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KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY August 17, 2016

Offer an exact total at this moment. They expect this fire to keep going too at this point there and this video came inp lae today. Sometimesjcp led a fire nate canadian 0at one point 6 firefighters were trapped by flamesqv while helping people evacuate. They were able to shelter in place and were not hurt. Late today Governor Brown declared state of emergency and the dry conditions along with 100 degree temperatures are just fueling this fire dramatically. Good evening.  7 news meteorologist sanda is here with more on the fire conditions in both northern and Southern California. Sandhya. Reporter yes. Lets take a look at the conditionsdfirst in southernp california. Ill show you what is going on right now. Still dealing with some warm weather as we get in a little bit closer here. 85 degrees. And the winds are gust to go 11 miles an hour. Obviously it was hotter earlier in the day. You look at the wind trend over the next 24 hours. They will remain light as we head into tomorrow though around the evening hours out of the south west at 12 miles an hour. Notice the switch in the wind direction. That is what is going to make it challenging for the firefighters along with the heat. It is going to get up to 104 on wednesday. Still in the triple digit thursday before they start to see the temperatures taper and then it is still going to be hot again as we head in monday and tuesday. Bringing you closer to home the clayton fire conditions right now heres what firefighters are dealing with. 79 degrees. Relative humidity has come up. It is 35 percent. Winds calm right now and the winds as you look at the next 24 hours will remain generally under 10 miles an hour but once again we are expecting the shqet in the wind direc4bon over the next 24 h, s. And the heat will continue on wednesday near 100 degrees for your wednesday. Mid 90s and it really just hovers around the 90s so not much of a break for the firefighters near the clayton fire. Thanks. Firefighters have made some progress on the fire burning in lake county but many people cant get back to the homes. We toured lower lake with cal fire lieutenant today for firsthand look at the damage there. At least 175 homes, businesses and other structures were destroyed by the fire that started on saturday. 1500 more remain threatened right now. Today cal fire lifted Evacuation Order for neighborhoods east of highway 53 from polk avenue to cash creek. Many people in other neighborhoods still cant get back home. Not as many if we can aopen thepn door and allow people to come home. People have a voice on when its safe for people to enter their home. Fire has burped 4000 acres and it is now 35 percent contained. Man accused of setting the fire is preparing to make his First Court Appearance tomorro tomorrow. Damon patch is booked on multiple counts of arson for the clayton fire and other previous fires in the area. Melanie has more. Reporter this man is expected to appear in Court Wednesday on 17 counts of arson in connection with numerous fires in lake county over the past year. Fire Officials Say the 40yearold is also implicated in the clayton fire started just days ago that destroyed homes and businesses. Hard even to think about. Like even as a person like some one could everyone do that. Reporter alex young is the cousin. While surprised any one would intentionally cause devastation for others, he has a different reaction to the arrest. It doesnt really surprise me because i know from what family members have said that he does have like a history. Reporter source gave the iteam dan a list of his prior charges between 1997 and 2015. Of the 55 crimes, 6 were felonies. The crimes range from dui to drugs to carrying a concealed weapon. Investigators arent saying what evidence they have linking the man to the fires. By phone his Court Appointed attorney caution oned hes innocent until proven guilty. Mean time the cousin feels for the people of lake county. Something that is unnecessary. Like set a fire then bring all the trouble to all these people like innocent people. Hundreds of them are out of her homes now. Dont even have a place to live. Reporter in lake county, abc 7 news. We are learning tonight that he had training as a firefighters. Dan spoke late today with a source at the state department of corrections. That source provided this mug shot of damon from may 2010 as he was processed out of San Quentin State Prison he was convicted of two felony drug possession and use of firearm in 2002. But he violated his parole 6 times in the years that followed so he was in and out of san quentin. Source also confirmed that he learned how to be a firefighter at the California Correctional Center in susanville. And he worked as an inmate firefighters at Trinity County fire camp from april to july of 2007. You can see the inmates in the orange jump suits in the video provided by corrections. American Red Cross Team with lucky supermarket to wrist moneyn for fire relief efforts in lake countykoc. 12 lucky stores in the north bay, solana county and ukiah are participating in this effort. Its easy. All you have to do is go inside the store to make the contribution and get a receipt oftz the tax deductible donat. Victims encouraged tofo make ay donation to the lake county wildfirea9 relief fuchbilityd being ledgn by north coast opportunities and thebv lake5m credit union here. We have a link to information onk where to send donation on the home page of the web site listed here. People who want toj[ help te fire victievjp e urgeed toeq me monetary donations o5icials are afraidnk5 of simir c1this fire. E afraidnk5 of simir valleyag fire last september in lake countyoe when the amount of overwhelming. In fact lake county had uz ,000act lake county had uz to disa donatet7t in an effort to help. California wildfire situation  akv, unable a push alert to getsq ns update sent rightn to your mobile device. Policejh are asking for the publicyn help in capturing2j a n who tried ton kidnap at least  women in san leandrow in mo. Vic leekj has more. Reporter ni heres security standing near hisks car. The image too dark to identify him. Distinctive clue which may help. First attack happened on the morning of july 28. Washington avenue. Victim was approached by a man driving a car similar this one. San Leandro Police lieutenant robert mcmahon. He medley pepper sprayed her. She got overwhelmed and fell to the ground. He grabbed her by her ankle and he drugaher down the sidewalk. Reporter she was saved by Good Samaritan young son lee. I just ran and i got them loose and made sure she was free and okay. Reporter the driver sped away in the car. Described as a 2014 Nissan Sentra sr edition. Police sketch of the suspect. African american with a goatee and glasses. About 5 feet 10 inches tall. Second Woman Told Police after she saw media reports that she too was approached by a man with the same description. She says it happened here on east 14th street and juan avenue. He tried tone gauge her in a conversation. She was a little bit freaked out because she didnt know the man. She was startled. She quickly turned and went the other way to avoid any further contact and get to a point of safety. Reporter mcmahon says what is unique about the nissan is that it has after market wheels like this image. Dark gray or gun metal in color. And the car has tinted window all around. The fact that no one has reported seeing the car from the early media reports may be that it belongs to a friend or a family member. Vic lee, abc 7 news. The young daughter of the School Board President in hillsboro has died in the suspected drunk driving crash in orange county. Investigators say an suv rear ended dons tesla yesterday on interstate 4 05 in seal beach. His 10yearold daughter kendra died. His 13yearold daughter kayla has serious injuries. Suv driver has been arrested on suspicion of dui and Second Degree murder. We are devastated by the loss of our sweet smart and kind daughter ken dr. And focused on helping our older daughter heal from her traumatic injuries. Greatful to the community for the outpouring of support. Nicholas dirk sent a letter to uc berkeley staff saying he will resign as soon as the school find some one to replace him. Dirk is embroiled in misuse of funds and athletic services. I have come to the personal decision that the time is right for me to step aside and allow some one to take up the financial and ns substitution challenges ahead of us. Cal will begin a search for replacement medley. People in San Francisco get their say on who should be the city next top cop. Police commission holding a series of Public Meetings to get Community Input on who should be the citys next police chief. Acting chief chaplain has headed the department for three months now and told 7 news that he is interested in becoming the permanent chief. Next Community Meeting set for tomorrow from 6 to 8 00 p. M. At gordon Law Elementary School on clay street. We have much more ahead for you open this tuesday night coming up. Crew hunt foral 50tor in the east bay where they think it came from. Also. Harvey milk and Sexual Orientation toen list in the navy. How honored with his ownership. Hard toy imagine nicer weather. Many sandhya will be right back weather. Many sandhya will be right back with our forecast. Popular creek in fremont safe again for the public after reptile visitor shot and killed. Sky 7 hd was there when fish game warden brought in this 4 foot alligator earlier todayv. It had been lingering by Alameda Creek in fremont. Reporter from sky 7 hd you can see one of the men sent in to fine the gate or holding a covered came walking out of the creek. Alligator put in the cage after shot. It was our department issued 308 rifle and he was shot in the head. So he died medley. Reporter this is a picture rock sunning when they arrived. ar we have the resourc]6s we have all the people down here to take care of it. I think they are taking the easy way out instead of catching it. Reporter game warden ocht ed to shoot it because they say it posed a safety risk for people, pets and other animals here. Very, very difficult to tranquilize an alligator from a distance. They are very spooky around people so if we tried to get close to it we would lose it and we just couldnt take that chance. Reporter not clear how long the alligator was in this creek. One local said he spotted it months ago. Saw it on a rock hunging out with somebody back here and scared it off by making some loud noises because he was excited. Swam into the water before i could get a picture of it. Reporter how long ago was that. About 6 months ago. Reporter give you an idea was how tall are you. Im four foot 8. Reporter it measured about four feet long. California game warden figure some one left the animal here after it became too difficult to keep as a pet. They say they could have worked with the owner to ship to it a different state instead of having to kill it in the wild. Sergio, abc 7 news. Vmmy califl officer accused of secretly video recording some one in a bath room. He turned himself in2a yesterdy at the plazaer county jill andy faces miss demeanor charges videotaping a person in state of undress or partial undress without their knowledge . 8 or consent. Hes assigned to the chp truckee office. Historic paddle wheeler that is seen iconic sight in South Lake Tahoe was danieled by fire this morning. These are photo of firefighters took of the tahoe queen. 114 foot long vessel undergoing convenient ration renovatio renovation. Investigators believe the fire was caused by construction work on the boat. One person suffered smoke inhalation. Another strained his back. Tahoe queen operated by a Cruise Company and provides tours of lake tahoe. c there was a special ceremony on Treasure Island today. The navy is making history by naming this ship after harvey milk. He was guys rights activist and chris winn has more. With San Francisco sky lineu in the distance naval officials ce that soon1y to be but franciscoy supervisor harvey milku. T] even after death÷ his voic0 still spoke. his strugglesnr continued. o and his cause2g taken up by countless others6. Reporter u. S. First naval ship named for guys ritz leader and one of 6 fleet ship in the class all named after those who fought for h civil rights. Harvey nephew stewart milk was just 17 when his uncle was assassinated. My uncle had the couragekto go in with the hate r mail and ay and he i dont think he would be old apartmt on castro street to pay their respect. The reason could i feel comfortable now walking down the street with my boyfriend is because of the what he fought for. Important to me. My safe place. Reporter vitors from out of town came by to soak it in. Incredibly brave person and he died a martyr really. He could have done so much more in life but his life was cut short. Reporter stewart says name ago ship after his uncle will help show our country is strengthened by the diverse. The World Largest and most powerful military can embrace everyone. Certainly the rest of the world can come along. Reporter construction on the ship will begin in 2019. The ship is expected to go into service in the year 2021. On Treasure Island, nchris winn abc 7 news. Time to check on our forecast. Sandhya is standing by with a look at whats ahead. Yes we have more heat ahead for the inland community. Good thing is we have free air conditioning. We have the fog right near the beaches at this hour and some fog starting to push in ovthe b. Live look from the emeryville camera. Eastern span of the bay bridge and a little bit murky here because we have some fog right over the bay. 56 right now San Francisco. 58 oakland. Still mild in mountain view. San jose low mid 60s. 55 in half machine bay. Live look from the Golden Gate Bridge camera and right now visibility looking fine here. 56 in santa rosa. 61 for new nap a. Look how warm in concord, livermore in the low 70s right now. And live look from our abc 7 news exploratorium camera at pier 15. Cant see the top of the Transamerica Pyramid because of the fog. So we call for morning fog near the coasta6u and bay. Hot inland the next two days with graduate cooling coming through the weekend c. As we take a look at the morning temperatures it starts out cool. Ye0especially if hot today. Inland areas up in the 90s today. Along the coast it was in the 50s. If you see at bit of mist at times but certainly not going to be the same kind of drizzle that we had this morning where it measured. Hour by hour forecast showing what you to expect at 5 00 a. M. When you get going. Commute begins fog is covering the could he go and the bay as we head into 8 00 a. M. If some of your kid have started school or you head out to work at 8 00 a. M. You will see low visibility around the east bay and part of the coast line. San francisco as well because of the fog so do be careful. 4 00 oclock the fog lingers at the beaches. Inland area around the bay its nice and sunny. High for your wed in the south by 89 gilroy. 90 for morgan hill. 85 in san jose. So warm day. 80 sunnyvale. 74 santa cruz on the peninsula you are looking at mid upper 70s from san m teo to redwood city. 82 los altos pacifica half monbay fog keep you nice and comfortable. Upper 50s to the low 60s. Daly city 59. Downtown San Francisco 66 degrees and north bay our summer micro climate with us 58 te at bodega bay to 103 degrees in ukiah. 100 at lake port. Not something that the crew at the fire line want to hear. 85x uum santa rosa and nice daye andf 77 in newark have8u to deal with the heatch. Item a little bit ho3 er than today. 95 in pittsburgh÷d. 93 concordo. 92 wae8t creek. Pn getj svau to 98 in8 in m anti h antioch. 95 degree inkunivermore. I know its not natural but youq have the ac tof run to keep yoy cool. We are in thej upper 90alow n 60s coast side. aon thursday and it head into thehx weekend low 60r to low 90s for your friday, saturday, few extra clouds will enter the picture on sunday and the temperatures will bottom out in the upper 80s inland. Upper 50s along the coast lin line. If you like it warmer wait until tuesday. 3 uip]yn i we have the heat come back into the pichblingt. q come on 7 news q 9 00. Come on 7 news q we have breaking news to tell you about in san jose. You can see on this map where a car hit a natural gas line and sparked a building fire. It is happening west carlos street and lincoln avenue few block west of downtown. Crash happened about 8 45 this evening. We have a crew on the way to the scene. More details on 7 news at 11 00. U. S. Marine recruiters are targeting High School Girls sports teams to find candidates who can meet the corps tough physical standard after the pentagon decision to allow women to serve in combat. Corps has smallest percentage of women among all military military services. Wants to increase the female percentage from 7 to continue percent. That means 3400 female recruit each year. Recruiters also traveling to meet with female High School Athlete and their coaches. Ashley judd announced that come fall she will be at cal bear. I am now officially a student at the university of calibercly. Reporter judd will pursue p hd at the school of public policy. She made announcement from her coffee house in tennessee near her home. She earned a master degree from harvard and recently appointed Population Fund goodwill ambassador for united nations. Impressive. Coming up donald trump plan to keep terroristy out of america and Hillary Clinton response. Also the unprecedented flooding in louisiana. Why some are calling it the worst disaster since super storm sandy. Ready for adoption soon and ready for happy end

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