Drought surcharge and a rate hike could also hit customers this summer. Water wasters could face 100 fines per month. East bay muds goal is to have customers cut back 20 compared to their 2013 water use. Third of our water use is outdoors. The best way that we can achieve a 20 cutback in water use is through outdoor restrictions starting now. Reporter contra costa water customers could face a mandatory 25 cut when their board votes tomorrow. Back here live right on cue. We have the sprinklers going here. We assume this family is on spring break or on vacation because theres in car in the driveway. These are the first actions by Water Districts. Bay area Water Districts, in response to governor browns cutback for call for a cutback of 25 for the average Water District. We are live in alameda, im ryan takeo, kpix 5. Todays meeting is at 1 15 and the public is invited to comment on the proposals. A man who threatened to jump off a san jose freeway overpass brought traffic to a sneer stand
Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. That breaking news is at the civic center train station in San Francisco. The station just reopened. As Police Police are looking for a man who pushed another man into a muni train. It started with a fight on the trains platform. The vic tunnel fell the victim fell in front of the train. It looks like somebody took a sledgehammer to the drivers side window. The victim went to San Francisco General Hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Police say the suspect ran away and they continue to look for him. Follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area and watch the abc7 morning news at 4 30 for updates. Good evening. Our other top story tonight a boat fire near angel island forced seven people to abandon ship and tonight those survivors credit two fishermen for coming to their rescue. It happened in raccoon straight. Abc7 News Reporter lilian kim is live with the story. Katie, the boat is being stored here at the army corp of engineers, and
Im right here with steve moments after her eight yearold son was abducted outside rome possible. As one described how Police Officers treated them one of the dogs will by the fiat one of us is not present house of looking up from sun and apple up the cop was up by the door and my wife asked not to antagonize the dogs. Pam now, the police see things differently. They recorded everything on body cameras. They asked to go inside the home. And Suzanne Guzman said no. Reporter is a reason where once a because its my space and add only invaded my space you nominee people have told us sad and is a dead person inside unintelligble pam siouxs that hancock handcuffed tonight. Police in san mateo are concerned there may be additional victims. Of a registered sex offender who has been working as a massage therapist. They arrested. Pam global were looking is the final page anticipation if anyone else reports in similar or victims of the crime to please call pam Contra Costa Health officials say. A
And i thought it was that rock and i thought it is shinier than the rock. As i got closer i realized it was a whale. Researchers say it is an adult sperm whale believed to be about 49 feet long. People started flocking to it as word spread. It is a huge whale. It is actually a huge whale. I never seen anything like it before. Im in awe. Many pacifica residents dont know the last time they have seen a whale on the beaches. They have seen other animals wash ashore in recent months. Sea lions wash up, a lot of babies, but never seen a whale that size here. Residents want to know what caused the whale to die. There were 50 congregating in the monterey bay and we were expecting to see them start showing up down here but its a shame this is the first one we have seen. They plan to perform a necropsy. Lilian kim abc7 news. Water, restrictions begin immediately for east bay mud users after the board officially declared a stage 4 drought today. Thats the highest designation. East bay mud estima
Afternoon. They had us evacuate and thats when i got worried. Operating a front end loader at the firing range one of the many injured during the blast. As a result he was blown away from the front loader. This video from the fresno city firefighters Facebook Page shows the roadway and the dirt birm where the tractor travelers. Two deputies watched the tractor work. According to them the last thing they saw him doing was just driving along this roadway. 10 Fresno County jail inmates cleaning up a range were also injured. One inmate who appears to be hurt the worst of all of them was airlifted. And now a massive crater with a charred tractor in the middle remains. It is unclear if the tractor punctured the 12inch underground line or drove over it. Pg e says contractors are required to call the states hotline. Thats two days before any work so the gas water and power lines can be marked. There is no record of a call. Meanwhile, the deputies already at the gun range. They ran toward this