An early friday evening on lake merritt. Its cold and breezy, but its nothing to stop the locals. Ive lived in the area for about 13 years, and all the cool stuff that happens in east bay kind of happens around here, but i do see its always popping over here on the weekends. They look upon lake merritt with joy, and its probably going to be popping again this weekend. On saturday, lake merritt will be the home of an afternoon concert. Its called love lake merritt. We could see things changing and becoming better, but perception is hard to fight. Kimberly miller is the executive director of fairyland at lake merritt. She is one of several organizing the event where the focus is to bring as many people to the lake as possible. Weve had a tough year here in oakland, but were all about positive vibes and we want to bring art and culture, which is what oakland is known for down to the lake. From music to visual art to dance, to make sure to remind oaklanders what its all about. We see the w
The weekend closure is having on businesses, and we are less than 24 hours away from bay to breakers, making a return to San Francisco. Look at the last minute preparations underway before thousands of runners hit the city streets. And we are going to get to those stories in just a moment. But first, were following breaking news. This is on Yerba Buena Island. Crews are battling a fire there. You see the video right there. It started just after 3 00. Firefighters say crews are facing heavy smoke and steep terrain. Now. Two fire boats are also helping put water on the flames from the bay. There they go. This is new video from the firefighting efforts. Its not clear how this fire started as you can imagine, this is impacting traffic on the bay bridge for a period of time. All eastbound lanes. They were shut down in the last 30 minutes. Two lanes. They reopened. Now heres a live look at our traffic map. And you can see that big backup right there stretching for miles. At this point, its a
Prosecutors are now asking for and what it means for the case. We begin the 6 00 hour with an update to that breaking news. Weve been following for you. All lanes on the bay bridge back open after being closed so crews could battle this at fire on yerba buena island. This all started about about three hours ago, and crews put out the flames from land and water to this video showing two fire boats right there spraying the grass. No word on what sparked that fire . No, but it is impacting traffic on the bay bridge. We can say that with certainty. Video from one of our nbc sports bay area colleagues showing a fire truck trying to get through all that. Ooh, thats tough. At one point, the eastbound lanes were closed, causing some traffic to stop and go. This is video taken about two hours ago heading into the city. And as we mentioned though, all lanes are back open, as you can see on our traffic map. Still, a lot of backup, but getting much better. Our team has been following this story al
Into fires. Serious questions about taxpayer funded medical care and a Contra Costa County program. A Whistleblower Comes Forward only to nbc bay area full body infection happened. He needed to have his leg amputated. A Sexual Assault charge is pled down to just five days in jail. The alleged victim is blindsided. You know, they just kept saying to me, well, you know, this stuff doesnt happen. And all i could keep looking at him is, but why did it happen to me . Like, why didnt i matter . And bart spends millions on new lights to make the tunnel safer. But years later, almost all are still in boxes. Sometimes i do look at some of these things and say, gosh, you know, thats pretty. That could be pretty absurd. I can see how the public would say that we investigate how it happened and what bart plans to do about it. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im candace when we start tonight with an nbc bay area exclusive, californians are paying billions of dollars into a new Health Care I
Texting scandal. Good evening. Im j. R. Stone. And im diane lim. Today, two of the four men charged in 2021 homicide avoided life in prison as part of a plea deal because of the racial bias of the officers investigating the case. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan was in court today and has more on how the texting scandal has now impacted a murder trial. Reporter sentences were handed down in the landmark case linked to the Antioch Police texting scandal. I think in this case, this is a strong outcome, all four defendants will be facing, a lengthy prison sentence. This case dates back to 2021. Four suspects were facing murder charges for a drive by shooting in antioch. Gun and gang enhancements would have meant life in prison. Instead, all four men pled no contest to manslaughter and lesser sentences. The resolution that has been struck in this matter, brings accountability, to this case, the decision is a result of an fbi investigation that uncovered racist texts being sent between