Steadier and heavier during the evening hours. Alexis . I think maybe a lot of folks stayed up past their bedtime last night. We have a light start on the roads. The only place thats red is westbound 205 to 580 is down to 17 miles closer to altamont pass. Not much current rain. A sprinkle or two. The golden gate bridge, slow down and drive for conditions today. Well see how the bay bridge commute looks in less than ten. Thank you. The spotlight on president trumps immigration order shifted to the bay area. The 9th Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco. A threejudge panel decided to expected to decide on travel ban. Washington and minnesota challenge the ban and turned the briefs to the court. If the ban on travelers from seven majority muslim countries is restored, it would unleash chaos, they said. Hawaii opposed the immigration order, citing travel restrictions could damage the economy. The Justice Department must file its response by 3 00 our time today. From google to facebook,
Monday through this financial district area as of right now and probably throughout the morning. Well keep you mostposted on th progress. Stay with us as we follow the story. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. This is not a good time for this to happen, alexis. No. Right in the heart of the morning commute. Of course not. I want to reiterate what amy just said. Weve got those muni wires down in the financial district at the intersection of montgomery and bush. That is impacting the 30 and 45 lines. Essenti essentially, they had to turn the lines off. They had no power. 30 being rerouted around that. Theyre putting them on hybrid diesel busses instead of the electric busses. There is an alternate in place for them. They are providing service. I havent gotten word of any extreme delays so far this morning but i will definitely let you know as soon as we get an update from muni. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, one of the other trouble spots this morning. We have no blocking issues but we h
Our coroners bureau. The identification process has begun with those victims. We are rushing their fingers to identify them and then notify family members as we get those identifications. We are bringing in heavy equipment, and you will see heavy equipment coming in, were bringing in a crane, dumpsters, excavators, like we talked about. That has to move very slowly. When were pulling debris, we want to make sure theres not victims entrapped in that debris, we want to be respectful that way. As we continue on here tonight, there have been some good things that have happened. When i say that, we have been able to locate some loved ones that have been alive. Our Family Center has been huge in doing that. That being said, there are families in the unknown stage. Theyre grieving, and they remain at our Family Assistance Center. Were asking people, the number that we put out, do not call that number unless you have pertinent information to the investigation. Our phone lines are being overwhe
The city in shock after a party at a warehouse turned deadly with potentially dozens of people killed. Its an active situation at this hour. Raj that high mathai is live at. Investigators will be out there for days. Reporter they will be theyre out there now, through the night. They will be. Its a sensetive story. Not only such a tragedy but sensitive because two things are happening here. Recovering bodies, there could be up to 25 bodies in that warehouse. Theres also an investigation here of how something so terribly could go wrong. We have a team of reporters here on the scene in oakland. We have reporters back in the studio. And our Investigative Unit is missing on several angles of this story. But lets get started on whats happening here on 31st avenue. A lots happening here. Its been almost 24 hours exactly since this fire. This was a community here. There are houses and other warehouses here with families, flowers, candles. Theres also heavy machinery digging through the debris
We can report thats according to the almeiameda county sherif office, the body count is at ten and it could rise. Inside of that warehouse what were learning, we know its a 24hour artist collective. Theyre saying theres art studios inside of that warehouse. We know friday it was the site of the party. I want to show you some new video we got from an instagram user. This is was from just about an hour before hand. A lot of people are referring to this as the ghost ship. I want to point out this building was not permitted to hold people, just permitted to be a warehouse. Thats one of the many things that are still under investigation. You can see in this clip of the clutter inside of the room where that party took place. It is very cluttered because theyre saying this was this labyrinth of art studios. Fire officials also pointed out that the stairwell inside to get from the first floor to the second floor was a makeshift one, essentially made up of panels. I want to show you some video