This is video from last years festival and coming up at 5 this morning kron4s will tran will be live from the festival as they put on the finishing touches before opening the public. Coming up on the kron4 morning news the latest on breaking news out of louisiana where a gunman opened fire at a Movie Theater. We are waiting on a News Conference with an update about the investigation in 25 minutes from now. Well bring you that live when it happens shortly. Plus yesterday we told you about how much damminged roads were costing bay area drivers. At the break we tell you what one east Bay Community is doing to fix the problem. And heres a live look outside the bridge this morning in san jose right now 57 degrees. We see 75 by lunch time and an afternoon high of 78 under sunny skies. Welcome back. Time now 4 13 on your friday. Tgif day. Fletcher joining us with a look at the forecast. How does the weekend look . It looks better for today. Temperatures going to start warming slightly. Next w
Soychbility supported by family and defense attorney she feels confident her son 21yearold mark estrada will be cleared. Im devastated. The whole they think. Devastated for the officer who passed away. Devastated for my son. In the courtroom estrada faced murder firearms charges as well as special circumstances enhancement of murder of a peace officer lying in wait and driveby. Hayward chief and many officers packed the courtroom a in solidarity of Sergeant Scott long and the case. Eye heavy with emotion. None of them addressed reporters. I know no words that could even touch to help them and i mean i dont have the word but i really feel for them too. I do. Court documents say lung partner had brief verbal contact before lung was shot in the head. The same documents outline investigators evidence against east strad a. They say bullet hole through the east seat of the truck consistent with the wound and they recovered dna evidence. Officers found a 9mm. Gun near the crime scene and spen
Recent string of attacks. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Kimberly a former Fairfax County Police Officer charged with seconddegree murder collapsed in court today moments after a judge denied bail. Adam torres collapsed hitting the chair before landing flat on his back. Torres was taken to the hospital to get checked out. His attorney said he was awake and alert this afternoon. You cant help but feel sorry for the entire situation. Kimberly torres shot and killed john geer in a standoff outside his home two years ago. G his hands were up. And the trial date is december 14. Leon tonight a water main break tying people up before 6 00 this morning. We spoke with the crews out there who say a temporary patch put in place. You can expect the delays to start clearing up now. Ten. I pipe put in 1941. The water back on to the few folks there who were affected. Kimberly we dont remember that long ago. Do we . Live outside, its hot and muggy. We look ahead to rain on the way. Meteorologist steve rudi
To 7 last year. This has affected us. They are he hesitant to get involved. The union criticized a chief for getting rid of the seuss unit known as jumpout. I think they were excellent. They have thousands of the guns and the drugs off the street. A lot of support in the neighborhood. I would love to sea the jumpout. It kept a lot of stuff fro happening. The chief said the program is working. She announced a case and 26yearold carter was arrested for the murder of melvin woodlands. At the conditiondy rec center, the fines, or the rewards are going from 1,000 to 2,500 for persons with illegal gun. Currently its 25,000 for help to solve a homicide. In the cases where the victim doesnt die, they have a new reward program, 10,000 for help finding the shooter or the stabber in the nonfatal incidents. Leon the victim of one of yesterdays murders voiced concerns for herself and the Children Hours before being shot to death. A friend of hers tells abc7 the young mother told her the day before
Experts say if you have one, take action now. Abc7s senior investigate evening reporter Lisa Fletcher joins us to tell us more about this. First, what is the standard . Why didnt ikea comply . Lisa the standard is something that the industry voluntary complies with. Each chest has to withstand 50 pounds of weight while open without toppling over. Most in industry abide by the idea. Ikea decided instead they would provide wall anchors, something common in european homes but foreign to most u. S. Consumers. In a matter of seconds, a curious child climbs up a piece of furniture and suddenly pinned beneath it. I went to the dresser. I saw his little head pokes up between the dresser and the bed. It had trapped his neck. Lisa gaucheries son jackies son was the first to die from the dresser. Enough is enough. Elliott kay runs the Consumer Product Safety Commission and encouraged ikea to launch a recall a year ago. The company only agreed to a repair Program Offering free wall anchor it cans.