a woman was crossing at the same time. she was in the crosswalk. at this point we believe she was approximately 95% of the way across the street when the bus, left side of the bus, contacted her. ryan brody was across the street when the accident occurred. we saw a victim being pulled out of the bus and then they were wrapping her. obviously it seemed like she had passed away. the woman, believed to be in her late 20s or 30s, died at the scene. investigators sorted through the scene for hours. witnesses say the muni driver was visibly shaken as they saw him exit the bus. police placed him in a patrol car. the driver remained on scene. he s cooperating with investigators and as far as policy he will be tested for any signs of impairment. police say he didn t immediately exhibit any signs that he was impaired. this is the ninth pedestrian fatality in san francisco so far this year. elizabeth of walk san francisco says that s nine too many. every year over 800 peop
your weekend weather, which is looking wintry. it s chilly. it s cold across the bay area. cloudy and cool here. breezy conditions to continue as we will see the clouds hang in there most of the day much as they have the last few days. so we re going to continue on this cool august pattern here through the weekend. i ll have the details coming up for you in just a few minutes. meantime, breaking news. two uc berkeley grads being held in iran have learned their fate. iran s state tv is reporting right now that shane bauer and josh fattal have been sentenced to 8 years in jail. those grads were taken into custody in july of 2009 after hiking along the iraq-iran border. a third hiker, sarah shourd, was released a year ago on a half million dollars bail. they have 20 days to appeal that sentence. the man accused of crashing into a 4-year-old boy in santa rosa and speeding from the scene is going to be in court on monday. the neighbors called for more safety measures on th
you re watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. a hit-and-run driver hits a four-year-old boy. what police say the boy was doing moments after the crash. stocks are down. california s unemployment rate back up, as the economy gets worse. why bay area police are warning watch your neck. good evening. dana has the night off. the hit-and-run driver who struck and kill add four-year- old boy had twice been sited for driving without a license. that s according to police records. people in the santa rosa neighborhood where this happened also say that the intersection is a very dangerous one. flowers, notes s stuffed toys accumulated this crosswalk. the boy was walking with his twin sister, older sister, and mother when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. the boy was flown to oakland children s hospital where he died early today. shane goodman, a security guard said he saw the accident. i heard the kid get hit and i saw the car sped by and when i saw the c
near highway 87 and capitol expressway where dead birds were discovered to be victims of the virus. mosquitos trapped by the vector control officers in the area also tested positive for west nile. the estimates are that somewhere between one in 30 and one in 500 mosquitos is carrying the virus out there. reporter: that s enough to post a significant health risk to humans. people bitten by infected mosquitos can catch the flu- like west nile fever or more seriously encephalitis or meningitis. it s in the public s best interests to reduce the risk of this very significant west nile virus. reporter: that s where the fogging comes in. beginning next tuesday night at 11:00, vector control workers will be using these machines to treat neighborhoods with low doses of a natural pesticide called pyrethrine. the way it works is these microscopic droplets if enough of them stick to a mosquito it gets enough pyrethrine to knock it down. reporter: it should be finished by morn
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