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It happened around 2 30 this afternoon at Hayward Executive Airport located west of 880 and north of highway 92. We have new information tonight from jana katsuyama. You heard from that Sheriffs Office in the past hour and they confirmed the name of the Flight Instructor who died. Reporter they did, frank. The Corners Office tells me the victim has been identified as wayne prodger. Here are photos of him. We understand he is a 62year old man from sunnyvale. Friends that i spoke with tonight tell me that he was a loving and caring husband, father of three grown children and he loves to travel. He was the owner and chief instructor at the vertical cfi helicopters Flight School and was borrowing a he ....
Thats one small step for man. This morning we speak oneonone with apollo 11s flight director about the near disaster that day. What worried him most. Plus new video overnight, a man climbing down this highrise fleeing a fire. A once in a lifetime opportunity, the rare sighting of what could be the biggest great white shark in the world. And middle seat makeover. The worst seat on the plane is finally getting an upgrade. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us as we head into a steamy weekend. 175 million americans under weather alerts right now as a heat wave warms up for the weekend. Today the feel like temperature in half the country will be 100 degrees. Look at some of these pictures. Triple digits all the way from nebraska to new york. But forecasters say its the duration of this extreme heat that is the biggest concern. This morning the summer scorcher turning downright dangerous. Triple digits are expected today from the rockies to the east coast. Forecasters call ....
Station at china lake. A day and a half after a 6. 4 hit the same region. Governor gavin newsom flute the Current County to see the damage. He toured neighborhoods and businesses. The governor made the meeting with local officials to talk about a plan to recover and is requested a president ial Emergency Declaration for direct federal assistance. We just got off the phone quite literally five minutes go with the president. Reflecting on the fact that six months ago we were battling fire in Northern California the camp fire in butte county and battling fires concurrently in Southern California, the woolsey fire and now its earthquake. Theres no doubt after talking with the president hes committed with the long hall to support the rebuilding efforts. ....
procedure and test positive. well as concerning it is not reached the levels of hospitalizations that we ve seen in other surges. reporter: the good news, health leaders say widespread vaccinations and treatments are keeping the hospitalization numbers manageable. the bad news with such infectious new variants, they really can t say when we will come down from this current uptick. we are just continuing to see the continued high level of transmission in the community. reporter: both santa clara and san mateo counties say they are not considering a return to mask mandates right now. but they are both strongly urging the public to wear tight fitting face masks and public settings to help. all right, that was alyssa goard reporting. let s take a closer look at where we stand here in california. so right now our positive rate is at 15% and continues to trend up. for some context during the winter surge in january of this year we hit the peak at 22%. but last summe ....
around 10, 30 this morning. it s grown now to a 2 alarm fire video from the scene of from citizen app shows just the pillar of smoke that you can see in the air right now. oakland fire chief reginald freemen joining me live on the phone. chief, what can you tell us right now about where the fire stands at this point? now, the fire under control. we have had an opportunity a primary search bacteria. borgia still confirm no reported injuries to civilians or part of that is a really good news. i know that this is actually the latest of several fires to break out at that encampment over the last few months. one of them back in april did result in a have the cause of any of those previously previous fires been determined. and do you have any idea what sparked this one?r the cause of the previous fires have not been determined is just very difficult for foreign case. our investigators to conclusively determine how a fire started when we are adding cameras, especially su ....