Mid 50s by noontime. Plenty of sunshine. Numbers 5 degrees shy of average. With a clear sky, its going to get chilly at night. Winds to talk about in the hills all coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. We have breaking news out of san leandro this morning. At least one person is dead after a crash on interstate 880 chp is investigating what led up to this accident. Officials say a white Dodge Charger struck a pole just before 3 00 this morning. We are working to gather more details. Keep watching abc7 news for updates. And another deadly crash, this one in sonoma county. The chp says a vehicle hit a pedestrian on highway 12 near warm springs road. This happened around 11 30 last night. No word if the driver stayed on scene. Chp officials closed the highway to traffic for several hours overnight. All lanes reopened around 3 00 this morning. This morning, an east bay family deals with the unthinkable after that horrific accident around this time yesterday morning, actually about 5 15 ye
There will be days where youll wonder whether its worth it. What i want know is that even today, even on the worst day of my political life, i feel like it has all been worth it. Politics, Paul Wellstone told us, is about the improvement of peoples lives. I know that the work i have been able to do has improved peoples lives. Again ino it all over a heartbeat. Now, every time i would get tired or discouraged or frustrated, i would think about the people i was doing this for, and it would get me back up on my feet. True fore same will be everyone who a politics that is about improving peoples lives. Know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Thatd with that, the news democratic senator al franken is resigning his seat in the senate in the coming weeks, on a day he calls the worst of his career. He said he has never brought dishonor on the senate. Responded, in some measure, to the calls from eight people who accused hi
And its a horror we want to minimize. When we cant minimize it, we want to recover from it as quickly as possible. This is usually wet season in Southern California. But its unseasonably dry. Tonight the winds are picking up again. Heres meteorologist Frances Dinglasan with more. Well head down to Southern California. In those areas where the fires are, weve got conditions that are moving at 21 Miles Per Hour in santa clarita, 18 Miles Per Hour close by. Ill show you the forecast animation over the next few hours. The winds pick up overnight, gusting close to 35, 40 miles an hour. It continues to remain gusty throughout the day and into the evening sunday. Thats not great news. That coupled with very low humidity makes it very difficult for firefighters. Here is the visible satellite image from this afternoon. You can see the smoke from those fires, and with High Pressure and the clockwise flow of the air, it feeds right back into the bay area, impacting our air quality. We do have ano
Francisco like maddie scott share what it was like to lose their own child and pledged to take a stand against gun violence. I have to tell my grandson, your dad wont be coming for your birthday. Your dad has been shot and killed. The scream i heard on that phone 20 years ago is a scream that gets me up off of my bed every single day. Reporter while these people know better than anyone that there is no quick fix to preventing gun violence, they say being here is a start. We can stop everyone but we can make a difference. If it is your child, that difference is the whole world. Reporter you saw congresswoman nancy pelosi was here today, reminding us that the concealed carry permit passed in washington recently, much to her dismay. That means that any carry concealed permits that were issued in any state is valid in every state, regardless of where that permit was issued. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. A glimmer of hope for a breakthrough in the crippling citywide strike in oakla
No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin in our top story this morning. Wildfires continue to burn in Southern California. Forcing people from their homes and scorching hundreds of thousands of acres. The thomas fire is the largest blaze. It has burned 230 thousand acres and is 10 percent contained. Some of the strongest santa ana winds in recent memory are fueling the fires. And conditions are expected to remain in place through at least the next few days. Kim hutcherson has the latest. Mark brown ca dept. Of forestry and Fire Protection weve experienced some extreme fire behavior on the fire. California officials. Warning that the massive thomas fire is still advancing. And nearby communities must be prepared for the worst. Sheriff bill Brown Santa Barbara county this fire has acted in an unpredictable manner. It has be