Than what we saw when we first arrived here. When we got here this morning right after the fire started, this whole hillside behind us was covered with flames. Huge flames and it was burning through all of this dry brush and burning out of control. Now the update i got a short time ago is that this fire is not actively burning anymore. So they have slowed the spread of this fire. They have stopped the spread of this fire. But they are still calling it 0 contained. That is because as you look at some of these firefighters here working on this hillside, what they are trying to do is make sure the edges of this fire are contained so it does not flair back up. So at this point still saying they have no containment on this fire. A lot more work to be done. Let me show you a scene from earlier this morning. It was just after 4 00 this morning when it started on this hillside burning through this dry brush. This is just off of deer hill road. Close to Pleasant Hill road and just north of high
Arsons to about a dozen. That is including the seven this week and at least five others from 2016. The first five this week happened overnight in a driveway. The two this morning were parked on the streeet. Fire officials believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. They say there are some commonalities among them. Much of which they wont share in order not to compromise the investigation. I spoke with residents nearby in walnut creek. And they say this is part of a trend in increase in crime here in recent years. One man told me that hes lived here since the nineties without incident up until the last year. His car was stolen twice. So now he says hes taking a different approach to prevent Something Like this from happening to himself or his neighbors. Tim mcconnell neighbori think its one of the things weve kind of decided that with this kind of going on and now the vehicle fires. If people are driving through your neighbhorhood i dont think theres a real proble
Computer. we take child porn very seriously. We go after it as hard as we can Alecia Marshall pfeiffer retired from acalanes high in june. On monday, investigators with the internet crimes against Children Task force showed up to his walnut creek home and put him in cuffs. A number of agencies across the bay area also took part in the probe. Sot its shocking because he seemed like a nice guy. Alecia the School District is working with police, and says theres no evidence that suggests the 66 year old former teacher took part in any illegal activity during his years at the school. Two of doug watsons children attend acalanes. Hes appalled. i have zero tolerance for this you dont want your children anywhere near these people. Alecia police say pheifer is a first time offender. If convicted hes looking at 3 yars in prisonlive in Lafayette Pam happening now. The west oakland bart station remains closed. Following a shooting. This is cell phone video of the incident. Bart Officials Say a man