Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. A woman stranded on a bay area cliff 80 feet up, we were there for the tricky rescue operation tonight. Dramatic moments along the cliffs near ocean beach in San Francisco. Only on 5 our mark kelly saw the whole scene play out. Reporter firefighters, of course, familiar with these cliff rescues, but they say this one tonight was challenging. With the heavy foliage, the trees, it was really hard to locate the victim. Reporter plus it was getting dark, 7 clock tonight the victim stuck somewhere between sutro park at the top of the cliff and point lobos avenue below. I heard people at the top yelling, everyone trying to find where she was. Reporter eventually with their spotlight firefighters found a woman wedged near the top of the cliff. Our aerial ladder goes 100 feet, pretty close to fully extended. Reporter about 30 minutes later with a firefighter as her guide the woman seemingly unhurt climbed down the ladder, a relief for thos
Handle mentally ill patients and also looking for ways to pay for and install more surveillance cameras and the sheriff also asks federal investigators to come and examine the jail to look for ways to improve it. Those three jail guards are due back in court october 13th and very likely plead not guilty. Were live if downtown san jose in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. San francisco firefighters rescued a woman from a cliff near ocean beach last night. She was stuck about 80 feet up between sutro park and the top of the cliff and point lobos avenue. Happened around 7 00. Crews had to deal with some heavy brush and trees plus the fact that it was getting dark. And with the help of spotlights, firefighters found the woman near the top. I heard people at the top yelling everyone just trying to find exactly where she was. Our aerial ladder goes 100 feet. So it wasnt fully extended but pretty close to it. About 30 minutes later a firefighter guided her down the ladder, she appeared to b
One was even at the summit today. This accomplishment is turning into a social media moment. The white house tweeted a photo of president obama with the painting of yosemite that reads, so proud of Tommy Caldwell and kech jorgenson. Reminds us that anything is possible. And those initials at the end of the tweet, b. O. Mean president obama wrote this tweet himself, not one of his aides. Here is a picture of them hugging once they reached the top, a triumphant moment posted to instagram by the Production Company documenting their amazing climb. Out of washington federal prosecutors say an ohio man is under arrest for planning to the u. S. Capital. He allegedly took control of a firearm during an undercover operation. Cornell never made it to washington so the public was never in danger. He wrote online of plans to commit acts of jihad. Abc news is following the latest developments and well have a live report tonight at 5 30. Firefighters in martinez today battled a series of fire set on
And south bay. Expecting that heavy rainfall to taper off as we head into the latter part of the morning. There is plenty of rain now in towards san jose. Some heavy downpours showing up there. Also in along the peninsula, half moon bay, san mateo, redwood city, as you make your way toward the east bay we are also seeing some strong storms developing there. With that in mind, be very, very careful outside this morning as we have some heavy downpours early on. Temperatures out the door mainly in the 40s this morning. I think as we head toward the afternoon, most of the rain will have ended just maybe some scattered light showers. The temperatures are going to stay mainly in the 50s but a bigger storm is on the horizon. For more on that well have that coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check traffic with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. Avoid the eastshore freeway. This big rig crash is causing major delays in both directions of interstate 80. So we do have an updated location. It is a
Serious fire in San Francisco. On this christmas night two people are in the hospital while two others are looking for a place to stay. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Merry christmas. Carolyn johnson is with her family. Now, we will show you the bright side of the holiday in a moment. First, lets go to ama dates who is live in the city with that breaking news. Ama, there is never a good night for a fire, of course, but this is one of the worst. It certainly is. If you look at the victorian house on fire, now that the fire is contained, arson investigators are inside trying to determine a cause. You can look at the scene shortly after 9 00. Thats when the fire broke out. It was a threealarm fire and there were lots of firefighters on scene trying to knock this place down. They contained it before 10 00. Two people were inside were taken to st. Francis memorial with serious burns. There was recently work done on the home and the Fire Department said there didnt appear to be any fire stops