First, the head of education in california is setting his sights on the Governors Mansion. Youre watching getting answers. Im kristin zee. The Gubernatorial Race is still three years away, but the field of candidates is already getting more crowded. Yesterday, state school superintende Tony Thurmond officially announced he is jumping in. Im tony thurman and im running for governor to be a voice for those who need one, because california may be working for millionaires and billionaires, but for the rest of california, we need real change. Thurman joins two prominent democrat who announced earlier Lieutenant Governor eleni kounalakis, former state controller and current California Democratic Party Vice Chair betty yee. Abc7 has invited them to join us in conversation in the near future as well. Joining us live now to discuss his entry into the race to replace Governor Newsom when newsom turns out is superintendent Tony Thurmond. Tony, good to see you. Good to see you, kristin. Thank you.
The west coast. Im poppy harlow. And im jim sciutto. We are following breaking news. Theres lots of t. Hurricane sally is slowly churning towards the gulf coast. That speed is key. Its picking up strength as it moves, but that speed becomes a problem because that means rape, lots of it, will pound parts of the coast for longer for a longer period of time, feet perhaps, our chad myers says. Flash flooding and a lifethreatening storm surge, Major Concerns right now. Were also following Deadly Wildfires on west coast. 87 of them, and they are large and deadly, torching millions of acres in ten states now. At least 36 people are dead from blazes. Dozens more this morning are missing. Well get to that in a moment. Lets begin though with the storm. With the hurricane and ed lavin is in gulfport, mississippi where residents are preparing for sale, and one of the big problems, ed is how slow its moving. Reporter yeah. Thats really the troubling news here this morning as we monitor effects of h
His visit will help people here in the bay area. Right now amazon is beginnins big product event of the year. E have a tech expert standing by with what you need to know. But first breaking news. Hurricane ian making landfall at any moment in south florida. On the left you can see a live stream out of cape coral. It shows the category 4 storm is bringing a about ten minutes, well have a live report from the floridas gulf coast. Now update on the overnight search for a barricade barricade suspect near the sun valley mall. This is happening in pleasant happening in pleasant hill. Pole have cleared the scene an hour o and a half hour ago after they couldnt locate the man who climbed into a crawl space at a nordstrom rack. Last night around 7 00 Police Say Man was originally wanted for rape. They rape. They believe he likely slipped out overnight. Now to the other top storiesn oakland new homicide investigatn as the city up to 96 total this year. This is video from yesterday and you can se
As they investigate the cause of of the mosquito fire. The u. S. Forest service says flames sparked a long one powerline. Several homes and buildings in el dorado and placer countys. Pg e has been blamed in recent years and is cooperating. Governor newsom vetoed a bill bill that would make kindergarten mandatory before going to the first grade. He cited the unfunded cost of more than 200 million a year. The state senator and former teacher teacher argues that it will help help keep more vulnerable kids from falling through the cracks. Hurricane ian is barreling toward the tampa area potentially hitting as a powerful category four storm sometime tomorrow. As many as 300,000 people may be forced frm their homes. People are filling up sandbags and lining up the te the the Grocery Stores and gas stations. Possible 10 feet surge. We will have a live report in our next half an hour as the residents get ready for some wild weather heading their way. I have some friends evacuating, right now.
Thank you for joining us. We hope that you have had a great day. Families are picking up the the pieces after of fire ripped through four homes. We brought it to you breaking yesterday. This was the scene from the sky after the fire was put out. A brush fire climbed that mountain mountain along the 580 near 35th 35th and macarthur avenue. Sevel families affected by that four along fire. Today it was about getting the hotspots out and th. The cleanup. This was the secone on their berry street in two years time. Alex turned from a r a homeowner to a volunteer fires volunteer firefighter. s grabbing that hose and im jackie get as far as i can literally standing here in these these crocs and trying to use that hose to knock down the firn that building. That is his inland unit. Before firefighters arrived he e a garden hose to try to slow down the flames with no successe there were enough firefighters, he gets a professional firefighting hose. I cannot breathe because i did not have on a ma