Couple of hours ago. When we arrived here on the scene, we were told by Police Officers to move to the side of the street, to hug the wall, especially if we saw other officers hugging the wall. As you mentioned, this is all going down at the crown hotel, a Single Room Occupancy Hotel on valencia just past 16th street where as you also mentioned a source has told abc 7 news this may have began when a manager went door to door telling residents or tenants inside this sro that they would be spraying for pesticides and an individual pulled a gun. We had heard reports at one point that that individual possibly had some type of incendiary device. Of course there were other people inside the sro. They had to be evacuated. Residents told us they were asked to leave the sro in a single file line. We spoke with one woman who described what it was like. We were just sitting in the room and we heard the pounding on the door. We didnt know what it was. Then we opened the door and the officer said,
Thought i had better run really fast. And i wanted to keep track of my friend make sure we both got outside. I didnt i wasnt sure what to expect. A decision was made at some point that it would be safer to move these people out of the area in the event that the subject emerged with a firearm. Generally there will be Police Officers too to cover the people while theyre moving from their residence or their business. Reporter at this point, the police have told us that all the businesses that are in the potential line of sight have been evacuated. As are all the residentses and anyone who is inside the single occupancy hotel where this had potential, this person with a gun is being holed up. So right now, there are two blocks of valencia street that are pretty much blocked off. There is not any pedestrian track or vehicle traffic going through there. So if you are going to be in this area, be aware that its going to be difficult to get around whether youre walking or driving. And this is
The desperate search to find a woman with dementia lost in the woods is expected to resume this morning. Sky7 shows the area in San Mateo County that rescue crews will comb through. 56yearold Bethnee Haury hasnt been seen since thursday afternoon. Abc7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo has the story. Reporter the first full day of searching came to an end without success. 56yearold bethnee Bethnee Haury was last seen thursday a little bit after 4 00 p. M. She was hiking with her dog. This woman lives on skyline. She says hikers get lost here all the time. A lot of people have come knocking on my door looking for their car or they just get turned around. Bethnee reporter more than 70 search and rescue personnel, some on horseback, and 13 dogs have been looking for bethnee in rough terrain. This is a very severely wooded area. Its very challenging for someone from the air to be able to see anything as well as the ground units. Reporter theres also the issue of bethnees health. She has early o
Forecast and let you know how long its going to last coming up in a few minutes. The desperate search to find a woman with dementia lost in the woods expected to resume this morning. Sky7 shows the area in San Mateo County that rescue crews will be combing through. 56yearold Bethnee Haury hasnt been seen since thursday afternoon when she and her dog left their b b for a walk. Katie marzullo has the story. Reporter the first full day of searching came to an end without success. 56yearold Bethnee Haury was last seen thursdays a little after 4 00 p. M. She was hiking with her dog on skyline boulevard in woodside. This woman lives on skyline. She says hikers get lost here all the time. A lot of people have come knocking on my door looking for their car or they just get turned around. Bethnee reporter more than 70 search and rescue personnel, some on horseback, and 13 dogs have been looking for bethnee in rough terrain. This is a very severely wooded area. Its very challenging for someone f
Between 16th and 18th streets for the past four hours because of the suspect holed up inside the crown hotel. Buses are being rerouted around the scene. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Well begin with reporter sergio anna ta na. Whats the latest where you are . Reporter around 5 00 when we talked to you last, we could see the building where there is all happening. But since then, the police have decided that because that person is now in an evacuated building and could potentially have the run of that building, and it is a Tall Building that can see a whole lot of the street, this he figure its probably just safe to move us around the corner so that we would not be in this potential, this person with a guns potential line of sight. Now, there are two blocks along valencia evacuated including people who are at strawns and other businesses. We were able to talk this afternoon with one, actually a couple women who were inside one of the restaurants and they were evacuated. So were bei