You can see the traffic is a little bit crowded in the cash lanes. It is 5 01. Lets go back to the desk. Of. Topping our news this morning, former Massachusetts Governor devou patrick making a late bid for the president ial race. Patrick announced his bid early this morning in an online video. So in the spirit of pro found gratitude for all the country has given to me, with the determination to build a better more sustainable more inclusive American Dream for the next generation i am announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. The 63yearold made history as the states first African American governor from 2007 to 2015. He also has close ties to former president obama. Last month he traveleded across the country esident mike pence is here in the bay area. The last stop with a quick trip to california and also boost interest in the space program. Ktvus Christina Ren e vice pre will be speaking later this morning. Christina. Yeah, good morning to you, dave. Vice president mi
Of murder. Than usual method used by Defense Attorneys to raise a reasonable doubt. Theres no smoking gun in this case. Kpix 5 news 7pm starts now with 35,000 customers in the bay area in the dark because of those fire safety blackouts. Plus another 140,000 in the sierra foothills. More shot offs are on the way. Die in ken bastida. I am veronica de la cruz. Streets are like out. Chopper 5 was over to intersections where traffic was backing up. We saw crashes during the last emergency outage and we will see what happens this time. Heres a look at the outage map for the bay area. Pg e shut off power in napa and sonoma counties by 5 pm at 1 am a few hundred more customers in a small section of San Mateo County to lose power. We understand the hardship caused by the shutoffs in the safety issues it brings with it. We also understand the heartbreak and devastation of catastrophic wildfire. It would be another round of safety shutoffs this week and into early next week. The timing is not cle
Attorneys for victims say most people eligibleurne in their fo. They are due by 5 00 p. M. Monday. Some victims think they will get little money. Attorneys say that they are wrong. The pool set aside for victims could be between 8 to 14 billion. Some victims say they are just now hearing about these claim forms. We have exclusive new information about the fiery explosion at the new star energy facility. Three days after the fire, a report has been released saying investigators have not found any unusual activity at the time the fire started. We have learned that one contractor was trapped by the fire but was able to escape. About 6,000 barrels of ethanol went up in flames. Investigators have not been able to access the fire scene because workers are still draining the leftover ethanol and water. A police raid on a house is drawing cheers tonight from neighbors who say they have been living in fear. You are looking at photos from the morning raid. Neighbors describe it as a house of hor
Burning buildings and we are working to confirm whether the buildings are outbuildings or sheds or homes. Weve obtained coverage of this fire with meteorologist Steve Paulson talking about the powerful wind driving the fire. First, we bring in Cristina Rendon. Talk to us about the conditions. I can see its windy. Reporter very windy and the winds have not let up whatsoever. Its gotten worse since weve been in geyserville at the corner of Alexander Valley road and pine flat road. This area has been closed off to the public but cal fire crews are deep in the trenches trying to get a handle on this fire burning outofcontrol. You can see the flames along the ridge line and this area is where red winery road is and to the left is an area where 128 is in the casino wed mentioned earlier, red rock casino is in the area in danger, as we speak. In terms of the structures, along the hillside we saw at least one of those structures burning but we cant tell you if it is a house or winery or some t
At this time we dont have nemoive or relationship between the parties involved. But we do encourage the public to reach to us as out this is a very frequently visited park. Anyone who has information, pease contact the Sheriffs Office. The suspect is still inrelea booked in the main jail in san jose. The park remains closed today. If cupertino, chris wray yez, abc7 news. Chris, thank you. Sky 7 flew above where a car hit a woman and a 4yearold girl while they walked at foothill boulevard and 127th avenue. The driver left the scene around 11 15 this morning. The little girl is beingre hosp. Police have not released a description of the car involved in this mornings crash. A crash took place in another hitandrun in apr. Her both died after being hit by a car as they crossed foothill boulevard and 26th avenue. Their deaths led to local officials asking for more to d done. Video captured the hitandrun driver. Police are trying to figure atwht kidnapping of tushar atre. He disappeared from