Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news tonight. This is the moment a powerful earthquake shook chile. It was so strong, we could feel the ripple effects here in california. The quake was an 8. 3. It hit Central Chile late this afternoon. It triggered a tsunami advisory for hawaii and coastal areas of california. Lets get right to our betty yu in the news room. Betty . Reporter we are not talking about a major tsunami causing damage here, but energy from that massive quake is spreading out across the pacific and from chile, we are getting word of fatalities. Three people have within killed including a woman whose roof collapsed on her. Several powerful aftershocks including one with a magnitude 7 and four above a 6 shook that region. The tremor was so strong, people in buenos aires, and peru also heard the shakes. The quake hit during an afternoon newscast in santiago. Buildings and flag poles swayed. People ran for cover. We have seen at least one scene o
And knows all the volunteers and staff. St. Maria meals programs served hundreds of meals every wednesday. This week they are setting a special table on thursday for a visit from pope francis [ indiscernible ] reporter Cardinal Wuerl believes it will inspiring real solutions. It begins with changes of hearts. Reporter those served here hope he comes back for more. Come around here more often maybe we get more help. Reporter its the final official stop for francis in the nations capital. And it has all the ingredients to be the most satisfying. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Officials at the Catholic Charities believe the pope will call attention to the needs of the poor, living in the shadow of the capital. They Hope Congress will be inspired to approve more money for programs reaching out to those in need. Thanks to a disaster declaration signed by president obama, help is on the way for victims of the valley fire. It frees up federal money that can now be used to aid in recover
The top executives in tech. It is important to understand the importance of Silicon Valley and how much of a role it can can play. This is a moment we are witnessing history getting created. Reporter which is why the Prime Minister is showing faith in Silicon Valley. He is here to promote his high tech version of indias future. Also the possibility of jobs and partnership. Tomorrow, Governor Brown will join that discussion. This is the first epicenter of innovation. India is not that far behind. They have incredible talent. They are a Major Trading partner as well. Some of the best engineers where the world. Reporter his tour has not been received well by everyone. An Indian American Civil Rights Group bought billboards to talk about his issues with civil rights. The largest city in northern california, a couple hundred thousand citizens in san jose are directly involved in high tech. San jose state produces more engineers than all of the other regional universities combined. And so, i
Take a look at our seismograph. You can see when the quake struck around 4 00 this afternoon, hitting just six seconds after a weaker 2. 8 quake struck, leading the usgs to believe it was measuring identical twin earthquakes. A weaker one hit about 12 minutes ago. Theyve all centered around san ramone. Seismologists say swarms like this one are not unusual. And are not any reason for extra concern. They are starting to worry residents, however. Its enough to where im thinking about calling to get earthquake insurance. You feel the house move a little bit. And you think bit. Like, oh, man. You know . That is an earthquake. Residents tweeted as soon as the first quake hit. Mark tweeted a boom shake, and dan said just had another earthquake in Oakland Hills. Sea level rise is going to start accelerating. Faster and higher, there is new concern sea levels in the bay area are heading to potentially catastrophic levels and sooner than we this. Osha believes all of the lowlying areas highligh
Evening, thanks for joining us, im dan ashley. Im aum ra ama daetz. Take a look at what abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard shot today in san rafael as the rain moved towards lake county. Lets turn to spencer christian, spencer this, should help on the fire line. Its helped with the firefighting efforts and cleaned the air a little bit. Here is a live view showing light to moderate rainfall moving through the bay area, throughout the area of the valley fire, this is helpful rainfall. Firefighters 63 degrees and winds gusting to 20 miles per hour. The winds are accompanied by rainfall. It continues to be light to moderate from west to east. Lets look at rainfall totals so far in mount st. Helena. Notice how widely varied these amounts are. Lower lake, only 4 100ths of an inch. We expect the rain to end and winds to be rather strong throughout the overnight hours. They will shift north and northwestern direction and will weaken mid day, into the afternoon. Bad news is that temperatures ri