As they could at the time until the professionals rolled in. No homes had to be evacuated, but im told the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley was evacuated when the fires first broke out but it only lasted about ten minutes when crews realized they were going to get a handle on this pretty quickly. The Wildlife Center building was not damaged. Back out here lives, crews, as i said, getting a handle on this fire that made for a very scary afternoon for the homeowners here. Live in san jose, katy marzullo, abc 7 news. Nearby four separate fires burned at least 85 acres this afternoon. Firefighters attacked the flames from the ground and the air. Sky 7 was overhead that blaze earlier. Crews quickly brought the fires under control in about two hours. This map shows you the location of the fire zone along Mount Hamilton road near grant lake. The area burned had been targeted for a vegetation clearing to reduce fire danger this summer. Heres a live look at the area that burned. You can see large patches of black in the midst of golden brown grass. In Southern California tonight, the Pacific Coast highway is closed near los angeles as fire crews battle a wildfire. Flames broke out this afternoon northeast of malibu. Right now, the fire is about 25 acres. Homes are just on the other side of the hill, so fire crews are taking structure Protection Measures in that area. Breaking news, a federal judge in sacramento is temporarily blocking a gun control law that would have taken effect saturday. The legislation barred gun owners from possessing highcapacity ammunition magazines. The judge ruled it takes away gun owners pea Second Amendment rights. The injunction blocks the law from taking effect while the case continues. President trumps parks travel ban took effect about an hour ago. Within minutes, it was facing more legal challenges. Abc 7 News Reporter katy joins us from sfo with the developing story. Katy . Reporter ama, hawaiis attorney general is asking a federal judge to clarify the definition of family. He says that the administrations definition is too narrow, restricting too many people from entering the country. He also feels the order itself is confusing, a sentiment here echoed by lawyers at sfo. As this Foreign Exchange program welcomes students from france, they fear students from libya may not get the same opportunity. Its one of six countries listed in the president s partial travel ban. Were not sure, because this is brandnew. And so were still waiting to hear what is going to become of them if theyll still be able to come or not. Reporter American Cultural ExchangeServices Works with 47 different countries. With the travel ban in the works this year, theyve seen half as many applications. It makes me very sad, because this is my passion. And this is what we work towards is better understanding of a better world, and to bring peace through, you know, mutual understanding. Reporter attorneys are working to understand the ban, and help people who may be arriving from syria, iran, yemen, libya, somalia or sudan. We actually asked passengers coming off flights, is there anybody being detained there . Do you think anybodys in trouble . Reporter people seeking visas from the six countries must declare a bona fide relationship to someone in the u. S. This woman consulted the volunteer attorneys when her mom was detained coming in from india. Theres so many changes in our immigration law. So i was concerned. Because she overstayed. Shes a green card holder. Reporter after three hours, she reunited with her family. Only a handful of people have sought advice with the volunteer attorneys so far. At sfo, katy utis, abc protesters in washington, d. C. Uniting with democratic lawmakers demonstrated outside the capitol today, amid reports that gop senators are to revise the health care bill. Im not going to negotiate with the press here on what is going to take to get to something favorable for the state of nevada. A new report today by the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the republican plan would cut medicaid spending by 35 by 2036. That would mean 15 fewer medicaid recipients by 2026. Planned parenthood will close three clinics in the area. The closures are largely due to low reimbursement rates in california for providers that serve medical patients. The dark cloud that loomed over the university of california system over Sexual Harassment claims is slowly being lifted as all faculty and staff received new guidelines today. Leeann me len dez has those changes. Reporter well, many had not had a chance to read them. I could tell you that the process has been streamlined, and keeps everyone involved in the loop. And of course, the goal here is to reach zero cases. Every faculty and staff member at ucs ten campuses must undergo Sexual Harassment training. I mostly ignore all the tainings. That one i did not. It was a very good training. As far as online trainings go, it was a particularly good one. Reporter between 2013 and 2016, more than 100 employees were found to have violated Sexual Harassment policies, president Janet Napolitano decided it was time to make changes. The commitment to be transparent, we want to be held accountable. We want folks to understand what this process would look like. We want to be held to that. Reporter now the universities must complete their investigations within 60 days, and after that, the person must be disciplined within 40 days. A time line that was not in place before. That disciplinary decision, you would hear concerns that they didnt know when that decision was going to be made. They didnt know what was occurring during that time frame. So were just trying to be clear and transparent about the process. Reporter any faculty member at fault would be disciplined by the chancellor, after consulting with a peer review committee. After some of the most notorious cases were those of the dean of the Uc Berkeley Law School and of the assistant basketball coach who was fired amid Sexual Harassment allegations. This is a researcher at cal. Will little boys grow up and finally act sensibly and stop just grow up. Reporter the new procedures must be implemented no later than september 1st. Abc 7 news. New at 6 00, northbound cal train was delayed this morning after the conductor was reportedly hit in the face by a passenger. It stopped at the bay shore station for about 20 minutes. An argument turned physical and a woman elbowed the conductor in the nose. She was arrested on suspicion of assault and battery. Someone robbed the pharmacy inside this san jose safeway today just after noon at the hamilton avenue. The suspect had a gun, and he got away. They didnt say what, if anything, he took with him. A coalition of public defenders and families strongly opposes a plan to move arraignments from oakland to the new dublin courthouse. The decision aims to help with the budget deficit. Lonnie rivera explains what a difference it makes to families. We must all stand here united reporter Alameda County public defenders and families presented a united front on the steps of the courthouse. They opposed a move to hold all in custody arraignments at this dublin courthouse instead of courthouses across the county. They oppose a move in the works to hold incustody arraignment hearings for defendants at this dublin courthouse instead of the wily manuel courthouse in oakland. As a mother who had a child incarcerated, now you have to not only know that you got a good an hour and a half to get out there you travel 30 miles from oakland. Its such an inconvenience. Reporter all inmates are housed in dublin now, theyre bused out to several courthouses. Under the new plan they would just have to cross the street. Chad said the court needs to do this to save money and time. For those families who are affected, i dont want to dismiss their concerns, but i think it is a small enough percentage that i dont think it trumps the efficiencies to the court. Reporter Alameda County court started with a 5 million deficit this fiscal year. He said the Public Defenders Office is complaining about the plan because of union issues, and a longer commute. Im offended by that assertion. This is the ability to advocate for our clients. Reporter he said arraignments are where attorneys present their case to help their clients be released from jail. And its harder to do that if their families arent there to in oakland, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. House lawmakers passed a pair of controversial immigration bills, one is named for this woman. Shot to death in San Francisco two years ago, whos now the face of the debate over immigration and crime. Look for mild to warm days through the weekend. But maybe not for the fourth of july. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. The bay area has lots of hotels, but only one where you can go to bed in San Francisco and wake up in l. A. Im Jonathan Bloom with a new way to travel called cabin, ahead an abc 7 news. Whale and whale watchers on a literal collision course in the San Francisco bay. Whos now bein whoa credible sights like this have brought whale watchers all over San Franciscos Golden Gate Bridges. Many people are treated to close encounters. Some experts say its too close for the whales comfort. Melanie woodrow is live with the disturbing encounters captured on camera. Melanie . Reporter absolutely disturbing. And in some cases dangerous. These windy conditions are perfect for wind surfers and kite borders. Its tempting for them to get close to these whales, aweinspiring in some cases. But officials want them to keep a safe distance. Noah said this is one of two incidents. It has seen in the last ten days of small boats making contact with humpbacked whales. A practice noah said is dangerous for everyone involved. If they hit a whale and the whale accidently strikes their boat back, just out of a reflexive reaction, whos going to have to come in and rescue them . Reporter in some cases the whales which have been feeding near the Golden Gate Bridge are endangered or threatened. The incidents do not appear to be accidents. We feel these are a result of carelessness, and lack of selfcontrol. Reporter tracy said shes enjoyed seeing the whales from a safe distance while walking her dogs. Super exciting. Thrilling in fact. Reporter its those on the water who are getting too close including kite or wind surfers. Theyre specifically targeting them probably for the thrill. Reporter a kite surfer and a boat was sighted near a whale today. She said shes saddened by whats happening. Its aweinspiring to see them that close. But you have to respect that is a wild animal. Reporter noah said it is keeping a watchful eye and plans to enforce fines. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. A bill aims to prevent another incident like the one at the orville dam in february. Under the proposed legislation, state water officials would be required to perform annual inspections of dams that pose a significant risk to nearby communities. The failure at orville dam earlier this year which displaced nearly 200,000 residents was a wakeup call. That event alone has gotten everybodys attention that perhaps we need to be doing better at our overall dam inspection, and maintenance issues. The bill requires all results of inspections to be made public. The legislation passed its initial committee and is headed to the Appropriations Committee for a vote. The white house is defending President Trumps jawdropping new tweets attacking a cable news host. But even some republicans are criticizing the president for going too far. Abc 7 news anchor kristen ze is here with the controversy. The main target of President Trumps Early Morning tweets mika brzinski, calls her low quirks crazy mika. The second tweet when she visited maralago in december she was, quote, bleeding badly from a face lift. Many republicans are condemning the tweets, from ben sass, to former Florida Governor jeb bush to House Speaker paul ryan. What were trying to do around here is improve the tone and civility of the debate. This obviously doesnt help do that. The American People elected a fighter. They didnt elect somebody to sit back and do nothing. They knew what they were getting when they voted for donald trump and he won overwhelmingly. The white house said mr. Trump wont stand for mikas unfair attacks on him including the mocking of his hand size. Now, his supporters defend him on abc 7s facebook page. Marion mcnichol said hes a human being. Hes barraged with insults and Death Threats daily. If he fires back occasionally, its completely understandable. Thank you, kristen. Theres another tweet everyones talking about. It shows senator ted cruz with the man who looks a lot like ted cruz. Its actually tom rickets, the owner of the chicago cubs. Senator cruz tweeted the response, quote, for some people people keep insulting tom by saying he looks like me. Poor guy. Turning now to weather. If you were playing baseball, the wind is really carrying things out today. Certainly. Spencer christian is here with the latest. I hit one out myself. Among the many things you might want to do on the fourth of july might be a visit to napa. Were using the High Temperature trend in napa as an indicator of High Temperatures across the bay area over the next seven days. Average temperature in napa this time of year is 83 degrees. The high will be right around or just above 83 degrees. There will be a sudden drop in temperatures in napa on tuesday, which happens to be the fourth of july. Much of the bay area will see a little bit of a cooldown next tuesday as well. Still pleasant and mild day for the fourth of july. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Right now you can see the cooling fog becoming more prevalent along the coastline. It will push out over the bay tonight as it has done the last few nights. Weve got winds gusting to 17 miles an hour at novato. 33 Miles Per Hour at sfo. Fairfield 29 Miles Per Hour. Enjoy the breeze if youre outside tonight. You can see what its doing to the low clouds, bringing them in over the skyline of San Francisco as we look up from our south beach camera in downtown San Francisco. Currently 57 in the city. 63 across the bay in oakland. 69 at san jose. 55 at half moon bay. This is a view from emoryville looking out to the golden gate. But you cant see much of it right now because the fog is coming out over the bay. Currently 74 in santa rosa. 70 in novato. 77 in livermore. Mount tam looking down onto the bay. You can see the fingers of fog extend out over the bay. These are our forecast features. Foggy overnight with spotty morning drizzle perhaps along the coastline. Mild to warm days lie ahead through the weekend. It will be slightly cooler as ive pointed out for the fourth of july. Overnight well see mainly clear skies in our inland valleys. The fog will be right along the coastline. And reaching locally out over the bay and hitting a couple of inland spots. Low temperatures will be generally in the mid50s. Highs just above 80 degrees. Upper 70s on the peninsula. Downtown San Francisco 66 degrees tomorrow. North bay valleys, mainly mid to upper 80s over in the near east bay. Low to mid70s, and the inland east bay will be the warmest region as it often is with the highs in the upper 80s to about 90. Well have mainly sunny skies through the entire sevenday period. Theres the minor tooldown i talked about coming in starting on monday. Even more pronounced on tuesday, fourth of july, and wednesday. By next thursday temperatures will bounce right back up to about 90 degrees in the inland areas. Thank you, spencer. Coming up next, a stanford experiment combining geckos and lo the sunll come out for people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure. 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