the crashing tree disrupted their dinner party last night. >> it's sounding like a train coming through the neighborhood just this loud booming sound. and we had no idea what was it last night a tree fell on to a house. and branches sliced ceiling where a man and baby were sleeping. the tree still rests in the backyard, debris litters the bed. this shot from sky 7 show how's a toppled tree tore up a sidewalk. >> when trees get thick and heavy, they're weighted. winds stop them. >> and parents deal with insurance, young jonathan is enjoying the experience.

>> was it scary? or fun. >> exciting for kids, adults not much. this has been a day long tree removeal. wind gusts not only knocked over trees but power lines as well. >> wind so strong, it blue rig briggs over. the wind clocked at 75 miles per hour along the path from tracy overnight that. is just short of hurricane strength. checking in now with sandhya pattel and there are numbers and a chance of rain? >> yes. right now doesn't look like any rain here. right? it's chilly here. we'll take a look at wind ghufts just a moment. we're seeing some light return down south. and right around the carmel

valley area, tracking a little bit of light moisture. it's watching the snow developing and has been falling. as you look at the view from our camera, snow is on the ground. beautiful view. peak wind gusts. this is last night, oakland airport sfo, 51 miles per hour. you probably heard winds. not as windy now. i'll be back with a look the halloween forecast in case have you plans. >> okay. thank you. a viewer sent this picture of wind damage in hayward. you can see the patio awning just came down a reminder, we'd like to share

your video or picture was our viewers if you wish to send them in. or share them on our facebook page or on twitter. >> a part of the uc berkeley camp wrus is closed at this hour. so bomb squad can investigate a suspicious package found near uc berkeley campus about 3:00 this afternoon. surrounding streets in the south entrance are closed to traffic right now. in what appears unrelated a block of shattock avenue was closed down. the bomb squad determined it was harmless. >> a big fire in the mission district damaged five buildings this afternoon. sky 7 shows you just how intense flames were for a time. shooting through the roof and

sides a rez den you shall building. the fire broke out at 12:30 this afternoon. and fire department tells us one building was gutted and two others are uninhabitable. a couple other buildings received minor damage. 100 firefighters responded to this fire. one was injured after suffering a laceration battling flames. and firefighters in the east bay had to deal with another difficult blaze, this one burning in tall trees and dry brush near san pablo reservoir. small blaze burned near east bay mud water facility. >> well, brother of a woman charged with rung over and killing a couple talked about his sister today. he said she was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction for a long time. we've learned the 54-year-old has a long rap sheet.

td couple was run down and killed on thursday night. vic lee is live with more, vic? >> her rap sheet is two pages long of a couple fell knees but mostly minor offenses driving wout a license, drug paraphernalia in the car, things like that this, shows that she was fighting addiction for a very, very long time. she was supposed to be arraigned here today but the judge saying she she was in the medical ward. her family says she was complaining of chest pain autos just like i did it myself. it's my flesh and blood. the losses we have. >> her brother wants to give condolences to the family of the couple run over in the tragic accident on thursday night.

>> i have more grief for them. they lost someone, she's still here. >> the driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter under the influence of alcohol and felony drunk driving. the district attorney says she was intoxicated, almost twice the legal limit. >> we have a preliminary blood alcohol level that is well over.15. >> police say the car plowed into the sings, then jumped the center divide, clipping another car, crashing into a tree. ronald visited his sister in jail and says she doesn't know what happened. >> saying i didn't kill no, but whole thing she don't remember nudging. >> she has a long rap sheet going back a quarter century. she's been arrested dozens of times on misdemeanor drug offenses, and driving violations. but only once, for a dui.

that was last november. she was convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving. and was on probation for that. at the time she committed the felonies. >> the victim family members were in court but left without speaking to reporters. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> alameda former fire chief has been ordered to reimburse the city a quarter million in legal fees following a three-year wrongful termination legal battle. dave cappler fired over this photograph showing him using stay gas pump to fuel his personal bmw. he was claiming he was allowed to use city gas to carry out city business. the state court ruled alameda was entitled to ask for reimbursement of costs. a criminal grand jury hand down a fell knee indictment against george shirakowa for

impersonating a stan jose city council saying dna found on a stamp of a mailer blaming to be from a council candidate. she will be sentenced on an earlier charge of lying on campaign finance forms. >> celebrity chef guy feieri testified in the trial of a marin county teenager accused of stealing his lamborghini in 2011. abc 7 news reporter was in court and joins us live. >> you know the celebrity chef was the last to testify in the trial. it was very brief. he told us he was glad it was over and no more lamb bore gene yeez for him. he says less than five minutes for him to testify.

the prosecution asked him if he ever gave the 19-year-old permission to tairks use or drive his yellow lamborghini. the answer, no. >> for me as a guy that talks on tv all the time i was surprised it was that short. >> the lamborghini was stolen under going maintenance. wade is said to have repelled inside from a window. more than a year went by before police were able to recover the car they found in a large storage facility. >> i had friends calling saying i just saw your car on the freeway. i'm like there is more than one in northern california. and people would call, we'd get reports. my attorney would hear about it. he was driving it. brave kid. >> the 19-year-old is also accuse ofed of a more serious

crime. the d.a.says he tried to murder a girl he was interested n according to the investigation investigation, wade rode up and shot in her direction several times. she was not injured. wade was apparently upset because she was dailting someone else. the motorcycle, several weapons and ammunition were also found. at the time of his arrest wade was a minor he's being tried as an adu. he faces 30 years to life in prison. >> up next procedure some members of the military say is necessary to do the job. >> worst storm europe has seen in a generation. >> snow in the sierra. look at this, this is a

a tragedy in san jose after a suspected drunk driver backed up a car and hit and killed her friend. this happened near lee avenue. abc 7 news has the story. >> when i hear something that not standard, i get nervous. >> james heard this. the driver of this silver 2014 ford escape crashing into the beam and panel of this garage with her friend pinned between the suv and the metal frame door. this is how the street looked after police arrive arrived. a quiet neighborhood turned into a crime scene. >> i just heard a thump. >> loud enough for maybes to hear faint noises. they tell me early witnesses were afraid to look out to see

where sounds were coming, from opting to call police who arrived minutes later it appears driver and victim did know each other. police arrested the 27-year-old for driving under the influence. and have confirmed the victim was a passenger in the car only minutes before she was hit and killed. >> we're still trying to confirm id of the driver and the victim at this time. >> crime scene technicians comment the morning collecting evidence. >> it could have been worse. >> because behind the damage, police say that duies can result in deaths or injuries. they say that the driver of today's dui is cooperating with investigators but they're asking anyone with additional information contact the san jose police department.

>> police identified the driver, she's a 27-year-old monica johnson of campbell. she's booked on vehicular manslaughter. >> police say a 17-year-old boy zied in -- died in fremont because his friend was driving drunk. the force of the crash still threw him from the car. police are not identifying the driver. a third person also 17 years of age suffered miner injuries so hearing on military sexual trauma was held in sacramento today. katie webber attacked on deployment in germany saying trying to report it was humiliating. >> we need tb able to report this professional who's can do wrap around services for victims and support us. there is no one wants to falsify a rape because it's

torture to go through to report something like that. >> department of defense shows a 37% increase in sexual assaults in the military agreeing to bring more services to the victim autos doctor says more military personnel turning to liposuction to pass the pentagon bod yes fat test. some members say the dpeens department method of estimating body fat is weeding out not just flabby physiques but more muscular builds. a number ever of doctors are calling forfeitness standards changed. >> san francisco redevelopment agency is long gone, but one project it helped finance celebrated it's grand opening today. take a look at the senior housing complex built on golden gate avenue. the building has 100 low income apartments.

20 set aside by homeless seniors. >> and a large amount of snow in the sierra. dina? >> yes. we're at 5300 fee. you can see snow here tonight. continuing to line the roadway. roads are clear just wet. no chain controls but snow is something people here are hoping brings a good sign of a good winter still to come. >> inches of snow. you can say it's beginning to feel like winter. >> tee shirt weather. long tee shirt weather. >> it's just another day in the sierra.

for rorkt it made the last day of vacation seriously wrong. >> left from yosemite valley oof snow level quickly covering roadways. chain controls were in effect. >> couple guys stayed busy. >> just trying to move them. >> others trying to get out of the snow. >> we need snow. it's g we need the water. >> after two years of weak winter this snowfall paints a >> thanks to cooler temperatures, snow making is in full gear. 20 guns have been set up around the mountain side.

pair that with this house we just got from mother nature there. is a nice layer of snow. >> we take everything we can get. mother nature makes a big difference. >> two nights with below freezing temperatures would be enough snow to get jeers on the runs here and he they plan to be the first open. >> everyone does a snow dance out there, maybe this weekend. >> so here is hoping. the snow continues to fall so all of you viewers in san francisco can make it up this weekend. also, if you plan to head to mountains be prepared because we never know what mother nature can do. back to you in the studio. >> genea, go get warm now. >> wild pictures. >> yes. >> we're working on snow dances. let's talk about the wind here last night. >> yes. sandhya patel keeping an eye on that. we have the accu-weather forecast. yes. >> it's hard to miss the wind

last nicht you probably heard winds houling. cha thaimpked. it's cold up here, i'm prepared. don't worry. for thofs you watching live doppler 7 our radar is tracking showers and it's light returns around santa cruz now. keeping an eye on that. isolated showers still in the forecast for this evening. freeze warnings going up againing tomorrow morning at 2:00 a.m. if you have plants sensitive protect them. frost advisory begins wednesday morning at 1:00 running until 9:00 a.m. how cold the storm has been passing through. sheer what it produced. 39/100ths of rain in monterey

pretty good dumping there. we're talking about windchill factor. gusts 24 at sfo. from our mount tamalpais camera here is a look at current readings. 56 in san francisco. you can feel a change from our south beach camera. 64 in santa rosa now. 61 livermore. beautiful view from our camera. chilly, breezy overnight tonight. cool weather next few afternoons. dry conditions for halloween. so check out a storm, it's a cold storm coming in from canada. it's starting to pull way a little bit. this isolated tomorrow after the noon. we're in for chilly

nights and sunnier days. you're going to neat coats, scarfs, gloves in the morning. temperatures upper 30s to upper 40s with a few clouds around. and tomorrow afternoon, looking at cool one so keep that layer handy. upper 50s to mid-60s. breezy out there. checking out the accu-weather forecast we're going to go with slightly milder temperatures wednesday, dry conditions, milder weather. halloween parades should be fine. trick or treating costumes wilt stay dry then milder weather. mid-70s inland. over the weekend clouds, but temperatures come fortable. upper 50s to low 70s.

we're going standard time sunday at 2:00 a.m. saturday night, set clocks back one hour. just means extra hour of sleep. i'm sandhya patel. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> yes. >> spring forward, fall back. right? just head two people thought they won a dream vacation. when a rude surprise halfway across the world almost lands them in jail. >> a list anyone thinking about buying a car needs to check out. consumer reports run down of the most reliable cars out there. is this a good time to buy american? that sat 6:00. we'll be right back here.

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