What caused the massive fire. Chopper 4 flew over the scene there as flames ripped through the k k tire warehouse. Good morning. Im angie at the live desk with the breaking news out of sye getting several reports that isis has kidnapped and dozens of syrian christians activist groups saying at least 70 people. They were taken by the militants after they took over several villages in the northern part of the country. The Human Rights Group is saying this is what theyre being told by villagers that managed to escape. More as we get it. Angie, thank you. 4 31 our time now. 18 degrees outside our studios. What is that about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday . Oh my goodness gracious. The weather. Im trying to think of a way i can peacefully protest the we theres nothing. Spring is on the way. Just keep of nonviolent. Im trying tom. Im getting a lot of angry scowls from my coworkers as temperatures are down to Single Digits on this tuesday morning. Good morning. Were in the deep freeze. Rock
Cap off the best quarter since 2004. We have a labor market improving. Gasoline prices which remain low. The number coming in at 93. This is university of michigans confidence reading. 95. 4 is where it was in february. The average from january through march was the highest we have seen ends the Third Quarter of 2004. If you look at the various components within confidence you want to look at the Inflation Expectations in particular. It looks like Inflation Expectations over the next year remaining at 3 , which is what economists had predicted. We will continue to look through these numbers. Overall, not seeing as much of a drop in the confidence number as had been anticipated. Matt thanks very much. Breaking the march news, the Consumer Confidence number they are at 93. Number there at 93. The top business stories of the morning. Big news out of washington. The most powerful democrat in washington will retire. Harry reid will not seek reelection. He has been the democratic leader for
Sergio . Reporter sin bads has been in that same spot since the summer of 1975 and the owner tells me he and his crew have survived plenty of ups and downs over the decades. He says he does see the end of the line for his restaurant, but its not this weekend. Sinbads is one of only a handful of old watering holes still open on the embarcadero spectacular view of the bray bridge has been a hallmark of the spot but the port has been planning an expansion of ferry and Water Taxi Service and sinbads is slated to be demolished so three new piers can be built. A spokesperson provided me with a statement. She says quote, according to an agreement they signed in december 2012, they were required to vacate the premises by december 2014. The port gave. The an extension until march 21 2015. At this point, they are willfully trespassing. We have communication from them saying that we are welcome to stay until the spring of next year. At which time they would then need the property. Reporter he say
We have communication from them saying that we are welcome to stay until the spring of next year. At which time they would then need the property. Reporter he says wuta, the agency he is talking about there, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority the agency that operates the San Francisco bay ferry service. He says he and his restaurant are in a catch22 with two different burke bureaucracies and is hoping to negotiate a extension until next spring but its unclear because the port of San Francisco is the landlord here and according to the spokesperson, because of this agreement that is signed and because it says they say theyre willfully defying that order, theyre going to go to court to try to get an eviction. Reporting live in San Francisco, abc7 news. Developing news out of novato where a nineyearold boy fell 30 feet from the rooftop of hamilton elementary school. Our media partner the marin independent journal reports paramedics rushed the boy to hospital with head and back pa
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