That vehicle was traveling at highway speeds, they would have been hard to see. Reporter the chp says this is the 25th accident involving a wrong way driver in the bay area. Ten were fatal resulting in 19 deaths. 18 of the 25 accidents involved dui drivers. Its very sad to here. Reporter solomon knew the driver who was killed. He said the night shift is tough, drivers on the road can be tired or drunk which is a big concern for taxi drivers. This is the second wrong way accident in which he knew the taxi driver. Its not safe. Its not the first time. We see a lot of that. Reporter chp is also investigating whether the passengers in the taxicab were wearing their seat belts because on tofe he p was ejected. Reporting live, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is admitted building a better bay area. Some b. A. R. T. Riders are worried the systems vision or the future will undermine their needs for today. As part of the longterm plan, b. A. R. T. Is converting many of the parking lots at its east bay st
Like here also from the ground. We shot video just a few moments ago. You can see there is a huge police prencere. As for the suspect, at this point, police tell us they are going door to door. They are looking for a suspect or suspects in this case, in this shooting. Multiple gunshots, again. Lets hear what a neighbor just told us a few minutes ago. It was like pow pow pow pow. And then pause and then pow pow pow. So i would say probably ten shots. Reporter and were back live here again. Richmond police are here. They are combing the area. Theyre just around the corner from where im standing. Police are actually out there in force. That is where the two victims who were killed are located. Again, a third victim described by neighbors here as a woman was taken away in an ambulance, and eventually life flighted to an area hospital. At this point, we have no other information. Police dont know at this point if the suspect or suspects got away on foot or whether they were able to drive aw
Challenging drive during the morning commute. Umbrellas were a common site in San Francisco as people dodged the rain getting to and from work and more is still ahead. Spencer christian has a look at the forecast. The rain is tapering off but theres a lot of wet pavement. The conditions are relatively quiet in terms of rainfall. As we pull back and take a larger view, im clicking the thing here and lets see if it will move. There it is. Weve got a steadier pattern of rain to our south, south of monterey, and rain up north around eureka. In some spots, over an inch. Santa rosa, an inch. San jose and, well, there is still a bit more left in the system which ranks one on the storm impact scale. It will be with us through tonight and midday tomorrow bringing pockets of light rain. So heres the forecast. Starting at 5 00, well continue to see this pattern through the evening and into the overnight hours of scattered showers. Wet pavement for tomorrows commute. Steady rain is not expected un
Cheryl im sorry. A miscommunication on my end. I want you to know we spoke to the chief. One criticism that he had today was the fact that they felt the department was slow in responding to the violence, the chief explained nick we didnt expect the verdict saturday night. We would have been prepared on monday but werent prepared on saturday night. He told me he called for patrols but they were caught off guard. Police bracing for another night of demonstrations after dealing with violence last night. Take a look. A mass emstraightor hit a waiter with a hammer, bottles, rocks were thrown at pleechls now, abc 7 newss Mark Matthews is joining us. A lot of Downtown Business owners dont want to go through this again. You expect to hear a loud outcry but that isnt what we heard today. There was little or nothing said about the third night of vandalism since the verdict delivered saturday night. Again, were focused on moving forward. I think folks that are doing vandalism are not representati
50,000 range that doesnt include lost time. Then, impact of business. So. This is frustrating. Oakland Business Owners assess damage from three nights of violence after the verdict in Trayvon Martins death ask tonight, police are preparing for a fourth. Good evening, im cheryl jengs. Night three ended with more arrests and more vandalism. But unlike over the weekend there were more police on the streets to deal with demonstrators. We have Team Coverage tonight and are going to begin with nick smith you know one thing weve learned this evening after speaking with the Business Owners and Police Department there is a sechbs frustration throughout. Three nights of protests due to thousands of dollars of vandalism across the state. The Police Department is anticipating a fourth night of demonstrations weve learned is that theyre turning to surveillance video. Demonstrating peacefully if you saw someone acting illegally, share that with us. There are tools they can use to catch thes responsi