Pete suratos in the same area. Pete, youre on the scene. Whats the very latest . Just expand where mike is talking about. Whats happening here, you have the cars being directed off the coliseum way in the area heading 880 northbound as they deal with this fatal crash. Theyre telling us a pedestrian was hit around 3 41 a. M. The driver made the call and of course that pedestrian was pronounced dead. That driver is not dead. Were being told by chp that theyre going to open up this roadway, these lanes again in the next five minutes. And theyre going to give us an update shortly in roughly about ten minutes to tell us exactly how this pedestrian ended up on the freeway. For right now theyre telling us in five minutes these lanes should open up and traffic should resume as normal here on 880 northbound. Live in oakland, pete suratos for today in the bay. Well check back with you shortly. In the meantime, following more breaking news. Small grass fire still burning in the south bay. Heres v
Sergio quintana is live at a San Francisco fire station in the mission where he found out how firefighters from here are helping out. Reporter San Francisco firefighters got the call this afternoon to send resources to the sobrante fire and there are strike teams from San Francisco on their way there these are photos tweeted by the San Francisco Fire Department this afternoon. Five strike teams have been mobilized, comprising a total of five engines and 22 firefighters. This is their first wildland fire deployment of the season. If this was a code three request, so its an immediate need. As of this morning my understanding is there was a thousand structures that were thenned and i dont know what has happened between 8 45 this morning and now. Reporter there are teams from four different bay area counties, along with San Francisco, alameda county, santa clara county, and san mateo counties are sending teams them fire has grown to more than 3,000 acres in a very short time, and saturday
Reporter no, they are not willing to make that connection just yet. But they say they are taking it step by step. And right now the u. S. Coast guard is taking samples to determine the source of that sheen. Were not being told its an oil slick from a spill. So there are no containment efforts being taken yet. Thats not to say we want it to spread. Its not like its an oil slick over the water that they can put containment around. Reporter the Vallejo Fire Department is working with the coast guard to determine the source of the mile long sheen across north San Pablo Bay. Es unclear whether the smell is what sent several dozen people to local hospitals with respiratory problems last night. Cant breathe. Eyes watering. Dizziness. Gna nauseating. You could smell it by 780 and i80. I thought my truck rear end blew up because it smelled so bad. When i i came to the water front i had to roll my windows up. Reporter the Ferry Service canceled two ferries this morning that usually carry around
Force base and was on a training mission. The u 2 dragon lady, the plane in this case, is a cold war era surveillance plane. From sky fox we see a burned out area around the crash site. I see active flames at the top righthand side of the screen. Were working to find out more. More throughout the day on ktvu. Com. San jose police are investigating the 36th homicide of the year. A man was found on the 3100 block of loan bluff way just next to the los lagos golf course. The mans identity has not been released. No arrests have been made. So far no suspects. Police say theyve made an arrest in an attempted kidnapping case from july. It happened on washington avenue on july 28th. Investigators say the man knocked a 23yearold woman down, then doused her with pepper spray before trying to drag her into his car. Thats when a Good Samaritan stepped in and helped her escape. Today at 1 15, police are set to give more details about the arrest just announced. Well have that for you as well on the
Department managed to clear the 58story Millennium Tower for construction only to have it wind up sinking some 16 inches into the mud and counting. I think everybody is afraid of accepting the risk. As a mayor i want to handle it reporter you are concerned about the entire area . Yes, im concerned about the area being able to withstand a major earthquake and thats what we need to build towards the standard for. Reporter one immediate result . The board of supervisors are withholding money on plans to build a Massive Underground tunnel between the transbay terminal in the south of market. We want to put the brakes on this thing, make sure were doing it right before we move forward. Reporter others, however, say its an overreaction. We had our big earthquake in 1989 and they held up fine so i dont think we should overreact and say that Millennium Towers has a problem we should as to be everything in its tracks. Reporter this including the building of that tunnel and i have to tell you so