had in the purse there, plus a cheap smart phone. And judy lost her life. Its awful. Police say they are reviewing video ask police and Crime Stoppers offering a reward for information leading to an arrest. Work underway to repair a gas station, construction workers are busy with the 76 station in glenn view neighborhood. You can see the huge hole in the wall. That is el fwant but effective. Police have not made any arrests yesterday. A mother has been arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter for this crash this year that killed her young daughter. 30yearold arkita myers was driving on may 20th when she swerved to avoid a truck. Her suv overturned and her 5yearold was thrown from the skprek killed. Four other passengers including a 7yearold child, two teenagers were also injured. Investigators say neither of the children was in a car seat and the other passengers were not wearing seat welts. We have seen the food truck trend taking off now landing at sfo. Long lines of workers and travelers showed up for the first of what will be weekly off the grid events. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield was there. Not just your bags you can check. For the next four thursdays you can check out food trucks. Began as an employee suggestion but open to airport employees and passengers as well so. Year excited about it. Passengers think it sounds cool, too. But they do have questions about logistic autos i think it would be good but park is going to be bad, traffic is bad here. Airport officials realize food trucks cant squeeze in here so theyll tuck them away at the very end of terminal one. And have set up stable ta tables just inside. Were only able to accommodate two food trucks at a time. We heard concern for airport restaurants. That is probably not a great thing. Officials say they like the luck autos a lot of them are excited to try it themselves. Part of it is just the fact this is a small snap shot. You know . Three hours for one day per week. So represents a small fraction. This is just a trial run to see how people respond. In passengers say theyre willing to give it a try it would be great. Food here is expensive. And youre looking at a little bit of history. This is from the truck today. Other truck offering indian food. At sfoabc 7 news. Hungry. Yes. Lets check on the forecast. Here is a look at live doppler 7. Weve had per sis sent low clouds and fog today. So but nice and sunny and things heated up. Severe thunderstorms a wide expanse there. So evening hours well here is a look at mount tam camera. You can see clouds down low and high clouds or mid level clouds. Temperatures now 62 degrees in San Francisco. 62 in oakland. 79 in san jose. Another live view at Golden Gate Bridge you can see low clouds and fog. Temperatures 77 in santa rosa. 84 novato. 89 in livermore. So you can see a eleven view over San Francisco. You can see a forecast now. Were going to see low clouds and fog this he can. Some sun sunshining through tomorrow morning and high temperatures about 60s at the coast tomorrow and 90 inland. Thank you. Still ahead at 4 00 a woman crashes her car moo this bay area hair salon. You wont believe what she did after the accident. Another woman coming back home to find it empty because of a bank mistake z get this. It wasnt even her bank. Then, were live with latest look at the work on the new bay bridge. Whats happening with construction and opening on schedule. A highspeed chase ended like this this morning. A car crashing near williams street. This started in oakland when police went to check out a call of shots fired this a neighborhood. They arrive asked chased a car until it smashed. Officers arrested a man and woman and say the car was stolen. Some frightening moments at this salon. A car plowed through the front door. Police say it happened around 9 20 when a 92yearold woman hit the gas instead of the break. Brake. Four people were inside at the time. No one was hurt. The driver walked back into the salon and had her hair done. Police did not cite her in this accident. Ask sky 7 sky 7 hd in bay it did burn away from the plant. Started on federal property at the there is a neighborhood near here. The flames did not jump. None of the homes is considered threatened. Winds have not been a real factor in the fire conditions there. Winds out of the west, northwest at about six Miles Per Hour occasional gusts. Humidity not very low, 40 and not hot there. Its warm. It does not appear weather is going to be a factor. Weve got low clouds and fog keeping conditions cool there. A live view now from east bay hills camera over the bay looking west. Our forecast features, low skploudz fog. Slightly cooler days. And well start warming up again next week. Pulling back to take a look at radar composite now we only have a flow of some moist air moving up from ocean fueling thunderstorms. Over in the sierra. But doesnt look like anything unusual there. And here in the bay area tonight fog pushing beyond the coast. Locally inland. Low temperatures into mid to upper 50s across the area tonight. Here is a look at a fog pattern forecast for tomorrow starting at 8 00 there will be fog inland burning back to the coastline in place as way from the coast. Will be cooler in areas tomorrow, high temperatures from 60s to 70s around the bay. Upper 50s to 60s on the coast. Upper 80s inland, perhaps touching 90s. Lets start in the south bay. Sunny skies and warm. 88 in morgan hill. 73 in san mateo up to 80. On the coast 58 pacifica. Downtown San Francisco, 65 tomorrow. 61 in the sunset district. North bay highs mainly into upper 70s but warmer farther north around clear lake. 69 in oakland. Inland east bay will be warm but not hot. Mid 80s in concord but up to bf 90 in antioch. And here is the accuweather forecast. A cooling trend temperatures remaining into 80s throughout the weekend. Pleasant week is ahead. Thank you. Up next a rare opportunity that as fans will get to see home run king. And after 4 30 reaction here in the bay area to this 11yearold yemeni girls message about arranged marriages that has gone viral. Want a smarter collusion . Go to abc 7 news. Com and you can drive away with a brand new smart car. Well announce the winner friday on the abc 7 morning news. So be smart, enter now are. An ohio woman wants her belongings back after a bank mistakenly repossessed her home. She returned home to find a bank foreclosed on her house. She found out the repo man mistook her home for the one across the street. She says her house was a shamble autos when i found it it was in the middle of this floor, knocked over with leg broken off. We had a seven piece patio set here, that is gone this, was full of High Performance toyota engine autos what a nightmare. Barnetts belongings had been haul wade, others trashed, some sold. She presented the bank with an 18,000 estimate but says they refused to pay retail value. Shes trying to negotiate a settlement. Unbelievable. A home run show come together coliseum in oakland starting tomorrow. This is a a lot of fun. As open early at every friday home game to allow fans to watch home run derby champ take batting practice. This is a rare treat. Now, tomorrow, gates are going to open at 4 30. I only caution one thing here, hes coming back from a wrist injury so might take it easy. Might not be bomb as way with him going all out. He knows people are coming in. Right. Still ahead nancy pelosi lashes out at the behavior of Anthony Weiner oor chilling video of a deadly train crash in spain and clues giving investigators to exactly what happened. Also, the pope in brazil and surprise greeting some people got today during his visit to rio. A look at progress workers are making despite uncertainty over when goitsing to open. And other live take a look now from sky 7 above the brush fire are burning at want to start on breaking news weve been following throughout this newscast. Sky 7 remains live over a grass fire in Contra Costa County appearing to be under control at this point. Its been burning a large area near a Chemical Plant in bay point this, started around 1 00 this afternoon on federal property at the site of the former Concord Naval weapons station. Its spread beyond that property, flames were burning up against port chicago highway. A concern about homes being threatened. Turned out not to be the case, crews set up on the highway and near homes and flames did not zwlaump road. The fire mostly out, but crews are still putting out hot spots. We continue to monitor it and you can continue to follow our property on twitter on abc 7 news bay ear now to that deadly Train Derailment in spain. 80 people are dead, one is an american. Police say they plan to question the trains driver both as a witness and possible suspect. They believe speed is a factor in this crash. This is the aftermath of the horrific Train Derailment in spain this, train car flung into the street above. Empty chairs lay in the dirt. Below a man tries to break a window to help people inside. The train nears the bend waits flying by at 118 Miles Per Hour twice permitted speed behind schedule, the driver says he was moving fast. A full investigation is still underway. The driver for instance ignored it or did the system fail . Nearly a third of the 218 passengers were killed. So many bodies towels and blankets were being used to cover those who didnt survive. Among those on board six americans, one confirmed fatality. The sports stadium used as a morgue and prayer and tears, and few, tears of relief. President obama extended his condolences saying American People grieve with our spanish friends. Spanish media claims the driver posted this comment it would be amazing to go alongside police and overtake them and rigger off the speed camera. Comments posted beneath a picture of the trains speedometer. Reports say the driver does have 30 years of experience. There was an elaborate ceremony to welcome pope francis for world youth day. Events zpoktd attract one Million People including thousands from the home country of argentinea. The pope visited a well known slum in rio. He waded into the crowds in the rain and told residents not to be discouraged. New revelations in the Anthony Weiner saga. He admits he traded racy messages with as many as three women. That is not all. A gossip site posted a nude photo he allegedly sent to a woman last year. House minority leader says behavior is rep hencible and disrespect yfl of women. What is really stunning is that they dont realize, they zront a clue and its really if theyre clueless, get a clue. If they need therapy, do knit private. So far, weiner refusing to bow out of the race for democratic nomination for new york mayor but controversy is beginning to hurt him. A new poll shows he has lost his lead faling now nine points behind City Council Woman christine quinn. Pal yes alto is the latest bay area city trying out this new Crime Fighting tool scanning cars for crime this that city. The technology consists of four cameras placed on cars. The officer drives around the city cameras captured license plates of every car that passes. Special software then checks to see if the car is stolen or the driver want forward a crime. Its design forward Law Enforcement only. Its not designed for the individual, whether an officer or someone else to, find out where someone may have been, whether its a house. Its not subpoenable. Several cities have added this new technology to their tool kit. Other county Police Departments are getting the license plate read grorz their cars soon. Police are going to meet to decide how information will be archived. New bay bridge opening may be delay frtd original target but construction work is keeping pace. Heather . Hi, carolyn. You cant see it but according t

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