In alameda this morning, firefighters rushed to eight different fires in a sevenblock area. Officers say they caught two men who had torched the homes, businesses and cars, maul the space of four hours. Nbc bay area Christie Smith joins us from the Shopping Center where the news is tragic for some businesses. Christie . Reporter good evening to you terry and peggy. Business ownersni and neighbors theyre stunned by this. We spoke with them, and they say they dont know why anyone would want to set a series of fires that caused this kind of damage. They say someone actually stayed in that unit up above. Down below you see a series of minivans. Were told those were used for deliveries for a business. And now some Business Owners say it will be a real struggle to bounce back. The fires popped up quickly overnight one after another, keeping firefighters moving in alameda, cars, trash bins, businesses, and even homes damaged. And i looked out the window, and it was justxd fire. Claims all the
It is in so far for this weeks forecast assistance sunny a lot of sunshine and temperatures in the forecast that its seventh fell for you absolutely have a lot of sympathy come from the east coast. James it is nice about it for afternoon 3839 degrees to santa rosa 33 and vallejo and fairfield of the 30s and the east bay valleys and pleasant and livermore otherwise youre looking at mid 40s or on the shoreline in San Francisco coming in on the mild side and 50 degrees i will be back in the man with a full look at the forecast a to for that in the meantime instead of a to track the center into a good morning. If george james it is a Good Opportunity to remind to her brand new mobile application that is the new black and the dollar the new web application that was released last week and it was a fantastic tool refined fly fred r. And live video updates throughout the day. George im not sure what to say after that. I hope to stay with us lets take a look at a couple of hot spots where track
With them as well as the fbi. Reporter in the meantime, the stores are sweeping up and boarding up. In the case of the padagonia store, putting a bit of art in to the job. But theres only so much they can do. These are crimes of opportunity happening in the middle of the night. And most of them have been caught on security cameras like youre seeing above this store that was hit the other day. But the problem is theyre just getting partial images. Theyre covering their faces and the cars that theyre plowing in to here and trucks theyre plowing in and driving away with are stolen. So getting the plate isnt all that much help. In San Francisco phil matier, kpix. Smash and grabs arent just a San Francisco problem. In the past year there have been similar robberies in palo alto, berkeley and hayward. Two women accused of stealing more than two dozen cars are now behind bars. The duo was spotted twice by officers in the act. Kpix 5 is live in hayward where police have recovered a few of the
Reporter partly cloudy skies to the edges and to the 50s and 60s and is affected these winds are light compared to were expecting a letter on this afternoon. They will increase to between 15 to 20 mi. Per hour to special trust for this land and across the south but it will increase to 50 mi. Per hour in the 70s the letter on this afternoon. Reporter when the little bit of high clouds the will want to see some highpressure coming in. From an extended minutes tim to in the mid to upper 60s much hours with a warming up to the upper 50s or 60s it will be a mild lunch hour will see little bit more sunshine especially during the afternoon and again these wins will increase discussion on the peninsula. James not a lot going on this one in a hot spots to report we have the bay bridge approach the commute across the span. The Golden Gate Bridge 101 southbound marin county is a nice and easy ride the final stop this morning the Richmond San Rafael bridge bridge. James breaking news weve been fol
With the losses of two young men. He was an awesome person honestly, a great father. Reporter Nicole Chapman tells me it was her exboyfriend the father of her 4yearold son who was killed here yesterday. 28yearold brandon lull gunned down alongside another man in this upscale livermore neighborhood. Hes very loved and very missed. So its going to be one of the hardest things to have to tell his son. The three men involved all knew each other and we believe that they met up to exchange contraband. Either an argument or something took place and there was a fumbling exchange of what they had. Reporter this man said of the three men two fired the fatal shots at two different men. Someone fired and the other person i was told after the person fired and killed the one guys friend, my friend was killed. Reporter within hours police had 28yearold james ware in custody. The police dog bit him as he was trying to get away from the cops during a traffic stop. Throughout the day well wishers left c