regis in san francisco and that's where lonnie rivera is live tonight. >> reporter: yeah, dan. you can see the lights are on at the st. regis. a couple of basketball fans hanging out here, trying to get an autograph or catch a glimpse of a player. but as of now, no sightings of the cavaliers. we're told they're inside. but there's a lot of excitement gearing up to game one of the nba finals. the cleveland cavaliers are back in the bay. the entire team deplaned, then arrived to settle in to the st. regis. warriors and cavs fans are pumped, many calling this series round three. >> shout-out to my boy, kyrie. it's not easy being outnumbered in dub nation. jordan grew up in ohio, and now lives in the bay area. he's sporting cavs' gear and so is his fiance. >> i'm hoping to become super unpopular after these finals. >> reporter: even created a facebook page which has 300 followers. there's fans are enjoying a game of pool before thursday's game one of the nba finals. >> i feel like the warriors are going to be taking it down this year. >> reporter: tom married into a family of warri

lonnie rivera is live in alameda tonight. >> reporter: that's right, dan. park street is back open here this evening but there's a lamp post missing from this corner. it was damaged just from the jolt of this fatal crash. it's a frightening image of a pickup truck captured on this surveillance video. witnesses say it was going close to 60 miles per hour through alameda's shopping district. they say it ran lights, then the driver lost control, rolling it over. >> i heard it flipping. it was -- it was crazy. >> reporter: cole hickman just arrived to work at a nearby restaurant and helped comfort the driver of the minivan clipped by the truck. >> she was shaking definitely shaking, crying. really scared. >> reporter: alameda police say the full-sized pickup truck was carrying seven people, two of them died. five others are in critical condition. the woman in the van was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the investigation is just beginning, but police confirm speeding was a factor. >> getting across the street can be difficult even at the best of times

abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera is live with new details. lonnie? >> reporter: yes, ama, in the distance here you can see one flare burning at this plant. environmental officials plan to continue to test the area as residents who live here here are just starting their weekend. >> i knew something was happening at the refinery, you know. didn't -- was not normal at all. >> reporter: residents in this benicia community noticed black plumes of smoke billowing from the valero refinery friday morning. a sudden pg&e power outage forced the plant to shut down and start flarg. >> we didn't know how serious it was until we got the texts and notices and realized it was serious. >> reporter: serious enough for benicia city officials to order evacuations immediately in the industrial park near the plant. about an hour later, nearby residents learned by text and sirens about a shelter in place. police diverted traffic away from the plant. but by 5:30, city officials lifted the evacuation order. >> i am comfortable that once they complete their inspections, that

lonnie rivera is live in alameda tonight. >> reporter: that's right, dan. park street is back open here this evening but there's a lamp post missing from this corner. it was damaged just from the jolt of this fatal crash. it's a frightening image of a pickup truck captured on this surveillance video. witnesses say it was going close to 60 miles per hour through alameda's shopping district. they say it ran lights, then the driver lost control, rolling it over. >> i heard it flipping. it was -- it was crazy. >> reporter: cole hickman just arrived to work at a nearby restaurant and helped comfort the driver of the minivan clipped by the truck. >> she was shaking definitely shaking, crying. really scared. >> reporter: alameda police say the full-sized pickup truck was carrying seven people, two of them died. five others are in critical condition. the woman in the van was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the investigation is just beginning, but police confirm speeding was a factor. >> getting across the street can be difficult even at the best of times

regis in san francisco and that's where lonnie rivera is live tonight. >> reporter: yeah, dan. you can see the lights are on at the st. regis. a couple of basketball fans hanging out here, trying to get an autograph or catch a glimpse of a player. but as of now, no sightings of the cavaliers. we're told they're inside. but there's a lot of excitement gearing up to game one of the nba finals. the cleveland cavaliers are back in the bay. the entire team deplaned, then arrived to settle in to the st. regis. warriors and cavs fans are pumped, many calling this series round three. >> shout-out to my boy, kyrie. it's not easy being outnumbered in dub nation. jordan grew up in ohio, and now lives in the bay area. he's sporting cavs' gear and so is his fiance. >> i'm hoping to become super unpopular after these finals. >> reporter: even created a facebook page which has 300 followers. there's fans are enjoying a game of pool before thursday's game one of the nba finals. >> i feel like the warriors are going to be taking it down this year. >> reporter: tom married into a family of warri

abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera is live with new details. lonnie? >> reporter: yes, ama, in the distance here you can see one flare burning at this plant. environmental officials plan to continue to test the area as residents who live here here are just starting their weekend. >> i knew something was happening at the refinery, you know. didn't -- was not normal at all. >> reporter: residents in this benicia community noticed black plumes of smoke billowing from the valero refinery friday morning. a sudden pg&e power outage forced the plant to shut down and start flarg. >> we didn't know how serious it was until and notices and realized it was serious. >> reporter: serious enough for benicia city officials to order evacuations immediately in the industrial park near the plant. about an hour later, nearby residents learned by text and sirens about a shelter in place. police diverted traffic away from the plant. but by 5:30, city officials lifted the evacuation order. >> i am comfortable that once they complete their inspections, that the plant should

lonnie rivera joins us now. do investigators have any idea what caused this fire? >> reporter: yes, eric and kristen. they believe it is tied to that transformer explosion, but they're not really sure why it ignited after that. neighbors heard a pop, and then they saw flames out of their window. but many were concerned about some goats that live just on that hillside there. and you'll see why they're so worried. in some video you'll only see on abc7 news. fire crews battled this grass fire from several angles surrounding this milpitas hillside. the grassy land is hope for about 20 goats. when the brush fire started, sky 7 was above. you could see the animals trapped between the flames and the fence, backed into a corner. >> before the sploepexplosion y could hear like electricity. and after that the fire started. it caught the whole hill on fire which was all the goats there. and the goats were running like crazy. >> reporter: just around noon fire emergency crews and animal control responded after a report of a transformer explosion. the fire ignited following the

abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera is live in the newsroom with new details. you talked to him about his quick thinking that saved his brother's life. >> i sure did. he says his instincts kicked in when the family's house caught fire. he says quick thinking and determination helped rescue his younger brother. >> he was crying, and it was filled with smoke so i couldn't see inside at all. >> reporter: patelo fanel. his younger brother who's on the autism spectrum, was trapped in a bedroom and his uncle was calling the boy's name. >> i tried entering the kitchen but the heat was too strong and it caught my hair on fire and my beard on fire. >> reporter: 18-year-old patelo rushed back into his room and put the fire in his hair out. then he jumped nine feet from the second-story window and climbed through his brother's window. >> i jumped through the window and pulled myself up and tried opening the window. but my little brother, he's autistic, so he was too scared to exit out through the window, so he closed the window on me. >> reporter: a neighbor then brought

abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera is at the police headquarters. lonnie? >> yes, eric. clayton police just answered one of those questions. they tell me the jeep was actually stolen. there were two women inside of that jeep. one of them, the driver survived. the passenger did not. but still a lot of questions remain about how this even began as a police pursuit and ended in a very violent fatal crash. >> actually shook the whole crash, rattled everything, and i had no idea what it was, looked out the window, saw the smoke. >> reporter: neighbors along myrtle drive in concord heard a crash, then sirens. then they saw clayton police and fire securing the scene around this unrecognizable white vehicle. >> we heard a large loud like bang and then came around the corner and happened to see the car all tore up. >> reporter: the wrecked white jeep still had branches on it from smashing into a tree before landing in front of this montessori school. inside you could see it appears to be stuffed with suitcases, clothes and other personal belongings. many residents waited to see i

lonnie rivera has details. >> he was crying and it was filled with smoke. i couldn't see inside. >> he describes frightening minutes when he realized his familiar hi's home was burning. his younger brother on the autism spectrum was trapped in a bedroom and his uncle was calling the boy's name. >> i tried to enter the kitchen. then the heat was too strong and it caught my hair and my beard on fire. the 18-year-old rushed back into his room and put the fire in his hair out. then he jumped 9 feet from the second story window. >> i pulled myself up and trying to open the window. but my little brother, he's autistic, so he was too scared to exit out through the window. he closed the window on me. >> a neighbor then brought a ladder for him. >> i was yanking him as hard as i can. i broke the window and i flung it open. >> his brother was afraid, confused and he resisted. but he managed to pull him out. >> he was coughing and throwing up as much, like ash. >> the 13-year-old was treated for smoke inhalation at the hospital. alameda county fire crews say it starte

lonnie rivera joins us now. do investigators have any idea what caused this fire?porter: yes, eric and kristen. they believe it is tied to that transformer explosion, but they're not really sure why it ignited after that. neighbors heard a pop, and then they saw flames out of their window. but many were concerned about some goats that live just on that hillside there. and you'll see why they're so worried. in some video you'll only see on abc7 news. fire crews battled this grass fire from several angles surrounding this milpitas

abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera has our story from san jose tonight. >> reporter: the ballpark shoeldsmany memories for the sherman family. it is where their daughter diana marie first played little league baseball. the diehard a's fan also volunteered here. >> we are so lucky to have such good friends and family. diana would have loved every minute of this. she would have loved it. she just loved life. she loved baseball. she loved being around people. and kids. >> they unveiled this park bench honoring 19-year-old schulman along way plaque bearing her name and favorite phrase. >> play ball. >> the bench is nice. it's a nice thing to have. but what we really care about is having the crisis intervention training for the police. keeping other families from having to go through this kind of pain. >> reporter: this scene captures that painful memory minutes after police responded to a domestic dispute. police say she refused to drop a cordless power drill. you can see her holding it here in this video. a police officer thought it was an uzi submachine gun and shot her. >> she made a bad m

i know, we need him to come to the fire department. >> in alameda county, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >>> the grand opening of a new multimillion dollar water park in dublin did not go as planned yesterday after a boy flew off a slide and on to the concrete. our media partner the bay area newsgroup captured the terrifying scene on video. thankfully, the 10-year-old boy was not seriously hurt. here's leslie brinkley. >> watch the green slide. down he comes and flies up and over the edge on to the concrete. this accident involving a 10-year-old boy happened at 12:15. immediately, the three-story slide called the emerald plunge was shut down as was the steep blue slide next to it. they both plummet at 80-degree angles. >> i was standing there. he seemed to be shook but okay. came right up and immediately went into the first aid room and was assessed by staff. his parents were here. >> shocking. you know, it's like the first day of the opening and i hope the kid is okay. >> reporter: this brand new $43 million city-owned water park and aquatic center in dublin stayed open the rest of the

so no kids over there, thank the lord. >> reporter: in clayton, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >>> we're learning more about the man arrested in connection with a string of car fires in the east bay. yesterday's arrest comes after two more cars were burned on friday morning. one fire destroyed an acura in walnut creek. then 11 minutes later a toyota suv was torched in lafayette. investigators say they caught the suspect in the act. >> a 36-year-old man was located in a residential area of benicia this morning. as officers arrived in the area, the suspect appeared to have possibly set fire to a vehicle in a driveway. he was stopped a short distance away and was taken into custody without incident and taken to concord p.d. for interviews. >> the unidentified suspect will be charged with 43 separate counts of arson. his bail is $3 million. last week there were seven suspicious car fires in the east bay alone. >>> the law enforcement community is mourning another northern california sheriff's deputy killed in a car crash. stanislaus county deputy jason garner and community service officer ro

in berkeley, lonny rivera, abc 7 news. >>> tonight california seen far senator feinstein is demanding the release of any secret recordings made at the white house. >> this comes after president trump tweeted a thinly veiled threat saying he may have been recorded in tapes. >> shut president be believed that he may have secret tapes of james comey? the white house would not say. in the oval office or the ices - residence. >> a said for the third time there's nothing further to add on that. >>the questions prompted by the president's own tweets writing naimz james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. and now word that we may not hear from comey. he has declined an invitation to appear before congress. >> what we're tassing snou whether there's a question of obstruction of justice. >> but that wasn't the only tweet from the president that seemed to make the situation worse for the white house. president trump also argued he's very active so it's not possible for his staff to answer quiz with perfect accuracy and then he said he

in berkeley, lonny rivera, abc 7 news. >>> tonight california seen far senator feinstein is demanding the release of any secret recordings made at the white house. >> this comes after president trump tweeted a thinly veiled threat saying he may have been recorded in tapes. >> shut president be believed that he may have secret tapes of james comey? the white house would not say. in the oval office or the ices - residence. >> a said for the third time there's nothing further to add on that. >>the questions prompted by the president's own tweets writing naimz james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. and now word that we may not hear from comey. he has declined an invitation to appear before congress. >> what we're tassing snou whether there's a question of obstruction of justice. >> but that wasn't the only tweet from the president that seemed to make the situation worse for the white house. president trump also argued he's very active so it's not possible for his staff to answer quiz with perfect accuracy and then he said he

abc7 news reporter lonnie rivera has more. >> it shook the whole house and rattled everything. had no idea what it was. looked out the window and saw the smoke. >> reporter: neighbors on myrtle drive and concord heard a crash and then saw firefighters surrounding a scene of this white car. >> i hasn't to see the car alltor up. >> reporter: the wrecked white jeep still had branches on it from smashing in front of a tree before landing inside this montes surrey school. inside it appeared to be stuffed with suitcase, clothes and other personal belongings. many residents wade to see if the driver and any passenger survived. >> i saw them carrying one of the bodies away on a stretcher. she was alive at the time and the other one she had passed away. >> reporter: police spent several hours gathering evidence from the scene. s,s saw a police car chasing the white vehicle which had no tags. they say the car was traveling well above the speed limit, strauk a wall, went airborne with this tree and landed in the driveway of this school. >> just to give you an idea about the impact of this

lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >>> a mentor dog was found dead inside of its owner's car. the owner reported murphy the german sheppard stolen on sunday from her front yard in castro valley. there was a $10,000 reward to find him. his owner believes he was killed somewhere else and returned to the home. no one witnessed the dog being taken. murphy helped other dogs socialize to get them ready for adoption. >>> in san francisco also, man that told a group of teenagers to stop recovering, it happened on felton street t. man asked him to stop because his young son that was playing in the area. police say at least 20 teenagers knocked him to the ground and kicked and punched him. one of them was arrested. >>> people flying to and from san francisco international airport there weekend can breathe a sigh of relief. any delays will not be caused by runway construction work. here's a live look outside from our sfo camera. gusty winds have postponed this weekend's paving project along the four runways. the work caused extensive delays and cancellations in repeat weeks. >>> the city

in concord, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. a fireball shot across highway 101 in marin last night after an suv caught on fire. witnesses say the driver hit a box in the road which started the fire. she pulled over and got out just before flames exploded from underneath. thankfully, no one was hurt t. four and cleanup did have not a major impact on traffic. >>> this morning, sky 2k3w079 a rare look at a blue whale that got washed up on to a beach t. 79 foot blue whale was discovered on bolinas beach yesterday morning. scientists a came out to take measurements and issue samples. the cause of death is unknown. >>> this morning, we are learning more about accusations that three animals in bay point may have been neglected by their owner. contra costa animal services have confirmed and is looking into reports that two horses as well as a goat on poinsettia avenue are malnourished. they are expected to sent e send over investigators together, there are social media posts that homeless people in the area are trying to feed them brea

here's abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera. >> a lot of fuel on the ground, with a plane like that, they told us, we should back up. >> reporter: they were buying a car at this dealership when a single engine plane came down and crashed next to the car lot. >> the pilot was down on the ground, main down, i talked to the motorcycle officer, he told me the pilot was going to be okay. >> reporter: the small plane had just taken off from buchanan field airport when the pilot reported a rough running engine. he turned around to return but lost altitude. the plane flew over highway 4, clipped the fence and skidded across four lanes on marsh drive before hitting a light pole. >> windows were hit and here. >> reporter: hazmat crews cleaned up fuel and wreckage was scattered across the intersection. >> a piece of the airplane did hit a car right over there, smashed out a window. >> reporter: the pilot was taken to a nearby hospital, then crews spent several hours defueling the plane. >> the pilot did a great job. engine problem, a safe place to put it down. anybody on the ground was injured. >> r

lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >>> a missing mentor was found dead inside of its owner's car. the reported murphy the german sheppard stolen on sunday from her front yard. there was a $10,000 reward to find him. his owner believes he was killed somewhere and returned to the home. no one witnessed the dog taken. murphy helped other dogs socialize to get them ready for adoption. >>> in san francisco, a man told a group of teenagers to stop having a water fight is recovering after an attack. the man asked them to stop because his young son was playing in the area. police say at least 20 teenagers knocked him to the ground and kick and punched them. one of them was arrested. >>> people will e people flying to and from san francisco international airport this weekend can breathe a sigh of relief. any delays will not be caused by runway construction work. let's take a live look from our camera. gusty winds have postponed this weekend's paving properties around the four runways. the work has caused extensive delays and cancellations in recent weeks. >>> the city of san francisco is a

lonnie rivera, abc 7 >> a dog was found dead inside the owner's car. they reported her stolen on sunday from her front yard. there was a $10,000 reward to find him. his owner believes he was killed somewhere else and returned to the home. no one witnessed the dog being taken. murphy helped other dogs socialize to get them recalled for adoption. >>> in san francisco, a man who told a group of teenagers no stop having a water fight is recovering after being attacked. it happened thursday night on felton street. the man asked them to stop because his young son was playing in the area. police say at least 20 teenagers knocked him to the ground and then kicked and punched him. one of them was arrested. >>> 6:o '05 is our time. people flying to and from san francisco international airport this weekend can breathe a sigh of relief. any delays will not be caused by runway construction work. here's a live look outside from our sfo camera. gusty winds have postponed this weekend's paving project along the four runways t. work has caused extensive delays and canc

abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera has the story. >> actually shook the whole house, rattled everything. i had no idea what it was. looked out the windows, just saw the smoke. >> reporter: neighbors along myrtle drive in concord heard a crash, then sirens. then they saw police and fire securing the scene around this unrecognizable white vehicle. >> we just heard a loud like bang, then came around the corner and happened to see the car all tore up. >> reporter: the wrecked white jeep still had branches on it from smashing into a tree before landing in front of this month sorry school. inside you could see it appeared to be stuffed with suitcases, clothes and other personal belongings. many personal residents waited to see if the driver and any passengers survived. >> i saw them carrying one of the bodies away on a stretcher. i think that she was alive at the time and then the other one i saw got pulled out. she had passed away. >> reporter: police spent several hours gathering evidence from the scene. witnesses say a clayton police car chasing the white vehicle which had no tags. they sa

in berkeley, lonnie rivera, abc 17 news. >>> sfraent rapper forte is accused of trying to break into somebody's home, his real fliem is anthony forte after an attempted home invision of the mission district. he is known for his 1994 hit "players club" and reported with the latest tupac shicor. >>> comey is demanding the release of secret recordings at the white house. this comes after the president tweeted james comey suggested he may have been recorded in secret tapes. here's abc news reporter. >> reporter: the president teeth tweeted he may have secret -- tweeted he may have secret tapes of comey. >> there is nothing further to add on that. >> the questions prompted by the president's own tweets, saying james comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. comey is declining anen i havetation to appear before congress. >> what we are facing is whether or not there is obstruction of justice. >> reporter: that wasn't the only tweet that seemed to make the situation worse for the white house. president trump argued as a very acti

abc7 news reporter lanhee rivera joins us with what she found out. lonnies, alma and larry, you can see the charred hill behind us. the grass fire burned six acres and threatened one home but no injuries have been reported. so many people in this neighborhood are on edge. they've been on edge because they were concerned about a group of goats that live and feed on that hillside and actually help reduce the fire risk. >> i said, oh, this is funny. i checked the house. poked my head out the window and i went, oh, my god. >> reporter: fire crews battled this grass fire from several angles surrounding this milpitas hillside. around noon fire and emergency crews responded to report of a transformer explosion. fire ignited following the blast. it threatened one home and several vehicles. >> it was upsetting to me because those homes are there and there's animals. i have a little one, too. >> reporter: the grassy hillside is a special place because of these little guys. about 20 goats live here and graze on the land. they actually help reduce the fire risk. the an