With her father on july 1st, 2015. Before the trial got underway, his attorney answered questions from reporters. State of mind is a difficult question. He has a 2nd grade education. He obviously has Mental Health issues. It is not a Mental Health defense in terms of we are not saying he is not guilty because he has a mental defect. But his state of mind is relevant to the answers he is giving to police officers. They are asking him questions and he is talking about vegetables or he goes off the narrative many times. Defense attorneys say the shooting was accidental with the gun going off as zarate was unwrapping it after finding it stuffed beneath a nearby bench. Prosecutors say zarate was recklessly shooting at people. The case has fueled a National Debate over actuary cities. Zarate, who is a mexican national, had been deported several times prior to the deadly shooting. President trump talked about the death of kate steinle during his campaign saying the shooting shows the need for
This monday morning with 50s and 60s bay areawide. Temps are dropping into the 40s for some valley locations while higher elevations, mainly above 3,000 feet, are still in the 70s because of warmer air aloft. High pressure this week will mean unseasonably warm temps during the afternoons. Todays highs will be in the upper 80s to low 90s for the inland valleys. The bay shoreline will warm to the mid 80s, while the coast will hit the upper 70s. We may see a few spots tie or even break high temperatures records this afternoon. Looking ahead, tuesday should be the warmest day this week, before gradual cooling kicks wednesday. Inland highs should drop back the mid 70s by no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya breaking overnight. Another shooting on a bay area freewa
Illegal immigrant jose zarate is charged with seconddegree murder in her death. The handgun that used belong to the bureau of Land Management ranger who reported it stolen from his car one week before kate steinle was shot. Deputy District Attorney diana garcia said the handgun would not go off accidentally as a defense has claimed. Theres going to be a baseline question that the jury is going to answer. The question is, whether the defendant intended to fire that can. We have a charge against him of murder. That is what we believe the evidence is going to show. We are talking about a gun with history of accidental discharges. It does not have a safety on it. It is marketed that way. This case set off a nationwide debate over sanctuary cities since jose zarate has been released from a San Francisco jail even though federal immigration authorities wanted him to stay in custody. He had been deported five times previously. However the judge in this case has barred any mention of the polit
Clara, growing concerns over a massive recall. Many packaged vegetables due to listeria contamination are being recalled. Consumers are being advised not to consume the products. It is always a concern. I like to eat a lot of fresh produce. Reporter the recalled products range from broccoli to salad trays. Publichealth officials have not reported any illnesses associated with the product. The salinasbased Company Initiated the voluntary recall after ban abundance of caution based on a single positive sample taken in canada. If there was listeria present, they should not be selling the products. I have an elderly mother. I would not want her to eat something that would make her sick. I definitely would prefer not to get sick them something i paid for. Reporter the company is recalling 100 products sold at retailers from walmart, trader joes and safeway. Whole foods at 10 Northern California stores in San Francisco and in the east bay are also pulling product. The regional recall listed
Us, it was a challenge because parents are driving their kids to school and theyre dropping them off. We want to get the clear information out to folks so parents can make a decision. Reporter the wind carried the thick black smoke up 1,000 feet and north and east blanketing the bay. Epa local agencies sent teams out to monitor the pollutants in the air on the populated benicia side, including simple elementary levels were low. But on the industrial side. Levels various times this morning it peaked up to ten times normal background. Reporter this is a live look at the same stack that was emitting all that flame and smoke throughout the day. As you can see, a great improvement here. Basically they have been burning off through the Petroleum Product that was in those lines when the power went out. Even though that outage lasted only 18 minutes, the effects since we have seen have lasted all day and were told by valero we can see flaring for the next several days though not at the level w