Been silent. That is when the emergency sirens in San Francisco were taken offline because they were vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. There are ways to communicate in realtime. Christ important but not a priority for the apartment of Emergency Management in recent years, according to the supervisor. All these departments bring their list of priorities in priority order. He says the sirens never made it to the top of the list. In a statement, the department of Emergency Management told abc 7 news that it remains the citys intention to bring the upper public Warning System back online as quickly as funding and project implementation are available. The last time funding for the sirens went before the Capital Planning committee, the supervisor says he was the only no vote. I felt that we should put more money, even though it was difficult, if you planning citywide. That is why i was the only no vote. The sirens have been top of mind since the devastating fires in maui. In light of what
Being shot in one person is in custody. Good evening. Larry and i am larry beil. We were expecting an update coming up soon. Heres what we know so far. Y San Jose Police karina as a police it ofcers were spotted to a whe report of a faistuance. That isn ofcer was shot and the person who shot that officerbarraded themselves in a home for hours but eventually was taken into custody. Larry we have abc 7 news teen coverage with Dustin Dorsey at the hospital, monitoring the condition of the officer. Karina lets begin with zach fuentes, who is live at the scene where this all unfolded. He joins us now. Zach . Zach hey guys. Just before 8 00 is when the call came in. The scene has been active for many hours. Traffic is finally moving down meridian south, heading toward parker we are on meridian now. Remember, police announced just after 15 this afternoon that a suspect was in custody, more than five hours after that initial call. It has been a shocking morning for those involved in for all th
We can handle anything. Short terme, but long terme we really. It is our lifeline. We. We need our road back cut off by a massive landslide. Residents of the Santa Cruz Mountains community are now desperate for help. Good evening. Im ama daetz and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. Its been two weeks since the landslide changed everything for those folks access to and from their neighborhood just off summit road and highway 17 is limited and utilities are at risk with every passing day. And as abc seven news south bay reporter Dustin Dorsey explains, residents say the worst part is theres no fix in sight. After major storms in the Santa Cruz Mountains led to a partial closure of mountain charley road on february 29th, this is what it looked like then. This is what it looked like two weeks later. How difficult has this been for the last two weeks to not have an accessible road in your neighborhood . Its been horrible. A large landslide has destroyed this road just a few miles from hi
Complaint, one of the plaintiffs, a mother of two, documented being threatened with knives and hammers outside her home. These photos, showing a glimpse of their daily lives every day at all hours. People are dealing drugs and using drugs in front of their apartment building. There are encampments, people are lighting bonfires, their sidewalks are filthy, with all types of problems, from used syringes to human waste. The phoenix and best western hotels documented inaccessible sidewalks for guests and drug use throughout the area. The Phoenix Hotel decided not to renew their lease next year. The business is down so much because of the conditions around their hotel, randy shaw, director of the tenderloin housing clinic, is hoping this lawsuit leads to changing the area. We hope we get our Constitutional Rights protected, which has not been the case, and the people should not treat the tenderloin as if, oh, you want to sell drugs, you can do it in the tenderloin, but dont do it in cow hol
Internet access as well. Ama the fires have had more than just a human told. The Maui Humane Society says 3000 animals are lost or missing. President biden address the issue in hawaii. Our prayers with the people of hawaii, not just our prayers. Every asset, every asset they need will be there for them. We will be there at maui as long as it takes, as long as it takes. Ama the Hawaiian Electric Industries Stock fell after the s p downgraded its credit to john. They believe the company may be the ones for the fires, they have blamed powerlines. Dan Leslie Brinkley looked into the strategies california is employing to decrease our wildfire risk and whether that could have made a difference in hawaii. Reporter lawsuits filed over the weekend claim Hawaiian Electric kept powerlines electrified despite high Wind Warnings last week. We dont really know what the ignition cause was for the maui fires but if it was downed power lines, which looks likely then a psps would have mitigated the enti