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KGO ABC7 News 400PM July 14, 2024

Of water. Reporter rob hayes, abc7 news. Coming up at 5 00 youre going to hear from a local man who says he was caught on that same boat when it caught fire and sank, pardon me. That is on abc7 news at 5 00. Hurricane dorian is blasting the bahamas right now. The storm has lost some of its strength but remains a powerful category 4 hurricane. If you look at the radar now, the hurricane is barely moving, just spinning over the islands at this point. It is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. When it made landfall with 185 mile an hour winds, it tied a record. So the question now is where will dorian head next . Florida is already seeing some of the rain bands, but it turns to the north that mutts North Carolina and georgia in the path. There are millions of people who have now been told to evacuate. Reporter dan and ama, here in florida the message from officials is simple. Get your lastminute preparations in today because dorian is coming and you need to be ready for anything. The damage done in the northern bahamas devastating. We just pray that we can come out of this once we come out of it with our lives, were happy. Reporter dorian, one of the strongest Atlantic Hurricanes in recorded history, seemingly sparing nothing in its path. This path of destruction a scary sight for floridians anticipating dorians arrival. You know, we hope for the best, but we have to keep preparing for the worst. Reporter so far more than 2 Million People along the u. S. Coast ordered to evacuate. In georgia and South Carolina, lanes on major highways reversed to get everyone inland quickly and safely. Attention residents. Reporter in florida, officers are going door to door in the evacuation zones making sure residents are heeding the call to leave their homes. This is a mandatory evacuation for Barrier Islands and low lying areas. Reporter there are more than a dozen shelters set up across the state and the red cross is reporting thousands of evacuees have already checked in. And for anyone thinking about riding out the storm, heres acting fema administrator peter on gma. If you think youre going to tough it out in your home, thats probably the wrong idea if youre issued a mandatory evacuation. Dont tough it out, get out. Save your life, save the life of your family. Reporter and for safety, some county officials here in florida are also activating a curfew starting tomorrow night. Warning residents, if you break the law, you will be riding out the storm in jail. Reporting from new smyrna beach, florida, breaking news. We want to update. There is an update on the fatal diving boat fire. Ventura county Fire Department and the vessel assist organization responded. The coast guard launched aircraft as well as boats and located a vessel that was fully involved in flames in the plats harbor area on the northside of Santa Cruz Island. The crews were actively fighting the fire when the vessel began to sifrnk at approximately 7 20 a. M. This morning. 39 souls were reported to be on board that vessel when it left Santa Barbara. Five victims were subsequently rescued and during the initial response and have been transported to ventura were transport today ventura harbor. This particular dive trip that the boat was on was a threeday trip that began august the 31st. It was scheduled to end tomorrow morning. It was advertised as a Labor Day Weekend North Channel islands dive trip. The boat was scheduled to depart Santa Barbara harbor at 4 00 a. M. On saturday, the 31st, and return on monday, the 2nd, as i say, in the morning. The dive company chartered the boat and the crew from truth aquatics, a Santa Barbara harborbased operation that has been in existence since 1974. So far the in Santa Barbara, i am the coroner as well as the sheriff, so our Coroners Bureau has been involved in this event because four victims have been recovered thus far as deceased. They have been transported to our Coroners Bureau. We can only identify them at this point as two adult males, two adult females. Rescue and Recovery Efforts on the scene have located an additional four victims on the ocean floor in close proximity to the vessel, and we have dive teams that are in the water as we speak that are working to attempt recovery of their remains. But the boat remains unstable and im not sure when were going to be able to recover those bodies as well as any more that may be within the vessel. The Coroners Bureau is responsible for identifying the victims, for notifying the next of kin, and for determining the cause and manner of death. We have asked for assistance due to the sizeable nature of this incident and have received support from the Los Angeles County Coroners Office and from the Sacramento County Coroners Office as well. The four victims that we have recovered as of now will need to be identified through dna, and that may take some time. The condition of the remains that are recovered subsequently will determine the speed at which we are able to identify any of the victims. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims of this terrible tragedy. We understand the tremendous burden that they are under right now as they wait to determine exactly what happened and what condition and situation their loved ones are in. We will be working diligently to try to get them as much information as possible as soon as possible. We have also set up a Family Assistance Center which is designed to provide specialized assistance to family members of victims of this tragedy. I am going to now turn this over to captain Monica Rochester of the United States coast guard, los angeles sector, and she will give you a briefing on the rescue effort that was undertaken this morning. Yeah, my name is sheriff bill brown, common spelling. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im captain Monica Rochester, captain of the coast guard sector of los angeles long beach. We have been fully involved with this incident since 3 30 a. M. We continue to have coast guard vessels continue our search and lines of Santa Cruz Island. Ore we also have our coast guard aircraft that is also engaged and providing cover to ensure that we have the full swath or full breadth of the area to be searched. We have also provided a safety zone which is approximately a mile which provides safety to the responders so that we dont have interference from other vessel traffic or any other incursion into the area where the incident has occurred. Additionally, we have also established a 3,000 foot ceiling for a temporary flight restriction so, again, this is all to protect the first responders. This isnt a day that we wanted to wake up to for labor day and its a very tragic event. And we will search all the way through the night into the morning, but i think we all should be prepared to move into the worst outcome, but those are our efforts right now and they will continue through the night and into the morning. Thank you. Good afternoon. Mark heart wig, hartwig, im the warden for the county of Santa Barbara. I want to start by telling you that the hearts of this community are heavy as the families deal with this. Representing those in the water and on the ground and those that are supporting this incident today and into the future, we are, we are saddened with the families and those that are close to the folks affected by this tragedy. From the fire side, we were shortly after the mayday, the peace app, Ventura County, was notified by the coast guard. That initiated an Immediate Response as you i believe heard this morning from the Ventura County Fire Department out of oxnard. They responded with two fire boats. Upon arrival at the scene of the incident, they encountered a fullyinvolved wooden vessel in the waters off of Santa Cruz Island. They began to extinguish the flames and then notified the county Fire Department here in Santa Barbara. We continue, the county Fire Department continues today. We will offer our expertise in investigations on cause an origin along with the team from the sheriff, sheriff bill browns office, and then well also provide Incident Support throughout this incident. Thank you. My name is joyce dudley, dudley. I represent the people of Santa Barbara county, and on behalf of the people of Santa Barbara county, i want them to understand and everyone to understand how much we understand what everyone is suffering from as a result of this. People all over the world, and we appreciate those thoughts, and our primary concern are the victims and the loved ones. We will continue to address their concerns as quickly as we can. Santa barbara county shares jurisdiction over these waterways and the area around Santa Cruz Island with the u. S. Attorney. I have been speaking with the u. S. Attorney nick hannah since this morning. We will continue to communicate with each other constantly and to address any jurisdictional concerns, monitor the investigation if you happen to just be joining us, this is a live News Conference we are just listening to out of Santa Barbara where the Sheriffs Office was giving an update on the fatal diving boat fire that happened very early this morning. Four bodies have been recovered, but more than two dozen people remain missing, so we will keep on top of this. You can always get the latest information on our air as we get new info and abc7news. Com. Of course you can follow us on social media as well. We want to talk about the bart construction work that has impacted highway 24 all weekend and it hit a serious snag today. Ane took oute per lines and its had a ripple effect. Hundreds of people lost their electricity and highway 24 laz be has been periodically shutdown in both directions. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow has been following this. Melanie, not the best commute for people on this labor day. Reporter not the best, but we do have some good news to bring you. First of all, power is expected to be restored to everybody within the next hour, by 5 00 p. M. Also take a look, you can see crews have finished their work on these overhead power lines. More good news means no man advertise pat more anticipate the closures for highway 24. After replacing a crane at the lafayette bart station, it hit a power line. This is the crane bart provided from a previous weekend of work. Just before 5 30 this morning, the impacted line came down in the westbound lane of highway 24 which was reopened just before 6 30 a. M. The incident knocking out electricity to more than 700 customers including this lafayette shopping customer. Owner joan brisoni. Saying no one called her. I just arrived and almost had a heart attack. I thought, whats happening . Whats going on here . Then i found out. Reporter as did her tenants, the whole foods using big refrigerated trucks for some of its inventory. Petes giving out free coffee and joe burt shack powering parts of the store with a generator. Whatever is loaded in the machine, we cant save. Reporter pg e planning to restore power in three stages to limit traffic impacts. Closing highway 24 in both directions for 20 minutes at a time, but ultimately only needing two closures to complete the overhead rewiring work. Bart spokesperson chris. There is some wiggle room there. Reporter shoppers understanding. Hopefully theyll be able to get it fixed soon. Reporter while businesses stand to lose big bucks on a day they hoped to be open. Theyre responsible. They should pay for t. We have a claims process for this kind of thing. Reporter bart saying it is possible the contractor and subcontractor operating the crane could be financially responsible for any claims filed. And theres no impact expected for tomorrows back to work commute. 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Starting at 4. 99. In oakland, a stray bullet hit and killed a woman believed to be leaving a wedding reception. A relative has confirmed to abc7 news the victim is 44yearold marta casiano. It happened near the intersection of east 22nd avenue and 21st avenue in the san antonio neighborhood. Abc7 News Reporter liz kreutz has more. Code 3 medical for a female hispanic in her 40s. She is not conscious, not breathing. Reporter that is the tense moment shortly after the morning, a woman shot by a stray bullet on east 22nd street in oakland. There was some type of dispute, some type of argument that took place up the street between several individuals. Someone discharged a firearm. Reporter Police Say One of the bullets hit a 44yearold woman leaving a nearby home walking to her car. She was taken to the hospital where she died. We are presuming she was on her way back to her residence, as she is from oakland, but lives in a different area of the city. Reporter when we arrived to that street, investigators were there looking for cameras that may have captured the incident. Now, a neighbor tells us it was her neighbor that woke up and called the ambulance, that the woman was shot right here neighbors also say around the corner there was a large wedding reception happening at the same time. We asked people who appeared to live there if the victim was one of their guests, but they declined to comment. There was a party going on around the corner. I did see a lot of people and stuff there. So talking with some of the other es are dengts that live down on the other side, we did discover it wasnt anybody from the neighborhood that was shot, so probably determined it was either somebody coming from the party or somebody driving by. Reporter oakland p. D. And Crime Stoppers say they are investigating. There is a 10,000 award for information leading to an arrest. In oakland, liz kreutz, abc7 news. In the south bay police are looking for three men they say were involved in a deadly street race on saturday night. As the investigation continues, family members of the two victims wholeheartedly believe there is more to the story. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen is on that story. Reporter this afternoon a makeshift memorial sits at the site of a devastating crash in san jose. [ speaking Foreign Language ] translator right now is what i feel is the pain for the loss, what we lost. Reporter a street race turned deadly and it slammed into a tree. The impact so severe it split the jeep in half. Two cousins were killed. Both of san jose. They were the best men, the best family, the best cousins that you could have. Reporter right now Police Continue to look for the occupants of a gray bmw believed to have been involved in the crash. They say three men got out, looked at the wreckage and then fled the scene. For now the victims family isnt convinced that street racing was to blame, saying they were only a block away from home. I know that they would not risk their lives over some random street race going down across the street. Reporter overall, the San Jose Police Officers Association says street racing

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