We have breaking news out of san jose. Police say a man died at the hospital after getting stabbed on north king road. Just after 5 00 a. M. The san jose homicide unit has not released the victims name. The motive isnt known yet. Officers are at the scene investigating. New developments in a random shooting that killed a woman at the San Francisco water front this week. This man 45yearold Francisco Sanchez confessed to killing 32yearold kate steinly. He has an extensive criminal history and has been deported to mexico multiple times. This tragic killing is calling into question San Franciscos immigration policies. Here is vic lee with more. Reporter flowers mark the spot where catherine steinly was fatally shot wednesday evening. Divers from this police boat found a gun off the waters of the pier. Investigators believe it was used by Francisco Sanchez who was caught later that night not far from the shooting and charged with steinlys murder. Sanchez is on probation in texas. He has a l
It was a very busy night for firefighters in contra costa county. In fact, firefighters had their hands full with brush fires burning between bay point and brentwood. This is where a grass fire came close to an apartment complex at lone tree way. It may have been sparked by a remnants of a professional Fireworks Show that ended moments earlier. Illegal fireworks have displaced four people in san jose. Officials say a neighbors fireworks landed in the backyard of a home just before 10 00 last night. It quickly started a twoalarm fire that spread to the fight. To the house. The back of the home suffered moderate damage. The flames were put out in about 25 minutes. Oakland firefighters responded to another illegal fireworks fire on skyline boulevard. It was just before 10 00 when a vegetation fire broke out about 200 feet off the road. Fire Officials Say bystanders confirmed the accidental blaze was started by fireworks. It grew to about a quarter acre but was very difficult to get to bec
Live from the kgo teach broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Good morning to you. Its sunday july 5th. Im chris nguyen in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with a quick first look at the forecast. Heres lisa argen tracking live doppler hd. If morning lisa. Good morning, chris. Im watching the fog meander this morning. We are looking at the temperatures on the mild side inland but we have moisture along the coast. Its all cue to the area of low pressure offshore that will be drifting offshore all week long. Heres santa cruz. Check it out. From watson to santa cruz, we are wet. But inland we are sunny and mild. 62 napa. Putting it all together today, temperatures coming down with numbers in the 80s in the inland valleys. Breezy around the bay, 60s and 70s. Once again the fog really right up to the shoreline. We will detail the week ahead, which features more cool weather coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you. In developing news, firefighters are battling a 320acre wildfire in vacaville that thre
Crime . Reporter thats right. Sanchez didnt recall every detail because he says he doesnt remember every detail of what happened here at pier 14 but during our 45minute jailhouse interview he revealed how it happened and why he kept returning to the United States after being deported numerous times. Did you shoot kate steinle, the lady on pier 14 . Yes. You did shoot her. Hmm. Reporter the murder suspect tells abc7 news the shooting that took at the i life of 32yearold kate steinle has wednesday was an accident. He says he was wandering on pier 14 after taking sleeping pills he found in a dumpster. Where did you get the gun . When the over there the benches. With my leg and i see that one teacher, and then i see over there something. Sanchez claims a gun was wrapped in that tshirt, and when he picked it up boom, boom. Three times. Reporter he claims he kicked the gun into the bay, lit autopsying let, and walked off not knowing he shot someone until he was arrested by police hours later
Reporter this neighbor was burning up the phone lines long before the place across the street from her caught fire. She was alarmed. She wanted police to come because fireworks were flying rampant. Soon she heard sirens. But then i saw the whole house engulfed in flames and i was like oh my god. Thats all it took. Reporter a family of four were burned out. Even after engines and crews arrived to fight it fireworks kept on blasting and they were still going off today. A house burned down. It could have been three houses. It could have been the whole block. Thats what i dont understand. Reporter from san jose to oakland and across the bay to San Francisco. Illegal fireworks lit up the sky and made it a challenging night for firefighters. Well past midnight they were chasing down reports of smoke, fires, injury and alcohol related disturbances. And the danger doesnt end with the holiday. Usually have still quite a bit going off for the full week after. Getting rid of their supply. Reporte