54yearold man who appears homeless and using a walker at the corner of mason and eddie streets in San Francisco. He got stuck beneath the trailer as it dragged him to fifth and market streets. The driver of the big rig kept going till police pulled him over at the corner of broadway and front nearly two hours front. He remained there speaking with investigators till noon. This mornings accident is the 20th fatality on San Francisco city streets this year, a number that includes pedestrian and bicyclists and drivers with the tenderloin rankings as one of the citys most dangerous areas. The San Francisco metropolitan and commission had investigates in the neighborhood today looking for clues as to what might have happened. Were looking to see the crosswalks clear, lights properly timed, can you see all the track signs and markings. The rig belongs to a Company Based in stockton. San Francisco Police say they did not arrest the driver. Instead, they detained him. He said little getting in
The entrants are wellexperienced competitors, heat is a significant threat for them. On saturday, iron men and iron women will be bathed in it as well. We ask them to be prepared, to know how to hydrate and take salt and electo lights and be ready for anything that the weather or day may throw at them. Reporter for those that are out there in the afternoon, weve increased the amount of water theyve got out there. Were just encouraging them to know their bodies, Pay Attention to those things. Mainly not go too hard, really. Thats probably the primary focus. Not to go for your record. Its going to be really hot. Reporter a few miles away, Cal Fire Sonoma Air Attack base knows that high heat not only promotes wildfires now, but increasingly for the rest of the week. Cal fire tanker pilot bob has been firefighting from the air for the last 45 years. At this point, its much more active than i would like to see, tom. Which means later on in the year, were going to have to watch out and be ex
You dont know. They could be desperate for money. Reporter Walnut Creek Police field 3,000 calls a year related to homelessness. Thats about ten calls a day so they thought they would experiment with assigning two fulltime officers to respond to all of those escalating calls about encampments, littering, trespassing and panhandling. A lot of the time its people shopping downtown and really dont want to be bother bid people panhandling, aggressive panhandling. We get a lot of complaints about it. We have a lot of people are concerned that walnut creek will turn into some of the neighboring cities and close neighbors like San Francisco. Reporter officer clemente and silva volunteered for the program that launched in mid june. They have 94 complaints and made 25 arrests so far. Mostly for trespassing. They have also contacted 213 homeless and referred 90 of them to services to address their needs and retrieve and return shopping carts. Encampments are moved, Police Say Many of the homeles
Lake county. Tomorrow will be the hottest day of the weekend and temperatures easily going up above 100 degrees. On the satellite, it is nice to show you low clouds and fog. With that, wed be concerned if the entire bay area is warming up, but we will have the microclimates in force this weekend. San francisco in the upper 50s. Heres the plan tomorrow morning, still showing you fog. That could be locally dense, maybe sneaking under the golden gate bridge. As we take this into the afternoon hours, the clouds clear back to near the coastline. Look at all those colors. Temperatures the 68 to 103 degrees. Temperatures in those two spots, 102, 103 degrees. Still warm san jose 93. And the beaches, mainly in ths tomorrow afternoon. Changes though in the 5day forecast. Well eventually bring in cooling. Well have that in a little bit. This weekends hot weather comes as santa rosa hosts an iron man competition. The precautions being taken this week. Reporter this weekend, it will be very hot in
Reached with guatemala than the Supreme Court gave the administration the green light to use money from the Defense Department for the wall. President trump reacted to the decision today tweeting, big victory on the wall. The Supreme Court overturned and allowing the southern border while to proceed. Big win for Border Security and the world of law. Even though a federal judge previously blocked 2. 5 billion in funding, justices are allowing work to begin while the challenges in court. Those challenging do not have a right to do so. The trumpet ministration plans to use the money to replace sections of existing barriers in arizona, california and new mexico with stronger fencing. The wall was a centracampaign b fight is not over. The aclu promised to challenge the decision. Nancy pelosi is among the democrats expressing this up T Court Ruling allowing President Donald Trump to steal military funds to spend on a wasteful and effective border wall, rejected by congress is deeply flawed.