Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. It just felt like hi to get in there and help someone, so i did. A man runs into a burning Apartment Building in berkeley. Tonight his quick actions may have saved someones life. Good evening. Im eric thomas. That fire forced evacuations of that entire building tonight. It started just after 7 00 on addison street between sacramento and acton and put out smoke that could be seen for miles. Abc7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington is here with the latest on this developing news. Reporter eric, one man was critically burned in this fire, but it could have been a whole lot worse if not for the brave actions of one neighbor who ran into this burning building. The fire started around 7 15 tonight. Our emeryville camera shows the thick, dark cloud of smoke over the city. Katherine tippett shared this video of the flames pouring out of a third story unit. Inside that burning apartment was a man lying on the floor and yelling for help. A man who li
Ill look at your activity planner for today coming up next. We dont have any major issues so no headaches as you get your work week started. A live look at san mateo bridge. Westbound 92 wide open at this hour. Things slow to fill in pretty much everywhere with one exception, a little slow out of tracy. Right now, southbound 680, walnut creek to dublin, you look good in the green at 13 minutes. Southbound 101, santa rosa to San Francisco, also well into the green there, just 49 minutes. Northbound 17 if youre coming through the santa cruz mountains, not too bad, 22 minutes. Next traffic update 10 after 5 00. Developing news. B. A. R. T. Is going to update us on the search for a man accused of attacking passengers. Theres been a significant jump in these type of crimes in the past six months. Tiffany wilson is live at the lake merritt station with more on these birth b. A. R. T. Officials want the public help in identifying a suspect at the center of two violent and unprovoked attacks.
Comments from googles new head of diversity. But shes not the only one talking. Lillian kim in our news room. The letter began circulating internally last week but it caught the publics intention when employees of the Company Started tweeting about it friday night. Since then the googles vp of diversity has responded. The letter written by a Software Engineer who hasnt been publicly identified has since been obtained and posted it. In it the engineer says google should stop its campaigns to end gender and racial diversity. The reason women dont make up half of the companys tech and Leadership Company is because of genetic differences in their preferences and ability. According to googles latest diversity report, women make up only 20 in tech and 25 in leadership roles. Reaction has ranged from outrage to praise. Either way, a Tech Industry analyst we spoke to says there may be a Silver Lining in all of this. I rather have someone have this be open and talk about it rather than hold it
Southbound direction and it is up toward the main but do expect some slowdowns. That is a check of your traffic. I will send it over to roberta for a check of the forecast. This morning from mount vaca we are picking up the clear skies and the full moon. We cannot see it this morning and overcast skies over the bay bridge this morning. At this time we have temperatures in the 50s and the 60s and the winds have been increasing at 10 milesrhour otherwise 12 in san ramon and 17 now with a southwest wind at 9. They will be fluctuating later today at 20 milesper hour. We do have the coastal fog and partly cloudy skies otherwise it is full sunshine with temperatures up to the low 90s. I have got your full forecast coming up but lets send it over to kenny choi. B. A. R. T. Has a spike in crime. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is at the station this morning with new crime numbers and where the police would like your help. Reporter this Morning Police have released pictures of a man suspected of attacki
Southbound direction and it is up toward the main but do expect some slowdowns. That is a check of your traffic. I will send it over to roberta for a check of the forecast. This morning from mount vaca we are picking up the clear skies and the full moon. We cannot see it this morning and overcast skies over the bay bridge this morning. At this time we have temperatures in the 50s and the 60s and the winds have been increasing at 10 milesrhour otherwise 12 in san ramon and 17 now with a southwest wind at 9. They will be fluctuating later today at 20 milesper hour. We do have the coastal fog and partly cloudy skies otherwise it is full sunshine with temperatures up to the low 90s. I have got your full forecast coming up but lets send it over to kenny choi. B. A. R. T. Has a spike in crime. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is at the station this morning with new crime numbers and where the police would like your help. Reporter this Morning Police have released pictures of a man suspected of attacki