One of the victims about the road rage incident. What did she tell you . Reporter the victim says the suspect rammed her at high speed, not far from where police say he started a fire in the hills of uc berkeley. Alfredo bautista is in jail charged with crimes including arson for using a cigarette lighter to start the grizzly peak fire on wednesday. The fire burned 20 acres, injured a firefighter and took days to control. Police say the crimes those crimes began that morning when he pointed a rifle at a couple. He got into a stolen car and chased her. I was going 75 miles an hour down that road trying to get away from him. He kept driving next to me and was aiming the gun at me. Reporter that wasnt all. When i got away hes tried to rear end me until i lost control of my car. Reporter she said she crashed into a parked car and if it werent for that she wouldve gone over the edge of the cliff. She said her car is a total lost. Bautista fled but was arrested by Berkeley Police after he st
Coyote creek. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. Dan ashley is on assignment. We begin in breaking news in san jose where that overflowing creek has flooded several san jose neighborhoods. One new neighborhood being threatened tonight is a Mobile Home Park on oakland road. This is the south bay mobile park. Coyote creek is on the other side of the wall you see right there. The wall is already leaning and officials dont know if its going to hold. Police have gone door to door telling everyone to leave. There are at least 200 units under mandatory evacuation orders. Two of the residents are senior citizens, both invaldez. One of them just lost her husband. There are two other nearby Mobile Home Parks also under evacuation orders. In addition the water is contaminated. Authorities are asking anyone who comes into contact with it to rinse off their clothes and their shoes. There are still showers around the bay area tonight. Meteorologist drew tuma tracking th
Of course its going to be difficult but maybe god he can help us. So i only put it on the hands of god. Police are patrolling the flooded areas to prevent any looting. On monday, School Resumes and the overnight shelters at those locations will soon move. One of the questions people are asking is why didnt we know the flooding would be this bad . Jonathan bloom is live in san jose. For the first time today, the usgs has some answers to that question. Reporter well, as residents work to dig through the rubble and pg e works to restore power, the u. S. Geological survey has been out doing science. This is still a swollen creek. In fact, its higher than its ever been before. One of the reasons that the Evacuation Order came so late is because we didnt know what would happen when the water got this high. Now they are crunching the numbers to make sure they know what will happen if this ever occurs again. 20 . 20. Dangling over a cable of the russian water, surveyors are gathering data in l
So i heard five bullet shots shot. I come running and i see cops swarming this car and this guy just fighting back. Thats all i saw. Then i saw when they opened the door and broke the glass and just pulled him right out. Reporter it is unknown if the suspect had a weapon. Thats one of the questions were hoping to get an answer. Were told a spokesperson from the San Jose Police department is on his way and is supposed to address the media. Were not sure what prompted this shooting, if it was because the suspect rammed into the patrol car or there were other reasons. Were also hearing that the whole reason that the officer started initially following this pickup truck was because he was driving eare trraticall. Im told by a source that he is in his 50s. Were still waiting to hear on his condition and get the whole rundown on what happened. Well have the latest coming up next hour. Thanks so much. Stay up to date with the latest details on this breaking news sory by downloading the abc 7
mark breaking news we are following this morning. A small earthquake rattles the south bay. According to the usgs a 4point0 magnitude quake hit around 4 15 this morning in aromas. It hit about 35 miles from san jose. So far there are no reports of any damage or injuries. And remember we have a full page dedicated to earthquakes on our website. It shows an earthquake map and has safety tips on what to do when an earthquake hits. That is all on our website at kron four dot com. darya tensions flare at an East Bay High School as students accused of posting racist pictures on instagram return to class. mark this comes after two separate displays of discrimination at albany high school. And there are more rallys scheduled for later today. darya kron 4s averi harper is live at the high school this monring with the latest. Averi. averi tensions flare at an East Bay High School as students accused of posting racist pictures on instagram return to class. The protests happened yesterday at alban