We begin tonight with two major actions on the issue of race and social justice. Two subjects at the heart of our effort to build a better bay area. The first is the Fatal Shooting of oscar grant police. Oscar grant was lie ing was evidence that another officer is guilty. Abc7 is on the story. Justice delayed is justice denied. Reporter more than 11 years after her son, oscar grant was shot and killed by b. A. R. T. Police officerer at the fruitvale station, she wants the case reopened and new charges levied against one other officer. We will continue to be out here and remind the world of how our judicial system is continuing to fail people of color. Is grant was shot and grants family a now wants prosecutors to consider filing criminal charges against former b. A. R. T. Officer tony peroni, who was seen in cell phone video holding grant down in the seconds before he was shot. Oscars last wrds were, i cant breathe. Anthony peroni, the b. A. R. T. Officer that created the environment
Weather continues this evening. San francisco got a brunt of the Lightning Storm last night and one strike zapped a power pole in the parkside neighborhood setting the transformer on fire. Sam brock joins us live from the neighborhood. And some neighbors say it felt like an earthquake. Reporter they described this, janell, as absolutely crazy. One woman preparing to walk her dog at the time told me the strength of energy from the explosion physically knocked them backward. You mentioned the transformer catching fire. There is the transformer over my shoulder. You see the pole where it got hit or nearby. If you look closely there is a wire dangling from the top of the pole and petitions he is of the transformer ened up flying everywhere. What we have right here is a piece of insulator on the ground. Youll find these all over. One of them actually went into this mans car. Some of the sight as sounds from last night. That blew pup flu off went into his van. Then these things started poppi
Weel vee th well have that in the forecast in a pfew minutes. Hundreds of feet of underground storm pipe melted, bringing the real possibility of mudslides and flooding. The focus on the new problem is cross creek road in the fountaingrove neighborhood. Cornell b corne cornell bernard joins us live to explain. Reporter the citys taking this threat very seriously tonight. That roadblock up at cross creek road, not far from where we are tonight. The city discovered a few hours ago that a drainpipe running underneath the road was compromised. It was destroyed by the firestorm. That road is now shut down, and its not the only place melted pipes are found around santa rosa tonight. This sinkhole was just discovered in the fountaingrove neighborhood. Ittow it opened up after hundreds of feet of plastic pipe melted in the firestorm. The pipes caught fire and in some cases were destroyed. Reporter theyre replacing new pipe, but melted pipe has been found all over fountain grove. So far weve id
Im eric thomas. Im dionne wynne. Fire victims could face new evacuations. Lets start with drew tuma. The next storm system crosses the region the next 24 hours. Live doppler 7 tracking this system along with satellite overhead, you can see its a rather quiet picture. But we zoom out just a bit, and live done hoppler 7 showing it. You see the green about 100 miles away from the north bay, so were several more hours away from the wet weather. But once it arrives, the north bay will see the highest total. On thet score, its a one. But the north bay could see anywhere from a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain. Were going to time it out for you hour by hour. This is not the only storm system were tracking. Weel vee th well have that in the forecast in a pfew minutes. Hundreds of feet of underground storm pipe melted, bringing the real possibility of mudslides and flooding. The focus on the new problem is cross creek road in the fountaingrove neighborhood. Cornell b corne cornell b
And you could see he brought out the best of everybody. Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. We first told you about this shooting last night. We now know the victim was a teenager, a student at hayward high school. Amber . Reporter frank. The 16yearold was a junior. Tonight they tell an emotional vigil at the site where he was killed. Family and friends are trying to come to terms with the loss of lamar murphy. Describing him as cool and funny with a loving smile. He dreamed of going to college. He wanted to be a nurse. He does good in school. He doesnt deserve this. Reporter his father still saying he has no idea why someone would want to hurt lamar. He says his son was non violent, nonconfrontational, and was not involved with gangs. He was a good kid. He was a great kid. Just a great kid. Very respectful. Reporter lamars life was cut short suddenly monday night around 6 45. His father says he was walking home from a Neighborhood Store when he was shot. Alameda co