And burglars are starting to use a very strange strategy to get inside victims homes. Well tell you about the so called snake scammers and the cities theyre targeting. And the rim fire continues to burn an yosemite. Well talk to cal fire and get the latest in the fight to contain that fire. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im marty gonzalez. Our top story this morning is the closure of the bay bridge. Many of you are looking for alternate routes to get around the bay this Labor Day Weekend. We want to start off and check out traffic conditions with robin. Our top story this morning. This is the thrid full day of the bay bridge closure. Crews continue to work around the clock. Connecting interstate80 to the new span. At the same time, theyre also demolishing portions of the old bridge. San fog this morning zeitover the Golden Gate Bridge up 50s for coast itsand bay area uopper 60 on the coast low 70s inland kron4s mike pelton joins us live from the oakland side where hes been fol
Protect American Security but that he wont move forward unless Congress Agrees with him. Saturday afternoon, president obama said he believes the evidence shows that the Syrian Regime used chemical weapons in damascus on august 21st, possibly killing more than fourteen hundred people. Hes now calling for a military response. What message will we send if a dictator can gas hundreds of children to death in plain site and not pay a price. Whats the use of the International System that weve built if a prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. That has been reporter agreed to by the International Community and the u. S. Congress is not enforced. But the president says that any action in syria should be limited. This would not be an open ended intervention. We would not put boots on the ground. Instead our actions would be designed to me limited in duration and scope. And although he believes he can move forward without congressional approval, the president wants congress to debate the ide
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, california governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency after a wild fire burning just outside Yosemite National park nearly quadrupled in size. It is one of 55 major wildfires burning in ten western states. The fire near yosemite called the rim fire exploded yesterday. Its burned more than 99 square miles and is only 1 contained. The park remains open, but one access road has been cut off and residents of more than 1,000 homes have been advised to evacuate. Theresa garcia reports from near the fire lines. Reporter stands of cedar and pine exploded as the flames jumped from tree top to tree top moving faster than the crew fighting them. U. S. Forest service officer, lee bentley. We have a monster on our hands. This fire is making its own weather. Its going every which direction. This is one of the worst ive ever been on. Ive been doing it quite a few years. Reporter the fire threatens hotels, camp grounds and more than
Someone who is trying to break the silence. Reporter one of the intended targets of this afternoons shooting was a 17 yearold but bullets struck innocent victims. One woman gearing young people away from violence says she needs help. Young people geared with skateboards hang out. The city didnt get to this point overnight. This is a clear sign of larger societal failure here. Today police handled two separate shootings the first near 80th around 2 00 this afternoon. Police say less than a half hour later a shooter opened fire at 103rd hitting four people including an 8yearold. Including a 12yearold and 8 yearold yearold. No one was seriously hurt. Simmons point says that drop out rate approaches 16 where todays shooting occurred. She says investigators will continue putting body line outs at crime scenes until something changes. It took courage, it took people who were willing to put themselves in harms way in order to do the work that needs to be done. Invest investigators still dont
Innocent victims. One woman gearing young people away from violence says she needs help. Young people geared with skateboards hang out. The city didnt get to this point overnight. This is a clear sign of larger societal failure here. Today police handled two separate shootings the first near 80th around 2 00 this afternoon. Police say less than a half hour later a shooter opened fire at 103rd hitting four people including an 8yearold. Including a 12yearold and 8 yearold yearold. No one was seriously hurt. Simmons point says that drop out rate approaches 16 where todays shooting occurred. She says investigators will continue putting body line outs at crime scenes until something changes. It took courage, it took people who were willing to put themselves in harms way in order to do the work that needs to be done. Invest investigators still dont know if the two shootings are linked. The departments seize fire has been under fire despite arrests and sit downs with alleged gang members. Sim