All of the fires are even out. Right now crews crews crews are demolishing the building destroyed by the massive fire in San Francisco. While many residents are being let back in their homes, dozens of people are still in the cold tonight. Good evening. Im carolyn johnson. And im dan ashley. Leslie brinkley is live in the district with the big demolition job. Well, there is still tonight smoke and still fire. Cries are working on this. Crews are working on this. This is essentially a ninestory building reduced to three stories of smoldering rubble. Crews made tremendous progress late in the day with serious demolition work. The flicker of flame in the window was a hidden pocket of fire buried in this apartment buildings rubble. Lots of these hot pockets came to life as crews ripped into the fragile, scorched walls and forced the structure to collapse in on itself. They started moving around those piles up. Flared up. Did makes it easier for us. When the buildings started collapsing the
Crews made tremendous progress late in the day with serious demolition work. The flicker of flame in the window was a hidden pocket of fire buried in this apartment buildings rubble. Lots of these hot pockets came to life as crews ripped into the fragile, scorched walls and forced the structure to collapse in on itself. They started moving around those piles and it flared up. Did makes it easier for us. When the buildings started collapsing the Building Material was stuck under the roof. We cant get it from above because the water is just not penetrating it. With the work they are doing they are opening up holes and we can get our water directly where the fire is burning. Here is a look at the unstable structure on wednesday afternoon and the progress demolition crews made as they tore down those walls to protect the neighboring apartment buildings. They never got to go inside. It was simply too dangerous. They took pictures from their perch on a ladder truck to zero in on a cause. Wel
In california. New at noon today, kpix 5s anne makovec reports the state is now trying to figure out how to fund an early earthquake warning system. Earthquake, earthquake reporter there are seismic sensors all around the bay area with a push to get more to create Early Warnings to save lives. Think about the train engineer before train goes over a bridge, enters the tunnel. Think about the doctor in an operating room, easy to remove the scalpel before the violent shaking starts. Reporter even with our extensive earthquake technology, california is decades behind other countries in warning capabilities. Mexico in 71 seconds before shaking from a 7. 2 quake hit the capital. That system has been in place for 21 years. Why we dont have a system like this in place already is beyond me. Reporter he authored a bill last year authorizing the installation of a Early Warning system including a central brain that could sent out an emergency alert. Its about time, money and opportunity. Were leve
Ace train is actually three minutes early so no delay there. Caltrain and ferries Everything Else is quiet. Heres a live look outside. San mateo bridge traffic still moving at the speed limit. A high wind advisory though was issued shortly after midnight and its still in effect. Its the only one out there now so if you are crossing the bay bridge right now theres no delay things look good heading into San Francisco. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. Now to breaking news. Check out this mangled car. Concord police tried to stop the driver around 10 30 last night for reckless driving near highway 680. The driver refused to stop. And that led to a chase at speeds near 100 Miles Per Hour ending in a crash in danville. 19yearold Michael Holden of concord is in Critical Condition at a hospital. Police say he was driving a stolen car. 5 01. The maui airport has released Surveillance Video showing the bay area teenager stowed away on a plane from san jose stumbling on to the ta
The garage and was trapped when the gates were finally closed. But it took longer than expected to get it out because game wardens didnt need all the parts for their tranq gun. They were ready to use lethal force if necessary. This video is the Mountain Lion under the car in the garage during the hourslong standoff. You can see him there. Heres a look up at the cat right there. It was caught. It was then to be released in the santa cruz mountains. The animal has a tracking collar on. Video of the Mountain Lion in the wild. Santa cruz pumas tracks Mountain Lions around the area, the group. Its a male cat. They said 46m was in Mountain View looking to establish his own territory. Newly released Surveillance Video shows a santa clara teenager climbing out of a plane after flying from san jose to maui in a wheel well. Kpix 5s betty yu has more on that video and the current status of the stowaway teen. Reporter he dangles his legs and drops to the tarmac in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airl