news breaking news is in oakland. look at all that smoke and the flames, firefighters continuing to battle a brush fire that spread to homes. this is near interstate 5 80. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i m larry beale and i m christian z. we have live team coverage on this fire, beginning with abc seven news anchor karina nova who has been following the fire since it started just moments ago, we learned the fire is under control, but at least four homes were damaged in the laurel district of oakland and one firefighter. er was injured for heat related injuries. this is a live look at sky seven and you can see firefighters are still there. they re working to put out hotspots. this is 5 18 year 35th avenue. and that s some of the smoke where some of that smoke came from. as people smelled it miles away. i want to show you video, a driver shared of the scene along 5 80 the traffic just a mess in both sides of the freeway. your 35th avenue is people watch that, and there s that sm
0 another look at our breaking news in oakland, where fire burned at least two homes along interstate 5 80 at 35th avenue, and we ll have the latest on abc, seven years at four. tonight several developing stories as we come on the air. tropical storm fiona taking aim at puerto rico in the coming hours. with the forecast models now say about the eastern u. s. and its thousands more in queen elizabeth. there has been word of a disturbance tonight at westminster officers moving in and word of an arrest or tropical storm watches and warnings posted across the caribbean at this hour winds at 50 mph, puerto rico and the u. s virgin islands bracing for more than a foot of rain, dangerous flash flooding, mudslides and possible massive power outages. rob marciano timing this out, and he has the potential tracks tonight. remarkable sight in london at this hour, tens of thousands now waiting 20 hours in line to pay their respects to queen elizabeth king charles, his brothers and his sister, princ
announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7 news. there are shootings every night in oakland. so much violence, guns, lives lost. it is the perfect storm. they have nthey have nthey havev degree since the pandemic. rising violence in homicide goes up. today, we are looking at the problem in oakland. it is our commitment to building a better bay area. good afternoon. i am christian z. christianne z. larry: a troubling milestone. 100 homicides, up from 71 last year, the highest number in years.