And spoke with sheriffs officials to get more details about what the guard were accused of doing. Heres his report e. This violation is for illegally accessing confidential records from the database on people had he a personal relationship with. Other arrest was of deputy, correctional deputy for worker come fraud. He came to work and claimed he had been injured on the job. During our investigation we, we acquired information that led to the contrary. Reporter this although not related comes on the heels of the arrest of 3 correctional deputy for reportedly beat ago mentally ill inmate to death. 8 guard including those 3 have now been removed from their jobs since tyree found in his jail cell in late august bleeding to death from interm injuries. Another prisoner walter roach died a week after he was forcefully ex trbingted from his cell. Coroner now awaiting lab results to determine cause of death. Sheriff smith accepts announced setting up Blue Ribbon Commission to improve the handli
Good morning, everyone. Im Carolyn Tyler. Thank you for joining us on september 21st. Good morning to you. Were starting out with the live doppler hd. This is the system that brought rain to the bay area. Still spreading rain into the Sierra Nevada. Its weakening and were looking at the rotation around this area of low pressure. That has spread lightning as close as napa last night. But for the bay area, its all about the widespread stratus locally. We still have some smoke in the Sierra Nevada drifting into the mountains while our stable atmosphere will clear on out and give us more sunshine today. So a mixture of clouds. Heres a look at the sierra where it looks pretty gray out there. Well see temperatures a little cooler today, inland, upper 70s to upper 80s and the warmest inland valleys. Upper 60s in San Francisco. 70 in oakland and around the bay, partly cloudy skies in the mid and upper 70s. Rain is coming as fall arrives. Well talk about it coming up. Carolyn . Lisa, thank you.
Mill caught fire. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is in weed this afternoon and tell us people saw the fire and minutes later, it was moving on the town. Reporter residents here tell us the fire moved extremely fast. It moved according to one description a mile in 30 minutes going right through homes. Another person whose home [ inaudible ] told us a few moments ago these homes didnt just burn, they exploded, especially the ones that had propane attached to them. Three cal fire crew members who were fighting the fire even lost their own homes. Wayne freedman will join us with live reports coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 and 6 00. Meanwhile, heavy smoke is rising ovel dorado county betwe sacramento and south lake tahoe. The fire has destroyed more than 11,000 acres and is only 5 contained. 500 structures remain threatened and two people have been hurt. The cause of the fire still being investigated. Crews have also been working around the clock to contain a fastmoving wildfire burnin
Are burning close to the road and smoke very heavy. Chp believes the 5 mile stretch of highway 50 could stay closed for hours. We keep you updated with significant updates as they happen during this newscast. Joining us now on the phone is the caltrans spoke person diana thanks for joining us what can you tell us about the closure and how bad in the area with all the smoke. Its very bad right at the moment and there are no alternative routes at this time so for the safety of the traveling public we want to make sure people stay put where they are at right notch obviously at night captain really fight the fire from the air. What is cal fire doing at this moment, this evening to put the flames out . Reporter well i am in direct contact right now with cal fire so thats something we would have to get directly from them as to what the plans are. The firefighters on the line as far as you know working. Reporter yes. Yes. They have firefighters on the line. They dont relieve them all night lo