Challenging drive during the morning commute. Umbrellas were a common site in San Francisco as people dodged the rain getting to and from work and more is still ahead. Spencer christian has a look at the forecast. The rain is tapering off but theres a lot of wet pavement. The conditions are relatively quiet in terms of rainfall. As we pull back and take a larger view, im clicking the thing here and lets see if it will move. There it is. Weve got a steadier pattern of rain to our south, south of monterey, and rain up north around eureka. In some spots, over an inch. Santa rosa, an inch. San jose and, well, there is still a bit more left in the system which ranks one on the storm impact scale. It will be with us through tonight and midday tomorrow bringing pockets of light rain. So heres the forecast. Starting at 5 00, well continue to see this pattern through the evening and into the overnight hours of scattered showers. Wet pavement for tomorrows commute. Steady rain is not expected un
That. Thats why we have to look at what happened. Reporter oakland hasnt had a fulltime fire marshal in the last five years. We need to examine our system and were rebuilding and now we will continue to do that good work thoughtfully and prioritize the divisions that are necessary to ensure health and safety of the our citizens. Reporter with the atf and local fire officials trying to isolate the cause. We have a team coming in tomorrow that is going to do the very detailed computer sized diagram so well at least be phere for another few days. Reporter in the meantime, we continue to hear from people who lived and worked inside the warehouse. Tonight at 6 00, youll hear from a man who said as recently as last week, a county agency was inside the coast ship and there was a small fire inside that building that he helped put out. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 77 news. Laura, thank you. Last night, some of the survivors had dinner with the artist collective founder, Derick Almena and his
Laura . Reporter weve heard about which city agencies may or may not have visited before the fire. Today, weve learned that one county agency may have been inside of the warehouse several days ago. He hired me for sek tie this man did not want his identify revealed for fear of retribution but told us he he worked as recently as thursday doing security and odd jobs. He says a social worker was inside of the warehouse just days before the fire to check on the children of the founder. Were they upstairs . Down stairs . The cps would not confirm nor deny such a visit. The man told us there was a fire inside of the building last week. We see flames and your heart just drops. As for fire inspections, abc 7 news learned regular inspections were not done for at least a decade. I dont have an answer to that. We have to look to see what is missed and what information did we not receive that caused this not no happen. We dont have that. The mayor and other city leaders have not given a time line
Lighting. San jose High School Teacher was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student. Trudy hill is an flesh teacher and released after surrendering to police and posting bail. Hill used her position of authority to exploit a 17yearold male student. The relationship allegedly took place between august and november of this year. I was blind sided by the allegation and disappointed it happened in one of our schools. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Cannot even send kids to high school and worry abut the teachers . She is facing two felony charges. Both the School District and police are conducting investigations. Police do not believe there are other victims. Now the ghost ship fire a special a. T. F. Team will arrive to create a 3d map of the warehouse. Another a. T. F. Team from maryland is coming in, mostly electrical engineers to track the exact cause. Oakland is end a state of emergency, so it is eligible for state funds to help the victims. Fire inspections remain not d
And 4th. Elissa . We just saw water crews trying to plug up a valve at the intersection. There is a lot of work to do. They cannot turn off the water completely so they are trying to reduce the pressure. Is for they have had some success. It is drying it burst at 3 00 a. M. And either was either 8 main or 12 main. We do not know the reason. The points are old and there has been cold weather and a lot of underground work going on. This will keep the crews here for several hours. It is shutting down the major intersection with water rushing into the underground parking lot into the underground parking lot of the it will be a mess around here. Traffic is going to be an issue. I am sure they are work on the Department Left the scene and right now there are police and Water Department out here. I am told they do have a handle on this and have been able to reduce the pressure to a point where they are now able to try and determine the cause and get this area cleaned up and make sure it is sa