Hosp. One man was detained, three guns were recovered. While theyre not calling him a suspect yet, police say theyre not looking for anyone else. Much more on this story at 11 00 over on channel 7. To our other top story tonight, those strong winds that are blowing through the bay area. Taking a look at some video of tese two flags just whipping around pier atop 15. Yeah, you will have to hang on tight if you were stepping on tonight. And definitely be aware of the fact the wind is going to be with us tomorrow morning. Heres a live picture from our east bay hills camera. And you can see that camera is bouncing around. Oakland hills, 36 miles an hour out of the north. At the lower elevations, it is still gusty but not quite as windy as it was earlier tonight in some parts. Santa rosa, 30 miles an hour. So definitely windy enough if you have to put your garbage out tonight, youll want to secure that. A wind advisory for the north and east bay hills. Wind gust could be as high as 40 to 50
Courthouse and you learned there was a previous incident this morning. It made for a very unnerving morning. I was inside for the ghost ship preliminary hearing when we heard the promotion the commotion that the bomb squad was called to the building for the second time today. The streets were blocked off by Oakland Police after a man left a backpack outside the building at about 10 30 this morning. That man then went inside the courthouse and was confronted by sheriffs deputies who asked why he left the backpack there. Authorities say he got into a struggle with deputies and attacked them. He was detained and will be placed on a psychiatric hold. As for his backpack the Sheriffs Office did not want to take any chances. Skybox was overhead at the bomb squad suited up to examine the backpack. It turned out to be explosive and the all clear was given at about 12 back 30. The man does not appeared 12 30. The man does not appear to be connected to two firebombing incidents at the courthouse
Degrees warmer at the coast. With the gusty winds mainly above 1,000 feet, were looking for low relative humidity, a red flag warning through 10 00 tomorrow. North bay hills, east bay hills. And the winds will be common, 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour with gusts over 50 Miles Per Hour. That will bring our relative humidity down to between 10 to 20 for most of us throughout the day. Oakland hills, 20 miles an hour, Half Moon Bay 20mileperhour winds, peaking at 32 miles an hour. Warmer conditions, 40s, 50s, low 60s by noontime, with breezy winds. We will look for another mild afternoon. But with the wind, the air quality is better today. Chris . Lisa, thank you. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert this morning because of a rare red flag warning in december. A combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could quickly spread fires. The dangerous conditions are especially concerning for people who face the wildfires. Abc 7 reporter katie utehs has more. In my 25
50 miles an hour. That means we could see fires. If we see them, they could spread rapidly. The strong winds this morning, throughout the day, and it looks like it wont be abating until midday tomorrow. So current wind gusts anywhere from 29 miles an hour in the Oakland Hills to 23 miles an hour up above the east bay hills. So weve got 40s and 50s, low 60s by noontime. The sun sets before 5 00. Brighter conditions, but it will still be breezy tonight, chris. Lisa, thank you. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert this morning because of a rare red flag warning in december. A combination of strong winds, low humidity, and warm temperatures could quickly spread fires. The dangerous conditions are especially concerning for people who faced the north bay wildfires. Abc 7 reporter katie utehs has the story. Reporter firefighters are unpacking their wildfire gear after storing it for the season. Cal fire had ended the bay area fire season back in november. In my 25 years in the F
Ill give you the animation later. Ill show you when we can expect it to arrive. All right. Well see new few minutes. Now to new details about the San Francisco philosopher who killed himself yesterday at hilltop mall. Weve learned he was under investigation for child molestation. Reporter San Francisco police had issued a warrant to searchert officer antonio he cacatians home. The Police Lieutenant said sfpd called his department for assistance yesterday afternoon. They were conducting a criminal investigation and were requesting that one of our Police Officers make a Traffic Enforcement stop on the subject they were investigating. The subject was an offduty San Francisco Police Officer under investigation. A Patrol Officer stopped cacatians car at the mall parking lot. As soon as the officer got out of the patrol car, and started walking toward the subjects vehicle, he heard a shot coming from inside the vehicle. Because the car windows were so heavily tinted, responding officers coul