according to the campbell union school district, the young victim was a 3rd grade student at castleman elementary. the school district also said on friday that they are working to provide support to any students or staff who may need it. this is the 47th fatal traffic incident and the 26th pedestrian death in san jose this year. >> all right. back live. now the names of those has not yet been released. but for now in the south bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> and that to that breaking news. joining us live now on the phone is michael hunt with oakland fire. he's going listen more on the situation on that large grass fire burning off. i-580, in oakland. a good afternoon to you, sir. >> you know you like it. >> well, thank you so much for joining us. i know you guys are very busy fighting this fire. can you give us a sense of what the area is like where that fire is burning? are we talking about a very residential area? >> yeah, the call came in 02:00pm this for station fire on what westbound 5.80, in the vegetation just off of the freeway quickly crews arriving, it was clear the f

crosswalk friday as investigators processed the tragic scene, according to the bell schedule at castleman elementary classes started at 8 20 that eight year old boy, a third grader at the school was about to get there with his babysitter. instead police say at 803, he was hit in this crosswalk two blocks away, devastating a family and changing lives throughout this community before year old son i feel for the mom and the family so it's just very tragically and satin jose police say this black 2022 mercedes was traveling southbound on castleman avenue, hitting the eight year old boy and his 44 year old babysitter. both subjects were transported to the hospital, where the boy was pronounced deceased the female in the accident. is suffering from serious but non life threatening injuries. the female driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. drugs and alcohol are not believed to be involved. police say the speed limit in the neighborhood is 25 mph, and at this point in the investigation that driver was driving between 25 to 30 miles an hour. still neighbor bianca or

amberleigh ktvu, fox two newsk to school for students at castleman elementary in san jose , since a third grader was hit and killed by a car friday morning memorial was held over the weekend for jacob villanova . the eight year old was in a crosswalk with his babysitter. when a driver hit both of them. the district says castleman elementary had resources available today for students affected by the tragedy. tomorrow, the san francisco school board will reconsider changes to school holidays, including making eat an official district holiday is celebrated by muslims worldwide. students had a petition to add two days of e to the holiday calendar in last month of school board approved it, but the move now faces a potential lawsuit over possible violations of open meeting laws and constitutional rights resolution on the agenda tomorrow would put the changes on hold and look at best practices for changing district holidays. officials in puerto rico say they remain in rescue and response mode following a direct hit from hurricane fiona . the storm made landfall yesterday packing 90 mile an hour

that is driftwood drive, and we're on castleman avenue right now. at that corner, we're still not sure exactly where that accident happened where the boy was hit along this road, but driftwood drive seems to be ah, the road that has the tape blocked off from it. you can't get any not. we're not seeing any cars going in and out of their castleman, as long as you're heading in the opposite direction seems to be unaffected. but again, just a block over is where that elementary school is. i have reached out to the campbell union school district, which is the district that castle on elementary falls under to see if they have a statement. they can provide possibly even confirm. if this boy this young child was part of that school district, but we know he is now in the hospital recovering from those injuries. we've reached out to san jose police department as well. who says that they will be able to give us some more updates and more information as they continue their investigation. very much new in this situation, guys. we just learned that this happened

tell kron 4 that there has been a problem was speeding vehicles and traffic in the neighborhood castleman elementary school is just a block away. and natalie gonzales worries about the safety of other children. there's a lot of traffic and a lot of people that just drive through thought to faster here in a residential area. >> it is a problem for sure. campbell union school district also said on friday that they are working to provide support to any students and staff who may have witnessed the accident. >> this is the 47th fatal traffic incident and the 26th pedestrian death in san jose this year. >> all right. back live the investigation here along castle mont is ongoing. they did, however, just tow away the suspect vehicle. if you're in the area of driftwood and castleman, keep in mind that that that intersection could be closed for some time. but for now in san jose, charles clifford kron, 4 news. thanks very much, charles, for that live report. >> a trader joe's in castro valley is closed after a car crashed through the front of the store. >> investigators now piecing together exactl

today is the first day back to school for students at castleman elementary school in san jose since ay morning. a memorial was held over the weekend for jacob villanova. the eight year old was in a crosswalk with his babysitter when a driver hit them both. the district says castleman elementary had resources available today for students affected by the tragedy. visitors are flooding into san francisco ahead of the annual dream force convention, and more than ever, the hospitality industry is counting on the event to revive tourism in the city. ktvu is christien kafton joins us now live and christian . there is a lot riding on this convention going well. yeah there sure. isn't julie, you know well as well as i do. that dream force is always one of the city's biggest conventions. and this year they're hoping it is no different. you can see the people congregating here. all these visitors coming into town. i just talked to two gentlemen, one from boston, the other one from rhode island. so we're talking about a lot of people coming in all eyes are on dream force, hoping that it sends a c

a child's backpack sat near this c processed the tragic scene, according to the bell schedule at castleman elementary classes started at 8 20 that eight year old boy third grader at the school was about to get there with his babysitter. instead police say at 803, he was hit in this crosswalk two blocks away, devastating a family and changing lives throughout this community, mama before year old son i feel for the mom and the family so it's just very tragically and satin jose police say this black 2022 mercedes was traveling southbound on castleman avenue, hitting the eight year old boy and his 44 year old babysitter. both subjects were transported to the hospital, where the boy was pronounced deceased. the female in the accident is suffering from serious but non life threatening injuries. female drivers stayed on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. drugs and alcohol are not believed to be involved, police say the speech read them in the neighborhood is 25 mph, and at this point in the investigation, the driver was driving between 25 to 30 miles an hour. still neighbor bian

castleman elementary is only a block away .ough that area, right where jacob was killed. if you look at the strip right now, there is no light. there is a lot of trees. it is very visual for people to driving. but that's not the point only. is that people who is driving to need to slow down it respect the times when the students going to school, you know, especially in the mornings. and after school. cruz responded quickly to that scene of the accident. but about two hours later, jacob died at the hospital. his babysitter was injured but is expected to survive. the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. there's now a go fund me page set up by jacobs family to cover those funeral costs. well right now, thousands of people still waiting in line in london among the final mortars to pay their last respects to queen elizabeth, the second ahead of tomorrow's funeral. this is a live look at pictures of westminster hall. some people have waited more than 24 hours to see the queen line in state. the funeral

. >> the san jose castleman elementary school welcomed back students today after a student was killed in a car crash while walking to school last week. the community is still pretty shaken up about this tragedy. many parents are walking their kids to school this morning and drivers are going slower than usual. a car hit and killed an 8 year-old little boy on friday. the boy and his babysitter entered the marked crosswalk when it happened. the child was rushed to the hospital, but later died from his injuries. his babysitter was hospitalized with a broken leg. we spoke with the parents who was near the intersection when it happened. >> they saw the kids was lying on down and it is cheap. so i don't know what what happened. but the building much of the yelling and then i come out to from my house and i noticed that there was a kid on the ship. so she was crying very badly. and i i know that that took it was said in i sing because i see the face of that. >> the other way over there. >> san jose police say the female driver is cooperating with the investigation. speeding does not appear t

thank you, in san jose castleman elementary school come back.nts today after a student was killed in a car crash while walking to school last week. >> the community still shaken by the tragedy. many parents are walking their children to school. drivers seem to be going slower than usual. a car hit and killed an 8 year-old boy on friday. the boy and his babysitter entered the marked crosswalk when it happened. he was rushed to the hospital, but later died from his injuries. the babysitter was hospitalized with a broken leg. we talked to the parents who is near the intersection when it happened. >> i saw the kids was lying on down and it is cheap. so i don't know what what happened. but the building much of the yelling and then i come out to from my house and i noticed that there was a kid on the ship. so she was crying very badly. and i i know that that took it was said in that i sing because i see the face of that. let the way over there. >> san jose police say the female driver is cooperating with the investigation. speeding does not appear to

it happened near castleman elementary school. his babysitter had been walking with him. >> and was also injured. proffers rob nesbitt has more now on how the community is reacting. >> you can see the memorial of flowers that has formed throughout the day. people coming and going to pay their respects for the 8 year-old boy who was killed at this intersection. residents in this area of san jose are concerned for their own children and grandchildren who cross the street every day. it was around 08:00am when gloria cling board heard the accident just feet from her home on castle want ave when she walked outside, she was met with the scene of emotions. people were screaming, crying, kids. we're here with the >> there were you to some said san jose police say an 8 year-old boy and 44 year-old woman who was his baby sitter was struck by a car. >> both were taken to the hospital. the babysitter suffering with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. the boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. 49 traffic fatality in the city of san jo

today was the first day of classes at castleman elementary school in san jose. after a driver ran over and killed a student right outside of the campus. the community still shaken by this tragic accident. many parents walking their kids to school today. drivers, a reporter on scene there said was driving a little bit slower than usual. a car hit and killed an 8 year-old boy on friday. the boy and his babysitter enter the marked crosswalk when this happened, that boy was rushed to the hospital, but he later died from his injuries. his babysitter went to the hospital with a broken leg. we spoke with a parent who was near the intersection when this happened. >> i saw the kids was laying on down and it is cheap. so i don't know happened. but much of the yelling and then i come out to from my house and i noticed that there was a kid on the ship. so she was crying very badly. i noticed that took it was said in that i sing because i see the face of that. >> the other way over there. >> the san jose police department says this is an ongoing investigation and the santa c

on young people in order to stop the gun violence last night at a families in action for him, a castleman high school people talked about the violence in oakland, saying it is affecting young people. ownership just fear. it's just straight fear. our babies are scared to go to school and being exposed to so much. so many programs are on the computers and stuff and they're not thinking that's too much for our children. even high school student i feel sad. and it breaks my heart that there's so much violence here in oakland. i would like to see there to be more safety. many of the speakers at the forum called for more community involvement and talking with young people about their emotions and the violence. that's all around them. today russia plans to begin the attempted annexation of more territories in ukraine. russia's government is holding celebratory concerts and rallies in moscow and in occupied parts of ukraine. this comes just a few days after russia held referendums in ukrainian territories on joining russia. russia's closest allies, including serbia and kazakhstan , are refusing t

. >> in san jose castleman elementary school welcome students back today after the student was killed in a car crash while walking to school last week. the community, as you might imagine, is still heartbroken because of this horrible tragedy. many parents walked their kids to school this morning. drivers going noticeably slower than usual. a car hit and killed an 8 year-old boy friday. the boys babysitter were walking in a marked crosswalk. when it happens, he was rushed to the hospital, but later died from his injuries. the babysitter was hospitalized with a broken leg. we spoke to a parent who was near that intersection when it happened. >> they saw the kids was lying on down and it is cheap. so i don't know what what happened. but much of the yelling and then i come out to from my house and i noticed that there was a kid on the ship. so she was crying very badly. i know that that took it was said in that i sing because i see the face of that. >> the other way over there. >> just brutal san jose police say the driver is cooperating. speeding does not appear to be a factor in this c

who was hit and killed by a driver last week in san jose villanueva was struck at a crosswalk at castleman avenue and driftwood drive while he was walking to school on friday morning. his babysitter was also hit and suffered a broken leg. people continue to leave flowers , balloons and cards at that site in the boy's memory. the crosswalk has been repainted, but neighbors are calling for more speed bumps and stop signs to keep students safe. some residents have put out traffic cones and makeshift signs to get people to slow down. puerto rico . record flooding still being reported throughout following that direct hit from hurricane fiona 30 inches of rain fell in some areas with close to 1000 water rescues being reported. at least five people have been killed across the caribbean and the storm is now set to pass through the bahamas tonight. puerto rico still recovering from hurricane maria, which hit five years ago this week, and now a new recovery effort is underway. it's going to take weeks for people to come up from the municipalities to fix these things and remove them so that they can

this morning, the boy was a third grader at castleman elementary. san jose. police say this black 2022 mercedes was on castle, mont avenue, just blocks from the school when it hit the pair around eight a.m. the speed limit. there is 25 miles an hour. police say the driver was going 25 to maybe 30 miles an hour. this is san jose's 26th pedestrian fatality of the year. now to a story only on seven and oakland woman is speaking out after her mother was shot while inside her own home, she says, despite her mother being the victim of robbery, burglary and even assault in the past, this is the last straw, forcing her mother to think about leaving the city she loves. she shared this story only with abc seven news anchor dion lim. i don't want her to be another statistic . roxana who requested we not use her last name, calls her mom superwoman for so many reasons. an immigrant fleeing the war in vietnam for a better life. she had no idea what living in oakland would be like she's been robbed many times she's been punished. they grabbed a necklace from her. on the str

jacob villanueva was struck in a crosswalk at castleman avenue and driftwood drive while walking to school on friday morning. his babysitter was also hit and suffered a broken leg. people continue to leave flowers , balloons and cards at that site. in the boy's memory. the crosswalk has been repainted, but neighbors are calling for more speed bumps and stop signs to keep students safe. some residents have put out traffic cones and makeshift signs to get people to slow down. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a plan to prosecute some juvenile offenders as adults, and now that plan is being criticized by youth advocates. members of the young women's freedom center and reimagine youth justice coalition held a rally today outside of jenkins's office. her new policy gives prosecutors the ability here to seek adult charges for 16 and 17 year olds in certain cases, including murder, sexual assault and kidnapping. people at the rally, want the district attorney to reverse the policy. not them by and then you'd be hard. we will not stand by and that i be traumatized not standi

that is part of castleman elementary.how close it is to the elementary school kids and the teachers inside. we don't know if this child was in the crosswalk with a parent at the time. but we do know that that child is still alive. thankfully, but with life-threatening injuries as far as this scene here, they have shut this down. a massive presence of police officers for a pedestrian accident. so we're not exactly sure what's going on here. but if you are in this area, tried to avoid it because it looks like it will be shut down for quite some lot of people stepped out standing on the sidewalk, checking it out. but again, look at how close it is. to that elementary school. back to you. >> oh, well, all right. thank you very much. obviously, we hope the best for that child for his family. and yeah, so close to the school there. a parent's worst nightmare when they send their kids off to school each morning. they hope they get there safely. we'll we'll continue to follow the latest there and provide us more throughout the re

eight year old jacob via nova was a third grade student, castleman elementary, he was hit just a blockom campus. there were 23 pedestrian deaths in san jose in all of last year. so far this this year. there have been 26 pedestrian deaths. we still have more than three months to go in 2022. i do hope you're with us in the past hour of mornings onto, i spoke live with san jose mayor sam liccardo and asked him what the city is doing to make the streets safer for pedestrians. we received hundreds of complaints every week from residents throughout the city who believed traffic is too fast in their neighborhood. they're concerned about various roadway issues that bring presents safety concerns. the reality is that we have a very defined and scarce budget, and we need to focus our dollars. on where the greatest risk exists. the mayor says the data show the largest number of pedestrian fatalities happened out on the higher speed roadways. so that's where most of the focus has been in terms of increasing pedestrian safety, says there is a need to do more neighborhoods as well. things like insta

the streets of cat driftwood drive and castleman avenue remain closed at this time as they continue to collect evidence. let's take a look at our video. part of that evidence is the backpack that the child was carrying at the time of the accident that was picked up from the middle of the street. just a short time ago around 9 30 this morning, police investigators say a child, a third grader at castle, mont. and an adult woman were crossing driftwood. the pair was in the crosswalk. the driver of the suv hit them. the driver may remained on the scene, and police say that person is cooperating with the investigation. the boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later, some neighbors say. foliage and branches from the tree lined street obscure the crosswalk sign and that the paint marking the crosswalk has faded. they also say even so, drivers need to be aware and use caution because there is a school nearby . now an email statement from the superintendent of the campbell union school district says. in part, our school community is heartbroken by this development is every s

uh you should avoid the area of castleman elementary school in san jose, near payne avenue.car. that's a good area. san jose police want you to stay away from that area. castle mont avenue near pain for right now, 8 50. let's go to roberta. official sundown tonight is at 7 14, and by then we will have some partly cloudy skies were turning to the bay area. we've got a baseball game that dreaded dodgers come to town and again the game time temperature right around 64 degrees as logan webex the bound for the good guys, then on sunday, we've got us some football. 49ers play host at the seattle seahawks. game time temp at 68 degrees in plan on periods of light rain showers. temperatures meanwhile , right now at this hour 51 santa rosa to 61 degrees in concord, we do have this area of low pressure in developed in the gulf of alaska, it will become cloudy with increasing winds on saturday in the north bay. no rain on saturday until the evening hours in the late hours in the north bay, but the rain begins in earnest across the bay area on sunday morning around sunup spreads across t