Pacifica, a cool day there. 90s youll have to head to brentwood and antioch. And liver more low 80s. Developing news, a section of contra costa boulevard in Pleasant Hill is likely to be closed all day after a water main break created a sinkhole. The 12inch pipe burst around 9 00 on contra costa boulevard near woodsworth lane. It it has since been turned off. Crews will start cleaning the roadway this morning. Contra costa between woodsworth will likely be closed until tomorrow. A man suspected of driving drunk smashes into a began line in melville. Views quickly turned the line off. Nobody was hurt. All evacuees are back home. An 18 block area around the crash site was blocked off. Minister of internal affairs has don firmed in a tweet that an 18yearold cal student was among those killed in bangladesh. 13 hostages were freed at least 40 people were wounded. Six militants are dead and isis has claimed responsibility for last nights assault that ended after a tenhour standoff. Reporter
Police dont know if the suspect lives in the area or maybe just hangs out in the area. They also dont know if there might be other victims out there. Did police think there could be other victims . Anybody who might have had anything similar to this happen to them within the past month, to give them a call so they can start tracking these incidents and hopefully get a few more clues in the case. Live near ucberkeley anne makevoc, kpix 5. A public Remembrance Service will be held this morning for the Richmond Police officer shot and killed in his home. Gust vegas was fatally shot last week at his vallejo home after a domestic dispute. The father of his sixyearold grandson is now charged with his murder. The Public Service begins at 10 a. M. And they expect thousands to attend. That means traffic may be affected as the funeral procession leaves vallejo along westbound 780 then to westbound i80 into richmond. Happening today, some good news for drivers in the east bay. New express lanes o
Respects. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is outside the memorial which has just ended. Anne . Reporter the funeral is wrapping up right now. It is a packed house inside memorial auditorium. You would be hard pressed to find a dry eye among them. [ bagpipe music ] reporter augustine vegas, known as gus, was honored by hundreds of Law Enforcement officers but the most touching tribute best parts of me are from him. [ crying ] reporter were from gus ten children. You will live on and you will will forever be in our hearts. Reporter gus vegas had been with the Richmond Police force for 15 years but his family life was number one and in his off time he founded a nonprofit to help children in foster care. The love and encouragement you showed all of us kids, dad, its the same love and encouragement we will show our kids. Reporter the suspect in vegas death is the father of his 6yearold grandson, robert vega, accused of shooting gus in his home last week in vallejo. Robert was in a relationship
The problem, old mattresses that people simply leave on street corners. Kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran on the cleanup plan. The problem now is that you dont have anyplace to put them. What could you do with a mattress . Reporter you see them under freeways, sidewalks and front yards. Everywhere they are not supposed to be. Its a health problem. They attract rodents. They attracted mold, germs. Reporter this is state senator Lonny Hancock talking about the mattress problem nearly 30 years ago. In 2013, she coauthored a new mattress recycling and recovery law giving birth to the byebye Mattress Program offering californians a place to drop off old mattresses free of charge. If you go ahead and have a place to dispose of em and its free, why not . Reporter before the program would cause 20 to 35 to dump them. But cities and organizations like goodwill would pay because of Illegal Dumping. They just come in and dump em at times when were closed or when were on break. Reporter this goodwill
Still trying to come to terms with the loss of one of its own. Flags flaying at halfstaff here as drivers take to the track for their practice runs. They had a few days to come to terms with the tragic turn of events. Safety concerns are at the forefront. And while the drivers are dealing with wilsons death, they remain steadfast in their understanding of the risks in their sport. Every place we go, indycar and the tracks, they are trying to make everything safe. We still got to remember it is racing. There is the dangerous factor of it. Indycar has done a good job with the cars and the safety. Our safety crew is really good. I think motor sport is dangerous and we know the nature of the sport, i do, i feel 100 safe. Last big step in safety for open wheel racing. What do you do with an exposed head. That is the question. Yes, i mean, they have got to find a way. I think it will take time but got to try to understand what is realistic. Reporter a veteran driver was one of wilsons Close