About all you can do. Reporter from pacifica, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. 1 billion. That is the new estimate for the damage caused from two devastating wildfires last year. A billion bucks. The states Insurance Department says the valley fire in lake county, alone, totaled more than 700 million in losses. That makes it the third costliest fire in state history. The butte fire cost an estimated 300 million in reported losses. The man accused of killing a coworker in san jose told abc 7 news today from jail that he did not do it. Friends and family of the victim have been searching reservoirs and other areas in the south bay suggested by police. Theyre hoping to find kyle myrick alive, even though investigators have told them they have evidence hes been murdered. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie spoke with the suspect today and myricks family as well. David, you join us live from the San Jose Police headquarters. Reporter well, kristen, the police in san jose say they think they have a m
Everybody will benefit. And to give you some perspective on this complicated issue, the city of oakland increased this minimum wage to 13. 25 an hour and we spoke with the owner of aunt marys cafe and he started in the industry as a dish washer and he said when minimum wages are mandated and everyone increases prices to cover their additional labor costs. It was certainly a challenge. We spend a lot of time plugging in numbers and going okay, whats going to work . Whats the best way . What can we do . The wage increase on his business and let me give you another look at the crowd from above, sky 7 hd showing as they are peacefully marching as we said we have representation from many unions and theyre marching to different labor chants and it is a pretty impressive showing and we are here at the mcdonalds on shattuck which is their end location and judging by where the choppers are located they should be only a few blocks away and theyll be sure to bring you that when they arrive and a
inch in the napa valley and a tenth of an inch right here in san francisco. some of the heaviest rain at 580. heaviest rain over berkeley hills and stretching all the way back into the avenues. we re going to continue to see rain throughout the day. some of this is turning to snow in the sierra where chains are required. i ll show you how that affects the end of your weekend with the first part of your work week. your complete forecast coming up in just a few. thank you, christine. well, the roads are slick this morning but it s not as cold as last weekend when black ice was a big problem for drivers. it s unclear if weather played a role in this accident. the chp is investigating in contra costa county. a fatal crash that involved at least five cars just south of camino diablo near livermore. the chp confirms one person died at the scene, another suffered major injuries. other drivers considered themselves lucky they weren t injured. car swerved in my lane. couldn t avoi