Reporter it made for a very unnerving morning at the courthouse near lake merritt. I was inside the building for the ghost ship preliminary hearing and heard all the commotion when the bomb squad was called in for the second time today. Streets were blocked off by Oakland Police after a man left a backpack outside the building at 10 30 a. M. The 26yearold man then went inside the courthouse and was confronted by deputies who asked why he left the backpack there. Authorities say he got into a struggle with the deputies and attacked them. He was detained and will be placed on a psychiatric hold. Now, as for his backpack, the Sheriffs Office did not want to take any chances. We were overhead in skyfox as the sheriffs bomb squad suited up to inspect the backpack with an xray. It turned out not to be an explosive device and the all clear was given at about 12 30. The man doesnt appear to be connected to two firebombing incidents at the courthouse. The first happened about 1 a. M. On decembe
Sweep south over the area late friday night and Early Saturday Morning which then increases nne winds along the ridges and peaks saturday. A dry pattern may turn to a wet weather pattern next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya new this morning. The Oakland Unified School district has approved 9 Million Dollar budget cuts. james this after parents and teachers voiced their anger at a Heated School Board meeting last night. Kron 4s will tran joins us live from oakland. Will. The School District says the 9Million Dollar cut is down from the the 15 Million Dollars they were originally proposing. The district says they had no choice but to make the cuts or the state would have intervened. And that could have meant School Closures. There is no word on where
The main message is this significantly cooler pattern compared to monday and tuesday, we have taken the plunge down into the 60s are very low 70s. We will rebound on the weekend. It will be warmer by sunday and monday. Wind gusting up to 35 and 40, even vacaville and low clouds out to sacramento. We take the turning go to the north and that is a heckuva push. 50s on the temperatures, mostly cloudy this morning and partly sunny this afternoon with temperatures in the 50s and 60s for many and low 70s. Temperatures down 25 degrees for some in the last two few in the last two days. What do we see . More traffic at the bay bridge, and this will be a light day for the bay bridge. So far not terrible but certainly a lot of people trying to get into San Francisco in the cars. Especially those people that are solo in the cars but the carpool lanes are moving well. San francisco traffic north and southbound 101 is not bad approaching the i80 split with no major issues. On interstate 880, looking
Thanksgiving shopping rush. People hitting the stores looking to find those good black friday deals. Plusnew wildfires break out in the North Carolina mountains. And a teacher arrested at a Raleigh High School. Find out what hes accused of doing. Eyewitness news starts right now. First on Eyewitness News Raleigh Police are on the scene of a deadly crash on lynn road. This is a live look at the scene from breaking news one. It happened around 645 near battleford drive. Were told the crash involved three vehicles. A crash reconstruction unit. Is now on the scene. The road is still shut down at this time. Now to our other top story the black friday shopping rush. Is well underway this thanksgiving. 137million people are expected to shop this weekend and retailers are pulling out all the stops to lure people in with good deals. Dejuanhoggard is live at the best buy in brier creek dejuanwhats it like out there now . 11 15 16 22 40 47 16 22 40 47 the first doors were open. Nat pop preblack f
Count, brought to you by mcdonalds, supporting athletes on their journeys toward olympic gold. The americans continue to lead in both overall and gold medals. Meanwhile, jamaica won its first two rio golds last night and tonight with Elaine Thompson and usain bolt claiming the titles of worlds fastest woman and man. And south africa won its first gold tonight with Wayde Van Niekerks world record performance in the 400 meters. It was also a tremendous sunday for Great Britain da across gymnastics, sailing, cycling, and tennis with andy murray winning a second straight singles title. And there was goal from justin rose in golfs return. And well leave you tonight with the first olympic golf medal ceremony since one was presumably held at glen Oak Hill Country club in st. Louis back in 1904. Justin rose with the gold. Swedens Henrik Stenson wins silver. And americas matt kuchar wins bronze. . . . . . . So thatll do it for us. Ryan seacrest coming up in late night. And tomorrow on the today