That. Thats why we have to look at what happened. Reporter oakland hasnt had a fulltime fire marshal in the last five years. We need to examine our system and were rebuilding and now we will continue to do that good work thoughtfully and prioritize the divisions that are necessary to ensure health and safety of the our citizens. Reporter with the atf and local fire officials trying to isolate the cause. We have a team coming in tomorrow that is going to do the very detailed computer sized diagram so well at least be phere for another few days. Reporter in the meantime, we continue to hear from people who lived and worked inside the warehouse. Tonight at 6 00, youll hear from a man who said as recently as last week, a county agency was inside the coast ship and there was a small fire inside that building that he helped put out. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 77 news. Laura, thank you. Last night, some of the survivors had dinner with the artist collective founder, Derick Almena and his
Thats coming up this half news weve been following all morning for you. D. C. s 911 system is back up and running after an outage late last night. Official just wrapped up a News Conference to update the situation and they still arent entirely sure what caused the outage but calls to 911 are now going through. News 4 derrick ward will be live with the latest in a few minutes here. Right now, you want to enjoy metros yellow line. An emergency drill is under way. Service is suspended between la font plaza until 2 this afternoon. It simulates a Train Derailment over the potomac river. If you are going to and from national airport, you will want to be sure to use the blue line. Safe track surge way in the yellow and blue lines in virginia. Free shuttle buses will replace rail service today. Tomorrow, trains will single track during the workweek. The work should wrap up around september 11th. Go to that developing story in southeast where it could take several more hours until crews fix a w
Its 51 concord, 48 livermore and cool, mid40s over the north bay. So from mt. Tam you can see how nice it is here. We will look for temperatures to climb to near 80 by noontime. Low to mid80s for most and still kind of warm for your monday. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Breaking overnight in sonoma county. One man is dead after the car he was driving in crashed into a pole. It happened just after 1 00 oven northbound highway 101 at the central windsor off ram in windsor. The passenger was pinned inside and died at the scene. The driver was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. Officers say alcohol and speed are being investigated in the crash. Developing news out of contra costa county. In concord, an explosion last night is being investigated on clayton way you as a result of hash oil extraction. Hash oil is made from marijuana. According to our media partner, the east bay times, residents in the area said they heard an explosion and saw big flames coming from the house. Concord fire
Temperatures of the season, the wind chill makes it feel like 50 below zero in some places. An icy attraction bringing people straight to china. We will tell you about a Winter Wonderland that really comes to life when the sun goes town. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im morgan radford. 20 months after the Boston Marathon bombing attacks, jury selection begins today in the federal trial of suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev. He could be put to death if found guilty. The bombings left three dead and hundreds injured, he is also accused of killing an m. I. T. Officer. The defense said they havent been given enough time. What can we expect this morning in boston, john . A long, drawnout process is what you can expect. There is a lot of work to do even before we get around to opening arguments. We can take you straight to the courthouse in boston. The judge defense and prosecution have their work cut out. They have to sift through a pool of more than 1200 names as they
Each week, reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. A november 6, 1961, a fire broke out near bel air, los angeles. It destroyed 400 homes, damaged 190 others. This is a 1962 documentary that tells the story of the fire, examines the causes and proposes actions to prevent such destruction in the future. This 30 minute film is narrated by actor william conrad. Designed for disaster, the story of the bel air conflagration. Santa ana, indians named it santana, the devil wind. The atmosphere grows tense, oppressive. People argue more. Even the suicide rate rises during the months of the santa ana. This climate attracts 300,000 people a month to the city of los angeles who become permanent residents. They settle into hotels, apartments, homes along the coast, inland throughout the central residential sections to the far reaches of the valleys. Some move up to the scenic, secluded hill area. Lush vegetation softens the ridges and valleys and breeze