What inspectors new and when. Reporter good afternoon. Metro leaders went face to face with a pair of congressional committees this afternoon to talk safety. The plain focus was on the new report which came out yesterday raising serious questions. Remember this scene back in july. 63 people had a scary ride when a train derailed by east falls church. Nobody was seriously injured but another blow. Now metro leaders were called to the capital to answer for that derailment and give an update on safe track, all of this as a new report was released yesterday showing inspectors had known about deteriorating equipment in the area of the derailment for years and no repairs were made. This is the fourth year. I am tired of hearings. Im tired of excuses. Im tired of us going back and forth to look at these issues and say if you just give us a get it fixed. It is not a fine wine. It does not improve with time. Reporter the report indicated some workers may have falsified inspection reports copyin
Out of oakland to San Francisco. No troubles on the upper deck clear across the span. No wind advisory this morning. So an easy commute hayward to foster city. A department in turmoil just six days after he was sworn in oaklands acting police chief is out. Kpix 5s Christin Ayers on the affair that cost him his job. Reporter oaklands new acting interim police chief Paul Figueroa says his appointment was a surprise. Yes. Reporter mayor libby schaaf made the announcement in a news conference. I did remove chief ben fairow from his assignment as interim chief at the Oakland Police department. Reporter fairow a deputy chief with bart police took over as oaklands police chief last week amid a growing underaged sex scandal in the department. But now fairow has been dismissed over an inappropriate sexual relationship of his own. While he was married he had a relationship with an adult more than a decade ago. None of which precludes him from serving as a sworn Law Enforcement officer with bart.
Acreage. Eastbound two lanes closed until 6 00 as well as westbound. No delays, its early. Two suspects are now in custody in connection with a deadly shooting in alameda county. It happened yesterday afternoon in hayward near cherry land. The victim was driving a red dodge pickup southbound on meekland avenue. He was shot as he was about to turn on blossom way. It appears our suspect was on foot approached our victim in his vehicle and fired into the vehicle striking him, killing him most likely instantly. And then fled on foot. Along with the suspected shooter, a woman was also arrested accused of driving him to the scene. So far, no word on a motive. Police are expected to release more details later today. Police in east lansing, michigan, have released more information about the arrest of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. Kpix 5s andria borba has the latest on what led to the alleged assault reporter according to a Police Report, the incident that landed Draymond Green
Roadwork at the highrise to the end of the bridge westbound 92 causing minor delays. They are painting the bridge so keep that in mind as you head out. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling the massive bluecut fire in San Bernardino. We now know its burning nearly 40 square miles. This is video from overnight where you can see still there are massive flames. Authorities say they arent sure how many homes have been destroyed but they expect a large number. Tom waite is wrightwood with the latest. Reporter the inferno raged on for a second night in San Bernardino county. Fire crews are paying attention to the ski town of wrightwood where flames are inching closer to homes. Hopefully, these guys will take care of it and then we can be safe because we have no place to go. Reporter its burned thousands of acres and destroyed many homes in the town of feel lynn. The homeowner able to return home yesterday to find his dogs safe and his property still standing. All these houses across the
Gorgeous texture and color to the clouds this morning. A really nice sunrise. The clouds will tend to thin out and actually decrease as we head throughout the afternoon. But it really makes for some nice pictures as youre waking up. 70 in boston. Even some 50s on the map. There are the clouds and notice they come out ahead of some rain. But a lot of this action is going to be weakening. Its been showing a weakening trend. So tlie rhode island. I think theyre not going to be all that widespread. A brief shower comes through. The rest of the afternoon looking good. Varying amounts of sun and clouds. 83 degrees. A wind from the south southwest. Ride home clear and plenty of sunshine. Humidity in check today. 86 through the interior. Right around 80 on the cape with the sunset at 7 40. Back to you. Breaking overnight, Police Investigating a crash on the one of the drivers, a woman, was rushed to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. The other driver suffered only minor injuries. We h