Condition and six more in fair condition. Those folks are working on getting better, recovering from their wounds as investigators are Digging Deeper into the background of the accused shooter. A massive candlelight vigil in parkland thursday night. Some students openly we want as the names of their deceased friends were read aloud. And others remembered the gunmans hostility and violent tendencies. He punched the window and said im going to cause karma one day because he got in trouble with the teacher. Reporter nikolas cruz appeared in court after hes accused of opening fire on the teenagers he once called classmates. Are you nikolas cruz . Yes, maam. You are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Reporter the former student confessed to the massacre and is now on suicide watch. According to his public defender, hes struggled with Mental Illness his entire life. She says his brain is like a childs, but he understands the gravity of the situation. Hes remorseful. Hes fully awa
Green pretty much as you drive down the freeways. Looking for any change but none shows up. North 680 around jackson avenue there is a little fog to the north there. A smooth drive. Easy flow throughout the south bay. Ace train number 1 reportedly there is some sort of signal problem so it hasnt even left the tracy area just yet. We will foe this and let you know if this is going to be a persistent problem for this train and the subsequent trains out of the area, but thats the only issue showing up for mass transit. Parkland, florida, residents simply trying to grasp what unfolded there this week with the death of 17 people in that shooting rampage. This as investigators now say that that suspect has confessed. Last night thousands attended a vigil last night in parkland, they remembered the victims, including the football coach, a future College Swimmer and a National Merit scholarship finalist. That devastation felt in the entire city. In the school a lot of the students calling for
People died. Terry mcsweeney joins us from the neighborhood. There are plenty of people who were there 26 years ago. What are they saying tonight . Reporter this overwhelming response today is a direct result of that 91 disaster. Memories of the death and destruction spurring firefighters to do everything to make sure it is never repeated. Tonight, firefighters stand victorious over the fire that this afternoon struck fear into this neighborhood and beyond. 300 firefighters from oakland, berkeley and cal fire unleashed a fierce attack against flames as they moved towards multimillion dollar homes above and town homes in the villas complex. 100 people told to get out now. Were afraid because the smoke was coming on our side. We didnt nope if the flames were coming towards our side. Reporter no homes damaged, the overwhelming response because of what happened 26 years ago. 91 Oakland Hills fire killed 25 people, destroyed nearly 3500 homes. It stirred up memories and reinforces they need
Phone cameras rolling as police and the suspect exchanged gunfire in the westbound lanes. Take a look. [ sound of gunfire ] holy [ censored ] as you can see and hear, the driver who took this video was just a few minutes feet away from the scene. Our team of coverage starts with kpix 5s jackie ward live near interstate 80 in emeryville. Jackie. Reporter we are right by that powell Market Shopping Center alongside eastbound 80 and this situation behind me an improvement from an hour ago because traffic is moving, drivers are back in their cars. They have been stuck here by the 580880 split for at least hours. Eastbound starting, westbound stopped. The drivers out here tell me in a me they were scared about this situation all the action unfolding in front of them. [ sound of gunfire ] reporter this is how a police chase that started in fairfield ended this morning. Gosh, they were trying to get the man out of the car. Reporter Richmond Police had been following the suspects westbound, as
Thank you. Moments ago a key deadline passed for people who lost homes in napa and Sonoma County wildfires. They had until 5 p. M. To sign up for a federal clean up program. Kpix5s Susie Steimle explains why many waited until the very last minute. Susie . Reporter well, liz, we are here at alta mir middle school. Theyre allowing people to sign the roes to help people reach a goal. As of 2 p. M. Today, 4,036 people had signed these roe forms. The goal is 5,100. So they hope enough people sign up between 2 p. M. Today and 2 p. M. Tomorrow to close that gap. The most reluctant of all Sonoma County residents filed in and finally agreed to turn their property over to the federal government today. What made you wait until today . Trying to figure out if it was a good thing or a bad thing. Reporter most dont want to be here. Not really in the big picture of things, but its kind of you dont have anything else. So its a forced hand. Reporter but theyre out of options. This is just a Necessary E