crews to extinguished several spot fires in the area of the blaze, according to deputy chief nick luby. around 90 firefighters are at the scene. around 2,000 customers near the fire are without power as a few transformers blew because of the blaze, ruby said. the fire is being deemed suspicious, according to ruby, but said investigators are in the early stages of the investigation. direction.> spread in that direction.> thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) ( james ) ( james ) past few years... construction site fires have been a problem in the east bay. in 2016 a 105-unit apartment project in emeryville suffered heavy damage a few months later... a fire near lake merrtt destroyed a 41-unit project that had been under construction for about a year. then in may of 2017 that emeryville complex was burned again. police believe one man set all three of those fires. ( james ) you can follow this breaking news story on our mobile app. we first

crews to extinguished several spot fires in the area of the blaze, according to deputy chief nick luby00 customers near the fire are without power as a few transformers blew because of the blaze, ruby said. the fire is being deemed suspicious, according to ruby, but said investigators are in the early stages of the investigation. thanks will. we will check back with you the morning. ( james ) here is an image of what the construction site for the apartment complex looked like before the fire. ( james ) you can follow this you can ( james ) you can follow this breaking news story on our mobile app.its free to download in the app store. turn on the notifications for updates as we learn more. ( james ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. continuing coverage now on our breaking story on the fire burning at a construction site this morning in oakland.( james ) over the past few years ... construction site fires have been a problem in the eas

he was with another lawyer by the name of zee alexander luby. so as justice marshal was driving and the local police pulled him over and hustle him into their car and the police tells zee alexander luby to stop following the police. he just follows and follows. according to justice marshal, he thought he was a goner for sure, he thought the police was going to turn them over to the ku klux klan and got cold feet because he was following him. then they go back to town and they charge justice marshal with driving under the influence. and they go to a local magistrate and the local magistrate says "why are you bringing this man here?" and the police says "well, this man is driving under the influence." and the magistrate can tell if he was driving under the influence. he says breathe into my face. and justice marshal, he doesn't flinch. this man hasn't touched a drop of whisky. release him. justice marshal gets in the car, drives off, gets where he is going, calls the naacp and says you know what? i had not touched any whisky before, but now i am a