I was feeling the heat at the time. I dont know how hot it couldve been for him. He made it down. Reporter the worker was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The fire started a little after 11 am inside a 56 unit condo complex that had just been framed. The entire complex went up like a match. When a fire is in the framing stage of the building that promotes rapid fire spread. You have all that lumber stacked vertically with lindsay of air around it. Reporter they called for mutual aid from san jose and Santa Clara County fire. The crews had to keep their distance because of the danger of collapse. They shot water at the fire from all sides. From letter trucks in multiple crews on the ground. He also sprayed down businesses across the el camino that began smoking and were in danger of erupting in flames from the radiant heat. Which was enough to melt plastic and break windows. The flames were kept in check. No other structures were lost. It is like an inferno. Ive never seen anything like this in my life. It was totally scary. We dont know if it will spread to our restaurant. Reporter just within the last couple minutes the fire truck crew that you see behind me is reposition itself to put some water on that hotspot that i mentioned. There are continuing to be hotspots here. They will be here all night to make sure this fire does not re erupt. That is the last thing anyone would want in this neighborhood. Police and santa clara have taken one person into i guess you could say the person has been detained. They are questioning that person right now. We are not sure whether or not the person of interest they are talking to has anything to do with the start of the fire. We did get confirmation from a Police Captain in santa clara they are talking to him. Nervous neighbors joined the fight to protect their homes. There are several houses directly behind the construction site. Virus and showers of ash and embers into nearby neighborhoods. My wife and kid went with a few belongings. I stayed back to hold everything down. I kept an eye on things to make sure. No other fires were sparked by those flying embers. Here is a view after the fire first broke out from our san jose airport camera. Flames were shooting up 40 feet the thick black smoke could be seen across the valley. If you are shared this video. It is a closeup shot the moments after the fire broke out. You can see just how massive the flames were in the beginning. He described the moment he spotted the fire. I was out having breakfast with a colleague. We smelt some very strong smoke. We went outside. It did not look like a huge fire right away. Almost immediately the entire building was engulfed in flames were going up substantially high. A viewer posted this video of the flames and thick like smoke as seen from their backyard. He was with the complex was supposed to look like. These are images from the website for the development called the anantara villas. The plans for 56 units with one two and three bedroom floor plans. Website describes several high end features inside the units. Amenities on the ground. The fire brought back memories of a massive fire in santana row. August 2002. The San Jose Shopping Center was also under construction at the time it caught fire. That 11 alarm fire caused more than 100 million in damage. It destroyed more than 30 apartments and townhouses in a nearby neighborhood. Last october a Residential Construction site in west oakland caught fire. Fire on west grand avenue was large enough to send embers raining down on neighboring homes. Stay with us for continuing coverage of the Santa Clara Construction fire. As investigators try to determine the cause. We have another lot report coming up tonight at 6 pm. Less than an hour away from one of the major events of San Francisco pride. The transmarch kicking off pride weekend festivities. The city is getting decked out. Denies set out the outline for the Pink Triangle on twin peaks today. The installation is reminder of lgbtq oppression the traces its origin to persecutions in germany. San francisco Civic Center Plaza is being transformed into a celebration plaza. Hundreds of thousands of people expected to celebrate here. There will be speakers performers on six stages. Event start here tomorrow at noon. The biggest crowd is expected on sunday after the parade. No shortage of excitement inside the building either. The city initiator inviting couples to join in the celebrations and tied the knot. Some couples could not be happier with the timing. They are ready and excited. We are excited about pride. It is a perfect time to celebrate here. Im still in shock. I love it. I just got married to the love of my life. Im happy. Couples received a special pride marriage certificate. Thousands of people are expected for tonights trans march. The big question what about the weather for pride weekend . Reporter the weather will be fantastic. To say it is a fifth test of atmosphere. You can call that an understatement. We have thousands of people out for the transmarch which gets underway at 6 pm. The party before hand has been going on for more than an hour. The weather albeit breezy is sunny and pleasant. Let me give you the forecast for the weekend festivities. Saturday and sunday at the civic center. The pride festival forecast sunshine and 67. We know that is not a guarantee in San Francisco this time of year. It should be pleasant. For the pride parade itself which we are broadcasting sunday at 10 30 am plan on more sunny and mild conditions. Temperatures middle to upper 60s. Two thumbs up forecast. It can be cloudy and drizzle and very gray. It could get damp. Not the case. Sunshine for midmorning on work saturday and sunday. Your full forecast we are talking about a minor warmup coming up in two minutes. It is important reminder kpix 5 is the broadcast partner for as of pride. Watch our Live Streaming coverage of the parade starting sunday morning at 10 30 am exclusively on kpix. Com. California senator Kamala Harris might be getting a boost after last nights debate. She confronted joe biden on race relations. Shared her own story of being a student bus to a different Berkeley School in the 1960s. Simon perez looks at how a moment and berkeley history became a focus of last nights debate. Reporter buses brought Kamala Harris to this school and it was memories of that that really hit home last night. Kids who tended to be africanamerican were bussed to the white neighborhoods in the hills and vice versa. Reporter the 1968 decision to desegregate the citys Elementary Schools. We are proud of the fact we were the First District to voluntarily integrate schools. It was hard. I wasnt bornyet. It was not controversial. There were huge town hall meetings. Threats be called the school board members. The school board took a stand. Reporter these newspaper photos from uc berkeley website show how momentous the moment was. President ial politics happy century later. The little girl was me. Reporter the worst the stole the show during the democratic president ial debate. Kamala harris bore down on former Vice President joe biden about his unwillingness to support desegregation of schools via a federal busing degree. You work with them to oppose busing. There was a little girl in california who was part of the second class. To integrate her public schools. She was bussed to school every day. And that little girl was me. Reporter she left on the second floor of this building and the flats. Near browning street. She boarded the bus and it took her every morning to the hills 2000 oaks Elementary School. The school left its mark on harris and she on the school. Students included her image in a mural honoring influential women. There was controversy over whether she was part of the second class in segrate. Berkeley public schools. She was part of the second glatt class in segrate Elementary School in 1958. The high school had always been integrated. There is only one. Senator harriss campaign was ready to capitalize on her comments about being bussed to school. The campaign tweeted this photo of the senator with the caption there was a little girl in california was bussed to school. The little girl was me. Now you can buy a tshirt with the photo. It is being sold on her Campaign Website for 30. She is doing some cleanup from the debate. She said she misinterpreted a question last night. About a polishing private Health Insurance. Abolishing. Harris and Bernie Sanders were the only 2 who put their hands up saying they would abolish private Health Insurance in favor of government run plan. Harris backtracked in an interview with cbs this morning. I am in support of medicare for all. Under medicare for all policy private insurance would exist. For supplemental coverage. Under medicare for all in my vision of it we would actually extend benefits. Harris made it clear to msnbc she does not support abolishing private insurance. Vice President Joe Biden is making a fundraising swing through the bay area this evening and tomorrow. A live look at a home in San Francisco seacliff neighborhood where a biden fundraiser will begin. Is being hosted by former fundraiser for the obama and clinton campaigns. Later tonight he has an event in over there. He will be in los altos tomorrow. Biden was a chicago defending his record on civil rights. He told the Rainbow Push Coalition he believes last nights debate did not offer time for a proper discussion of those issues. He said as a young senator he cast a key vote to allow busing to continue. I casted a deciding vote in 1974 against an amendment the gurney amendment which would have banned the right of the federal courts to be able to use busing as a remedy. You might guess the middle of the most extensive busing order in american history. My city and state. It wasnt the most popular votes in the country at the time. He said he has long favored federal action to address the root causes of segregation and discrimination. More problems for bidens campaign coming up at 6 pm we hear from one of his top fundraisers about why he is withdrawing his support. Disturbing allegations of patient abuse rock a San Francisco hospital. Several employees fired. Housestaff are accused accused of mistreating dementia patients. The white supremacist who ran his car into crowds in charlottesville sentence in the deadly attack. His apology before learning his fate. The womens world cup has never seen a more intense matchup outside of a final. The mega showdown between team usa and france lives up to the hype. The white supremacist who killed a woman after driving his car in the protesters in Charlottesville Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison. A judge handed down the center of the day after james fields guilty to 29 hate crimes in march. As part of a deal to stay the death penalty. The assistant attorney general said White Supremacy must not be tolerated. Our country cannot and will not tolerate Violent Crime especially Violent Crime motivated by racial bias. In particular the bigotry and ideology of neonazi ills. White supremacy in the ku klux klan are a disgrace to this country. An illegal act based on those should be eradicated from the united states. Before the sentencing he apologized for his actions. He will serve his sentence without the possibility of parole. The alleged mastermind behind the shooter shooting of david ortiz is behind bars. Authority identified Victor Hugo Gomez is the suspect. Gomez allegedly organized a hit on the man who was sitting next to ortiz at a bar earlier this month. But the alleged hitman shot ortiz instead. Gomez ordered the killing because he attended the intended victim turned him over to authorities in 2011. Mac for a second a person has been struck and killed by a smart train at the same intersection. This time it was a bicyclist who was hit on golf course drive. Reporter investigators say the Railroad Crossing mechanism was working just like it is right now with the arm and down and the train was sounding its horn. Bicycle. Scattered near the train tracks off of golf course drive. After a cyclist with hit and killed at 6 45 am. Investigators are now reviewing video from the train. In the seconds before the crash. Looks like he has a hood over his head. However we cant tell if there is any other distraction. Reporter man solve the train just before it hit him and he tried to get off his bike when he was struck. He is identified only as a man in his 60s. Investigators say he was biking on the wrong side of the road. He did not have to make an overt act to go over the arm. It was down. And across to where it would be in your line of sight. Reporter yesterday at the same intersection a woman was hit and killed. Police say she ran around the train crossing arms as they were down. Trying to avoid the train when she was hit. The live news desk right now were getting word out of law scuttles a car has plummeted off a cliff. The sticky live look at the scene. You can see the vehicle completely overturned as the chopper zooms in. Crews are dousing it with water. This is off of shannon road and santa rosa drive. Santa clara county fires at the vehicle plunged down about 100 feet. They tell us one person was ejected out of the vehicle. So far still no word on their condition. The incident has also sparked a small brush fire in the area. Fire officials as you can see are they are responding to the blaze. Trying to make sure it is cleaned up and no more fire is bark. It is unclear what caused the vehicle to go off the cliff in the first place. A suspected drunk driver is in custody after crashing into a restrant in pleasant hill. Windows were broken at the sweet tomatoes restaurant on crescent drive at 2 am. There is no major structural damage. No one was injured. Crews in union city were busy today repairing the broken irrigation line. The Alameda CountyWater District said water was first seen seeping out yesterday. Crews had to work overnight into the morning to repair the damage. Service to customers was not affected. No word on the calls. The word on the street is that there is going to be perfect weather this weekend for pride. Reporter that is good word. Somebody has been watching the forecast. It is going to be fantastic weather for all of the pride weekend festivities. We are getting things kicked off tonight at dolores park with the trans march. The march actually begins at 6 pm. The place has been mobbed. It is been a festive atmosphere since 3 30 pm or 4 pm. Folks will march down dolores street beginning at 6 pm and just a quick estimate. I was say there are at least several thousand people already at the park with more streaming and every second. We will talk about the weekend regardless of what your Outdoor Activities are. San francisco is looking good. Concorde 83. Santa rosa 81. San jose 74. Livermore 78. It is breezy and chilly in San Francisco. It will be a couple degrees milder for the pride festivities this weekend. Giants and diamondbacks oracle park 61 degrees. Lows tonight upper 40s for the north bay. The third night for that. Livermore 52. San jose 54. San Jose Earthquakes on saturday. Taking on the la galaxy. We looking at 6 30 pm a start for that. As stanford clear skies 73. The starting grove festival is sunday. In San Francisco partly cloudy for that event. 63 degrees. Lowpressure area has been spending to the north for the past several days. That is why we cool down. It is now weakening. And slowly moving away. That means this weekend we will have less of an onshore flow. As a result of the load not being a strong and close. Future cast tomorrow morning will be surprise if you wake up the fog and low cloud cover the water. Plenty of sunshine for midmorning onward. Through sunday warm morning clouds. More afternoon sunshine. Your weather headlines low clouds tonight. We stay seasonal this weekend. It will trend warmer next week. Not crazy hot. We will warm above average. By next wednesday and thursday. Highs tomorrow saturday weekend time. It is warmer in San Francisco as evidenced 66. San rafael 76. Santa rosa 82. Fairfield 80 support 84 degrees. What a beautiful weekend. Close to 70 near the bay. Low 60s at the coast. Middle 80s in inland spots. The warmup gradually monday tuesday wednesday and thursday. Our nations birthday is thursday. The fireworks forecast is looking excellent with highs mainly in the 70s and 80s. You might have a tough time hearing me over the music that is playing. Folks are having a great time. Getting ready for the march which begins at 6 pm. We are 40 minutes away from that. Folks are having a good time on a beautiful friday afternoon. You got perfect weather. We can hear you. We all Pay Attention to your weather all the time. Thank you alan and veronica. It is appreciated. There was chatter team usa might be knocked out of the world cup is states face a talented french team. The women thrive under pressure left the home crowd stunned. A phenomenal performance on the pitch. Show me the crown. Show me homecoming. Baby sloth videos on youtube. Amy, do you uh mind giving someone else a turn . Oh. Yeah i made myself a little comfortable here. 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