Good evening. Thanks for joining us at 6 00. We are following some breaking news. Crews in antioch are responding to two brushfires, one of them thats burned about 20 acres of open space off slatten ranch road near the antioch b. A. R. T. Station, another a couple miles to the west near the marina. Its burned about five acres. We just spoke to con fire and they said its a little windy out there. Lets take a closer look where these fires are burning. So far it is just vegetation, no homes or buildings threatened and no word of any impact to b. A. R. T. , but were keeping an eye on this. Lets get straight to meteorologist darren peck with more on the wind conditions in that area. Thats a notoriously tricky part of the bay for wind. Well spotlight why that part of the strait and out by antioch is always tricky. Look at the live view, the camera on mount diablo. You can see antioch and the bridge if youve got good eyesight on your monitor on the easternmost part of town. If you get a fire
Crisis. And now some of the birds are being found in unusual places. For example, at a giants game. Abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard visited a north bay bird rescue, which is treating as many pelicans as it can, but they need help. What were seeing is a lot of starving, very skinny birds being brought into care. Angie trumbo taking us behind the scenes at the International Bird rescue center in fairfield, where all these california brown pelicans are in bad shape. Its clearly, turning into a crisis over the last couple of weeks, a new surge of starving pelicans is causing concern. Two weeks ago, the bird rescue began treating about a dozen pelicans. But now that number has jumped to 130 birds in distress, ones that are just hungry just need to gain their weight and strength. But a lot of these birds are coming in with additional injuries because theyre so hungry. They might be getting into trouble with fishing gear and things like that as they take Desperate Measures to get food
Different things going on within the Oakland Police department and within this community. There is much concern over Public Safety. While recent data shows crime is falling, robberies are on the rise, Small Businesses are leaving oakland and many public calls to 911 remain unanswered. There is a federal oversight monitor to answer to. Its a lot to address for a 35 Year Police Veteran who was until recently, the chief of police in lubbock, texas. 12 new officers graduated from the Oakland Police academy last friday, bringing the total number of sworn officers to 716. His big challenge is going to be community or our public perception. Ken houston is director of the Beautification Council and a community advocate. Dont go in for the big wins. Go in for the small ones. Parking on the sidewalk, parking in a handicap spot, tinted windows all the way around. Driving around without license plates. Do what the great gavin newsom did. He sent in highway patrol, right . Theyre going after the sm
Cash is king. I found an very a typical gift that some final expects say parents give to their children. Offer to match your graduates contribution to a roth ira say for five years, right. Encourage them to become a responsible responsible and fie announced financial. The best thing is to get a job. Well talk about the time of year we are in. Well take you to a big fbi operation taking place this week off the water in alameda. Its special training that focuses on the navel station. We are there to explain what will happen during the next two days of operation seasick. Reporter the Training Exercise just got underway. The opd, fire, and officials are taking part in the two day training. What you see going on here, this is all assimilation. This truck is suppose to represent a bad guy that pulled up on in a truck with a chemical weapon. They have the orange smoke going off as part of that training scenario. The people lying on the ground are people acting. This is part of a Training Exer
Vicepresident ial nominees fight for the showdown tonight. Interruptions and insults as the Vice President ial nominees fight for your votes. At several points during the debate it was hard to hear with the candidates were saying because they kept talking over each other. Each came to the defense of their running mate. The president ial nominees are waiting and. Hillary clinton tweeting couldnt be prouder of tim kaine and donald trump said mike pence one big. Reporter this president ial campaign ticket stands out for being the oldest one ever for Major Political parties in america. That makes the Vice President ial candidates that much more important this year. This was their one and only debate. We are asking you who do you think won the debate . You can see live results at the bottom of your screen. The cbs poll earlier today said tim kaine and mike pence were unknown to voters they had the debate and to introduce themselves to america. Reporter tonights debate was full of interrupti