Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. A mind blowing surprise. In a letter to their newborn daughter facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg and his wife pricilla say they are celebrating her birth with a 45 billion donation. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. The couple are pledging 99 of their facebook chairs to charity. They say it is to make the world a better place for their daughter and the next generation. Tonight the Philanthropic Community has more. It is safe to say that the Philanthropic Community is impressed. Indeed. They previously pledged to give half of their assets, so todays announcement that they are giving nearly all their wealth has stunned just about everyone. Mark zuckerburg and Pricilla Chan are now proud parents of a little girl named max. They posted this photo on facebook and with it a letter to their daughter. Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. The only way we reach our full
Chan are now proud parents of a little girl named max. They posted this photo on facebook and with it a letter to their daughter. Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. The only way we reach our full Human Potential is if we are able to unlock the gift of every person around the world. The zuckerburgs plan to give 99 of their facebook shares over the course of their lives darr waves their 1. 6 billion to charitable causes including the 75 million to San Francisco General Hospital and 15 million to San Franciscos private school start up. 45 million is an enormous amount of money to fuel initiatives that wouldnt have otherwise started. The zuckerburgs are certainly breaking the stereo types as tech leaders who gained a reputation for holding back on charitable giving. The founder and ceo of the nonprofit Tipping Point Community Hopes this is the start of a trend. We have great role models here in the bay area. We have
Mission street tonight, smoke and flames could be seen for blocks. I heard ambulances and police cars and fire truck ss coming, and when i walked outside of the door, i literally saw the flames. Reporter the flames that traveled quickly on the upper floors of the threestory buildings. Businesses occupied the bottom floors. Occupants were on the top floors. And all of the sudden you could hear the glass breaking, and the people were trying to get out of the window and the roof was catching on fire. Reporter it was a stubborn fire that reignited several times in the night and flames were shooting several times in the air, and parts of the building was crashing down once the water hit the roof. We with saw people like punching out the windows and jumping out of the windows and not waiting for the ladders. They started to come down as the firefighters were not even here yet. Reporter when they arrived the firefighters rushed to rescue the people trapped inside. But the thing about the fire
Find this semi rig by using tips and surveillance video. But as ken mentioned earlier, this driver might not even realize that he or she collide with the motorcycle. The motorcycle rider, a 61year old man was found in the middle of the street, killed when his motorcycle crashed. Heavy traffic came to a halt as the chp closed the stretch of mission boulevard at 1 15 this afternoon. What caused the crash is a mystery that the chp is still trying to unravel tonight. A big rig that was towing two chrome colored tanks, its potentially a vehicle that left the scene. Reporter the chp says witnesses told them the big rig collided with the motorcycle, and never stopped. Now, investigators are searching for the silver big rig tanker. The problem is that the street gets a lot of truck traffic. The chp says its more dangerous because this particular stretch of roadway is also under construction right now. Reporter construction barriers have created another hazard that could have been a factor. Its
Missed. Reporter rainy says smith and six other bart officers with the sheriffs deputy went to the dublin apartment on a probation search to recover a laptop andthandth other property that 20yearold John Henry Lee stole during a bart station robbery last week. Police arrested lee last thursday after chasing the suspect who they say was driving a car that had been reported stolen from another bart station. If they knew that John Henry Lee was in custody, and thats always a possibility that somebody else can be in the apartment. Reporter Alameda Deputy says the apartment door was unlocked, which could raise tensions. If the door is unlocked, it usually means somebody is there, so they probably thought someone was in the apartment. Reporter what led the officer identified as michael mays to fire his gun, the chief is defending the approach to the search. The independent Police Auditor is determined to ensure a thorough investigation despite all the emotions. The tragedy is really what thi