There is no fuel to start a fire. Residents remember the devastation of the Oakland Hills fire storm in 1991. We want to take you now to East San Jose this afternoon. Firefighters quickly contained a smoky grassfire along interstate 680. The fire was called in after 2 00 p. M. Near the mckey road offramp. Who lane southbound were closed temporarily. There are some clouds lingering above the San Francisco bay tonight. Are they going to affect your Fireworks Show . Thats a big question. As the sun goes down the fireworks will light up the sky. Live outside right now, the mt. Tam cam shows clouds filtering in from the coast so well have low clouds to cop tend with. I think most areas are just going to be fine to view the fireworks. Heres your fourth of july forecast. This is valid until 9 30 later on this evening. Sunset at 8 35. So fog along the coast a little moving into the bay. Temperaturewise were cool in the 50s and 60s and more specifically here are some temperatures around 9 30 to
Honoring america with dazzling displays of fireworks across the bay area tonight. Legal and illegal. Good evening. Happy fourth of july. Were going to start with the illegal fireworks in many communities still going off now. In some cases the fireworks are as good as the ones the pros use and officials are cracking down. Abc 7 News Reporter live in emoryville with the danger they pose. Reporter a lot of official fireworks displays across the bay area wrapped up. We have been watching illegal fireworks displays for several hours. Over the skyline of oakland there are some going on right now. Before the sun set on this fourth of july the unofficial fire work displays went off. This is cell phone video of illegal fireworks in oakland. Police and fire across the bay area have been concerned. We urge people with the dry conditions that fireworks can be very damaging. This is why theyre concerned. Crews spent hours battling a brushfire in the Oakland Hills. Justin graham noticed smoke before
A helicopter. Crews marching uphill there to try to get to this fire. We understand the smoke can be seen for miles throughout the east bay. People throughout the east bay able to see the smoke in the sky, and given how dry things are out there, this is a scary sight, given the Oakland Hills as well. Theres a big fire that just happened just witnessed some fireworks going off, and the fire starting around then, and they were actively calling the fire department, and as we came back out of the trailhead the sunset trail the first fire truck was coming up the hill. We talked with another neighbor who said he heard what he thought was fireworks but didnt see anyone in the area. They tell us fire crews arrived within just a few minute minutes of the fit 911 calls. Thing best fear the tinder dry conditions and theyve been trying to keep their homes clear of brush so make shouldunder there is no fuel to start a fire. Residents remember the devastation of the Oakland Hills fire storm in 1991.
Vester flanagan, a former reporter at the station who grew up right here in the bay area. Flanagan posted his own video of the shooting. And later he killed himself as Police Closed in. Tonight, coworkers are remembering Alison Parker and her cameraman adam ward. Parker had just celebrated her 24th birthday. She had been at the station for a year. Ward had been at the local station for a few years. They were both thought of highly. They did great work every day and put their all into what they did. Im going to miss them. I heard one of my colleagues say alison was ambitious but in a good way, not ambitious to climb over people but ambitious to be successful with whatever it is she was assigned. Adam, um, was a wonderful person to be around. Consistently positive. A really good photojournalist, good shooter and editor. Vester flanagan was fired from the station in 2013. A picture is emerging of flanagan as an angry disgruntled employee nothing like the person people remembered back here
Good evening, ill julie haener. And im frank somerville. He was a Television News reporter, but today, he made news for all the wrong reasons. A graduate of bay area state, fired by a television station in roanoke, virginia two years ago. Today he emerged from the shadows and ambushed two former colleagues, as they were carrying out an interview on live television. Were going to begin our coverage, not by talking about the gunman, but by talking about the victims. Reporter three victims were shot, frank. The reporter, the photographer, both killed, and the woman that they were interviewing is in the hospital tonight. Alison parker was doing her job. A routine interview on tourism. Her friend and colleague photographer adam ward was behind the camera. A team who worked closely together, rising stars at wdbj and then as viewers watched on live tv, the gunfire began coworkers, shocked, in horror watched it all. The station general manager later delivered the news. We have determined throu