Caleb welcome back to the show but under tough circumstances my friend. Tell me how youre doing today, first off. Then tell me about the experience. Well thanks for having me, gerri. Thank you for all the kind words and prayers that have been offered up. Yeah, all my thoughts and prayers i know that the majority of the country are going out to the family, the families that lost loved ones. This is a tragedy of monumental proportions. Yeah im feeling better. The body is a little beat up but im not complaining. Because i was able to walk away and many people werent. David i heard you speak about this earlier in the day. What was interesting to me, you were at the back of the train. You had very little notice that anything was going to happen. It came as a huge shock. Describe that scene to me. What happened in the car you were sitting in . I heard a lot of different accounts, but my account is very simple. I was just sitting there, relaxing listening to my ipod, listening to a few podcas
This was near the 680280 interchange near clayton road you. Could see smoke for miles. Peggy bunker was on the fire line and joins us tonight in san jose. Peggy . Reporter good evening, raj. You know, the conditions were perfect for a fire such as this. Hot, dry. With strong bursts of win, pushing up the side of the hillside. Firefighters say it was really the homeowners who helped in preventing this from being a lot worse. Neighbors say they saw smoke pouring out of an empty house on clayton road today, flames jumping from the first house to the second one, demolishing them both. A huge response included 17 San Jose Fire Department engines and cal fire hitting it from the air and the ground. Neighbor robert long says people who live there know how to protect their homes. He wasnt concerned a bit. And weve got everything cleared to 100 feet around the house. Youre not worried right now . No. Reporter it turns out this is what long does for a living. He disks land around homes and busin
What do you say to the people who want to know where their money is . Plus, this man once prominent on the sheriffs board now accused of stealing more than a Million Dollars from investors. Why he is now doing time after we investigate him. Here is chief Investigative Reporter tony kovaleski. Thank you for joining us. For the next 30 minutes, we investigate. Its asking tough questions, uncovering government waste, and holding those in power accountable. We begin with the safety of public transportation. In the south bay, its a popular choice for commuters, and a new choice in getting to levis stadium. Tonight questions about the light rail system paid with tax dollars and run by the valley transportation authority. We dug into inspection records and uncovered safety concerns. Investigative reporter vicky nguyen found faulty wheels, potential for headon collisions, and other issues that records show the vta has been slow to fix. Reporter vta trains travel at a top speed of 55 Miles Per