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Two hours. Neighbors say this kind of violence has become all too common. Officers used video images from some of the many thousands of cameras inside the bart system to locate a person of interest and conducted an area search. We have now detained a suspect in this case. The sad part about it is, its expected. Its not surprising at all. And it happened right across from the Police Station for the bart. This is what we know. Police say the victim is male. They havent identified that victim, nor have they identified the person of interest. Service to lake merit station was suspended about 30 minutes but the trains are running back to normal service. Longawaited answers to a story we broke more than eight months ago. A judge recently ordered the city to publicly release the final report on the investigation into the San Jose Fire Department. That investigation started when we showed you video that showed a bikiniclad woman stepping out of a fire truck and then walking right into a strip
Fire in the south bay hills before the fuel for fires dries out even more. Im kris sanchez. Marcus and laura have the afternoon off. Firefighters have fought all night to stop the fire in the East Foothills over san jose. This video is from yesterday afternoon. Right now it looks different, because its 60 contained. Bob redell has more. Reporter the firefighters have made progress. As we drop up here, we were not able to see flames, which is not usual, because usually fires suppress overnight, but we did see what was the flashing lights of fire trucks on the scene. It started yesterday afternoon. By the evening crews stopped it from spreading, 66 acres burns, but we believe firefighters have made progress. Evacuation warnings, not orders, were in place. Make sure youre aware theres a lot of moving equipment. Keep your head on a swivel and try to be safe. Reporter the San Jose Fire Department says no structures were damaged. Calfire says the cause is still under investigation. Here in s
Virginia is 45 minutes. Our first speaker we are privileged to have here today is scott harris who is the director of the James Monroe Museum and library. He has been as such since july 2011. Previously scott was the dwrekt to of the New Market Battlefield state historical park owned by vmi and previous to that historic of the city. He received his ba with honors and holds a masters degree from the college of william and mary. Mr. Harris. [ applause ] im not going to drop the mic but i will lower it gently to the ground. There. Thank you very much and good morning. Oh, come on. Good morning. Good morning. If youll turn in your hymnals to number of of 61. Oh, thats tomorrow. [ laughter ] if i may take the chance in a house of worship to spread the gospel of james monroe as my colleagues will be doing today. Any time that we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call the hardest working president in show business we like to do so. So its a real treat to b