oakland police couldn't offer many details. t we will have a news conference by the police chief here in oakland 7:30 this morning. we expect to get more details on this investigation. >> we will touch base with you again. alex savidge in oakland. thank you. >>> police in tennessee are searching for the gunman that killed a police officer. >> we lost not only an officer but a great man. >> officer bolton was a u.s. marine and served a tour of duty in iraq. he was the third police officer killed in the past four years. >>> time is 5:35. there is an investigation in contra costa county. take a look at this photo. you see that heavy cloud of black smoke billowing from the refinery yesterday? a conoco spokesman has not been able to confirm the cause but say it started about 3:00 and crews had the fire out in about an hour. no one was hurt according to reports. a team from the county was called in to check the air quality. >>> two people suspected of break into a car. the video shows a man or a woman in the parking lot of a hotel in

next on american history tv's weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 kron-tv documentary about police brutality in the community and various strategies to reform the police department. >> almost from the day it was founded in 1848, the folks across the bay in san francisco have been making jokes about oakland. there's no there, the poet tryst is supposed to have said. oakland is no other that faceless other city across the bay. today california's fourth large es city is a booming center of art and culture. ♪ ♪ but oakland's new glom more and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. nearly half of the population are nonwhite and many are poor. they don't use the coliseum or the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oakland's new industry, port and transportation facilities. ♪ ♪ >> most of oakland's black and brown citizens came here from the south during word war i irk lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. ♪ after the war, the shipyards closed and

coming up at 7:00 a suspect is dead and oakland police officer is in the hospital after an over nightotout. up next the crime police say the man was wanted for and what neighbors heard early this morning. >>> a shootout in this oakland neighborhood early this morning leaves one police officer shot and wounded and the gunman shot and killed. we'll tell you about the crime that led officers to this neighborhood -- coming up. >>> calfire says the rocky fire up in lake county is its top priority in the state. we just got new containment numbers in the newsroom. "mornings on 2" continues. >>> we're live in oakland, that's where a police officer was shot early this morning. the officer is in the hospital. the man police were shooting at in the altercation is dead. alex savidge has been following the story. we'll be checking in with him for an update in a couple of minutes. expecting to hear from sean whent.

next on american history tv's weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 on-tv documentary about police brutality in the community and various strategies to reform the police department. >> almost from the day it was founded in 1848, the folks across the bay in san francisco have been making jokes about oakland. there's no there, the poet tryst is supposed to have said. oakland is no other that faceless other city across the bay. today california's fourth large es city is a booming center of art and culture. ♪ ♪ but oakland's new glom more and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. nearly half of the population are nonwhite and many are poor. they don't use the coliseum or the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oakland's new industry, port and transportation facilities. ♪ ♪ >> most of oakland's black and brown citizens came here from the south during word war i irk lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. ♪ after the war, the shipyards closed and m

more information about the oakland police sergeant injured yesterday morning. the sergeant was shot in the hip. he's expected to recover. the shooting was at 1:30 yield morning -- yesterday morning. the sergeant and another officer went to a home to question a 49-year-old man about a sexual assault. before the police could talk to him he opened fire with an assault rifle. the two officers returned fire and hit the man, he died at the hospital. >>> a circus tent collapsed in lancaster new hampshire, that was at the lancaster fairgrounds, 90 miles north of the state capital in concord. the first of two scheduled shows was just beginning. 100 people were inside at the time. >> people yelled run and in the same motion, i just see stakes and stuff coming out of the ground, the tent is coming up and over us. >>> the national weather service had issued a severe watch but the storm came out of nowhere. >>> a powerful volcano erupted in next next. see there, plumes of rash shooting into the air as that volcano erupted. some of the debris reached 2 miles high. there's no

i'm here to assure the men you see sitting here that work in the oakland police department will be strivingachieve a goal. they're going to take a humanistic approach to policing. i don't care how frustrated the police officers are or the citizens, i want to see every citizen treated with dignity. >> i think they're moving away from the head knocking brutal physical approach and trying to be more public relations oriented and hopefully more sensitive. i've seen some dramatic effects because i've been here when the case was juxtaposed in very hard terms. >> in a moment, a look at how things are going in oakland these days between the people and the police. ♪ ♪ block boys don't you let the sun go down on this here town ♪ ♪ aren't you going to go to jail, boy ♪ ♪ or you mind wind up getting dropped 6 feet down ♪ >> i joined the department in about 1965. it was very different from what it is now. i think we were a lot more aggressive there. i don't much care for the word harassment. i would say there was a time we were a head-knocking department, yeah. >> there are about 700 men in the oakland

his death followed a traffic stop and foot pursuit by oakland police. the incident happened on july 19th. linyard was found dead. stuck between two buildings in east oakland. his family viewed the video behind closed doors today. and emerged overwhelmed with emotion. civil rights attorney john burris gave his impressions. after viewing the bodycam footage. >>: the chase scenes and the search scenes when the normal range of normal police activity. i didn't see any abnormal activity. >> pam: today the family of richard linyard got their chance to view oakland police body camera videos recorded the day he died following a july traffic stop and foot pursuit by oakland police officers. the family's attorney addresses the public's concerns over the possiblity of the videos being edited >> pam: san francisco is going after graffiti artists. and aims to make a big example of one of them. city attorney dennis herrera is seeking a court order. against artist- cozy terry. he is accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage to property over three -years. in cour

. >>> tonight oakland police are trying to explain the use of deadly force. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony was invited by police to watch the video from body cameras oakland police officers were wearing during the chase and shooting. she joins us live with what she saw on the video. >> reporter: oakland police admit that they are responding to public pressure. they are trying to change the narrative hoping to change the narrative. but their critics aren't convinced including some who have seen the body camera video themselves. >> we believe that doing it in the manner that we have done it will allow us to correct some of the misinformation out there. >> reporter: they wouldn't release images to the public oakland police showed body camera video to a group of reporters they say to clear up confusion about the shooting of 28-year-old nate wilkes. >> officers arrived began a foot chase with the person who was running with a firearm in his hand. during the course of the foot pursuit the suspect stopped and ran back towards the police officer. >> reporter: wilk

say a man with a rifle shot an oakland police officer. that's when police say two officers fired back shooting that suspect. the police officer in the hospital listed in stable condition. police say the man who shot the police officer was wanted for questioning in a sexual assault investigation. now, again we're waiting for sean whent to hold a news conference to give us all of the details. we'll bring it to you live as soon as begins to speak. >>> we're following new developments in the search for a special olympics athletes. the man disappeared in los angeles saturday night. at 2:00 a.m., he walked into the hayward police station. brian flores is there and you saw the man yourself this morning. >> reporter: i did, gasia. good morning to you. as i was waiting to hear back from the hayward police department on an update, he walked right in front of the lobby there of the hayward police department being escorted by another hayward police officer. he was wearing what appeared to be a white t-shirt. covered in a blanket but overall he appeare

next on american history tv's weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 kron-tv documentary about police brutality in the community and various strategies to reform the police department. >> almost from the day it was founded in 1848, the folks across the bay in san francisco have been making jokes about oakland. there's no there, the poet tryst is supposed to have said. oakland is no other that faceless other city across the bay. today california's fourth large es city is a booming center of art and culture. ♪ ♪ but oakland's new glom more and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. nearly half of the population are nonwhite and many are poor. they don't use the coliseum or the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oakland's new industry, port and transportation facilities. ♪ ♪ >> most of oakland's black and brown citizens came here from the south during word war i irk lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. ♪ after the war, the shipyards closed and

. >> veteran oakland police officer seriously wounded during an early morning gun battle with a suspect. >> thanks for joining us. >> abc7 reporter janet o is in oakland with the latest. janet? >> kristen, oakland police chief did not say how many times or where the police officer was shot but he did say he now is in stable condition after this morning's deadly shootout. oakland police released this photo believed to be the suspect, a legal assault rifle with an extended magazine used to shoot at officers. oakland police chief described the shootout. >> close to to a full magazine was fired. >> it happened near martin luther king jr. way. officers were following up on a sexual assault investigation. when they alived at suspect's house this is what happened. >> the suspect came out of the front door with a rifle and immediately began firing upon the officers in front of the house. >> officers returned fire and struck the suspect. the 49-year-old oakland resident was pronounced dead at the hospital. the officer was shot at least once. he is a 14-year veteran who recently was promoted to s

, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> this is oakland's sixth police shooting this year. over two weeks ago. august 3 oakland officer shot and killed antonio clement after he wounded a sergeant with an ak-47. officers shot and killed a man four blocks south after police said he went for a loaded handgun. sky 7 hd is over a protest happening in response to this morning's shooting. you can't see a lot of people gathering but there is a sign that sky 7 comes around might be able to read it. this march will go to oakland city hall. >>> convicted killer and former follower of charles manson has been granted parole. 72-year-old bruce davis made his 30th appearance before the corrections board today. he has been serving a life sentence for murdering two men. it will be about five months before governor brown decides on the recommendation. >>> the criminal case against former china town gangster will continue. a federal judge denied the request to have corruption charges dropped. the lawyers accuse mayor lee of soliciting bribes in the same investigation that got their client arre

. >> new details tonight in that fatal police shooting in oakland. autopsy release late this afternoon shed new light on what happened. good evening. >> i'm amma. robbery suspect was shot and killed on martin luther king jr. way and 27th street yesterday. >> laura is live in oakland police headquarters with the very latest on the investigation. >> hi tan. oakland police yet to release any surveillance or body camera video but they did release new information today. counterclaim by some protestors that yesterday shooting was not justified. >> i don't know what people expect officers to do. oakland police officers association president done lon told abc 7 news the officers who shot and killed a gun wielding man wednesday afternoon had no choice. >> this gentleman went on a rampage. he robbed citizens. tried to carjack people. running around armed. on a mainly thoroughfare in oakland. . what are we to could here. >> contrary to claims the suspect was running away oakland police say preliminary autopsy reveals 24-year-old suspect was shot in the front of

>> in oakland police are on the scene of an officer involved shooting. janet o is at martin luther k boulevard. >> this happened at 1:30 at the street where it happened and police are giving new information but an officer has been shot. he is in stable condition. he is at the hop. a suspect who was shot by an officer was taken to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. this happened at 1:30 luther king when a man was found with a rifle. the suspect shot an officer and two officers fired back striking the suspect. the oakland police department spokesperson is on the scene giving information. we will have the latest update later in the show. >> new this morning the honor magazine is waving above the hayward police department in memory of sergeant scott lunger sarge that is taken across the country to honor american heroes flying for 15 hours one for each year of his service. sergeant scott lunger sergeant was shot to death july 22nd and the funeral was attended by thousands from around the state. >> breaking overnight in the east bay a house fire in concord.

and again oakland police returned fire. they shot and killed this person who was armed with a gun here and there was a shootout essentially between oakland police and this person armed with a weapon and one officer injured in the hospital but in stable condition. we're waits for the oakland police department's spokesperson to join us at the sustain and we'll hopefully get more information on exactly what led up to this shooting. we'll send it back 20 you. >> very scary there. >> definitely. >>> 4:31 is the time right now. let's check in with steve. with all the fires up and down the street the weather seems to be cooperating. >> better than last week. >> but windier. >> the wind has picked up. more south or southwest. which is good. we do have better conditions for the firefighters. most of these all showing a westerly or south westerly component. but remember the fire creates its own conditions. we have a huge fogback on the move. the lows are in the 60s. the water temps came up, up, up. monterey dawn from 62-64. there is

a move by the oakland police department. they showed reporters body camera video from his officer involved shooting last week. coming up, ktvu's cristina rendon describes everything she saw. >>> ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00 p.m. starts now. >> good evening. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we will show you the move today by oakland police but first we begin with developing news from livermore. firefighters are on the scene of a growing grass fire at this hour. sky fox 2 is live over the scene where crews battling the flames. you can see all the smoke. the fire department tells ktvu the fire is burning close to the lawrence livermore laboratory. the fire is spreading quickly and burned 200 acres. firefighters worry it could spread to 500 in no time. this is a populated area. it appears there are a few homes that could be threatened. our chief meteorologist bill martin for more on the conditions firefighters are facing. >> first of all, this is a different fire than what we have been seeing. the fires

>>jackie sissel: you're the pigeon those provided was by the oakland police department this davis of t was used in the attack against the police that offers of early this morning described as an sks assault rifle with a is illegal to have this said the magazine had operas of 30 rounds of ammunition they believe that perhaps all 30 of those rounds were spent shooting at the police officer obviously this is still a developing new store is so briquette information respecting the release later this morning from the oakland police department what we do know what the suspect is in biggest ride of the 49 year-old pole is our resident of open we do not know whether or not he was after living of the house or the suspected that is where he was for information continues to come on as we get it will pass along. >>jackie sissel: we cannot tell you that they held a press, as a police headquarters the actual incident took place at the corner of macarthur and allocate way to about a 10 mi. from where we're at right now--mlk way. >>mark: exploding in size of the weekend 60,000 a. have burned 90 square

developed early in the self study process was that of tape recording, actual confrontations between oakland policepotentially violent citizens. the recordings have proved invaluable in understanding how to avoid conflict and are now used the training new police officers in the art of discretionary decision-making. >> a police officer probably has the broadest powers of discretion in carrying out his pucks than any other citizen. so what we're going to do today is sit down and listen to two patrolmen as they intervene in a family dispute. we're not saying that everything they do in this tape is the right way to do it. but they made certain decisions throughout this tape. we're going to sit down and critique these bit by pit. this is an actual street incident. these are real policemen and real people. some individual officers when they come into the recruit academy feel they're coming in to be trained to be a tremendous crime fighter. they don't realize that's only a portion of their training, a lot of it is going to be in how to deal with people, how to meet the everyday problems of the community.

. >> new details tonight in that fatal police shooting in oakland. autopsy release late this afternoon shed new light on what happened. good evening. >> i'm amma. robbery suspect was shot and killed on martin luther king jr. way and 27th street yesterday. >> laura is live in oakland police headquarters with the very latest on the investigation. >> hi tan. oakland police yet to release any surveillance or body camera video but they did release new information today. counterclaim by some protestors that yesterday shooting was not justified. >> i don't know what people expect officers to do. oakland police officers association president done lon told abc 7 news the officers who shot and killed a gun wielding man wednesday afternoon had no choice. >> this gentleman went on a rampage. he robbed citizens. tried to carjack people. running around armed. on a mainly thoroughfare in oakland. . what are we to could here. >> contrary to claims the suspect was running away oakland police say preliminary autopsy reveals 24-year-old suspect was shot in the front of

they had no reason to shoot him like that. >> reporter: now, the oakland police department insists the video they showed us today was not edited or manipulated. the investigation into this incident is still under way. reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area aews. >> okay, thank you, jodi. >>> oakland police also showed fideo leading up to another mat's death. nt happened last month when twbice found a man they were case chasing unconscious and stuck between two buildings. ohey released these photos which chow the gap was 12 inches wide. yhe suspect was pronounced dead et the hospital. coming up at 6:00, jodi hernandez will walk us through what body camera video showed from this incident. >>> a gut wrenching story at the capitol. = good samaritans with was d lled by an off duty officer. akv fiery crash happened around 2:30 this morning on i-80 in sacramento. the chp says the driver of this d arred white car stopped in the anpress lane to drop off a tranded motorist, and a can of gas. s that good samaritan returned thehis car, he was hit from titind by an off duty off

city happened to city hall and the officer involved shoot was the fifth for oakland police this year, the 4th that has been fatal. >> muni is back to normal in san francisco. there was a crash between a streetcar and a pickup truck. on the embarcadero and washington at 6:00 yesterday after the accident. a witness said the driver of the truck ran a red light and turned in front of the train. the f line was blocked for an hour. no one was hurt. >> the virginia shopping center where two journalists were killed is set to re-open today. wdbj reporter allison parker and photo journalist adam ward were fatally shot on the air wednesday morning. shooter bay area native vester lee flanagan later killed himself. vester lee flanagan was fired from station in 2013. according to the general manager, flanagan handed the news director a crucifix upon his firing saying you are going to need this. the messages of sympathy and support have been pouring into the station. >> i have 819 e-mails, i have all of my voice mailboxes are full, and it is all with people reaching out. >> officers found a handgun

we do understand that one oakland police officer was shot in this exchange of gunfire. that officer in stable condition this morning. we are also told a person with a gun who opened fire on police officers out here was shot by police and later died at the hospital. the first calls came in about 1:30 this morning. this is martin luther king junior boulevard wright at mccarthur. neighbors in this area have told us quite a few shots were fired out here. some people told us they heard a couple dozen shots fired outside of their doors. originally police say the two

>> more break news from oakland. a police shooting left an officer injured and a sexual assault suspect dead. janet o has the latest from north oakland. janet? >> yes kristen, check out the scene. you can see several officers investigating the early morning shooting. oakland miss say this started out of a sexual assault investigation yesterday evening. we are told police officers tried to make contacts with the sexual assault suspect when he shot at two officers with a rifle. it happened at 38300 block of mlk way at 1:30 in the morning. a police officer who was shot is out of surgery and in stable condition. the suspect would was shot was pronouned dead at the hospital. i asked a police officer if there was any indication the suspect was amended and dangerous police could not give us a definite answer. as this story continues to develop we will provide you with summer information. as is customary oakland police and the alameda county district attorney will be reviewing the case. >>> breaking overnight in the east bay an abc7

>> protest rally tonight against police violence at the site of fatal shooting involving app oakland police officer. >> tonight demonstration a witness shared cell phone video showing the moments right after the confrontation that left the officer hurt and her accused attacker dead. cell phone video shows the chaotic moments after oakland police officer shot and mortally wounded man investigators say had just hit her in the head multiple times with a metal bic khaichbility he can be seen moving his head and arms at times. still alive after being shotment bystander can be heard calling for help. if officer the keeps her gun trained on the man. she radios for help. oakland police chief said it was very dangerous. >> metal chain swung at an individual is a weapon. no doubt. >>reporter: neighbors tell the 7 news the man was regular in the naichbilityd often sleeping wherever he could. sometimes being combative with those who tried to get him to moveal. they questioned whether officer needed to open faivrment instead of shooting him they could have taser him or mace him. i don't think what he di

oakland has finally reopened. this is from about 40 minutes ago. dozens of people protesting the police killing of a suspect earlier today in oakland. they got up on the freeway and blocked all lanes of traffic. chp showed up and cleared that group off the roadway. >>> this is not a war zone. it is a major port city in china. and tonight, at least 44 people there are dead after this massive explosion. allen martin shows us the blast was so big it registered as an earthquake. >> reporter: this view from a high-rise in the chinese industrial town of tianjin shows a ball of fire grows on the horizon. the flames quickly seemed to die down. then ... a massive explosion lights up the night sky ripping through area buildings. sending out powerful shock waves felt several miles away. authorities say it was equivalent to 20 tons of tnt exploding. chinese officials say a warehouse filled with explosives is the source of the blast. security camera video shows one person being tossed from the force of the blast. cell phone images show people running into the streets trying to take shelter from flyi

it started around 8:30 this morning when an oakland police officer responded to a call by herself of an assault in the area. now, police won't say who made the call. they wouldn't grifern us any more information surroundth assault but they say when the officer arrived, the man was outside. a physical confrontation broke out. >> the suspect struck the officer with a metal object and that's when she discharged her firearm shooting the suspect. he was pronounced deceased by medical personnel. >> reporter: now, a witness doing some landscaping work outside in this area saw this conflict happen. she told us in spanish that the man used a metal chain to hit the officer in her face and neck. [speaking in spanish] >> reporter: now, the woman told us it was a horrible, disturbing scene. she was actually shaking. she said she was conflicted because she said on one hand it was obvious the officer was defending herself but she didn't know why the officer had to fire so many shots. police have not identified the man killed. they say he was in his 20s. oakland police says the officer did have a bod

not with the raiders but with the oakland police department. at issue? the police escorts. nbc bay area has more from napa county. and jean, what is the problem? >> reporter: well, the napa county sheriff's office says the problem is the lights and sirens but this is no emergency. the sheriff says he wanted to talk about the incident with oakland's police chief by phone but could not reach him he sent him a letter on monday expressing concerns about what he calls an illegal private motorcade for the raiderss that rolled through last friday. he said the officers should not hold up traffic and light up sirens for a football team when there is no emergency. some raiderss fans agree. >> i don't think is very appropriate. you know, it stops a lot of traffic. people got to come and go you know. i don't think that is an emergency. >> reporter: the sheriff says the incident was particularly frustrating for parents who were heading to pick up kids at school when the motorcade drove through american canyon on an already crowded highway 29. the sheriff has not yet heard from the oakla

cell phone video shows the chaotic moments after oakland police officer shot and mortally wounded man investigators say had just hit her in the head multiple times with a metal bic khaichbility he can be seen moving his head and arms at times. still alive after being shotment bystander can be heard calling for help. if officer the keeps her gun trained on the man. she radios for help. oakland police chief said it was very dangerous. >> metal chain swung at an individual is a weapon. no doubt. >>reporter: neighbors tell the 7 news the man was regular in the naichbilityd often sleeping wherever he could. sometimes being combative with those who tried to get him to moveal. they questioned whether officer needed to open faivrment instead of shooting him they could have taser him or mace him. i don't think what he did was worth his life being taken just by knowing him personally. >> police say the incident was recorded bit officer body camera and theory have you gone that as part of the investigation. officer suffered injuries to her head and face. she's expected to be okay. she's placed o

today, oakland police show pictures of a man shot by police recently with a gun in his hand. to combat unfair media treatment of law enforcement. >> they are under the micro scope, and monday morni quarterbacked by media and politician ans and many times it's unpair. he said that a video of officers making a arrest with no context can be interpreted in a negative light and he fully supports the use of body cameras. that's not enough according to the founder of the anti-police terror project. kat brooks. >> police officers have a history of abusing black and brown people in our community. to say we are over reacting is irrational. >> there was a campaign event, and they are pushing for body cams outside and inside jails. >> to be honest and be held accountable. >> the police chief said that some of the stereo types are dangerous. >> i have never met an officer who enjoyed shooting anybody. some of of the people that you know, negative about the police, they think that almost that police would enjoy doing something like this. the opposite is true. >> this type of mistrust of po

a 24-year old man from oakland. led police to the 27th street freeway off-ramp, where he crashed into a car and tired carjacking another. before three officers surrounded him a block away. >> : "and, at that point, the suspect advanced towards the officers while holding th firearms in his hand." >> phillipe :chief whent says those officers used a trauma kit like this one to render aid, but that the suspect later died at a hospital. >> : "one thing that we cannot control are the actions of the people we try to arrest and unfortunately, sometimes incidents like today still occur." >> phillipe :chief whent goes on to say that all three officers involved in the shooting were wearing activated body cameras and that investigators are reviewing that footage. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam :the jerusalem wildfire continues to rage in lake county. and has now moved into napa county all in all, more than 20- thousand acres have burned since sunday. and it is less than 20- percent contained. kron four's jeff bush has

investigation. >> reporter: one case involves a shooting of a 28-year-old shot and killed being chased by oakland police. the video shows him running from officers with what appears to be a gun. police can be heard yelling for him to get on the ground and drop the gun. at one point, he turns and runs towards officers and they open fire. >> what i saw did not justify them killing him. >> reporter: wilk's mother sees it differently. >> the gun was nothing pointed and i don't feel it's justified. talking about shoot to injure instead of shoot to kill. how to retreat, talk down. >> reporter: a second body camera video involves richard lynnyard. the video shows officers discovering him unresponsive, between two buildings shown here in opd photos. john burress represents the family, which claims police caused the death. >> it's not the media's interpretation that is important. it's the family's interpretation them have to have the need to see it. >> reporter: oakland police say it will be released to the public once they've completed their investigation. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> the san jose

but the oakland police public information officer is out here this morning and we hope to get you more information coming up. live in oakland, lisa chan, kpix 5. >>> see you soon thanks. the rocky fire has expanded to an area larger than the city of oakland. it's burning in rugged terrain just east of the community of lower lake. that's about 20 miles north of calistoga. the fire now burned more than 84 square miles and the lake and owe low counties. and it's just only 5% contained. the fire has grown in size partly because firefighters let it run toward a rugged unpopulated area so that they could focus on saving homes. evacwees are taking what they can. >> terrifying. but you just go and get everything you can and take care of your animals and do what you can to get out of here. >> well, more than 6300 structures are threatened right now in two dozen are already destroyed. cal fire says it may take more than a week before it has this fire under control. more than 2700 firefighters from around the state are working on it right now. >>> to the southeast and king's county, some people c

between 50 and 100 demonstrators were marching to the oakland police department r to protest a police

he was stopped by oakland police driving a car police say was wanted in an armed robbery in july. he took off. there was an attempt at a carjacking according to the police. and then at 27th and broadway there was a problem and you can see the police chasing wilkes and they are on the sidewalk and he appears to be carrying a gun in the left hand. he turns around and runs back to the police. that is when the shots rang out. here is the police chief on why his department released the video. >> we believe that doing it in the manner we have done it will allow us to correct some of the misinformation that is out there and at the same time preserve the integrity of our investigation. >> now, the chief went open to say that the family of wilkes was given the opportunity to see the video before the reporters could see it and the family, his mother, came here to police headquarters year and did view the video. of course, some credit i believes wonder why the video has not been released to the larger public. the chief explained today that this incident is still under investigation. they are

investigation. >> reporter: one case involves a shooting of a 28-year-old shot and killed being chased by oakland police. the video shows him running from officers with what appears to be a gun. police can be heard yelling for him to get on the ground and drop the gun. at one point, he turns and runs towards officers and they open fire. >> what i saw did not justify them killing him. >> reporter: wilk's mother sees it differently. >> the gun was nothing pointed and i don't feel it's justified. talking about shoot to injure instead of shoot to kill. how to retreat, talk down. >> reporter: a second body camera video involves richard lynnyard. the video shows officers discovering him unresponsive, between two buildings shown here in opd photos. john burress represents the family, which claims police caused the death. >> it's not the media's interpretation that is important. it's the family's interpretation them have to have the need to see it. >> reporter: oakland police say it will be released to the public once they've completed their investigation. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> the san jose

. >> freeways blocked, businesses damaged, the late night protests in oakland sparked by a deadly police shooting. >>> what we've learned about the deadly shooting inside a business and the search for suspects in oakland. >>> we are live in oakland because as we've been reporting, some businesses are now boarded up. these are live pictures. you can see that this morning. this is after protests ask reaction to a the -- and reaction to a deadly police shooting. alex savage is out there, showing us more of the vandalism and also some of the heated confrontations that happened during the night. something that happened during protests where innocent people were trying to get something done or get to where they need to go. it got very heated and emotional last night. thank you for joining us, thursday, august 13th. i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. checking your weather and traffic, weather wise, you'll feel a difference today. yeah. there are a lot of 50s today, 40s yet. it's much warmer, 10, 12 degrees for some. bigger fog bank and warmer ocean temps, allowing for rather mild conditions o

. >>> we are finding out more information about an oakland police sergeant. the sergeant was shot in the head. we're told he is is expected to recover. that shooting happened about 1:30 yesterday morning. they wept to question the man about a sexual assault. before the police had a chance to talk to him, he came outside and opened fire with an assault rifle. they say that gun was equipped with an extended 30 round magazine. the two officers fired back hitting the man who died later. >>> the group police and fire the fallen heros is putting together a fundraiser. the restaurant is donating 35% of all proceeds if a it's if -- [ inaudible ] >>> a palo alto neighborhood is under investigation. he pose as a pizza delivery man. it happened on suzanne drive. a 19-year-old woman opened the door and said they hadn't ordered a pizza and started to close the door but he stopped her. >> he was followed by two suspects that were wearing masks. >> when the mother and father confronted the suspects they took off running. the other two men were wearing masks so the family wa

. >>> we are getting new information on the police shooting in oakland. the coroner has confirmed that the man police shot and killed died from gunshot wounds and the bullets entered his body from the front. hundreds took to the streets, some vandalizing businesses and briefly blocking i-980. jody hernandez is live at oakland police department. they do not want to see this again tonight in oakland, sounds like police now really want calm? >> reporter: they certainly do. in oakland, the mayor is urging people not to jump to conclusions. tonight we're learning a lot more about the man's deadly confrontation with police. at least one witness tells us officers were left with little choice but to shoot the man. >> drop the gun, drop the gun! >> reporter: ka near sha is shaken by what happened in front of her west oakland apartment yesterday amp. she says a man with a gun ran right by her with police chasing after him. >> because he had a gun. he didn't want to drop that gun. >> reporter: oakland police say three officers ultimately shot and killed that man when

police returned fire. good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian. we begin at this noontime in oakland where police are revealing information about the gunman. ktvu fox 2's alex savidge has more on the crime police were investigating when they came under fire. >> reporter: car windows were shattered and shell casings covered the sidewalk after a dangerous gun battle between oakland police and a wanted man armed with an assault rifle. >> series of quick shots. >> reporter: the early-morning shootout left one officer wounded. the gunman dead, and neighbors stunned. >> pretty shocking. even though there's petty crime, we didn't think anything like this would happen this close to us. >> reporter: neighbors say they heard several dozen shots fired. it happened around 1:30 a.m. along martin luther king near 40th street. two police officers showed up at a home looking to question a 49-year-old man about a sexual assault that happened a few hours earlier. before the police had a chance to talk with them, the man opened fire with this sks assault rifle, a high-powered weapon with a 30-round mag

oakland's police chief is defend an officer for fatally shooting a man accused of attacking her withycle chain. the killing sparked a rest and now the new cell phone video can help investigators get to bottom of what happened. janet o is in the newsroom with more. >> oakland police say the officer would shot and killed a suspect was wearing a body camera. the video will be reviewed along with the cell phone video showing the chaos right after the shooting took place yesterday morning. the video shows the wounded man on the ground move his head and aways before he died at the sketch. police say the man initially attacked the officer multiple times with the metal bicycle chain and a bystander can be heard calling for help as the officer radios this for backup, for her gun on the suspect. some question if the shooting was necessary. >> kid is dying. help him. they could have tasered or placed him. i don't think what he was did was worth the life being take were. >> a metal chain someone at an individual is a weapon. no doubt. >> the protesters manned from the john to city hall and march

. >>> an attorney for the oakland police officers association says police body cameras captured wednesday as officer involved shooting. it shoes the suspect pointing a gun at an officer before police shot and killed him. oakland police are refusing to release the video because of an ongoing investigation. the mayor says the suspect left the officers no choice but to open fire. >> our current review of the evidence shoes a very clear let's that will threat to both buy stand did he say and police >> there has to be some other way to subdue criminals besides shoot to kill. the community is enraged right now >> now, preliminary autopsy reports shoes the 24-year old suspect died from a gun shot wound to the front of his body. the mayor is angry that protesters against the police shooting vandalized stores and businesses. she's committed to ensuring that people, property and the right to assemble are are all respected in oakland. >>> coming up it killed one man and left dozens of people without a home. up next the legal action now being taken from -- stemming from that fire. >>> but first histo

. >>> for the first time, the oakland police department is letting us watch officer body cam video from two recent controversial cases. one last wednesday on martin luther king jr. way and another one in east oakland. >> the video is just one piece of evidence in a very large investigation. >> reporter: for the first time, oakland police shared body cam video to reporters but not to the public. >> we believe in doing it in the manner that we've done it will allow us to correct some of the misinformation out there and that same time protect the integ reauty of the case. >> reporter: this shows willics running from officers with what appears to be a gun in his right hand. officers can be heard repeatedly to drop the gun and he turned around and ran towards them, they shot q killed him. the mother sees it differently. >> nothing was pointed at them and i don't feel it was justified. your goal was just to kill him. >> when did he start talk about shoot to injure and shoot to kill, why don't we talk about talking them down and bringing them in. >> reporter: the video shows officers discoveri

another deadly shooting by oakland police. what prompted an officer to open fire on a man and how that officer wound up in the hospital. >> reporter: it's a sad day for the la boulange customers. we'll have the story. >>> 7:00 on this friday morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." it's august 28th. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> you made it, everybody. it's friday. i'm brian flores. let's get it started with weather and traffic. rosemary is here with steve. warmer today and then it cools down. >> warmer this morning. cooler by the afternoon. >> gotcha. >> a little confusing. i will detail it for you. giving you a look outside the doors, the sun is up. we have clouds overhead. providing us with a beautiful sunrise. giving you a look there. we have do weather, temperatures up by 9 degrees in santa rosa. you are warmer. by 6 in concord. i even had the urge to turn on my ac as i was coming into work. 67 degrees right now, san jose. livermore 61. 69 in fairfield. 67 san francisco. let's take a little tour. we have 66 in belmont. 60 betion me

department is in stable condition in surgery a suspect is dead from gunshot fired by oakland policee a press briefing from the oakland police the parma about a half- hour ago according to them and allow 130 this morning, officers were investigating a sexual assault that had occurred earlier in the evening they brought them to the 3800 block of marble the king boulevard. >>jackie sissel: when they encounter the suspect they believe was involved in a sexual assault from their the spokesman for the oakland police department picked up the story. >>: for a busy day weekend. >>jackie sissel: their produce or rifle and started firing at the police officer striking one of those officers and returnable officers returned fire truck in the suspect at least once is considered to have non life- threatening injuries and is in stable condition rasa been told that the investigation will continue but they will have a second press briefing at around 730 or 8:00 tonight one suspect is that when officers and hospital with, for and injuries. >>mark: a raging wildfire and the county doubling in size of t

he says oakland police shut down a busy wine country road, including highway 29, to escort the raiders' team buses from training camp in napa to oakland. the letter claims oakland motorcycle police with their sirens led four buses through town, just as school children were trying to cross busy streets. this is the team arriving at napa camp in july. robertson says his department was never notified about oakland's plans and called the motorcade, quote, reckless and unbelievable. no word yet from chief wendt's response. >>> a beautiful day for baseball. you're looking at at&t park where the giants take on the st. louis cardinals this evening. you can watch all the action right here on nbc bay area. because of that, "america's got talent" will air at 8:00 on cozi-tv and date line. we'll be back here on nbc for the news at 11:00. >>> and good afternoon. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. we're tracking the forecast for the game tonight. fog is beginning to roll in thick, helping to cool temperatures, and the possibility of showers this weekend. who will have the best chance, in just a few min

it's a deadly police shooting in oakland. a female officer who has been on the force for 18 years shot and killed a suspect during a confrontation. police say the officer was responding to a disturbance call when the suspect charged at her and hit her several times with a chain. >> circular motion with his arm and swung at her. >> the suspect continued to advance swinging the chin at the officer. the officer drew her firearm and fired at the suspect striking him. >> several people gathered at the shooting scene to protest against oakland police. they say they are keptable about the police department's account on what happened. the officer had a severe cut to her head and is in stable condition this morning. >> we'll be keeping an eye on that and we'll be keeping an eye on your weather as well. it's friday, almost to the weekend. >>> a few degrees today. but a big drop in numbers coming tomorrow. and it could bring a possibility of a few scattered showers as well. we'll detail that coming up in a little bit. outside our doors t