Armstrong could soon be in city leadership again, with a run for city council. This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. Good evening, im claudine wong. We begin tonight with developing news out of redwood city. Thats where a fire is burning at the sims metal scrap facility, which is not far from the shoreline. Crews responded to that fire on seaport boulevard at about 3 00 this afternoon, and witnesses describe what they saw and smelled when those flames broke out. Its probably been the biggest fire ive seen. Yeah, in this, in this metal spot next door here, i kind of just smelled, maybe, like burning. Burning metal and burning, just burning metal and burning maybe rubber and stuff like that. Yeah the bay area air quality district says theres a potential for that smoke to impact neighborhoods downwind from their like. Sunnyvale police there are advising people to stay indoors because if they are sensitive to smoke, well have more on the fire coming up tonight at ten and at 11. Well, the city
Possible. We do have a crew on the way. We want to give you also a little look at the map. If youre unfamiliar withhe area in redwood city, you can se again on the east side of 101 between the dumbarton and san mateo bridges. There. As i mentioned, we do have a crew on the way. As soon as we do get more information about this one, of course we will bring it to you. Meantime, new at five tonight. One step closer to learning the fate of the coliseum as the as prepare to say goodbye. The city of oakland looks ahead now to its future. That potential specifically here in deep east oakland, that it will finally be realized. And that is why this moment is so important. Well, the city of oakland is selling its share of the coliseum, all in an effort to redevelop the site for oaklanders. Ktvu is crystal bailey joins us live tonight from the city of oakland with more on the big news here. Crystal well, mike, the sale of this coliseum could bring the city more than 100 million, more jobs and more
, and allow retailers to get restraining orders against convicted shoplifters. D. A. S would also be allowed to pool resources across jurisdictions to result in stiffer penalties. Today is a good day for retailers. We think these will provide a number of tools for Law Enforcement, for retailers and for District Attorneys that we think will change the narrative on how california will address retail thefts throughout the state. Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher its a good start, but it does not solve the problem by any means. We need to reform proposition 47. There is a separate effort underway to repeal parts of prop 47, which in 2014 reclassified felony thefts under 950 as misdemeanors. Not to say everything about 47 is hunky dory and perfect. And we want to help fix some of the ambiguities there, but we can do it without reforming or going back to the voters 47 itself. The governor is living in a fantasy land, and he continues to say hes doing all these things. Meanwhile, ram
Firefighters it looks like better access to the metal that is in the center of this fire. At this point, we did just see some flames jumping up over the fence just a few minutes ago. You can see some water being thrown there from the equipment as well. Fighting these flames. The Fire Department got the call here about 3 00. We do have some video from sky fox. We want to show you give you a better perspective of what this looks like from above. Sims metal, a scrap metal yard here on seaport boulevard in redwood city. Oftentimes you you find cars being recycled and scrap yards which have that flammable material, maybe gasoline still in the tank. And if theres a spark that lands at the right spot, youve got the potential for a fire. Of course, although theres no indication yet from the Fire Department of what may have caused this firefighter fire out here. Rather, we did hear from a witness a few minutes ago. He says that this is the biggest fire hes seen out of the several hes seen worki
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