Terrain and, of course, because of the drought its bone dry. Billowing smoke and crackling flames created an orange and black backdrop for tankers fighting the massive fire. A dc10 has been dropping retardant along with hundreds of firefighters who have been battling this hard to reach fire tearing across this rural section of northern california. Helicopters scooped up water one bucket at a time each holding 324 gallons. Emergency responders feared the fire would move quickly. And it did ballooning to thousands of acres in a matter of hours. Super dry vegetation four years of drought not helping us any. The winds keep changing and shifting direction. All of a sudden they were, like, the winds are moving rapidly and it shifts we dont have very much contained and its just spreading so fast and you guys just need to leave. Reporter now, the fire threat forced some cattle and horses to flee. And cal fire says the wildfire may have been sparked by a car accident yesterday afternoon. But th
Officer. Kron 4s jeff bush joins us live from hayward city hall. Where the memorial wrapped up earlier. Jeff . Jeff it was a touching event here on the steps of city hall. Residents from all walks of life came to remember this Police Officer who touched some many peoples lives the death of sergant scott lunger was on the minds of the people of hayward. He was known for his professionalism, his cool head and for his dedication to the people who live herein short, scott was regarded as a heroand, a heros memorial was what he got from those he protected. Jamie belden he was very nice. He was very laid back and a very sweet guy. Linda reid we just wanted to come out here and show our support for the entire Police Department and to let them know that our condolences are with them and our hearts go out to the family. Tamy franke i grew up with scott in high school. He was fun and a very outgoing person, very loving. Armondo depina when i was younger i got into a lot of trouble and im not pro
Him being gone. A somber day for Hayward Police, and Police Across the country. Good evening, im julie haener. Im frank somerville. The shooting happened 3 15 this morning, when scott lunger pulled over a truck for driving erratically. As Sergeant Lunger got out of the car and approached the drivers side of the vehicle, the driver shot Sergeant Lunger without warning. A second officer in a separate vehicle had also responded and returned fire as the pickup raced away. The second officer used his radio to alert dispatchers. Shots fired shots fired white chevy truck. Hes still going white Chevy Silverado truck, i copy. Set fire, and my partner down. Partner down. Whos down . Sergeant lunger is down. Within a couple of hours, the bullet riddled pickup truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Sergeant lunger was taken to the medical facility. He had died from his injuries. Hayward Police Officers gathered to show their grief and support. They stood at attention and saluted as Sergeant Lu
Elsewhere look for upper 50s to near 06. And even oakland hitting 62 right now. Heres what you can expect this afternoon with a live look from emeryville. So inland east bay areas will be in the 80s. Around the coast in the 60s. And in s. F. And around the bay temperatures in the upper 60s to upper 70s. We have a big warmup in store for us. Ill tell you when and where with the sevenday accuweather forecast. Chris. Thank you. Now to breaking news from the san lee a en degree freeway. All lanes of north lanes of interstate 880 are closed after a Fatal Shooting on the freeway. 880 was shut down after a pedestrian was found dead near the overpass. The San Leandro Police department is investigating the incident as a homicide. No one has been arrested. Again, all north bound lanes are closed. Traffic is being diverted off the interstate on to Marina Boulevard around the scene. They drove up and found the person who had been shot. Rest assured, this is not an incident of a freeway sniper. Aga
Gusts to 22 milesperhour. The air temperature right now at 77. A relative humidity of 41 . This fire in el dorado wind gusting to 15 milesperhour, higher and humid right now. Relative humidity at 34 . Not all that hot. And now we have the lowell fire and much warmer there the air temperature right now is at 86 degrees. And unfortunately, Mother Nature is really going to crank the heat over the next several days. Warmer temperatures red winging in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. So many people are expected to pay their respects to Hayward Police officer next week that the service has been moved to a larger venue. The funeral for Sergeant Scott lunger isness thursday morning at oracle areap in oakland. Marcus estrade da is accused of shooting lunger at a traffic stop. People in san leandro will never forget a Police Officer who made the ultimate sacrifice. We were at hays and 14th 14th street as the city revealed a new name stan neimi way. Neimi was killed in the line of duty