Of an earthquakes location. Some people with phones that detect a motion from the earthquake agree with each other that we all see the same thing. Locate its magnitude and send that warning to people farther away. Reporter a simulation looked at a big quake along the hayward fault, and found an alert came within seconds, enough time to duck or brace yourself. Right now the system only looks at large quake, magnitude 7. 0 or higher. A Pilot Program was just funded in chile, where 7. 0 quakes have been detected along the coast. Most of the worlds high population for earthquakes has no protection whatsoever. But cell phones are ubiquitous. Reporter california is already testing shake alert. But Scientists Say this could be a supplement. A few seconds are enough time to stop doing something you dont want to be doing during an earthquake. Reporter and that recently funded research in chile is expected to take about a year to yield results. Reporting live in menlo park Christie Smith nbc bay
The general contractor is always on schedule so thats good news. You can see the intersection here at geary and van ness and its a little bit tricky for cars to navigate the turn on to van ness, however traffic appears to be flowing as good as can be expected and thats because of the 70 or so people who are directing drivers around the closure. Buses, ped yaps and First Responders are allowed through the blockade but a drivers have go toe go around the closure from post street to geary. In order to bore a thumb the crews closed vans me. The first of the schedule closures to construct a Pedestrian Access and connecting the Medical Center with medical offices. The goal is installing treasure structural walls. Those walls will be part of the temporary structure that will allow to us continue work all summer long underneath van ness and install a permanent tunnel structure. Reporter a block of one of the busiest stretches of roadway seems like a lot of space to work but its not for the con
Its surreal. I still cant comprehend it. It seems like its not real. Like it didnt happen. Friends in mourning after a police chase turned deadly in San Francisco. A pedestrian killed and a suspect still on the loose. Good evening everyone. Im katie marzullo. A robbery suspect hit a 42yearold as she crossed at kearny in San Francisco. Katy is there live tonight with reaction from friends. Reporter they say she made the city her home after settling from the east coast years ago. Her roommate tells me she still expects her to walk through the door. Thats what it feels like. Its going to be a mistake. Shes going to come home. But its not. Reporter samuel found out this morning the woman struck and killed during a Police Pursuit was his roommate and friend. Its surreal. I still havent comprehended it. It seems like its not real it didnt happen. Reporter San Francisco police say they attempted to pull over three men suspected of robbing people at gun point friday night and the days prior. B
40 degrees. With High Pressure building in and that on shore push backing off a bit we will see temperatures near 80 around the delta. Upper 70s san jose. Low 70s closer to the east bay shoreline and still some 60s on the coast. Looks like a summer like spread setting up. Ill let you know if it spreads into next week coming up. Carolyn. Thank you lisa. We begin this morning with developing news out of richmond and the search for a driver in a deadly hitandrun. One person is dead, two more in Critical Condition following a late Night Police Chase and crash. It was around 9 30 that police tried to pull over a black corvette that was speeding, but the driver floored it. A chase began, ending when the corvette smashed into a car on 24th street and gainer avenue. A passenger in that car was killed. The driver is in Critical Condition. Police say they also found another person on the sidewalk with critical injuries. They arent sure which car he was in. The driver of the corvette ran from the
Live from the abc7 broadcast center, this is kgo news. Good morning, im Carolyn Tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, april 12th. Lets start with a quick look at our weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Hi carolyn good morning to you. Today a little bit of stubborn fog in the Livermore Valley and half man bay. Temperatures in both areas are in the mid50s. You see the sunshine here from the santa cruz camera. Well into the 70s right here at the boardwalk. Right now its 57 in san carlos. Weve warmed up considerably. Some of the low clouds have scattered out. Its 6 degrees warmer at this hour than yesterday at napa. Look at the warmup santa rosa and novato. Livermore, not that warm right now, but look whats going to happen later on today. The delta and the inland east bay could warm into the upper 70s and near 80s but its not going to last. A cool down tomorrow. A sea breeze today. Its going to back off only in the mid60s. Oil detail the numbers for you in a few minutes. Carolyn.