California. 5. 7 quakes just after midnight struck just four minutes apart from hawthorne. A third measured 5. 6. That was just after 1 00 a. M. And shaking felt throughout the central valley. A viewer reported feeling it in San Francisco soma neighborhood. From hollywood to the bay area, star wars fans are paying tribute to carrie fisher. She passed away yesterday. Fisher was 60 years old. Heres abc 7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley with how bay area fans are honoring her and what were hearing from her brother. Reporter an homage here in San Francisco as a statue of yoda looks down upon the messages left by admiring star wars fans. Help me. Youre my only hope. Part of our generation, what you were brought up with. Its nice to show that little bit of respect. Even if you didnt know much about star wars or about the film, you knew who Princess Leia was. She was a good spokesman i think for women and girls. For women and girls. There was no movie out there with a woman. Reporter todd spoke
Progress. It was almost 3 30 this morning when Hayward Police got the call an alarm was going off at east bay motor sports that someone had broken in. When they arrived they found three men in a stolen uhaul. The suspects tried to get away and they purposely rammed one of the Police Officers in their vehicle. Reporter the officer inside the car was okay. The officers on scene did not draw their weapons. The officers didnt feel that what had happened at that moment justified the need for deadly force. They rammed the vehicle, rammed the police car and continued on. Reporter the chase ended at 12th and willow in hayward. The two passengers ran away, but the driver was peacefully taken into custody. They got him when he tried to help the other two escape. They had slowed down to let one passenger leave, flee on food, and then the second passenger, but by the time the driver tried to do the same the officers were right there and stopped the vehicle. Reporter so now they are looking for tho
All seems beautiful to me. Good morning bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Fireworks explode along San Francisco ringing in 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the street for the event and it seemed like everyone decided to leave at once. Huge traffic jams lasted into the Early Morning hours. But this morning the streets are quiet as the new year begins. Good morning. Its sunday, january 1st. Happy new year. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with lisa. Lisa, happy new year. Thank you. Same to you. It looks nice with the sunshine but we have fog in the north bay and clouds around the bay around. Youll notice the precip to the north. Thats a cold weather system headed our way and a Winter Weather advisory for lake county. Sano ma in the 30s. Sunshine throughout the day. Cool, breezy. Showers towards evening and overnight with the cold air in place and snow levels down to 1,000 feet. Well talk about a wet week ahead. Breaking news out of los ang
Live where you live. This is abc7 news. I dont feel nervous and i dont look at it as going to see the principal. I just think, you know, its an end of the year meeting. At that meeting, 49ers owner jed york decided to fire coach chip kelly. One of the moves made tonight by the team to clean house after a disappointing twowin season. Good evening, everyone. Im Carolyn Tyler. Eric thomas is off tonight. York elected to fire general manager trent baalke who hired chip kelly just 353 days ago. Rick kwan is here and rick, ownership is hitting the reset button. Yeah, not a big surprise. Something had to be done. After losing a franchise record 13 straighten route to a 214 season, there was little doubt changes were store for this once proud organization. Today it became official as the niners fired both general manager trent baalke and head coach kelly. Kelly leaves after one season of his four year 24 Million Contract. The niners are still paying off his predecessor jim tomsula. Ball key wa
Yeah. There they are. At least the rain is done for now. May be a little drizzle. The low cloud deck, theres plenty of moisture in place. It is really tough to clear everything out of here. Dew points are high and there is not enough of a breeze yet. John orr sent me this on facebook. Up here in napa county rain of. 15 brought us up to a staggering, and that is staggering 96. 2 inches of rain since july 1st. Last years total was 64 had the 61. I think they will get 100. I think they will do it. I do. Santa rosa, can we do it . Yes. We went over 60 inches. Youre at 60. 05. Wettest year ever. Wettest water rain ever. R. Youve been ahead of the record for a while. You can see the rain started moving in Santa Cruz Mountains and fella part. It produced snow up in the mountains. Bear valley reported 504 inches of snow for the season. Natural. How about that. Mother nature doing a great job rain wise and snow wise. Everything is close on the temps here. The low clouds will be tough to budge o