And we have a large response from cal fire and county task force so about 120 firefighters are assigned to the scene. Reporter the fire started at 12 20 along santa teresa boulevard near bailey avenue. It took cress about two hours to stop the forward progress of the fire. More than a dozen homes had to be evacuated. We spoke to a neighbor as she arrived at the scene. I thought what am i up against. When i saw that our blocks were you know, being protected by police and cars are backed up, i am truly frightened one firefighter suffered a heat related issue. Neighbors thankful for the work of First Responders. That was chris nguyen reporting. The cause confident fire remains under investigation. However, there were initial reports of a vehicle colliding with a power pole in that area. Pg e says up to 1700 customers were witho pow tteoon. Ght ch for hotpoontra coa fe of not gone up yet. Most residents are looking for ways to keep cool. Eric thomas is live in walnut creek with the story.
We have one issue at southbound 680 before vargas road. It sounds like it was not a crash, it was a vehicle that somehow caught fire and that is off on the shoulder right now. As far as i understand, thats what chp is saying. No lanes are blocked but everyone is slowing down to take a look at that. The backup has reached state road 84, so youre not at a complete standstill but plan on anywhere from eight to ten minutes added to your commute. Bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights at 5 20 this morning. In an effort to build a better bay area weve been tracking San Franciscos homeless problem. In two years, the city has seen a 17 increase in people without reliable housing. A new controversial homeless shelter is supposed to go up along the embarcadero. Today the board of supervisors could seal the deal but it will not stop the fight in that neighborhood. Amy hollyfield is live along the embarcadero for us. Reporter yeah, people who live around this patch of land here in San Francisco wi
People with deportation orders in 10 major metro areas including the San Francisco bay area. Good evening everyone. On monday of this week trump warranted the raids were coming and pledged to deport millions of americans. Amber joins us with reaction from local leaders and immigrant families. Reporter there is a lot of fear. The acting director said there is no direction for the agency. The plants action is a continuation of existing policy. The bay area sanctuary cities including oakland are pushing back. Latino culture is probably displayed in oaklands fruitvale neighborhood. That pride is now clouded in apprehension over news immigration and Customs Enforcement is set to conduct sweeps and deport undocumented families. Alayna is a lp of her daughter who translated. Both did not want to show their faces. Said depressed scared. Reporter the mother of four works as a janitor. Three of her children were born in the u. S. So they are citizens. She fears she will be separated from them. S
Story tonight in San Francisco where a driver strikes 5 people in the west portal neighborhood earlier today. 2 of the victims died at the scene and one of them was a child. Emergency crews responding to the deadly crash that forced you, lois street and west portal avenue to shut down today. This happened just after 12 40pm, according to San Francisco fire, the driver was traveling eastbound a new low when that person crashed into a bus shelter where 4 people were standing walk San Francisco, a pedestrian advocacy, Nonprofit Group says a man and a toddler were killed and a woman and a baby were among the injured taken to the hospital. This happening as dozens of people were in the area. Many witnessing the tragic car accident. Its a whole bunch and is here. Sirens going fire trucks. It was simply just chaos here. A bunch of crowds. Everything was nothing like this has ever happened. San Francisco Mayor london breed stopped by the area to pay her respects in earlier she posted on the so
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