Forecast. Breaking news from the abc 7 news live desk. We want to get back to the major b. A. R. T. Delay. People can expect the commute to take a little longer. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live at the south hayward b. A. R. T. Station where maintenance vehicle derailed overnight. Amy . Reporter jessica, there is a lot of activity out here on the track. They are very busy trying to get this fixed. Look behind me at the trouble spot. This is where the maintenance truck derailed and did some damage to the third rail. We are in between were on the warm springs line and in between union city and south hayward. Look at this video we just shot of workers headed out to the track with what looks like their replacement parts. This looks like its going to be pretty cut and dry. Not like theyre having to order parts. It looks like theyve got what they need. Theyre headed out there to get the job done. I did ask one worker how long do you think it will take. He said probably about an hou
5. This is the second murder in two weeks in that west hayward neighborhood. A light rain started falling this afternoon on the rocky fire. Cal fire says its going to bring little relief simply because that fire is too big. Its charred 65,000 acres and remains out of control. In fact, its only 12 contained. Almost 7,000 homes are threatened by those flames. Let me show you a map that will give you an idea how big the rocky fire is. The area in red has gone up in flames. The fire has jumped highway 20, headed north. Reporter Chris Martinez has the latest from lake county. Reporter the rocky wildfire is quickly tearing its way through heavy brush in multiple directions, blackening more than 101 square miles. This area has never burned before. The fire is extremely dense, extremely dry. Thats whats really fueling, pun intended, the fire. Reporter the wildfire has destroyed at least 50 homes and other buildings. Flames jumped this highway that was acting as a vital containment line. Despit
In equipment for the department. Reporter contrares a 20year veteran did get a 9 pay cut to his 186,000 a year salary and a Second Chance. Im not proud of it. As i mentioned its very difficult but i believe the city manager led in this incidence and believed it was in the best interest of the department and the city that i stay on the job. If Something Like that happened to you on the job, do you think youd get a Second Chance . No, i wouldnt. I would have gotten fired and would have had to find another job. Reporter reaction on the streets of hayward is not as forgiving. Hes done this allegedly multiple times . Hmm. I think its really disappointing that we pretty much gave him a slap on the wrist. Reporter contrares said it would have been easier to take the termination and move on. I think the more challenging route is to take responsibility. As much as ive embarrassed the department and the city, im proud of the way ive handled it. Contrares denied he has a drinking problem and he s
it all began with a fake arrest recorded on cellphone video. it has led to a police department internal investigation plus a district attorney s investigation. we have the video and the cases shows juveniles so we blurred out their faces to protect the identities. the father of a 15-year-old boy accused of having sex with a san jose police officer s stepdaughter secretly took this cellphone video on august 30th. he gave it to our media partner, the san jose mercury news. and we showed it to the independent police auditor. she couldn t excellent directly because she s looking into all the allegations but did pinpoint two policies in the department manual that should be scrutinized. when an officer is on duty or is off duty, that officers will avoid becoming officially involved in quarrels or disputes occurring in their own neighborhoods. the other is an article that deals with an officer s code of conduct involving personal feelings. the teenager s parents insist the off