diego. >>> a mysterious sign in san francisco is getting a lot of attention from drivers. take a look. it is on van nuys near vallejo and says in part the city is closed because it is too hot. it is still unclear who is responsible for this message but there is evidence that the heat wave is beginning to cool off, ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo tracking those conditions for us right now, hey there mark? >> hi, mike, it is a gradual process, there is fog, over the coast the past few hours but not enough to cool things down, for this hour already lower 90s toward antioch and livermore and walnut creek as well, 1 sensor in san francisco showing 77 but right near the immediate coastline the presence of that rare and onshore breeze beginning to cool things off, in fact here is a look, a very shallow return there and also seen a few patches develop right near the golden gate bridge, not much coverage on that satellite but i will show you live coverage looking out toward the golden gate bridge and one patch trying to develop near the marine headlines but still away from this talk

a state of emergency in san diego county tonight. governor brown making that declaration this evening. it's giving the firefighters a chance to make up ground on the fires and catch their breath after a day of 100 degree temperatures, 3% humidity and 50-mile-an-hour winds. >> this is what is it like in san diego county tonight, firefighters bracing for battles and people frightened. >> i never thought our house would be endangered like this. but it's really scary. >> reporter: homeowners forced to evacuate as flames chased them out of neighborhoods. for some there will be nothing to come home to. >> i tried to make it as good as possible. but who cares right now. the house is gone. >> i have never seen anything like this in 20 years and i have had one or two fires but never like this. >> reporter: on one of the hottest days in san diego's history a frightening first look at a dangerous fire season. the hot santa ana winds howling through the neighborhoods months ahead of schedule. >> this is something i have not seen in my career. i

one house burn sod far in san diego county. if we can pan around just to the right here, you'll see what we call a california conservation crew, an inmate crew actively digging out fire lines here to protect the neighborhood off to the north. another wall of flame coming up right here. go ahead and turn right here, if you could, please. at 12:00, this is where they're making the stand. this is a fairly new community. a lot of houses with red tile roofs and stucco. a good sign for them. when the fire can spread through burning embers, you have a whole lot less to catch. it's a grund fight right now. captain miller, a quick question. can you talk to us about your strategy? >> right now, we're trying to put in a fire break between what is actively burning and not burning to stop the fire from advancing toward the houses. >> i realize it's difficult on the inside looking out. do you know how many homes we have lost? >> i have no idea. right now, the fire is in the drainages. it's running. we have erratic winds. low humidity. down i

have burned in rounds northern san diego. to look exactly where this fire is burning this is just west of interstate 15 the homes threatened are the in the northern part of the city and in san diego county this is a fairbanks ranch area and you're familiar with 20,000 all the homes for evacuating the area appeared new images from the scene just in the newsroom as well in see the fire being fought for the air in the ground as well. santa ana winds that hot temperatures if there was some feeling this thing is try to degrees in san diego reporters on seen those a was have started to die down that is good news you see smoke visible from roadways some of which were close third from the office buildings as well. even though the girls have died down still digging up hot spots in some cases an evacuation center has been set up for all people to attend will believe a lot of nice sums he sees a malone their million-dollar homes in fire and the distance it there will continue to follow developments in and around san diego will bring you

lots of fires happening to the north of san diego. it's been all about the winds and the fires and the dry santa ana winds that continue to hit carlsbad. surrounded by some of the larger fires, but the good news, the santa ana winds, i checked it down at the my droe level. it's showing them calming down. we think through about 8:00 p.m. tonight at this point. in fact, for san diego, they just canceled it, so that's increased confidence as the fire danger will be going down. we'll have low humidity tomorrow night but by tomorrow winds switching to 10 to 20 miles an hour. temperatures, 15 to 20 degrees cool cooler. back here at home, the fire in gilroy. not as lot of a day here across the south bay. currently 83 in san jose, low 90s in campbell. the other thing i want to draw your attention to and this is what the forecast is going to be about coming up in ten minute, right now we have 64 in pacifica and 80s to 90s down here across redwood city and foster city. that, 64. despite the onshore flow, we'll talk about colder weather and incr

there are at least nine wildfires in san diego county. danielle nottingham is checking the damage. >> reporter: firefighters in san marcos, california, worked through the night to keep flames away from homes. but they couldn't save them all. >> just go back to a safer spot! >> reporter: wednesday, thousands of residents grabbed what they could and evacuated, many of them spending the night at evacuation centers. >> you leave your house, hoping i can see it when i come back. >> reporter: several fires are burning throughout san diego county. in carlsbad, about a dozen structures including homes burned. >> the fire over here, there's fire over here, everywhere. we're surrounded right now. >> reporter: this carlsbad neighborhood suffered some of the worst damage wednesday. the record-breaking heat that helped create the dangerous conditions here in san diego county is expected to be worse today. >> i have been in this fire service for 27 years. i haven't seen it this dry this hot for this long in may. >> reporter: more funding and resources

all schools in san diego and nearby cities are closed today, including cal state san marcos. at least 13 homes and an apartment complex burned down. >>> president obama will take part in a dedication ceremony for the 9/11 memorial museum in new york city. a tribute for families, survivors, responders before the museum opens to the public on may 21st. a live report at the grand opening coming up in 15 minutes. >>> rescue crews have pulled more bodies from a collapsed coal mine where hundreds died in western turkey yesterday. officials say there were 787 people inside that mine when there was an explosion tuesday. so far crews have found 282 bodies. most of those people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. it's the worst mining accident in turkey's history. 150 miners are still trapped inside, but a fire is still burning underground and crews are having trouble getting to the men. >>> meantime, pictures are emerging out of turkey. this one shows a senior turkish government aide apparently kicking a grieving mine protester. this adding more anger for how the prime minister is ha

san diego and a neighbor is watching the house. >> and we are in san diegoth on the fire lines with a report on "good morning america" after the morning news. >>> police are looking for a pair of potential kidnapper in marin county. a 10-year old was approach by a couple in a red car on wednesday. a man asked her if she wanted a ride and she did the right thing and ran to a friend's house and say the man appeared to be in his early 50's with brown hair and the woman had brown and gray hair. >>> a 20-year old woman accused of attacking a four-year-old girl with a tire iron in wal-mart faces hate crime charges and is charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police say she used a tire iron to attack the little girl and her father at the wal-mart because though are asian. if convicted, she could spend her life in prison. the girl and the father are recovering. >> animal rights activist want a petaluma wildlife museum closed after high school students were caught on video abusing rats. one student is handling feeder rats intended to be eaten by republic ties. the mus

north of san diego. more than 11,000 people. more than 11,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes. schools where students were rushed to faf si. firefighters forced to give up the battle, pull back from the burning homes. this is one of after least three major fires burning in the area right cammen is on the fireline for us. jennifer grey is tracking the conditions. paul, tell our viewers what you're seeing. what's going on? >> reporter: right now, wolf, i'm at the southeastern flank of this fire. where it's actively burning. they're trying go ahead and get hold of it. it is so smoky in here, you can't tell what is going on. when my camera man pushes in, there's a house off in the distance. you can see the faint outline of a fire truck. what they've done is they're getting hose in there. they're trying to squirt all around the area as this fire rages through carlsbad, california. nearby, legoland has been evacuated. several schools. we know that 11,000 people have been evacuated. we have seen so far. this is from groun

san diego county. we want to show you a live picture now in carlsbad, an upscale community north of san diego. we've just learned that three homes have been destroyed and another 15 have been damaged. you see the intense flames right there. once again, this is a live shot. also an apartment building is burning, 15,000 people have been evacuated at this hour. but this isn't the only problem. take a look at this map. firefighters in san diego county are fighting five other fires right now. the latest to break out is right near cal state san marcos. we'll stay on top of this breaking story and bring you a live report from carlsbad coming up in about ten minutes. >>> back here in the bay area, firefighters in sunnyvale are still trying to it figure out what started a mobile home fire that killed one woman inside. this happened just before 12:30 p.m. firefighters saw heavy smoke and flames coming from this home at the rancho le mesa mobile home park on sycamore terrace. one body was found inside after they

the carlsbad is about 30 miles north of downtown san diego. reporter rob mcmillan is on the scene for us right now. rob? >> people are calling it a fire storm because many fires are burning here in san diego county the most damaging so far this one here in carlsbad. you can see two hoaxes were destroyed and a commercial building just went up in flames 15 minutes ago. here are some aerials shot an hour after the fire started this morninged, starting near the intersection of poinsettia lane so not too far from pacific ocean. we've had gusty winds, contributing to the spread of the fire. now, the city issued evacuation notices to 15,000 residents many did leave because some of the neighborhoods are goift towns now. it's tough to tell how many homes were destroyed here, we're told more than 20 homes were damaged, we've counted a handful that are wiped out and spoke with people that came back to look at the damage. >> my mom woke me up so i ran outside we looked up and it's just a huge cloud of smoke. man. you can see the flames from the hill. >> i

diego, this is the cal state san marcos campus. it's been around for a quarter century. it has now been evacuated. they're hoping that the fire does not spread down there. and in this area, within a five-minute walk, there are hundreds of homes, businesses, condominiums, and lots of people. firefighters thought they were starting to make headway, but then all of the sudden a fire tornado forms. a bizarre spectacle of nature. it's a whirlwind of flame caused by the turbulence of the wind and the intense heat. seconds after we see the tornado, the fire starts blazing in new spots. the blaze is now very close to a neighborhood. evacuated residents can only watch. >> it's scariest at the moment with a fire now like 100 yards from the homes. and i worry about the embers jumping into the grass next to the homes. >> reporter: it's frightening? >> it is, very. >> reporter: the winds continue to increase. the fire is flaring up, getting even closer to the houses. helicopters swoop in with water drops. firefighters work on the ground with pr

up to nine wildfires burn in san diego county. right now a cal fire crew from santa clara is on the way to southern california to help. the fires destroyed at least 30 homes in and around san marcos and camp pendleton. thousands of people have been evacuated including cal state san marcos. so far the fires burned 14 square miles. >>> watch this. super cat to the rescue. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in bakersfield when a neighbor's dog when on the attack and terra gets the dog off the boy and even chase itself down the street. and then terra goes back to check 0* jeremy. >> he's a -- she is a hero. >> to have her with no regard for her own life fly at the dog to protect him, i have never seen anything like that. >> who has? unbelievable. jeremy has a few stitches, but is okay. tera adopted the couple following them home from the park. she never acted like an aloof cat. when jeremy was born she would go in his crib and curl up beside him which explains why she is so protective. >>> and a lingerie store is apologizing after

san diego seeing 90. normally it's 69. these are the areas we are concerned about all the way down to the mexican border and into the valley tomorrow. temperatures look like this. los angeles 99. even san francisco broke a record today of 90 degrees. this is the hottest temperature for this day since 1927. when we get to thursday. fire danger is going to be exceptional. it's not until we get toward the weekend that the temperatures come down. saturday, los angeles at 79. >> tomorrow marks one month since the abduction of 27 # school girls in nigeria. today the government says it is willing to talk with boko haram, the group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping. boko haram says it will release some of the girls in change for the release of imprisoned members of its group. >> in the recently released video on monday by the leader of the boko haram, abubakar shekau, he is demanding for the government to release the members of the boko haram sect that have been detained by the nigerian government, and in exchange they ar

up to nine wildfires burn in san diego county. right now a cal fire crew from santa clara is on the way to southern california to help. the fires destroyed at least 30 homes in and around san marcos and camp pendleton. thousands of people have been evacuated including cal state san marcos. so far the fires burned 14 square miles. >>> watch this. super cat to the rescue. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in bakersfield when a neighbor's dog when on the and even chasea gets the dog itself down the street. and then terra goes back to check 0* jeremy. >> he's a -- she is a hero. >> to have her with no regard for her own life fly at the dog to protect him, i have never seen anything like that. >> who has? unbelievable. jeremy has a few stitches, but is okay. tera adopted the couple following them home from the park. she never acted like an aloof cat. when jeremy was born she would go in his crib and curl up beside him which explains why she is so protective. >>> and a lingerie store is apologizing after an internet backlash. this s

. >>> that is what they need in san diego a break from the weather, a fierce fire fight in san diego county, firefighters are calling it unprecedented. they have been battling 9 wildfires since yesterday fueled by hot temperatures and bone dry vegetation. you are looking at a fire nato. a column of fire that is swirling around like a tornado. the report from the fire lines on what firefighters and people living there are up against. >> reporter: firefighters in san diego county are battling a collection of wildfires that have already burned 9,000 acres. officials are deploying additional air tankers and helicopters to the region. 120,000 emergency notifications were sent to people in san diego county. the carlsbad alone issued 23,000 evacuations. >> we have bad air quality. it is not just the carlsbad event, it is a regional event. we have plenty of fires burning. take care of yourselves. >> the fires could threaten camp pendleton. they forced school closures and prompted a over night evacuation of lego land. >> it was terrifying. my dogs at home, how am i going to get home, worried

diego county very fast-moving fires the numbers here are changing almost by the hour here in san diego just to the north as the barnardo fire this fire started on tuesday burned 50 undertakers a few miles to the north from there is a burning near san marcos told hundred acres have burned five percent contained as to see from the video flames getting right up and homes of mandatory and effect on the burns on for this to the west and other dangerous fire burning near carlsbad earn about four undertaker's 60 percent contained firefighters basically going door-to-door to contend this are good news here this evening and that for the to the north and other fire burning oceanside river fire has burned to undertakers nearly river mason right here a search is currently threatens evacuation orders have been lifted further to the east of highway fired near bird 5 however injured acres and 50 percent contained to the west the marine base the fires largest of which tomahawk fire burns expositors just 15 percent contained two other fires burning on the base 500 a. just a distillate to the north of t

some areas like san diego will slip into the upper 60s by monday. a little closer to where they should be, however, we will start to see those temperatures still above normal. i want to show you one thing. this is last year. state of california in the middle of may. 46% of the state in severe drought. 0% in exceptional drought. look at this year. we're starting to see, look at that, 1 00% in severe drought, 25% in exceptional. this year is drier than california has ever seen, wolf. and as we get into what's considered the dry months of california, july, august, that's when we're going to see a serious problem unless they can get some rain in the next couple months. >> you're saying it could even be worse in july and august, the normal season, for these kinds of droughts and fires. but explain, because you and i talked at length, you've been explaining to us and viewers all about the so-called firenadoes. mow unusual are they? they seem so destructive, powerful. >> they're actually pretty common. we have seen more of them. i think it's just because o

. >>> sizzling san diego. massive wildfires are forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate. 5% contained and winds making things worse. >>> bounce house horro a massive wind lifts a bounce house into the air while three children are playing inside it. >>> plus, a major mining disaster with over 200 killed. we have breaking details. it's wednesday, may 14th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning to you. i'm frances rivera. breaking news out of south africa where the judge in the oscar pistorius murder trial has ordered the olympic track star to undergo an evaluation for mental illness. the move will likely delay the trial for more than a month. the judge argues that a psychological evaluation would ensure that pistorius gets a fair trial. pistorius has admitted to shooting his girlfriend, viva steenkamp, last year. a psychiatrist told the court this week that he suffered from an anxiety disorder. >>> at least 20 workers at two hospitals in orlando are being monitored after coming in contact with a p

the carlsbad is about 30 miles north of downtown san diego. reporter rob mcmillan is on the scene for us right now. rob? >> people are calling it a fire storm because many fires are burning here in san diego county the mosto far this one here in carlsbad. you can see two hoaxes were destroyed and a commercial building just went up in flames 15 minutes ago. here are some aerials shot an hour after the fire started this morninged, starting near the intersection of poinsettia lane so not too far from pacific ocean. we've had gusty winds, contributing to the spread of the fire. now, the city issued evacuation notices to 15,000 residents many did leave because some of the neighborhoods are goift towns now. it's tough to tell how many homes were destroyed here, we're toldore than 20 homes were damaged, we've counted a handful that are wiped out and spoke with people that came back to look at the damage. >> my mom woke me up so i ran outside we looked up and it's just a huge cloud of smoke. man. you can see the flames from the hill. >> it's devastati

in san diego. they do a report. >> yes. >> they document the fact that the ied, the ptsd. >> yes. >> and they begin, i suppose, to develop some sort of program. >> yes a treatment plan. >> meanwhile he goes back to living his norm will mall life and that's when on march 31st he drives to the border area? >> that's right. >> parks his car on the u.s. side. goes into tijuana for a time. when he goes out, he goes back in his car, guns in the trunk, leaves the parking lot. when he leaves the parking lot he makes the wrong turn instead of going towards san diego, he made a left turn in which curiously if you go left you would think you would go north as it turns out go left end up looping around into no exexin mexico. >> that last left mistake auto feet from the parking lot. that's the sign that has graffiti on it as well there is a sign there but at 11:30 at night, i'm not sure that i would be able to see it. >> as he enters mexico, he gets stopped at the mexican check point? >> yes, yes, yes. >> does

carlsbad, 35 miles north of downtown san diego. that fire destroyed numerous homes and rattled thousands of home owners. >> it's pretty wild to see 100-foot flames 60 yards from your house, and see the firefighters and then you hat the huey helicopters going after it. it was quite a sight and we're happy our house is still here. >> reporter: there's been so much damage, the governor has issued a state of emergency. >> will, i want show to our viewers the new live pictures coming into us. you can see in the hills behind the homes and up here, fire after fire after fire. it's incredible to watch. will was saying the winds have died down but the fires create their open wind, and you can see these on the hills are doing that. towering smoke all over the area, and perilously close to this neighborhood. will do we have a sense for what may have caused this? >> well, shep, right now fire investigators are looking at the ignition points of the fires. they're looking into arson potentially because so many fires broke out in such a short amo

mid-60s will feel chilly in san diego by the time we get to sunday. that's your national forecast. >> so we just wait for the weekend weather pattern changes and hopefully won't do this again anytime soon. >> sure looks tough. you got the drought, the winds. >> triple whammy. >> mudslides coming. >> el nino comes, we get a lot of rain, yeah. >> bill karins, thank you. >>> the south korean ferry. >>> and the story behind a family cat stopping a vicious dog from attacking a 4-year-old child. "early today" is back in two minutes. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. ding! ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, llllet's get ready to bundlllllle... [ holding final syllable ] oh, yeah, sorry! let's get ready to bundle and save. now, that's progressive. oh, i think i broke my spleen! home insurance provided and serviced by third party insurers. and these little angels build in strength. and that little angel says, "weeeeeeeee!" 60% more sheets than charmin. everything you want and the value you love. angel soft. revlon colorburst™ matte and lacque

. >>> two people are under arrest in connection with 2 small fires in san diego county, while those were doused in minutes fire crews are still fighting at least nine other fires throughout the county. so far there is no evidence the suspects in custody are responsible for the larger fires that have burned homes and forced thousands of people to vac evacuate, coming up in 10 minutes we will have an update on that firefight and the conditions facing crews today. >>> we are learning more about the city's latest homicide victim as police try to track down who killed the father, janine de la vega joins us from there and you spoke to the family janine. >> yes, the family is in shock, people have been coming in all morning grieving with them and what makes it more difficult is the shooting happened right outside their home. >> he was a loving father and husband. >> you can't lose this pain for life. you can't get him back, his dad is not coming home, his mom will not be able to hug him anymore, we will not be able to see him anymore, he is gone. >> relatives say he left the house with his aunt

up to nine wildfires burn in san diego county. right now a cal fire crew from santa clara is on the way to southern california to help. the fires destroyed at least 30 homes in and around san marcos and camp pendleton. thousands of people have been evacuated including cal state san marcos. so far the fires burned 14 square miles. >>> watch this. super cat to the rescue. 4-year-old jeremy was riding his bike in bakersfield when a neighbor's dog when on the attack and terra gets the dog off the boy and even chase itself down the street. and then terra goes back to check 0* jeremy. >> he's a -- she is a hero. >> to have her with no regard for her own life fly at the dog to protect him, i have never seen anything like that. >> who has? unbelievable. jeremy has a few stitches, but is okay. tera adopted the couple following them home from the park. she never acted like an aloof cat. when jeremy was born she would go in his crib and curl up beside him which explains why she is so protective. >>> and a lingerie store is apologizing after

and developing novel situation san diego where wild fire has forced 20,000 people out of their homes like this 15000 residents have been evacuated fire that started this morning in northern part of san diego was fuelled by ferocious ascent and winds up '90s at least hundred acres have burned this this five percent contained sniper car crews made some progress in the past few hours but the winds let up most likely just a short break for fires the wins will once again got or over 67 mi. an hour one mobile home has burned no major injuries to report the cause is being investigated we will monitor developments and to be posted airline happening now right how your home record date and he bay area temperatures started soaring people keeping cool all day long many of them at the beach today why of the weather center >> : we wont know what can we see right some relief >> : will too long this weekend will be traumatic the cooler before we get there will be hotter there tomorrow. the new records today will set this money up there at to all of more because will see widespread '90s in triple dig

nine different fires burning in the san diego area. the number one priority now as we are hearing according to the governor is what you're looking at. san marcos, california, specifically. amidst everything else she has going on. you have been in multiple briefing briefings looking at this. tell me what you know. >> thank you, brook. we really appreciate that. what i can tell you is that governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for san diego county and the city of san marcos will be receiving federal and state support. no injuries have been reported and based on current assessment, there has been approximately one home destroyed in san marcos and two homes destroyed in the neighboring area. >> okay. so those are the facts maybe they should leave. what do you want families to know? rr we want families to know. we have established evacuation centers and crews are really working around the clock to make so establish that safety but we still do not have an estimate on where that might be. >> gone, sarah, thank you so much. le

. >>> in san diego conduct crews battle nine fires that have charred thousands of acres. the big it concern this morning is the very active 700-acre fire burning this san marcos that destroyed three homes and is zero containment. we at one point, 2 is,000 homes remain evacuated along with a naval weapons station at camp pendleton and many remain out of their homes this morning. katie marzullo has the latest in the next half hour. >> "good morning america" is on the fire lines in san marcos and saw this two hours ago at 4:00 a.m. >>> you can see the hotspots in the ruined home behind me. we took this thermometer to get an idea of how hot it is, more than 1,000 degrees and prime conditions, again today. >> she tweeted this photo shot by her producer, last night in southern california. the firefighters are battling the flame and towering fire in the break ground. we will check with katie marzullo at 6:30 for an update on the nears and at 7:00, ginger will be on "good morning america" with much more from san diego county. >>> a young woman is in custody after a stunning attac

yesterday was the warmest may day ever recorded in san diego. it was 95 degrees yesterday in san diego. that is unprecedented. and we had record highs in seattle, record highs in portland, record highs in l.a., record highs in san diego. other areas like medford were one degree away. temperatures two degrees away from the record high yesterday. off the charts warmth for this time of year. not that cool this morning. temperatures to start this morning, near 60 in seattle. middle of the night in l.a., still 63 degrees. so it is a very warm atmosphere out there. we are going to watch it slowly, the high pressure system responsible for the santa ana winds relax a little bit. on shore flow from the midwest coast to the pacific northwest. and a chance of rain saturday evening. as far as rainfall totals over the next five days, again, not going to do much in the way of rainfall an the drought stricken strait of california and nevada. but we'll get it in the pacific northwest. another warm day today. not as hot as yesterday or the day before. >> it look

san diego under siege. raging infernos bearing down on california neighborhoods. 10,000 acres have been charred. even a military plant is threatened. >>> crews fight desperately against the flames. we'll go live to our correspondents on the front lines and i'll speak with survivors. is arson to blame? >>> plus, sterling divorce bomb. the wife of the l.a. clippers' owner has a secret weapon that could sabotage the nba chances of separating donald sterling from his team. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> the dramatic battle to save homes and lives in southern california. right now at least nine major wildfires are burning across the region. more than 23,000 people have been evacuated. dozens of people have lost their homes. officials are begging people to follow evacuation orders before it's too late. our correspondents are on the firelines. i'll speak with california's governor jerry brown. first, gary tuchman is in san marcos, about 35 miles north of san dieg

but at least 20 structures in san diego county have been destroyed. the smoke rising from the fire in san marcos could bestein for miles as the thick plumes shattered the horizon. some officials worry about so many fires starting in a short amount of time. >> i'm sure it could be by chance but i'll leave it up to investigators. i think there's too much of a coincidence here. >> reporter: while thrash of fires came early in the season the weather only contributed to their spread. the temperature in san diego hit 93 on wednesday with steady winds to fan the fire and conditions were already very dry in southern california. many areas have experienced drought. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> and officials say all of the schools in the city of san diego and many others in surrounding cities will be closed today because of the fires. >>> and another check of your "kcbs traffic." we are watching a traffic alert this morning in petaluma. so they were able to re-open one lane of southbound 101. it's close to the petaluma river bridge just past that petaluma b

their homes by nine separate wildfires near san diego. we have the latest on efforts contain the flames -- and se homes. the woman charged with attacking a four- year-old a tire iron appears in cour what prosecutors claim was r motive. and the little chihuahua th captured hearts after being rescued from a busy east bay freeway -- is home this morning... we'll tell you at the family reunion... join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 ,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> here's another look at this morning's top story. firefighters are hoping weakening winds and cooler temperatures help them gain control over several wildfires burning in southern california. more than a dozen homes have been destroyed and 15 square miles burned. >>> the warm weather in california is a wine maker's dream at least for this year. big took a trip to napa valley and found the spike in temperatures and record drought in the state could prove disastrous for wine makers in the long run. >> reporter: in th

. >>> the first fatality of the san diego fires may have been found. a burned body was discovered thursday in carlsbad, just north of san diego. also overnight, two people were arrested for trying to start a fire in san diego. police did not say if the pair were involved with wildfires that have burned over 10,000 acres. some good news, though, fire crews are slowly making progress thanks in small part to calmer winds. nbc's jennifer bjorklund is in carlsbad, california. >> reporter: firefighters raced against the wind carrying embers hopscotching between tree tops and up in swirling columns of people near san diego county are calling firenados. >> fire was going to go down the mountain. >> reporter: neighbors hoping the shower of sparks coming down won't overtake their homes. one exploded with propane tanks going off like rockets. >> three big black columns of smoke and took off like crazy. >> reporter: with it, more homes lost in san marcos, to the advancing flames of the cocoa fire. in karlz bad, seven homes destroyed and a complex that housed 18 co

situaciones similares de incendios y evacuaciones se viven desde san diego hace el condado de los angeles. en estos momentos los bomberos estÁn concentrando sus esfuerzos en evitar que las llamas llegan a estas casas que se encuentran a mis espaldas, y tambiÉn la otra preocupaciÓn es que las llamas pudieran llegar a esta gasolinera, pero definitivamente lo que mÁs lo ocupa es que estas condiciones climÁticas y los incendios deberÍan estarse presentando de acoso en adelante, y no en pleno mes de mayo, y es que se debe en gran parte a la sequÍa que enfrenta california. >> pasamos ahora a colorado donde aumenta la conmociÓn por el caso de 6 hermanos adultos y sus padres, que estÁn acusados de violar por 10 aÑos a una niÑa desde que ella tenÍa 4, veamos donde comenzÓ el calvario para esa pequeÑa y cÓmose conoció su terrible experiencia. >> tras ser abusada durante 10 aÑos por seis hermanos la ahora adolescente reporta sus abusos. originarios de carolina del norte, los hermanos jackson, entre las edades de 18 y 27 aÑos, al igual que sus padres, enfrentan cargos por violaciÓn

the hot, dry weather or pictures of the devastating fires in san diego county. it reminds residents of this area of a series of 60 arson fires set in early 2012. no one ever arrested. >> it's disconcerting. it's a worry. >> this is a very scary situation. >> reporter: arson investigators are concentrating on this side of briarwood. i am told between this series and the two one years ago, the type of fire, the frequency, and the geographic location are all very similar. what investigators need is help. there are two dozen fire investigators and police out on the streets tonight patrolling this neighborhood. but they are begging residents to give them a call if anybody sees anything that is suspicious or out of the ordinary, even if it doesn't seem like something important, it may turn out to be. >>> that same plea is said and felt in the east bay. walnut career firefighters are searching for an arsonist, someone intentionally setting five small fires in the past ten d days. most of the fires have broken out in the afternoon. but the latest one happened at 7:30 la

>> well, just in the san diego area, where we are did this study from san diego to tijuana. a region producing about $200 billion in economic output, you know, we're losing a couple of billion dollars a year because of that border -- actually $3 billion a year because of that border, and it makes no sense. san diego has technology. advanced knowledge-driven industries. over in tijuana, you don't have to make stuff in china. you can make lower costed manufactured goods right in the region. but the boarder is so backed up, the trucks can't get across. tens of thousands of trucks that can't get across, and it's a tremendous inefficiency and waste of money. >> and inefficiency is a productivity cost. what about for business owners? >> it would enable us to have commerce without all of the hassles and hangups. think about this just from the point of view of the united states. people complain labor costs are high, manufacturing -- having access to a great manufacturing base in a place lite -- tijuana, for those products that are being competed and eroded with the chinese market, h

in san are 30 miles north of the city of san diego. more than $20 million. the san marcos fire is the last of four remaining blazes still burning - including three at base. family members say that he was store. he left around 9 a-m that day, but never came back. police aren't sure if he made it to the store. adams was driving this 70's model international harvester pick-up truck. robber who shot and killed a man on a remote hiking trail in red investigators say the robber shot two hikers friday after taking their money and belongings. 69 year old francis gregory died on the trail.and his hiking partner is still in the hospital with serious injuries. click it or ticket. the california highway patrol is trying to amp up their seatbelt campaign. kron four's dan rubin shows us.how authorities are turning an old slogan hiip. if you don't buckle up. you might pay the ultimate price. starting on monday. chp is going to be keeping an extra eye out for drivers not wearing their seatbelts. having the sense to buckle up is less common than it sho

we're looking at 100 degrees in san diego. even the warmth stretching right up through the valley and even into seattle will be well up into the 80s as we look toward the afternoon. same pattern across the midwest. lots of hot dry air. there will be some relief on may but it doesn't get there until saturday. a little bit cooler air comes in other the weekend and then by sunday, much cooler air. the marine layer takes over and hopefully the firefighters can get an upper hand on the numerous wild fares rages across california. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. >>> well, in the rest of the country, severe weather is possible from the deep south to the great lakes. heavy rain, thunderstorms, and flash floods are possible as the storm system moves east. several tornadoes were reported in ohio last night. one touched down east of dayton destroying several homes. some residents were reportedly trapped in their houses. >>> and the coal mine disaster in turkey is now the country's worst mining accident. at least 282 miners we

we showed you the pictures earlier in san diego county. life is on hold for many who live around that area. nine wildfires burning down homes and blackening the sky and right now the various fires have burned about 9,000 acres, as well. they destroyed 13 homes and an 18-unit apartment complex. the biggest of the fires are burning on camp pendleton, hundreds of marines have evacuated and crews will have to battle high temperatures today and also strong winds. schools in san diego, all of them and more than 20 schools in nearby cities will be closed today, that includes cal state san marcos which has canceled a graduation ceremony scheduled for this weekend. in some cases just moments before the flames took down their home. >>> now, a perfect picture here as the issue that has the wind and the very, very dry weather that we've had created a small twister of flames in this video. this was taken at the highway fire which is burning in the deer springs area. look at this little twister shooting up into the sky. now that particular fire right no

burning 9,000 acres across san diego county. joined by jennifer london and jennifer, tell us the extent of the damage where you are in san diego county. >> del, i am in carlos bad, california, and that is in northern san diego county. and the crews working the fire overnight to try to get control of the fire. it's 60% contained. and the officials have spread the forward spread of the fire. eight homes so far have been damaged or destroyed. and i'm standing in front of two homes destroyed. these homes continue to burn, and you see flames behind me, and you see smoke and ash, and we were here yesterday, del, when the homeowners returned. and discovered that their dream home, as they described it, had been destroyed. and when you see this, you not only understand the destructive nature of the fire, but the erratic behavior of the fire. this home and that home was destroyed. but the homes across the street and the other homes in the neighborhood have remained. that number, we expect to increase as the crews get into the areas and re

here at san diego zoo safari park. >> that is 1800 acres of san diego zoo safari park. half of which are protected or worse, endangered. rhinos everywhere have been hunted down because of the mistaken belief in the medicinal effect of the powers of the rhino horn. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> without change from the current trajectory, they're doomed. >> the film jurassic park the technological process, help the viewing public imagine the possibilities of de-extinction science. but the science and research of reviving long-gone species is very real and very controversial, often raising more questions than answers. to enter that debate we visited the paleogenetic lab of dr. beth shapiro of university of california santa cruz. >> ancient dna is a technique to be used to get dna from animals and plants that live in the past of. >> de-extinction. do you think it's doable in the foreseeable future? >> i don't think making 100% genome of this can be possible. this is why people who are interested in deextinction of the mammoth for example, used genome editing t

now, all schools in the city of san diego are also shut down for the day. >>> firefighters in the san diego area do not expect any relief today as the forecast calls for scorching temperatures mixed with santa ana winds. we have built a map to show you the major fires in the san diego area there. they include the coastal city of ocean side, parts of the marine corps base, camp pendleton and the resort area of carlsbad. the fire in carlsbad is called the poin set that fire. it has burned eight homes, two businesss and an apartment complex. initial damages are estimated at more than $20 million. evacuations noticed went out to about 23,000 homes and businesses, and many people only had minutes to leave, not enough time to take many belongings. >> the wind doesn't make it any easier. i mean, the wind can change, and all of a sudden it seems like we're going to be safe, and we're not. so we just packed everything, and we're out of there. >> the fire burned 400 acress and only 10% contained. while many people were allowed back to their homes last night, the legoland amusement park was evac

diego. take half slab --hasta el momento se han reportado 9 incendios, miles de evacuados y decenas de hogares destruidos incluidos varios departamentos. vo-blanca --mas de 100 bomberos del area de la bahia, se encuentran en el sur de california en estos momentos ayudando a controlar las llamas que azotan el condado de san diego. --los departamentos de oakland, fremont y livermore son algunos de que esta madrugada recibieron la llamada de auxilio. stop open blanca ---continuan los asesinatos en san jose, otras 2 personas fallecieron tragicamente en cuestion de horas. cesar ---uno de estos crimenes ocurrio cerca de una escuela, take map ubicada hacia el este de san jose, lo que preocupa a los vecinos y a las autoridades... take 2 box ---andres brender esta en vivo con los detalles... adelante andres... take pkg 0.1 0.19 1.15 1.30 intro asi es con estos homicidios san jose ya tiene 17 muertes violentas en lo que va de ano... lo mas impresionante es que

the wildfires in san diego counties are so intense the smoke can be seen from space. crews are hopeful about their battle against the fires even though more evacuation notices were issued yesterday. firefighters hope to get some help from mother nature as weather conditions settle down a bit. kpix 5's cate caugiran is live in fremont where some firefighters have headed south to help in that effort. cate. >> reporter: michelle, they are not the only ones. fremont firefighters as well as others from the east bay are helping. we're talking oakland, hayward, livermore, pleasanton and alameda counties sending fire crews to put out this big blaze. now, the fremont fire department posted this photo of its strike team after arriving from a 12-hour drive. it may be a long wildfire season for southern california, fueled by dry air and wind, the fires racing across san diego county scorching more than 10,000 acres. at least one person has been killed and 20 homes have been destroyed. more than 15,000 residents have evacuated fleeing a blaze that the fire chief calls a moving tar

a break in san diego at 86. and los angeles is none. and lake tahoe is 74 and monterey is a brisk 71. everything is back to normal at at&t park, 66 at 7:15 and a breezy 60 by the end of the game. bay to break ares is this week starting near downtown and out to the cost. 54 with clouds by 1:00 o'clock and up to 62 and bartley cloudy. have a good time. >>> i was right the metering lights turned on this morning and they have been turning them on early all week long. you will see the backup away from the maze and our other bridges are looking quiet. this is indicative of the bay area with not too much traffic. the golden gate bridge is a beautiful drive coming in from marin. the san mateo bridge is wide open away from hayward into foster city. just hazy. >> thank you, leyla gulen. >>> new this morning, commuters have a little more elbow room on one of san francisco's most congested light rail lines. you can see how muni is taking seats from the interior of a light rail card along the line with transit planners believing they will increase t

>> reporter: well fires and the san diego area. that wall of black smoke from the freeway am... 22,000 peopel received evacuation papers. >> pam: now we want to lighten things up a bit >> reporter: this is insane. >> pam: it is. >> reporter: is the video with the little boy on his bike >> reporter: the adult no one knows what is wrong with the doll he disclosed after this little boy in drag some of drexel's lake with a that that is the cat >> reporter: the family cat >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: >> reporter: the mommas of other quickly helping the boy he will receive 10 stitches in his lake in his leg >> reporter: but look at the cat! runs after him to make sure he's gone! >> i did not know what happened and told after my husband showed me this surveillance video our cat saved our son, you know? >> she is truly our hero >> reporter: neighbor dog has been quarantined. >> pam: story of day (laughter) good night everyone! in new york city's war on crim the worst criminal offenders are pursued war on crim by the detectives of the major