I think the training academies are much better in england. Were stepping the game up over here. Would he love going to mls games and we travel around to mls games but these european leagues are a step above and we love coming out and seeing the best soccer players in the world in the bay area. Its fantastic. Reporter these fans are used to seeing these teams at odd hours of the day on television, so the fact they got to see them in person at a reasonable hour was a treat. Man chested united came out on top beating real madrid in penalties. Lillian kim, abc7 news. Thank you. It was also a recordsetting year for the San Francisco marathon. Thousands ran for the 40th year. It was the biggest race ever for the bay area with extra steps taken to keep all of the runners safe. Abc7 reporter Cornell Bernard is life at the embarcadero with how things went today. Reporter as far as we could tell, all the runners told us they had a great time running the marathon and two halfmarathon events. Weat
Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. A horrific discovery at the border on a sweltering day. A tractortrailer filled with up to 100 undocumented immigrants. Tonight nine are dead and more than a dozen are in critical condition. Good evening. Im kate larsen in for eric thomas. Tonight authorities in texas are considering this an immigrant smuggling attempt gone wrong. An employee at a walmart in san antonio called police early this morning after a man walked into the store and asked for water. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow is in our newsroom with the story. Reporter in addition to those fatalities, at least 17 people are reportedly being treated for lifethreatening injuries. The u. S. Attorney office says the driver is in custody. A criminal complaint is expected to be filed as early as tomorrow morning. Officials are calling it a deadly case of human smuggling. At least 39 people inside a big rig truck parked in this Texas Walmart parking lot. Nine men died. The airco
Input were going to start with the International Champions cup soccer match at levi stam yum. Reporter two of the worlds best teams were at levi stadium. Soccer fans from all over the bay area and beyond came here to see them go head to head. Todays match is part of the International Champions cup, a tournament established four years ago as a way to bring many Top International teams to north america. As exciting as it was to see these top players in person, there was disappointment in the air. Some key players decided not to play. Christiane notice renaldo was not here. And they thought the intensity was lacking. This was an exhibition match. Fns were still impressed saying the caliber of teams is well beyond what they see at home. The face is faster. You compare playing styles, and i think the training academies are much better in england. Were stepping the game up over here. Would he love going to mls games and we travel around to mls games but these european leagues are a step abov
Bay. We dont know how it victim ended up in the water. Reporter authorities ended their search on thursday but friends and family continued to such through the weekend. His body surfaced yesterday where he disappeared and where they were continuing to search for him. His family declined comment today but friends describe a man who was kind and generous and a central figure in the community where tributes are starting to emerge. At the winery down the highway the flag was flying at half staff. Wilson walker, kpix 5. A fire on the roof of an Apartment Building forced evacuations inburningly around 9 30 a. M. This in berkeley around 9 30 a. M. This morning around the cal campus. Firefighters got the flames under control within 15 minutes. As for the cause, the chief says some of the residents like to smoke on the roof and put the cigarettes out in planter boxes, that may have sparked the fire but the cause is still under investigation. Arson suspected in a blaze at an oakland homeless enc
Iv e from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Now at 11 00 p. M. The battle continues over night in gilroy as firefighters work to surround a fast moving brush fire in the hills. And good evening i am juliette goodrich. I am brian hackney. The flames broke out behind the college west of 101. Cal fire said 150 acres burned but they down graded to 125 acres. Good news. Firefighters have it 50 contained at this hour. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on the effort to protect threatened ranches. Reporter 100 firefighters are on the scene here and they are hitting the fire hard from up above dropping water on the flames. Reporter cal fire deployed air tankers and helicopters around 4 00 p. M. The brush fire grew to 50 acres and then tripled within two hours. The fire is concentrated on private property near two cattle ranches. At fist there was concern about property being first there was concern about property being threatened but quick work diminished the threats. By 8 00 p. M. Tonight all f