So cruel. And the fact that they just left him there to die, its just, i cant even understand this. Reporter agnes lamont found her husband bleeding and unconscious in the street. Hes been hospitalized in a coma ever since, with his wife and two teenage daughters at his side. Were just praying so hard that hell make it through this. Reporter while the family prays hell pull through, they also want the people responsible caught and brought to justice. Anybody that saw anything, anybody that can help in any way, there were a lot of people involved in this. People know whats they know whats going on. Somebody may please, please, please tell the police. The Pleasanton Police department. Reporter Pleasanton Police say two witnesses saw a dark colored suv driving away from the scene. They say theyre working hard to identify some suspects and are hoping to make some arrests very soon. Meanwhile, david lamont remains in Critical Condition here at the hospital. His family says theyre absolutely
Piedmont fire, but despite efforts it has spread. Nobody is hurt. Well continue to follow the story on the air and twitter on abc 7 news bay area. We do have high fire danger. We have clear skies, dry, gusty wind pattern partly responsible for the fire weather watch in effect from wednesday night into friday. And gusts of 4550 Miles Per Hour. Over the highest peaks in the bay area. Mainly higher terrain, relative humidity under 30 which is fairly low. Looking live towards the bay bridge, readings 65 in san flan San Francisco. 64 half moon bay. Another live view looking from our east bay hills camera, western sky, beautiful blue skies right now. Temperatures mid to upper 70s to novato. Antioch, concord and livermore, one more live view looking over San Francisco. Just a few little wisps of low clouds moving through this, evening, mainly clear skies. Cool but sunny at the beginning of the day. Breezy, gusting wintsdz winds at times. High temperatures mid70s inland. Ill have a look at day
Being called persons of interest in a beating of a local businessman. Its a story that shocked a quiet and upscale neighborhood. Reporter this case is a top priority for Pleasanton Police. Theres not much they can tell us about the investigation. They are getting some help from neighbors who live in the area. I saw a gold or a metallic brown suv drive down the street. Reporter this man, who doesnt want to be identified, might be the only person who saw a car leaving the scene shortly after david was found beaten in front of his home on middleton place. I think my headlights startled them. Reporter just after midnight on friday, lamont was found unresponsive by his wife in the middle of the street after going outside to investigate some noise. My husband is in danger. He did nothing to deserve this. Reporter thats a common theme in this quiet neighborhood. Mostly High Schoolers are looking for some place to party on the weekend or friday night. Reporter police arent saying much about th
Major chuck reid says is the answer to returning san jose to the safe city it once was. Weve taken action. If San Bernardino and detroit had been able to take the actions weve taken in san jose, they wouldnt be in bankruptcy. Reporter the head of Public Policy says even with a stripe of a pension reform, low morale in the Police Department and fewer City Services than ten years ago, san jose is in a prime position to bounce back. The fact weve got such strong job growth, fact our employees here are proven to be the happiest in the country, the fact that large and Small Businesses cite san jose as one of the best places to operate. Were still the hightech capital of the world, the most diversity in the country. We have a lot of great things going for us. Reporter Nick Hernandez was born and raised in san jose and not going anywhere because he says he wants to be part of san joses future. Theres definitely a lot of things going on in san jose were waiting for. We have b. A. R. T. Coming
We do know that a terrorist attack has been unfolding for three days now. Unspeakable systematic killing. While the kenyan government tonight claims its forces are finally in control of the mall and combing it floor by floor for remaining gunmen, the death toll tonight stands at 62 officially with more than 175 injured. With all the hostages believed to now be released. It raises Big Questions about a terrorist group that is new to most people as it raises questions about Public Safety at the same time. Its where we begin our coverage tonight with nbcs ron allen in nairobi. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Yes, the government here says it believes all the hostages have been released. But it has not given a full accounting. For the past couple days weve been told there are perhaps now about ten hostages remaining earlier today. And perhaps 10 to 15 armed Gunmen Holding them. We dont know the gunmen either. Its been a day of violence here, a day of loud, powerful explosio