Correct. Good morning, laura and sam. The fouralarm fire here at the waverly construction site has been out for a couple of hours, but there are safety concerns, a lot of hot spots. Thats why you see the Oakland Fire Department still spraying water on the site. And the other concerns, the construction crane you see is scorched. Theyre supposed to be flying a drone to help determine what, if any, danger there is to that crane falling down. Osha and the crane operator also expected here to figure out how to safely dismantle that crane so it no longer poses a threat. The fire was so tremendous, so rapid in its movement, oakland firefighters took a defense si posture almost immediately after their 4 30 a. M. Arrival. Establishing a perimeter water line while the flames consumed the apartment construction. The danger of collapse was real. Watch the bottom right side of your tv screen. Part of the building crumbled onto the road before, fortunately missing firefighters. The radiant heat was
Was it arson . Federal investigators are on the scene. There are so many questions about this fire that reached four alarms. We expect to get an update from officials at any moment now. A News Conference is set to start and we will carry it life once it gets underway extract were following more big news where a postal worker has been shot on the job our footage shows several evidence markers the workers mill truck. We have more on this breaking news. Reporter except for the glass you can see over there lying in the street, this crime scene has been cleared. And now the investigation is underway. At noontime today, here is what we think happened. A Postal Service worker was driving her truck to deliver mail. She was somehow, came under a fierce amount of bullets. It was unbelievable the number of markers laying in the street. Four of those bullet struck the vehicle and one of those bullets struck her. She is in the hospital in stable condition. They do not know if this was a shootout sh
Chambers. Paul . Reporter theres a lot of work to be done before the investigators can figure out what caused this fire. In the last 25 minutes, heavy equipment has been brought in. To secure this area. For now, investigators stopped short of calling the fire suspicious. Flames lit up the night sky, this was the scene after a huge fire started at the building under construction near grand avenue in oakland. Investigators say the fire started at 4 30 this morning. Within five minutes, crews were on the scene. At that time, they saw heavy smoke billowing from the center of the structure. Reporter as the fire continued to burn, a crane used by a crew was spinning like a top, out of control, engaging firefighters and residents in the area. A few hours later, crews had the fire contained. Officials say quick work by all involved helped save lives. With a fire of this size, it is miraculous that weve had no loss of life, no injuries. Majority of the building that was under construction has e
Apartments. So the latest on the fire coming up. And we are learning more about a incident aboard a delta flight that actually injured a Flight Attendant. We have new photos and we will talk about the man behind bars this morning, but first, if you are waking up and thinking,. Wow its hot. Wow, its hot. Its going to cool down today. Theres been a little change. A smidge. I got in my car and it was 70 degrees. And i was thinking shouldnt it be cooler if we are having a cool down . Yes. Sometimes the inland areas are waving up relatively warm well into the 70s and a few low 70s at this hour. And, yes, we are with the heat that will continue for one more day. But look at that fabulous view. Thats gorgeous. Clear skies from the coast around the bay and inland. Kind of clear skies. You are hoping to have on tuesday when we were fighting off the fog and hoping to see the fireworks. Yes, beautiful weather to start the day. And for some, this might actually be the nicest part of the day. 67 de
Captured them in their identifying attire as they moved through the house. This was one of two Home Invasions that happened in fremont in the same month. Both had similar m. O. S. A wide ranging investigation but the task force resulted in the arrests of six people friday and last night. For the Home Invasion robberies in fremont, livermore as well. Conit a costa county d. A. Barry grove. A number of other Home Invasion robberies similar in nature that were continuing to investigate, and one of those includes the ornlda one but no arrests as of yet have been made in that case. Reporter orenda Armed Robbery happened last week outside the home of School Board Member carol brown and her husband thomas spaulding. The guy said give it up. I reached in my hand, pulled out my wallet and he hit me in the head with the brown. Reporter brown was shot twice and she was treated at a hospital and later released. This is one of several recent armed robberies in other cities in Contra Costa County wh