Mars. We have been in the bay area for about going on 30 years and weve never seen anything like this. Just unreal. This is unprecedented. And why this smoke may increase your risk of catching a viruslike covid19. What it does to people with healthy lungs is increases the risk of infection. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, bay area landmarks like you have never seen them before. The golden gate bridge, bay bridge of course, lake merritt, the dish in palo alto and huber tower at stanford, all with a backdrop of orange, smoke and ash. Good evening, i am elizabeth cook. The question tonight, will everything still look orange tomorrow . It looks like hell i would describe it. Somebody described it as an apocalyptic since this morning on a test from a friend. Erie, i guess is how i would describe it. I looked outside and it looks like doomsday. You can tell something is horribly going wrong. Where is this coming from . Fires to the north exploding in size
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Did you see it or hear it . Thunder and lightning here in San Francisco and across the bay area. Rumbling in the north bay,va, p widespread wildfires. Flashing across the night sky in the east bay, lighting up the oakland skyline. Streaking across the south bay where its blamed for sparking on apartment fire. As someone who grew up on midwestern thunderstorms, it was both intense and unusual here. Yeah, eric. You got that right. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma joining us now. Right away with what to expect because, drew, this has been wild weekend of weather. Yeah. Certainly this morning is a morning a lot of us are not going to forget anytime soon. Hundreds of lightning strikes lighting up the morning sky earlier today. Live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you the bay area was basically the bullseye for all of the storm activity. Right now the current lightning strikes are in the sierra. But what is h
Confirmed in the capital. The japanese government says its monitoring the situation clososely. Translator the number of seriously ill patieients is decreasing. Analyzing other data around the infection, the situation does not meet the standard for the government to immediately declare a state of emergency again. The government attributes the rise partly to people who either work at or visit nighttime entertainment spots such as host or hostess bars. Over 19,000 cases have been confirmed across japan. The death toll stands at more than 970. Now the japanese governments Contact Tracing app is back up and running after a glitch was found afterer it was rolllled out in mid june. It is called covid19 contact confirming. It allows users who test positive to anonymously notify others theyve come into contact with. Users who contract the virus are supposed to upload a special number, but the numbers were stopped being issued when the glitch was found. Users need to update the app to the latest
Guns, ammunition and bombs. Rayshard brooks. We believe the 1992 white shots fired as the ford cargo van recovered in bs same vehicle used in this federal shooting. Reporter ammunition found in the van extreme brand matches casings found outside the oakland Federal Building where underwood was gunned down. In oakland, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. Guilty, that is the plea from pg e tonight for its role in the most devastating wildfire in california history. Were talking about the camp fire that destroyed the town of paradise back in november of 2018. Pg es crumbling electrical grid ignited that fire. Today the ceo bill johnson stood before the photos of 84 of the People Killed by the flames and he said the same three words 84 times. Guilty, your honor. As part of the plea, pg e will now pay 3. 5 million fine. The family of oscar grant, who was killed by a b. A. R. T. Police officer in 2009, is calling for the resignation of a b. A. R. T. Director. This comes after that director tried
Unless a full capacity crowd is allowed. And demands schools nationwide open as soon as possible. While his democratic rival, joe biden, steps out in public for the first time in months. Multistate manhunt. A desperate search under way for a Connecticut College student wanted in connection with a deadly crime spree. The 23yearold last seen in pennsylvania. His family making an emotional plea for his surrender. If youre listening, you are loved. It is time to let the healing process begin. We will have the very latest in a live report. Confrontation in central park. Please send the cops immediately. Video thats gone viral showing a white woman calling police on a black man after he asked her to leash her dog. Im going to tell them theres an africanamerican threatening my life. Her exclusive apology and his reaction to their heated dispute. All that, plus let the countdown begin. Tomorrows historic launch for nasa and spacex receives the final green light overnight, the first for america