Further inspection. Around 6 30 tonight we saw the night crew pull out and relocate to two near fire houses. Station 16 crews have been living in the garage because of mold contamination. These photos show the conditions the firemen have been living in. Firemen tell ktvu theres been a mold problem here for four years in the kitchen and bathrooms but nothing has been done about it. The departments command house went to station number 16 to see the problem. I know this issue had been brought up before. But i think at this point when they visited the station today they determined it had progressed to the point that it was no longer habitable. Reporter the command staff determined that the shift had to be moved out of here tonight. We understand they had to be moved out of here tonight. Reporter he expects the station to be cleaned and ready to house firefighters again in the next few weeks. Were already thinly staffed already. We cant afford to have stations out for a long period of time.
Giving you a look here at the bay bridge where visibility is pretty good right now. Oakland yesterday you had a thick bout of fog. This morning your visibility is about six miles. So not as bad for you. Take a look at the south bay. San jose down to a quarter of a mile. And this darker shade of gray right in here indicating we have pretty thick fog in some areas. So along 280, 101, 680. Through milpitas you will find pretty good fog there as well. Chp reporting patchy and dense in some places. Take it easy. It could come without warning. Napa reporting visibility. This is going to be with us through the Morning Hours. Sun will rise just about 7 22. 7 24 depending on where you live. I bet again we have more of this to come. 48 in concord. 45 in napa. 44 in walnut creek. Its a cooler start with clearer skies. At least for most of us. We will slip in and take a look at walnut creek and san ramon. Bewe have upper 40 we have upper 40s. Low 50s in pittsburgh. For the afternoon today lots of
Information to help solve the november murder of an east bay man. Ktvus sal castanedo is live at east bay Regional Park headquarters with more about an increased reward for anyone who can help. Sal . Reporter it was a life cut short. 60yearold david was killed while hiking in the east bay regional hills. Now police hope a reward will help break the case. On the afternoon of november 25th, david runzel was on a trail in the huckleberry regional preserve near skyline boulevard. Police say he was shot three times. Last month authorities released sketches of two persons of interest and today announced a 25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and provided new details of the crime. Davids wallet was taken during this homicide and his credit cards were used on the 28th of november in downtown oakland. I can also share with you that we do have some tips and leads that we are following up on. Reporter he was a teacher at a school in danville and was also a writer. Friends say his gr
California. Meteorologist joins us for the Weather Center with more on the dry condition and the fire danger. Paul. As long as we dont get any rain fall. Below normal rain fall for february, march, and april. We just been upgrated or downgraded from a severe drought to an extreme drought. We are getting the official decloration tomorrow. All of the bay area and 63 of the state of california. 63 of our state is now under an extreme drought. This is a bad situation, which is just getting worse and with this ridge of High Pressure not moving, i dont see any rain in our immediate forecast. I see more records being broken today. Santa cruz shattering the daily record. Oakland, an alltime january High Temperature of 78 degrees. San jose 73. And San Francisco 71 degrees. Very warm and very dry. Is there a change to either of those two . Ill have the answer coming up. Developing news out of southern california. Nearly 4,000 people are out of that you are homes in the San Gabriel Mountains toni
Ktvu news actually interviewed this same suspect 15 years ago after he was arrested for a string of fires along public trails in the south bay. Good evening im frank somerville. And im gasia mikaelian. Heres what we know about him, his name is Patrick William brennan. Police say they have connected brennan to this huge warehouse fire last thursday. It was the largest of the 12 fires that was set over the period of five days. Right now brennan is only charged with two of those fires but the numbers could go up. A number of surveillance videos that show a man setting fires was key to identifying him along with the work of a midnight duty sergeant who searched through an arsonist data base. When were able to find arsonists who live in the area it was definitely a good lead. Reporter when they caught up with brennan he surrendered peacefully and is cooperative. Police say they picked up brennan at his mobile home park. That is just blocks from the scene of one of the fires. Police say they