For you. I want to say that traffic is still very light in the bay area on 80 westbound, back of filled, fairfield and vallejo. The solano commute looks good if youre driving into vallejo and the carquinez bridge or on highway 37 toward marin county. This is a look at the east shore freeway. Between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze we have a nice drive. No major problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. A little bit of a backup but nothing major. We had a brush fire northbound 280 near race street. A were blocking one lane. They are all gone now and traffic is still very light. At 4 31 am, lets go back to the desk. The penalty phase of the sierra lamar murder trial starts today. Jurors will decide if the 26 yearold man convicted of her death will get life in prison for kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. Azenith smith talk to a legal analyst who says testimony will be very emotional on both sides. It affected me in a way that i felt like i lost a sister. I was close to her in
About to get underway. Reporter we should hear from attorneys from the victims family shortly. Those attorneys are saying that the ghost ship warehouse was unsafe and not up to firecode. We will give you a live look outside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland where attorneys just filed a 50 page lawsuit against the owner and manager of that building and oaklands fruitvale district. We are expecting attorneys and families to be speaking soon. Several lawyers representing the families of more than a dozen victims are filing this master complaint citing unsafe conditions in the building he will remember 36 people were killed last december when this fire started inside the ghost ship collect where an unlicensed concert was taking place. The building manager organized the event and charged an entry fee. He was also renting larvae workspaces to other artists even though people were not supposed to be living in the workhouse. He is named in the lawsuit and so is the owner of the building
Toward pool bill about 6 14. Our yellow weather alert continues. No Severe Thunderstorm Warnings this hour, but we will keep you posted. Take the storm seriously. They are very heavy storms. Right now at 6 00, a 6th grade teacher involved in sexually assaulting two students. Hes admitted to a method to molesting one of the girls every day for three months in a classroom full of students. So what is the School System doing to make sure this never happens again . The Northern Virginia bureau chief is asking that question today. I told her to always do what the teacher says. I had no idea that would happen. What happened to an 11year old girl at maryellen Henderson Middle School is simply shocking. I cant believe it went on as long as it did undetected. Three months every day. Almost every day. The girfa estrada did to his daughter. Your daughter is sitting in a classroom in the back. Yes, and he pulled his chair up to her next to her every day and he liked to turn the classroom lights do
Warm start. All ready near 70 degrees for concord, for san jose this morning, 67 in livermore. It was a holt one inland yesterday. Another hot one inland today. A heat advisory in effect for many bay area locations. Especially the Higher Elevation and inland east bay. We actually have a warning for much of the central valley. And a red flag warning warning today for the east bay hillings. Fire danger very high there. Be mindful if you plan to spend any Time Outdoors today. Your weather headlines, a mild start, mostly clear, a slow cooling this weekend. Well start to shave off a few degrees, but its not cooling all month any way. And your full forecast is coming up in a bit. But first, more news headlines. Three people are hospitalized after a vegetation fire erupted and spread to four apartment buildings in antioch. The fire started around 10 00 last night on delta fair boulevard. Those taken to the hospital were suffering smoke inhalation. Now firefighters are investigating whether th
Short of calling this fire suspicious. Reporter flames light up the sky, as part of the building came crashing down to the ground. This was the scene after a huge fire started at the building under construction. Investigators say the fire started at 4 30 this morning. Within 5 minutes, crews were on the scene. At that time, they saw heavy smoke billowing from the center of the structure. Reporter as the fire continues to burn, a crane used by a construction crew was spinning like a top out of control. Endangering firefighters and residents in the area, a few hours later, crews had the fire contained. Officials say quick work by all involved helped save lives. With a fire this size, it is miraculous that weve had no loss of life, no injuries. Majority of the building under construction has either fallen on itself or on the streets. Crews continued to put out hot spots and worry about the unstable crane that looms overhead. Theyre bringing in heavy equipment tonight, and will dismantle p