Fallout. Not a shot we get too often, good evening, im dan ashley. That was the sound of flame ret retarant hitting the ground, burning between clayton and black hawk, this fire is 20 contained, burning more than 3700 acres at this time. Abc reporter Laura Anthony has more. Reporter with so much of the terrain rugged and inaccessible and in some places on mt. Diablo, the firefighters just have to let the flames go. Like this . Were seeing it burn down to gray ash. What youre seeing here is not typical california burning conditions the first part of september here, so were about a month and a half ahead of schedule, in the second year of a twoyear dry spell. The ground crews were able to push back the flames at summit road, they held the line and then got out of the way to let the dc10s drop the retardant just below. By midday, the main aim of the firefight was to keep those flames on this side of summit road. Despite those efforts, a good part of mt. Diablo state park has been charred, including this picnic area, and the fire has grown significantly in the past 24 hours, but so too, has the containment line. Were opt optimistic well hold it down on the road and tie it down on the south blank of mt. Diablo. Reporter by midafternoon, they helped to create a fire line on the south side of the mountains. It looks like firefighters have kept the flames on the other side. On mt. Diablo, Laura Anthony. And it prompted a smoke advisory from the Bay Area School officials. Schools in livermore have cancelled all outside programs because of the fire conditions, abc News ReporterWayne Freedman has more. Reporter there are two ways to measure this fire in mt. Diablo state park, acreage and man power would be one, worry and sleeplessness would be the other. Sounds overwhelming. Well, it yeah, it is very stressful. Reporter and this is a success story, the two horses that belong to her are safe. Still, she endured a long, sleepless night after what was a rough summer. My brother just lost his home a few months ago in colorado springs. They lost everything from a forest fire. Reporter this fire today, a series of incidents in which flames roared up and then men beat them back. This battle took place in curry canyon, where at times the smoke was so click the firefighters practically disappeared in it. This area so rugged that the most effective attacks came from the air. The drops, a source of r reassuran reassurance. That is very rugged, steep trails, a few fire road, not a lot. Reporter shawn had evacuated last night. He returned today to check on his goats and chickens. He intends to stay, in the east bay, diablo is their mountain, their back drop, in good times and bad. It can be changed, too, we ride all over the mountains on our horses. And it will just be very different landscape now. Reporter on mt. Diablo, Wayne Freedman, abc news. And Spencer Christian has more. Okay, well go to live doppler hd, taking you to the side of the fire, showing the smoke coming out from the fires. Early in the afternoon, late in the day there was less smoke in the atmosphere, still quite a bit going up in the air. Here is a look at current conditions, on top mt. Diablo, relative humidity, down to 13 , winds are strong out of the northwest at 20 miles an hour, gusting to 36 miles an hour, of course it is much warmer down near the base of the mountain, the conditions now are not very favorable because the humidity is very low and the winds are quite strong. So lets move along and take a look at the forecast. Well see wind overweight out of the westnorthwest. When it is gusts it will be higher. Cooler tomorrow, that is good news, the smoke advisory remains in effect for contra costa and santa clara counties as the winds continue to billow. And thank you, that is not the fire out of control, the fire in happy valley south of redding as you see on the map is burning. You can see evacuations, and 2700 acres were destroyed. There are reports that at least one firefighter was hurt. They expect the fire to grow, residents there are also being asked to limit the use of water because firefighters need all they can get. Well, pg e wont face state criminal charges for the san bruno pipeline explosion, but federal prosecutors still have another two years to file charges, today was the deadline for the state and county prosecutors to act. It was also the third anniversary of the blast that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. Well,ing on, two Fremont Police officers are being called heroes, and for good reason after helping to save three lives during a house fire this morning. They thought to use a patrol car to rescue people trapped inside. The fire broke out near farewell drive. David louis has the story. Reporter you can see where the fire spread quickly through the house. The Police Officer and his partner were first on scene. Luvano noticed a person who had to be rescued. But the ground was too high for access. I kind of turned around to see what i had available to me, i on a whim pushed the car to the window and it actually gave us really good leverage to pull the victim out. Reporter firefighters helped the victim and another person who were overcome by smoke. The doors were bolted and locked. They had a front door that was locked with a security bar and grill. So it was one of the locks that had a dead bolt on it where you need a key to work on the lock to get out. Reporter the cause of the fire is still under investigation, the parents remain in the hospital. I didnt speak to my sister, but they were worried because of carbon monoxide. They didnt speak to me about it. But they seemed alert. I do think they needed medical help. Reporter the officers were hailed heroes. They do have to be very strate strategic, quick thinkers and have to come up with Quick Solutions to challenging situations like this. A man discovered unconscious in San Franciscos union square over the weekend has died. Abc news aired this picture of the man yesterday. A spokesperson for San FranciscoGeneral Hospital said because of the medias help, the relative came and identified him. He is manuel gallegos, who they believe got hurt when he fell. The hospital says his organs will be donated. And there is growing momentum tonight to prevent another tragedy like last week in the San Francisco city park. This woman, christie vonamere was run over by the city truck while she was lying in the sun with her baby and dog. As vic lee explains, some people believe it was bound to happen. Days after, im still in shock how it happened. Reporter mayor ed lee is demanding a thorough investigation of what happened at the park. Christie vonemere was run over by a Department Maintenance truck wednesday afternoon as she sun bathed on the grass with her baby and dog. Police identified the city work as 57yearold tom bernaske, witnesses told police he drove off without stopping. Police tracked him down blocks away and took him into custody. Many neighbors we spoke to said that workers often drove recklessly on the paths and the grass. They include rachel bonifield, who spoke to the news by phone. On february 26, she went to the park and recreation website and filed this complaint, saying that Park Maintenance workers who clean the bathrooms routinely drive their vehicles on the bike paths, they do this where the visibility is not good. And some of the workers drive far too fast. On friday, a day after the accident, bonifield took a screen shot of the complaints filed. Hers was number 1554. It read her complaint was still open. In other words, not re solved. Her page showed no response from her complaint. She checked again and discovered yesterday that her page now read closed. Park scan resolved. And whatever that action was took place march 11, about two weeks after her complaint. Bonifield is suspicious of all of this and believes the department may have changed her page after the accident. Supervisor david campos, whose district investigates this type of incident, wants to get to the bottom. I think it is important to note that this is out there, the accusation has been made and to make sure they respond fully. Reporter well, the wreck and Park Department said they fired the worker bonifield complained about. But bonifield says she never mentioned the name in her complaint. As for the sunday change regarding the response to her complaint, rec and park referred us to the citys 311 department, which works on the departments complaints. Park alliance also deals with those complaints and they tell us there was a server upgrade and the information about the parks response must have been lost. Still, one big questio who changed the response to the complaint over the weekend from open to closed. And why then . Vic lee, abc 7 news. Well work on the answers. Well, as we get started on another week, were Getting Started here. The mammogram debate, new research out of harvard adds fuel to the fire. How early should women begin screening . Im Nannette Miranda, regarding the critics and the court. Also the name game, now being played from here to sacramento over what to called the old bay bridge. And one woman this place has got really good chocolate shakes. growls man thats a good look for you. woman that was fun. man yeah. man let me help you out with the. woman . Oh no, i got it. man you sure . woman just pop the trunk. man vo i may not know where the road will lead, but. Im sure my subaru will get me there. announcer love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. When breaking news happens. That fire on mt. Diablo rages out of control. Watch it live on abc 7 news. It is now 1500 acres. For the latest breaking news. There is some potential middle ground on syria tonight. Russia is offering to have syria surrender its chemical weapons to moscow. President obama told news anchor diane sawyer this could be a breakthrough or a stall tactic. If Bashar Alassad yields control of his chemical weapons to international authority, is military strike on pause . Absolutely. If, in fact, that happens. And so you know, i consider this a modestly, positive development. You know, john kerry is going to talk to his counterparts and were going to run this to ground. Meanwhile, president obama is preparing to speak directly to the American People about the crisis in syria. He will do that tomorrow. In the meantime, congress, the American Public and allies around the world signalled that they are not convinced that a military strike is the right thing to do. Abc News ReporterKaren Travers is in washington. Reporter president obama continued to make his case for a military strike against syria, earlier today he sat down with diane sawyer. The foreign minister there said they will push syria to put their chemical weapons under International Control and then destroy them. What i said i said specificai want to make sure that norm against use of chemical weapons is maintained, in our National Security interest. If we can do that without a military strike, that is overwhelmingly my presence. Reporter the 11th hour diplomatic surprise may have stemmed from an offthecuff suggestion from john kerry in london. He can turn over every bit of his chemical weapons to the international community, in the next week turn it over, all of it. Without delay. Reporter after he said that, the state department was just a rhetorical argument, but now it looks like it is gaining momentum. But the president Obama Administration is preparing for a strike. And syrian president Bashar Alassad remains defiant. He sat down over the weekend to discuss damascus. Will there be a retaliation if there is an air strike . Should expect everything, should expect everything. Reporter and here in the u. S. , opposition to the strike is growing. And the new poll found that nearly two thirds of americans are against it. Karen travers, abc news, washington. And well bring you the president s address on syria live at 6 00 tomorrow evening over on channel 7. And now, lets move along and talk about the weather conditions, the fire on the east bay, absolutely critical. The humidity is very low and the fuels are dry, winds are gusty and will remain so. We have a cooling pattern under way, mainly clear skies in the bay area, coastal fog, low clouds pushing locally out over the bay at this hour, how about todays highs . Here is a sample of just how high temperatures got today. Up to 100 at antioch, and fairfield, and livermore. In sharp contrast to a high of only 62 at half moon bay, 42 degrees lower than highest of the inland highs, up north in ukiah, that is reflective of the bay and the climate. Looking along the embarcadero, mainly clear skies, you can see a bit of the faint haze or fog coming in. 59 degrees in San Francisco, 62 in oakland, 60, 89 at los gatos, and the emoryville camera there, you can see the fog,ni mainly clear skies over the bay at the moment. 60 in santa rosa, 66 in napa, in concord, and 78 in livermore, the east bay locations, slow to cool down, looking at a portion of the San Francisco skyline from the camera, this is a look at the forecast features. Well see some fog near the coast and bay overnight. It will be a little bit cooler tomorrow. Wouldnt be a sharper, dramatic cooldown. But certainly it will be cooler than today. And well have temperatures at the seasonal average for most of the remainder of the week. Although there will be a bit of an increase in temperatures on friday. Excuse me, water vapor satellite image showing the large, warm air mass the main feature in our weather, for the last three days, bringing the triple digit numberin numberings. The pattern will wind down, well see the onshore flow and the seabreeze develop iing. It will be cooler in most areas of the bay area tomorrow, from the coast to the bay to inland. And that pattern will continue through the middle of the week. Overnight tonight, again, a few patches of coastal fog will drift beyond the coast into some inland areas, generally, clear area, mild, low temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. Tomorrow, warming into the south bay, not terribley hot. Highs in the midtoupper 80s, at san jose, lots of 80s in the peninsula, redwood city and palo alto, 66 in downtown San Francisco, i was looking at it upsidedown, in the north bay, mid80s, 75 at napa, mid70s to low 80s, generally in the east bay, the inland, warmer, low 90s there. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. The cooldown continues through wednesday, then we start to warm up a bit on thursday, friday, mid90s, inland by friday and cool down again by the weekend. A nice, relatively steady pattern with high temperatures closer to the seasonal warm for the remainder of the week, no more triple digits. And still to come tonight on abc 7 news, out with the old, and in with the new. Ill have that story, and long live the king. Halloween [ maragno ] if the car was invented today, it would run on the most Affordable Energy source available. It would charge overnight. Every morning, youd wake up with a full tank, ready to go. If the car was invented today, it would be the 100 electric nissan leaf. With over 200 million gasfree miles driven and automatic hov lane access, the question isnt why electric . Its why gas . [ male announcer ] the 100 electric nissan leaf. Nissan. Innovation that excites. Now get a 2013 nissan leaf for 199 a month. Covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. Well, there has been much ado in the past few weeks about the opening of the new eastern span of the bay bridge, well, tonight, we have information on the western span, lawmakers are discussing naming it after willie brown. And whenever that is discussed, politics are, as well. For more, Carolyn Tyler has more. There are issues about naming the western span after willie brown. Others say i dont like you very much, but i think they ought to name the bridge after you. He said why, so i can run over you every day. As the longest serving Assembly Speaker in california and the twoterm San Francisco mayor, willie brown was colorful and controversial. As a key backer in the state senate noted today. There will always be people who like willie brown and some people hate him. You know what, if you do your job well, that is how it should be. But among the opponents, three former San Francisco supervisors, including matt gonzales, who sent a letter of protest to state lawmakers saying, while we respect his years of service, mr. Brown remains a very controversial figure in the city. I think you should do this, if you do it for somebody who is still alive, there ought to be consensus about it. And i dont think there is at this time about willie brown. You dont recall when George Miller had a bridge named after him, or when john burton had a road named after him, you dont recall them saying that at all. It is only when it is willie brown. I would make an exception if the public voted for it. If the resolution passed in San Francisco, caltrans would be asked to put up the signs, which willie brown or his supporters would pay for it. In San Francisco, caroline tyler. And the final safety piece of the hardware is now stalled on the eastern part of the bay bridge, the spokesperson said a new statue of a bearded troll is now in place at an unknown place. The troll, made by an artist, is at an unknown location, and the old troll was removed and will likely be housed in a museum or maybe a park. All right, moving on, after 25 years, two bay area pioneers win a top scientific prize, that story is ahead. Plus, one of the most anticipated tech conferences, where they are talking about one of the most anticipated gadgets of the year. Plus, the fake van gogh that