Urging people to avoid standing underneath trees when winds are blowing like they did overnight and late today. Check out this trampoline that toppled over a fence in fremont. Police tweeting the picture to remind everybody, make sure that your items are secured, tied down during heavy winds. Its all part of the Public Safety power shutoffs. Hundreds of thousands of californians are affected, authorities trying to prevent their equipment sparking wildfires in extreme winds. Take a look from pg e. You can see exactly where power is out right now across the bay area. All the dots there in purple. You can see thousands of people are still affected in the bay area. Although the situation is getting better. We have Team Coverage today on the Power Outages and the winds. Abc 7 News Reporters Laura Anthony and Wayne Friedman are checking in on customers affected in the east bay and north bay. Lets begin with abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma and the forecast. The red flag warning still on. Yeah,
Abc 7 News Reporter chris winn has this story. Reporter this video shows the aftermath of what San Jose Police are calling a tragic accident no which a 69yearold man plowed into a crowd of diners who were gathered for dim sum at grand century Shopping Mall on sunday afternoon. Right now all indications talking to witnesses and collecting evidence is he thought he was using his brake. But accelerated. Reporter the driver crashed into this Outdoor Dining space operated by the dynasty chinese seafood restaurant. Eight people were taken to the hospital. Two remain in critical condition. At last check, police say its still unclear if the driver was suffering from a medical emergency. The driver stayed there. Hes cooperating with the investigation. Obviously we still have some things we need to put together. Reporter this afternoon abc 7 news learned that the restaurant had not applied for a permit under the new san josal fresco program, which provides city support and approval for proper se
Very latest information good afternoon, theresa. Were out here at the intersection of high street and foot hill im joined with the opd spokesperson with the Oakland Police department tell us and bring us up to date right now as far as what you guys are doing to try and get this hostage or that to get the man out. What we can share with you is the starting 1115 this morning. So weve been out here since 1115, 1600 block of high street. What we do know is that we had an armed barricaded, individual who had taken hostage from this particular business where the incident is occurring. In a lot about the last half an hour the hostage was safely released unharmed. Our Tactical Negotiations Team continues communication as communication is on and off. But this has the release of the hostage and thats really the goal is the safe release of the hostage in a safe surrender. Of the armed gunman that is our primary focus im going to share with you where we are right now our tactical Team Continues th
Going to see. We could see maybe a few drops, a few sprinkles, an isolated shower, but overall unfortunately missing us. 56 in sunnyvale and mountain view. It is 56 in novato. 57 on the coast. As we look at the Current Conditions for the flasz figlas this is what we like to see. Probably one of the last days were going to see high humidity and temperatures. The winds are going to shift as soon as tomorrowme. Right now air quality is good around the bay area. A spare the air alert, it looks like that could be extended into your sunday. A live look outside, lots of clouds around today dominating the sky again, and notice temperatures in the 60s and 70s. So with the clo evud cover wel see numbers where they should be this time of the year. Overall, lots of cloud cover and temperatures where they should be for midoctober. Things change dramatically as we get into sunday and the week ahead. Stay tuned. Immigrant communities are on edge this morning following i. C. E. Raids that we mentioned
Some voters designed to intimidate and damage President Trump. They say the country is circulating a video suggesting fraud ballot can be cast from overseas. Weve been working for years as a community to build resilience in our election in infrastructure and today that remains resilient. You should be confident that your vote counts. The agencies didnt elaborate on how the voter information was obtained. They say countries that interfere with the election will face costs and consequences. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Lets turn to our effort to build a better bay area and protect our health from coronavirus. Well start with the big picture. Look how california handled the pandemic in the past six months. From the left the daily case counts have dropped and actually flattened out. The in middle the hospital ieszed patients is on the down swing and on the right, the number of lives claimed each day continues to decline. San francisco is the first ba