Senate leaders were rewriting parts of the 500page bill late tonight. The senator tweeted this photo of one page from the bill complaining he couldnt read the handwritten changes in it. Democrats call it a give away to the wealthy. We will keep an eye on the vote and bring it to you as soon as it happens. Lets move on for the moment to developing news in oakland where 300 feet of shoreline and four shipping containers slid into the oakland tonight. It was at a pier set to be demolished. Sky 7 caught firefighters placing protective booms in the water to surround the site of that collapse. This shows you with the base is planned. The 64 acre Housing Development is along the embarcadero. City leaders said its a major part ore develop the oakland waterfront. The man just acquitted in the shooting death of kate steinle remains in custody tonight and the question is a complicated one. The defendant in the case was acquitted of all murder and manslaughter charges in the case but he was found
Inland. We cool off quickly tonight with the clouds. But as we look at the chance of rain over the next seven days, it looks pretty dry, although you could see a few sprinkles later on tonight. Ill show you where and talk about the sevenday outlook when we see you next. Lisa, thank you. Breaking news of a deadly accident on the bay bridge. A live look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera. The chp says a pickup truck hid a pedestrian there just after 5 00 this morning. As you can see, theres a lot of congestion on the bridge right now with lanes 14 through 16 blocked. Theres no word yet on when those lanes will reopen. Traffic is backed up to interstate 880. Developing news this morning, a big win for the white house. Snate republicans garnererd enough votes to pass a sweeping tax bill. That bill affecting just about every american. Abcs maggie rulli has the details. The tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. Reporter a victory for senate republicans. After intense back and forth ne
Well all see the clouds. We could see an isolated shower mainly in the north bay after sunset. Well talk about the rest of the accuweather sevenday coming up outlook. Developing news this morning, a big win for the white house. Senate republicans garnererd enough votes to pass a sweeping tax bill. That bill affecting just about every american. Abcs maggie rule has the details. The tax cut is passed. Reporter a victory for senate republicans. After intense back and forth negotiations all week, the partys lawmakers finally getting just enough votes to pass the gops new tax plan without any yeas from the democrats. Dubbed the tax cuts and jobs act, the plan includes a huge tax cut for big corporations. Republicans say the benefits will trickle down and ultimately help the middle class. But democrats are not buying it. Theyre once again telling families to place their faith in tired trickle down economic theories. And we have seen how that works. It doesnt. Reporter nonpartisan agencies sa
May have been a factor . Reporter you know, right now we are in the preliminary stages of the investigation. So we are looking to determine exactly why the vehicle lost control, why that driver lost control, what the speeds were, and were looking at all the different factors surrounding why this collision took place. As we take a look from sky 7, we can see here that these images of damage, just absolutely horrendous. Can you tell us, lanes 14, 15, and 16 where this all took place, those lanes being impacted right now, where are they on the bridge for viewers who are just now tuning in . So there are approximately 18 lanes on the bridge itself. As you mentioned those numbers, this would be on the northern side of the toll plaza, essentially next to the bus flyover. So close to fast track on that side, correct . Absolutely, yes. The lanes right next to the fast track on the northern side. As you mentioned, the investigation is still in the preliminary stages. That backup now continuing
Residents of st. Helena. Reporter as you can see, theyre just Getting Started with this meeting here now at 6 00 live still waiting on the mayor, i believe, at this point. The reason this meeting is happening at all has to do with a recall effort for the mayor and the folks who wanted to recall him agreed to hold that movement if he agreed to these town Hall Meetings so that he could talk to the folks in the town about the problems that they have. Live in st. Helena, emily turner, kpix5. The rat infestation in San Francisco is so bad there is now a long wait list for people desperate for exterminators. Kpix5s Susie Steimle reports the problem just keeps getting worse. Besides being gross, theyre incredibly destructive. Reporter dee joyce works at kpix5 and is one of thousands of san franciscans dealing with an uncomfortable intrusion at home. I knew that we had not just one or two rats. It looks like we have a major infestation. Reporter the evidence is all over the bottom floor of her