. >> i was in candlestick park in san francisco preparing to announce game three of the world series. we had opened up the telecast and we all knew what took place at that point, the loma prieta earthquake and how it shook that ball park. that's a night that nobody who was in candlestick in san francisco will ever forget. >>> it was tense drama that played out on valentine's day and on live tv. a ups driver carjacked in san jose and that led to high speed chase and police shooting and killing. today the santa clara district attorney released police video of that chase from start to finish. the d.a. made this video public that calls the shooting justified. deputies say the ups driver saved the day when he deliberately drove over a spike strip. when the truck stopped, the stand off became more tense. >> the next thing in my head is where are the suspects. now i'm concerned they're going to open up this back door and start shooting at us. >> he eventually ran from the truck toward a build being the shotgun in his hand. a san jose police officer shot and killed him. >>> it is not just a c

this earthquake has become synonymous with candlestick park, the giants for hosting the oakland athletics said the bay bridge series when the earth shook. >>people remember that in today's con forcefully to go reports candlestick of course no longerts and there are new big plans to redevelop that area and create a new community. >>it had a few names over the years, but those who live in san francisco's bayview heights neighborhood or took in games and concerts here on a regular basis, affectionately remember candlestick park as the state. the park survive the loma prieta earthquake in 1989 the last year the venue hosted a world series. the san francisco giants moved to their new park at 24 willie mays plaza a decade later the san francisco, 49 ers played their last game here in 2013, before relocating to santa clara. the state officially closed in 2014. and it took close to a year for crews to complete the demolition. now what was once a san francisco icon at this point remains a vacant lot to still be a tremendous development currently developer 5 point has plans to build and and regiona

. >> the world series game will be played in candlestick park tonight. >> sportscasters aaddiction. how juuline hooked kids and ignited an public health crisis." other news outlets report- juul took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. markets e-cigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use e-cigarettes. juul is "following big tobacco's playbook." and now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn e-cigarette protections. vote no on juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. >>> on the 50th anniversary of the occupation of alcatraz, native tribes recognize indigenous people's day with a canoe journey around the island. native communities from as far as canada and hawaii gathered at aquatic park at dawn. in 1969, native activists and students occupied that island for almost two years, sparking the indigenous rights movement. >> really felt the presence of the people who went before us, the people who fought for nativ are fighting for native issues today. and just being here on the water and the land, seeing the sun come up, it was a very emotion experience

just pass candlestick park she was probably going for several miles when she slammed into that taxi cab. there was a chp officer about a minute away was the chp officer they came across the accident you can see what it's doing to the traffic now we are for hours into this and they have not opened any lanes northbound 1, 1, at this direction traffic is being diverted off the freeway as far as as long term. they plan open up lanes one and 2 on northbound one o one maybe at around 5 to 5 15 this morning to at least get the traffic going through here they are aware of the morning commute as far as the cause cause of the collision. obviously they are looking into whether drugs or alcohol or whether or not she was even familiar with this area and she's from the bay area. they'll look into all factors, including looking at palm possible traffic cameras to see where she enter the freeway in the wrong direction and exactly how how far she went before she realized in the end unfortunately came to our home rift again ding before and ultimately ended up here so how long did she go in the wrong dire

>>and the loma prieta quake hase synonymous with candlestick park. today kron 4 sleep all reports candlestick of course no longer exists and there are now big plans to redevelop the area creating new community. >>it had a few names over the years, but those who live in san francisco's bayview heights neighborhood or took in games and concerts here on a regular basis, affectionately remember candlestick park as the state. park survive the loma prieta earthquake in 1989 the last year the venue hosted a world series. the san francisco giants moved to their new park at 24 willie mays plaza a decade later the san francisco, 49 ers played their last game here in 2013, before relocating to santa clara. the state officially closed in 2014. and it took close to a year for crews to complete the demolition. >>now what was once a san francisco icon at is point remains a vacant lot this will be a tremendous development currently developer 5 point has plans to build 750,000 square feet of office research development space 300,000 square feet of neighborhood and reg

they've already provided without even having started on candlestick park yet. so with that, we want to thank you and please pass this. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good evening commissioners. my name is niola and i'm a part of the cac. i'm here in support of the candlestick point project. and i'm respectfully asking that you approve it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good evening again, cory smith on behalf of the san francisco housing coalition also in support. the only comment as you are well aware the faster we can get this moving, the faster we can make sure the hard work, as everybody behind me, becomes a reality. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is dr. veronica, i'm chair of the cac for the shipyard. i'm going to speak to you two times if you don't mind. i'm standing in for randy who is the executive director of urban ed academy a community based organization in bayview hunter's point and this is what he wanted to share with you. since 2010 we've served our neighborhood's elementary students of color with a focus on

. >>> the driver of the volkswagen is going wrong way the 280 junction and near candlestick park offramp before ramming into a taxi. the driver of the volkswagen in the taxi and it two passengers were killed. >> all lanes are blocked. jackie ward we will have an update in a few minutes and we will have more on the traffic in back in a moment. >> the oakland a's season is over after losing the wild-card playoff. spirits were high before the game. they saw the biggest crowd in years, 54,000. there was a traffic jam leaving the coliseum. some moving only an inch at a time. >> it was loud last night. the fans came in any for a win. some say they have never seen the stadon run came from berkel in simeon. the 5-1 losses like itginnto be groundhog day. the same thing over and over. it's getting old. >> they seemed to have run out of gas. i don't understand. it was predicted we will go all the way. i'm very sad. the fans are staying hopeful. they said wait until next year. we will have the highlights later. the long haul killed them. >> keep the faith alive. >> we are proud of them. they had a g

just pass candlestick park she was probably going for several miles when she slammed into that taxi cab. there was a chp officer about a minute away was the chp officer they came across the accident you can see what it's doing to the traffic now we are for hours

direction southbound and the northbound lanes of one oh one % just past candlestick park. the collision so horrific that is sent the cash. off of one oh one now it's on top of a guardrail 3 people total were inside. described to be in his 60's and 2 passengers, a man and a woman as far as the silver sedan it was a female driver and i have learned that the male driver was in her 30's, they're not sure yet if she was a bay area, a resident and that is important because the chp wants to know as she was an out of towner who did not know the freeway was somebody near this area and coming down here and should have known that she was going in the wrong direction so everything is on the table as far as the investigation on the left side of your screen you can see the 2 lanes one 2 those 2 lanes we're shut down for hours in fact the entire freeway at this stretch here was shut down for hours. spent lanes one and to finally reopen to the public. 5 o'clock in the morning. so it's slow going through this area. the chp officers are out here they're being assisted by their major acciden

pm just before the start of game three of the world series between the a's and the giants at candlestick park. a number of events are planned to commemorate the quake. that includes in san francisco. a community prepared this fair at marina green at 3:00. in santa cruz the downtown library will host a presentation of loma prieta oral histories beginning at 4:45 pm and in oakland community leaders will gather with civil engineers and transit officials for a summit on the bay area resilience in the years following the quake. that event begins at 5:30 pm at the structural engineering institute on grand avenue. >>> later today governor newsom will be in oakland to unveil a new statewide earthquake warning system that features the app called, my shake. it uses ground sensors to detect seismic activity. amber lee shows us how the new system works. >> we're over the marina district of san francisco. >> reporter: the loma prieta earthquake on october 17, 1989, is an event few people in the bay area will forget. even now 30 years later. >> i lived in san francisco in 1989 and it would've been really h

at candlestick park, the 1989 world series. >> the stadium was rolling like a wave. >> 15 seconds. that is all it took. >> how are we going to get them out? >> the loma prieta quake collapsed a freeway in oakland. >> two kids are really hurt. >> reporter: and buckled the bay bridge opening a huge crack to view the water below. >> in this building which was a three-story apartment building. >> reporter: the marina district sustained major damage, gas and water pipes broke, historic buildings fell and yes, trend one -- kpix felt the. >> ck >> reporter: but this was not the big one. for that you need a magnitude 8 or greater along the san andreas fault and we are long overdue. just ask a structural engineerh >> earthquakes are real problem. we know that. we can't sugarcoat the risks we face in california >> reporter: inside his former naval structure in vallejo, an innovative technology is shaking things up. >> today we are building buildings all over the world that are not damaged by earthquakes and can remain functioning after earthquakes. >> reporter: victor zeiss is a structural s

on twitter brandon wilson said he was at candlestick park ready to watch the world series and had just driven of the bay bridge an hour earlier. his trip home to the east bay via san jose took almost 6 hours. >>> where were you when loma prieta rocked the bay area ? share your story on facebook instagram and twitter. >>> we have compared i'll our pictures and videos. we have compiled. a special section of our website. kpix.com/tran04. a gruesome scene at the home of former tarzan actor ron ely in southern california. >>> his son stabbed his mother to death before he was shot and killed by deputies. it happened last night at the actors hope ranch property in santa barbara. debbie say they fired at the suspect because he posed a threat. they are now on paid leave pending the investigation. officials say ron ely was home at the time of the incident but was not hurt. no word on a motive. >>> bart has come up with a clever way to get more people to take the transit system to the airport. and skip the long security lines. the agency has seen a decline of the number of passengers taking bart

. >>> candlestick park circuit in 1989 and when it ended, aurora came up from the crowd in homes that the giants had finally awoken. alas, it did not happen. the world series was delayed 10 days after the earthquake and the ace went on to sweep the series. don robinson was the giants starting pitcher that night and told me he was the last giant in the clubhouse when the quake hit. >> all of a sudden i felt my could anythingocking back and wallanget inrogers des came dow me. there was me. if anything would have fell they would still be digging me out. >> robinson eventually did catch one play resume, giving up 4 runs and 4.2 innings and was the losing pictures. the raiders hope to shake, rattle and roll on green bay sunday, temperatures in the 50s and we will send vern glenn to lambeau field and thank god for that. >> reporter: am i even talking? do i look cold? >> we will be -25 wind chill when i was there in 2013. sunday is the homecoming game for rater angle who grew up in green bay in high school and he joined the raiders as an undrafted free agent. >> i thought we would play here

nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney was actually at candlestick park that night and joins us now. it's been a longe it just happened yesterday, terry. >> it seems very much like yesterday. you can never forget something like that. we are safer. and you don't have to be an engineer to appreciate that. all you have to do is look around san francisco and the newer, safer structures. they're everywhere. maybe the most prominent change as a result of the loma prieta earthquake is the new eastern span of the bay bridge. it owes much of its existence to the bridge it replaced that partially collapsed 30 years ago tomorrow. san francisco's embarcadero, a wide bike-friendly ble freeway which was torn down after being damaged. its deswhere most of the fatalities occurred. three killed in santa cruz 20 buildings destroyed but quake could not destroy the book store. city officials gave owner neil cunity to grab his books from the condemned building. he put out a call to the community. 400 people responded to save the book shop. >> we really literally were saved by those people. for two days t

. >> for the firstime in 27 years, a world series game will be played in candlestick park. >> i was gettingeady to go watch the game because it was the big, you know, san francisco/oakland baseball game. you know, everybody was excited. and it was just -- it was almost serene and then this sound came. >> reporter: dr. steve bradasani has lived and worked in san francisco's marinistrict nearly his whole life. >> i heard this rumbling as if, like, a giant freight train or, you know, a lot of metal was rumbling. you could hear just this deep, angry, rumbling. >> reporter: that angry rumbling caused gas lines to explode and buildings to fall. former police chief frank jordan. >> but it was the liquefaction, land out in the marina that was one of the big problems. this is all sand and mud and silt. homes, apartment buildings, were -- they had just moved all the way over and covered the sidewalk and were now right on the street. >> reporter: at the same time, massive fires started because of the crumbling ground, fire hydrants were damaged and firefighters lost water pressure. residents stepped i

. >> the power is off in candlestick park. >> prepare yourself for night fall. >> it's been a frighteningeen. as you can see right below me is where the crack was in the bay bridge. >> downtown santa cruz is basically gone. >> that is the cyprus section of the freeway. oh, my god. >> the first thing for people to realize is loma prieta was not the big one. >> i think we're very surprised that amount of damage. in the end the fault always wins. >> this bridge was designed to move and sway with the earthquake, not ridged. >> you can tell the building exactly how to act. >> if i'm in san frisk >> everyone should be paying attention. >> now our abc 7 originals documentary, the earthquake effect can be seen anywhere. abc 7 news app, firestick it be and we'll bring you a commercial had free special broadcast right here on the anniversary eof loma prieta thursday at 6:30 on abc 7. >> it was about four years >> it was about four years before i at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing kee

higher, but the giants and a's, they were getting ready to play game three of the world series at candlestick parka lot of people left work early, reducing traffic on the freeway. >> on the bay bridge, part of the upper deck of that eastern span collapsed.ie she e stn deemed too expensive to retrofit, and in 2013 it was replaced with the current single anchor suspension bridge. >> the largest loss of life took place on the cypress section of the nimitz freeway. 42 people were killed in the collapse of the double-decker viaduct. >> now that stretch of interstate 880 was demolished and replaced with street-level mandela parkway. droneview7 shows you what that area looks like now. >> there is a memorial to the victims at 14th street. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live in oakland with more on how the city marked today's anniversary. >> and it was memorial to the victims, as you said. it was an hon

at 5:04 right before game three of the world series between the oakland a's and the giants at candlestick park. several events are planned to mark the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta quake including in san francisco, a community preparedness fair at marina green at 3:00 this afternoon. in santa cruz, the downtown library will help host a presentation of the loma prieta oral history that starts at 4:45 this afternoon. in oakland, community leaders will get together with a summit meeting on the bay area resilience in the 30 years after the loma prieta quake that begins at 5:30 tonight at the structural engineering institute on grand avenue. >>> governor gavin newsom will join seismologists to launch in early warning system that is an app available in our state. we have allie rasmus in pleasant hill to explain how the app works. >> reporter: it's called my shake and was developed by a uc berkeley seismologist. it is free and i downloaded it this morning. when you click on it, you should let it know where your location is so you can be alerted of earthquakes and the main page will show the mos

the southeast portion of san francisco growi francisco, growing plants to do restoration to candlestick park and treasure island in particular. and her understanding of not just the forest but the understory and the coastal scrub, which is important factor in supporting habitat for pollenators and birds and other invertebrates and vertebrates is really critical. so i'd hope you'd consider her for that position, and i thank you for your time. >> chair ronen: oh, mr. flanagan, you had already spoke. [inaudible] >> chair ronen: is that possible? even though you already spoke -- >> clerk: thank you. as a party to, i don't think public comments are allowed for applicants. >> chair ronen: it's just i've never confronted this situation, so i'm learning. deputy city attorney jon givner? >> mr. givner: the practice of the rules committee over the last public years has been to not allow public comment by people who are applicants. at least for the past few years, you treated public comment as -- you've not allowed applicants to speak in public comment. >> chair ronen: okay. and since you already spoke

the power is off in candlestick park. >> don't expect services for 72 hours. >> it's been a frightening scene here. you can see below me is where this crack occurred. >> the lower deck has sustained damage. >> we have pictures. that is the freeway. >> oh my god. >> the first thing for people to realize is that it was not the big one. >> i think we're going to be surprised at the amount of damage. >> this bridge was designed to move and sway with an earthquake, not to be rigid. >> you can tell the building exactly had act. >> if i'm in san francisco and there's an earthquake, i'm coming to this building. >> everyone should be paying attention. >> the documentary can be seen anywhere you get abc 7, including amazon fire tv and the news app and we'll bring you a special broadcast right he ...doesn't mean you got to spend a lot! because denny's brought back the super slam™. with eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and buttermilk or pumpkin pancakes. all for just $6.99. the $6.99 super slam™ is back! see you at denny's! >>> it's a lot. you feel violated. >> a san francisco woman says someone w

happened early this morning around 12:20 am on northbound 101 just before the paul exit near the candlestick parkt. the old candlestick exit. a car in the taxicab collided.fre the person in the car died. the people in the taxicab comedy driver and two passengers also died on the investigation seen team is on the scene. we could switch over to a live picture and you can see what they are doing on northbound 101. this is a live picture. things have not changed excepth but that taxicab we are pushing in on is still there. they are doing measurements in the have to complete the investigation. meanwhile northbound 101 traffic is getting through but there will be is some slowing past the scene. southbound, all lanes are open. your best bet is to use northbound 280 instead to get into san francisco instead of 101 because it will be a slowdown because of people looking at what's going on there. let's talk about the east bay commute. a lot of slow traffic on 205 and 580 which is typical slowing come ss after that it l right to livermore and dublin. there slowing already on interstate 880 south from 238 he

i want to say thank you to kimberly hill-brown for her comments about the fact that candlestick park has had on residents and the community and how the draining of being left desolate without a teen that tet anchored the community and i want to thank five-points nadia nadia sessay, but that they had the 124 units to this plan and thank you to mr. rhodes and mr. mavry because it's near and dear to my heart. 20 years ago when they were just starting their outreach to

san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this. what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a leader for girls is passion and showing to be confident and being ambiggish and strong person. [inaudible] for about 5 years. p

i was on my home to pick up hi son ivan and was going to take him to candlestick park and as the bus turned, it began to sway violently. i thought we had been in an accident and quickly realized there had been an earthquake. later that evening, my brother, mark, arrived with juliette. the world series game had been canceled and ivan, mark and i drove across town. people had taken it upon themselves to direct traffic through major intersections like garry that was uncontrolled when the loss of power shut down the street lights. coming upon the marina, we saw an extraordinary spectacle, emergency personnel and citizens were frantically engaged in a fight to save the district and many people strolled taking in the spectacle as if they were at the boardwalk and others were wandering about apparently unable to grasp what was handling. my attention turned to city hall where i worked. living the building as the quake struck, one of my colleagues saw the main pillar in the building swaying back and forth and some of the elegant sheaths on the walls came loose and several hall was closed seve

i want to say thank you to kimberly hill-brown for her comments about the fact that candlestick park has had on residents and the community and how the draining of being left desolate without a teen that tet anchored the community and i want to thank five-points nadia nadia sessay, but that they had the 124 units to this plan and thank you to mr. rhodes and mr. mavry because it's near and dear to my heart. 20 years ago when they were just starting their outreach to local businesses, to make sure that they were bayview and the remediation portion and the build-out and there would be bayview businesses, especially black businesses on every phase of this development and to see them here now 20 years later speaking and talking about how successful those programs have been not only to them as pro firproprietorship and owners ane want to see to continue to improve and expand. i believe this project gives us an opportunity as a community to move forward and to see some stability around that. and then, also, i wanted to say thank you again to oscar james, linda richardson and miss scott. and

dennis, this was like old school candlestick park.was all pretty much 49ers throughout the game. i was going to say i'd never seen anything like it but i did see something like it last year when the 49ers played at the chargers. it was a similar thing. just a sea of red there and a sea of red here. this is the modern era here. you can't have an nfl quarterback go out and throw for 78 yards, let alone jared goff who led his team to the super bowl. you can't have a team and win games that have 165 yards total offense. and the reason, the 49er defense. are they legit? you bet. >> the energy is infectious. it's amazing just to be out there. you feel like everyone has this swag to them. we go out there and we play our game. we know how good we can be. we know every time we have a chance to go out there, we can set a new standard. that's what we try to do every time we go out there. >> we go out and hit, play fast. our d-line going to destroy. >> you guys can see the pass rush. the seven guys behind them are good players too. they're playin

week after some before we get to that tape don't have to tell you we were on the upper level of candlestick park we were with the fans doing our story when suddenly. >>i felt entire stadium schiffer thought it was his fans of first being very excited stomping and i looked up and saw the actual concrete separating back and forth from the life was it was the most frightening experience you'll see the pictures are a little shaky, but this is this is videotape. probably hear people in the background starting to scream i would say it was chaotic at the time most people really need. actually realize what was happening that's when the screaming started lot of nervous people. down on the baseball field you can see that the players were confused about what was going on. and fact so much debris was falling. i talked to some people were carrying tons of concrete out of the stadium. >>and it's really dangerous out there. it's unlikely that the game is going to. >>continuing the world series as far as we know now. >>if you are watching on kron on during the commercial breaks we will be streaming more kron fo

. >> at 5:04 p.m., october 17th, 1989, 5:00 producer, deb at candlestick park for the giants world series. >> all of a sudden someone's tv set, the size of a toaster, not like the ones today. there's a picture of the bay bridge and it's collapsed and it dawns on us, this is a major quake. that's when we start to leave. everyone times out. >> it took tdeb and her husband four hours to drive home. >> i knew that i was okay. i felt like, this is not the big one. frankly, i'm still waiting for it. >> transmission operator brian jones makes sure all our live shots make air. but 30 years ago, he worked at kaiser on gear i boulevard. >> when the earthquake happened, a lot of people were standing out in front of the hospital. i think people were trying to figure out where to go and what to do. >> so brian decided to help three co-workers who he met on the sidewalk and invited him to stay at his san francisco apartment since they couldn't get home to the east bay. two years later, he married one of those co-workers. >> it's a great memory. it really is. without loma prieta, i probably would never

. >> obviously people are terribly nervous, the power is off at candlestick park. >> don't expect services 72 hours. prepare yourself for nightfall. >> it's been a frightening scene, as you can see just below me is where this crack in the main bridge occurred. >> the lower deck has indeed sustained quite a bit of damage. downtown santa cruz is basically gone. >> we have pictures on the air now. that is the cypress section of the nimitz freeway. >> oh, my god. >> the first thing for people to realize is that loma prieta was not the big one. >> i think we're going to be very, very surprised at the amount of damage. >> the fault always wins. >> this bridge was designed to move and sway with an earthquake, not to be rigid. >> you can tell the building exactly how to act. >> if i'm in san francisco and there's an earthquake, i'm coming to this building. >> everyone should be paying attention. >> our abc 7 news originals documentary, "the earthquake effect," can be seen anywhere you get abc 7. we'll bring you a 30-minute commercial-free broadcast right here on the anniversary of loma prieta, thu

just before the start of game three of the world series that feature the a's and the giants at candlestick park. a number of events are planned to commemorate the loma prieta quake and that includes in san francisco a committee preparedness fair. on the marina green at 3 pm. in santa cruz the downtown library will host a presentation of loma prieta oral histories beginning at 4:45 pm today and in oakland community leaders will gather what civil engineers and transit officials for a summit on bay area resilience on the 30 years following that quake. that event will begin at 5:30 pm at the structural engineering institute on grand avenue. >>> san francisco-based e- cigarette maker juul labs will stop selling fruit flavored cigarettes. this comes at the trump administration policy expects to remove all flavored e- cigarettes from the market.last year juul stop selling its flavored e-cigarettes and retail stores amid pressure from the fda. customers can only get certain flavors on its age restricted website. juul will sell its most popular flavor cement and menthol. those products account for 60% o

silver sedan was going southbound in the northbound direction and this happened just passed candlestick park when she slammed into a taxi cab, 3 people inside altogether. the driver in his 60's anpassengers, a man and the woman in the back seat. all 4 people died at the scene investigators hope to talk to witnesses are having witnesses come forward and tell them what they saw what they know and they'll also be looking at traffic cameras to see where exactly she jumped on the freeway and how long she was going before. the horror riffing collision and i say horrific because you don't even see skid marks on the ground all all 4 people died at the scene finally at around 5 o'clock in the morning james and area they were able to reopen the freeway at least 2 lanes lanes one and 2 next to the center divider and then ultimately at 7 o'clock in the morning. they were able to open up all lanes as far as the identity of all all 4 people that's still under investigation. the coroner's office will have to make the identification and they're still looking to see the taxi cab. was just a few miles from sa

but then the earth and candlestick park shook. at that game our very own terry mcsweeney. we're all watching. i was a kid wishing i could be at that game. you were there. how vivid are the memories there? >> like yesterday. it would have been a memorable night anyways. the giants in the world series for the first time in 27 years. we've got a game at candlestick, and i'm there. all of the sudden that took a back seat. i was well up in the second deck, down the first baseline, section 17, if you remember the old ballpark. and at first i wasn't sure. i had been at candlestick a million times. and sometimes that ballpark kind of seemed to move a little bit. and it was moving a little bit, a little bit after 5:00 that evening. so i checked out the plexiglas in front of the press box, and i noticed that it was really, really shaking. and i figured this is really an earthquake, not just a little shaking of the ballpark. i got up, took two steps over to the aisle and two steps down, and boom, it stopped. the earthquake stopped. there was nothing more. there was no fade out, it wa

reporting in san a >>candlestick park can no longer exist. neither the san francisco giants know the 49 ers use it anymore they moved out they moved on the stick officially closed in 2014 and it's been demolished there are now plans to redevelop that area and try to turn it into a new housing community kron four's grant lotus choices here was. >>what's next for the site that's been sitting empty for quite a while to candlestick such an iconic. and i think the fact that the giants and a's had that world series going on really open the country's eyes to the earthquake. i remember i was like a 10 year-old kid getting ready to watch the game in philadelphia. and all had didn't really know much about earthquakes and all the sudden the live broadcast cuts out and then you're like mom and that you know is going on same thing and of course the wi in 2014 you might remember the picket the stick close to that for the niners but it took almost a year for crelly demoli was a process developer 5 point is now in charge of the site. it plans to build 750,00

at candlestick park. a lot of people left work early, reducing traffic on the freeway. >> on the bay bridge, part of the upper deck of that eastern span collapsed.ie she e stn deemed too expensive to retrofit, and in 2013 it was replaced with the current single anchor suspension bridge. >> the largest loss of life took place on the cypress section of the nimitz freeway. 42 people were killed in the collapse of the double-decker viaduct. >> now that stretch of interstate 880 was demolished and replaced with street-level mandela parkway. droneview7 shows you what that area looks like now. >> there is a memorial to the victims at 14th street. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live in oakland with more on how the city marked today's anniversary. >> and it was memorial to the victims, as you said. it was an honor for the hero, the first responders and the citizens who lived around to try to help the people on the cypress freeway, and it was also a reminder that the big one is yet to come. >> right here where we

pm right before the start of game three of the world series between the a's and the giants at candlestick parker of events are planned to commemorate the loma prieta quake including san francisco community preparedness fair at marina green at 3:00 this afternoon. in santa cruz, the downtown library will host a presentation of loma prieta oral histories beginning at 4:45 pm. and in oakland community leaders will gather with civil engineers and transit officials for a summit on the bay area resilience in the 30 years following the quake. that begins at 5:30 pm at the structural engineering institute on grand avenue. >>> later this morning the unveiling of an earthquake early warning system. christien kafton is in pleasant hill, the epicenter of some recent quick to tell us how the system will work and what the alert app can and cannot do. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it cannot predict earthquakes but what this morning app can do is give people a few seconds to prepare and take cover if the shaking of a major que is expected to reach them. something that people here in pleasant hill f

the accident scene was just pass candlestick park. the taxi cab had 3 people total inside the driver described to be in his 60's and a man and a woman in the back seat they're not sure if they were picked up at san francisco international. because the airport is just about 2 miles from this location. the crash. so horrific. there were no skid marks on the ground you can see both vehicles the ford escape which is the taxi cab and the volkswagen just crumple liked soda cans to the point where that taxi cab left the freeway and actually balanced on the guardrail. the airbags deployed in both field goals, but it did not save anyone 4 people total died at the scene. the female driver a silver volkswagen described to be in her 30's, the core us office removed all the bodies in the overnight hours so they will have to make identifications i'm all for people and then to notify their family members. and they're looking into many possible factors whether or not drugs or alcohol played any. if she was not even from san francisco, the bay area ma

not candlestick park. if you were a baseball fan, this was a cool place to be and are hoping to bring that back. >> the cool place to be tonight. >> thank you. have a great game tonight. let's check in with meteorologist mark tamayo. should be a nice evening for fans at the ballpark . >>> always great to have fall baseball and the bay area and that will be the case today. lots of clear skies and a little breeze developing around 15-20 miles per hour as we get closer. lots of clear skies with temperatures around 70 degrees close to the first pitch just after 5 pm later today. satellite showing you some high not in the y approaching the north coast of california around cape mendocino and eureka. for us, we still have mostly clear conditions on wednesday afternoon and temperatures have been warming up steadily. take a look at the numbers. santa rosa, 70. napa, 69. livermore, 71. san jose, 70 and san francisco checking in at 66. temperatures have been trending up over the past couple of days. we will cool thin

the power is off at candlestick park. >> don't expect services for 72 hours.prepare yourself for nightfall. >> it's been a frightening scene here. as you can see, just below me is where this crack in the bay bridge occurred. >> the lower deck has indeed sustained a lot of damage. >> downtown santa cruz is basically gone. >>e have pictures on the air now that is the cypress section of the nimitz freeway. oh my god. >> the first thing for people to realize is that loma prieta is not the big one. >> i think we're very, very surprised at the amount of damage. >> the fault always wins. >> this bridge was designed to move and sway with an earthquake. not to be rigid. >> you can tell the building how to act. >> if i live in san francisco and there is an earthquake, i'm coming to this building. >> everyone should be paying attention. >> pay attention. >> can't believe it's been 30 years. to me it feels like it was yesterday. >> i remember reporting from the marina district the next day. can't believe it's been 30 years. >> exactly. a lot has changed but a lot hasn't.

all lanes were blocked of northbound 101 at candlestick park. completely blocked off due to this fire. we don't know what actuallyhat . but we're trying to get as much information. that was just basically from all the calls that came in initially with so many people driving by and seeing this fire. >> and so if you are headed to the city from the city, we want to warn you, avoid this area if you can. it looks like parts of northbound 101 are closed right now at candlestick. >> so the main fire we're covering as well, so sad to say, the main fire. so many fires burning now in our state as a whole as well. but the kincade fire broke last week. at that point zero percent contained. it's taken all these days for it just to reach 10% containment so far. 30,000 acres already destroyed. >> 79 structures destroyed. we have 180,000 people currently under evacuation. that's mind boggling to even think about that. >> it's the largest evacuation they've ever had in sonoma county. >> this is an unprecedented wind event. we're seeing wind gusts reach nearly c