all lanes are back open northbound 280 at foothill.re was a fatal accident investigation that had shut down three lanes though for hours since just after 1:30. i think is when that accident was reported. right now though 65 miles per hour so heading out of cupertino and heading into los altos. the south bay commute looks okay. here's a live look at a wet slick san mateo bridge, as well. this is the commute direction westbound 92 still really light out of hayward. and overnight they had roadwork on westbound and eastbound 92. all of that is cleared. so now we're no longer seeing a delay in either direction actually i should say we didn't see a delay even when caltrans was out there. cars were weaving around those lanes that were blocked. here's a look at some of our sensors in the east bay now. eastshore freeway a lot of overnight roadwork scheduled until 5:00 so just for the next 10 minutes sorry if you can wait it out it was scheduled between hercules and albany and again between buchanan and powell. right now we're showing speeds all

a forbidding wilderness lying in the foothills marking the foot of cambodia.t is the first week of june and the air is heavy. until now the enemies have held sway here. a small part of operation hawthorn is over. the men of the 101st will fight no more. but this day the bastions of freedom held, coming from the north. their weapons, not ours, have been silenced. throughout the oppressive days and nights of june of 1966 the operation continued. the screaming eagles repeatedly beat back the troop units. it envelops the army regiment is more than 500 of the communist aggressors are killed. it is the largest single battle of the war for the men of the 101st. bitter struggle to preserve this little asian nation is made better as they strengthen their resolve. at last, the fighting is done. ♪ all the world had heard about the gallant screaming eagles. in recognition of their outstanding victory, the premier of south vietnam. he expressed gratitude to the nation in a way that only they could understand. these were some of the weapons taken from the enemy. in the hand

it is a forbidding wilderness lying in the foothills marking the foot of cambodia.is the first week of june and the air is heavy and humid. until now the enemies have held sway here. 30 miles north of the little town, airborne engineers erect a crude bridge. a few miles beyond lies a special forces camp which has been under siege by the vietcong for a week. supplies are badly needed and must get through. the first begin crossing. near the bridge, the men of the artillery prepare for another firing mission. they have rained shells on the enemy forces attacking the cap. -- camp. each time the schilling starts, the -- shelling starts, the enemy withdraws. when it lives, they regroup. despite airstrikes the viet cong have shown no signs of withdrawing but the artillery fire is having a telling effect. [explosions] the screaming eagles are under fire. the enemy has come to silence the guns. communist fire comes from everywhere. albert the -- out there, the enemy is creeping in. the weighting is agony. -- waiting is agony. then the enemy makes his move. this is it, live o

this family lived on the foothills and were awakened by the roar. >> i could see fire outside everywherei thought it was my yard in flames. when i looked out, it was coming out of the volcano. >> 85,000 people live in and around the city and volcano. >> i live from the volcano. these walls are made of volcanic rocks, so i'm not afraid. >> the risk is real. >> the biggest danger is an earth slide. the lava can melt the glacier and snow releasing huge amounts of water. think of it as a kind of tsunami that moves downhill, dragging with it bolders rocks trees everything in its path, at 100 kilometers an hour. >> at this elementary school, the so-called red zone, both teachers and children are living on the edge. an orange level alert is still in effect and they know they have little time to reach safety should there be an even bigger eruption. >> nature is unpredictable. it's very disturbing, because we don't know what the volcano will do. >> i am afraid it will erupt says this 9-year-old. at this modern tracking center, scientists monitor the volcano around the clock. >> we he don't think

this person and their family live on the foothills and were awoken by the roller. i could see fire outside everywhere. i thought it was my yard in flames. when i looked out it was coming out of the volcano. 85,000 live in and around the city. both popular tourist spots. >> i live from the volcano. it's not made of volcanic rocks. i'm not afraid. the risk is real. >> the biggest danger is an earth slide. the hot lava releases hot lava, releasing huge amounts of water. thing of it as a tsunami dragging rocks, boulders, trees in its path at 100 kilometres per hour. >> at this elementary school teachers and children are living on the edge. an orange level alert is in effect and we know there's time to reach safety should there be a bigger eruption. >> translation: nature is unpredictable. it's disturbing. we don't know what the volcano will do. i'm afraid it will disrupt the nine-year-old. they monitor the volcano around the stop. >> should it escalate they reach the community in 20 minutes. >> reporter: surprisingly many are building new homes, expensive ones at that

food value the acorns were fatally off the trees in september but they would come up prosecute the foothills same as the people that came to camp camp is celebrating it's 90th year and the indians were up here for 4 thousand we see every day of them in the grinding rocks around the camp we have about 15 grinding sites in came so it was a major summer report area for the 92 hawks. >> through there are signs that prosperity were in the area it was not until the early part of the century with the 76 began the construction of damn in helpfully a say mill was billed open the left hand of the math for the construction by which lake was used to float logs needed for the project at the same time the yosemite park and company used the other side of the camp to house tourists interesting in seeing the national park and the constructions of damn when the u son damn was completed many of the facilities were not needed then the city of san francisco donated the property it was named camp mather the first director it was named after him tuesday morning away amongst the pine the giant sequoia is the giants

westbound 80 just past 680 we do have slower drive passing by foothill road because of a disabled vehicle blocking your slow lane. we see the effects of the disabled rig not appreciable as folks approach the dublin interchange. south 680 showing more slowing because of that volume, tri valley looks normal except for the stech up tretch up the dubl. carlson and cutting boulevard may slow down golden gate field. the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. you saw the north bay no slowing out of novato through mill valley. typical pattern for the east bay and tri valley, dublin grade, 880 slows south hayward toward fremont typical boulevard. 87 shows a little slowing. north 101 there was a stall reported north of our live camera at alum rock but it has not backed up this far, just a quarter mile on the approach. they must have moved that stall. you talked about the lights at the bay bridge, overnight tonight is the last night could you see the glowing lights. >> it's beautiful. >> they have to maintain the cables, caltransdus and they'll be back in a year. >> takes a lot to maintain th

northbound 280 of open again following the fatal crash and two vehicles collided after 1:45 near foothill express way and c.h.p. said they hit the center divide and one driver was ejected and died at the scene. the other was not hurt. no word on the cause of the accident. c.h.p. said there is no evidence that drugs or alcohol played a role. >> from florida in the last hour, a military official confirmed 11 marines and soldiers are now presumed dead after the blackhawk helicopter crashed on a training mission from the air force base in the florida panhandle. >>> the cause of the crash is not yet known but officials say dense fog could have played a part. it shows a look at the heavy fog conditions at the air force base. a blackhawk helicopter was carrying four soldiers and seven marines. crew open board was taking part in a routine training mission over a stretch of beach. pilots usually wear night vision goggles and the aircraft disappeared at 8 ok -- 8:30 last night. debris was spotted only a couple of hours ago. >> there was fog. doug not know if it was a contributing factor. when rescu

the 57-year-old worked at foothill community college from nature mate to 2012 before he retired. >>>one of three suspects charged with murdering an oakland mother during a shooting has a three hearing. a judge postponed anthony simm's case, the 19 year order admitted being involved in the gun battle in west oakland that killed a 30-year-old mother who just packed her car and was walking her two kids home. she died protecting her children in the cross fire. two other suspects are facing homicide charges. >> technology takes the road to grab safety for all drivers. an invention faces including bad weather and on surprises. >>> the bay bridge toll plaza shows weather and traffic during the entire commercial ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. >> we are back on this thursday and looking at light wind and know fog at the golden gate bridge but it is lushing closer to the coast. if you are there, watch out. it has been down to quarter-mile or less than that at half moon ba

of 280 are back open after a fatal crash overnight that happened after 1:45 this morning at the foothillressway. two vehicles were involved. you can see the scene. one were was ejected and died. three northbound lanes were closed for 2 1/2 hours. officers investigated. there is in word the cause of the accident but it is believed it was raining at the time. >> in florida a search is on for survivors of a military helicopter crash. the chopper was carrying seven special operations marines and an army air. >> moments ago, a military official said the 11 service member are now presumed dead. they were traveling in a helicopter in heavy fog and taking part in a routine night exercise when the aircraft went down. search-and-rescue teams found debris. the cause of the trash is not determined. in was a dense fog advisory in affect. >> there was fog. i do not know if it was a tripping factor. when our search-and-rescue personnel arrived on the scene this was limited visibility. >> this happened at the air force base in florida panhandle. the helicopter did not issue distress call. a second black

this woman and her family life on the foothills of the villarrica and were awake ebb. en. >> i could see fire everywhere. i thought it was the yard. when i looked it was coming from the volcano. >> reporter: 85,000 live in and around the cities of this area. both popular tourist spots. i live from the volcano. these walls are made of volcanic rocks. i am not afraid. the risk is reel. the biggest chamber is of the slide. it is the top of the volcano, releasing huge amounts of water. think of it assist a tsunami moving downhill dragging boulders, rocks, trees, everything in its path at 100 k/hr. at this elementary school in the red zone teachers and children are living on the edge. an orange level alert is in effect and they know they have little time to reach safety should there be a bigger eruption. nature is unpredictable. it's disturbing. we don't know about the volcano. >> i'm afraid it will erupt, says this 9-year-old. at this tracking center scientists monitor the volcano around the clock. >> we don't think the eruptions will be worse than on march 3rdrd. should t

by one account i read these are even snowy foothills in the southern alps. their challenge is to get in there. they believe based on the helicopter surveillance that nobody survived. there are conflicting reports as to how wide the debris field is but clearly the challenge now is going to be to pick up all of the pieces of this plane and clearly the most important and pertinent parts as it relates to the investigation they have to zero in on the black boxes. to have a distress call transmitted digitally and not verbally would suggest that the pilots were still very busy trying to maintain control or deal with the emergency at hand and did not have time to even key their microphone and tell controllers what the problem was. >> tom, thank you so much. stay with me throughout the program. we're going to be covering this very close to the the ground. but bill neely is following the latest in london. what's the latest you're hearing? >> good morning, jose. as you can imagine, very distressing scenes indeed. from photographs sent from barcelona and dusseldorf airp

at the foothills of the alps is where this plane went down. going to be anxious to get ahold of are the cockpit flight recorders. until we see the debris field and how scattered it is it's going to be difficult to draw my conclusions. >> tom costello get back on the phone. we'll talk to you in a bit. john cox, anything about the flight path that raises questions to you? also, i mean, it looked like perfect flying weather for sure. we lost john cox for a moment. we'll get him back. chris dickey, foreign editor of "the daily beast," joins us on the phone as well. look at where the plane went down and the possibility of a wide debris field. this is not an easy area to get to. >> no, it's not, it's very rugged. they are sending hundreds of people up there to search for flight recorders and bodies. from the reports that have gone out, it sounds like the plane dropped down lower than it intended into this rugged mountainous area where there are a lot of peaks. it's conceivable that it clipped something and then scattered over terrain. i wouldn't put

past there you get slow-and-go conditions once again for a stalled big rig at foothill.ks like tow crews are headed out the scene of that one. slow-and-go as you head to the dublin interchange so give yourself some extra time. checking your drive along the eastshore freeway, you know, we had an earlier accident at cutting. that's been cleared. that's the good news. but taking a look at how slow traffic is as a result. we are very busy on that westbound side of 80 because of that accident. in fact, you can see you're slow-and-go pretty much from hercules all the way through richmond. you're going to see slow conditions into berkeley as well. once you hit the bay bridge bogs down also. in fact, the metering lights are on, the bay bridge gets better over the upper deck into san francisco. again the approaches to the bay bridge backed up as well as you work your way towards -- out of oakland into san francisco. that's a look at traffic. here's roberta with the forecast. >>> it's it's 6:50. we are taking you to the nation's capital to the white house which is getting whiter b

the vice-chancellor for business services at foothill says dunham resigned for retirement purposes. in 1996 he was arrested for domestic violence. his wife reported he had choked and hit her in their home. she told officers dunham had an alcohol problem and that he gets angry and violent after drinking. >>> meantime, the family of officer johnson released this statement -- "we appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers we have received from the community both near and far. we love you mike, our husband, son, brother, uncle, and hero." our coverage continues with abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen with more on how last night's chaotic chain of events unfold p. the. >> reporter: residents are searching for answers after the unthinkable. >> what could he have possibly been going through that would make him do something so abrupt? >> how do you go from being a nice person to a killer? jose police are looking into those questions after 57-year-old scott dunham opened fire on officers who came to his apartment unit for a welfare check, resulting in the death of 38-year-old officer michael j

the bottleneck starts by foothill expressway. will probably get worse as more and more people leave silicon valley and head north. that is the scene in los altos hills on interstate 280. quite a scene this afternoon. fortunately, no one was injured other than the driver. we're live in los altos hills. david louie, abc 7 news. >>> david we're still trying to find out who that driver was and why he was running. we'll continue to update that for you on abc 7 news coming up later. >>> the growing fallout over racist and homophobic texts sent by san francisco police officers. this afternoon the city's defender -- public defender weighed in. abc 7 news reporter vic lee joining us live in the newsroom. >> larry, public defender is reviewing cases involving the four officers who were implicated in that texting scandal. this to make sure none of the cases has been tainted. he's been meeting with district attorney george gas cone who wants to go back as far as ten years. hi dach i has already begun his review. >> we've already identified.

equally, until you get into the foothills, this is rain. toward kashmir now but these trees are not used to great disparity, we get rain and snow here. the rain still falls. we're taking it through 24 hours, and then it dice out. you are up in the hindu cush here. there is a line beyond the snow, potential there for at least the cloud to be a low ceiling does exist. beyond that, it's a little bit better but it's not quite perfect yet. >> thank you. still ahead on the news hour, h.iv numbers in africa help to decriminalize the sex trade. >> hundreds of thousands of activists in buenos aires have come to show their support to president kirchner as she plaintiffs her last state of the nation address. >> in sport chelsea secured a first trophy of the english football season. >> taking sadaam hussein's hometown from isil. >> john kerry says there will be consequences for russia if the minsk peace accord is not implement fully. sergey lavrov has said there's been tangible progress since the deal was signed, but ukraine needs to do more. the u.n.

it flipped on 280 just north of the foothill expressway. the car rolled until it was right side up again. it comes back down on its wheels. it ended up flipping a couple of times. it staggered out and after about 50 seconds or so he stepped out of the car and assessed the damage and looked up at our -- the at the helicopter. thankfully no one else was injured. you will put officers in danger as well as the public in danger. it was taken to the hospital to be checked out before being taken to jail. it shows how worn away the tires are. there is no rubber. it is just steel wheels. >>> both animals found dead near playgrounds and that's where abc news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan it was found in the back of the school just last week. and tomorrow vector control will be going door-to-door warning residents about the dangers of bats and rabies. >> rabies alert. >> that is the warning going out to residents about a mexican free taled bat similar to the one seen here. it was found on friday and a dog spotted the

should be with our central location and having almost one thousand foot tower on the top of 9 hundred foothill really makes that very good i can get broadcast reception from anymore in the bay area from there unlike the situation that occurred a few years ago from the dispute from an existing station covering nbc and nbc network they moved their facilities to to the south bay i can't get a broadcast if nbc that is a major network because their tower is the in santa cruz mountains there's still a number of people that don't have cable it is important we make it assessable especially for the first responders and other things mentioned and allowing this spanish language television station to move from mount st. helen where most of the population is living is able to assess this station it looks like things are has been done well landscaping putting in new dish down blow and the addition felt towers and the opponents are agreeing the manager of the tower is working with the neighborhood in harmony i'm very much in favor of not taking dr and approving that project. >> commissioner richards. >> i ha

students coming home from an exchange program in spain were aboard the german plane that crashed in the foothills of the french alps. all 150 people aboard are presumed dead. the town is silent. nothing is happening anymore everybody is in shock. the airbus a320 was traveling to dÜsseldorf win for reasons unclear it to send it rapidly -- when it descended rapidly. the airplane crashed in rugged the brief. -- the airplane crashed in rugged terrain, only bits of debris visible. while inconsolable relatives arrived at the dÜsseldorf airport, they talked about the painful level of loss. >> i'm concerned with the depth of suffering that is being brought to so many people. jay: officials confirm one of the data recorders has been recovered and will hopefully lead investigators to the calls use, which remains under investigation. leon: breaking news from san jose, california, a police officer has been shot and there is a massive manhunt for the suspect underway. these are live pictures from the scene. there is major police presence. the condition of the officer has not been released. we will stay on top

they were talking about possible drug dealing in the foothills of san jose. deputies have detained two women, a man in another car rammed the sheriff's cruiser. one of the deputies opened fire, the man kept driving. deputy was not hurt and the suspect later showed up in the hospital with a gunshot wound and he was detained there. a prayer service will be held at 10:30 where a man was shot and killed in san francisco last week where she tried to run them over. they tried to question alice brown with the stolen car she was driving. they shot and killed her because she was driving recklessly and endangering the lives of everyone in the area. brown's family wants to know whether they can identify people as police when they approached her. >>> he's thankful his department is finally moving out of the hall of justice, the building lost power three times on tuesday and it shut down elevators and affected police headquarters, the district attorneys office and courtrooms and two jails. the aging building faces problems with rats and asbestosis concerns and leaking cei

the 57-year-old worked at foothills deanza community college from 1998 to 2012 before he retired as agrounds gardener and construction laborer. >> i have encountered him a couple times. >> some neighbors say they didn't talk to dunham and he kept to himself. he is accused of shooting and killing officer michael johnson during a welfare check last night. dunham was found dead on his balcony after an hour long standoff. less than 24 hours after the standoff ended people trickled into their apartments to find a big mess. we saw people coming out of dunham's apart meant carrying a laundry basket. >> i have been living here a year and nothing happened. it is a quiet apartment. then a neighbor is shooting cops. >> in san jose, abc7 news. >>> the death of officer johnson has affected so many people. 22,000 people are showing tear support by sharing this badge from our abc7 news facebook page. >>> in other news a huge clean up is underway in south san jose after a car plowed into a hearing aid store. a witness tells abc7 news that a car in the store's porking lot hit a car and went airborne.

the 57-year-old worked at foothills deanza community college from 1998 to 2012 before he retired as a grounds gardener and construction laborer. >> i have encountered him a couple times. >> some neighbors say they didn't talk to dunham and he kept to himself. he is accused of shooting and killing officer michael johnson during a welfare check last night. dunham was found dead on his balcony after an hour long standoff. less than 24 hours after the standoff ended people trickled into their apartments to find a big mess. we saw people coming out of dunham's apart meant carrying a laundry basket. >> i have been living here a year and nothing happened. it is a quiet apartment. then a neighbor is shooting cops. >> in san jose, abc7 news. >>> the death of officer johnson has affected so many people. 22,000 people are showing tear support by sharing this badge from our abc7 news facebook page. >>> in other news a huge clean up is underway in south san jose after a car plowed into a hearing aid store. a witness tells abc7 news that a car in the store's porking lot hit a car and went airborne.

today i'm in birmingham, alabama, which is rolling foothills of the appalachians. they say that wars are fought to change maps and this episode of "strange inheritance" is about a map, a very old map and one that survives in a family whose history spans from texas to virginia and then back here to alabam alabama. >> my name is patrick martin. my parents died in 1999 and my sister and i inherited the house and contents. we were surprised when we figured out what it contained. >> the house patrick and his sister peggy inherited in birmingham is now their home. patrick, thank you so much for having me over. >> it's our pleasure. >> patrick's parents moved to alabama from maryland and bought the house in the 1960s. patrick, an architect, returns to take care of his ill parents in 1994, but then has his own health scare. >> i had a quintuple bypass. >> that leads to an early retirement at age 47. with lots of time on his hands he starts rummaging through the house, including the attic. it's here he comes across a box he remembers from his childhood. >> this looks very,

there was an accident near foothill in the noncommute direction in dublin.o bridge, solid backup as you approach the high rise into foster city. traffic will be backed on the nimitz freeway. finally, the bay bridge toll plaza, not looking too bad. traffic still moving slow and go through the eastshore freeway. back to the desk. >> thank you, brian. >>> we continue to follow developing story in san francisco where a family of five all hurt this morning in an apartment fire. it started around 4:30 a.m. in the mission district at a three-story building at 24th street and treat avenue. these are live pictures from the scene. you can -- the area is still cordoned off. fire trucks still there. mother and father and three children have been taken to the hospital. firefighters now say that three of them suffered life- threatening injuries while two suffered serious injuries. >> they were able to rescue two of the boys out the front window where the ladder is behind me. the young girl down the stairs, the entranceway and they brought the ma'am and dad out the back wa

it flipped on 280 just north of the foothill expressway. the car rolled until it was right side up again. it comes back down on its wheels. it ended up flipping a couple of times. it staggered out and after about 50 seconds or so he stepped out of the car and assessed the damage and looked up at our -- the at the helicopter. thankfully no one else was injured. you will put officers in danger as well as the public in danger. it was taken to the hospital to be checked out before being taken to jail. it shows how worn away the tires are. there is no rubber. it is just steel wheels. >>> both animals found dead near playgrounds and that's where abc news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan it was found in the back of the school just last week. and tomorrow vector control will be going door-to-door warning residents about the dangers of bats and rabies. >> rabies alert. >> that is the warning going out to residents about a mexican free taled bat similar to the one seen here. it was found on friday and a dog spotted the

that crash happened just after 1:45 this morning near foothill expressway. >>> the early morning rain made the roadways very slippery and it brought a little teeny hope of drought relief. matt keller joins us from san jose with more. not much though, huh? >> reporter: nice right now the weather has cleared up a little bit. no rain. but it is still soggy and wet out here. here is santana row, a lot of people like to be outside and eat lunch, still soggy, the chairs wet, the tables wet nobody is out eating outside right now, of course, still early. while this little storm may be bad for business here most certainly good for the bay area. dust off the umbrellas, rain made an appearance in san jose this morning much the wet weather dampened the morning commute with consistent showers lasting through 8 this morning. but don't expect people to be bummed out especially after a long stretch of dry weather. >> i love the rain. >> you forget your umbrella or basking in the water? >> how i was born loving the weather, like that. no um presently la. >> reporter: this morning didn't have much of a

going on: most of the 1.3 million customers reline on water from the party reservoir in the sarah foothills as do salmon from the fall run. they are required by law to save cold water for the fish stored at the bottom the reservoir. because of the drought they had to pup from other areas for customers. the water higher up is warmer and has moral gentleman which is filtered out." ". -- filtered out and it leaves behind a taste. >> the water is safe but they have reversed their course of action. workers now are pumping lower in the reservoir and the back smell and taste should be gone by the end of the week. >> that could be temporary because of the drought as we approach the summer months they may have to do this again. they suggest chilling your water to get rid of the unpleasant taste and smell. >>> in a few hours customers in the district please let us know what you are experiencing with your water open facebook. >> new revelations in the investigation into a fire in alameda county that destroyed four homes unconstruction. firefighters have their suspicions about last nature -- night's fi

deputy opened fire today on a suspect who was driving a car towards him just before 11:30 in the foothills of east san jose an swaggert rolled near old piedmont road. deputies showed up on a drug- related call. they say that when they got there, three suspects and two cars were present one of the vehicles suddenly sped towards the deputy. that's when one of the sheriffs shot into that car. the suspect then drove off. it's not clear if he was hit by the gunfire. he is apparently still on the run. two other suspects were arrested. >>> a bay area jogger kicks a small dog to death. police know who he is. but at this point, they have no plans to go after him. >> plus, it could be a cruel, cruel summer for thousands of bay area water customers. the district that's eyeing massive new surcharges. >> this kind of weather makes you want to think -- don't do it -- but think about watering your lawn. sunny and 10 to 15 degrees warmer today and we are not done warming yet. the view from berkeley was beautiful. a little rain in the forecast would be beautiful. we'll have the full forecast coming up. >>

it flipped on 280 just north of the foothill expressway. the car rolled until it was right side up again. it comes back down on its wheels. it ended up flipping a couple of times. it staggered out and after about 50 seconds or so he stepped out of the car and assessed the damage and looked up at our -- the at the helicopter. thankfully no one else was injured. you will put officers in danger as well as the public in danger. it was taken to the hospital to be checked out before being taken to jail. it shows how worn away the tires are. there is no rubber. it is just steel wheels. >>> both animals found dead near playgrounds and that's where abc news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live with the story. lisa? >> dan it was found in the back of the school just last week. and tomorrow vector control will be going door-to-door warning residents about the dangers of bats and rabies. >> rabies alert. >> that is the warning going out to residents about a mexican free taled bat similar to the one seen here. it was found on friday and a dog spotted the

bay area news group east bay mud changed how they pumped water from the reservoir in the sierra foothills and workers want to sane as were cold water as possible for the sal upon run in the fall and the fish get that water which is in the lower part of the reservoir. people are getting water from upper part and the reason for the odor and taste is there is moral gee found at the higher part of the reservoir affecting cause informs in contra costa county and alameda county. the change is temporary. early it is noticeable for many of the 1.3 million people who use the water to shower with cook with, and drink. it is still safe to drink. >> thank you. videoing news, this morning the alameda county fire department is investigating a two-alarm fire that destroyed four homes under construction in dublin. firefighters got there after getting several calls after 9:00 last night the homes were being built in a development called "the preserve," at sunset view drive and sunset view court. winds sparked spot fires. crews put them out. our reporter is at the scene with a report at the top of the hour

that's why a santa clara county deputy opened fire on a driver today around 11:30 this morning in the foothills in north san jose. a call came in about two suspicious cars parked on a dead end street. one of the officers got out and walked toward the cars one of the drivers then apparently sped right for him so he says he opened fire. >> i had the car come screeching down a hill afterwards within minutes, and there was still from the car there was still some yelling going on. seemed odd, you know? so we called 911 at that point. >> the deputy was not hurt. the suspect got away and the car was found a few hours ago. the two people in the other car were arrested. >>> well it was the ending everyone hoped for, but it was far from what anyone expected. a vallejo woman believed to be kidnapped on monday is safe tonight. as dozens were searching for her in vallejo, she suddenly appeared more than 400 miles away in huntington beach. nbc bay area's christie smith has been tracking all the twists and turns and joins us live from vallejo, where police have many questions, as do many people as to where sh

bay area news group east bay mud changed how they pumped water from the reservoir in the sierra foothillse cold water as possible for the sal upon run in the fall and the fish get that water which is in the lower part of the reservoir. people are getting water from upper

as he approached or just past the foothill expressway exit and approached magdalena, the driver hit the media on the pathfinder and it rolled over several times eventually rolling back upright. the driver eventually stepped out looking dazed. even looked up at sky 7 hd overhead to rub his arm at times which may have been been scraped as a result of the overturning vehicle. that's when officers handcuffed him and arrested him ending a pursuit that lasted about an hour and involved about 70 miles of driving around the bay. >> the speed was greater from 80 to 95. he was using the center median the entire time. it looked like his vehicle, he lost the front and rear axle. had no control or steering mechanism and lost control as he was traveling to the center median. >> the driver is now in the hospital being treated for his injuries. the chp tells us he's facing felony charges for what he did today causing a pursuit that went all the way around the bay or nearly around the bay down the east pay, 680 and up the 280 up the peninsula and we'll, of course, have more details as we get them includ

. >> dunham worked from 1998 to 2012 as a grounds gardener and construction laborer at foothill deanza community college. vice chancellor for business services deadsaid dunham resigned for retirement purposes. >> he was arrested in 1996 for domestic violence. he choked and hit her in her home. >> she told officers he had an alcohol problem and he gets angry and violent after drinking. >> that warning about dunham's drinking sounds prophetic in light of what we have learned from police communications leading up to the shooting. it began with concerned family members asking officers to check on scott dunham. 20 minutes elapsed from the time officers received the call and when officer johnson was shot to death. >> a check at senter. mom called and said that he has a gun to his head. >> they used the code 10-51 to describe somebody who's intoxicated. 10-56 means suicidal. that call came in around 6:47 last night. >> she didn't believe -- that's going to be scott dunham. >> dunham's family told dispatchers this wasn't the first time he tried to kill himself. >> five or six years ago using p

california drought continues now, officials are making plans to drain one of the lakes in the sierra foothills. by summer the lake could be empty. >> this is so appealing, homes line the lake. two districts are set to lower because of the drought. this is needed downstream in the valley for farms, homes and fish in the river. >> if the lake is drained and there is no boating no fishing on the lake it would within the county. >> a lot of people have lake houses and people that live on the lake, i'm sure will not be happy. >> there may be a lot of homes on the lake but this was built for irrigation purposes meaning it's not mother nature but water agencies determining the water in this lake. >> understand that this is recreation. >> two districts haven't yet voted but we're told it's not a matter of if but when the businesses have been closed because it's winter for the first time in 25 years, it may be just as slow during the summer. >> this is unnerving. >> there is a hint coming our way in 8 to 10 days. >> we need more than that. >> we do. >> we have high clouds around and 61 in antioch. you'

>> there are light showers in the area and the accident happened north of the foothill 280 on-ramp you us. all lanes are cleared and t vehicles are towed arrest. here is video of the accident scene reported after 1:45. an officer told he two vehicles are involved 100 person was ejected from the vehicle and that person has dayed. he was identified as an adult male. three northbound lanes were closed for 2 1/2 hours but have re-opened and the cars were towed. commuters do not face delays this morning. no word if the wet weather had anything to do with the accident. >>> thank you matt. a search-and-rescue mission is under way near the florida panhandle where a military helicopter crashed. seven marine and four army national guard soldiers are missing. our reporter is in the newsroom with more. >>> the 11 members of of the military were flying in a helicopter doing a night training exercise and it crashed. this happened over a stretch of beach outside the air fo

the 57-year-old worked at foothills deanza community college from 1998 to 2012 before he retired as a grounds gardener and construction laborer. >> i have encountered him a couple times. >> some neighbors say they didn't talk to dunham and he kept to himself. he is accused of shooting and killing officer michael johnson during a welfare check last night. dunham was found dead on his balcony after an hour long standoff. less than 24 hours after the standoff ended people trickled into their apartments to find a big mess. we saw people coming out of dunham's apart meant carrying a laundry basket. >> i have been living here a year and nothing happened. it is a quiet apartment. then a neighbor is shooting cops. >> in san jose, abc7 news. >>> the death of officer johnson has affected so many people. 22,000 people are showing tear support by sharing this badge from our abc7 news facebook page. >>> in other news a huge clean up is underway in south san jose after a car plowed into a hearing aid store. a witness tells abc7 news that a car in the store's porking lot hit a car and went airborne.

police say she ran a red light at 23rd and foothill and then slammed into a paratransit van. pictures from the oakland tribune show the impact of that collision. it is a mess there. a 4-year-old girl in the back of the woman's car was injured. so were several people in the van. the suspect and driver were arrested. >>> high school students in richmond held a protest today over the firing of a pea loved teacher. the students are a part of the law academy at dean za high school. abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live with the story. laura? >> reporter: hi dan. well, all quiet here now but quite a noisy day all day long as these students staged a walkout. this is the time of year the district lets probationary teachers know whether they will be back for next year. in this case, the students are quite upset that one of their favorites won't be back. >> what do we want? >> education. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: these are students who walked out of class, not to take a break but to send a loud message to their school administration that the firing of a beloved tea

expressway has not affected traffic on the foothill expressway itself but we do have this major accident blocking the left-hand lane right now chp emergency crews are on the same we do not have an estimated times a when the lanes were reopened with the traffic is still like but you will not have the detour around because we're still sing bring on the road with answers if it does become a problem and against the back of the committee we do have kron 4 as mike pelton adding to the scene in a with a live report by 430 this morning. >>erica: quite conditions for the rest of the bay area and the bay bridge toll plaza a little damp out there but we do not have an incident for was the contract with the san mateo bridge we have some overlap construction this morning this is wrapped up in the sea traffic on the right-hand side of the screen heading out toward foster city. drive times on a ticket up to five is out of novato into san francisco is a live look at the golden gate bridge was in cars at the richmond san rafael bridge we're dealing with the quiet but with conditions which do not have any

california drought continues now, officials are making plans to drain one of the lakes in the sierra foothillsmer the lake could be empty. >> this is so appealing, homes line the lake. two districts are set to lower because of the drought. this is needed downstream in the valley for farms, homes and fish in the river. >> if the lake is drained and there is no boating no fishing on the lake it would within the county. >> a lot of people have lake houses and people that live on the lake, i'm sure will not be happy. >> there may be a lot of homes on the lake but this was built for irrigation purposes meaning it's not mother nature but water agencies determining the water in this lake. >> understand that this is recreation. >> two districts haven't yet voted but we're told it's not a matter of if but when the businesses have been closed because it's winter for the first time in 25 years, it may be just as slow during the summer. >> this is unnerving. >> there is a hint coming our way in 8 to 10 days. >> we need more than that. >> we do. >> we have high clouds around and 61 in antioch. you've got r

this is the scene looking out towards the foothills of the east of the san josi and look at that hail accumulating on the hills. as far as the strongest storm of the day, we'll take the radar back to 6:00 and we're tracking this cell during the 6:00 news and around brisbane and south san francisco. this triggered a severe thunderstorm warning warning from the national weather service, producing hail and numerous lightning strikes that eventually moved out to the pacific and that warning expired at about 7:00 this evening a. here is the radar you can see over the past few hours. look at all of the activity really favoring first the northern parts of north bay this morning into the afternoon hours and things started to pop up in the south bay towards san josi, out towards parts of san francisco as well as we saw the thunderstorms for that part of the bay area. right now as you can see, not a lot of action out there. the live doppler sweeps, partly cloudy skies and lingering snow showers in the sierra. so tomorrow, much different than today. it will be dry in your sunday forecast. i am t

it's foothills territory. it's not as though you are in the highest peaks. that may be relevant. >> just getting back to germanwings, you mentioned an industrial dispute. we were certainly covering the industrial dispute with lufthansa. it was their big expansion plans for german wings talking about going long haul low cost long haul that caused discontent within the company, didn't it? >> absolutely. there have been multiple strikes at length of timeufthansa. the last one was last week. cabben crews and pilots have been having all sorts of issues with it. i think it would be wrong to suggest that might be a factor in this accident. as i say, germanwings as part of lufthansa is operating to the highest possible standard. from the information we have at the moment which is very very limited, there has been a catastrophic failure. >> just getting back quickly on that note when we get reports and an s.o.s. message received from the aircraft and sent from the cockpit suggests whatever the issue or problem, pilots try to solve the problem first, correct, keep the

in the foothills of the appalachian mountains. to locals, it's god's country.'s just 15 miles from his childhood home, yet a world away from the life he left behind. >> we went to church twice a week. wednesday nights and sundays and we would be there for six to eight hours. there was always this pressure to assume that there was god, and that if you didn't hear him or if he didn't speak to you, you weren't trying hard enough. >> you never really felt comfortable. >> no. >> david is not alone. today, many young people are doubting their faith and walking away from god. why are millennials now questioning so much? >> i think they're struggling with questions of living with a lot of different faith groups in their schools and network of friends. they're inundated with media, with different perspectives. >> author david kinman has studied this phenomenon. 8 million millennials give up on god by their 30th birthdays. >> 59% of people who grow up in a christian home are going to walk away on some level. they're either going to become ex-christians or dechurched. ♪ >

thehe also worked in construction and guardenning for the foothill college district.d three years ago. speaking with neighbors out here. they say the family seemed happy. >> we go to work and see him. his wife goes to work. nice people. >> i don't know what prompted him to do this. >> reporter: the initial recall had been for a suicidal -- the initial call had been for a suicidal man with a gun. when the officer approached the apartment, that's when dunham opened fire from the balcony. there is a memorial in front of the police headquarters. there is a memorial outside of the scene of the shoot thing. a lot of the notes on the tree were from kids. one of the notes said thank you for your service and for protecting our city. it remains very emotional for this city. >> it's certainly something people will be thinking about for a long time. we'll have continuing coverage throughout account show. coming up in 25 minutes, janine de la vega is at headquarters now. in 20 minutes she will show us how the community is showing support. you can get up-to-the-minute information o

we land on top of denali national park at the foothills of mt.s one of 100 glaciers in denali. all due to global warming. on this surrounding peaks, the red represents the glacier logs. worldwide, scientists predict receive 40% by the end of the century and if nothing is done to curb climate change, up to 70% of the global glacier mass could be gone by the year 20100. flooding and a dramatically different polar landscape. how, how you doing? mo morgan. welcome to the glacier. the heart of denali national park. >> you've got the best office ever. >> pretty fabulous place. it's the true wilderness and just a very pristine area. >> what are we doing today? >> working with the rangers that help protect the the resource of mount mckinley and protecting people when they come denali, the highest peak in north america and volunteer with the rescue team. do self-arrest and then help out. >> sounds fantastic. one is the large number of kre vases that are forming. they're being accelerated here by rising temperatures. and it's no surprise that more and more