Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
Get the information in the news cast and tiffany will have the latest over on channel 7. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Now to our other top story. That massive fire in oakland. Federal and local arson investigators are in the bay area tonight trying to figure out what caused this fire to the building under construction. You lost everything . Yes. They are among the 7 to 900 nearby residents who were evacuated because of a crane tletdened to collapse. The fouralarm fire broke out at 24th street near broadway at 4 30 this morning. We have Team Coverage starting with leslie brinkly. Reporter at 4 30 in the morning an Apartment Building ruptured into an enormous fire. It forced them to take a defensive stance because the crane took on heat which caused it to spin wildly. The skafledding prompting urgent evacuations at nearby buildings. What were merely doing is asking anyone with information helpful to us to come forward and share that information. Federal and local arson investigat
Preexcuse meed innocent. Presumed innocent. The case is going over to him next week for setting a future date. Reporter each of these three defendants is now charged with one count of murder. They also are charged with facing a special allegations. Other charges could be poll in the future. The three will likely be filed together. Chopper 5 was over a deadly scene in san leandro this afternoon. A train struck an suv, killing a young child and a woman. The amtrak train hit the vehicle around washington avenue just after 1 00 this afternoon. Kpix 5 reporter, devin feely is live in san diego with the details. Reporter yeah, now the train tracks in this area cut diagonally through this area, then actually arc across the intersection where the crash occurred, and to give you a sense of the trains velocity and the force of the impact, that car was dragged nearly a quarter mile down the tracks. I heard brakes screeching. Reporter as the train barreled down, there would be neither time, nor di
Today, people were legitimately using them. Correctly. But in other cases they dont. And lawmakers say its time to crack down. Thousands of cars and motorcycles with disabled placards park for free all over the bay area. But are they genuinely disabled drivers or are they abusing the system . Theres been times when ive actually wanted to go up to people and say can you please move your car . My dad cant walk. Reporter today, state Lawmakers Said its time to to crack down on the dmv. This strictly is an audit with wii going to be take where were going to be making the dmv a little uncomfortable. Reporter why this crackdown now . Lawmakers credit several news investigations including ours at kpix 5 where cheats have been exposed and people abusing disabled parking placards belonging the friends and relatives including some who are deceased. There is twice as many placards as there are San Francisco parking meters. Is there abuse in the disabled placard community . Absolutely. There is. U
Were a man and woman. Police were called out to this neighborhood shortly before 2 00 this afternoon. Right now you can see that there are still neighbors here waiting to get back into their home and also waiting to find out whether their loved ones are okay. In addition, police are currently conducting interviews right now, with witnesses. And collecting evidence. More detectives have just arrived on scene here. Now i spoke with a man who said his nephew returned home to find the mans sister, who is in her mid50s dead in front of the laundry room. Another mans body was also in the home. We dont know yet if it was her husband. Police are not saying how the two died or the motive. Again, they are still interviewing witnesses, including the person that discovered the two body the inside that home on lucas court. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. For the latest, and of course you can stay in touch with the latest details on these cases with our twitter feed or