Broken jaw. It wasnt discovered until it manifested in what appeared to be an abscessed tooth. Reporter a spokesperson told abc7 news garcia got injured during a fight with another inmate. Powell says garcia told them there was an inmate on inmate scuffle, but it was later and lasted 30 seconds. He said i already had the blood on my face. Reporter in a statement, a Sheriffs Office spokesperson said our detectives are blocking at the evidence and documents to determine if there were any issues with the original documentation. Powell says he will file a civil lawsuit that will name the county, and two correctional deputies. He may be representing additional inmates in the near future. You cant discount these stories. There are too many of them. Reporter the attorney told me he is considering filing a march type of claim. He says if he does, it would say that there is some false, or failure in the pattern, practices and policies surrounding the deputies training. In the newsroom, abc7 new
For some evacuees. But others still have a long road ahead of them. Good afternoon, everyone. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Kpix 5s anne makovec joins us live where some of those evacuees were happy to be back in a very familiar place today. Anne. Reporter yeah. All of the people that live in the berryessa estates were allowed back home. What a joy. They were very thankful. But in the meantime, there are still thousands waiting for their evacuation orders to be lifted. I have no idea what day it is. I would have to look at the paper to figure it out. Reporter its all blended together for this mom evacuated with her baby, will, who will be 8 months old tomorrow. You guys have been doing really good. Reporter her husband has been fighting the valley fire after it consumed their home in cobb. I am better than i was day one. Reporter things are getting back to normal in pope valley. The k8 school reopened today. I think its good. Reporter of the schools 52 students,
Was added to the list of places under mandatory evacuations. Here are the numbers right now. About 50,000 acres have gone up. At least six buildings have been destroyed. There are a number of 6,000 buildings threatened and 2700 people in the process of evacuating. I can tell you right now that, um, um, an Evacuation Center has been set up at the county fairgrounds, frog town if you know where that is in angels camp and at the Jackson Rancheria casino. The chp has essentially closed highway 4 anywhere east of highway 49. So if you know anybody in the towns of murphys or in arnold or avery or Mountain Ranch or sheep ranch road or any of those communities, they are under mandatory evacuation and are told to get out now. Thats the latest we have. Fire is out of control about 10 contained. Thank you, ken. Meteorologist paul deanno is with us now. And you have the very latest on the conditions up there. Yeah. This fire is so big now its to the point that it will create its own wind and weath
The dublin interchange. 580 680. Those ramps will be closed until 5 00 this morning. There are detours in place and so far traffic seems to be getting through the detour okay. Ill have another look at kcbs traffic including an update on a new accident in san jose. The valley fire claimed more victims. At least three are dead but some of those who fled are being allowed back into their homes. Kpix 5s anne makovec has been covering the fire this week and she is live at the Evacuation Center in calistoga. Reporter the Evacuation Orders have been lifted for the berryessa estates. Good news for them. But there are still a lot of evacuations in effect for lake and napa counties and a lot of those people have been here at the napa county fairgrounds since last weekend. Some of their homes are still standing. But 585 homes have burned down. For two days this week, the Sheriffs Office had been escorting people back to their properties to see what if anything is left. Those escorts ended abruptl
Other questions at this point unanswered. These poor people that lost their homes, fema brought in to bring in trailers to put on their properties. Whats going to happen with the school . Things are going to happen and we are going to get you in as soon as we possibly can. Reporter there are 800 people staying at camp 150 of them children. They are showers, portapotties and serving three hot meals a day. People are tired of being here and not knowing where they are going to go in the near future. So some people are planning on returning back home before the evacuation orders are lifted. Well hear from one of them coming up in the next halfhour. Right now live in calistoga, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Crews assessing damage from the valley fire had to call in the bomb squad yesterday. They came across an old military shell. Bomb technicians from Travis Air Force base removed it then later detonated it outside of middletown. Three bay area men are accused of looting in the burn area. A deputy