will they be more of a priority in the future in alameda county? >> absolutely. there's no question. >> reporter: you're going to make changes because of the questions we've asked? >> yes. >> reporter: but our investigation has found more concerned. >> i don't feel we have enough ambulances available on the streets. >> reporter: managers for the county say response times are met more than 90% of the time, paramedics point to regular pages like this one, alerting the crew that the system is on level zero. level zero. what's that mean? >> that is when there are no ambulances available to run calls in a specific area. >> reporter: how often does that happen? >> i don't know. >> reporter: and look closely at this. a level zero page. alerting paramedics a call has been holding for 20 minutes. if there are no ambulances that respond to calls, that sounds to a layman like a problem. >> it's not a new problem. >> reporter: you don't know how many times you go to level zero? >> it's not a number we track. >> reporter: a number they do track, is what paramedics has paid, f

all we know is he is from alameda county. >> it's a shootout. go eat somewhere or come back later. we really can't come back later. we are trying to get home. >> reporter: you will just sit out here and wait until they let you in? >> most likely. >> reporter: back out here live where this homicide investigation continues. what we are doing is waiting for the crime scene technicians to get on scene. we are told maybe another hour before they get here. very early in this situation. live in alameda county claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> cal osha is investigating a deadly construction accident in san jose city college. a construction vehicle backed up and hit and killed a woman yesterday. the school has not said if the person killed was a student and will not release the victim's identity until her family is notified. one person left flowers at the accident site. >> everybody is so close to each other. even though you didn't know the person, it's like losing somebody who you did know. >> reporter: classes are not in session right now, many students and professors are on campus p

our local advisory committee to alameda county has been working on processes for -- identifying local projects for community improvement and we would like to be able to have some assurance we're going to move ahead with that. there are questions as to why things are taking so long, and so we are really at a point we're at a stand still to implement the things we're able to do once this project is approved so on behalf of the community i would request that whatever can be done to facilitate this project moving forward be done so that we will be able to move ahead with some of our projects, even as small as they seem compared to other things you deal with. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> yes, i am mervtiesen. i am sides of sunol and also on the board of save our sunol, sos, and i would like to move i would hope this would move towards approval of this because as the previous speaker mentioned we have been negotiated for about four years, so that we could have the resources to do a lot of projects within the community of sunol and we had a great expec

we just spoke with alameda county fire.ot an update on their work and how they're doing and the conditions there and the weather described as very challenging today. they left from livermore yesterday. this is video the fire department gave me this morning. those firefighters are doing structure protection and cutting lines today. they are from hayward fire, alameda county, fremont, oakland and east bay regional parks. the rim fire has crossed highway 120 year yosemite, as you said, only about 5% contained. two residences and seven outbuildings have burned, 2500 structures threatened and it's hot, up to 91 degrees there. lad number of camps with ties san jose, berkeley and san francisco, all evacuated. high school students from berkeley returned quickly, saying they only had about 15 minutes to get out. the special ops chief from alameda county says these types of wild land fires are a real challenge, especially in this weather. >> the weather changes, the nation of fire changes, and this happens to be in relatively unfrien

we have also confirm 109 diversions in alameda county in the past 22 months. paramedics tell us that's the problem and that's why the change was necessary. >> it is eye opening, certainly. >>> if you have a tip for tony or anyone in the investigative unit give us a call or e-mail. >>> let's bring in the chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with the forecast here talking about wind directions and this weekend coming up. >> it looks like a good labor day weekend. we stayed out of 90 degrees in the east bay, right near the average with 88 in livermore. 85 in san jose. one of the warmer spots coming in at 87 in the alameda valley. and napa at 86. today another system offshore with the storm track close here. a bit unusual for this time of the year. so far it looks like all chances of rainfall will stay to the north tonight. but it is producing light presip totals about .02 to .03 inch. let's get you outside to the sky camera network. the fog is getting aggressive at this hour as the bay bridge span closes tonight. that fog will be rolling over at 2,000 to 3,000 feet.

we are in hayward in alameda county. officers say they got here they found a 33-year-old lying in the street. though say he was not armed but he had been shot. this happened at midnight in hayward. officers now are trying to figure out why this happened. >> investigators are trying to locate witnesses. we do not know what the motive is at this point. we are exploring all possibilities. >> police say it appears the victim was visiting someone and was at someone's home. they say he doesn't live in the neighborhood but they think he is from alameda county. they have not released his name. they are still just getting started on the investigation with no arrests at this point. they are asking for anyone to come forward with any information. they think they will be here for a few more hours so the block in unincorporated hayward is shut down. >> now the weather forecast. summer is become. mike? >> good morning, everyone, warm yesterday and we will have the same in most areas today. the cloud are up against the shore because of

live in alameda county claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> cal osha investigating a deadly construction accident yesterday at san jose city college. a woman was killed. she was hit by a construction vehicle that was backing up. we don't know if the victim was a student. we did talk to one person who left flowers at the accident scene. >> everybody is so close to each other. even though you didn't know the person, it's like losing somebody you did know. >> while classes are not in session many students and professors are in campus. the machine operator involved here worked with the construction company preston pipelines of milpitas. he told investigators he never saw that victim. >>> happening today the family of missing oakland toddler daphne web plans a walk to show their commitment to finding the missing little girl. the walk is set to begin at 1:00 outside the oakland police department at seventh and broadway. daphne's father reported her missing july 10th. he told the police a 21-month- old girl was taken from a car outside of a store. >>> we will know tomorrow if the new eastern sp

. >> now, the eastern alameda county where fire crews are monitoring hot spots from a fire that burned this afternoon. >> the fire ignite east of livermore. >> about 20 acres burned before crews managed to gain the upper hand. >> an rv was lost in the fire. >>> emotions ran high as an ant antioc man was in court today. >> he's charged of kill it would go at a jewelry store. >> prosecutors claim he attacked the employees because he thought he'd been over charged for an item. >> someone screamed out murder. >>> oakland police now say they've been able to identify three of the four women who may have been witnesses to an unsolved homicide. >> the photos were taken by stone of free month before he was shot. >> the four women left before the police arrive. >> detectives say they hope they will have information that'll help serve this case. >>> san francisco is reporting a loud explosion involving a fedex truck. >> a driver reported hearing a blast. he said he heard and felt the boom. >> the bomb squad responded and traffic was rerouted. >> there was no evidence of an actual bomb. >> they su

although he's not a named suspect in the sandra koch case, former alameda county prosecutor told me it would not surprise him if alana were involved. he charged alana with murder in 1983. he was accused of bashing a woman's head with a hammer, but acquitted. while alana was in jail, he said alana stabbed another inmate 93 times with the help of another inmate. alana pled to involuntary manslaughter and served six years in prison. he was put in solitary confinement after a prison officer spotted him manufacturing weapons in a work area. alana was labeled a member of the notorious prison gang, the black gorilla family. alana denied that. cook meant alana20 years ago and briefly dated him before he was back in prison. >> former prosecutor said he sees why women were attracted to alana. he was a ladies guy. a lot of work in the courtroom during his trials, charming the court clerks and the court reporters while he was on trial for his criminal offenses. linda yee, kpix5. >>> a cooling off period could be the solution to the bay area and what it needs to avoid another bart strike. if the ma

in alameda county about 250,000 school kids have it. >> what's worse is that over 4% living with food insecurity receive the low-income threshold and can to the qualify. >> reporter: the federal standard for a family of four to qualify is just over 42,000. but state and school officials say the cost of living is much higher in the bay area and state. so the call is for congress to take more rejunal looks at -- regional looks at this. >> we know it's less expensive to provide that same meal, say, in the state of florida or the state of alabama than it is here in california. >> reporter: skinner, who is introducing a resolution to congress, says that at the federal level, congress needs to look hat free and reduced programs more regionally. she says one-size-fits-all formulas does not work. >> we have many families in oakland, richmond, san pablo, whatever, that do not qualify and yet their income is not adequate to supply for their families all of their needs. >> reporter: another problem is a reimbursement from the grost which they say is just -- from the government which they say is

cal fire and alameda county heard the call. >> it is an active juggling resource. >> just today alameda fire september two engines and eight firefighters to help cal fire fight the rim fire. right now there are 10 major fires burning in the state. just about every fire department has been asked to deploy crews to the fire lines. >> with the predicted red flag rn whattings we held -- red flag warnings we held people over in the unit for incidents like this. >> alameda county fire is still fully staffed, but the request for the out of area aid keeps coming in. >> it could get to the point where at least in this area we are unable to send assets and resources. >> agencies hope that won't happen, but they insist that safety at home comes first. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> in marin county there is concern that eucalyptus trees could go up. san rafael may have to return a quarter million dollars for a project chopping down flammable trees. john alston asks why. >> these hillsides are all really, really dry. >> they are dotted with flammable euptus t that marin county wants to get rid of

, don't give up. >> reporter: so for working to close the achievement gap for foster youth in alameda county, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to daniel senter. kate kelly, kpix 5. >> daniel is now helping other counties set up similar programs. if you would like to learn more, use the link online at kpix.com. click the logo at the top of the page, then jefferson awards to find the story. >>> a special partnership in oakland where zookeepers and academics are helping baby animals until they can make it on their own. >> and we're talking another look at the new bay bridge. less than one week until the entire bridge closes down for the big grand open over the labor day weekend. we'll keep you posted. ,,,,,,,,,,,, do you see the 10% back in points, aw baby, i'm seeing triple again. plus another 10%, plus free shipping? yeah. you're good. this is the member triple play deal. this is sears. >>> now you see it, now you don't. some incredible video from louisiana showing a sinkhole swallowing trees whole yesterday. you can see trees moving very slowly -- and then the momentum carrie

cal fire and alameda county heard the call. >> it is an active jugglingt to. >> just today alameda fire september two engines and eight firefighters to help cal fire fight the rim fire. right now there are 10 major fires burning in the state. just about every fire department has been asked to deploy crews to the fire lines. >> with the predicted red flag rn whattings we held -- red flag warnings we held people over in the unit for incidents like this. >> alameda county fire is still fully staffed, but the request for the out of area aid keeps coming in. >> it could get to the point where at least in this area we are unable to send assets and resources. >> agencies hope that won't happen, but they insist that safety at home comes first. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> in marin county there is concern that eucalyptus trees could go up. san rafael may have to return a quarter million dollars for a project chopping down flammable trees. john alston asks why. >> these hillsides are all really, really dry. >> they are dotted with flammable eucalyptus trees that marin county wants to get rid

. >> breaking news right new in alameda county near the hayward border the sheriff is investigating a homicide and detectives are on the scene with officers responding to a call of shots fired in the area to morning arriving finding a man's body lie in the street. and our news reporter will have an update coming up at 6:30. >> in the south bay, immigration activists ready to depart for a rally in the central valley. and matt keller joins us with who they are targeting with this effort and why. >> people are gathering here in san jose and their bus is expected to air life at any minute. they headed to bakers peeled to rally for immigration reform at the offices at republican house minority whip mccarthy. a bill was passed by the senate in june and they hope to pressure house republicans to take action. our we will remember the people that do not support the right thing which is to get this immigration reform bill on the floor, if you are not there supporting us we will remember you when it is time for election. >> a rally was held yesterday outside the home of chavez's family where the

if it was to creep up woenld switch over to local water supply both in alameda county and san mateo county. the supplies have a filter at their plant. >> the reservoir sits in the middle of the county where that fire is raging. the fire is putting up a tremendous amount of smoke. look at this. this video was shot from the cockpit of an air national guard c-130 airplane before making a drop. we have chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we're talking about a lot of smoke. which way is the smoke travel something. >> off to the north from the location of the fire and the good news yaet again on the doppler radar, no lightning strikes. all the activity to spark the fire earlier this week has pushed out. again, great news for firefighters. we have two marked changes for us when it comes to the weather. drier air moving in. humidity that will drop 10 to 25% over the next 24 hours. and also, a wind shift. a drying east-northeast wind coming their way as we head throughout the next 24 hours. the smoke plumes traveling as far as north as nevada. heading to lake tahoe this weekend, you'll be impacted by

cal fire and alameda county heard the call. >> it is an active juggling resource. >> just today alameda fire september two engines and eight firefighters to help cal fire fight the rim fire. right now there are 10 major fires burning in the state. just about every fire department has been asked to deploy crews to the fire lines. >> with the predicted red flag rn whattings we held -- red flag warnings we held people over in the unit for incidents like this. >> alameda county fire is still fully staffed, but the request for the out of area aid keeps coming in. >> it could get to the point where at least in this area we are unable to send assets and resources. >> agencies hope that won't happen, but they insist that safety at home comes first. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 >> in marin county there is concern that eucalyptus trees could go up. san rafael may have to return a quarter million dollars for a project chopping down flammable trees. john alston asks why. >> these hillsides are all really, really dry. >> they are dotted with flammable eucalyptus trees that marin county wants to get rid

we see in alameda county.ething called "girls court" a way of handling traffic victims, bring the party to the table. and figure out the best way to protect them. get them out alive. make sure they're off drugs. >> a very distinct way that the district attorney heat watch program has really been the nation's leader. >> san francisco, how are they -- >> san francisco has a lot of work to do. in terms of the coordination. we are looking at what alameda county is doing. >> you said las vegas was in play. are the fans involved or the sequester hurting that. >> a lot of federal agencies at the federal and local law enforcement lefg. what i mentioned earlier the president announced human trafficking, child sex trafficking, part of that is a big focus. health and human services is coordinating a range of federal agencies. coordinate efforts to come back. it is a heinous crime. >> what future do the girls have. >> are they all girls? >> it is not all girls. we have been seeing. see this in the bay area and nationwide.

the program's ceo says fathers are currently underserved in alameda county. >> so many of our programs are dedicated to mothers, who are absolutely crucial and important. but families need fathers. children need fathers. and they need fathers to be totally present in their lives. >> the program hopes to reach thousands of fathers throughout the county. >>> well, mark came bopping in during the break and said this a's game is a good one. >> definitely. they need to string together several good ones. apparently if you go by the first five innings or, so the a's packed their bats in the trip to baltimore. they are off to a nice start. 3rd inning, coco homered and brandon moss followed with a solo shot off norris. 3-0 lead. however, o's strike back in the fourth. six runs, a big blow provided by brian roberts off dan straily, grand slam. 6-5. but the a's and their top shot comes through. bases loaded, not a grand slam, but a little power. a looper to right scores a pair. there we are, 6th inning, a's on top 7-6. >>> can it get worse for the giants? seems the answer is always yes. last nigh

okay, so we are at the alameda county fairgrounds. what a gorgeous day here in pleasanton.urrently -- well, let's go to mobile weather right now and take a look at the current air temperature. it is suggesting 73 degrees. no winds. to tell us more about this big- time show going on from today through sunday john drummond is here with the goodguys show. he is the communications director. hi, john. >> hi, roberta. good to have you. >> reporter: thank you. how many people between today and sunday? >> a crowd of about 75,000 people out here this weekend. over 3,000 of these custom cars are going to be on display. >> reporter: what's the criteria for a car to be in the show? >> has to be 1972 or earlier. so you will see a lot of vintage cars out here. we have cars registered from 29 different states. >> reporter: what is the special attraction besides the swap meet as well? >> we have all kinds of stuff. there's a model engine exhibit here that you guys have to see. there's these guys that build these tiny little motors and they run just like a normal motor. that's an exhibit we

. >>> alameda county officials reached out to promote wellness and places that can use a boost. community meeting focused on helping people and those are uncorporated area that's south of san leandro and problems there including obesity and teens's pregnancy that's aimed at kids. >> the folks that live here, they know the community better than we do and the hot spots are and the troubled areas and for example if it is a bad intersection or they know there is certain gang activity that happened in certain part that we don't necessarily know. >> today's meeting to develop a health and wellness plan that'll become apart of the county's plan. >>> plus, what amanda knox is refusing what to do ahead of her roommate's death. >>> the reason attorneys want trumps to pay $40, million. >>> a few showers developing offshores and the one part of the bay area that has a high chance of picking a few sunday's showers. >>> continuing coverage o civil war in syria. killing 12 more in sir ra ya. any talks with britain of the chemical weapons. today to investigate this week's attack but it was prev

we are on the corner of burnall and valley, outside the alameda county fairgrounds. this commute is usually about 40 to 45 minutes from pleasanton to san francisco. we'll be hopping in and taking you for the ride to see how long it will take us. it is 4:00 a.m., why are you awake? but it's 4:00 a.m., so it's not going to take us as long initially for that first 60 minutes. but the 586 corridor is less than a quarter mile down the road. mobile 5 jumping on the 680 for 3 miles, then catching the 580 to the 238. the 238 to the 92, the 92 to the 880, the 880 to 101 and that will be our morning commute from the try valley all the way into san francisco. so come on along we're going to go for the ride and enjoy. reporting from pleasanton, roberta gonzalez, kpix, mobile 5. >>> we're helping you get around for the survival guide, go kpix.com,/bridge. >>> the last car went through the bridge last night, moments later the 1930s model a car went across, that was the first car to go across the bridge when it originally opened. most people rushed to get home in the final hours be

he's a resident of alameda county. he's not a complete outsider.'re trying to figure out is when we do identify him through the coroner's office is who he is and then you start tracking his last moments and finding out why he was here. >> reporter: all we know at this point is that multiple neighbors heard multiple shots befired after midnight. this 33-year-old latino man was found in the streets suffering from gunshot wound. paramedics did try to revive him but were unsuccessful. after police got on scene, they shut down the area, it was shut down until a couple of minutes ago so they could process everything they needed to. we saw them going door to door talking to neighbors trying to piece this together. at this point, no suspects as they continue to investigate. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> 8:48 is the time. we want to check in with sal. see what's happening on the roads. some problems in san francisco, sal? >> yeah, and b.a.r.t. there is a train stuck in the transbay tube. this happened in the middle of the t

these trucks left from alameda county yesterday and were joined by teams from oakland, fremont, hayward and east bay regional parks. they will be helping the more than 900 firefighters already on scene roberta gonzales is in the weather center and it looks like firefighters will soon get some relief, roberta? >> locally, we have had that red flag warning. it was supposed to expire at 3:00 tomorrow morning. it has now expired. this is our live hi-def doppler radar. we are not picking up any kind of activity as far as precipitation is concerned on lightning. however, in the high sierra, we're still picking up a lot of activity. in fact, you can see, look very carefully, you can see the lightning bolts. this is live data so this is lightning as it is happening right now over topaz lake, to the east and also to the north and all this is drifting gradually up north towards carson city. sure, we still have that same area of low pressure anchored about 170 miles due west of monterey bay and the precipitation is wrapping around in a counterclockwise fashion around that low drifting into the hig

. >> some of the members of the alameda county sheriff's search team had a briefing about one hour agoused gps devices to try to locate the toddler appeared >> a lot of her family members are here waiting on the response they are in good spirits and are nervous and have pictures of there with them hoping out, will be positive. >> we will be right back after the break. >> [ male announcer ] with at&t, you're sure to get a better bundle. just choose the 2, 3, even 4 services you want to build the bundle that works for you. [ female announcer ] call at&t now! choose a u-verse triple play bundle for just $79 a month, our new low price. get the same great price for 2 years. plus, switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] with u-verse high speed internet connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices to your wireless gateway and save on smartphone and tablet data usage at home. and now choose from internet speeds up to 45 megs, our fastest speed ever. with u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once with a total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ fem

i know alameda county has sent a system down in that area.al aid had to be called in because many crews were gone from alameda county. so i know they're talking about this being a seven alarm fire. who is respond something we don't see crews battling this one. we can see perhaps crews here in this area. >> yes. so it's depleted forces locally. we may have noticed this seemed to fires. as it spreads they have to direct more attention to that with limited forces they have. >> this is remarkable watching how quickly this home caught fire >> there was no fire at 4:00 we saw flames and have been on the air 39 minutes now. this escalated to not just a lot of grass to now, well, i don't know how many homes here because fire has jumped around from location to location. >> yes. we're in continuing coverage mode right here on live television. you can follow us on abc 7 news.com. we're streaming live there as well. just devastating situation here burning nearby 806789 eastbound lanes are impacted now magnolia is a street impacted. marigold runs parallel

live in alameda county, mike pelton, kron4 news.ny: yes we are starting off with a lot of sunshine for the most part in most locations. there are some areas of patchy fog clouds but otherwise a really nice afternoon. put the of sunshine. especially how far inland locations for it to the jews would be very similar to yesterday. maybe a little bit cooler included livermore with a high of 95 degrees 3 antioch at 94. san jose reaching for 87 this afternoon. 69 in downtown san francisco and 84 and nab up 383 in santa rosa preferred tears court with your forecast--traffic. >>george: continuing to monitor delays on bart to this morning which are improving. from 30 minutes to 10 to 15 minute delays but essentially a system wide, take a look of this for details. there was installed inside the transit aid to go. i believe we have a full screen available for this install train that occurred inside the translate to . no wonder classifies as a major delay. we could have some product platforms and your actual delays could be more than the actual

we're here today with 45 personnel from the sheriff's office, alameda county, santa clara county, withix cadaver dogs also working with us on our teams in the field. >> and what kind of equipment? >> ground searchers and canine dogs and technology we're using to track our personnel so we can do our debriefing reports in areas we've covered, to make sure we've covered all the areas. >> anything from the air? >> no air assets from alameda county. >> what specific areas, parks, trails, et cetera you'll be looking? >> most of it's going to be focusing around this particular area, because this is where we're at, and areas that border some of the east bay regional parks and joaquin miller park areas. [ inaudible question ] >> anything of evidentiary purpose that might be able to help with the investigation. >> and how wide of an area? is there a radius? how far are they going out? >> it's not really a radius. it's strategically based on the information that we've gotten from oakland police that says we would like for you guys to go in these particular areas and search. >> will they be here u

it was to start to creep up, we would actually switch over to our local water supplies both in alameda county and san mateo county. >> the reservoir sits in the middle of the county where the fire is raging. >>> the rim fire is not only taking its toll on camps around the park, a music festival also a casualty of the fire. you're going to meet the bay area band who's been sidelined where they'd been planning to perform for hundreds of campers. we continue the coverage of the rim fire on our website. raw video is on the front page, you can't miss it. >>> new at 6:00, the bay area as most congested highways create more problems. you will be able to log on and see how much pollution you're driving into every day. >> reporter: well, these new air monitors will be placed along the bay area's most congested highways, and they're designed to give you real time, critical information about just how much air pollution is coming off the roadways. you may drive them every day. but do you know how much pollution the bay area's most congested freeways generate? soon, you'll be able to log onto a computer a

>>> a van from the alameda county corner leaves the crime scene at a different county after taking the body of a missing woman. good evening i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank somerville. authorities have recovered a missing body as searchers looked for sandra coke. ktvu's amber lee join us live from the scene. she's learned the body hasn 't yet been identified. but authorities are finding the lead even as the body was found in solano county. >> reporter: it would be pretty dark out here if it weren't for the lights we set up. the body was just found down the road. after hours of processing this crime scene. investigators pulled up just a short while ago. >> at 8:34 tonight. we saw the mobile police unit pull out. law enforcement tells me alameda has possession of the body found here. the extensive search for sandra coke of oakland focused on vallejo last night. but this afternoon crews shifted their search to vacaville. they found the body under a cluster of trees, close to interstate 80 behind a church and a pottery business. >> we are waiting official confirmation on the identity

there are 22 firefighters from cities across alameda county that are here.they may be here for a while. the fire is 5% contained and the u.s. forest service says that the danger of itf#d expanding, growth potential is extreme. in groveland, chris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> chris is stalking about two camps with ties to the bay area that have been forced to evacuate. they sent their counsellors home and cancelled the event. the camp officials sent out facebook messages notifying people that the camp is not immediately threatened but still closing its doors. jessica was going to take her family to the camp this weekend but now scrambling to make other plans. >> i can't imagine it will destroy the camp but it's in my mind. we are planning on sending our son next year as an overnight camper. i hope everything's okay. >> earlier this summer the camp was hit by tragedy when a counsellor was killed by a falling tree limb. >>> let's go to jeff ranieri for more on the role that weather is playing in this fight. and you told us earlier that the weather conditions

. >>> the santa rita jail of alameda county, california, houses about 3,000 men and women.t are accused of crimes and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. the majority of them were arrested on the tough streets of the county's largest city, oakland. and it's not unusual to discover friends, family, or neighbors here. >> everybody knows everybody here. >> we know each other from the streets. we're like family. >> vincent del judas has known his cell mate, john martinez, since childhood. >> we grew up from since knee high, went to elementary together, juvenile hall together. now we're here. we know it's kind of crazy, because we're going to see each other in the pen. >> they grew up in a part of oakland known as murder dubs, because of its history of drug trafficking and gang violence. martinez is accused of murder and four counts of attempted murder, to which he's pled not guilty. in an unrelated case, del judas is also charged with four counts of attempted murder. he too has pled not guilty. >> right now i've been down for two and a half years. but i'm not t

. >> mail will eventually get there in spite of an accident in alameda county. matt, this is taking hours to clear. >> yeah. it's a big mess. a lot of traffic. right now you can see there are two lanes northbound of 680 open to traffic. the trailer is in the middle of the two far right lanes. it was just offloaded and it's close to be off-righted and towed bringing relief to drivers after a long commute. the postal service left a huge mess on 680 this morning. it ended up on its side and left all three lanes blocked. this delivery was headed to east bay post offices after being sorted at a san jose processing center. you can see what kept this from being a bigger mess. 41 holders were keeping things in place. >> aside from the mail that actually got impacted or crushed by the flow of the 60,000 pounds, the mail was in tact. it did not scatter all over the roadway. >> reporter: the chp moved the truck so it was only blocking two lanes but towing it wasn't that simple. if the trailer was uprighted, it would create even a bigger mess. because the privacy and identi

firefighters from alameda county are heading to yosemite to help deal with this blaze.alameda county fire department tweeted this east photo of the team heading up to the sierra this afternoo afternoon. they get to work just the moment they arrive. >> 3 hours from pine mountain lake it is water bucket mission like this one by the air national guard that is helping drown the wildfire in butte county. guard provided this video. fire near or ville 90 percent contained tonight so they have made remarkable progress having burned roughly 2500 acres however destroying one house plus several buildings and cars. but they are again making some real progress there. >> sandhya is keeig track of the weather system and the red flag warning that it hats sparked as a result. she has latest on this site. >> right now all quiet we look at live doppler 7hd doesn't mean we are out of the fire danger and that is because we still have the potential for some thunderstorms. as you look at our rid arrest on mt. st. helens that. the green down towards the south bay is not reaching the found. moi

hamburger or fries the employees are planning to walk off their jobs at fast food places in web alameda county. workers from mcdonald's, kfc are asking for a right to earn more moneys is. >> weighing options when it comes to syria. president obama says the u.s. may go against the united nations wishes. >>> honoring the dream. martin luther king, jr. speech 50 years ago. >>> continuing coverage of the bay bridge closure. >>> met a number of the folks on treasure island today. the construction going on. high temperature. we made it to the 80s away from the water. there was significant change coming to the bay area as we head toward the weekend. details on that next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, chemical weapons attack aga its own people. but the united states says co prevent fu obamas in. >>> president obama has not decided how the u.s. will react to the chemical attack in syria. >> i have no interest in any kind of open-ended cob flick in syria, but we have to make sure when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten us they are held accountable. an american submar

before crews from cal fire and alameda county brought it under control. no damage of the buildings. >>> and it is also prompted the closure of highway 120 leading into the parks. about 200 seniors from the bay area were evacuated because of concerns of all the smoke, firefighters are working in the terrain, the service is investigated of how the fire started. >>> weather around the bay area may bring more lightning strike tonight. it is more than 15, 000 strikes been recorded here in the bay area since noon yesterday. our chief meteorologist, bill martin will detail our chances of more lightning tonight and have your detailed forecast coming up in just 15 minutes. >>> there is been a great shark siting at marine beach. the water there is off limits and swimming or surfing and our david stevenson explains what happens. >> a great white shark siting means swimming and surfing are off limits five days. >> it makes sense, it is a bummer. >> the 15-15 fish shark was spotted by fishing boats and at one point park service officials say the shark came within 15 f

behind the alameda county coroner's office. the body of a woman was taken away and we are all waiting to hear from the coroner's office to identify the body. we have spoken to several neighbors out here at aileen street in oakland. they are distraught. one woman started to cry when i mentioned her name and said like most of her neighbors, she is fearing the worst. as to how the oakland police department determined her body could be in vacaville, we are learning her daughter did a search online. a gps search of her phone and it said her car was located in vacaville, the oakland police department will not confirm exactly what led them to that area, but that is a possibility. live in oakland, phillipe jegal, kron 4 news. >>> the clock is ticking again for bart and its unions to come to an agreement about a new contract. the deadline is set to sunday night. that could be pushed back because governor brown says he will go to court for a 60-day cooling off period. kron 4's jeff bush is live with the latest. >> reporter: negotiations

i grew up in foster care in alameda county. my dad was in prison. my mom didn't want me. at a psychiatric facility at 5 years old and never came back for me. my brother was killed. my sister was killed. my good friend was killed when i was 16 and 17 years old. i'm hanging out with my friends. i see two guys battling each other. i say, i want to be a rapper. he goes, no, dude. you white. you can't do that. i said, hey. let me step up. let me battle somebody. now it's me against this guy. he starts going off on me talking about my mom amy race, cussing, all the things he's going to do to my girlfriend. i'm thinking, oh, my gosh. this guy is so cool. he used to be a station called wild 107.7 used to have this rap battle contest. and i won and got a production deal working at the studio and then got shelved. then who comes out a few years ago? emen in. i'm like, that's me! >> 2006 i wrote a song. and it was a country song. it was a military tribute song. two weeks later i get a video station calling me. then another one. then my congressman says you want to hang out with pres

he does not live in this close area but he is a resident of alameda county. he is not complete outsider. >> residents have seen him here but they do not know him the. >> i have seen him pass my house to go to the house over there on the corner. >> a woman too afraid to appear on canada saw the shooting and says two people were sitting in a car waiting for the victim. the shooting came as a surprise to many. a good neighborhood. sad. i don't think anyone is immune. >> police conducted the investigation and no one was allowed in or out of the crime tape which caused problems for parents needing to take their kids somewhere or trying to get in to the daycare center on the block. >> i am sure they will be asking a lot of question. it doesn't look good. >> they have re-opened this estate but lots of questions remain. police have not made any arrest and they do not know the motive behind the killing and they are working to identify the victims. a 30-year-old woman riding a bicycle is dead after colliding with a big rig in san francisco. it happened after 7:00 in th

porter bailey is on probation for grand theft in alameda county back in april. >> santa cruz sheriff arrested a man on child molest ace charges and believe he could have hurt a number of children. the 57-year-old is accused of molesting a 14-year-old boy and a second victim and has been a foster parent for 16 years and volunteered at local elementary schools and has been involved with youth activities in the community. the santa cruz sheriff is asking for help from the public in identifying other child victims. >> a san francisco entrepreneur featured on oprah is due in court on domestic violence charges. this is video of the man during the 2008 interview with oprah about the secret to his mull -- multimillion dollar success. he was arrested at his luxury home. the d.a. said he is charmed with 45 counts of domestic violence including assault with a deadly weapon which was a pillow. he posted $125,000 bail and the tone denies the charges calling them over blown. >> high school students are retaking advance placement exams this morning because their initial scores were thrown out. this

this is the alameda county sheriff deputy conducting this. this is what they are dealing with: happening right new. officers from the oakland police department and several other agencies started serving warrants this morning before the sun came up. all of that was part of "operation cease-fire," and they made five arrests this morning. [ inaudible ] >> we have served warrants primarily in east oakland. the group primarily is in east oakland but they commit crimes all over oakland and all over the bay area. while they do engage in a lot of violent crime they support themselves through robberies and burglaries. >> check out this video of when real-life interferes with police act it. a man on a bicycle zipped into the perimeter oblivious to the guns around him. at this scene they have made one arrest and this is an eviction and everyone is out of the house. this is starting to were what up. it was drop safely as all of them were this morning. no one has been hurt. oakland police do expect to release more details about all of the operations later

the alameda county coroner has not released the names of the two men who died. >>> san francisco police tonight are looking for both a suspect and victims after a party bus shooting that happened just after 2:00 this morning south of market on ninth and folsom streets. when officers responded, they didn't find anyone on the bus but found several shellcasings and a bud trail. >>> it's slow going today on the bay bridge. a live look at the traffic approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. there's a giants game that was happening earlier and the 49ers are playing this evening. three toll lanes are closed this week so crews can convert one to a fastrak-only lane. those will reopen at 5:00 tomorrow morning. the big closure is just three days away. the bay bridge will close late in the evening on wednesday, august 28th it. will last for up to five full days over the long labor day holiday. the bridge will reopen tuesday, september 3rd. and go to abc 7 news.com for more. you can explore the realtime traffic maps to see where the gridlock is during the closure and check out caltrans cameras. as so

former alameda county supreme court -- superior court judge who bill beinged a neighbor will only face five years probation. through a plea deal the 58-year-old avoided what may have been a very lengthy prison term. he was accused of stealing money from his elderly neighbor and netting over 13 years. under this plea deal he will be barred from holding judicial office and disbarred from practicing law in california. >> a strange crime spree prompting residents to wonder with whether they need to pay for private security. it's happened in willow glenn neighborhood. vic lee investigated the story today and he is live now with answers. vic? >> well, this is willow glenn this, is where the crime spree, if you will is happening. now, whoever is responsible for this is using a projectile growing on trees. if it's not ripe it can dent cars if it hits you, it's going to hurt. willow glenn is a neighborhood where a cat burglar may be a real cat. but recently something has been happening here. >> we've had break ins. we've had people entering peoples' houses and when they're coming out of the sho

alameda county sheriffs department is investigating the case. >>> it's another sign that construction for the bay bridge is almost complete. the news media will go on a tour of the pedestrian bike path. the first two-thirds of the walkway and bike lane will open when the span opens on september 3rd. but the rest won't be open until 2015 because the rest of the bridge has to be torn down first. drivers may notice a gradual incline. clear sight lines and moving on to the deck supported by the iconic self-anchored suspension tower. cars that get stalled or involved in crashes will be able to move to the side lane. >> there will be five lanes. we will be improving traffic flow because there will be shoulders on both sides. >> the chp will shut down the bridge next wednesday night at 8:00 by running traffic breaks that cut off and redirecting cars to the other bridge. >>> a 21-year-old intern suddenly collapsed and died. while the cause of death was a mystery he worked punishing hours. coming up his exhaustive shift just before his death and how common the problem is and the change that wi

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