Student hitting the galactic jackpot is good enough. But watch for it to happen twice. Heres nbc bay areas garvin thomas. Thank you for joining us. This is a chance to showcase just some of the people doing good things in the bay area. We begin with a story of friendship. One that started the day in sixth grade that they met. Its a friendship that rose to a whole new level this year their sophomore years at Cupertino High School thanks to friendship and an entire communitys generosity. Every other year at Cupertino High School they hold a hall of fame rally where exceptional students from years gone by are honored. This time they took time to honor an exceptional act of kindness from one of their current classmates. One big enough to bring Michael Munson to tears. Thank you guys. Reporter it was back in february that michaels dad martin, an active 53yearold fell while walking his dog along the saratoga creek. Martys back hit a rock on the way down. He says he knew he was paralyzed the
The flames were shooting 30 feet in the air. Explosions punk pictured up gerald avenue. It quickly went to three alarms bringing over 100 firefighters to this district. There were reports there there were six workers inside. They believe everyone got out. Our Main Objective is to contain the fire. They use the ware thousand eequip the taxis an at least six cars are destroyed. Theres a lot of Hazardous Materials in there. All that is pretty common tomorrow the type of work they are doing in there. The walls quickly dan to buckle. Firefighters used a surround andorran tack tick to drench the flames. Ambulances and gurneys stood ready but no one was injured to the relief of firefighters. I knew it was bad but i was just hoping everybody got out. No word yet on the cause fortifier. An inspector here didnt issue an advisory. They said the smoke went straight up into the sky and dissipated. In San Francisco, david. Ktvu for more coverage. Weve created a slide show of todays images. Until jus
Illness. Not to frighten families, but to make them and doctors aware its out there. Sophia is still a healthy young girl whos thriving. Reporter sophia jarvis, like any 4yearold goes to preschool, and dance lessons. But one of her arms hangs limp. This berkely family describes an ordeal that started two years ago. Sophia was having trouble breathing. Over the course of three days, she wasnt using her left arm. An apparent virus, extremely rare had attacked her spinal cord. About the size of your pinky, i guess. Its pretty delicate piece of machinery. So, when things happen, i think it happens pretty fast. Reporter sophia is the youngest of five bay area children stricken. The oldest, 17. One of them has lost the use of all four limbs. Its serious. If youre affected. But the odds of being affected are extremely, extremely unlikely. Reporter those tracking the disease admit, they dont know how it spread, theres no warning, and no treatment. Similar outbreaks have occurred around the wor
Protect himself. Im really sorry about this that we should did happen. Todd tharp is apologizing from jail to the family of ivan diaz. Hes taking responsibility for stabbing the 16yearold last night at John D Morgan park in campbell. The question is, was a murder or selfdefense . It was an absolute last resort. Thorpe lives on the street and said he was jumped for no reason by diaz and his friend. They wouldnt stop they probably were going to me in the head in a manner 45 seconds. He said he pulled out his knife, waving around without realizing he stabbed anyone. Diazs friends and family are devastated. They have their own questions and say they will never know diaz the side of the story. I would like to know what reasons he had to stab my brother. His sisters clinging onto the last moment she shared with the 16yearold at a barbecue last night. He ate, left very happy and humble like he always is. Thorpe says he feels horrible cap imagine what diaz family is going through. But he hopes
Sophia is still a healthy young girl whos thriving. Reporter sophia jarvis, like any 4yearold goes to preschool, and dance lessons. But one of her arms hangs limp. This berkely family describes an ordeal that started two years ago. Sophia was having trouble breathing. Over the course of three days, she wasnt using her left arm. An apparent virus, extremely rare had attacked her spinal cord. About the size of your pinky, i guess. Its pretty delicate piece of machinery. So, when things happen, i think it happens pretty fast. Reporter sophia is the youngest of five bay area children stricken. The oldest, 17. One of them has lost the use of all four limbs. Its serious. If youre affected. But the odds of being affected are extremely, extremely unlikely. Reporter those tracking the disease admit, they dont know how it spread, theres no warning, and no treatment. Similar outbreaks have occurred around the world, but theyre too rare here to get a handle on it. We need more cases to make sure,