Building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. Emergency personnel, local officials. Take seriously debris flows and floods, flash floods, lightning, possibility of tornadoes. Stay safe. California on alert. The last minute preparations underway as more than 42 Million People are waking up under a Tropical Storm warning. We are tracking Tropical Storm hilary as it barrels toward california. The rare Tropical Storm is expected to unleash floods, strong wind and heavy rain. Good morni to Tropical Storm hilary. Frances dinglasan is tracking the latest and the potential impacts in the bay area. Frances Tropical Storm hilary has winds of about 70 miles per hour, around 220 miles south southeast of san diego, california. It is expected to hit our border around 2, 3 00 this afternoon. It will bring the heaviest rain and winds this afternoon and evening through southern and Central California. Remnants of hilary will impact the bay area, most likely more tom
Safety advocates say theyre fed up. That hit was,eaction when i saw here we go again. Weve had two pedestrians killed in redwood city in the last month, two cyclists killed. A little bit further south. They wrote a letter demanding san mateoucounty take action. The only way to solve these problems is much more investment and safe street infrastructure. They also filed a condition at e represents a rather dangerous hazard. And this group of two. E the driver responsible might live nearby for that reason. Weve been out here every day leafleting. The Highway Patrol has returneduto the scene, knocking on doors. Were hoping to find in or that someone else will. We want this guy to face the he did and for what he failed to do. The victim in this case has been released from the hospital and is road to recovery. Chp is handling the case, and theyuask that anyone them. Greg or julie. Hopefully this leads to some mateo county and thank youn well, new at five tonight. Seven people were hurt when
We had frank, who works here, drove across the bay bridge this morning. He says its no joke ro to the south bay. Here you can see traffic is moving along okay, but there is some slowing remind you, if youre going to the caldecott, they cleared a crash inside the tunnel. Things are still recovering there at as you drive from orinda into oakland. 7 0p. Lets go back to the headlines, sal. Thank you. Oakland Police Officers areuwarning robbers target people who were sitting in the drivers seat of their car. Ctvs james torres ue say we all need to know to help stay safe. James garcia, Oakland Police putting out a warning this morning letting you know that theyre hearing more reports of Something Like this happening. They say when youre behind the wheel, say youre stopped at a stop sign or at a red light. Here, they say that those criminals will comec to your passenger side seat, smash the window, then take whatever they can from inside. And by the time you realize its happening, you dongt r
Candice nguyen ten minutes, not ten seconds . Alan ten minutes. Ten minutes. Male we investigate why and whats being done to speed things up. Then sexual assaults often go unreported in aapi communities throughout the bay area. Bigad shaban you believe thats how your abuser was able to prey on you . Irene cho oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I didnt want to bring shame upon him. Male we investigate new efforts to bring the issue out of the shadows and support survivors. And seismic retrofits behind schedule and overdue in San Francisco. We investigate why some motels arent issuing the required warning that they could collapse during a strong quake. Hilda gutierrez you guys didnt have one on these walls or these windows candice thanks for joining us. Im candice nguyen. We start with our investigation into a 911 calling crisis. People throughout california are often waiting not seconds but minutes for a live dispatcher to answer their emergency call, and oakland has the slowest answering time
Uproar a bay area later after waymo gets the final approval to drive on San Francisco into the south bay. Governor plan to improve oaklands streets will go over the specifics there here with city leaders. Think about it. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for joining us kron for news at 10. Im vicki liviakis. Im grant lotus. Powerful winds are bringing down trees across the bay area tonight at tonights storm is also forcing road closures and up in the sierra spinouts and whiteout conditions have actually shut down. I80. It is a mess in the high country. We have Team Coverage tonight crow for some and harry is live in the east bay where the rain isnt stopping people from having a friday night out. First, though, we go to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who is tracking the storm arts. Yeah. Guys rocking around the bay area right now. Things really get going as weve seen the showers and thunderstorms seeing