Investigators still trying to determine why a son would allegedly attack his own mother here. Officers happened to be on the scene after 7 00 this morning. They were responding to an unrelated call. When police arrived, they found the suspects mom injured and her son holding an ax. Police say to prevent more injuries and possibly death to the victim, commanders here say the officers fired their guns. Both the mother and son are at area hospitals, expected to survive. Their condition is stable at this point. The officers who fired their guns are at Police Headquarters right now being questioned. One of the commanders on scene says its hard to explain the family on Family Violence over the last couple of weeks. Its a little frightening to see some of the violence thats occurring within the family situation. Its unfortunate. Well be out there doing the best we can. Reporter as in all officerinvolved shootings, the d. A. s office was also here on scene earlier this morning to document what
Have it at 2200 acres. And far more digestible number as the fire doubled to 2,000 acres yesterday morning. Its still a 10 containment and hundreds of homes and structures remain threatened. Bob redell has been tracking the fire for the last couple of days right by the fire line. Bob, help is coming in from across the state. Reporter it is. Cal fire is putting a lot of resources onto the loma fire. As you mentioned, the loma fire slowed significantly overnight. Just over 2200 acres but only 10 contained. Part of the challenge for cal fire is that the conditions out here in the Santa Cruz Mountains are super dry. So dry, in fact, that in some places the fire is returning twice. Just because the fire has burned through here once doesnt mean it wont come right back. Reporter cal fire battalion chief tom mcewan has seen the flames scorch the vegetation and then return a second time with 100foot flame heights to take out what was left behind from the first run, turning the hillside into a m
Bulls eye is, thats down from Cumberland County over to hoke county, and thats estimated from 7up to 10 inches. 1 up to 10 inches. Ill other 7 up to 10 inches, and theres a Flash Flood Watch through the southern part of viewing area mainly through 10 00 tonight, and we have rain hanging around as hangs around. Well go through that hour by hour, and look ahead to a drier weekend and hurricane pact crew later. And matthew. And he mentioned the bulls eye, theres a dam at risk of break ago way putting homes at risk. Steve is there with the very latest. Steve . Reporter and were standing right by the dam on rhodes pond, and take a look over but thats not the worst of it. If you look down towards where the dam ends and the levee begins, you can see the area was breached this afternoon, its out, theyre currently trying to reinforce it with stone. Lets show you what it looked like earlier this afternoon. Officials chance the dam could break and could flood highway 101 and interstate 95 downstr
And im terry mcsweeney. Thanks for joining us for this good evening to you. Thank you for joining us. Im peggy bunker. Im terri mccsweeny. Investigators spent the day at the scene at the massive church fire. Investigators say its not appear to be the result of arson. Some roads in the area have been reopened. Several others remain closed causing a bit of a traffic jam for people heading to the uc berkeley homecoming game. Fire crews continue to get the upper hand on the loma fire burn,ing for the sixth straight day. And giants fans can breathe a sigh of relief. A critical win today to secure at least a onegame playoff for the second wild card spot. Its kind of involved but its good news. Giants beat the dodgers at 30. It was close when i got in you were glued to the tv. Happy fans today. Will rain be impacting tomorrows crucial giants game . A lot of people thinking about the dry weather and also the baseball game. We have the 49ers playing around 1 00. There is a chance of rain in the
Several homes. Thats the number one challenge were having right now. Access and getting into it, and getting the crews down in there to go direct on it. Firefighters have stopped the fire from moving forward in this area. Theyre focused on hotspots like this one. Firefighters are doing double duty in some cases. This fire has been burning a second time, burning out the second amount of fuel. Were almost dealing with this fire twice in some places. Firefighters also stumbled on a marijuana grow. It its something we stumble on here in california. Reporter that smoke was visible behind the hill. Tonight they plan to send out aerial crews using surveillance. Theyre using that technology to look for hotspots. Reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, mary ann favreau, nbc bay area. Its like a chess match with cal fire against these fires. The smoke has been a big issue, visible from so many parts of the bay area. We sped up this video. You can see the smoke moving across the sky. Students