8 00 tonight in oaklands jack london square. Right next to the ktvu studios here on embarcadero. We have developing news tonight. Reporter we could actually see and smell the fire from the parking lot of our studios. I want to move out of the way so that you can see exactly where this happened. They are still up there trying to make sure that there is no fire in the walls in between the unit. Fortunately no one was injured, but it was quite a scare for the residents here tonight. The fire crews say they got the call about 7 58 this evening, and when they arrived, they saw flames coming from a second floor unit, and then spreading up to the third floor. There are two levels of the same residence here, they said. The chief called for a second alarm. The crews we havent inside to try to stop it from spreading inside, and also they put on lad inventory try to knock it off from above. Outside, we just saw residents lined any long the sidewalk and the parking lot. Some said at first when the
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GAMBLING was effectively legalised in 1960, but before then a shadowy network of bookmakers and runners existed, trying to find ways around the law. Memories 502 told how on a Saturday afternoon in the 1950s, the whole of south Durham seems to have been phoning five numbers beginning Shildon 151 and ending with Shildon 156 to place a bet with Fred Simpson, who ran a bookmaker’s in Eldon. As long as no cash exchanged hands, gambling was legal, so gamblers had to have an account with Freddie on which their winnings and losings were totted up. But not everyone had a phone. Harry Ellison in Bishop Auckland, now 77, remembers how when he was about 10, his grandfather, Ernie, was a bookies’ runner at Canney Hill. He would collect the bets up there, particularly from the Sportsman Inn, and place them in a clockbag.
headlines. and currency also getting a move on this, the euro back to $1.33 this morning, a big mover today. yeah, let s start with our road map for this thursday morning, and of course, we start with greece, the drama inches forward as greek politicians say they have clinched the deal on an austerity package necessary to secure a second bailout. but the question is, what happens now? bank of england holding steady on rates, but another 50 billion pounds to the q/e program, and the impact of the ltro is still unfolding. whole foods and newscorp gets a downgrade after the beat last night, and what s up with groupon in the first quarter of the company? pepsi cutting nearly 9,000 jobs and the ceo tells squawk box the company did consider breaking into two parts, decided against it. and the ipad 3, reports out this morning suggest apple will announce a new product the first week of march. when would it be available for purchase, though? but first, cnbc does confirm