From the bay areas local news station we begin now with that breaking news takes us here to oakland where firefighters say unfortunately theyve gotten control of this brush fire thats been burning dangerously close to 5. 80 threatening several structures. But again it appears firefighters aggressive attack has prevented destruction and perhaps worse thanks for joining us said 8 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the fire broke along west bound 5. 80 east of 35th avenue at the overpass there. At one point it was upgraded to a 3 alarm fire more than 50 firefighters answered the call. Another the fire is contained as grant said its still a very active scene. Kron fours taylor sackey joining us now live from the scene and taylor. What a tense afternoon and early evening for firefighters. Address thankfully things are looking much better and firefighters were able to get on top of that fire very quickly of course its now contained and behind these fire engines you would s
Fours dan thorn joins us live after hearing from the family and the Community Dan this is so sad. Right the family telling us tonight that this was truly. Senseless killing they are hoping that whoever is responsible is eventually caught and caught soon. Meanwhile, the city of berkeley as a whole is dealing with an uptick in gun violence has city officials grapple with ways to solve this problem. Balloons float and candles lane were a berkeley woman was gunned down in a driveby shooting the victim 19 yearold serenity henderson, a mother of a 9 monthold who was also expecting another baby just help us find these People Killed mine it needs. She was 11 heritage. She had all heard any lunch henderson was shot while driving along prince street near Malcolm X Elementary School her family says her mother and 9 monthold child were in the car. Police say more than a dozen shots were fired. No one else was hit since this matters is nice time rainy wooten remembers her cousin serenity as an affe
Thank you sir, lets check in on the traffic taking a peek at the morning commute around the bay area looking good moving well with no big trouble spots working. Around the bay area right now we are hot spot free. Were taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, the trip into San Francisco remains nice and smooth and thats how we like it right you dont have to worry about any issues so nows your chance to come on in since were on hot spot free its going to be roughly a 6 to 10 minutes to make it off to the fremont street exit all right over to 92 always are bza ce most crowded bridge a lot of stop and go traffic westbound on the right leaving hayward working your way over to the peninsula but i dont see any problems and thats good news. Its just a little sluggish on the flat section but you can handle that no problems into foster city or send the tail we have one more to look at and thats the richmond sandra fell west bound 5. 80 few cars there rolling through the pay gates an easy
Very latest information good afternoon, theresa. Were out here at the intersection of high street and foot hill im joined with the opd spokesperson with the Oakland Police department tell us and bring us up to date right now as far as what you guys are doing to try and get this hostage or that to get the man out. What we can share with you is the starting 1115 this morning. So weve been out here since 1115, 1600 block of high street. What we do know is that we had an armed barricaded, individual who had taken hostage from this particular business where the incident is occurring. In a lot about the last half an hour the hostage was safely released unharmed. Our Tactical Negotiations Team continues communication as communication is on and off. But this has the release of the hostage and thats really the goal is the safe release of the hostage in a safe surrender. Of the armed gunman that is our primary focus im going to share with you where we are right now our tactical Team Continues th
Golden gate and settling down into portions of San Francisco as you can see from suture tower. And here on our fog mapmaking for low visibility closer to the coast and watch out for that if youre traveling into San Francisco for your morning commute. Elsewhere across the bay area things are actually holding up really well with nice clear skies early the vast majority of us as for air quality to state you noticed it too is youve got outside yesterday we saw some vast improvements and guess what were holding on to those continued improvements as we make our way through the day today. Definitely some problem spots if youre heading up into areas Like Northern portions of sonoma and napa counties as well as a bit further inland up into the Sacramento River valley, but bay area itself has seen some big improvements with the air quality yesterday. We should hold on to those at least for the most part through the day today. 50s for your current temperatures for most of the region right now nev