tonight we re hearing from families who lost family members in the tornado. 9-year-old ja nae hornsby was the first victim identified yesterday. the third grader always had a smile on her face. her father talked about getting the call from the medical examiner s office and about how faith is helping him to stay strong. and then he told me that she had passed and they had her there, and just rage just came over me. she was telling me that, you know, it s going to be okay. not to dwell on it, you know, not to let it get me down. she s always going to be here with me. six othertudents from her school also died. news4 s erika gonzalez spent the day talking with people in the hardest-hit areas in oklahoma. she joins us live now with more. what are you finding out? reporter: doreen, things are still a wreck here in moore. i mean when you take a look around behind me, there s still wood all over the place. you ve heard me say it before, it looks like a lumberyard exploded in
retirement told me he has never seen anything like this during his entire career. here is the view from above from sky 7 of 580. a 33-year-old man from the sacramento area was westbound on 580 before grant line road at the tracy and livermore border at 8:11 and a 2 3 long rod went through his windshield and impaled him and killed him. we believe it came off of a big rig. it appears to be the type of bar used to tie down the loads and came loose and went through the windshield of the vehicle. i don t believe we will ever be able to find the vehicle that was associated with this. they are not marked with anything, no names of companies on them. right now, the c.h.p. officers do not have any witnesses so they are asking if anyone saw this happen to please stop and call it in. this disrupted the busy corridor through the altamont pass for a couple of hours. they had to shut down one lane for two hours. they just opened it and traffic is starting to open back up. no one else
in its wake. early estimates coming in at more than $2 billion. live in moore, oklahoma, right now, the latest on this ongoing story. reporter: good afternoon. finally today the sun is out and cleanup is in full swing with preliminary damage stems topping $2 billion. already progress is being made. but make no mistake, this is a long, emotional project for everyone involved. crunches of broken glass and twisted metal being lifted today as the focus of the tornado aftermath shifts from rescue and recovery to cleanup. a huge job. the path of destruction is 17 miles long. the numbers of this event are becoming even more staggering. 33,000 people affected, 12 to 13,000 homes impacted. moore s fire chief confident now all survivors and victims have been found. now it s0w&f up to brokenhearte home owners to shift through debris for pieces of their former lives. my dad passed away, and it had all of his stuff in there. it s gone. that s not something you can replace. the d
next at eight. tonight. rain is on the way this holiday weekend. kron 4 is tracking the incoming showers. we ll tell you when to pull out those umbrellas. plus: the giants announce a record contract for buster posey. we re live at at&t park with the details. and reaction from posey himself. i m pam moore. we ll see you at eight. (male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. tonight. more rain is on the way. and showers are expected over the easter weekend. this is a live look at the bay bridge from our mt. tamalpais camera. you can see the clouds and fog rolling in tonight. kron 4 s jacqueline bennett is live in our weather center. with details on what the san francisco giants member have no plans to break up today, the world champs signed buster posey to a 9- year. 167 - million blockbuster deal. storied franchise kron 4 s j.r. stone joins us live from the ballpark tonight. and has more on buster posey. j-r? a richmond family counting
(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now.a developing story with the world series champs. the giants sign buster posey to a block- buster contract. the enormous pay day for the giants star player. plus, the rain is less than the forecast is just minutes breaking news tonight. the giants star catcher buster posey is about to be a very rich man. we are about 2-0 minutes away from a news conference. where the giants and posey will announce the details of the biggest contract ever. for a giants player. even barry bonds didn t have a contract like this one. j-r stone is live at the ball park with more on the historic resigning. j.r.? reporter: $167 million over the next eight years. he will likely be a giant for the most of his baseball year. and he even has this chance to make it $180 million. when the contract is up. just to recap eight years, $167 million. he will be speaking in the next 20 minutes. we will bring that to you here and 6:00 p.m