Several gatherings and memorials have been held to mark this somber anniversary. For some people today marks the first time they are returning to the area since the devastation. Alex savidge spent time in paradise over the past two weeks to get a sense of how th community is doing. I kn there was one tribute stood out. Reporter this was certainly a difficult day to say the least for everyone in this community. A somber feel here in the town of paradise as people pause to reflect and remember the lives that were lost one year ago and the devastation that was caused. Diary and she told me to keep her secret. So much further than art. Reporter the sculpture sits at the Building Resiliency Center here in central paradise. I want to bring you back out to the live picture. One of the many groups that is here on hand is providing this comfort dog his name is micah. You can see we have a young lady here who is petting micah right now. This is a community that has been through so much in the pa
Stories of desperate calls for help. Last i love youse and some found just outside their front doors. Cal fire determined the fire was caused by a faulty pg e transmission line. It destroyed roughly 19,000 buildings with most of the damage occurring in the first four hours. The day the fire broke out the town of paradise had a population of 26,000 people. So far only 3000 have moved back and one year later the number of destroyed homes that have been rebuilt stands at 11. The future paradise is bright. City Officials Say the rebuilding of 450 more homes is in the pipeline. Alex savidge has been in paradise all day and he joins us live with much more. Reporter there certainly is a lot of construction happening all over the town of paradise and surrounding communities. Tonight we are here at the Paradise Alliance church where fire survivors are gathering to honor the lives that were lost one year ago in the camp fire. While this is a somber day, a lot of people are also very hopeful, exp
Rates. Mortgage rates post about 5 a year ago and that put a stop on the home buyers in the market place. Because when Mortgage Rates go up that means the monthly mortgage payment is taking that much of a bigger of a bite out of family income. Reporter holly bartells has seen prices sliding for more than a year now. The trend over the last two years it is definitely come down. Reporter in her market of willow glen she has less all cash buyers and see a home sit on the market for 25 days before a sale and a couple of years ago it would sell in less than ten days and get several hundred thousand dollars over asking price. If it is in a beautiful neighborhood all fixed up, highly desirable property you will get multiple offers. It may not be the numbers we saw two years ago. Probably wont go crazy overasking but get maybe two or three right around the asking price. Reporter in september this year core logic properties the median sale price for all homes in the bay area was about 778,000.
With the death of her husband don, of 19 years. He was a great husband, great dad, very family oriented. Always liked doing everything with us. Im just in shock. On thursday night around 9 30, the 52yearold was one of two pedestrians struck by a car in hayward along busy a street on hathaway avenue. He died at the scene. The second victim is a 32year old man who police have not yet identified. He was taken to a hospital where police say he is in icu. Cynthia says she went to the scene on friday and learned that there was an altercation between her husband and the other man that spilled into the street. He was a very deadly person. Friendly person. I dont know why he would be arguing with someone. What kind of spark that argument in the street, especially paris lycie the driver remained at the scene and was cooperative. Investigators declined to release details about what happened. Relatives say that the man was devoted to his 15yearold daughter and his family was his priority. It didnt
Weather. Here we are with typical bay area weather to start the 9. Good morning, new this morning i want to tell you bta workers could soon be on strike and commuters could be dealing with major traffic issues, depending on a contract boat later today. The Transit Union local 265 is meeting this afternoon to vote on whether or not to accept the latest offer. The agency says this is its last offer and the two sides have been negotiating over wages, schedules, and other issues since last august. The union got approval back in april to go on strike. If negotiations fail, and i am here to low enough without any of this. We will take you to the peninsula where the San Mateo County Sheriffs Department is investigating another homicide, it comes one day after a mans body was found in the on reporter that is what they are working on, there definitely seems to be, both homicides happen around the same location just one day apart and both of them were stabbed to death. So of course the Sheriffs