Are among the hostages but they have accounted for all american personnel. We are continuing to work on the the accountability of others and we continue to stay in touch with bangladeshi authorities. Obviously a very fluid situation right now. Reporter the bakery was backed on this friday night during ramadan when the attackers stormed in, exchanging gunfire with Security Forces injuring several, killing at least one. And highprofile attacks like this have been uncommon in bangladesh. There have been recent murders there linked to islamic extremists. Abc news, new york. Back here in california, a wildfire burning near the American River has grown to 2100 acres, forcing evacuations and threatening 2600 structures in el dorado and placer counties. We have live pictures coming up. Cal fire Officials Say they are in creasingly worried that the trail head fire will spread out of control with hot temperatures. Forecast for this weekend you could see the smoke coming up from the fire. It brok
Pretty shot. Welcome aboard. It is saturday it is saturday, may 21. Lets start with a look at the weather because depending on where you are its one of those days it someone in other part of the area will said thats not what i got. Someone will be met without fail. I do not see a drop so we will get some rain. Isolated showers which means some of us will get back and some of us wont. Heres a live look at the cloud cover over oakland. 56 degrees. Santa rosa 50. San francisco 58. We will have clouds today and possibility for some scattered showers. What we will not have is the wind that we had yesterday. It was very windy yesterday causing trouble at the airport. But for today the wind pickup but not like yesterday. You can see we are mostly cloudy right now and mainly dry. A few sprinkles here and there. Meltedd the north is the better opportunity for rain. But we leave in scattered showers today. We dry out tonight. Lets go to this year we had a Winter Weather advisory last night. That
Theres been an increase in a certain kind of fake bill not just in the city but across the bay area. Reporter one of the things you look for is a watermark. What the counterfeiters are doing is leaching the bill and printing over it so that the five is worth 100 leaching the bill and printing over it so that the five is worth 100 and it still is the watermark. Theres another kind of counterfeit bill cropping up in the bay area. At this market in the tenderloin, the owner says coming across counterfeit money is part of doing business. He says this year he has seen a marked increase in the number of customers trying to pay with counterfeit bills. I told them this is counterfeit. They said, i know who gave this to me, i will get it i will be back. This one is a 10 bill. Same thing. Also the watermark is not there. Reporter he says its getting harder to tell. He has taken an about 200 in counterfeit money. This year i see more frequently people coming with hundred dollar bills that are fak
Early media reports may be that it belongs to a friend or a family member. Vic lee, abc 7 news. Firefighters have made some progress on the fire burning in lake county. Though many people still cannot return home. Abc 7 news toured lower lake with a cal fire lieutenant today. For a firstland look at the damage, after at least 170 homes and businesses and other structures were destroyed by the fire that started on saturday. 1500 more remain threatened right now. Today cal fire lifted the Evacuation Order for neighborhoods east of highway 53 from polk avenue to cash creek. Many people in other neighborhoods still cant get back to their houses. Not as if we could just open the door and allow people to come home. There are a lot of people and organizations who have a voice in when it would be safe for people to reenter the home. The fire has burned 4,000 acres. It is now 20 contained. Meantime, the man accused of setting the fire is preparing to make his First Court Appearance tomorrow. He
This. But city leaders have seen it now, and its raising another important question how to pay , for the proposals. Many of them are good ideas. Some of them are questionable ideas. But i think the biggest challenge is going to be the resource problem. Among the Funding Proposals in the plan are an increase in City Property taxes, a hike in state fees and statewide sales tax designated specifically for law enforcement. Tough decisions, the aldermen say, in order to achieve tough solutions. Its all about spending priorities. Council president Ashanti Hamilton commended Alderman Bob Donovan and his Public Safety committee for putting this plan together. Hamilton says it will only work if the city, state, county and all other Community Stakeholders work together. And he plans a couple of public hearings to get Community Input on the plan. Wainscott wins 12 news. Its hard, and people be struggling. Patrick a welcomed sight for some sherman park residents. After a Police Shooting and violen