A popular bay area hiking spot off limits tonight after the ground gave way with deadly results. Good evening. A 58yearold San Francisco woman was killed and another hiker hurt when the ground fell out from under them near arch rock. Mark kelly on whats now being done to keep others away. Reporter chp flies over point reyes taking pictures pinpointing where its sand stone cliffs are crumbling. Its very unstable. It falls apart all the time. Reporter john is the park spokesperson. His crew posted a number of signs warning tigers bear valley trail is sill open but arch rock the popular tourist look out is off limits to hikers. Do not go beyond this point and. You can see a crack going through the dirt. We didnt step over that at all. We kept back after seeing the signs that there had been a collapsed. Reporter last night one person died, a second in serious condition when a large portion of arch rock a well known bridge carved by Mother Nature caved in. Sending two hikers falling 70 feet
Part of it collapsed saturday night killing one person and injuring another. Yesterday the cmpflew over the area to pinpoint exactly where the sandstone cliffs are crumbling. On the ground signs were posted warning hikers arch rock is off limits. We didnt step over it at all, we kept back. The National Parks service says arch rock will probably never be repaired. The hiker who died was a 58 yearold woman from San Francisco. Another hiker missing in yosemite. 20yearold michael dahl was last seen two days ago. He was wearing a blue hoodie, jeans and was carrying a camera. Police released the names of two men killed in an Apartment Fire in oakland. 36yearold Daniel Thomas and 27 yes, sir davis la tone that died when their twostory building near 24th street and mlk boulevard caught fire early saturday morning. The fire spread to an adjoining building. Everyone else made it out safely but about 30 people lost their homes. More than 30 San Francisco businesses getting financial help finally
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