Plus a speed upgrade to 400 megs, free for 2 years. And ask about even more savings with xfinity mobile. Click, call, or visit a store today. Right now on nbc bay area news, the verdict is in, and the reaction is now. One defendant not guilty, the other defendant a hung jury. So whats next in this high profile ghost ship warehouse trial. Goo good evening, thanks for being with us on this prime time edition of bay area news, im raj mathai. One man set free, the other went sent back to jail. Derek almena, and max harris, creative director, both charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. One for each person killed in the warehouse fire. A jury acquitted, three hours ago he walked out of the santa rita jail. The jury deadlocked on almena, ten of the 12 jurors thought he was guilty. You need a unanimous decision to convict. We have had multiple reporters on the story throughout the day. We start tonight with melissa colorado, you have been following this since the beginning. You we
Against the undocumented immigrant who shot and killed kate steinle. Saying the trial judge failed to give jurors complete instructions. Nbc bay area is live in San Francisco. This is a tough reversal for supporters of the steinle family. Reporter it is, jessica. This is the pier where kate steinle was shot and killed. Tonight the man accused of her murder wins in a victory in court because the judge didnt give the jury all of the facts. Kate steinle was shot and killed during a walk with her father four years ago. The disicharged inez garciazarate with her murder. The defense says he pd on piern it, and the gun went off accidentally, shooting steinle. A jury acquitted garciazarate after first and seconddegree murder, but found him guilty on a charge of a felon in possession of a gun. His attorney appealed. To be the the First District court of appeals overturned that conviction, saying the judge failed to instruct the jury to consider garciazarate only momentarily possessed that gun.
The chief still applauding officers for their fast action and the fact that the gunman killed him sevself doesnt chan the 911 calls from the shooting. You can hear the panic from terrified witnesses. That includes a nurse who went to help someone who was shot. Also a mother whose daughter was at the festival. My daughter is at the festival. The garlic festival in gilroy. And she says they are shooting people over there. Yes, maam. We have the its all everyones on the scene and theyre taking care of it. Theres ambulances with me. Theyre on the way, okay . Just stay calm to help them. Im going to thank you. Difficult to hear that from the dispatchers as well. As weve seen throughout the week, there were a lot of heroes at the garlic festival. Yesterday, two of the wounded victims describe the moment they were hit by bullets and the man who rushed them to the hospital. They wanted to thank him but only knew his first name. John. Nbc bay areas robert handa tracked john down and a story onl
The quake hit on july 4th. One day later a 7. 1. First the positive news. There have been no deaths. Only minor injuries reported. There is considerable concern because aftershocks continue to rattle the region. We have the update. Reporter when thursdays quake hit, the red cross said several dozen people came to the shelter they set up. But when fridays 7. 1 hit, about 150 people came to the shelter. Many of them are choosing to sleep outside because of the continuing after shocks. During the briefing today, city Officials Say they are making Good Progress in inspecting a lot of the damage across ridge crest. But their big concern is they just dont know when the Regional Hospital is going to fully reopen. Meanwhile, there is lots of people in ridge crest trying to get back to normal. We are an isolated community. Reporter this Community Church pastor started his sunday Church Service with a big thank you. Thank you to the people who showed up. Reporter he showed pictures of the damage
Weve got it headed our way. Day. A few clouds, a live look in walnut creek and its in the low 60s now. Well hold steady for the next few hours and then start to see our temperatures warming up, as we go into the rest of the morning. Our high temperatures just a few degrees above yesterday but still a little bit cooler than normal, reaching 76 in san jose, 81 in concord and today in santa rosa reaching 83 degrees. Well look at all of our microclimates coming up. Mike, you have one note for hayward. Really the only incident were tracking, 880 southbound at whipple, a disabled big rig, happened about an hour on scene. It only affects folks using the offramp at whipple at the bo altamont and in toward livermore. No problem, pittsburg, bay point, walnut creek interchange or coming out of the north bay. Thelks waiting for cash payments. A driver is under arrest and a popular east bay restaurant has a lot of cleanup ahead of itself, this is before it can reopen, after a truck plowed into a sw