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KGO ABC7 News 600PM July 14, 2024

Serious injuries. The man is okay. Then place say he drove off the road and toward another couple who were standing on a bluff. The woman suffered serious injuries. Investigators say he just kept driving into a wall and through yards. Now chp officer and Sonoma County sheriffs got there at about the same time and say he tried to run down both officers. The deputy fired several shots when koffi would not stop. Investigators say at least three bullets hit him through the windshield of the Security Guard truck. He is hospitalized in Critical Condition tonight. Facing two counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with with a Deadly Weapon and carjacking. The two women he hit have serious injuries and they are expected to recover with the stabbed Security Guard. Video of the stunning series of events will be released soon so you want to keep attune to abc7 news. That is an amazing story. You couldnt make this up. Thank you. [ sirens ] dramatic video, new at 6 00, you could hear the sirens as firefighters in San Francisco rush to a home in the marina district. That was on fire. Here is a closer look at the fire from the ground near beach street. It only started about an hour ago. The fire was contained a short time later. New at 6 00, a San Francisco judge upheld two controversial 2018 tax measures after challenges from business groups. The case was overtwo prop c, one that passioned last june for additional tax on leases toward Early Childhood care and education and the other prop c pu the money toward combatting g homelessness. The City Attorney raised the ruling issuing a statement that said, the initiative right is about direct democracy. It is one of the most precious rights of our democratic process. The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety removed a credit card skimmer on a pump at the 76 gas station on El Camino Real by wolf road. The skimmer was completely invisible to the naked eye. Only one pump was affected and officers recommend contacting your credit lender if you believe youre a victim. Caught on camera. A hitandrun. A tesla was sideswiped by a truck in los gatos yesterday and the victim posted the car video in hopes someone helps find the driver. Turns out, someone did. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen has this story. Reporter during an evening drive on the fourth of july, tense moments for a tesla driver and his young son all captured by the companys century mode tule. Hes coming close and hits my car. I hear my sons forehead hit the backseat. Reporter watch as johns de hill road in los gatos only to be struck a few seconds later by what appears to be a ford f150. I realized that thias speeding pretty aggressively. Reporter this view from the dash cam shows the truck almost lose control after the impact. Frustration, thankfulness at the same time to make sure that were fine. But even more anger as this guy just is speeding off. Reporter someone who saw the video called in a tip to the Los Gatos Police department. That led them to a house in campbell friday afternoon where they found the truck and its driver, 32yearold dennis someones of san jose. He was arrested for hitandrun and reckless driving. For now it is too early to tell if this was an accident or intentional act and if drugs or alcohol had something to do with it. People will be irresponsible no matter what community youre in. Reporter other tesla owners say theyre glad the Camera Technology is built right in. If all of the cars can pick up from what tesla is doing, adding this to their car, i believe driving would be much more safer for us. If anything happened, there is evidence for the accident. So it is not just a testimony from the driver. Reporter the power of social media being used to help prevent Something Like this from happening to someone else. Having that technology with dash cams is so important and vital to making sure that youre protected and your family is protected, especially if god forbid Something Like this happens. In los gatos, crit nguyen, abc7 ne abc7 news into today a major explosion rocked a dormitory at the university of nevada reno and part of the building argenta hall collared. Another dorm was also damaged. Authorities say no one was killed but eight people were injured. One official said the explosion was caused by possible mechanical failure in a boiler room where technicians were working. The blast could be felt throughout the area. Take a listen. Oh, my gosh oh, my god we have to go. The whole apartment complex i live on college quite a bit. E, argenta hall houses up to 750 students and it is not clear how many people were inside. Classes were in session today. A day after being closed for the fourth of july holiday. A grass fire burned close to homes in pittsburg this afternoon. A neighbor sent us this cell phone video from his driveway, near ranch road before 4 00 p. M. And burned ten acres of grass. Cal fire assisted with quickly putting out the flames. Nobody was injured, no homes were damaged and people did not evacuate the area. Firefighters are investigating the cause. Well fireworks may have started a fire that burned a remote part of martinez today. Threatening a house. Sky 7 was over the area of the fire fight that helped put out the flames and cornell bernard joins us from the ground. And this is a this fire is an example of what we all worry about. Reporter yeah, youre right, eric. And luckily this fire now contained. Firefighters say it started off in Franklin Canyon road racing to the top of the hill in a matter of minutes. Fireworks is the suspected cause of this fire and dozens of others in the last 24 hours. Ive gotten to the point where i can tell how close it is and it seemed very close. Reporter Marjorie Moore was right. Sky 7 was over the fire fight which looked like a smokey battlefield. The fastmoving wildfire racing up a hill close to highway 4. Watch as cal fire helicopters do water drops. Seconds later air tankers drop retardant on the fire to try and stop it. It grew to 24 acres, threatening her ranch for about an hour. Well i brought the car up here to the driveway so i could evacuate if i needed to. Wondering the whole time why didnt i put together a container with everything that i really wanted. It was certainly started by a human. Reporter fire officials have an idea about the cause. It was caused by something hot, it is likely that it was not a cigarette butt, theyre not hot enough but it is possible it was fireworks. Reporter firefighters got a work out on the fourth of july. All over Contra Costa County there were so many grass fires they almost lost count. 37 fires in a sixhour period last night between 6 00 p. M. And midnight. We believe probably every one of them was started by fireworks. Reporter news that fireworks may be the culprit, not surprising to Marjorie Moore. For years every knew years and fourth of july we heard not only fireworks but guns. Reporter no homes were lost. Nobody hurt. That is the good news tonight. Firefighters are urging people not to set off fireworks andn places like this or anywhere else. Live in martinez, cornell bernard, abc7 news. Thank you very much. Aftershocks from Southern Californias largest earthquake in two decades continue to rumble the Mojave Desert near los angeles. There are locals there on edge. A 5. 4 aftershocks hit the region today as residents and businesses were trying to clean up from yesterdays 6. 4 magnitude. The epicenter 11 miles northeast of the town of ridgecrest. The kitchen is completely destroyed. Everything fell off the walls, out of the cabinets. We lost everything that we have. I have no tv, i have no dressers, i have nothing. Surveillance video inside of a market captured the moment the quake hit. You can see there that employee running for safety. This video shows children performing in a fourth of july show when suddenly the ground started to shake. Now area residents are worried about the threat of an even bigger quake. Well that earthquake was a reminder that a bigger one could happen any time. Many of you may be wondering if it happened in Southern California, are we next . Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez is in the newsroom to debunk that myth. I was wondering. What happened in Southern California is not expected to drigger an earthquake here but a bigger one could occur on the same fault that caused damage yesterday. In any case, now is the time to go over your earthquake supplies. There seems to be a popular belief that an earthquake in one area helps relieve the seismic stress in surrounding areas. That is not true. In most cases, earthquakes actually increase the risk of future earthquakes. There is always the possibility that an earthquake could trigger a larger one. It is so important that were prepared for the moment the earthquake strikes. Stop it right there. I know youve heard it before but im here to tell you what you need to do to prepare for an earthquake. The basics my name is jeff and we represent earth shakes, in business 25 years. These are the things that you need to have in your earthquake kit. Reporter you cant live without water. We have water now that comes in 50year shelf life. Wow sow only have to replace it one. Reporter and food that keepz for 25 years. We have solar blankets, we have body warmers, you need to have light, and we have light sticks and other products here. You need to have first aid. There are also some things to do to protect yourself during an earthquake. The cell phone video shows a man standing below a door frame. For decades weve known it is drop cover and to hold on. Nice size earthquake if you can, leave the home. Dont stop to take video of your ceiling light fixtures. That was a big one. Reporter finally, i learned today that i was storing my supplies in the wrong place. I have them in the garage. They told me they should be outside in the backyard covered. I know a lot of you are saying i knew that, but hey, i didnt. So there. The things you have are important. But you should also visit our website to find out more of what youre missing, what you have, anyway, it is a great site. In the newsroom, Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. A lot of folks didnt know that. We cant be complacent about that. Coming up next, a Minor League Game with major significance. A north bay Baseball Team looking for people to step up to the plate to help a teenager facing a potentially life altering illness. And warm weekend. It will start that way. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. You know his feels Joey Chestnut, are you are you feeling today . We called him and asked. Here what is on the menu the day new at 6 00, Oakland Fire Department is investigating a blaze in ann encampment in sunnyvale. Witnesses at 33rd avenue say a man set fire to a unoccupied tent. It spread to a mattress and a palm tree in the encampment. Abc 7 news has made a commitment to building a better bay area digging deep into the stories that affect your quality of life. Today we combed through the 76page report San Francisco released about the homeless. Preliminary data released back in may reveal there are more than 8,000 Homeless People in the city meeting the federal definition of homelessness and now we know more about them. Half of the city homeless are in district six, which includes market street, the tinder loin and soma. You could see on the map here. A third of the citys homeless are in shelters. For the unsheltered, more people are spending the night in vehicles than in prior years, although most still sleep on the street. La three quarters were homeless and already in the city when they lost their home and the most common reason is losing a job. You could dig into the data where you live. We have information about the homeless in all nine bay area counties. Going back over a decade on our website at abc7news. Com. And while youre online, go to facebook and join our better bay area group. It is where you could share your ideas about building a better bay area. If you have been to a Minor League Baseball game, then you know sha sometimes the promotions could be unusual. But in marin county tomorrow night, the san Rafael Pacifics will put one on that is very serious. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman joins us from san rafael to explain nor. Hey there, wayne. Reporter good morning. It is 15 minutes from game time and it should be an interesting game. Theyre playing sonoma. Tomorrow night is the game that counts. How often does a baseball game make a difference in a life . Tomorrow it will. Minor League Baseball is a long, hard road, especially at the independent level. In san rafael, the pacifics for instance have no connection to a Major League Team but this is a place for optimists, even with long odds. If anybody knows long odds. Its a baseball player. Reporter because appreciate long shots, axel johnson will take one in the cheek tomorrow night. A medical swab to perhaps benefit 15yearold daniel rose fighting an even tougher up hill battle. I dont think anyone should have to go through this. Reporter daniel has a rare form of leukemia. Until january he was just like any freshman at Marin Catholic high school. His mom has the pictures to prove it. That is two months before diagnosis. Reporter but leukemia treatment has evolved and bone Marrow Transplant cure 95 of all patients but daniels case is an outlier. They need to find a one in million or two million genetic match for a donor and in a hurry. If he goes out of remission, there is not confident that they could get him back in remission. Reporter so on saturday night a donor drive at the pacific game not only for daniel but for many others like him around the world. The team and family want fans to donate swabs to a worldwide bone marrow data base looking for a match. The cure could be as simple as drawing blood. What youre giving up is not much. And for any other person, it could save a life. What does the worry stop . It doesnt. Reporter at least theyre getting help and acting on it. When you hear how hard it is to find a match, then it is you got to step up to the plate. Reporter so theyll have quite a few people stepping up to the plate in a regular baseball game. But tomorrow they hope that all of the people will come out here and get swabbed to help several hundred people and the owner of the team said if you come out here to get swabbed, ill let you in for free. He also notes, and the family notes, if you cant go to the game, you could mail for one of the kits. Just swipe it through your cheek and mail it back. There is a website address at abc7news. Com. Live at san rafael, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. It is a winwin. Many thanks to you. You see the blue skies there. It is not that way everywhere in the bay area. Yeah. Abc 7 news weather anchor Spencer Christian has the forecast. Looking into the weekend. Hey, spencer. Dion and eric, we expect to see some coastal fog this time of the year. It is a regular feature. This time of the day, but right now were seeing very little along the coast and live doppler 7. This is a view from mount tam on to the bay. Just a few minutes ago, in the last hour, we saw quite a bit of fog surging through the golden gate. Now there is just a whisp showing up. A current temperature, 65 at San Francisco. Oakland 67 and 81 at redwood city and 79 morgan hill and 79 at half moon bay. A few puffs of clouds but not a lot. 81 degrees in santa rosa. Napa 69. It is 80 at petaluma, 86 fairfield, concord 89 and 84 in livermore. And one more live view from the low cloudiness off in the distance. Not a lot though. These are the forecast features. Fog will push across the bay but we expect it to pull back to give us sunny and mild to warm conditions once again, tomorrow with a much cooler pattern beginning on sunday. So overnight, again, well see fog pushing across the bay locally and inland and at lowes in the mid50s to upper 70s around the bay to upper 80s and maybe even a couple of low 90s inland. And here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. After a day with high temperatures reaching about 90 inland tomorrow, maybe even some low 90s, well see only mid80s on sunday inland. It is even cooler on monday. So pretty sharp cooldown over a twoday period. The temperatures tart to rebound a little bit next week and by thursday temperatures around 90 inland and 80 around the bay, mid60s on the coast. Looking forward to that 90 in the east bay. Get your rag ready. Well get ready to feel the bun. Up next, a campaign with meat to bring back a costco favorite. The Bay Area Team behind it and the famous hot dog introducing my new spicy chicken strips combo. Bigger, tastier strips of juicy chicken with crunchy batter. Spice them up with hot sauce or cool them down with buttermilk ranch. Try my 100 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo today. Only at jack in the box. Try my 4. 99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. The 2020 primary is well under way but this election season one marin county teenager is focused on an unconventional issue. The costco polish hot dog. You heard right. He launched a campaign to bring the polish dogs back and now even has the endorsement of hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut. Liz croy has this story. 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