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was caught on camera saturday night. no one was inside the car . abc seven news reporter cornell bernard found officials are vowing to make arrests. they're just putting out some rage for really no reason at all. >> they just wanted to vandalize something, and they did. edwin karenga came to chinatown for lunar new year celebrations saturday. >> but never expected things would take a destructive turn like this. a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people. all of it caught on camera. >> one young man jumped on the hood and then jumped on the windshield. and that kind of started the whole melee. >> witnesses say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows. >> then someone threw a firework inside of the car. >> nathan vandersteen says he watched the car filled with smoke and catch fire. >> eventually, people started backing away but it was very, very dangerous. the car could
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have exploded. it's just a mob mentality. everyone, all the adrenaline of the whole situation. it was mostly, i think, young teenagers who were responsible for the damage and the vandalism. >> the fire department responded and put out the flames, debris and ash left behind. tell a story of what happened here on jackson street, where that waymo was set on fire. waymo tells abc seven news the vehicle was not transporting any riders and no injuries have been reported. we are working closely with local safety officials to respond to the situation. the sfpd says it's investigating, but so far no suspects. >> it's totally unacceptable. it's particularly horrific that they did that during chinatown's most important day of the year. totally disrespect. >> supervisor aaron peskin says police are collecting lots of video evidence of the crime in progress. >> i've talked to them today. they've got good leads and i'm pretty hopeful, if not confident , that arrests will be made in san francisco. >> cornell, bernard abc seven
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news. >> bart service is back on schedule after hours of delays. that's after a train operated spotted a body next to the tracks south of the balboa park station in san francisco this morning. train service in the area came to a stop just before 10 a.m, so police could respond and investigate. bart tells us there is no evidence of foul play. the body was found on an elevated portion of the line. as you can see in this video. the medical examiner will determine the cause of death. service resumed between balboa park and daly city stations at about 130. a five year old child is among the injured after police say a woman opened fire inside of joel osteen's houston megachurch. investigators say the woman entered the church with the child between spanish language services this afternoon and began to shoot. police say off duty officers shot and killed the suspect. right now, at some point, the child was hit, but it is unclear who shot him. he is in critical condition. a 56 year old man was also shot and was
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treated for a hip injury. >> and they started shooting. and we weren't scared. and then we went to the chairs to try to protect us. and then everybody was crazy running and walking all the way. >> police say the woman threatened she had a bomb, but a bomb squad found no explosives. a motive for the shooting has not been released. lakewood church has an average attendance of 45,000 people. a week. new details are emerging about some of the six people who died when a helicopter crashed late friday night in the san bernardino county desert near the nevada state line. the ceo of one of nigeria's largest banks, herbert wigwe, is among those killed, and his wife and his eldest son were also on board and died. another prominent nigerian financial executive was also among the dead. the helicopter was flying from palm springs to las vegas when it went down near halloran springs. the ntsb is now investigating the cause at
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bodega bay. tomorrow salvage crews will siphon 1500 gallons of diesel fuel from a fishing boat that ran aground early saturday morning. the captain of the aleutian storm radioed for help after his boat became stuck in the sand on the beach at sonoma coast state park. all four crew members got to shore. okay. salvage teams will remove the fuel before transporting the boat off the beach for repairs. the coast guard has been monitoring the vessel for potential fuel spills as well. moving on to the weather. no rain this weekend. that is the good news. we've gotten to enjoy some really nice weather, but keep in mind another storm is headed our way. spencer has been monitoring all of this and brings us the timeline. spencer. >> okay. dion. yes it couldn't stay sunny and calm for very long, could it? here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see that high pressure is the controlling factor in our weather right now. it will be for another day or two. but notice how active the weather is out to sea. you see all those
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clouds out there and storms developing. they are moving in our direction. so let's take a look at what's coming our way. these are our weather headlines coming up here for tonight, overnight and into the early morning hours. some patchy fog and some of our valleys frosty spots down in the south bay. and then the next two days will bring us a mix of sun and clouds. wednesday is when the active weather begins and it may continue right on through the weekend with periods of rain and showers. here's a forecast animation starting at 7 a.m. tuesday. notice that first front approaching us on wednesday, which is valentine's day, may bring us some light rainfall and showers. that's a relatively weak system. it will be followed by a stronger system, a little bit more energy in this one, a little bit more rainfall as well for thursday and friday. and then over the weekend we'll see a still stronger storm coming in. perhaps late saturday into sunday or sunday into monday. either way, we have a series of potentially rainy days coming our way, starting midweek, i'll have the full accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes. >> dion okay, sounds good. spencer. thank you. california governor gavin newsom is in nevada, right now. our cameras captured video of him arriving
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at the super bowl just a few hours ago. and check out who else we spotted. yes that is apple ceo tim cook. he is on the left there heading into allegiant stadium for the game. now there is a super bowl party underway in the north bay right now just for teens car club in san rafael is hosting an alcohol and drug free event as a way to provide young people with a safe space to watch the game. there is free pizza, popcorn, cotton candy and other desserts. marine based substance abuse prevention nonprofit alcohol justice is co-hosting that event, and check out the party in the south bay. this is san pedro square in san jose, where legions of niner faithful took to the first half from the many bars and restaurants there, everyone here is glued to the tv as you can see. just hoping for a victory. now abc seven news reporter luz pena is hanging out with 40 niners fans watching the game at thrive city in san francisco. dion we're watching the game
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with thousands of 40 niner faithful at chase center. >> this is thrive city. look at that. this sea of red and gold is loud is passionate and is hoping for a super bowl win. >> you can see a lot of young faces in this crowd, meaning a lot of them have never seen the 40 niners win a super bowl. the last time our team won a super bowl was 1994, meaning a lot of them were not even alive. >> we just want to bring a victory to sf for the bay. >> all right, we'll check with me later because for now, i'll say front and center watching our niners play tonight shares with the 40 niner faithfuls. >> of course. back to you. >> and we hope they will still be cheering loose. thank you. so several freeway off ramps into san francisco are scheduled to shut down tonight at seven. it's all a precautionary measure to keep the city safe following the super bowl. this map shows the affected ramps. we're talking about. mission street duobo street from northbound 101,
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cesar chavez from both north and southbound 101 san jose avenue from northbound to 80, plus geneva avenue on both the northbound and southbound sides. a house fire in santa rosa has left two people in the hospital in critical condition. two cats also died in that fire. the blaze broke out last night at a home on ashton avenue. good samaritans rescued one victim while firefighters went in and pulled another woman out, who was overcome with smoke inhalation. a third victim managed to escape the fire on their own fire crews successfully resuscitated a pet cat. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. fed up oakland residents are calling for a state of emergency to be declared over public safety. the group coalition for community engagement, rallied in the parking lot of the soon to close in-n-out burger. they say small business owners are struggling and having been targeted for robberies, burglaries and vandalism in every part of the
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town. if in and out, were in the parking lot of in and out. >> if they cannot survive, imagine small businesses cannot survive as well, and people are dying. businesses are dying. our communities are dying. we need to stop that now. the insanity needs to stop. >> and the group is unhappy with the performances of oakland mayor xiang tao and alameda county district attorney pam price. they did applaud governor newsom for his order to send additional highway patrol officers and state attorneys to the east bay. now, we do want to make sure you have the full picture of crime where you live with the abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. it shows you a wide range of statistics on public safety over the years for san francisco, oakland and san jose. you'll find it at abc seven news.com. well, coming up next, the countdown to the march primary, the key step that san fransco will start tomorrow
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at a virtual meeting on wednesday. the district is considering anywhere from 35 cent to 50 cent increases. about half of toll money collected goes to paying for bridge maintenance and operations, with the other half helping to pay for golden gate bus and ferry services. the fast track toll is currently $8.75. if approved, the toll hike would take effect july 1st. that precipitation, though, might be something else. actually, i think that's dust on the lens. >> yeah, because it is definitely not raining in the bay area tonight. right. >> and we're not expecting to see anything close to this until later in the week. >> that's right. by mid week maybe, maybe even later if we're lucky. yeah. here's a look at what's happening right now on live doppler seven. high pressure. the dominant feature in our weather picture bringing us clear skies and dry weather today. but it's quite active out to sea. as you can see. lots of clouds and moisture out there. storms building and moving in our direction. but right now it's calm. even the wind speeds are very, very low. just a couple of locations showing wind speeds just above ten miles per
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hour. temperatures right now, 54 degrees here in san francisco. and at oakland and san jose and san mateo, 56 at hayward, 52 at half moon bay. other temperature readings around the bay area. we've got 56 at santa rosa, down to 48 at petaluma and low to mid 50s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. and let's take a look at our weather headlines during the overnight hours and into the early morning, we'll see some patchy fog developing in some of the valleys. frosty spots down in the south bay next two days, monday and tuesday, a mix of sun and clouds, then beginning on wednesday, continuing probably through the weekend, we'll have periods of rain and showers, so the wet weather will return for tonight. we'll have some cold weather down in the mount hamilton area. in fact, in the eastern hills of santa clara, you'll see santa clara county. you'll see temperatures drop about as low as 35 degrees. so a frosty advisories in effect from 10:00 tonight to 9 a.m. tomorrow for that region a frost will bear mind. could kill sensitive plants. now, looking at the broader picture of overnight lows up in the north bay 38, santa rosa 39. at napa. the
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inland east bay, mainly mid to upper 30s down in the south bay. of course morgan hill down to about 38. but right around the bay shoreline lows will drop only into the low to mid 40s. similar range of lows on the coast. highs tomorrow under mostly sunny skies. 58. half moon bay 59, san francisco 60 at oakland and a few low 60s sprinkled around the bay shoreline. down in the south bay, san jose will top out at 64 degrees. our warmest location up in the north bay, mainly upper 50s, but santa rosa will likely hit 60. now let's take a look at the approaching wet weather starting 7 a.m. on tuesday, we'll see the first wave of rain or showers moving in on wednesday. valentine's day. it's likely to produce just light rainfall on wednesday, maybe even into thursday, then a stronger system comes in on friday, producing more rainfall into saturday. and then on sunday looks like a fairly significant system could work. its way in and continue producing rainfall steady and even heavier rain into monday. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. you can see the pattern changes rather
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significantly starting on wednesday, but happy valentine's day anyhow. you can always go out to dinner with an umbrella, right? yeah then thursday, friday, saturday and sunday were expecting storms ranking level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, but that last one that's coming out on sunday might have a little bit more oomph to it. it may get elevated to a level two. >> okay, we'll think of it this way. the umbrella is romantic because you get to be with your sweetie underneath it. >> you get closer and yeah, you cuddle and oh yeah, looking at the bright side. >> exactly. all right, well, moving on. this tuesday is fat tuesday. we're talking about mardi gras. it is the final day of indulgence before the beginning of lent. the parades and parties are well underway in new orleans. as you can see this weekend. now lent begins the next day with ash wednesday. and lent is when many christians observe a period of reflection, prayer, and penance. it ends on easter. now wednesday, as spencer mentioned, is also valentine's day. the national retail federation estimates americans will spend nearly $26
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