On this newscast. Also on abc7news. Com as well. For now, thank you for joining us. Now, to todays top investigators confirmed what our iteam reported last year. The massive loma fire did start at a marijuana grow operation. Investigators pin pointed the cause. A portable generator. Dan is here with all the information for us. Before the fire even started, neighbors complained to me about the marijuana grow, worrying about the fire danger. That came true in a devastating way. Cal fire now confirms what i reported just days after the loma fire started last september. That it originated in a marijuana grow on land owned by the ceo of a medical Marijuana Dispensary at the time. We determined the cause is from equipment, a generator or electrical cord in the vicinity of the generator. Reporter chief jim crawford said cal fire has forwarded its investigation to the Santa Clara County District Attorney for possible charges. Last year, i identified the pot farm where the fire started after sp
Some hope came for the family today, as police announced they arrested a suspect. Surveillance video from inside the store was critical. The photograph of the suspect was circulated around the police department. And detectives from the gang Investigations Unit and burglary unit immediately noticed some similarities to a suspect in a recent burglary investigation. Reporter those detectives identified him as 21yearold muni hendricks. Police contacted his probation officer and served a search warrant where they found hendricks. Police say he had been trying to selml merchandise he was wearin when lee was shot. In the 25 plus years that ive been with the San Jose Police department, that this is one of the best examples of team work, dedication, collaboration, and investigative skill that ive ever seen. Hendricks was on probation. He has an extensive criminal record. Lees family is happy about the arrest but says in a statement reporte a british man will head back to chicago where hell face
Blocking lanes on both sides of 280. Heres a picture of the scene as you look live from sky7. The Highway Patrol has issued a sigalert alerting drivers to avoid both northbound and southbound interchange. You can clearly see why. This is a big mess. Yeah. So far, we havent heard about anyone being hurt in this crash. There are reports that the truck, though, is leaking fuel. The chp hasnt said how long its going to take to clear the roadway. Its almost unbelievable seeing how it is on the divide there. How did that happen. Hard to imagine exactly how it got into that position. And that there were not a lot of other cars involved. As we have reported to you a moment ago, to our knowledge, we dont know of any injuries at this point. We dont know about the driver of that truck. Look at the damage. It ended up on the Center Divide there in such a strange position. There at 280. We apologize, the shot is breaking up a little bit from sky7. Well keep a cse watch on thi and the traffic and th
In effect between turtle rock and the summerston estate winery. Cal fire says crews are getting a handle on a 100 acre fire burning grass and oak trees in morgan hill. It started just before 3 00 this afternoon in the northern part of the city. The morgan hill webcam shows smoke drifting over homes. No buildings are threatened and no evacuations. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Police have arrested a man accused of shooting and killing a liquor store keshg clerk in s jose. Janeane is live where family is getting ready to honor him tonight. Reporter dan, the lee family is grieving. They are grateful to the police department. As you can see, there is a growing memorial in front of the lees Family Liquor store. In about an hour and a half, the family will gather here, so are Community Members for charlie lee. Its been an agonizing week for the family of charlie lee, a 58yearold man shot and killed during an attempted robbery. Some hope came for the
He says the u. S. Is locked and loaded with military solutions now fully in place. Chief Global Affairs correspondent in seoul, south korea tonight. Reporter today american b 1 bombers flying practic runs across the pacific, as donald trump doubled down on his alarming warnings to north korea. Tweeting military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. Hopefully kim jongun will find another path. The president making clear today the consequences if kim doesnt. I hope that they are going to fully understand the gravity of what i said and what i said is what i mean. Those words are very, very easy to understand. It is the third day in a row of military warnings from the president. He utters one threat in the form of an overt threat which he has been utering for years and his family has been uttering for years or if he does anything with are espect to guam or any place else thats an american territory or an american ally, he will truly regret it.