good evening, i'm katie marzullo. the rocky fire has now burned 47,000 acres. it has destroyed at least 24 homes, 26 outbuildings have also been destroyed. 6300 homes are in danger and right now firefighters have the fire just five percent contained. cornell bernard is live from lower lake with a look at the response. cornell? >> reporter: this fire is now burning across three counties tonight, believe it another nor. lake county, colusa county, and yuba county, this the newest worry. in the last hour, the fire has burned across this ridge. it's moving to the northwest. just an incredible shot here tonight. caltrans just informed us, because of the fires' approach in the western direction it will close highway 53 in the next 30 minutes through lower lake, as a precaution. >> he rocky fire continues to grow with aa vengeance. the blaze shows no signs of stop, almost doubling in size overnight. as the fire burns north there's a huge assault in the air and from the ground to stop it. >> the battle lines for the fire have been drawn on highway 20. they don't want t

i'm katie marzullo. the biggest fire burning in california right now is the rocky fire in lake county. and it continues to grow tonight. it has now burned more than 27,000 acres. it is still just five percent contained. 24 homes have been destroyed. along with 26 outbuildings. another 6,000 buildings are threatened at this hour. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in clear lake with the latest. >> reporter: the top priority for firefighters overnight will be to make sure that this fire does not jump highway 20 or highway 16. firefighters tell me they are treating those two highways, the enter section of them, like a box, and they want to keep the fire inside. the rocky fire can best be summed up as unpredictable. >> one day it was blowing to theest. another day it's blowing to the east. it's been a tough fight. >> reporter: as the fire makes its way towards a major thoroughfare in lake county, officials are stepping up an advisory to a mandatory evacuation for a dozen homes. also, highway 20 from

i'm katie marzullo. vallejo city workers isolated the break but repairs are expected to last through the night. people with reduced water pressure can pick up water from two fire stationness the city. we're live at station 92 with how the process works. >> reporter: we learned within the last hour a four to six block area is going to be completely without water as crews test the safety of the repairs that they are working on. meanwhile, volunteers and city staff have passed out water bottles to the elderly and people with disability. you can see behind me a large, stacks and stacks of water for folks that are affected by the water. they're asking you bring your i.d. and also your own bag to pick it up. we're at the fire station along 900 redwood street. so stop by here if you need water. as you're about to see, it's going to be a while until service is restored. >> it was river coming down the railroad tracks. >> he watched a river of val's drinking water gush out of the 20-inch main. >> we have crews th

. >>> good evening, i'm katie marzullo. the breaks news in sunnyvale where police shot and killed a suspect and are searching for another suspect. this happened north of downtown by highway 101 in the parking lot of a motel 6. awe veerer took the photo from a restaurant showing the police response. police have not said what led to he shooting. stay with us for breaking updates. >>> blue skies clouded with smoke across the bay area today. the smell of burning wood is heavy in petaluma because of enormous wildfires burning throughout northern california, and in walnut creek, the sky above interstate 680 is hazy and gray and been that way since this morning. drew tuma has a look at the air conditions with live doppler 7hd. it's hazy mere in san francisco. >> not the age we're used to seeing in august. the live peek tour showing you a hazy image of downtown san francisco, veil of smoke overhead. the reason why, look at satellite image from today. there's a lot of fires burning in northern california just to the west of redding,

in can have, katie marzullo, nbc 7 news. >>> a stunning scandal. nine people including three chp officers are in jail accused in a murder plot. korey kauffman disappeared three years ago. his body a year later in the stand slas national forest. officers released booking photos. frank carson is a prominent attorney in modest stowe accused of arc stragt his murder. walter wells a former chp officer and robert woody are suspected of the murder itself. the chp fired officer wells. two brothers who own a liquor store are accused of helping with the murder. the other two named chp officers are accused of obstructing the investigation. they are in temporary leave. >> it's not what we stand for. it's so far beyond what any organization stands for. >> carson's wife and stepdaughter are also facing charges. all of the accused are expected in court on tuesday. >>> investigators at yosemite national park are trying to find out what caused a tree limb to break off killing two children. it happened around 5:00 yesterday morning at the upper pines campground. the

in san jose, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> 8:08 is our time. in this drought, you probably noticed an overspraying sprinkler, someone soaking their sod or water wasting wader. now you can tell on them. there's a new state website to report people who use too much h 206789. the reports go to local government agencies for enforcement. if you fear the snitch label, you can remain anonymous. go to abc 7 news.com and look for this story to make a report. >>> if you think you see water being wasted where you live, e-mail us at abc listens. we'll check out as many tips as we can. >>> arborists are worried about a ripple effect from our drought. they say trees are becoming neglected or diseased or dying. across california, 12 million trees have already died over the past year. >>> time now is 8:09. weatherwise, a cooling trend on the way? >> yes, slight cooling trend under way. emeryville, it's cloudy outside for you. temperatures mild in the 60s. afternoon highs once again in the 70s with plenty of sunshine. but it will get cooler for first week of au

. >>> good evening, i'm katie marzullo. and like southern california, the bay area is baking under hot temperatures. some communities even saw record highs today. so let go to abc7 meteorologist drew tuma for more on that. >> official numbers came in moments ago. 14 cities in the bay area had new records today. look at this, napa, santa rosa, a record high of 104. downtown san francisco, high of 90 today. 92, a record high in oakland, and san jose, record high of 97 degrees earlier this afternoon. out there right now, current temperatures, it is still hot in many spots. 102, concord. 104, antioch. what you're noticing along the coast, half moon bay, refreshing, 73. tonight it's going to be haze where and hot, between 72 and 100, and by 11:00, a rather warm night once again. another "spare the air" day has been issued for monday before we see relief from the heat. >> in san francisco, people hit the streets, parks and beaches to enjoy the hot summer day outside. katy has more. >> reporter: step outside. if you dare. >> it's

hello, i'm katie marzullo. we begin with developing news on the rocky fire. sky 7hd bringses this live look at the fire burning in lower lake north of santa rosa. shifting winds are blamed nor rapid advance of flames. the fire has scorched more than 73 square miles, nearly the size of the city of oakland. the fire is five percent contained. flames destroyed 24 homes and tonight 6300 homes are in harm's way. cornell bernard is live in lower lake. a lot of worried people out there tonight. >> reporter: folks are so worried tonight. many are trying to remain calm, but take a look at this. scenes like this are certainly not helping with that at all. this is just incredible. he rocky fire has crossed this ridge in the last ten minutes, moving to the northwest, and an intense air assault is underway. with tankers dropping water and fire retardant on this fast-moving blaze. far from here the fire continues to march north with a vengeance. 2,000 firefighters from across the state trying to prevent this intense blaze from jumping highway 20. so far that battleline has

i'm katie marzullo. >>> bart says people diddleys ton their request to not take bart today. ridership was down 40,000 trips as of this afternoon. sir gentlemen quinn tan nice live from san francisco's transbay terminal with more on how things are going. >> reporter: so far those passenger whose have taken the bus bridge tell us not much of a problem. they're getting plenty of directions on the ground by a small army of street guides guides and the buses of the bay bridge have their own dedicated lanes. a lot of the street guides have been here since early this morning to help passengers to connect bart trains to the embarcadero and then walk to the transbay terminal to continue to trains to downtown oakland. passengers from oakland told us the bus rise was not crowded. 25 to 30 minutes across the bridge. bart says typical ridership is down 50 and they have a fleet of buses to provide shuttle service. >> we have a total of 94 buses leaving every 45 seconds so we're doing everything we can to move as many people as we can and we're still encouraging people to use alternate mea

hello, i'm katie marzullo. we begin with the excessive heat. we have live team coverage, beginning with meteorologist drew tuma. several cities sat record high temperatures. >> yesterday was hot, today even hotter. a lot of cities seeing record-breaking heat. high so far, san francisco, this is the city, hit 90. a new record. oakland, a record of 92. san jose, 97. 100 in fremont. santa rosa, livermore, 104 and 105 respectively. right now, current temperatures, dangerously hot inland, 103, san ramon, 105, antioch, 104, concord, even san francisco warm at 80. another warm and hazy day on the way for your monday. so a "spare the air" has been put into effect. poor air quality in the north bay, the inland east bay and so monday use public transportation, car pool or walk or bike to cut down on emissions. i am tracking a break from the heat wave. the bad news is issue annot tomorrow. the will detail the numbers in forecast. >>> let's head live outside. this is our sutro tower camera and you can see the layer of smoke. through says the smoky air will

our reporter, katie marzullo, checked out the scene at a watch party in san francisco. >> donald trump knows how to get a rise out of people. many republicans feel trump is not a serious candidate but others appreciate a he brings to the table. >> i am antitrip truck, he is a joker and a distraction. >> i like the straight shooter but he need to tone down what he has said in the past and hopefully he will do that. i like what he said. >> donald trump brought a degree of uptightness. >> donald trump is one of ten candidates in top tier. >> i am impressed by the governors who make a difference especially those who governed in purple or blue states, jeb bush, chris christie and scott walker. >> he is most interested in immigration. >> i like the fact of securing the border and giving people the opportunity to better themselves. and to obey the laws of the united states and become persons. >> he is leaning to bush but others, it is too soon to narrow the field. >> i need to know more of the candidates and where they stand. one circus of a primary debate is not the deciding factor for me. >

hello, i'm katie marzullo. we begin with developing news on the rocky fire. sky 7hd bringses this live look at the fire burning in lower lake, north of santa rosa. shifting winds are blamed nor rapid advance of flames. the fire has scorched more than 73 square miles, nearly the size of the city

. >>> good evening, i'm katie marzullo. and like southern california, the bay area is baking under hot temperatures. some communities even saw record highs today. so let go to abc7 meteorologist drew tuma for more on that. >> official numbers came in moments ago. 14 cities in the bay area had new records today. look at this, napa, santa rosa, a record high of 104. downtown san francisco, high of 90 today. 92, a record high in oakland, and san jose, record high of 97 degrees earlier this afternoon. out there right now, current temperatures, it is still hot in many spots. 102, concord. 104, antioch. what you're noticing along the coast, half moon bay, refreshing, 73. tonight it's going to be haze where and hot, between 72 and 100, and by 11:00, a rather warm night once again. another "spare the air" day has been issued for monday before we see relief from

. >>> good evening, i'm katie marzullo. the breaks news in sunnyvale where police shot and killed a suspect and are searching for another suspect. this happened north of downtown by highway 101 in the parking lot of a motel 6. awe veerer took the photo from a restaurant showing the police response. police have not said what led to he shooting. stay with us for breaking updates. >>> blue skies clouded with smoke across the bay area today. the smell of burning wood is heavy in petaluma because of enormous wildfires burning throughout northern california, and in walnut creek, the sky above interstate 680 is hazy and gray and been that way since this morning. drew tuma has a look at the air conditions with live doppler 7hd. it's hazy mere in san francisco. >> not the age we're used to seeing in august. the live peek tour showing you a hazy image of downtown san francisco, veil of smoke overhead. the reason why, look at satellite image from today. there's a lot of fires burning in northern california just to the west of redding,

hello, i'm katie marzullo. we begin with the excessive heat. we have live team coverage, beginning with meteorologist drew tuma. several cities sat record high temperatures. >> yesterday was hot, today even hotter. a lot of cities seeing record-breaking heat. high so far, san francisco, this is the city, hit 90. a new record. oakland, a record

good evening, i'm katie marzullo. the rocky fire has now burned 47,000 acres. it has destroyed at least 24 homes, 26 outbuildings have also been destroyed. 6300 homes are in danger and right now firefighters have the fire just five percent contained. cornell bernard is live from lower lake with a look at the response. cornell? >> reporter: this fire is now burning across three counties tonight, believe it another nor. lake county colusa county and yuba county this the newest worry. in the last hour, the fire has burned across this ridge. it's moving to the northwest. just an incredible shot here tonight. caltrans just informed us because of the fires' approach in the western direction it will close highway 53 in the next 30 minutes through lower lake, as a precaution.

i'm katie marzullo. >>> bart says people diddleys ton their request to not take bart today. ridership was down 40,000 trips as of this afternoon. sir gentlemen quinn tan nice live from san francisco's transbay terminal with more on how things are going. >> reporter: so far those passenger whose have taken the bus bridge tell us not much of a problem. they're getting plenty of directions on the ground by a small army of street guides guides and the buses of the bay bridge have their own dedicated lanes. a lot of the street guides have been here since early this morning to help passengers to connect bart trains to the embarcadero and then walk to the transbay terminal to continue to trains to downtown oakland. passengers from oakland told us the bus rise was not crowded. 25 to 30 minutes across the bridge. bart says typical ridership is down 50 and they have a fleet of buses to provide shuttle service. >> we have a total of 94 buses

in san francisco, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a stunning scandal. this the people, including three chp officers, are in jail with a murder plot. korey kauffman's body was found two years ago. frank carson is a prominent attorney in mow defend stow, accused of orchestrating his murder because he believes he stole antics from his property. and other officers are expected of the murder itself. chp fired the officer. and the other two named chp officers are accused of instructing the investigation. they are on temporary leave. >> it's not what we stand for. it's so far beyond what any organization stands for. >> carson's wife and step daughter are also facing charges. all of the accused are expected in court on tuesday. >>> investigators at yosemite national park are trying to find out what caused a tree limb to break off, killing two children. it happened around 5:00 yesterday morning after popular upper pines campground t came off a black oak tree and fell on two children, crushing them. >> it sound like a gunshot when it came down. i knew a woman scr

marzullo talked with some of his teammates. >> they said even if he's not a teammate, aldon smith is still their friend. >> we are just making sure he's as a person burks as a team we have to move forward. i wish the west for him. >> players also denying reports there was trouble between smith and quarterback colin kaepernick off the field. >> i have to ask you about the reports that he and colin kaepernick were fighting over a woman? >> i don't know nothing about that. >> i never heard that until you just said it. >> colin kaepernick said himself sag off-camera it's not his car that smith hit. >> police arrested the 25-year-old linebacker thursday night on suspicion of dui hit-and-run and vandalism. they say he hit a parked car at his apartment complex in santa clara. smith said this on his way out of jail. >> it wasn't a dui. the situation i have could have been handled differently. i apologize for everyone i did let down and i apologize for how it all played out but as far as it being a concern, it will work out how it's supposed to work out. >> safety eric reid said in light of s

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo talked with some of his teammates. >> wide receiver antawn bolden, and they say even if he's not a teammate, aldon smith is still their friend. >> for me it's not about football with him. it's make sure he's okay as a person. but as a team we have to move forward. i wish the west for him. >> players also denying reports there was trouble between smith and quarterback colin kaepernick off the field. >> i have to ask you about the reports that he and colin kaepernick were fighting over a woman? >> i don't know nothing about that. >> i never heard that until you just said it. >> colin kaepernick said himself saying off-camera it's not his car that smith hit. >> police arrested the 25-year-old linebacker thursday night on suspicion of dui, hit-and-run and vandalism. they say he hit a parked car at his apartment complex in santa clara. smith said this on his way out of jail. >> it wasn't a dui. the situation i have could have been handled differently. i apologize for everyone i did let down and i apologize for how it all played out, but as far as it being

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo talked with some of his teammates. >> wide receiver antawn bolden, and they say even if he's not a teammate, aldon smith is still their friend. >> we are just making sure he's okay as a person, but as a team we have to move forward. i wish the west for him. >> players also denying reports there was trouble between smith and quarterback colin kaepernick off the field. >> i have to ask you about the reports that he and colin kaepernick were fighting over a woman? >> i don't know nothing about that. >> i never heard that until you just said it. >> colin kaepernick said himself saying off-camera it's not his car that smith hit. >> police arrested the 25-year-old linebacker thursday night on suspicion of dui, hit-and-run and vandalism. they say he hit a parked car at his apartment complex in santa clara. smith said this on his way out of jail. >> it wasn't a dui. the situation i have could have been handled differently. i apologize for everyone i did let down and i apologize for how it all played out, but as far as it being a concern, it will work out how

in san francisco, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a stunning scandal. this morning nine people, including three chp officers, are in jail with a murder plot. korey kauffman's body was found two years ago. frank carson is a prominent attorney in modesto, accused of orchestrating his murder because he believes he stole antics from his property. stole antiques. a former chp officer and woody are expected of the murder itself. the chp fired wells. and the other two named chp officers are accused of obstructing the investigation and they are on temporary leave. >> it's not what we stand for. it's so far beyond what any organization stands for. >> carson's wife and step daughters are also facing charges. all of the accused are expected in court on tuesday. >>> investigators at yosemite national park are trying to find out what caused a tree limb to break off, killing two children. it happened around 5:00 yesterday morning at the popular upper pines campground. it came off a black oak tree and fell on two children, crushing them. >> it sound like a gunshot whe