Comey. His legal career started in San Francisco in the 70s and later he served as u. S. Attorney in Northern California. Ktvu fox 2 news Jana Katsuyama is here with more on his appointment. Reporter frank and julie, i spoke with his former boss who says mueller is a perfect choice. He describes him as someone with integrity who leaves politics out of his investigation. His appointment brought relief to republicans and democrats who now hope the 72yearold former fbi director will bring credibility to the federal probe into whether the Russian Election meddling was linked to the trump campaign, Rod Rosenstein issued the order wednesday saying my decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. But, he said for americans to have confidence in the outcome, he felt the need for a special council who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command. I think it is a good thing. Because, it takes the politics out of it. This ha
Hour. Now, looks like the wind will remain relatively strong going into the evening hours. And temperatures will be slow to drop off. So these conditions will remain conducive to fire development, not fire containment. Tomorrow will be even hotter. Ill have the forecast a little bit later. Spencer, thank you. Another live from sky 7, no structures on Travis Air Force base are threatened. Were going to stay on top of this fire. We have crews on their way on the ground and well bring you any updates as we get them here and on our abc 7 news app. Lets look at video just in to the newsroom of another major fire burning north of vac eville. You can see its burned more than 250 acres. Two neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation. Highway 128 in napa county is closed until noon tomorrow. Firefighters are fighting those flames from the air. You saw some of the air attack there. Its in very rough terrain. This fire is just 10 contained. In livermore, a grass fire destroyed a barn. Firefight
Firefighters stopped it from burning any homes. The hot weather is making it difficult for firefighters to keep it from spreading in the other direction toward the air force base. The south gate of the base is closed. And people are being told to avoid the area. Air force firefighters are working alongside county firefighters to control the flames. You can see its also threatening horses and cows. Weve seen some of those horses being evacuated. And lets take another live look at the fire from sky 7. You can see the line a little bit of the flames making their way there. But you can see all that black area that has already scorched, as we said, it is hot out there making it hard for firefighters. Embers appear to have jumped that roadway. Burning on both sides and close to buildings. Not that far from the runway. You can see all of that. Lets bring in weather anchor Spencer Christian to check on the conditions for this fire fight. The three weather conditions that make fire fight diffic
Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. We have a baby taken from a vehicle. Police radio dispatch puts San Francisco officers on alert to a baby kidnapping. Only on abc7 news was there when police rescued the child and arrested her alleged kidnapper. Good evening. Im kate larsen in for eric thomas. We begin tonight with the fast action that resulted in a happy reunion for that baby. Melanie woodrow is live at sfpd headquarters with details on how this ordeal for the babys parents ended with relief. Melanie . Reporter absolutely. San Francisco Police say this was a citywide joint effort to catch this suspect, and her choice of getaway transportation may have helped quite a bit. Within 30 minutes of getting a call for the kidnapping of this baby girl, police were patting down and cuffing a 36yearold suspect. Everybody got involved. This was a big deal. Reporter just before 9 00 a. M. On sherman street, police say a 6monthold was inside this vehicle while her father prepared a
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