Force of the impact was so great, Officials Say the engine in the vw was knocked completely out of the car. In the meantime a wrong way driver is dead following a crash in the south bay. Abc 7 news was in milpitas was a total of five were involved in the crash. The california Highway Patrol says the driver is a 52yearold oakland man who was in the van. The chp says it first heard about the wrong way driver just before 5 00 a. M. It is still not clear where he got on the freeway in the wrong direction, but officials do say weather conditions were very bad at the time of the wreck. Another driver went to the hospital with minor injuries. Severe weather in Southern California has killed at least eight people, several inches of rain had fell causing mud slides. There have been dozens of rescues out of the mud. Do reporter this morning rainfall was exceeding 1 inch per hour in some areas. Too much rain too fast on top of burnt ground triggered deadly mudslides and flooding. The rain fell ha
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Daring rescues. Saving lives in Santa Barbara county. The region hit by a devastating storm that dumped have half an inch of rain in five minutes setting off mudslides. Search and rescue crews are finding people amid the wreckage, like this family. Parents, children, including a baby, even dogs lifted safely out of their homes. Thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The area of Santa Barbara county hit by the storm is only just beginning to recover from the thomas fire. Mudslides, flash flooding, and debris flows that were wastehigh. At least 50 people have been rescued using air support. Dozens more were rescued on the ground. 7,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Heres abc News Reporter danya backes. Reporter its an allout search for rescuers. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing.
Which have flared up across parts of northern california. We begin tonight with jr stone. Who has been near the fire line in lake county all day. J. R. an intense fire broke out in the delta today. At around 4 pm. Officials evacuated mobile home residents in isleton. Which lies just northeast of the antioch bridge in sacramento county. Several propane tanks reportedly exploded. Adding fuel to the flames. In all. Seven homes were destroyed. And about six others were damaged. Firefighters did manage to put out the flames. it would raise up to the top of the mountain j. R. firefly at jurors are now fighting the flames firefighters are now fighting the flames this fox walked out of the flames and plopped down on the road appearing to be out of breath a few hours later this fire polecarpel came down blocking the roadpower pole and my be going up to check my house j. R. everyone was hoping that the group can get a glimpse on these flames it just does not seem to stop it is out of control and
Challenge. It could be worse. Right now the Thunderstorm Risk has eased, winds not as strong as they were yesterday and even the temperature of 93 degrees is a little bit cooler than it was on saturday. Well, just minutes ago a Health Advisory was lifted for the Community Rodeo after a flair up at the refinery. A witness tweeted this photo shortly after. You see there is no Public Health hazard. Two Armed Robbers are on the loose tonight after using a machete to attack a person. The victim says two men got out of an old colored vuv and came after them. They took a cell phone and threatened to use the machete on them if they did not turn over more. All the guy had was a phone they took off. Still on track to reopen the cross over tracks near west oakland. In the meantime, b. A. R. T has been offering a bus bridge to help riders get across the area. They are telling people to stay home and avoid the traffic all together. 2530 fewer folks here and a 50 reduction, we have more buses than w
Happen to me . No, not at all. Reporter tim ryan has been renting out rooms on airbnb for years and said hes never had trouble, but hes careful. I screen my people and i turn 30 35 away. Reporter he puts valuables in a safe. If he goes away, he takes what he can with him. Hes never had a bad experience. Ive never had so much of a drinking glass or a straw stolen. I think somebody left with a blanket once but ive had like four people leave blankets. It works out great for me. In this case the victim tried to do everything she could by locking the doors by having video surveillance. Its actually helped out significantly. Reporter police didnt have to go far to catch this suspect. Turns out she was in Sonoma County jail on a drug charge. In San Francisco mike sugerman, kpix 5. Airbnb says it has a milliondollar insurance policy that it claims covers its hosts. Tonight its an allout battle to contain the rocky fire burning south of clear lake. The flames have spread to three counties. Colu