Frustration for the family of a woman whose body was found at the same San Francisco hospital where she vanished more than two weeks ago. Im carolyn johnson. And im dan ashley. It is an unbelievable mystery. John alsto in is live at sf general tonight. John . Tonight officials are clamming up and not saying anything more to the media as police investigate. Also tonight, the daughter of the missing woman got a call from the medical examiner who said it would take more time to conclusively identify the body found here today. The inspectors from sfpd spent the evening at San Francisco general. The investigation will involve talking to hospital x staff and looking at Surveillance Video to figure out what happened to 57yearold lynn spalding. A patient missing for more than two weeks. A reliable source tells abc7 news that it was her body found by an employee found this morning in an exterior fourth floor stirwell. The medical examiner called the womans daughter to say there was no positive
Napa this morning. It is a cool start with a clear sky, but throughout the afternoon a few clouds from time to time. Not going to do much to inhibit our warmup. In fact, another 25 to 35 degrees of warming today puts us into the 80s. But a little sea breeze in the afternoon with numbers in the upper 70s at our coast. Still well above average today. It all changes tomorrow. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. We begin with breaking news out of san jose where firefighters have just put out a fire in a car that was split in half. It happened at blossom hill road and windfield boulevard near the oakridge mall. So word on how the car was split in two or if there were injuries. We will continue to follow the story and bring you updates as they become available. A stanford student faces manslaughter and dui charges after driving the wrong way down southbound 101 this weekend and slamming headon into a taxi cab. The predawn collision south of Candlestick Park caused a pileup that shut down 101 for three
Satellite not seeing any returns there. As we take a look, well we do have some snow expected in the sierras. Thats where were seeing a winter advisory and well get to that in just a little bit. Right now from our kgo roof camera you can see beautiful Clear Conditions out there. Towards the pay bridge. For the most part it will be on the chilly side to get you going this morning. Heres a look at traffic where we have a couple of problems. The first one is at the caldicott tunnel. We have emergency crews who are headed out there now. Most likely in the eastbound direction to get to this accident. Youll see activity in both directions, both east and westbound. We have a couple of crashes reported out here in san jose. Northbound 101 at 280. A solo vehicle spinout. The 280, 680 split. As you continue well see some slow and go traffic there. A report of a threecar crash at story. Then it all opens up as you get closer to the san jose airport. Well have more of that coming up but for now ch
Of how long it would be closed. All theyll say right now is its going to be a while. They havent released any details yet on the driver. Their investigation is still under way. Live in richmond, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. A check on the morning commute. Its definitely affecting you if you are going to be traveling through richmond. We are getting folks reporting bumper to bumper traffic. It looks like berkeley is also starting to slowdown significantly. Weve got plenty of red as you come out of East Richmond and towards el ser rcerrito. Traffic building up. Give yourself an early start. Right now we know the off ramp Central Avenue to westbound 80 going to be shut down until further notice. As we talk about drive time traffic, 101 slowing down into San Francisco. Across the golden gate, quite a few extra headlights in the southbound direction. Across the bay bridge, its actually going to be about 15 minutes now. Looks like more traffic is heading away from the maze acr
Debating. The government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills on october 17th unless Congress Votes to raise the countrys debt limit. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. That one is gone captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com your realtime captioner is mrs. Linda m. Macdonald. Good morning, tuesday, october 8. Good to have you with us. Im Frank Mallicoat. Im michelle griego. Time now is 6 01. New this morning a truck crashed into an Apartment Building on donna lane and Camden Avenue in san jose. The vehicle for j drains router service. The driver fell asleep, says the owner of the company, hit parked cars and then crashed on the lawn. No word on any injuries. A salmonella scare is centered in california. Hundreds have been sickened after eating foster farms chicken and the company is not issuing a recall. Mark kelly reports. Why is the bad chicken still on the shelves . Reporter in cases with salm