Deadly mudslides in california. Powerful torrents of rain and mud ripped up trees and homes, trapping people inside. Not everyone has been saved. The storm is blamed for at least 13 deaths in Santa Barbara county. Search and rescue are still looking for people. Reporter mud and debris covers homes and roads with one official saying, it looks like a battlefield. Its an allout search for rescuers. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter theyre plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, and using search dogs, hoping to find those who are reported missig. Its our worst fear coming to life for us right now. Our people are trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they possibly can. Reporter the rain fell hard. Officials say two to four inches fell in last than 30 minutes in some areas, bearing down on the same parts of Southern California blackened by the devastating wildfires. The only words i can think of to describe what it looks lik
And the driver kept going. You could hear the noise. It was crazy. Reporter chris brown says the sound is unbelievable, the cars near marina boulevard. Doesnt look like enough skid marks for how long they were doing it. Very much a shock for us. Reporter lieutenant felix chance says Richmond Police responded to the area after multiple calls. Ended up with an officer suffering serious injury. They found about 40 to 50 cars, some of them actually quite a few of them blocking the roadway and there was smoke all over the place. Just like somebody was doing doughnuts. And spinning their wheels. Reporter new tire marks are in the intersection today. They say the officer was in uniform with others and had a flashlight telling drivers to stop. Tino mcmillan was visiting when he heard the sound. The Police Department arrived and id say five minutes later they had the helicopter up in the air. Reporter the officers have body cameras, a key part of the investigation, as the driver took off. But s
An investigation is underway in a threealarm fire at an apartment complex in san mateo. The Fire Department tweeted this photo. It broke out after 9 00 last night. Firefighters warn the residents they could see smoke in the area. This was a fire at the same complex back in may that displaced four residents and left dozens of birds dead. San quentin has a case of legionnaires disease. We were at the facility where a prisoner has contracted the disease. The prisoner was transferred to outside hospital and all Running Water is shut off. It is a severe form of through ammonian and spreads through plumbing and ventilation. Several inmates are tested until the source is found, they are using bottled water. San jose residents are filing charges against deplorable Living Conditions near San Jose City college. Here is what the tenants are dealing with. Walking into the san jose apartment makes your skin itch. Cockroaches. The stove randomly heats up without being on and pg e has fix a gas leak
Hot today at 74 to 8 around noon, and 72 at coast to 92 inland and 68 to 84 is the spread at 7 00. Our morning commute . Leyla . It is nice on 80 headed between concord and Pleasant Hill and up to highway 24 and if you head further south into the San Ramon Valley you are still looking at top speeds, clear conditions, and drive time traffic is 580, westbound, tracy to dublin, 34 minutes and a couple minutes tacked on to the commute with some slowing building away from 205, and 16 minutes from dublin to mission boulevard south and highway 85 in the south bay from 101 to cupertino is 17 minutes. Firefighters in san mateo are looking into the cause of a fire in an apartment complex that was the scene of a fire a few months back. Our reporter, amy hollyfield, is at the scene with the latest. Amy . The fire is out and there is no smoke or smoldering. Silt knocked out. Shear how the fire looked last night. They tweeted out a picture of emergency crews of san mateo firefighters faced when they
The president today would be dancing in the streets. Reporter perhaps more controversial the timing as the fbi investigates possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. Sources on capitol hill tell that comey asked for more money and more power for that investigation just days before his firing but the Justice Department says thats not true. That has democrats crying foul and demanding an independent prosecutor. There is a clear and present danger of a coverup. It certainly appears that the president is trying to frustrate this investigation, trying to upend it. Reporter the white house insists Rod Rosenstein recommended comeys firing. The president over the last several months lost confidence in director comey. The doj lost confidence in director comey. Reporter for President Trump today an Oval Office Meeting with russias top diplomat and russians u. S. Ambassador center. Reporter in a tweet of his own the president lashing out at critics of comeys termination promising when