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frances himself played football out of the state and the team, stockton lightning. i m alan wong reporting live from martinez, abc 7 news. thanks a lot. it is 4:31 now. did oakland police go too far? that s the question from protesters that con thaend officers didn t need to use lethal force against a suspect shot and killed on wednesday. the head of the police officers association sayings they did nothing wrong. i don t know what people expect officers to do. reporter: oakland police officer association president, barry donnel lynn says the officers who shot and killed a gun wielding man wednesday afternoon had no choice. this gentleman went on a rampage. he robbed citizens, tried to car jack people, running around armed on a major thoroughfare oakland. what are we supposed to do here? they claim the suspect was running away. the police say a preliminary autopsy revealed the suspect was shot in the front of his body. the officers association says videos shows ....
the roadways. 101 in san jose near 880. we take you over to oakland. we have an accident westbound along 580. one lane currently blocked. the area shaded in white indicating cloud cover. good check of drive-time traffic. from albany to the maze, a quick four minutes. 880 southbound to fremont, 14 minutes. 280 northbound from 101 to cooper tino, 11 minutes. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of oakland where crews just knocked down a three-alarm fire at a two-story building. they were called to the scene near 8th avenue and international boulevard around 2:30 this morning. the fire was under control about an hour later. there is a store on the first level of the building. one of them a beauty salon and apartments on top. no injuries reported a big pain in the neck this morning for people and police in union city and fremont sparked by a series of robberies where the victims had jewelry snatched right off their necks. matt keller is live at union city polic ....
citations. the nature of the complaint is confidential. meantime, first responders are contracting construction workers with helping rescue their colleagues who were trapped today. you can hear and see the chaos in this cell phone video taken moments after the partial collapse during the cement pour from the second floor. i was on the third floor. i was walking that way. reporter: construction workers knee deep in cement, others dangling from the rebar. everybody was worried about the coworkers. reporter: as oakland fire fighters arrived, those coworkers also sprung into action, putting up a ladder and putting down pieces of plywood on the now still wet cement which was nearly impossible to move through. it s kind of like quick sand. reporter: oakland fire says 15 to 20 construction workers initially were trapped. everyone got out. it was a very great rescue between us and them. reporter: first responders transported 12 construction workers to area hospi ....
the pg&e outage is widespread. there s ,000 customers without power. there was a power oute in the south bay. about 5,000 customers were without power there. some of the outages are heat-related. we hit triple-digit heat in some spots today making this the hottest day of the year so far. but a heat advisory has just expired. and the temperatures are moving lower. let s check in with sandy patel. this was a one-da deal as far as the heat is concerned. let me show you live doppler 7. you ll see what s starting to show up. we have some fog starting to close in along the coastline here. you look at the highs for today, yes. a record-setting 109 in gilroy shattered the previous record. we had triple digits in napa, san rafael. 76 degrees in san francisco. half moon bay, 64 degrees 45 degrees cooler than gilroy thanks to the fog and the sea breeze. cooler is the key. i ll let you know when you can feel it. you can track the high temperatures with the abc 7 news ....
they have to explain to their kids how they can go to church and feel safe. that s not something we thought we would have to deal with. the mayor calls it a cowardly act by a hateful person 21-year-old dylann roof is accused of shooting nine people at a black church following a bible study. debbie dils was leaving church and recognized him from police surveillance pictures. marcy gonzales has more from south carolina. reporter: they came here simply to worship. but he was here solely to kill. today officers arrested dylann roof, police claim he sat for an hour through a bible study before suddenly opening fire, killing nine people. there s something particularly heartbreaking about a death happening in a place in which we seek solace. reporter: police say a tip led them to the 21-year-old driving two hours away in north carolina. the accused killer police told one of the three survivors he let her live so he could tell others what he did, now telling detecti ....