Live where you live. This is abc7 news. Amen low park home suffers thousands of dollars in fire firings believe power lines and a hungry rodent sparked it. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. The family wasnt home during this fire and the damage could have been worse if not for a Quick Response from firefighters. News reporter Melanie Woodrow reports. Reporter firefighters say an Early Morning fire Christmas Eve is unlike any theyd seen before. The first time in 20 years ive come across a squirrel fire. Reporter a squirrel chewed through the neutral line energizing the entire home. With that surge of electricity, looking for some place to ground. Right behind the left side of this plywood was actually the doorbell. Reporter which is where the smoldering fire began. From here it up anterior. Reporter menlo park Fire District chief was walking his dog and noticed the fire. Somebody was ringing the doorbell. Reporter emily allen says he told her to call 911. If he hasnt be
The next sixty minutes. Here on. Panic in hawaii an incoming missile attack alert goes out it was a false alarm and now an investigation is underway. The vatican has held a day for migrants and refugees for more than one hundred years but for the first time the pope will devoted mass to the millions who had driven from their. The tunisian government opens new age to poor families in an attempt to stop the public protests. Not going to school. You know and why the legend of johnny cash lives on in some of americas toughest prisons more than a decade after his death. But first a wise governor has apologized for an accidental message that was sent out warning of an imminent missile strike the white house has said that the warning was a state exercise that this is the moment it was broke us on t. V. The u. S. Pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii a missile named packed on land or sea within minutes this is not a drill and people across the islands received a warning text
The most wanted man in europe, 24yearold anis amri, dead. Killed after he was asked for i. D. By italian police. Officials say amri immediately pulled a gun and started firing. There is no doubt, italys interior minister told reporters, that the dead man is amri. This is what officials believe he did at the berlin christmas market. The truck on the left of your screen is a dark menace on the street awash in Holiday Lights. At 40 miles per hour, running over people and stalls in the market. German Authorities Say they found amris fingerprints inside and outside the trucks cab. Italy was familiar territory to amri. After leaving his hometown in tunisia in 2011, he spent more than three years in prison there for setting fire to a refugee center. A prison official tells nbc news amri was violent but showed no signs of religious fundamentalism. At the berlin m to business. Returning here, an emotional moment for this woman who like amri is from tunisia. There is a kind of double sadness, bu
Into 30s by the time we end up going pretty late tonight, so bundle up, its a chilly night and off to a cool start to your Christmas Morning as well. Ill have a look at your Christmas Day coming up in just a moment. Use our live Doppler Radar to get a detailed forecast for your community on our nbc bay area app. This is what it looked like this morning, we have the wrong video up but trust us, there was a lot of snow along interstate 80, there it is. It didnt stop visitors and locals from enjoying the Winter Wonderland. Were from the bay area, we dont get a white christmas. It was so cool to drive up here and see the white trees. Its awesome to be up here at christmastime. There it is. Ski resorts are especially Business Today for the holiday weekend. It looks like a lot of nice new powder up there. It made for a difficult commute for drivers this weather driving to or from southern california. Snow forced the closure of interstate 5 at the grapevine for several hours. Chp had to escor
Across our area. You are looking live at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Good evening, im chris gordon, in for erika tonight. Christmas eve services are under way right now around our area. News 4s justin finch is at st. Matthews cathedral in northwest washington. Reporter good evening. That mass is under way and to the National Mall and cathedral, people say its about their loved ones, their faith, and their traditions. With cardinals blessing of the Christmas Mass at st. Matthew cathedral began. The blessing of that display, marking the birth of jesus christ. Still inspiring believers at the latenight Christmas Eve thing is for me anyway, is open. Reporter a light fog fell on the National Mall. Those hazy red lights, not santa, nor rudolph, but only a washington site that brings the this family back every christmas. The monuments gorgeous, the capitol. Its decorated so beautifully, it puts you into the christmas spirit. Reporter to some, its not just