Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. A legend both on the court and off passed away. Warriors hall of famer, Nate Thurmond, is being remembered as one of the greatest basketball players of alltime and a man of grace and dignity to all of us here at abc 7. Thurmond was chosen as 1 of the 50 greatest in nba history. He lost his battle with leukemia. He was 74. He joined larry beil as an analyst on after the game. Larry looks back at a life of an nba legend. Nate thurmond had no trouble living up to the nickname big nate. Born in akron, ohio, Nate Thurmond was a force in college in bowling green, drafted third overall by the warriors in the 1963 nba draft, a big man who rebounded and blocked shots, playing along side greats like rick barry and Wilt Chamberlain and more than held his own against legends like abdul jabar. If you look at what he gave to the teams he played for, i feel he is one of the greatest ever to play the game. A seventime allstar, thurmond played
Pam alecia what do we know about the suspect . Reporter a search warrant with to pay handgun that was used to shoot at car driving in blossom hill the senate seat. The crime plat last match the case seems to be handgun. The crime lab reporter reporting live in san jose, alecia reid pam thank you, alecia pam more big news tonight. Four Oakland Police officers have been fired. It all stems from the year long investigation into the sex scandal involving a self descibed call girl named celeste guap. Pam several other officers have been suspended. You may remember. Kron 4 news that broke this story last year. Pam kron 4s j. R. Stone is live tonight from oakland city hall. Reporter the mayor says it has been very soon and in regard to criminal charges being placed against the officers. Reporter those are some of the officers who were fired from the Oakland Police department on wednesday. Seven others have been suspended without pay and one ordered into counseling. All believed to have been i
They are investigating what caused it in the first place. They typically occur when theres space and air in the ground where it shouldnt exist and there is pressure and it collapses. And it causes the sink hole. We will be looking to see if the sink hole or the sewer main break, how they are related and of course, make a determination and of course fix it. Reporter the sink hole opened up yesterday and it started as a depression in the street. We spoke to a woman who said she saw the depression and heard the cars rolling over it and called 311. They came out and we were on the scene as the sink hole gave way. Someone called in 8 30 this morning. Oh oh it just fell in reporter you can see just how big it really is. It will take crews about two or three days to repair the sewer line that runs underneath and then fill this hole to make it safe again for cars to travel over. In the meantime, there will be more traffic on nearby roads traveling east and west. In San Francisco, christien kaf
Tonight that the blame is falling on the shoulders of many contractors the controversy of the rusting bolts in the single anchor suspension section of the bay bridge has finally played outas far as who is to blame and how much it will cost. The fines are in the millions of dollars and project leaders say they will be able to finally close the books on the construction project. Leah robinson it was determined that three parties were equally involved in the failure of the tower anchor rods. Those parties are the contractor, american bridge four, t. Y. Lynn moffit nickal, as well as cal trans. That will round out that 24 Million Dollars. Jeff an expensive mistake for sureall three parties will be equally responsible for their share. it came to a total of 24 million and each of the parties is going to provide eight Million Dollars so the way that will be broken out is that cal trans will get a credit from american bridge four, the contractor. Caltrans will seek a claim against t. Y. Lynn m