Transcripts For KICU Bay Area News At 7 20140115 : vimarsana

Transcripts For KICU Bay Area News At 7 20140115

Have created. The island is located north of the antioch waterfront. The part of the island burning is inaccessible by car. The only way to get there is by water or helicopter. We have pictures from news chopper 2 before it got dark. Fire crews were first called out about 3 00 this afternoon. The coast guard says it evacuated four people. Seven others left the island on their own, and three refused to leave choosing to stay behind. At this hour, there are no reports of any injuries. The coast guard says at least two fire boats were called to the area and have been putting water on the fire. Theres said to be about 30 homes on the island. Not clear how many are yearround homes Railroad Weekend getaways. We do have a crew at the scene. Well bring you more details as we get them. Firefighters in oakland are on heightened weather alert. Said to remain in place in north and east bay hills until thursday evening. Oakland fire says it has extra engines ready to respond. If the wind really picks up, firefighters might launch patrol. Go into the same protection mode that we would normally do in the middle of summer or late summer. This is whats in usual. Were talking its january. Cal fire is also adding 125 seasonal firefighters who would normally work during the summer. So we know we had a record dry 2013. January likely to go down as the driest january all record, as well. You add dry winds, and, yes, we have fire danger out there. The north bay hills, the east bay hills, and the diablo range now lasting until thursday morning for wind gusts to 35 Miles Per Hour or relative humidity down to 50 at times, and here is a look at some of the gusts that i have seen over just the last hour or so. Cranking to about 32 Miles Per Hour over the oakland hills. 23 Miles Per Hour reported in antioch, and 20 Miles Per Hour in and around hawk eye. This has been the case all day long. They will continue into tonight and tomorrow. Now, this warm dry pattern also breaking records. Ill have a look at what records we set for today and what you can expect in your neighborhood for tomorrow coming up. This prolonged period of dry weather is bringing anxious times for bay area Grape Growers. Last winter 30 inches of rain fell in sonoma county. This season, the total is less than 3 inches. Winery has well water to type into what other winerlys dont. At this time of year, Grape Growers use water to keep from freezing in the early morning. Looking down the road, growers say the harvest could be much smaller than usual. New developments now in a south bay arson investigation. Ktvu news obtained exclusive new video which provides the best look yet at a man intentionally setting one of those fires. We spoke today to a homeowner whose surveillance camera captured that crime in progress. As robert honda reports, the arsonist returned to the scene more than once. The actions of this man are unmistakable. He is setting a fire on the porch of a persons home in the middle of the night with a family sleeping inside. It is captured on a Security Camera by the homeowner who showed it to me this afternoon because he wants to make sure the public takes this arsonist scare seriously. The man appears to match the description of the possible suspect. Light skinned male, about 6 feet tall, slender, this time wearing glasses and gloves sauntering on and off the porch. When the man first shows up, he bends down and appears to take a container from his belt area, then using what appears to be a cigarette lighter along with whatever was in the container, he starts a fire on a wicker chair. What about his demeanor as hes doing this . He seems as calm as a guy passing out fliers. The fire starts, but minutes later starts to go out. What stunned the homeowner is the man returned two more times. Here he is lighting a broom using it to set fire to a wooden cabinet. Right now, and that and thats what finally got going the the major fire. The third attempt did it, and the fire roared on the porch and spread to the side of the house and video shows the person who set the fire stayed on the property or in the area for more than 20 minutes to watch. You set a fire immediately next to a house, your intention is to burn that house down and kill everybody in the house. The homeowner says he considers it a miracle several young men driving by stopped and put out the fire with the garden hose. In san jose, robert honda ktvu channel 2 news. Bay Area Health Officials are confirming two more deaths tonight from the h1n1 swine flu. Today, Solano County reported its first flu death of the season. The person who die seconddegree described as a vallejo man in his 40s. San mateo county reported a third flu death today. The county did not provide details. Weve been in touch with Health Officials in all nine bay area counties. Theres now been a total of 17 deaths from the flu in the bay area. All these victims are younger than 65. The seriousness of this flu season is prompting many people to seek out the vaccine. A free clinic was jammed today but with a run on flu shots, some places are unable to keep up with demand. We found two pharmacies in walnut creek that have run out of vak seens and a pediatrician in alameda is now putting names on a waiting list until new shipments arrive. Doctors office and pharmacy said they expect to have new supplies within days. San jose police made no new arrests in two of the citys homicide cases from last year. 20yearold rodriguez was arrested yesterday. He was wanted in connection with the november 15th shooting death of Pedro Hernandez on west san carlos street. The second arrest was a juvenile suspected of being involved in the gangrelated shooting death of 16yearold manuel in june. The suspect is being extradited from lakewood, washington where he was taken into custody. Six others are already under arrest in connection with that homicide. Police in South San Francisco are looking for a man who exposed himself to a High School Cheer squad. Our David Stevenson talked to students who saw an adult male walk right into the girls locker room. Parents and students at South San Francisco high school are upset after a naked man walked into a girls locker room last night and exposed himself to five cheer leaders. We all ran together. We were scared. Three of the girls this afternoon described to us what he did next as they huddled together in the locker room. He made some gestures to us, and we just got scared. He didnt say anything. He was just, like, just standing there staring at us, and i didnt yell because i thought maybe he would come at us if we yelled or if we made any noise. Eventually the man left. One of the girls called 911. They spent this afternoon talking again to police. We have talked to the School Officials about coming up with some safety plan. They do have safety plans in place already, and basically all they can do now is be a little extra diligent. Custodial staff were on campus at the time but not in the gym. We had staff here at campus at that period of time so, you know, i think we all just need to be more vigilant and more communicative. It made me realize how, like, nick could happen without supervision, like, if we didnt have supervision when it happened. The father of one of the girls wants more staff and cameras on campus to guard the kids. All schools to have cameras in the halways to know whos coming inside the school, whos coming out. Other parents told us they want increased security here though some said they recognize its a challenge to keep people off this campus if determined to enter. In South San Francisco, david steven sovn ktvu channel 2 news. Happening now, families in lafayette are meeting with at t representatives to voice concerns about a plan to install a cell phone tower on an Elementary School campus. At t wants to put up the 16foot cell phone tower at Catholic School on hamblin road. At t says its need today improve coverage in the area but some parents worry the tower could have harmful effects on the childrens health. Justin bieber is in trouble with the law tonight. Deputies served a warrant to search the pop stars home this morning after he allegedly threw raw eggs at his next door neighbors home last week. The 19yearold singer was held in his garage as deputies searched the premises. Collected evidence related to that crime. Mr. Bieber was present. When he was cooperative. He was not arrested. Someone staying at biebers house was arrested on narcotics violation. No charges have ever been filed. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did a little damage control today during his state of the state address. Mistakes were clearly made, and as a result we let down the people were entrusted to serve. Governor christie is a potential candidate for the 2016 republican president ial nomination. Investigators are looking into allegations that members of christie oos staff purposely shut down access lanes to the George Washington bridge last year as alleged political pay back against a democratic competition. A Japan Airlines boeing 787 dream liner is being taken out of service because of a new problem with the lithium ion battery. The entire worldwide fleet was grounded for three months last year. The airline says white smoke was spotted coming from one of its 787s and a battery cell appeared to be leaking. Boeing never discover it had root of the previous problem but developed a work around. A bay area congressman is calling for a passengers bill of rights. More than 10 Million People will be taking cruzes this year. John is critical of the industry and say cruze ships still are not reporting all crimes at sea. The cruze Lines International Association Says cruze operators are complying with all safety laws. Weir following breaking news near antioch at a fire on the delta. Well have an update on the progress being made by firefighters. Some Credit Card Companies seem to cause more frustration than others. Find out which one californians complain about most. And 49er fans gearing up for sundays championship game. Well hear from some fans heading north to the battle in seattle. Were now on tonights breaking news. A fire burning on the island in Sacramento Delta near antioch. It damaged at least three homes and burned about 50 acres. The homes appear to be located on Sherman Island but Solano County fire is telling us the fire is burning just across the channel. The fire was reported about 3 00 p. M. Firefighters say it appears it may have been started by a tran sent. We have the crew on the scene, and they just talked with a father and son who were evacuated. Evacuated bad news tonight after the 9th Circuit Court of appeals refuse today rehear its petition to stay open. Challenging the decision by former interior secretary to close the oyster farm after its lease expireed in 2012. The move affirmed wilderness protection for the area where that farm has been operating. A south Bay High School is absolutely buzzing. A sophomore is heading to the sochi olympics to compete in what might be the most recognizable sport of them all, figure skating. Live in san jose to tell us about her try yum fant return to campus today. John. Gasia, this has where she trains, and after a life on the ice, obviously all of her hard work is paying off. As classes ended at san joses arch bishop high school, one student stood out from the crowd. 15yearold sophomore Paulina Edmonds took the vil ver medal at last weekends figure skating championships. I felt that it was definitely possible. This was her first day back, and she received a warm congratulations for making the u. S. Olympic figure skating team heading to sochi. I just watch her and think its so incredible that she has such dedication and that shes also managing to keep up such a great School Schedule and that she really just has it all balanced. Its been a whirlwind for the star athlete and a first whose am lum nigh included others such as Soccer Player and volleyball player. Kerry walsh, she tweeted me. Paulina is the first current student to head to the games. She started skating at two years old and now practices two to three hours a day. You do your programs about a hundred thousand times. At her training facility, paulina acknowledged that the nationals were her first senior competition, which she says helped. I just knew that since i was the juneon yor competitor coming up to the senior for the first time, i out of everybody really did have nothing to lose out of this competition. And the people back home couldnt be more thrilled. Well be happy if she just goes and has a great experience and comes back. Shell be a champion in our eyes either way, i think. Paulina will be gone from school for about three weeks, but it wont be all about the olympics. Her parents made plans to get homework to take with them to russia. Live in san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. Car maker tessla palo alto reported sales picked up in the final three months of last year. Tessla said it sold nearly 6900 model s sedans in the Fourth Quarter after a disappointing third quarter. The model s starts at 70,000. The company also said it plans to Double Service locations this year. Tessla shares up more than 15 . Wall street had its best day of the year so far thanks to strong performance. Dow rose 115 points. Nasdaq gained 69. Microsoft were big winners. Capital one credit cards top of the list most complained about credit cards in california and across the nation. A Study Released today by the Public Interest group looked at data from the Consumer Financial protection bureau. It founded capital wurngs bank of america and Jp Morgan Chase accounted for about 55 of all complaints between november 2011 and september last year. Billing disputes said Interest Rates for the chief complaints. A federal judge says 765 million may not be enough to cover nfl players who suffered concussions. The judge issued a preliminary rejection of the 765 million settlement between the league and players. They would cover nearly 20,000 players for the next 65 years, but the judge said she is concerned about retired players who may not yet have been diagnosed with concussion problems. As the an fran 49ers gear up far their championship game in seattle on sunday, some fans are also getting ready to head north. Talks with some of the 49er faithfuls making that trip to seattle. For fans, the question is not if you watch the game but where. I hope theres a line around the block of people waiting to get in and that we have to turn away everybody because were so full. This is too good to pass up. But some say you just have to be there. The fact that they hate us so much, we hate them so much, and that my friends really big seahawk fans makes me want to just go up there and watch the game. Makes it worth every dollar . Absolutely. We also called martin who said he, his brother and his dad are all driving up and already have seats in hostile territory. You bought tickets in the hawks nest . Yes. In the hawks nest. Were going to be right there cheering on first downs, every single section, every single third down will be hyped and cheering on so were super excited to be there. Tickets are available. Stubhub has thousands starting at about 400 bucks, and while some say its worth it, they still cant do it. Not this time around. Go niners. Some who cant go up are gearing up. Friday and saturday are the days that we sale out of everything. Really, if you cant get a seat in century link, just get a seat where you can see the screen. Pyramid ail house has so many even the general manager had to count them. Lets see. Two, four, six, eight. We have nine televisions plus one big screen. We also talked to a couple niners fans who are going but havent bought tickets yet. Stubhub said that may not be a big strategy. Ticket prices often go down. In concord, ktvu channel news. Dont forget the nfc championship game airs live sunday over on ktvu channel 2. Schedule is for 3 30. Stay with ktvu for our point after postgame show which will also air live from seattle. Our mete rolgs has been watching that fire out in the delta and also watching records being broken today. Yeah. Unseasonably warm and breezy. We talked about that at the top of the hour. The red flag warning still for our north and east bay hills as well as the diablo range, but take a look at some of these numbers we beat today. Most of these old records back from 09, but still 72 at sfo today, 73 downtown oakland, 74 at the airport in oakland. The warmest spot 76 san jose for the afternoon beating the old record by a few degrees. I expect a near repeat for tomorrow. At one point earlier today halfmoon bay under sunny skies sitting at about 70 degrees. Just a Beautiful Day in halfmoon bay. 51 right now walnut creek. 50 in concord. Upper 40s in napa. 47 in novato. Its a very dry air in place and clear skies, you can bet were going to be quite chilly as we get into tonight and overnight hours. Once again well have a look at tomorrow mornings lows coming up in just a moment. Ridge of High Pressure in control of our weather pattern you can see pushing that storm track to the north. The same old same old with those offshore Winds Continuing for the next couple of days. Right now the winds generally light out there. Mountain view reporting a northnorthwesterly breeze

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