Across the bay bridge, 911 Service Needs to improve in oakland. Now the time is ticking in the town before it loses vital funding. Good morning. I am Gianna Franco and theres a lot to get to as many drivers will have to deal with a holiday headache on the roads. But we have breaking news. San jose based rock bands mouth mash former lead singer Steve Harwell has died. His representative confirmed the death after the singer entered hospice care. He has long suffered from Heart Disease and other health issues. He is a south bay native and was 56 years old. News that a chp officer got banged up in a crash at the intersection of harrison and third street. This is video and posted to x, formalally known twitter. It shows a chp motorcycle down on the ground and several police cars on scene. It happened yesterday afternoon. No word on what caused the crash, the trooper is going to be okay. The city of oakland is on the clock. The town has less than a year to speed up its 911 response times. Or
Jr. Who said the ultimate measure of a man is where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. With that we welcome you inside. Pam cook is with us today and that resonates. I talked to my children a little bit about that. The challenge and controversy, that is when you shine. History and what is happening today is the perfect time to talk about this. I cant think of Martin Luther king jr. Without thinking of rosa parks. They are connected in my mind because of the bus boycott in alabama bringing dr. King into prominence. I studied the boys boycott a lot. Happening today there are many events across the country and here in the bay area marking the Martin Luther king jr. Federal holiday. Tom vacar is doing us live from San Francisco where there is a day of service and a march to honor dr. King. The big event at the moment in San Francisco is the San Francisco Labor Council breakfast in honor of Martin Luther king jr. Along with the community foundation. It is interesting to note t
A better system comes thursday and friday and Even Stronger on sunday. Colder as well with the fog the big story through 10 00. By this evening we will start to increase the opportunity for rain. There was a little bit trying to show up offshore but this is all. Just very brief if anything. 40s on the temperatures or 50s with most locations running in the lower 40s to the mid40s. American canyon 47, napa is 42, 48 petaluma, 49 san rafael and tiburon 46. The easterly breeze at the napa airport gusting up to 60 Miles Per Hour coming back from the delta really bringing in that fog creeping back. Not much rain with the first system just very light with a little bit to the south. Suffice to say it looks like a pattern change is coming. We are starting with fog and cloud coverage today. Sal do we have good news on the roads . I guess we do, it is a light commute a lot of people have today off. It is a federal holiday and you will not see traffic at the bay bridge but i want to know you shoul
An hour. They were not able to track down the suspect. But at this point the chief of the bowie police, the investigating agency, is telling me they do not believe there is a continuing risk. You can see from the crime scene tape this road is closed down. Its called urbana lane. Police are investigating what is happening here. Bullet holes in the car and drugs in the car. In bowie, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan right now in the zoo, ollie is still on the run. Michelle but he has been spotted. Ads alison more than a dozen schools are keeping the kids in for recess. Michelle are they closing in on ollie . Jonathan q mccray has the new developments. Q . Q we have yes and no answers for you. Good news because according to the zoo, they got credible tips that ollie, the bobcat was in the cleveland park, in the woodley park area. But bad news in this hour because i just checked. They have no idea where ollie is. We are talking about an animal. She is 7 years old. Bobcats are gray in color.
That may bring us a few thunderstorms. I will give you the timing and looking ahead to the upcoming weekend in a few minutes. Thank you. You can stay connected with the storm watch 7 team through wjla. Com and the facebook and the twitter feeds. You can download the storm watch app to have the forecast at your fingertips. Michelle the rain would help where wildfires are destroying ho neighbor. The mayor of one town lost his home to the flames. Lauren lister reports the worst of the damage is in gatlinburg in the eastern part of the state. You can see the damage that has been done in this area right here. Today a first look at the destruction left in the unforgive fires wake. More than 100 structures lost or damage in the tennessee town, including the mayors home. I lost my house. The ranging flames devours. The residents were ordered to evacuate. Its so hot. Lauren wildfires spreading from the Great Smoky Mountains to populated area. Turning one of the biggest tourist area, dol the thr