At Storm Tracker 4. You can see we have showers falling now. They said to not put the umbrella away. Heading into the weekend it could affect us as well. Right now it may affect you if you are heading over one of the bridges. Theres the golden gate. Everybody looks like they have a wet deck. Remember the law. It is still dark so you need wipers. We will kickoff the hour with a check of weather and traffic. Were talking about and over one turn vehicle. Now i have a seven car crash at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Light rain showers that appear on radar. There is moisture upstream. This will be around for tomorrow. A mild sector of air coming with this. Temperatures are a little bit warmer. You see the spotty rain shower in the radar. This is moving from west to east. Therefore richman up to the delta and portions of the east that you can expect brain what heavy then drizzle over the course of the next hour as we go forward. This is a check of the south bay. Upper 50s on the east bay s
Taking. Reporter within the hour we have learned all of the victims are students and the School President issued this letter to the school community, recognizing the anxiety these incidents create and she also outlined steps to make this campus safer. Has Campus Police have patrols, students said they feel safer traveling in packs following a series of disturbing Sexual Battery cases. It seems like its happening daily. It seems to almost happen exclusively to women. Reporter at least six cases since midoctober, the most recent on wednesday at duncan hall. A female student says she was groped on the northeast stairwell. The same thing happened in the Student Union and a week ago wednesday in the northeast stairs of sweeney hall. It didnt used to be something you had to worry about. I am just going to class. But now it feels like even if somebody is working to closely behind me its a weird feeling to always have to be on your guard. You have no idea when somebody is going to come out of
You know, it just doesnt make any sense. I prepare myself for the worst. And i pray for the best. Unspeakable grief. Families and friends mourn the victims in the deadliest fire in oaklands history. Everybody that i know in the city is affected by this. We have activated the criminal Investigation Team. Tonight so many questions remain as we get our first look inside the warehouse on the very night that at least 33 people lost their lives. Indeed a city in pain. A region in mourning. Good evening. Im eric thomas. And im kristen sze. The city of oakland has officially released the names of 7 of the 33 victims of the devastating fire friday night. Cash askew was a 22yearold oakland resident. She was a member of the music group them are us too. Friends are remembering her as a talented guitarist and d. J. 32yearold brandon chase wittenauer from hayward also went which the name nex iuguolo. He was an accomplished musician and on his linkedin page described himself as a polymath artist. 26y
Inside. They called off the search for now. They need to stabilize the building. There is hope they will get inside for part of the building later this morning. We are look at getting in with a. T. F. And then if we get the all clear we will look at that section at the back. The front of the building. Probably later today. They have searched 70 of building and found 33 victims. They do think they will find more victims. They are hoping to wrap up the search before the rain hits which would hamper their efforts so there is a sense of urgency. Reporting live in oakland for abc7 news. I can see why it is so tough for the crews with want to get it over with and get the information to the families. That is hard to hear. City and county leaders are holding a News Conference at 6 a. M. So that is less than an hour. We will cover that when it is happening. We will bring it to you when it happened and bring it on our news app this is what we know so far, eight ims have been publicly identified.
San pablo area we had an earlier semi fire now all cleared. You are jammed up beyond highway 4, 12 Miles Per Hour up to 28 Miles Per Hour, and it is speeding up and improving the closer to where the lanes were blocked. Hopefully it will improve the next half hour. We will check on the drive times next. Awe are gettingng back to the oakland fire, we are waiting for officials to start a News Conference on the recovery and of course the investigation. Our reporter is at 31st and international where it is about to take place. Sergeant j. D. Nelson with the nevers office is here and it appears we are Getting Started soon ask he said he was here right on time. He is waiting for officials from a couple of different agencies to get here before they start. We stilt have a few more seconds or minutes to go so i will catch you up on what we hope to hear. We want to hear more of the stability of the building and it will look like. They had to suggestion send the search. They stopped last night at