May be just a harbringer of things still to come. Officials say due to the drought, theyre bracing for a fire season like no other. Good evening, Officials Say conditions look like mid summer rather than the start of spring the state is in a drought. Areas in red on the map are an extreme drought. Maroon areas in an exceptional drought, as bad as it gets. Were live in pittsburgh with more. Laura . Hi, carolyn. One fire official told me that people should start working on Defensible Space around their houses. Investigators believe the fire may have been a bird that hit a hightension wire here they dont think the was human caused. However its something were expecting to see a lot of in the coming months. Flames were big, hot and spread quickly. Officials say theyre a good indicator of what is still to come were going to see pone shally more showers, larger showers weve bee gun to see increase in the size of the wildfires that we respond tochlt thanks to drought, fuels in california are ripe for fire well before normal time. What is beneath is still ready to burn. It worries us a great deal. This is something wed see if late july early august. This is going to be common were going see more fires like this. According to cal fire the state had 730 wildfires last year there were 293 by this time. After rinl 250. Judy parker lives in pittsburgh. Just blocks from this fire station on east leland. The drought with no rain. Dry mes of the hills. And grasses, yes. Really concerned me. According to contra costa fire rangers from this station would have opinion the first to arrive were back to a state of extreme drought in california officials reported sierra snow pack is only a 25 average. Youre looking at a live picture from heavenly Mountain Resort courtesy lake tahoe pd. You can see there is some blue skies and some snow. Spencer christian has been monitoring the dry conditions. Here is a look at rainfall here around the bay area. This is a where you can see locations need from 8 to 12 inches of rain just to reach the normal level. Looking ahead through june 30th you can see most of the south west a western u. S. Will have droughts intensifying and that inincludes state of california. So it does not look like things are going to improve so we take extraordinary amounts of rain to change this situation. Spencer, thank you. A disturbing story out of salinas that shocked even Seasoned Police officers. Two women are accused of abusing and starving three children in their home. The 31yearold and 44yearold were arrested after police say they found a 3yearold, a w perspective on the world. Malnutrition may lead to Health Issues that may have a long term impact. This Emergency Room Physician at Salinas Valley health care system. You sustain long term damage from chronic malnutrition. The two remain in jail in lieu of bail. A 14yearold boy taken into custody in connection with three bomb threats made against schools in montana this week. Police say called in the bomb threats monday, wednesday, and this morning forcing evacuations of all schools m helena. The High School Student has been detained but not arrested at this point. And an iraq war veteran and antiwar activist injured two and a half years ago reached a settlement with the city the 26yearold struck in the head with a leadfilled bean beige fired by an Oakland Police officer. Were live now from Oakland City Hall with developments lillian . Carolyn, scott olsen had been at the occupy demonstration only 20 minutes when hit in the head. Hes trying to move on and says 4. 5 illin settlement will help him to do that. There is a portion of the left frontal lobe that will be dead the 26yearold had to relearn to talk cope with headaches and deal with memory loss. An Oakland Police officer shot him in the head with a leadfilled bean bag. No amount of money could be 100 million not going to give me my brain back. So, you know im not happy. But. You foe that is enough. He says he will never fully cover from his injuries which has kept him from holding down a job. Jean kwan says i want oakland to know we took determined and constructive steps to change our procedures. But olsens lawyers say nudging is going to change until Oakland Police stop using so called less than lethal weapons bean bags is all a they can kill someone. As for olsen he says he can focus on becoming a productive person. Now ill have an idea to find out what i can do. A somber Memorial Service marks a passing of three mrofed today. The four were killed after the suspect opened fire on them. A traditional mass marked the occasion. Law enforcement officers from agencies across the bay area came to remember their fallen colleagues. The memorial was a chance for people to pay respects to officer whos made the sacrifice. Its important to remember them. A deadly shooting was the firgs time four officers add been killed on the same day in california since 1970. A victory for neighbors in san mateo that fought the opening of a 711 store. Abc7 news as been following this story more than a year. He joins us now with update only on abc7 news. Vic . Neighbors are delighted by the settlement. So is the city promising that that piece of property will never revert to the use again. Its a good ending. Hopefully sh something nice will happen. In the settlement the city will pay 150,000 to 711. It been an ugly legal battle and hundreds of residents banded together, asking the city to close it down. They didnt want a Convenience Store open all night. That might attract the wrong crowd and a lot of unwanted traffic in this neighborhood. Were not going to be reimbursed. 711 doesnt belong here in our neighborhood the store sits on land decimated as residential. The old store a dell eye was grandfathered in as a legal nonconforming building. Neighbors argue the properties should have reverted back to residential use but staff ruled otherwise issuing a permit residents kept up the pressure going all the way to the city council, they got what they wanted. The council looked again and reviewed and determined that status determination was a mistake. The property had to comply with residential zoning. A judge refused to overturn that decision. 711 issued a statement reading in part were disappointed with the california state courts ruling in good faith and relying on permits issued by stit we opened this location. There is more ahead bay area students getting a lesson from google employees on how to say safe online. Plus, biggest names in Silicon Valley gather at the white house. Privacy reforms theyre discussing. And the big affect the drought is having on the salmon population the plan to get the fish on the road to recovery. Female announcer what will you get with your new sleep train mattress . Man im getting a camera im getting an espresso maker im getting a new smart phone female announcer during sleep trains big gift event get a 200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempurpedic mattresses. Or, get 24months interestfree financing. A new tv. A laptop. A game console female announcer sleep trains big gift event is ending soon. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep the internet can be a dangerous mace for kids and teens now they want to help kids form good habits, early. Actually i grad waited from this school. Shes speaker pro tem how many of you use google . Raise your hand . She introduced two googlers named kevin and evan. What you share, who you share with can end up saying about you. They talked about online risks we like to think of it as nutritious and delicious. Go ahead type in whatever you want tochlt start with a pass word pace faceoff. What are you going to do now . Change my pass word. Tips to avoid phishing. You can see the web address and wrong and off. A lesson. About going viral just imagine this picture was video going viral was something potentially embarrassing or damaging to you. The presentation when more kids are getting online younger than ever before. The internet looks like this. I would say about 90 of the kids have smart phones i bet it starts before they get to us in the sixth grade. Meaning its never too soon. Think of it like a tattoo. Its difficult to make it go away. Lets hope that goes viral. What you learn today . Pass it on. Teach others. Concern about web security as in how secure is your personal information was the subject of a meeting today Mark Zuckerberg took part hes on the right there. Silicon valley executives also attended. Administration Officials Say it focused on meetings related to intelligence, and privacy. Zuckerberg called the president to express his frustration for the nsa looking through files of his company. U. S. Officials urging turkey to restrict san franciscobased social networking site after users began sharing wire tapped recordings that appear to back april allegations of corruption against the turbish president damaging the governors reputation ahead of the elections this month. A plan hatched by federal and state agencies to help salmon grow into adulthood will be put into affect next week. Normally the Fish Hatchery releases young chinook salmon, however, most fish are eat kren before they get to the pacific. Next week they will truck the youngsters down to rio vista to give them a fighting chance. Weve got other salmon naturally spawned trying to make their way through the delta now. Theyre pumping quite a bit of water out of the delta. Were concerned about those fish. So all of our problems is not solved by the trucking. The salmon sport fishing season begins first weekend in april. There is no sign of any measurable rain in sight. No. There is not we may have light showers and sprinkles this week. Yes lets take a look now at live doppler 7 hd. Almost loudfree skies and patches of coastal clouds earlier. They may come back during overnight hours. Right now looking at gusty winds around the bay area as well. Gusts at this moment up to two miles per hour. So pretty breezy. Looking north you can see evidence of low clouds there. Readings 56 in san francisco. Low to mid six owes and a cool 56 half moon bay. Another live view from mount tam camera looking over low clouds that are gathered near the coast. Concord and livermore. It will be a warmer weekend coming our way around the bay area and inland but still cool at the coast. Cooler in all areas. With a chance of rain. Looks like light rain. Alienment of low pressure inland and High Pressure bringing us a nice, steady sea breeze. This dry pattern continues through monday before we have a chance of rain. Taking a look at how great a chance it is. Starting at 11 00 monday night. Fairly week weak cold front moving into our direction. So lets hope it produces more than just a drizzle before it fizzles. Overnight patches of low clouds in spots, tomorrow a pleasantly cool day clouds disappear asking coming back. So not going to keep temperatures down a bit. Well see mild conditions inland but wont be quite so warm as it might be without a sea breeze and clouds. High temperatures mainly low 70s up to about 70 on the peninsula. Upper 50s on the coast. 63 degrees in downtown san francisco. Low 70s north bay valleys highs to about 70 on the east bay. Mid p 0s inland east bay. Here is the accuweather forecast. Monday warmest day in the forecast period. Highs near 0 degrees and maybe measurable rain. Not what we need. Close. Spring is now officially here we want to thank you for sending us beautiful photos. Its easy to share pictures with abc7 weather app. You can also e mail them. Facebook. Com abc7 news. And still ahead big changes ahead for an east bay icon. Upgrades coming to the claremont hotel. Bulldog look at that 300 off serta perfect sleeper and sealy posturepedic. Plus, free delivery. The red tag means you save more green during mattress discounters red tag sale. Mattress discounters so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. So you can finish the Great American novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. So you can a memorial took place for an army veteran that died one year ago, today. Family and friends planted a tree in his honor the green beret died from wounds suffered in afghanistan he grew up in hayward and todays ceremony had special significance of his father, jim. The meaning of the tree behind me has been one of my favorite trees i learned it was his favorite tree. So when that is one option the city presented we can have planted in his memory, i jumped all over that. The 31yearold awarded the bronze star. Afrngs in store for Historic Claremont hotel. The landmark on the Oakland Berkeley border has been bought by a group led by the fairmont hotel. Bloom is senator Dianne Feinsteins husband. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Californias Unemployment Rate continues to fall, 8. 5 still more than the national average. Marin county leads the pack. San francisco just more than 5 . Still ahead running out of time, after two weeks search for Malaysia Airlines jet comes up empty. What officials are going to do next another fake soldier stwindelling people out of thousands of dollars. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. Whats this . Its uverse live tv. With at t uverse. You can watch live tv from your device. Hey. Hey. Anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. Hey. So you wont miss a minute of ncaa march madness. Call now to get a uverse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. Guaranteed. Searchers out again in one of the most disappearances its been three weeks since flight 370 vanished right now efforts focused in the indian ocean. Six planes will be searching the indian ocean. We have the latest on the disappearance of flight 370. Finding flight 370 remains an International Search and rescue effort. We have family and friends and loved ones to do everything we can to try to resolve what is as yet an extraordinary riddle. That statement from australias Prime Minister after a disheartening search of the southern indian ocean a fleelt of boats and planes unable to find a set of objects captured this week. It could be ocean garbage, container or parts of a missing plane. So the search continues planes being refueled and crews resting up. Theyll be making the nearly 1500 mile flight back. Its the most inaccessible spot you can imagine on the face of the earth. But there there is anything down there, well find it. Investigators debating as to what may have caused the disappearance. The ceo of Malaysian Airlines confirmed the plane was hauling lithium ion batteries. They have been known to explode. That rare hi happens. In a history as big as this one, investigators are following every lead. The i team is investigating another complaint of stolen valor tonight. A man is taking it beyond hes accused of using a phony military background to convince people to invest in a phony business. Ive exposed several fake navy s. E. A. L. S investigators say hes used all sorts of stories. And now, Law Enforcement is investigating. 53yearold chuck really didnt want to answer my questions when i called him outside of a grocery store. Get out of here. I have the police on the phone. He did call the mes. Get out of here, man. An officer told him i had a right to take his picture and he couldnt drive his suv because of a suspended license. Chuck, i need to talk to you. He ignored the order and drove away. What could be so bad . He couldnt discuss it . Chuck has a small claims case alleden says he convinced him he had a deal owe buy containers and sell them to help bring troops home from afghanistan. That story worked with him and others he insisted n cash. 6,000. 2500s oodz 30,000. He was able to draw them in because of his tail tales of military series. He said he worked in the seri Series Service and employed by the coast guard. I thought army corps of engineers like he was a exnavy s. E. A. L. His records i obtain show that is all not true. He spent six years with Army National guard reserves as a mechanic nochlt active duty. This district commander for American Legion tell meez stories of Age Rating Service is an insult to the memories of those who fought, and died. Its hard for us all. Because we dont want veterans to be represented that way. You claim youre a navy s. E. A. L. . He claimed another navy s. E. A. L. And three bud yeez were investing in the deal he used his own family invoice mails he left. My brother is going to increase to add more containers to the order. So if youre interested if getting a few more, let me know. Several people tell me you scammed them out of money. Bunch of lies pretending to be a navy s. E. A. L. . No. No. Just jealous of what . Because i broke up with my girlfriend theyre like this. Darlene dated him several years and lived with him in this apartment complex. That is where he found several victims some were darlings friends. I feel betrayed. Darlene demanded he gave them the money back. He told me he knew people that could take me out. If i, you know, if i continue this. And. He said that . Yes. My girlfriend was on the home phone she heard what he said. Darlene able to get a restraining order that keeps him away from her until august 16th. I tracked him to his mothers house oochl was there a plan about containers . Buying containers from the military . They just want more. They got their money. Susan farrell did get 2500 back. Others are Still Holding out hope. If he wins a small claims case he tells me he doesnt expect to see money. What i am hoping for this interview is that if there is anyone else out there engaged in this man in any way, be very, very careful. Prosecutors tell me they decided there was insufficient evidence to pursue it but only considered one of the victims i pointed out other people complained the da is taking a fresh look in this case and ill let you know what happens. Very interesting. Thank you. A judge today refused to withdraw a o