6 00 a. M. Things are doing okay. We have some slow traffic out there, and there is some slowing on the east shore freeway. We will talk about the commute, traffic continuing to move along relatively well, 23 minutes not a bad time for the commute. Also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it has slow down a little bit, about a 20 minute delay to make it onto the spin of the bridge span of the bridge. On the richmond bridge, not bad in 580 looking good to the toll plaza, continuing over to san rafael. 6 01 am. The trial for the man accused of killing the morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is supposed to start today, and it has been four years since Garcia Torres was arrested, and we are live in san jose, and there could be another delay. Reporter the judge will need to decide whether it is appropriate and fair to start the trial today, and the defense has asked for more time, and it appears that the suspect, Garcia Torres is frustrated with his defense attorney, and had recently asked
Morning commute. A caltrain accident. Sal, what happened . Well, just about 25 minutes ago we got a tweet from caltrain that after checking it out, we found out that there was a train that hit a pedestrian on the caltrain line near california and oak grove. And now were finding out that pedestrian has died. Caltrain is announcing the train 305 was involved, and there is a bus bridge in place taking people away from the incident. So if you take caltrain this morning, there will be major delays. Our reporter alex savidge is Just Moments Away from the scene and he will have a live report from the scene coming up very shortly. All right. Lets go to the rest of the traffic. Westbound is backed up at the bay bridge for a 15 to 20 minute delay. There are no major problems. Also looking at a commute here where traffic in san jose is off to a decent start with no problems getting up to highway 17. 7 01. Lets go to steve for the bay area forecast. Sal, thank you. Under mostly cloudy skies. There
Getting down. Staying up and finishing strong. Stay positive. Yeah. I want darby to give me some happy food right now. Thats right. Some other food later, too, right . You are going to try this hamburger that has a non traditional topping. First we start with news this monday morning. Today marks day two of the investigation into a vallejo house fire that killed a five yearold boy. Police and fire officials are at the house and they have a specially trained dog that could alert investigators if there is evidence the fire was deliberately set. Christian kafton is live at the scene. Is there any word how long this investigation is likely to take . Reporter yeah. We dont know exactly how long the investigation is going to take. We have heard that they are about halfway through with their initial walk through. Their preliminary investigation. You see some activity outside of the home right now. There are investigators inside the home as well. Its going to last at least a few more hours. Sp
She has been flown to the burn center. This was a tragic outcome and a story of heroism from neighbors. Reporter fire started in the rear of the house and spread, trapping the fiveyear old boy in a bedroom. Smoke and flames. A child in the bedroom. Reporter engines found a neighbor with a hose. He and his wife helped the mother and older brother when they escaped. Help me, help me. My baby, my baby. She was crying. She was burnt. Hose outside the porch. Hosed her off. Cooled her off. Asked her where the baby was. Started to go in. Reporter aimed with just the hose, had to hit the floor and crawl trying to rescue the child. I could only get half way through the living room. You know . It was just you know, between the smoke and the heat, i just you know, i tried to hold my breath and i couldnt. Reporter his wife was afraid she would lose him. Windows popping out. Fire. I am trying to keep my head from catching on fire. I didnt want to see him die. He stayed in there till the very end. A
Train at 10 30 this morning. After that happened, the embarcadero station was shut down. They could tell this man was stuck underneath the train and was in fact, still alive. Crews ended up using a rope and back board to pull that man from under the train. He was alert and talking as he was taken away to the hospital. How amazing is it that he is alert and talking after what happened. It is. It is six trains. And actually cars on the train. He was that far back and amazing, he had a few scrapes on him. It is unclear how the man wound up on the tracks. He may have intentionally jumped in front of the train and they are not saying for sure this was in fact a suicide attempt. We had a middle aged man and again, he was struck by a bart train here at the embarcadero station. This is 10 30. He was pinned down underneath the bart train and in short order by San Francisco firefighters today. When they took him off to the hospital. He was still alive and appeared to be in fairly Good Condition