Two children were killed when a massive oak tree limb fell on their tent. It happened at the Upper Pines Campground in the Yosemite Valley just west of curry village. The two children were asleep in their tent when at about 5 a. M. , the limb came crashing down. Video just in from the campsite shows how the limb sheared off. Police tape surround the tent and the tree now. Rangers say the campers never saw any danger. In this particular situation people were simply in a campsite here in upper pines. They were in a designated campsite. They were camping out just like, um, you know, people are doing right now. It makes me feel sad for the family and sad for the situation because its out of their control. One of the victims was with his family. The other was a family friend. Their identities have not been released yet. Also in yosemite, park officials are closing campsites at Tuolumne Meadows after two squirrels died from plague they will be treating the area with an insecticide. It will h
Students resumed classes at sonoma state today. Their campus was closed due to the fires. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is there. A few special events planned for today, right . Reporter there are, jessica. This campus has a lot to be grateful for, but also some people who need some support and some care from fellow students. There were some students and Staff Members who did lose their homes including the university president. She lost her home in santa rosa. But the campus is fine. It was not touched by fire. It was saved. A lot to be grateful for there. They will start the day off with coffee and doughnuts in the student center. Everyone invited to that. Theyll also have a banner that people can sign to thank the firefighters for all that they did during this firefight. And then late this afternoon theyre inviting everyone to come and get around that banner and take a picture so they can give it to the firefighters. So they are certainly going to mark what happened in this comm
The acreage didnt grow, it stalled, but containment doubled to 10 . About 600 firefighters are now battling this blaze. Thank you very much for being here to assist us and have a safe shift. Reporter terrain makes this fire dangerous. Five firefighters were injured early yesterday morning. And overnight, another injury, a firefighter suffered burns on his hands. The report we got was for Second Degree burns, he should be okay. Reporter the fire is in the same spot as yesterday, bear canyon, deer creek area. Theyve been getting calls about reaching saratoga. Santa cruz, and other Populated Areas. The message that would be great to get out is just that the location of the fire is not threatening, you know, Populated Areas of other communities other than the areas that are evacuated right now. Reporter evacuations of about 150 homes are still in place. Santa cruz county sheriffs deputies arrested a man for being in possession of about 15,000 worth of jewelry and of bikes. Stolen from an e
Eric weisfeld. And im rochelle dean. Were live times now 5 00. Its another warmer start to the day. And more good news, were halfway through the work week. Thats right. Things should be nice as you head out your door this morning. Lets turn things over to meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy for more on remainder of todays forecast. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you about this and good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep and eye on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning back town halls for the republican president ial hopefuls. Ahead of saturdays gop primary. Tonight. Marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson will gather in greenville for a town hall. Thats at eight tonight on cnn. And tomorrow. Donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will take part in their own town hall. Right here in colum
I still, you know, you know that. Perhaps janet if you want to give an approximate estimate of the project costs development costs. So i a ball park . Probably between im trying to think do the mental math quickly so you dont know. Not offhand its probably in the 6 to seven hundred. Joe i dont have a calculator. I wasnt prepared to answer that question i apologize. Commissioner mondejar courtney having i have a question several questions actually. So im concerned that this building its not going to have affordable unit i understand that the hoa fees is an issue. But at the same time, i just feel like were getting 13. 85 million in view and giving up b m r unit thats over one Million Dollars per unit in the market rate later is going to cost more when their solid considering the market the b m r markets will still generate some revenue in the 200,000 range a difference of the unit sold for market rate. Is that how the 13 passenger seat point yeah. Seems like the issue is were assuming t