after he is beaten to death near lake merrit in oakland. i'm jr stone. (justine/@bam) and i'm justine waldman... the attack happened last sunday... and tonight...that suspect has not been caught. kron4's hermela aregawi spoke to the victim's mother...who is demanding answers. a devestating loss.linda sturdivant lost her daughter six years ago and says her son was all she had left.linda sturdivant/victim's mother: i'm not going to be moving forward for a long time. i'm broken. i'm broken. i'm shattered. i'm completely shattered. police say 45 year old anthony owens was beaten to death last sunday on the 200 block of grand avenue in oakland.they say the suspect fled after a person driving by the attack honked their horn. owens was taken to highland hospital where he died of his injuries the next morning. linda sturdivant/victim's mother:he was a peaceful maker. he was a peacemaker. he was kind. he was smart. everybody knows him from bookstores and libraries. at the time of his death, sturdivant says owens had started learning computer programming.linda stu

the october 31, 2016 fire that destroyed a building on lester avenue near lake merrit and a senior housing complex next to the west oakland b.a.r.t. station in 2012. all were similar in stages of construction. the wood framing was complete, but before drywall and sprinkler were installed. >> stupid, stupid, but, you know, people are angry. >> keep in mind the fire is still under investigation. atf investigators and fire investigators have not been able to enter that building because it is still considered unsafe. the goal is they can go back in there -- go in there for the first time tomorrow to start to search for the cause. >> i know the fires are under investigation, but just with those four panels you showed, all of the suspicious fires that have been set the past few year, you think they would hire security guards to protect the construction. that aside, do you know when the earliest evacuees can go home? [ no audio ] >> well, i don't know about you, but i can't hear don. we'll get back to him when we can. >>> in other news now, right now, a brush fire is burning in rodeo near eastbou

the future of awesome. 2 alarm fire. 2425 valdez and grand -- near lake merrit. >>> welcome back. 5:26nue to cover breaking news. live pictures of oakland this morning where there's a massive building on fire. from what we understand, a building under construction on the 2400 block of valdez near grand. >> initially a two-alarm fire. as you can see tell from the strength of the flames, immediately upgraded to a three-alarm fire. crews on scene right now attacking it aerially trying to get the fire under control. that's a building under construction in oakland. we'll have many more details on this. bob redell is on the ground. right after this break. >>> welcome back to "today in the bay." we are covering breaking news out of oakland this morning. where there is a massive building under construction burning right now. >> this has been going on for the last 45 minutes or so. we are looking at live images from nbc bay area sky ranger which was immediately launched as we follow raging flames. that is a building under construction in oakland on valdez street. >> we'll continue to follow thi

after he is beaten to death near lake merrit in oakland. i'm jr stone.(justine/@bam) and i'm justine waldman... the attack happened last sunday... and tonight...that suspect has not been caught. kron4's hermela aregawi spoke to the victim's mother...who is demanding answers. a devestating loss.linda sturdivant lost her daughter six years

sam//vo+rail the fire broke out on valdez street near 23rd -- this is just blocks away from lake merrit.... and in the thick of the neighborhood known as "auto row" in oakland, with lots of development in the area. laura//boxes nbc bay area )s bob redell is live at the scene. and bob, youv )e been out there since early this morning -- looks like we )re in for a lengthy investigation... live intro ==take pkg== oc: i have no idea trt:1:33 liag >>> it looks like they could be in for a lengthy investigation. >> correct. good morning, laura and sam. the four-alarm fire here at the waverly construction site has been out for a couple of hours, but there are safety concerns, a lot of hot spots. that's why you see the oakland fire department still spraying water on the site. and the other concerns, the construction crane you see is scorched. they're supposed to be flying a drone to help determine what, if any, danger there is to that crane falling down. osha and the crane operator also expected here to figure out how to safely dismantle that crane so it no longer poses a threat. the fire was so

a mother says goodbye to her son after he is beaten to death near lake merrit in oakland.( james ) the attack happened last sunday. and whoever did it is still on the loose. kron4's hermela aregawi spoke to the victim's mother who is demanding answers. a devestating loss.linda sturdivant lost her daughter six years ago and says her son was all she had left.linda sturdivant/victim's mother: i'm not going to be moving forward for a long time. i'm broken. i'm broken. i'm shattered. i'm completely shattered. police say 45 year old anthony owens was beaten to death last sunday on the 200 block of grand avenue in oakland.they say the suspect fled after a person driving by the attack honked their horn.owens was taken to highland hospital where he died of his injuries the next morning.linda sturdivant/victim's mother:he was a peaceful maker. he was a peacemaker. he was kind. he was smart. everybody knows him from bookstores and libraries. at the time of his death, sturdivant says owens had started learning computer programming.linda sturdivant/victim's mother:we were emailing back and forth an