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organized. and the investigation will continue into where the cards came from and others who might be involved. >> reporter: although it's too early to make the case, because of the magnitude of the evidence, police don't think they acted alone. the cloned debit cards look like blank cards without any writing on them except the account and p.i.n. numbers and a black magnetic strip. police say the victims could be from anywhere in the country and clearly there was an extensive operation to get the banking information. >> they obviously collected a large number of account numbers. we d...

little traffic and weather. lawrence, how is tuesday shaping up? >> it is going to be a scorcher in some parts of the bay area. some 90s and low 100s inland. but fog at the coastline much cooler there and we have a big cooldown in the works of more on that in a moment. right now let's check on traffic with elizabeth. >> we are taking a couple of calls from the kcbs phone force letting us know about a small backup it sounds like heading off the bay bridge on the san francisco side. there was a slow-moving car sounds like may have kind of stalled out so they are trying to clear it off ...

>> reporter: no, they weren't, grace. in fact, firefighters were out here immediately and actually called backup crews for this fire that broke out at 11:00 last night. a two-alarm fire and this is near the cal state hayward- contra costa center campus. looking at that video from last night you can see that the fire broke out in the dry vegetation, plenty of it in these hills. and wind was definitely a factor in this fire. dispatchers could hear how wedged did i was. wind was a big factor in the fire. the wind was kicking up, causing a fire to spread close to the homes. firefighters ...

backed down and now you can see them using the ladders and fire hoses instead of firefighters going up on top. one firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor burns to his hands. we know that it started out as a three-alarm fire, quickly spread to four alarms. it should be out in 10 or 15 minutes. there are no reports of injuries to any of the people in the house. school is out so apparently the students that were here are students that were here on summer break. and we'll continue to bring you the very latest. right now elizabeth wenger has traffic. >> thank you, anser. that's ...

thieves are targeting utility poles, buildings, construction sites, foreclosed and abandoned homes an catalytic converters sometimes hitting the same spot twice. pg&e tells us this vandalism is widespread. take for instance this utility pole. it's been vandalized repaired and vandalized again. police say the thieves are looking to make quick cash selling scrap metal. antioch residents say it's a measure of tough and desperate times. >> we saw a guy take a utility pole dragging it down the street to the recyclers. >> a lawnmower and mow lawns and stuff. you don't have to be stealing c...