philip kreycik was last seen on saturday. police haven't found any significant clues, which only makes this disappearance more baffling. amy hollyfield live in the east bay with the clues they have so far. amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning. yeah, volunteers say a call came in overnight from a family saying they heard a cry for help coming from the canyon. so volunteers are responding to that. they are ramping up their search just as authorities had announced it was possibly time to scale back. philip kreycik of berkeley disappeared saturday afternoon after telling his wife he was going for a run on the trails of the pleasanton ridge regional park. hundreds of people have searched the area for him since then, heading out in hiking gear. some with search dogs. authorities have also looked from up above in a plane and with a drone. they have not seen a trace of him. >> we should have seen him by now. we should have encountered. there should be something that should have led us to him. some type of something. and that's what's h

. >>> developing news, it's been five days since philip kreycik vanished from pleasanton ridge regional park, and now the exhaustive search efforts are at a turning point. kpix 5's andria borba is live in pleasanton with new revelations from the team leading that search, andria? >> reporter: well, we found out today from investigators here in pleasanton that philip kreycik stopped at a shipping store in oakland on his way to pleasanton ridge for that run, dropped off a package and then ostensibly made his way here to pleasanton ridge for that preplanned, 8-mile run. >> all that color that's filled in on that screen represents feet on the ground, people searching, actively moving from our operational standpoint. that doesn't include the community search team that's been doing their own searching. >> reporter: well, the search for philip kreycik of berkeley has been extensive on pleasanton ridge. the berkeley father hasn't been found yet. >> it's pretty difficult to get lost up there. i'm not saying it's impossible, but there is plenty of ways to find your way out of there. >> reporter: t

. >> philip kreycik hasn't been seen since saturday. amy hollyfield is live with where the search stands this morning. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi there. it's gated up. the command post center has been torn down. volunteers aren't giving up hope. they're going to keep looking. that official intense search you've been seeing happening coming out of here all week, that is over. authorities packed it all up yesterday. they say this is now concluded. one search and rescue team member did say this could be the largest operation they've done in 45 years. hundreds of people have been searching the park area since saturday looking for philip kreycik of berkeley. he told his wife he would be going on a trail run in the area. he never returned. his car was found in the trail head parking lot and his phone was found inside as well. kreycik is a married father of two. his wife says she is not giving up. >> he's extremely fit mentally and physically. i ask people to have faith with us and that he is out there alive waiting for us. that we ask that peop

authorities say philip kreycik is an avid runner who is in very good shape. >> the man is very resourceful. very athletic. we are just hoping that it was an injury and we just can't get to him. we just haven't found that spot yet. >> reporter: authorities did find his car in the parking lot at the trailhead, his wallet and his phone were inside, we asked police if they suspect foul play, they told us they have not ruled anything out saying they have investigators working behind the scenes while people are also out actively looking for him. they searched into the night last night using a heat sensing drone with a camera but still no luck, they will be back at it at 8:00 am this morning. >>> thanks for the update, amy. there is confusion this morning for parents, just weeks before school is supposed to start. the state is now promising to update its mask rules soon after backpedaling a bit on its guidance. health officials just updated the rules for public schools yesterday, the state that masks would be required in the fall regardless of vaccination status and kids would be and if they show

. >> in their quest to find 37 year-old philip kreycik. we've got kron 4 sarah stinson following the story for us now. sara lee yesterday you were in pleasanton now. so knoll. >> yeah, we're about 12 minutes away driving to the command center. that's at the sun. old post office volunteers a part of the fine philip kreycik facebook group. they all message saying if you can get here, this was around midnight get here asap. they were looking for only experienced hikers and bikers only can see such dark video. that's how dark it was. just one hour ago and they're up there right now heading into the south part of the pleasanton ridge regional park and they are up there looking for philip kreycik. this is after group member and friend of phillips went up there confirmed what they heard from the family and single thing heard a cry for help in a canyon. now that friend, one of their confirm this. but there's no cell phone service from that site said come back down message the group and they got enough volunteers to go up and there and this is no e

. >>> there's still no sign of philip kreycik who disappeared on july 10.more on that story from dustin dorsey >> reporter: the staging area in pleasanton hills is the last known location of missing hiker, philip kreycik. two weeks after his disappearance. he went for a run on saturday in his family reported him missing that evening. after intense searching from law enforcement there is still no sign of him. >> this is one of the biggest searches for a missing person. we are mystified and frustrated. we are perplexed as to why we have not found philip. and knowing that it has been two weeks. we are reminded of his family and everything that has gone on during this very long two weeks. >>> the volunteer search team has not stopped in the efforts. continue to hit the trails and post his picture. >> he was extremely fit, intelligent, and capable of taking care of himself. we believe that there are many reasons to believe he is out there and he is trying to get to us. >> reporter: the focus is on finding anyone with home security cameras that may offer clues to

. >> and i'm laura garcia. 37-year-old philip kreycik has been missing since day. after going for a run. >> now alameda county deputize are scaling back that search. nbc bay area's sharon katsuda is in pleasanton. what are investigators saying? >> reporter: we're still waiting on a call back from the public information officer. but i can tell you this much. volunteers here are actually ramping up the search. dozens just took off from this location. and you can see many of the volunteers are still right behind me here at foothill high school. 37-year-old philip kreycik of berkeley told his wife he was going for a run saturday at east bay regional park and she called police when he didn't return later that afternoon. someone reported hearing cries for help which prompted searchers to look again overnight. >> there was a lot of search people up there. they're still up there now. there is access to the park. >> reporter: and that area where they heard the cry is quite a bit away from here. we just came from there about a half an hour ago. you can see searchers are here

this is 37-year-old philip kreycik.he told his wife he was going on a run at pleasanton ridge regional park. he never came back from that run. >> amy hollyfield live in pleasanton with what is being done to find him. amy. >> reporter: kumasi, a friend of philip's says on the group facebook page that a massive amount of terrain has been covered multiple times and still no sign of him. so they will head back out this morning and do it all again. philip kreycik has hundreds of people looking for him. he went out for a run on saturday and never returned. he lives in berkeley, but he was trying out a trail in pleasanton and he told his wife where he would be and he even mapped it out on a runners app and it does look like he made it to the trail but hasn't been seen since. >> the first day we did have a scent, dogs had a scent on the first day. that only went a small distance. obviously time is important and we want to try to locate him as soon as possible. some of the work will include doubling up on the areas that were sea

philip kreycik reporting live here in pleasanton theresa back to you guys. theresa, thank you. >> an airplane crashed into a home near monterey. here's a picture those put out by monterey county regional fire details are still coming in. but we do know. >> this is near highway 68, as you know, that's near the monterey airport in the montura ranch neighborhood. the crash caused a small fire kron 4 shots mccall is on his way to the scene right now. we'll have updates for you tonight on kron 4 news at 8. >> more water restrictions are likely for residents in the south bay santa clara's. the city council is expected to approve a local drought emergency at a meeting this happening right now. the city's director of emergency services has already declared a local drought emergency. but if the city council votes to ratify that declaration. it means more water restrictions will be in place. some of those restrictions include no wasting water on sidewalks and streets. you cannot wash your car without an automatic shutoff valve. you can only water your lawn 3 days a we

bay wilderness to help find philip kreycik. >>> good morning and thanks so much for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. and they're still holding out hope of finding the father of two who was last seen on sunday. nbc bay area's bob redell live at the command center of the search in pleasanton. and, bob, what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning. alameda county sheriff's office tells us that today's search for philip kreycik is critical because this is the fourth day that he's been missing. there are obvious concerns about his safety and health if he's still alive inside the pleasanton ridge regional park. fortunately today it's not supposed to be super hot out. the scene here behind me within the past couple of hours about a hundred volunteers search and rescuers, some from as far away as placer county received their search assignments earlier this morning. we're at the command post here of foothill high. this is before they headed out to the park, which is about a mile or two away from us up in the hills. today volunteers will l

. >> volunteers are not giving up hope they will find philip kreycik, who vanished after going for a run, even though the official search has been called off. abc7 reporter dustin dorsey has more. >> reporter: foothill high school has been the command post for the search for 37-year- old philip kreycik all week long. 6 days following his disappearance, law enforcement and fire crews have cleared, but dedicated volunteers remain. his family visited today, after they shared an emotional plea to keep looking for their loved one with abc7 news yesterday. >> i know in my heart of hearts that he is out there out there and alive, waiting for us. >> reporter: among the group of volunteers looking to bring the family piece was a group of kreycik's coworkers , in the clean energy transportation department. they only had limited interactions with him in person, but they are turning their back on their missing teammate. >> he was always a joy to work with, extremely knowledgeable in his field. i speak with our entire team to say we are very lucky to have him to work with. >> he's been a part of

on the fifth day of searching for philip kreycik on pleasanton ridge, frustration is mounting. the berkeley father hasn't been found yet. >> we are definitely at a point where we're a little perplexed. we'll keep working. >> reporter: 59 search and rescue crews from as far away as santa barbara were looking in the bright sunshine today. >> searchers have gps units on them. those broadcast live via their phones to our map here. you can see some of these dots are moving. those are searchers live in the field as we speak. >> reporter: it's been five days since he left his home to head for an 8-mile run before an appointment saturday. he has not been seen since. >> that investigation currently is focused on philip's known timeline from when he left his home in berkeley until he arrived here in pleasanton where his vehicle was located at the trailhead. >> reporter: pleasanton detectives say he dropped off a package at a shipping center in oakland before heading to the ridge saturday. >> first scenario 1 he's in this ridge area, this park open space area. second scenario he parked hi

kpix 5 apps andriali pleasaon more >> they are still holding out hope that philip kreycik is still alive and they are expanding the search area, saying it's very likely he's no longer in the pleasanton ridge area, that this area has been exhausted by searchers. >> we are all baffled that we haven't found anything yet, not even a trace, like a piece of clothing or a shoelace, or anything. >> reporter: but as philip kreycik's wife, jenny dow, speaking about the search for her husband that is well into its second week. his car was found at a trailhead on pleasanton ridge, where he was set to go for a run on july 10th. he never returned to his car. because philip ran ultra marathons and has wilderness experience, his father thinks it's possible he's made it out e ng that we think now. he could've gone a long, long distance, so even if you're living in an area where you say, he could never have made it 20 miles over here in the time period that we are talking about, it would've been very easy for him to get 20 miles away from the center of town. >> they're asking people to be on the lookout f

. >> reporter: foothill high school has been the command post for the search for 37-year- old philip kreycik all week long. six days following his disappearance, law enforcement and fire crews have cleared, but volunteers remain. kreycik's family visited with them today after they shared an emotional plea to keep looking for their loved one with abc7 news yesterday. >> i know in my heart of hearts that he is out there and alive, waiting for us. >> reporter: among the group of volunteers looking to bring the family piece was a group of kreycik's coworkers from pg&e. with the pandemic they only had limited interactions with him in person, but they are not turning their back on their missing teammate. >> he was always a joy to work with and extremely knowledgeable in his field and i think i speak for our entire team when i say we m e tove wor >> he has been part of our team for about nine months and i know if it was anyone of us, he would be here, doing the same thing, so i just feel very strongly that we are one team and we look out for one another. >> reporter: after receiving their assignmen

we are hopeful he'll come home. >> reporter: that's the message from philip kreycik's wife, jen yao, has volunteers continue to search for her husband in the east bay hills around pleasanton ridge. philip's family says they are blown away by the dedication of volunteers, who continue to search for the father of two. they think philip is still alive, possibly disoriented from dehydration, thanks to years of wilderness experience. >> we have every confidence that he would have done all of the right things which case he probably still would've done the right things, but it's a little different challenge. >> reporter: jen and keith are taking people to look at video from their ring cameras, to check out the buildings and empty parks for any sign of him. >> we think he's still out there. we are not sure where. we don't know where. that's why we're asking everybody to help us look. >> reporter: they just want to bring the young father, husband, and son home. >> he truly finds joy in just the simple things, like looking out of our window at the sunset. and you know, pulls me over to look at

they are planning to meet ll h renvase areaof philip kreycik. 37-year-old father went for a run in pleasanton ridge regional park last saturday and has not been seen since. police and the alameda county sheriff's office have ended the official search. kreycik 's family believes he might be on somebody's personal property near that park. >>> cal fire has updated the size of the dixie buyer that is burning near the 2018 camp fire near the border of butte county and plumas county. it is now approaching i thousand acres. the dixie fire is burning in steep and inaccessible terrain. firefighters are making some progress. it is now 7% contained and it is burning away from populated areas. new minotaur evacuation orders remain in place for the high lakes and philbrook areas and plumas county. >>> the state's largest buyer has grown another 5000 acres. the beckwourth fire is also burning and plumas county and it is now more than 100,000 acres and 68% contained. this video from the santa maria fire department shows the strong wind howling as the fire rage

we're live in pleasanton as dozens of people look for philip kreycik for a 4th day. in confusion about masks once again, california reverses course on back to school guidance leading mask mandate decisions up to individual school districts. plus, after months of decline, us covid cases are rising once again. we'll explain what's driving the increase. >> now from the bay area's local news station. this is kron 4 news at 3. >> good afternoon and thank you for joining us here on kron, 4 news at 3. i'm sanaz tahernia top story this tuesday, the search for missing east bay. father continues for the 4th day 37 year-old philip kreycik one for a run at pleasanton ridge regional park on saturday and disappeared. kron four's. charles, the 3rd is live for us in pleasanton with the latest on the search efforts. charles. >> well, the search here pleasanton has not slowed down at all. there's still more than a 100 volunteers and search and rescue crews from dozens of bay area agencies here continuing the search. they just had kind of a shift change briefing just a short time ago a

of course they they're really just holding on to hope to find philip kreycik alive and get him the help he needs his this is day 5 of looking for him. and unfortunately they haven't had any look looking in the park in the whole area of the route. they believe he went out on saturday morning at around 11 o'clock. he went out for a miles long run and never returned home. now, eaen though we had a bit of a you know, a tip or a, you know, a spark in this investigation this morning. it looks like police the local agencies. they tell us they're starting to scale back. search efforts in the pleasanton ridge regional park because they've already searched 85% of the area. they've done it by foot drones canines. >> and the plane planes with thermal technology infrared technology. police say there are a few scenarios that could be philip could to be either you know, incapacitated in the area somewhere. maybe he fell and he's hurt. maybe he's not in the area at all. you can say that police are starting to lose a little bit of hope in their search after 4 full days of searching in searching in not f

volunteers will be out for one last day of searching for missing runner in official search for philip kreycik was called off last night. crews combed the park for five days but found no sign of him. investigators say he mailed a package in oak land before his run. they're wondering if he made it to the park or if something else happened. they're still treating this as a missing person case. >>> president biden is hosting german chancellor angela merkel and it's likely to be her last visit as head of state. earlier she had a breakfast meeting with kamala harris at the naval observatory. she said she was delighted to meet with first madam vice president of the united states. >>> starting today millions of families will be able to access a new round of federal funds, boost in the child tax credit. it is up from $2,000 to 3600 for kids under six and 3,000 for older children. half the money will be paid over six months. parents have to claim the rest on their tax returns and families have to make under a certain amount to qualify. for a married couple filing jointly that's 150,000 or less. irs wil

philip kreycik's car was found. report of distressed man running along this arroyo in pleasanton on the night he wasie have scaled backe search but continue to investigate. believes investigators need to look at digital footprint just in case. >> also need to consider the possibility he's voluntary missing. in other words does not want to be found. >> we're trying to find anyone along the arroyo trail who might have witnessed or have security camera footage. >> a friend of kreycik said he was happy, a family man, believes he got heat stroke. >>> police in south bay searching for hit-and-run driver after deadly crash tully road and la ragon avenue near the golf course, woman walking outside the crosswalk when the suv hit her. 12th pedestrian killed by car this year. >>> gilroy garlic festival is back for first time since the mass shooting two years ago. gourmet alley is ready to go but it's drive-through experience at the church. preorder the food and meals will be delivered to the car. shrimp scampi, all with garlic

fresh look tomorrow for a berkeley runner who has been missing for nearly 3 weeks. 37-year-old philip kreycikhasn't been seen since july 10th, when he told his wife he was going for a run at pleasanton ridge park. the initial search was called off after five days, though volunteers have continued looking. >>> bart will return to near normal service every day but sundays. trains will also run more frequently, with more week day trips to sfo. masks will still be required to ride. >>> a live look at san jose, where city hall will reopen to the public on monday. masks will be required inside, as they are in all other city facilities. >>> and the cities of mountain view and brentwood will also make masks mandatory inside public facilities. starting monday, regardless of vaccination status. foster city did the same thing yesterday. >>> still to come here at 7:00, some stunning chopper video of drivers pulling off reckless stunts on oakland streets as passengers held on for the ride. >>> their landlord wanted them out. now a san francisco couple is cashing in. the six-figure incentive to leave their

philip kreycik was last seen going for a run on saturday and today an army of volunteers and search and rescue crews are continuing to look for him at pleasanton ridge regional park. our reporter goes live with the latest on the search. >> reporter: i'm here at foothill high school in pleasanton ground zero or the command center if you will for this massive search. i was just told this is an unprecedented search in alameda county that a missing jogger would normally be found in 24 to 48 hours but this has stretched on for four days, hundreds of volunteers, high technology, drones, helicopters out looking for this jogger with no luck. just 15 minutes ago when a press conference, this is what they said they are beginning to believe. >> we are left with two probabilities, one is that we are not finding phil appear in the terrain and he is incapacitated and not responsive, or he's not here and those are our two probabilities we feel when we look at the different contingencies and assessment of the entire operation over the last four days we've come to those conclusions that he is incapacita

there is still no sign of 37- year-old philip kreycik. police say he mailed a package in oakland before his run. they're looking into what was in the package. investigators are. >> he is somewhere in the area. second scenario, he parked at the trail head and he is somewhere else. that is why our investigation is ongoing and looking at all possibilities. >> police investigators are not calling this a criminal a vestigation. missing persse. >>delta ridr d rges >> it is fafothose not vaccinated. latest seven day positivity rate for california is 3%. at this time last month it was .8% from january to april. cdc reported a little more than 10,000 break through infections. that number is even higher as states loosen restrictions. >> it sucks when you are like well i thought i was safe. not so much. >> doctors continue to reassure the public as long as you are vaccinated, the risk of infection is low. >> 99% of all the cases occurring in the u.s. right now, certainly hospitalizations and deaths, are among unvaccinated people. >> new cases in alm

search is growing to sarah. >> it's growing massively hundreds of people volunteering all to bring philip kreycik home to his photo that the volunteers got permission to share with us from the family. can see kreycik 37 years old with his 2 kids. this is who we're all trying to find. this is why there's so much effort being done right now to bring philip home. this is a father. this has been an avid outdoorsman, a runner and he was doing what he loved when he disappeared and the search has continued ever since ever since he didn't come home and his wife called police and the effort. the search effort has been quite intense very narrow in the area of where he went missing at foothill high schools where the command center has been with state and local agencies gather in the morning. they're going to be here in about an hour. they're already starting to arrive where they get the plan and then they go up by foot on four-wheelers. they've got canines and they also used planes yesterday. yesterday when all of the volunteers on foot and all of the crews on foot had to, you know, hang up their hiking boo

. >>> the search picks up for a jogger missing since saturday in east bay hills. 37-year-old philip kreycik told his wife he was going for a run. his wife reported him missing three hours later. all day and evening yesterday pleasanton police, alameda sheriffs deputies and chp were searching. they used drones, aircraft, off road vehicles. still, no sign of a swimmer who disappeared yesterday afternoon. investigators say the man was seen jumping off a boat without a life preserver. it is not clear if he swam safely to another part of the lake or possibly drowned. divers were searching near the dam and other parts of the marina. >>> pfizer plans to meet with u.s. health officials as it seeks emergency use authorization for covid-19 booster shot. some studies suggest the vaccine's efficacy wanes over time and pfizer says a booster could up a person's antibodies five to ten fold. joining us live is our ucsf infectious disease specialist. thank you so much for joining our show. the cdc says fully vaccinated americans do not need a third shot at this time. what's your take on the move by pfizer?

philip kreycik. this is video from alameda county, special operations unit flying their drones over part of the trail where craig chick. >> was last seen the 37 year-old father of 2 disappeared saturday after he told his wife he planned to run a route off of the mueller trailhead in pleasanton. part of the east bay regional park system throughout the day. hundreds grabbed information at the command post to spread out and scour the hilly terrain. >> and the pass to operational period. you can see out. we've covered a tremendous of ground from general area and close as well as extending part part of the south. also west of the work. >> specialized maps, canine dogs. hundreds of volunteers. thermal imaging technology. all have been used. but still no trace of the runner we've left with basically 2 probabilities. one is that we're not finding philip here in the drain. and that he's incapacitated is not responsive. or he's not here. and so those are 2 probabilities that we feel that that we look at all of

philip kreycik is an avid runner. he often completes six to ten-mile runs in about an hour. police say that was his plan, but they were called when he was way overdue meeting his wife. officers quickly found his car but not him. >> his phone was left in his car with his i.d., which is normal for him because he's a pretty active runner and he's all about the speed and he runs -- he doesn't like to carry a lot of things. >> reporter: one of the first concern were the triple digit temperatures saturday. so search teams were quickly called in including one of the dogs that followed his scent from his vehicle to this trail, but no further. there are search teams from alameda, contra costa and marin counties as well as volunteers who have just shown up to help. >> searching for a runner so i thought i would come and check out. >> reporter: someone living in the neighborhood here who doesn't want to be named shared this video of drones also sent up. he says search teams used them for several hours. >> i saw about three or four drones in the air. they were comb the mountains up on t

three weeks this philip kreycik, a runner, went missing. >> why they were there today. we turn to christy smith. >> we continue totcome. >> reporter: renewed search is under way today for philipeport his family shared their thoughts today. >> the support we have received, so much. has really made us feel -- in this just -- just, it's hard. you know, incredibly difficult time. >> we miss our son, and, so incredibly, he's -- he's a delightful person. he has such spirit, such love emanates from him. he is -- just -- a big hole that we need to have back. >> reporter: he was reported missing after failing to return from a run in the pleasanea. search and rescue teams looked extensively but called the search off while volunteers continued on. search crews were back today. >> by the data points. every time we have tracking teams or any searchers go out, equipped with gps technology, we are mapping all of that. >> reporter: pleasanton police say there are more than a dozen outside agencies here for the day. more than 100 searchers. >> now we're kind of going with lower probabil

regional park where the search is on for a missing runner and it's intensifying tonight. 37-year-old philip kreycik of berkeley has been missing since saturday when he failed to return from what was supposed to be an hour long run. more than a dozen local agencies and nearly 100 volunteers are combing the park looking for him. >>> also in alameda county, a sheriffs dive team says it believes it has located the body of a missing swimmer in lake del valle, using sonar and robotic cameras. they say it appears that the man drowned after jumping in near the dam yesterday. >>> live look at san francisco, where new numbers show a rise in certain types of violent crimes. kpix 5's andria borba on this crime stat that has the police chief particularly frustrated. >> the concern from chief william scott is over gun violence and the incidence of it in the city so far this year. >> reporter: while rolling out the midyear crime statistics, sf pd chief william scott along with mayor lund inbreed wanted to refute the notion that san francisco is crime infested. >> it's personal to me when people look at our city a

philip kreycik vanished july 10th. volunteers are looking for anything search teams may have missed. so far search and rescue teams have canvassed the area using drones and search dogs and made attempts to track him using his watch. >>> move over, full buck moon. we have a light show from last night that caused a rumble literally, what was responsible for lighting up the night. >>> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we have a pretty nice finish to the weekend today, but much of the new week ahead will feature some hot temperatures. he would have when kids need medical care, they face life-changing experiences. they miss out on the things that make being a kid fun. starlight children's foundation programs entertain and inspire hospitalized kids. learn more at starlight.org up here, success depends on the choices you make. but i know i've got this. and when it comes to controlling his type 2 diabetes, my dad's got this, too. with the right choices, you have it in you to control your a1c and once-weekly trulicity may help.

in the parking lot of foothill high school again to begin searching pleasanton ridge park for philip kreycik they also started plastering fliers all over the city of pleasanton and today in hopes that somebody recognizes the father and husband. >> they are 100% in this. they believe that philip is out there alive, and their message to the community is thank you so much for helping us and we're still here. and we're going to bring him back alive. >> well, the search effort is being coordinated through a community facebook page. volunteers say they will keep looking until they find him. >>> right now b.a.r.t. is providing late night service for the first time in more than a year. the last trains to leave the station are at 11:30 p.m., and service will continue on thursday, friday and saturday night for the rest of the month. starting monday, august 2nd, b.a.r.t. will extend its operating hours to midnight on weekdays and saturdays. >>> tonight crews from san francisco are joining the fight against the nation's biggest wildfire that's burning in southern oregon. the bootleg fire exploded in siz

philip kreycik vanished july 10th after telling his wife he was going for a run in the hills near theranch staging area. volunteers are looking for anything search teams may have missed. search and rescue teams have canvassed the area and used drones and search dogs and made attempts to track him using his watch. >>> move over, full buck moon. we have a light show from last night that caused a rumble literally, what was responsible for lighting up the night. >>> and the heat is going to return this week. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with your accuweather forecast. >>> coming up in sports team usa basketball begins olympic play while the a's and mariners play another close game. play another close game. >>> plus put the brooms play ano♪ windows open,. >>> pli'm yelling unity ♪ ♪ side by side with my community ♪ ♪ celebrate, let's have a jubilee ♪ ♪ they've been there for us ♪ ♪ let's be there for them ♪ team usa is ready for the olympic games, and so is erica! she's got the fastest internet, with wifi speeds faster than a gig. so when all of team usa is going for gold... ...her w

philip kreycik was last seen two weeks ago and after an intense search there is still no sign of him.there are a couple people who may have seen the 37-year-old and investigators haven't been able to talk with them. >> we haven't been able to talk to that woman or man yet who said she saw him. we'd like to get in touch with her. if you are that person or know who she is, please have her get in touch with us. >> sergeant kelly with the alameda county sheriff's department still has hope kreycik will be found. >>> a major hydroelectric power plant could go off line as soon as next month. lake oroville is at 655 feet right now. the power plant can't generate electricity to the state's power grid once water levels drop below 630 feet, maybe 640 at most. >> we come for a week every summer. so it's lower than we've ever seen it for sure. we'll take advantage of it while we can. i don't know that they'll be able to in another week or two. >> the plant generates power for 800,000 homes. when it shuts down, power will be pulled from other facilities across the state which, of course, will add m

. >> is that philip kreycik is inc incapacitated somewhere in that search area and they just can't find him. the other working theory is that he's not in that search area. our current force, charles clifford has an update now on the search effort. >> well, here in pleasanton on tuesday, the search for phillup krajicek continues. the weather is a little cooler today which could help the effort also search and rescue crews are shifting tactics tuesday morning. the search for 37 year-old philip. right. check continued at full strength with dozens of teams and more than 100 volunteers scouring the area overnight fixed wing aircraft and drones with he testing equipment. look for signs of life but came up empty handed after spending several days conducting a broad search of the hills ravines. and for us here. >> crews are now narrowing their efforts down to the trail. they believe cry check had planned to use specifically going to focus on going. >> about a 100 meters off of each your trail down deeper into the the tree lines. meanwhile, the volunteers are methodically walking the many trails

alameda county sheriff's department sending out search teams again tomorrow in hopes of finding philip kreycik. they will focus on creek beds, runoff areas, and the deep ravines in the area that's in the pleasanton ridge regional park. 39-year-old kreycik left on july 10th to go on a run and never returned. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, stunning helicopter video of drivers pulling off reckless t, ngx-fi d streets. cords. how far one landlord was willing to go to pay off their tenants to please move out. >> it isquthe largest buyout in history. we might have a million-dollar buyout in a couple years. >>> new helicopter video into the newsroom of drivers doing reckless stunts on oak and streets. yesterday police responded to a large gathering in the area of 90th and holly street. a chp helicopter followed several drivers that sped away, swerving, running stop signs and red lights and slamming into other cars. >> in one car, passengers were seen hanging out of the sunroof, you can see there, and windows. all those cars eventually stopped in a parking lot, where police

100 volunteers come pleasanton ridge regional park yesterday, but still, there is no sign of philip kreycik. the alameda county sheriff's department is asking anyone who lives in the area to check their security camera footage in hopes that kreycik may have been spotted by cameras. >>> new video shows a big mess on some san francisco streets, thanks to a broken fire hydrant, this playing out at the intersection of howard and citizen p video shows cars getting drenched as they drive through the water. here is another video. you can see the sprouting water is almost as tall as some of the buildings. no word yet on what caused the hydrant to break. >>> university in california says it offered a record admission to students for the upcoming school year. freshman admissions jumped 11% with 132,000 students at knitted, 84,000 of them from california. that's also a record, here in the bay area uc berkeley saw more than 6% increase in it vision with more than 16,000 new students. >>> time for weather, we are going to bring paul back in. is the word normal okay to use? >> depends on the context and

. >> philip kreycik parked his car near moller ranch around 11:00 a.m. yesterday to run at a park.s wife reported him missing three hours later when he did not return back. he was planning to be gone one hour. he is a 37-year-old white man with a thin build. brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing running clothes and a white shirt. his wife said he is an avid, long-distance runner with no known health conditions. all day and into the evening, police and sheriff's deputies and chp were out searching the area using drugs, aircraft and sign of him. >> his phone was left in the car with his id. that was normal for him because he is an active runner and he is all about speed. >> friends and families have joined the search effort. check surveillance video for any sightings and any information. we will have the latest on the search starting at 4:30. >>> taking a live look at dublin. things have cooled off. will this be a trend that will continue into the work week? >> it will get better tomorrow. i want to show you the comparison with today and tomorrow. i will focus on the ar

the officer suffered minor injuries today marks the 10th day since the disappearance of philip kreycikey dad was last seen. he's going for a run at pleasanton ridge regional park. the alameda county sheriff's office say they use nearly 200 personnel to recheck areas. they've already searched including deep ravines. another steep terrain. searchers also comes property next to the park despite all the efforts. investigators say they have not found any new leads. you know, outdoor experts are warning hikers to be careful using smartphone maps that many say they've seen an uptick. >> in injuries on trails rescuing hikers who got lost saying that their phone gps just laid led them to remote areas. conservation officials say phone screens are often too small to see important details and then losing service on trails is pretty common. sometimes smartphone apps are actually seen to lead hikers on more dangerous trails. then expected some officials to recommend bringing a you know, a basic paper map and a compass. more than a 100 animals needing homes just arrived here in the bay area. they fle

nearly 100 volunteers have split up into 20 teams to find philip kreycik. authorities are also using drones, fixed wing aircraft, and off-road vehicles. the 37-year-old's wife reported him to sing on saturday. she says kreycik parked his car at the mueller ranch staging area and said he was going on an hour-long run. he's been using ever since. >>> and a set up date in the search for a missing swimmer in alameda county. search teams believe they have found the drowned in lake duvall. they made the discovery after using sonar and robots to scour a very deep area of the lake. >>> marin health officials are among those reporting and up tick in covid cases and 70% of the new cases tested were linked to the delta variant, but there is some good news here. marin has one of the highest vaccination rates at 92% and they are encouraging everyone who is able to get the vaccine. >>> also today, news that the fda is adding a new warning for the johnson and johnson covid vaccine. they say there is a small possible risk for the rare guillain-barre syndrome in which the i

but today 16 agencies from all over the bay area are here to find philip kreycik now the runner wentleasanton hills and never came home. >> his car was found in the parking lot with his wallet and phone inside officers discovered the route where he plan on running that day and they comb that trail multiple times. but still there was no sign of cray-chick. now multiple search and rescue team spent days looking at the rugged terrain of the pleasanton ridge regional park and at one point crews used drones and helicopters to check out a report of someone hearing a cry for help in a canyon. the lead went cold officials have exhausted plenty of resources, but they're not giving up. >> it's been an exhaustive search over the past month. we deployed hundreds of people. but with hundreds of hours of time using the latest technology to find feel that we've been going over some data, some topographic >> some of the geography. and there's a couple areas that we just want to double check to make sure that we got everything right, that we didn't miss anything. >> the teams have just been incredibl

. >> it has now been 7 days since philip kreycik went missing during a run at pleasanton ridge regionaleers say they're still holding on to hope that they'll find him. but for now, the officials search has been called off. however, the investigation continues and volunteers are still out there pleasanton pd there tracking phillips timeline on saturday. last saturday. he went missing. he left the house and got to the trailhead. police saw him in surveillance video dropping a package off in oakland about an hour before his run. so they trying to figure out how that could be related. investigators will be focusing their efforts. now they say on specific leaves. >> a 69 year-old man is sharing the story. he thought he wouldn't live to tell he was rescued from the oregon wilderness. more than 2 weeks after going missing. harry brearley went on a fishing trip back in may and took a wrong turn on a trail and got lost the next day it snowed further complicating things for him. he says he lost his sense of time and was feeling disoriented after just a couple of days. burley says he had to eat bu

but there are community place including a facebook group called find philip kreycik. it includes information for people who do want to get involved in kron four's. dan thorn will have more coming up tonight in our prime time news at 9 o'clock. >> pay close attention to your next step at east bay parks. that's the warning coming from a pleasant hill woman who recently encountered a rattlesnake. she tells kron forcefully she fears she would have been bitten if the snake had warned her first. >> my husband was a bit ahead with the big dog and i was back here as moony and her husband approached the pass on to go park exit in pleasant hill last week off gayle drive. cheryl spotted in northern pacific rattlesnake slithering from a mound in the grass and across the pavement in her 5 years living in the neighborhood. she has seen gopher snakes but never a venomous rattler is seeing and rattling and. it was kind of a little bit scary. she managed to pull her smaller dog away. and then the couple watched the snake move towards a tree where cheryl was able to snap a few photos.

it is now day 5 of his disappearance 37 year-old philip kreycik. >> still has not been found. he went went missing has been missing since saturday after going for a run and pleasanton ridge regional park. >> last night. a search team heard a cry for help along the trail near so knoll. but after searching the area with a drone and a helicopter. they could not find him. the alameda county sheriff's office says it will continue searching tonight starting tomorrow. the sheriffs will respond to clues and information but not actively search. the area. >> you know, we are definitely at a point where we are. i'm a little perplexed as to why we haven't found philip yet, but we'll keep working and where there's hopeful. we'll keep working. >> check is an avid trail runner. he mapped out his intended route on an app over the weekend. it was an 8 mile loop investigators have retraced the path. they also know that he loved berkeley in the morning and mail the package before going to the park. >> conversations toward solutions. oakland police chief leronne armstrong is working on a differen

they're trying to find 37-year- old philip kreycik. on saturday he told his wife he was going for a run . he parked his car near the mueller ranch staging area and never came back. the search team includes more than 100 people from 13 agencies. >>> back out to live chopper pictures right now. the search area itself has steep ravines which need to be checked from the ground. kreycik is said to be a good distance runner who often does 8 to 12 mile runs. and authorities say he has no known medical conditions. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, it was back to the office for some google employees. how it's impacting more than just those tech. >>> plus, a new warning from the cdc on the johnson and johnson tran 19 vaccine. >>> and why a group of texas lawmakers are fleeing the state. delicia: this is where all our recycling is sorted -- 1.2 million pounds every day, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. but that's not all you'll find here. there are hundreds of good-paying jobs, with most new

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philip kreycik was last seen two weeks ago and after an nsch no sign of him.re a couple people who may have seen the 37-year-old and investigators haven't been able to talk with them. >> we haven't been able to talk to that woman or man yet who said she saw him. we'd like to get in touch with her. if you are that person or know who she is, please have her get in touch with us. >> sergeant kelly with alameda county sheriff's department still has hope kreycik will be found. >>> a major hydroelectric power plant could go off line as as next month. lake oroville is at 655 feet right now. the power plant can't generate electricity to the state's power grid once water levels drop below 630 feet, maybe 640 at most. >> we come for a week every summer. so it's lower than we've ever seen it for sure. we'll take advantage of it while we can. i don't know that they'll be able to in another week or two. >> the plant generates power for 800,000 homes. when it shuts down, power will be pulled from other facilities across the state which, of course, will add more strain to th

philip kreycik was last seen going for a run on saturday and today an army of volunteers and search andcontinuing to look for him at pleasanton ridge regional park. our reporter goes live with the latest on the search. >> reporter: i'm here at foothill high school in pleasanton ground zero or the command center if you will for this massive search. i was just told this is an unprecedented search in alameda county that a missing jogger would normally be found in 24 to 48 hours but this has stretched on for four days, hundreds of volte

volunteers will be out one last day of searching for missing runner philip kreycik.icial search was called off last night. after a five day search there is still no sign of him. >>> dixie fire has exploded in butte county scorching more than 1200 acres. it's also triggered evacuation warnings. the blaze is miles from the town of paradise. >>> marin water district installed a 4500-gallon water storage tank in point rays because the drought is making salt water contamination much worse in inwell water supplies. >>> i am gianna franco. if you are headed towards the bay bridge, metering lights are on and it's usual slow and go condition now as you head out t it's a slow start with the east shore freeway approach being the slowest. west bound 580 a to the shoulder where traffic is backed up at least to 84 today toe cancellations road as you head through there. >>> good morning. it's a gray start especially in san francisco and catching drizzle along the coast and around the bay. it's even gray for some inland locations. today, coolest day of the week. mid to upper 50s alo

. >> making news now at 6:00, the family of missing father philip kreycik saying deep down they know going all out on their search today. >>> plus the urgent health alert threatening the battle against covid-19. i'm at the live desk with the brand new warning the u.s. surgeon general is giving this morning. >>> campfire so many of us escaped basically with our lives. >> it is a war in a way. >> cal fire's modern day cavalry calling in new tools normally meant for the military as a new wildfire explodes. >>> good morning on this thursday, july 15th. you're watching abc 7 mornings live on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we're going to start with mike's forecast. >> we're lucky to have the marine layer. it's mitigated our fire threat so far because of the drizzle. if it we get another heat wave, that could change quickly. stand down a little bit and enjoy the breeze coming off that ocean. 16 at oakland. 15 at concord. here's a look from mountain. the sun about to crest the clouds. it's going to be a gorgeous sunrise. if not, you'll have