City of walnut creek to change its zoning status from recreational to residential. Tripling the value. Looking to do some sort of residential housing. Potentially empty nester type product or a standard residential project. Reporter if it recommends rezoning, the city council would vote on the matter. It could take up to a year. But Community Members are trying to stop it. Generations have grown up here, this is where we come to recreate. I understand they have a right to do that but the city should take more of an interest in the fact a lot of people moved here and bought homes here to be closer to this wonderful facility. Reporter the city says it has yet to hear from the owner of the property. In walnut creek, abc7 news. More than two weeks after the start of the valley fire, classes resumed today in middleton. The fire is now 97 contained and in middleton there are sign thaefrz day life beginning to return to normal. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman joins us live tonight. Wayne .
D. C. , those smaller crowds now, but theyre waiting for him to return. Abc is in washington with more on his eventful day. Reporter pope francis meets a joyous crowd with handshakes and hugs as ee departs the vatican embassy, climbing into his humble fiat for the ride to the white house. Horns blare as he arrived in the tiny car. The president and first lady smiled broadly as they welcomed the holy father. Your holiness, in your words and deeds, youve set a profound moral example. Reporter one of the largest crowds ever on the white house south lawn, 11,000, there for the popes opening remarks to the american people. As the son of an immigrant family, im happy to be a guest in this country which was lastly built by such families. Reporter speaking in english the pope called for a society protective of religious freedom and of the environment. Climate change is a problem we can no longer be left to our future generations. Reporter pope francis and the president then head in for a meeti
For morgan hill. Pretty clear here, but certainly foggy in other parts of the area. Cooler start right through wednesday but then warming up once again. Sue, how is traffic . We do have an accident at the san mateo bridge toll plaza, a semi truck blocking lane number 7, once you get past that traffic is flowing nicely on the flat section up on the highrise and all the way over towards foster city. Lets take a look at emeryville, from Golden Gate Fields to the from Golden Gate Fields to the mcarthur kristin, eric. Its 5012. Happening today lead frers around the world are convening for annual United Nations meeting in just a few hours president obama will deliver opening remarks and later he will sit down with the president s of russia and cuba. Abc 7 News Reporter janet owe is in the news more with more reporter among president obamas key messages will be to solidify support for the campaign against isis. Obama is look to go focus on various reasons that led young people from the region
Inside of the Carmel Mission lie the remains of one of californias earliest colonists. He left off the coast of spain. They come to rye to baptize indians they felt never heard the x÷gospel. Reporter the Catholic Church and military staked their claim by Building Missions and presidios. There is only one problem, there were people here. Native americans. Sera saw it as an opportunity to say souls. He wanted to preach to indian people the road to salvation. It was brutal to our his ancestors were among the 300,000 native americans in central and southern california. The arrival of the spanish was catastrophic. They brought disease, and livestock that trampled plants the native americans ate. They took away their customs. They couldnt practice their songs or ceremonies. Native americans were put to work building the missions, including mission dolores. It was one of the first Nine Missions built under serrs orders. Those who escaped were recaptured, tortured and often subjected to beati
Feel like fall this afternoon. We look live from emeryville over the bay. There are low clouds along the coast, but by this average more sunshine in the inland areas. We will be warming up into the mid70s. Along the coast comfortable, in the mid60s and around the bay hitting low 70s in some spots. A warmup is on the way. Ill have more coming up, carolyn. Thanks. We are waiting for condition on two men who were rescued from the ocean in santa cruz last night after one of them drove their cars off the wharf. Crews pulled the car out of the water after the man was rescued. The victims crashed through a fourfoot phelps. The victims were under water nearly 20 minutes. They were rushed to the hospital. No information has been released on the men. Its not clear what caused the driver to crash. One person is dead after a headon car crash on the stanford campus. It happened just after 7 00 last night just east of campus drive. The driver who was killed was in the nissan. Investigators say that