Redell, today in the bay. One of many open today. Its nice to hear people being so open to tell their stories. Its bad. They dont know if they have a home to go back to. Their homes, memories, going up in flames. Some people dont know. Exactly. So, those Evacuation Centers we told you about, theres four of them, now five that had to expand. The thing is, the red cross, they are being stretched thin as well. Now, they need volunteers to help. They have exhausted their pool so far. They need to help the fire evacuees at Elsie Allen High School and cook middle school. If you can safely make it to either location, call 7075434542 and you will be given an assignment. We are going to hear the call for volunteers in the coming days. We are going into the today show hour. We are going to stay here with your local news this morning to continue to give you more information about these fire that is are burning out of control at this point. Taking a toll on firefighters as well. We heard from cal
Now to video youll only see here on abc news. The truck came to a rest on park street between web and lincoln avenues in alameda. Two people died, four others survived. Reporter theyre just reopening this street, park street behind me while they are still cleaning up after this accident. We spoke to several witnesses to this crash and they told us this truck was going twice the legal limits before it went airborne and that the victims include children. This Service Video shows what witnesses describe. A pickup truck that had been going 50 to 60mileperhour, running red lights through downtown alameda, out of control, flipping down the middle of the road. Sergio silva heard it from his martial arts studio, just a few yards from where the trucklanded. It was a terrified scene. Reporter Alameda Police say the pickup was carrying six people, one died at the scene, another at the hospital. She was really just scared and shaking is and crying. It must have been horrible to see that, definitel
Landing shopping center. This is the third shooting in four months. Reporter were in the mowry landing shopping center, theres a large Orchard Hardware supply center. A large portion of this parking lot is. There are at least 10 to 12 Freemont Police vehicles in the parking lot and this side of the lot is taped off with crime scene tape. We also understand a spokesperson from the Police Department is on their way to the scene, so we do expect to get a lot more information soon, heres what we know right now, that one person was shot by at least one Fremont Police officer and that person was taken to the hospital alive. We do not have any information about their condition at this time. But we do know from the fremont Police Department that no officers were hurt. So mostly what were waiting to learn is who this person is and exactly what led up to the shooting. And good evening. Now to video youll only see here on abc news. The truck came to a rest on park street between web and lincoln a
You are chasing a heart warming touching story about a selfless act to help a little girl. I was going through facebook earlier this week. I read over the headline, the babysitter donates part of her liver to the baby girl she babysits. I immediately thought this was the most incredible story so i click on the link. I come to find this is my childhood friend who is donating her liver. I do remember. Speemacs it hasnt been that long that we havent seen each other. But its been a while. She told me it started not even a year ago when she wanted to get a job as a nanny for george and sarahs three kids kids. Its so easy to become attached to an infant. After caring for her i was with her the most out of the three siblings. You do everything, your like to everything with them. Your like her other mom. She was born with a rare condition which destroys the liver. It would most likely take her life before she turned to. The only way to save her was to get a liver transplant. And never crossed
When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air. With no overland connection across the wilderness of northwestern canada, not even a trail. If our shipping lanes could be interrupted, alaska might fall. The situation called for immediate action. The canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmonton in alberta and yukon territory. With canadas consent, the United States War Department decided to build a milit