That shows where the Trump Administration goes in terms of the prioritizing of the threat. But also, in how to deal with it in the diplomatically effective manner. Reporter mattis is in Silicon Valley to get a look at Experimental Technology being developed in the Silicon Valley, one innovation a sea going autonomous drone that could be used to spy or track enemy movements in oceans around the world. Its developed in alameda. The Defense Innovation unit experimental helps the military find Hightech Solutions in other areas like artificial intelligence, life science, space and information technology. Innovation is actually apolitical and the whole point is that were saving lives, saving dollars and the generating a lot of and were generating a lot of great Economic Activity around the u. S. Reporter they started under the Obama Administration but received a very strong endorsement today from secretary of defense james mattis, one of the other advantages of whats going on in the building
Coast. Now, the thunderstorm activity pops up. So this low is parked over us from Mendocino County and lake county. Also shaded with the low, rotating energy in. Getting good lift as well over the mountains and comes right back in and enhancing the fog and gives us drizzle. So i dont think that anything is changing here. I dont buy in any warmup on the temps. I dont see how it will happen. An on shore breeze in the 50s and 60s. 60 redwood city, atherton, belmont, over to fremont. It is close for los altos and closer to san mateo and pacifica is 55. We are persistent on these temps. The low clouds. We take yesterdays weather and carry it over to today. which means not much change. The fog hugs the coast for most. Not all. But for some, it is a tough order to get some sun. All right, sal. 7 01. And traffic is doing what . Well, we do have busy traffic in some areas. Reward had a crash we had a crash on 580. So people coming in from the Altamont Pass will see that traffic is very slow,
On this newscast. Also on abc7news. Com as well. For now, thank you for joining us. Now, to todays top investigators confirmed what our iteam reported last year. The massive loma fire did start at a marijuana grow operation. Investigators pin pointed the cause. A portable generator. Dan is here with all the information for us. Before the fire even started, neighbors complained to me about the marijuana grow, worrying about the fire danger. That came true in a devastating way. Cal fire now confirms what i reported just days after the loma fire started last september. That it originated in a marijuana grow on land owned by the ceo of a medical Marijuana Dispensary at the time. We determined the cause is from equipment, a generator or electrical cord in the vicinity of the generator. Reporter chief jim crawford said cal fire has forwarded its investigation to the Santa Clara County District Attorney for possible charges. Last year, i identified the pot farm where the fire started after sp
Blocking lanes on both sides of 280. Heres a picture of the scene as you look live from sky7. The Highway Patrol has issued a sigalert alerting drivers to avoid both northbound and southbound interchange. You can clearly see why. This is a big mess. Yeah. So far, we havent heard about anyone being hurt in this crash. There are reports that the truck, though, is leaking fuel. The chp hasnt said how long its going to take to clear the roadway. Its almost unbelievable seeing how it is on the divide there. How did that happen. Hard to imagine exactly how it got into that position. And that there were not a lot of other cars involved. As we have reported to you a moment ago, to our knowledge, we dont know of any injuries at this point. We dont know about the driver of that truck. Look at the damage. It ended up on the Center Divide there in such a strange position. There at 280. We apologize, the shot is breaking up a little bit from sky7. Well keep a cse watch on thi and the traffic and th
They laid flowers at the spot where he died yesterday. Dave deporous was killed after chasing a robber in a red audi who had stolen his laptop outside a cafe on telegraph avenue. Friends and witnesses. Reporter this is how friends say he would want to be remembered, spreading thiz joy through music. Friend to everyoe in the community, an excellent musician, loved nature, loved connecting people. Hosting events for the community. Reporter the 40yearold singer songwriter was killed after being dragged by a speeding car. He was sitting with his laptop outside this cafe when a man came up and grabbed it it. He chased the suspect and apparently grabbed on to the car as it sped away. The car sped down the street and dragged him. Lesley told us she heard streeching tires and came out to see him gravely injured. I dont know him but hes young. He had his whole life ahead of him. I wish he had let go but maybe he couldnt. Property can be replaced but life cant and in this instance, it was danger