Rendon. That video showing the wild gun battle chase and crash that left the suspect dead in a number of deputies injured. Our Crime Reporter henry lee, live at the Santa Rosa Police department with the latest. Henry yeah. Authorities say deputies involved in this rolling confrontation are very lucky that they were not more seriously hurt by gunfire. But one deputy was critically hurt when he was hit by a second deputys car after Authorities Say a gunman with an ak 47 style rifle opens fire at a Sonoma County sheriffs car, deputies confront the suspect. We see hands. The suspect responds with more gunfire, even as other deputies converge on him near santa rosa. Just after midnight on march 4th. Got one subject in the car moving around a lot. Shots fired. Deputy then returns fire. And what would be the first of several exchanges of gunfire during a harrowing confrontation . It all began when the suspect brandished the rifle at a nightclub at the corner of stony point and todd road, wher
Into work today. Bye. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. Lets begin our newscast with an update to the breaking news we told you about in alameda. Our chopper has been live above an active water rescue. Well show you in a minute. Police, fire, and the coast guard are looking for someone who may have gone under the water near the beach. An initial dive team came back unsuccessful. You can see alameda fire crews there on the jetty. They have tethered scuba teams that swam out looking for this person and a coast guard helicopter is circling above. The call first came in at about 4 30 this afternoon. At this point theres no word yet what this person was doing out in the bay or how they got stranded in the water, but you can see there is a wart water rescue happening as we speak. Well follow this throughout the newscast and hopefully there will be a positive outcome to this. In the meantime, a lot of people out by the water enjoying the sunshine today. Were heading into one o
Its going to provide extra counseling and support resources through at least tomorrow. We want to do everything that we can to support them. People who knew the family but did not want to speak on camera, have been coming to the scene throughout the day. Now back out here live. The road reopened this morning at 720. That is more than ten hours after the crash happened because like we said, investigators had a difficult time clearing the scene. Now pleasanton pd are waiting to release the identity of the family members because theyre waiting to get in touch with next of kin. But weve seen just a lot of people coming through here now as theyre finding out the news, looking at the scene, asking a lot of questions because its just so heartbreaking. What happened right here. Live in pleasanton. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. Heartbreaking. Zach and i can imagine the kids friends are going to need so much support in the weeks to come. Thank you. A family of four was killed in a car crash just
That dont normally participate, they are getting excited about the elections. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. The status stepping in to stop companies from fleeing the state and leading homeowners without coverage. More than half of the big 12 Insurance Companies in the state have either stopped issuing new policies or cut back on them. But, heres the big tradeoff. Insurance companies for the first time will be allowed to factor in the future risks of extreme weather and wildfires into the rates. Da lin explains , that means your insurance rate is probably going up. Reporter even if you live in the city, you will probably see an increase once the new rules kick in. For weeks, homeowner, brandon struggled to find a company willing to ensure his San Francisco victorian. Frustration and anxiety of not knowing if we are going to be able to find an equivalent policy. Reporter when he called his agent, he also learned farmers would drop his policy because the company is non
A lastminute effort to ease californias insurance crisis appears to have failed. That means no relief in sight for homeowners struggling to get coverage. Rumors have been swirling about a potential legislative deal to keep Insurance Companies from bailing on california. The deadline has passed for it to come together in time for the end of the legislative session tomorrow. Consumer advocates say that is a good thing, saying it essentially would have been a bailout for the industry that could have led to huge rate increases. We have been reporting how insurers have been cutting coverage in california, blaming devastating wildfires, increasing costs and strict regulation. Exodus has left homeowners scrambling. Our Katie Nielsen talked to one resident who got dropped by her Insurance Company not because of wildfires but for a water damage claim. Reporter this is the westside livermore neighborhood she is talking about. She has lived off colcannon boulevard for 17 years with her home insur