Random attack by a homeless man. They say the 40 year old came up to this kid out of no where in the middle of the librarys plaza and stabbed him several times on both his arms. Blood stains are still visible on the ground. The good news is that he is expected to recover but is in surgery at an area hospital. It happened this afternoon around 2 30 after the Taylor Middle School student was let out early. Fortunately a sheriffs substation is only a few feet away and deptuies responded in 20 seconds. By then a spokesperson credits the quick thinking of the boys friends. steve the wife and attorneys representing Derick Almena the man in charge of the ghost ship warehouse in oakland, that went up in flames last year, came out fighting today. The attorneys accused the alameda District Attorney of grand standing saying their client should not be held responsible for the criminal prosecution of those who died. Earlier this week, the alameda da charged Derick Almena and max harris the creative
We will tell you what his personal attorney might be doing very soon. There will be no sleep for the warriors. They are on their way back home for game five on monday night. I was sad that i really think it is an opportunity. A golden opportunity to close this thing out at home. It was a very frustrating game to watch. A lot of people said about the officiating. It is one of those games where it got heated. When you give up to 24 we will give them that one game. I think i might have just the whole thing. I took today off and suspending the parade. We will bring it home. Outside the doors at this hour we have more clearing than yesterday. Because of it no delays at this time. You can see blue skies and to San Francisco this morning. Temperatures running a little bit cool. For your afternoon today a little cool for this time of year. Still very mild. A chance of a few showers. You can see a few clouds over the hills. 48 in santa rosa. 53 to start the morning in San Francisco. Oakland 58.
Mt. Eden road. It was moving up hill toward mountain winery but away from homes. Abc7 News Reporter katie mar zu lew has the latest. Reporter they tell me the good news is its not windy here. Also the vineyard serves as a great fire break because the soil is tilled and crops are wet. At there point, crews have to keep the fire from spreading laterally. Theyll let it burn right up to the vines. Also no structures are threatened. Thats more good news. The smoke was first reported around 4 00 since then, firefighters have been fighting this fire on the ground and by air although there are some high tension power lines in the area so that does hinder the fire fight from the air to some extent. We have seen is water and retardant drops. The Fire Department is asking drivers to stay off the roads because of the heavy equipment up there right now to help with the firefighting efforts. Mount eden road is technically only open to residents. The advisory to stay off roads held up families trying
Vote short. Macconnell sent a vote to repeal obamacare could happen soon but a replacement bill when it happened for two years. That would allow time for a new plan and for a smooth transition. It did not take long for President Donald Trump to respond. He tweeted that republicans should repeal filling obamacare and work on a new plan that would start from a clean slate. Stay with us for continuing coverage and reaction on tonights developments. We are learning more about a photographer who was shot and killed while taking pictures at twin peaks in San Francisco. He was well known for his work with the citys commission. Amber lee is there tonight. They say the two people who shot him were afters camera. Reporter that is right. The beautiful views appear attracted a lot of people to this place and police say a that this is also a hotspot for crime and the victim was likely targeted for that highend camera. And french it was only a mile from his home when he brought his camera to the twi
This far. 20 years ago there was one that made it all the way to bear valley and they stopped it there but these winds are totally different this year and theres a lot of fuel. This fire started sunday afternoon. There are now 700 firefighters on the front lines, including a strike team from San Francisco. So far the flames have destroyed one structure and damaged a second. The good news though, no reports of any injuries. Earlier tonight we spoke to jesse figueroa, the owner of a market in the Small Community of greeley hill. Hes also an Emergency Responder and he told us about the evacuations. Im Operations Manager for Mercy Medical transportation which is the ambulance provider in mariposa and everyone, the employees, theyre being evacuated and we had four ambulances staffed today which we normally only have three, just trying to get people moved out, helping the hospital. Everyone is trying to help out to get everyone out of here. Smoke from the fire can be clearly seen in the Yose