this is on alhambra boulevard. the station attendant managed to shut off the gas pumps and everybody got out safely. the station will be closed for about three months for repairs. >> my husband was at safeway across the street and heard the explosions, came outside, saw the fire in and took off. >> we're looking at patchy fog around the area this morning. a little bit chilly in spots. mostly sunny skies, lower than average temperatures but not bad. the next couple of days, a little bit warmer. cooling things down on sunday and the temperatures will be dropping off next week. >> the commute is really heating up if you're traveling along the peninsula. northbound 101 approaching university avenue because of an overturned crash. slow and go all the way out from to 37. >> thank

car loses control and slammed into its it happened in martina's a 530 this afternoon a gas station alhambra avenue in virginia hills drive reporter elizabeth cup talked to one driver who had to run for her life. yeah quakes the air here is still thick with the smoke and smell of burning plastic it all started with a car careening down the road. it shows the car almost narrowly missing another car and then going over the center divider and careening into a gas pump and that is when the entire gas pump practically exploded. that board focus exploded and then the other one exploded. a viewer sent us this video flames licking up the side of fuel, oil gas station. >>> it started out with flames and explosions. she had just pulled into the station to fill up her mitsubishi. she was parked on the few feet away. my initial thought was that i would go back to my car: ocelots and drive away but then there was fire selo i decided to run. >>> quick thinking by this guy stopped in a bad situation for getting much worse. and now we are on fire. i hit the emergency shutoff switch and ran back into the bui

this was the scene about 530 this afternoon in happened at a gas station on alhambra avenue in martinezis surveillance video that shows how it got started. >>> the air is still thick with the smell of burning plastics and chemicals and as you can see behind me it is completely charred and it all started when he sidecar flying down the road almost hitting another car. and here's a look at this surveillance video it shows the moment of impact and you can see that carmaking 180 turned and careened into the gas pump and almost immediately an explosion immediately afterward and your son does this video flames licking up the side of fuel bonds and the gas station. they had just pulled into the station to fill up her daughter's lancer. she was spared a few feet away. >>> my initial thought was that would go to my car pulled not allowed and drive away but then there was fire so i a people were yelling to run so i decided to run. click thinking by this guy they stopped a bad situation from getting much worse. renounced hit the emergency shut off switch and ran back into the building into it all

this cell phone video was shot at the flax oil on alhambra avenue yesterday afternoon. you can see an suv backing up quickly, then smashing into a gas pump and sparking that fire. firefighters were on scene minutes later but admit the situation could have been a lot worse if a station manager had not acted quickly. >> there was a lady standing in front of him pumping her gas when it happened. as soon as i saw the smoke, i shut off the emergency switch and started screaming for everybody to get out of here. everybody took off and ran. >> martinez police say it appears the suv's driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brakes. >>> uc berkeley police have a new warning for students, beware of robbers posing on campus as magazine salespeople. on september 10th, a student reported being robbed by a man selling magazine subscriptions in the plaza. the victim claims when she refused the subscription, the man and two accomplices threatened her and forced her to withdraw money from a campus atm. another student reported a similar incident later that same day. yeste

but we do know three cars and two gas pumps burned after some type of accident at this chevron on alhambraoad and blue ridge drive. in addition to the chopper, we do have a news crew on the way to the scene. if we get more details during this newscast, we will let you know. >>> today oakland greeted the city's first full class of police recruits in four years. >> morning, class. >> morning! >> what class is this? >> 156, sir. >> mayor gene quan said the 55- member classes that the most women ever, and about half the officers speak a second language. the recruits say they are nervous but are ready for the challenge. >> i was in the army for three and a half years and i did one tour in iraq. i guess you could say that kind of prepares me mentally and i guess we'll see what happens. >> the recruits are expected to graduate in january. >>> firefighters in east contra costa county are trying to find a new home. new at 6, ktvu's noah walker is live on bethel island with the community effort to get a local firehouse reopened. >> reporter: a fema grant is letting this fire district rehire laid off

chain of events unfolded around 5:30 tonight, at a gas station of martinez, at the intersection of alhambra avenue, and virginia drive. george kiriyama has the latest. >> reporter: that's right. this gas station will be closed for a while. they need to make the necessary repairs. you can take a look behind me. and you can see what's left of one of the pumps here in martinez. this place was a big mess just hours ago. and we do have some dramatic cell phone video, taken right at the moment the drive cashed his ford hybrid suv into gas pump number five. we highlighted the car. you can see it backing up and crashes. the fire immediately erupted, destroying the suv and the car at the next pump. firefighters got to the gas station in five minutes and quickly put out the fire with foam. the flames were shooting about 30 feet in the air. that's as tall as a three-story building. luckily, no one was hurt. everybody inside the car escaped. and everyone got to safety quickly. all because of one quick-thinking gas station manager. >> there was a lady in front of him, pumping her gas when everything hap

. >> this is across from a safeway on alhambra avenue on the pleasant hill border.here is a column of smoke. >> and should be there in a moou few moments. there we go. live now from sky 7. at this gas station in martinez and there is three cars involved all said to have gone up in flames, you can see damage to the gas station. the result of that fire, the roof of the

this happened 5:30 in the afternoon in martinez on alhambra road.e miracle in all of this, no one was hurt. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> new this morning, the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens who was killed over a week ago was worried about his that country. cnn reports that ambassador stevens told friends his name was on an al-qaeda hit list. intelligence officials are now admitting it is unlikely stevens was killed byron dom protesters. he >>> -- new, a poll shows more than half of likely voters to put governor brown's tax initiative on the november ballot. latest poll shows 52% surveyed support prop 30. 40% oppose it. 8% undecided. the ballot measure would raise taxes on incomes exceeding $250,000 and increase sales tax by 1 quarter of 1%. >>> right now endeavour is inching closer to california. you saw it takeoff live from houston this morning on abc7. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with where you can see it here in the bay area. >> reporter: the shuttle has been in the air an hour and a half now. let's watch that beautiful takeo

they are his own personal alhambra truck. what is not like to about him?lly entertaining. the problem with him, his speeches are so long, and you have to check everything fact, it's like fumigating a house. it takes days to get through his words. but there are a bigger point here. liberal and conservatives have different problems. liberals have in my opinion a lousy message but good messengers. conservatives have a great message but the messengers aren't as charismatic as clinton. the message is so good that the liberals steal the conservative message when they want to get re-elected. we have to learn from them. >> eric: i was tweeting as this was going on, my head -- it felt like my blood pressure was going to go through the roof. >> bob: that would have been terrible. >> dana: i'll give you a specific that bothered me. on the energy portion he said president obama is responsible for resurgence of the oil and gas industry in america. no, he's not. he's actually tried to stop it at every turn. it's the governors who moved things forward. america could be d

this happened at 5:30 in the afternoon yesterday in martinez on alhambra road. the good and amazing news is that no one was hurt. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> this morning a veteran san jose firefighter is home from the hospital after suffering a heart attack while fighting a fire last month. 41-year-old frank ryan was released yesterday where he had been recovering since august 30th. he collapsed as fire crews were tackling a tough three alarm fire. ryan was in critical condition and did not regain consciousness for five days. he received around the clock support from fellow firefighters who went to the hospital and raised money for his family members to fly to san jose. >>> palo alto police added patrols and sent out uncover officers to search for a man they suspect of attacking three women. latest incident happened yesterday morning on palo alto park the woman was jogging when a man grabbed her from behind and tried to pull her down. police alerting visitors and have posted fliers. >>> this is different in a sense it is more isolated, at a time of day where

video shows his car going out of control and smashing into a gas pump yesterday forcing customers on alhambrafirefighter the suffered a heart attack while battling a fire last month is doing well. it's been released from the hospital. >>> partly cloudy skies in the bay area as the cloud cover is trying to break up a bit with more clearing toward the coast line. as we head out the debris going to see the high pressure now edging its way back in here. temperatures below average for this time of year with a sea breeze by the afternoon and '70s and '80s inland and '50s and '60s toward the coast line. the next couple of days starting to warm up the numbers just a little bit with the first day of fall on saturday with cooling things off sunday with below average after that. traffic coming up. >>> all of folks of been stuck in traffic this morning with a couple of different hot spots this accident is finally cleared out of the lanes and fortunately there's still heavy traffic conditions northbound pass the coliseum toward downtown oakland and southbound 880 is heavy toward hayward. the peninsula ear