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Rise of mayor ed lee has mayor and reaction to his death. We begin with kpix 5s melissa caen at city hall, a day of shock and sadness and uncertainty of San Franciscos political future. Reporter thats right. Mayor ed lee is the third mayor of San Francisco to die while in office. People today here in city hall were surprised and heartbroken and unsure of what happens next. I ask for your patience and i ask for your support and i ask for your prayers. London breed, put into the spotlight, the first African American woman mayor in San Franciscos history. She gave her first so speech today stressing shes a native san franciscan and grew up in public housing, like mayor ed lee. As somebody who grew up there and spent most of my life there, mayor ed lee, very similar situ ....
Coworkers embracing one another, less than a week after a fatal workplace shooting. Police say gunman jimmy lam shot his coworkers before turning the gun on himself. Shock. I mean, there it went. Reporter 29year u. P. S. Veteran leo parker was standing next to a victim. You see somebody get shot in front of you, you leave. You just leave. Reporter parker was an employee who ran to the roof and put his hands up for police. We need time to heal. This is yet another heartbreak. Its another piece and a much larger fabric. It infuriates me. The same time, its so painful, you know . Because now we have to live with it the rest of our lives. Reporter religious leaders asking these grieving employees to begin their healing by turning to the person next to them and extending their time. In San Francisco, melanie woodr woodrow, abc7 news. The San Francisco zoo wants to help some u. P. S. ....
Been trying to tell people for a long time. Cut the defensible spaces. We are live in moraga tom jensen. This heat wave could trigger fires throughout the week. Michelle roberts joins us along 6080 with details. Reporter the fire started in the mulch behind me. It got so hot this morning, it sparked a fire by spontaneous combustion. There are crews on scene monitoring the hot spot. Early morning traffic along 6080 slowed down while passing through the plumes of smoke. The fire sparked in a pile of million much and sparked on its own. As it is sitting there, it generates its own heat and it will spontaneous combust. Reporter chief says crews were able to contain the fire from hopping over the freeway or frontage road. We use thermal imaging cameras to check the stumps krp at the peak of the fire, more than one dozen agencies on scene. Going to be really hot out there. Reporter red cross crews supplied water. If they start to feel nausous, we are having them go sit down and relax and get ....
Dangerously close to homes earlier. The flames were moving up into the trees and with the winds moving quickly. With the man power, the 200 firefighters that are on it quickly. Just made one last drop a couple of minutes ago. Hitting it all day. Burning around large Power Transmissions lines. The lines were not damaged and neither were the homes. The fire chief credits Property Owners who were vigilant in great cooperation from the community. Reporter fire officials said they were keeping an eye on the neighborhood and considering evacuations. In the end, no one evacuated. As far as the cause, they dont know yet. They do know it started up on a fire line. That is one of the things that they were able to do, cut fire lines in there. So able to get into some of these brushy areas and also with the Power Transmission ....