Authorities say that all of the robberies involved two men who attack their victims as they pulled interest their drive. We will continue to follow the story influence the day and can you download the abc7 news app for more updates. I am reggie aqui. I am kristen sze. The other top story neighbors and parents in Richmond Community are worried about toxic soil near their homes after veterannors dumped a truckload of soil at a site on richmond avenue. Amy hollyfield is at scene with the story. Amy . Yes, kristen, a developer outbounds this land and this are some homes. The people this is not okay. The company said that, okay, it will move the soil. The soil is labeled clearly stating it has pcb in it and the company that put it here, warehouse development, says the concentration is low enough that it is safe to use. But the residents and the dog walkers do not understand that. In they say it is not that high there mean there are toxins. There is no safe level. I am concerned this came ou
They are now cleared. Wider drive on southbound 101 but light volumes. The only place with a slow down is westbound 580 tracy to dublin up to 33 minutes. Ace train out of the Central Valley, we have slow downs. I will talk about that next. We continue to track breaking news from the east bay now where officers are still searching for a driver who led them on a chase through several cities. We will show you where it ended in hayward at mission boulevard at hancock street crashing into a fence on bart property at one point. It started when Police Spotted the stolen truck in vallejo at 1 00 this morning. They tried to pull that driver over. He led them on a chase on the interstates including surface streets. C. H. P. Called off the search. That man got away. We will talk about the only commute. It is not just bad for you it is getting worse. Every year. Not just your imagination. Tiffany is in san jose with one of the worst commutes. Tiffany . Yes, good morning, the good news traffic is m
The precipitation in that january through march time frame. And right on cue forecasters including paul deanno as you just heard see a more active storm pattern developing for march. A man who at one time trained to become a Police Officer made his First Court Appearance this afternoon. He is accused of killing his sons grandfather who was also a richmond cop. Kpix 5s da lin was in the courtroom. Reporter videocameras werent allowed inside the courtroom. But the judge allowed to us take pictures with shackles around his waist and hands, the copkilling suspect robert vega appeared calm. The hearing only lasted a few minutes but during that time, robert turned around and look at his sister and also spent several seconds looking at the victims daughter as if he wanted to Say Something to her. This has been a tragic incident for both families. The suspect has been part of the family for quite a while. Reporter some richmond Police Officers came out to support the victim and the victims dau
Flareups. It took an hour and a half to get the fire under control. It broke out around midnight in a vacant building with flames shooting out of the roof and neighbors across the street had to be evacuated. There was a large fire at the same building last john. January. Firefighters are suspicious that squatters may have been staying inside and set off a heat source. We had a hard time getting into the build because of the doors barred up and the windows were boarded up from the previous fire so we had to cut our way in. The stairway was filled with debris and we could not make it to the interior stairway so we had to climb the fire escape. Those over evacuated residents have been allowed to go home and you can see firefighters are now climbing into the trucks and they are preparing to leave but this is a large investigation to find out what the source was, how the fire started. Investigators will be here. You can see part of 22nd is closed to traffic as you hit mission treat. Thank y
Good evening. Tonight two deputy are accused of excessive use of force. A third is accused of bribery to silence witnesses. The attorney for the man who has beaten filed a claim against alameda couldnt and released this image o his client. Heres melanie with more. Reporter the baton blow to this man lasted 44 second according to sheriff. The attorney said he suffered a concussion and multiple head laceration and he has fractures in both hands. Probably the worst Law Enforcement beating on video that we have seen since rodney king. Reporter the sheriff says he has seen the video im not ashamed of my department. Im sad taken this]]uv e of event has causedtj advertise credit to our agency but i love these people like they are my brother and sisters. Reporter sheriff says it will be incumbent on deputy weaver and santa maria on administrative leave to justify each and every strike. Initially it seemed none of the sheriffs deputy turned on the Body Worn Camera but the sheriff deputy says de