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.
Enforcement but may be too late for semex, the neighbors are talking about getting a petition to ban trucks all together. You have main street one block aaway. I dont understand the thought process in allowing it to be a freeway for large trucks. Reporter the reason she is so concerned is because the park gets really busy if first fridays and the farmers market. The ticket for the violation is 100 but fines keep going up. Maria medina, kpix 5. A federal judge who oversees the Oakland Police department calls top city officials into court. Follows a report alleging the city has fallen short in handling of a police sex scandal. Kpix 5 reporter melissa caen joins us from the federal court ho s francisco. Reporter today here in federal court, there was a lot of frustration, had federal court has been overseeing the Oakland Police department for nearly 20 years, and yet, a recent report showed the Police Department did a terrible job and investigating its own officers related to the sex scan
The victims were children. They were taken to oaklands childrens hospital. Their condition is unknown. Now, sky 7 was over the crash scene and we have learned the aircraft was possibly a sirrus sr22. That is a hightech aircraft equipped with an emergency parachute which is appeared to have deployed. That parachute orange and white in color. Faa investigators have just arrived on scene. They are being briefed by the Sonoma County Sheriffs Department about exactly what happened here. We do not know what caused the plane to crash. We are live in Sonoma County. Cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Sky 7 now shows you an intersection in Santa Clara County where a young girl was hit with a pellet gun. Shes okay. She was in the car with her mom when it happened. This took place on fitzgerald and santa teresa. The girls mother is worried this could happen elsewhere and somebody appears to be shooting at cars. David louie is live in gilroy with more. David . Reporter larry, you can see that the glass i
Property taxes from the Housing Market crash. Foreclosed homes are partially responsible for vallejos decision to file bankruptcy in 2008. I do think the bans raeps did bankruptcy did put a dark cloud over the city in general, and really declining what it is. Reporter the home we showed you foreclosed and resold for just 80,000 in 2013. It is now worth more than triple that. I am not surprised, and i am certainly hopeful that we will see housing and housing opportunities really rise to this occasion. Reporter the average price of a home here in vallejo is currently 385,000, if you compare that to the city across the bay, San Francisco, that is 1. 3 million over there. Live in vallejo, susie stemiel. Kiet do is in downtown san jose with how the high cost of housing is hurting the bay area economy. Reporter we are here at the site of 808 west apartments, a couple hundred apartments should come online, which should ease some housing pressure in the south bay. The housing crisis has been a