Reporter deporis regularly played at various local clubs, and he lived in an oakland artist studio. He loved magic. So he always had a sparkle in his eye. He was always playing music. He was always working whateve job he could to play music. And was just always helping people out, having a good time. Reporter there is a small memorial here on rich street. Police have collected Surveillance Video from the coffee shop and neighboring businesses. It is not clear at this point what the video might show. Police are not releasing any specific vehicle or suspect description information at this point. Crime stoppers is offering a reward of 15,000 for information leading to an arrest. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. Thank you. Deporis was a musician well known, Grammy Nominated singer Regina Spektor tweeted, i first heard him years ago at sidewalk cafe. There is a gathering tonight for friends to remember him tonight in berkeley at acton and parker streets. Friends are asked to bring phot
On this newscast. Also on abc7news. Com as well. For now, thank you for joining us. Now, to todays top investigators confirmed what our iteam reported last year. The massive loma fire did start at a marijuana grow operation. Investigators pin pointed the cause. A portable generator. Dan is here with all the information for us. Before the fire even started, neighbors complained to me about the marijuana grow, worrying about the fire danger. That came true in a devastating way. Cal fire now confirms what i reported just days after the loma fire started last september. That it originated in a marijuana grow on land owned by the ceo of a medical Marijuana Dispensary at the time. We determined the cause is from equipment, a generator or electrical cord in the vicinity of the generator. Reporter chief jim crawford said cal fire has forwarded its investigation to the Santa Clara County District Attorney for possible charges. Last year, i identified the pot farm where the fire started after sp
Blocking lanes on both sides of 280. Heres a picture of the scene as you look live from sky7. The Highway Patrol has issued a sigalert alerting drivers to avoid both northbound and southbound interchange. You can clearly see why. This is a big mess. Yeah. So far, we havent heard about anyone being hurt in this crash. There are reports that the truck, though, is leaking fuel. The chp hasnt said how long its going to take to clear the roadway. Its almost unbelievable seeing how it is on the divide there. How did that happen. Hard to imagine exactly how it got into that position. And that there were not a lot of other cars involved. As we have reported to you a moment ago, to our knowledge, we dont know of any injuries at this point. We dont know about the driver of that truck. Look at the damage. It ended up on the Center Divide there in such a strange position. There at 280. We apologize, the shot is breaking up a little bit from sky7. Well keep a cse watch on thi and the traffic and th