The front door. They went inside. Break down the doors. The room. And they point the gun at them. Reporter this witness did not want to show his face but told abc 7 news, one of the armed men pointed the gun at a visibly upset 18monthold toddler and told the baby to make the told the people to make the baby stop crying. The sounds drew their attention. Witnesses were able to give key clothing and physical descriptions of the gunmen and told officers the direction they saw the men take off. Less than an hour later, the Oakland Police were able to locate and identify these men. Items from the robbery were found in their possession and a positive witness i. D. Was given. Police took both men into custody. This Home Invasion robbery is the latest to hit east oakland in a week. On tuesday, two miles away, an 81yearold woman was shot in a Home Invasion robbery in oaklands diamond district. Police have not made an arrest and the suspect remains at large. Nature of the crime has put many in th
To 1 billion in its pickup debut. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman on twitters revenue and the lessons it hopes to learn from facebook. Mike . Reporter see these people back here, kenny . They are going to be millionaires at least some of them. The people that work at twitter quite possibly. They want to raise 1 billion when they go public. This is a company that is still losing money but thats the calculus that is tech company these days. I have no doubt actually that the twitter ipo is going to be very successful. Reporter twitter announced today its going public with a tweet. Hour s1 will be filed publicly momentarily. This tweet does not constitute any offer of any securities for sale. Reporter still have 46 characters left on its 140 limit. But apparently didnt need them. This is the most highly anticipated stock debut since facebook which didnt go so well. It didnt. And there may be something as we comb through the filing papers lurking in those in twitters ipo filing that gives us pause. R
It is a foggy start. This is the view as we approach the bay bridge toll plaza. We are dealing with areas of low visibility right now, so Half Moon Bay just over a quarter of a mile there, same for sfo. We are expecting that fog to mix out later this morning, making way for a lot of sunshine. It is going to be a little warmer than yesterday. Well break down those temperatures coming up in my full forecast. Marty. Thank you. Today you can get some Holiday Shopping and also support local businesses during Small Business saturday. Kron 4s mike pelton mixing a little business and shopping. Reporter good morning, marty. Yesterday a lot of the Big Chain Stores cashed in, so today you have Small Business saturday. Here in pleasanton you will find a lot of Small Businesses. Object main street theyve even hung a banner reminding residents of the occasion. Theyre encouraging locals to shop at their local stores today. This is one of many cities participating. In San Francisco former mayor willie
One Winning Ticket was sold in san jose in just the past 30 minutes weve received conformation of Winning Tickets in georgia and ohio. We do know where the ticket was sold, its called jennys. We had a crew that just arrived at jennys and well have a live report a little later in this newscast. Now to continuing coverage of the smoky haze seen throughout the bay area. You could barely see the San Francisco skyline. The bay area air quality district declared another spare the air day for tomorrow. That means no unnecessary wood burning allowed. A wildfire at big suhr, on the right todays fire at a Metal Recycling plant on the peninsula. Bill martin has been tracking the haze. The haze is going to stay in the south bay and in and around the bay area. Heres how it looked outside today. What youre looking is the satellite from where the slope started at. Were going to interrupt bill, were having a little problem with his audio. We apologize for that. The thick smoke in the south prompted of
And 6 billion over 12 years of conflict, well look at the shortfalls of foreign aid to afghanistan. A major rescue and cleanup operation is underway in the central philippines. A powerful island struck the island on tuesday. Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes and all of their belongings. The death toll stands at 144 people, and is expected to rise. Reporter this woman was born in this house. But all of it was destroyed in an instant. I dont know where to begin, how to begin. Im only looking at our house i have no mind set yet after this moment. Reporter more than 100 people were killed when the earthquake struck the region. The town was the epicenter of the 7. 2 magnitude quake. Rescue operations are underway. The local government says it is not optimistic. The chance of finding survivors is becoming slim. It damaged infrastructure such as sorts, hospitals, and public schools. It provides thousands of jobs to the people here including those living in outlying islands. Ev