fair while fire crews were on their way. they get reports that someone was still inside of the condo that the fire had started in the person that s inside reported that they had a firearm. at that point, we retreated. withdrew from the building and put ourselves in a position of safety and pd was in route. the fremont police department tells us that the man told them he had a gun and was refusing to get out. there was no immediate threat to the public, but negotiators stayed on scene for hours trying to get him to come out and surrender peacefully because a man barricaded himself in the unit firefighters had to work on puttinge through neighboring condos, busting out walls and ceilings. this was a building that didn t have potential for life safety. meaning someone with a weapon inside the fire would have been extinguished, but it s become a larger operation in the medicine , the negotiations and fire fighting power to the condo complex and many nearby businesses was shut dow
today. take a live look now in downtown san jose. clear skies. into the afternoon, the biggest noticeable difference will be the warmer temperatures. we are starting out in the 40s and 50s right now. san jose 55 out the door. dublin 48. oakland 53. san francisco in the 50s. when it comes to the wind, not as gusty. no wind advisories or warnings in effect today but we will notice the gusty conditions in the higher elevations, north bay and everyone else will be breezy. a nice sea breeze around the coastline 10, 15 miles per hour. what to expect? a warming trend. back to you. a see you in about 15 for that. we begin with breaking news this morning in russia s ongoing war on ukraine. russia has declared it is banning entry to morning 900 americans and that includes president joe biden, vice president kamala harris and more politicians and senior government officials. the russian foreign ministry said this is russia s response to the constantly imposed sanctions by the u.s. a
check out the positivity rate statewide. two months ago in mid-march it was 1.2%. today, though, 5%. here s the upside. the surge has just about run its course. that s according to one of our covid experts. nbc bay area s terry mcsweeney has the details. leaders say keep your mask handy and use them in crowded indoor settings, and here is why. two months ago san francisco was seeing an average of 79 reported new cases each day. now the average is 400. it s a trend we are seeing across the bay area and the state. the positive news, the surge may have just about run its course. i suspect this will peek out in the next run or two, and it s not going to be nearly as spectacular as the surge in december and january, or even the delta surge last fall. reporter: in san rafael, one victim of that winter surge says she s not concerned about the current one. i had covid and i had been vaccination come up with vaccinations in my booster and i still got it. it gave me a bad cold
Reporter she cant stop thinking about the tragedy. She and the husband live across the street from the party and ran out to try to help the kids. Her husband put a tourniquet on one of the wounded boys while instructing his friends to not move him. To know he was gone and screaming his name and crying, yeah, it was like never seen anything like that in my life. Probably the saddest thing i will ever see. My deepest condolences to everyone. I wish we could have done more. Reporter his dad said he was a great kid and big brother. Of. His brothers and sisters look up to him. He was playing basketball and looking to a career in the medical field. He told me, dad, i just dont want to be a failure. Reporter yesterday, police said they arrested an 18yearold of andioc for the shooting. The family says theyre glad a suspect has been caught but nothing will bring their boy back. In contra costa county, nbc bay area news. Other headlines tonight, the frantic search continues in maine. New develop
Even inside the home thats surrounded right now. Earlier, Law Enforcement said a suicide note was found addressed to card son. They say the note included rants as well as bank account details. And again, the suspects home is in bowdoin, maine. Police still have it surround id, but they are no longer shouting commands such as come out with your hands up. We are going to bring you updates here live on abc seven news at abc7 news dot com and the abc7 bay area app as we continue to follow this. But lets move on now and come back home. New details on a tragic hit and run crash that killed a pregnant woman. We now know that her baby who was born during emergency surgery, has alsoied. The crash happened tuesday in san jose, near oak ridge mall at the intersection of blossom hill road and winfield boulevard. Abceven news south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with friends and family about how they remember the lives lost. The tributes at the corner of this blossom hill road intersection in sout