Watch. All right, good matchup, jason. Thank you. Ready . Next at 11. This is going to be exciting. I feel like it means that the bay area can finally make it and be bigger than just male sports. Excitement building across the bay area. Big announcement expected tomorrow from the Womens National basketball association. The 11 00 news on ktvu fox two starts now. Indeed, a big day tomorrow for womens sports right here in the bay area. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im julie julie haener. Sources tell ktvu that a wnba Expansion Team will be given to the Golden State Warriors and a big announcement is planned for tomorrow at chase center. Ktvu is amber lee joins us now. And amber, this is a big deal not only for the bay area but for female athletes as well. Thats right. Julie and mike, i spoke with former wnba players, coaches and a female high school athlete. All of them tell me this will have a huge impact on womens professional basketball ball and the young women who are as
Gilroy area. You will notice some light showers. Also around the delta were seeing spotty showers, oakley, out to bethel island. The showers are falling right now. This storm was a soaker. Look at these totals. 4. 78 in ben lomond. Almost two inches in observing. Not far behind concord. Livermore 1. 08. On the storm impact scale this is a level one through tonight. Expect scattered light showers, an additional third of an inch with low visibility. Im going to time this all out for you through the rest of tonight and let you know if there are any more storms coming as we head to the holiday coming up. Dan and kristen . The rain pounded the south bay especially the santa cruz mountains. Driving on highway 17 was no picn picnic. Janine de la vega joins us live with more. Reporter kristen, it is gray, it is dreary, and it is wet. We are here at the summit and its hard to predict when slides are going to happen along here. Those who drive highway 17 know the dangers of the santa cruz mounta
Airport in honolulu and chartered a plane to maui. He made it through tsa with a fake id be a chose san jose because it was the cheapest ticket in to california. He landed sunday night and took a cab to a motel. I couldnt believe i actually made it. It was surreal. Reporter saito spent time looking to buy a car in san jose. But unable to do that he took another cab to stockton, an area hes familiar with after spending three years in nearby lodi with his family when he was a teenager. After spending three nights in stockton with one trip to walmart to buy a phone, he decided it was time to move on. A cab driver agreed to drive him to reno wednesday. When they stopped for gas on the way out police swooped in and arrested ato. Police officers converged on me. Reporter the final question, why did he escape . After 37 years in the psychiatric hospital, saito says he had an exemplary record with no violence or drugs. He said this escape was his chance to prove he was not a danger to anyone a
Good evening im julie haener. And im Frank Somerville. The governors Emergency Declaration can help free up money for additional crews and response. The combination of extreme drought and hot weather has turned much of our state into a tinderbox and he plans to help firefighters as much as he can. The biggest fire thats been happening is the rocky fire. Debora villalon back on the fire line, you learned the fire is still spreading and causing more people to evacuate from home. Were on the east side of clear lake. Were watching this ridge about 5 miles away. The rocky fire, flames still growing and occasionally leaping up. People here are being warned they should be prepared today leave if necessary. The big picture is so big it becomes hard to grasp. More than 18,000 acres and still burning. My nephews, my grand kids, my son and daughterinlaw. Reporter but evacuees have to think small. What they can grab fast and throw into the car. What is irreplaceable. Its been crazy. Its been scary
Thank you for waking up with us. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is saturday, august 1st, ill claudine wong. Im paul chambers. Happening now, b. A. R. T. Is repairing a vital section of track near the transbay two, no service from west oakland and embarcadero stations. Service will resume early monday morning. 80,000 riders who rely on the Transit System on weekends must find another way around. Made plans with my friends. So those plans are out of window . Now they are out the window, of course. What this is addressing is some of the wear and tear of a system thats almost 45 years old. Now, starting saturday, september 5th, b. A. R. T. Will again shut down the transbay tube during the Labor Day Weekend. Both closures will allow b. A. R. T. To cross trains from one track to another from the west oakland station to the transbay tube. With these changes b. A. R. T. Says if there is a delay they can move trains around easier and reduce the length of the delay. Taking a look at this map from