Completed his fall from grace monday, confessing to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs to win the tour de france. Armstrong was stripped of his seven tour titles last year after an exhaustive investigation by the u. S. Antidoping agency. The group questioned 11 of armstrongs former teammates and accused him of masterminding a teamwide operation and intimidating those who threatened to mention it. The agencys chief executive spoke it the report to 60 minutes sports. We heard the evidence. We heard the stories from the athletes. And it supported without question every allegation that we put in that letter that obviously now has been shown to be true. Reporter armstrong had always denied he uses performance enhancing drugs. Weve got nothing to hide. We know that Everybody Knows that. Weve proven time in and time out that were clean. Reporter when confronted with the evidence, armstrong decided he would no longer fight the charges in court. He issued a Statement Last au
So far, california farmers have spent an estimated 10 million for frost mitigation. Elissa harrington, cbs 5. It was a cold night in one north bay neighborhood because of this fallen tree. A tall redwood crashed down on power lines on a house in larkspur. Nobody was hurt. The tree as roots apparently had decayed. Pg e crews worked overnight to restore the power to a few dozen customers in the area. To pinpoint how cold it will be in your neighborhood, go to our cbssf. Com weather. I had to blast the heater while i was driving to work this morning. It was chilly, elizabeth. I know. A little seat warmer a, a little heater and we have a sort of hotspot developing if you want to call it that. They are doing Traffic Control anyway. Jackson street and loring avenue, so again, we are not sure at this point how big the fire is. Its a residential area. Its about a mile or maybe even less from the carquinez bridge. So you may be able to see some smoke new are crossing i80. Elsewhere, live look o
The stations but voted down measure q in november which would have been a 75 a year parcel tax. Firefighters at the stations that closed didnt lose their jobs but instead filled vacancies at other stations or were reassigned. In martinez, elissa harrington, cbs 5. Fire investigators are looking for what sparked a blaze on a pier in crockett this morning. The fire was first reported shortly before 4 a. M. Near the intersection of jackson street and loring avenue. Contra costa fire boat battled the flames with help from the u. S. Coast guard. There was an added concern about floating debris on fire, as well. The concern is floating burning debris that could get under the very large wooden pier that they have on the north side. Fire investigators are calling the fire suspicious because the same pier burned just a couple years ago and because theres no Electricity Service there to point towards an electrical problem. A big rig hit and killed a woman in cupertino this morning around 7 a. M.