Now at 11 00 this endangered blue whale is beached on the coast tonight and initial investigation shows it may have been struck by a ship. The whale washed up on agate beach in bolinas just north of stinson beach. More now from veronica de la cruz. The blue whale carcass is nearly 80 feet long and is described as a subadult female. The Marin Mammal Center said it first got reports last night about a carcass floating near the shoreline and by this morning it was on the beach. Scientists from the Mammal Center took samples from the skin and blubber and plan to go back out to the beach tomorrow to do a complete necropsy with help from the California Academy of sciences. Thats when theyll be able to determine if a ship strike was the cause of death. Photographs provide another perspective on just how large this whale is. Distinctive markings indicate that this is the same whale spotted a dozen times off the coast since 1999. Tonight a federal official at noaa issued a warning a the recreat
Mar is the Commanding Officer of the Forensic Services group. He says the additional work is absorbed by current employees. We shipped some middle managers to assist us in tracking that so it did take time from their normal duties. Reporter the captain says the reports are useful because the police need to work with the community. Its necessary data or information that both the commission and the public are entitled to just for the sake of transparency and openness. Reporter now, we reached out to all the sheriffs in the nine bay area counties and asked what their position on ab41 is. The sheriffs in San Francisco and san mateo are in favor of it. Sheriffs in marin and alameda are opposed. And as for the rest, the sheriff this is napa, sonoma and solano counties are on vacation and were told they could not be bothered. We also spent four days trying to get answers from Contra Costa County and santa clara counties but we got responses like the sheriff is busy, he is gone for the day, tr
And 53 San Francisco. 55 livermore. And 57 concord. Temperatures stays well below average for this time of year. A few things to remember as you kick off saturday. Early sunshine and increasing clouds the second half of the day. A slight shower chance for the north bay, mostly for tomorrow. And a big pattern change. Warmer weather heading our way. Well talk more about that in the full forecast. Two people are in the hospital after an officer involved shooting in brentwood. Few details are available right now about what led up to the confrontation. And Emergency Responders were called to the 500 block of birchwood road where a driver crashed into a building. Two people were inside the car and were injured but only one person was shot by an officer. Authorities have a suspect in custody that they believe randomly attacked a 13yearold boy stabbing him repeatedly in broad daylight in front of the millbrae library. The boy was standing with a group of friends and a homeless person started s
We go to our next video. We can see that there is a burned car along the road. That is exactly what the cal fire is saying caused this fire to break out this afternoon. So we have a situation here where the cal fire and other units, san jose fire is reponding. Other units are coming out to the scene. Theyre all out here responding, and theyre going to try to contain this as quickly as possible. The wind right now is not helping. We are live in southeast san jose, david louie, abc7 news. Thank you. More breaking news now. Martinez, a small brush fire broke out after a car crash. You can see a Police Officer there using a fire extinguisher to battle the flames just before 3 30 this afternoon. Arrived moments later and firefighters drenched the inferno quickly. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristen sze. The 2017 for season is already a destructive one. Fast start. The amount of acreage its burned stateside exceeds last years totals in california. Lonny rivera joins us live to explai
How is the firefight going . Reporter the fire is still raging out of control. It is not yet contained. What were looking at is a roadblock just off of 101. A lot of people are trying to get to their homes, but the area is cut off. We have aerial video of how the firefight is going. What youre seeing is an aerial drop from cal fire. They have tankers up there. They have water drop helicopters, as well, trying to get a handle on this fire. The wind is blowing. That means the flames could spread quickly. Thats why they said originally while there are 40 acres that burned, the potential could be for 500 acres. Lets take a look at a map. Metcalf road where i am is on the west side of the fire zone. San filipe is on the other side. People are being turned away and stay away. Only one structure so far, called a minor structure, has been threatened, but has the fire has not consumed anything so far. Lots of crews in this area trying to contain it. We are also aware of what started this fire.