It was up to here. Cars stuck in the mud trying to leave burning man. How long organizers expect people might be stranded there. Plus our exclusive interview with the festivals ceo. And an iconic sculpture above an east bay hiking trail gone. What happened to the pole . Good evening. Tonight thousands of people remain trapped in the nevada desert after rains inundated the burning man festival. At least one person has died. Festival organizers say the mans death was not weather related, but no other details are being released. Meanwhile, some 70,000 socalled burners have been told to shelter in place. The roads are too dangerous to drive out. That is not stopping people from trying to get out either by car or as you see here on foot. Some people deciding to make the mileslong trek through the mud, leaving their vehicles behind head together closest city for shelter. Others are trying to drive out. Video above the ground shows the long line of cars. Theyre all covered in mud, many gettin
Can right near lake merritt gets hit by a stray bullet. Im just scary, you know, because you dont know whats going on and you dont know where the bullets are flying. And so, unfortunately, someone was hit and the victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. Right now, police are still investigating what led to the shooting. Ktvus amber lee went to the lake this afternoon. Amber, what did you learn from people there who were at the lake when those shots rang out . Julie neighbors tell me there was a gun battle between people in two vehicles. They say theyre shocked that it happened in the middle of the day with so many people around. You see the lamplight and the bush right in the middle. Everett, Alex Alexander points to the spot where a woman was shot while walking on the path along lake merritt in oakland. He says he looked out his balcony after he heard dozens of shots fired shortly before 1230 monday afterno
Chopped down. Hikers say it happened saturday morning right after the sun came up, sheered off with the top half tossed down the hill. For whoever did this, i hope youre ashamed of yourself. Its metal. So someone had cut it with a metal cutter. So youd have to be crazy to hike that much and then do it. So i just dont understand preventing people like deepa bhat her dog and her parents from taking the traditional family photos. The cultural monument is considered the most popular picture place in fremont. If anyone sees a picture with that pole, they know that youve done mission peak. So its kind of a bummer that its gone. The east Bay Regional Parks district says we are saddened to learn about this incident in our park. Any vandals . From destruction to graffiti affects what should be a positive, happy experience for Community Members to enjoy open space and the many trails in our regional parks. I thought that ite reason and to find out that it was vandalized. Thats kind of heartbreak
Have two little kids with us, so theyre getting a bit tired of being stuck like stacked in the van for these days. But theyre quite theyre very brave. But we hope that we can leave good with them. And that we do have like a nice time. A rare late summer storm turned the counterculture festival held in the nevada desert into a muddy mess, stranding more than 70,000 attendees. Officials halted traffic in and out of the festival after more than half an inch of rain fell on friday. The issue this year was multiple rains. And i dont know that the event has ever experienced that. Organizers asked people to shelter in place and to conserve food and water. While some began the murky trek out, others are staying one more night in hopes of seeing the trademark man burn. Were lucky that we live in reno, so its only about 2. 5 hour drive away. We have a trailer, so were feeling pretty safe. So so, yeah, the rumor is were going to burn the man tonight and maybe some other art. So instead of maybe s
Before 5 p. M. Instead of Tuesday Morning at 5 a. M, which is excellent for the commute. This this route handles about 50,000 vehicles per day and Labor Day Weekend coming back is heavily trafficked. So having this open for the motorists is a really, really good thing. We were able to do it because we had crews working around the clock, 12 hour shifts. Caltrans says they want to thank everyone. They really appreciate everyones patience and their understand. Reading from the drivers to the Business Owners to the cities that were impacted, they estimate that this new paving job will last for another 40 years. They say that they are also able to get some of the lights replaced on the carquinas bridge that had been out for years. That was another thing, along with some landscaping along the sides of the road. So this was a really big project. They were able to do it safely with no injuries, and they said that theyre just really glad that they were able to do it before the commute picks up