Six months after 36 people died two people were arrested today. The ghost ship fire was one of the deadliest fires to ever hit the bay area in modern times. Nbc bay areas pete suratos is live in the newsroom with more about the arrests and charges that will be announced in just a couple hours from now. Pete . Reporter good morning to you, scott and kris. Just getting information into the newsroom from the Alameda County d. A. s office and thats deric almena and max harris, the warehouse tenant of that building were arrested this morning outside of Alameda County, and they will be the ones facing charges in connection to the deadly ghost ship fire. The d. A. s office will hold the News Conference in a matter of hours to further elaborate on those charges. Now the announcement of charges against these two individuals just takes place over six months after that deadly ini didnt took place, that fire resulting in the deaths of 36 people and has put the city of oakland as well as other citi
Is prompting protests at uc berkeley. Hes shown here on his youtube channel. The barricades are also up for the crowds expected ahead of yiannopoulos speech sponsored by the Berkeley College republicans. Were doing this because we feel like we have we want to exercise our free speech. We want to bring someone to campus to help speak on issues that sort of opens the dialogue. Why are you leaving . Why you leaving . Dont you want to talk about numbers . Are you embarrassed . Reporter but there are many others who believe yiannopoulos rhetoric is hateful, even dangerous, and has no place on a Public University campus. The chancellor said the constitution does not allow him to restrict free speech and thats not true. They restrict free speech all the time for educational security reasons. Reporter last month yiannopoulos planned appearance at uc davis was cancelled at the last minute due to security concerns. Were confident that we have the plans and the pieces in place. Reporter uc berkel
Into, once this past week, but it came back as you said and when this man holists here called police asking for extra who lives here called police asking for extra patrols, they said he has the right to take care of it himself. I just got back in my house. Reporter to say that gupta had a strange night last friday would be an understatement. His snapchat tells the story. Crazy guy on my balcony living in my house. Reporter he came home after work to find a man he didnt know had barricaded himself inside his twin peaks home. And then he comes to the window runs up to the window and holding a bottle of jagermeister next to his face he starts screaming reporter thats when he called police and things got worse. He goes to my room and, like, he dances around completely naked for hours reporter we now know the suspect is 22yearold Nicholas Davis. He didnt threaten harm or steal anything. But he did refuse to come out. After 10 hours, Police Arrested davis for unlawful entry and resisting are
Pete suratos joins us live near the scene this morning. I understand you talked to fire crews. What did they say . Reporter good morning, laura. We spoke with marin county fire, the First Responders to the scene regarding this tragic accident where three lives were lost. Want to show you the video. This car is literally split in half when this accident took place. Marin fire is telling us that happened around 12 00 a. M. But they got the 911 call from an offduty park ranger about a car accident in this area west of samuel p. Taylor state park. When they arrived on the scene alongside chp and the Marin County Sheriffs Department they found this 2013 Toyota Corolla snapped in half. There were three young males inside who were deceased. The car also pit a power pole and knocked down a couple of trees. When i spoke to chp earlier, they said that the driver of the car was originally heading westbound on sir Francis Drake boulevard which runs through the park before eventually driving into t
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good morning. A big day in california as we go to the polling places starting at 7 00 a. M. I am reggie aqui. I am natasha zouves. We will have everything you need to know to vote. Meteorologist mike nicco has a check of the weather. Mike . You voted for me and i voted for drizzle. You will need the windshield wipers. Be careful. You can see the drops. Look how low the clouds are over San Francisco. 54 to 58. 60 at the coast and 74 inland. 60 to 80s are the spread headed through the 4 00 hour. Grab a coat. You will need it. Sue . Most of the sensors are green and we have the slow traffic from the Central Valley for 40 minutes. Into the dublin pleasanton area. A car hit a lie light pole and vehicles are swerving to avoid it. Hes up if you head north on 101 through San Francisco. Today is the day we tinally get our say on the next president although Hillary Clinton may have clinched the nomination she and Bernie Sanders are focused