Carjacking and heather you have a new photo of a man wanted by Police Reporter this just released photo it shows the suspected shoplifting walking down an aisle here just moments before police say he took off out of the store, jumped in a parked vehicle and then took off with those two people inside. Security camera footage at this oakland safeway captures the man at the center of a statewide amber alert. We want to find them, find them safely. Reporter police say the man is a knifewielding shoplifter who stuffed lobster tail and ribeye steaks under his jacket. After being confronted by an employee a man carjacked a car with a teenager and elderly man inside. An amber alert was issued. Witnesses originally describe the vehicle as a red or burgundy infinity suv with a license plate number 6 j fm648. In the last 30 Minutes Police said they tracked down that suv. And its owner on the east coast. They believe that license plate is on a sedan, make and model unknown. Whether its a suv or se
To lose control. Driving across all lanes of highway 101 before crashing into a tree and power pole. The crash happened near 101. That is where we find ktvu Tara Moriarty who has the latest on that crash. Tara, you just arrived. What is going on now . Reporter authorities are not sure exactly why the man veered off the road. They think he may have fallen asleep at the wheel. Hes at Marin General Hospital right now. If you take a look behind me you can see where the van veered off the road. It actually slammed into a utility pole. You can pan over to the right, there is a big wire that stretches right here. The utility pole was knocked clear off and now its laying on the ground there. So none of the wires were snagged or anything like that. And then the tree is at that location over there. That is where the van slammed into it. The Fire Department had to use the jaws of life in order to pry him out of there. As far as we know hes a 3035 yearold man from san pablo bay. He had a washingto
Crashed into a power pole on highway 101. Just a few hours ago. Tara moriarty is live on the scene and chp says what happened. Reporter authorities dont know why this man drifted off the row but they think he may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The van is still here. It slammed into a utility pole first that is lying on the side of the roadway. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to pry the man out. He was trapped between the drivers seat. This happened at 1 00. The chp says the victim is a 30 35 man from San Pablo Bay with a washingtons drivers license. He was taken to hairing general hospital. The man is driving a work van but authorities dont know where he was headed. The doors to the vehicle are so jammed so these drews are able to search inside for any cruels. Mg a is out right now. The van marked the pole straight up over the ground but the fires have remained in tact. No electricity has been caught you have to anyone. Right now traffic on highway 101 southbound again near
Our news room. The fire has grown to three times the size of the city of San Francisco and is now at more than 105,000 acres two homes destroyed along with 7 buildings, 4500 homes threatened and and the Forest Service puts the cost of fighting it at 5. 4 Million Dollars and climbing. Are you driving . I dont care. San Francisco Fire Department strike team headed out to the front lines this morning, 22 firefighters and five engines will join more than 2000 other firefighters working in steep terrain. Fire Officials Say they are concerned about the safety of the crews because the fire direction has been so unpredictable. Ktvus Claudine Wong tells us about the new Evacuations Ordered in the face of the growing fire. Lets give you a look at the fire area, to the west pine lake and there they are trying to save structures and homes. Here is highway 120 it makes its way through the fire zone, it is still shut down near groveland. On the east side Yosemite National park, the fire has made its
Crashes, especially one near the 580 24 interchange. Its making a mess of the commute, mornings on 2 starts now. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu mornings on 2. 7 00, youre looking live at the bay bridge, and next week at this time, this will be completely empty, no cars going across the bridge and well have more on the shut down in just a moment. Good morning, welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. And im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Were going to steve first. Good morning, lots of low clouds in place. Breaks here and there. Most of the forecast area has low clouds or you can see it. We have get a couple holes in the fog bank. The low which gave us wild weather this week has accelerated up to oregon. A little system which will enhance the fog tomorrow and tonight. And 52 to 62, a lot of low clouds, some sun and mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies by noon, 5 to 78 and 60 to 90. Mostly sunny. Most will be in the 60s 70s and 80s. 56, 57, 58