Reporter ill tell you, sam, the richmondsan rafael bridge remains a mess. The westbound lanes are still open. From this vantage point, the approach seems to be looking good. The chp has just told us that the eastbound lanes will not reopen until 1 30 this afternoon. Now, it all started just after 8 00 this morning when a big rig carrying 24 tons of contaminated soil hit a krail and burst into flames. The cab of the rig burned, but fortunately the trailers carrying the contaminated dirt did not. The chp says tow trucks are en route and caltrans will inspect the eastbound deck to make sure its safe before reopening it. They just told us that that will not happen until 1 30 this afternoon. I did talk to a man who was on the bridge removing scaffolding when the accident happened. He says he has never seen anything like it. The car ran into the krail and was engulfed in flames and blowing up. The guy was on the other side of the krail, you know, that i seen. We had guys down there, but we a
Yesterday afternoon and quickly it jumped. It quickly went to 200, 500 and now over 1100 acres, only 5 contained. Some of the challenges for the firefighters out here, the hot temperatures are leading to very dry fuel, and this is very steep terrain. Its not easy to access. There are evacuations which kris will touch on later. We know 300 homes at one point were threatened and we know at least one home has burned. Unfortunately, if we have people that dont heed our evacuation request then were in a position where we have to provide rescue usually with those people. My basic plan is to protect my property and my family. Ill be the last one to leave if we have to. Reporter still no determination on what caused yesterdays fire. If you look back out here live, youre looking at the fire burning on loma prieta, theres communication equipment. We talked with a Santa Clara County sheriffs deputy, theres no more fuel for that fire so it wont be burning in that area. This fire right now is burni
I told him to leave and he didnt want to leave. He said hes coming back. Reporter the teen came back minutes later this time with a his cheek, leaving a deep wound. This morning the nypd released these new images of the three other teens they believe was with the attacker who they want to question. The hunt for that group is happening as Police Search for this man who they say attacked a 33yearold man near columbus avenue on west 88th street on thursday. The man accused of stabbing the victim in the back before running away with his kindle and headphones around 5 00 p. M. I hope that they find them and arrest them. What they have to do to catch them and i hope they do. Reporter he is getting rest until his doctors appointment next week as he plans to go back to work as soon as the doctor says that he is ready. Were learning more about the slashing yesterday clothing store. It was not a random attack and the random and the slasher knew each other. The 21yearold slashed had a attacker. O
Station on court street at 8 00. He is identified as 46year old david french. Sources say he was arrested more than 20 years ago for hitting a woman on the subway. Then a few times since then for minor nonviolent offenses. He has been homeless for years and in and out of hospitals for mental illness. Women say theres not much you can do except be aware of your surroundings. I feel like they should have, like, you know, people like in here so they, like, check around who is, like, coming in. I would like to see more of a Police Presence in the subway. Fares went up and people are getting hurt on the subway. Its not good. Reporter other riders like kelsey weeks have noticed more police and are grateful. About 3 a. M. And the Police Actually came on the train to make sure that i was okay since i was alone. So i thought that was pretty cool. Reporter we did reach out to the victim of this scary incident. She said she wanted to put it all behind her and didnt want the suspect is charged wit
Passed out when medics arrived on the scene. According to our news 4 sources. People told those medics he ingested some type of substance. Ems crews immediately performed cpr and then they gave dmx a round of narcam. Thats the antidote to treat a heroin overzoet. The good news, he is out. We reached out to dmxs lawyer, he blames the incident on a possible asthma attack, he has no knowledge that his client was using drugs. Again, we talked to the hotels manager who remembers seeing dmx shortly before this all happened. He didnt seem like he was on drugs or anything . No, nothing. He came back this morning . He came in the morning and he paid he looked all right . Yes. I fellow recording artists and producers said that they reached out to the wrapper today, and they said he is resting and doing okay. Yonkers, a native, dmx has made quite a fortune in the movie and music industries. Brynn gingras, back so you. Snow is being tracked into our area. Janice huff is tracking it for us. We stil