Live from the kgotv broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Here comes curry for three. Nearly 40 years in the making and now one step closer to the finals the warriors take game one of the western conference finals. For a time it looked like the rockets were going to blast off early, but steph and the dubs came out in the end. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We will have more on the warriors but first developing news on the oil spill in Santa Barbara county. They believe the shift in wind could push it closer to the city of Santa Barbara. A 1500 boom has been laid out in the water to keep the oil from spreading. Our sister station in los angeles that is been at the scene all night. Clean up efforts are underway along the Santa Barbara county coastline after thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the ocean. Officials found the ruptured pipeline on the north side of the 101 after residents complained of the strong odor. The crude oil spilled into a culvert flowing under the freeway and on t
Well, a good wednesday morning to you. Breaking overnight, the latest round of extreme weather hitting the plains. Heavy rain, hail, dozens of tornadoes to report. This al happened over the past 4 hours. There have been at least 27 reports of tornadoes 20 of them in texas alone. Like the one youre seeing caught on camera here. This is in mineral wells, texas. Left behind miles of destruction. One man injured at a hotel near austin. Elsewhere in texas, torrential rains triggered flash floods. And the region not out of the woods yet. The dangerous weather remaining relentless. This powerful tornado touching down in mineral wells, texas, just west of dallas. Oh, yeah, look at it now. Reporter residents, including this little boy, in awe, as the only nos twister forms. This morning, the damage is being called extensive. I see the roof peeling off. Boards are flying through the air. Thats when we had to get inside. Reporter one building collapsing laying across the road. More debris scatter
Very long. It seems that due to his age and condition the bureau of prisons cut him a break. He is able to serve the remainder of his sentence at home on confinement. After five years of monotony of former disgraced governor spent this morning traveling through downtown chicago. The governor is a very close to being a completely free man. This is another step and a long journey. As he begins his transition back into the free world. He does so as a convicted felon. He would like me to tell you there he is grateful to leave the penitentiary. He is grateful also for the support and encouragement that he has received from many people. His son drove him straight here to the Salvation Army freedom center. The former governor wanted to see the light. Since his imprisonment began todays trip was his third opportunity to venture outside. He had not forgotten how to do that. He is in decent spirits. Obviously it is such a stark change from the penitentiary life that he has become accustomed to s
10 days warmer than this in many many years. Winter storm warnings to the west and tornado watches and warnings to the south. We will stack up about 226 but other areas will get more. This is on the ground and it is frozen below the systemsurface. And it has nowhere to go but to run off. Here is the next act. Temperatures are dieting in the west. Precipitation changes to snow to the west. You can see this rain at midnight and the morning rush hour and the rain snow line is three here. We could get accumulating snow tomorrow afternoon. We have some thoughts on how many inches and we will be back with that in this broadcast. Things are slow with reports of 60 minute delays at the airport. Youve heard of fire drills. Tornado drills. About a gun massacre drill . In the wake of the Sandyhook School shootings in connecticut, a northwest suburban high school is planning to run a very realistic preparedness drill tommorow. Thats where wgns sean lewis picks up our story. As students left the hi
The in terms to fix me . I cant believe this. I didnt even park my car today. Sunshine, 20 degree temperature drop. Heres how things look. 46 right now at ohare. 44 in lansing. What this means is we are expecting to see sunshine. Sunrise today is 6 00 a. M. On the dot. It sets at 7 40 p. M. Up to 53 degrees by today. 44 degrees by 9 00 p. M. We do cool down significantly into wednesday. That low is 45 degrees. Cooler on the lakeside wednesdays high 53. Showers and potentially a thunderstorm likely. No more or drove a malfunction for me. How do i look . And my okay . You look great. Heres a few spots. Overnights road work out their specifically right by the circle into change. Heading out bound on the kennedy at the toll its blocked off at randall for road work until 5 00 a. M. That includes the ramp from the kennedy to the outbound of the eisenhower. If he had to the outbound like from the kennedy youll have to flip back around on congress and that goes until 5 00 a. M. Two teenagers w