derrick ion, and we do have a criminal investigation team on the site, the fire has prompted the mayor of oakland to call for a review of how they handle buildings like this. vigils are being planned today in san francisco and oakland. we spoke with the man whoent ready the ghost ship for the party and concert. he is staying at a he tell in downtown oakland where we find our reporter. yes, good morning, we are standing outside the oakland marriott city center this morning. we learned last night that ian has actually been staying here. last night and abc cruise call up with derrick ian alameda here in downtown oakland. he founded the ghost ship clintonive and ran it at warehouse investigation. there are a lot of questions involving ian. this is what he had so say last night, his worrieds only on abc7. people are wondering. [ inaudible ] they are my children, my friends, my family, my love, my future. what else and i say? people would work for ian say he was warned
inside. they called off the search for now. they need to stabilize the building. there is hope they will get inside for part of the building later this morning. we are look at getting in with a.t.f. and then if we get the all clear we will look at that section at the back. the front of the building.probably later today. they have searched 70% of building and found 33 victims. they do think they will find more victims. they are hoping to wrap up the search before the rain hits which would hamper their efforts so there is a sense of urgency. reporting live in oakland for abc7 news. i can see why it is so tough for the crews with want to get it over with and get the information to the families. that is hard to hear. city and county leaders are holding a news conference at 6 a.m. so that is less than an hour. we will cover that when it is happening. we will bring it to you when it happened and bring it on our news app this is what we know: so far, eight ims have been pu
san pablo area we had an earlier semi fire now all cleared. you are jammed up beyond highway 4, 12 miles per hour up to 28 miles per hour, and it is speeding up and improving the closer to where the lanes were blocked. hopefully it will improve the next half hour. we will check on the drive times next. awe are gettingng back to the oakland fire, we are waiting for officials to start a news conference on the recovery and of course the investigation. our reporter is at 31st and international where it is about to take place. sergeant j.d. nelson with the never s office is here and it appears we are getting started soon ask he said he was here right on time. he is waiting for officials from a couple of different agencies to get here before they start. we stilt have a few more seconds or minutes to go so i will catch you up on what we hope to hear. we want to hear more of the stability of the building and it will look like. they had to suggestion send the search. they stoppe
one of our deputies that we work with, he lost his son in this fire. reporter: at least 33 bodies left behind. crews and covering bodies in every section of the warehouse. when they reached the middle, they found a group of 10 bodies within feet of each other. the weight of the devastation, overwhelming. it was quiet. it was heartbreaking. reporter: the focus now, recovering bodies but investigators say attention will shift to how and why the building wasn t permitted for events like the dance party on friday night when the fire ripped through the warehouse and it wasn t permitted for living but many called at home. everybody is being forced to live in situations that are unsafe to have a roof over their head at this point. reporter: melissa says her friends are among the victims. i am just feeling that loss for the community, for the artists. just for oakland in general. reporter: fire officials are saying to be prepared for more loss. somebodies are unidentifi
age from 17 to people in their mid 30s. alameda county sheriff s office says it s still not clear how many people were in the building when it caught fire, and search teams were only able to get through about 40 percent of the warehouse so investigators still don t know how much more bodies could be found. we ll continue to follow the story throughout the morning. first we want to get a local check of weather and traffic with steve. it ll be cold tomorrow and rain on the way. when? looks like an interesting week. things are changing slowly today. there s a lot of thick fog out there. thick fog out there, sal. yes, there is. yes, sir. not widespread but seems to be dancing around and based on experience here and probably picking up between the 6-7:00 a.m. hour. mix of sunshine and clouds and a lot of moisture streaming across the pacific. 30s, 40s, 50s on the temp so few 30s in the mix but a lot of 40s and 50s. it looks okay down in southern california. everything