A fire captain reported finding lifethreatening hazards in the building, and recommending shuttering the place. But instead, the city gave the owner the chance to make repairs. Today an attorney for the Master Tenant said lawsuits could be coming. Hes a dynamic, young 64year old that lost his life. Aurea lewis is one of the directors of Urojas Community services, and shes also one of the people who lost a loved one her brother in mondays san pablo avenue fire. A mediator hired by attorney james cook, who represents urojas, says the place still had uninhabitable conditions when she did a walkthrough just a couple weeks ago. There was water leaking down from the ceiling from the bathroom of the second floor coming down to the first floor. There were exposed wires. Cook has been representing urojas ever since eviction attempts by the buildings owner, keith kim, began in december. Kim claimed the Master Tenant owed him unpaid rent. This was around the same time the city inspection found th
Captain told his superiors, the building should be shutdown immediatley. Due to several hazards. Instead,the Building Owner was given more time to do repairs. steve tonight we have Team Coverage. Spencer blake heard from people impacted by the fire. And a possible lawsuit ahead. First ella sogominan is live and ella you just talked to the mayor. What exactly is she going to do . Weve heard this building now in ruins was the center of constant safety complaints before the fatal fire erupted so the oakland mayor tells us shes come up with a plan to combat a huge demand for fire inspection and a lack of staff. Oakland mayor libby schaaf is doubling the number of fire inspectors adding six more in light of two fatal fires in recent months. Libby schaaf, oakland mayor and while we wait to get those people in place we are reassigning existing staff so we can fast track more problem Property Inspections as well as ensure that all of our annual inspections are up to date. The latest fire erupt
Of rain later thursday or more likely friday of next week. marty landing that breaking news were following. A man is dead this morning and two construction workers are injured following a crash on interstate 880 in hayward. This happened around 3 30 this morning on southbound 880 near winton avenue. Police say a driver crashed into a cal trans construction pickup truck, and died at the scene. Two construction workers are suffering from minor injuries this morning. marty landing more breaking news out of antioch. One person is dead after crashing their car into a fire truck in antioch. It happened on highway 4 near the summerville exit. The fire truck was working another accident when the crash happened. A firefighter who was on board the firetruck was injured and sent to the hospital. Their injuries are unknown. marty landing breaking news out of vallejo. One person is dead after a shooting just before 11 last night at the intersection of marin and pennsylvania. Thats where officers fo
Nicole garcia continues our Team Coverage now and she is live with what we are learning now about the suspect involved. Yeah, we are waiting for mark pain to be book into the Fourth Avenue jail. We are told he will be here any minute now and is facing three counts of attempted firstdegree murder and two counts of aggravated assault this whole incident might feel like deja vu for mark payne. This is not the first time has attacked police officers. According to Court Documents, back in december of 1997, mark payne was arrested after attacking three officers. The same number of officers he is accused of attacking this morning he was accused of attacking three officers back in 1997 causing them injury. Back then he was charged with three counts of aggravated assault. Ultimately according to Court Documents he entered into a plea deal and was sentenced to in 1997. Now today chief yahner did not talk much about payne during the news conference. So we dont have a motive at this time. And poli