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Male announcer how far would you go to help someone . Would you cross a street . Would you cross an ocean . Would you go if you could use your knowledge to teach someone and, in the process, maybe learn something yourself . Life is calling. How far will you go . Peace corps. v we are following two big stories. One is a heartbreaking vigil for a fallen hero. The local officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. And crews are struggling to gain ground on a fire that is raging out of control and...

20 Miles Per Hour. Now a check on the only commute. Leyla . We will start in the north bay, taking out 101 to san rafael pushing to 580 with traffic light and accident free so far this morning. Coming up to the Golden Gate Bridge, check it out the truck is making its way to the north end of the bridge to expand southbound lanes. Head to the far righthand side in the northbound or southbound traffic and 45 minutes from tracy to dublin but Everything Else is running at close to posted speed. Thank...

You can see the huge flames. Fires are affecting three counties napa and county. Amy . This is 6,000 acres and we are watching it grow. We have seen some flares. Can up over the hillside and now it is very smoky. It has been very busy. We are watching from pleasanton valley road. It is very smoky. And still. No wind. That is an advantage right now. Look at this video fire has already destroyed one build asking we have video of that happening, it was an outhouse or a shed. A home has been damaged...

This is what they are working in. Look how scattered the homes are they are trying to protect. It is not like it is a neat row of homes. They are all throughout the canyon very far apart from each other. About 200 are threatened. They have evacuated them. They hope to lift the evacuation soon. They say that they will not make a prediction for today because the fire is unpredictable and kept them busy overnight. Look how lively this fire was overnight. This is usually the time when fire takes a b...

Interesting to note there have been a lot of fires this summer. Cal fire told us the average number were up 1,200 over the average number for this time of the summer. The good news here this fire has not been particularly destructive. One out building and also unpredictable. Its a dark billowing menace miles away as the crow flies. Should he evacuate or stay at his home in which he lived since 1978 . If we leave we have to stay, stay out of here. Reporter its one mans dilemma in a region filled ...

Mandatory evacuations. Residents have been told to get out. Campers at canyon creek have also been evacuated. Alan wang is live at the fire line with more. Reporter you can see the fire burning down the ridge toward us and the homes along this road. The good news is that the winds have died down and the humidity is up. The hope now is that firefighters can get a handle on this before it picks back up in the morning. Drought ridden trees went up like torches as the winds pushed the flames into qu...

As a 21yearold mark estrada. He is in custody and being treated for gun shot wounds. The stop happened about 3 00 a. M. This morning in hayward. The suspect left the scene and ditched his truck. Police searched his home which is also in oakland. We have Team Coverage tonight. Ktvus Tara Moriarty with more on who Sergeant Scott lunger was and we begin with allie rasmus on the investigation into how this unfolded. Reporter we are outside Hayward Police department headquarter wheres people have com...

Him being gone. A somber day for Hayward Police, and Police Across the country. Good evening, im julie haener. Im frank somerville. The shooting happened 3 15 this morning, when scott lunger pulled over a truck for driving erratically. As Sergeant Lunger got out of the car and approached the drivers side of the vehicle, the driver shot Sergeant Lunger without warning. A second officer in a separate vehicle had also responded and returned fire as the pickup raced away. The second officer used his...

Confrontation when they got there. Shomari stone has been working that scene and tweeting out information all night. Shomari, what have you learned . Tonight Charles County sheriffs investigators are still here on the scene, gathering evidence. A web of yellow crime scene tape surrounds this block. It is shut down right now. And people cannot come inside. Officials tell us that this nineyear veteran feared for his life and was forced to fire. It happened right over there in the driveway, people ...

Riders. We are waiting for Metro Transit Police to release video of a man that they are looking for. Officers say hes the reason why some of you were stranded on metro tuesday evening. Hes wanted for pulling an emergency switch on a green line train that was leaving lenfant plaza. He missed his train so he pulled it. It led to some delays im sure you know that. New information on why a deck collapsed in howard county. The Baltimore Sun reports the joints holding it to the house were rotted and t...