today. ♪ >> good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil >> developments in the ongoing investigation into the car jacking and kidnapping of a young teenager had and an older man from the parking lost a safeway >> police released this picture of a man they're calling a person of interest in this case. laura anthony is live now with more. laura? >> well, hi, larry. there are a number of questions about this case, including the fact no one reported a young teen and older man missing. oakland police said their amber alert is in effect and until the investigation takes them down another path they're treating this very much as a car jack and kidnap. >> that person of interest is

name is roy. >> police say this is the man they want to find a person of interest in a shop lift that turned into a possible car jack and kidnap on redwood road. 54-year-old roy mckamey. >> we had numerous reports this individual frequents the area, he's known to the area. he also is very similar to the suspect description. >> police say they are familiar with the suspect and he does have a criminal history including theft. tuesday this, surveillance video from the safeway shows the man police say is the suspect walking up and down seafood and meat department aisle he later got into an altercation with employees and ran out. >> then, when the suspect left the store, he approached the vehicle where the driver of the vehicle indicated that he did not know the suspect. that is what escalated this particular

case, knowing there is a young girl in the car as well as the driver. >> that car is described as a red sedan with california license plates. crime stoppers is now offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to arrest of a suspect. in oakland abc7 news. >> in san jose, police arrested a man for an early morning deadly stabbing in a downtown bar that started with a fight inside of johnny v's bar and spilled into the street this morning. the owner says the victim was a bouncer off duty at the time he said women were complaining a customer was acting inappropriately. bouncer asked him to leave. the customer stabbing him outside. >> santa clara county deputies say tips from the public led to an arrest of a man they say sexual assaulted a woman. you can see the stretch on the left and mug shot on the right.

investigators say february 1st he picked up a woman walking along monterey road, he showed her a badge and she says he drove her to a parking lot and assaulted her. >> prosecutors want a san carlos teenager back in jail he waits for trial on explosives charges the 18-year-old is accused of building bombs in his off campus apartment in altuna, pennsylvania they say he's a flight risk while awaiting trial. monday a judge ruled he can return home agreeing with defense claims the teenager was making explosives for just for kicks and never meant to harm anyone else. >> witnesses credited with helping plows arrest this man, now facing charges in a deadly hit and run accident in san francisco. is he accused of hitting a person around

the morning. investigators say he was not drunk or on drugs but have not determined if speed was a factor. >> a follow up to a story abc7 news i team broke earlier. it appears a grand jury is investigating whether san francisco firefighters helped a colleague suspected of being drunk evade charges after a crash. the chronicle reports dozens have been subpoenaed to testify before a criminal grand jury. this is surveillance video. michael quinn was driving a truck. he left the scene and did not return. when he returned blood alcohol was.13 a candle light vigil will take place at uc berkeley for the cal football player who died after a early run last week. the

service will be led his his fraternity brothers as well as cal student >> a message for twitter in less than 140 charactering from city workers marching to the market street headquarters upset over twitter's payroll tax breaks. they say it's affecting benefits and services. >> we don't believe a corporation needs a tax break anymore. we're seeing social safety net of san francisco shreded >> the protestors demanded an end to what they see is sweetheart corporate deals. the mayor's office says it gave

twitter a tax break to keep the social media giant here nshg the city. >> happening today city of berkeley getting back into the summer camp business just months after the campsite burned to the ground the city began taking reservations today for the camp near south lake tahoe. the camp has a heated pool and hot showers and bathrooms and could only accommodate a thousand guests. so is expected to fill up fast. >> yes. let's check on the forecast now >> to the roof of the abc7 broadcast center >> it's lovely here, 40 minutes ago, cloudy skies on the embark daro skies brightened and sun is shining now. here is live doppler 7 ht partly cloudy

skies, however, to the north we'll have rain and showers up around eureka and crescent city moving west to east. so here is a live view looking along embarcadero. 58 in oakland. 61 in san jose. 65 in los gatos. 54 in half moon bay. it's 59 in santa rosa and napa. low 60s in fairfield and 67 in livermore, another view looking towards mount diablo, this is our first forecast, partly cloudy skies this evening with patches of fog developing late lingering until morning but by mid afternoon, mild, highs from 60s at the coast to 68 inland. most of the bay area will be dry there is a slight chance of showers in the

north bay >> we want to pass on information from the police in oakland the amber alert has been cancelled >> yes. chp tells us all parties involve have had been located. we're going to have more coming up in this newscast as well as on abc7 news at 5:00. ushing follow breaking news with us on twitter. >> it was one man and two victims in that vehicle. they know where everybody is, now. still ahead at 4:00 pricey items swallowed by a sink hole that left car collectors in shock >> plus, olympian trying to help stray dog in sochi. >> you are heard the term visiting firemen. people coming in to check out the new mobile command center. filled with technology. that story is coming up still to come. >> taking a look at traffic now this is highway 87 in san jose.

you can see it's moving nicely right now in both directions.

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his program were huge hits. he later starred on broadway and the big screen including the comedy "epic". he was 91 years old. >> french president elan began his day with a reception at city hall >> he's meeting with business leaders as well. abc7 news has been following his visit and joins us now, live. >> this is falled hub. he was greeting french entrepreneurs doing business here in san francisco or thinking of relocating to the bay area. this is about establishing ties between trance

and the bay area. the president of france was given the skis to the city also awarded keys to the city of san francisco. he was joking saying he's getting a fair copy. the lunch included big names like eric schmidt from google, mark benioff from sales force and cheryl sandberg from facebook. >> we have the same vision. france wanted to change the world. together, we can change the world we can change the way we consume, we produce, way we deal with health, technology in order to make the world a safer place. california and france, a match made in heaven.

>> and from here, the he is visiting the san francisco explore tore yichlt at 6:00 we're going to meet french entrepreneurs to see if they can expand their businesses. >> thank you. >> a classic car calamity in kentucky today. eight corvettes fell into a sink hole. six of the eight cars were donated to the museum by koefshit koefshit -- corvettes. it is located near the plant where the cars are made. in florida a dozen people stuck on a roller coaster more than four hours today this, happened on the

cheetah hunt ride at busch gardens in tampa. you can see firefighters trying to free them yugs ladder trucks to get everybody down. all 16 finally freed from the stuck ride less than an houring arrow, no word on what caused that ride to stop. >> love, patriotism in the air in a ceremony in oakland today. 844 people took the oath of allegiance this morning. morn them, four couples naturalized together. most have been married for years and decided to take the next step at the same time. >> we got together with a green card. and we just applied for citizenship together as well. >> the couples say valentine's day will be extra special this year. immigrants from 94 countries were represented today. >> stray puppies in sochi are stealing the show from team usa.

>> olympic free skier tweeted this snap shot posing with a cuddly canine. >> he tracked down more pups and posted this picture on twitter, he's running out of hands here. he says he's lined up kennels for the strays and getting them vaccinateed. >> he is tweeted he is doing what he can to bring the dogs home with him. russian officials have been criticized for killing stray dogs in the days before the games. let's check on the forecast now >> spencer christian issing on the roof top. >> it's looking nice. getting sunnier despite the fact we've had cloudy skies most of the day. here is live doppler seven hd. a different view now. it's partly cloudy after having been mostly cloudy throughout the day. a live view showing clouds over san francisco international airport. these features will see cloudy skies tonight. patchy fog, sprinkles are

greater chance of rain next weekend. here is the atmospheric river showing moisture if you will from well out is the animation, we may see sprinkles overnight tonight and into tomorrow. perhaps into friday but once again, if it happens these will be light sprinkles. however, as resuming animation and taking you into the weekend outlook you can see by saturday, we may have more wide spread rainfall developing into saturday night and perhaps lingering into sunday morning.

we can have a wet weekend nonetheless. overnight conditions here tonight partly to mostly cloudy skies low temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s so mild overnight. and starting in the south bay, high temperatures upper 60s to near 70s. mid to upper 60s, 66 redwood city. upper 50s to low 60s on the coast. and in the north bay a mixed picture tomorrow, breaks of sun but lots of clouds, possibly sprinkles or light showers into northern most part of the viewing area. then in the east bay, mainly sunny tomorrow, 66 in fremont. inland east bay, similar sky conditions ask

similar temperature readings, mid to upper 60s. 67 walnut creek. here is the accu-weather forecast. and mostly sunny monday, president's day. a chance of rain tuesday into wednesday. so... we're going to be fine with these bouts of rain coming in. we'd like them to be bigger bouts of rain. just keep them coming. i'll be back in the next half hour with an update. >> thank you, spencer, up next perfect box of sweets for your sweetie. which you should indulging in. >> and a secret to making it to a silver anniversary. >> taking a look at traffic this is the skyway. it's slow going in both directions. traffic heading back to east bay and

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the amber alert issued yesterday has now been deactivated. police saying there was never a car jacking or kidnapping. >> we are at the safeway store

with the latest developments. laura? >> reporter: this just minutes ago, patrol cancelled the amber alert, they do not believe there was a kidnapping or car jacking nor do they think a young girl was insolved now this has to do with a shop lift. surveillance video we can show you yesterday afternoon inside of the safeway. this is a man was trying to apparently shop lift some lobster and steak and he brandished a knife or showed a knife to folks then ran outside. and witnesses thought a car jacking and a kidnapping of two people inside of a vehicle. now, it turns out that vehicle didn't have plates it was supposed to have on it the mystery plot thickens those folks thought a 13-year-old was in the car and an older jachlt now we find out

all three of the people knew each other and the 13-year-old girl was an adult they have located the driver of the vehicle, one of the suppose victims told police they know each other and police are still looking for the girl who they say is an adult and the person of interest, i believe we have his picture as well. this is roy mckamey, he is known in the area, he is the suspected shoplifter, police tell me they're looking for him but importantly, at this point no kidnapping. no car jack and no more amber alerts. >> thank you. >> the ice storm hitting several southeastern states being called one for history books >> with 350,000 homes and businesses, without power check out what it looked like in raleigh, north carolina. massive traffic jam here, bumper to bumper traffic and people forced

to push cars or just abandon them. this is what it looked like two weeks ago in atlanta. 100 million people under a storm warning. >> a different picture, no cars on the road. so remember, city was paralyzed with massive traffic jams residents listened to warnings and lessons learned. take a look at this picture, headline warning of the snow covered in ice here as if bracing for the worst. >> kevi kevin dywer is live. >> reporter: they're expecting this can go to a half million this, is the culprit, quarter-inch thick ice officials say the worst of the storm is upon us. the icy

lived up to expectations. snow and ice from alabama to north carolina. outside rally, cars frozen on highways with reports of being abandoned. a quarter million americans have lost power across six states and numbers are climbing. >> this storm is unpredictable. one of the toughest storms we're going to seechlt >> a tough winter storm because of the unusual mix of sticky snow, heavy ice more that be than half an inch in places. >> we're going to see plenty of ice in areas that don't get it. and it's type of ice that is going to cause problems for days. >> next 48 hours seen as critical for families hunkered down and utility crews and first responders working outside. >> be cautious about downed

lines because you won't know whether they're live with power or not. >> the storm pushes north, airports are a disaster, 3,000 flights, cancelled today. another 2000 tomorrow. >> just want to get home. we're tireed and have to get back to work. >> but the slushy mess isn't all bad news. landscaping crews are enjoying cash. >> this time they're going to make it more. we're more prepared for it. we have time to do more work. >> and unfortunately, there will be plenty more snow and ice to clear much of georgia remains closed again tomorrow, for the third day, they're in the expecting a full thaw until friday. reporting live in atlanta, abc7 news. thank you. >> a snowmobiler lucky to be alive after getting hit by an avalanche near gunniston, colorado. a wall of snow wallops

cody strong, threw him 100 feet down a slope. >> it felt like i was flying through the air. i felt impact and everything. then ended up being a freight train just took me away. and as fast as i said it was done and over w see it, can't see anything, feel your body going through the motion then done, over w you're stopped. >> cody was lucky. six people have been killed over several days. two each in oregon, utah, and colorado. recently, on monday a skier got caught out of bounds hit by a slide that ran up to 2500 feet and 300 feet wide. >> a jury returned a guilty verdict in the corruption trial of ray nagin. prosecutors say he began taking money before

hurricane katrina in 2005, and continued afterwards. they say he accepted free trips and truck loads of granite for a business owned with his sovenl the defense claims he did not know gifts came from city contractors. he faces 20 years or more, in prison. >> up next at 4:00, not a typical day on the walk of fame. why super heros could not help in this situation. a camera falls from the a sky diver into a woman's property. wait until you see what she saw on video. >> i'm spencer christian from our camera looking towards mount diablo, no rainfall yet i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> let's check out afternoon commute. this is mcarthur maze, you can see traffic eastbound on 80. it's bumper to bumper. better for folks going into opposite direction and making a righthand turn heading back to san francisco. stay with us

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>> breaking news tonight on an amber alert. good evening. >> a short time ago the amber alert cancelled after being in effect more than 24 hours. police looking for this man, believing he may have stolen a car with two people inside. authorities called it off. abc7 news is live with the information. laura? >> there may have been a shop lift here, but no car jacking or kidnapping they're saying all three of the individuals apparently know each other, including what they thought was a young teen. here is what surveillance video looked like inside of the safeway store yesterday. there was a man picking steak and lobster from the store. he ran outside. in the parking lot, witnesses thought he car jacked and kidnapped an older man and a young girl, possibly as young as

13 in a red sedan. police now say they have located the driver of the car who told investigators all three know each other and the girl thought to be a teen is >> we encourage those individuals to come forward and share what did happen so we can put our community at ease. remove concerns and we don't want ton amber alert. there is a system designed to work for cases like this and we don't want to misuse the system. >> and again, the amber alert has been cancelled. police are looking for the young woman and the man described as a person of interest in this case. the man is roy mccamy,