Nbc 7 reporter caroline dialer has more. Reporter in his first press appearance since the pier 14 murder San Francisco mayor ed lee laid much of the blamt blame on sheriff ross mir krimi saying he should have called federal authorities when alleged killer Francisco Sanchez wound up in his custody. According to lee giving the feds a headsup before releasing the man would not have violated the citys sanctuary laws like the one he and the board of supervisors signed in 2013. Designed to protect undocumented immigrants. Nothing in that law prevents or prohibits communication notification with our federal and state Law Enforcement officials. Do i need to educate somebody about how to pick up a phone . Well, then the mayor would be subverting sabotaging his own law, the due process for all law that was passed by the board of supervisors and that he signed into effect in october 2013. Its very clear that it stipulates to Law Enforcement, in this case the sheriffs department, that a notificati
Steinles deaths and expressed their condolences. Theres a fierce round of finger pointing between the mayor and sheriff of San Francisco. Elizabeth cook following that part of the story. Reporter these are the first Public Comments from the San Francisco mayor since kate steinle was killed. All the sheriff needed to do was make a phone call to federal officials, he says. There was nothing that prevent the sheriff were picking up the phone and letting them know that you gave us you brought back to our jurisdiction a multifelony serious offender and we are about to release. Its a simple phone call of notification. Reporter he insisted the sanctuary City Ordinance allows the sheriff to work with federal authorities on dangerous Illegal Immigrants. We tracked down the sheriff today. He had this response to being blamed for Francisco Sanchez being on the street. I think the mayor is telling an untruth here. All our policies is to try to explain the law that the mayor signed into action. And
Flames burned trees down. Im maria medina. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Lets get right out to kpix 5 reporter da lin, who joins us live from the Evacuation Center in winters. Da. Reporter yeah, frank. The red cross has about a handful of people here at the Evacuation Center in winters and many more came here for food and water. Now, heres the latest from cal fire. They just had a press conference about 20 minutes ago. This fire destroyed one home, outbuilding and damaged one home. The reason for the number is just the inaccessible areas of the fire are difficult to get dozer lines around and hand lines to where we can call it. We have a lot of steep country. Reporter firefighters worry erratic winds and tinder dry conditions will fuel the fire. A car accident is believed to have started the wildfire. The cause is under investigation. The fastmoving fire had people evacuating homes near the town of winters. Some campgrounds south of Lake Berryessa have also been evacuated. Earlier
Alex, at this point no homes have been lost . Reporter quite a few. Good morning to you. There are charred hillsides everywhere you look in this area. We are just west of the town of winters. As we push in here, you can see where this windwhipped fire blew through last night. Can you see how close it came to some of the ranch homes in this area. As we go off to the left you might be able to see a cal fire engine is there right now. They are working on some of the hot spots that remain. Up above you have some firefighters in those helicopters doing water drops as we speak to make sure that this fire doesnt flair back up in this particular area. The fire came close to a lot of these homes, dangerously close. But in the end crews were able to save all of them. You can see it got up under there. Reporter flames burned underneath sharons back porch overnight. Her home was scorched, but not lost. Very grateful to cal fire for being up here and having the kind of presence that they put togeth
Police say the suspect, mark estrada is believed to be booked into jail today on one count of homicide. Police say theyre still investigating the evidence pulled from estradas oakland home. And at this point, its too early to say the murder web onwas obtained. A Public Funeral Service has been scheduled for july 30th at 10 00 a. M in castro valley. The work we Call Police Officers to do puts them and their lives in jeopardy every day, every stop. Congressman Eric Swalwell paid tribute to officer lunger today and Vice President biden paid tribute today as well. Heart goes out to the lunger family. No one fully appreciates the risks you take until Something Like this happens. You can offer your condolences by sharing this badge on social media. You can find it on our facebook page, or twitter feeds. The man suspected of killing a modesto doctor, her children and his own mother today. He appeared in a modesto courtroom, shackled at the waist, Martin Martinez acknowledged his name and birt