Video from earlier the fire broke out around two p. M. Firefighters seem to have gotten control of the fire around three p. M. This is the corner of delaware and 35th avenue here in Oakland Laurel district. The fire also started several spot fires along 5 80. Were told that three lanes of westbound traffic on 5 80. Are closed as fire crews worked to stop the spread. Now the cause of the fire is still under investigation. We have been told that about 7500 residents are currently without power in the area. Some of the residents we spoke to say there was a homeless encampment nearby. This area has seen a similar fire two years ago. That was really bad, you know . I was scared of house being burned out. You know, the in law unit. Its our backhaus. Kind of a man came. It literally burned down. Its i mean, the back of it is burned completely. The walls gone, and i saw them spraying water through the whole thing. Again four homes destroyed no reports of any injuries except for the one firefighter taken to the hospital. We will continue to keep you updated throughout the rest of the evening. Reporting live answer. Hassan abc, seven years answer. Thank you, and just to reiterate more than 7600 , pg and e customers are currently without power in that area. Heres a look at the map. The area in red is where the power outage is currently taking place. South bay family, neighborhood and Elementary School are grieving the loss of an eight year old boy. He was hit by a car and killed this morning in san jose. While on his way to school, abc seven News Reporter zack puentes has been following the story all day. He has more now from neighbors and police. A childs backpack sat near this c processed the tragic scene, according to the Bell Schedule at castleman elementary classes started at 8 20 that eight year old boy third grader at the school was about to get there with his babysitter. Instead police say at 803, he was hit in this crosswalk two blocks away, devastating a family and changing lives throughout this community, mama before year old son i feel for the mom and the family so its just very tragically and satin jose police say this black 2022 mercedes was traveling southbound on castleman avenue, hitting the eight year old boy and his 44 year old babysitter. Both subjects were transported to the hospital, where the boy was pronounced deceased. The female in the accident is suffering from serious but non life threatening injuries. Female drivers stayed on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be involved, police say the speech read them in the neighborhood is 25 mph, and at this point in the investigation, the driver was driving between 25 to 30 miles an hour. Still neighbor bianco rosso says the area gets hectic around the time classes are set to start at the nearby Elementary School. There should be more speed bumps around schools, you know more more like crosswalk, people. Um maybe more cops. Because people really dont care. This is san joses 26 Pedestrian Fatality this year alone, but the Police Departments traffic unit that was once staffed with 40 officers currently has 14 believe staffing is very much contributory to the increase in traffic accidents that weve seen in the collisions that weve seen, the department says. All officers are focused on Traffic Safety between calls force mint is our key tool to make sure that we can change the way people drive on the roadway. And you Better Believe thats going to be happening today, though police didnt say if any other children witnessed the accident. The Elementary Schools district superintendent said in a statement that they would be providing support to witnesses and making counselors available in the south basic fuentes, abc seven news so sad. Alright now we get to storm watch the bay area preparing for rain in the month of september unusual and it could bring flooding to some areas, abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard beginning our Team Coverage regarding the weather live in santa rosa cornell. Hey larry. Like you said, here we are mid september and believe it or not this sandbag station here in santa rosa just open for business ahead of the weekend storm. You know a lot of folks today weres are being delivered to the Ritter Center would san rafael, which provides meals and medical care to hundreds of families in need . Rain is on the way were concerned at the back of the pantry might be flooded, manager jorge garcia says ahead of the weekend storm. A new sump pump has been installed. Even this huge generator is standing by in case the power fails. It seems like you guys are doing everything you can ahead of the storm here. Correct yes, we are. Were trying to be prepared. More prepared than last time. She was less of it was very epic, and it was very damaging to us in our services. During last octobers heavy rains, the center had two ft of floodwater inside its food pantry, forcing them to close for several weeks. Umbrella. Nice. Ambarella pulled out and then i raincoat jacket patrick terrasson, or getting free rain gear to help them. Stay dry. Is that going to help . Oh yeah, i have some pants. I have some like rain pants. But that will be good that will complete the ensemble in santa rosa. This sandbag station is now open and ready. Lisa warren was here hoping to keep the rain away from her house because i just had a lot of demolition in my backyard and its kind of sloping towards my house. So im putting these up back there. Thats all just opened today. Based on the preparation, so, uh for the National Weather service. They expected 1 to 2 inches of rain for the storm event. The center rosa Fire Department is ready for the september storm with a close eye on burn scar areas from the glass fire in 2020, localized flooding some nuisance flooding or ponding, um, and then her eyes will again be on the burn starts to see how it reacts to the smell of rain. Now the Fire Department says the rain will not be enough to get us out of fire season, but it will definitely ease fire. Danger temporarily make no mistake, everybody we talked to today. Happy to see the rain. We certainly love to see it this weekend live in santa rosa, cornell, bernard, abc seventies cornell. Thank you. Lets turn now to abc seven news meteorologist sending a patel with a look at the timeline of the storm, and exactly what we could be expecting. Sandy larry, were going to be seeing a good soaking come sunday morning. I do want to show you our storm impact scale. It is a one sunday , monday and tuesday. Youre going to see the most widespread rain sunday morning, abc. Exclusive storm impact scale ranks are storms from 1 to 51 is light five is severe. This is the one sunday through tuesday. Elto tf aska. Ity in season,s really going to bring us some pretty good rain, especially come sunday morning, so sad. Today night. It is starting to move in late into the far northern end of our viewing area, but well have to wait until early sunday. When you start to see the widespread rain five oclock in the morning. Going into eight a. M. We will see some pockets of moderate, even brief heavy rain. This continues as we go into one oclock in the afternoon, and by the time we had into three p. M. It is still in the form of scattered showers. Ill be back to let you know exactly how much rain we will get. And how long this storm is sticking around larry sandia. Well see you in a few minutes with the seven day forecast. Thank you. You can track the rain where you are with live doppler seven anytime on the abc seven bay area streaming app. Todays state attorney general rob bonta and five district attorneys announced an 8 million settlement with safeway for environmental violations at 71 gas stations across california. They are branded as safeway and vons fuel stations. California has strong regulations in place to prevent oil and gas from seeping into the ground and contaminating our drinking water. For a reason, because the reality is accidents happen today settlement helps that just that the states investigation found safeway failed to install , implement and operate various spill prevention and Safety Measures dating back to march. 2015 todays settlement includes injunctive terms to improve operational safety and compliance with state laws. To avoid potential contamination to soil and groundwater. State leaders say Transit Agency employees are dealing with a lot of stress in their jobs and that is leading to Mental Health issues. A new state law will allow agencies to create Wellness Centers to help people cope, abc seven News ReporterDustin Dorsey explains how a san jose based center will be the standard by which other locations are created. In the darkness. There is light. You just need to know where to look for vita employees and their families. After the tragic mass shooting last year, the 5 to 6 Wellness Center has been that source of light people in desperate places and they have resources now that that werent available before, and i know its safe. Theyve saved lives. The Wellness Center operated by Santa Clara County is dedicated to providing resources for anyone impacted by the shooting from counseling to stress Management Training and more all in an effort to break down the stigma of Mental Health and help people cope now, thanks to a new bill just signed into law in california, the 5 to 6 center will be the subject of a year long study to learn whats working in order to create other centers. I think that its going to be the creativity and ingenuity of people around the state about how to turn those things into Broader Solutions for preventing Workplace Violence and to dealing with the stress and anxieties on everybodys jobs bill authored by south bay state senator dave cortese gives state transit agencies the opportunity to create their own Wellness Centers to help prevent the next tragedy. Part of that will come from peer referrals and red flag reporting two things, senator cortez, he says, could have helped with the vita shooting. He hopes Wellness Centers can be a statewide reality we need to create at the state level as a next step. Is a Grant Program so that every Transit Agency and every county in the state you know whether its stanislaw. Or you know, merced or wherever it is, has the Resources Available to stand up these programs in san jose Dustin Dorsey, abc seven news new covid 19 booster shots are now available, and the white house says you should consider getting one before halloween. The new vaccine from pfizer and moderna target both the original strain in the highly contagious b, a four nba five crown variants. White house covid coordinator dr shes jaw says people should receive the new boosters before the holidays and colder winter months this afternoon on our program getting answers. Abc seven news special correspondent dr alan patel had this advice for those considering getting the vaccine obviously have to be mindful of when your last shot or boost roys or if you previously recovered from covid 19 and make sure that you are eligible as well. And i will just add that this timing of getting a shot before october the flu shot thats another one that you should ideally get before halloween. Now, if youve recently had covid experts suggest you wait at least three months before getting the updated shot. Governor newsom slamming republican governors who have sent Asylum Seekers out of their states. The governors comments today hes calling for a criminal investigation. For 100 years, shriners childrens has committed itself to being pioneers in Pediatric Medicine join host kristen bell, celebrating a century of the most amazing care anywhere. Dont miss miracles, magic and milestones. I was on my way to work and boom. I got rear ended boom out of nowhere. 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Now to the latest developments over immigration Governor Newsom and President Biden slamming republican governors, accusing them of playing politics with human beings. This comes as authorities in massachusetts transferred a group of Asylum Seekers to a military base will be offered shelter there. Florida governor Rhonda Santis flew them to Marthas Vineyard earlier this week at a reported cost of 615,000 to florida taxpayers. The governors of texas and arizona have taken similar actions claiming there sending a message to the Biden Administration about what they call is a broken immigration system. Governor newsom talked more today about this subject calling on the department of justice to investigate texas and florida and what theyre doing. Abc seven News Reporter suzanne von has the story. Those migrants are used as ponds. To humiliate and dehumanize governor gavin newsom, todays outraged about the dozens of undocumented immigrants move from texas and florida to other states. On thursday, Florida GovernorRhonda Santis transported 50 migrants, including several children to Marthas Vineyard in massachusetts. No one knew they were coming. Abc news now has learned from public records that governor de santis paid an Aviation Company 615,000 as part of the relocation program. In a statement. Governor desantis says sanctuary states are better equipped to help with illegal migrants. Governor newsom today sounding off what Rhonda Santos is doing is a disgrace. Its almost monstrous. And i say that not lightly. I say that quite thoughtfully. Hes got kids. I have kids. You saw those young girls with backpacks . No older than his children, my children being used as political pawns. Governor newsom has sent a letter to the department of justice, demanding a criminal investigation to see if kidnapping and racketeering laws were broken. Governor de santis fired back saying this, the governor of california sent a letter to the department of justice, saying you need to prosecute texas and Florida Governors and all i can say is, i think his hair gel is interfering with his brain. Function on thursday, Texas Governor greg abbott sent two busses of migrants device president Kamala Harris residence in washington, d. C abc seven news asked Governor Newsom of migrants could be coming to california border state. Or majority minority, state or state where 27 of our populations foreign born, the governor went on to say that the golden state is equipped to help migrants enter the country legally as they await their court proceedings. They opened up a migrant facility with state money. Not just in san diego, but imperial and in riverside county. Theyve invested hundreds of millions of dollars. To compassionately take care of people that are coming here seeking asylum in this state, testing them, vaccinating them inappropriately supporting. Their transition. He says california will be ready and willing to help the right way. Thats what we do. Thats who we are, and that would be the approach we take if they decide to play that stunt here in the state of california in <