Into the courtroom in a few minutes later walk out of the courtroom than other thing to note is that only 4 alternates are here we just have 4 alternates and 3 of them are now being used in the judge says shes already received notes for jurors about scheduling conflicts with one alternate left legal experts say a mistrial is now possible of more than one juror cannot be seated now its also important to know that theres a gag order in place which means Defense Attorneys are not speaking to us like they typically do at the end of the day were also not hearing from family now thats not because of the gag order just lot of the motions of course they walked out here not too long ago we were ready to s speak with them this afternoon. They said its just too overwhelming and too difficult to speak at this time. Michelle. Yeah, what has been the overall sentiment i know you had these family members you reference to were alerted that there would be this major announcement i imagine a lot of them
Whewere there life jackets, life boats. A preliminary investigation in ten days and a final report in 12 to 24 months. We also learned today that many of the victims had ties to Northern California and the bay area. And theres this chilling bit of information. One family lost five people in this disaster. Lets begin our coverage with abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman live in stockton. Wayne . Reporter Sierra Middle School is a place that has been touched by this tragedy much of the surprise students, teachers, parents, Staff Members heard the news this morning. Theyre still trying to process it. By the time classes let out at Sierra Middle School in stockton today it seemed unbelievable and yet unavoidable that yesterdays boat tragedy could hit home here with pain so broad and such a well known and loved victim. She was good. She was kind. A good teacher. Reporter angela was a science teacher, one of five members from one family who perished in yesterday mornings fire. Two of her sist
3 jurors who were excused 3, 3, 3 female jurors and now we have 3 alternates coming into men and one woman and now its unclear at this point why those 3 jurors were excused. Today started out just like any other they were deliberating for about an hour this morning and then the judge called for a closed session at that time victims family members were called in asked to come to court for a Major Development in the case they were unsure what that development was they were told that there was no verdict at that time of the closed session continued until about 3 oclock we were standing outside of the courtroom. From about one 30 to 3 just waiting to be let inside i just before we were allowed in we watched as 3 jurors who we now know to be the 3 who were excused walk into the courtroom and just a few minutes later, we watched them a walkout. Now another thing to note is th 3 of them now being used in the judge says shes already received notes from jurors about scheduling conflicts and i w
Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Blistering heat again tomorrow. When youll get a break. Im Cornell Bernard in the east bay where extreme heat is taking a toll on weary firefighters. A chaotic scene in philadelphia. Additional cops. Six Police Officers shot during a gun battle that lasted for hours. Im kate larson in San Francisco where state leaders and Health Care Executives are coming together to create solutions for homelessness. Abc news starts right now. The from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is nearby ron in contra costa county. Vegetation fire burned 15 to 20 acres. Cal fire tweeted images about 10 30 tonight of the fire burning near vasko road. Crews will be out there for hours keep an eye on things. Its 84 degrees right now in byron. But not very windy, thank goodness. Fire is a major concern as the bay area swelters. A live look at oakland set a heat record today. Brace yourself. We are not done yet. We have Live Team Coverage tonight on the dangerously hot
As these low clouds do push in across the bay this morning visibility as you can see here on our visibility map isnt really affected. So your drive on into work this morning or to take those kids on in the school should be just fine besides obviously traffic issues that you may encounter, but more traffic out the now that people are back out for school, 60s 70s, and 80s for todays daytime highs are last day with seasonable conditions in those aboriginal and highs in the 80s, ive got more info on that warm up that we do have just around the corner still to come stay with us well john speaking of warming up right now its starting to warm up a little bit at the bay bridge just during your weather hit. It went up from 10 minutes to 12 minutes if you need to go from the macarthur maze across the span and down into San Francisco. 12 minutes, good thing is at least the wheels are rolling, but we expect its a start to stack up as the morning commute starts to build up 12 minutes also hayward t