After the game after a stop in a bar priest, john and their friend joey were walking near third and harrison. A large group of men came up behind him. That group included Michael Montgomery arks rested for stabbing denver and later leased. Why would you carry a knife if you werent anticipating something is going to happen . Or if you guys werent going to do anything or looking for trouble. We were just walk down street. Joey says reports that their group had encountered montgomery and his friends earlier are untrue. All of a sudden just broke out into fighting. Who threw the first punch . They d they we were three guy autos how many were they . 8. Montgomerys father says his son stabbed him in selfdefense. I was just protecting my brother. Robert priest says he, not john swung a chair at montgomery. What kind of chair . Just a aluminium beach chair. A gift my dad gave me from dodger stadium. Montgomery has been released Police Continue to investigate his claims that he stabbed denver i
We did give reports its up to at least 50 feet behind homes. So we took folks here in a hurry. This was an urban interface area. San jose fire immediately asked for mutual aid from cal fire. Cal fire responded with a chopper making water drops. 70 acres burned and the response seemed to be working. Police revehicle waited residents from two streets they were told to leave immediately. San jose fire asked cal fire for more engines, air tankers and bulldozers. And seven miles from the fire, flames and smoke spewed from another fire. This is located near capitol expressway. Youre looking at verio. You can see the fire burned patches of driedout grass located in between some of the fairways and dry creek beds there. A huge column of smoke delivered some of the nearby homes. Today, temperatures were high, even for the end of june. This is a live picture on the east bay. And this is downtown san jose. The fountains provide welcome relief and a great back drop maybe for a selfie. Abc7 news is
As it spread. Thanks for joining us im cheryl jennings. The conditions in the south bay took twoirefighters out of the mix this afternoon they suffered heatrelated injuries trekking up and down the foothills battling a blaze starting near curry drive we can see very little smoke in hills behind me. That is where the fire started and now, its winding down. Were getting numbers that went to a fouralarm. Ten people were evacuated but many left on their own. And as you said, two firefighters were treated for herelated injuries. Its hot on the ground and there is a chance itwill fair up, glenn. This was christophers first fire. I saw flames across the hill. Ere you scared . Kind of. Grass fires started just before 2 00 this afternoon. The fastmoving fire spread quickly down hill. His mom, jenny lives in a house in the path of the fire. Whin minutes we could see flames everywhere. In the hill just eulfed people were running out. And its scary. It went quickly to a threealarm. Its the onset o
San mateo bridge camera. We applaud the conditions as the currency over the portions of the peninsula. We had further saw someone walking to the forecast for today. Starting off with partly cloudy skies behind me there. Is still mostly cloudy and a little further north. Whenever fifties to low 60s rein now. Mild temperatures will warm up to 85. If youll be around san jose is going to be around 78. Clause will increase as it had to the overnight hours with temperatures dropping back down to the mid to upper 50s. james a comeback at 715 to talk more about the details. Will have your extended outlook also. said george are not tracking any have spots but we do have some slow traffic here with a couple of bridges, but bridge restaurant has traffic backed up over the toll plaza. Its not badly backed up the the mcarthur maze. Its not that heavy to the 880 approach. The san mateo bridge has a slow ride along with the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Its backing up earlier than usual this morning in
A doctor say iss at least 7 people were killed and dozens injured. Skwr z cannot independently confirm those reports. The syrian conflict has spread due to refugees and the threat of military strikes in syria has heightened fierce. They have vowed to defend themself and says its still a powerful allie. Reporter the syrians president report has supporters here in lebanon and across beirut. Iran warned the United States to stay out of the conflict and not expected to retolerate against israel. Thats not an empty threat if the survivele of the assad regime is in question. Hes specific for his own survivele. The war in syria threatens to escalate beyond its boards. Its warning the syrian president made back in 2011. When you play with it, there could be an earthquake that will effect the entire region. That region includes israel where people crowded distribution centers. Israeli government also deployed Missile Defense in preparation far possible syrian attack. In jordan, people are just