Its close watching. We know well get high humidity, especially monday night and tuesday. Well talk more in detail about this coming up. Tonight, firefighters battling the mountain fire in Southern California are getting a built of help from the storm leigh was talking about. The increased humidity and more than an inch of rain overnight kept the fire from growing. Its 49 contained. More rain and a flashflood warning is forecasted over the fire zone through tuesday. A rusk in acres since this morning. Mandatory evacuation orders for 6,000 residents in idlewild and fern valley were lifted. The same storm that is bringing rain to Southern California and that fire there, is also creating big problems in the southwest. A downpour in the phoenix area caused this flashflooding. This is dramatic video of a rescue of one person who had to be rescued by helicopter after flood waters surrounded his property and turned it into an island. There are no reports of serious injuries or deaths. A gunfig
Tragedy and she is raising concerned that he was too distracted to react quickly when the limo burst into flames. I started yelling oh, my gosh turn it down. Turn the freaking music down. Reporter Rachel Hernandez brown tells nbc bay area that her husband Orville Brown turned up the music to the women in the back couldnt hear them fighting. He was saying could you listen to me. I cant talk because i have clients in the car. I cant be unprofessional. And thats when i said maybe you need to Pay Attention to the road and leave me alone. Reporter what remains unclear is if an argument slowed his response when one of the passengers started pounding on the partition. A new bride and four friends died in the fire. Four other women escaped. This survivor told us on may 6th that brown was on the phone when the limo was filling with smoke. The smoke and the fire came out. And there was a fire and he didnt stop the car. Reporter in an interview just days after the fire, brown expressed grief for
Lets economic with abc7 news meteorologist leigh glaser. Leigh right now a slight chance let me show you what we will be keeping our eye on, especially tuesday. The fog moving inland this hour, but shifting over to the syria, you can see the thunderstorms building, and travel into Southern California has just been crazy today, with isolated heavy severe thunderstorms near san diego, los angeles county, over towards barstow and palm springs. Heres the satellite comes composite. This rotation towards northern california, and looks like tonight near fresno, they could see some isolateed thunderstormses, and in another day the bay area could see a few isolated thunderstorms as well. Its close watching. We know well get high humidity, especially monday night and tuesday. Well talk more in detail about this coming up. Tonight, firefighters battling the mountain fire in Southern California are getting a built of help from the storm leigh was talking about. The increased humidity and more than
Bar just minutes after an accident. Good evening. Im larry beil. San Francisco Police got a hold of Security Camera video which appears to show a veteran firefighter trying to sober after after a fire truck was driving hit a motorcyclist last month. Well, the accident happened here at 5th and howard about three weeks ago. Michael quinn is a decorated 23year veteran of the Fire Department responding to a call which later turned out to be false, police say he hit a motorcyclist and walk add cross the street to that bar n twut, a 2002 this firefighter received an award. Then four years later honored again for rescuing a worker trapped in a building. Now, he may be terminated and prosecuted for trying to dilute alcohol in his blood after his fire truck hit a motorcyclist. Our sources say he apparently shed his garments before entering the club. The Security Camera captured him guzzling down water and he was because there were patrons in the establishment. The truck responded to a call of s
After the plane crashes in lake tahoe. Good evening everyone. Im carolyn johnson. Dan is off tonight. Federal investigators are headed to lake tahoe tonight to lack into the cause of the small plane crash. Single engine moonie 20 aircraft went down shortly after take off at 11 30 this morning at lake tahoe airport. Numerous reports we 7 that the plane was having difficulty seemed to be dropping in altitude and took off to the nort back to the right and then jet plane overhead shortly afterwards picked up the emergency beak on from the plane that goes off when the plane crashes. Plane crashed into a wooded area not far from the airport. 67yearold steven left died at the scene. His wife karen the only passenger on board was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. The couple is if palo alto. And rescue crew say it is incredible she survived. No information yet available as to why the plane crashed. At sfo tonight thunderstorms are causing delay for flight headed to new york. At l