Evacuations from the fire zone. The message pretty much the same. Thanks for sticking in there. Reporter when the california governor met with fire evacwees at a food bank this morning, there was two words he said more than any others. Im so sorry. Reporter what were you apologizing for . People shouldnt have to live like this. And live it over and over he added. After power returned slowly, they still are. Whats been the hardest part for you . Knowing my family is okay and things are going to burn down and being evacuated, not having water, electricity. Its been rough. I have an 11 month old baby right now and its just really tough out here. Reporter midafternoon and still many Stores Remained closed. What did you want to buy in there . Protein powder. Or more gas. For generators, fuel. Reporter they dont expect power back at their house until friday maybe. Whats this been like for you . Its been chaotic. It is certainly not domestic, not even with all the rvs parked outside of walmar
That vehicle was traveling at highway speeds, they would have been hard to see. Reporter the chp says this is the 25th accident involving a wrong way driver in the bay area. Ten were fatal resulting in 19 deaths. 18 of the 25 accidents involved dui drivers. Its very sad to here. Reporter solomon knew the driver who was killed. He said the night shift is tough, drivers on the road can be tired or drunk which is a big concern for taxi drivers. This is the second wrong way accident in which he knew the taxi driver. Its not safe. Its not the first time. We see a lot of that. Reporter chp is also investigating whether the passengers in the taxicab were wearing their seat belts because on tofe he p was ejected. Reporting live, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is admitted building a better bay area. Some b. A. R. T. Riders are worried the systems vision or the future will undermine their needs for today. As part of the longterm plan, b. A. R. T. Is converting many of the parking lots at its east bay st
Thank you, spencer. In the east bay the heat is causing concern about growing fire danger. Were live in San Francisco, this fire caught by sky 7 this Cornell Barnard abc 7 news. Cornell be careful there with afternoon. Fire dep 7 news traffic behind you. Have they figured that out yet, or are we just in the early brink lee is live at fire stages . Good question. Station one. That perfect trifecta of fire early stages at this point. Supervisor haney says theres danger, high temperatures, low humidity, high winds. Lot of work to be done. We certainly have the heat. Leavenworth, jones street we have the high temperatures. I can attest to that. Certainly are contenders. We talked to the mayor about its not quite in red flag what she thinks of this territory but there was a scare proposal. Were going to have what she says coming up tonight at 5 00 a couple of hours ago on the on the abc 7 news. Thank you. We will see you at 5 00. East side of mount diablo. A huge Monterey Cypress that midda
Reporter according to the San Jose Police officers association, street racing incidents are on the rise and until the department can fully staff traffic enforcement, the union says getting help from the community will be essential. Its very, very important when they do see Something Like that that they call immediately so we can try to get officers out to that area and hopefully prevent another tragedy from occurring. Reporter while nothing can bring the victims back, family members are hopeful the through suspects will do the right thing and turn themselves in. They reached out to so many lives and they always brought smiles to those faces. Reporter Memorial Services are being planned for the two victims, anyone with information on this case is urged to call police. Reporting in san jose, im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Thank you. Highway 24 had to be closed after a crane doing work at the lafayette bart station hit a power line this morning. It happened just before 5 30. The crane came
Double fatal crash. That happened just before 1 00 this morning when a car was traveling the wrong way on highway 85 northbound. It crashed with another car that was driving the correct waycausing the cars to erupt inflames. Both died on scene achp officer told us what rain he recommends drivers use if they are driving late at night. We remind people when traveling late at night, especially because of a lot of times we have people driving under the influence, to try to avoid on the number one lane, which is the left lane so a lot of times, wrong way drivers will think thats the slow lane and you may be involved in a traffic collision. This collision happened on the number two lane. So we are trying to get people to avoid the left lanes. Reporter caltrans was able to get the crash cleaned up before 6 this morning. So it will try to ease the morning commute back up as soon as possible. Originally, they were diverting traffic off the evelyn avenue exit. But back out here, we are live in m