Kaepernick. Its a movement that critics see not only as disrespectful to the flag, but to the military and Law Enforcement as well. But the players who are kneeling say they are trying to bring attention to Racial Injustice in this country. In an email this morning, the 49ers indicated this pledge is a continuation of their efforts to help address those underlying causes that the players are protesting for. In 45 minutes, the team owner and ceo, the San Jose Police Officers Association and the other Law Enforcement organizations will sign a pledge for more understanding and safer america by signing this the 49ers and police are promising to back legislation thatll ban armor piercing bullets, gun silencers, and bump stocks. Those turn semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic weapons like what the shooter in las vegas used to kill all those people. Both sides agree to Better Mental Health services and the 49ers will also team up with police to create Public Service announcements to fos
Weel vee th well have that in the forecast in a pfew minutes. Hundreds of feet of underground storm pipe melted, bringing the real possibility of mudslides and flooding. The focus on the new problem is cross creek road in the fountaingrove neighborhood. Cornell b corne cornell bernard joins us live to explain. Reporter the citys taking this threat very seriously tonight. That roadblock up at cross creek road, not far from where we are tonight. The city discovered a few hours ago that a drainpipe running underneath the road was compromised. It was destroyed by the firestorm. That road is now shut down, and its not the only place melted pipes are found around santa rosa tonight. This sinkhole was just discovered in the fountaingrove neighborhood. Ittow it opened up after hundreds of feet of plastic pipe melted in the firestorm. The pipes caught fire and in some cases were destroyed. Reporter theyre replacing new pipe, but melted pipe has been found all over fountain grove. So far weve id
Im eric thomas. Im dionne wynne. Fire victims could face new evacuations. Lets start with drew tuma. The next storm system crosses the region the next 24 hours. Live doppler 7 tracking this system along with satellite overhead, you can see its a rather quiet picture. But we zoom out just a bit, and live done hoppler 7 showing it. You see the green about 100 miles away from the north bay, so were several more hours away from the wet weather. But once it arrives, the north bay will see the highest total. On thet score, its a one. But the north bay could see anywhere from a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain. Were going to time it out for you hour by hour. This is not the only storm system were tracking. Weel vee th well have that in the forecast in a pfew minutes. Hundreds of feet of underground storm pipe melted, bringing the real possibility of mudslides and flooding. The focus on the new problem is cross creek road in the fountaingrove neighborhood. Cornell b corne cornell b
Well, you can see that green on live doppler 7 and much more rain is headed our way. But tonight its already falling in the north bay. And the words mudslides, flooding, and sinkholes are the last things a community thats already been through so much wants to hear tonight. Good evening. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. The north bay fires destroyed thousands of homes. Turns out it also melted critical plastic drainage pipes. Now those pipes are causing sinkholes and prompting road closures and a warning from officials tonight, have a plan to leave your home. We have live team coverage. Lets begin with abc 7 News Reporter Elissa Harrington live in santa rosa. Alissa . Reporter the rain is coming down in santa rosa which is causing a great deal of concern tonight. You can see barriers are up at crosscreek road. Thats because this area is closed to the public. Pipe underground burned away during the fire, which is causing a great risk. Just a month after fires devastated parts of santa rosa t
If it wasnt with, smile about it this morning. Hopefully we can do that. The weather looks good. The south bay, a dry day. San francisco, so soggy, you will be like, i cant believe its sunny in the south bay. Thats the kind of weather well have today. Right now, not a lot going on here. Very spotty, light rain. Let me show you how it pans out through the day. Hit or miss showers in the north bay. Then we see a little more moisture rolling in, ramping up, moving in from parts of the Golden Gate Bridge and farther to the north. North bay, santa rosa, napa, walnut creek and livermore may have a little rain today. Dont expect a lot of that to move into the south bay. Parts of the bay area getting wet and that may affect the drive. As you get ready head out, how is it looking now in the north bay . Mike . We had problems in the north bay. I cant say because of the wet roads, but watch them in the north bay. Over here, the rest of the bay shows a great drive. A fender bender reported off 238