And the attic. It will take them several hours to go through the evidence they have here. The victim has not been identified. We know she is a 59yearold woman. She was just widowed in april. She has two adult daughters. They lived here more than 30 years, she and her husband had, and this is a close neighborhood. The neighbors had been coming together and helping her for several months with her mourning, over her grieving with the loss of her husband and now this. Truly devastating this community. At this time tonight, sheriffs investigators have not identified any suspects. They have not identified a motive. They said its too soon at this point to know if anything was stolen from the house. They have to go through the scene closer and bring family members to the home to see if anything was taken. Theyre also asking for the publics help at this point. Theyre hoping some Surveillance Video will lead to clues, will lead to a suspect. Specifically if you have any Surveillance Video betwee
Joining us. Im alma dietz. We begin with developing news out of the east bay. An investigation of a house fire is now a homicide investigation. The fire started inside a home on grove way in castro valley. The Sheriffs Office is there now and so is abc 7 reporter katie marzullo. Katie, whats the latest . Reporter they let us know that technicians inside the home will be on the scene for several more hours, if not overnight, sifting through the debris inside the home there. They tell us this is truly a horrific crime scene. Heres what we know right now as we take a look at some video shot earlier today, that a woman was found dead in a burning home. It was around 2 45 this morning. But as we mentioned, we know now that the woman was not killed in the fire. They performed an autopsy around 9 00 this morning calling her death a murder. Sheriffs spokesperson telling me that he can confirm she was not shot but that she suffered brutal and violent injuries consistent with homicide. Her body
In the north bay around santa rosa. Doppler on the jon job this evening with wet weather north of ukiah. Light sprinkle in santa rosa but thats about it for now. Live doppler 7hd stream of moisture showing you thursday storm. On the stormy packet scale thinks a 3. Strong storm headed our way. First 3 of this rainy soap and the first 3 in 9 months. It has been awhile since storm like this moderate heavy rain wind gust 30 to 45 Miles Per Hour and likely localize flooding. Earl heads up. Thursday evening rush. Going to be an absolute mess. Heavy rain will cause ponding on road localize flooding so wet and dark. So expect delay thursday and we take a much closer look hour by hour show you the heavy downpour and very strong wind coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thanks very much. The storm preparation happening across the bay area tonight. The north bay will take the first big hit. Lee ann looks at the effort being made there to present Vice President flooding. San francisco could
Donald trumps appointment of scott pruitt of oklahoma to lead the epa. Pruitt has said the debate on Climate Change is not settled. The more we can get out and be visible be vocal the better in terms of making sure that the Trump Administration isnt going to roll back all of our protections on climate and the environment and our communities. Reporter the group sees these appointments as a signal that the president elect does not intend to make limiting Carbon Emissions a priority during his administrations. If Rex Tillerson the ceo of exxonmobil is confirmed as secretary of state, donald trump will now have a close adviser who has been directly involved in the fossil fuel industry. Veronica . Thank you. Governor brown will address the same scientists tomorrow. Today he was attempting a preemptive strike against president elect trump. He asked him to permanently ban any new oil drilling in the waters off california. The current ban expires in 2022. The governor said any new drilling wou
Precipitation. Gusty winds, as well. Todays event also north bay event with just scattered light rain showers here or there. Flash flood watch in effect for lake, mendocino and humboldt counties. You may say, yeah, but thats far to the north. Hey, theyre our viewers too and it encompasses over 300,000 people who will receive a half a foot of rain by tomorrow night. Also, the soberanes fire burn area with the potential of mudslides and landslides. Again, as we take a birdseye view out towards the embarcadero, you can see the bright lights of the port of oakland in the distance there and also the estuary where right now our temperatures are in the 50s. We are seeing limited visibility because we have a lot of light drizzle out there. Its all that lowlevel moisture and not a wind to speak of at this time. Temperatures later today 50s and 60s. I want you to get a good look at the Mountain View temperature. Also oakland, fremont, vallejo, san rafael, because all those 60s are going away. We