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KGO ABC7 News 500AM October 3, 2017

The 70 to 77 inland and everybody in the 60s by 7 00. Got 90s coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Details on that soon. Good morning, mike. We do have a couple slow spots already today. Want to take you down to a current traffic alert, its not causing much of a backup westbound 92 west of the highrise, a semi caught fire early in morning. We are down to just the far right lane blocked on the westbound side, they are still waiting for the tow truck to arrive. You are able to travel eastbound and westbound if you are out there a little bit after 4 00 this morning that was not the case, all lanes stopped for a short time. Quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza still looking great here, not much of a backup in those cash lanes and no metering lights until about 5 20, 5 22. We do have video of that scene from the semi fire, we will look at that next. The Las Vegas Shooting left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 people injured. Police say a total of 42 guns were found at the suspected shooters hotel room and house. 23 guns were hound in the hotel room, 19 discovered at home in nevada. Officials say paddock had a camera mounted in the hotel room apparently to record himself. The motive is still under investigation. A San Francisco Police Officers wife is still missing after the two got separated in a Las Vegas Shooting. Today members of the Police Officers association will join him to offer support. Abc 7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson is live outside the sfpd headquarters with more on the search efforts. Tiffany. Reporter good morning. Officer Vinnie Etcheber and his wife stacee went to the route 91 Music Festival with friends. When the shooting started his training kicked in. He told his wife and friends to run while he stayed behind to help the shooting victims, now stacee is missing. Complicating matters she didnt have her phone or id on her during the concert. Officer etchebers brother drove from San Francisco to help look for stacee yesterday and other members of the San Francisco Police Officers association went as well. The poa president plans to fly to las vegas this morning to help. I can only imagine whats going through his head. This has to be the most traumatic thing he has ever experienced in his life so were going to do everything we can to help them. Reporter the etchebers lives in nevada with their son and daughter. Stacee works as a hairstylist. Friends, family and the Novato Community are all hoping for the best. Live in San Francisco, Tiffany Wilson, abc 7 news. We are certainly hoping for the best as well. Thank you, tiffany. Our abc 7 mornings colleague Jessica Castro is in las vegas. Prior to joining us in San Francisco she worked in las vegas for five years. She talked to people who were at the concert when the gunman opened fire. Reporter two people i spoke to say they didnt know whether they should run or hide. Let me show you what it looks like out here right now, there are flashing lights behind me, thats because police have this street still blocked off. There is crime scene tape and Police Walking the streets. Misha captured this cellphone video as two bay area men hid underneath the bleachers and watched as people were being dragged to safety. Bring her up with me now. There was a girl laying on the ground and someone is giving her cpr and i thought maybe she is just, you know, drunk and passed out but then somebody else right next to her was also, you know, bloody. Reporter at one point the men arguing about whether to stay or make a run for it. Hey, lets run. We found an escape route like this high, like 3 feet off the ground and crawled underneath the bleachers and then my friend keeps thinking theyre going to shoot through the bleachers or the bleachers will fall apart. Youre hiding under there completely defenseless. Everyone just said run. Reporter jordan mitchell says she took shelter underneath the main stage. I realized this girl behind me is bleeding and this guy is holding her saying she got shot in the head. Reporter mitchell grew up in las vegas, she was performing on her biggest stage yet since leaving to pursue her career in nashville. Its so much more serious than we ever imagined and just to think of those families and people who were really, really affected, i mean, we got out fine. Do you think its hit you yet . No, not at all. Reporter jordan who you just heard from there, an artist who played here at the festival was a friend of mine who i knew from when i lived in las vegas. One of those people that you also heard from, one of those bay area men splits his time spending half of the year here in las vegas and the other half in the bay area. On a personal note, what i can tell you about my experience living here in las vegas for five years and now living in San Francisco is that the two cities are so similar in the fact that they are cosmopolitan cities, that they are destination cities and its probably part of the reason that the bay area can empathize with what is happening here in las vegas tonight and the sadness that is really palpable. You can really feel it here in las vegas and frankly why were here because what happens in las vegas affects folks in the bay area and california all around the world. Again, that was our Jessica Castro reporting. Candlelight vigils were held across las vegas in honor of the victims. Unlv hosted a vigil and moment of silence. People who knew the 64yearold shooter say there were no red flags. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is live in las vegas for us. Marcie. Reporter hi, good morning. Police believe the killer acted alone and as they worked to learn more about him and why he did this the focus for so many people who are mourning today is solely on all of those lives lost. In prayer and through tears, the victims honored overnight. Its okay to mourn those you loved. Reporter 28yearold Afghanistan Navy vet chris roybal, hannah ahlers, a Las Vegas Police officer. One of my officers was off duty attending the concert and lost his life. Reporter special Education Teacher sanda casey and the 55 others mercilessly killed at a country Music Festival sunday night. The murderer 64yearold Stephen Paddock breaking the windows of his room on the 32nd floor at the mandalay bay hotel, shooting into the crowd of 22,000 people below before killing himself. Reporter those nearly two dozen firearms found in the room included an Assault Rifle modified to fire like an automatic machine gun. 19 more firearms and ammunition also found at his home in mesquite, nevada. Neighbors and his brother dumbfounded. Steve had nothing to do with any political organization, religious organization. No white supremacists. Nothing. Reporter police say several pieces of media were also found in the hotel room including, a source says, a video camera. Investigators hoping that evidence could offer some insight into the motive for the massacre that left more than 500 people injured. I was carrying whether they were dead or alive as many people as i possibly could. Reporter and now the ongoing outpouring of love from this community, people waiting in line for hours to donate blood. And people from all across the country have already donated more than 3 million to help the survivors and the victims families. Live in las vegas, Marci Gonzalez, abc 7 news. And we are seeing tributes across the world honoring the victims from las vegas to nashville to paris where the eiffel tower went dark last night. And in foster city a group gathered with candles, they stood in silence in a gazebo on the water. Organizers say this has to be a call to action for gun violence. Music helped those cope with the attack like a bridge over troubled waters that is keith urban joining other country stars with a tribute in song and prayer. And in Las Vegas City Hall lit up with the image of a giant american flag. You can get the latest information from las vegas by down loading the abc 7 news app. We have sent out push alerts since news of the shooting first broke, that app is free to download and works with apple and android devices. Now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. Concern all eyes on the north bay as far as weather goes because of the red flag warning, the high fire danger that continues above 1,000 feet until 5 00 this afternoon. Wind gusts still 25 to 35 miles per hour, humidity down Single Digits and all that greenery from the winter now yellow, brown, dead, burn easily. So we need to be careful up there. Lets talk temperatures, though. Cool this morning, look at the san ramone valley, 46 right now, 45 pleasanton, 49 walnut creek and mid to upper 50s out the highway 4 corridor, a little warmer there, you dont get coil air drainage from mt. Diab diablo. Los gatos 49, 55 oakland, san carlos 54. 53 San Francisco to 43 in napa and santa rosa. No morning marine clouds out there, a lot of sunshine and light breezes on the bay. It will become sunny at the beaches, just a few clouds around halfmoon bay right now. Exercising you will enjoy the low humidity. Lets talk about whats going to happen today, your hourly temperature 8 00 it will be 56 in San Francisco, noon 67, we will touch 70 which is close to your average high at 4 00 back to 63 degrees as we head towards 8 00. I want to show you quickly an isolated thunderstorm around tahoe and 50, mostly sunny 69 yosemite, morning showers around l. A. And san diego, low 70s there. I want to take you back to video from a little earlier this morning, around 3 30. Westbound 92 on the san matteo bridge we had a semi that had a fire start near the rear axel. This was the point when all traffic was stopped eastbound and westbound, you can see that fire response is on the scene. They did get this tapped out relatively quickly and they were able to get a tow truck to the scene and actually i just got an update a couple moments ago from chp, they were able to open all lanes on the westbound side. They released eastbound traffic quite some time ago, westbound we had a lane blocked. And here is a live look, you can see things moving along pretty well right around the toll plaza. That is no longer a major traffic issue for this morning. I dont think we will see any residual delays, either. The central valley, some really heavy speeds westbound 205 at 580, 13, 11 miles an hour, close to an hour and a half between tracy and dublin. Does look like overnight road work scheduled in both directions, that should not still be going on. We are try to confirm if we still have lanes blocked. Patterson pass road will be your best bet for an alternate. Next traffic update at 5 20. Local survivors of the Las Vegas Massacre telling us what they went through, others arriving back in the bay area in tears. Also a parking problem in the north bay stirring up contro its 5 15. Back to the mass shooting in las vegas. Stephen paddock is the 64yearold nevada man identified as the shooter. Here is what we know as investigators work to find a motive. He was a multimillionaire, making his money in he will estate. He liked to gamble, he played poker at 100 a hand. He led a private and quiet life. Police did not know of him. His brother eric lives in florida. Eric told reporters his brothers actions just make no sense. He had a couple handguns, i think. He had a safe with a couple handguns. He might have had one long rifle but he didnt have any i mean, he had no automatic weapons that i know that i knew of at any time. And watch the top left of your screen here. This is Surveillance Video from six years ago and it shows a highlighted paddock slipping at the cosmopolitan las vegas hotel. He ended up suing that hotel for 32,000 for injuries. That case was dismissed in 2014. Socalled soft targets are becoming a bigger concern for authorities. Here is gmas first look with diane mass dough. In this mornings gma first look a closer look at soft targets what Security Experts are saying is being done to make you safer. Its difficult to protect sporting events and entertainment venues, the whole point of these facilities is to be open and accessible to the public, to bring as many people from the public as they can and by its very nature its hard to secure. Sundays massacre was a game changer with authorities now having to police the sky, too. So expect to see more helicopters and drones. You can stay up for a long time and they can get a good view of whats going on. They will probably start putting people up on the roofs to see if anything suspicious is going on. The use of drones may be used. Maybe even helicopters in larger venue areas. And coming up at 7 00 a. M. Full Live Team Coverage of the shooting with your gma first look im diane mass dough abc news, new york. The concert attracted fans from the bay area three were off duty firefighters from the alameda fire department. The firefighters were near the front of the stage and not hurt. They sprang into action to help the wounded. Other bay area residents to attended the concert in vegas are telling us about what they experienced. Kim shoe pert was there. She says a man near her was shot in the back. I put my body over the guy just to protect it from any more, you know, shooting and then the people that were around him, just lied on them to make sure everybody was okay. And then im pretty sure one of the girls got shot and at that point i just i kind of freaked out and i was like, i have to go. We have to go, and called my daughter and basically told her beginning i was going to make it. Kim thought there were at least four gunmen because of the shear amount of gunfire. Police have said that the shooter acted alone. We caught up with other festival goers as they return home to the bay area. Plenty of tearful reunions at the airport. Its one thing to talk to them on the phone but when you actually see them arrive its overwhelming, i had goose bumps, i was shaking. Pham you lease shared harrowing towers about the confusion that took place during the shooting and the way people were trampled. Those affected say it will take some time to process everything thats happened. Las vegas based Allegiance Airlines say they sheltered 30 people who fled the concert site right on to the airfield. Theyre also offering free flights to vegas for family members of victims and like Many Airlines waiving change fees this week. Tributes are pouring in from around the music world in memory of rock icon tom petty. I stand my ground wont be turned around pettys manager confirmed his death last night. He was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest early yesterday morning. He was rushed to the hospital. Tom petty and the heart breakers played in the bay area in may at the napa Music Festival. He was 66 years old. We are tracking a live desk story in morning. A live look at joint base andrews where President Trump is expected to leave for puerto rico at any moment. Millions of people there of course still trying to recover from Hurricane Maria. The storm hit on september 20th and 95 of electricity customers remain without power. Many are doing what they can to help including folks at amazon. Jeff bezos tweeted amazon plane packed with donation of critical supplies landed earlier today in san juan, thanks to al the a. M. Zonians who made it happen. Task force three is finally back here in the bay area. They were deployed to the caribbean after hurricane irma. And then unexpectedly stayed behind to help after Hurricane Maria hit. He has been gone for a total of 24 consecutive days. They are based in menlo park. Time to take a look at your bay area weather. Hi, everybody. Open the Weather Window on one of the warmer spots in the north bay, 52 in san rafael, south on 101, sunny today and the breezes will relax and seechbtly take away the threat of fire up in the north bay. Tonight clear and cool lows once again, may not want to have the windows open anymore except for during the day and a building warm wave is coming in the extended forecast. For today some 80s, 83 santa rosa, lake port 82 along with napa, concord, 83 fairfield, antioch at 81 and livermore. We will be in the upper 70s in the south bay, palo alto, also san jose and morgan hill, even fremont is about 78 degrees. 76 richmond, 75 oakland, san matteo, San Francisco what a gorgeous day, 72 degrees and 67 with afternoon sunshine at halfmoon bay. Here is a look at our east bay valley temperatures, 80 is our average high, at 8 00 this morning, 52, nice, by noon we are at 73, 2 00, 78, top out at 4 00 around 81, pull back to 78 at 6 00, heading out this evening 69 on our way down to about the upper 40s to low 50s in our inland east bay neighborhoods. Thats where everyone will be except for low to mid 40s in the north bay valleys. Pretty steady tomorrow as the winds relax, the steadiness is in the temperatures, you can see the warming begins thursday with our warmest day at the coast friday, our warmest days will continue saturday and sunday inland and around the bay. Alexis, what you got . Weve got hot spots already this morning, walnut creek where a disabled pickup truck is slowing you down on southbound 680 just before you get to treat boulevard, that is blocking the left center lane, sounds like a tow truck is in the lane but they are stuck in traffic, too. You can see that spills over on to 242 through concord all the way up to highway 4. So either use some surface streets or if you head through the pacheco area that will save you a little time.

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