Heavy smoke and even put out extra patrols at this time. Officials have some words of wisdom when dealing with this much smoke. For children for the elderly, of course, for those with asthma, its best to stay indoors and as for the rest of us, close the windows to keep the smoke out. Live in the Oakland Hills, mark kelly, kpix 5. Thank you, mark. Lets head out to Roberta Gonzales in Solano County where firefighters are now facing the problem of flareups. Reporter take a look at this right now. This is what it looks like after a fire runs through the hills here in the suisun city area. 1,000 acres already burned. The biggest problem now for the firefighters, not only the fire that continues to burn on the other side of the ridge there, a good two miles in, but the flareups that continue to pop up. In fact, my photographer scott and i were standing at this exact location just after our 5 00 newscast when we had indeed a flareup immediately in front of us. We were able to capture some of
Told us this has become a common scene. I stay here, there was a shooting last week. Theres been a lot going on up in here. Its oakland, california. You know, so you know what you got to do is be aware. But seminary, you know, its a crazy street. Reporter a lot of the search in the air, not on the ground. One man is in custody. This does come before tomorrow nights City Council Decision on whether to bring in former lapd chief William Bratton to come here to oakland. The meeting almost a week ago was pretty contentious there. The idea met with quite a bit of uproar. That meeting is set to happen tomorrow night at 5 30. Okay, stephanie, thank you. Were also following another breaking story in the south bay. A frightened neighborhood in san jose after a home invasion. An elderly couple the victims of this crime. The attack happened on bret harte drive. George, what do we know at this hour . Well, police are looking for the robbers right now. They just cleared the scene here just a few mi
News. We want to take you live to washington, d. C. , now. Some great pictures coming to us from the commander in chiefs ball. This is one of the two inaugural balls for president obama, and you see the first lady there, Jennifer Hudson is singing, and a nice dance. Theyve been dancing the last few minutes. It looks like theyre just wrapping up. They got to this ball about 20 minutes ago. Its the commander in chiefs ball, open to anyone in the military, of course with an invitation, its open for you. Lets listen in briefly to the president and the first lady. A wonderful day and an amazing evening for both of them, and its been a long day for them. And from this commander in chiefs ball head out to the gnawi inaugural ball, the second of the evening, and our own political analyst Larry Gerston will be at that ball. The inauguration of president obama on this Martin Luther king day. Now mr. Obama sworn into office, as you know, for the second time and speaking to the nation with about h
What police found and how the atf is now involved in this investigation. Well also have more from the Fire District on what the agency says it is now doing to protect employees and why it took eight years to file this restraining order. Wilmot retired last month after his arrest. He spent 27 years at the district. Vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. We look forward to seeing you this evening, vicky. Police on high alert after one of their own is viciously beaten and shot in east oakland. They arrested five gang members. The community is now increasing its plea for help. Only how to get that help is causing outrage also. In a few minutes, Oakland City Council members will need to decide whether to hire william bratton. Jody . Janelle, the Council Chambers inside city hall are absolutely packed. The fire marshal just asked folks to leave because theres not enough room. 200 people have signed up to speak at tonights meeting. While bratton critics plan to be loud and boisterous, others in oak
I saw what was on it. I asked questions about it. How dare they do this. Folded in the same way that this 1 was. And it has your mother on it. The guard investigating the dollar bill incident. Im angry because they dont see my point of view and they dont make changes. I cant accept that. I dont know what else to do. Jessica brown cant accept the way her leaders handled an attack she says happened to her in vegas. She says it started after a member of the california guard walked her back to her hotel room. He pushed me down on my bed. She says it happened during a training mission. All the while i was telling him to stop. Dont do it. Im married. Master Sergeant Brown says she immediately reported the Sexual Assault to her direct soup visor. I have no faith in the department. None. She believes the National Guard failed to properly investigate her Sexual Assault. Is this exposing the dysfunction inside the guard . Yes. Brown says following the incident she returned to duty where she says