breaking news is from the east bay. a u.p.s. truck plunged 40 feet off a bay area road. minutes ago a brand new development. greening and thank you for joining us. i m deese dietz. i m dan ashley. he went off the road in lafayette after 5:00 this evening. 34-year-old dennis salazar. lilian is live with the details. this was a six-hour search with a happy evening. lafayette police say they found u.p.s. driver, 34-year-old dennis salazar at his friend s house in concord. this ordeal began at 5:00 p.m. when a u.p.s. truck veered off and down a hillside about 40 feet. the driver called 911 himself to trial court accident and that he had been injured. but when police arrived he was nowhere to be found. they launched that included dozen of rescue nel and drones. it s open space and hilly, so very steep. they got ropes down there and night vision. the main thing is it s really hard to see. just minutes ing a authorities got confirmation that they located salazar at his fri
we will tell you what to expect and where it falls impact scale coming up. lots of green in the south bay right now. and bay bridge toll plaza, smooth sailing for most people there, just a little stackup. on a b.a.r.t. lawsuit this morning, people with disabilities are complaining about the filthy elevators. reporter: b.a.r.t. riders are used to things like this. you can see the escalator is broken so they have to take the stairs next to them but if you are disabled this could be enough to keep you off the train, and advocacy groups are asking the court to stop b.a.r.t. against excluding people with disabilities. broken or out of service elevators and human race on the ground people with disabilities, and they want to submit to an independent monitor. b.a.r.t. responded to the lawsuit saying they are improvement agendas, and they are disappointed the program of capital improvement is being met with litigation. b.a.r.t. says a floor replacement project will solve the pro
widespread downpours, beginning to taper off after midnight. the wind will be very strong, a high wind warning 8:00 tonight to 5:00 tomorrow morning. high wind elevations and i will tell you what we can expect after the morning rush tomorrow. thanks. now for a story you will hear only on abc7 news. a shootout. dwyane returned to the scene today and heard the harrowing story from neighbors that feel fortunate they survived. good evening, dan. two days ago this was a neighborhood and then a crime scene and they re trying to get back to normal. the man in that red truck found out last weekend he had been evi evicted. neighbors say he d always been a difficult person but never turned violent before. on a quiet suburban street in napa patching bullet holes wasn t what steve ever imagined. he was standing right there in front of that tree. the last time i looked back running out of the porch, i could see smoke coming out of his gun and it was going off. we are getting mul
our nbc bay area sky ranger was first on the scene. this is in lafayette, not far from st. mary s college. terry mcsweeney with some answers. and what s happening there? after six hours of searching they had cleared this area immediately off the road and basically a vertical drop about 40 feet down the side of this hill side. search and rescue crews are at the bottom of the canyon looking for the missing driver. a ups delivery truck towed back up to the road it went off of late this afternoon. the man behind the wheel, 44-year-old salazar of fair field not inside and nowhere to be found, even though he s the one who called 911 to report the crash. the driver had called in and said he needed assistance. the address was a little bit different than where we re at. reporter: but just like that the driver s phone died. lafayette police called in drones with infrared helicopters. as with well as skil60 members the search and rescue team to scour the terrain. most loikely he
rain. the north bay always getting hit the first, it seems like, south bay 58 degrees, mostly clear along the south bay, peninsula 51 already overcast. the trivalley partly cloudy and san francisco is already overcast but the north bay is already seeing rain if we look at the doppler radar, santa rosa is seeing on and off again showers and we re expecting to see that continue before we see the biggest storm roll in, that will bring strong winds. we ll talk about the watches and warnings that are set to take affect tonight in a few minutes. let s check in with mike. you have activity in the north bay, vianey is showing you that. all around the bay, watching a slow roller. southbound 880 approaching wynton avenue, that was the report of a gas tanker on the shoulder. we ll check on what chp has to report. there s the san mateo bridge and we ll look at travel times across the bridges. to e-z are moving well. not even a problem necessary with the tanker. we ll find out why it s