Before the truck spilled up to 2,000 gallons of paint into miller creek west of san rafael on lucas valley road. The accident is on the way to sky walker ranch. Hazmat team is en route to the spill right now to assess the situation and clean up the mess. They got the big rig out of the way but the paint is spilled. It could be there for quite some time. We will stay on tonight news for new developments and push out an alert on twitter when it reopens. Morning, i am eric thomas here for cheryl jennings. Sky 7 is showing bump bump traffic after a motorcycle accident caused a major backup at 8 00 this morning. At one point, it was taking more than an hour to cross the bridge from the toll plaza interest san rafael. The accident happened westbound 80 on the eastern span incline. The c. H. P. Said a motorcycle and car collided. There is no word on injuries. The motorcycle did not appear to be too badly damaged but it took crews an hour to clear the lanes. We have several votes from abc7 vie
The street is open in both directions. The victims have yet to be identifyied. Highway patrol is investigating a frightening accident on 280 in San Francisco. Look at this video a truck crashed after 5 p. M. On the approach from 280 to southbound 101 and the cab of the truck was dangle dangling from the overpass and the patrol had to close all lanes of northbound 101. It took three hours to move the truck. Students angered over the shooting of a classmate by Sheriff Deputies will walk out of school and march to city hall this morning. Adults are protesting although the boy was carrying a toy that looked like an ac47. Hundreds showed up for the vigil. People are mad. It is not detroit. The Sheriff Deputies shot and killed a 13yearold andy lopez. He was shot seven times. Two wounds were fatal. A 24yearold veteran was training another deputy when they saw lopez with a rifle that looked like an ak47. The rifles marked with an orange tip but andys on other kids did future have tips. I told
Out of control across the western states, 1 of those fires is becoming a particular danger. The wildfire outside Yosemite National park has nearly quadrupled in size, triggering a state of emergency and massive evacuations. Abcs preeti arla has the latest. Reporter a tough battle ahead for firefighters out west. Theres some 50 uncontained wildfires raging out of control in 10 states. Ready. Ready. Drop. Reporter in the air and on the ground, more than 19,000 firefighters are attacking all these blazes. Many times they fight through a wall of smoke. Theres fire over there. And theres fire here. Youre right in the middle of these two coming together. Okay . Reporter californias governor declared a state of emergency. The wildfire at Yosemite National park has nearly quadrupled in size. Its peak season. And tourists who travel to take in the parks Natural Beauty are, instead, watching flames take over. Tourists and residents across the area have been asked to evacuate. We have everything
Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. Breaking news in San Francisco, police have shut down a street because of a suspicious package. This is a live picture from sky seven over the scene at mission rock and 4th by the Mission Bay Campus a couple of blocks from the giants ballpark. Kristen sze is on assignment. Now to abc7 News Reporter near the closure at third and channel street. We are right here on third and channel streets here in mission bay. Not letting the police are not let people enter so that is a twoblock area which is completely closed off because of the suspicious packagefo und on china basin street and 3rd and 4th. We got an update for you, it was reported at 8 46 this morning and found like outside a building. It is hard to tell. A San Francisco police close off access to self streets. Bomb sniffing dogs were also brought in and now they saying that suspicious device or package could be a military ordinance, some kind of military explosive or device. While
Tolerance strategies including controversial stop and frisk which gives officers, and say, too much discretion and leads to racial from files. Supporters say bratton brought crime down in los angeles and will help the city of oakland. We will have a live report with more on this coming up in 30 minutes. The Council Approved another crimefighting measure, bringing in Alameda County Sheriff Deputies to patrol the streets. When deputies and one supervisor will help with the duties two days a week. The Oakland Police union opposed the plan but city leaders Say Something has to be done do put more cops on the street to deal with rising crime. Secretary of state, hillary clinton, right now, has sat down and wearing green and is about to testify about the deadly attack in benghazi, libya, in september. In is a live picture from washington, dc. She will appear before two congressional panels to answer questions of the september attack in benghazi. Four americans were killed including u. S. Amb