On this newscast. Also on abc7news. Com as well. For now, thank you for joining us. Now, to todays top investigators confirmed what our iteam reported last year. The massive loma fire did start at a marijuana grow operation. Investigators pin pointed the cause. A portable generator. Dan is here with all the information for us. Before the fire even started, neighbors complained to me about the marijuana grow, worrying about the fire danger. That came true in a devastating way. Cal fire now confirms what i reported just days after the loma fire started last september. That it originated in a marijuana grow on land owned by the ceo of a medical Marijuana Dispensary at the time. We determined the cause is from equipment, a generator or electrical cord in the vicinity of the generator. Reporter chief jim crawford said cal fire has forwarded its investigation to the Santa Clara County District Attorney for possible charges. Last year, i identified the pot farm where the fire started after sp
Blocking lanes on both sides of 280. Heres a picture of the scene as you look live from sky7. The Highway Patrol has issued a sigalert alerting drivers to avoid both northbound and southbound interchange. You can clearly see why. This is a big mess. Yeah. So far, we havent heard about anyone being hurt in this crash. There are reports that the truck, though, is leaking fuel. The chp hasnt said how long its going to take to clear the roadway. Its almost unbelievable seeing how it is on the divide there. How did that happen. Hard to imagine exactly how it got into that position. And that there were not a lot of other cars involved. As we have reported to you a moment ago, to our knowledge, we dont know of any injuries at this point. We dont know about the driver of that truck. Look at the damage. It ended up on the Center Divide there in such a strange position. There at 280. We apologize, the shot is breaking up a little bit from sky7. Well keep a cse watch on thi and the traffic and th
Im frank somerville. The suspects family members said he came back from iraq with Mental Health issues. They said 26yearold Esteban Santiago was born in new jersey and raised in puerto rico. He served as a combat engineer in iraq six years ago. Last august he was discharged. He had been living in alaska working in a security job. Officials said he went to an fbi office in anchorage this past november and said the government controlled his mind and forced him to watch isis videos. Ktvu Monty Francis with more on what happened and the investigation. Monty . Reporter the fbi has not ruled out terrorism as a motive, but the suspect was undergoing treatment for mental illness. He was hearing voices urging him to commit acts of violence. Cell phone video captured the panic and chaos after a lone gunman opened fire inside the baggage claim area of terminal two at the ft. Lauderdale airport. Witnesses said the man was firing into the crowd. I picked up my first bag and heard the first shot. Th
See the rain enhanced for the next several hours, where it begins to lighten up and end here in parts of the east bay to ma rauga. We will look for the winds to dial back as the front pushes trough. Still quite gusty from livermore. The rain ends for the next couple of hours and then the winds calm down a bit before it all gets reinvigorated this afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms. The rough surf turned up by the storm turned deadly for a paraglider. He fell into the ocean off of pacifica. Sergio contonya has the details. From the cliffs overlooking below, he had been riding the air currents along the beach until he lost lift and dropped into the surf pf. For a while we could not get to him. Complicating the effort to get to him was the beach access trail under repair for the last few weeks, and the concrete slabs were unsafe to use. And this man shot video and he said the currents dragged the man north to a narrow beach so bystanders shimmied down the bluff to pull him out. They
Improved greatly within the past 10 minutes. Highway 17 both directions, north and south, this is a northbound direction, you can see Highway Patrol on the roadway. They are searching a wooded area to the east. That is what they believe the suspect when. For the traffic tie up a lot of relief for those who have been stuck here for roughly 6 hours. Within the past 1015 minutes they were able to back the last of the cars off of highway 17. When you saw me at noon and i was standing in the middle of the vehicles, they were able to turn around and go back up the hill and off to summit road. Take a look at the video. The started around 10 am. The hours long process ended, it started at 10 am with an attempted Bank Robbery Bank of america on south valley boulevard. A Police Officer from that city intervened. He fired multiple shots at the suspect. The suspect dressed in dark clothing, a black facemask he jumps in a chrysler fourdoor and speeds away. Onto highway 17. Witnesses say pursuing of