We do have some drizzle and a weak weather system that may graze northern california. We wish it could bring us more rain. Chance of showers mainly north of the golden gate. Hazy conditions with bad air across parts of the bay area. Two weeks left of january. Well talk about whether or not we can get some rain in here. 8 01 is our time. An investigation is under way in fremont after police opened fire killing a man they say was carrying a large knife near a neighborhood park. Witnesses described the terrifying moments leading up to the shooting. It all started near lake a rohead avenue and ended at harvey park. Katie marzullo has more. I looked at his face and thought he looks kind of scary. Reporter joann lives near harvey park in fremont. She thinks she saw the man killed and witnessed him fighting with another man before the shooting. It was around 2 00 p. M. He kept saying get away from me, get away from me. He was backing up. And the guy was Going Forward and the other guy was bac
Elevation winds 2. 5 miles in the atmosphere were looking at 35 to 40mileanhour wind gusts. Not all of this is reaching to the surface which makes for a warm afternoon. In developing News San Francisco Police have detained a person of interest who may be connected to a case involving a dismembered body found in a suitcase. This is video of that person of interest being led to a police car in San Franciscos tenderloin district. We get the latest from the hall of justice. Reporter a man wearing a sheet over his head was walked out of the Public Housing building. A resident tells us hes seen him there several times visiting another resident of the building. They call him the leprechaun because he was short and didnt speak much. Another man told us that he recognized the man as a person of interest released by police yesterday. Ive seen him on tv. And a few days ago i seen him and theyre bringing this person out. The man in the picture looks to be dragging a suitcase. Right now police tell
Political debate. A decision is expected by late june. Same sex marriage is currently banned in 14 states. Coming up onuoc abc7 news at 5 00, the possible implications from todays announcement and we will hear from one of the couples that appeared in front of the Supreme Court in 2013. We have exclusive new information nowen ot murders of four men a week ago in San Franciscos Western Addition neighborhood. News reporter vic lee joins us live in the newsroom with a major break police have made in the case. San Francisco Police now have the car they believe was used in the shootings. Multiple sources tell abc7 news it was a rental car. Still no arrests. But perhaps this leads them closer. The car was rented from the hertz office here on main street in walnut creek last week before the friday night massacre. The four victims three of them identified members of the mcblock gang were shot at close range in their parked stolen car on laguna and page streets. Police say their executioners lik
And niners will be without him for nine weeks. Good evening, im ama daetz. This abig loss for the 49ers, commissioner has linebacker for nine regularseason games, he spent more than half of the season. The length is more than expected and the reason smith violated nfl policy both on personal as well as Substance Abuse. There is fan reaction and impact on niners and alden smith. David . Nfl commissioner is coming down hard on smith one day after admitting he went easy on jay rice. This ninegame suspension is going to hurt smith as well as the niners. The suspension will be without pay, meaning alden smith will forfeit one and a quarter million dollars, but the team and fans say there is another price to pay. Nine games is are the of games. That is going to hurt us. How do you think the team is going to handle it . I think theyve prepared for it i dont think its going to be easy. Its going to hurt. Smith is one of the key players in 49ers defense the niners knew a suspension was coming b
The earthquake on sunday you can see danger appears to be all but over. The fire is off highway 37 near highway 29 junction along the napa river. When it looked like theyve had the upper hand, this piped back up about 15 minutes ago. Theyve been dropping water on this. Its been burning since 4 00 here and firefighters have been protecting a row of homes were flames burned up to the homes the problem is that the grass is very dense, and 7 to 8 feet high in places. It takes a lot of water to douse, and there are no hydrants here, theyve been trucking in water. The fire captain tells me this area is a known homeless encampment. We make contact with a couple individuals who are exiting. They did say there are homeless still in the camp that couldnt get out. That did not seem to be the case. And it was a negative on this search. No official cause of the fire, but they do expect someone in the encampment. So far, no structures have burned and the smoke is not affecting traffic out here. Im a