Hey, if you could be any dinosaur, which would you trex. Thats dumb, cuz when youre hungry late at night, your little trex arms couldnt stuff your face with my new chickntater melt munchie meal. Its got crispy chicken, hash browns, and gooey cheese on a buttery croissant. Thats french. Ok, i get it. So what would you be . A long armed trex. Jerk. The damage, after an explosn and live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news. A loud boom and then the whole house shook. Tonight, this is the damage after an explosion and fire. Joe vasquez is in oakland tonight. Joe . Reporter and liz, you can see the effects of this explosion right here. Glass blown out of that window here in the 3500 block of brighton. And that right now, red cross workers on the scene to take care of some folks left homeless by this fire. Soon after this house on Brighton Avenue caught fire, flames began to shoot out the windows. The house next door was in serious danger of also going up in smoke
Train service at all. So plan ahead. Also plan ahead if you are trying to get into San Francisco from the peninsula. That northbound 280 closure remains in effect all weekend long from the 101 split to king street. The best bet is to use highway 101 right now it is looking good. Gosh this time yesterday around noontime actually it really got crowded. Still looking okay though as you can tell in our sensors all green all the way through hospital curve. Of course that could change at any time as people search for alternates. Bay bridge no metering lights and no delay into San Francisco from the east bay. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Yes, the allimportant 4th of july forecast. Will the fog go away . Heres lawrence. We are seeing some of that fog this morning. Patchy fog out there. But looks like thats going to break up and leave behind a very nice 4th of july. In fact, these temperatures are going to be warming up outside today. 80s and low 90s returning to the valleys. 70s and 80s and
Banks. Winds, 100 Miles Per Hour. At least 25,000 people have lost power. The rest of the east coast trying to figure out if it will affect the summers biggest holiday. Justin ross harris will stand trial for leaving his 22monthold son, cooper in a hot car. A detective tell a judge the father had been texting nude photographs as that its one was dying. The most common term would be sexting. A violent encounter between a california Highway Patrol officer and a woman captured on woman. Blows to the head. The pentagon has now grounded all of its f35s after one of the fighters caught fire on a florida runway. Hurricane cant stop the folks in boston. Yesterday officials moved up the fireworks display and concert. Recreate the famous picture. Whew its getting hot in here. Italian police have released underwater footage of the Costa Concordia. They are expected to remove the ship later this month. A hiker got stranded 100 feet up on a cliff east of seattle. All that a japanese politician bust
Parade today. We begin our Independence Day coverage with kpix 5s anne makovec who had a front row seat. Looks like fun. Reporter yeah. The parade here in alameda started at 10 00 and it just passed us here on park street but its still going on, on other city streets right now in alameda. Its going to be going on for the next couple of hours. This is the 38th annual parade and it keeps getting big ever every year. It is 3. 2 miles of pure hometown pride. So we are, we believe, the longest in terms of length parade in the United States. The only thing we think beats us is the rose bowl. Reporter an estimated 22,000 spectators began lining up early this morning along the streets of alameda. We started with waffles for breakfast, set up for the parade route at 6 00. Reporter this family brought three generations. Whats your favorite thing . Candy. Reporter but thats not it. Free popcorn. And i get to see my grandfather. Reporter and as with every tradition, certain nuances emerge. He was
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