Sergio quintana joins us with the details on the escape. Reporter well, the freeway is open, it was opened a couple hours ago, but the sheriffs deputies have been able to take that man into custody. Hes back at john george hospital. He does have injuries after being hit by a car on interstate 580. Heres some video of that man in handcuffs. According to an Alameda County sheriffs spokesman he was at the hospital on a 72 hour psychiatric hold. At 6 20 this evening he decided to leave. He walked to the Fairmont Hospital and hopped into a car there, a teenager was inside the car, waiting for his parents inside the hospital. The patient tried car jacking that vehicle with the teen inside. He crashed the car into a garbage truck, then hopped out and tried stealing another car. When that failed he ran to a nearby homeless encampment and ran onto interstate 580. He was clipped by a car, the driver was going about 65 Miles Per Hour. He survived the hit with only minor injuries. Thats when he wa
Fairfield. Its 41 in san jose and palo alto. 37 in morgan hill. Through the day, it warms up. We are in the upper 60s to low 70s for the bay area. Mike is tracking details on the bay bridge. Something. We know its a big rig. Look at the speed sensors, they are moving around the bay. We expect friday to start lighter. We look at eastbound 80. The lower deck moves smoothly until the Treasure Island off ramp. Reports of a big rig blocking that off ramp. Its been there since 2 30. Then another report came up. Checking with chp to sort out what the status is. The exit may be an issue getting out from San Francisco. Im going to track that. The light volume is no problem. Back to you. Thank you, mike. We are keeping our eye on Southern California with developing news. Strong winds cause concern. Those wildfires continue to grow. They are live pictures from the thomas fire in ventura county. You can see it glowing as we look at the Fire Fighting efforts. Footage showing the dangers they are fa
Continued dry weather with mild days and clear but cool nights. No rain is in the forecast for the next 7 to 10 days. A spare the air alert is in effect for today, saturday and sunday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james james we continue to follow breaking news this morning out of Southern California. Wildfires causing mass devastation and now there is another fire burning in san diego county. darya this is new video from that fire. So far all of the fires have forced more than 200thousand people out of their homes. The fires have also combined to burn more than 140thousand acres. james and here is a map showing exactly where these fires are burning. Firefighters are still struggling to get the upper hand on any of these fires. darya Kristen Holmes is in Ventura County this morning with the latest. Purple is the new red in california as officials announce the fire weather is so extreme they are amending its colorcoding system to include