Closed since last weeks coyote creek flooding. The park will remain closed until the water recedes. Well, a martinez courtroom heard a shocking account of the murder of a 9yearold boy. 20yearold William Schultz is accused of killing 9yearold jordan almgren in they say he did it to see how it felt to take a human life. Reporter dozens of family and friends of the victim packed the courtroom for this emotional opening statement. There is no dispute between the attorneys that William Shultz killed this young boy. The issue is whether it was a calculated, premeditated murder or the impulsive act of a delusional young man. Just 18 at the time, William Billy shultz killed his best friends little brother because he thought the world was ending and needed to practice his survival skills. Thats according to a contra costa prosecutor on the first day of shultz trial. After his arrest, the prosecutor told jurors shultz told detectives, quote, i needed to see what it felt like to kill somebody. Jo
Again. Reporter unfazed by the high drama on capitol hill. The fbi as part of our Counterintelligence Mission is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. Reporter the testimony from fbi director james comey offering two black eyes to the Trump Administration, first revealing an Ongoing Investigation now in itself seventh month. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the the campaign and russias efforts. Reporter and then publicly undercutting the president , refuting trumps tweet. Director comey, was the president s statement that obama had his wires topped in trump tower a true statement . The department has no information that supports those tweets. Reporter the white house still refusing to back down fired back at comeys testimony and then quickly distanced itself from former Trump Campaign
Would. Heres a live look outside, westbound 92, lot of folks hitting the brakes there and a high wind advisory for san mateo bridge along with the bay bridge this morning so it is wet and windy here today. Westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze up to about 25 minutes, 16 across the bay bridge, and southbound 101, San Francisco to sfo, youre still in the green at just about ten minutes. Couple different issues on southbound 6890, one out of the trivalley, one a little closer to fremont. Ill show you those coming up next. On to breaking news now. A vallejo familys been forced from their home overnight after it was hit by a big tree. Lets get right to abc7 News Reporter amy hollyfield. Reporter the family is okay. A huge oak, though, scared them when it fell on to the home just a few hours ago. A family was asleep inside. They are all fine, though. The house the tree did not break through the home, but officials have red tagd it until they can get the tree removed and they can inspect it. Th
For showers and even some thunderstorms with some small hail. By noon, we get a little bit of a break and then showers redevelop even some thunderstorms possible from 4 00 to 7 00. Temperatures going to hang out in the upper 50s to low to mid 60s around the bay and inland. So far, so good. Or pretty good anyway for the Tuesday Morning drive. Heres a look look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Little stack up in the cash lanes here on the lefthand side and yes, that pavement is wet as you can see. Not a total downpour in most areas. It is scattered and it is fairly light. One problem that we did have earlier this morning that has cleared up, southbound 17 in the los gatos area we had a tree down that was blocking the right lane, but about 15 minutes ago, crews were able to get that pushed off to the hold and that was a little bit ahead of when they thought they were able to do that. Well take a look at drive times coming up. Now were going to take a look at a Driver Police want to find. Thi
Falling for most of the evening. Were seeing heavy rain developing in some spots. Street level we go, right over San Francisco at this hour. Those yellows, oranges and even reds you see on your screen from the richmond district, sunset San Francisco, the marina, north beach, that is falling at half an inch an hour. This cell is moving off to the north and east. So well time it out for you. Approaching emeryville around 9 14. Rind, 9 18. Vallejo, 9 39 p. M. Were tracking scattered downpours as well as a chance of thunder and a wet Tuesday Morning commute. A stronger storm is on the horizon and the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Ama . You can track the rain on our abc 7 news app. Be sure to enable push alerts. A wild sideshow on the bay bridge last night. These dirt bike riders may have thought they got away, but the california Highway Patrol caught up with them in the end. They used a high tech, new airplane that was watching them the whole time. Its better than giving chas