Thousands of people took to the streets today calling for change in the wake of the shooting death of florida teen Trayvon Martin. Rallies were held across the country and here in the bay area. We have Team Coverage tonight and we start in oakland with abc7 News Reporter sergio quintana. Sergio . It has been a week since the verdict was announced in the George Zimmerman trial. Of course the demonstrations continue here in oakland. There was a day full of protests and they all wrapped up with a quiet candlelight event here. About 50 people gathered at lake merritt for a candlelight vigil at sun down honoring Trayvon Martin and other victims of gun violence. Until all young people are safe, none of us are safe. This was the most subdued group. The day started with a loud and controlled demonstration at the Federal Building in downtown oakland. Peace on the streets. Mayor gene quan made an appearance and was impressed by the demonstration and was unimpressed by the demonstration last week
And that breaking news has happened in the last hour in the tenderloin district. One person died after being shot and another wounded. An officer encountered two people who were shooting at each other. The officer fired on at least one of them. We have a crew that just arrived on scene and we will have a live report with more coming up. Good evening. Im ama dates. Sky 7hd shows us the scene of another breaking story. Fans left the antioch speedway a short time ago after a serious crashed marred the evening of racing. Tonights racing had the king of the west sprint car show. At least one person was airlifted from antioch to a Trauma Center. Stay with abc7news. Com for the latest developments online and on twitter. Thousands of people took to the streets today calling for change in the wake of the shooting death of florida teen Trayvon Martin. Rallies were held across the country and here in the bay area. We have Team Coverage tonight and we start in oakland with abc7 News Reporter sergi
Its close watching. We know well get high humidity, especially monday night and tuesday. Well talk more in detail about this coming up. Tonight, firefighters battling the mountain fire in Southern California are getting a built of help from the storm leigh was talking about. The increased humidity and more than an inch of rain overnight kept the fire from growing. Its 49 contained. More rain and a flashflood warning is forecasted over the fire zone through tuesday. A rusk in acres since this morning. Mandatory evacuation orders for 6,000 residents in idlewild and fern valley were lifted. The same storm that is bringing rain to Southern California and that fire there, is also creating big problems in the southwest. A downpour in the phoenix area caused this flashflooding. This is dramatic video of a rescue of one person who had to be rescued by helicopter after flood waters surrounded his property and turned it into an island. There are no reports of serious injuries or deaths. A gunfig
On her but there are already Great Expectations for a baby that will one day lead 16 countries. Ever since the wedding, the clock has been ticking. Duchess of cambridge became the worlds most watched expectant mother. The press focused less on her pace and more on her bump. As it grew kate was elegant, graceful, even smashing. Now she is about to give birth to a royal princess or prince who will make history. For the first time kate and williams child, whether boy or girl, will become the future monarch. Changed by the grandma. She was keen to see the monar monarchy moved with the times. This child, whether boy or girl, it wouldnt matter. A girl will be queen. Kate and william are considered the most modern couple. Kate is having a malbirth. They have chosen not to know the babys sex. Kate is giving birth in st. Marys. The same hospital where 31 years ago the motherinlaw she never met introduced the world to william. Nation cheered the official announcement, a letter posted to the pala
Lets economic with abc7 news meteorologist leigh glaser. Leigh right now a slight chance let me show you what we will be keeping our eye on, especially tuesday. The fog moving inland this hour, but shifting over to the syria, you can see the thunderstorms building, and travel into Southern California has just been crazy today, with isolated heavy severe thunderstorms near san diego, los angeles county, over towards barstow and palm springs. Heres the satellite comes composite. This rotation towards northern california, and looks like tonight near fresno, they could see some isolateed thunderstormses, and in another day the bay area could see a few isolated thunderstorms as well. Its close watching. We know well get high humidity, especially monday night and tuesday. Well talk more in detail about this coming up. Tonight, firefighters battling the mountain fire in Southern California are getting a built of help from the storm leigh was talking about. The increased humidity and more than