The clive Memorial Church ensemble performed a song to honor the lives of three u. P. S. Workers. But the family and friends knew them by other names. Big mike. Uncle ben son. And infectious wayne. Reporter the three were gunned down on june 14 by fellow ups driver jimmy lam who had filed a grievance about working excessive overtime. Lam took his own life the same day. Mayor ed lee offered the vi vi victims families these words. We will do everything to help you recover from this tragedy. But we begin with appropriately honoring their memories here today. Reporter congresswoman nancy pelosi says gun violence must end. Things like this so unexpected, gun violence leaves a trauma behind. Reporter the cousin matt says his family is just trying to cope with the loss of a man who was bigger than life. Maybe later. Reporter the teamsters and u. P. S. Family standing as one. Reporter in San Francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. The parents of a missing san mateo man have flown in from hawaii
Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. I guess theyre cooling down and theyr cracking, and we have neighbors stuck inside their buildings. Shattered glass means another frustrating night for residents near the scene of fridays construction fire. Good evening. Im eric thomas. It was the last way residents who live across from fridays inferno wanted to spent their sunday. Shattering glass from an Office Building near the scene of fridays fire at this construction site in uptown oakland forced residents to shelter in place or leave their homes entirely. Leslie brinkley is live at the corner of harrison and 23rd with the latest developments. Reporter eric, i was standing right here this afternoon, and you could hear in this block the crackling sound, the breaking glass falling off the glass panels on the side of an Office Building. Across the street, this apartment building, and thats where some people ended up getting, you could say, trapped. We hoisted a microphone up to the s
New at 5 00, a judge has harsh words for oakland city leaders about how they handled the investigation. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is live at the federal courthouse in San Francisco. She has more now on what the judge had to say. Laura . Reporter this hearing just wrapped up this afternoon here in San Francisco. All the Major Players inside the courtroom. Federal judge Felton Henderson told the city of oakland and its Police Department that its long history of federal oversight is far from over. He told city leaders and attorneys for all sides, the sex abuse scandal shows were still not finished after 14 years of reforming this department. The hearing comes after an independent report found then Oakland Police chief sean wentz and top city officials including mayor schaaf were inept in their handling of a sex scab dndal involving a teenage girl. As you all know, the judge has not made a ruling, but he will make a ruling in a couple of days. And from there, we will have a clear d
We go to our next video. We can see that there is a burned car along the road. That is exactly what the cal fire is saying caused this fire to break out this afternoon. So we have a situation here where the cal fire and other units, san jose fire is reponding. Other units are coming out to the scene. Theyre all out here responding, and theyre going to try to contain this as quickly as possible. The wind right now is not helping. We are live in southeast san jose, david louie, abc7 news. Thank you. More breaking news now. Martinez, a small brush fire broke out after a car crash. You can see a Police Officer there using a fire extinguisher to battle the flames just before 3 30 this afternoon. Arrived moments later and firefighters drenched the inferno quickly. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristen sze. The 2017 for season is already a destructive one. Fast start. The amount of acreage its burned stateside exceeds last years totals in california. Lonny rivera joins us live to explai
How is the firefight going . Reporter the fire is still raging out of control. It is not yet contained. What were looking at is a roadblock just off of 101. A lot of people are trying to get to their homes, but the area is cut off. We have aerial video of how the firefight is going. What youre seeing is an aerial drop from cal fire. They have tankers up there. They have water drop helicopters, as well, trying to get a handle on this fire. The wind is blowing. That means the flames could spread quickly. Thats why they said originally while there are 40 acres that burned, the potential could be for 500 acres. Lets take a look at a map. Metcalf road where i am is on the west side of the fire zone. San filipe is on the other side. People are being turned away and stay away. Only one structure so far, called a minor structure, has been threatened, but has the fire has not consumed anything so far. Lots of crews in this area trying to contain it. We are also aware of what started this fire.