Impacted before and now here they go trying to get ready to see and wait to see if it actually happens between, cheryl. Thats right. Hundreds of people were impacted last time but the lights stayed on at the library. But this time some people are prepared, some are not. I know whats coming again. Hopefully it doesnt but i feel like were ready. Janice crymeyer spent three days in the dark during the last power safety shutoff. She says this time shes ready. We have these throughout the house. She has flashlights and a small generator just in case. Weve had so many emergencies and disasters here in napa county this has become just the way how it is. Pg e giving a 48hour notice to some 200,000 customers. 10,000 live in napa county. Nearly 35,000 in zmoema county. 6,500 in san mateo county. We have not decided to shut off power. We will not make that decision until tomorrow midday. The Utility Company got a lot of flack the last time power was shut off. The pg e website was overloaded. And
Has been in his car for several hours. This is in martinez. Jean elle is live in martinez tonight. Jean, do we know what the mans connection is to the victim at all . Reporter we dont, jessica. Police have not released that information yet. But we do know this standoff now is moving into nearly four hours. Walnut creek police and the regional s. W. A. T. Team are here. Negotiators are talking to a man sitting in a silver car just on the other side of a chevron gas station from our view. Lets look from sky ranger. You can see from above there is a residential area on the other side. People are being told to stay indoors while this all unfolds. Police say the suspect is armed and dangerous. There are a lot of Police Officers in the area. They are shining a light at the suspects car. Hes sitting in the front seat. And we have seen him hold what looks like a gun to his head while showing police his other hand and talking to negotiators. This all started around 1 30 this afternoon. Police s
Theyve been trying to negotiate with the man to surrounded for two hours. Residents in the area are told to stay where they are. Police believe he opened fire in walnut creek killing a woman in broad daylight. Officers arrived within minutes of being call bud the woman died at the scene. Moments later swat team members were called in carrying rifl rifles, shields and canine unit. We will bring you developing stories during this newscast and on our news app. And well have more on abc 7 news at 11 00 on channel 7. Now to the other big story. The april prix hengs over what would happen with ann coulter coming to cal. If you are for free speech, youre going to schedule something you better follow through. Speeches went on without interruption at berkeley civic park. Speakers say they were taking the place of conservative commentator of ann coulter and standing up for free speech. We may be Trump Supporters but defending all free speech, if youre liberal, democrat, republican, i dont care,
All blocked off. You can see members of the swat team behind me and im in told they have the suspect surrounded in the car. pkg its here. Near larkey park and the Lindsey Wildlife Museum where a woman was found shot multiple times. Medical teams tried to save the womans life but she died at the scene. The suspect fled southbound on buena vista avenue in an unknown vehicle, the suspect is described only as a male. We spoke with neighbors who he i heard the car first of all and then i heard his tires screeching as he came around the corner in about a minute later i heard the sirens going and my dogs were howling so i checked outside and then the next thing with the helicopter that i saw. Swat team members and even a k9 unit was brought in to help. Police also searched a car in the area that they eventually towed away. Then they shifted their resources just one block over. But still no sign of the suspect in this neighborhood. steve thanks lydia thanks lydia well check back in with you as
Morning giving way to a clear and warm weekend. Another round of offshore winds possible monday morning otherwise continued seasonably warm and dry through wednesday. Cooling trend may start around thursday. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Min from 880 less then 30 at park james an hours long standoff with a murder suspect in the east bay continues this morning. Its happening right now in martinez. An armed man is holed up in a car near the corner of howe and old orchard roads. Swat teams surrounded him yesterday evening. And theyre still there. Police say hes suspected of shooting and killing a woman in walnut creek. That shooting happened yesterday afternoon near larkey park and the lindsey wildlife museum. Investigators say the gunman and the victim knew each other. We will continue to monitor this situation and bring you updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. Kron4s avery harper is on the way and will bring us a live report as soon as