The bay area on high alert. Early this evening 8 homes destroyed near the sacramento delta. Its in solano couldnt. Devastation from sky 7 hd. Firefighters say the blaze is now under control. As we said 8 homes destroyed. And we can show you the eighth home that was destroyed firefighters say the flames burned all the way to the river where it no longer pose a threat. Fire started from ember from another fair about half mile away. One residents says her husband tried to fight it off with a garden hose but the wind was blowing hard. Not much of a chance with the wind out here blowing. Like i say we were grabbing World Trade Center hoses and neighbors grabbing water hoses. Fire extinguisher as fast as fast fire was spreading. Very far from a lot of our fire stations but as soon as the call came in we were rolling. We have more on today fire on 7 news at 11 00 over on channel 7. Another fire broke out this one in sacramento huge plume of smoke filled the sky near cal expo. At one point fir
The group the opportunity to the leave peacefully but 68 people refused to comply with officer orders and they were detained. They were loaded on a San Mateo Sheriffs Office bus that took them either to jill or the sheriffs office. They are expected to face charges of disobeying a lawful order of peace officer and obstructing the Free Movement of others. You can see the back up that resulted in the picture. The stanford daily says the group was made up of stanford students and Community Members involved in the black lives matter movement. Meanwhile Oakland Coliseum bart station is back open after Different Group of protestors shut it down. We were up over the scene earlier tonight. Some of the protestors set up by the Railroad Track while another group block the bart station entrance just as the warrior game was letting out. Bart police did reopen the station they only let passengers up to the platform single file through that one door you see there. 7 News Reporter was in the middle o
Hope will bring answers in a death that killed one of their own. And a Daring Rescue on the ice for a dog. We begin with the much needed relief from the harsh winter. It is not just good for us to get out and enjoy the weather, it is also in some cases good news for your car. Jay korff is live in springfield where how where people are trying to watch winter away. Jay first off, look at this massive pile of snow. This is what we have been dealing with the last few days. To deal with it, crews have to lay this down, salt. Everybody is out and about, at the car wash. If they survive the salt, then they have to deal with the potholes. Almost perfect. Jay it has gone from snow en subzero and subzero to sunny and melting. It meant long lines at the car washed in springfield. Business is booming. Jay they stayed past closing to remove the corrosive salt. We have to get it off. Im here today because i need to get rid of the sand and salt underneath my car. Jay once clean, another worry follows
To others its a unique way to celebrate family time and u. S. History all at once. Christmas is a time of reflection and really being thoughtful about what you have. Its the best country in the world. Must have been awfully calendar out there to do that reenactment. Good morning. Welcome to wusa9 at 6 00 a. M. Today is thursday, december 26, 2013. Not a lot of days left in this year. Counting down. Going by fast. Im Jessica Doyle in for andrea roane and mike hydeck this morning. And Monika Samtani has your timesaver traffic. If you have to go to work today, it will be easy. We like that. Easy is good. Olga breese has a forecast that may make you smile. The forecast has something to look forward to in it but this morning were in our typical winter pattern. At least were dry. Always thankful for that when temperatures dip this low. The michael son web cam very uneventful now. Its been a quiet night. Were building in a little bit of cloud cover. When i show you the satellite, youll see ex
Growing trade and transport and merchandising is growing faster than the National Afternoon and mayor ed lee is supporting the Manufacturing Sector a priority as part of the 17 point jobs plan oewd launched an initiative for the merchandising businesses this included first hiring a sector manager to manage the work and if tiffany can raise her hand she helps businesses to in fact, City Government and helps them access resources and connects pdr businesses to other pdr services and develops sub sector like the food and beverage sector perhaps im going to give out tiffanys phone number you may want to phone number 5 5406559 sorry no home phone number. The invest in the neighborhoods and the off office of Small Businesses were reaching out to the select auto body shop in college hill for example. The second piece of the 5 point plan is the Technical Assistance for mrsz those are capital activities those businesses took place weve developed did plans like the loan program and the revolving