Critically injured. After hes run down by a hitand run driver. The citywide manuunt. And how police finally nabbed the suspect. Now at 11 00 a San Francisco officer hit by a hit and run driver, the citywide manhunt. The suspect struck the officer on turk street between franklin and van ness. Then he drove off ditching the car near the panhandle. Kpix5 reporter joe vazquez is live at zuckerberg General Hospital with how the officer is doing tonight. Joe . Reporter liz, still listed in critical condition. All evening weve been watching as officers have been streaming in to visit their colleague who was severely injured. Hes a bicycle cop, assigned to the tenderloin station. This afternoon around 12 20 he was helping with an investigation of a man suspected of a firearms violation. Police say the suspect noticed the officers, then suddenly bolted and in the process smashed his suv right into the officers bike. Officer down. Officer down. Turk and franklin, officer down. Reporter Police Ch
Car near the panhandle. Kpix5 reporter joe vazquez is live at zuckerberg General Hospital with how the officer is doing tonight. Joe . Reporter liz, still listed in critical condition. All evening weve been watching as officers have been streaming in to visit their colleague who was severely injured. Hes a bicycle cop, assigned to the tenderloin station. This afternoon around 12 20 he was helping with an investigation of a man suspected of a firearms violation. Police say the suspect noticed the officers, then suddenly bolted and in the process smashed his suv right into the officers bike. Officer down. Officer down. Turk and franklin, officer down. Reporter Police Chased the suspect but then lost him. They found his car with obvious front end damage, but he was nowhere to be found. After a three hour manhunt officers finally arrested the suspect in the 500 block of ellis. Meanwhile the officer was rushed to General Hospital. He got out of surgery this evening. Hes in icu. So i think t
It further east. But to the north is what we are watching. And heres whats coming down. Rain in washington and oregon. Later on this afternoon, we are going to get that green and yellow coming to our area. So i will track that for you, time it out, and let you know how much rain we can expect. Over to you, jaclyn. Thank you, neda. Right now, we are tracking slowdowns out of tracy heading into livermore. Westbound 205 youll be taking the brakes, speeds drop below 20 Miles Per Hour and then youre back in the green once you head out of livermore. About a 26minute ride between 205 and 680. Back to you guys. With the north bay fires on the verge of containment, crews are now facing a tough fight against flames in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The bear fire broke out monday night along bear creek road near highway 9. So far its burned 300 acres. Its just 15 contained. Cal fire says it has destroyed four homes. Hundreds of firefighters are working to crush the wildfire but seven have been injured
Heres a look at evacuation orders now for Santa Cruz County. Several Evacuation Centers are open. This man, 54yearold marlin coy, of Boulder Creek is now behind bars for allegedly looting an evacuated home. Police say he stole 15,000 worth of jewelry from the property and a mountain bike. Now to the wine country wildfires where firefighters have stopped the forward progress of all of the wildfires in the area. Here are the latest numbers. Tubbs fire 91 . Atlas fire 83 . Nuns fire 80 . Sonoma county authorities report that one additional death from the fires brings the total to 42. About 58 people are still listed as missing in napa and sonoma counties. More than 6,000 people have been allowed to return home. Governor brown is issuing an executive order to speed up recovery in areas devastated by the fire. President trump said despite the tweet, the Trump Administration says that the president has no plans to visit california. The next phase of wildfire recovery includes a cleanup of to
But president made no mention of that last month when he met with the qatari emir, instead, offering to sell him weapons. Lots of beautiful military equipment. Reporter during that trip, the president vowed to unify the muslim world against terrorism and iran. But tensions spiked in the past 24 hours, with countries in the region closing their air space to qatari planes, blocking trade, and cutting diplomatic ties, sparking qataris to stockpile food. The u. S. Launches air strikes against isis and syria in iraq from a base in qatar. The tiny gulf emirate hosts around 10,000 u. S. Troops. Thats one reason secretary of state Rex Tillerson has tried to deescalate the crisis. We certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. Reporter and yesterday, u. S. Ambassador dana smith praised qatars Great Partnership in countering terrorist financing. Smith has broken with the president before, lamenting last month on twitter that it is increasingly diffic