live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> developing news shocking video has surfaced online showing a homeless man being beaten by a man hired to help downtown businesses and another colleague standing by who doesn't try to stop the attack. the man and woman in the video have not been charged with any crimes. they were hired as community ambassadors by a downtown berkeley merchants group. the fallout is just going? >> the video clearly shows a downtown berkeley ambassador throwing punch after punch but when police were called they arrested the two homeless men.

[ inaudible ] >> the startling video posted on youtube show as violent argument between two downtown berkeley ambassadors dressed in neon green and two homeless men in a alley behind c.v.s. the homeless men said "stay away from my things," and an ambassador identified as jeffrey bailey throws a punch and chases him. the female co-workers tried to hold off the other homeless man. the video was take an week ago and now that it is out? >> we are all disgusted and there are a couple of different reasons why. it is not just the physical altercation i have a problem with. the problem i have is this is the type of altercation we continually train about and have to mitigate on a daily basis.

>> lance galloway said though fired bailey and suspended the woman for ten days. he said she told him they were defending themselves but police show the up and arrested the home less men on suspicion of assault and misdemeanor. the video appears to tell a different story. >> we are here to provide hospitality and outreach to the community. we are not here for any long law enforcement purposes let alone engaging in a violent manner of that sort. >> the ambassadors have not been charged with any crime. >> berkeley police tell abc7 they got a call the homeless membership were armed with a people with a plaid or knife attached to it and the video is being reviewed by the district attorney. >> thank you, in the south bay in san jose tonight preparations are underway to two vigils for a fallen police

officer whose death has rocked the community. the memorial for officer michael johnson is growing and flowers and can tells and notes are piling up as people pay their respects. a new picture is emerging of the gunman. our reporter is at the scene with that part of the story. matt? we have been here at the memorial and people have been stopping by looking at flowers and cards and candles and glancing up at the condo, a vigil is held at 6:30 as the community mourns the loss of an officer while the shooters' family deals with the burden. >> the scene of the crime is now a memorial for officer mike johnson shot and killed on tuesday night. two of his fellow officers came by this morning to pay their respects. back in san jose, police headquarters a huge memorial for officer johnson recognizing the tragic loss for the department. >> anyone wants to see anyone and especially a law enforcement officer lose their life responding to a call where they

are there to help. it is devastating. it really is. anger is part of that emotion. >> today the wife and niece of 57-year-old scott dunham accused of shooting and killing officer johnson, arrived back at the front car of the condo at centreville terrace wait for a clean crew to arrive. she did not want to go on camera the niece said the family is devastated and is sorry for the death of officer johnson and described her uncle as caring and loving and sweet map with two daughters daughters and six grandchildren. a neighbor describes him the same. >> he was a nice man. i don't know what play have transpired in his life to bring him to this point >> the niece said her uncle was diagnosed with copd and needed to use oxygen. according to her he was suicidal in the past and may have suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness. she believes the reality of dying weighed on him and may have pushed him over the edge on tuesday night. tonight a vigil is held in front of the home.

his family may attend with the intention of offering up an apology to the community the neighbors are still trying to process the horrific violence that took place. >> it is hard to believe that someone i knew did this. i feel terrible for the officer and his family. it is...i don't know. i am numb. >> a prayer vigil is held tonight at san jose city hall and it starts at 8:00 with several community leaders expected to attend. thank you. san jose police officer doug potwora is praised after firing the shot that killed dunham on tuesday. the accident leaders say he stood his ground and he fired rather than taking cover. he showed "unbelievable bravery," in the chaos after officer johnson was hit. >> a number of fundraisers for the johnson family are in the works. the san jose earthquakes will

ask for donations on april 5th during a match and a donation bin is set up during an easter egg hunt. the san jose police officers association is accepting donations. former sharks captain nolan is spearheading another fundraiser and his sister in slaw an officer and wants to raise as much as possible. the event is all day and all night on thursday at both san jose locations of the brittania arms. we have more information on abc7 news.com . there is a little bit of fog this morning? >> it is taking time to clear. now a check with meteorologist mike nicco and a look at the exploritorium that problems the point that mike has been stressing about the fog. the key is not going to be as intense. mike? can you tell us about a warm-up? >> a little bit of a warm-up but first we have to get through the brief cooling trend. now a look from the sutro tower the time-lapse you can see the

sea breeze and the marine layer blowing in and the cloud cover that it brought. also, the temperatures that will change. we have a lot of record highs yesterday and look at the flag on the ferry remaining pointing due east and pause of that the winds of or of 50 degree ocean water and we will drop from five degrees in livermore to 78 in santa rosa and san jose and fremont and nine degrees cooler from a record high 85 yesterday in san jose to 76 record high 83 in oakland yesterday to 70 in san francisco and we were 80 yesterday dropping down to 64. quite a change. we will cool again tomorrow and i will show you the warming trend for the pack half of the weekend and the rest of the seven-day forecast. thank you. the controversy is escalating over what police say is a kidnapping hoax in vallejo. an attorney for a young woman at the center of the debate was a victim of a violent claim she said. amy hollyfield is joining us from vallejo with more. >> a lot has said about this

police department in the last 24 hours. the department is not responding. it is not saying anything only that this investigation isn't complete. >> lawyers for position denise huskins and aaron quinn came out swing against the vallejo police department saying very emphatically their clients were victims of crimes. even though police told a different story. >> she is absolutely unequivocally 100 percent positively a victim and this is no hoax, no laughing matter. >> lawyers were responding to vallejo police who on wednesday night called the kidnapping of denise huskins for ransom an orchestrated event and found no evidence that a kidnapping happened. she disappeared monday and unked it unsafe in southern california on wednesday. yesterday, denise huskins spent the day interviewing with vallejo police and this video was taken of her leaving the police station. police said she refused to talk to them and accused the pair of sending them on a wild goose

chase. >> in the grand scheme of things mr. quinn and miss huskins have taken away valuable resources. >> she was a victim of a serious assault and like a number of women who have been victims of serious physical and emotional assault she was initially hesitant to come forward but she has fully cooperated with law enforcement hoping to clear her name. >> also appearing is the alleged kidnapper and an e-mail was received from a kidnapper who said the kidnapping was real. on wednesday night the police have said that the pair could face criminal charges and as of today they only say "the investigation isn't complete." >> if you look at facts, this is absolutely no way that she should be chargeed. >> denise huskins' uncle said he hopes to hear police say that this wasn't a hoax and they are

actively looking for the kidnappers. miss have this point will only say that the investigation continues. we have breaking news from san jose sky 7 is above a homeless encampment off story road where a caltran vehicle hit a woman inside a tent and we do not know the extent of her injuries and how badly she was hit but this is at story road and highway 101. officials warned residents of the camp before the cleanup but it is not clear why the woman was still there and the c.h.p. was escort, caltran at time of the clean up. our protecting news coverage continues twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> the european aviation safety agency is expected to issue new rules this afternoon in light of the deadly germanwings crash in france. investigators carried pockets of evidence from the home of the co-pilot 27-year-old andreas

lubitz who locked the pilot out of the cockpit and directed the plane inside of mountain killing everyone on board including three americans. many european airlines are introducing new cockpit rules matching united states policy that requires two people in the cockpit at all times. >> police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who stole a safe from a sushi restaurant. we have video released by the morgan hill police department and police say on march 18 before 5:00 a.m. a man burglarized the sushi restaurant and the video shows the man walking out the back door with the safe. anyone with information should plaza come forward. >> the fight to keep the only public hospital in contra costa county open has failed. the board of directors vetted to close doctor's medical center in april. they have exhausted their ability to borrow more funds.

it has been runs an a deficit each year of $18 million. >> pg&e is hard at work installing an underwater power line to meet increasing demand in san francisco. today, workers helped install a 50 ton underground vault with 2.5 miles in the bay from portrero hill to embarcadero. san francisco does not have power generation facilities so it is completely dependent on electric transmission lines to deliver power to the city. we want to make sure we have a very resilient and reliable system to several our customers. >> the new power line helps take the strain off the electric grid in the event of a massive earthquake with work to be completed by the end of 2016. >> a long-term democrat leader in the senate will not run for re-election. how a united states astronaut hopes to make history after he blasts off for the international space station. >> too short for school?

a young boy's buzz cut got him kicked out of

>> nasa astronaut is frying to set a record for longest stay in space the brother of mark kelly husband to congresswoman gabrielle giffords. scott and mark are you guessed it identical twins and have agreed to to see how humans

react to being to space. scott will be there for a year and will launch in an hour. mark however, will stay on the ground to be the comparison figure for the study. >> senate minority leader harry reid said he will not run for re-election next year. the 75 year old nevada democrat made that announcement this morning in a youtube video. this is just months after harry reid suffered serious eye and facial injuries in an exercise accident. he had a lot time to think while he recoup operated and wants to spend more time with his family. he was first elected to the senate in 1986. he has led the senate democrats since 2005. and elementary school in tennessee is deny accusations of be being unpatriotic after forcing a seven-year-old boy to change his military-style hair cut. his mother said she shares a photo with "arm times," and said he wanted to honor the soldier's step brother with his hair cut and the school said he was

threatened to be suspended. and ironically the school is named after a fallen vietnam war hero. the school district said it is not commenting on internal matters. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> also ahead, did you wear your yellow today? you can help a young boy fighting a rare disease with a special project. >> eyes of hope where some bay area students are getting an important checkup they may not otherwise have access

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living in a bubble who lives in a sterile room for half of his little life. last week the family posted this video online and he asked everyone to wear his favorite yellow today, and post pictures on social media using # #whereyellowforseth. we want to see how many of you are participating the i have my yellow on and so does mike and kristen has red on for another cause. we cannot get them all on. >> you look great. it is a great chasm yellow is not what we see in the sky. >> not in some areas we see gray. shear why. now, live doppler hd shows the winds are blowing through the san burno gap and mountain view. the winds of change, and there is a difference between year and today. now, the visible satellite shows what it is doing with an approaching cold front is what is steering the wind on shore and the reason why we have

plenty of cold cover rolling across the golden gate bridge through san pablo bay and although that is dissipating, it is being most stubborn at petaluma and to the santa rosa and eventually you will see the sunshine. here is a look from south beach all the way over across the bay at the cloud cover that is still over oakland and you can see the sun breaking through. the cooling freezes are the big deal deal in the afternoon and the clouds at the coast which will keep you guys at 50 and cooler tomorrow, with a sea breeze, but we will be warmer on sunday with the cold front and breezy and warm with no rain in store for the rest of the seven-day forecast. here is a look at lake merritt an area that you like to jog or walk and you will have high tree pollen to deal with, oak and sycamore. our temperatures today are half moon bay at 58. only 64 in san francisco low-to-mid 70s around the bay shore into san jose and we will get to 78 in morgan hill and 77

in fairfield and heading up to napa or santa rosa, eventually 74 with sunshine. tone, cloud cover will congress back and it will be a little more prevalent than what this is showing and the bay will fill in and the north bay but, mainly, low-to-mid 50s tomorrow morning and a few upper 40s in the deepest inland valley as far as what will happen up in lake we are going to have temperatures running in the mid-to-upper 60s. yesterday we had a record high 69 and today we have 70s so we are close and notice our average high is 50 and that is why our snow pack is at 8 percent of where it should be. we have the on of emceeing the 15th annual easter egg hunt tomorrow in danville and it will be a great day with temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s. we also have something happening at the alameda county fair grounds tomorrow if you like old cars and hot rods, head there for the 33rd get together, 49

and 80 is the video on sunday and wrestlemania is coming to the pay and it will be at levi stadium on sunday and 78 degrees when the sun sets at 7:30 we will drop to 65 by 8:00. have some fun. here is a look at my seven-day forecast, still a little bit cooler tomorrow by a couple of degrees and the breeze will let up a little bit on sunday so we warm back to today's level if not warmer and we will flirt with 88 all next week inland mid-70s around the bay and mid-60s at the coast with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. kind of sounds like summer already. >> thanks mike. >> hair children are receiving free eye exams today, up to 50 hayward elementary school age kids are getting free checkups and new glasses through the day many for the first time. the areas of hope outreach bring the mobile clinic to children in need and hair has a higher-than-average uninsured population so children there are

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and at 5:00, germs that kill. a first ever plan to try and stop the super bugs. >> i don't know if i want a mass treat that is smarter than me much. >> scary. >> mike a lot of good stuff today. >> i have a school to visit this afternoon in piedmont for a return engagement to 5th grade. i guess i didn't do very well first time through. balk to school for you. thank you for joining us today. have a great weekend.

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