Area raising money for his president ial campaign. But it turns out the citys waste Water Treatment facilities filters needles out. So the epa is instead focusing on sewage spills. We have reached out to the sfpuc for reaction but have yet to hear back. Reporting in San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, jean. Now we just got a statement from San Francisco city attorney. It says, quote, the Trump Administration is ignoring facts and misusing the epa to attack people it disagrees with. We submitted a freedom of information act request today to the epa for records related to this. Were looking forward to exposing whats really going on here. Well, there is new information tonight about a kidnapping and death in santa cruz county. Initial reports yesterday were that a man was kidnapped from his home in santa cruz. I want to show you a picture of that man. Its 50yearold. Later they found his car in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a body nearby. Today investigators say t
Calaveras rose ad is closed whi could impact who use the road to avoid highway 680 traffic. Cal fire made a lot of air drops. Crews are also using doziers and other equipment to help them cut fire lines in this area, which has very steep terrain, and they tell me that they have just stopped the forward progress of this fire. So certainly that is good news. Because this was six separate fires, it does beg the question, could this possibly be arson . I asked firefighters that. They say its too early to tell, but they are investigating the cause firefighters also say theyre going to be out here all night into the morning battling Marianne Favro nbc bay area news. The fire spread really quickly making it harder for firefighters to get control over it. Even though summer is winding down, clearly that doesnt mean were in the clear from fire danger. Roy mayeda is standing by with more to explain. Were already seeing warm ask dry conditions, but the extreme nature of the fire danger ahead will
Action have to be taken. We have to remove these attractive flavored products from the market place until they secure fda approval if they can. So to be specific this is flavored ecigarettes and enforced over the next few weeks. San francisco had banned the sale but that hadnt taken effect. This move to ban flavors is to combat the youth vaping. It is not directly related to the deaths from vaping. What is causing that is still a mystery. But we may see more bans ahead as they figure that out. Scott, thank you. Now to our other top story. Happening now, a day many will never forget. Today marks 18 years since the september 11th terrorist attack. All day long people from coast to coast will pause to remember the victims. Many families whose loved ones were involved in the tragedy, it is far from over. From ground zero in new york to the bay area, our team is reflecting on this somber day. Nbc bay areas Chris Pollone begins our coverage in new york. Reporter it has now been 18 years sinc
A new excessive heat warning, the advisory leading to a team 4 weather alert. Just a few minutes ago, people on the National Mall around our region and across the country and around the world celebrating the precise moment 50 years ago man first set foot on the moon. We cannot wait for another child to fa victim to senseless gun violence. D. C. Mayor bowser delivering a message to t community after announcing the arrest in an 11yearolds murder. Good evening, im erika gonzalez. Breaking news thisevening, Police Telling us they caught thd man who shot ankilled koran brown at a gas station in southeast d. C. Thursday night. News4s amy cho jo fns usom outside d. C. Police headquarters with new information in this case. Aimee . Reporter hi, we just learned a short time ago the manhunt for the alleged killer of an 11yearold boy has now finally come to an end. D. C. Police say tonight they arrested 29yearold tony antwoa mccm from southeast d. C. Ay police s he allegedly fired shots into the c
Wrong. He was the victim of a hoax, something that we know now called swatting. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald spok to the columnist about his terrifying incident. Te repor Leonard Spitz an awardwinning journalist for the miami herald based in prince georges county. Pulitzer prize, commentary 2004. This is the citation. Reporter b hes also a fulltime grandpa. You know i know how to put my seat up. Porter on sunday morning just before 5 00, he temporarily became a murder suspect. Never beenst arred, and technically wasnt arrested then and never had handcuffs on before. Reporter pitts was sleeping wh his phone rang. Was bowie police calling after a 911 callerhe contacted about a crime happening inside pitts home. The caller on the line stated that he had murdered his wife and that he was going toho the police when they arrived on the scene. The caller gave the address in the 500 block of nebraska lane. The caller gave pitts address so poli called asking him to com they brought me out to right