Hurt and treated at the scene. It is not clear if they had to go to the hospital. Well keep you updated on abc 7 news 6 00. Im eric thomas in for dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Homelessness is in in the east bay is skyrocketing but the numbers defy the stereo types about who is on the streets. And the east bay city most plagued by a homeless crisis, leslie joins us from oakland. It is more prevalent and noticeable in oakland according to a census just taken by the nonprofit everyone home. They say that more development is pushing people out of hidden corners, out of back alleyways and out into the open. Reporter city crews dumped two blocks worth of discarded clothes and broken bikes and mounds of garbage from under interstate 980 today. As far as cleaning up the sidewalk. And what are you going to do after they finish the clean up . Move back. There is nowhere else to go. Reporter homelessness is increasing and a countywide head count revealed 5600 homeless and the bulk in oakland. Wit
Windy conditions caused the fire to spread. The fire chief hasnt seen wind push a fire around this badly since the Oakland Hills fire in 1991. See the smoke for several miles. Every direction. Own one person injured. Suffering burns to their arm. Stay on top of fire and have an update on channel 7 at 11 00. In the bay area, goats running nor their lives. Sky 7 was over the hillside as goats found themselves pinned between a fence and advancing flames of a brushfire. This happened before noon along park victoria drive. The fire blackened six acres and threatened one home. There are no reports of injuries to people. But 20 goats that lived nearby werent as lucky. They all survived. But six of them transported to an Animal Hospital with burns. I was upsetting to me. Because there is homes right there. And there is animals. This is their i have a little one too. First concern. And the goats were treated by an san jose services. Goats eat brush. Blown transformer appears new have started th
Would expect to see when you take your dog out for a morning walk, a man stabbed. I wouldnt think twice about issues up here so its startling. Its a safe neighborhood. So real shocked. Reporter San Francisco police say around 5 30 a. M. , they got to Bernal Heights park and found a man the victim of a stabbing. Once paramedics arrived, they treated the male victim and declared him dead. Nothing about who this man is has been released. Its not an area that you would even consider this happening in. Reporter the sfpd homicide detail is investigating. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. Police say they dont believe this is the missing uber driver piseth chhay. The 48yearold father from San Francisco disappeared on mothers day. Barts police chief was just officially sworn in and as kpix 5s Jessica Flores reports, the chief is narrowing down his Top Priorities. Youre chief of police of the Bay Area Rapid transit district. Reporter now officially chief carlos rojas on his first day on the
The conclusion but pearl panton was never found. City leaders in oakland are talking about what to do to address the problem about the fires, the latest at 4 00 yesterday morning. We reported this on mornings on 2, the second fire at a homeless camp in west oakland just this week. There were no reports of injuries but officials worry about the future and that people may not be so lucky. This is why it is so important where we designate property to provide people a better option. We need to have a place for people to stay and the services that help people to turn their lives around. There are about 200 homeless encampments in oakland and city leaders hope to open a new safe haven site where people can pitch tents and have access to portable toilets and garbage pickup. There would be security and staff to help people find permanent housing. Alameda county is expected to release the results of the Homeless Count which is required to get federal funding and he gives the local leaders a bet
The main message is this significantly cooler pattern compared to monday and tuesday, we have taken the plunge down into the 60s are very low 70s. We will rebound on the weekend. It will be warmer by sunday and monday. Wind gusting up to 35 and 40, even vacaville and low clouds out to sacramento. We take the turning go to the north and that is a heckuva push. 50s on the temperatures, mostly cloudy this morning and partly sunny this afternoon with temperatures in the 50s and 60s for many and low 70s. Temperatures down 25 degrees for some in the last two few in the last two days. What do we see . More traffic at the bay bridge, and this will be a light day for the bay bridge. So far not terrible but certainly a lot of people trying to get into San Francisco in the cars. Especially those people that are solo in the cars but the carpool lanes are moving well. San francisco traffic north and southbound 101 is not bad approaching the i80 split with no major issues. On interstate 880, looking