Women in sunnyvale faced were ought for a walk. In a region home to some of the safest cities anywhere in the country, and tonight, neighbors, understandably, are on alert. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama dates. Abc 7 news anchor, dion lim, brings us the story from sunnyvale. She got attacked. Literally, like, she got attacked. I mean, you dont know. Youre not prepared for Something Like that. Reporter the video shows two women on a walk in sunnyvale midday wednesday. Whether a man runs by, pretends to trip. One of the women pauses and her gold neck llace is ripped from r neck. Many online and in person describe their neighbor as multicultural and say theyre south asian. But say they feel they are being targeted for their gold jewelry and warning each other not to wear it out. Please, honor your cultures but when you are walking around, maybe its a good idea to cover it. Wear a scarf. Cover up the bracelets. Reporter just an hour before this incident,
Police presence in marin county. Still no word on why chp was chasing this car. We will bring you more details as we get them. At the live news desk, back to you. New at 6, we are learning more about the victim who died in the laptop theft in oakland. The victim, an ibm engineer, died on his 34th birthday. Da lin is live at the starbucks where it all happened. What are friends and neighbors think about this young man . Reporter the victim lived about a mile and a half away from the starbucks where the theft occurred. They say he was a very smart and kind man. They say was a hard worker, one of the best engineers at his emeryville company. Really, a bright guy, bright guy. It is just hard, itll be neighbors are grieving the death of this man who moved to this oakland apartment five months ago. In that short time neighbors got to know him as responsible, engaging, and friendly. We talked, he was happy to be here and enjoying life. When we found out about it, we just consider it a sad tra
Orange and red colors indicating that it is pouring over your from hayward across the east bay. Relookat thght rain pushing ght over san jose this morning. So the weather headlines. Wet and gusty start to the day with a cold front. We are going to catch a some clearing as we head through the afternoon as this is a fast system. Mostly sunny skies for tomorrow as well. We are starting to see some slower speeds especially through the Altamont Pass and as you make your way through the bay bridge. We are dealing with some wet weather. As you take the on and off ramps especially going on and off the freeways, take it easy this morning. Zooming in here on the bay bridge, we will see slightly slower speeds than we normally do on the upper deck as you work your way westbound heading into San Francisco. There is a trouble spot on the offer it. Doesnt like it is affecting the main lines of the bridge itself but we will look into that since things are pretty slow as you head through there. We are
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Now at 4 30 and streaming on cbsn bay area looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera on this friday morning pick good morning. We made it to the end of the week. It is january 3, 2020. Im michelle griego. And im kenny choi. Lets get a check of the friday forecast first. Good morning. Good morning. Happy friday to you. So glad it is the end of the workweek. If you had to work like we did. Heres a beautiful live look with our Treasure Island camera and we are starting off the day with partly cloudy skies to mostly clear. It is a chilly star. The temperatures as you head out the door looking at 39 in livermore and santa rosa, 41 kolker, 46 oakland, 50 in downtown San Francisco. And 43 for san jose. As we head through your afternoon were going to see plenty of sunshine. It will be a really pleasant day across the bay area with these mild temperatures above average for this time of year. We will see plenty of sun at the
Burning buildings and we are working to confirm whether the buildings are outbuildings or sheds or homes. Weve obtained coverage of this fire with meteorologist Steve Paulson talking about the powerful wind driving the fire. First, we bring in Cristina Rendon. Talk to us about the conditions. I can see its windy. Reporter very windy and the winds have not let up whatsoever. Its gotten worse since weve been in geyserville at the corner of Alexander Valley road and pine flat road. This area has been closed off to the public but cal fire crews are deep in the trenches trying to get a handle on this fire burning outofcontrol. You can see the flames along the ridge line and this area is where red winery road is and to the left is an area where 128 is in the casino wed mentioned earlier, red rock casino is in the area in danger, as we speak. In terms of the structures, along the hillside we saw at least one of those structures burning but we cant tell you if it is a house or winery or some t