It may have been gangrelated. For us, we have more responsibility because we have the opportunity. We are given that. We should have more of the responsibility to say no thats not the life we should live. Investigators were here for hours gathering evidence. This area is no stranger to incidents like these. Two men were shot at this same intersection less than a month ago. There are no suspects in custody, no suspect description. Cate caugiran, kpix 5. Highway 17 is back open in the Santa Cruz Mountains after a brush fire. It started at the summit last night. Betty yu and her photographer James Flanagan drove by it and traffic was completely blocked in the northbound direction as people were coming home from the Labor Day Weekend. Large flames were spreading fast as firefighters arrived and fortunately, there was hardly any wind. Power lines are right across the highway from where this fire was burning. And it is now out. The highway reopened shortly after 1 a. M. Bart trains running t
Our own new years celebration is three hours away. This is the embarcadero in San Francisco where thousands of people are expected to gather tonight to celebrate the new year and some very cold temperatures. Lets check in with abc 7 news Spencer Christian and live doppler 7 hd. Happy new year. Never too cold to kiss. Its not very cold yet. Skies are clear which means good viewing for our fireworks display coming up in about three hours. Right now very calm winds, far cry what we what we saw last night and this morning. Thats good news. Temperatures will be dropping sharply over the next few hours. Already temperatures at this hour in the 30s in santa rosa novato, the north bay inland valleys chilly. 39 degrees in half moon bay. Mainly 40s around the bay although San Francisco is holding on to some warmth at 52 degrees. We are projecting that at midnight as we kick off the new year with fireworks, pier 14 in San Francisco, it will be clear, chilly, temperature about 45 degrees here in S
Closed down here mission at 22nd. You mentioned one person died in the fire. 6 people were injured and 40 people were left homeless this morning. Debris falling from the building on to the street below last night. This fire was intense as you can see. Parts of the ceiling of this mixed use building collapsed making fighting this fire very, very difficult. It started before 7 p. M. The top floor of that building is all homes so firefighters were working fever,ly to search for people who may still be inside the building while trying to keep the fire from spreading. But there came a point where they just had to step away. That was an allout evacuation call for the firefighters to first of all we made the call to get them off the roof because the roof became untenable. Reporter six people were taken to the hospital and one man, who was evacuated from the building, died. The red cross is now helping about 40 people who lived in the building find another place to stay. There were a lot of wi
Nine of twelve safety upgrades recommended for its natural gas system. Now its corporate infrastructure will be under the microscope as the puc opens a new review. As for that record 1. 6 billion fine, up to 850,000 of that could be coming from pg e shareholders. The only problem for a lot of people out there is that means that comes out of part of your 401 k . Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Boston marathon bomber tsarnaev will have to wait whether he learns whether he will live or die. He was found guilty of 30 counts including conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction. 17 of those charges are punishable by death. In next weeks penalty phase, the defense is expected to present new evidence and call on experts in an effort to save tsarnaevs life. We may also hear from relatives from friends, who can talk about his change. He was a normal teenager. How did he become the person who allowed himself to do this terrible act . The jury could start hearing eviden
Breaks. But nearby the oakland airport, everything looks good, which is by the way, right where our camera is. 880, okay, liz, thank you very much. It is 4 31. We begin with some breaking news out of walnut creek. Firefighters are battling a two alarm fire at the 600 block of la casa via about an hour ago. Its a residential fire. So far no reports of injuries. We have a crew on the way to the scene and well have an update later in the show. A Committee Vote today on a vote aimed at requiring schoolchildren to get vaccinated t stalled in the Education Committee last week when hundreds of parents threatened to pull their children from school rather than go along with vaccinations. So now the bills principal author has made amendments aimed at satisfying complaints. Heres a look at the changes to senate bill 277. Children without vaccines would be allowed to enroll in home based private schools and those sites could serve multiple families. Kids could take part in independent study projec