Welcome to your world this morning im John Henry Smith and stephanie has the day off and faithful celebrating christmas and the day traditions say jesus christ is born and also praying for an end to a jeer of year of violence and suffering. Pope francis delivered his traditional Christmas Mass to tens of thousands listening outside in st. Peters square and asked for reconciliation in the middle east and in africa. Translator only gods mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil, at times monstrous evil which spawns in our midst. Reporter meanwhile in the syrian capitol damascus the Christian Community celebrated christmas overnight, hundreds lined the streets to watch fireworks and sing carols not far from where the syrian army is fighting antigovernment rebels and christians makeup 11 of the syrian population many of whom fled since the start of the war, in the u. S. President obama and the first lady put out their holiday message a short time ago. Today like millions of ameri
Even from the other side of the world to catch the game on Christmas Day. On the court it was 32 lucky kids who got christmas presents from the team burks for thousands of fan the game was the best present of all. This is your Christmas Celebration . Yes. My baby bought me tickets to the game. She totally bamboozled me. They drove all night from san diego to get here. But fans came from farther than that. We came from australia. Come all the way over here in new zealand. They even came from the north pole. This is a long way for you, isnt it some. A long way. But i was in the neighborhood last night so i got a room and hung out. Im here to see steph curry and lebron james. And two worldclass players. This is it going to be one of the greatest rematches bar none. Why would we miss this . The taschner talking started early. Always lebron, number one, you know. What about her . Oh, man, every day shes always talking about steph curry and Klay Thompson i dont listen to him, i dont listen a
But we have some rain to talk about for tomorrow. Chris. We have breaking new out of Southern California this morning. A stretch of the Pacific Coast highway in ventura is closed after a fastmoving brush fire broke out last night. It has burned 1,000 acres along highway 101 and its threatening at least 30 homes. Mandatory evacuations are in place for some areas. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Stick with with abc7 news for updates on the story and follow us on twitter. Now to breaking news out of the north bay. A fire start the at 2 30 this morning at the Russian River health center. Arrives were bursting through the front of the center and come out of the elevator shaft. They say there is extensive damage that will cost at least half a Million Dollars to fix. Fortunately they were able to save some computers and medicine supplies. No word on any injuries. 6 02, the time. Police are investigating how a suspect who opened fire on a bart place officer may be connected to a
Live, if the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. An intense three day manhunt and then a standoff, just hours ago, our camera rolling as bay area Law Enforcement got their guy. The manhunt came to an end on massachusetts avenue in redwood city, kpix 5s mark kelly was there, police took them in to custody, mark . Reporter and veronica, around the clock surveillance led police to this redwood city home and the man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death. Around 5 00 this afternoon, the s. W. A. T. Team surrounded this home on massachusetts avenue. The cop were here to protect us, thats what they did. Reporter one flash bang and examine two and a half hour later, anthony karensic was taken out of the house with cuffs. They with able to take the suspect in to custody and i can report to you that hes under arrest on a 5 million arrest warrant for murder reporter saturday Afternoon Police say he fatally stabbed his girlfriend, 34yearold colleen straw, multiple times m her san mate
Overturned dumping tons of debris on highway 101. Hi,everyone. Good afternoon. Im frank mallicoat. Michelle is on assignment. That accident happened around 10 a. M. On silver avenue near highway 101 southbound lanes of the highway in San Francisco are now shut down. Kpix 55s jackie ward is live kpix 5s jackie ward is live at the scene weather very latest. Jackie . Reporter behind me, frank, is where all these accidents ended. They were caused by a single dump truck. Take a look. The truck was uprighted a little bit ago. Despite the destruction, veteran Police Officers say it could have been worse. It all started around 8 50 a. M. When a truck traveling eastbound on silver avenue lost control according to eyewitnesses. At this point in the investigation, Police Believe the driver was dealing with mechanical issues. The first accident happened at somerset and silver where the truck collided with a car forcing it into a home. Two people were in the car and they are being treated for nonse