Stuff came flying down. I west down the hill more. Reporter residents were told to evacuat other neighbors pondered whether to leave as helicopters dumped water on the parched hillsides where the fire crept in between homes. Im worried about my kids. I have kids at home, with four dogs. So i just dont really think about the house. Im thinking about my kids. I was coming from the ven esha bridge, and i could see the smoke from way over there. I knew it was huge. Reporter but the concerted effort of fire crews from throughout the region saved these homes. It was a close call. The fire started in a jeep near the interstate 80 car quinn as bridge toll plaza. Weve had two firefighters with minor injuries. It started with a vehicle fire here. The owner of the vehicle has yet to be located. Chp is trying to find that person. Reporter heat was not a problem. The temperature was in the 80s. But wind did play a part in the fire spreading through grass as tall as the firefighters. Here along bay hurst drive, backyard patios and landscaping burned and rooftops were blackened. Four homes were damaged by the fire. Three more by the retardant. Leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. All right. At one point all eastbound lanes on i80 were closed because of this fire and then it became one or two lanes open. It was slow. But all lanes are open now. But you can still see in these live conditions, we still see a lot of red there from crockett to rodeo, all the way to the car kinas bridge. Its still backed up to richmond tonight. We sent out an alert through the abc 7 news app. People who use our app were able to watch it live. The app is free to download and works for both apple and android devices. There is a 40degree temperature spread across the bay area today. Along the coast its in the 60s, on the left looking at santa cruz where its a little warmer, in the 70s. On the right is walnut creek where temperatures soared today. Still pretty warm in some locations inland. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Todays High Temperature so far, that 111 is an unofficial record high for this date. But look at the inland east bay. 106 at livermore and fairfield. Highs 107 in antioch. 105 at concord. Around the bay, 85. 72 here in San Francisco. It was a sizzler. I should remind you that until 9 00 tonight, we still have a heat advisory in effect for much of the bay area. E areas outlined in orange. Excessive heat warning in effect for those areas in red. Basically the inland valleys and the higher elevations. And heres whats coming our way tonight. Notice that fog is coming back to the coast. It will start to exert a cooling influence tomorrow. And temperatures will drop rather significantly in most locations from todays high. So the heat wave is just about over. Hang in there, ill have the accuWeather Forecast coming up shortly. These puppies got a break from the heat inside Sonoma County animal services. The Fire Department posted these ctures online so we could share them. The puppies and their mom were brought in by their owner. One of the puppies was close to overheating. But after some cool towels and a chance to sleep next to a frozen water bottle theyre all doing okay. Look at those cute faces. Pets are being allowed inside libraries because of the heat. Theyre changing the rules for today and tomorrow only. Leashes and crates are encouraged but not required. Two Senior Citizens died because of the heat this week. Santa clara county is taking extra steps to prevent any more heat related dethsd. Janine joins us live from santa clara to tell us whats being done there. Janine . Reporter yeah, its great, kristen, to be somewhere where you can get some water. And its air conditioned. Its nice and cool in here. Thats what county officials want. They want people to stay indoors and pretty much do anything that prevents them from getting sick or die from this excessive heat. Hello we came to offer services. Reporter with temperatures close to 100, living outside can be brutal. Just try to hydrate. Try to stay cool. Go to the park and whatnot. It has been rough. Reporter outreach workers are visiting homeless encampments, offering water because much the heat. Two elderly people died from heatstroke. One of the victims was 87yearold jordan. Neighbors say the day she died, she was gardening. She had a chain saw and was working on a bush. I was like i was surprised when i saw that, too. I thought, good for you. And then i came home and iot a text from one of my roommates telling me she had passed. Reporter around the corner from where jordan died, we found this young woman doing yard work at her grandfathers home. Thats scary. I wouldnt want my grampa out here in this scorching heat doing Something Like that. While theyre on vacation, we thought, why dont we come and do it since were able to. We talked about how to be dehydrated. Reporter inside, a car center for the elderly, they gave tips on how to stay cool. I sweat, its coming down. Reporter seniors who either live alone appreciated the invitation to come in for some relief. Its all in an effort to prevent any more heat related deaths from happening. In san jose, janine de levega, abc 7 news. Hundreds of customers are without power because of the heat. Crews loaded transformers on to trucks to take out to the field. Workers have replaced at least 400 transformers in northern california. Crews are also out all year patrolling for falling tree limbs which is a bigger problem when it gets hot. Summer branch drop will cause a branch to drop. It seems healthy enough. There doesnt seem to be any wind. But this is just a hotweather phenomenon. It has a lot of debate over why its happening. It causes an increase of water and sap inside the branches, followed by a buildup of methane gas which forces those branches to snap. You can track the temperatures where you live with the abc 7 news accuweather app. Find it free in your phones app store. Download it to be instantly notified of heat advisories and alerts. New at 6 00, Brentwood Police say a homeowner will not be charged for defending himself when he shot and killed two people last night. Police say two men, one of them armed, tried to rob the man while he was alone inside his home on birch street. He shot both suspects. Abc 7 News Reporter lonny rivera has new details from neighbors who were shocked by what happened. Just pow pow pow pow. Reporter the sound of gunfire coming from his neighbors house startled reggie nichols. His home Surveillance Video shows what happened next. Now the cops are coming. Reporter the camera captures nichols checking the street to see what was happening. He had a homemade mask, like out of a tshirt. The eyes and nose and mouth cut out. Reporter nichols saw a man lying on the street who had been shot. And he smelled gas fumes. One of the shots hit his gas tank. You could smell it, you could hear it. Reporter his neighbors then came over and explained what happened. They called police. They made him open the safe. So after he opened the safe, i guess they werent ready for him. Reporter Brentwood Police say two suspects came onto the neighbors property to rob him. But the man was able to get his gun, firing two shots, killing both suspects. Investigators say one suspect had a gun, too. The victim did fire his weapon. In selfdefense. And there have been no formal charges filed at this point. I think he did what he had to do. Was pretty shook up, you know. Hes got a bad ba, s hes always in the garage. I dont think he was expecting that. Reporter neighbors say there was someone in the getaway car that drove off. Police say their investigation is still active and ongoing. In brentwood, lonny rivera, abc 7 news. Today Senate Republicans released their Health Care Bill that will affect coverage for millions of americans. They hope to have the full senate vote on it sometime next week. Its complicated and somewhat different from the unpopular house Health Care Bill. We asked abc 7 News Reporter leeann to give us the nuts and bolts of this draft. It is a lot. Lets get to the important stuff. Those with preexisting conditions would not be denied coverage, and would pay the same amount as healthier people. Under obamacare, if you opted out, you would pay a penalty. And that would go away under this new bill. Now, we are going to see cuts in medicaid funding, and only if you make less money will you qualify for those subsidies. I tell you, so far, its not a popular bill. At a rally at San Francisco general, doctors and nurses said the proposed Senate RepublicanHealth Care Bill would hurt the poor the most. I think the consequences of the proposed legislation is going to be dramatic reductions in the number of people that can access to medicaid. Reporter right now medicaid receives extra federal funds. But under the proposed senate bill, funding would start phasing out. And by 2024, it would be restored to what it was before obamacare. We have costs overruns. Unless everyone in america is willing to pay another tax, we have to find a way to save money in the system. Reporter under the senate bill, only those earning up to 350 of the Poverty Level would qualify. Under obamacare, its 400 . So what does that mean . It means that someone earning 351 of poverty is probably receiving more than 5,000 a year in subsidies. Under the senate bill, that g away. So less care, less people covered, and for more meager benefits. Reporter the proposed senate bill would also eliminate taxes on the wealthy. In other words, under obamacare, anyone earning 200,000 or more a year pays an extra tax that helps fund health care. That extra tax would now be gone. Republicans can only afford to lose two gop senators in order for it to pass. In San Francisco, leeann melendez, abc 7 news. There are big changes coming to the worlds biggest social networking site. Next, hear how Mark Zuckerberg wants to change the meaning and the mission of facebook. We go to anybody in distress. For the second time this ferry captain found someone in distress in the water. His story of the rescue is one youll see and hear only on abc 7 news tonight. Breaking news, a fire burning in rodeo. You can see how close its coming to the philips 66 refinery and homes just off california street. We do not yet have a size estimate on this fire. Well continue to keep an eye on the situation and update you live on television and through the abc 7 news app as well. We are tracking breaking news in berkeley, where a gas leak has led to evacuations. The affected area is a twoblock radius around 7th street and gilman street in the northwest portion of berkeley. Berkeley Fire Department tells us that a construction crew hit a gas line. Pg es on the scene helping figure out a way to fix that. Repairs should take several hours were told. San bruno police are looking for a robbery suspect after a pursuit earlier today. It all started with a residential burglary on crestmore drive this morning. When officers got there, one of the two suspects hopped into a car. After a short chase, the man crashed into another vehicle and ran away on foot. That caused authorities to place nearby john muir elementary on lockdown. Officers found that suspect and he was arrested. The other suspect got away. A bombshell from facebook. At the inaugural Community Summit in chicago, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced hes changing the mission of the Worlds Largest social media company. No longer is facebook just about sharing pictures of your pets or kids zuckerberg wants to use the platform to build community, and bring the world closer together. You need to give people a voice, so you can get a diversity of opinions out there. But you also need to do work to build enough Common Ground so we can make progress as a society together. Zuckerberg said the way to do that is to facebook groups, launched six months ago this video from a fishing community, he plans to use Artificial Intelligence to recommend groups you may want to join. For example, zuckerberg is a member of maxs circle. We just share cute photos of my daughter doing ridiculous things. Thats a light hearted community. But the more serious ones, groups for new patients, or new parents, patients fighting illness, health and fitness, you can find groups that may you may want to belong to. Zuckerberg said 100 million facebook users are currently in meaningful groups. He hopes to make it 1 billion in the near future. B. A. R. T. Is backtracking on a policy to find passengers who take up more than one seat. Today the board of directors voted to repeal the seat hog ordinance approved last year. The ideas not dead. The board will look at establishing a Pilot Program in the future. Some Board Directors feared it would target the wrong people. My concern was, for travelers, for folks who are coming from our airports, for mothers, for folks with numerous children who arender 5, if youre over 5 you have to pay r tickets, they themselves would also be in violation of our one seat policy. The board also voted to increase fares for some riders. Starting in january, anyone using paper tickets will have to pay 50 cents surcharge. B. A. R. T. Is extending youth fare discounts to age 18. But reduce the discount to 50 of adult fares. All right. Heres the picture that will cool you down. A live look from the sutro tower camera. The fog coming back in. That is a good sight. Because boy, its been hot. Spencer christian is here with an update on your forecast. Im happy to report the cooling has begun. Were going to use livermore and the sevenday High Temperature trend there as an example of the cooling coming our way in the inland areas. Tomorrows high is 96 degrees. Todays high was 106. And the cooling will continue in livermore through the weekend into early next week. By tuesday, well see just a puny little high of 81 degrees. It will bounce back up to 86 the next day. Generally this is the pattern that all the inland areas will see. In fact the entire bay area will see a drop in temperatures. A steady drop going through the weekend and into early next week. Heres live doppler 7. Mainly sunny skies across the bay area. As you can see, from the sutro tower camera, a finger of fog is pushing out over the bay through the golden gate. 63 degrees right now in San Francisco. Oakland 73. 76 in mountain view. Mid80s in san jose. Another view of the finger of fog pushing o over the bay from the mount tam camera. Its 80 degrees in santa rosa right now. Napa 81. 84 in novato. We have mid to upper 90s at fairfield, concord and livermore. Inland areas are a bit slow to cool down, but they are cooling down. Heres how it looks at the golden gate right now. Foggy near the coast overnight. Well see intense heat easing up a bit tomorrow and the cooling continues this weekend and into next week. Meanwhile, from 9 00 tonight to 9 00 tomorrow night, a heat advisory will remain in effect for all this area in orange here. Basically thats the entire bay area away from the coast and the coastal mountain range. So we havent lost the effect of the heat yet. Overnight, look for mostly clear skies inland and over the bay. Low temperatures there will drop into the upper 50s to mid60s. Near the coast, it will be a little bit cooler with lows in the mid50s and a pretty good presence of fog there at the coast overnight. Fog the linger at some coastal locations tomorrow. And again, it will be less warm inland than today. Well see highs in the interior valleys in the mid90s. Right around the bay, upper 70s to low 80s. Coast, low 60s. Lets look ahead. Air quality tomorrow will still be poor in the inland, east bay and santa clara valley. Sunday, San Francisco pride day, the pride parade takes place on sunday under mostly sunny skies. Temperatures rising into the mid to upper 60s in San Francisco on sunday. Heres a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. For the entire bay area, well see, again, the steady drop in temperatures through the weekend. Although inland areas will remain warm. Not hot, but warm. As we get into early next week, monday, tuesday, temperatures continue to fall below the average level for this time of the year in some locations. Under partly cloudy skies. And i think that will be welcome relief, dont you . Oh, yeah. Isnt it great to see the fog back . Thank you, spencer. Skyhigh glimpse of much higher. But home prices in the bay area have just reached another peak. In may, the median price for all homes sold in the bay area was 755,000. Thats a new high. Up 7 from a year ago. These numbers are from core logic, a real estate data firm. Home prices have gone up every month for five years. In a row. A dramatic transformation thats happening above the hustle and bustle of San Francisco market neighborhood. With the hope of the drone 7, were getting a glimpse at the work being done to build a Grand Central terminal of the west. We flew over the 5. 4acre public park built on the roof of the center. Trees are being planted, footpaths are being built as well as an openair amphitheater. There is still a lot of construction happening to get this done. The construction expected to be completed in late 2017, with buses beginning to serve the terminal in 2018. And San Franciscos ultimate green rooftop should be open by then as well. Only abc 7 sky 7 was in the air when this dramatic rescue unfolded in San Francisco bay yesterday. The first sailor was pulled to safety by a passing ferry. Tonight youll hear from the captain of that boat. The performing arts have no shortage of ideas, but often a shortage of money. Im jonathan ploom with the startup that plans to change that for all kinds of nonprofits. I dont know that they did know. How would they not know. 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