A bay area father gives his life to save his 5yearold daughter from drowning. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. The father and daughter were near brannon island in Sacramento County when the kayak they were in flipped over. Sharon chin is live in the newsroom with more on the accident that left the little girl without her dad. The family is still trying to wrap their minds around the accident and grieving friends are helping to get out the word. Remember your lifejacket. Reporter 40yearold ronnie was kayaking with his 5yearold daughter monique when their boat flipped over. At first they first went under, but he managed to hoist her above his shoulders. A Good Samaritan on jet skis rescued the girl but he went under and never resurfaced. Family friend olga escobar said his older daughter, 11yearold maria, witnessed the whole thing. She saw when he was waving and holding the sister with the other hand. She starts yelling at them to save her dad but [ inaudible ] reporter t
They will return but first, good morning, jaclyn. Good morning. Happy tuesday. Right now we are tracking a few slowdowns typical heading out of tracy to livermore westbound 580. The ride still in the green 25 minutes from 205 to 680. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, looks like its that time again. A shift change. You can see the backup, wow, thats bad. Its backed up to at least the grand overcrossing and we have cars in the cash lanes. Back to you guys. Tragedy during a camping trip after a bay area father died while saving his 5year old daughter from drowning. Their kayak flipped over. Sharon chin reports. Reporter 40yearold Ronnie Aguilar was kayaking with his 5 yearold daughter monique when his boat flipped. He got her on his shoulders above water. A Good Samaritan on a jet ski rescued the girl. But avellar went under and never resurfaced. A family friend said his older daughter 11yearold maria witnessed the whole thing. She saw when he was waving, and holding, you know, the siste
Year to a spot in San Francisco will cost you more than 3,000. A whole lot of cars and no parking spaces. Reporter others fear the added cost will encourage Small Businesses to move out. When you have five or six employees, that is a lot of money. Reporter if the budget is approved tonight this rate hike will go in effect this weekend ju july 1st. Voting on a new budget this evening considering eliminating more than a Million Dollars from the Fire Departments budget. New troubling accusation about a south bay swim coach who is accused of exchanging Inappropriate Text Messages with his young students. Reporter not notifying police could be considered a crime. And now we understand San Jose Police is looking into that aspect much t aspect of the case. Now the same swim club under a different name faced the same allegation nine years ago. Timothy nguyen is facing allegations. Messages that police say became sexual in nature. But police werent called until may 30th months after parents cla
Well except for the tracy super commute,y which is not doing well. Its down to 17 miles per hour. Traffic is going to be busy as you dry through the livermore valley. 580 is up to sibility e 69 miles per hour, thats slightly above the speed limit. Take it easy out there. This is a look at the toll plaza, traffic is moving along nicely into San Francisco. On 880 traffic is moving along well in both directions. Thank you. One man is hurt after an officer involved shooting in windsor last night. The police chief said is started with a call from a man walking along old redwood highway. The suspect had tried to run the man over. Our deputies responded to that area and within three or four minutes we located him near where the assault was reported. We went to stop him and the pursuit was initiated. The chase ended in a Shopping Center in windsor. The suspect ran towards the officers and pulled out a black object. He was shot by the police and he is in the hospital. There are new problems wit
Since midnight last night. And, um, we are going to keep you updated on that throughout the show, as well. And then lets take a look at the carquinez bridge to the maze, 20 minutes westbound, clear at the toll tomorrow. Altamont pass of course cars are driving about 39 Miles Per Hour in that area. Altamont pass to 680 westbound takes 20 minutes. We have some breaking news in the east bay regarding that car chase. Officers with california Highway Patrol are trying to pull over a driver who wont stop. The driver is now headed towards 24. They are calling this a low speed chase. It started around midnight when officers in menlo park tried to pull over a drunk driver. The chase reached the oakland area around 4 a. M. Mixed reaction this morning after a jury found pg e guilty of a number of charges after the san bruno pipeline explosion. The city of san bruno says that they are pleased with the verdict but some are saying that the possible penalty is not enough. Kpix 5 reporter Sandra Osbor