something like now at 11:00, this abandoned bay area building goes up in flames. tonight neighbors tell us something like this was bound to happen. good evening, i m veronica de la cruz. and i m elizabeth cook. the blighted library burned down this afternoon on miller avenue in east oakland. kpix 5 chris nair says it has been used by squatters. reporter: investigators say the building is a complete loss tonight after the third fire in less than a year. neighbors say the city of oakland should have closed it up years ago. the top floor of the building that was once east oakland s library looked nothing more than a fire ball. the whole top floor is gone. when we arrived on scene, the whole building was engulfed in flames. the structural engineer red tagged the city-owned building, which had been abandoned for decade. some neighbors say the fire began with a brawl between squatters. someone set the fire intentionally. but a woman who did not want to show us her face sa
members showed us how bad it was. people are living here, starting fires. reporter: last year it burned twice. gyos says the city got a $1.5 million insurance payment after the fires. instead of fixing the building, they plan to sell it to a church below market value and use the insurance money to make up the difference. now that sale may not happen. but he still has hope someone will buy the land. in oakland christin ayers, kpix 5. after shaking in the east bay, 30 earthquakes in contra costa in less than 24 hours. all of them centered around danville. the biggest one a magnitude 3.5 at 12:30 this afternoon just east of 680. scientists at the usgs say the quakes are centered on the fault. they say this does not indicate a bigger one is on the way, but kpix 5 tells us the jolts may keep on coming. reporter: so scientists say an earthquake swarm could last for a few days as long as a month, but right now we re on day seven. as people here in danville can attest, it is
90s inland. happy hump day. bart is having a rough start. they are reporting 15-minute delays on the fremont line towards richmond because of what they are calling equipment problems. all other lines are on time. overall a good start to the morning. you have a couple of hours to go. we all do. thank you so much. [ laughter ] the berkeley city council has approved tougher building regulations in response to the deadly balcony collapse. christian hartnett live in berkeley to explain what will change after last night s vote. it looks like we lost christian s live shot actually. so we ll go on to the next story here. i ll pick it up then. vallejo city leaders are choosing their words carefully as new details emerge in a kidnapping case. the fbi says it collected three drones from a storage facility after arresting matthew muller. he and another suspect allegedly used them to watch a neighborhood prior to abducting denise huskins. fbi also found wireless videocameras
live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. and we have breaking news in fremont right now, a big police presence after one officer shoots a man. these are live pictures from the scene on basson avenue. the area is still surrounded in crime scene tape and there are still a number of police cars, a fire van there. police got a call from a woman who said she and another woman were being chased by her roommate who had a knife. the woman ran out of the house. the male roommate stayed on the porch. a neighbor told us he was in his house when he heard three loud noises outside and the sound of cars speeding away. i called one of my neighbors up and he said some kids came out and a guy had a of new. the cops told him to put it down and they understanded up shooting him, doesn t they ended up shooting him. it doesn t look too good for the guy, i guess. two officers opened fire. the man refused to put down the knife. his condition is not yet known. we learned la
live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. and we have breaking news in fremont right now, a big police presence after one officer shoots a man. these are live pictures from the scene on basson avenue. the area is still surrounded in crime scene tape and there are still a number of police cars, a fire van there. police got a call from a woman who said she and another woman were being chased by her roommate who had a knife. the woman ran out of the house. the male roommate stayed on the porch. a neighbor told us he was in his house when he heard three loud noises outside and the sound of cars speeding away. i called one of my neighbors up and he said some kids came out and a guy had a of new. the cops told him to put it down and they understanded up shooting him, doesn t they ended up shooting him. it doesn t look too good for the guy, i guess. two officers opened fire. the man refused to put down the knife. his condition is not yet known. we learned l